We had already come up with a plan of action. It was a slightly deviant, even a little crazy plan. Borrowing the power of the Abyss as a cover, we would destroy the entire world before the Fallen Apostles could figure out what was happening in this universe. The huge impact and chaotic information explosion produced by the end of the world would drown all sensors and radar channels. This would be the best cover. The torn world would randomly drift through the void in the form of fragments. Since this universe was sandwiched between the borders of the Empire and the Fallen Apostles, it was possible for its fragments to drift to the Empire or the Abyss. Taking advantage of the enemy's sensors being blocked by chaotic information, we would guide the fragments of the world that contained life to drift to the Empire when the end of the world arrived, and then reassemble them within the borders of the Empire.
This was stealing a world right under the enemy's nose … Well, at least stealing a part of the world.
Considering that the power of the Abyss alone needed to rely on a series of infections and deterioration to destroy the universe, I had ordered several large outposts and Void fortresses to be stationed on the World Barrier a few days ago. These outposts would act as if they were unfortunately infected by the Abyss, crashing on the interface between the material world and the void. Through a series of precisely calculated chain reactions, these accidents would open up a gap on the World Barrier that was large enough to trigger a 'Void Influx'. The entire universe would stop in a very short amount of time due to the mathematical system being wiped out by the void, and then split into pieces.
The entire plan sounded feasible, but there were many details that could go wrong. The enemy's scanning system might be more stable than expected, some intelligent civilizations might not be properly protected during the process of the world being torn apart, and the fragments drifting towards the Empire might be intercepted by the enemy. The last point was especially fatal, because this frontline universe had a considerable 'distance' from the safer Empire. Things like world fragments did not have powerful engines like our Void cruisers. They relied on their own information distortion to change their 'position' in the void. Even if we could guide them from the side, we could not artificially change their drifting speed. And during this slow drifting process, once the Fallen Apostles grew suspicious of some fragments, the probability of the latter being intercepted and destroyed would be 100%. There was simply no way to avoid it.
But aside from the factors that cannot be controlled by humans, we should do our best to control the details that can be controlled. For example, moving as many intelligent species in this universe as possible to prevent them from drifting to the Abyss.
Of course, this universe didn't only have civilizations on the Reedmunn-Heisenwood binary star system. Dingdang used her special innate ability to sense the information of other planets with life. Moreover, she had already marked out these regions a few days ago. After the world was torn apart, all fragments would rapidly dissipate in the Void. The world fragments where mathematical order was gradually dissolving would melt like ice cubes falling into boiling water, and if no one came to rescue them, the living systems in other fragments would all perish. Of course, they could not sit idly by. At the end of the day, this is a disaster that we initiated, and with our responsibility to the end, we must ensure the safety of these races. And not only do we have to safely transfer those intelligent creatures, we also have to do our best to preserve their entire ecosystem. The last one was a strong request from Jingle, who was a benevolent goddess.
Fortunately, the number of habitable planets that needed to be moved was not that many. This universe was very desolate.
Perhaps because it was too close to the Abyss, the basic parameters of this world were not very "friendly". There were only a few habitable galaxies in the universe, and even if there were habitable galaxies, most of them were not stable and could not support the long evolutionary period needed to produce an ecosystem. After a comprehensive scan by Jingle, it was determined that there were only 20 habitable planets that needed to be moved.
Including the Reedmunn-Heisenwood binary star system, these 20 planets were distributed in 12 distant galaxies. Among them, two civilizations had already developed to the initial stage of space colonization, and the remaining civilizations were still lingering in the slash-and-burn stage to the modern science/magic stage. The Reedmunn-Heisenwood binary star system had a relatively high level of civilization, which showed how desolate this universe was.
In addition, Jingle did not find the "First Civilization" that once walked out of the binary star system, nor did she find any traces of them. It seemed that the ancient race did not go too far after rushing out of their home planet, and should have dissipated in the vast space by now. What a sigh. That civilization had already created something like the Gemini Star Teleportation Station and had the ability to migrate their entire race into deep space. If the space of this universe was not so barren, they should have been able to travel even further.
The moment the world was torn apart could not be hidden from these indigenous people. To ensure that the fragments floating towards the Empire would not attract the attention of the enemy, the fragments that contained habitable planets were very small, and the largest could not exceed the size of a solar system. This meant that after the universe collapsed, the indigenous people living on the surface of those planets would see the apocalypse in at least ten minutes. We did not have time to advertise for them, nor did we have time to blindfold them (the conditions did not allow it), so when the time came, those planets would definitely be in chaos … Hopefully, there would be fewer suicide gangs. Every time the world ended, those who jumped off buildings to hang themselves, ate rat poison, beat up their bosses, and confessed to their wives were the most despicable.
Of course, if those people survived after the end of the world ended, the situation would change from despicable to interesting … Is it a little inappropriate for me to say this?
