The intelligence officer immediately remembered where he had seen this strange-sounding name before; it was something he had learned about in his early school days, apparently in the section on ancient history.
In the current history of the Dalos Empire, the dividing line between ancient and modern times is the entry into interstellar civilization.
The proportion of ancient content in current subjects has been decreasing year by year. Is it finally time to completely remove this "useless subject" from textbooks?
Upon checking the time, it was discovered that the content that abolished this part of the textbook dates back almost 10 years to the Darlos calendar.
If you want to learn about this now, it's best to go to an institution or database that specializes in ancient history.
But what era are we living in now? We are in the interstellar age, and we are under immense pressure from being entangled with aberrant beings. The Dalos Empire is a relatively advanced civilization, but some of the lower-level civilizations in the Alliance are barely surviving.
Not many people have the leisure to study ancient history, at least the imperial treasury is unlikely to allocate funds for such research, unless it is truly a hobbyistic study funded by oneself.
But who am I? I am the head of the Imperial Military Intelligence Center, the elite of the Gog family, Gog Inmarma, and I will never allow myself to have nothing to say when I meet His Majesty the Emperor.
As for whether this matter would alarm His Majesty the Emperor, with Inmar's excellent political acumen, it was not difficult to judge the direction of the matter, which is why he directly sent a spaceship to pick up the meritorious communications tower soldier.
"Agents one through five, immediately begin searching for the content I sent to your private channels. I need the most detailed information within half a day."
The five Dalos men who were called upon immediately stood up and saluted.
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing his five most elite subordinates obey his orders, Inmar could leave with peace of mind, confident that he would soon obtain all the information he could find.
As for himself, he would go to his room to carefully select the formal attire for his audience with His Majesty the Emperor, as good appearance was highly valued among the upper echelons of the empire.
After their superiors left, agents one through five looked down at their personal communication channels and discovered three terms.
The one at the front was very familiar to them; it was the "Light of Sloin Dares" that the Protoss Protoss had just been discussing. They could put that aside for now, as their other colleagues and even the entire Alliance were searching for this information.
The second term is "Siclovis," followed by a note indicating that it refers to the ancient religious beliefs of the Dalos Empire.
The third term is "deity," and the label refers to all available information related to deities.
It was a bit strange, but they didn't dare to question their superior's orders. They immediately began an investigation and used all available resources, as half a day was a tight schedule.
...
Outside the twenty-ninth colony planet, a small, shuttle-shaped spaceship suddenly appeared; it was a silver civilian shuttle.
On the outside, it's a high-end product reserved for wealthy businessmen; on the inside, it's a product that has been heavily modified by the military.
The space communication tower was rotating in orbit outside the planet. Bibilut had already detected the signal and excitedly took out his best and most well-fitting military uniform.
The shuttle stopped at the communication tower's docking point, and Bibilut couldn't wait to greet the people who came to pick him up.
One of the soldiers was left behind to maintain the communications tower, while Bibilut went into warp drive with the shuttle to the nearest node to make a jump.
The shuttle returned to the space base where the intelligence center was located without stopping. Afterwards, Bibilut accompanied the head of the intelligence center on a warship directly to the capital planet.
Before this, Inmar had already sent the contents of the distress signal to the upper echelons of the empire. He believed that as long as the higher-ups weren't too stupid, they would understand its value. Of course, to be on the safe side, he also sent a copy to his own family.
If the imperial upper echelons are truly beyond redemption, his father will make a private audience with a prince with whom he has a good relationship, or directly request an audience with His Majesty the Emperor.
The capital city is 900 light-years away from the location of the intelligence center base. It would take several days to travel back and forth between twelve spatial nodes, plus the high-magnification warp drive time along the way.
During this process, several of Inerma's subordinates successively sent over data through the same-source field amplification sensor.
Information about the gods and Siclovis has gradually become more complete.
In the ancient times of the Dalos Empire, to be precise, the Dalos Empire did not yet exist; it was an era of fragmentation among various nations on the planet.
At that time there was a very large religion called the Western Religion, and its supreme god was called "Syclovis".
Like many periods of ignorance in civilizations, this true God is described as omnipotent and omniscient, and as the creator of life on the planet and even the heavens and the earth.
Later, a technological explosion occurred on the planet, and one nation overcame all others to unify the world, thus giving birth to the Dalos Empire.
After the Dalos Empire was established, it began to suppress the once prosperous Western Radiance Cult. The royal family believed that this faith was too threatening. Many people might frequently complain about royal taxes, but they would constantly offer their meager wealth to the gods. Even a casual "divine oracle" from a cult priest could make believers willingly die.
This was undoubtedly a terrible thing. When imperial power and divine power clashed, the outcome was self-evident. The righteous and prosperous Dalos Empire did not hesitate to launch a bloodbath.
Through a long process of education and guidance, the public's previous beliefs were transformed into a promotion of worship of the royal family.
Today, the Dalos Empire has entered the interstellar age for countless years, and more than 99% of the Dalos people no longer have any impression of the former god "Siclovis".
The myths and legends propagated by this religion are largely the same as those of gods in some ignorant civilizations, and have little value.
But things have come to this point, so it's hard to say.
Inmar watched the Protoss footage and their words repeatedly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him, and a chilling feeling of electric shock surged through his body.
Why is it that almost 99% of the ignorant civilizations in the universe have products of belief in things like gods?
Why are the descriptions of the divine powers of these deities all so similar—either they created the world, opened the heavens, or created and maintained life?
Why do people from the old eras, and even many interstellar civilizations, still hold unwavering faith in these gods who have almost never performed miracles?
'Why....?'
Everything has a probability of being possible.
Previously, historians, psychologists, and scientists have suggested that the answer stemmed from the awe of the intelligent races during the ignorant era, their reverence for the heavens and the climate, their awe of nature and wild beasts, and the spiritual sustenance they created through their own imagination.
That's right, Inerma used to believe that too.
But what if we extend this probability to over 99% of civilizations in the entire universe?
How likely is this claim to be true?
The thought was terrifying; Inerma felt she had grasped a shocking secret!
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