In the three ancient forbidden books that Icetis "stole", it recorded the pre-war history that was deliberately downplayed by the goddess. Although these three books could only see a little bit of the afterglow of history, this afterglow was enough to show us a world that was completely different from the propaganda of the church. It was not a world where all races were at peace, but the earth and the moon were full of antagonism, discrimination, fighting, and even slavery.
The real history was like this:
No one knew who created this world, and no one knew what kind of great existence had been born in this world. Ever since the first intelligent creature invented writing and recorded everything he saw on bark and stone, the world had been made up of two parts. These two parts were like a pair of twins. In ancient times, they were called Reedmunn and Heisenwood respectively. These two words were recorded in ancient books, and no one knew their exact meaning now. After comparing them, we could only confirm that Reedmunn was today's "Dark Moon", and Hazenwood was the planet inhabited by the people on the ground.
Icetis's guess was right. These two planets did have a superb ancient civilization, and it was an ancient civilization that had disappeared before the people on the ground and the people of the Dark Moon walked upright. In the mainland encyclopedia that described the ancient customs and practices, the editor of the book called it the "First Civilization", and the various races of the world at that time were called the "Second Civilization" (The Second Civilization was later divided into the people on the ground and the people of the Dark Moon). In other words, as early as the ancient times, people in this world had a very deep understanding of their world. At least, people at that time had a deeper understanding of the world than they did today. At that time, they did not seem to have the so-called so-called goddess created the world and created the bridge between heaven and earth. The "forbidden book" described the passage between the earth and the moon as follows:
"Special entry: Gemini Star Teleportation Station - Open entry.
The first civilization mastered the technology of teleporting materials between the planets and built two large material teleportation stations at both ends of the Longbridge Mountain Range, namely the Gemini Star Teleportation Station. These two teleportation stations have the ability to repair themselves and use the energy of a certain planet deep underground as power, so they can almost operate until the planet dies. The last civilization has now disappeared. No one knows whether they were destroyed by natural disasters or left their home planet after mastering more advanced technology and went to the depths of the universe. In short, they left behind this miracle building that accompanied the entire development history of the second civilization and allowed people in the world to use the Gemini Star Teleportation Station to travel between the two planets Reedmunn and Hazenwood. However, the existence of the Gemini Star Teleportation Station also affected the technological development of the second civilization. This impact is good or bad to be discussed. "
This encyclopedia that was written before the first war described the "Earth-Moon Bridge" from a very objective point of view. Unfortunately, the people on the ground today would no longer discuss the impact of the Gemini Star Teleportation Station on the development of civilization. They only believed that it was a miracle left behind by the goddess and it was the foundation of this world. They would not even have the thought of studying it.
"Look, look, it's like a hot kiln." Icetis got another pirated book that the lice spirit had copied back. The female gangster slapped the pile of books that were neither leather nor paper. "Chen, look at this. It's much more advanced than the foreign version of Strange Tales from a Studio in your hand."
I looked over and immediately agreed that Icetis was right. It was a book on the history of world wars...
"Humans and mountain barbarians were enemies, elves and dwarves were allies but had a long period of friction, monsters and elves were enemies, half-beastmen and dwarves were enemies, night demons and all races in the world had enmity. Fortunately, they were wiped out by the allied forces of the eighteen races. Also, half-beastmen and monsters were blood relatives, but they looked down on each other. Humans and elves had three wars but also formed four alliances, so in the end, they were allies …" Our heads were all gathered above the book on the history of world wars. Icetis complained as she looked at the table of contents. "This table of contents is grouped by the warring races and then sorted by era. The front of the table of contents is the warring races in a certain period. This is so messy. Did all the races in the world come together randomly? This is the 'Era of Heaven'? "
I also had a headache. I only looked at the table of contents and flipped through the content at the back. All I saw was a high-energy era where more than a dozen species in the world were smashed with bricks and brains splattered everywhere. Because there were two planets in this world, and both of these planets were one size larger than Earth, the land area of each planet was equivalent to 1.5 to 2 times the land area of Earth. Therefore, the natives of this world had sufficient three-dimensional space to smash bricks at each other. Also, there were eighteen independently evolved species in this world. (Actually, there should be more, because there was a sentence in the preface of the history of world wars: Some small-scale wars and non-important races were not included in this book). These species had the same ecological demands and different ideologies. This also meant that they had sufficient reasons to fight with each other...
You can try to draw eighteen small dots on a piece of paper, and then let all of them randomly connect once. The final grid is basically the Era of Heaven that the church spoke of, and in actual history, the Era of Chaos. Any line on this grid can be an alliance relationship at the same time, and at the same time, it can also be a declaration of war. This depends on the era of the line.
Those who have read the history of Earth would sigh that humans were very good at causing disasters, and that human history was a history of war. However, this book in front of you, with just a table of contents and an opening table, can change your impression of the history of human war. No matter how much the humans fought, at least there were only two World Wars. What about the people of this world? Well, excluding the Dark Moon War, they had only fought one World War — since the beginning of history.
