"Hey! Hey! Hurry up! It's time to sing a song of praise! "
A loud voice came from outside the door and interrupted Glick's conversation with us. He stood up happily and said, "Ha! The party has begun! Dewdrop, hurry up! It's time to go out! "
The little girl named Dewdrop put down the half-eaten hard food in her mouth and ran to open the door. She was indeed a child who didn't like to talk. From the beginning until now, she had been hiding in the corner furthest away from us and eating her own food. She looked at us strangers with cautious eyes. Only her elder sister could successfully chat with her. We could only learn about this small family from Glick's mouth. It was just out of curiosity. We were curious about how ordinary siblings like Glick lived in this twisted world.
"Glick, where are your parents? Are there only two of you in the family? "
Chestnut inadvertently thought of this question because we didn't see any adults in this small family from the beginning. It was said that today was the town's rest day. All the adults who usually worked at the metal station would rest at home today. However, there was only a little girl who didn't speak much. Where were Glick's parents?
"Mom left very early. When I was five years old, she worked at the heavy element manufacturing machine and got infected." Glick's expression was a little sad, but he didn't look too sad. It seemed that he had accepted this fact a long time ago. "Dad hasn't been home for two years, but he's a great person!"
When Glick mentioned his father who hadn't been home for two years, his face immediately showed a proud expression. "He worked on a big ship and even took a spaceship to the 'Little Triangle Island' at the end of the world. There, he found a brand new vector engine! It's not easy for a person from a small town to work on a big ship. A few months ago, I received news from him that he was going to work on a big warship. As long as he worked there for a year, our family would be in the upper class. However, I haven't received any news from him recently. I heard that people working on the warship can't casually contact the outside world … "
"Brother, we should go out."
Dewdrop's soft voice interrupted Glick's excited narration. This thin girl was wearing a brightly colored dress. The material of the dress looked a little like plastic fiber and was glowing. It was obvious that this was one of the best clothes in this small family.
There were a lot of adults gathered in the circular square. I roughly looked around, and there were about one or two hundred people in my line of sight. This settlement wasn't big, and these one or two hundred people were all the adult residents of the town. They were all wearing dull old coarse work clothes. Their muscles were solid, and they had a strong physique that came from doing physical labor in the metal station all year round. Even the women were the same. They spontaneously formed a few circles in the center of the square, keeping a distance from the metal table with a blood-red triangular emblem in the center of the square. Old Barnard, whom I had met once before, was standing on the triangular emblem. It seems that he really was the mayor of this town, or at least the most respected old man. The so-called "Hymn Celebration" was hosted by him.
Dozens of children ranging in age from four to twelve or thirteen were running around the edge of the circular square, as if they were celebrating a festival. They were shouting and playing, and some of the more daring ones would suddenly sneak into the square when the adults weren't paying attention. They would run around the feet of the adults, and would then be scolded and thrown out of the circle by their parents. When the singing of the hymn was performed, children were not allowed to enter the square, so they could only play outside.
Shallow Shallow's attention was attracted by this novel activity, and she was jumping up and down outside, wanting to enter. Icetis was even more mobile than us. She had already led the five Protoss Cops to occupy the center of the square. The townspeople there unconsciously left a large empty space, but no one paid attention to the five. It was obvious that Monina had used her divine power to distort the space, so that the people around her could not see her.
Shallow Shallow immediately joined the circle of the five, and she even dragged Rhododendron Spp. and Poison Island Chestnut with her.
Glick was puzzled by the sudden disappearance of a few of us, because he was also one of the mortals affected by Monina's power, but his childish nature did not allow him to think too much about it. Soon, a few children of his age came over and invited Glick and Waterdrop to join them. This time, Glick did not forget to proudly introduce the "guests from the big city" to his friends. This had almost become a reflex when he saw the townspeople. Before Waterdrop was called away by a girl, she turned to look at Liliana and asked expectantly, "Do you want to play with us?"
Liliana's expression instantly froze, "… Huh?"
"Bring this doll …" Waterdrop timidly pointed at Mercury Lamp, who was lying on my shoulder, dozing off. Mercury Lamp raised her head in a daze, and after a few seconds, she began to frantically toss my sleeve and tried to pull out my head, shouting non-stop.
Glick's younger sister was really scary. I was very worried that her next step would be to invite Pandora and Visca to participate in a group of little girls' game. That would definitely be the beginning of a disaster that could cause the end of the world. Nothing could stimulate the resentment in the depths of Pandora's heart more than being invited by a group of little girls with an average age of ten as peers. Was it easy to grow to 1.2 meters? Looking at the malnourished Waterdrop, she was almost as tall as herself!
