Bringing the metal ring that carried the Heart of the World back to the City of Angels was indeed a tricky task. The power of curses was never easy to deal with. Using a professional explanation that Tawil had researched, Big Sister's curse was a 'probability singularity'. The probability singularity had the ability to collapse the probability of all 'descriptive facts' in the direction desired by the initiator of the curse. In other words, as long as such a thing existed, even if the probability of its occurrence was infinitely close to zero, it would inevitably become a reality under the influence of the curse. As we all know, the Void is infinitely vast, so the probability of anything that could be described happening in the Void must be higher than zero. Therefore, the power of Big Sister's curse actually has unimaginable potential. After all, nothing in the world can escape the word 'accident'. Anything that you think is invulnerable is just temporarily not found a way to destroy it …
Alright, I've said so much just to explain. In a situation where I didn't offend anyone, I was suddenly hit in the waist by a dimensional shockwave. Then, I was thrown into a spatial storm for 15 minutes like a washing machine. Finally, I ended up in the mouth of an erupting volcano. Furthermore, how did all these events, which had almost zero probability of happening to me, happen to me in a manner that made it seem as though it was only natural for it to happen to me …
After Alleria put the Heart of the World into her dimensional pocket, I thought everything was fine, so I patted her wings as a reward. But then my vision went black and the world spun. The situation changed so quickly that I couldn't react at all. In any case, I couldn't react at all. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself falling headfirst into an active volcano, and there was an entire platoon of Griffin Knights staring at me in shock. I later found out that they were a research team studying the local volcanic activity. The words of the leader of the research team were still fresh in my memory: I've seen suicides, but I've never seen suicides with such skill …
I learned from them that when I opened my eyes, I was already at the southernmost tip of Eich, which meant that I was quite far away from the Northlands' ice plains … at any rate, it was quite far, and I didn't have a map.
According to what I checked after I regained my senses, I had already been tossing and turning between several spatial fragments for fifteen minutes. It was probably because the power of the curse finally realized that it couldn't kill a Void Creature no matter what (Alright, actually, it should be because the power of the curse was finally exhausted) that I was "lucky" enough to escape from that terrible place. The last bit of bad luck I had was that the landing point was slightly off — — off … In any case, it was quite far away. As I said before, I didn't have a map.
By the time I met up with Lin Xue and the others, it had been almost half an hour since I had slapped Alleria's wings.
"Ugh, Blockhead, are you okay?"
As soon as I teleported back to the ice plains, I was greeted by a smooth forehead. I quickly took half a step back, and the forehead in front of me was restored to the beautiful face of the missy. She had a rare look of concern on her face, and her words were so heartwarming. "Be more careful next time. Your face looks like Obama, and why does it smell like sulfur?"
… Compared to the damned weather of this place, which was hundreds of degrees below zero, this sentence was really heartwarming.
"What happened just now?" I shook my head, and at the same time, I was quite satisfied with my physique. Really? After my sister's curse attack, the only aftereffect was a little dizziness. Wasn't that something to be proud of?
"According to the data, half an hour ago, there was a void tide at the edge of the universe. Through a method similar to quantum effects, this tide caused the intertwining of dimensions near your location, and opened an unstable space door. Then, you were transported to the edge of the world, and quickly passed through all known space fragments in this universe …" Alleria explained to me honestly, and finally added, "You don't want to know how many digits after the decimal point are there in the probability of these things happening …"
"That string of numbers can circle the Earth if you type it in a four." Lin Xue sprinkled a handful of pepper powder on my wound.
I jumped back, and put a safe distance between me and Alleria. "Alright, from now on, I have to keep my distance from you until you bring that thing back for my sister to deal with."
Alleria flapped her wings nonchalantly and opened a teleportation door to the City of Angels. Before I stepped into the teleportation door, I turned to Odemsius and said, "Go and retrieve your body. Recover as fast as you can so that you can carry out the mission. The Empire needs you."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Odemsius gave an Imperial Army salute, and at the same time, punched a big hole in his chest.
I said, "… Take it easy, you're very fragile now … Eh, wait! Where are the two dracon girls? "
It was only then that I remembered that I hadn't seen Sona and Sona since the Storm Giants appeared. Or rather, because of the Heart of the World, everyone had subconsciously forgotten about the two dracon girls who didn't have much of a presence. At my reminder, Lin Xue slapped her head, and pulled Shallow Shallow back into Gould's igloo. A moment later, both of them came out carrying a dracon girl who was sleeping soundly. I was surprised. "What's going on?"
