The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"I see."

In Journey to the West, whether a monster will be killed depends not on whether it is strong or not, but whether it has a backstage.If it was a fairy who kept a pet and ran away without sealing the window, it would be picked up, and if it was an ordinary fairy, it would be blown up.The big flying whale just seen has obvious emotional and thinking reactions, and it doesn't look like a creature that can evolve naturally. It has some spiritual reactions and thinking networks, and it seems to be a manufactured creature. Localization is done.

This made Oregana feel that it would be better not to hunt and kill casually until the situation was clarified.

What's more, just driving it away is enough to shock the people on the boat next to it.

Oregana put on her helmet and patted Liu Lizi on the shoulder:

"Then let's go there, you come and show us meow."

"Meow!"

Because the opponent stretched the sails too far, it was not easy for the fox boat to approach, so the two took off one after the other...

"Ehhh?! Wait..."

"This floor won't hold up...bad..."

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Resisting the embarrassment, Oregana and Liu Lizi were led into the poop by the pioneer captain.

The captain called himself the Star of the Past—this is a name that fits the culture of the forerunners, which may indicate that the forerunners of this world still maintain the customs of the past to a certain extent.But he didn't call himself the Forerunner, but a very distinctive name... Lowlander.

Except for him, not all of these low-profile forerunners on board, more of them look similar to humans, but with four fingers, longer ears and more 'plain people', as well as four arms and a big head The 'many-armed man'.These different races performed their duties on the ship, doing their own work seriously, and faced themselves and Liu Lizi, two outsiders with different appearances and body structures, with a very calm attitude, and did not panic when seeing aliens at all. Not even the Uncanny Valley triggers.

They only expressed enough surprise to the tube fox, this kind of metal ship that can fly without airbags is a novelty.

This most likely means that in their hometown, there are already a large number of different intelligent races living together.

interesting……

After the two sides made some basic self-introductions, Xingchen finally couldn't help asking:

"Are you from heaven?"

As soon as he said this, Xing Chen saw bewilderment and bewilderment on the other party's face.

"Ah this..."

Astonishment also climbed up his face:

"Um……?"

Oregana looked around, then said:

"We came here because of some accidents, and it's a bit complicated to say specifically." She said earnestly, "Can you tell us first, what is heaven? Because we came here from a far, far away place, and we just arrived here today. I don’t know anything about the culture and beliefs here.”

This is not something that can be said for everyone - speaking directly about matters of faith may be regarded as heresy by fanatics, so that the dialogue cannot continue.Therefore, the first time Oregana heard 'Heaven' was to perform an emotional reading, and then looked around to see other people's faces.

If you are a believer, you should look over with an expression of reverence and earnestness at this time.

But no, not only no, there were even a few people who seemed hesitant to speak, especially the multi-armed man...the expressions on their faces were more of helplessness, a look of 'don't say this on important occasions' look.It's as if the boss suddenly said something when he was discussing business with someone——

"Do you know lovelive?"

The employees behind will show expressions of wishing they could go up and cover their mouths for him.

So Oregana immediately made a judgment—this belief is not a large-scale belief recognized by everyone, but a safe belief that only exists in some groups and can coexist with other beliefs. The believers themselves are not manic category.Then if you ask yourself, there will be no security issues.

SAFE!

And things were just as Oregana judged.Xingchen showed a clear expression in the past. He rubbed his nose and carefully opened the inner and outer covers through the mechanism. A transparent porthole suddenly appeared on the wall—judging from the design of the two sets of inner and outer covers, This should not be cheap—the captain brought Liulizi and Oregana to the porthole:

"Look in the sky, that direction."

"Ok?"

In the air in the direction he pointed, there were three slight bright spots, which were quite conspicuous in the evening sky.

"Meow!"

Liu Lizi let out a small exclamation, and she immediately realized what it was - the result on the tactical view was very clear, the three bright spots were exactly the three planets surrounded by the 'angels of peace'.

yes...

Since they can be observed from here, they must become part of the myths and legends of primitive civilization.Intelligent beings are like this, they will conceive a story for all the shining things that can be seen in the sky, and none of the stars in the sky can escape-and there are no stars in the sky, and the things that can be seen are affected. Like it even more.

"Can you see three bright stars? That's heaven." Said Xingchen in the past. "Those who die in the favor of God and don't need to be refined can go there, and be in paradise with God and ancestors." live."

"Well, can you tell me more about it?"

"There are three heavens. They are the highest heaven, which is the most glorious place. People who live in this kingdom will always live beside God and his sons."

"Then there is the primeval heaven, where creation begins, where wisdom and mercy take place. Those who were noble but not firm in life live there."

"The last is the Kingdom of God. People who live there are not brave enough to do righteous things, turn a blind eye to evil, follow the crowd and be easily tempted by material things, but still have a conscience deep in their hearts. Outside, there is only boundless darkness, Lamentation, weeping, hatred... and the dark sun floating in the depths of the void, that is for the wicked. God and our ancestors created this world together, and sent intelligent beings from floods and storms Delivered from the outer darkness, live here in peace."

Speaking of these, he knows everything.

Oregana noticed the key word in it—the dark sun floating in the depths of the void.

Isn't this the star that is surrounded by Dyson's cloud?Burning in the dark, but unable to emit even a ray of light, it's like being immersed in the abyss forever - but for the natives on this planet, it should be unobservable...

And the latter—the gods and our ancestors created this world together, and rescued intelligent beings from the outer darkness of floods and storms to live in peace.It's hard to ignore...

