Chapter 228 Beyond the Edge of Mortal Civilization
The stars returned to their positions, the stars left their positions, and the stars were running leisurely in the sky. They shone coldly on the world, completely unaware that a large group of mortals were busy facing the sky under their guidance, and in the end they had nothing.
The ancient gods did not return, and the day of judgment in the prophecy did not come. Although everything that happened before this perfectly confirmed those prophecies such as the huge waves in the endless sea, such as the special energy fluctuations released by "O" under the influence of stars, such as the frequent sound of the gods' whispers, but in addition, the crucial last step, the step of the Lord of the Storm awakening from the deep sea, did not happen.
The Lord of the Storm is the only god who remains in the present world. If He fails to awaken, then the day of judgment will be nowhere to be discussed.
Everything seemed to be a joke, but the "culprits" who caused this embarrassing situation, the "God Eaters" in the deep sea, knew nothing about all of this.
In the depths of the endless sea that has been blocked by storms all year round, the ancient sirens city "Antavine" stood quietly where it had landed in the past. It was slightly obliquely embedded on a rocky seabed near the land. Part of the city reached the "trench", while the other part gradually rose along the seabed until about one-tenth of it poked out of the sea surface, laying on the edge of the land that the sirens called "Io Continent" and forming a spectacular steel wall on the coastline.
Siren are indeed accustomed to living in the deep sea, but on this planet with large land areas, they have gradually learned how to survive on land. Of course, they will not build large cities on land like humans. However, in order to exploit resources and monitor the "jump engine", they built a series of outposts and strongholds on the western coastline of the Io Continent. The largest stronghold is the "Capele of Coastal" located directly opposite the "Steel City Wall". From the watchtower of this stronghold, you can directly overlook two-thirds of the entire "Steel City Wall", which is an important monitoring post here.
The "Iron City Wall" is actually Antaweien's stern guard. During the earth-shaking emergency landing countless years ago, Antaweien fell straight from the atmosphere. The technicians tried their best to make the starship, which had almost lost all its power, slightly adjust its falling posture. Finally, the ship brushed across the edge of the land at a thrilling angle, and directly sent about a quarter of the land of the continent into the deep sea. The starship itself slid into the sea along the continental shelf after being severely damaged, and finally formed the current situation where one end approached the trench and the other end was on the edge of the continent.
The bow structure was almost completely destroyed during this process, but the stern of the ship was preserved intact. This was the greatest luck. At least the jump engine, which is the most complex and difficult to repair, was preserved.
But the Siren soon discovered that even if the engine was intact, they could not let the spacecraft take off again, let alone the spacecraft was launched. Even the most common machinery and equipment on the spacecraft became unable to operate after the disaster. After a long time, they realized that this was a "malfunction" caused by different physical laws.
From that day on, the Siren were working hard to adapt to the rules of this world. They seemed to have returned to the first moment of lighting up the lights of civilization. They had to adjust their life form to adapt to the world, but soon they discovered that this kind of "start back" would take more than once.
This world is constantly reshuffling...
But it doesn't matter. The development of civilization cannot be smooth sailing. The Siren are already accustomed to this difficult situation in development.
Siren Queen Petia arrived at the "Capeside Surrounding the Cape". She stood on the high watchtower and looked at the steel wall on the coastline. The energy pipelines on the steel wall were lit one by one, the core fusion tower had begun to be started.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the "sky increase" of the big squid, the Siren collected enough engine fuel in advance, and the reignition of the core engine was carried out smoothly. However, the technicians did not have much hope for this ignition because they still had not solved several key issues in the magic conversion process, but Petia did not care about these.
The failure of ignition is no longer once or twice. All Siren are used to it, while Petia is very clear that even if the ignition fails, technicians can collect valuable technical information from this process. These experiences and natural laws summarized based on experience are the most precious wealth.
Siren is not a very smart species, and they can even be called "slow" at some point, but patience and optimism are their greatest reliance.
During the start of the core fusion tower, a siren squid entered the top of the watchtower. Her snake tail crawled in a winding manner and came gracefully behind the queen: "Your Majesty, General Vanessa just reported that a tide master named Tyre was missing."
"Tir?" Siren Queen Petia frowned, "I seem to have some impression..."
"It's the child who walks in a strange way..." replied the attendant, "the one who walks like a caterpillar."
