The body of the warrior, who had just recovered from death, was still very weak. In addition, he had forcefully entered the battle state and risked his life to resist Sandora's mental oppression. In just a few minutes, he was on the verge of collapsing. After confirming the identity of both parties, he did not even have the strength to stand up.
We had no choice but to let him lie back in the medical pod. At least in there, his strength would not be depleted.
I asked Pandora and Visca to leave for the time being. Although the Atlantean warrior named Ares already knew that the two sisters were different from the "demons" who had once destroyed his home (err, at least in theory), the sisters' presence here would obviously affect his mood. This was the same logic as when you knew that it was fake, but looking at the Ring still affected your appetite. Speaking of which, there should be no problem with this description, right?
Finally, Sandora and I came in front of Ares, who had regained his composure. This giant with the name of the God of War had been muttering something ever since he lay in the medical pod. It sounded like some kind of ancient prayer, but no one could understand what it meant. Perhaps it was the ancient Atlantean language.
At this moment, you could see how wise it was to use Chinese to dominate the world from the beginning of this book.
"Where are you from?" Sandora frowned and looked at the tall man lying in the medical pod. "In our records, Atlantis had been completely destroyed."
"We survived, after the disaster." Ares was fixed in the medical pod and could not turn his head. He could only look at the ceiling and reply in a low voice. With Sandora and I staring at him as if he was dying, this big man looked as if he had experienced the vicissitudes of life. "When our kingdom was attacked by the demons and floated from the land, the last god left in the city activated the Sunscorching Obelisk. The city of Atlantis was separated from the collapsed continent and carried Mount Olympus into the sky. In the end, the servants of the gods and the chosen of the Atlantean god who retreated into the city were spared. We witnessed our home falling into the endless lava and turning into pieces in the flames. Many people went crazy on that day and only regained their sanity after many years."
"Sunscorching Obelisk? What is that? "
Sandora frowned. This Atlantean god with the title of the God of War was probably used to using their weird titles to describe the machines left behind by the Schilling expedition team. Talking to him felt like we were speaking in a secret code.
"Please forgive my doubt, but that's something created by your Gods." Ares coughed and expressed his confusion.
"The Sunscorching Obelisk is a name you came up with. The Empire did not make such a thing."
"Please forgive me. The impact a few days ago may have hurt my head, and I forgot about this. The Sunscorching Obelisk is a huge quadrangular prism, at least hundreds of meters long, buried deep in the top of Mount Olympus. The part that is exposed above the ground is a large temple, where the throne of Zeus is. In the beginning, it was the energy source of Atlantis. We drew energy from the Sunscorching Obelisk to maintain the operation of the city's machinery. But when the demons came, the gods transformed it into a weapon and a defensive device that resisted the thunder from the sky several times. My father, Zeus, was ordered to guard the Sunscorching Obelisk and use the energy extracted from it to form lightning to fight back against the demon's sky warship. Until it was activated by the last surviving god, Moragus, and turned into a blazing energy torch. The obelisk formed a shield that enveloped the entire Atlantis and sent us into a distant and empty dark space. It was a desolate and silent place. There was only a dim star that appeared above the Atlanteans for three hours a day. The rest of the time, we could only face the almost eternal night. Therefore, the light of the Sunscorching Obelisk became the last light of faith for the Atlanteans. It shone on us for hundreds of thousands of years and allowed us to persist until today. "
Ares coughed violently. This strong warrior had consumed too much of his strength in the last battle before his death. Now, he was as fragile as a child.
"He may be referring to a psionic tower that provides stable energy for the starship. For the expedition team that is not engaged in combat, this energy source is basically the largest piece of equipment." Sandora bent her index finger and rested it on her chin. "But the defense provided by a psionic tower can't really withstand the attack of a General-level Apostle. It seems that the crazy Wei … 7535 did not manage to destroy all the Shiring Apostles of the expedition team in a short time. For some reason, she engaged in a protracted tug-of-war with the latter. Perhaps it was just her bad taste in a crazy state. Anyway, she gave the Atlantean civilization a chance to escape their home. Continue, you must have encountered something. Atlantis may have been teleported to a brown dwarf in another universe. But today, hundreds of thousands of years later, how did you appear in outer space? Your city was attacked? "
Ares closed his eyes, and there was a trace of fear in his expression. This surprised Sandora. Since the first time we met, this powerful warrior had always been showing his tough side. He fought and roared fearlessly with a Kratos-like spirit. Even when facing Visca, who had destroyed his hometown, he was only furious and did not flinch at all. But now, he actually had an expression of fear?
This was unless Atlantis had encountered a second catastrophe!
