Volume 2: Empire Chapter 202 Starry Sky
After analyzing the matter clearly, Luke felt that there was no need to react too much to the angel's arrival. The Silver Manor was idle anyway, so if the angels didn't mind it being unlucky, he could let them do whatever they wanted.
The Empire's approach is to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances, and to wait and see how the various parties respond before making any moves.
However, the arrival of the angels at the palace still exposed the weakness of the secular state. Faced with this sudden attack by the flying dragon, the core of the huge empire was unable to muster the strength to fight against it.
Or maybe the plot was changed too much. The five ancient civilizations intervened in the secular world too early, while the secular world had not yet completed its technological accumulation.
Luke informed the Imperial spies who came through the clear sky of the Moonlight Court, saying that he would pass the message to Meteorite and that Meteorite was doing something very important to the empire.
How to deal with the angel’s arrival will be discussed after Meteorite returns to the imperial capital.
After Luke sent away the imperial spies, he returned his consciousness to his own body. His consciousness was in the spiritual universe, and after a brief consideration, he turned to the spiritual starry sky.
At this time, the clear sky was half lying on the setting crescent moon. Her fingers were pointing at the stars in the sky. Every time she pointed at a star, that star would twinkle.
It’s like…the teacher calling the roll before class.
Luke floated to the side of Qingkong and said, "You should have known about the Holy Judgement Angel's arrival in the Imperial Capital."
"Got it..." Qingkong's concentration was still on the starry sky, as if clicking on the stars was a very fun thing. She also asked, "When are you going back? When you and I were not in Saint Lun City, the angel dared to come and cause trouble. We need to teach him a lesson!"
Luke replied: "Many things on the Holy Mountain have reached a critical moment. The power of the Abyss may descend upon the Abyss Temple at any time. I must do something to minimize the impact of the Abyss energy on the Tedega Hills.
The Martial God bloodline can provide us with extraordinary warriors who can fight against the five ancient civilizations. Tedejia Hills must be fully transferred to my control."
Qingkong turned to look at Luke and said, "Can you eat such a big Tedga Hill?"
“Eat even if you can’t eat! Barbarians are warlike and are natural fighters. If you arm the barbarians with the equipment used to arm human soldiers, you will definitely get stronger basic soldiers.
Storm Barbarians can serve as a backbone force after being armed.
Now the bloodline of the God of War has been discovered!
Tedega Hill is a treasure trove of manpower. What it lacks is a new owner with the money and skills to fully develop its war potential."
Facing the clear sky, Luke made no secret of his possessiveness of the Tedega Hills.
Nutao City is good in every way except it lacks people!
The expanded Nutao City entered a period of rapid development. Factories were scrambling for workers everywhere, and the army had a hard time finding excellent soldiers willing to go to the battlefield. They barely formed a Nutao City Armored Assault Division, and most of the soldiers were recruited from the lower city of Saint Lun City.
There are people in the Moonlight Court, but they are nominally the people of Clear Sky, so there will always be obstacles for Luke to recruit the barbarians from the West.
Moreover, due to the special nature of the World Tree, the Moonlight Court's army needs to respond to emergencies at all times, and it is temporarily difficult to use them in offensive operations.
In Luke's eyes, the current value of Tedega Hill is enough to make up for its own shortcomings.
"You... even if you come to the Holy Mountain to do your own things, you are still thinking about the Empire in your heart. It seems that such a thing has also happened in the winter capital of the At County Alliance." Qingkong sat up and faced Luke, swinging his feet back and forth: "If you take over the Tedega Hills, the Empire's direct territory will be surrounded by your territory!
When will you become Emperor of the Empire?"
Luke actually thought about it seriously: "If you need me to be the emperor of the empire, I will definitely do it. I didn't come to you to discuss this matter with you.
Who is stronger, you... or the power you represent or the abyss?"
Qingkong's swinging feet suddenly stopped. She looked at Luke in surprise, then laughed.
"I knew that I couldn't keep my secret from you for too long. You are too smart, and because of your intelligence you are charming."
"You haven't answered me yet," Luke said.
Qingkong thought about it seriously, and then said seriously: "I shouldn't have appeared. It was the perfect intersection of the world tree, the starry sky and your consciousness that created me.
