Celine was quickly asked to leave the room. She was confused. Perhaps the combat nun could not figure out why she, a member of the clergy, was asked to leave. One of the archbishops asked Celine to wait in a nearby lounge and reminded her not to leave the cathedral without permission. It was a normal precaution because Sandora and I had aroused the vigilance of everyone present. Celine was also slightly implicated, but it seemed that Celine did not feel that there was anything wrong with it.
Soon, only Sandora and I were left in the small lounge, facing the two popes and five archbishops. I was surprised that they had not called for the guards. The old men were sweating profusely, but they still tried their best to stay calm and sat behind the long table, protecting the pope who was sitting between them. Even so, no one called for the guards. They seemed to be very calm people.
"Don't be nervous. You have to calm down first. Otherwise, we can't talk." I waved my hand at the elders. Their reactions were within my expectations. Seeing how they were so secretive about the ancient truth, I knew that this was an extremely alarming topic. It was highly likely to be related to the calamity that destroyed the world. Apart from certain individuals, it would be taboo for anyone else to even mention it. Right now, because they didn't know my and Shadora's identities, and the space ruins that Shadora mentioned didn't seem like something that ordinary cultists would know, both sides fell into a stalemate due to the disparity in information.
To break the stalemate, I took out my MDT. But before I showed it to them, I cautiously looked at the four old elves, whose eyes were longer than the history of human civilization (four of the five archbishops were old men, and the last one was a very young lady, which was a little strange). I cautiously asked, "So, does anyone here have heart disease?"
The old men looked at each other inexplicably. It seemed that they did not expect the mysterious uninvited guest to suddenly ask such a creative question. I had to repeat, "Those of you with heart disease, you'd better leave first. What's going to happen next is more impactful."
"We're very healthy." An old man with the longest beard knocked on the table in an imposing manner. "No matter who you are, stop trying to mystify us. If you really have something to say, hurry up and say it. Otherwise, I'll think that you're just like those whimsical …"
"Then I will turn on the projection." I did not wait for him to finish and pressed on the MDT. A one-meter-tall emblem of the Imperial Army was immediately projected on the table. These elves had lived for at least 70,000 to 80,000 years. No doubt, they must know this.
The moment the simple but powerful blue crystal cross appeared, the 'very healthy' old man with the white beard did not hesitate to convulse. The old man straightened his neck and glared angrily at the emblem of the Empire as if his eyeballs were going to pop out of their sockets. He waved his hands wildly and made some unintelligible grunting sounds from his throat. However, he could not say a single word, and it seemed that he was in danger of dying. Fortunately, the people around him reacted in time. Another old man, who did not look much younger than the old man, cooperated with the young bishop and pinned the old man on the table. The young bishop took out a bunch of pills from his pocket and stuffed them into the old man's mouth. "Quick! Bishop of Gale, open your mouth and take the pills! Hang in there! Open your mouth and take the pills! "
After stuffing the pills into his mouth, he was pressed down by the neck and forced to drink a few mouthfuls of water. The 'healthy old man' known as the Gale Bishop finally regained his breath. However, just as he coughed twice, another bishop took out a bunch of emergency medicine and forced it into his mouth. "Gale Bishop, there's still these. Eat them or you'll get sick again soon … Water, water, bring me another glass of water.
Sandora and I stared at the scene in front of us. When the dust settled, both of us were still in a daze. At this time, Bishop of Gale had finally stabilized. He coughed violently for a while (because of the water and pills). Then, he stared at the second old man who had stuffed the pills into his mouth. "I only had heart disease last year, but this year, I have chronic pharyngitis! Can you not put my pills with those messy things in your pocket? What kind of smell is this? "
I felt that I would be forgotten if I did not speak up. So, I gently knocked on the table. "You are Sir Gale, right? Hmm, it sounds like the name of a tree elf. It is either a plant or nature. Didn't you not have heart disease when I asked you just now? "
"Cough cough —" The old man coughed even more violently. It was as if he had choked on my words.
"This symbol …" An old tree elf bishop who had been silent all this while finally grasped the main point. He looked at the blue symbol that was still slowly spinning in the air. "Where did you get it from?"
"What do you mean by where? This is our symbol. "I felt that the other party's suspicion was a little unreasonable." You must have waited for many years, right? Now that the people of the Empire have come, why are you not happy? "
"Is it really … you?" Bishop of Gale was old but strong. He waved his hand and pushed away the younger generation who was trying to support him. With one hand holding the pills and the other holding the water, he looked at us with a well-prepared posture. "Regardless of whether it is you or not, I have to warn you. If you have obtained this symbol by accident and want to swindle us, I will make you stay here even if I have to risk my life. This is not something that anyone can use casually! Furthermore, this universe is being watched by enemies that you cannot imagine. If you use that thing in your hand carelessly, it is very likely that the entire world will be finished … "
"Wait wait wait …" I hurriedly waved my hand to calm this righteous old man down. The other party's attitude was very touching, but we seemed to have encountered a problem. "Why can't you recognize such obvious psionic energy … Sigh, I understand now. You are tree elves."
