Chapter 356 The Secret of the Past
"It's an honor to be a prophet." Li Ming said with a smile in a calm tone.
"Your Excellency is too modest." The prophet's voice was calm. "Your methods astound us."
"Your organization is not much inferior." Li Ming's eyes flickered, and he couldn't figure out whether the other party knew that he had killed Aidas.
The prophet did not mention Aidas, but said, "Sir, could you please resolve the issue of the declining development progress of Desire?"
"Well..." Li Ming did not answer, but asked directly: "Where is the Star of Eternal Silence?"
There was no sound on the screen. After a long while, Li Ming finally heard the prophet's response. He said in a long voice, "Your Excellency Qinglong, you are quite direct."
The Holy Mother had anticipated this and guessed that Qinglong's goal was the Star of Eternal Silence, but she was surprised by his directness.
The Prophet said, "We do not know the whereabouts of the Star of Eternal Silence."
Li Ming heard this and said nonchalantly, "Don't you know? Since you guys are here to talk to me, shouldn't you show some sincerity?"
The prophet was a little helpless, but he had a rough idea of the information Li Ming had. He knew a lot of secrets, but he was still some distance away from the truth.
This is quite normal. After all, these events happened more than 4,000 years ago. Some of these secrets have almost never been known to outsiders except through word of mouth from those who experienced them.
"This involves some things in the past of the Holy Mother Church. Out of sincerity, we are willing to tell you about it." The prophet said sincerely.
Li Ming remained silent. He knew very little about the Star of Eternal Silence, and the only two forces that could ask for information were the Pioneers and the Holy Mother Church.
Li Ming did not want to portray Qinglong as omniscient, as that would seem too fake and prone to loopholes.
Seeing that he remained silent, the prophet slowly elaborated, "Five thousand years ago, the previous prophet Serkaya united with the then-Glorious Holy Emperor, Demes, and gave birth to a child named Adam."
"Through the Imperial Biotechnology and the special methods of the Holy Mother Church, Adam's development potential has reached an astonishing level of fifty-seven."
When Li Ming heard this number, his heart skipped a beat. This... was indeed a bit shocking.
The prophet continued, "This number already ranks among the top three in royal history. After Adam came of age, our Holy Mother Church devoted all its efforts to his training."
"After another five hundred years, Adam has become an S-class life form, and has developed to nearly 100%, becoming the most dazzling descendant of the Glory Holy Emperor."
The prophet's voice was hollow, vaguely depicting an era of blood and fire. "However, it was also at that time that the previous Glorious Holy Emperor—Demes—suddenly passed away, leaving the royal family with a power vacuum."
"Adam took the initiative to seek our help and promised that after he became the Holy Emperor of Glory, he would make the Holy Mother Church an orthodox sect recognized within the Xingyuan Empire and allowed to spread its teachings widely."
Widespread preaching... Li Ming's eyes were dim. In the past, the Holy Mother Church was active among the high-level people. If it gained the support of the empire, it would also be popularized among the middle-level people, which was terrifying.
The prophet continued, "With his mother's assurance and Adam's integrity and honesty, we were willing to trust him. After considerable effort and two hundred years, we finally made him one of the most powerful people in the galaxy, the Glorious Holy Emperor."
The prophet's voice finally showed some ripples. "But from the day he became the Holy Emperor of Glory, this upright Holy Emperor Adam broke his promise. Not only did he refuse to fulfill it, he also ordered us to leave the Xingyuan Empire and not to touch even the slightest bit of the empire's interests."
Li Ming listened calmly. In the prophet's mouth, the Holy Mother Church was a white lotus, but if you think about it, you will know that it is not that simple.
The prophet sighed, "Out of desperation and to recover our losses, we stole a secret treasure of the imperial family, the Star of Eternal Silence, and caused the death of his mother, Saint Queen Serkaya."
"The Star of Eternal Silence belongs to the Imperial Family..." Li Ming keenly caught this sentence. The Imperial Family and Empire are only two words apart, but they are completely different.
"In earlier times, the Empire was the Imperial Family's empire," the prophet nodded. "The House of Commons and the House of Lords were originally mere tools used by the Imperial Family to deceive the common people. However, as time passed, the House of Commons and the House of Lords gradually took up more resources, forcing the Imperial Family into continuous decline."
"The Star of Eternal Silence is a secret treasure obtained by the imperial family."
