Chapter 85 The Calm Before the Storm
Old enemy, this is not a rare thing in the galaxy.
Civilizations always want to move up, and having a doomed adversary is well positioned to provide the people with the impetus to move forward, be it economically, technologically or militarily.
The sense of superiority and self-confidence brought by surpassing old enemies is also an important means to improve the cohesion of the people.
So the civilizations in the galaxy will more or less have one or two old enemies, even if they are just "playing house", there is no actual confrontation.
But there are also civilizations that are true "enemies" of each other.
Once their war breaks out, there will probably not be a second ending other than the demise of one side, such as now...
The most important planet of "The Watcher"—in the Sky Temple, tens of billions of devotees are gathering here, looking at the sky with serious faces.
Although their home planet is the "Throne of Heaven", in the hearts of these believers, the importance and sanctity of the "Sky Temple" are obviously higher.
Most ascetics will not even leave the "Sky Temple" in their entire lives, but devote themselves to practice.
Compared with the people in other lost empires who are always indulging in a state of enjoyment, the people of the "Watcher" still retain their physical labor behavior.
It may be for the exercise of psionic powers, or it may be that their teachings require it.
The "Watchmen" with these hard-working believers seem to be the least "lost" lost empire.
As for why so many people gather here, it is because their high priest has found the culprit who defiled the Holy Land!
Every one of them is furious about this matter, and until now, is about to be aroused to extreme emotions.
The high priest was still sitting in the temple, and did not go to a place similar to a high platform to announce this to the believers.
Their psychics are connected to each other, and he doesn't need to use this method to attract people's attention.
After deliberating for a while, he suddenly tapped the scepter in his hand.
Seeing that the original normal sky of the "Sky Temple" quickly turned lavender, and the rich Zeluo gas surged in the clouds, which looked like the virtual planet that Li Wenyuan had seen before.
But this is just an appearance, the sacred sky temple will not be swallowed by the void, this seemingly massive change is just a means for the "Watcher" to spy on a corner of the past.
They used a similar method to see the "Apocalypse" in ancient times, but it only lasted for a short moment, and the picture was still extremely blurry.
But even so, they paid the "price of history" with the lives of many psionic masters.
But this time, the cohesion of all the believers has never been higher, and the huge spiritual energy induced by the spirit can let them see what happened not long ago without even deliberately mobilizing it.
The purple gas in the atmosphere kept tumbling, but gradually calmed down, and finally formed a mirror-like sky, reflecting every believer in the Sky Temple.
Afterwards, the thin picture gradually appeared in the "mirror".
There is a jewel-like planet standing above the orbit, which is the "pure treasure" of the Holy Land. At this time, it has not yet become a highly poisonous planet.
An inconspicuous spacecraft passed by here in a hurry, and then swaggered and left an atomic clock like a large capsule on it.
Then the screen flipped quickly, and came to the "Pure Treasure" not long ago. The explosion caused by the atomic clock completely destroyed the surface of the planet, leaving only a mess.
The picture ended here, and the mirror-like sky slowly returned to its original state, but every believer fell into silence.
That was their ancient enemy, an ugly race that defiled consciousness and flesh with machinery. And this time, they will rekindle this ancient hatred.
The entire "Sky Temple" planet fell into a strange silence, but sensing the increasingly violent spiritual fluctuations of the believers, the high priest smiled.
The more depressed, the more terrifying the outbreak. After signing a contract with the existence in the void, he thought it was time for this long-stalled civilization to move to a higher position.
So the expansion of the "Watchmen" was suspended, and they just sent a message to the galactic people: "They will take revenge on the 'Farstrider'", and then entered a calm, just like before they did not expand.
But will the ignited feud die down so easily?
Although the "far traveler" who was originally in a state of expansion did not make any response, it also stopped expanding, and it seemed that something was brewing.
The criminal enterprise "Kool Federation", which had taken refuge in "Farwalker" early on, fell into a state of extreme unease. They realized that something might happen, but they had no choice now.
The whole galaxy suddenly became peaceful like the calm before the storm.
Except for the civilizations that have already fought, the rest of the civilizations unexpectedly stopped trying to test each other.
Even if there are changes in the country, these civilizations are trying to spare their hands to carefully observe the situation in the galaxy.
The "Curator Interstellar City-State", which sells various knowledge as its main means of income, also broke through the threshold during this period.
Countless civilizations are asking about the history of the "Watcher" and "Farstrider", but they only get a series of "we don't know" for their money.
Instead, another archaeological civilization that was keen on excavating past history and investigating various ancient relics discovered something, but they did not inform other civilizations, but began to plan a large family relocation plan.
They don't want to be drawn into this galactic chaos.
In addition to these young civilizations, there is also a "Lost Empire" that is very concerned about the "Watcher" and "Farwalker".
"... Judging from the ancient battlefield discovered before, it is obvious that these two lost empires have a lot of trouble. The ancient feud seems to have been ignited... So there will be a war that will affect the entire galaxy?"
Li Wenyuan watched the announcement of the enemy from "The Watcher" with great headache, and felt heavy about "the calm before the storm".
He felt that his plan to explore the entire galaxy was going to be disrupted.
But Gray Wind doesn't have much interest in this matter, and the wars of other civilizations are the most boring thing for her.
But knowing that Li Wenyuan didn't want to participate in these troubles, she suddenly came up with a ghost idea and said:
"How about you move into my 'distant star cluster'? As long as the star gate is closed, it doesn't matter how chaotic it is outside! If you are inside, maybe it won't be so boring?"
"It's not possible to make it this far...I still count on learning as much as possible about the history of these two lost empires during this period of time."
"Okay..." Gray Wind paused, but then had an interesting thought:
"Why don't you announce an 'Ancient Enemy' as well? As for the target... how about me? You see, two different robots have fallen into the empire, doesn't it feel like fate?"
"...you are such a clever little ghost, it is a shame to let you live in the 'distant star cluster'..." Li Wenyuan was a little bit dumbfounded, but he also knew that Gray Wind was just joking.
Then time passed quietly. In the process of searching for human relics, Li Wenyuan often explored the history of lost empires.
But these lost empires have even forgotten their origins, and trying to find information in the vast sea of stars is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.
All the last clues finally point to the remains of human beings.
He can only pray that the lost history can be found in the ruins.
(end of this chapter)