Tree elves, the last spawn tribe of the old Empire. It could even be said that they were caught in a great calamity before they could become a true spawn tribe. The other spawn tribes had been fighting with the Empire for at least several hundred years. With a single glance, their members could recognize the equipment of the Empire. Furthermore, they had more or less the ability to sense psionic energy (later on they evolved or were forcefully modified by the Empire). Only the tree elves couldn't. They didn't even understand the concept of the Empire before they were forced to flee. Most of the tree elves only recognized Halland, the Empress of the Empire. From this, it could be seen how delicate the situation was.
The old man in front of me probably recognized the emblem of the Imperial Army and also recognized the equipment of the Empire. However, other than that, he was completely clueless about how to recognize the Shiring Apostles. That was why he didn't dare to confirm Sandora's and my identity. That was because anyone with a higher than average intelligence would know: Just a few tokens wouldn't be enough to prove anything. There was a possibility that they were picked up.
Even more subtle was the fact that I couldn't be considered as a standard Shiring Apostle. Other than some small equipment on my body, I didn't have any psionic energy. As for Sandora … She looked more like an egg right now. I didn't know if the old Empire had any specialized egg-shaped soldiers. Based on our current situation, even a proper spawn tribe of the old Empire would hesitate for a long time before daring to recognize us. Naturally, the tree elves in front of me were even more suspicious.
To be honest, if they really kowtowed without any suspicions, Sandora might get angry. Her Majesty the Queen loved her soldiers as if they were her own children. In other words, she didn't care about the feelings of the soldiers under her when she was disciplining them. The servants were also considered soldiers, so her requirements were very strict …
"Oh, right. Let me show you something else." I suddenly thought of the thing that could prove the identity of the Imperial Army. The spaceship was hovering in space. "Do you still have the ability to observe space? Don't tell me that even the Church smashed the last telescope. If that was the case, I would have to drive the spaceship into the atmosphere. However, that might cause a riot. "
"We have been observing space to prevent any threats from outside the planet." An old bishop said while pressing his chest. He was gradually realizing the situation in front of him. Thus, the closer he got to the truth, the more nervous he became. Even though he already believed the truth in front of him, he didn't dare to simply nod his head. "What do you want to show us?"
"Activate your space surveillance equipment. It is currently night time. Even if you use an optical telescope, you will be able to see it. Aim at the three brightest stars in a straight line to the north. The star in the middle is the position of the brightest star." After Sandora gave her orders, the bishops started to use the intercom in the living room (In the Cathedral, this level of technology could be seen everywhere) to instruct the various departments. The youngest female bishop then chanted an incantation to create something that looked like a water screen in mid-air. The water screen displayed the view of space through the telescope. At this moment, Sandora gave an order to the Empire General. "Main engine of the ship, deactivate the stealth of the ship. Release all the escort troops. Make them as big as possible."
What happened next should have been guessed by many. That's right, it went like this:
"Storm Bishop! Hold on! Open your mouth and take your medicine! "" Water! Bring me another glass of water! Storm Bishop, don't stop taking your medicine! "
How did such a serious matter suddenly become like this? Was this old man who seemed to be full of vigor actually here to lighten the mood?
When the Empire Fleet is lined up in orbit, everyone will know of their arrival … Forget it, the atmosphere is already ruined to the point where I can't continue talking about such things. In any case, when faced with the Empire's spaceships lined up in space, even the Tree Elves who have a low ability to recognize the Empire no longer have any doubts. The living room experienced all sorts of unexpected disturbances. However, everything was developing according to plan. The two Popes returned to their seats. Under the request of Sandora and I, the few old bishops also returned to their seats. It seems as though the host and guest had reversed?
"Our benefactor, the calamity outside … Is it finally over?"
One of the bishops trembled as he placed his hands on the table and leaned his upper body forward. It was as though all the strength in his body was focused on this one sentence.
"It's over." I thought that the bishop was referring to the calamity of the old Empire. I nodded my head and sighed in my heart. As expected, they decided to seal off their technology and hide themselves because of that calamity. However, the calamity had already ended 70,000 years ago. Did they just waste 70,000 years? "Now that the new Empire has been established, a new order, a new environment — Once the problem of this world is solved, I can bring you back."
