From the very beginning, I had thought that sooner or later, Miriya's family would know our true origins. At least, they had the right to know where Miriya had been in the past month. However, I didn't expect that it would be revealed so soon.
Icetis's power, which brought disaster wherever she went, played a decisive role in this process.
"In other words, Miriya had been living in another world for the past month. Remember, another world. Not a foreign planet, but another universe." I didn't know if the natives of Mobrador had discovered the existence of a different world, so I patiently added.
Uncle Zaku wore an incredulous expression. However, when he thought of our strange behavior, especially the power that didn't belong to this world, and Miriya's unclear explanation of her disappearance for the past month, he could only nod his head doubtfully. "A different world? You came from a different world? That's unbelievable. The scholars of Mobrador had once speculated whether there was another universe outside of this one, but no one had dared to announce it. After all, we couldn't even fly out of the solar system. It would be a crooked idea to think about it now. However, I really didn't expect that a different world really exists. "
Not only do they exist, but their number is beyond your imagination, uncle.
We confirmed that we were visitors from another world and explained that we had come here together with Miriya. The development of the situation was obviously beyond Uncle Zaku's expectation. He and Runa were amazed, but they didn't forget that there were still more unsolved mysteries that needed to be solved.
"Alright, visitors from a different world. To be honest, I still can't believe it. Don't mind me, I'm a skeptic. Unless I really saw you travel through time, it's hard to be 100% sure that the other world you mentioned is a different world." Uncle Zaku scratched his messy hair. His dark face suddenly twisted. "Regardless of whether it's a different world or not, you have destroyed a Holy Relic! Do you know how big of a crime this is? You may not feel anything about the Holy Relic from a different world, but anything left behind by the Sage is extremely sacred in the eyes of the people of Mobrador. In this world, there are two things that are strictly protected by the church and scholars: ancient knowledge and the Holy Relic. You've made a big mistake this time. "
"Could it be that you are also a loyal worshipper of the Sage?"
I didn't answer him directly. Instead, I raised my eyebrows and asked with great interest.
The middle-aged man pursed his lips. "Not exactly loyal worshippers. People like us are just ordinary citizens. The degree of concern for our three meals a day would definitely surpass that of the Sage race from hundreds of thousands of years ago. However, even a commoner has the mindset of a commoner. The sages' creations are not to be desecrated. Messing around with them will bring about great trouble. This is deeply ingrained in them. "
The uncle shrugged at the end. It was obvious to him that the "Sages" were just that. They were a super civilization that had stayed on this planet in ancient times. Their level of development far exceeded the imagination of the modern Mobradans. It was thanks to the Sages that the Mobradan civilization was able to rapidly develop to its current level. Thus, perhaps it couldn't be considered fanatical worship, but there was definitely respect. Not to mention, the Church of Grayblue, which was made up of fanatical believers, controlled the entire world's situation. No matter who it was, anyone who dared to offend the Sages' ruins would be turned to dust. This was enough to make the uncle worry about our "blasphemy."
It was just that after knowing that we came from another world, he understood our actions through his imagination.
"Sage." I scratched my cheeks uncomfortably. I noticed that Miriya was making a face at me from an angle that the uncle couldn't see. This lass who had been living in the City of Shadows for a few days had long lost the reverence she had for the word "Sage". "To be honest, I'm really not used to you calling me that. Bubble, stop fooling around. Show me. "
The uncle was baffled by my words. However, when he saw the one-meter-tall loli suddenly placing a pile of items in front of him, he lost his composure.
Bubble first rubbed out a dozen Information Terminals. There were disc-shaped like Miriya's, triangular, oval, square, deep-fried dough stick, shoehorn and large eyeball, basically covering the types of Information Terminals custom-made for every commander with different interests. Then, she began to rub out individual autocannons, psionic crystals and psionic shield generators. Finally, three gleaming Schilling individual fighter aircrafts were smashed in front of the uncle with a loud clang.
"Strictly speaking, everything in this world belongs to our family."
Bubble raised a finger and waved it in the air. "Including the crazy soldier that we destroyed today, they all belong to the child's father."
In the next few minutes, Miriya, the person involved, explained the situation while Sandora and I personally answered his questions. Uncle Zaku finally understood the true origins of this group of scourges that had descended from the sky. The expressions on his and Buna's faces were very interesting and could no longer be categorized as any kind of emotion. It was obvious that a huge shock was striking their minds. These two honest citizens of Mobrador needed some time to calm down.
Seizing the opportunity, I took out a piece of paper from my pocket. I firmly believed that Lin Xue's power should have shown some movement at this time, unless my passerby aura was strong enough to affect a certain prophet's prophecy. As expected, what appeared before me this time was finally not the pancake face that I had almost memorized, but a door.
At the bottom of the door was written in a turtle's crawl script, "The wheel of history has begun to spin. You have opened a new chapter. The illustration here should have been a wheel, but I drew it wrongly. Wood, make do with it."
