It's hard for me to explain why when Xiaoxue suddenly sat on my lap, my first reaction wasn't to shove this lass to the side, but to rub her head instead. Even if we use the concept of blood intimacy to explain this, it's still a little out of the ordinary.
Of course, Xiaoxue is my own daughter, and she's different from the other daughters I have. This is a 100% blood relationship with me, a daughter who was raised by me (of course, it's the future version) from an infant to a young girl, then to a loli, then to a young lady. Although it's impossible for me to have those memories, the mystical sixth, seventh, and eighth senses still gave me an indescribable sense of closeness to Xiaoxue. However, this shouldn't be the reason why she would sit on my lap without any hesitation. As for the reason — this lass is already seventeen or eighteen years old!
How could a seventeen or eighteen year old girl still be able to snuggle into her father's embrace so easily? Although I'm quite gratified by this …
Perhaps I need to sigh a little. In this crazy era, little brats are getting more and more ridiculous. Brats start having rebellious thoughts against their parents at the age of ten. At the age of eleven, they even dare to plan to run away from home and rule the world. At the age of twelve, little brats already know more than you did when you were eighteen. After thirteen, you can forget about kissing a loli — — even if you're her father. This is a sad fact. But nowadays, brats are getting more and more precocious and ridiculous. This is a fact that's already set in stone. Xiaoxue is a typical brat. She is a princess of the Empire, but she was brought up by the most deceitful royalty in the entire universe. She should have received a royal education, but in reality, even her language was taught by a physical education teacher. She should know all the etiquette of the court, including the twenty ways to open a bottle of red wine, but the future Icetis only taught her how to use a brick to crack open a person's skull from three angles. As a princess, she skipped classes, wrote crooked poems, fought with teachers, and harmed kindergartners. Furthermore, she plotted with her younger sister to harm a fallen apostle from another timeline. She even tore open a hole in the void that was large enough for her to descend. But how did such a brat ensure that she was still pestering her father at the age of seventeen and a half?
Didn't she realize that she was already a big girl …
Having a seventeen year old girl tossing and turning in my arms should be quite a delightful thing, but I only felt a bit awkward. I couldn't have any improper thoughts about this girl, I still had this bit of integrity. However, the familiar fragrance on her body kept drilling into my nostrils, and another pretty face slowly appeared in my mind — — yep, it was Lin Xue. To my surprise, I discovered that Xiaoxue's body had the exact same sweet fragrance as Lin Xue's. It was a bit like lilies, but it was even fainter. Moreover, it was also faintly discernible. I felt that this wasn't the smell of perfume …
Alright, there was a shocking truth. Lin Xue had a body fragrance on her, but he had never noticed it before. In the end, it was his daughter who reminded him. Should I mourn for this damned thing?
At this moment, Xiaoxue had been looking at Father embarrassedly. Her eyes were 30% fawning and 70% mischievous. "Erm, Second Uncle, if I say that I opened a hole in the void, you won't beat me up, right?"
Father looked at Xiaoxue. He might have roughly understood this girl's background from various channels and his own speculations, so he only smiled warmly. "Then, in your memory, I often beat you up? Then I'm a hot-tempered elder. "
"That's not it, but you didn't stop my mom and dad when they beat me up." Xiaoxue pouted. "Then I'll say it, but don't be angry. This matter sounds quite serious, but it's actually very safe. Xiaoqian and I have simulated it more than two hundred times in the laboratory. The history of both sides of the node really won't affect each other. Actually, what you're looking at now is a set of information. My dad said that I'm equal to two …"
Xiaoxue seriously told Father what she had told us back then. Throughout the entire process, Father had a focused expression as he listened to her. From time to time, he would reveal a contemplative expression before nodding slightly. I sighed. We were both Void creatures, but perhaps I, a rookie who had just passed my childhood, couldn't be compared to Father, who had a long history. Back then, I had taken a long time to understand Xiaoxue's words, but in the end, I only understood a third of it. Father, on the other hand, was deep in thought as he listened. It was obvious that this knowledge wasn't difficult for him to understand. He just needed to consider the impact this matter would have on the void.
