Chapter 112: Seven Towers Oath and Seven Towers Past
The system is speechless.
"With someone like you, even if you had ten thousand men in black following you, you would still look like a hostage being held hostage."
Yun Fuyu retorted in shock: "? Why? Do I look weak?"
System: “Exactly!”
Yun Fuyu: “…”
Yun Fuyu was silent for a moment, trying to find a possible rebuttal, but found nothing.
After a while, Yun Fuyu asked again:
"System, will you suddenly leave me alone one day?"
System: "Master, sooner or later we will be separated."
Yun Fuyu grabbed the blanket on her legs again.
"I mean, if I don't complete my mission well, will you leave halfway and look for someone else?"
The system sighed and pointed out Yun Fuyu's problem.
"You're insecure."
Yun Fuyu did not refute.
He has been trying to find some anchor points, whether it is the world he is in now, or the world where Yun Fuyu originally lived as the system said.
The system is one of the most important anchors.
Although the system often fails and occasionally speaks in a cold tone, it is Yun Fuyu's first "partner" after he lost his memory.
The system guided Yun Fuyu, who had a blank memory, didn't even recognize the universal currency, and had no idea how to board a starship, to evade numerous pursuits and arrive at a brand new living environment.
System: "Aren't you usually very strong? You'd be ashamed to cry in front of others, but why do you always ask for promises when you see me?"
Yun Fuyu lowered her eyes, hugged her knees, and curled up on the sofa.
"That's different... I'd be very sad if you disappeared."
Now that the system is gone, Yun Fuyu has no evidence to prove where he came from.
System: "Just do your mission well. I won't disappear suddenly. At most, I won't be able to contact you occasionally."
Yun Fuyu breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge stone had been removed from his heart.
System: "Don't act like a spoiled child to me every day. Act like a spoiled child to Zhaohui and Adrian instead."
Yun Fuyu: “…”
No, I can't.
As soon as the system finished talking about Zhaohui, Zhaohui came.
Zhaohui: "Xiaoyun?"
The cloud supports the rain and looks back.
Zhaohui stood a few meters away and did not come closer, as if he was afraid of scaring Yun Fuyu who was staring out the window in a daze, so he spoke out a warning in advance.
Zhaohui held a black necklace in his hand and shook it, as if hesitating about how to speak.
"Xiaoyun. Before we reach our destination, we need to put the restraining ring back on you."
Yun Fuyu silently hugged her knees with a blanket wrapped around them, and turned her head away from the Zhaohui with an indifferent look.
"Then wear it tomorrow."
The sound of clothes rubbing against each other.
Zhaohui seemed to be approaching and slowly sat down next to Yun Fuyu.
Yun Fuyu quickly hid to the other side.
Zhaohui leaned forward slightly, approached Yun Fuyu, and whispered in her ear:
"This restriction ring has been modified. It will not restrict mental power, but will only locate and monitor. This is mainly to conceal it from the Seven Towers Council."
Yun Fuyu quickly turned her head and looked at him.
"real?"
Those amber-gold eyes were smiling.
"certainly."
Although Yun Fuyu has not yet become desensitized to Zhaohui's face...but she always has the illusion that they are discussing a little secret.
Yun Fuyu probed: "Should I not tell others?"
Zhao Hui: "Adrian knows, but Xie Huaiyan—he doesn't know yet."
From this we can infer who can speak and who cannot speak.
Yun Fuyu nodded, stretched out his hand to Zhaohui, and motioned Zhaohui to hand him the restraint ring.
"I wear it myself."
Chaohui always paid attention to the expression on Yun Fuyu's face.
After he finished speaking, Yun Fuyu's eyes and eyebrows became lighter, just like when she was choosing gifts during the day, and the depression and displeasure in her clear black eyes disappeared.
It’s beautiful…and really easy to understand.
Zhaohui smiled gently.
"Identification is required, so I'll do it."
Yun Fuyu put down his legs, sat up straight, and tugged at his collar to make sure his neck was completely exposed.
"Then you wear it."
Zhaohui's gaze paused for a moment on the slender white neck, then he looked away and warmed the restraint ring with his palm.
"Wait a mininute."
Yun Fuyu was confused and not sure what Zhaohui was doing.
Why are you suddenly covering the restriction ring?
Yun Fuyu: "Just wear it directly."
Zhaohui looked calm and didn't actually do that.
"It'll freeze you."
When the restraining ring was warmed by body temperature, Chaohui reached out and lifted the ends of Yun Fuyu's hair with his bony fingers.
Yun Fuyu's hair has grown a lot longer.
