In the end, Shallow Shallow emerged victorious.
Of course, it wasn't an easy victory, and it definitely wasn't because of that ridiculous "Thousand Kills in a Blink". Although I admit that "inflicting over a thousand fatal attacks on the enemy in an instant without the target noticing" was impressive, Shallow Shallow couldn't even leave a scratch on the giant's calf after swinging her machete around for a long time. That brat was proficient in many different types of attacks, but it definitely didn't include swinging a machete and slashing at the enemy. In the end, her hand was almost cramping up, and the giant was finally freed from the time freeze. The only result of Shallow Shallow's creative "Thousand Kills in a Blink" was that it brought us a lot of joy. What really made the giant admit defeat was that after he was freed from the time freeze, he saw a few hundred tons of psionic crystals piled up in a two-hundred-meter radius around him. Although he "didn't know" what psionic crystals were, he could still see the powerful energy within them. Facing an enemy that he couldn't hit no matter what, and the enemy could find countless ways to attack at any moment, the giant calmly admitted his defeat.
"You won." The giant glanced at Shallow Shallow, who was standing a distance away and holding the detonator in her hand. She was panting heavily with the detonator in one hand and the Battleship Slicing Blade in the other. The giant was baffled. "But what are these things? These energies … Hmm, I recognize them, but I've never seen these crystals before. Could it really be something that Master used back then? "
"Psionic … Psionic crystals. Huff." Shallow Shallow caught her breath and angrily put away the dangerous explosives that she had thrown all over the ground. "You don't even recognize this? If it wasn't for this, you really would've been thrown into a nuclear reactor."
At that moment, Shallow Shallow had already returned from her battle mode, and her personality had reverted back to normal. After the giant admitted defeat, she immediately flew in front of us with an angry expression on her face. "Although I won, I feel really pissed off! What's going on!" Shallow Shallow bumped her head on my shoulder and grumbled. "In the end, I still relied on the crystal to win. I thought I was already very powerful."
"You've always been powerful, it's just that you met an opponent with high resistance." I patted Shallow Shallow's hair lightly, but it didn't really matter whether I comforted her or not. The girl was already smiling even before I said anything, and her mood changed as quickly as her ability. Most of the time, I couldn't even react to it — and of course, the rest of the time, I couldn't react at all …
Speaking of which, Shallow Shallow's power of time wasn't the type that was suited for direct combat. Although her power was undoubtedly powerful, her power of time was more suited for support, control, and macroscopic phenomena. For small-scale attacks, there were only a few techniques she used most often: accelerated evolution, causing the enemy to wither rapidly — ineffective against the giant, time reversal, weakening the enemy — ineffective against the giant as well, and finally, time tearing or splitting. These were the most powerful and unfathomable techniques. She could cause the enemy to appear in different timelines at the same time, erasing them with a paradox or disintegrating them in three-dimensional space. She had strengthened and trained this technique many times, and it could now be considered a type of Law attack. However, against the giant, this technique was still ineffective. The giant's body was filled with energy that created an overly complex information environment. For Shallow Shallow, the greater the amount of information and energy contained in the target, the more limited her power was. The amount of information made it difficult for her to accurately control the range of the target she wanted to affect, and the amount of energy meant that she had to expend more mental power to penetrate the enemy's resistance. Unfortunately, that giant was a high-level combat unit created by the old Empire, and had both.
Just like that, Qian Qian was unable to use her power of time to injure the giant. Although she had also used her power of time to obtain victory, the decisive factor was still the several hundred tons of explosives that had been detonated in the end. For this little brat who often got tangled up in all sorts of strange angles, this was worth sulking over. Yep, she was worth sulking over for an entire twelve seconds … What a silly, happy-go-lucky brat.
Fortunately, Shallow Shallow's opponent this time wasn't a true enemy. Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't have allowed her to go out and fight one on one. After all, the Lord of Time's power should be focused on team support, and I believed that Shallow Shallow herself knew this — fine, maybe she did. Only the heavens knew why this little brat was so excited to go out and fight someone. She wasn't someone who liked to fight.
"Based on my previous instructions, I shall open up the forgotten garden." The giant said as he waved his scepter and released a silver-white arcane shockwave with himself as the center. This shockwave blew away all the mist around us and restored the surrounding space. The vast, flat, desolate, and monotonous sky once again appeared before us, as well as the gigantic metal arched door. Of course, Tracy and Chael were still several hundred meters away. The two of them had been excluded when the giant opened up the forgotten garden. It would seem that the dragons here didn't even count as guardians of the ruins to the giant, even if he referred to them as "soldiers." Chael and Tracy were busy whispering to each other when they heard the commotion. They reflexively raised their heads, and then Chael instantly started shouting, "Ah! You're still alive? Then I'll go fill up those holes … "
I instantly stumbled as I felt that something terrible must have happened. "Holes? What holes? "
Chael didn't notice that Tracy was desperately trying to signal him with her eyes. Instead, he proudly shook his head and used the tip of his nose to point at a few gigantic holes two hundred meters away from us. From the looks of it, they were dug out by the claws of a dragon in a short amount of time. "I've heard that when people from the Mother Continent die, they have to dig a hole to bury them. After you guys were dragged away by the guards, I dug a hole. But now, I have to fill it up.
