The next day, I was woken up by a commotion that I had no idea where it came from.
I got up, got dressed, and went to the corridor outside. Looking at the surrounding stone walls and the low stone vault above me, I was dazed for a moment before I remembered that I had spent the night in the Church's fortress in North Fortress. The biggest characteristic of being away from home all year round was that every morning when you woke up, you would see an unfamiliar ceiling. Then, you would have to spend a few minutes trying to remember where you had slept the night before.
I looked at the time and realized that it had been almost twenty hours since the universe had been torn apart. There were no explosions outside, and there were no alarms from the information link, indicating that the Fallen Apostle was pursuing us. It seemed that the most dangerous twenty hours had passed. If everything was normal, the world fragment would soon enter the Empire District. After that, everything would be safe. But what was that commotion just now?
I shook my head, and then I heard the commotion again. This time, I could hear it clearly. It seemed to be coming from outside the fortress. I walked towards the main hall, ready to meet up with the others. Then, I saw Shallow Shallow coming out from the corner of the corridor with an egg pancake in her mouth. She was running towards me, but she stopped abruptly when she saw me. Then, she waved at me with a silly smile. "Ah Jun, Ah Jun, you're awake? I'm here to ask you to eat in the main hall! "
I pointed at the thing in Shallow Shallow's mouth. "These days, it's no longer popular for a girl to meet her lover with a piece of bread in her mouth."
"I know." Shallow Shallow swallowed the food in a few gulps. As she choked, her eyes rolled back, and she spoke to me in a muffled voice. "That's why I'm eating an egg pancake … Ah Jun, are you eating or not?"
I walked towards the main hall with Shallow Shallow. As I walked, I asked curiously, "What's going on outside? Why is it so noisy? "
"I don't know. I heard it too. But the Pope has gone out to deal with it. I'm hungry, so I'm going to eat first."
I looked at Shallow Shallow speechlessly, thinking to myself, 'This girl sure has it easy, having a simple attitude towards life is really good for digestion.'
Perhaps it was because the locals generally woke up earlier than us, but we were the only ones who came to the main hall for breakfast. The pope and the dragoness had already eaten and were busy outside. Breakfast was still the same unique style of mixing and matching. This world's specialty stewed vegetable soup was paired with various homemade pancakes that we brought back from our hometown. This simple meal was both beautiful and fragrant — thanks to Anveena and my older sister's cooking skills. After we finished our meal, Edwinza returned with a group of white-robed Church soldiers. I saw a worried expression on his face and couldn't help but ask, "What happened? It sounds like there's a commotion outside. "
"The long night has caused panic." The old pope waved his hand to dismiss the soldiers. These soldiers were only there to keep up appearances, and of course, he didn't need to keep up appearances in front of us. "It's been twenty hours since the sky disappeared. The sun should have risen five hours ago (this planet's rotation period is longer than Earth's), but it's still pitch-black outside. Not to mention the sun, not even a single star can be seen. There's only a dim moon hanging in the sky, and there's no sign of dawn. Some of the camps have started to spread rumors that the sun has been destroyed, and the world will be devoured by darkness. "
I was stunned, and then I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Alright, they're right about one thing: the sun has indeed been destroyed."
The old pope looked at me in shock. Although he had heard about the world being torn apart and the relocation of the planet, he had never heard of this detail.
"Don't be nervous. When we get to the Empire District, I'll give you a new one, the original one. There's even a one-time serial number on the corona." I comforted the old pope who was a little frightened. "But this is indeed a problem … If that's the case, then the whole world is in a state of long night. It shouldn't be just the North Fortress that's in chaos, right?"
"The South Fortress and the Allied Army's fortresses on the other side of the Long Bridge Mountain must be in chaos as well. I've already sent people to calm them down." The old pope nodded. "There's a teleportation station in all the major cities, and orders can be sent quickly. So basically, there won't be any chaos. As long as the army doesn't get messed up by this kind of panic, the situation won't get any worse."
The old pope was right: as long as the army doesn't get messed up. Due to the Dark Moon War that didn't break out, almost all the armed personnel on this planet were gathered in a few places. This was Hazenwood's powerful defense force, but also the biggest factor of instability. Just looking at the military barracks in the North Fortress that stretched for dozens of kilometers, you could imagine how many combat forces were squeezed in here. If these garrisons were to cause trouble, it would be no laughing matter. Although military discipline was strong, it also depended on what kind of situation they were facing. Modern armies would panic for a while when they saw Cybertron invading. Now, a group of more superstitious feudal armies saw the sun, moon, and stars disappear. Oh, the moon didn't disappear, but it was almost there. Other than the dim moon, the sky of this world had lost all light sources. It was like a pitch-black curtain.
Since there was a situation here, the other dozen or so world fragments would also face the same problem: those habitable planets didn't have a sun, so the races that were forcibly moved by us were now facing the panic brought about by the strange long night. If the scene of the sky being torn apart did not cause a mass suicide wave, then the rest of the people should be jumping now. What was the rumor in 2012 again? On the first day of the end of the world, the sun didn't rise … This was the most likely situation!