I have a part of your memory and know where you belong in this world.
Do you know what you have done to this world?
The changes you make to the world have shaped who you are today, and the changing world has become another kind of pressure that constantly oppresses you, prompting you to continue changing it.
This is a vicious cycle, and it is unstoppable. All I can do is keep it a secret from you, so that it doesn't affect you and cause you to develop a force that you cannot handle now.
Do you understand what I mean by this? "
Luke suddenly understood.
The intervention of the five ancient civilizations in the secular world can be said to be caused by himself. In order to deal with the ancient civilizations that arrived early, he will definitely take measures, which will seriously change the original world line and continue to speed up the progress.
If we were to pull out those forces that we don't even know what they are at this time, it could really be the end of the world.
The world is not ready.
I'm not ready either.
Thinking about what he was doing now, Luke asked Qingkong: "Will my research on the abyss cause uncontrollable events to happen?"
Qingkong's expression changed very quickly. He was serious just now, but suddenly he said with a joking smile: "How should I know? But I stand firmly on your side. Even if you pick up the abyss and beat him up right now, I will definitely be the first one to go.
But with my current strength, I definitely can’t defeat him.”
Clear Sky's words revealed a lot of information to Luke, and he asked, "What is your level of strength?"
Qingkong dodged Luke's gaze and said, "Don't look at me like that, and don't have too high expectations of me. The upper limit of Qingkong's power is the upper limit of my power. I am Qingkong, not Xingkong... at least not yet.
But you don't have to worry, as long as the artifact doesn't appear, I am invincible in the secular world. Even if I encounter the Sword of Oath, I can trade one for one with him.
Therefore, you still need to think of more ways to deal with the World Tree.
Oops! I told you too much! You, even though I told you why I couldn’t tell you too much, you still tried to trick me into telling you something.”
Luke said aggrievedly, "I just asked about your strength level, and you were the one who said so much in a trembling voice. Now you blame me?"
Qingkong immediately covered his mouth and lay back on the crescent moon: "Today I am going to choose the brightest star in the sky. Please don't bother me anymore."
Luke looked at the twinkling stars in the sky, like little elves waiting to be called.
When Luke saw that Qingkong really started to count the stars seriously, he withdrew from the spiritual starry sky.
What is certain now is that... in addition to the divine artifacts, this world has another powerful power system, let's call them the gods.
Abyss is the god worshipped by the Abyss Temple. Abyss Mages can be transformed into Abyss Apostles by accepting the infection of Abyss energy. Not all of them will become Abyss Apostles. The eye on the gate of Abyss Temple can only be regarded as Abyss Familiar.
This can be temporarily defined as the Abyss Pantheon.
After listening to Qingkong's words, one can judge that the starry sky is an energy body of the same type and equal to the abyss.
One's own spiritual starry sky may be a reflection of the real starry sky.
There is also the revival of the World Tree. Everything should be just an opportunity, to sow a seed. The power that allows the World Tree to truly revive and grow actually comes from the starry sky.
Such a powerful force is certainly qualified to be temporarily defined as the starry sky god system.
The awakened Qingkong possesses the authority of the world tree, the projection of the starry sky, and the character created by her own spirit, which coincidentally shapes her into a unique person.
…
An inexplicable sense of alertness made Luke stop his analysis.
What Qingkong said just now is right. Now the business has spread too wide, and the gods seem to be only responding passively to this world. It is better not to provoke them excessively.
However, this abyss is related to the artifact of ancient civilization, and the artifact is very likely to come out, so it is necessary to investigate.
Just get a little understanding and never go too deep.
Luke set a standard for himself in studying the abyss.
In the following days, Luke continued to report to the Abyss Temple on time every day. He let his body be infected with some Abyss energy, and then cleared it. Luke could feel that the cool energy between his eyebrows had always existed. Now he knew that it was star energy. It was because of the existence of star energy that he could so easily clear the infected Abyss energy.
The rapid transformation of the body during the process of clearing the infection gave Luke the feeling of changing his muscles and cleansing his marrow, cleansing the impurities in his body along with the energy of the abyss.
