Chapter 1012: Chapter 1012
Capítulo 1012: Chapter 167: The Enemies Resisted by the Giant Wall (Part 1)
Why tear up that letter?
The answer is simple.
She had already read it.
In the countless meetings presided over by destiny, the contents of the letter, as well as Gu Shen who came to present the letter… the Empress had seen it unknown times.
Back when the Empress tore up the letter, she once said this.
[“Thank you for delivering the letter, but this is the best resting place for it.”]
Gu Shen originally thought the Empress tore up the letter because the old friend had passed, and reading the letter only increased the sorrow.
Now, he too had experienced the “Divination of Destiny.”
“So… the first time I stepped into the ‘Divine Domain,’ my pendant did not react at all…”
Gu Shen lowered his head, looking at [the Shelter of the Goddess of Destiny], he murmured.
This pendant was originally the secondary item in a set of three.
“This pendant can divine good and bad luck.”
“The bracelet can provide ‘disaster scenes’ of the future.”
Gu Shen raised his head, looking at the “silver light of the bracelet” dissolving into the Divine Domain, flying about the melting furnace…
So what is the ability of the main item?
“It is the ability to completely, thoroughly observe the future.”
The Empress seemed to know long ago that Gu Shen would say this.
She sat atop the embrace of billions of snowflakes, resembling a true deity at this moment, every wisp of her aura was worthy of reverence and worship.
“But… it is a ‘shakable’ future, a ‘false’ future.”
The Empress gently said, “Rather than saying these three objects are a ‘gift of destiny,’ it’s better to say that these three objects are… a guide from the Dream to reality. We walk in the real world, observing the ethereal possibilities through the dream, whether to grasp or let go, all depends on personal will.”
If Meng Xiao did not choose to enter the Duolu River in the first place, nor pursued himself.
Then the scene he saw on the “bracelet” would not appear.
The bracelet itself is an emotionless object.
It does not judge the owner’s emotions, nor does it speculate on how Meng Xiao will act… it only provides a scene, a “possibly appearing” scene, as for what meaning this scene holds, the user must interpret themselves.
Gu Shen saw the Holy Judge come knocking.
And that disaster was smoothly resolved by him!
If because he saw this scene and wanted to leave early to “avoid it,” perhaps this scene would still play out… and at that moment, the so-called “disaster,” could not be avoided.
So, the Empress knew everything long ago.
Everything here also includes his identity.
Looking at the eyes hidden behind the wind and snow, Gu Shen was silent for a long time.
In the Divine Domain, the wind and snow swirled.
“Alright, since you know everything… then I seem to have nothing to worry about.”
What is there to perform in this act?
Before I stepped into the North Continent, the Empress already knew I was the secret of the Netherworld King.
So, that battle in the cemetery, and the truth of the Wine God’s death… she knew as well.
How wonderful, Gu Shen felt a long-lost relief in the Melting Furnace Divine Domain.
If the Empress wanted to act.
Then she would have acted long ago.
“I originally thought you would, like light… directly erase the possibility of the ‘Netherworld King’s Spark’ growing.” Gu Shen said self-deprecatingly, “But now it seems, you don’t seem to care about my identity?”
“The seven gods… all split from the Gospel Box.”
The Empress lightly said, “Everything in this world, since it exists, must have a reason to exist. Erasing one would lead to successive destruction, let alone… the so-called ‘spark’ is merely an object without consciousness, the real good or bad still depends on the user, right?”
Gu Shen was taken aback.
That is the truth… but this simple truth, yet seems to be understood by few people.
The Empress continued: “He died in the Qingzhong Cemetery, the sky didn’t say much, nor did it delve deeper… Di Jiu ended up because he lost the original intention of smelting the spark, iron law dictates, it’s destiny’s punishment descending.”
He has heard this term more than once.
Gu Shen couldn’t help but ask, “What is the iron law?”
“The iron law… is the ‘admonition’ left behind after the Gospel Box split its sparks in the past. But in reality, the iron law is nothing at all.”
The Empress said, “In the eyes of those on the High Seat, it’s both an elusive promise and a laughable warning. When you wield the highest power, you’ll understand this feeling. Those few weightless admonitions wouldn’t mean anything. Even if the Skytop crumbled before you, you’d still think it was nothing.”
“In words you can currently comprehend… the iron law is like an ‘omen’.” ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel[f]ire.net
“Those who violate the admonition must bear the ‘weight’ of the transgression.”
“Only… to the Divine Throne, the weight needed to bear for transgressing once is as light as a feather.”