Gather it with your hands and maybe tie it into a small bun.
Zhaohui came closer and asked gently while putting the restraining ring on him.
"Are you planning on growing your hair long?"
The warm breath fell behind Yun Fuyu's ears.
The white and shiny earlobe felt a little itchy and slowly turned red.
Yun Fuyu wanted to rub his ears, but he couldn't move for a while.
"I haven't thought about it."
Yun Fuyu was too busy before and had never cut her hair.
The hair is indeed a bit long.
This time, Zhaohui's operation was much faster than last time.
He fastened the restraining ring tightly and politely kept his distance.
Yun Fuyu yawned sleepily and quietly released his mental power to try.
Sure enough, just as Zhaohui said, the mental power was not blocked at all.
Very safe.
Zhaohui really wanted to rub Yun Fuyu's head...but couldn't.
The actions are too intimate now, Yun Fuyu will be angry.
Zhaohui checked the time: "Are you sleepy?"
Yun Fuyu nodded.
"I'm going back to the bedroom."
Zhaohui's expression was very serious, and it didn't look like he was joking.
"Do you want me to carry you back? That way you don't have to lift the blankets. You can stay warm all the way to the bedroom."
Yun Fuyu quickly lifted the blanket and stood up stiffly from the sofa.
"No, thank you."
Zhaohui's eyes curved and he couldn't help laughing:
"You're not taking your bear blanket with you?"
Yun Fuyu solemnly declared, "Lancelot chose the blanket, not me. I'm not a child."
Zhaohui: "Well, you are an adult. Adults can also cover themselves with pink bear blankets."
Yun Fuyu: “…”
Yun Fuyu walked forward without looking back.
Zhaohui followed, his voice full of laughter.
"I mean no offense, but you do look adorable with this blanket on."
Yun Fuyu quickened his pace without making any noise and avoided the topic with a cold face.
"I'm going to go to bed."
Zhaohui: "Perhaps you need a bedtime story? As a promise from the King's Game, I still owe you two stories."
Yun Fuyu paused.
This... is indeed necessary.
Yun Fuyu: "How about we sit on the sofa and talk?"
Zhaohui smiled and said, "Of course, bedtime stories should be told in a more comfortable environment."
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......So, this is the situation we have now.
Yun Fuyu lay flat on the bed, covered with the quilt obediently.
Zhaohui moved the single sofa to the head of the bed and sat on it.
Yun Fuyu: "Uh..."
It always feels like a somewhat weird picture.
Zhaohui's eyes curved.
"Don't be nervous. The door to the room is open. Lancelot is next door, and Cui Jue is in the opposite room."
There was no one else on the starship, and Yun Fuyu could use his mental power to protect himself normally.
Yun Fuyu was a little embarrassed: "I'm not worried about that."
Why did Zhaohui always take the initiative to point out the things he was worried about - but not in a sharp way, but he gently avoided Yun Fuyu's suspicion and took the initiative to state the evidence that could be used to clarify the matter.
Zhaohui: "Today, let me tell you the history of the establishment of the Seven Towers."
The temperature control system on the starship was set a little low, and Yun Fuyu curled up in the quilt, leaving only her face outside.
Hearing this, Yun Fuyu nodded.
Zhaohui sat on the soft sofa with an elegant posture, as if he was not telling a bedtime story, but sitting in a conference room, announcing something to his subordinates.
But unlike usual, Zhaohui's hair was not combed back, and her blonde bangs hung down naturally.
He was not wearing proper formal attire, but dark pajamas.
This made his temperament much more easygoing.
A low and gentle voice spoke slowly.
"About a thousand years ago, the Seven Towers did not exist, and humans lacked spiritual power. Humanity existed as nations and international alliances, with technological and economic prosperity, and their footprints spread across many planets.
But one day, a pollution disaster suddenly occurred in the world.
Black mist-like pollution emerged from deep within the planet's crust, spreading rapidly and destroying Leones, one of the most developed planets at the time, overnight.
Leones? Sounds familiar.
Yun Fuyu thought silently.
"Humanity was in great disarray, scrambling to escape to planets far away from Leonis.
Some people believed that the Leonis spacecraft would bring pollution and prohibited them from landing, so the refugees could only drift in the universe and eventually be contaminated by polluted diseases and died.
Zhaohui's voice was calm.
"Sorry, this probably isn't a suitable bedtime story."
Yun Fuyu: "It's okay. What happened next?"
Zhaohui: “The pollution doesn’t stop here.
When one planet is invaded, nearby planets will be polluted.
