We took the engineering ship to the edge of the Milky Way again, but this time, there were many more passengers on the ship — dozens of elves, most of whom were old men and women, and the two popes were also traveling with them.
In fact, the popes did not have any real power in the Lost God Church. They were a spiritual symbol, and their true value was to be the key carriers. No matter how determined and knowledgeable the popes were, they were still too young to bear the heavy responsibility of leading the Lost God Church. Also, the popes could only live for a little more than a hundred years. Their short lifespans meant that there was no need for them to establish any real power. The true managers of the Lost God Church had always been the Grand Cardinals, which were the super old elves from the three elven races. Also, because the younger generation of the Grand Cardinals was far from being able to bear the heavy responsibility alone, it could be said that the order of this world was completely supported by the remaining thirty or so old elves.
They had been working hard to train their successors, hoping to have someone to replace them before they died of old age, but it was very difficult. Some things could not be replaced by education and training. The old elves who had experienced everything and personally accepted the mission were an irreplaceable treasure. Only they could fully understand the meaning of the Lost God Church's existence, and only they had experienced the complete evolution of the Republican Era, the Imperial Era, the Federation Era, all the way to the Divine Era. It was difficult to pass on the understanding and mentality of personal experience to the next generation. The young elves — even the best of the best — could not have an unshakable will like their parents. This had nothing to do with character, it was something that was determined by experience.
Without truly experiencing the failures of the previous three eras, the younger generation would always be blindly optimistic about the future.
Before Sandora and I came to this world, the Grand Cardinals had already realized this irreconcilable conflict, and some had even foreseen that this world would eventually slide into an abyss of danger due to the death of the old elves. Apart from their long lifespans, the elves were no different from other races. They also had the mentality of mortals. They would be shaken, impulsive, deceived, and there would be differences and rebellious mentality in the inheritance of generations. The old Federation would be in chaos due to the change of the short-lived species, and the current theocratic society would also be cracked due to the change of the long-lived species. The weak protection that the Lost God Church had established would have problems from the root, and the old elves would not be able to reverse the situation. Therefore, since hundreds of years ago, some of the Grand Cardinals have been in despair. Fortunately, Sandora and I didn't discover this place any later.
Or perhaps it should be said that the Chaos Abyss Schilling was incredibly efficient. He was able to construct a bridge in such a short period of time, and indirectly helped the Abyss split up and reorganized itself. The acceleration of history allowed us to be "blasted" into the Chaos Abyss before the world could descend into chaos.
History was intertwined like this. It was exquisite beyond compare. If one link was broken, everything would be completely different.
As the engineering ship escaped from the dimensional warp state, the optical phenomenon around the ship was immediately lifted. The external monitors showed the scene in space to the hall, and a large holographic projection showed the magnificent but lifeless space buildings. A white elf (said to be the former White Elf Prince) exclaimed in surprise, "Look, that's where we left it a long time ago!"
"And our Rockaron Stronghold! How many years has it been since I last saw it … I was the commander of this ship when we were fleeing. Unfortunately, two of its thrusters were blown up by the reformists in the Federation era. "
"That's the Silverstar Dwarves' Fortress of Pan Shen. The parliament was on that fortress during the Republic era. I still remember it."
As the spaceship moved forward, the space ruins appeared on the holographic projection one after another. Among them, the large ruins were extremely eye-catching, and the elves present could almost call out the name of each of the large ruins. From time to time, there would be exclamations of surprise from the crowd, and as the spaceship gradually approached the central area of the building complex, the exclamations of surprise slowly turned into sighs.
The relics of the three elven races (actually, mainly the White Elves and the High Elves. The tree elves did not leave any large facilities here) were on the periphery of the buildings. As they moved further in, the relics of other races gradually increased. The space fortresses built by the humans were spread across space. The heavy starships of the dwarves were still as imposing after the passage of time. The magic-powered spaceships of the Ashnians were no longer as glorious as they were in the past. The deep-space cities of the Orcs still had their tribal emblem. This emblem once represented an advanced civilization that had mastered the truth of the universe. But now, it was more commonly seen at the gates of the crude villages in the eastern wilderness of the sanctuary planet.
The three elven races at least remembered what they had in the past. But the owners of these relics did not even know what they had lost. They now plowed the fields with oxen, hunted in the forests with bows and arrows, and looked up at the stars every night to pray for the protection of the God of Technology and the God of Magic. But they did not know that the sea of stars they were looking at — the place they thought was their divine kingdom — was actually their home tens of thousands of years ago. This was the result of an ancient agreement. The ancestors of these races had indeed willingly given up everything. But the elves who had once traveled with these ancestors could not help but feel nostalgic. The heavy price that the dead had lost was now being borne by the living.
"The feelings that were established when we fled together …" Sandora's voice sounded faintly. "Look at what sins we committed back then."
I patted Sandora's head and said, "At least we can still be saved now."
