Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 495 Is it you?
The cloud whale left the Shiqilia Peninsula, but for a moment it had no direction, just drifting aimlessly along the wind. In order to find the next young girl Wangquan in time, Lingge went to Saint Xia Liya to borrow her [Destiny Beacon]. In fact, in this matter, the latter should have been more active, but I don’t know if it was because the incident that just happened was too much of a blow to her. Saint Xia Liya has been in a state of silence in the past few days, and sometimes she would stare blankly at the sky in a trance, which makes people see at a glance how complicated her mood is.

If Lingge hadn't reminded her, she might have forgotten about it. In fact, it wasn't just her. Olvera and Ieta also had a tendency to become autistic. It was conceivable that the truth of the world was too cruel for these innocent and kind girls, not to mention the estrangement and opposition between sisters. The only one who could still maintain a normal mentality was probably Leticia, but that was not because she was strong enough, but because she thought very little and didn't take it to heart at all. For her, the only thing worth caring about in the world was probably the things involving her grandmother, Nevi'er. Nothing else mattered. Even the good friend Metien, who she had just met, would be completely forgotten by the next reincarnation.

It seems that it is hard to say whether this curse will bring her eternal pain or another form of relief.

Lingge determined the next direction of travel through Saint Shallia's [Destiny Beacon]. He continued to fly northeast along the coastline of the Lujian Sea. Along the way were large and small islands and small towns. The nearest big city should be the "Sea City" Lotdana on the coast of the Blue Sky Sea. It was a famous tourist city selected by the "Western Land Times" and was located in the territory of the Mindelias Empire. By the way, since the demise of the Metosh Empire, the Mindelias Empire has been the only country in the Western Land that still retains the name of an empire.

During the Renaissance, King Charles conquered local nobles who disobeyed his rule and established the Kingdom of Mindera. Around the 6th century AD, the Iron Cross King conquered the barbarians, expanded the territory, and changed its name to the Empire of Mindera. In the 7th century AD, King Barbarossa the Red Bearded claimed to be a descendant of Baimon and resisted the iron-blooded rule of the Iron Cross King in the name of seizing orthodoxy. A year later, he achieved results and ascended the throne in the Brumaire of 659 AD to establish the "Great Empire of Mindera". Behind the change of the country's name is the subversion of the royal bloodline and the strengthening of centralized power, but these are later stories and can be discussed in detail later.

In short, although the next route was determined, the depressed mood of the young royal powers would not be restored for a while. Facing the autistic Saint Xia Liya, Lingge did not say a few words of comfort, but just returned the [Destiny Beacon] to her, leaving the girl time and space to think quietly, and then returned to his room in the hotel.

The candle in the glass wall lamp embedded in the wood panel released a dim but warm flame, illuminating the area near the desk. The young man took out the notebook he had used to organize information and known intelligence along the way, unscrewed the cap of the pen, added some ink, and began to think silently.

He wants to sort out the context.

Fei'er's narration basically covered the history from the Archaic Age to the Ancient Age. She explained relatively clearly the origin of the erosion phenomenon, the division of the Pangaea Ocean, the birth of the Witch Society, and why the Girl Kingship that protects the world was divided into two camps. However, she overlooked two crucial points - or deliberately avoided them and did not elaborate, because those were the secrets of the Witch Society and could not be revealed to outsiders, even to her sisters.

The first is the origin of these Earth philosophers. Whether they are characters who traveled from Earth or are simply isotopes from different planes, one thing is certain, that is, the Witch Society must have a channel connecting to the Earth world, so they know so much about the history of the Earth and even developed the same Gregorian calendar. As for what this channel is... The young man recalled a sentence Dickens said before, his eyes flickered slightly, and he picked up the pen and wrote four words on the paper: Bridge of Heaven.

Dickens asked Alice this question only after she revealed that she knew historical figures from the Earth world, which means that the Bridge of Heaven is most likely the passage connecting the two worlds. But there should be more than one passage, otherwise Alice would not have appeared in the Tianxin Church when she first crossed over, but would have directly fallen into the base camp of the Witch Society?
According to this inference, doesn't it mean that the other passage is inside the Tianxin Church, and it is even very likely that it is the White City sycamore trees planted by Mr. Yang Ke himself? This is too absurd.

Linger shook his head slightly and did not write it down. The second is the "Eden Project" of the Witch Society. In Fei'er's words, this was proposed by the mysterious leader, with the purpose of creating a beautiful world in their ideal. Whether it is tampering with the direction of history, guiding the transformation of culture, technology and system, or innovating the extraordinary system, exterminating the alien and conservative extraordinary people and magicians... all belong to this plan.

But the question is, why do the witches have to stand on the side of humans?

Saint Tumi who deceived and betrayed them was a human, the seven mad gods who pursued power like beasts, fell into madness and led the world to fragmentation and destruction were all humans, and even the ones who launched a sneak attack when they were trying to repair the broken laws, causing the Pangaea continent to fall apart and cause an irreparable catastrophe were also humans... According to this line of thinking, Lingge would not be surprised at all if they stood on the side of the aliens and vowed to slaughter all humans. But they made the opposite choice and took "human supremacy" as the guiding ideology of the association. What's going on?
Could this be reconciled?
This mystery might be even more difficult to solve than the first one. Linger pondered for a long time but had no idea. His notebook was filled with the names of philosophers who had appeared so far, as well as the Hundred Years' War, the Holy Battle led by Joan of Arc, the Blade Operation where King Barbarossa the Redbeard established the Mindreas Empire, the Magic War where magicians replaced extraordinary people, Clausewitz's military reform symbolizing the rise of the Steam Cult, the establishment of the Cult Union, the Renaissance of the Four Sages, the Great Exploration Era initiated by Marco Polo and Magellan, the Long-distance Trade Era brought by the Mayflower, the Colonial Era triggered by the Silent War, the secret treaties signed in the Eternal Summer Palace in Nimsher, the Ouroboros Plan of the Night Roost, the Crusade War launched by the Crimson Cult against the East Continent... One by one, the ideological trends, political policies or expansion measures secretly promoted and implemented by the Witch Society could not be linked together to form a closed loop.

Just as he was frowning in thought, there was a knock on the door in the corridor.

He came back to reality from his thinking state and asked subconsciously: "Who?"

"I."

A voice came from outside the door that surprised him. He said it was surprising because he never thought that this person would come to him on his own initiative.

He put down his pen, walked over to open the door, and then lowered his gaze to the face of the visitor: "What do you want from me?"

"Ms. Leticia."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)