In the end, after Xiaoxue had finished speaking, Father looked at us and the first thing he said was, "That, I didn't understand just now. Does anyone know what's going on?"
Everyone: "…"
"It's just a joke." Father smiled and waved his hand, causing us to roll our eyes. "Relax, all of you need to relax. I already understand what this child has done. To be honest, this is a bold plan. To guide such a large amount of information, the projection might not be the result that she wants if she's even the slightest bit careless. Furthermore, it might even cause a lot of trouble in our timeline. However, with the existence of the Void Cataclysm, I'm sure that many things that deviate too greatly will be canceled out by the entire Void's buffering mechanism. Child, don't be nervous. I really won't hit anyone. "
"Oh." Xiaoxue stuck out her tongue and finally jumped down from her father's embrace. "That's good. I told you, this isn't dangerous at all. We've already experimented more than twenty times …"
Sandora had been looking at Xiaoxue with a strange expression. At this moment, she couldn't help but mutter, "Wasn't it more than two hundred times?"
Xiaoxue: "… Get the gist of it."
"In other words, the Void Cataclysm still happened in the end."
Father nodded with a serious expression. A super cataclysm that caused countless worlds to return to zero without anyone knowing. Even if we couldn't witness it with our own eyes, it was enough to be called an unprecedented tragedy. He was probably thinking about how to find the source of the cataclysm — anyway, that was my first thought back then. However, this wasn't something that could be solved in a short period of time. So, he looked at Xiaoxue. "In your timeline, this matter is ultimately still a mystery, right?"
"I can't say that it's completely a mystery. You and my dad seem to have found some clues, but it's far from being enough to explain the entire cataclysm. However, there might be some changes this time. After all, the cataclysm had cut off all information, and the two historical lines are moving forward in parallel. It's not impossible for you to find the cause of the cataclysm in this timeline — by then, in my timeline, the situation might have changed, or it might not have changed at all. Then, I might even have two memories or two lives at the same time. It's really strange, and that's why I'm here."
"The crux of the problem is, why would such a thing happen in the Void?" Father ignored the naughty child's ridiculous plan and focused on thinking. "As a Void Creature, I can be sure that the Void itself doesn't have any active tendencies. It's in an extremely lazy state as a whole, and it won't do anything with a clear stance — and it won't let me know the reason. After all, in a certain sense, Void Creatures and the Void are the same thing."
"Maybe it's on its period," Xiaoxue said without thinking, and then everyone was shocked.
I almost painfully grabbed the girl's clothes and threw her to the staircase. "Your dad and your second uncle don't have the ability to have their period — go back to the house and pack your things!"
"Your daughter is very interesting." Father watched as Xiaoxue ran up the stairs happily and said with a smile, "Gatie can be very naughty sometimes, but she doesn't seem to be as talented as this child. Cyndia, on the other hand, has a lot of ideas. Maybe she can make friends with this child."
I maintained a smile that showed at least eight teeth. "I won't look forward to that day, really. Don't you think it's a disaster?"
"Compared to the calamity, I'm more concerned about the things that the child said just now." Father God was still chuckling. His tolerance for naughty children was even stronger than mine. "'The Answer to the Void.' The new generation that was born with her gave their group a rather meaningful name. Even though I don't think that the Void has the so-called answer, they might be partially right. If the Void is viewed as the accumulation of countless information, at a certain period of time, perhaps this information will really evolve into something special. The previous generation's evolution resulted in original Void creatures like you and me, and the next generation's evolution will result in the offspring of these Void creatures. It should have some special meaning."