Moreover, there were two other civilizations that had mastered basic space technology. Their high orbit laboratories should have personally witnessed the sun being sliced apart and then disappearing into a distorted void …
This matter needed to be dealt with, so I pondered for a moment and made a decision. "Alright, since we are now out of the line of fire, the Fallen Apostle's observation post can't see this far … Alaya, get to work."
The angel sister was sitting on the carpet, combing her feathers seriously. She was stunned when she heard my words. "Ah? Are we going to set off fireworks in the sky again? "
"No." I waved my hand. "I want you to show your face in all the world fragments and temporarily calm your emotions. We are now close to the Empire District, so we can move freely."
In any case, this work had to be done sooner or later. Now that I had Alaya go out and do some publicity, it could be considered as laying the foundation for the future relocation. The reason why I had this silly cat angel appear was because the angel image was well-known in the Haysenwood-Redmunn Civilization Sphere. It would be easier to have her speak as the Creator God. Otherwise, considering her intelligence, I really didn't want to let her do this …
I explained what I needed to do to Alaya clearly. The angel sister nodded and transformed into a ray of light, disappearing from the hall. She had gone to make preparations. Edwina watched the entire process from the side and suddenly had a thought. "I realized that I was right about one thing in the past two thousand years. Religion basically relies on deceiving people."
After yesterday's interaction, Grandpa Edwina had some understanding of our family's temperament. If he had said this in the beginning, he would definitely have been too embarrassed to say it out loud. Faced with such a direct evaluation, I could only shamelessly admit, "Yes, I guessed it."
Soon, we arrived outside the fortress. Standing on the highest rock platform of the North Fortress, we could overlook the entire camp below. As the long night continued, the foot of the mountain was filled with campfires. These fires were distributed along the terrain, spreading from the plains at the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. It was as though countless light spots formed a three-dimensional image of the mountain range. It was a magnificent sight. In the distance, the dense forest and the desert were shrouded in darkness. In this strange world where the sun had yet to rise, the beasts cowered and hid in their nests. Apart from a dark planet, there were no other celestial bodies in the sky. There wasn't even a single star. According to the normal timetable, it should be morning now.
I looked up at the sky and waited quietly for a few minutes before I finally saw a ray of light. It was a beam of light that shot down from above. In the blink of an eye, the beam of light expanded and formed an aurora that filled the sky.
Along with the aurora, there was a faint sound of wind chimes. Alaya liked this sound. It could be considered as her ringtone.
In the middle of the night, the sudden appearance of such a strange light in the sky naturally attracted everyone's attention. I could faintly see the shadows of people moving in the campfires at the foot of the mountain. The noise slowly spread from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. I curiously scanned the entire sky as I tried to guess where that silly cat angel was planning to pop out from. Suddenly, I saw a beam of Holy Light appear in front of me. Alaya's figure gradually appeared from within that beam of light.
I immediately felt that the image was a little strange. I ran around the platform and observed it for a long time before I realized that what I was looking at wasn't Alaya's real image, but a focal point of information.
This way, anyone in the world would be able to see her, and she wouldn't need to specially set up thousands of clones to project herself everywhere. This focal point of information wasn't an image that appeared on the retina or in the mind. Instead, it was an 'impression projection' that was fixed in front of the observer. Even if there were tens of billions of observers in the world, every single one of them would see the same image of Alaya: the holy figure that appeared in the sky above them.
This was a type of information manipulation ability. I had to admit that the silly cat angel was quite skilled in this field.
The church personnel near the fortress immediately knelt down. Even though Alaya's appearance was different from Antil's, her angelic appearance and appearance were proof of her identity. Moreover, the statues of many religions had a certain degree of deviation from the true God's appearance. Therefore, the believers didn't have the slightest doubt that this was the descent of the Goddess. At the same time, Alaya maintained her holy appearance. She gently looked down at the people in front of her. The focal point of information made it seem as though she was looking at everyone with her gentle gaze. At this moment, the 'Goddess' finally spoke. Her voice was soft and gentle. "I am your Goddess, the creator of this universe."
Hmm, not bad. Straight to the point. Because I knew that Alaya would easily drop the ball at crucial moments, I designed a very simple and straightforward line for her.
Alaya blinked as she thought about how to explain the natural phenomenon in front of her so that the believers (and the other intelligent races in the other world fragments) would be at ease as soon as possible. Then, she suddenly raised her hand and pointed to the sky. "I just fought with a demon that was planning to destroy this world."
"I used too much force during the fight and accidentally destroyed your sun."
"Then I ran too far away and accidentally destroyed the nearby planets."
"In the end, I destroyed almost all the celestial bodies in the universe."
"So you can't see anything when you look up now. Hey, do you understand now?"