Lin Xue patted Sona's head, who was swinging back and forth on her shoulder. "Hibernating …"
After returning to the City of Angels, Alleria immediately handed the black metal ring to her sister. When they were handing it over, everyone stood at least fifty meters away to watch. Even the most fearless Xiaoxue and Liliana, who would go up and stab the sky even if it collapsed, hid behind me in fear. They had heard that even a Void Creature like me, who had amazing resistance to all kinds of abnormal damage, had been tossed around at the edge of the world for more than ten minutes. With their small bodies, they didn't want to go up and take a few hits.
I didn't understand how my sister did it either. She seemed to have touched the ring twice, and made an 'OK' gesture to us. Then, his sister kicked Elson away for an experiment to confirm that the curse had been removed.
"Sister, to be honest, I think you're even more amazing than me." I looked at the black circle that looked exactly the same as before. I sighed in admiration at my sister's ability that was incomprehensible other than information theory. My sister, on the other hand, had a happy expression on her face. "I don't know if it's an illusion, but I feel like I've become slightly stronger …"
Sandora's eyes lit up. "Does that mean that by coming into contact with what you left behind, you can absorb the power of the former emperor of the 15th Heaven?"
My sister smiled and shook her head. "It's not that simple. It's just that after coming into contact with the power that I left behind, I seem to have a deeper understanding of my ability … After all, whether it's combat experience or temperament, I am far from being comparable to the current me."
So, Lin Xue suddenly showed a withered expression. "Then it's over. I'll die without even ashes left, and a prophet can't leave behind any power …"
Bubble's evaluation was even more pertinent. "It's the same second cycle, but some people only reincarnate, while others can still keep the skill points from the first cycle. This is why Matriarch Chen Qian is the boss …"
This unexpected discovery of the Heart of the World was obviously of great significance. It needed the best protection, but the level of security of this world could not be guaranteed. This small universe with a diameter of only one light year was located in the most desolate border area of the Void. The Concept Separation back then had caused it to be far away from any area that could be covered by any force in the Void. The Empire's fleet could not provide effective support here. So, in the end, the most urgent thing at the moment was to go back to reconnecting the two parts of the home planet. Only by pulling this place into the capital of the Empire could we dare to breathe a sigh of relief. Alleria almost did not rest. After handing the black ring to my sister, she immediately returned to her post, and the black ring was temporarily placed in my Dimensional Pocket.
I was a little nervous when I put that thing in …
Shakina and Sona had hibernated for a while (anyway, it was the first time I saw hibernation being used in this way). They were a little disappointed that they did not see the famous Storm Giant, but they soon had their own things to do. Odemsius's awakening meant that more and more Empire commanders would be separated from the data at the bottom of the world. (Before this, the Ancient Souls around the world had already responded to our orders, but at that time, the corresponding Imperial Army officers had not fully awakened. At best, they were in a weak state like Odemsius.) The changes in the world would become more and more obvious. The Ancient Souls around the world would become more active, and the mana reaction in the world would reach an unprecedented state in the past tens of thousands of years. As the facilities of the Empire were unsealed and left their current space, the rich energy they left behind would also flow into the mother continent through the one-way passage in the Lost World. This would not lead to a direct disaster, but it would cause the mortal races on the mother continent to suddenly find that their mastery of magic was at least twice as strong as before. This was very dangerous. The next mission of the Sect of the Dragon God and the Sect of the Crow God was to run around the world to appease the spellcasters who were agitated because of this. Therefore, Shakina, Sona, Liliana, and Vanilla hurried back to the Holy Capital in the afternoon to take charge of the various affairs on the mother continent.
As for the Dragon God and the Crow God, they stayed with us in the City of Angels because everyone thought that these two clowns were only good at eating and acting cute.
On our side, we had also detected another set of Empire's information link that was getting stronger and stronger. This was the Mystery homeworld facility that had been shut down in the past. It was gradually awakening from hibernation and automatically installing itself into the default channel that they could detect. Since there were still remnants of the Concept Fragmentation, the Empire's information link was now split into two parts. One part came from the New Empire, and the other was in this world. Although the latter's scale could not be compared to the former, its importance was not to be underestimated. We needed to ensure that the entire recovery process was smooth and perfect. First, we had to ensure that the communication between all facilities was smooth. Mystical facilities used magic and complex runic equipment to generate, communicate, and evolve data. Although the medium was different, the principles and algorithms of the equipment on the technological side were similar. The Old Empire was the first to combine technology and mystical technology in the information field. There was perfect compatibility between the two. Therefore, after confirming that most of the homeworld facilities had been installed into the core link, with Alleria's help, the Bubble loaded itself into the control system of the Forgotten Garden through a set of conversion devices to assist in processing the increasing amount of information and to prepare for the synchronization of the two homeworlds in the near future. This immediately relieved the pressure on Alleria. Due to the long period of hibernation and the fatal blow to the universe, the information link of this world's homeworld was extremely weak. Many key nodes could only be maintained by virtual connections. The addition of a high-performance host like the Bubble was tantamount to solving her pressing problem.