In order to ensure that those living galaxies would be safe during the process of the world being torn apart, and not be "torn apart" along with the universe, some "safety barriers" must be set up in advance. The scientific name of these barriers was "information thin zones." They could reduce the efficiency of information exchange between a certain area and the external environment. Furthermore, when the world barrier collapsed and the void flowed in, it would form a buffer zone similar to a orderly field. This would ensure that the world fragments could survive in the void for a longer period of time. These "information thin zones" could actually be seen everywhere in the universe. This was because the information in the world was not evenly distributed, nor was it a pool of stagnant water. The sea of information was like the surface of a sea full of bubbles, constantly rising and falling. This caused the natural phenomenon of the density of information in various parts of the universe to be uneven, and the transmission rate of information was also different. This natural phenomenon was also the reason why the universe would produce a large number of fragments after the collapse of the universe: because the universe was not "uniform". Since this was a natural phenomenon, we did not have to worry that this would be discovered by the Fallen Apostle. Setting up these "information thin zones" was just to guide the naturally distributed "information waves" in the universe toward the living galaxies.
The group of us immediately split up and set up safety barriers near the living galaxies in advance. This process was like clearing the flammable materials on the ground before the arrival of a prairie fire to form a fire belt. And when the void rushed in, the separated world fragments could rely on the internal flow of information to temporarily maintain self-consistency. Hopefully, they could persevere and drift to the Empire District.
Icetis and I first completed the security work of the nearest ecosystem system, and then returned to the gravitational equilibrium point of the Redmunn-Hazenwood binary star. Since the mass of the two planets was about the same, the gravitational equilibrium point was right in the middle of the two planets. I could not help but think that if I could build a space station on this equilibrium point, it might become a thriving tourist station. It was the best place to view the two planets.
Hazenwood was like a sparkling crystal ball. It had a higher proportion of land than Earth and a better ecological environment, giving it a beautiful appearance of blue and green. Redmunn and his brother looked at each other from the other end of space. The planet was dark, gray, and desolate. The thick fog that shrouded the entire planet and the desolate surface made it look like a dirty snowball. The two brother planets originally had the same appearance, but now they had become like this. Icetis could not help but sigh. "It must have been hard for them to survive. Based on the level of civilization on these two planets, even the weakest pollution from the abyss should have been enough to destroy this place. But they actually survived for two thousand years. "
I looked in the direction of Hazenwood as I chatted with Icetis in my mind. "Just like what you always say, mortals are fragile, but they are tenacious because of their fickleness … Hmm, Alaya is almost done with his work. Edwinsa is now building up the atmosphere for the Goddess' arrival. But he only has a few hours, probably just enough for him to send the peacekeeping troops around the world. "
The crystal ball-like planet quietly floated in space. The people on it were still unaware of the impending apocalypse. Alaya did not go with Shallow Shallow and the others to set up protection for the other star systems, because she wanted to help with the matters here as a 'Goddess'. Of course, to the people of Hessenwood, the real goddess was Antille. However, the girl had now recovered her memory. Her memory seemed to have stopped at the night she fell asleep for the last time more than two thousand years ago. Before this state of confusion was over, Antille would certainly not be able to do anything serious — and she had not learned how to control her wings.
The Goddess who had saved the world several times in the past had woken up without knowing anything.
"You seem to be under a lot of pressure?" Icetis suddenly looked at me from the corner of her eyes.
"A little," I smiled awkwardly as I replied in my mind. "Putting aside the people on the Gemini Star, the people in the other star systems are originally living their lives in peace. Now, we are going to blow up this universe and force them to move. A single mistake in the process might cause the entire planet's population to be intercepted and killed by the Fallen Apostles … How can there be no pressure?"
"Having pressure is a good thing. It shows that you are able to maintain your sense of responsibility and humanity." Icetis smiled. "But don't be held back by your overly keen sense of responsibility. Looking at the big picture and long term, destroying this world and forcing those mortals to move is a good thing. After all, they are living in the most dangerous part of the void. In this godforsaken place, nothing will happen for a year or two, but who knows how long this peaceful state will last? If the Imperial Army and the Fallen Apostles clash head-on, the entire universe will be obliterated. When that time comes, it will be too late to evacuate the civilians. This time, it can be considered as taking advantage of the situation to solve the hidden dangers that the locals have to face in one go. Even though they have yet to realize it. "
Icetis might be a little rough with her words at times, but I had to admit that she was quite good at saying what was on my mind.
At that moment, I felt a momentary lapse in gravity nearby. Then, Shallow Shallow and the others jumped out of the dimensional door. Visca floated over excitedly and grabbed my arm. "Brother, brother, it's all done!"
Shallow Shallow excitedly pushed out a small planet with a radius of nearly a kilometer from her dimensional pocket. "Ah Jun, Ah Jun, I found a very nice looking rock!"
I was speechless.
"Then, it's up to me now."
