The Atlantean civilization.
I had always thought that this topic had long passed, but I never expected it to be brought up again.
Why would Lin Xue mention the glorious ancient human civilization that was destroyed by the crazy Veska in the past and had almost developed to the stage of modern technology?
"Brother …" Visca suddenly came over and grabbed the hem of my shirt gently. I lowered my head to look at the cat-eyed little girl who wore a nervous and uneasy expression. I patted her head gently and said, "Don't worry. Your Sister Lin Xue definitely has something important to say."
"Hey, Blockhead, have you heard of such a thing?" Lin Xue crossed her arms and said hesitantly, "Race … memory."
I thought for a while and shook my head honestly.
"It's stored in the genes, a memory from ancient times, or rather, a kind of stress response that has become a conditioned reflex." Lin Xue touched her chin and explained to us slowly, "Even wild animals will have a natural fear of fire when they see fire for the first time after birth. Even if humans have never received any knowledge about the human body structure, they will still feel fear when they see the skeletons of their own kind. There are many other similar examples. We are already used to this kind of fear and there is no need to explain it. However, if you really think about it, you will realize that they all have one thing in common: inexperience. Sally's situation is like this. She feels an instinctive fear towards certain things, such as the Imperial Army and Pandora's appearance, but she has never seen either of them. In addition to some information that I have discovered, I can basically confirm that the fear in Sally's heart comes from an ancient memory hidden in her genes. After calculating the time and associating it with the movements of the Imperial Army on Earth during that era … some conjectures are on the verge of being made. "
"Descendant of Atlantis?"
I looked at the girl who didn't look too good and was filled with confusion amidst her fear. I muttered to myself.
The development of things is always full of drama. When none of us expected it, the truth suddenly popped out?
"Basically, you can think of it that way. Due to the long period of time and the vague purpose of the prophecy, my superpower isn't very clear this time. However, there is a tendency towards the truth." Lin Xue exhaled. "Sally's body might contain the genes of the destroyed Atlantis civilization. Although no one knows how the survivors survived in the end, their bloodline has indeed been passed down to this day and it is highly possible that it has gradually spread to the entire world. Perhaps the current human legends of Atlantis, Norse Gods, Olympian Gods, Bible stories and so on evolved from the fragmented oral traditions of the last descendants. Mm, there isn't enough information so I can't come to an accurate conclusion."
"If there is no problem with your superpower, there is an 80 to 90% chance that this is the case." Sandora rubbed the space between her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes. "So, what do you think?"
Sandora asked Lin Xue. The latter brought Sally to us and told us the shocking truth that she had discovered. She definitely had her own thoughts. Miss Lin was the best at bringing all kinds of trouble to us. Moreover, she was a very straightforward person when she was with her friends. If she needed help, she would never be courteous to us.
"Think about the war reparations and whatnot …" Lin Xue was halfway through her sentence when she met my sinister gaze. She quickly shrunk her neck. "Ahem, I'm just trying to lighten the mood. I'm just joking. It has been hundreds of thousands of years. No matter how serious the incident back then was, it can only be treated as history or even a story. I just want to investigate Sally's background. Since she has the bloodline of Atlantis, her family must have some hidden secrets. Perhaps we can even restore the history of the Atlantis civilization after it was destroyed until today. We have no idea what happened after Visca left Earth. Haven't you been struggling with that blank piece of history for a long time? "
Lin Xue was right. That blank piece of history was indeed puzzling, especially after Visca left Earth. What exactly happened to her Glory starship was something that we had been investigating all this time. It could be said that ever since Visca's Star Barrier was restored, we had never stopped investigating that piece of history. Think about it. A Glory class starship's star ring was blown to smithereens. It was even contaminated by the Dark Abyss. The fragments fell into the depths of the void and invaded more than one world. If we didn't find a reasonable explanation for such a serious incident, many people would feel as if there was a fishbone stuck in their throats. At least, Pandora had always been angry about the attack on her sister's Glory.
Although she was angry, it had been hundreds of thousands of years, and the records of that year had disappeared in the long river of history. Even though we had been searching for the wreckage of the war on Earth, so far, we had only found a few pieces of equipment that were suspected to be ancient Schilling's relics. Moreover, they were so badly damaged that they could not be used to restore the war, let alone retell that piece of history.
Even the Empire's database had become fragmented after hundreds of thousands of years, not to mention the insignificant remains of a planetary war left on a carbon-based planet.
But unexpectedly, when our investigation of that piece of history was at an impasse and we were about to give up, Lin Xue brought us such a huge breakthrough. Although this breakthrough made Visca quite depressed. No matter what, Visca, who had regained his sanity, was still a kind child.
"If you want to investigate, just do it." I shrugged at Lin Xue. "You are the Empire's Chief Prophet, the head of the intelligence department."