It couldn't be helped, this was a large map that was four times larger than Earth Online from the start of the server. There were also more than ten times more intelligent species than Earth, and the various forces that were derived from them were dozens of times more than Earth (A species establishing three to four countries is not considered a lot, right?). How chaotic would such a world be? The Salvation Army was also chaotic in the past, but at least they only had one planet...
It was also fortunate that this world was big enough, and the locals did not refine Uranium-235. Otherwise, perhaps the first Dark Moon War would not have happened. Everything that could walk upright on Redermoen and Hazenwood would have been wiped out before that.
"This is the Warring States Era that has lasted since the beginning of historical records," Lin Xue looked at the pre-war history that was sealed by the church, and snorted. "All the races and all the countries were forming alliances, and after a short period of time, they immediately went to war. They fought until the other countries wanted to interfere, and then they united to resist. It was an unrestricted war on a worldwide scale."
Icetis looked much calmer than us, "Well, the war is quite lively, but it is not like I have never seen such a situation before. It is a multi-species civilization, after all. In the end, it is either a great integration, like your ancestors in the past, or it will continue to fight until the end of the world. The differences brought about by the differences in species are not that easy to resolve. It is much more difficult to establish a United Nations in this kind of world than on Earth. "
I nodded in agreement, while searching for a relatively peaceful period in the densely packed history of war. In the end, I found some. "Well, actually, it is not to the extent that the whole world is in dire straits. You see, during certain periods of time, there is still peace in certain areas. I can only say that on a worldwide scale, there are always people fighting on Redermoen and Hazenwood, but at the same time, there are countries that can maintain a peaceful situation for more than ten years. "
"Nonsense, otherwise, they would not be able to develop a civilization." Icetis rolled her eyes at me, "This kind of world will progress intermittently between local wars and local peace. Although there is no such thing as a global truce, there will always be a place that is stable for a while. Multiculturalism can only develop in such an environment. Otherwise, even if there is a civilization, it would only be left with war technology. Oh right, except for you Schilling's monster race that is peaceful but only has war technology. "
I laughed dryly and reminded the female pervert, "You can't say 'you' now, you have to say 'we'. You are also a Shiring Apostles."
Icetis was stunned for a moment, then she chuckled, "Oh damn, I almost forgot. I still have to call you Your Majesty, right?"
I thought about it, but I didn't dare to nod. This female pervert was probably the first Shiring Apostles in history who dared to challenge the Emperor.
"Blockhead, look. Isn't this tower the teleportation station that we used today?" Lin Xue flipped through the "encyclopedia" and suddenly found something she was interested in. She pointed it out to me excitedly. I saw that on the page that she had flipped to, there was a very detailed drawing. It was a tall tower with an intricate internal structure. Below the tower, there was a pedestal that was covered in magic runes. It was a teleportation station.
I still remember hearing about the origin of this teleportation station from the Iron Knight trio. It was a relic left behind from before the third Dark Moon War. It was built by the people on the surface. After the third Dark Moon War, its construction method was lost. Back then, I guessed that this teleportation device could be traced back to before the first Dark Moon War. Now, my guess has been confirmed. Its blueprint appeared in an encyclopedia from before the first Dark Moon War!
"This teleportation tower was created by imitating the principles of the Gemini Star's teleportation station. Its energy was also collected from the mine deep underground in the Longqiao Mountain Range." Icetis skimmed through the text before and after the diagram. "Oh, this is also the product of a multi-race collaboration. The humans, elves and monsters created this during a short period of peace. The scholars of these three races wanted to understand the technology of the first civilization, so they started with the Gemini Star's teleportation station. This short-distance teleportation tower that can only be used within the planet is the result. Look at the last paragraph of the entry. "
I followed Sis Bing's finger to the end of the page. The editor of the encyclopedia had quoted a passage: The moment the first teleportation tower lit up, it proved the power of an alliance. No single race would be able to decipher the secret of the Gemini Star's teleportation station. Now, the three races worked together to build such a miraculous replica. In the foreseeable future, teleportation towers will soon spread to every corner of Hazenwood and Redermunn. The two planets will shrink into a village where chickens and dogs will be separated. We will finally understand the meaning of peace. May these teleportation towers serve as lighthouses to light up the direction of peace in our world. - Monster Beast Scholar Lily.
The Monster Beast Scholar Lily that was mentioned at the end was probably one of the people who researched the Gemini Star's teleportation station. She might have been a famous person back in ancient times. However, the teleportation towers that she and her foreign race companions had spent so much effort to build were almost completely abandoned. No one knew about 'Monster Beast Scholar Lily'. In fact, due to the Dark Moon War, the term 'monster beast' had become a taboo among the people on the surface.
We looked at each other and burst out laughing in the end.
