Although Lin Xue's battle prowess was always the same, she was indeed a mascot who could guarantee good fortune and avoid calamity, regardless of whether it was her previous life or this life. She often claimed that a sneeze of hers was equivalent to crushing millions of enemies in the future. Although no one believed her nonsense, her ability to seek good fortune and avoid calamity was recognized by everyone.
If it wasn't for her, or if it wasn't for the several important prophecies made by her previous life's' Lizzy ', perhaps even the new Empire wouldn't have appeared.
And after she assisted the Emperor of the Sky to complete the magnificent feat of dividing the capital of the fifteen Sky Realms into two, she also arranged a mission that Odemsius found baffling without anyone knowing: Hide the Heart of the World. Back then, other than herself, no one could guess the purpose of this mission. But from what we see now, this arrangement was obviously made to deal with the current Fallen Apostles. She predicted the destruction of the Empire, predicted the only light of dawn, predicted that we would enter the assembly hall after so many years, and even predicted the appearance of the Fallen Apostles and the value of the Heart of the World. It was really hard to imagine how much more she knew, and to what extent she knew. Now, I more or less sympathized with those Fallen Apostles who were repeatedly hit hard by Lin Xue's prophecy ability. I also understood why they spent so much money to develop a new warship, just to interfere with the prophet on the battlefield for a few minutes. Facing such an unreasonable existence as an opponent, it was really an unresolvable matter.
Of course, there were also areas where her prophecies weren't too accurate. For example, the reason why she assigned this secret mission to Odemsius alone was probably because she foresaw that a large number of Shiring Apostles would rebel due to 'some reason'. However, she couldn't determine the scope of this' rebel army ', so she could only arrange for as few people as possible to know about this matter. In fact, she made a mistake: the ones who truly rebelled against the Empire were the Fallen Apostles who should have been wiped out the moment the calamity broke out, and not the surviving compatriots of the 15th Sky. However, one couldn't blame Reggie for not trusting her own people. It wasn't that she didn't trust them, but it was a necessary caution. After all, even the power of the Prophet was limited. She could not control everything in her hands. It was just like how Reggie foresaw the destruction of the Empire, but she was still powerless to stop it. She sacrificed herself to the Void in exchange for the last bit of life, but the price was her own fall. The world was unpredictable.
"Blockhead, you're making me feel embarrassed." The missy giggled as she pinched my ear, because I didn't hide those sighs from her. "Odemusius, I don't know as much as you do now. Tell us about what happened that year in detail, and also about the sealed state of the World-Core. You know what part of the situation we know, so just tell us what you know."
"Yes." Odemusius' blurry projection shook a little. "Regarding my mission, it was basically what I said before, to hide the World-Core and to build a secret seal system for it.
Regarding this matter, Lady Reggie and His Majesty the Emperor had ordered that it must be carried out in secret, even to the extent that it was classified as an absolute secret in any Empire's information network. I didn't understand why there was such an order at that time, but it was my duty to obey orders. So, after the entire Mother Planet went into hibernation as planned, I woke up alone, modified and built the present Northern Ice Fields, and hid the World-Core here. "
"What kind of concealment is this? Hiding it in a different dimension? Or is it simply concealing its presence? " Alleria asked about the details. She was very interested in this secret plan that even she did not know about.