"Oh, then I remember, she is always lazy," Petia turned her head, with an unexpected look on her face, "She isn't sleeping at home?"
"No, she's missing," said the Servant solemnly, "She has never appeared again after the last time she fought with the crazy humans."
Petia shook her head: "Maybe she died, and then she chose the wrong coordinates when she was resurrected. The battle situation last time was very chaotic. Several sisters who died were even resurrected in the Southern Ocean and swam for more than a month before returning..."
The attendant sighed: "Even if she swam back from the southern ocean, it should be time to arrive. Unless she was 'arched' all the way back on the seabed in that strange walking posture, she should be still halfway."
"Send a search team to conduct a search on the battlefield last time, and send some people to the strongholds of crazy humans on the edge of the sea to see if our tide master was accidentally caught by those humans... Although this possibility is not high, if it was Tyre, it would be impossible to say."
The attendant bowed and bowed: "Yes, Her Majesty the Queen."
Petia nodded, and after the attendant stepped back, she turned back and her eyes fell on the winding steel on the distant coastline.
At the same time, in the secret temple of the Eternal Sleeper Cult in the Tifeng Empire, nightmares wearing black or white robes were gathering in the central hall, and a low and solemn atmosphere lingered on everyone.
"Son of the Storm, the Death of All Things has sent messages from each other. Our allies have suffered varying degrees of losses due to the early launch of the 'Ultimate Plan'," a nightmare bishop spoke, his voice sounded low and cold. "In comparison, our losses are the smallest."
Another bishop added next to it: "In addition, information came from the observation base set by the Storm Son on the sea. They observed that the tide had risen, and the power of the gods had begun to surge in the deep sea, but soon everything calmed down abnormally."
"So we cannot blindly deny the 'prophecy'," the third bishop said, "all signs are in line with the description of the first half of the prophecy, but the final result is a little deviation, perhaps some force that we have not yet known interferes with the realization of the prophecy..."
The first bishop's voice was obviously a hint of mockery: "Who can interfere with the resurrection and return of the gods?"
"The sea where the Storm Son observed the vision was located in the extreme east sea," the second bishop said immediately, "it was close to the territory of the sirens."
"Simon... are those ghosts in the deep sea..." A black-robed bishop who had never spoken suddenly broke his silence. "It is said that they destroyed a pioneering place of the Storm Son last time..."
"In my opinion, the Storm Son is not trustworthy at all," another said, "Maybe it was their observation of the starry sky that caused us to encounter such setbacks..."
Before the bishop finished speaking, a low, gentle but irresistible voice suddenly rang in the hall: "Enough."
The bishops immediately closed their mouths in awe, and turned in a certain direction, bowing their heads respectfully: "Correction of the Pope."
A vague black shadow appeared out of thin air at the end of the hall. The vague shadow seemed to have scanned the people on the scene. Although his face was completely invisible, everyone felt a sharp gaze sweeping across their bodies and minds, so everyone became more and more awe.
And this vague black shadow spoke lightly: "Don't forget that our career is in front of our career, it is not a setback at all.
"Each of us had long expected that the prophecy, although it existed, was not the only one that guided us. It was just a factor, and whether it would be realized or not, it would not affect our plans.
"Initiating the eternal dream ahead of time is just an insurance measure to prevent unsuccessful responses, and we are not without gains in the process."
The Pope Eternal Sleeping deliberately paused before continuing: "The first operation of the Eternal Dream produced a large amount of measured data, which helped us finally improve this huge plan, and I, in the process of observing the Eternal Dream, discovered its potential and uses far beyond our imagination."
The bishops were slightly turbulent, and they looked at each other, obviously curious about what the Pope said.
The pope did not let the bishops wait too long, and he quickly announced his decision, which surprised everyone: "Three days off, three days later, the eternal dream will restart."
A low voice of discussion sounded at the scene, and a bishop immediately reminded: "The Pope's crown, there are still many imperfections in the eternal dream..."
"It can only be better improved and evolved in its operational state," interrupted the bishop's words, "After careful observation, I discovered this, and I also discovered another thing..."
The bishops suddenly became quiet and they heard the pope's voice sound:
"I found that the huge computing power brought by the Eternal Dream is the key to deciphering the memory fragments of Gauven Cecil. During the last operation of the Eternal Dream, those memory fragments showed signs of loosening, and they seemed to be able to be parsed.
Chapter completed!