Hearing this, Liliana quickly took out a large book from her dimensional pocket and flipped through it. "Aiya, let me see, let me see … The succession of theocracy. Cronus killed his father, Zeus killed his father, and Kratos killed his father … The basic way for the succession of the theocracy of the gods is to kill the father. The first step in this process is to trick the father. For example, Kratos — Aiya! Boss, this is bad! The next generation of Void Creatures has to kill the previous generation to ascend to the throne! Your daughter now has the tendency to trick her father! Wow … "The world was quiet. Father looked at the basket that was still swaying beside the sofa happily." This child is quite interesting. She seems to be Jingle's Priestess, right? "
Liliana quickly poked half of her head out of the basket. "Aiya, Father, you still recognize me?"
"I've seen your resume. Ding? Liliana? You're the only one who's squatting on a chair in the personal image column of all the clergymen's records. "" … Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to reach it. The photo that comes out will only show half of your head. "
"… Are we going off topic?"
"It's okay, it's okay. There is no topic to begin with." Father could always deal with anything calmly. He basically didn't need to change his expression. "I might have to stay here for a few days. Will it be troublesome?"
The few of us nodded hurriedly. "No, no, no."
After nodding, I realized something. Wait! Father is going to stay here?!
Alright, it seemed that hosting such an important person made Anveena quite nervous. She had already completely curled up in her nest and refused to come out. The others were also very surprised. After all, no matter who it was, Father was a guest of the highest status. I really didn't know how to host him. I had seen Father God's Temple before. Should I prepare a guest room that was three times the size of the Forbidden City for him?
Icetis, the person who wanted to see the world in chaos, purposely sighed. "Aiya, I'm used to living in my own temple. When I open my eyes here, the ceiling is less than four meters away from me. It feels like I've been exiled from the world …" I was so angry that I almost threw her into the psionic obelisk. The lowest floor was more than twenty meters high.
However, Father didn't seem to have any requirements. After we discussed for a long time, he made his first request. "I heard from Icetis that the undead girl named Anveena is good at egg pancakes and spicy soup. Can we eat that tonight?"
… Then, I confirmed that perhaps we could host Father God according to the standards of high school dorm gatherings.
Father God was very busy. Of course, he couldn't have come here just to visit. Perhaps from the perspective of a Void creature, he came here to visit an old friend. However, his main purpose was to understand something related to Xiaoxue. I remembered that Xiaoxue mentioned this when she came over. Before the Void Cataclysm, Father God already had some vague guesses about the entire incident. And now, it seemed that Father God was here to confirm his guesses. After dinner, he asked Sandora for a bunch of things that I had never heard of before, including the energy core of the Psionic Reactor after it was depleted, the research report on the Abyss Ship, and the research conclusion of the spaceship wreckage (later named Residue One) that was extracted from the Abyss Gate of the Divine Realm. Only Schilling scientists could come up with such things. Father God asked for a bunch of such data and studied it in the living room.
"I have some understanding of your technological processes, so it's not difficult to translate these things. I just want to find some specific key points," Godfather said without looking up as he flipped through the Abyssal Deep Submersible Ship's log. "The Divine Realm has begun to compare a lot of ancient information that was recorded by the Void Node located in the deepest part of the Void. We have always been monitoring a large group of very old Abyssal Gates. Their information changes are the best way to understand how the Abyss decays itself, but it's a very time-consuming task."
"If you need the data, why don't we just send a copy over?" Although I could not understand the messy symbols, I sat opposite Father God and fiddled with an Information Terminal. "The information sharing channel between the Galactic Domain and the Empire seems to be operating normally."
"Of course, that saves a lot of time. But I have to hide from a crazy girl." Father God looked up, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "You're right. It's that girl, our other compatriot, the Celestial King Huron."
"…" I had a feeling that a historical moment was about to arrive. Was it just my imagination?
"She never does proper work, and every time she comes, she causes a lot of trouble. I heard that she was coming a few days ago, so I came here to hide. She's a very impatient person, and if she can't find her in three days, she'll probably leave."
I suddenly did not know whether to laugh or cry, but I was also looking forward to it. "Then, she wouldn't find her way here, would she?"
