I mentioned that I wanted to see what kind of God the natives of the Azure Star believed in, or perhaps visit their church. Hearing the request of the "extraterrestrial visitor", the group of experts, scholars, leaders, and receptionists present were all very happy. Well, this was to be expected. Since this world had developed to such a high level of technology, it still maintained the supremacy of religion. Even the "scientists" (or should I call them magicians?) Had developed spaceships under the guidance of God. So, I had reason to believe that these natives would be very happy to introduce their God to the "extraterrestrial visitor".
They might even consider preaching to me and Sandora? I thought of this interesting speculation and exchanged a smile with Sandora. It seemed that Her Majesty the Queen was thinking the same thing as me.
"We are very happy that you would be so interested in our God. We are also happy to let more races know about the greatness of God." An old man sitting at the back beamed with joy. He couldn't help but say, "When you appeared, we had already held a prayer. However, God has yet to respond. I believe that God must be very happy to know that his children have taken such a crucial step in the evolution of civilization … Oh, you wish to see our God? Of course, that is fine. However, you might have to wait for a while. I have already informed the Temple, but the ceremony that will last for a long time has yet to end. I hope that my guests can wait."
"This is one of the most respected priests of the God of War on our planet, Ray." Someone immediately introduced the beaming old man to me and Sandora. "He is dedicated to preaching God's teachings. At the same time, he is also a great supporter of various space exploration projects …"
"Oh, oh, hello." I nodded at the high priest who was called "Ray". After the short exchange just now, I had a slight understanding of the social structure of this world. On the surface, the Azure Star was a civilized civilization that developed on the path of magic, or rather, occult technology. Magic power was applied in many aspects. On this planet, mages and arcanists were equivalent to engineers and scientists on Earth, and they enjoyed high honor. At the same time, there was a religion in the world. This religion did not have a name. People called it the 'Church'. The Church believed in the God of War. This God had supreme prestige. Everyone in the world believed in the existence of the God of War. They believed that it was the God of War who protected the entire world and gave them the peace they had today. Surprisingly, the religions of this world did not hinder the development of technology. On the contrary, on the Azure Star, the churches were the faithful protectors and promoters of technology. They claimed that the gods had decreed that mortals could freely use their creativity and encourage them to pursue the truth of the world. Most of the cutting-edge technology in this world was actually advanced by the Church with manpower, effort, and money. Even the slightly strange romantic alien enthusiast from before, Old Man Qiao, was himself a level 2 Priest. Alright, I really didn't notice this last point before.
The Azure Star had once been in the 'Uncivilized Age' of endless disputes and wars. But after one of the factions received a revelation from the God of War, within a year, the entire planet was now under the leadership of a unified government. The leadership of all the humans on the Azure Star was a group called the 'Parliament'. This parliament was composed of four parts: the commoners elected as members of the parliament, the representatives of the agricultural, industrial, and other industries, the high-level clergy of the church, and the traditional parties rotated. The above four parts had equal voting rights, and the highest leader of the Parliament was the God of War, the Pope. This was a rather common and relatively stable political structure. Many worlds had similar 'theoretically republican' governments. And the fact that the highest leader of the Parliament was the Pope seemed to be the most unfair part of the whole process, but it was supported by the people of the world. Because they firmly believed that the Pope, who spoke directly to the God of War, would never lie or be biased. No matter what decision it was, the Pope would never deliberately favor the church's members when he made a decision.
"Yes, the Pope is the only human who can't lie or be biased." The middle-aged man who was responsible for explaining the local customs had a look of awe on his face. "When he announces the decisions of the Parliament, he has to hold the Scepter of the God of War in his hand. If he violates the commandments of the gods, he will suffer divine punishment on the spot. And this is precisely the 'last lifeline' to ensure the political stability of the Azure Star. "
The middle-aged man didn't mention whether there was really an unlucky Pope who was struck by lightning in public, but looking at the determined expression on everyone's faces, the so-called divine punishment was probably real. At this moment, Sandora and I couldn't help but look at each other. We saw the same thing in each other's eyes.
Could it be that the God that this world worships … is the true God of the Star Sector?
"We have already wasted a lot of time here. Now should be the time for us to go to your city to take a look, right?" After establishing a preliminary level of mutual trust, it seemed that the other party was no longer as tense as before. I finally couldn't help but speak up. This place was a remote landing site. According to the scan, it was hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest city. This arrangement was obviously because the authorities wanted to temporarily isolate the 'aliens' in a relatively safe place so that they could have some buffer time to study whether the aliens were safe or not. Sandora and I expressed our understanding of these actions, but it would be a little annoying if the delay was too long. I had already begun to consider that if the other party was too slow, Sandora and I would simply flash away, change into local clothes and stroll around on our own …
Anyway, there was nothing left to do with the alien landing scene. There was no slicing to study in the second half of the movie, and there was no secret agent fighting the little green men. Besides, Shadora and I were still hoping to buy a bunch of toys for the little girls at home to share.