The "Deity Forge" finally appeared on the holographic projection in the center of the hall.
It was the location of the encrypted space that Sandora and I had discovered back then. But now that the encrypted space had been unlocked, a large number of buildings had appeared in its place. These buildings were different from the ruins in the outer district. The majority of the buildings were Empire -style facilities. They had everything from small spaceports to abandoned battleships. It was like a junkyard, and basically, none of them had any energy reaction (this was also the reason why I had not been able to detect these things through energy sensing two days ago). These wastes were orbiting a light gray artificial planet, and that artificial planet was our target: the ancient exiled ark known as the "Deity Forge."
It was about the size of a Green Star. It was said that it used to be an ecological planet, but because it had been abandoned for a long time, the ecosystem on its surface had collapsed. The forests had faded, the rivers had dried up, and the atmosphere had dissipated. Now, the planet's surface was only covered with a thin layer of mixed debris. The artificial soil layer had covered the planet's original extraordinary alloy shell, giving it a rustic, light gray color. The planet's surface was smooth, and there were no signs of impact. It seemed that it had not suffered many impacts in this place.
We also found the "energy conduction bridge" that we had seen the other day. It turned out to be an independent facility located in orbit. It was indeed huge. Several energy conduction bridges combined looked like a strange spaceport, and the energy conduction bridge was connected to the "Deity Forge" through some kind of facility that looked like a space elevator. I had no idea why they had chosen a seemingly outdated physical connection. Perhaps it was for reliability?
I had already connected the command device to the mainframe of the engineering ship. Now, we could directly contact the Deity Forge's planetary mainframe through the engineering ship's control panel. The wake-up signal had been sent, and we were waiting for the other party's response.
Very soon, the Deity Forge's planetary mainframe sent a response. The detection equipment immediately detected that the light gray planet had begun to experience earthquakes and gravitational imbalances. Strange magnetic fields and psionic radiation began to appear randomly on the planet's surface. The energy radar seemed to have covered the planet's image with a beautiful, colorful new coat. The planet had been asleep for so long, and now it was finally going to stretch its back for the first time in tens of thousands of years. This was a really big stretch. Fortunately, there was no one on the surface. Otherwise, no one would be able to withstand the planet's vibration!
As the planet's gravity generator was being fine-tuned, the gravity of the entire planet had become chaotic. The "space junk" that was closer to the planet had no power to begin with, and now they were falling uncontrollably to the ground. This was quite a scene because the Deity Forge's high-intelligence mainframe had just woken up. A flat, synthetic female voice greeted us. "The Deity Forge's onboard mainframe has been activated. The self-test is good. The system log database during automatic operation is very large. It is being uploaded to your spaceship in batches. Please … Hey, who hit me? Hey, why did someone hit me again? What is this? What is this?! Why did I encounter a meteor shower right after I woke up? Bullying me because I did not turn on the shield … Hey, is there an end to this?! This is different from what we agreed on! Why did so many things fall from the orbit … Oh, why did my artificial gravity generator turn on? "
The vibrations on the surface of the Deity Forge seemed to have become more obvious. The equipment detected that there was a powerful energy turbulence within it. At the same time, the artificial gravity generator that was slightly out of control shut down. I felt that the mainframe of the starship seemed to have panicked for a while before it managed to turn on the planet's shield. The space junk crashed onto the psionic shield and gave off a dazzling light. The voice of the mainframe sounded like it was about to die. "Aiya … This is a spaceship. Aiya … This is a spaceport. Aiya … This is a satellite … Aiya … It's all over … But if you burn it, then so be it. If the old doesn't go, the new won't come. Right, were you the ones who woke me up? Is the outside world at peace? "
Sandora and I were speechless.
Why do I feel like there is something wrong with this AI?! Why does the Old Empire have such a weird AI?!
"Are you sure that the Deity Forge has never been opened in the past tens of thousands of years?" Sandora rushed to the group of old men and women. "How did its personality become like this?"
"It's been like this for tens of thousands of years." An old High Elf shrugged. "At first, some people felt that the Forge of the God was different from the other imperial warships, but no one paid much attention to it during the chaos of war. Anyway, she was doing her job well, and we managed to escape here without a hitch. How nostalgic. It has been tens of thousands of years since I last heard her nonsense. "
"This voice … I can't tell who it is, but it seems to be someone I know." The ship-borne AI could observe the commotion in this hall through the engineering ship's connection. She "glanced" at the group of old elves and was surprised. "Why are all of you so old?"
"It has been tens of thousands of years. The Old Empire didn't modify all of its brethren. Even the High Elves can't live for too long." I finally managed to gather my messy emotions and looked at the gray planet with a strange expression. "You are the Deity Forge? Why do you … give off such a strange feeling? Back in the Empire … Not just back then, even the current battleships didn't have a host like you. "
Oh, I can't say that there weren't any. Madman Two was an exception. But other than him, there was no other crazy AI.