If I don't fill up the holes, I'll definitely beat you up today … "Icetis flexed her wrists, and a cracking sound could be heard from her knuckles." I've beaten up countless people in my life. You still have thirty seconds to kiss your wife goodbye. "
Chael finally reacted, and his jaw nearly dislocated. He immediately cramped up under the pressure of the female pervert's imposing aura. Then, he quickly hid behind Tracy and said, "Wait … Wait! I was just joking! Actually, the two of us were really bored waiting outside, so we rolled around a few times! You guys have the protection of your ancestors, so how could anything happen to you? Ancestral Spirit, you have to protect me! "
As he spoke, Chael had already run up to Lin without any sense of shame. He was so pious that he almost cried. "Ancestral Spirit, you can be my witness. I just made those holes out of boredom, right?"
As soon as Chael's voice trailed off, there was a loud boom. A blinding bolt of lightning appeared out of nowhere and struck Chael's head with unusual precision. The silver dragon that could even swim in magma was instantly struck a few meters away. Half of its body was charred, and it lay there twitching.
Lin quickly ran up to Chael's' corpse 'and lowered her head in apology. "I'm sorry, but I didn't mean it. You'll be struck by lightning if you lie in front of me. You should have been struck by five bolts of lightning, but I felt sorry for you, so I took the initiative …"
"Thank you, Ancestral Spirit, for reducing four bolts of lightning …" Chael spat out a puff of black smoke from his mouth, his body twitching as he spoke.
Lin looked at her fingers in embarrassment. "No, it's better to get the pain over with than to prolong it. That's why I just tied the five bolts of lightning together."
Chael spat out another puff of black smoke and completely stopped moving. Icetis clapped her hands and laughed. "Aiya, this girl is so funny! Monina, take her back and teach her well. Maybe she'll take over my mantle when she grows up! "
I had only been out for a short while, but this bunch of unreliable fellows had already come up with so many tricks. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry as I shrugged my shoulders. However, just as I was about to pull back Bindis, who was stubbornly going forward to deal the finishing blow, the scenery around me suddenly changed!
This time, it was not that we were sent to another dimension. The desolate plains around us did not disappear. Instead, a hazy fog of light suddenly appeared on the originally empty ground. The magic circle that was originally engraved on the ground had been activated. The mysterious lines were surging with powerful energy and light that was several times more intense than before. When the light reached a certain level, it turned into star-like particles and lightly floated into the air, fusing with the hazy fog of light that was quickly solidifying. A low, slow rhythm came from somewhere. It sounded like the roar of waves from the distant ocean, or like millions of people singing in a certain corner. This sound was almost indistinguishable from the sound of the wind at first, but it was getting clearer and clearer now. Its deep, mysterious, and distant cadence struck straight into the soul, and, though it did not sound like any other music known to man, it gave a sense of sanctity and solemnity, like that of a hymn. Suddenly, I recalled how I would occasionally wake up and see Alaya standing in front of the window, gazing at the night sky quietly. At that time, the holy power of my angel sister would give me such a feeling — Yes, that was the feeling!
In the past four years, I had been intoxicated by such a scene that was as tranquil as a fairy tale more than once. I would wake up to see a room filled with a faint white light. Following the white light, I would see a holy angel standing quietly in front of the window in the quiet night sky, as though she was watching over an old friend from afar. All along, I did not know why Alaya would sometimes reveal such an aura. Even my angel sister herself did not know why she would occasionally run to the window and stare blankly. Now, I seemed to have found the answer.
It was the remnant memories of her soul. She had never given up and was searching for her former home.
The door to the Forgotten Garden was opening.
I had always wondered what kind of space or state the Forgotten Garden was in. All we could see was a huge arched door. There was no sign of the Forgotten Garden on the plain. So, I guessed that it was in another dimension and the arched door was a teleportation device — The way the giants appeared seemed to prove this point. But now, I understood that the Forgotten Garden was not anywhere else. It was right beside us. From the beginning, it had always existed on this empty plain.
The mist of light in the air was rapidly materializing. Soon, the illusion of a large and majestic building appeared. We could not see their appearance clearly, but we could feel the vastness, solemnity, and suffocating aura. The entire process of the Forgotten Garden turning from illusion to reality was like a dream that was gradually rising to the surface of the real world. We looked around in amazement, watching as a holy and mysterious city gradually replaced the bare gravel and hills on the plain. Monina suddenly exclaimed, "It's the structure of the God Realm! The conceptual level! "
"Have you forgotten?" Monina saw that I was in a daze and immediately explained, "Have you forgotten that the world structure of the God Realm is layered? Every space is equivalent to many layers of the world at the same time. Different conceptual levels are superimposed together. Because of the different 'worldviews', they intertwine and exist. Except for Father himself, no one knows what the lowest level of the God Realm looks like. The structure here is the same. The surrounding buildings have always been protected in another conceptual level under the same spatial coordinates. It is not invisible, nor is it a parallel space. It is independent of the worldview. No wonder even Lord Icetis did not discover where the Forgotten Garden was hidden. So, you have this kind of technology? "
"Maybe this technology was obtained from the God Realm, but no one knows about it anymore," I replied casually.