"Err …" One of the representatives opened his mouth and hesitated for a moment. At this moment, two staff members pushed the door open and walked in. (They should have been communicating with some higher level leaders to report our on-site progress in real time.) After seeing the two people, the representative nodded in relief. "Of course, the follow-up reception activities have been prepared. We can leave now …"
"Don't receive any reception activities," I said with a frown. "I have already said that we came down to take a look around. You guys have made it so troublesome, be careful that you won't be able to integrate into the interstellar civilization in the future. Article 6 of the Interstellar Civilization Communication Code: The more etiquette, the more troublesome it will be. Before both sides fully understand each other's culture, any etiquette and rules that are unrelated to direct communication may lead to major misunderstandings."
Thus, the group of experts was momentarily stunned. They quickly took out their small notebooks and quickly took notes. Grandpa Qiao even raised his head and asked seriously, "Then may I ask what the other five rules are? This knowledge is of utmost importance to a young civilization like ours! "
I was speechless.
What the heck, even the sixth rule was made up on the spot. Where am I supposed to find the first five for you!
Sandora held back her laughter and poked my waist from behind. She still had a cold and stern expression on her face. She lifted her chin at some of the stunned politicians — in other words, the group of people other than the experts — and said, "We hope that you will prepare a low-key guide. We are not interested in the local military, technology, politics, or any other sensitive factors. You can provide us with help according to the standard of receiving tourist groups. If you understand, then do as I said. As for the so-called welcoming activities and reception, as well as meeting with your politicians … Err, I don't have time for that at the moment. But if he is willing to accompany us shopping, I don't mind. "
The people present were even more stunned. In the end, the highly respected war god priest was decisive. He patted the shoulder of the person beside him and said, "Just do as I said. In the current situation, we are the ignorant children."
The expected welcoming party and escort team was replaced by an unremarkable hover car. It seemed to be a relatively common transportation tool in this world. Under Sandora's direct request and unyielding attitude, only a few people followed us, including the excited Grandpa Qiao — the old man was still researching whether I could shed dandruff or not. The rest of the big shots had no choice but to stay on the wasteland due to the sudden change of mission. They waved goodbye to us and waited for the next flight in twenty minutes …
"I'm guessing that there will be tons of people following us, and they will think that we haven't discovered them." The interior of the hover car was very spacious, but Sandora still squeezed into the same seat as me. She leaned on my shoulder in a comfortable position. She had an interested expression on her face as she communicated with me through our mental connection. "What do you think they will do if we suddenly teleport away?"
I glanced at her and said, "Why don't we consider that a few alien conspiracy theorists and human protectionists would charge at the hover car and shout that they want to take back the planet from the aliens? The two groups would fight fiercely. In the end, the misunderstanding between the Fifth Fleet and the Blue Planet would lead to a huge war. In the end, a legend was left in this scorched world, about the descent of the Great Demon King …"
At this point, I felt that both me and Sandora had been possessed by Shallow Shallow.
At this moment, I noticed that the scenery outside had changed. After passing by a road that looked like a toll booth, but there was no one in sight, the buildings outside the hover car became denser. They became tall, beautiful, and orderly. It was obvious that we had entered a city. This was a city built by a highly developed (by Earth's standards) magical civilization. However, perhaps it was because I had seen far too many strange and bizarre alternate worlds, but the unique buildings and city styles here didn't seem all that new to me. The most unique characteristic of this city was that most of the buildings here were nearly cylindrical. The natives of the Blue Planet seemed to be quite fond of "circles" and related geometrical objects. Their personal spaceships were circular, their large spaceships were ellipsoids, and their buildings were either cylindrical or hemispherical. This was a planet filled with smooth parabolas, and the buildings here were also symmetrical in the form of circles. Compared to Earth, the main roads of the city were unusually wide, but there were no street lights on either side. In fact, there were no public lighting devices anywhere. I had no idea how they solved the problem of lighting up the city at night. Another thing that I couldn't figure out was that the size of this city was obviously huge, but we didn't see many pedestrians along the way. The streets seemed very deserted. I couldn't help but think that the authorities might have evacuated all the citizens.
Thinking of this, I looked up at the sky. The roof of this oval-shaped hover car was transparent.
Through the clear and cloudless dome, we could see that the entire sky was covered in grayish-white shadows. The shadows were indistinct and uncountable, and some of the shadows were moving quickly. It was the Fifth Fleet in orbit. Due to its position, the Fifth Fleet blocked part of the sunlight. However, because the fleet had been evacuated, this agglomeration, which was more than ten times larger than the Blue Planet, didn't completely plunge this side of the planet into darkness. It only left a large patch of shadows in the sky. These spaceships should be closer to the planet. The spaceships on the other side of the fleet had already left the area where the naked eye could see.
