Alice in the Land of Steam

Is Chapter 304 a god that symbolizes nothingness?
A huge shadow suddenly appeared behind Professor David, like the dark clouds gathered in the deepest part of a storm, rendering the entire scene gloomy and bleak. The indescribable mists bared their fangs and claws like an uncontrolled monster, and finally outlined a majestic image of a human body with an eagle's head. Behind Him, six pairs of dark wings spread out, surrounding the surroundings like a mountain range surrounding the world. There were six strong arms, holding a cross sword, a scale, an Avion flute, a gold-inlaid prayer book, a red eagle's tail feathers, and a double-winged wind snake. The two cold red moons in his eyes cast an indifferent gaze at the world, as strange and weird as a ghost.

"Wow, what is this!?"

Alice was startled.

Saint Shalia replied, "It is a holy relic."

Alice knew this, after all, Professor David had just said it himself. The key point was, what exactly is the holy relic? Why does everyone mention it? What kind of power does it have?
Everyone present was either new to the mysterious world, or had been isolated from the outside world for many years, or had never thought about such things... Therefore, no one could answer Alice's doubts. Only Saint Shallia, who had traveled all over the world looking for the traces of the girl's kingdom, could speak up and give them a simple explanation.

"The so-called holy relics," the shepherdess said, "are the products left behind by magical life forms after death, which usually have special abilities and different side effects. Later, Archimedes, a magician from the Modern Magic Research Society, proposed the law of spiritual relics, which believes that the production of holy relics is due to the material reaction products that are separated after the magical life forms' spirits are out of control and merge with their own magic power after death. It can be inferred that the more powerful the magic power and the more active the spirit of the life form, the higher the probability of producing holy relics after death, and the holy relics produced will be stronger."

Archimedes... Alice didn't know where to start complaining. She forced herself to shift her attention away from the name and achievements of this fellow Earthling and focused on the bird-headed and human-bodied god behind Professor David. She asked, "So, the holy relic he is using is the legacy left behind by the Holy God of Tianshan after his death?"

Saint Shalia nodded gently: "Well, I think so."

"No." Professor David sneered: "That's totally wrong."

"Oh? What do you think?" Seeing that he seemed to have started the necessary plot of "casually revealing important information to the protagonists during the boss battle", Alice hurriedly asked while the iron was hot.

"The fact is, the holy relic [Breath of Nothingness of the Blue Sky God] is not the legacy left by the God of Holy Sky Mountain at all. Or to draw a further conclusion, I can tell you clearly without a doubt -" His eyes slowly swept over everyone, and he spoke word by word: "The so-called God of Holy Sky Mountain did not exist from beginning to end."

What is this guy talking about?
The God of Holy Tianshan does not exist?

"Are you surprised? Actually, when I learned about this, my reaction was the same as yours. But you might as well consider a question: For extraordinary people and magicians, Sequence 4 is undoubtedly the most important transformation. Only by advancing from Sequence 5 to Sequence 4 can one call himself a god and have the qualifications to be worshipped and followed. However, this hurdle can eliminate 12% of people. Why? It is nothing more than a problem of resources. Every god who can surpass mortals did not exist here innately, but after grabbing countless flesh and blood souls, he stood out from countless mortals, ascended the throne of bones, and looked down on the mundane people in the world. So, the key to the problem lies here: Before the th century AD, was the land of Dorthien a prosperous and fertile land enough to give birth to gods?"

"Hmph, it doesn't hurt to tell you. After all, you brought me here specifically to complete the unfinished business of my ancestors. You are about to sacrifice your lives for this. How can I refuse to offer the most sincere courtesy to the deceased?" David sneered. His arrogant face really made Alice want to punch him, but for the sake of information, she endured it.

The Cult of the Blue Sky was once the oldest religion on the land of Dorthien, and their name can be seen in the Brass Covenant. Although they were later replaced by the more powerful Order of the Holy Spring, their beliefs have had a profound impact on this country. Traces of them can still be found in the remaining documents and ruins... As a native of Leisenburg, whose family history can be traced back to the era when the Cult of the Blue Sky was still active, and who has personally experienced the changes of poverty, prosperity and chaos in this land, Hansen David actually said that the God of the Holy Sky Mountain does not exist?

