My sister told me about what happened on Mobrador. Since everyone was busy with the construction of the God of Mist base and preparing to transfer more troops from the City of Shadows to Mobrador, I didn't know much about what happened there. Only Miriya contacted me yesterday afternoon. The topic was that Uncle Zaku had fried the sweet and sour eggs again. That innocent girl wasn't nervous at all.
After my sister's explanation, I had a better understanding of Mobrador's current situation. I could not help but feel a little sorry for the natives there. To be honest, it was a pity.
When the twelve knights of the Church of Grayblue and the Holy Pope appeared in front of the public and jointly announced the existence of the "Rebel Army of God" and that the next target of that terrifying army was the Mobrador system, the entire three colonized planets, more than nine billion people and rulers fell into a panic. Even though the church immediately took measures to appease the people as planned, irrational chaos was still happening everywhere. The ordinary people were scared out of their wits and used all kinds of extreme methods to pray to the "Sage", including carving words on their faces, drinking hot pepper water, running naked on the overpass, and taking a walk outside when the grassland hurricane came. They hoped that this "spirit of sacrifice for religion" would allow them to be chosen as saints by the Sage and sent to the safe heavens during the Doomsday War. Or perhaps the Sage would send two bodyguards to protect them. This kind of thinking was an irrational escape caused by extreme fear and unwillingness to bear the pressure. It was the legacy of the Church of Grayblue's rule over the past three hundred years. They brainwashed the ordinary people into sheep who only knew how to rely on the Sage. Apart from these abnormal escape behaviors, Mobrador's coalition government was also terrible. The governors of the three colonized planets immediately showed signs of desertion after the declaration of war. When they saw the battle on Divine Fog, these puppet rulers were already showing signs of instability. Now, it seemed that they had reached their limit. So, the politicians who should have shouldered the heavy responsibility at this time were all prepared to take refuge. The military command also began to lose control. Soldiers fled in large numbers to their hometowns, and the police-like public security personnel were also busy looting food. In the chaos, they were as panicked as the ordinary people and did not look well-trained at all. In the end, it was the church's army who urgently took over the coalition government to suppress the order.
This was what had happened in the past 36 hours, and it made them very dissatisfied. This was a civilization that had completely become sheep. They should be glad that they had not encountered a pack of wolves yet.
It was not their fault. The long-term oppression of the Church of Grayblue had left the world's liberal politics in name only. Most of the people in the coalition government were puppets, and the military was even worse. In the sick "world peace" environment, the soldiers were just decorations. Ninety percent of them had never had the chance to fire a gun in their entire life. Even the way to solve street fights had become theoretical information that only appeared in historical documents. Other than the military department that was directly involved in the exploration of the ruins, many officers had not even received systematic battlefield training. Even the church's army was in a similar situation. Sometimes, they were not even as strong as the ordinary adventurers. At least the adventurers had to deal with those old and dilapidated turrets when exploring the ruins, and that was the only chance to gain combat experience in the Mobradoan society.
It was just as Uncle Zaku had said. Apart from the Pope and the twelve knights, everyone else in the Mobrador civilization was a sheep.
I could not help but compare them with the other servant armies of the Empire. The more I compared, the more annoyed I felt. They were all facing the end of the world. The races in the World of Azeroth were united. They used their fragile flesh and blood to form the Salvation Army to fight against the mutated demons. The Verdis Empire used their fanatical faith in the Goddess and their fearless courage to fight against the monsters of the Abyss for a hundred years. The Kepru Star Region sacrificed hundreds of billions of lives and was now rebuilding their homes. The Galactic Community was a civilization of steel heroes. Even the most inconspicuous members of the servant army, the Cross Sect from the Forbidden World, had once walked on the streets to save the refugees when they faced a meteor shower. Sandora and I were proud of them. As for the current Mobrador, their ancestors were warriors favored by Sandora. Other than the few descendants that could be counted on one hand, the rest of the people only knew how to pray, cry, and fight for food and shelter spots!
"A civilization that grew up in a greenhouse."
My elder sister sighed to end this uncomfortable topic. I nodded my head. "Indeed. However, this should be an opportunity for them to get rid of the glass cover. I hope that the former Pope and the current Pope, Zaku, can do a better job. Oh yeah, Sister, is Zaku in office now? "
"In office? I really don't know if that guy is reliable. Maybe this civilization is really hopeless. The new leader is even lazier than you. "My elder sister pinched my head forcefully and commented," Ah Jun, are you sure that uncle meets the requirements? "
"Sandora and I were not randomly chosen." I tried my best to escape from my elder sister's skillful claws as I explained hurriedly. "Zaku does look like he doesn't have much drive, but he is quite capable when he is serious. Moreover, Mobrador's ruling power will gradually be transferred to the Allied Government. The other part will be transferred to the Empire's command. The Church of Pale Blue will exist as a spiritual ruling group. They will have a high status and the right to speak, but they won't participate in the specific affairs. The real role of the Pope is just a spiritual symbol. Anyone can take the position. Actually, if it wasn't for the fear that the Holy Pope would cause trouble, he would be fine with it. Moreover, to be honest, what Mobrador needs now isn't a capable leader, but a leader himself. "
My elder sister nodded in understanding. "What's important isn't him, but the chair he is sitting on."