"It's a combination of both. The World-Core is stored in a proper dimensional fold, and at the same time, the dimensional fold's identifying characteristics are disguised. The level of secrecy is so high that it can even hide from the Empire's most advanced scanning technology," Odemusius explained patiently. "I designed this system to rely on any secondary energy source to continue operating, and created a group of elemental creatures to maintain the seal. The task of these elemental creatures is to ensure that the entire system will always operate normally, until the end of the world, or until the Empire recovers. They could gather raw minerals from the borders of the North to maintain the magic array. In times when energy was insufficient and gathering was difficult, they would use themselves as fuel. But if the situation worsened, these elemental creatures would forcefully awaken their subordinates and restart everything. This is the most perfect design I can achieve. The options are really limited. The few 'safe' areas that Lady Reggie pointed out are all on this small planet, and she specifically emphasized that the carrier of the World-Core must not be damaged. Otherwise, once the World-Core is transferred, the risk will increase exponentially. Therefore, I can only protect the World-Core and its carrier together on this ice field. Now, it seems that Lady Reggie's judgment was correct. This is the only planet that did not suffer from the disaster. The other planets, including the Mother Planet, have mostly been torn apart. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, there are signs of severe destruction from the subspace storm. "
I thought about it and felt that something was wrong. I hesitated and asked, "So, there should be a World-Core on the technological side. After all, the Mother Planet is conceptually divided into two parts, and there can't only be one World-Core, right? Since the World-Core of this world is hidden, where is the other one? "
"Although I am not very clear about the situation on the other side, the two worlds should be corresponding. Lady Reggie must have made arrangements for the other universe. I think there must be a place to store the World-Core on the other side."
"But I have never heard Gaia mention it!" I immediately answered. The moment I said that, everyone instantly quieted down. Once again, we realized that everyone had neglected something important.
I hurriedly contacted Gaia. After a while, I shook my head at the people next to me. "Gaia's memory doesn't have any information about the World-Core. She said that the universe where the technological side's Mother Planet is located has never found the World-Core. She also asked all the Shiring Apostles who are currently online, but none of them remember any similar secret mission."
Lin Xue clutched her forehead and closed her eyes. A moment later, a worried expression appeared on her face. She looked at me and said, "The situation is bad. I'm afraid that the Heart of the World has fallen into the hands of someone. Moreover, the method of stealing it is quite advanced. They even blocked the memories of the Xi Ling apostles who might have participated in the corresponding mission."
"Why would they go through so much trouble to protect the World-Core of the 15th Heaven?" Shallow Shallow thought for a long time and finally grasped another key point. "Aren't there many universes? Is the World-Core of the 15th Heaven very special? "
"Special, special, it must be special." Lin Xue quickly tapped her temple with her index finger, as though it could speed up her thinking. "I remember that the Fallen Apostles collected the World-Core with a specific goal. They didn't just randomly collect the World-Core of any universe. The World-Core of the 15th Heaven must be a key item. I definitely saw something back then, but now … Meow, if only I was as powerful as I was back then … Blockhead, can you lend me your divine power?"
"Sacrifice yourself to the void again?" I slapped the back of Lin Xue's head. "What are you thinking about? The situation isn't too bad. Even if the Fallen Apostles obtained the World-Core, it has been tens of thousands of years, and they are still in the preparation stage for their great cause. I'm sure they are lacking in many things. We will always have a chance to defeat them. As long as we achieve results every time they take action, we will be fine. "
"Wise decision." Alleria 'looked' at me. "I have a general understanding of the current situation of the Fallen Apostles. Their plan cannot be completed overnight. Perhaps the World-Core of the 15th Heaven is important, but it is definitely not the only factor. We should plan for the long term. Odemxius, the World-Core that you have preserved should still be in good condition, right? "
"Yes, I checked its condition as soon as I woke up."
"Very good. Hand it over to us for protection. You can also be freed from your weakened state. Now, we need you to do something more important: remove the lock on the Sky Tower's core."
"Speaking of which, what does the World-Core look like?" Qian Qian had a curious look on her face. She knew that the Heart of the Realm was formless and incorporeal. It was just a point of information entanglement, but the Heart of the Realm would randomly attach itself to any object in the world. Only when the object it was attached to was destroyed would the Heart of the Realm jump to the next object. This was also the reason why Odemsius wanted to seal the Heart of the Realm along with its attached object in an alternate dimension: to prevent it from suddenly jumping to another object and adding unnecessary variables to his mission. Now, Shallow Shallow was interested in the World-Core that was being protected in every possible way. She could not wait to see what it looked like.
