Chapter 789 The Movement of the Holy Relic
"The Heart of the Original..." Adam murmured this term, feeling absurd and powerless. The absurdity
lies in that even after thousands or tens of thousands of years, there are still people who sacrifice their lives and generations for this illusory concept. The powerlessness lies in that such a seemingly absurd and unattainable ideal still has people who believe so sincerely. The ideological struggle since the Twilight Age has not been cut off. They seem insignificant, but they affect the world in every subtle and invisible place, making it difficult for individuals to shake.
After knowing the secret of Tilan's identity, he began to hesitate. According to his past thoughts, he would naturally deny the other party's words. After all, the current residents of the Federation know that returning to an era like the Fifth Era is not a good thing. No matter how powerful the leadership and civilization are, once people have no choice, it becomes a cage of confinement.
This is also why he was thinking, if Tilan is really the dark sun that has not yet awakened, should he kill his relatives for the sake of justice.
But now he began to hesitate, because the experience of these years made him see the essence of the Federation under the glamor. Everything is just a layer of skin, and it will be the same no matter who is in power. This is society, and there will inevitably be differences between the rich and the poor
. Moreover, do we really want to kill a life that has not yet shown sin for such an illusory possibility? Or maybe that child will bring a better choice? After all, he is just a mortal and has no qualifications and ability to judge such things.
Yongrong, your two daughters are not simple. I shouldn't have made that attempt at the time. After all, I was young and made a mistake.
Taking a deep breath, he slowly lowered the gun, as if putting down the responsibility and obsession that he had been carrying for decades.
"It seems that you have figured it out, Adam." The old man opposite was not surprised by this result. After all, the two have known each other for decades and understand each other's temperament.
"Come with us, there are many things in the future that need us to witness together."
"No, you go, I'm just tired." He shook his head.
When the obsession of the past dissipated, he felt that his heart became extremely empty. This was a dangerous signal. He had seen countless colleagues and companions in this state and died in the mission.
'When your belief is not firm enough, it is best to stay away from any battlefield. '
Perhaps, it is time for him to leave.
"Bang--" With a loud bang, a huge gap was blown out of the underground dome where the eight people were, and then there was a rapid jet sound. The fighters wearing dark red skeleton armor quickly descended into the dark depths of the underground with the help of jet boosters. With the help of the scanner connected to the goggles, they locked on to the enemies on the scene, and then raised their guns and fired.
Thump, thump, thump, the dense sound of bullets swept through, piercing several shuttles that had not yet started. Then they rushed forward without stopping. Several small missiles with swaying flame tails rushed out and exploded underground, instantly spreading into a flood of fire, consuming all the oxygen here.
With the oxygen supply system of the exoskeleton armor, they were not affected at all, but the five people hiding at the scene were not in a good situation. If they did not leave here quickly, their combat effectiveness would only become weaker and weaker. In such a fierce chase, physical exhaustion would mean death.
At this time, the two sides did not want to confront each other. They hid separately. The five people on the opposite side found the only shuttle and started it, and quickly rushed to the dark river. However, in the process, they were caught by the members of the Fenxin Department and blew up with high-powered artillery fire, and the entire shuttle was shattered into flames.
With the help of the bursting fire and sound waves, Adam and his companions also jumped into the dark river in the chaos. They quickly held their breath and swam flexibly to the distance of the dark river, while the water surface splashed with fine water.
Half a minute later, several high-powered bombs were thrown into the water, which lifted the entire dark river, and countless water splashes and fire waves spread, blowing off part of the underground passage. However, in the subsequent search, no bodies of all people were found. The man nicknamed "Adam" still escaped from here.
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A month later, a report appeared on the black table in front of Pulin Koko, which detailed the results of the operation and the news of the demise of the "Prophecy Faction".
"Such news is very comforting to read." She turned the page with her fingers, with a look of satisfaction in her eyes.
"You did a good job." She nodded to the members of the Burning New Tribe who were waiting in front of her, and the latter saluted devoutly.
"It's time for the next operation. I want to obtain the "Eternal Covenant" stored in the Holy White Melody. You should bring sufficient manpower and fleets and prepare to set off."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Regarding the "Eternal Covenant of Loranxia", not only Tilan was interested, but Pulin also wanted to hold it in her hands. Such a thought seemed natural, just like seeing the gorgeous scepter standing on the top of the mountain, and wanting to take it down.
Being in charge of the Federation was gradually not enough for her. She wanted to get closer to the colorful singers in history. In addition, even if the Prophecy Faction was destroyed, she became curious about the origin of the prophecy.
The curiosity of a king is completely different from that of an ordinary person. As soon as an idea comes into her mind, countless people will rush to her and countless resources will be allocated to her to realize that fleeting idea.