Under the cordial gaze of Sandora and I, Ares finally spoke slowly, but he did not answer Sandora's question immediately. Instead, he told us the history after the end of the world, "The Sunscorching Obelisk sheltered us in the vast space for hundreds of thousands of years. God gave us endless lifespan and patience, allowing the people of Atlantis to survive the darkest days. Since the activation of the obelisk, the last great god who escaped with us, Moragus, fell into a deep sleep in the Pantheon temple due to physical exhaustion. Atlantis had been waiting for the great god to wake up again so that he could lead his people out of the dark and cold hell. Because we found that no matter how much we studied the knowledge and machinery left behind by God, we could only make limited progress. We lacked the resources to understand the truth, and it was impossible for us to master the control method of the obelisk. Just like that, with the last candle light, Atlantis struggled at death's door for hundreds of thousands of years. Until a few days ago, a great disaster came.
A sinful creation from the depths of darkness hit Atlantis. "
I say, big brother, you look strong and have a strong bone structure, just like Kratos. Can you not talk like a TV series?
"Sorry, I can't describe what that thing looked like. It was a huge piece of metal that came from the depths of space. It may have even crossed space. When Atlantis' alarm system reacted, it had already reached the orbit of the city. Our ancient air defense devices and the joint defense of several Olympian servants were useless against that piece of metal. It easily broke through the city's defense shield and finally hit the foot of Mount Olympus. This terrible impact severely damaged the foundation of the Sunscorching Obelisk, and two-thirds of the city fell into darkness. The long years had damaged the self-recycling factory left by the gods. Hephaestus tried his best, but he could not create a device to repair the obelisk. He could only barely restore the barrier over the city. But the disaster was just the beginning. When Hephaestus went to the base of the obelisk for the third time to check the damage, he brought us nightmarish news.
The servants who lived at the foot of Mount Olympus and were thought to be dead because they did not have time to evacuate after the big impact came back, and they became twisted and crazy monsters. "
"The one who turned into space amber with you."
I nodded and connected a series of information.
Ares sighed from his throat. "They used to be the most devout saints who guarded the ruins of the great god."
"What happened after that? Why were you sealed in a meteorite? What happened to Atlantis? "
"After the first report of the appearance of the monster came back, there were more reports of injuries. Hermes took the risk to go deep into the impact point to collect information, but he found that this mutation was very similar to the method that the demon that destroyed the Atlantis civilization used to lure ordinary creatures to fall into madness. We knew the infectious power of that thing. My father had no choice but to order a blockade at the foot of Mount Olympus. All the servants who could fight were gathered at the foot of the mountain to stop the infected who tried to rush out. The fierce battle lasted for three days and three nights, and there was no hope of victory. "
"On the fourth day, something worse finally happened."
"After many battles, the ancient city of Atlantis' energy system exceeded its carrying capacity, and gradually lost its ability to purify the evil power. The psionic network near the impact point may be the first to break, and Hephaestus could not go to repair it. The power of the demon entered the unpolluted city through the gap in the ancient barrier, and the city machinery that originally served the Atlanteans began to explode one after another. I was involved in the self-destruction of the No. 7 self-recycling factory when I was fighting with the enemy. I did not have time to escape, and I was dragged into the semi-finished product of the factory with the enemy … The power of the god allowed me to survive. That's all. "
Shadora and I exchanged glances. There were too many things that could be analyzed from the information that Ares had provided. In the end, we couldn't even understand what he was trying to do.
The reason for the existence of the Atlantean civilization was now easy to explain. At that time, the last surviving scientist in the Schilling scientific research team seized a chance when Visca entered the glory form. He started the energy matrix that was originally used for the scientific research team's spacecraft engine, and the entire city escaped from the Atlantean continent and escaped into another world. Here, Ares' description was a lot wrong. If I corrected what he said later, I guessed that the capital of Atlantis should have been modified into a colonial starship with deep-space cruising function. Otherwise, no matter how amazing Schilling's technology was, it was impossible to use a battleship's energy matrix to make a mixture of soil and stone have cross-world cruising function.
Weska's madness all those years ago allowed this bold escape plan to miraculously succeed. Back then, 7535 only pursued the joy of destroying everything. She did not care how many people escaped from her destruction because she had no sense of victory in the first place. Destroying a civilization and destroying an uninhabited planet were probably the same game to her.
But the successful escape was just the beginning of another difficult period. Perhaps due to the severe injury, the Empire's technician named Moragus fell into a long sleep soon after driving the starship into deep space. The simple colonial ship that was modified from a starship's engine obviously did not have intelligence and automatic navigation functions. The colonial ship that had lost its captain could only revolve around a brown dwarf in another desolate universe for hundreds of thousands of years.