In order to save this world, I hurriedly found an excuse to ask Glick to take his sister to accompany the naughty children, leaving behind Liliana, who had already sunk into resentment, and Mercury Lamp, who was still madly biting my scalp. The 109-meter-tall archbishop muttered unhappily. As the spiritual pillar of hundreds of millions of believers, she had just been invited by a group of naughty children. This was definitely a great humiliation for her. The little girl gritted her teeth and muttered for a long time. Suddenly, she stood up and said in an imposing manner, "No! This appearance is not good for the operation! Big Sister Sandora, help me out, I'm going to transform! "
We understood what Liliana meant by transforming. Every now and then, she would transform into a mature woman, a young girl, a young married woman, and so on to wander outside. However, it was just a disguise on the outside, and she was still a 1.09-meter-tall girl. Sandora helped to interfere with the senses of the surrounding people, and Liliana transformed into a gorgeous mature woman with long hair that reached her hips in a flash of green light. She even specially changed herself into an emoji pack that she had copied from Jaina. Then, she jumped and jumped …
She ran over to the group of little girls to play hopscotch.
We were all speechless.
Dare I ask, is there any meaning in looking for those little girls to play hopscotch after growing more than 60 centimeters tall?
"Haha! That idiot! "
Mercury Lamp was laughing so hard on my shoulder that she almost collapsed. Then, there was another flash of light. Before I could react, I saw a 1.7-meter-tall girl walk out from behind a black screen that had appeared out of nowhere. She even had the face of a slightly older Pandora — — this was Pandora's Godzilla.
"Let's go find Liliana!"
From the mouth of the fused "Pandora's Godzilla" came the twin voices of Pandora and Pandora. The 1.7-meter-tall short man looked at the 1.7-meter-tall fake loli in the distance with a chilly look in his eyes. The big sister hurriedly reminded, "Remember to come back quickly, you guys can fuse together for 5 minutes …"
"It's 10 minutes now!"
The double short man looked at his own body proudly, and then walked in the direction of Liliana. However, he only took two steps before he turned back and pecked me on the cheek with Jingle's amazing momentum before he left …
Normally, it was normal for Pandora and Visca to rub themselves on my body, but when the two of them fused together, it was really hard for me to react. Thus, I was stunned for a few seconds, and in these few seconds, what was Mercury Lamp doing?
She resolutely went berserk …
Lina suddenly morphed into an older sister and gorgeously attacked her in front of her wasn't much. In fact, I was even in the mood to ridicule that fake loli priestess for acting cute and playing hopscotch. However, it was completely different when I saw that the shortest member of my family had also morphed into a 1.7 meter tall composite. Looking at her own unshakable 92.3 body, the little female puppet girl's temper flared up and she began to throw a tantrum, cursing and biting at my skull. I had to hurriedly coax my child. "Little Lamp, be good. Don't be envious of them for now. Did you forget that you still have a 100 meter tall form?"
Mercury Lamp thought about it and agreed, but then she thought about it and said, "Don't we still have 20,000 half-meter-tall forms?!"
Everyone was speechless.
The daily life of the naughty child was really giving me a headache.
At that moment, the gathering of the strange town was about to begin. The adults of the town were attending the event, and they formed a circle with the mayor as the center. Old Barnard was speaking with a cadence, holding an old Information Terminal in his hand, and the faint light from the terminal cast a faint blue glow on his face. When we first came here, it was still evening, but now it was night. This was the first night we saw in this ruined world. Like everything else in this space, the night was also artificial. The neatly arranged large fusion reactors in the sky gradually dimmed until the metal rings around them, which were used to generate strong magnetic fields effortlessly with the naked eye. As the surrounding light gradually dimmed, the street lamps in the town lit up at the right time. The brightest light came from this small round square. A few lamp posts around it were emitting a low hum, and the glowing crystals at the top were getting more and more dazzling, making the place look like it was daytime.
A few strong men carried out a sound device. It looked like a large resonance system used on the bridge for broadcasting, but it had been crudely modified with a lot of messy cables connecting it to the MDT in Old Barnard's hand (it seemed that the network function of that thing was broken?). The big thing that had been used to broadcast to the bridge was now only able to produce music that was seriously underpitched and out of tune. It sounded hoarse and untunable, and the townspeople sang joyfully in the accompaniment of this music.
"… Praise the ancient gods, who created this world, praise the ancient gods, who gave me endless wealth, they left us everything, so that we could always have enough to eat and wear … They built the whole world with beautiful resources, everything is inexhaustible, they watered the universe with infinite energy, so that we would never have to worry about the darkness …"
More than a hundred burly metal workers sang in chorus, accompanied by music that was out of tune from the very first note. The lyrics were tongue-twisting and had no rhyme at all. It was not hard to imagine how pleasant the song was. However, everyone seemed to be immersed in it. It seemed that they were praising this' beautiful 'world with gratitude. Shadora and I exchanged a look as we listened to the strange voices around us. We felt quite embarrassed … Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Thinking that this world was actually the wreckage of Visca's destructive war, we felt embarrassed and a strange feeling welled up in our hearts.
