This place called the Holy Spirit Tower was very strange, and I had no idea what it was used for. This tower was astonishingly large. Looking down from the small platform at the top of the tower, the bottom of the tower was like a bottomless abyss. Furthermore, the entrance we took to enter the tower was a side door in a corridor near the long hall of the Holy Temple. This clearly didn't conform to the structure of the obsidian palace, so this tower should be the product of some kind of spatial distortion. This wasn't strange, the Protoss often saw this kind of spatial distortion phenomenon in their buildings. They were born with the ability to manipulate spatial phenomena and mathematical logic at will, which directly led them to build their buildings in whatever style they wanted. Halfway through the renovation of the dining room, they suddenly remembered that there should be a library next door, so they directly dug a hole in the wall and stuffed a library that was even bigger than Buckingham Palace. Just as the bedroom was finished, they suddenly remembered that there should be an ecological park in the room, so they directly dug a hole in the back of the closet and stuffed a frozen continent inside. They even named it the Kingdom of Naya — this group of arbitrary Protoss often built their houses like this.
Oh, let's not talk about the Protoss building their houses, I was just curious about the purpose of this Holy Spirit Tower. It was really strange to stuff a tower taller than a palace into a house. Furthermore, there was an exit at the top of the tower, and if you exited from there, you would even arrive at a space with a red moon. It was said that the moon was a third the size of the earth — do you know what that means? In other words, in order to install a chandelier in the tower, Icetis's family created a different world, the sky of the rich. Looking up at it made one's eyes go blind. What was the use of such a high-end place?
I listened to Icetis's instructions and jumped down from the wall of the tower. The sound of wind whistled in my ears, and the feeling of weightlessness lasted for a long time before I could faintly see the ground at the bottom of the tower. There wasn't any light source that could be called a "light" in this tower, but as long as you moved in the tower, a large area around you would be filled with just the right amount of light. It seemed that God had set up a different optical law for this place, which was a very convenient method of lighting.
After falling for a long distance, I finally reached the bottom of the tower. I slowed down and adjusted my center of gravity. My posture was perfect, and both my feet landed on the ground. 'Not bad. At least I didn't encounter any problems during the landing.' I heaved a sigh of relief and began to look around. The hall was filled with a moderate amount of light, so it was easy to see the whole place. However, the scene was disappointing. It was a very spacious round hall with no attractive furnishings.
The ground under my feet was made of dark black crystal, and there was a thin layer of transparent crystals on the surface of the black crystal. Between the two layers of crystals, there was a silver-white light flowing. The light flowing had a fine structure and regularity. They interweaved to form a huge rune array that covered the entire hall. The rune array also appeared to be circular due to the shape of the hall. The center of the array should be the focal point of the "magic circle." It was a silver-white ring with a radius of two to three meters, and it was empty inside.
Around the hall, there was a circle of obsidian statues that I couldn't see their faces. These statues were either wearing heavy armor, long robes, or hunting attire. Regardless of gender, all of them held weapons in their hands and stood upright. The similarity was that their faces were blurred, and they didn't look like the God statues I had seen in other parts of the temple. There were probably hundreds of statues in this circle, and they were like silent guards guarding the hall, staring at the silver-white ring in the center of the hall.
I licked my lips. This strange Holy Spirit Tower was obviously not a place to take a stroll after a meal. However, the first thing Icetis did when she got home was to guide me to this place. I couldn't understand why. However, just as I was about to ask, I was interrupted by the sound of something flying through the air. Icetis's soul suddenly woke up from her silence, and she quickly shouted, "Catch it, catch it! Hurry up and catch it! "
I couldn't react in time. "Catch what?"
Then, I knew what to catch. A beautiful body with long hair fell from the sky, and with a plop, she lay on the ground and didn't move again. I clearly saw that she had landed face first, and her head had even bounced on the ground …
"My face …" Icetis's soul screamed in my head. "Why didn't you catch it, you b * stard!"
I walked forward to check on the soulless body that had turned into a female corpse. At the same time, I argued with the owner of the body in my mind, "I didn't react in time. You know I'm slow."
As I spoke, I carefully flipped Icetis's body over, and let her upper body rest on my arm. I already understood what was going on. When I jumped down, I forgot to fix this body in a certain place, and I didn't give her any instructions to stay put. So, not long after I jumped down, she followed me. After all, this body lacked control. She could walk and sit, but she couldn't fly, and she didn't have the ability to think. So, she fell face first.
The Protoss's body was definitely sturdy, so falling from such a high place wasn't a problem. However, this sudden situation seemed to have exceeded the amount of information that the remaining thinking ability of this body could process. She fell into a daze. I patted her face, but she didn't react. She only looked forward with a pair of dead fish eyes. I pinched her face, pinched her nose, and tried to hit her philtrum. It didn't work. The Protoss didn't have this acupuncture point. Anyway, after a long time, the pair of dead fish eyes suddenly blinked, and her gaze focused on me. She was done rebooting.
