Chapter 125 Kingdom of God

"Like a new life?" Ina said softly, "That's really good."

When she said this, Ina looked a little dazed. For a moment she was like a child who had heard a fairy tale. But she didn't know whether that daze was for the friend Yongxin mentioned or for someone else.

Yong Xin kept smiling, like an old man telling stories to children, and then asked casually, "Ms. Ina, you are suddenly interested in this aspect. Have you encountered a similar situation? Are you a comrade in the Devil's Army?"

Although the tone was casual and seemed like a casual mention, it still made Ina alert.

Ina didn't use any stupid excuses like "I just suddenly became interested in this", but said in the calmest tone possible: "It's just a suspicion. There are many strange things in the contaminated area. It's normal to be alert."

Having said that, Ina paused, then asked again.

"Or should I report this to you even though I don't have any solid evidence?"

"Strictly speaking, yes, there are indeed regulations in this regard." Yong Xin saw that Ina's expression changed a little, and then he smiled again, "But what does that have to do with me? Miss Ina, did you make a mistake? I'm just an ordinary employee, not your immediate superior. You don't have to report to me at all, and... I always think that times are changing, and some rules should also keep pace with the times, right?"

Yongxin smiled at Yina again.

Ina fell silent.

Rules that keep up with the times?

If it was in the past, Ina would definitely not agree with such a statement, but now...

Ina did not rush to speak, but just nodded, then closed the documents she had spread out and piled them together, obviously preparing to leave.

Seeing Ina's actions, Yongxin smiled and asked, "Are you leaving?"

Ina nodded.

"Then can I understand that I have helped you?"

Yina hesitated for a moment, but still said to Yongxin very seriously: "Thank you."

Hearing this thank you, Yongxin seemed even happier.

"I'm also glad to be able to help you." Yong Xin nodded slightly at Ina, "I hope we can have a chance to meet again, Miss Ina."

Ina nodded, said nothing more, and turned and left.

But when she reached the door of the archive room, Yongxin suddenly called her.

"Oh, one more thing."

Ina stopped and looked back at Yongxin. Half of Yongxin's body was hidden in the darkness, with his left hand holding his right hand, which looked a little weird.

"What's the matter?" Ina asked.

"Well... it's just a friendly reminder. I hope you don't think I'm crossing the line." Yong Xin said, "I don't know if the person you suspect is your comrade, colleague, or someone else, but I want to remind you that if he has clearly shown his second personality, then it means that he doesn't have much time left."

Ina's pupils narrowed slightly: "You mean, the decisive battle will soon be here?"

"You can understand it that way, but the battle between the new and old personalities is not as simple as hammer-paper-scissors at the last moment. The battle has already begun from the moment the new personality is born." Yongxin said softly, "The so-called decisive battle is just a predetermined outcome from the very beginning. So if you want to do something, you'd better do it now... Because the failed personality will often end badly. Because personality is not life, death is not the end for it."

After hearing Yongxin's words, Ina stood there for a long time before she slowly spoke: "But what can a bystander do?"

"To be honest, there isn't a lot that can be done," Yong Xin said, "but it's not completely impossible. For example, some equipment and facilities that can fight pollution can greatly alleviate this symptom and better help the main personality. After all, the secondary personality is also caused by pollution."

"Equipment to fight pollution?"

"Yes, you who are in the devil army should be very familiar with these things." Yong Xin smiled and gently grasped the slightly trembling right hand, "But the most effective one should still be the purification source crystal, but unfortunately... it is gone."

After hearing this, Ina looked at Yongxin deeply, but said nothing and left quickly.

When Ina walked away, Yongxin's right hand twitched again, as if he wanted to stop something, but was still held down by his left hand.

Yong Xin showed a faint smile, and then the flesh and blood on his face began to surge like maggots, and soon it was intertwined into another face.

He used this face to say to his right hand indifferently: “Why, do you still want to stop her?”

My right hand no longer responded, as if everything that just happened was just an illusion.

"Why won't you just die peacefully?"

Yongxin spoke softly, his words full of mockery and sarcasm.

As soon as he finished speaking, an old voice sounded from his arms: "I thought you had killed him a long time ago."

Yongxin's clothes fluttered, and soon a tentacle emerged from inside.

"So he's still alive?"

Yong Xin looked at his right hand and said calmly, "It's just a meaningless reverberation."

"Is it really meaningless?" the tentacle asked, "Are you sure this won't delay the Lord's coming?"

"Of course not." Yongxin answered briefly.

"Hahaha, I hope so."

Yong Xin lowered his head and looked at the tentacles: "You wake up more and more frequently, it seems that success is imminent over there?"

"Of course." The tentacle said, "I was worried that Holman's sudden disappearance would alert them, but..."

He paused, and then spoke in a tone full of sarcasm.

"But they have been in the memory amber for too long, so long that they have almost lost even the most basic perception abilities. They are now no threat at all."

"It seems that the condition of the old gods is as bad as we expected."

"That's true... but it will take time." The tentacle said, "Although our current winning rate is very high, it is still not 100%. At this final moment, we must go all out and not give up early like we did last time."

Yong Xin heard the undisguised warning in the tentacle's words, but he didn't care. He just asked, "How long will it take at least?"

"Two weeks." The tentacle replied, "In just two more weeks, the Lord will be able to completely kill the old gods. At that time, the old gods will not struggle at all, and the Lord's coming will not be hindered by anything."