"I wonder how the Holy Pope and Zaku struggled during the handover. Did Bubble use the Lelouch film that she gave them?"
"… You two are really a couple now. Can't you talk about something serious?" My elder sister pinched me, her face filled with helplessness. "The handover of power wasn't carried out in front of the public. In this chaotic situation, if such a sensitive matter were to happen, the public's sense of security would be completely destroyed. Zaku still needs time to familiarize himself with his new job. So, everything was carried out in secret. Moreover, the Pope doesn't show his face to the public. No one would be able to tell if the handover was completed in secret. "
I nodded. Looking at the storm outside the shield, I suddenly felt a little emotional.
"Actually, to be honest, I don't have much prejudice against the Holy Pope anymore. Regardless of whether he took the right path or not, to be able to persist in an ideal for three hundred years and change the world into something completely different, that's not easy. "
"If someone had come to this world earlier and told him some things, perhaps he wouldn't have been so prejudiced." My elder sister crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked at the raging storm in the distance with a solemn expression. With the accompaniment of a marching song, she would look like a revolutionary leader. "I have an idea now. After a period of time, we should test that Rudaph again. If he passes, we can let him continue to be the Pope. After all, the authority of the Pope has returned to the 'Sage', so he wouldn't make too many mistakes. Moreover, he is also the person who understands Mobrador's Theocracy the most."
"What about Zaku? A temporary worker? "
"Perhaps we can let him enter the Mobrador Coalition Government. We can nurture him to become the Chief Executive of this civilization. The current Mobrador leader is too disappointing. We should nurture a more suitable and courageous leader. By then, Rudaph and Zaku will rule Mobrador's Theocracy and political power respectively, controlling this civilization from both sides at the same time, just like what we did in the Magic Forbidden World. "
I listened to my elder sister's grand plan blankly. Then, I carefully looked at the older sister who had a warm smile on her face from start to finish. "Sister, to be honest, you … just used up some superpower, right?"
My elder sister looked at me strangely. "How did you know? I just went to test the energy amplification device created by the research institute, although it seems to be useless. "
Tsk, how would I know? My elder sister's thought process has already turned purple from the very start! If she didn't have a black-bellied heart that schemed against the entire human race, would she be able to come up with such a plan in thirty seconds?
If Pandora were to come over at this time, she would definitely have a common language with my elder sister.
Of course, looking at my elder sister's warm smile, I didn't dare to say certain things. Although my elder sister in her black-bellied state wouldn't be so ruthless to her favorite younger brother, I was really afraid that I would be stuck with the northwest wind for the next few days. Furthermore, the northwest wind on the Divine Fog Planet wouldn't stop.
My elder sister and I adopted a rare cautious attitude in dealing with Mobrador's civilization, because no one was willing to see the descendants of the Empire's vassals produce such a disappointing leader. Some kind of stubborn mentality made people want to turn sheep into lions. The two of us came up with a general plan for the next few years to stimulate this sheep civilization's initiative. In the turbulent storm on the Divine Fog Planet, my elder sister and I talked energetically, and the greenhouse life of nine billion people came to an end. I felt like a great man, with the process of the world waiting to be shaped by me in front of me.
Just when I was about to lose control of my ambition, Qian Qian appeared in front of me with a few leeks. She ruthlessly crushed the spirit of leadership that I had worked so hard to ignite. Of course, it was also possible that the little bit of leadership I felt earlier was an illusion.
"Ah Jun, have some? Monina just baked them. " The lively young girl raised the oily traditional food in front of me, with leeks still on the corner of her mouth. At this moment, she was as cute as … well, she was cute. I grabbed one of the chives and stuffed it into my mouth, feeling much better: Heroes and leaders are all bullsh * t, they only look glamorous when they're on camera. Doesn't the Dark Goddess also bake chives every day? I don't believe that Wu Zetian doesn't have her period … Tell me, what's going on?
It had already been three days since the first attack on the Divine Fog Planet. We still hadn't discovered any signs of the Revenge Army gathering in the main material plane. Actually, the Imperial Army's probes had already scanned the sky, which was billions of light-years away. They didn't miss even a grain of sand, but they still couldn't find where the Revenge Army would appear from, which made me feel even more uneasy. Although I was willing to believe that the enemies in the last attack on the Divine Fog Planet were all the Revenge Army's forces, or that the current leader of the Revenge Army was a natural idiot who had forgotten about the Divine Fog Planet after the first battle, it was obvious that this was only a fantasy. Sandora told me that the longer this period of peace was, the more likely the Revenge Army would gather. If they wanted to launch a large-scale attack within three days, we should be able to stop them with our current army. If they wanted to launch a large-scale attack three months later, I would probably still have time to write my will. If they wanted to launch a large-scale attack three years later … then they probably really had forgotten about it.