"Don't you think it's a little flat?" I pinched Icetis's nose worriedly, and exchanged opinions with her soul.
"… You're mistaken. My face's defense is very high."
I chuckled dryly. I felt that I wouldn't be able to gain any advantage from arguing with Icetis. So, I supported her body and stood up. Finally, I couldn't hold back my curiosity, "What is this place?"
"The Holy Spirit Tower, a place to commemorate the dead," Icetis said softly. "I come here every time I come back."
"Commemorate … You said that this is a mourning hall?" I was momentarily stunned. Then, I suddenly recalled the blunder earlier, and felt that it was extremely inappropriate. "Then, didn't I disturb the peace of the dead? That's a big sin. "
"No matter how big the sin is, it was caused by my body randomly running around and falling down." Icetis didn't seem to mind. "Also, don't be nervous. This isn't a solemn place. The Holy Spirit Tower isn't a mourning hall or a graveyard. It's just a place to commemorate the dead. I used to come here to play when I was young. Back then, it was even crazier than you can imagine. "
That was what Bryndis said, but I could still hear that she was restraining her boisterous nature. I looked around again and finally understood what was going on with the solemn atmosphere. This strange tower in the distorted space and the independent space outside the tower were all built to commemorate the dead. The red moon in the sky probably had a special meaning. Thinking about that, I couldn't help but become solemn too. Although Sister Bing emphasized that the Holy Spirit Tower isn't a graveyard or a mourning hall and that there's no need to be quiet, this atmosphere isn't suitable for making noise.
"Protoss actually don't have a graveyard," Icetis' voice rang in my mind, soft and ethereal. "To put it more directly, Protoss don't leave a corpse after they die. They don't leave anything behind. You also know that Protoss are hard to kill. We can revive, reincarnate, fake our death for hundreds of millions of years and then return to the world. In the eyes of mortals, the dead Gods are actually just temporarily banished from the current world or even temporarily hibernating. As long as there's a soul or body left behind, to the Protoss, they aren't really dead. On this point, you Shiring Apostles are the same. However, there are also situations where we completely die. Other than the Life Goddesses who don't die, most of the Protoss die on the battlefield. When that day comes, we won't be left with anything. Our bodies will sublimate into energy mist and our souls will disintegrate into data dust. The only things that we can bring home are some relics that we used on the battlefield. Most of the soldiers won't even be able to leave behind such relics. A battlefield that can kill a God is often enough to destroy anything else. Eighty percent of the Protoss who died on the expedition will be brought back as a name in the statistics book.
Just like that, the Protoss have never built anything like a graveyard. Preserving corpses is meaningless to us. Similarly, we don't need to deceive ourselves and others to prepare a resting place for the 'dead' because we know that a truly dead Protoss wouldn't leave behind a soul. A Protoss who left behind a soul would always be able to revive. The Holy Spirit Tower is such an empty memorial site. We built such an isolated space to commemorate the names of those who died on the battlefield. We recorded their deeds and lives in every inch of this space. Every Protoss has a Holy Spirit Tower in their home to commemorate their loved ones, old friends, and comrades. They can only commemorate their names. "
This is the first time I've heard of such a thing. Of course, before today, there really wasn't a need for anyone to specially explain the burial customs of the Protoss to me. I felt that as an outsider, I shouldn't come to such a special place. However, the moment I said that, Icetis retorted, "Are you stupid? The one who is here to worship is me. I'm stuck with you!"
I replied, "… Oh, that's true."
Seeing that Icetis was silent, I deliberated my tone and said, "Speaking of which, the people in this tower …"
"Ever since my Holy Temple fused with the Holy Temple at home, the Holy Spirit Tower also fused," Icetis said calmly. "There are my parents' comrades and subordinates here. There are also the kids that I brought up in the past. There are also some friends, some relatives, and some old fogeys that I scolded before … They are really dead now, right? Ahhh, they are all here. The little brothers and sisters that I brought up in the last battle are all here. You can't see them, but I can see them. Their names are here, everywhere. "
I fell silent. I thought about the circumstances under which I met Icetis, as well as her experiences before that.
The Celestial Army that she led encountered the large Gate of the Abyss tens of millions of years ago. In the battle, the entire army was almost wiped out. In the end, she realized that she was unable to completely close the Gate of the Abyss. Thus, she used herself as a chain to suppress the Gate of the Abyss. Her remaining believers and followers built a large-scale seal system on the Goddess' mausoleum. They used their own lives as the price to ensure that the seal wouldn't be destroyed for tens of millions of years. When the Imperial Army accidentally destroyed the seal, only Icetis rushed out from the dark core. The "kids" that she mentioned either died in battle or became parts of the seal. None of them survived.
This kind of death was complete annihilation. Just like every Protoss warrior who died on the expedition, the expedition army that Icetis led could only leave behind their names. Having personally experienced that place, I was certain that the Imperial Army couldn't find any relics that belonged to the Protoss warriors near the remains of the seal.
