Actually, I was a little worried about whether or not Anurili could accept that her own people had become a pile of glowing mosaics — or whether or not she could accept that a pile of glowing mosaics was her own people. Of course, I personally didn't think it was a big deal. Maybe it was because I had been with the Shiring Apostles for a long time, or maybe it was because I had interacted with the strange intelligent species in the City of Shadows all the time. My ability to accept the appearance of different species was extraordinary. Basically, anything that could think could be regarded as an intelligent species. If you didn't have this ability to accept, you wouldn't be able to survive in the City of Shadows at all. In this place, even a metal ball or a puddle of jelly on the side of the road might be more intelligent than you … But Anu Lili might not think so. No matter what, this girl was still too inexperienced. She might be able to accept the strange appearance of other species, but she might not be able to accept that even her ancestors had changed their avatars into colorful ones.
I also had to worry about whether these spiritual creatures could integrate into the local life after they returned home. It could be said that, apart from their souls, they had now become a completely new species. They no longer needed to eat or drink water. They no longer possessed the emotions that humans were limited by their physical bodies. They only needed to go to the ionosphere every month to survive. Moreover, their brains were filled with knowledge from at least 700 years ago. It was said that there was a generation gap every three years. Can you guess how deep the gap between these ancestors and Anu Lili's generation was?
Would Anu Lili and her kind be able to accept this group of ancestors who had already lost their human form suddenly returning to their side? Would they be able to get used to these ancestral spirits? Would they still be able to recognize each other as their own kind? The old humans in Gao Dali had fought with the new humans over a few strands of DNA. Now, these ancestral spirits didn't even have their cell nuclei …
Sometimes, the estrangement that arose from one's life form and worldview was very troublesome.
We can imagine the most likely scenario: the awakened Ancestral Spirits are more powerful than ordinary species, and when they return to their own kind, they will have authority and knowledge (and, of course, power) like gods, and the common people may have to unconditionally believe in these Ancestral Spirits. This situation may not be a problem at first, but as time goes on … there may be people who begin to challenge the authority, and there may be people who suspect that these Ancestral Spirits are no longer their own kind, but the new high and mighty 'gods'. Even the Ancestral Spirits themselves may have problems: can they still tolerate their slow and ignorant compatriots, and wait a hundred years for these 'primitives' to catch up with them? We can't belittle others easily, but we can't treat everyone as saints either. Protoss and Shiring Apostles aren't common. It was fine if you didn't think about these things, but once you started thinking about them, you would find that reality was full of f * cked up places.
While Anu Lili was conversing with her ancestors, Gaia and I were bored to death waiting outside. Gaia was holding a round autonomous robot in her arms, and she was in a daze with a smile on her face. There was also a large group of at least a dozen autonomous robots gathered around her. This made Gaia look like she had a group of pet dogs. She probably looked like this when she was alone, while I was thinking about the above ridiculous things in my head. After a while, when Gaia started to name the autonomous robots, I finally couldn't help but pour out all my messy thoughts to Gaia.
The ghostly blue phantom woman had a faint smile on her face as she gently stroked the round body of the autonomous robot in her arms. After thinking for a while, she chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, do you think it's strange to be with me? Do you think that when you communicate with me, there's a sense of estrangement or a sense of distance that you can't understand in words? "
"Of course not." I saw that Gaia seemed to be having fun, so I curiously bent down and picked up a small ball-like robot. The latter let out a series of gibberish. "What's so fun about this?" "But this situation is different. I'm very familiar with you, and I'm quite accepting. No matter how strange a creature is, I can treat it as one of my own. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to live like this. There are all kinds of animals at home. Including foxes and crows, I've already unified the animal world … Hmm, including Liliana, and probably the plant world … "
"Actually, there's no difference. If it's for a goal and around a concept, anyone can unite. Differences in life form, worldview, and even perception won't destroy this unity." Gaia sat in the air, seemingly in a good mood. She was probably in a good mood every time I came to accompany her on the mother planet. "Your Majesty, you used to live as a human, and you also have a human worldview. When you first met us and the intelligent races from other worlds, you also showed great surprise and vigilance. But now, in just less than five years, you have calmly accepted everything. As long as it's a species under the rule of the Empire, you can treat them equally. Even if their appearance is incompatible with your original human worldview. You should also believe in that girl and her compatriots. At this critical moment when our race is rising again, no one will stop because of this small gap. At least, no one will have this problem in the general direction of the entire race. Because it's too stupid. As for the possible conflicts that you mentioned … Indeed, they may appear in a small area. Friction and sacrifices are unavoidable, but it will not affect the overall situation. Moreover, there are so many races in the Macro World, and they can all live in harmony. Why must there be a division between people who are originally compatriots? "
Actually, I wanted to remind Gaia that there were times when races other than the Xi Ling apostles would have such a troublesome situation. They would often have friendly interactions with other races, but once there was one of them who stood out, there would be a small group of people who would fight each other until their brains were splattered. But when I thought about it, Gaia's words made sense. I was such an ignorant person back then, and now I can calmly accept that my home is like the animal world. Why should I be worried …
We waited outside for a long time. Anurili and her ancestral spirits had a lot to talk about. Gaia had already told the Ancestral Spirits about the entire cause and effect of the Empire's expedition against the Melovans, as well as what happened in between, but Anu Lili naturally knew more from her perspective. Similarly, the ancestral spirits who had experienced the most incredible reincarnation process of an intelligent being also had a lot to tell their descendants. While waiting, Gaia and I chatted casually, enjoying the quiet and lonely feeling on our home planet. Our conversation started from the unforgettable first encounter a few years ago, and extended to Pandora's expedition plan. Gaia also mentioned about my sister's previous life: after the Concept Severance was removed, she had recovered all her memories of her previous emperor. From Gaia, I finally knew what kind of person my sister was tens of thousands of years ago.
