Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 687 Talk
Terra Force 1591.1.30.
Heaven is an unknowable place.

Third floor: Beria.

This is called the "world of creation", which is the first step in the transition from the infinite radiance of the Almighty to the perceptible, finite world.

In Belia, the divine light is no longer an untouchable infinite concept, but reveals the embryonic form of rules and order through specific divine qualities.

It is the place of truth that countless beings desire, and it is also the headquarters of the core institutions and important departments of the Kingdom of Heaven. It is like the beating center of the Kingdom of Heaven.

The most eye-catching thing in the third level of Belia is a mysterious building called [Bǐnà].

[Bienna] is not an ordinary building, it represents pure, undifferentiated inspiration and intuition.

It is the essence of wisdom in the unknowable land and the projection of all structured and ordered knowledge into this sacred realm.

It is like an unspeakable source that leads directly to the deepest truth. Its brilliance contains endless enlightenment, and the souls of mortals can touch those mysteries that are originally unknowable here.

One of the most important sacred objects in all the buildings of [Bina] is the [Pool of Bethesda], one of the two holy pools of healing in heaven.

Another healing holy pool is the [Pond of Siloam] located on the first floor, between the [Chusei] and [Nursery] courtyards.

The Pool of Bethesda is quietly located in the center of Bina, surrounded by an open stone courtyard.

Ancient white marble pillars support the structure of the courtyard, as white as snow. The surface of the pillars is engraved with countless difficult-to-decipher ancient characters. These characters have their own rhythm, flickering with a faint light, blending in with the surrounding sacred environment.

In the center of the courtyard is a pool of silver water, which shimmers with a soft glow and has ripples on the surface; above the pool, several statues of angels are floating; there is no actual roof above the building, but rather a void sky.

There are five ancient corridors beside the courtyard, each of which leads to a different direction, symbolizing different sacred qualities and powers.

Those corridors are like paths leading to infinite truth. Entering them is like embarking on the path to understanding creation and structure.

In the silver pool water, Xia Xiu lay lazily by the pool, his hands spread out, leaning on a slightly raised stone chair.

At this moment, his figure seemed to blend into this holy tranquility and become one with this sacred courtyard.

Xia Xiu's hair was combed into a neat backcomb, with the wet hair clinging to his scalp, giving off a faint metallic texture in the dim light, making him look more capable and stern. The backcombed hairstyle exposed his entire face more clearly, revealing his sharp contours and impeccable facial features.

The hideous wound was still on his chest, and it was particularly conspicuous near his heart.

He has been soaking in this pool of water for three days since Green Day fell.

The silver healing water flowed slowly, wrapping around his body and repairing the twenty-four broken organs bit by bit.

He closed his eyes, feeling the warmth and tranquility of the water, his consciousness gradually drifting away.

Although most organs have recovered, the core organ near the heart that was crushed by judgment can never be healed.

In order to make up for this irreversible loss, Eden implanted a new [Heart of Revelation] in him when he returned to the unknown land.

"Whoo~"

Xia Xiu sighed, "Ah~ It's really a brand new heart."

He muttered to himself, with a slight curl of his lips, with a hint of indescribable humor, "Sure enough, my heart is also a worker. When one is broken, it has to be replaced with a new one, and then it works overtime, beating non-stop for 24 hours... Thanks to this heart, I feel like an overtime machine."

The newly implanted [Heart of Revelation] beat very regularly, as if it had received an order to work overtime indefinitely. Every pulse in the heart seemed to remind him:
No time to rest, have to keep working!
The new heart worked perfectly with the [second heart·heart engine] in his body. The two hearts worked at the same time, like a pair of poor workers forced to accept double the workload - one was responsible for ensuring the body's energy supply, while the other had to fully support his every action.

“How does it feel to take a three-day bath?”

Suddenly, a familiar voice broke the tranquility of the pool.

Xia Xiu opened his eyes lazily and turned to look at the person who came.

He was an old man in casual formal attire, looking a bit unruly, and he was slowly walking towards the pool.

This person is Robert Fielden, the chairman of the Heavenly Kingdom Ethics Committee and his own political ally.

He was holding a thick list in his hand, obviously coming on official business.

Feilden walked directly to Xia Xiu's side and sat down without any scruples. He stretched his bare feet lazily into the pool water and swayed them casually, causing some tiny splashes of water.

Xia Xiu frowned in disdain and moved to the side, with a look of helplessness and speechlessness on his face.

"This is a holy pond, you're just going to stick your feet in there like that?"

Felden shrugged and waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Do you still care about whether the pool is holy or not? With your status as a foreign student at Luyuan, don't you realize that this is the conceptual substance that Eden extracted from Yahweh? It is the embodiment of the understanding of one of the ten elements, and it is the pool of ultimate knowledge that can turn disorder into order."

Xia Xiu rolled his eyes and said in a teasing tone, "Of course I know the nature of this pool, but that doesn't stop me from hating your attempt to flavor the pool... the way you present it."

Felden didn't care and continued to enjoy the comfort of soaking his feet.