"As for the copy of the Sigma Mechanical Council." Her fingers tapped the table, thinking about the strength of the Sigma Mechanical Council.
She knew only a limited amount about this mysterious neighboring country and the branch of human civilization. Although she had already controlled the Federation, she had not lost her mind to the point of easily starting a war.
"First put pressure on them to hand over the 'Eternal Covenant'."
"Yes, Your Highness." Now no one in the Federation Center can oppose her order.
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After staying in the Golden Flame Flower Cathedral for a week, Tilan browsed through many books and records stored there and learned a lot about the early history of the Federation.
"So, the Federation did not have the 'Tribunal' at the beginning." After looking through the records, she became a little curious about this.
"Yes." Next to Tilan, a blonde half-elf priest stood. Her name was Akashia, and she was also the priest who guided Tilan to the Cathedral for the first time.
After many years, the appearance of this half-elf priestess has not changed much. After all, she has 70% elven blood and is still in her youth, equivalent to about 30 years old for humans.
"Is Tilan curious about this aspect of history?" Acacia turned her head to look at the girl sitting at the table flipping through a book.
"Yes, I want to know the federal structure at that time. If there was no Inquisition, who was responsible for protecting the singers and supervising the councilors and giant companies at that time?"
Acacia recalled a little about this, and then said: "The establishment of the Tribunal is not long. It is the embodiment of the will of Her Highness Amyulalin. In the earlier days, it was the 'Voice of the Throat' that protected the singers and trained the singers."
"Voice of the Throat?" Tilan felt a little unfamiliar with this term.
"Yes, it was once a subordinate organization of the Golden Flame Flower Cathedral, specializing in training singers. They would formulate a special training plan for each singer and build a team belonging to this singer, responsible for all the activities of the singer, such as negotiation, business, protection, training, etc. Each singer is like a small kingdom with a full set of institutional members." "
With the assistance of the Vocal of the Throat, each singer is a very strong force, semi-independent of the federal structure."
"I think Tilan can easily understand and think of the advantages and disadvantages of this." Akaxia blinked her eyes and looked at Tilan with a smile.
"It is indeed easy to understand." Tilan nodded slightly.
In the era when the "Voice Department" assisted, the singers could get the greatest assistance and growth, so there were many Sunday-level singers at that time, but the disadvantage was that such singers were like local lords, making it difficult for the central government of the Federation to govern, and the parliamentarians had to consider the opinions of the singers in various bills and the exercise of power, which was equivalent to weakening their status.
"Her Highness Aimulalin abolished and changed many things. Although the Inquisition protected the singers, it also existed as a limiter, making the singers' power far less than in the early days of the Federation."
"In addition, the personnel of the Vocal Department have a close relationship with the Holy White Melody. They are also independent forces outside the Federation and have more freedom." Akaxia continued to answer.
"How are they connected to the Holy White Melody?" Tilan didn't expect there was such a relationship.
“Many singers of the Throat Voice Department were trained in isolation at Holy White Melody. They have simple personalities, and will practice related supernatural sequences only after choosing the singer they want to follow.”
“In the spiritual realm, and in areas related to singers, Holy White Melody has done a lot of research and inheritance. In order to fight against the dark sun, the three sages invented the secret method of closure, and in order to gain resonance, the singers had to bypass the secret method of closure in another way. The two are closely related.”
“However, after Aimularin abolished the Throat Voice Department, our exchanges with Holy White Melody have become much less, and the training of singers now depends on the singers themselves finding cooperative forces.”
“So that’s the case.” Tilan also knew why Holy White Melody had a high status in the past.
In the system left by Isanissa, the Holy White Melody is equivalent to an independent area isolated from the influence of the Federation, trying to ensure the purity of the spiritual world, and serving as the cradle of the Song Festival and a place for asceticism and seclusion. The Sigma Mechanical Council is the last fighting force of mankind and a safety bolt. In case the Dark Sun emerges again in the Federation, or a certain singer becomes the Dark Sun, the Sigma Council is a sword hanging high, and they will deal with the fallen singer.
In order to ensure the nominal equality of the three and prevent the "Eternal Covenant" from being controlled by ambitious people, she also deliberately divided it into three and handed it over to the three.
This first-generation color-level singer left a lot of tricks.
In the past, in order to train the singing festival, the Federation would send many elites to the Holy White Melody, and some singing girls would donate money to the Holy White Melody in order to gain the support of the singing festival, which made the Holy White Melody financially wealthy and a paradise envied by many people in the Federation. However, with the removal of the throat department by Aimulalin, the status of the Holy White Melody has also declined significantly. Now the news media of the Federation rarely reports on this small neighboring country.