This line of words instantly made me deeply worried about the future of the Empire.
After a few minutes, Uncle Zaku and Buna seemed to have sorted out their thoughts slightly. Their gazes towards this direction became even more complicated. They opened their mouths, but in the end, they didn't say anything. Their expressions were much more cautious than Luna's serious expression, while the uncle didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he made a funny face. This rather inappropriate action caused Milia to poke him in the waist. Still, I could more or less understand their awkwardness of not knowing what to say.
After all, not everyone had terrifying brain nerves like Shallow Shallow, and not everyone was like Miriya, a Mobradorian who lacked sufficient reverence for the Sage. Most people would be at a loss when they suddenly found out that Uncle Sun, who sold sesame seed cakes next door, had a Buddhist name called Goku when he was young. It was just like many years ago when I suddenly found out that the older man who went to the internet cafe to play Warcraft with me every day during the holidays was actually my geography teacher. I was at a loss.
Uncle Sun, who did not know how to express his confusion, could only make a funny face at us.
"I know it's a little complicated." I nodded in understanding. "It's because you have deified the Shiring Apostles too much. In fact, the process of this matter is very simple. Our compatriots left this planet many years ago, but before they left, they did not have the time to move everything away. Then, a new generation of civilization was born on this planet. The primitive people easily used myths to explain the supernatural phenomena that they saw. Then, these ancient myths slowly became religions. However, unlike ordinary religions, your worship of the 'Sage' is based on actual ancient technology. Therefore, the so-called 'return of the Sage' is a little mystical. Actually, it's just like that. We are just here to see if there is any problem with the things that we abandoned. "
There was one last sentence that he did not say. Now, it seemed that the situation had really blown up.
Such a simple and plain explanation was very easy to understand. Uncle Zaku smoothly adjusted his state of mind, but his gaze towards us was still quite complicated. However, this was no longer important. After the appearance of the ancient ruins and the Avengers who had lost control, the situation had already developed in a more advanced direction. No one cared about the details anymore. However, my sister still tactfully reminded Uncle Zaku to keep our identity a secret for the time being. If it was not necessary, we did not want to disturb the future generation of civilization that had great research value.
A civilization that had developed from the beginning to the end in the ruins of the Empire, how would it evolve? This had already become one of Tawil's research topics.
Uncle Zaku and Bilena did not know what the 'Sage' in their eyes was planning, but they still said that they would abide by their sister's reminder.
After all, Uncle Zaku, Bilena, and Milia were still ordinary people. Even though their spiritual power was a little stronger than Luna's as a reincarnated person, they were very tired after experiencing an exciting night of sleepless adventures. Soon, they went back to their rooms to rest. Of course, the first two might also need to find a quiet place to sort out their thoughts. This was not my business.
However, we were unable to calm down and go back to sleep. Things had developed far beyond our expectations. This world had once been Shadora's colony. Her former vassal species had all been wiped out. It was highly likely that Shadora's Vengeance Army had been behind all this. We even found a Vengeance Army warrior who showed no signs of being controlled by the Chaos Abyss. Yet, he had brazenly attacked his former queen, and even treated us as invaders. Before we set off, Lin Xue had warned us that there was a very difficult enemy hidden in this world. Now, it seemed that the girl's prophecy was surprisingly accurate. The enemy was very difficult to deal with, and it was not just because of their power.
"I don't believe that the soldiers of the Xiling Empire would still betray us," I said resolutely. This was also what everyone was thinking.
"That's right. The characteristics of the race, the structure of the soul, and the form of life have all determined that the normal Shiring Apostles would never betray us," Sandora said calmly with her arms crossed in front of her chest. Although she was the one who was the most shocked, her expression was also the calmest. It seemed that nothing could stop her from being calm when it came to a critical issue. "My soldiers must have been under some kind of influence. Perhaps something is confusing their ability to judge the outside world. If there is a strong enough enemy, such as the Fallen Emperor, who can distort the senses of the ordinary apostles to mislead them, then the situation can be easily explained. Not to mention, even I can distort the minds of the ordinary soldiers of the Fallen Apostles to kill each other. "
"However, what I am worried about now is how many of your soldiers are being controlled, and for how long." I looked at Sandora worriedly. "That ancient ruin has a long history. After the time difference between the two worlds, it should be something that was created not long after the Empire fell into a deep sleep. The Empire's fighter plane that was suppressed in the ruin should have been locked in there at that time. Let's not consider why the ancient civilization would suppress a mere soldier of the Empire and a single fighter plane in the ruin. Perhaps they were just trying to figure out a way to fight against their former master. The problem now is, if the soldiers of the Army of Vengeance had already lost control at that time and started slaughtering their own people, and this kind of loss of control is still ongoing … "
"I am afraid that all of my soldiers have already fallen."
Sandora finished the pessimistic judgment on my behalf calmly. There wasn't much emotion in her voice.