To be honest, I was rather curious as well. Because I was usually busy … well, I claimed that I was busy, so I rarely came into contact with such a thing. The World Core that I had the deepest impression of was still Miriya from the world of Mobrador. (Oftentimes, the World Core's true body and its host could be considered the same). I didn't feel like there was anything special about the World Core. After all, the World Core was basically indestructible before the world was destroyed. The change in its host would only cause the World Core to jump around. For the World Core, the current host was basically nothing more than a vessel. The host of the World-Core of the 15th Heaven's capital must have been chosen by someone. I was very curious as to what my sister had chosen as the host.
Odemxius, who was in a quandary state, readily agreed. "The moment Alleria contacted me, the mission was actually completed. If you want to see, I can open the passage to the World-Core's storage point. It's right outside."
As he said that, the two foot square crystal that Odemsius was resting on suddenly shattered and quickly reformed itself in the air. After a series of cracking sounds, it became a crystal statue similar to the Gould person outside. He stretched his body and said apologetically to us, "I'm sorry, I can only maintain this state for less than ten minutes and I can't leave the Ice Field. However, it will be over soon."
We left the small igloo and found that the snowstorm outside had stopped. Far away, a huge snowstorm was hovering strangely in the sky and gradually approaching us. The hurricane was mixed with a large amount of ice and stones, so we could clearly see its borders and shape. The shape did not look natural at all, and it was constantly changing. As it gradually approached us, it even gradually revealed the face of an angry middle-aged man. Only one face appeared in a very strange state at the top of the hurricane. The lower half of the hurricane was like a pair of giant arms that constantly twisted and swayed like a cloud, making it look like a frozen version of Aladdin's genie.
When it got close enough, the hurricane had already turned into a giant that was nearly 100 meters tall. However, it only had the upper body of the giant. The lower body of the giant was still a spiraling storm, and it let out a deafening roar.
"Oh, this is the legendary Storm Giant," Lin Xue pointed at the hurricane. "It looks really spectacular."
"Unlike the Ancients and natural phenomena created by our brethren, the Storm Giant was created under the consciousness of its subordinates. Its mission is to guard the sealed grounds of the World Core, which is why it can never leave the icy plains. The wind and snow that occupy the ice field are the incarnation of the Storm Giant, so he can sense the movement of the entire ice field at all times. After I went back to sleep, he became the most powerful guardian of this planet. Although I only have a small fragment of my soul, he still completed his mission very well. "
"I might know how the Gould Elemental Creatures were created." I looked at the Storm Giant in the distance. Near its inverted cone-shaped lower half of its body, small hurricanes were constantly splitting out. These small hurricanes seemed to have their own consciousness after they were split out, and they began to wander around, collecting the ice and rocks nearby to build their bodies. Very quickly, they became crystal clear "Icebreakers". Some of the Icebreakers flew in the air, so they didn't have their lower bodies, and looked like a smaller version of the Storm Giant. The Icebreakers that walked on the ground looked exactly like our guide.
"Yes, the Storm Giant and the Gould Elemental Creatures were created at the same time, the latter is the former's split body," Odemsius said. "The Storm Giant's body is the core of the seal, and I share the same consciousness as this incarnation. Look, that is where the World-Core is stored, it has already been opened."
As Odemsius said that, he used his transparent crystal arm to point at the Storm Giant a few hundred meters away. In the depths of the Storm Giant's body, there was a red core that was quickly brightening and gradually breaking free from the Storm Giant's body. I saw many bright lines and runes covering the red core, and it was connected to the surrounding hurricanes. As the core floated away from the Storm Giant's body, the lines and runes started to break. Based on my limited knowledge of Mysticism, this meant that the entire seal was a one time use, and once it was opened, it would be completely destroyed. Only by breaking the runes in the correct order could the space be stabilized, or else something extremely disharmonious would happen. For example, the Northern Ice Field would turn into the Northern Hemisphere Ice Field, or the Mother Continent would turn into an Ice Continent, and then the World-Core would collapse to the ends of the earth.