"After all, it is related to Visca." Lin Xue looked awkwardly at Visca, who had his head lowered. "So, it is better to say hello. In the follow-up investigation, we may have to contact the descendants of Atlantis, and the position of both sides will be very awkward."
I nodded to express my understanding. The hatred of a destroyed nation was no laughing matter. Think about the fury and ferocity shown by the tribes of the Pan-Galactic Civilization Community when they rose up against the Shepherds, and you can imagine the extent of the racial hatred. But now that hundreds of thousands of years had passed, even if the immortal Shiring Apostles were still around, the surviving descendants of Atlantis had completely integrated into modern humans. The so-called awkwardness was only a psychological problem on our side.
"The Shiring Apostles have never been afraid to take responsibility. We also need to investigate what happened after the war." Sandora glanced at Sally, who had a blank expression. "When it comes to war, the Shiring Apostles are all experts. But in the field of undercover investigation, we are still not comparable to the humans of decades ago. You can be in charge of everything."
I absolutely believed Sandora's words. If you asked an agent of the Empire to investigate the genealogy, the only method he could think of would be to point a gun at the person in question and force him to ask about the relationship of the person's family … This group of people, who had ruled the universe since tens of millions of years ago, had no concept of peaceful contact. They would never consider using complicated and detailed methods to conduct investigations …
"Then, sis, can I ask something?"
Seeing that we had already agreed on something, Lin Feng, who had been in a confused state from the beginning, finally couldn't help but ask.
"Is it related to me?" Sally asked in half-baked Chinese. She looked at me and Sandora nervously while avoiding Pandora and Visca's direction.
"Anyway, it was a long time ago." I glanced at Visca, who nodded at me pitifully. "Alright, my sister has agreed. Let me tell you the story of above the moon …"
In the next ten minutes, I told the history of the Atlantis civilization that I knew in a way that could be easily understood by ordinary people. Generally speaking, it was a story of aliens invading Earth. During the story, Lin Feng, Sally, and Ding Ling kept their eyes wide open and listened attentively. They didn't dare to miss any of the content. It was obvious that this explosive story had subverted all the myths, legends, and worldviews that they knew in the past.
After I finished the story, the three of them were silent. After a long time, Lin Feng finally looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh. "If I were to throw this on Qidian, it would be at least two million words …"
Lin Xue quickly gave him a punch. "Is there such a line in the script?!"
I gave Lin Xue a punch. "Is there such a line in the script?!"
"Ahem, to ease the atmosphere." Lin Feng scratched his head. Then, he curiously looked at Visca, who had always appeared obedient in front of others. He was only rumored to be very hot-blooded. "Were you … that powerful in the past?"
Visca's face was full of awkwardness. "I wasn't sensible back then …"
"Alright, alright. Don't you know about the protection of minors? Visca doesn't want to talk about the past. "Lin Xue quickly poked her brother's waist. Then, she turned to Sally." Mm, how do I put it? It feels a little weird to apologize. "
"No, there's no need." Sally had been immersed in her own thoughts. She suddenly came to her senses. She quickly waved her hands and tried to organize her words. "Actually, after listening to this story, I don't feel anything at all. It feels so unreal to think about our ancestors from hundreds of thousands of years ago, let alone hate them. I just didn't expect this to be the reason …"
I looked at Visca, who was leaning on me. I thought to myself that this girl was really fierce. An apocalypse had forcefully turned the terror of the Empire into a conditioned reflex of a highly intelligent race. Perhaps this had something to do with the unique genetic form of the Atlantean race. According to the records in Visca's old research center on Planet Stronghold, the Atlantean race had undergone a transformation by the Empire's scientific research team. Their genes had magical learning abilities. They could even pass on the knowledge of the previous generation as a conditioned reflex. Although this wasn't comparable to the memory transfer ability of the Shiring Apostles, it was enough to allow a carbon-based race to evolve several times faster than modern humans. I just didn't expect this gene to cause such trouble in the end.
"Ugh … Ah Jun," Shallow Shallow suddenly tugged my arm. "It's a holiday, can we not discuss such serious matters?"
I immediately agreed. "Sure, let's discuss the Tauren Chieftain's performance with Nero in the afternoon. How about …"
But before I could finish my sentence, I was suddenly interrupted by a scream from afar. "B-Bad news … Bang!"
I quickly ran out to check on the situation. I happened to see a certain Red and White Witch slowly sliding down from Bibolu's body.
"Your Majesty, I feel that my center of gravity is a little unstable …" The poor Prime Minister said as he began to accelerate, rolling down the street towards the main street. Fortunately, Pandora was quick to react and stopped the big metal ball in its tracks.
"It hurts! Why is there such a big metal ball at the door!"
Bo Li and Ling Meng held the big bump on their heads. Their eyes were red as they looked up. "It's the medical fees!"
