Just half an hour later, the intelligence headquarters and secret military channels of the capital planet Dalos issued the highest-level imperial edict to the directly subordinate secret agencies outside.

The task is to secretly search for rare ancient historians and researchers throughout the entire Dalos Empire's star system.

Although the order was strange, all agencies carried it out immediately without any delay.

However, ancient historians were a rare profession. In the interstellar era, their only role was to be teachers, which was also their source of income.

But after the old textbooks were abolished, teachers could no longer work. Dreams can stand firm, but people with dreams still need to eat.

This has led to a surge in the already scarce field of ancient history scholars.

Fortunately, the abolition order was only a few years old. Given that the people of Dalos generally live for more than 500 years in the Dalos calendar, as long as they did not die in war, they can still be found. Moreover, some war historians also have an interest in ancient history.

So, through their highly efficient operation, Rithorpe and Inmar found hundreds of ancient historians in just a few days.

Unfortunately, there was no research on ancient theology, because the subject of divine authority had been taboo since the establishment of the Dalos Empire, and who dared to delve into it?

To paraphrase a common Chinese proverb, "That's a capital offense!"

It was Inmar's long-standing expertise in psychology as an intelligence officer that came into play; she quickly realized that it wasn't that there were no scholars in this field, but rather that no one dared to admit it.

Although the old home planet was destroyed in the long river of history, resulting in some breaks in the historical lineage.

But historians who are well-versed in history would certainly be reluctant to discuss the struggle between divine right and imperial power. So, secretly finding them like this, who knows if His Majesty the Emperor is having a fit of madness and wants to carry out another purge of divine right.

Admit it? Wouldn't that be suicidal?!

After figuring things out, Inmar and Risorpe decided to reveal the truth to their subordinates and historians now.

...

Historians have now been "invited" to a secret base in the southern hemisphere of the capital planet of the Dalos Empire, where there are mechanical infantry and even mech units equipped with powerful nuclear weapons.

Although this mission is beneficial to historians, their current restricted scope of action inevitably makes them uneasy, especially since they were specifically asked whether it involved ancient theology, which has made many historians sensitive.

"Tu Lu En En, my old friend, why do you think you captured us this time?"

"Sigh~ It seems the Imperial Family is planning to use extreme measures to completely abolish ancient history..."

Upon hearing this, the questioner turned pale with fright.

"Surely not... How could a small group of us possibly rebel?"

"Not really? We all study history; I don't need to list countless examples like this."

This is a public lounge for historians to relax in. Many people overheard the conversation between the two, and everyone sighed and remained silent.

Perhaps these words have already been overheard by the device, and the one complaining probably doesn't want to live anymore.

"Knock knock knock knock..."

The sound of military boots hitting the ground indicated that a large number of soldiers were approaching.

'I didn't expect them to react so quickly!'

The scholar who had just complained sighed inwardly, his face turning grim. The other scholars gave him complicated glances before looking down at their personal terminals, browsing the local network videos, their minds preoccupied with other things.

When Inmar and his dozen or so men entered, this was the scene that greeted them with a deathly stillness.

He frowned, his already furrowed brows furrowed, and asked his newly promoted subordinate, Bibilut.

"Didn't we tell you to treat them well? Why are you all acting like you're heading to your execution?"

Bibilut replied with a wry smile, "Sir, you know the traditional status and living conditions of ancient historians. In this situation, without being told the specific truth, they all felt their days were numbered..."

Seeing the fat man's bewildered expression, Inmar suddenly felt much better for some reason.

"Clap clap clap~"

Before Inmar could give any instructions, Bibilut had already clapped his hands to attract the historians' attention.

"Distinguished historians, this is the current highest-ranking officer of the base, Lord Goginerma, who reports directly to His Majesty the Emperor!"

The Gog family is quite famous. None of you here are illiterate, so you can immediately recall the outstanding members of the Gog family in history.

Erma stepped forward without uttering a word.

“I know you may be wondering why we are looking for you, and why we are asking if you study ancient theology.”

"Now I'll tell you clearly."

Inmar glanced at Bibilut and then at the other capable subordinates who had followed behind him.

"The god worshipped by our people in ancient times, the supreme lord Loxevis, may very well have actually existed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his subordinates looked at each other in bewilderment, while the historians stared wide-eyed and clutched their ears. It took several seconds before someone came to their senses and realized what they had just heard.

“That’s right, you heard me correctly. I’m not catching people in the act. I swear on the honor of the Gao family and on my loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor. I’m not lying to you!”

"Whoosh~"

The room suddenly became lively, because Inmarma had made an absolutely deadly oath.

Inmar then revealed to them the distress signal and videos recorded when the Protoss took over some military facilities.

They had no idea what the "Light of Sloindares" mentioned in the two messages was, but since there was overlap, the Roxevis mentioned in the signal was more worthy of confirmation.

Inmar earnestly pleaded with historians for help, and urged scholars with a long history of theology to break their silence, for this was a noble mission that could change the fate of the race.

The vivid and expressive delivery was extremely moving.

Unable to contain their curiosity, more than a dozen historians immediately jumped out, saying that they had "unintentionally" studied ancient theocracy and theology for quite some time and were not unfamiliar with the true god "Loxevis".

An old scholar who had lived for over four hundred years in the Dalos calendar, seemingly with one foot in the grave, shakily stood up from his seat in the corner of the lounge.

He staggered to the front.

He made a gesture of greeting to Inerma that many people around him couldn't understand.

Then, she took out a pendant from the inner lining of her clothes.

The ornament is a sculpture-like figure.

There is an elliptical section on each of the top, bottom, left, and right sides, like an ellipse with the four connecting segments removed, connected in the middle by a twisted metal rod.

In the middle of the metal rod is a human-shaped sculpture with his hands clasped in front of his chest, wearing a robe, and looking down at something.

This humanoid figure appeared both elegant and powerful, with its exposed skin covered in marks resembling the skin folds of a Dalos.

The difference is that the folds of the Dalos are drawn out, while the folds of this sculpture are more like skin patterns and are flat.

"This is the image of the true god Loxevius!"

The elderly scholar's aged but resonant voice rang out from the crowd.

It was an extremely rare antiquity that had lost all written and pictorial records, and was once the most dangerous contraband, a "faith accessory" that only the most devout believers could possess—the Praise of the West.

...

Earth, the City of the World Tree, the Otherworldly Hall of the World Tree Council.

During a seminar, an observer sitting next to the chair suddenly smiled.

"Gentlemen, the image of Roxevius has been created."