The Protoss who couldn't leave behind any traces after their death could only reminisce about the dead in the Holy Spirit Tower, a place that recorded their life stories. Icetis probably came here to say hello to her former subordinates. Mortals worship the dead because they believe that the spirit of the dead is in heaven. However, here, we all know that the warriors who died on the expedition didn't leave behind any traces, but they still did it. In the end …
"It's also a kind of self-deception." Icetis' tone sounded rather relaxed. "But everyone does it. Also, there's nothing wrong with lying to yourself … Oh right, let me tell you something interesting. When I first got home, I actually saw my own name and life history in the Holy Spirit Tower. It was written by my mom and dad. They wrote so much, it's almost longer than the history of the Divine Realm. They've probably been writing for over a hundred years … I'm only alive to see my own death certificate. My dad was so embarrassed after that … "
"I don't find it interesting at all." I pursed my lips. "So you come to the Holy Spirit Tower every time you come home. I didn't know about it before. I didn't even know that your family had such a place. "
"It's not just you. Even Sandora doesn't know what the Holy Spirit Tower looks like, even though she has been here countless times. This is a private place and isn't a place to show guests around. If you go to someone's house as a guest, do you think you can go and see what their ancestral grave looks like? I'm stuck with you this time. I can't do anything about it, so you can just be happy. "
"…" I was speechless. How stupid would I be to be happy about being shown around my family's graveyard? Even if this place turned into a martyr's memorial, there was no need for me to be happy!
Of course, I didn't say anything in the end. I just stood there quietly and let Icetis reminisce about her old friends. At the same time, I felt waves in my heart. How much do I know about Icetis?
I know that she is carefree, arrogant and willful. I know that she is barbaric and rude. I also know that she is knowledgeable and experienced. I know that she would occasionally help her friends guide their lives. Now, I also know that she has times when she is sad.
Maybe there's more that I don't know than I do.
"Alright, alright. We're done greeting each other. Come here and show that you're still alive. Then, we can call it a day and go back." Icetis suddenly interrupted my thoughts. "Take my golden body and go to sleep. I'm tired."
"Oh." I extended my hand to pull Icetis's body. The latter followed me in a daze. However, she didn't seem to know how to fly at all. I thought for a while and tried to negotiate with Icetis's soul. "That's too offensive …"
Icetis didn't react in time. "Why?"
I extended my hand and carried Icetis's body in a princess hug. "I think you don't mind."
Icetis exclaimed in surprise. Just as I was about to say that this female pervert also had the shyness of a young girl, I heard her say, "I'm so beautiful from this angle! Hugging yourself from a first-person perspective is so interesting? Damn, your breasts are so big … "
If there was a height to shame, then this female pervert's shame point must be as high as a mountain. I really shouldn't have treated her as a woman.
"Then, I'll be taking Icetis away. I won't disturb your rest." I held the goddess in my arms and said to the empty hall of the Holy Spirit Tower. Then, I quickly flew to the exit above. Icetis was stunned for a few seconds. Suddenly, she said in a weird tone, "Who are you talking to? It's not like you don't know that there's actually nothing in the Holy Spirit Tower."
I smiled. "I'll just pretend that there is!"
Icetis was silent for a few seconds. Then, she suddenly burst into laughter. "Ahahahaha … You … You're really … You're really interesting. Hahaha …"
The gloomy atmosphere around her seemed to have dissipated with her laughter. In my mind, Icetis's laughter continued for a long time. It was as though she was using all of her strength to turn all of her emotions into laughter. There was clearly nothing funny about it, but she was laughing to the point where she couldn't even speak. Only after we left the Holy Spirit Tower did her laughter gradually subside. She said softly, "Thank you, you're such a good person."
Icetis's housekeeper, Mo, was standing not far away from us. She looked like she had been waiting there for a long time. Every time Icetis returned home, she would head to the Holy Spirit Tower. This was probably an old rule of her family. Mo had calculated the time and waited outside. I put Icetis's body down and gently pushed her shoulder. Then, I pushed her towards the housekeeper. "Go to your room. See you tomorrow."
She turned her head slightly. Her half-opened eyes seemed to be a little confused. I knew that I couldn't explain to this body that didn't even have the ability to think. I could only nod at Mo. "Sorry to trouble you."
"Don't worry about it. It's my duty." The housekeeper bowed slightly and pulled Icetis's hand. Then, she said hesitantly, "Actually … I thought that you would be in the same room …"
"It's my dad who thinks so." Icetis's soul instantly guessed it. "How can he be such a father!"
The housekeeper smiled faintly. "Alright. Do you need me to bring His Majesty to the guest room?"
I waved my hand and said in unison with Icetis, "I know the way!"
I laid on the king-sized bed in Icetis's guest room. I could finally stretch my body. Just the right amount of light shone in through the long and narrow window. It added a layer of hazy color to the Protoss -style bedroom. It also made one's mood relax. Many things had happened today. I only had time to clear my messy thoughts after lying down.
In the end, Brendel and Brendel said goodnight to Brendel and fell asleep.
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