Chapter 714: You Have Done Your Duty

"I accomplished my mission."

The glorious giant stood in front of the outpost that he had stationed for 760,000 years, standing straight like a soldier waiting for review. Although his face was full of fatigue, Zeus's eyes were still emitting light like fire.

This may be the longest mission in history. One day 760,000 years ago, the created warrior accepted the order and has faithfully guarded his post since then. Even if his master has been wiped out, he will Never give up on this mission. And today, 760,000 years later, he can finally proudly announce with glory that he has completed his ancient mission and returned the position to his master.

"You are very good, soldier, really, as good as an imperial soldier," Shandora said with a majestic yet emotional expression, "You have defended your own defense line and this palace - open Open the control room door and let us meet the ancient Xiling apostle."

"Yes, Lord Moragus is inside."

Zeus replied with a loud voice like thunder, raised his hand and sent out a light to the door of the temple, which immediately opened in response. Then he looked at his brother Hades curiously, a little curious as to why the other party always raised his head three times. He looked at the sky at an angle of ten degrees and shivered from time to time. He could not understand Hades' current state without experiencing purification "treatment" hundreds of times greater.

We didn’t let anyone else follow us. All the soldiers and servants of God stayed outside. Even Bingtis held back Ilson and Lin who wanted to follow in. Although this female gangster was careless and even a bit careless many times, she was On certain occasions, this goddess is indeed a senior who understands the overall situation and is far-sighted. She stopped the actions of two reckless juniors, and then took out a deck of playing cards from her pocket: "Don't follow in, let's fight the landlord, shall we? Moni Na, do you and Kense’s military chess set come with you?”

"Very good, very good," Kenser nodded, "Who wants shrimp crackers?"

I could clearly feel that when I and Sandora walked into the temple, the atmosphere behind us was very solemn, focusing very solemnly on the heads of the five gods.

The Temple of Zeus has a gorgeous appearance. Those thick columns and carved relief walls make it look like the heavenly communication room in religious murals, but its interior is not as complicated as I imagined - Zeus is destined to be twelve meters tall. There is not even a duplex inside this twenty-meter-high building, so after entering through the gate, there is a hall directly in the temple.

This is a square hall with a length of 150 meters on each side. There is no pillar to support it. It looks particularly bright and transparent. A large part of the ground is an aerial view of the city of Atlantis, which accurately shows the current layout of the city. situation. There are many holographic projections suspended irregularly in the mid-air of the hall, with complex curves and data reports floating on them, as well as a very familiar holographic console similar to a starship control panel - of course, the main function buttons are now grey. There are countless complex and advanced machines placed on the walls around the hall. It looks a bit similar to the command hall furnishings of a star battleship, but it seems to be missing a lot of things. The slight flow of energy and the chirping of the machines echoed lowly in the hall, which made me wonder. The illusion of walking into the bridge.

This is the Temple of Zeus - it has the name and appearance of a temple, but it is actually the control room of an ancient colonial ship. Zeus is the guardian here and the operator of these devices. Although he is an ancient man, the Xiling Apostle taught him knowledge far beyond ordinary civilization, which made him one of the few in Atlantis. One of the "scientists" who can control some functions of the Sunburn Obelisk, although this statement is variously subtle.

I briefly looked around the surrounding environment, and then focused my eyes on the front with Sandora: there was a crystal in the center of the hall. Its shape was irregular, and it looked like a piece of debris that fell here after a large piece of crystal collapsed. The brilliance of nether energy floats on its surface, and the energy is abundant and clean. This crystal fragment has a radius of about four to five meters and a height of about six meters. It is generally cone-shaped, like a flame that burns fiercely but is suddenly frozen.

I noticed that the bottom of this crystal does not have a connecting platform like conventional Xiling equipment. It extends directly from the floor of the hall.

"Below the control room is the top of the Sunburned Obelisk," Zeus's voice came from above us. "The energy in the control room is directly provided by the obelisk. The Sunfire Crystal is an extension of the obelisk, and it contains the purest The power of God has never been extinguished even in the darkest moments. God Moragus was seriously injured after leading us to escape from his hometown. He said that he could no longer recover on his own, but someone must control the obelisk. The Atlanteans did not I have enough talent, so the great god came to the control room, fused himself with the monument, and then ordered me to stay beside him forever and contribute my loyalty to the empire at every moment for the rest of my life. Seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand For two hundred and forty-five years, I have faithfully fulfilled my mission and have been guarding this place."

Sandora and I walked forward and quietly observed the blue-white crystal called Sun Flame Crystal by Zeus. When we walked in, I discovered that there was a tall Xi Ling sealed in this translucent crystal. apostle.

Moragus was wearing the standard silver-white robes of imperial science and technology personnel. The coat of arms on his chest showed that he was a special scholar with an officer rank. He had a stern expression on his face that was common among the apostles of the old empire, such as a strict instructor. Stare ahead. He was sitting on an alloy seat that was very common on battleships. Even though he was seriously injured, he still sat upright at the last moment of being sealed.