The peace that the Monster Beast Scholar who only left behind a name hoped for didn't come. The three races of humans, elves and monsters must have declared war not long after the teleportation technology matured. According to the records of the history of war, the reason for the declaration of war was extremely ironic. The conflict over the distribution of the teleportation technology eventually led to the three races falling apart. Then, until the end of the history of war, the monsters and the other two races didn't recover their peace. They were in a cold war deadlock until the Dark Moon War broke out...
"I don't understand." Looking at the blueprints on the encyclopedia, I rubbed my chin and muttered, "The Church might have their considerations for sealing the history, but why did they seal the teleportation technology as well? The teleportation stations on the surface are about to be out of service. Why isn't the Church anxious? "
"This book is just a rough dictionary after all. A teleportation station or teleportation tower can't be built just based on this blueprint." Icetis didn't find it strange at all. "Also, didn't you read the entry? The energy source for the teleportation station is mined from the Longqiao Mountains. This means that the people back then didn't have the time to fully understand the principles of the Gemini Star Station. They only had a smattering of knowledge in the field of energy. According to Joseph, this type of energy ore should have been mined out during the five wars. Otherwise, there's no reason for the Church to not use such important information and wait for all the teleportation stations in the world to shut down. This thing is a strategic facility. "
I nodded in agreement.
While we were researching what the world was like before the Dark Moon War, Shallow Shallow was flipping through the books. This girl wasn't interested in things like war history. She was only looking for the "stories" that interested her. She had been like this since she was young. No matter if it was language books, history books, or political books, she could read them as storybooks. At that time, it was quite fashionable to have calendar books with folk remedies and short stories on the back. When Shallow Shallow really wanted to find stories but no one bought her a book, she would flip through the calendar and tear it up. Later on, her family became the first in our entire street to use an electronic perpetual calendar. Otherwise, Uncle Xu wouldn't have been able to afford it …
"Oh! Ah Jun, look, it's a different world version of Romeo and Zhu Yingtai!" Qian Qian suddenly discovered something that she was very interested in and immediately started making a fuss. While I was wondering when Romeo and Zhu Yingtai got to know each other, I moved closer to take a look. It turned out that Qian Qian was flipping through a collection of folktales from before the Dark Moon War. I flipped through the book for a while, but its value was obviously not as high as the prehistory encyclopedia and the history of world wars, so I didn't read it in detail.
Qian Qian's eyes glowed as she read through the folktales. "An elf girl and a demonic beast farmer fell in love with each other, but they couldn't consummate their relationship even after ten thousand words. A mountain barbarian and a human girl fell in love with each other, but they couldn't consummate their relationship even after twenty thousand words. A beastman soldier and a dwarf girl fell in love with each other, but they couldn't consummate their relationship even after ten thousand words. A human boy and three elf boys fell in love with each other, and the two of them … err, the four of them finished the second chapter …
I snatched the book from Shallow Shallow's hands and tore off a few pages. My forehead was covered in cold sweat. What kind of rubbish did the ancient people write?!
Icetis gawked at Shallow Shallow. I quickly explained to her, "This girl has watched too many Korean dramas. She really likes stories where two people fall in love with each other for more than forty episodes. However, it seems that the three views of the Koreans are weaker than the three views of the ancient people in this world."
Sis Bing looked at Shallow Shallow with admiration. "Your hobby is really magical. If it wasn't for the fact that you have left the group, I really wanted to teach you the technique of the Three Cultivators' Fireball …"
I immediately shielded Shallow Shallow behind me. I looked at Sis Bing with my guard up. "Stop causing trouble. Do you think that this girl's three views are not interesting enough?"
At this moment, Lin Xue walked forward and picked up the few pages that I had tossed onto the ground. She roughly looked at them and said thoughtfully, "Yeah, this kind of folklore does not match the history that the Church has publicized. It is normal for it to be banned. The stories in here might not be made up. During that era of war, anyone from any race could fight with anyone. Interracial relationships were bound to not have a good ending. "
I felt that this sentence sounded weird. After pondering for a moment, I came to a realization. It was fortunate that Sandora wasn't here. Otherwise, Her Majesty the Queen would have definitely attacked someone.
"However, no matter what, the story of a rough human man and three cute elven boys is a little too heavy." Lin Xue crumpled the few pages into a ball and threw it into the brazier at the corner of the tent. (In theory, we don't need a brazier for lighting and warmth. The reason why Shallow Shallow felt that it would add to the atmosphere.) "Now, we roughly know what the world was like before the first war. Basically, it was a chaotic era where all races fought each other. Now, let's talk about the main point. Why did the Church hide this part of history?"
I blurted out without thinking, "In order to consolidate their rule … I guess?"
I changed the last word into a questioning tone because I realized that it didn't seem to be the case.
We had indeed found evidence that the Church had covered up history. We also knew what the real world before the war was like. However, if we thought about it carefully … It seemed like there was no need for the Church to cover up this part of history. At least, there wasn't a need to cover it up to this extent!
Sixty to seventy percent of the content in these so-called 'banned books' had no impact on the authority of the Goddess!
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