Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 1031 Is the serial number of the previous chapter wrong?

If getting a name means getting recognition, then in the most unfamiliar stage in distant memory, did he get the recognition of his mother? Moreover, He personally admitted that he was her most favored child, even more than the two sisters who had been following Him since the beginning of creation. Was this a kind of comfort, or a sign that he had never discovered?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that she has been the most special from the beginning. She was given a similar appearance to him by her mother, given the important mission of coordinating the conflicts between her two sisters, and finally given his name, becoming the last thought left by her mother in the world. But do I really deserve this kind of treatment? I am just a silent, cold, lonely, bad child who has never learned to act like a spoiled child or smile, who can only lie and conceal things, and has made big mistakes because of this. Do I really deserve to be loved by my mother more than my two sisters?
Tianjie felt deeply inferior to this. In the countless years that followed, she was never happy about it, only ashamed and terrified. Although this may not be the original intention of the goddess, there are some things in the world that are like this. Their meaning does not depend on the present, but is determined by the past long ago and the future long after.

The heaven long ago, and Themis long in the future; Eden long ago, and Mirror Star long in the future; the people long ago, and the people long in the future... strange or familiar, none of them can move her.

The silver-haired girl broke away from a memory. She silently closed the archive record on the screen and gave the power of thinking to the audience.

Among all the archive records that have been viewed so far, this one contains the most information, so they may need more time than before to digest it. Before that, the entire control center will be filled with deathly silence, and the breathing sounds will be as clear and sharp as the countdown of a clock.

It was not until a long time later that a slight and trembling voice carefully broke the silence: "So, this... this is the truth about the goddess's death?"

Metien looked nervously at the silver-haired girl in the sky. She felt that her heartbeat at this moment must be as loud as a drum. The strange thing was that other people didn't hear it. They couldn't hear it.

Celestial Themis nodded silently and firmly.

If possible, she would not use such a naked attitude to destroy the remaining hope in a little girl's heart. Unfortunately, after experiencing that incident, she has learned not to lie.

Metien stood there blankly, at a loss. She didn't know why, maybe because she had already gone through this many times before, or maybe because she had already cried all the tears she needed to cry, she found that she was not as sad as when she first heard the news, and she didn't have the urge to cry. Instead, she felt a faint sense of alienation, which suddenly surrounded her and isolated her from the world.

Everything was strange, and she felt like an isolated outsider even though she was in the middle of it.

What is in it is memory; what is isolated from it is time.

Sister Livia was worried that the girl could not bear this great blow, so she stepped forward and held her shoulders. The temperature through the thin clothes was so cold that it was a little hot, which scared her. But her action made the girl come back to her senses. Metien gently pressed Sister Livia's hand and silently shook her head to show that she was fine. Then he raised his head and his eyes fell on Themis in the heaven again. He had become much calmer.

"Does this mean," she asked softly, "that the goddess died for all living beings in the world?"

Just as described in the Bible, God loves the world, this is great love.

“No.” Before Themis in the heavens could answer, Tiantis on the other screen said coldly: “If we talk about the cause, Mother was killed by mortals like you. You, Miss Medien, you, Mr. Linger; and Miss Fairy and the Countess over there, do you think you can stay out of it? Including the earthly beings you mentioned, every living being on the Mirror Star, those who enjoy the blessings of God with peace of mind but don’t know how to be grateful, are nothing but murderers…”

"you shut up!!!"

The anger was vented out uncontrollably, and the sharp shout that was almost broken interrupted Tiandis's words, and made everyone present, including her, stunned for a moment. It was hard to imagine that such a raging fire was hidden in the girl's small body, so that she could burst out with such intense emotions, just like pouring out all the air squeezed in her lungs in one breath, making people even worry that she would be unable to breathe because of working too hard. Medien didn't care about everyone's opinions, she just clenched her fists, raised her head and stared at Tiandis stubbornly, her eyes were a little red, but she still said word by word: "I, I'm not talking to you again!!!"

