The majestic golden pyramid stood quietly in an unusually open square. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this square was as wide as a flat plain. After hundreds of thousands of years of wind and frost, the Schilling Mother's nest, which had become a historical relic, had inevitably left traces of history. Ancient vines wrapped around the surface of the pyramid, and thick moss-like plants spread on the base of the nest. The superalloy shell of the pyramid, which had a metallic luster, still shone brightly under these coverings. However, there were also many mottled traces in many places. Those were the scars left by the baptism of war hundreds of thousands of years ago. After the Schilling Host went silent, the self-repair of the Mother's nest had also stopped. For hundreds of thousands of years, they only operated as a city dispatching machine with super computing power. They could no longer produce a builder to repair the glorious city that was declining day by day.
After asking the city guard next to me, I also learned some secrets about this "temple" and the ancient customs that had been passed down among the people of this ancient civilization for hundreds of thousands of years.
Before leaving their homeland, the Temple of Daylight and Midnight City had always been the "factory" for the Atlanteans to select new citizens and promote talented warriors to "God's Servants." Every Atlantean baby needed to receive "God's Grace" at the outer energy vent of one of the temples in the Twin God Temple according to their gender. In other words, a small part of their body would receive the external psionic radiation of the Mother's nest. They firmly believed that this low dose of radiation would temper the body of the newborn and leave a mark on their soul and body. (Due to the special nature of the Mother's psionic energy, this mark was actually a non-fatal radiation burn) This mark would allow them to gradually get closer to the thoughts of God during their journey in life. And at the end of their life, the Atlanteans who had received "God's Grace" could also rely on the "mark" in their soul to ascend to heaven and coexist with God. In other words, the skin scars left by radiation to the Atlanteans were the GPS of their life journey and the invitation on the road after death.
Correspondingly, the sinners who committed the four major crimes of "blasphemy, treason, defecting to the enemy, and killing their compatriots" would have this mark removed in a kind of ceremony. (The part of the body with the mark would be cut off. The sinners who had been irradiated back then would be happy.) Xuan Zhaoqi would forever lose the opportunity to enter heaven. If the sin was serious, even their descendants would lose the qualification to receive radiation. Therefore, in the Atlantean slang, "never been irradiated" was a very bad insult, roughly equivalent to the Chinese saying, "Don't have a little dick downstairs."
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As for the "Leap" ceremony (this ceremony was actually a name created by the Atlanteans themselves. It was a literal translation from the Schilling language, so there were several interpretations when it was translated, but the closest one was referring to the elevation of one's status), it was the greatest glory that an Atlantean warrior could receive in his life. They would be sent into the interior of the mother nest and lie near the computer room with the strongest radiation (known as the Ultimate Place) for a day and night. During this period, they would not eat or drink. Every three hours, they would have to recite a prayer that had been passed down from ancient times to cleanse their body and mind.
After twenty-four hours, an ordinary warrior would be promoted to a Servant of God and master the powerful power of God. On Earth, this thing was called a superpower — a superpower that could be used to destroy the world.
These legends that had been passed down from ancient times to the present had an indescribable weight in the minds of the Atlanteans. But in my opinion, it was more or less a little weird. They used religious worship to treat the Schilling technology that I was already familiar with, and used symbolic explanations to explain the most common daily activities of the Shiring Apostles. How should I put it …
Perhaps the gods of the Galacticus Galacticus would also have this strange feeling when faced with the worship of mortals: it was a little ridiculous, but also a little cute — except for the weirdo Jingle.
"Looks like there has just been a battle here."
Raven 001 scanned the surroundings and said with a slightly guarded tone.
The large square where the ancient Schilling Brood was located was a place that absolutely no one was allowed to destroy. Even after the disaster, the mutant monsters should not be in a good mood to fight in this place. But now, except for the Brood in front, which was still intact, the square was full of devastation. It was a scene after a battle. Huge broken stone pillars fell to the ground and became small pieces of debris. The granite vault that was used for religious worship, the symbol of the gate of heaven, had disappeared. Only a large piece of debris was left in front of the Brood. The ground was covered with deep cracks of up to half a meter wide. These cracks were rough and straight, as if a giant iron rod had used thousands of tons of force to directly tear these wounds on the ground.
Amidst the ruins, there were many corpses. Without exception, they belonged to the mutated monsters. Their state of death perfectly matched the violent destruction of the surrounding ruins. There were all kinds of strange and tragic corpses. Some had been flattened into pancakes, some had been cut into pieces, some had been pulled into shreds, and some had been twisted together and burned. Even the monsters that had been dismembered by Armored Scorpion were in better shape than these corpses. Suspicious dark red marks were everywhere in the square. Those were the marks left by the monsters that were even more unlucky than the ones that were dismembered. Not even a piece of flesh was left of them, and the last trace of them in the world was this color.
"I can see at least three cuisines. At least the knife skills are very similar." Looking at the monster corpses in the square, Monina frowned and let out a long sigh. Cassia vomited.