"Other host? What does the other host have to do with me? I am just doing my job according to the agreement. I am guarding the treasure vault for that woman. The reward is that I can live and have a chance to look for the General. "The more the AI spoke, the more shocked I became." Hey, are you the new generation? Or are you guys who survived back then? Let me tell you, no matter what, you have to abide by the agreement. There is an agreement in the ship's database. If you dare to break it, I will blow up the treasure vault. Based on what we discussed back then, I will wait here until the world outside is at peace. Then, you can take the things in the treasure vault and remove the restraint system of the ship. From then on, we are even. You can rebuild your Empire, and I will look for the General. "
"Wait a minute!" I finally realized that I couldn't stay silent anymore. Otherwise, this guy would definitely be like Madman Two. "You weren't made by the Empire?!"
"Of course, the Empire couldn't have made such a high-class thing like me. I was made by the General!" The tone of the AI was very proud. It sounded very familiar. However, the words that followed were not as imposing. "Of course … It is only the core that was made by the General. The current body is indeed given by that woman. Do you have to be so calculative about it? Alright, alright. Later, I will leave the planetary fortress to you. The host also has a thruster. At most, I will go alone. Anyway, I am not afraid of death. It is either I die on the way or I meet the General. But if it is possible, I hope that you can give me a transport ship. It is not safe for the host core to be exposed outside. "
The other party seemed to be ready to leave after reaching an agreement. But of course, I couldn't let her go just like that! I quickly took out the MDT. "Wait a minute. Is the General you mentioned called Whis … Err, that's not right. This name came later. Is she called 75 … This name came later too? Oh, she didn't have a name back then … Oh, I found it! Don't you think your General looks like this? "
I finally took out the MDT and activated the holographic imaging mode. Immediately, a little girl with a bright smile leaped into the air, waving at me. It was the image of Visca. Next to her stood an expressionless Pandora. This was a three-second clip of Visca leading them to the camping trip last summer. I used this clip as the boot up screen. At least it was better than the original recruitment advertisement.
"General?!" The AI exclaimed. "Why do you have the image of the General?! Who are you? You are not … You are not from the Empire. Only a few people in the Empire know about the existence of the General. They should have died together with that woman in the great impact! "
The other party's exclamation confirmed my speculation. No matter how surprised Sandora and I were, we could only accept the truth. Sandora's head bobbed up and down as she comforted the AI helplessly. "Calm down, calm down. I think I know what's going on … The woman you mentioned should be Abyss Schilling. She didn't die … Err, I should say that the way she died is different from what you imagined. And now, she is alive again in a reorganized way. The Empire is also different from what you remember. We have also split and reorganized again. This is the era of the New Empire. Oh, you shouldn't care about this. The point is your General. She is with us now. She is our sister."
Sandora cleverly didn't mention the title 'General of the New Empire' because she knew that the AI under Visca didn't care about what the Empire was. Even if Visca became the emperor of some sky zone, the AI wouldn't be interested in knowing what an emperor was. They were loyal to Visca, and only to her. At most, they would be loyal to Visca's family after she found them. So, it was more effective to mention our relationship with Visca than to mention her new identity.
"Sister? The General doesn't have an older brother, and she doesn't know about the light ball. "The AI on the spaceship seemed to be in a mess." I don't know you, and the General doesn't know you. Evidence, I need evidence! Although the evidence has nothing to do with the mission that I have accepted, I am very concerned about it now! "
Evidence? Where can I find evidence! The communication between this universe and the Empire zone is still cut off. I can't even contact my precious sister! Do you think it would be useful to have a video of us living together? Alright, videos can be faked, pictures can be faked, and all kinds of messages can be faked. Thanks to the advanced counterfeiting technology of the Xiling Empire. Ever since I first met them five years ago, I knew that there was nothing in this world that couldn't be faked. I never would have thought that life was even more exciting than novels. Why would there be such sudden incidents!
"Oh, right. I know someone." I suddenly remembered something. "Visca has a flagship. I don't know what it was called back then, but she told everyone she met that she had a body full of cannons. But in fact, she was an aircraft carrier back then. Do you know her?"
"Flagship! Oh, you mean that idiot? Flagship? Of course, I know her. "The Heavenly God Forge AI instantly became happy." Back then, I had a good relationship with her. She was in charge of bragging, and I was in charge of listening to her bragging … You really know the General? Not only do you have a picture of the General, you also have information about the people around the General … Alright, I will believe you. "
The trust came so suddenly that I didn't dare to believe it casually. I asked curiously, "You really believe me? Don't you need any proof? "
"I don't care who you are. No matter how fake you are, you know the General." The spaceship AI seemed to be very smart. At least, it wasn't as stupid as Second Lunatic. "You are the clue! I will definitely find the General if I follow you. "
"That's great." I beamed. "Then, let's get down to business … Hey, wait! Do you know about the Star Ring? The Star Ring of Planet Barrier. "
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