Although Father God had always described the Celestial King Huron as a crazy girl, I was indeed very curious about the third Void creature other than myself and Father God. In my impression, the Huron Protoss had always been an existence in the background. They were as ancient and powerful as the Galactic Protoss, but they were very far away from each other. Each of them ruled their own territories, and they almost never had any large-scale interactions. In the Void Quadrant where the Empire was located, I had never seen the shadow of the Huron Protoss. Everything about this race was new to me, and now that I heard that their highest ruler was coming over — Alright, using Father God's words, she was looking for trouble on a whim, but I still hoped to see her.
"I desperately hope that she can't find her way here." Father God looked at me seriously. "Other than the God Realm, your Shadow Space has the highest level of encryption in the Void."
I looked at him curiously. "What kind of grudge do you have — Err, I know that Huron had a war with the Galactic Protoss in the beginning, but I don't know the specifics after that."
"This is troublesome to talk about. It was a long, long time ago, when the God Realm organized an expedition to attack the Abyss Gate in the depths of the Void." Father God seemed to be reminiscing. "It was the first time we traveled so far. It was a foreign world that even the Gods would get lost in. Not long after we charged into the Abyss, my children reported that they had encountered another group of life forms that were as powerful as themselves. That was the first contact between the Galactic Protoss and the Huron Protoss. It was very sudden, and both sides never thought that there would be another God in the Void. After that, the war between the two sides was a complete misunderstanding. The place where the first contact occurred was in a chaotic zone where the Abyss Gate was densely packed. Thousands of worlds were destroyed by the Abyss and gathered together to form a huge Abyss Amalgamation. At that time, the armies of Huron and the Galactic Protoss were advancing from one side of this amalgamation. When the two sides came into contact, the overwhelming power of the Abyss rushed towards us. We treated each other as the claws of the Abyss. In reality, a large number of soldiers were infected to varying degrees. This was a contamination that the Protoss could purify themselves from, but it was enough for them to treat themselves as their claws. "
"This … this story is really melodramatic," I sighed. "Heavens, so the territory between the Galactic Protoss and the Huron Empire was actually separated by the Abyss Nest?"
"What's even more frustrating is that we actually fought for over a million years." Godfather's expression was regretful. "You don't know how great the power of the Abyss is in the deepest part of the Void, the Lawless Lands that the two Protoss have never set foot in. The expeditionary armies of both sides passed through the contamination zone formed by the wreckage of thousands of worlds. When they came into contact with each other, almost all of them were half Abyss creatures. All of the warriors believed that they had finally broken through the defense line of the Abyss Gate and came into contact with the true mastermind behind the scenes. Under the influence of fighting spirit, misunderstandings, and the power of the Abyss on their minds, the war entered a white-hot stage right from the start."
"How did you stop the war in the end?" I asked in confusion. In that kind of environment, if both sides were unable to communicate with each other, and the only information they showed each other was the contamination of the Abyss, there was no possibility of stopping the war at all. I was very clear what the warrior's code of conduct was when fighting against Abyss creatures: Don't believe in any abnormal phenomena that you see. Don't believe in any command source other than the target of the battle and the highest commander. The first thing you should do was to eliminate any target in front of you that had a reaction from the Abyss. Otherwise, the contamination would rapidly expand to the point of no return. That was what the Shiring Apostles did.
"God's power was too strong." Godfather hesitated for a moment. "After that, we fought too viciously … All of the Abyss Gates were blown away. Now, the border between the Huron Empire and the Star Domain is the cleanest place in the entire Void …"
I was speechless.
"After that, it took a very long time for the former enmity between the Huron Empire and the Star Domain to be completely resolved. I was very fortunate that both I and the Divine King of Huron were at the frontlines at that time. With the support of the two Creators, a considerable portion of the soldiers who died in battle managed to retain their souls. This would be an important bargaining chip to resolve the hostilities in the future. After that … I was pestered by that crazy girl on the other side."
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