"Get", Li Ming captured another word, but he did not express it.
The Star of Eternal Silence was not forged by the Empire, but it has always been regarded as an important treasure by the Empire.
Inexplicably, the words "Terrax" emerged in Li Ming's mind. It seemed that only things from this powerful civilization could be regarded as treasures by the empire and kept searching for them.
He speculated in his mind, while the prophet continued, "Adam was enraged and launched a war that lasted for over seven hundred years. During this process, both the Holy Mother Church and the Imperial Family suffered heavy losses."
"The Houses of Lords and Lords have completely expanded, and the Star of Eternal Silence was lost in the dimensional world during its escape. No one knows where it is, not even us."
This is a magnificent history, and even if the prophet only briefly summarized it, it would take a long time.
"Even you are the same?" Li Ming rubbed his fingers, "Then why do you insist on having Li Ming's seeds? Just to cultivate powerful tools."
The prophet remained noncommittal: "Sir, our questions have been answered, it is your turn."
Li Ming paused before saying, "I'm sorry, I can't solve it."
The prophet's originally calm tone suddenly turned suspicious: "What do you mean by 'can't solve it'?"
"Literally, that virus was developed by me by accident. It is irreversible and extremely destructive."
"I guess Fushi has fallen from S-class life form, right?"
The prophet's silence is more than just a fall.
After falling to an A-class life form, it does not mean that the S-class gene seed in the body is gone. It is still in Fusi's body, which causes her body to become deformed.
The only option is to forcibly remove her S-level gene seed, which will cause extremely serious damage to her body.
Now, the mental state of the senior executive code-named the Witch of Desire is almost insane. Watching herself gradually degenerate from a higher life form is simply torture.
Even if the Prophet, the Virgin Mary, or anyone else in the organization tried to bring them in, they would feel the chilling chill and nightmare-like despair.
And now, Qinglong actually said there was no solution? The prophet didn't believe it at first.
Li Ming said indifferently, "I didn't lie to you. You should have already tested her development potential, and it's 0%. This is the powerful destructive power of the virus. No one can repair it."
To make his argument more convincing, he continued, "Under the current circumstances, there's no need for me to lie to you."
"I named it the 'Eternal Nightmare', a nightmare that even its creator cannot solve."
Nightmare...an eternal nightmare. When she thought of the state of desire, she could vaguely feel a chill coming towards her.
This kind of virus would even be ranked in the history of the stars. She even wanted to question Qinglong, why did he have nothing better to do than research this kind of virus that harms others and does not benefit himself?
She said coldly, "Your Excellency's methods leave no room for retreat. Not only are you cruel, but you are also heartless."
Li Ming just smiled faintly when he heard this: "I didn't take the initiative to provoke you."
Listening to Qinglong's rather shameless words, the prophet had only eight words in his mind, "Being a whore and still wanting to be a saint."
At this point, her words couldn't help but turn a bit colder. "If that's the case, why are you still negotiating? Is releasing Fusi just a way to intimidate us?"
"No, no, no..." Li Ming shook his head: "I still have what you want, so we can talk. As for that Witch of Desire, I can only let you apologize for me."
"You could have used a more civilized and honest method. There's no need to secretly send an S-class lifeform. This makes me uneasy."
"Are you willing to take out Li Ming's seeds?" The prophet ignored the second half of the sentence.
"I can consider it, but I want to know why you asked for Li Ming's seeds." Then he emphasized: "I want the truth, not excuses."
The prophet felt more and more that Qinglong was cunning, but she had anticipated it.
The prophet made a startling statement: "Your Excellency Qinglong, let us cooperate and search for the Star of Eternal Silence together."
cooperate?
This sudden proposal surprised Li Ming, but he remained noncommittal. "Where's your sincerity?"
The prophet immediately said, "The reason we need Li Ming is because we need a life form with a development potential of level 50. We have a way to perfectly inherit Li Ming's extremely high development potential and raise his offspring to level 50."
"Level 50?" Li Ming pondered. The requirement to control the Holy Elephant was also level 50, as if level 50 was some kind of threshold.
"Then, by sacrificing this life form with the potential for development at level 50, we can use some method to find the Star of Eternal Silence."
Sacrifice a life form with potential for development at level 50?
Li Ming was subconsciously shocked. This was a potential stock that could become an X-level life form.