Oregana was still thinking about it, when the multi-armed man who seemed to be the navigator interrupted:

"We still discovered the dark sun."

"But we've known it was there for a long time."

"Before meeting us, many lowlanders were still skeptical."

"That's not the case. We never suspected it."

The two suddenly quarreled - although the multi-armed man looks a bit scary, he actually seems to be a guy with a detached personality, and he has a good relationship with the captain, Xingchen in the past... unhappy relationship.

But it doesn't matter--

"Can you tell us how you found it!" Oregana looked at the multi-armed man in surprise.Judging from the conversation just now, the Dark Sun is not only a legend, but has even been verified.Judging from the current technical level, they should not have this ability.

"We feel it from birth." Oragos scratched the back of her head with one hand, and she couldn't seem to figure out how to describe the feeling "It's in our... hearts? It's like Is it burning in our hearts? We can feel its power, touch its temperature, and even know where it is... because of this, we can be navigators. If we don't know the position of the dark sun, then there is no There is a way to sail in such a place."

Having said that, Oragos found a sense of incongruity.

Is this the first time these people have heard of the Dark Sun?So how did they navigate this sea of ​​clouds without getting lost?

"Does everyone know this story?"

"That's right, but there are differences in the details. Each race has its own story about this world," replied the former star. Races can still tell similar stories. We believe that our beliefs are true and the stories are true, but there is more than one god and more than one group of ancestors.”

He paused and continued:

"Stranger, do you have a story like this?"

Oregana was thinking about how to answer, when suddenly there was a dull sound like a siren outside.

The expression of the person who heard the voice suddenly became serious.Xingchen stood up in the past, his nostrils quivered twice:

"This is the call of the Sky Patrolman, it may still be around... we'd better get out of here at once."

Almost at the same time, the nearby Guanhu landing craft also sent radar detection data, and the detection results showed that not only one, but three were nearby.They are wandering around like sharks, and there seem to be groups further away.Oregana made her choice after seeing the radar scan:

"That's right, let's talk about other things on the way. Tell us the location, and we will use this boat to pull you there."

There is no way for this airship to escape the pursuit of Shi Kun (fog) by flying slowly, but if it is powered by Guanhu, it will be another matter.

"Really!"

"But it's not free."

After all, Xingchen was a businessman in the past, and he took the other party's proposal for granted, but he didn't know what these outsiders wanted or how big their appetite was:

"It makes sense, for the price..."

The other party did indeed save the life of the ship's people, but once he entered into this state of business negotiation, he couldn't say something like 'Grandpa, you can choose this ship's cargo'.

And Oregana is not interested in what the boat pulls at all, she cares about other things:

"We want to get to know this world. When we get there, you can show us around." She said, "I also ask you for introductions from local powerful people, and...we want to know the stories about gods."

Xingchen in the past showed an expression of disbelief:

"are these all?"

"These are enough, are you too expensive?"

"No, you are too generous."

"Then get ready to tow, rope ready!"

【learn! 】

The boat was busy immediately, and the sailors skillfully arranged the cables and fixed them with the high-strength hauling ropes that came from the tube fox.At the same time, Guanhu also scanned the structure and materials of the entire ship, estimated how much tension the ship could withstand, and immediately formulated a safe towing plan.

When leaving the ship, Oregana turned her head to the low-profile pioneer captain and asked:

"Hey, let's ask something. Have you heard of... [Ghibalb]?"

[Ghibalb] is nothing else, it is the home planet of the Forerunner, a beautiful and magnificent paradise.In that distant past, the Precursors chose this planet to raise an intelligent race on it, the Forerunners, as candidates for the mantle.If a comparison is to be made, Ghibalb is to the Forerunners what Aiur is to the Proteans.

The moment I hear the word...

"Well?!"

Oregana just thought it might be effective, but she didn't expect the other party's reaction to be so strong.

He trembled violently as if struck by lightning, and took two steps back, tears streaming down silently on the determined face unique to the forerunner.There was a heavy sadness in his eyes that pierced through time. Although he was still looking at himself, those eyes were empty, as if he was looking at everything that happened in the past through the long river of time.

"...I...I...I think I've heard it, but...but..." He covered his face with his hands, tears seeping into his gloves "I'm...sorry...God...no... ...we can't...but...mantle...no...can't do this...this will ruin the future...God...why did you abandon us...sorry...save..."

Oregana could feel his fear and awe, but accompanied by a violent trembling and a slight spiritual reaction, the old star let out a cry of pain, he blinked hard, and wiped away the tears on his face—— It could be seen from his eyes that he was back, but the shock and fear just now still remained.

"God... what was that... just now?" It was like waking up from a dream, and the memories in the dream slipped away from the fingertips like running water, and I couldn't grasp it no matter how hard I tried.In the past, Xingchen didn't know why he was afraid, what he was afraid of, he only knew that his back was completely wet with cold sweat, "What happened... What happened? I just..."

"This involves a long story." Oregana couldn't help swallowing, she felt that she might have been close to the truth, "Put these aside for now—you need to be a captain to command your ship now." Man, we'll talk about it after we get out of here."

Corpse kuns (laughs) can already be seen with the naked eye, and they are the most obvious threat in the sea of ​​clouds, making the captain put aside everything he just felt:

"Hmm... Mmm. Attention everyone! Be careful shaking!!"

[Ready to start pulling!Engine Angle Adjustment! 】

"start up!"

【start up! 】