When Sandora and I walked into the crystal, the latter made a very slight resonance sound, and the blue halo on the surface was obviously brighter. Sandora and I felt a very subtle feeling in our spirits at the same time, even though this All the abnormalities only appeared for a moment, but we still interpreted a lot of information in an instant.

"It seems that is your seat." I had already seen a very huge seat at the other end of the hall. It was undoubtedly where Zeus usually sat. Because of his mission, Zeus could not lie down and rest. He was so powerful. The modified body does not need to lie down and rest, so this chair is the only place in the hall where it can relax a little. "Tell me about this Xiling... great god, I am a little concerned about it."

"Yes, I often sit there, looking at the great god Moragus from a distance. The great god has fallen asleep, but I can still hear his voice occasionally, and his soliloquy when controlling the obelisk, Zeus answered my question without reservation, "He talked about honor and goals, as well as the empire that he could no longer contact. He had been waiting for the gods to arrive because he said he still had something important to dedicate to himself. The emperor. But after a while, the great god suddenly said that everything was wrong. It was the first time that he seemed to have given up hope on something, and then the great god rarely spoke. I knew that he could no longer contact the gods, but intuitively It seemed to make him feel... something terrible, please forgive me, that's all I can say."

"No, don't worry," Sandora whispered, "because that is indeed a terrible thing, and every Xiling apostle should tremble for it."

After saying this, she returned her gaze to the crystal that sealed Moragus. Apart from the momentary burst of light, it had no more reaction.

I touched Sandora's arm lightly, and the latter turned his face and shook his head slightly. The connection between our minds made us think about the same thing a long time ago, so there is no need for words now.

I sighed, and at the same time Sandora and I paid tribute to the ancient Xiling apostle in the crystal with the most respectful etiquette from the supreme leader to ordinary officers, "You have done your duty, soldier."

The seemingly indestructible psionic crystal suddenly bloomed with an unprecedented bright blue light after these words, and then quietly turned into psionic particles floating in the sky, slowly dissipating in the air after more than ten seconds.

The crystal tomb, together with the ancient apostle named Moragus, turned into the overflowing energy in the space.

"He has persisted for too long and has overdrawn everything that can be overdrawn," Sandora said softly, "even his soul has been overdrawn, but in the end... he still waited for us. There is science in the database in the control room All the research materials left by the examination team, the original purpose of Atlantis was just to preserve knowledge...forget it, it's nothing."

"This is very regrettable," I took a breath and exhaled slowly. I turned around and looked at the ten-meter-tall giant not far behind me. Because of the huge gap in height, I couldn't see his expression clearly, but When a ball of liquid weighing more than 40 kilograms suddenly fell to the ground less than two meters away from me, almost turning Shandora and I into drowned rats, I knew that Zeus shed a tear - it can also be called a tear. "He has lost hope of resurrection in order to wait for us."

"The Great God has talked about his departure," Zeus said in a low voice. "He announced his death more than ten days ago, but the piece of demonic metal rekindled his fighting spirit. The Great God said that this was the last fight in his life. In the battle, he will accompany me to the end no matter whether he wins or loses... No matter what, my other mission is also completed."

Sandora and I looked at each other, knowing that the time to leave had come.

"Get it together as soon as possible, this city needs to rebuild. We are here to take you home. The hard days are over."

Sandora and I walked out of the gate. Outside the temple, commanders at all levels of Armored Scorpion, Raven, and Chief Bee were sorting out their teams. The ground troops who subsequently attacked the Holy Mountain cleared away the last enemies on the floating island. Valkyrie and Anubis, who had regained control, were catching up from another mountain road. Maybe I saw some familiar faces. The girls in Gensokyo gathered in a corner a little awkwardly. They suddenly realized that they were not suitable for the serious atmosphere of this place. Reimu Hakurei and Murasaki Yakumo were the only two people who were more accustomed to it. The five-person group of Gods gathered solemnly in an open place. Although they were the smallest in number, they had a certain aura that kept the surrounding warriors away. Kenser was staring closely at the military commander in his hand, and Bingtis was watching. A peek at Lin's trump card - I think I know why everyone is staying away from this group of scourges.

The thick clouds in the sky have dissipated, and the moon that blocked the sunlight has also moved to another direction. The bright sunshine is gradually filling the entire city, dyeing ancient Atlantis into a golden color. The gunpowder smoke under the mountain has not yet dissipated. , the collapsed buildings and towers in the city were devastated, but the faces of the Atlanteans only had the joy of victory.

"The Xiling Apostle is dead and his soul has dissipated," I said to Aura who walked over silently. "Send a group of technicians over. There are research materials he left behind in the control room, all about Atlantis. People transform technology.”

Ares walked over and Sandora nodded gently to him: "Go and inform your tribe and prepare to go home."

