The giant beast was cruising in the sea, still roaring deafeningly, and the entire wall trembled with the deep sound.

Claire raised her hand, and a holographic image appeared in the air: "On August 17th, there will be an ocean current that will hit the northern coast, and a large number of Leviathans will follow them for predation. That is to say, at that time, the northern coastline will be stationed. A large number of soldiers. According to the previous decades of experience, they will transfer some of their troops from Chin Deno. Although it is rare, this may be our best opportunity in a few years."

"Are you sure the alliance will still mobilize troops from Qin Denuo?" Xia Yinan said, "After all, we exist this year."

The interstellar capital Qin Denuo is the purpose of their trip, as long as they can go to the Alpha console, Xia Yinan is confident that he can fully control Alpha - at least in the short term.

The purpose of control, on the one hand, is to threaten the alliance, and on the other hand, it is for the color of the stars.

Recently, Xingzhicai has become more and more restless. Recently, most of the dead are covered with black mud.They decided that the people of this area were living under threat, so they took all the nutrients and ventured into deep space.

It's just that their development level is far from enough, so far there is no successful case.

Three days ago, a lunatic appeared in Arcadia.He has a strong tendency to violence. When he was discovered, he was beating someone's head on the street, and blood spattered all over the ground.

He was quickly brought under control, but it wasn't long before someone noticed something was wrong.In this person's eyes, occasionally there will be messy lines flashing past.

What this means is completely unknown to ordinary people, and it is all too obvious to them.If this kind of people who have lost their minds because of contact with the gods continues to appear, the city will fall by itself without the alliance.

Judging from the current death toll, the color of the stars may have infected a large number of humans, and if it continues, Arcadia will be half a dead city in the end.

Therefore, it is particularly important to solve the core of Star Color.Ordinary people can't directly see the brilliance of the gods, so use the power of programs and machines to solve him.

Claire thought for a while before answering Xia Yinan: "I'm not sure how many troops they will send there, but according to my data analysis, the loss of troops dispatched from other places is greater. According to the conventional thinking, they will give priority to defending the surrounding area of ​​Arcadia. city, in case we expand our territory. In comparison, Zendno is too far away from us."

"How many people can we pass?" Xia Yinan asked.

"Not many. I will try my best to arrange as many believers to go there, but I cannot guarantee that they will not be exposed." Claire said, "Mr. Bai, the place you are going to has many guards, and the mechanical defense force of the star capital is also very strong. We More options are needed.”

"I know." Xia Yinan nodded, "but I am an exception to Alpha, which has been unable to recognize my appearance, including all other features. The defense force of the machine can also be successfully hacked. That is to say , as long as I can avoid the soldiers' defense line and enter the area, those machines are not a big threat to me."

Claire smiled: "This is indeed a lot more convenient. I just don't know why, Mr. Bai is the most special one."

Xia Yinan replied casually: "Who knows, maybe the data has been tampered with." He was also puzzled, but felt that he would not be able to find the answer for a while.

Before leaving the base of Eternal Flame, he and Li Shuo went to another holy place of theirs under the leadership of Claire.

There is an underground cave with huge murals carved on the stone walls.Xia Yinan knew the legend of this church. Hundreds of years ago on the earth, the famous "wild fire in the wilderness" mystery happened.

At that time, according to eyewitnesses, a terrible source of heat suddenly appeared on the huge and vast wasteland.Even after several kilometers, all nearby water sources dried up within minutes, and a large number of farmers became dehydrated from the heat.

And closer to the heat source, a raging fire ignited.According to monitoring, the heat of those fires far exceeds the normal range, and as long as you get a little closer, you can feel the heat like suffocation.

Go to the center again, no living thing will survive.However, the cause of the fire and the composition of the flames were not ascertained until human beings left the earth.

The closest to the heat source is a herdsman with a herd of cattle.After the heat source fell and dissipated suddenly in more than ten minutes, they miraculously survived, but all of them went crazy.