Well, it also solved my pressing problem. That otaku with all five poisons finally found something to do and did not have to continue to harm her child.
Odemsius reported to the City of Angels the next morning. He used nearly a day to completely separate himself from the complicated sealing system. Now he was finally no longer a temporary body that fell apart as he walked. Although I still felt that it was quite creative. Odemsius himself was the same as what we saw in the projection, a strong and unsmiling Imperial Army man. The burning arcane core in his eyes was his most distinctive feature. Under the strong request of the little raven, he awkwardly performed how to shoot out focused arcane rays from his eyes. But it was meaningless, the little raven was still scattering light …
Odemsius's awakening did not mean that the Storm Giants and the Gould Elementals in the Northern Tundra would disappear. Now, the latter was equivalent to Odemsius's avatar. This was an unexpected gain for us. Although most of the mystical army had been lost, these commanders had subconsciously created a large group of secondary splits during their tens of thousands of years of hibernation (Odemsius was conscious). These splits came in all shapes and sizes. There were elemental creatures, doppelgängers, and even various natural phenomena and conceptual and abstract things. They were vast, powerful, and could almost be regarded as an army. Sandora had already begun to consider whether to form these splits from the mystical officers into an independent army. She was planning to test the true combat power of these elemental creatures as soon as possible. But that would be after everything in this world was done.
After a further inspection by Alleria and confirming that he did not lose any parts of his body, Odemsius set off for the Sky Tower to activate the defensive control center there.
As the defensive system was designed by Odemsius himself, everything went smoothly. Soon, he received the good news that the system was activated. On the second afternoon, a huge crack appeared in the sky hundreds of kilometers east of the City of Angels. The towering Sky Tower entered the world through the crack and successfully smashed a floating dragon mountain. Fortunately, the dragon mountain was only used to store food and the like. The few dragons that stayed behind flew out in time and no casualties were caused. Through this incident, we realized that it was necessary to do more precise positioning when teleporting to the Empire facilities. The relative positions and combinations recorded in the Empire facilities were based on the surface structure of the Great Old Fifteen Celestial Planets. If they were arranged according to the default arrangement, Char's home would be smashed three to six times …
There were four busiest people right now. The first was Alleria. She was responsible for counting the awakening of all facilities, monitoring the integration progress of the concept separation points, logging in and analyzing the names and status of the currently awakened commanders of the Empire. Many of the Imperial Army officers were more or less abnormal after waking up. After all, the world had suffered an apocalyptic attack. The Shiring Apostles who had integrated themselves into the world's underlying data were naturally affected. But it was precisely because they integrated themselves into the world's underlying data that they were able to protect themselves. As long as the fundamental laws of the universe did not completely collapse, they could still fully recover. Alleria activated an emergency repair center in the City of Angels and the Forgotten Garden. The newly awakened commanders would go in and lie down. Even if they strongly requested to carry out the mission immediately, Alleria would knock them out and throw them in without a second thought. Why didn't I realize that this good-tempered kite angel had such a tough side to her?
The second busiest person was Alaya. Until recently, the angel sister was the most leisurely high-ranking apostle in the New Empire because there was almost nothing she could help with in the technological side. Apart from assisting in battles and occasionally helping train Raven, the only thing Alaya did all day was sleep in my spirit sea. Now, she had finally found a place to put her skills to use. She would follow behind her former adjutant Alleria all day long, busily compiling data, formulating repair plans, and at the same time, relearning the knowledge she had originally created. It was obvious that the silly cat angel was very happy.
The last two busiest people were Sandora and … me …
Actually, I thought that I wouldn't have anything to do. You see, the mother planet's reconstruction, the removal of the concept separation, the re-coding of facilities. Each of these sounded more advanced than the last. Which one of them was something I could interfere with? Still, Shadora unswervingly dragged me over to review all sorts of documents, reports, plans, and the like. Only then did I realize that such a grand project would involve far too many things. It wouldn't be as simple as just merging two worlds. As a ruler who had to take full responsibility, you also had to consider all the related consequences. How would the future order be established after the two worlds were merged? How would the organization of both sides be reorganized? The Imperial Army now had six main corps and several reserve corps. Would there be new magical units in these corps? A light year's worth of patches hung in the Shadow Realm. Would you not reset the rules of the Dimensional Hub?
These were things that the lower departments had no right to decide. Naturally, only Sandora and I could approve matters that involved the highest decision-making of the Empire. Fortunately, after a few years of training, I was not as confused as I was in the beginning when it came to these things that did not require professional skills. With Sandora's help to analyze the situation, and with a relatively complete plan in mind, I could still handle this work.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day when the concept separation would finally be lifted.
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