Odemsius pointed at a ball of light that floated over and said, "That is the World-Core that I was ordered to hide, and it is completely intact."
When the light finally dissipated, I could clearly see what it looked like, and I was instantly stunned.
It was a huge and heavy metal ring, dark black, about a meter in diameter, and its surface was twinkling with bluish-purple starlight. It floated in the air as though it was not affected by gravity, and it radiated visible ripples around it. It should be the air being distorted by some kind of force field, or it could be the light, or even the space itself.
Now let's combine two things: Big Sis, and a circle.
A huge circle that came from the peak of Big Sis's power …
The moment we saw the metal ring, Lin Xue, and even the usually simple-minded Shallow Shallow took a few steps back involuntarily. Our bodies were covered in cold sweat. Oh my Jingle above, in this freezing place with a temperature of -100 degrees below zero, I'm freaking sweating!
There were two people who did not have any reaction: Alaya and Alleria. The former probably did not react, and it was hard to tell if there was any change in Alleria. Who knew what her expression was now?
"This thing can't be touched directly with my hands, right?" I maintained a safe distance and pointed at the metal ring.
Odemsius nodded. "You seem to understand His Majesty's power very well. This metal ring has been bestowed with the ability to protect itself. His Majesty's power is attached to it, and it has not dissipated for tens of thousands of years. It is too important, so His Majesty made it as hard as possible to destroy it. Oh, the system shows that the entanglement point of the World-Core is still attached to the ring. "
I continued to break out in a cold sweat. Tell me, how am I supposed to transport this thing back to me?!
After thinking for a long time, I still connected to Avalon and contacted the director of the local district office, Miss Artemis. "Little Artemis, I need support here. Immediately send a battalion … No, send a regiment of spearmen over …"
Before I could finish, Lin Xue interrupted, "Ignore him, we can handle it ourselves." Then she hung up and looked at me angrily. "Can you not be so dramatic? Bring it back."
"F * ck, it will be worse than death!"
"What are you afraid of?" The Missy rolled her eyes. "You are not an enemy, Sister Chen Qian's curse won't be activated on you."
"You must be mistaken, this is the power left behind by the Emperor of the Fifteenth Sky Zone. She doesn't know me! If I keep this thing in my personal space, even if I don't die, I will lose a layer of skin! "
The Missy was stunned. "Aiya, I forgot about that."
"Odemsius, there should be a way to transfer this thing, right?" I looked expectantly at the crystal-clear imperial officer standing beside me. "Packaging box? Switch? At least give me a protective glove. This thing can't be touched or touched, so how is it going to be transported to the City of Angels? "
Odemsius shrugged. "His Majesty's power can't be isolated, but it can distinguish between friend and foe. As long as you have the Empire's identification code, you shouldn't be affected by the curse. Of course, if you call Her Majesty over now, she can personally remove the curse. "
I felt that it would be troublesome to call my sister over for this matter, so I looked at the people around me. Odemsius was out of the question. Lin Xue and Shallow Shallow did have identification codes back then, but their Empire residency records were revoked 70,000 years ago. It was the same for Alaya. The two mother planets hadn't been reorganized yet, so she was an unregistered citizen in the mysterious mother planet. As for the rest …
Finally, my gaze fell on Alleria.
"Alleria, can I leave it to you?"
The Kite Angel, who was always calm, shuddered like never before. Then, he nodded and approached the black hoop that was still swaying in the air as if he was facing death with equanimity. Under everyone's gaze, he lightly touched the black hoop.
To their relief, nothing happened.
"That works." Alleria was happy too. She nodded and kept the bracelet into her personal space.
I smiled and patted Alleria's wings. "Good job, now hurry back to the City of Angels …"
Before I could finish, I felt my vision go black …
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