From the initial one month to the current two weeks.

It seems that the Lord has also noticed the weakness of the old gods and is beginning to get impatient.

After all, it's been ten years.

Yongxin rubbed his right hand gently.

That last bit of remnant should finally be erased.

"Is there anything else I can do?" Yongxin asked again.

"Continue to urge the devil troops to retrieve the thing in the contaminated land." The tentacle said, "Also, no more variables should occur. No matter what means you use, even if you can't kill Gerald, you can't let him interfere with the Lord. This is the final moment."

“Wait until the coming of the Lord.”

“Everything will be settled.”

After saying this, the tentacles stopped moving again, going from hard to soft, and then retracted into Yongxin's clothes.

Yongxin looked at the pile of information again.

"Her sudden interest in this symptom is unlikely to be a problem with the Devil Army." Yong Xin spoke softly, as if he was mumbling to himself, or talking to a non-existent person, "And judging from her reaction just now, it doesn't seem like she noticed my problem, so there is only one possibility... Gerald?"

"According to the report from the Skeleton Troops, she met Jellal this afternoon. Did she also notice something different about Jellal?"

"So, there's something extra inside Jellal as well... just like you and me?"

"But if that's the case, shouldn't he be closer to me?"

No one could answer Yongxin, and his echo was the only one in the empty archive room.

Finally, Yongxin narrowed his eyes.

It's too uncontrollable, we can't just leave it alone.

Thinking of this, Yongxin took out an application form from his pocket.

This is the application for upgrading the wanted order submitted by the Skeleton Corps this afternoon. As long as the name is signed, the wanted order will be upgraded from level one to level two.

"You should be able to hear me." Yongxin said calmly as he took out a pen, "Let's make a deal, Ian."

"Is it your sister's life, or..." Yongxin once again put the tip of the pen on the application form, and then raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "What about your adoptive father's life?"

…

The hour or two before dawn is often the darkest time of the day.

Of course, it is not too dark in Tianqin City, because there are night lights on many main roads all night long.

But not here.

Because this is not Tianqin City.

With a "pop" sound.

A beam of light shone in front of a dim little house. On the house hung a plaque with the words "Archives of Tianqin Ministry of Foreign Affairs" written crookedly on it.

"There really is such a place." Bai Wei's voice sounded in Gerald's mind, "It seems you have come to the right place."

Gerard didn't say anything, but walked towards the archive room quietly. Although he didn't sense any living beings in there, he still decided to be cautious.

Yes, they are now outside the city of Tianqin, in the almost forgotten department - the Tianqin Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Originally, Bai Wei wanted to find a place that carried the history of Tianqin, such as a library or an archive room, just like when he took Uru to the library to read books in Som City.

But Gerard thought of this because he thought of what Kud said to him that night.

Many things in Lyra City have changed silently, and even the image of the God of Lyra has been forgotten by most people.

In that case, it would be hard to say whether they could find what they wanted in the archives or library. Gerard didn't believe that the Zhuxin Society had not cleaned up those materials.

But it’s different here. It was here that Kud recalled many forgotten things. In other words, the people of Zhuxinhui also forgot that there was such a place in Tianqin that had not been changed.

Is this the final pure land?

Gerard didn't know either. He just walked to the archive room and broke the door lock without much effort.

He became more and more skilled at this rule-breaking lock-picking behavior, to the point where he no longer had any psychological burden and could just get in so easily.

Then an unpleasant smell came to my face.

Apparently, no one had entered this archive room for a long time, not even Kud a few days ago, because entering the archive room required procedures, so Kud couldn't come in at that time, but Gerard was different.

Gerard held the spotlight in his hand and shone it into the dusty room, looking at the books that had not been opened for who knows how long, and... the portrait of the God of Lyra hanging on the wall, which was a mixture of metal and holy light.

"It seems that this place is indeed not affected." Bai Wei's voice sounded again, "How is it, have you remembered anything?"

"Yes, there are some." Gerard looked at the Lyra God in the painting with a complicated expression. He remembered that many years ago, the image of the Lyra God was engraved on every publication and every landmark building. Whenever the Lyra people passed by Him, they would lighten their steps or stop to salute Him. But now, people have forgotten Him. "Only in places like this can we see Him again."

"Don't worry." Bai Wei said, "You will see His true self after you die."

Gerard shook his head and said, "In Tianqin, there is no saying that one can see the Lord after death."

"You misunderstood." Bai Wei said slowly, "What I meant is that your Lord is not far from death. Under normal circumstances, he will go to the underworld soon. Then you will be able to see Him after death."

Gerald: “…”

In the past, Gerard would never have let such disrespectful words go.

But now...let him be.

Gerard pretended not to hear and started searching in the archives.

The archives here are basically related to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, such as how many horses were used during each visit, how many things were brought back, and other worthless archives.

When Gerard still chose to come here, it was because he was looking for something that every church had.

Just like Rhine's "Rhine Testament", in Lyra it is called "Lyra Revelation".

This should be standard for all believers, but the Lyrans have forgotten it.

Fortunately, Gerard quickly found a wrinkled book among them, which had not been opened for who knows how long.

After brushing off the dust on it, Gerard opened the book.

The first sentence on the title page solved one of Bai Wei's doubts.

"Lyra brought the Kingdom of God to the human world."

(End of this chapter)