The Empress said sarcastically, “Moreover, those who abide by the iron law may not necessarily end well either.”
Gu Shen seemed thoughtful.
So the “iron law” often mentioned by the gods was … Though the Empress spoke lightly of the matter of transgression, Gu Shen felt it wasn’t so simple.
Once you’ve tasted the flavor of crossing boundaries, it’s difficult to stop, and those weights as light as feathers, accumulating over time, can crush a mountain.
“Your Majesty… I want to know, how much exactly have you seen?”
Gu Shen asked earnestly.
“I haven’t seen much.”
The Empress smiled and said softly, “I simply saw the ‘possibilities’ that occurred in this attic. In fact, much of the information I obtained… came from you. For instance, the stone tablet left behind by the traveler, the river left by the Netherworld King, the palace bearing the fallen Holy Judge, and that mysterious ‘ancient text translator’.”
“You came here, posed questions.”
“I searched, attempted to decipher.”
Gu Shen was once again shocked by the power of the bracelet…
In fact, what he came to say in the attic was precisely these things.
And in the “future” seen by the bracelet, these questions had already been comprehensively reviewed by the Empress.
Thankfully, she is not my enemy.
Otherwise, Gu Shen couldn’t imagine any way to defeat such an opponent.
“The ‘past’ recorded on that stone tablet really did happen. Before humanity reached the Five Continents, there was a ‘great migration’.” The Empress said calmly, “Many people perished on the migration route, their bones buried in the ashes of the [Old World]. But unfortunately, this segment of history was embellished by the ‘traveler’ with spirit.”
Gu Shen listened quietly, nodding slowly.
He also felt the same when watching at that time… The traveler portrayed the evolution of their tribe as too grand.
Anything too purely immaculate often hides greater darkness on the flip side.
“The Lin Family of the North Continent were among the first survivors to arrive at the ‘Five Continents’.” The Empress said, “Even before the Iron Dome Emperor hoisted his flag, the ancestors of the North Continent began building a giant wall for their homeland. From what I know… these walls were not solely to resist the ‘storm’.”
Gu Shen was surprised, “Not just to resist the storm, what else then?”
After speaking, a realization struck his heart.
Besides the storm, what else could there be?
“In a large group facing disaster, the greatest crisis often doesn’t come from the outside.” The Empress said softly, “But from within… Since you’ve seen the images on the traveler’s stone wall, then you surely know to what extent human technology had developed six hundred years ago. And what level it has now regressed to.”
Six hundred years ago.
Humans were capable of creating gigantic warships that crossed the [Old World].
And now… the large source energy boats made in the North Continent, though capable of withstanding the storms beyond the borders, seem quite immature compared to the steel ship hulls several kilometers long from back then.
“Some people didn’t want to leave.”
The Empress said calmly, “They believed that the outcome was already predetermined, and no matter how much humanity struggled, they would fail. Instead of attempting a large-scale ‘migration’, facing the bombardment from source materials during exile, it was better to cut off the warship’s energy, hide in the hibernation pods, and wait for the storm to dissipate, for order to be restored…”
Gu Shen remained silent.
“You already saw the ending. Most of them died, order never returned, it just got worse.” The Empress said softly, “Because cutting off the warship’s energy left many behind in the [Old World], facing the source material storm, many sacrifices became meaningless, the storm wouldn’t stop because of consuming humans… So during the migration, abandoning fellows is of course a lie on the traveler’s stone wall.”
“What exactly happened six hundred years ago, we cannot know the specific details.”
The Empress said calmly, “But what we do know… was that the Gospel Box was separated at that time.”
“One part of it came with the ancestors to the Five Continents, and over the long years, it was continually divided and divided again, ultimately forming the ‘Seven Gods’ today.”
She paused slightly, looking at Gu Shen, “You, and I… are both part of it.”
“And the other part was permanently lost in the [Old World].”
“Beings that come into contact with the ‘Gospel Box’, even non-living beings, might experience a ‘miracle of evolutionary leap’. At the time the giant wall was built, it was because… we didn’t know what would happen in the future.”
The Empress said earnestly, “Just like the ‘traveler’, the Five Continents now calls him the ‘Eighth Divine Seat’… But in truth, are there really only eight fragments of the Gospel Box?”
“Perhaps, in some desolate ruin of the Old World where no one has reached yet… the ninth fragment, or even the tenth fragment, may still be buried?”
The Empress stared straight at Gu Shen.
“The construction of the giant wall was to resist the dark distant… unknown entities, who hold the other part of the Gospel Box.”
“Six hundred years ago, or perhaps even further back in pre-migration history, they were also our kind.”