Icetis, who had been preparing in the Abyss state for a few hours, was already a little impatient. She immediately took action. The black runes on her body were all activated, and the powerful power of the Abyss spread out uncontrollably. The reaction of the abyss was so pure and huge that it completely drowned out the original divine aura of Bryndis. If it wasn't for the fact that she was still greeting us with a cheeky smile, I would have thought that I was facing a pure abyss amalgamation.
The reaction of the Abyss on Icetis was unprecedentedly powerful. This was also the premise of my plan.
Other than this female rogue, I believed that there would not be a second person with the level of power of the Abyss. Even though Icetis had completely sealed her Abyss side, as someone who had fought with her, I knew very well how powerful she would be if she were to release her power once again.
Just a little explanation and you will understand what was going on. Sandora had only fought in the Gate of the Abyss for a few years, and the Fallen Apostle had only used a few hundred years to complete the transformation from the collapse of the Empire. As for Icetis … she had coexisted with the Gate of the Abyss for tens of millions of years!
After tens of millions of years of assimilation and corrosion, in addition to Icetis's own powerful strength, this female rogue had actually fused more than half of the power of the Gate of the Abyss into her body. If Sandora was with me this time, then my plan would most likely fail, because Sandora's power of the Abyss could only be used for personal combat. However, it was different with Icetis. Icetis could indeed create a power equivalent to the power of the Gate of the Abyss, and I was certain that she was the only one who could use her own power to simulate the power of the Gate of the Abyss.
The bravery of this female rogue was unstoppable.
"Come on, grandsons!" Icetis pointed her middle finger at the empty space, as though she was provoking the Fallen Apostle who was far away from the world. "Watch as I give you big news!"
After that, her figure disappeared before everyone's eyes. A moment later, in space thousands of lightyears away from where we were, a 'Gate of the Abyss' suddenly opened.
"Your Majesty, we have detected a response from the Gate of the Abyss. The alert level is very high!" Less than a minute after Icetis teleported away, an emergency communication came from the outpost outside the world barrier. "Is it the one that you had planned?"
"That's right. Let's get to work," I replied simply. After that, I turned off all communication. From now until the world was completely torn apart, everyone had to cut off all communication with the outside world. We could only leave the matters in between to the 'script'.
"Let's return to the surface of the planet first and see how Edwinsa's progress is," the elder sister suggested.
We had no objections, and the group of us teleported to the North Fortress. It felt good to have our feet on the ground, and the atmosphere was much more comfortable than in outer space.
The teleportation point was still the camp area outside the fortress. I knew that Sonya and Edwinsa should be in the fortress, but I had no intention of looking for them for the time being. The surrounding scenery was still the same as when we had just left. It was unbelievable that so many things had happened in the short span of one or two days. Even now, the end of the world was approaching. Yet, the mercenaries here were still going about their daily lives, oblivious to what was about to happen.
However, it would be wrong to say that there were no changes at all. Looking around the camp, I discovered that the atmosphere was rather tense. Knights of the Holy Church, who wore white battle robes over their armor, frequently appeared in my line of sight. A few messengers were running around, announcing the news that the Pope had suddenly received a Divine Revelation. This should be Edwinsa's preparations. It was impossible for him to explain the situation to the people of the world in just a few short hours, so he had to use the Goddess to stabilize the situation.
This was the advantage of a theocratic society. If there was something that couldn't be explained clearly, they could just use the Goddess in advance …
I looked up at the sky. It was dusk, and the orange sun had been blocked by the towering cliffs of the Longbridge Mountains. Only the orange afterglow of the setting sun spread out from the other side of the mountains, maintaining the last bit of light in the sky. This was a very ordinary sunset. From the looks of it, the entire world was normal.
However, Icetis's' Gate of the Abyss' had already opened, and a powerful destructive wind was brewing a huge storm about a hundred light years away. This storm might have already begun to pollute the celestial bodies and the universal constants there, and it had definitely attracted the attention of the Fallen Apostle. I silently calculated the time and compared it with the 'script' that I had planned. If there were no problems, the power of the Abyss should have already begun to corrode the world barrier.
In the next ten minutes or so, the Empire's outposts and Void Fortresses that were close to the world barrier would be hit, and after a pretense of counterattack, they would lose control and crash into the nearest main material world. A large hole would be torn open in the world barrier, and the void would flow backwards, and the universe would collapse …
Time passed by, and I looked up at the sky, quietly waiting for that earth-shattering scene to appear. I waited for the universe to collapse, waited for this planet and the small space around it to become a piece of data that flowed along the void. The knights and heralds of the Holy See seemed to have received instructions as well. They raised the holy scriptures and the Goddess's holy relics in their hands, and loudly ordered everyone to quiet down and wait for the arrival of God's revelation. The originally slightly restless crowd quickly calmed down. Even though no one knew what was about to happen, everyone knew that something was definitely going to happen. The mercenaries walked out of their tents, the heralds jumped off their horses, and the traveling merchants unloaded the goods on their shoulders. Everyone looked up as if they were being strangled by the neck, looking at the sky in confusion and anticipation.
The sky split into two.
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