A ruler who was not very interested in expanding territories, but was very passionate about developing all kinds of new technologies. She had the indestructible will and execution ability of all the Shiring Apostles, and also had a human side. Occasionally, because Pandora excitedly planned a lot of conquest plans, but the focus of the Sky District's work just happened to be on a certain research project, it would cause headaches. She used to have a very close relationship with Alaya, because she liked the soft and warm feeling of angel wings. When Gaia talked about her sister's previous life, she could not help but show a nostalgic look on her face. She said her own opinion, "At that time, Her Majesty was a serious person, focused on expanding territories in the field of research and development, and not on expeditions to some low-value wild world. She was very focused on efficiency, and did not like to repeat the same order twice. Occasionally, she would argue with Pandora about armaments. Pandora always suggested to build more and stronger super cannons. That child felt that as long as the cannons covered the entire world, the will of the Empire would naturally be carried out. Her Majesty always liked to use surprise weapons and all kinds of unexpected new technologies to achieve her goals. But no matter what, Her Majesty and Pandora had a good relationship, except for the time when she would occasionally pat her head and say to herself, 'When will this child stop caring about her height', which would make Pandora throw a tantrum … "
"You miss her a lot?" I looked at Gaia's lonely expression, and finally couldn't help but ask. The Shiring Apostles were also creatures with feelings.
"For more than four years, I never thought that Her Majesty would always be by my side." Gaia smiled and shook her head. "Now that I see her, I feel a sense of familiarity from my soul, but things have changed. She is no longer the Empress of the past, and she does not remember many things. So, as her old subordinates, we more or less feel a sense of loss, but I think … maybe this is also a good thing. "
I looked at Gaia in surprise.
"She should rest. Her rule has lasted for hundreds of millions of years, and she has never rested. The Shiring Apostles will not be troubled by exhaustion, but if she can let go of the burden like this, I think it is also a good thing." Gaia looked at me with a smile. "And more importantly, you have taken over this burden. The Empire will continue to move forward, and everyone will have their own place. As her old subordinates, we do not have to worry about the future. It is not the duty of the Shiring Apostles to be nostalgic about the past. We only need to look forward. "
I could feel a heavy trust in Gaia from his words. If it was the me from many years ago, I was afraid that I wouldn't even have the courage to bear this trust. But now, I only nodded confidently. "Don't worry. I won't let you down."
"Then, we will continue to move forward behind you." Gaia suddenly pressed his hand on the back of my hand. I felt a warm and numb touch of 72 Hertz. "I will also trust you unconditionally."
At that moment, Anu Lili finally understood everything from the three ancestral spirits. The triangular building opened. I saw a petite girl walking at the front, and behind her were three spiritual creatures that were floating in the air like guardian spirits. Anu Lili wore an irrepressible bright smile and a surprised expression that had yet to fade. Judging from the atmosphere, their conversation seemed to be going smoothly. I greeted them from afar. "Hey! Are you done talking? "
"Thank you. Really, thank you." Anu Lili came before me. Her expression was excited, and she was even speaking incoherently. "… I don't know how to express my current feelings. I really didn't expect that the surprise you were talking about would actually be … Our people will definitely be overjoyed. This surprise has completely exceeded my expectations."
"I hope that you can quickly get used to our vastly different lifeforms." I chuckled. Perhaps it would be easy for two species with completely different lifeforms to get along with each other. But if their lifeforms were completely different, yet they were essentially compatriots, they would have to deal with problems as if they were of the same race. This would be a rather high-end social and cultural subject. "I have already prepared a transport ship. You will be taking away more than just these three ancestral spirits. There are still thousands of them."
"Yes, I can't wait to take them back!" Anurili happily grabbed my hand and swung it back and forth. Only then did she realize that this subconscious action of hers was a little rash, so she revealed a simple and rather silly smile. "Ah, sorry, sorry … Um … Can I leave as soon as possible?"