Looking at the huge square that looked like it had just gone through the end of the world, the Atlantean warriors' hearts were heavy. The others began to be on high alert. Uncle Kenser had been squinting his eyes to sense something. At this moment, he suddenly discovered something and walked forward. Everyone looked at him in confusion. In the end, the uncle carried two people out from behind a pile of pillars not far away.
One of them was Lin, who was snoring lightly, and the other was Ilson, who was in a deep coma due to various obvious reasons.
Uncle Kenser carried the two people who were sleeping soundly on the battlefield to the front of everyone. He threw them on the ground on each side and nodded slightly. "Both of them are not injured. Very good, very good."
Monina went forward to take a look at their condition and made a judgment. "Lin's intelligence has not recovered yet. She fell asleep when she was tired from playing. My stupid brother was knocked unconscious. Lin's great strength could knock out any Protoss of the same level. Even if my brother was fully armed, he wouldn't be able to take more than a few hits."
"Looks like this place is the work of these two buffoons." I clicked my tongue and looked at the Shuraba around us.
As I said that, the faint sound of armor colliding came from the ground. Ilson was indeed a Guardian of the Light who specialized in defense. At this moment, he slowly woke up. When he opened his eyes, he saw a bunch of people, including his sister, surrounding him and chatting as if they were taking care of him. Instantly, he panicked. His armor clanged against the ground for a while before he got up. "You're all here?"
"This is the work of the two of you?"
I pointed at the huge plaza around us, which looked like the ruins of a tsunami. There were all kinds of processed and fresh meat strewn all over the plaza. These monsters were obviously the Atlantean city guards that had been stationed around the Mother Nest. Of course, they had now become enemies due to the Chaos Infection. Perhaps there were Fallen Valkyries and Anubis here previously because there were remnants of psionic energy waves in the air. However, those two special units wouldn't leave behind corpses after their deaths.
Ilson was a little dizzy as he looked at his surroundings. Immediately, he became spirited. His face was full of satisfaction as if he had made a great contribution. "Of course! These monsters were no problem at all. You all know how strong Lin is. Basically, a single punch from her would be enough to wipe them out. That girl and I were like wolves that had entered a flock of sheep. We charged left and right, annihilating everything with a wave of our hands. Only a few dozen female Warriors and Wolf Head Soldiers that could fly appeared and caused some trouble for us. However, Lin is a dragon, so she was born with high energy resistance. Their lightsabers and lightning basically met their nemesis. Lin opened her mouth and spat out a few dragon breaths to burn most of them. Sigh, let's not talk about it anymore. In the end, they were all dealt with without any injuries. It's just that I still have a headache. "
I had long anticipated the combat strength of these two Protoss. If the Shiring Apostles were a Lesser God, then they were just dealing with the minions created by the Lesser God. It would be absurd if they had any difficulty. Meanwhile, Monina revealed a thoughtful expression. After a long while, she suddenly asked, "Brother, why did you keep talking about how Lin killed the enemies? What did you do? Why did you faint at the end because of the headache? "
Ilson's body stiffened. He looked up at the sky and started whistling.
Monina thought for a moment and was instantly astonished. "You couldn't have let go of Lin's claws the entire time, right?!"
"Of course! You should know how strong that girl is! "
I shuddered as I looked at the countless half-meter wide gashes on the ground. The ground was made of artificial rock that was as hard as the armor of a battleship. Then, I looked at Ilson's head sympathetically. This guy's defense was really high. He didn't even have a bruise on him!
Without a doubt, the weapon that Lin used during the battle … was the 123. Jingle, you have a good team.
"Lin is especially lethal when she lacks intelligence." Monina turned a blind eye to her brother's pitiful experience. "Of course, that's only for her own people."
At this moment, the main culprit, Lin, finally woke up. The Dragon God girl let out a long yawn and rubbed her blurry eyes with her fists like a little girl. Then, she looked at everyone in a daze. After a period of low blood pressure, she hurriedly crawled up, timidly lowered her head, and asked in a small voice, "Everyone … did I do something wrong again?"
"No, you killed thousands of enemies." Monina patted the Dragon God girl's shoulder comfortingly. "It's just that your weapon is a little worn out."
Ilson shuddered when he heard that.
After confirming that there were no more enemies around, the ordinary soldiers formed a defensive formation around the Mother Nest and protected the control center layer by layer. Meanwhile, I and the four Protoss buffoons walked into the ancient building that had hundreds of thousands of years of history.
Just like the ancient buildings that we had passed before, this Mother Nest was filled with traces of history on the outside. However, the interior was as clean as new. The crystal walls around it were still clear and without any impurities. The power of the Chaos Abyss was still unable to seep into this building that wasn't made of ordinary materials. Apart from the fact that there was no mainframe in charge, the crystal walls around us no longer had the lights that represented the mainframe's thoughts. This place was no different from any other Schilling Mother Nest.
The group of five arrived at the central engine room of the Mother Nest. Compared to Bubble's central engine room, this room was much dimmer. Even though it was also made of crystal, it didn't seem to have any signs of life. The crystal prism in the middle of the room was empty and there wasn't even a trace of energy flow. The Mother Nest that had lost its mainframe was like a giant that had lost its soul.