Finally, the reply that they had been waiting for 70,000 years had arrived. The expressions on the faces of the four old bishops were almost indescribable. It was as though they had fallen into a daze after facing a huge impact. After looking at each other for a few times, the Storm Bishop finally came to his senses. "It's over! It's over! The abyss outside has already retreated. The Empire has reclaimed its lost land?! Our tens of thousands of years of waiting have finally not been in vain. We are going to open the Holy Vault … Open the Holy Vault and take out the items from the Heavenly God forging furnace … "
"Wait!" Hearing the words "reclaim", I seemed to suddenly realize that something was wrong. "Let me first confirm: Why is this world sealed off? Who did it? You shouldn't have the ability to do so. Was it Schilling who brought you here? "
"Schilling? We don't know the name of that Will. We only know that she is a woman. "One of the bishops calmed himself down and slowly opened the ancient curtain." After the last escape route was sealed off, we survivors had no choice but to gather together and escape to this last world that has not been affected by the abyss. That Will brought the last uncorrupted fleet to escort us here and handed the Heavenly God forging furnace to us. Before she left, she said that she would seal off this universe and erase all traces of its existence from the database. She told us to hide carefully and not make a sound in this shelter. 'This is a safe underground cave. The forest outside is filled with forest fires and wild beasts are rampaging. You little animals should hide in the cave and not make a sound even if you die. If possible, dig deeper into the cave.' That was what she told us at that time. "
The more I listened, the more surprised I became. At that moment, I couldn't help but stare at him and interrupt him. "Wait! You just said … You didn't escape out of the Empire? The last escape route was sealed off, so you didn't escape at all?! Then the location of this world … "
"It is in the First Heaven," Bishop Gale said naturally. "It is said to be the oldest territory of the Empire. It is in the hinterland of the Empire and is very close to the source of the abyss explosion. However, because this universe is … a backup world, it has never been developed. When the disaster happened, there was almost no connection to the outside world. The entire world was still preserved in the World Warehouse. Therefore, it is the last world that has not been contaminated. It is probably the only world that has survived."
The First Heaven! The hinterland of the old Empire!
I was dumbfounded. Shadora and I stared at each other for a long time (assuming Shadora had eyes) before I realized what had happened. Then, I slapped myself on the head. "D * mn it! This is the Abyss!? And it is the centermost part of the Abyss! "
For the past few days, Sandora and I had been trying to figure out where we had been blasted to. We had guessed at the White Area, the Huron Territory, an unknown area that the three Protoss had never explored before. We had even guessed that we had been blasted to the other side of the bridge. But … but we had never guessed correctly. This was the Abyss. We had never left the Abyss. Instead, we had been blasted to the deepest part of it!
I finally understood why the church was so strict with their technology, even going so far as to lock the entire civilization in an agricultural society. This wasn't a problem with two million Fallen Apostles, nor was it a problem with one or two Gates of the Abyss! In the past tens of thousands of years, the entire old Empire that had fallen into chaos had been suppressed outside this world. There were hundreds of millions of Fallen Apostles and millions of Gates of the Abyss!
It had been right under the nose of Abyssal Schilling!
Forget about jumping out of the world barrier or communicating with the outside world. Even if the refugees here had studied the fundamental forces, studied the gravitational field and curvature, or touched upon any of the basic concepts of the universe, as long as there was a single mistake that triggered the self-feedback mechanism of the world, this sanctuary would immediately be exposed to countless lunatics. The Fallen Apostles outside could tear the entire universe into pieces.
Now, I suddenly realized that my previous lament was unnecessary. The survivors of this world definitely hadn't wasted tens of thousands of years. They hadn't even come to the safe zone. These people had been hiding right under the nose of the Fallen Apostles until today. It had been worth waiting for tens of thousands of years.
It was probably because Sandora and my surprised reactions were too eye-catching (it should be because I was too eye-catching. Outsiders probably couldn't see Sandora's surprised expression) that the two popes on the other side of the table had guessed what was going on. The Pope of Science and Technology carefully raised his hand. "Excuse me … Don't you know the location of this universe? You didn't come from the outside world? "
"We did indeed come from the outside world, but the process was rather unconventional." I waved my hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. In my heart, I thought that this was going to be fun. "This world … has never appeared in any records. Sandora and I didn't come here through normal Void Travel. However, this is all a small problem. Regardless of whether this is the Abyss Zone or the safe zone, the danger has indeed been resolved. You don't have to worry. The follow-up troops of the Empire will soon find this place. Now, let's talk about the problem of the blockade of this world. In other words, the interference barrier that enveloped the entire universe was actually left behind by Abyssal Schilling? That's right, Abyssal Schilling was the one who guided you here back then. "
"We didn't see it with our own eyes." The Gale Bishop stroked his beard as he reminisced. "But before she left, she told us about her plans. So, we can be sure that she sealed off this universe. Ah, back then, I was still the youngest general of the Tree Elves. In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed … I have always been looking forward to seeing that Lord lead the fleet back here to pick us up. However, I was also deeply afraid of this matter. I was afraid that when she appeared again, she would bring destruction. After all, before she left, she had said that even she herself was about to be corrupted. Sigh … Now, the one who appeared before us is indeed someone else. In other words, that Lord did not last until … "
"Right now … she is still alive." I thought about Abyssal Schilling's life form and could only sigh along with the old man. "She has already gone through self-reconstruction. The old Abyssal Schilling is considered dead. Now, the Abyssal Schilling here is considered a partial copy. She doesn't seem to know of your existence. She has never mentioned it to me. She also did not attack this world during the years when she went mad. "
"Because she erased this world from the database, including her own memories," Sandora interrupted from the side. Then, she turned to the bishops and the popes across the table. "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's talk about your experiences over the years. I am very interested in this."
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