Was he sacrificed just like that? Just how powerful was the Star of Eternal Silence?
This was also a question he was very curious about, but he didn't ask.
It would be fine if he didn't know the whereabouts of the Star of Eternal Silence, but it would be wrong if he didn't even know its function.
Li Ming didn't believe it at first. After all, it was just one side of the other party's story. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let me think about it and give you an answer later."
He was about to end the communication when the prophet asked at the last moment, "Do you know the name Talos?"
Talos? Did they actually run into that guy?
Li Ming pondered for a moment and said calmly, "Talos? Never heard of it."
"Okay." The prophet ended the communication, and Li Ming began to review it habitually. Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and gradually a coherent idea came into his mind.
No matter what they need the seeds for, I have to pay the seeds first. As for how to use them later, it is still up to them.
During this conversation, the prophets seemed to have revealed a lot of information, but Li Ming was certain that what they said was definitely not the most core secret.
For example, regarding the loss of the Eternal Star, he believed that the Pioneers must know about it, and the Xingyuan Empire also knew about it.
Over the years, there are always a few people who know.
What was said later about sacrificing level 50 to develop potential seemed ambiguous, and more like a statement to dispel his concerns.
Obtaining seeds is a high priority, so we can temporarily ignore the matters of Fusi and even Aidas.
Cooperation? Sacrifice?
He was speculating in his mind, elemental fluctuations appeared on the surface of his skin again, and his thoughts gradually became silent.
A few days later, relevant information about the central world finally circulated on the black hole network.
A person who claimed to be an eyewitness claimed that he was detained, supervised, interrogated and beaten by multiple forces in the central world.
According to him, this person is wanted across the stars.
When he went to the Holy Elephant and found a device to detect mimicry masks, he also turned around and left, preparing to leave the central world as soon as possible.
But when he went to pick up the spacecraft, he was found by investigators and directly detained to confirm his identity.
If he didn't have some brains and connections, it would have been difficult for him to get out.
"That's a huge trap. Several major imperial civilizations and the Interstellar Alliance took advantage of this opportunity to hunt down wanted individuals in an attempt to gain merit."
He was still complaining and attracting ridicule.
"Don't you know what you did? Do you really think you are innocent?"
Li Ming was browsing when there was a hurried knock on the door. Robin walked in without waiting for his response, his face changing as he said, "The inspection soldiers are here, downstairs."
"I agreed with the hotel owner that if any soldiers came looking for us, we would let him know in advance."
Li Ming's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't care.
Robin seemed anxious, "Should we try to find a way to leave first?"
Li Ming signaled him to be quiet and waited for a moment. Sure enough, there was a knock on the door, short and soothing.
Li Ming opened the door and saw a group of soldiers wearing blue combat armor standing outside. The surface of the armor was flowing with a faint blue light. The helmets were streamlined, and data and tactical information flashed in the transparent masks.
The shoulders and elbows were inlaid with tiny thrusters and weapon ports. The leader was a Class B lifeform, holding a laser gun, his eyes cold: "Brown, Nit."
He called out the two people's disguised names and said in a deep voice, "According to the [Temporary Joint Examination Regulations], we will now conduct an identity check on the two of you. Please do not resist and show your identification."
Li Ming moved aside, appearing very cooperative: "Please come in."
Seeing how cooperative he was, the expressions of the team members relaxed and they filed in one after another.
Robin was extremely alert and ready to take action at any time.
After closing the door, he saw that the expressions of everyone in front of him suddenly became dull.
Li Ming said calmly: "We have already completed the review here. There is no problem with these two identities."
The leader nodded, "Yes, no problem."
He took out his smart terminal and started drawing.
Robin was dumbfounded. The butler was also surprised and said, "He actually has psychic abilities."
The interrogating soldiers walked out of the room in a daze, and only after the door was closed did they suddenly wake up.
The team members looked at each other in confusion. The leader frowned, looked back and forth, then glanced at the time. He was soon interrupted by the reminder of the next mission. He said in a deep voice, "Let's go."
In the room, Robin was stunned. "Is it so easy to solve?"
"Not simple." The butler explained to him, "The development progress of that B-level life form is over 60%. To be able to directly control him, his psychic ability must be at the A-level."
Robin was secretly shocked. Could it be that Li Ming was also an A-level psychic? How was that possible?
He couldn't figure it out.
(End of this chapter)
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