Xia Xiu sighed, raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "Tell me, what are you doing here? Can you leave me alone for a while?"

Felden said casually, "You've been fishing for three days. It's about time you move."

After hearing this, the fourth sword-bearing man in the Kingdom of Heaven showed displeasure and pointed to the wound on his chest with one hand.

"Slacking off? Slacking off? This is a work injury rehabilitation! How can it be considered slacking off?"

"I'm recovering from a work-related injury! Do you think that recovering from a work-related injury doesn't count as work hours?"

He continued dissatisfiedly: "These twenty-four broken organs have made me doubt my life. Come and try the bubble pool!"

Felden narrowed his eyes and looked at the hideous scar on the chest of the fourth sword-wielder of the Kingdom of Heaven. His brows furrowed slightly, as if he was measuring the weight it carried - a full-strength attack from a person on the verge of a miracle.

Then, he stopped talking, spread out the thick list in his hand, scanned the words on it, and slowly began to explain the business.

Xia Xiu noticed the change in atmosphere and stopped teasing. His expression gradually calmed down and he resumed the calm and serious demeanor of the fourth sword-bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Although soaking in the Pool of Bethesda for three days helped him recover physically, he never really relaxed mentally.

He really didn't slack off during these three days.

The more than 3,000 unprocessed messages of the Administration have all been processed through mind overclocking in the past few days.

The mess left behind by Green Day's fall is far more troublesome than these things.

"Now let's talk business." Felden began to report word by word. "Regarding the awakening of the inner hall and the follow-up treatment of Bodfe II, the people in the central containment room have contained three insect arrows, three bone arrows, future vision eyes, infinite trains, black wedding dresses, abnormal spaces (blood eyes), and progressive acceleration value assignment engine devices based on the relevant information you provided..."

Felden flipped through the list in his hand, tapping his fingers lightly on each page, and was extremely familiar with the items recorded there.

He raised his eyes and looked at the blond young man who was still half leaning against the pool. His voice was low and steady:
"Although all of these items have been contained, we still need to further confirm their abnormalities. Especially the Progressive Acceleration Assignment Engine Device and the Infinite Train - the people in the Central Containment Room are very interested in these two items. Their research value is very huge, especially the potential for space manipulation, which may develop new ship blueprints."

Xia Xiu lay in the pool, his eyes slightly narrowed, his golden pupils moving in thought in the dim light.

He turned his head and glanced at Feilden, his voice revealing a hint of disapproval:
"I don't mind leaving the other things in the containment room, but I happen to need the Infinity Train."

He didn't say much, but his meaning was clear.

Feilden raised his eyebrows and asked with some speculation:

"Are you going to use it for the Third Hospital...?"

Xia Xiu shrugged lightly, as if responding to an obvious question, with a hint of teasing in his tone:
"It's a school bus. By the way, I'm going to discuss the first phase of the construction plan of the third hospital with the federal government."

Felden, on the other hand, looked calm and was not surprised by the unconventional ideas of the fourth sword-bearer of Heaven.

Xia Xiu continued, his tone regaining some seriousness:

"The awakening of the Inner Hall involves a consortium, and the president of the Second Federal Bank, John K. Hanks, is very grateful to me for helping them uncover the institutions infiltrated by the consortium. Therefore, the construction funds for the three academies are no longer a problem. Especially for the 'Ivy Completion Pool', the people from the savings bank have already helped to start the construction." Xia Xiu's tone was relaxed and nonchalant, as if this power game involving multiple levels was just an everyday game.

However, Felden knew that the complex situation behind this was far from as simple as it seemed.

The infiltration of the consortium is not just a problem in the economic field, but also affects the entire federal political system. Xia Xiu's actions this time have undoubtedly torn a hole in the undercurrent.

Xia Xiu looked up at the unobstructed sky, the starlight scattered on his golden hair like a thin layer of silver light.

His voice was calm and thoughtful:
"The Restoration Pool is expected to be repaired within half a month, and the Whispering Square that we conquered earlier has also completed post-war reconstruction. That place was almost reduced to ruins, but now it's as if nothing happened."

He paused, a faint smile on his face as he thought about it.

"The foundation of the Third Hospital has been laid, but this is just the beginning. The real trouble will come next."

The aftermath of Green Day, the awakening of the Adytum, the conspiracy of the consortium - most of these entangled forces have been destroyed in one fell swoop.

The construction of the third hospital has officially taken the first step.

However, what followed was what Xia Xiu really had to worry about. He continued to talk to his allies:
“Now is the time to consider the first phase construction plan for the three colleges, as well as the strategic deployment for the first round of the Ivy League War.

Although the Second Federal Bank is helping us, they are also greedy and want to gain more benefits from it.

As for the Ivy War, it was a plane war and competition with the pantheon of the Golden Court. We had to carefully consider which pantheon to start a war with, which plane port to seize as a springboard, and how to accumulate the full value...

Not only do we have to deal with Terra's enemy Celestial forces, but we also have to be on guard against those gods who are ready to make a move. They will not be willing to be purged just like that."