Alaya scratched her head and tilted her head slightly as she looked forward. It was as though she was chatting with the tens of billions of people in these world fragments. In the end, she even added, "I will fix your sun and the other stars in a moment. You can light up the lights first …"
Lin Xue grabbed my arm and swung it forcefully. "You designed this line for her?! Is she a Goddess? Is this something a Goddess should say? She sounds just like a naughty child! "
Cold sweat dripped down my forehead. I could only wave my hand and explain to the missy, "That wasn't the line I designed at the beginning. I designed it to be 'The war between the Gods and Demons destroyed the stars. The Gods are responsible for restoring this world'. How could I have known that she would interpret it like that!"
The missy smacked her forehead. "Damn it. According to what you said, that idiot didn't get the gist of it wrong. She just had a problem with her performance on the spot."
I shrugged speechlessly. That natural idiot only had a bit more intelligence than Jingle. How much do you expect her to perform? It would be a miracle if she didn't lose her intelligence.
At this moment, Alaya was still hanging in the sky. She thought hard for a long time with a natural and harmless expression. After confirming that she had said everything she needed to say, she waved her hand at the mortals in the world. "Then I'll go back to work. Hang in there for a while."
After that, the holy light and the mysterious aurora in the sky gradually faded along with Alaya's figure. The indistinct sound of the wind chimes also dissipated in the air. A moment later, the angel sister suddenly appeared beside us. This simple-minded girl seemed to be in a good mood. The first thing she did when she pounced on me was to smile innocently at me. "Big Brother Monarch, I memorized all the lines!"
I nodded solemnly. "Yeah, and you even made some artistic adjustments … Well done."
Thus, Alaya happily went to the side to continue grooming her feathers. Edwina and Sonya looked at her with cold sweat dripping down their bodies. The latter didn't say a word, while the former looked up to the sky and laughed. "The image of the Goddess doesn't quite match the image I've been promoting for the past two thousand years."
"It's fine. The packaging design is only for reference. The actual product is the standard. This is the trend nowadays." I silently patted Alaya's wings. "After all, the Bible is just a promotional brochure. Who knows what the real image of the Goddess is like? The one in my pocket is still God. That's right, you're not mistaken. It's this little thing that's chewing on the button … Jingle, don't bite the button!"
In any case, Alaya's appearance could be considered to have pacified the emotions of the people. All that was left was to wait patiently.
Let's not talk about the boring waiting process for now. After all, Jingle kept acting cute and amusing us. A few hours passed by quickly. After the last reply from the Border Defense Center with a footnote saying "Far away", the world fragment had finally left the border zone. I searched through the information link and found that the network used by the Empire Data's general netizen had appeared in the list of options. This meant that we had just crossed the last military blockade. Being able to connect to the civilian network meant that we had entered the Empire zone.
"We're home." I stood on the highest rock platform of North Fortress, muttering to myself as I looked up at the night sky. Even though nothing appeared in my line of sight, the familiar channels in my mind made me heave a sigh of relief. Even though I hadn't fought a single battle on the frontlines, the past few days had not been easy. Only now did I feel at ease.
The others stood beside me. Shallow Shallow and the others looked delighted. Even though Edwina and Sonya couldn't empathize with them, they knew that we were completely safe now. Their faces were also filled with joy.
It was as though they were welcoming us home. Just as I was about to shift my gaze away from the sky, I suddenly heard a loud voice in my mind. "Dad! Welcome home! We have a surprise for you! Lalalala … "
I knew that it was Xiaoxue's voice the moment I heard it. Following that long and melodious shout, I also noticed that a radiant spatial rift was gradually opening up in the distance. At the same time, a large number of familiar spiritual undulations were rapidly approaching me. There were Sandora's, Icetis's (She had gone to the border outpost and should have returned by now), Xiaoxue's, Liliana's, Little Bubble's, Lin's …
Wait! There's also Lin's!?
I raised my head in shock. As expected, the first thing that emerged from the spatial rift in the distance was a gigantic golden twin-headed dragon. Behind it … There was no one behind it. Lin must have become a means of transportation again.
The moment the golden dragon emerged, she saw the brightest lights in the night sky. Then, a thunderous dragon roar could be heard. Following that, I saw the dragon lowering her head and charging towards us. Her momentum was unstoppable. Those who didn't know better would have thought that she was late for reincarnation. I jumped up on the spot and shouted in all the channels, "Slow down! Idiot, slow down! You idiot, hurry up and slow down … Everyone, get down! "
Lin's flying speed was extremely fast. Just a moment ago, she was still a tiny golden dot in the distant sky. Now, she had covered the entire sky as she charged towards us. I could clearly see many small figures jumping down from the back of the dragon. Needless to say, they were the Protoss Bar and Sandora who were already familiar with 'plane jumping'. On our side, Edwina and Sonya had never seen this dragon's exaggerated movements before. They stood there in a daze as though they were scared silly. Before I could remind them to be careful, Lin had already flown over their heads by a hair's breadth.
The gigantic twin-headed dragon still couldn't think of how to slow down. In a panic, she took the roof of the stone fortress with her and crashed into the mountain wall behind the fortress without slowing down …
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