"Speaking of which, this universe is really desolate." Shallow Shallow was always so carefree and carefree. Right now, she was munching on a leek and sitting on the observation deck, admiring the violent storms below the gas giant's atmosphere with me. She was just as adorable in her innocence. Oh, she even had leeks on her lips. "Only a dozen or so planets with life have been discovered, and most of them have stopped evolving. The most advanced one is still using stone tools."
"And they've probably been using it for tens of thousands of years." I extended my hand to wipe the corner of Shallow Shallow's mouth. She immediately giggled and rubbed her face against my sleeve, completely ignoring the fact that she and her sister would be the ones to wash my clothes when we got back. As for the planets with life that Shallow Shallow had mentioned, I knew about them as well, but I didn't really care about them.
There were very few universes that did not evolve life at all. This was mainly because the advanced civilizations had a very broad definition of the word "life." As long as it had the ability to reorganize itself, could self-reproduce under certain conditions, had the ability to evolve, or could export information in the process of evolution, then it could be called life. This included any base that was carbon-based, nitrogen-based, and silicon-based, as well as physical, virtual, and energy forms. Hence, under such a broad definition of life, living universes were everywhere in the void. Basically, other than the observational worlds that the Protoss had specially created, any other universe would show signs of life after evolving to a certain extent, and they would flourish like green foxtails in summer — but this universe was an exception.
According to Icetis's "diagnosis," this universe was suitable for the evolution of all kinds of life. It should have been filled with mild planets that were suitable for the birth of life. "Everywhere" here was a subtle concept. In the eyes of people like us, a journey within a light year was considered everywhere.
Our Deep Space Probe had already spread out to a distance of ten billion light years, drawing a star map that contained hundreds of millions of stars. It was even more dizzying than the Sahara Desert when it was shrunk down. However, among so many galaxies, there were only a dozen or so planets with life, and all of them were in the early stages of evolution. Now, we could basically confirm that only the Mobrador Star System had advanced civilizations. This was really surprising.
Think about it, we had wandered under the Erli Bridge for an entire morning only to find two old Chinese doctors advertising on the electric poles, and you would understand how we felt right now.
Perhaps the scattered ruins of the Empire had suppressed the evolution of normal life. This conjecture was quite realistic. The Old Empire had a habit of building nests everywhere. Every planet in the universe that had a bit of value was piled up with non-flammable garbage from the Old Empire era, and all of them had leaked. No matter how weak the psionic radiation that leaked out was, it was not something that a low-level life could withstand. So far, no one had found any life that could evolve normally under the psionic radiation. Theoretically speaking, the probability of a highly intelligent life evolving in a psionic environment was second only to the creatures born in the Void. The probability of the latter was needless to say. In the history of the Void, there were probably only three Void creatures, including myself. The other two were antiques from hundreds of millions of years ago.
The reason why there were advanced life forms in Mobrador was probably because they came from ancient times. The ancient Mobrador life forms had gradually adapted to the psionic radiation, and the highly intelligent life forms on this planet had been modified by the Old Empire. Therefore, although the ruins of the Empire in the Mobrador Star System had leaked like other places, the life forms here still managed to survive after various mutations.
"It seems that the Avengers had cleansed the entire universe before they left," I said softly, clicking my tongue. "The original advanced life forms were all wiped out, and the energy leakage they left behind suppressed the birth of new life forms. As a result, there are only a few planets with life in the entire universe."
"Then why did they stop when it was Mobrador's turn?" Shallow Shallow was eating a Swiss roll with chives. She looked confused as she ate. "Could it be that this is the last stop on the timetable, and they didn't finish it when it was Mobrador's turn to be executed?"
I was stunned. Suddenly, I pulled Shallow Shallow into my arms and kissed her hard. "Girl, you are a genius! Why didn't I think of that! "
I immediately contacted Sives and got her to start calculating the timetable for the destruction of all the ruins of the Empire that we had discovered in this universe. She had to be as accurate as possible, accurate to the day. Of course, considering the terrifying speed at which the Imperial Army was expanding, it would be best if she could be accurate to the hour. It sounded difficult since those ruins had been destroyed for tens of thousands of years. However, Sives said that it would only take a few days at most to complete. That was because basically every device in the Empire had a timetable. All they had to do was to look at the time when the timetable stopped …
Shallow Shallow's words gave me a huge hint. Timetable!
The only clue we could find about the Avengers was the sequence of their actions when they destroyed all life in this universe. Based on the time when the ruins of the Empire on each planet finally stopped, we could draw a rough map of the Avengers' route. The information that could be deduced from this map was astonishing. For example, where did they first go crazy, where did they end up, and how long did they stay in Mobrador? How long did the natives of this star system resist? If it was possible, I felt that I could even find the jump point where the Avengers left the Prime Material Plane. They would most likely jump back from there.
Thinking about that, I was elated. I hugged Shallow Shallow and kissed her hard. This girl really smelled like chives and eggs …
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