He had a vaguely sarcastic smile on his lips, while Lingge and the others looked thoughtful. Indeed, whether it was a transcendent or a magician, if they wanted to become stronger, they needed countless resources, whether it was the most basic potion materials or the most mundane money and property. At least before the 12th century AD when the angels blew away the mountains and the warm and humid air currents between the land and the sea entered the land of Dolucien, this place had always been a barren, desolate, and cold land.

And when the land of Doluthien became prosperous, the Cult of the Sky did not enjoy it for long, and soon perished in the chaotic era that followed.

So we can simply draw a conclusion: this ancient religion has never produced a god above Sequence 4 from beginning to end. "But." Alice scratched her cheek: "In this case, what exactly is the so-called God of Shengtian Mountain?"

"Because even though gods don't exist, the Cang Tian Cult needs a god. Otherwise, it will not be able to gather the people's faith, let alone make them continue to endure a poor life for an illusory doctrine. Only by making them believe that the suffering they are experiencing is the tempering of gods can the stability of the country be maintained. I think you will agree with this, Mr. Ling."

After all, Rochelle said, you are a true believer.

The professor's eyes fell on the young man's face. The young man frowned slightly when he heard him say his name again, and shook his head, saying, "I'm sorry to disagree."

"Really? Then you are just an ordinary person bound by those corrupt and ignorant dogmas." David sneered, but Lingge remained indifferent. Moreover, he always felt that the professor was not mocking him, but someone else through the conversation with him.

who can that be?

Professor David ignored the young man's reaction and continued, "The followers of the Heaven Cult claim to be the people of God, but they believe in a fictitious god. It is no wonder that they panicked and terrified after witnessing the power of the angels. They even colluded with the Kreisov royal family to seize the power of the angels. After all, how can people who are used to not having gods allow a real god to appear above their heads? Unfortunately, but fortunately, their conspiracy failed. Not only did it fail, but it also caused them a huge trouble."

"The royal family and the religious order that betrayed the covenant were resisted and spurned by all the people in the Salia Plain at that time. They were the first to stand up against this injustice. As a result, the soldiers and civilians from all over the country, who had long been dissatisfied with the corrupt rule of the two, rose up and quickly ended the political rule of the Kreisov royal family and the religious rule of the Heavenly Order, ushering in a chaotic era of endless wars. Those who died in those weapons, flames, blood, and guns were originally just the result of a greedy conspiracy. It's ridiculous, isn't it? But history is indeed like this, it's just unknown."

It turned out that this was the reason why the Kingdom of Kreisov and the Heavenly Order were destroyed, and it was also the source of the chaotic era. For many years, historians in Leisenburg had studied this period of history over and over again, and put forward countless hypotheses, but none of them could make sense. Once again, through the narrator's mouth, Linger found the buried truth in the history of mysticism.

However, it is somewhat ironic that Professor David spoke in a tone as if it had nothing to do with him.

Wasn't his ancestor David one of the actual participants in the conspiracy? Yet he didn't mention it at all, as if it had never happened.

"You talk as if it's none of your business." Alice complained, saying what Lingge wanted to say.

"Humph!" Professor David didn't care and said coldly: "The archpriests of the Heavenly Order are all the best actors on the stage. Although they know that the gods they believe in do not exist, they still pray devoutly to the shrine and dedicate their loyalty and wishes to confuse the believers. They lied a thousand times, and in the end even they believed it themselves. So, when the archpriest Bernatto, who was considered the most pious saint in history, died with his piety, the fictional things underwent a strange change: Bernatto's spirit did not dissipate, nor did it give birth to holy relics. Instead, under some mysterious connection, it was integrated into the altar dedicated to the God of the Holy Heavenly Mountain in the church of the order. Since then, the same situation has occurred when the archpriests of all generations passed away, and no one has ever discovered it."

"Until the day when the Cang Tian Cult was on the verge of destruction after being breached by the Holy Spring Monks, our ancestor David hid in the altar of the temple to avoid the enemy, and accidentally discovered this secret. He also obtained the holy relic that was a fusion of the spirituality of successive high priests and the fictional God of the Holy Mountain. It was born from nothingness, symbolizes nothingness, and therefore also possesses the energy and authority of nothingness. It was born to annihilate everything, and that is—"

He suddenly opened his arms, as if welcoming a long and long secret, and pointed his walnut cane at the gloomy and bleak fog above his head like a hunter's spear. The six-armed and six-winged god with a bird's head and a human body let out a long roar, shaking the sky above and the valley under his feet. There was a shaking sound, accompanied by his passionate declaration: "O breath of nothingness of the god of the sky!"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)