When Tilan was discussing the Holy White Melody with Acacia, this small country was also under great pressure on the other side of the galaxy.
A fleet from the central Federation arrived. Although this fleet only had 30 "Red Angel" class battleships, 100 cruisers, thousands of destroyers and aircraft carriers, etc., such combat power was more than three times that of the "Holy White Melody"'s own armed forces.
On the planet where Laide lived, as the official delegation of the Federation, dozens of heavy shuttles slowly landed on the central square, and then the delegation walked out with a cold and solemn atmosphere to face the local president of the Holy White Melody who had been waiting for a long time.
As a country, the Holy White Melody has only a small government. Many major events are discussed and completed at internal joint meetings. The power of the president is far less than that of a normal national leader.
He exists more as a mediator. "Hello, dear envoy, I am Evan, the current president of the Union." A man in a white uniform walked out with a helpless look on his face.
Although he was very dissatisfied with the action of the federal army approaching the border, he must not anger the other party at this moment. After all, compared with the federation, the Holy White Melody is too small. If it were in the past, the Holy White Melody could use diplomatic means to shut up some people in the federation who had small thoughts, but now the federation is ironclad and they have no room to maneuver.
In response to Evan's greetings, the representatives of the envoys who came down did not change their expressions, and even asked for it without even looking at it a few more times.
"We are entrusted by the Federal Central Council to transfer back to the 'Eternal Covenant of Loranxia' for inspection and review."
"This..." Evan felt a huge pressure.
"'Loranshia's Eternal Covenant' does exist in the Holy White Melody and is strictly protected, but it is secured here by the order of Her Highness Isanissa, the 'Flower of Golden Flame'. This is also a provision written into the federal constitution. Even we cannot easily unseal and retrieve it." At this time, he could only push the blame on the colorful singer.
"It is true that it was Her Highness Isanissa's order, but now a thousand years have passed. We need to confirm whether this important heritage of human civilization is still intact and safe. As for the constitutional provisions you mentioned, the federal government has passed the amendment bill three months ago." Now that the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction is in power, amending the regulations is as easy as drinking water.
Seeing that the other party rejected his excuses, the president of the federation could only bite the bullet and continue to find reasons to delay time, because 'Loranshia's Eternal Covenant' can be lost at any time, but it must not be lost in his own hands, otherwise it will definitely be recorded in history in the future, and even if he retreats in the future, he will not get a good result.
Unfortunately, his continuous excuses did not convince the representative in front of him to give up, but angered the other party.
"I'm here to inform you, not to ask for your opinion. This is the official decision of the Federation. If you insist on resisting, you will be an enemy of the Federation." The representative's voice was particularly oppressive and gloomy, which almost made the president's legs weak. After all, the group of fighters in red exoskeleton armor in front of him had really seen blood, and they were not something that the local armed forces of the Holy White Melody could resist.
"Let someone lead the way, take us to the place where the Eternal Covenant is stored!" After issuing the final notice, the members of the Holy White Melody on the scene had to consider countermeasures nervously.
Seeing that they were still standing there, the representative raised his hand, and the soldiers behind him raised their electromagnetic rifles one by one, aiming at the people in front of them.
"I'll come, I'll take you there." It would be useless to say anything more at this time. If there was a conflict, I'm afraid there would be bloodshed and death, and Evan had to stand up.
"Let's go, Mr. President." When he said the last few words, the representative's tone was particularly mocking.
"Yes, yes." With a sigh, Evan dispatched the guards inside the Holy White Melody and told the defense forces in the forbidden area that they would take out the "Eternal Covenant".
Soon, the route of this group of people's actions was known to the major factions within the Holy White Melody, and they began to discuss countermeasures.
"No matter what, the starships in the sky are watching us, and it will be difficult for us to resist successfully. Once blood is really shed, the situation will get out of control." Some people tend to compromise.
"But that is the 'Eternal Covenant of Lorenxia'. As followers of the Three Sages, one of our ultimate missions is to guard this covenant."
"What's the point of talking about missions at this time? The other party represents the order of the Volcano Songstress. This is equivalent to Isanissa's own daughter asking you for inheritance. Can you still keep it?" Someone made such an analogy.
"We can't refuse it, and there is no point in resisting. Now the only one we can rely on is the Sigma Mechanical Council. Once the delegation leaves, we must inform them of the intelligence as soon as possible. They will understand."
"That's the only way." Others couldn't think of any better way, so they could only acquiesce.
Three days later, the fleet carrying the holy relic 'Eternal Covenant of Lorenxia' left the Holy White Melody and sent it to the Federal Center. At the same time, ripples appeared in the Sea of Aijaka. Because of the subtle changes brought about by the movement of the holy relic, many hidden forces learned the intelligence.
(End of this chapter)
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