In just two years, the other three countries in the Beichen galaxy - the Principality of the Southern Cross, the Western Manelli Federation, and the Eastern Sky Divine Kingdom - were destroyed one after another.
The royal family of their Beichen Empire also suffered a series of deaths. The eldest prince died, the second princess died, and then the emperor died...
Later, several heirs to the throne also died.
Now only the queen is left, and she is still fighting with the cabinet, refusing to allow the emperor's illegitimate son Tan Tai Yu Gui to ascend the throne.
Because she insisted that her daughter was still alive and wanted to find her daughter, believing that only the child she and the emperor had had the true right of inheritance!
The cabinet was unable to persuade the queen for the time being, so the two sides were in a stalemate.
In addition to all members of the royal family, those attending the High Mass of His Majesty the Emperor's funeral today also included important members from the families of four dukes, thirty marquises, sixty earls and ninety viscounts.
There are the heads of the major cabinet departments, the five chiefs of staff of the military, the speakers of the upper and lower houses of the Senate, the governors of the major habitable planets, senior officials of the governor's office, and their families.
In short, all the top leaders of the imperial government were present.
The entire hall of the temple headquarters was packed.
However, Chief Inspector Huo Yushen of the Special Security Bureau did not come, but his two capable assistants Kang Shanxing and Meng Guanghui came instead.
They didn't give any reason, and no one asked them for one.
Because before the new emperor ascended the throne, no one wanted to see the powerful Special Security Bureau appear in public.
The Special Security Bureau is now leaderless and in a dormant state, and all parties in the empire have expressed satisfaction.
Therefore, Huo Yushen's absence made everyone feel relieved.
Soon, it was time for High Mass.
The lights in the cathedral gradually went out, leaving only a few simulated star-like lighting devices on the roof.
A beam of light slanted down from above my head.
The high priest Su Yanxing, wearing a moss-colored robe embroidered with dark gold patterns, slowly emerged from the light.
Xia Chujian hid next to a mural on the ceiling of the church hall. Through the gap in the ceiling, he saw the high priest appear in the light and shadow.
This lighting design greatly highlights the texture of his sacrificial robes.
The moss-green robe, under the starlight, took on a matte texture, as if it were the skin of some deep-sea species, rippling among the waves.
On the chest of the cassock, the dark golden lines gradually revealed a complete pattern under the shining starlight, like a monster with nine heads, which flashed before everyone's eyes, leaving only swirling lines on the retina, like an ancient spell.
The high priest slowly ascended the altar, and as he walked, it seemed as if dark shadows were moving among the folds of his robe.
The hem of her dress was extremely long, slowly unfolding like the night.
The patterns on the dark green sacrificial robe seemed to be slowly wriggling.
Light flowed in the dark golden lines, as if an unknown god opened its eyes in the darkness and stared quietly at the altar.
There were people sitting upright in the room, all of them were at the top of the imperial pyramid.
When these people took one look at the green sacrificial robe with gold patterns, they immediately felt dizzy, as if their minds were controlled by gods.
Everyone involuntarily closed their eyes or looked away, not daring to look directly at the high priest's robe.
But the feeling of being looked down upon still lingers in my heart.
The high priest had many robes, but this was the only one they would wear for mass when the emperor was buried.
Xia Chujian didn't feel anything.
She just felt that the material of the sacrificial robe looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.
Fortunately, she was wearing a fully enclosed helmet. After tapping it with her hand to confirm she was cut off from the outside world, she quietly asked, "Qilu, am I the only one who thinks the material of this sacrificial robe looks familiar?"
Qi Lu didn't say anything, but instead typed a line of naughty boy graffiti on Xia Chujian's eyepiece display.
Qi Lu: Master, you are not mistaken. The material of this sacrificial robe is something you have not only seen before, but also collected.
Xia Chujian was surprised: "Really?! I actually have a robe like this?!"
Qilu: Your favorite cape, the one with the built-in helmet and visor, is the moss-green one with a dark gold border. It just doesn't have the gold pattern.
Xia Chujian suddenly remembered and blurted out, "In the seabed of Morizawa Star, in the lair of those Haidagons!"
Qilu: Master, you're right! It's the cloak of a Haidagon! Those cloaks are made of a very special material: the skin of an adult Haidagon...
[Qi Lu]: Without the skin of Haidagon, this sacrificial robe would not have such an effect.
Xia Chujian sighed, "No way? The high priest is also related to Haidagon?!"
Qilu: The high priest should have no connection to Haidagon, at least not the current high priest. Because the robes he wears are at least tens of thousands of years old.
Xia Chujian gasped, "This is too amazing! Tens of thousands of years?! A sacrificial robe can last for tens of thousands of years?!
Qilu: Because the main ingredient is the skin of Haidagon! Haidagon used to be immortal!
Xia Chujian felt very complicated when she thought that she had several cloaks made of the same material in her collection.
At the altar below, the high priest had already begun Mass.
He led everyone in praying to the Bodhisattva of the Temple:
"Life is like a pagoda, death is like dust and ashes. Now burn incense and cross to the other shore.
The golden bridge is hidden in the underworld, and the fire of karma illuminates the void.
The abyss whispers, the Bodhisattva is silent, the black tide is about to return, and the Dharma ship has arrived.
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