Before that, with the support of the Empire's scientific research team (perhaps it was just the study of evolution like observing animals. Think about the philosophy of the old Empire that prioritized the interests of the race first), the Atlanteans had developed a very advanced civilization and began to study the Empire's machinery. But how to put it, the huge gap in the level of civilization could not be made up so quickly, even if it was hundreds of thousands of years. Moreover, without the vast foundation of the planet as the research support, the Atlantean technology could only be discussed on paper. No one could develop new technology, and no one could restart the city's cross-world teleportation function.
As a result, the glorious first Earth civilization became a group of wanderers drifting in another world, slowly coming to an end in such a sad way. Now that hundreds of thousands of years had passed, their home planet had changed greatly.
I did not know if I should tell Ares that he had now returned to his hometown.
The wanderers who had left their home hundreds of thousands of years ago had returned, but the people in their hometown had changed. Even the entire planet had changed to a new group of rulers. Perhaps Ares, who had been transformed into a demigod warrior, could not accept this fact.
Sandora sensed my hesitation and changed the topic. "You still don't know what the wreckage that hit Mount Olympus was, right?"
Ares nodded. "I only remember that it was wrapped in black flames and pierced through the sky."
"It seems that another ruin destroyed by the abyss collided with the Atlantean ruin," Sandora muttered. "Then what? Something big must have happened. Otherwise, a physical collision would not have allowed you to travel to another universe. What else happened before you were engulfed by the molten matter? "
Ares tried hard to recall, but in the end, he said uncertainly, "This information may be useful … Before I participated in the last battle, Hephaestus shouted in horror that the energy output of the Sunscorching Obelisk was going out of control. Yes, and then before it was engulfed … I remember now! At the last second, someone outside the factory was shouting loudly — "
Ares suddenly paused and then took a deep breath, as if he wanted to restore the cry that changed fate.
"The horizon!!"
The giant warrior's voice was deafening, even in his weakened state. However, Sandora and I did not have the time to blame this guy for suddenly going crazy.
After a moment of confusion, both of us understood the meaning of the three words at the same time. "You saw the horizon in space! The world teleportation engine of Atlantis has been activated! "
"Yes, the horizon, the horizon." The muscles on Ares' face twitched. He was excited that he had finally remembered this matter. His violently bulging muscles even made the lock in the medical cabin creak. His loud and impatient voice numbed my eardrums. "Yes, how could I forget this … The horizon, Atlantis is saved. We finally saw the horizon. They must still be fighting … Armor! My armor! My weapon! Enio! Hurry up and send me to the battlefield! There's no time to waste … "
Ares stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence. Sandora activated the forced dormancy function of the medical cabin without hesitation.
"This can help him regain his composure." The girl next to me sighed. "It seems that the strong mental shock has made him a little confused."
"Do you know where Atlantis went?"
I muttered after a slight pause.
"Where else could it be? At present, there is only one option that we can eliminate. There aren't that many worlds that undergo planet-level transmigration …"
"Alright, the Yakumo Zi Family is in big trouble. Let's hope that the demigods that the Empire created hundreds of thousands of years ago can still resist the attack of the abyss monsters. Otherwise, Lingmeng and the others will eat people."
My face twitched as I looked at Sandora. My heart was filled with emotions.
A while ago, I was still forcing the little girl to work in an enterprise to redeem her freedom. How the tables have turned. Is it my turn to pay for the demolition compensation so soon?
Sandora gently leaned her head on my shoulder. When Ares was awake, she had maintained a high and mighty posture. Now, she suddenly revealed this weak and confused look.
"Ah Jun, what have we done in the past …"
Don't drag me into this, but the words that came out of my mouth turned into a comforting one. "What happened to Atlantis can't be considered the Empire's responsibility."
"If the expedition team didn't appear, they could still have evolved into a brilliant civilization. Visca might not have been lured here … The old Empire hastily changed the history of countless intelligent civilizations by observing animals. Is it right for us to do so?"
I thought for a while and used materialist dialectics to explain a problem. "If the Atlantis civilization still exists, I would definitely be gone."
Sandora said, "… I feel much better now."
Hey! Don't complete the transformation so quickly! I still haven't finished my lines!
After a while, I finally took care of Sandora, who was begging for comfort. Then, I immediately started to arrange for the teleportation to Fantasy Village. The Space Administration's intense work over the past few days wasn't in vain. We had already roughly determined the areas of Fantasy Village in the void. With Ares' Atlantean world imprint, we might be able to locate Fantasy Village immediately.
However, just as I was arranging the work, Lin Xue suddenly came.
She brought along Lin Feng's girlfriend, Sally, and an ancient item: an Atlantean relic.
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