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"correct!"

It was only then that Yiwen remembered that the trio of rangers hadn't received their reward yet. He turned his head to look at them, and found that the trio were looking at him eagerly with a hesitant expression.This scene made him feel a little funny, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. After he stopped smiling, he said to the rangers:

"The three of you found the El Dorado, and you are indeed meritorious. I promised you that the matter will not change. But now, it may be difficult for you to make a decision. Let me give you a day to think about it. After a day, I will send someone to find it." you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The three of them hurriedly bowed to express their gratitude, and looked at each other, all showing overjoyed expressions.

This time I really made a lot of money. I spent a little time exploring the desert ruins for a few days, and then found an El Dorado.Dedicating it to His Majesty the Sun King, and being appreciated by his old man, it is simply reaching the pinnacle of life!

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After leaving the Palace of King Quan, Ivan immediately mobilized a large number of invisible robots and ordered them to investigate the situation at the cave leading to the El Dorado, preparing for a comprehensive surveillance investigation.

Following the order of the creator, the invisible robot set off from the White Moon, passed through the great desert and the underground ruins all the way, and finally sneaked into the El Dorado, and dispersed in various areas safely; after that, he ordered the Holy Knights to block the desert ruins, and Exploration teams are prohibited from excavating desert ruins.

Then, there is a 20-day in-depth investigation.

During this period of time, Ivan collected a large amount of intelligence inside El Dorado through invisible robots.

Judging from the results, El Dorado looks more and more like the Menesian Empire, and it is an enhanced version!Not only are the races the same in appearance, they also have the same religious beliefs and living customs, and even their clothing and festivals are very similar.

What shocked him even more was that there were actually two Sun Kings in El Dorado, which was exactly the same as the Menisian law of succession, both of whom were intermarriages by blood and in the line of eternal life.The two Sun Kings, or Pharaohs, who are exercising the royal power today, Hequeser and Thutmose are a pair of cousins.

In addition, the national power of the El Dorado should not be underestimated. The new continent seen by the ranger trio is just a province of the El Dorado; there are eight other provinces in the El Dorado, and each province There is a Tongtian White Pagoda with the same shape in every province.

Yiwen originally thought that the 1000-meter-high white tower was some kind of meteorological equipment or a military fortress.

As a result, the invisible robot observed closely for a period of time before realizing that it was a place used by priests for religious sacrifices; the reason for building this century-old project is also very simple-they believe that the higher they stand, the easier it is to listen to the words of the gods. will.

In fact, if the height of the building is not limited, the priests would like to build even higher.

It is obvious that the priests have great rights in the El Dorado, similar to the reformed Menes Empire in the past, and can even influence the Sun King's government orders.

The reason why the invisible robot was not allowed to enter the tower to observe was because the mechanical lifeforms felt the powerful fluctuations of mental power in the tower, and thought that close observation would reveal their own existence, so they chose a safer long-distance observation.

Not only limited to the tower, but in the province of El Dorado, there are many life forms with strong spiritual power - there are strong ones in the army, sacrificial groups, royal families, and even illegal private organizations.

In addition to the large number of strong units, the El Dorado also possesses a lot of advanced ancient technology, and the advanced level of some of the equipment surprised even Ivan.But obviously they lost the crafting method and only maintained the existing weapons.They even regarded them as treasures bestowed by gods, or creations of gods.

These include meteorological equipment, energy weapons, space-based weapons, individual armor, and large man-made mechanical puppets... There are even super-large mechanical life forms similar to the Black Winged Demon.

Faced with this series of situations, Ivan became more and more surprised. He even suspected that the two Sun Kings of the El Dorado had also mastered the Sun Golden Sutra and the Holy Book of Hades.

During this process, he became more and more uneasy, and a strange thought emerged—could it be that those of us who live on the ground are actually spare tires? In fact, the Menesians of El Dorado are the millionaire The successor of the golden civilization years ago! ?

2 Forty Chapters El Dorado

The specific connection between the internal and external world, as well as the distinction between trunk and branch, legitimacy and orthodoxy, this series of intricate issues really gave Ivan a headache for a while.From a factual point of view, if El Dorado is really a continuation of the ancient Menesian civilization, and they also have a pair of Sun Kings, it will undoubtedly dilute the legitimacy of the empire.

When the time comes for the Federation to make a fuss about this kind of thing, the empire's already embarrassing situation will undoubtedly become more passive.

In this case, the cost of directly launching a war to annex the El Dorado may be lower... As for how much ancient technology will be lost, and how much negative impact it will cause to the outside world... Ivan can no longer care so much about this situation.

But the anxiety didn't last long.