"Not long ago, the entire daytime side of the planet fell into a dusk-like scene, causing a lot of panic. Only then did we know that a fleet had appeared in space." Grandfather Qiao noticed my gaze and looked up at the sky. "Some people thought that the invaders had come, but I despise their imagination. Using a fleet of this scale to invade a planet the size of a stone? It was as ridiculous as sending a hundred thousand troops to attack a single man who was eating meat on a day of fasting. I did some calculations. Even if the entire Blue Planet was melted into liquid, it wouldn't be enough to give the fleet a bath. So, I thought that you weren't an invading force. So, I led my people to check the situation. Heh, it was just as I thought. You were quite easy to talk to. I didn't even think that you would agree to move the spaceships out of the solar system so readily. I thought that it would be difficult to negotiate with you. "
So, before you left, you brought along the alien communication handbook that you had researched?
"There are a lot of people gathered in front!" Sandora suddenly pointed outside the car window and said softly, interrupting my wild thoughts. Only then did I notice that after passing through an unusually quiet street, we finally encountered the bustling side of the city. It was too bustling!
Groups of ordinary citizens gathered on the wide streets and in the plaza by the roadside. Every single one of them wore strange clothing and held large and eye-catching signs in their hands. I struggled for a long time before I finally opened the window of the hover car. The sound wave almost caused me to faint. The noise outside was as loud as a storm. There were many platforms on the roadside. Perhaps they were temporarily built. Most of the platforms had one or a group of people who seemed to be very provocative. On the platform closest to us, there was an old man wearing a mage's robe. His hair and beard were all white. This old mage was even more Gandalf than Gandalf. He waved the staff in his hand high up. His entire body was wrapped in lightning as he shouted, "In the name of magic! Aliens do exist! "
Then, a group of mages who seemed to have come out from Dalaran raised their arms and shouted, "The citizens have the right to know the truth! The communication with aliens must be made public! "
On the opposite side of the stage stood a group of young sorcerers, who were also using arcane lightning to attract the people's attention. They were holding strange little green man models in their hands, and each of them was louder than the other. "We must be cautious when we communicate with aliens! And this is a matter for all of humanity! We call for the process to be made public! "
The citizens below had all sorts of slogans.
"We should immediately report to the God of War! We need God's instructions to take action! "
"This is a test that God has given us. He wants to verify if human civilization can walk out of the cradle! We must solve everything independently to satisfy God! "
"I was kidnapped by aliens ten years ago. A large number of people with the same fate gathered around me! For many years, we were not valued. Now, we request for a way to make our experience public. At the same time, we welcome more people with the same fate to join us. Our contact information is … "
"The Astrology Shaman Organization is calling for help! All those with special abilities that can communicate with aliens using radio waves should unite. We should become the key bridge to communicate with aliens. Believe us, we can understand their language!! @ # ¥% …% # ¥@ #% # ¥% … ¥! "
I quickly poked Old Qiao. "That sentence just now feels like the alien language that you are researching?"
Old Qiao's face was red. "I have been actively promoting my research. It seems like there is finally a version for the people …"
I looked up at the sky speechlessly. This weird old man really did a lot of harm to people …
The scene outside made it impossible for me to calm down. I felt like something was stuck in my throat. Perhaps it wouldn't be a big deal if I saw such a gathering in a American sci-fi movie, but right now, there was an old man wearing a mage robe, Gandalf, waving his arms and shouting that "aliens exist." Once again, I deeply realized the strong trend of mysticism and technology eventually becoming one. I couldn't help but think of the Shadow City's Blood Elf Biker Gang, the Tauren Machine Gunner Squad, and the Undercity's death metal rock band … I couldn't help but think of the Shadow City's Blood Elf Biker Gang, the Tauren Machine Gunner Squad, and the Shadow City's death metal band …
Once I thought of the City of Shadows, I couldn't help but clutch my head. What kind of f * cking world did I create …
Old Qiao and the War God Priest named "Lei" apologized to me and Sandora awkwardly. They felt that it was shameful for the aliens to see the citizens of Planet Blue acting like this. Moreover, it seemed that Old Lei was preparing to order for the citizens to be evacuated. However, Sandora and I immediately expressed that we didn't care and that we understood. Actually, this was normal in many cases, so there was no need to make a fuss about it. Sandora and I didn't have any dissatisfaction.
Moreover, after listening to my explanation, Grandpa Qiao got lost in his thoughts. "It seems that the place called Hollywood has a lot of contact with aliens. But after so many times, do they still put the President in an air-raid shelter?"
I laughed. "Hehe … Hehehe …"
At this moment, our hover car turned a corner, and suddenly, a wide and quiet empty space appeared in front of us.
Even though the citizens were gathering less than ten meters away, and it was as lively as a war, there wasn't a single person who dared to make a ruckus. The entire area was enveloped in a peaceful atmosphere. It was as though all sound had been filtered, leaving behind only a standard 40 decibels sound. The two areas were worlds apart, as though there was an invisible wall separating the two sides.
This was because there was a statue in the middle of the empty space. To the locals, it was a sacred statue that they would rather die than offend. Their supreme War God was standing there.
I leaned out of the window and stared at the ten meter tall, lifelike stone statue. After thinking for a long time, there was only one sentence that could describe the emotions that surged in my heart at this moment:
F * ck you!
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