"This war..." Felden's voice paused for a moment in the air, "I'm afraid it will be more difficult than we imagined."

Xia Xiu leaned against the stone sculpture and smiled slightly.

He reached out and rubbed his meticulously slicked-back blond hair, with a few strands of hair swaying at the edge of the pool. His smile revealed a hint of fearlessness, which contrasted with his inherent cynicism.

"It's nothing. I'm used to difficult things."

Xia Xiu's voice was brisk and casual. It was not frivolous, but his attitude after experiencing countless life and death situations.

He had experienced too much hardship and suffering, and war, conspiracy and inevitable conflict were no longer new to him.

He raised his head and looked straight into Felden's eyes, without any hesitation, and asked directly:
"Besides discussing these things with me, you probably have other questions you want to ask me."

Fielden's expression changed slightly. Although he remained calm and composed, Xia Xiu keenly caught the subtle changes in the old man's eyes.

Felden stared into the blond young man's golden eyes. Those eyes were as dazzling as the sun, but behind them seemed to be countless unrevealed secrets.

Felden's tone suddenly became serious, with a scrutinizing intensity:

"What did you see when you were trapped in Green Day's domain? What did you say to Mu after you returned from the battlefield?"

Xia Xiu was stunned for a moment, then he smiled meaningfully.

Fielden's questions were not unexpected; one could even say that he had expected them to be asked.

The old man's sharp eyes and insight are as always, and he will not be easily fooled by appearances.

Since the events of the Seventy-Two Hours of Crisis, Felden had become more cautious, especially when it came to his chosen ally.

Xia Xiu's smile gradually faded, and a hint of calmness and sharpness appeared in his eyes.

He looked at Feilden and felt the almost suffocating pressure from him.

Although this old man seemed casual, the aura he exuded was as heavy as a mountain.

This was not an ordinary question, but one that came from a deep sense of uneasiness.

"Don't worry," Xia Xiu said slowly, his tone calm but with a hint of certainty, "I won't become another Judith Iscariot, nor will I become Lucifer, let alone Satan."

Felden's eyes were still sharp, like an invisible knife, piercing into Xia Xiu's heart. He did not rush to respond, his eyes were filled with a calm and scrutinizing light. The silence in the air seemed to freeze everything, as if he was waiting for some unpredictable answer, or even a deeper truth.

"This matter..."

There was no emotion on Feldenberg's face, it remained cold and calm.

Finally, he uttered a sentence coldly:

"Hard to say."

Xia Xiu smiled: "Yes, it's hard to say."

He raised his eyes and looked into the void in the distance.

"It's like what people have been wondering - will the Kingdom of Heaven perish without the frank advice of the Ethics Committee?"

He paused, and his gaze returned to Feldenberg, with a hint of smile in his eyes:

"It's hard to say about this matter."

After Xia Xiu finished speaking, he leaned forward slightly and then stood up.

The moment he stood up, the ability of [Personal Customization] was quietly activated, and a set of simple but highly designed casual clothes appeared on his muscular body.

The upper body of his clothes was a light grey long-sleeved sweatshirt, which was tailored to fit him perfectly and had slightly loose cuffs. The lower body was a pair of dark blue cropped trousers, the fabric was light but strong, and the trouser legs were slightly tightened, just showing off the lines of his slender legs.

Xia Xiu walked out of the pool barefoot and nonchalantly, his steps brisk, water droplets sliding down the muscular lines of his arches.

The moment he stepped onto the stone courtyard, a pair of clean white canvas shoes appeared under his feet. The uppers were flawless and the soles were light and comfortable, just as his steps were silent.

As he put on his shoes, he looked at Feilden, his tone still relaxed:
"If you don't trust me, you can ask Mu. I reported to the old man and Eden as soon as I came back."

There was no trace of anger in Xia Xiu's tone, but instead a hint of irresistible calmness.

The facts are there and need no explanation.

He said, casually shoving his hands into his hoodie pockets and began to stroll towards the ancient gates of Bina.

He walked to the gate without stopping, but his voice still reached Feilden's ears clearly:

“I went to the Alchemical Engineering Department to see the Sun Boat salvaged from the Chukchi Sea, and to see the Holy Gospel Machine under repair.

After that, I will go to the highest floor, Azilut, to meet Eden... Oh, by the way, the old man is also at the highest floor this time, and he will accompany me during this meeting."

Xia Xiu's voice gradually faded away, but his tone remained calm and composed.

The slender figure stretched and disappeared in the light and shadow, gradually blending into the ancient and solemn building of [Bina].

Felden silently watched the receding figure of the fourth sword-bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven. His eyes gradually softened, but there was still a kind of caution and doubt between his brows that could not be completely erased.

He watched the blond young man's back for a long time without moving his eyes away, thinking about a worry hidden deep in his heart.

"I hope you really are not the second 0-13..." He whispered to himself, with a hint of fatigue and heaviness in his voice.

"The Ethics Committee does not want to, and cannot, create another... [Beast]."

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September 9th, remember our fighting brothers!