Once exposed to the Black Mist, humans will develop a variety of new diseases. However, the Black Mist will cause the Star Beasts to mutate and become even more ferocious. At the same time, strange mutants continue to appear in the Black Mist.
The level of technology people had at that time was vulnerable to mutants and star beasts.
As a result, human territory continued to shrink and more and more people became ill.
In the end, all human federations fell one after another.
The alliances between the different planets lost contact, and humanity returned to a state of disorganization and disorder."
Yun Fuyu moved to lie on his side, waiting earnestly for Zhaohui to continue speaking.
Zhao Hui laughed: "Why do you seem to be getting more energetic the more you listen?"
Yun Fuyu urged him: "And then?"
"Technology regressed, agriculture and animal husbandry lost their foundation for development, and previous medical methods became ineffective. Humanity suffered an extremely severe blow, nearly extinct.
Humanity was powerless to fight back and therefore lost hope of resistance.
As a result, various religions revived.
People can only pray to different gods and ask them for help. But it is obvious that most gods are just legends made up by humans themselves and do not really exist.
Yun Fuyu captured the key words.
most?
"There is only one god who answers mankind's prayers. Perhaps calling him a god isn't quite right, for he is actually a tree, a giant tree whose branches stretch across the stars."
The answer is already obvious.
"World Tree."
"In fact, He has long existed in human legends. Perhaps some human ancestors in the past actually saw Him, but at that time, humans did not have their own independent religion that believed in the World Tree, and naturally, no one prayed to the World Tree."
"But only the World Tree responded to humans.
He heard the voices of mankind and could not bear to see them perish, so he extended a helping hand to them."
Chaohui's voice is exactly the same as Chaozhao's, but the tone is quite different.
When speaking to Zhao, the ending tone of his voice usually rose ambiguously.
Zhaohui's voice sounded much lower and softer, as if he was giving a lecture seriously.
"The World Tree bestows spiritual power and spiritual bodies upon a small number of gifted humans. The newly born spiritualists lead their compatriots to expel mutants and star beasts and defend their homeland."
"The World Tree also teaches humans how to fight pollution.
But in the end, only a very small number of humans were able to learn to purify the pollution. These people were the first priests.
The priests formed the Holy See, and as the most loyal believers of the World Tree, they traveled to various places to eliminate pollution.
Yun Fuyu: "...How does the World Tree teach humans?"
It’s hard to imagine.
Is not He a tree?
Zhaohui smiled but did not answer directly.
"Maybe there's some mysterious method?"
Yun Fuyu was curious: "Have you seen the World Tree?"
Zhaohui paused and said, "Unfortunately, there is no chance for now."
Yun Fuyu quietly probed: "Even someone of your status has no chance to see the World Tree?"
Zhao Hui shook his head: "It was possible before, but since the Vatican was completely closed, people outside the Vatican can no longer see it."
Yun Fuyu looked serious and nodded.
But he was wrapped in the quilt, his hair rubbing against the pillow, making the scene look impossible to be serious.
Yun Fuyu thought silently.
Even the heir of a big family like Zhaohui has no chance to come into contact with the World Tree.
It seems that if he wants to go home, he must go through the path of being selected as a priest by the Vatican.
Zhaohui continued to tell the story.
"With the help of the World Tree, humans gradually established many bases, expanded their respective forces, and re-established social rules."
"After retaking several planets, the seven strongest forces in human society emerged.
Under the guidance of the Holy See, these seven forces signed the Seven Towers Pact, forming the original Seven Towers and establishing a social system protected by the Central Holy See and the Seven Towers.
"When you enter the inner courtyard, the history elective course will cover this in detail."
Good student Yun Fuyu asked, "It sounds like the Vatican is very important, but why do I feel like... the Vatican's presence is so low right now?"
Zhaohui looked calm and gentle.
"Well, very perceptive. It all started with the priests.
Priests are all affinity-type psychics, a rare sight in the population. Most importantly, only these chosen ones can resonate with the roots of the World Tree and remove the pollution."
"During the first turbulent years, the Church served as the intermediary between humans and the World Tree, responsible for conveying the World Tree's oracles.
There is no doubt that the Holy See at that time was at the center of the Seven Towers."
“But over time, the pollution was brought under control.
The World Tree believes that humanity is no longer at risk of extinction and should independently determine its direction of development. Human history should be written by humans themselves.
The Holy See also gradually distanced itself from power struggles, becoming an absolutely neutral entity—not participating in government affairs, not favoring any of the Seven Towers families, and focusing solely on its duty to eliminate pollution.
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