The most obvious external change is that the bodybuilding muscles that were originally formed by the dragon bloodline have not only not increased but have shrunk a lot due to daily strength training.
The body shape became more symmetrical and the strength increased dramatically again.
Another thing is the enhancement of magic power and the expansion of mental power.
Luke had a feeling that as long as he completed this stage of transformation, there would be no problem for his overall strength to reach the initial stage of six stars.
The artifact interprets the origin of the world, allowing the user to complete a combination of secret techniques through ancient languages, thereby releasing powerful magic.
The gods seem to directly transform people's bodies through their own energy and give them great power.
What is its theoretical basis?
I'm thinking about things I shouldn't be thinking about again!
Luke deleted the pantheon research from Qingkong's academic research memorandum. Restraining curiosity is an effective measure of self-protection.
But...can you really hold it back?
Luke didn't believe himself.
Time passed quickly, and on the third day after the dinner with Baron Sergei, a car stopped in front of Fekochik's house.
Cars are a rare sight in the Holy Mountain.
Because cars are products of the steam industry, there is no car repair and maintenance system in the Holy Mountain, so naturally no one buys or drives them.
Knowing that a car had come to her house to pick up Mr. Luke, Mrs. Fekich ran faster than Luke in her high heels, rushed to the front of the car, and stroked the smooth body with her big hands.
He sighed, “Alas…I ordered a car from Raging Waves City last year, but the war broke out and it couldn’t be delivered to the Holy Mountain.
I built the garage!
Whose car is this? Name your price, I'll buy it! "
Mrs. Fecochek's last loud shout scared the driver so much that he ran out immediately.
The driver was a human, wearing the uniform of the Holy Mountain City Militia, with a wolf head as the badge on his chest. Although he looked strong, he was a little timid in front of Mrs. Fecochik.
"Hello, Madam Fekochik! This car belongs to the Gray Wolf Battalion of the Holy Mountain City Militia, and was donated by Baron Sergei and human merchants.
No… not for sale…”
Mrs. Fekochik continued to shout loudly: "I can't even buy a car, how did Sergei buy one?"
"Madam, how should I know? I am just an ordinary soldier of the Canglang Brigade. I have only practiced driving this car for two days, and I was appointed as the driver."
Mrs. Fecochek knew that she could not get anything out of a soldier, so she angrily asked, "Why did you drive your car to the doorstep of the Fecochek family? Don't you know that my husband is from the Stone family? Be careful that his brothers will smash your car.
Drive away! Drive away! Don’t let me see it, I can’t stand it not belonging to me! ”
The soldier said aggrievedly: "Madam... I, I am here on the orders of Baron Sergei to pick up Lord Luke, the Chief Inspector of the Wolf Battalion.
Has your steward gone in to report?"
"Has it been notified?" Mrs. Fecochik recalled that she only heard a car coming, but did not hear that it was coming to pick up Mr. Luke?
Before Mrs. Fecochek could recall what the housekeeper had said to her, Luke had already walked out.
Following him came the Stone Barbarians.
The human driver of the Canglang Brigade trembled when he saw the Stone Barbarian. The Stone Barbarian was a bully in the Holy Mountain. He often bullied the human race in the Holy Mountain and was notorious.
If my car is smashed by these stubborn barbarians, how can I explain it when I go back?
Seeing the large group of Stone Barbarians getting closer and closer, the human driver felt like crying.
But how come the stone barbarians, who were usually extremely savage, behaved so docilely this time? They actually surrounded a human being respectfully, as if this human was their boss.
Is this the Stone Barbarian?
The driver was a little stunned.
"I'm Luke." Luke walked up to the driver and said after taking a look at the car, "It's a brand new Snowdmer CT97. Baron Sergei is quite capable. Are you here to pick me up for the Canglang Brigade's inauguration ceremony?"
Hearing that the man without big muscles in front of him was actually Inspector General Luke, the driver inexplicably felt courage and confidence. He stood up straight and gave Luke a standard military salute.
He replied in a very strong voice: "Master Inspector Luke, I am Private Joe John from the driver company of the City Militia Wolf Battalion. I am here on the orders of Baron Sergei to take you to the Wolf Battalion barracks to attend the military inauguration ceremony!
Please get in the car! "