With the deepening of the investigation, Ivan gradually discovered that the system of this country is very deformed. There are shadows of religious forces everywhere in the administrative organs, judicial organs, legislatures, and even the private medical and education systems.The temple is also independent of the administrative system of the region, and can even interfere with the judicial system and pardon some wanted criminals who have committed serious crimes.

Through the perspective of an invisible robot, Ivan witnessed a case in which a wealthy businessman who murdered his neighbor was directly granted an amnesty by donating money to the temple and was thus exempted from punishment.

Similar things did happen in the previous empires. It is not news that the temple harbored criminals and shielded villains in the name of gods, but it would be outrageous to directly issue an amnesty order-the power of priests and priests is so great that it puts the royal power Where?

With such doubts in mind, Ivan suppressed his previous uneasiness and anxiety, and began to conduct a series of investigations around the temples in the area.With the further deepening of the investigation, the various privileges of the priests and priests in the El Dorado have gradually been revealed under the lens of the camera.

Through the display of the camera, he was able to understand: within the territory of El Dorado, the temple is not just a religious system, but an independent autonomous system, and their tentacles even extend to all parts of the state machine.The function of the temple is equivalent to a collection of local schools, banks, and post offices.The land owned by the priests and priests even occupied 70.00% of the available arable land in the 'New World' area, and the rest was divided equally between the army's farmland and the people's arable land, and the land belonging to the royal family hardly existed.

And the highest power center of the priest priest group, the hub organization can not only control the appointment and dismissal of officials, but even have great power to abolish the throne.

The fact that the Sun King can be abolished at will means that the religious power has completely overwhelmed the royal power, forming a religious republic system in which the sacrificial group jointly manages the country.It also means that within the El Dorado, the degree of control of the regime by the group of sacrificial priests has even surpassed that of the Ozymandis period of the empire.

For a unified country, it is too abnormal for the kingship to be in such a state.

The results of this series of investigations surprised Ivan - no matter how incompetent a golden bloodline with two holy scriptures is, he would not be made like this by the priest priest group.

And... what about the royal family?

Could it be that the royal family is so weak that it doesn't even have the strength to consolidate the kingship! ?

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Why is the kingship of El Dorado sluggish?

Why can religious groups expand to such an extent?

Is this country the orthodox successor of the ancient Menesian civilization...

As the invisible robot crossed the 'new continent', it came to the far west of the inner world, which is the western continent where the capital is located.This series of abnormalities finally got a reasonable explanation.

In the huge palace called the Millennium City by the residents of the royal capital, Ivan first met his distant relatives, the nominal rulers of the El Dorado, the couple Hechesse and Thutmose.

It's not easy to meet them once.

The two sun kings lived in the deep palace for a long time, and never showed up except for major festivals. On weekdays, only the servants and priests witnessed the truth.

The reason why the people were interviewed in the outer court today was because this day happened to be the founding day of the El Dorado, and also what they called the Millennium Passion Day, which gave the invisible robot a chance to observe secretly.

As the camera extended, the images of the two Sun Kings gradually enlarged. After Ivan saw each other's specific appearance, his first impression of them was 'ordinary'.

Yes, very ordinary - two people of medium build, pale and rough skin, slightly curly hair with a dry grass-like texture.The facial features are quite distinctive, high browbones, deep eye sockets and a big nose, but they can't be considered good-looking, and it can even be said to be ugly.

These two people are really the blood of the sun god?

Seeing the obvious white-skinned features on the two of them, Ivan frowned suddenly, doubting their identities.Not only that, but their unattractive appearance really doesn't match up with the royal family of Menes.

As the blood of the Sun God, the appearance of the royal family has always been high, and it is also very competitive in a federation with extremely mature genetic adjustment technology. The probability of such an ugly match is probably lower than winning the lottery jackpot.

Because of this, from the first moment he saw them, Ivan suspected that they were Xibei products, or that they were forcibly cross-breeded and caused their genes to deteriorate.

With the progress of the festival ceremony, the results of the invisible robot's detection of the two of them further confirmed his guess - there was no power fluctuation on the bodies of Hechesse and Thutmose, and even the most sensitive light energy of mechanical life forms There are no fluctuations!

It really is a counterfeit!

Ivan stood up from the seat excitedly, almost flipped over the desk.

"This is easy to handle... Since I am two false kings, I have a legal basis for claiming the right to rule the El Dorado. At least in the Menesian Empire, public opinion will not be an obstacle to me... In this way As soon as this happens, the target of the investigation should turn to the group of priests and priests who really control El Dorado!"

At this moment, he only felt refreshed, and the troubles that had been entangled for a long time finally disappeared.