"Let's not make any unnecessary guesses on this issue," the elder sister said. "What will come will come, even if the enemy might … In short, we should hurry up and set up the defense line. We should increase the number of fleets in this universe because the enemy might be very strong. Sandora, how many troops do you have in this world? "
"I am not sure." Sandora shook her head. "I have said that this world isn't normal. The universe in my memory isn't like this. The collapse of the old Empire might have caused many worlds to collide. Just like broken building blocks, the original territory of the Empire was piled up randomly. If my original territory happens to be piled up together, it will be dangerous for us with our current military strength. "
As we spoke, Sandora had already accepted the fact that the enemy this time might be her old subordinates.
This was a depressing situation. I knew that Sandora was in a bad mood, so I comforted her. "Sandora, think about it. After all, the current intelligence shows that your soldiers aren't controlled by the Abyss. Furthermore, we only saw a soldier of the Army of Vengeance who had lost control. We can't say that they have all gone mad. Also, even if a war were to break out, as long as we delay the war and give the researchers time, they might be able to find a way to restore them to normal. We don't have to fight with your old subordinates to the last soldier. "
"No, Ah Jun, don't hold back." Sandora looked into my eyes and shook her head. "That would be an insult to the soldiers on both sides. Also, holding back when fighting against the Imperial Army is extremely dangerous."
Alright, I was lectured by Sandora again.
At this moment, Bubble suddenly spoke and interrupted our tangled topic. She raised her hand and waved it in front of everyone. She shouted, "Alright, alright! Let's stop the depressing topic for now. I have received information from the intelligence network. I have compiled and filtered it. Perhaps I can give you some hints. It's about Planet Mobrador. "
That finally allowed us to climb out of this terrible topic. Everyone immediately looked at Bubble curiously.
"Although it was a short period of time, the agents have collected a lot of information about the natives of this world. Most of the information has confirmed our current discoveries and guesses. Ah, some of you might have guessed it already. The agents have found the emblem of the Revenge Army in many of the ruins … "
Bubble shared the information that she had sorted out through the mental link while explaining the things that we needed to pay attention to. Those were the information that she had calculated and determined to be of hidden value.
The Empire's agents and a group of spies from the Civilization Community who were good at collecting information had used technological violence to infiltrate most of Mobrador's database. They had even scanned the database of the Church of Grayblue that ruled over the entire Mobrador. They had found many surprising things. Meanwhile, another group of agents had scanned all the planets in the galaxy. What they had found might not be as intuitive, but it was more imaginative.
There were more Empire ruins in the Mobrador galaxy than we had expected. This was indeed a colony of the old Empire. Just from the remnants of the ruins, we could imagine the glorious scene of those planets once being covered with steel fortresses. But now, they rarely appeared in front of the world. One of the reasons was that most of the ruins were buried in the depths of the planet, deeper than you could imagine.
The most prominent example was the agents' discovery on the first planet of Mobrador, which was known as the Living Purgatory.
More than 80% of the Empire ruins there had suffered fatal attacks and sunk deep into the crust or even the mantle. A small team of agents conducted a deep search on the magma-covered planet and found a broken outpost near the planet's core. Based on the remnants of the outpost, they determined that it was not a core facility but a ground station.
This pointed to a chilling fact: the first planet had been completely melted by someone, and it had been in a liquid state for a long time. The Empire outpost that was originally built on the surface of the planet was not destroyed by the high temperature due to its sturdy structure. They were like pebbles floating in melted butter, gradually sinking with gravity and hovering in the body of the planet as the planet solidified again, like amber.
Some other observations also showed that the barren planet had undergone a drastic orbit change, and its orbit was not in line with the natural formation of the star system.
Based on the information they had, Bubble made the most likely deduction: the first planet of Mobrador had been bombed by EOP-03 and was pushed towards the sun by some gravitational weapon. It should have crashed into the corona, but for unknown reasons, the gravitational attack seemed to have only been carried out halfway. The planet that should have been burned in the star was able to survive, but because it was too close to the star, it became a horrible hell on earth.
Until now, it was still covered with magma and volcanoes, too close to the star, no atmosphere, and the high heat inside the star could not be released. It also had a dangerous elliptical orbit. The first planet had 196 days a year, and 17 of them would pass extremely close to the sun. At that time, the side facing the sun would almost return to the state of melting when it was attacked by the celestial bomb, which made it worthy of the name of the Living Purgatory.
This situation had been going on for tens of thousands of years, and its orbit was gradually getting closer to the sun. According to Bubble's calculations, the planet would fall into the corona in a thousand years at most.
"It was once full of life," Bubble unfolded a holographic star map in front of us. "This is the orbit it should have under natural circumstances, and this data is the environment it was in before it was attacked. Some of the Empire ruins that the agents found inside the first planet were inhabited by carbon-based organisms, which means that there were natives on the planet, but EOP-03 and the gravitational weapon destroyed everything. "
"And these, are another planet."
As Bubble spoke, another set of holographic images appeared in front of us. This time, it was a gas planet wrapped in thick clouds.
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