So stubborn, refusing to bow his head, as if to emphasize something.

Tiandis was speechless for a moment, looking at her quietly, his condescending eyes concealing some dark thoughts. Ling Ge suddenly took a step forward, unnoticedly protecting his sister behind him, and met Tiandis's gaze.

"Metine forgets her manners when she gets angry." The young man said calmly, "I apologize to you on her behalf."

He didn't say "Metien likes to vent his anger when he's angry", his attitude was already very clear. But Tiantis was not surprised, she knew very well how much the young man in front of her cherished her sister, if there was anyone in the world who could make him change his mind besides his adoptive father Mr. Yanke, it would probably be her.

"It doesn't matter." Tiandis shook his head slowly: "Anyway, this is the fact."

It has nothing to do with whether the girl is willing to accept it or not.

The black-haired girl looked at the people below indifferently, without any emotion as a human being in her eyes. She might have had that kind of weakness before, but she had abandoned it long ago. However, all the extreme thoughts actually came from those unforgettable memories. That's right, in Tiantis's heart, it was never the mother who chose this path herself, but those mortals who forced her to this path.

The Mother has given them everything they deserve: shaping their lives, endowing them with souls, bestowing them with emotions, blessing their homes, enlightening their civilization, and guiding them to transcendence; in order to let mortals walk their own paths, she also willingly gave up this world she created with her own hands and handed it over to mortals. Even if she left the two young girls with royal powers, it was only because she was worried that mortals would not be able to adapt after leaving her protection, so she asked them to take care of and supervise them. From the beginning, He regarded mortals as his most important heirs, especially his two daughters. Because what He really wanted to create was neither a world with a mere form nor some lives that acted instinctively, but a brilliant civilization created by lives with self-awareness and wisdom inheritance in this colorful world, constantly pioneering and making progress - just like the civilization on Earth.

A single world or a single life cannot constitute a civilization. Therefore, although Eden is good, it is not a treasure that He values; although the two daughters are close, they are not His ideal heirs. Only mortals, only mortals with infinite possibilities and endless enterprising spirit, can shape the "game" He created into the ideal form.

If not, why would He invite the ancestors of all races to gather in the Temple of Heaven and personally teach them the secrets of magic and magic? He answered any questions from mortals with great care and without hesitation. The legend of the questioning in front of the God lasted for 333 years until civilization was on the right track and the Goddess intentionally reduced her presence.

Sometimes, even Tiantis, as a daughter, was jealous of her mother's attitude towards those mortals. It was hard to say whether all her prejudices against mortals were influenced by this emotion. But what happened later seemed to prove that this prejudice was not extreme, but a warning sign.

"How did mortals fail Mother's expectations? I believe that after watching these video recordings, you should know better than me." Tiantis said coldly, his eyes stern: "Mother gave them the will to forge ahead and explore, but they understood it as greed and desire; Mother gave them the mission to create a great civilization, but they understood it as a fight to attack each other and exclude dissidents; Mother gave them the magic to interfere and change the world, but they understood it as a power to help themselves to be petty and realize their ambitions. They seem to be born with the ability to distort and fabricate, born with selfishness and blindness, and born with the desire to kill and destroy... But if you say that they are really born this way, I'm afraid no one will believe it, right?"

Because the goddess who created them never mixed too many despicable factors into their nature. What she longed for was a beautiful and brilliant world like a fantasy work. However, mortals can always easily learn things that are not in their nature, faster than learning magic and words.

"Are good people evil? Are evil people good? Mortals always choose to betray when they are trusted. Or, it is precisely because they want to betray that they deliberately use those false feelings to gain trust, right?" Tiantis sneered, "Just like those survivors of the old world, they moved Mother with their miserable situations and were qualified to reincarnate in the new world. But in the end, how did they repay Mother's trust? Betrayers, be ashamed."