When the investigators rushed to the scene along the scorched land, they saw only a group of mad cows bumping against the railing and gnawing on their dead companions, and the herdsman also fell into confusion. In a language that no one can understand, he began to attack the investigators, and there was no other reaction.

On the walls of their house, strange patterns were painted with blood.Later, the pattern was recorded, and a hundred years later, it was engraved on this stone wall in Avalon.

According to the theory of the eternal fire, the wildfires of the wilderness are the phenomenon caused by the descending of one of the gods, Cthugha.

What appeared in front of Xia Yinan now was such a mural.

A gigantic, vital flame descended from the sky, brighter than the sun, and spread its radiance across the fields, so that no one could look directly at its brightness except the worshiper.

In the painting, a simple figure stands in front of the flame and stretches out his hand, as if accepting something.Compared to Cthugya, that person was really too small, as if he would be swallowed by it at any time.Flames flowed from the god, hovering around his hands.

In the next image, the man is in flames.The heart part was pierced, and the twitching blood vessels fell to the ground, and blood gushed out from it.

In the last picture, a more surging flame replaced the heart and burned in his brand new body.The sacrifices and prayers were done, and he was blessed by the gods.

"This is the only evidence we know that human beings can contact gods." Claire said, "If Cthugha tries to attack, then half of the planet may be destroyed in an instant. And he appeared so peacefully, can only It shows that it is a friendly contact. The people the gods are most willing to contact are their believers."

"There are still not so friendly contacts." Claire lowered her eyes slightly, and the new information was called out. It was a deep ocean, "I think you all know about Maestra. It sank overnight, and there was a wave of chaos around it." We also suspect that it is the power of the gods."

"But at the time of the wildfire in the wilderness," Xia Yinan said, "did anyone know the existence of gods? And why did it target Maestra?"

Claire replied: "Maybe it has always been there. In ancient times, people have seen gods more or less. It's just that for them, these are completely incomprehensible things. Those who see him go crazy, and others can only describe him through hearsay. Their power, so different systems of myths are actually describing these existences. Just like we call them 'gods' now, because they are too powerful, we cannot have accurate words to describe them."

She continued: "Those ancient religions, such as the Bible, have a large number of passages describing similar creatures. The myth system closest to the gods is the Cthulhu myth. Compared with other myths, this is not a complete myth system. , but are described by different people using words as the carrier."

"However, those who describe may have experienced the coming of the gods themselves, or may have visited those involved to obtain inspiration for writing. Therefore, compared with those ancient and perfect myths that have been repaired, their fragmentary stories Maybe it's closer to reality."

Xia Yinan said: "It is true that in your mouth, and in Zhou Chenyi's notes, the naming method comes from Cthulhu. I have checked the information based on this, and those words have something in common with Zhou Chenyi's research, but there are also many Big difference."

"This is the difference between ordinary witnesses and special investigators," Claire said, "Maybe Zhou Chenyi and his gang have a method to directly study the gods—I doubt it is a program similar to Alpha—and then come up with Those reports, eventually invented the 'letter'."

"But at least," she smiled, "the theory in Cthulhu is right. I don't know much about Maestra, maybe it will become an eternal mystery."

……

On the streets of Arcadia, there were far fewer pedestrians, only cold robots in white robes dutifully patrolling.

At this point, seven months after Claire's proclamation of citizenship, supplies are clearly in short supply.The Relief Society is still there, and Xu Quan has been resolved, but the supplies transported from other star cities have been guaranteed in a short period of time.

Mr. Bai, who has been entrenched in the south all year round, is very powerful, but now it seems that he can't bear it after months of stalemate with the alliance.

After Xu Quan's death, his successor quickly took charge of all matters and continued to cooperate with the southern military officers led by Silas.They have been suppressing Bai Yixia's channels all the time. With the increasing risks, no matter how lucrative the profits are, they will not be able to attract the original collaborators.

The first thing that followed was famine.