I bet that if they really paid her medical fees today, Bibolu would be prepared to make this guy a cripple from tomorrow onwards.
"What's wrong? Why are you panicking? "
I decisively ignored this guy's action of not forgetting to take the money, but I still pulled her up from the ground. "Is someone causing trouble?"
Ling Meng rubbed her head and shook her head. "How could it be! With the city enforcement officers around, who would dare to cause trouble! It's just that, it's just that Rhododendron Spp. is here … "
"Rhododendron Spp.? Zi's shikigami? "
"Yeah," Ling Meng nodded. "And, she's seriously injured."
When Sandora and I hurried to the dormitory where Ling Meng and Ba Yunzi were temporarily staying, the unexpected guest was already sleeping soundly on the bed.
A girl with a beautiful fur color … Er, cough cough, a girl who was very cute with a brightly colored tail. That's not right, a girl who was very cute with a lot of tails, fur color … Forget it, I give up.
The one who was sleeping soundly on the bed was a pale blonde girl. Her expression was serene and she seemed to be fine. Her appearance was slightly immature and could be classified as very cute. What caught my attention was the pair of golden fox ears on her head. Although they were drooping listlessly, judging from the color of their fur, they should be … Cough cough, other than a bunch of beast ears that obviously didn't belong to a human, there was also a bulge under her blanket. Several fluffy tails peeked out from the gaps of the blanket, showing that she was a monster.
Yagumo, Yagumo's Spirit-branded Retainer. Her true form was a powerful Nine-tailed Demon Fox, but under normal circumstances, her master treated her as a servant who did odd jobs. When Yagumo, who always slept in, was sound asleep, the Demon Fox girl's task was to replace her master and take care of all matters. Based on the few times I occasionally chatted with Yagumo, I knew that the relationship between the two of them was extremely good. During the time when Yagumo was brought to the City of Shadows due to various accidents and had to work to redeem her freedom, she often mentioned her Spirit-branded Retainer to me.
Seeing that Sandora and I had personally come to visit, Ba Yunzi, who was taking care of her, immediately stood up. "Chen, Your Majesty Sandora."
After so many days together, Ba Yunzi had gradually become familiar with the people of the Empire. After knowing what kind of appearance we, the Empire's leaders, who were supposed to be strict and cold in theory, were, in actuality, a joyous party, Ba Yunzi and I had changed from a strictly business-like relationship to one that was closer to that of friends and acquaintances. She addressed me by my surname, while she still addressed the queenly Sandora as Your Majesty. However, she would occasionally call me by my name. Due to the messy way of addressing each other in our circle, she didn't mind how she addressed us.
"The color of her fur isn't bad … Cough cough, I mean, she seems to be fine now?"
"Fortunately, she didn't injure her vitals. Demons have strong vitality. Also, although she has been treated with her demonic power, she still can't recover the mental exhaustion. I'm afraid that she'll have to sleep for a long time." Ba Yunzi lowered her voice, as if she was afraid of waking up the girl beside her.
It was so rare that the majestic mother Ba Yunzi would reveal such a gentle expression when the other party didn't know … Cough cough, I have to conduct myself, Sister Ba Yunzi, Sister Ba Yunzi.
"What exactly happened?" Sandora and I found a seat in the room and asked. As for Ling Meng, that shameless witch who had brought us here in a hurry, she was clearly panicking just a moment ago, but now she looked as if everything was fine since the leader had arrived. She had already gone to the living room to brew some tea. I seriously suspected that she did all this just to skip work!
"I'm not too sure what exactly happened." Ba Yunzi shook her head in confusion. "At that time, a world passage malfunctioned. The alarm said that an unregistered individual had barged into the passage. Raven, who went to investigate the problem, returned with a semi-conscious Blue. She was stuck in the passage at that time. Fortunately, the door at the other end didn't open, so she wasn't hurt by the spatial fragments."
"I think that she might have followed my aura to come here."
After thinking for a while, Ba Yunzi added.
"Do you need a medical pod?" I walked forward and touched the demon fox girl's forehead. It was cold to the touch. It was said that demons had lower body temperatures than humans. It seemed that it was true.
"Will you reimburse me?"
"… Reimburse me."
"Oh, then use it."
"… Can you stay away from Ling Meng in the future?"
Due to the convenient method of dispatch and teleportation, the logisticians from the medical center rushed to the room within a minute and carefully placed the unconscious demon fox into the portable medical pod. During this process, the demon fox's nine large tails caused quite a bit of trouble for the logisticians. Fortunately, the logisticians were all nimble female soldiers. A Schilling girl ingeniously braided Rhododendron Spp.'s tail into three braids and finally stuffed it into the medical pod.
Hey! Something strange must have passed by just now! Braiding her tail into braids, what are you guys trying to do!
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