She had a hint, and it was not complicated. Her words reminded everyone of the elder who was alone watching over the last settlement of mortals in Eden at the end of the century. He had had a good conversation with the goddess, and despite learning the news that the world was going to be destroyed, he had no regrets or remorse. His last wish in life was to keep his name in the new world.

But that ordinary name became the beginning of all the events that followed, and it also made the new world that the goddess had painstakingly created, even at the cost of her own life, seem to be on an old path. From the perspective of Tiantis, it was not wrong to call him a traitor, just like calling the virtual dragon god Nigfraum and other Eden gods.

The young man raised his eyebrows slightly, discovering a blind spot exposed in this incident: "That being said, it makes me a little curious. Could it be that Saint Tumi knows the method and path to the Holy Temple of Heaven because he has retained his name from his previous life?"

Tiantis acquiesced.

The young man asked again: "But Her Majesty the Goddess clearly stated that in order not to disrupt the order of the new world, the memories of those who survived the old world need to be erased before they can be reincarnated into the world. Since their memories are gone, how can there be any talk of betrayal?"

Tiandis said in a cold tone: "Washed memories, can't they be traced back? You should have experienced it yourself."

Everyone, including Lingge, was slightly stunned, and then they remembered something and looked at a figure at the edge of the crowd. Gloria, or Bai Ye, was crossing her arms, thinking about something. Her expression was indifferent, and she did not change even when facing the gazes of her companions. She just spoke, whispering to herself: "Dreams are the veins of the soul, and memories are the reverberations of the soul."

This is a phrase she often says, and it is also the basic principle for her to use her dream-entering ability to help other young girls and kings retrieve their past life memories: the memories experienced by the soul will not change, and what kind of soul will have what kind of dream is destined from the beginning. That is to say, if the soul has not changed, the precognitive dream can even allow you to trace back to the past and see what the soul of your last self, the last self before that, and even the original self looked like.

Originally, this theory would only work for the young queen, because only the young queen's special soul could reincarnate and wake up from the long sleep of death again and again, while the souls of ordinary people would only disappear. However, on the day when the two worlds alternated, the goddess made a decision driven by kindness, which led to the emergence of a special case, that is, the souls of the survivors of the old world, including Tumi, experienced a reincarnation.

Thus, the memory of the previous life was passed down in dreams. It was hazy and vague. If it were an ordinary person, they might regard it as a special dream and forget it after waking up. They would not take it to heart or even believe it. However, the man named Tumi believed it firmly, because in his previous life, he was a human sage at the end of the old world, a person with enough wisdom and rationality to understand those dreams.

"In the control center's database, there is the last archive record, which is also the only archive record kept after the birth of the new world. Perhaps it can help you better understand that past event." Tiantis suddenly said, "Is the past like a dream? Or is it like a sign that is about to happen? If you have any doubts, you may as well confirm it yourself, but I will not ask about your choice, because this past event has little to do with me, but it has a lot to do with you."

Who are you referring to? Her eyes swept over Saint Charlena, Xino, Olvera, Rolena, Ieta, Gloria and Leticia in turn. So this is a story about the new young royals. They are no longer just spectators, but begin to participate in the story, just like actors on stage making their debut.

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn as everyone held their breath. After a while, everyone turned their eyes to Saint Shallia, because they believed that at this moment, only this gentle and majestic eldest sister could make a choice on behalf of everyone.

Saint Shallia did not let them wait too long, perhaps because the answer had already been throbbing in her heart, long before Tiantis made this suggestion.

The blue-haired girl raised her head and said to Celestial Themis in a soft but firm tone: "I want to see the file, if possible."

Themis was silent for a while, then slowly raised her hands. A faint blue afterglow appeared on the dim screen, along with a gradually clearer image, and her plain announcement: "The application is approved. Now start playing the X55 file record, codename: New Century."

The New Century is the century after Genesis.

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