Monina and Lin began to knock on the base of the mainframe's socket curiously. I, on the other hand, contacted the mass-produced mainframe that was on standby at the back and took out an Information Terminal.
The holographic projection of the mass-produced mainframe's stiff face appeared, with a sea of complex data and diagrams beside it. "Attempting connection … Attempt failed. Remote mainframe has been physically disconnected. Confirming that the remote Mother Nest's signal is good. Please check the mainframe's socket."
"Alright, alright. Stop playing around." I waved my hand to chase Monina and Lin away, and matched the Information Terminal with the mainframe's socket according to the system notification.
The Information Terminal had already prepared a compatible program that could allow the antique Schilling Mother Nest to accept external control without a mainframe. I had just downloaded it from the Bubble across worlds. As the most powerful mainframe series, the Bubble had done extensive research on the operation and modification of all Schilling mainframes and their accessories, including the Mother Nest that had been widely used in mainframes since hundreds of thousands of years ago. According to the technical consultation I received from the Bubble a few hours ago, due to the age of its creation, the antique Schilling Mother Nest's serial number and the operating system of the Schilling mainframe we brought along had a compatibility issue, causing both parties to keep sending error 678 when connecting remotely. There were only two ways to solve this problem — either to downgrade my own Schilling mainframe, or to refresh the Mother Nest's serial number. My choice was definitely the latter, even if it all sounded rather miraculous.
"System upgrade complete. Verifying operator's information. No local user found. Please select your method of intervention."
"The system that the Bubble gave me is really friendly, just like Windows," I mumbled to myself as I extended my hand to select the remote desktop.
"Remote desktop establishment. Please select the type of operation."
"A temporary system is so troublesome?" I shrugged and selected remote assistance.
"Remote assistance commencing. Please select the level of assistance."
I was stunned for a moment before I selected remote control.
"Remote control commencing. Please select the duration of control: a short while, a short while, a long while."
"…"
"You have selected a long while. To ensure the safety of your data, the system is refreshing the super verification code. Please enter the serial number and verification code."
Everyone: "…"
"The serial number and verification code are correct. Establishing remote control … I'm sorry. Due to a very stupid problem with the information link, you may not be able to solve this problem even if you die. Therefore, the connection establishment has failed. The system regrets to inform you that you have lost the remote connection. We hope that you can provide feedback on this unexpected situation. If you wish to complain, please call 21549310023566540321 or 1347890630. If you want to renew your payment, please press 1. Re-scanning the users. No local user found. Please select your method of intervention … "
"Intervention my ass!"
I shouted angrily as I contacted Sandora mentally. "Girl, I can't connect remotely! Is there a problem with the compatibility pack that Bubble just sent over? "
Sandora was activating another Schilling Mother Nest. She was surprised when she heard my question. "Huh? Is that so? It's going well on my end! "
I was stunned. Just as I was about to contact Bubble to ask her what was going on with the compatibility pack, I suddenly heard a soft beep. Then, the crystal wall of the central computer room glowed with the light of normal activation.
"I'm sorry, I was just fooling you. Remote connection has been successfully activated."
Let me tell you, if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't bring a backup with me, I would have smashed this unlucky thing!
At first, I was baffled by the situation in front of me. After a few seconds, I finally came to my senses. Isn't it just because I was stopped by my sister before we set off?! Does my child's mother have to be so vengeful?
In any case, the Mother Nest that had been shut down for hundreds of thousands of years was finally activated successfully under the control of the remote host. The crystal room next to us was gradually filled with blue and white light. This was the Mother Nest starting to simulate normal operation without the host. There was a slight buzzing sound under the empty host slot. Then, the crystal prism above it was instantly filled with countless complicated bright lines. The MDT in my hand began to refresh the interface, and crooked words appeared on it like a tortoise's crawl:
Virtual CD-ROM Drive 1.0 was successfully activated.
Bubble's words were still so elegant. I deeply regretted that the girl still refused to download a normal font for her head.
In the host room, the synthesized female voice of the system sounded, "The colonial ship's control system is reconnected online. The Mother Nest's main and auxiliary energy sources are offline. External energy replenishment detected. The core system will operate in basic mode. Checking the armed system … The system is seriously damaged. External defense equipment can be used at 5%, internal defense equipment at 75%. Part of the psionic network has collapsed. Energy supply from D-3 to D-6 has been terminated. Call unanswered. Olympus' energy furnace is offline. Call unanswered. Searching for city guard coordinates … Warning, the number of city guards is dangerously high. Guards with abnormal status detected … Order received, blocking guard search. Valkyrie Regeneration Factory connected online, operating well. Anubis Regeneration Factory connected online, insufficient power, operating at 75%. Abnormal status detected in Valkyrie and Anubis … Forcefully recalling the regeneration warriors and beginning forced purification order. "
"System self-check complete. Miscellaneous self-check commencing and automatically hidden … Operator, you have a message from the Shadow Fortress. Please check."
I was stunned. Before I could say anything, the system began to read the message automatically.
"Child's father … Let me tell you some unfortunate news. Our daughter is missing again …"
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