The Forgotten Garden protected itself by separating itself from the "worldview" of the real world. Therefore, it was in a state where it could not be affected by anything in the real world. Everything here had not evolved. It was like a snapshot preserved at the bottom of the world. Thinking of this, I could not help but feel excited. I felt that I was about to come into contact with a secret that I had never known before.
Finally, the materialization of the Forgotten Garden came to an end. The surrounding buildings were completely presented in front of us. When I saw this mysterious and ancient city of the Empire, I held my breath.
This was a white and glorious city — — even though it was called a garden. In this place, spotless white was the main color. All the buildings had a streamlined outline and an elegant style. Moreover, they strived for simplicity. Only the golden lines that could be seen at the edge of the buildings and the blue crystals embedded in the outer walls of the buildings could be considered decorations. Other than that, all the colors were pure white. The huge arched door in front of us was not a 'door'. In fact, it should be a relay node of some large-scale facility. The location of the arched door was a small circular plaza with a radius of a few hundred meters. The plaza was paved with pure white crystal bricks. On the surface of the plaza, there were rune lines that emitted a soft light. The small plaza was symmetrically extended into four wide, straight roads. The roads extended into the distance, and we could see four other plaza that were exactly the same as this one. The plaza also had the same metal arched door as the one in front of us. Such a combination of buildings extended out one by one. Just from what we could see, there were already more than ten similar buildings. That was why I guessed that this metal arched door was a relay node of some large-scale facility. And in between these symmetrically distributed plazas, there were many tall towers that were hundreds of meters tall. They looked like neatly arranged giant street lamps. The lower part was a single pillar with streamlined lines, while the upper part was an oval platform that extended out from the pillar. At the front of the platform was a crescent-shaped opening. In the opening floated blue crystals that were emitting a faint light. And in the distance, there were many towering towers, castles, floating balconies, and there were also huge buildings that I couldn't even name. I could only use simple words like 'magnificent' and 'elegant' to describe them. Every building had a pleasing parabola or an inwardly concave arc as its silhouette, trying its best to reach the sky. The silhouette of these buildings could not help but remind people of the same slightly curved angel feathers, the same white, the same mysterious. All these gigantic buildings were vastly different from the facilities of the Empire that I had seen in the past. Even though I could see the same blue crystal cross emblem on their surface, and their size and scale were similar to the steel fortresses of the Empire's technology, this pure white and light texture … It was truly difficult to imagine that this was something that the iron-blooded and powerful Xiling Empire had built.
But when I saw Alaya, who was beside me, couldn't help but float into the air and fly towards the nearest tower, I suddenly understood. If the Empire was able to create such elegant and powerful angels, why couldn't they also build a City of Angels that matched their figures?
All this while, the empire that he had seen only had cold and straight steel lines was not complete. When those sharp and sturdy steel fortresses were combined with the light and mysterious City of Angels, it was in the true sense that the Xi Ling Empire, which had developed both mysterious and technological powers to the pinnacle, had begun to understand the truth of the Void, a complete state of the Xi Ling Empire.
"Big Brother Monarch! Here! " Alaya's voice resounded from afar. We looked in the direction of the voice and saw the angel sister peeking her head out from the edge of the nearest tower. She had been happily flying between the tall and elegant towers since the beginning, and now that she had finally found a place to land, the angel sister had a faint blush on her cheeks. She retracted her wings behind her back and waved at us as she peeked out. "I like this place! I like this place! "
"It feels like the God Realm," Icetis's cheeky expression finally disappeared. She observed the surrounding buildings and sighed. "Although the style is different, the way the white blends with the lines is very similar to the buildings of the Light Element."
The angel sister flew between the towers a few times before she finally landed next to us. She looked extremely happy. I couldn't help but pinch her wings to calm her down. Then, the elder sister turned her head and looked in the direction where everyone had come from.
The giant guard was still standing at the entrance, holding his lightning scepter tightly. His gaze fell on us.
"Go in. You can walk around as you please. I hope that you will be able to find what you are looking for," the giant said with a rumbling voice.
The elder sister looked at him. "Are we just going to let us in like that? You still haven't confirmed our identities. Aren't you worried that the 'strangers' will destroy the things here? "
"This is the mission," the giant shook his head, "If the masters never return, leaving these tombstones empty is of no value. If the masters can return one day, then we will rebuild a city. It would be a waste if these meaningless objects were left unused, and we reject such a waste. I'm only staying here because of Master's orders, and not to let these buildings that can no longer produce value continue to exist. "
What a familiar value system …
"What about you?" The elder sister asked casually.
The Giant glanced at us and said calmly,
"I'll stay here and continue waiting for Master's return."
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