At this moment, the hymn reached its last few bars. The last few lines immediately caught the attention of Sandora and me, and even the big sister.
"… The treasures of the world can be seen everywhere, the inheritance of the gods is endless, we have glorious machines, we can draw clean water and holy food, but all of these are gifts, we should only obey the teachings … We can't leave the world, we can't leave our home, we can't leave the universe. Beyond the borders of God, there is endless darkness and destruction. We can enjoy eternal heaven because of the protection of the barrier, but to deviate from the teachings will invite disaster! Those who stay away from the three major stars will be weary, those who stay away from the Great Ruins will be homeless, and those who stay away from the stormy seas will be crushed!
Praise the gods! "
This messy hymn with a strange rhythm ended with a song praising the gods. The big sister leaned over and whispered to me, "It seems that in this world, exploring beyond the ruins is forbidden."
"Furthermore, it is forbidden by the power of religion. In this kind of social system, the power of religion is probably the most effective method of restriction." A melodious yet unfamiliar voice rang in my ear. I turned my head and saw the domineering version of Liliana leaning over without me noticing. Furthermore, she had unknowingly climbed onto my back. At that moment, the soft and warm touch gave me goosebumps. The main reason was that Sandora, who was beside me, had suddenly changed her expression and caused me to feel immense pressure. Without saying anything, I knocked Liliana's head and knocked her back to her original height of 1.09m. Although a soft and fragrant body is a type of enjoyment, it depends on whose body it is. Liliana, this weird girl, is definitely not an ideal welfare officer. They say that women are made of water, but I have ten thousand reasons to prove that Liliana is actually made of aqua regia.
If you believe her, even your bones will melt! "Tsk, Boss, you are so insensitive. You wouldn't even want such a beautiful body even if I gave it to you." Liliana rubbed the bump on her head and looked up at me with her pathetic height of 1.09m. She even rolled her eyes charmingly. Then, under Sandora's increasingly daring gaze, she finally became serious. "It's easy to see. The three major stars refer to the three largest ruined planets in the center of this space. The Great Ruins Belt refers to the large and small spaceship wreckages, as well as the floating islands and satellites piled up from the wreckages. As for the Stormy Ocean, it is undoubtedly the area where the flagship is currently docked. The layer of psionic energy that is 0.3 light years thick. Exploration and mining of the ruined planets and the Great Ruins Belt are allowed. However, those who leave the Great Ruins Belt and explore the Stormy Ocean will receive a warning. As for those who enter the Stormy Ocean or even attempt to pass through it, the local church curses those who do so, saying that they will be crushed into pieces. That would be terrible. "
"However, the logbook we obtained from the Eternal Mothership that crashed on Mars contained many coordinates of the psionic energy rich zone." Sandora rubbed her chin with a solemn expression. "In other words, that spaceship is not ordinary."
"Now, I've connected the dots." My sister seemed to recall something and reminded us. "Do you remember the video in the logbook? It mentioned that the spaceship was attacked by some fanatics."
"Perhaps the religious forces of this world are intercepting the pioneers who are trying to leave this universe," I suddenly realized. "If that's the case, we finally understand why the spaceship was destroyed."
"But that doesn't mean anything to us, does it?" Sandora shrugged. Then, she twirled a strand of blonde hair in her hand and played with it. "I don't care why the spaceship was destroyed. I just want to know how this world came to be and who Visca fought here back then … Look at the scale of the wreckage in this universe. The spaceship's fragments have even formed a few planets. It is highly possible that half of Visca's Army of Destruction was destroyed here. Such a large-scale battle is definitely not a simple encounter … Moreover, the barrier that separates this space from the void is also very curious. The Old Empire definitely did not have such technology. At least, I have never heard of it. The war that broke out here 720,000 years ago not only destroyed a universe, but also left behind an unexplainable net-like structure. This is really curious. Apart from that, what's up with the indigenous people of this universe? Why did they appear in the wreckage of the Army of Destruction and worship Visca's legacy? Were they the vassal race of one of the emperors of the Old Empire or even Visca's vassal race? Each of these questions is getting more and more curious. "
Sandora's words garnered unanimous agreement from the few of us. Indeed, as we spent more time in this ruined world, we understood more about the "post-apocalyptic life" here. Our curiosity was gradually aroused. The things that Sandora mentioned were only a small part of the things that piqued our curiosity. However, there was too little accurate information. It would probably take some time before we could understand the truth of 720,000 years ago …
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