Of course, I nodded. Although I really wanted her to play in the City of Shadows for a few more days, it was obvious that this was not the time for her to wander around. She still had a devastated world waiting to be rebuilt. This girl had a long way to go. Those fourteen year olds who saved the world probably wouldn't be able to lift their heads up high if they stood beside her.
The significance of these ancestral spirits to Anu Lili's race was very obvious.
What was needed to rebuild a race?
Knowledge, inheritance, a broken cultural system, lost technology … All of these things could be gathered into one word: history.
What Anu Lili and the others lacked the most was history. They were the slave race with the most serious history gap. The Mellowans had almost wiped out all of their knowledge other than eating, sleeping, and working. Now, only the rebel organization still had some scattered information. For the entire goal of rebuilding, that bit of information wasn't exactly a drop in the bucket, but it was almost enough. After thousands of years of history gap, they had even forgotten the original name of their race.
And these ancestral spirits carried the "history" that they needed the most.
The main will of the ancestral spirits almost all came from the first generation of humans who fought against the Mellowans (the humans here, of course, referred to Anu Lili's race). These people had persisted until today because of their strong will to resist. They included members of all fields of humanity at that time. Other than soldiers, there were also scientists from all walks of life. In fact, there were even more of the latter than the soldiers. After all, most of the soldiers had died on the battlefield. Only the scientists were captured in large numbers by the Mellowans after the war. They had a large amount of technology information of the humans back then. They also had a glorious picture of the entire civilization back then in their memories.
Culture, beliefs, technology, traditions, from customs to past history, they had everything.
Although due to the limited quantity, the information would not be very complete. But for a wasteland civilization that was in urgent need of rebuilding, this was already an incredibly generous gift.
Anu Lili excitedly took away 6,700 ancestral spirits from us. This number was more than the large Royal Starship that we had faced back then. That was because many of the human brain array mainframe was not installed. Instead, it was stored as a backup in the underground warehouse of the Holy Kingdom. That afternoon, she left the capital of the Empire and embarked on a glorious journey back home.
Perhaps this girl had not realized how important a mark she would leave in the history of her race.
A young officer of the resistance army who rose up against the slave war, a legendary girl who brought the ancestral spirits back to her homeland, a meritorious person who rebuilt the civilization. She was not yet the leader of her race, but I suddenly felt that she might really take that position in the future. As long as she accumulated enough experience, Anu Lili would definitely have the qualifications to do so. I could almost imagine that many, many years later, Anu Lili's name would appear in the history textbooks of her race's middle and high schools. Below it was a list of questions:
May I ask in XX year did the great heroine of my race, Anu Lili, bring back the ancestral spirits? (5 points left blank)
May I ask how many ancestral spirits returned to their homeland at that time? (3 points left blank)
What kind of far-reaching impact did the heroine Anu Lili's actions at that time bring to my race? Please summarize based on your own understanding. (Essay question, full score of 12 points)
Then, Anu Lili would definitely be ranked as the most feared historical figure in middle and high school, just like the group of white-bearded old men hanging on the wall of my high school building back then. She would be ranked as the nightmare of middle school students … Do you think that my bad habit of going off topic whenever I'm idle can be cured?
Since Gaia was still busy researching the grand plan of storing her cloud in the entire shadow space, I did not continue to disturb her. There were still some things that the headquarters wanted to confirm, so I did not go home but went straight to the shadow city.
The assembly square of the shadow fortress was still as orderly as usual. I mean, there were actually not many people here, so it was orderly. Now that there was no war in the Empire, the assembly square was naturally empty. A few scorpion soldiers were on duty at their posts, motionless like steel statues. Seeing me appear, the nearest scorpion soldier immediately saluted and said, "Your Majesty!"
I nodded. Finally, I could not help but raise my hand and pointed at the only person in the assembly square who did not fit in with the surrounding environment. "Who is that?"
The assembly square was supposed to be absolutely off-limits, but there was a girl wandering around. I had seen her since just now. She was a very tall woman, with a side profile that looked like she was about 20 years old. She had shoulder-length flaxen hair. Although she was wearing the Imperial Army uniform, the way she wandered around the military stronghold as if she was lost did not look like someone from the Imperial Army. Even the most mischievous Raven 001 would not wander around in this place.
What I did not expect was that the scorpion soldier standing guard here had a look of shock on his face. "Your Majesty! I did not see her at all … Please wait a moment! "
Then the scorpion soldier who thought that she had seriously neglected her duty rushed forward, but I saw that she had just met the strange woman face to face, and then she turned back awkwardly. The girl with flaxen hair followed behind her.
"Hello! Your Majesty the Emperor — Hmm, Your Majesty the Emperor, that's right. " An unfamiliar girl with long flaxen hair stood in front of me and greeted me warmly and familiarly. I was taken aback by her spontaneous greeting. Then, I noticed that there was a small tag hanging on her chest. On it was a line of words that looked like a dog's scrawl:
"Schilling, if you find this, please contact the military. Thank you."
… It was Shallow Shallow's handwriting.
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