The people in the old city didn't even realize that they lived a normal life with the supplies provided by Xia Yinan.But after the rich and luxurious life in the new city disappeared, the strong resistance never disappeared. If it weren't for the powerful oppressive force of the emotional robot, the whole city might have fallen into chaos.

Life has not changed, and it does not mean that people in the old city have no opinions.Among them, those who are inclined to Mr. Bai are firmly opposed.In the long stalemate, everyone seemed to lose patience.

They don't care about the oppression and deceit of the past, even though they expressed their extreme anger at the bloody evidence only a few months ago.Now they just want to end all this as soon as possible. The alliance has loosened up and promised that after peace, they will have a much better life than before.

So new protest banners were pulled up in the streets.The oppressors and the oppressed formed an unprecedented harmony, unanimously opposing the continued independence of Arcadia.

"Robots have nothing to do with us!" the protesters yelled. "Whether they will destroy human beings or not, Mr. Bai doesn't know how much money he made from it!"

Similar complaints are everywhere, gradually affecting those people in the old city who support Bai Yixia.

Arcadia is crumbling, and everyone is full of enthusiasm, ready to go back to the embrace of the alliance.

So when the real famine comes, their time is running out.

"Damn it, they don't want to think about what kind of life they were living before!" A Yuan, who lives on the top floor of the red-light district, cursed and threw away the delicate bag. "Now the revolution is not even half successful, so I am eager to surrender."

"It's understandable to want to live a normal life." Xia Yinan was still drinking tea, "People in other places are more active than them. I heard that there are demonstrations recently, right?"

He was talking about several star cities near the star capital Chindno. Those oppressed were finally inspired by their spirit. Demonstrations have not stopped in the past few months, and recently there is a tendency to intensify.

The alliance tried to suppress all the speeches, but the discussions are always there, whispers are floating in the air, and Avalon is about to enter a complete restlessness——

rights and interests.

Countless people are clearly aware of this vocabulary for the first time.The dissatisfaction that has accumulated for a long time is turmoil. Now that there is the first leader, since Arcadia dares to attract the attention of the alliance in such a high-profile way and become the target of public criticism, then the followers after that will have the courage to speak out.

Just as Li Shuo expected, their revolution was like the eye of a storm, bringing a storm that could sweep the entire planet.

Even failure is enough to bring about change.

that's enough.

At night, when everyone left, Li Shuo was idle and bored. After finishing another painting, he started playing the violin.Xia Yinan's artistic accomplishment was not enough for him to recognize what kind of music it was. He only thought it was familiar and nice, so he lay on the sofa with a little sleepiness, reading a comic book.

They are leaving tomorrow, heading for Chin Deno.

Xia Yinan had a hunch that after going there, everything would become irreversible.Thinking carefully about the fact that after Pingcheng, another world will be saved, I always feel an inexplicable sense of dislocation.

So Xia Yinan laughed.Li Shuo put down the violin, a little helpless: "I played the wrong note the whole time, don't you have to laugh like this? It's been a long time since I touched this thing."

Xia Yinan was still laughing, and said lazily: "Don't be stupid, how could I hear you making the wrong sound. I just think I'm going to be a hero again, it's a little unbelievable. Say," he turned over, " If they knew that we came from the hospital, what kind of expression would they have?"

"What kind of expression can it be?" Li Shuo smiled, put down the violin and walked over to rub his head, "Saving the world in a mental hospital? I really can't believe it."

Xia Yinan bent his eyes, put his arms around his neck and kissed him: "But, it's interesting, isn't it?"

"Yes." Li Shuo said, his eyes filled with tenderness again, and repeated, "It's quite interesting."

It was raining drippingly outside the window, and the neon lights were blurred in the rain curtain. Several families hurriedly closed the windows, stray dogs stuck out their tongues to catch the rain, and the plants in the flower pots were stained with crystal water drops.People on the street opened their umbrellas.Beyond thousands of umbrellas, there is the iron-blue sky of Qin Denuo.

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