Violent joy showed on the face of the unsmiling "God of War". He turned around and waved his arms violently to the gathered compatriots without saying a word, but soon cheers broke out from the crowd. came out, and immediately after, more waves of cheers spread all the way down Mount Olympus, reaching the foot of the mountain where tens of thousands of civilians gathered, and together they turned into a sound whose meaning was completely indistinguishable.

Little Paopao, who was playing with Reimu, cried on the spot...

The cheers lasted for a full half hour, and the Atlantis people almost lost control of their collective emotions. The people in Gensokyo all fell into severe tinnitus and insomnia for the next 48 hours. When we left the top of the mountain and teleported back to the transport mother While on the ship, Yakumo Blue even fell off the transmission platform in a daze.

We all thought that her sensitive fox ears were the culprit of this severe reaction, and the fox girl herself soon developed a magical skill: before she could raise her hand, she learned to directly control her ears and Folding the ears in half is, of course, a story later.

Gilgamesh, who was dragged away by Ding Dong and Cirno before, was also dragged back by the scorpions from nowhere. The poor girl seemed to have been severely ravaged. Although her appearance had been repaired by magic, her mood was obviously very unstable. During this period, she tried to fight with Cirno many times, but I beat her back with a knife. At the same time, I Shandora expressed serious concern about her hair that had grown to three hairs, and Shandora also judged from its taste that the other party had undergone at least two or three transitions from raw to cooked and then from cooked to raw. I don’t understand why Cirno was the one who obviously froze Dingdang, but in the end it was this shiny golden girl who was struck most seriously by lightning. But when the other party sighed in a Xianglin’s wife-like tone, “I should really be there for that idiot. Change your clothes before Bing Jing takes action." Then the truth finally came out: her glittering gold outfit was too much of a lightning rod.

This may indicate that even in junior high school physics, Gilmei did not study it seriously.

The star ring fragments have been recovered. That thing can be said to be the most dangerous abyss infection we have collected so far: Yes, we have collected a lot of star ring fragments before, including the fragments that Sandora and I personally took action. Three or four, and the total number of star ring fragments discovered by other expeditionary forces during their missions in various worlds has reached more than a dozen, but those fragments combined are not as large as the one that hit Mount Olympus this time. Seriously, and there's a reason for that.

Before this, the debris we collected from other worlds all crashed into huge planets without exception, and caused extremely serious disasters, such as biochemical crises. Although such global disasters are terrible, they are equivalent to releasing, It alleviates the abyss energy on the fragment. Although the abyss will not dissipate due to dilution, and they can gradually become stronger as the infection progresses, at least in a short period of time, the abyss reaction on a fragment is spread to the entire planet. This is equivalent to reducing the threat level of the debris itself, which makes our recycling work much easier. The Atlantis star ring fragment is different. In its heyday, it hit a place with abundant psionic energy. Even if all the power contained in it burst out, it would only contaminate a place the size of a giant city at best. Coupled with the heroic and fearless resistance of the Atlanteans and the strong suppression capability of the city's psionic energy pipe network in the early stages, a considerable part of the abyssal reaction of the fragments was suppressed inside without breaking out.

The abyss can affect anything, including matter, energy and even many rules of the universe, but its propagation effect in different "mediums" is still affected. Among high-concentration energy fluids (except for psionic energy), the abyss spreads the fastest, has the highest efficiency, and has the craziest effects, followed by physical substances. Many physical substances can only be infected by contact. The thin energy cloud and matter cloud or vacuum environment will greatly hinder the infection of the abyss (only relatively speaking), which caused the star ring fragment to crash into Atlantis at the beginning, although it once crashed through the floating planet. The island's shield failed to leak much to the outside world, and the Atlantis barrier that quickly reacted later acted as a "reactor protective wall", which in turn imprisoned the abyss within it - Sandora was full of Appetite associates it with the steamer, that girl's teeth are so good.

The combination of these reasons directly created an unprecedented and original abyss infection for us.

This made Sandora and I anxious for a while, but a heartless coffin controller expressed inexplicable excitement: Tavel thought that he had finally found the most rare and rare research material in the world, a person with almost no experience. Largely attenuated abyssal aggregates. She could see with her own eyes how such a dangerous thing was bound and purified by psionic energy, and she could also make a more accurate graph of the gradual decay of the abyss reaction under the influence of the purifying power. The latter was once the most important thing in the empire. One of the results of scientific research, it is listed as the highest intellectual wealth in the empire's central database, and has helped the empire kill at least four-digit abyss gates. However, as the empire fell apart, this thing was not the same as the real-name system of the old empire's interdimensional transportation center. Together, the ticketing system has turned into a sorry legend, and now Tavel feels she has a chance to reshape history—in theory.

However, according to the general rule, she is more likely to reshape her research institute in flames due to some "side effects" of scientific work before reshaping history. Maybe I have to consider letting that research maniac go to hell this time. Worked somewhere...