Tyra, your ancestors are back!

"That Wendigo, Bodrocaster, and I mentioned you - the emperor's sword pushed the emperor's death, a somewhat ironic story"

"...Phew...those young men, they were blown away by the late emperor's war, ma'am. And that captain... I remember he also left the army because of the late emperor's passing and the death of his son. "

The inner guard who heard the name shook his head, as if feeling a little sorry...

"I will visit the current emperor of Ursus, the inner guard, when I think it is necessary."

"You can say hello to me in advance."

Alice glanced at the emperor's sharp blade in front of her.

"Huh...I'm not sure...Maybe His Majesty will be very happy to see you, ma'am, and maybe he will resist?"

"That's his business, and I'm not in a hurry."

Chapter 41 The guards of Ursus never take off their masks.jpg

"You understand this era, but you don't tolerate certain things and phenomena of this era..."

The inner guard, who had been released from restraint, stood beside Alice, looking at a viscount who had his mind blown wide open, and a marquis whose neck was pinched, and seemed to have a slight headache...

"The death of a Marquis of Ursas, a nobleman whose rank is second only to the Duke—even if it is a purchased title, it is indeed a troublesome matter."

"Don't forget what he did, inner guard."

The words from Alice made the tall man shut his mouth immediately.

"I've never had a good temper, maybe our brief communication before gave you the illusion that I'm easy to talk—"

"But it's all based on the premise that you haven't done anything, at least to me, you haven't done anything."

"Huh... What will happen if I destroy the important equipment of the Forerunners in this ruin...?"

Out of curiosity, the inner guard tentatively asked.

"Either you obediently admit your mistake to the consul and apologize, and then you are thrown out, or you will be stubborn, and then you will be the same as the two on the ground, and you will be completely cold."

Before Alice could answer, UMP9, who seemed to have finished the work, gave the answer, and the humanoid girl casually made a grimace under the watchful eye of Neiwei in response.

"In those eras when the civilizations of the forerunners were not yet unified, the roles we usually played were not benevolent monarchs and saints... but some, not so wonderful roles? You understand, inner guard?"

Alice, who shook her head, glanced at the inner guard, and looked away when the latter was so nervous that his whole body tensed up.

"Sorry, sir—I took the liberty."

"They just did what they shouldn't, and they justify it, insider."

"You don't like people breaking into the ancient ruins you left behind?"

"No...I admit that proper archaeology will indeed lead to extremely high development of science, technology and productivity in your era, and promote the progress of the entire era and society. I have no objection to this."

"I just don't like it when people break things...especially if those things are extremely dangerous to you, or if they happen to be important to us."

.....

"Commander, all inspections have been completed. Except for some irreparable damage caused by the battle, most of the facilities in this ruins have remained intact."

"The energy supply circuit of the other repair instrument has been modified, and part of it has been connected to the operation of the city. The modification method is good and exquisite, and it fully meets our construction standards; according to the readings, the city is basically Operated by the laboratory's hypermatter reactor."

"Hmm--what energy sources do your mobile cities usually use, inner guard?"

"Origin Stone, ma'am—there is only Origin Stone, in every country, there are people who have tried to imitate the various energy engines left by the pioneers..."

"I guess, all failed?"

Alice twitched her lips and looked at the inner guard beside her.

"Yeah, more precisely... most of them blew up."

The inner guard shrugged.

"Heh, these technologies are too early for you - first think about how to increase the utilization rate of origin stones."

"9. Set the reactor to the standard safety threshold and let it run at standard power, which is enough to keep the city running."

"Understood~ Commander."

"Looks like you're not going to recycle this thing...?"

"If the main source of energy for this city is not this research institute, I will cut it off from your mobile city right now, put it on a battleship and transport it away."

"...Thank you for your generosity, ma'am."

The inner guard who was stunned for a moment chose to thank the existence in front of him after understanding the latter's implication.

"You don't need to be generous—this is borrowed from you, not given to you. You owe me a favor, or rent, boy."

"That's enough, ma'am. Ursas will seal and seal this research institute, and will no longer get involved here and pursue everything that happened here in the past——I will truthfully tell His Majesty about your help and warning to Chernobog."

The inner guard's words did not mention the two Ursus nobles lying beside him at all, and both sides tacitly ignored the only second deceased in this incident.

"One more thing, inner guard—"

After confirming that the ruins were not seriously damaged, and that the transformation met the standard, Alice and the team members of 404 left the center of the laboratory and walked along the aisle of the laboratory.

"Do you have any questions, ma'am?"

"Where is Grand Duke Vanya?"

"You want to hold the Grand Duke accountable?... If you want, we can do it for you..."

The inner guard remembered the grand duke who was squeezed out of the political center and lived in seclusion in a sanatorium. He might be liquidated... He planned to send a favor to restore Ursus in the heart of this ancient man goodwill.

"No...I want to meet him, or take his hand and find another person."

"In addition, you don't seem to care about the life and death of the Grand Duke?"

"It seems to some of us that the Grand Duke has turned his back on Ursus, lady."

"After the massacre, the research of this research institute has actually reached a deadlock, and there has been no progress—whether it is for people's livelihood or military use."

"And Ursus also lost a lot of valuable talent in this incident."

"Uh huh... thankless..."

Alice shook her head after hearing this.

"Grand Duke Vanya is currently located in the Pine Heart Valley Sanatorium in central Usas. If you want to intervene in this matter, I can restrain my colleagues from interfering."

"It looks like you have a high status, inner guard."

"Just enough seniority, ma'am."

"It's not a matter of seniority or not...Inner Guard, you are very strong, of course...Don't let me compare you with you, that's different——"

"I heard from Bozhuo Kasti that you have obtained power beyond ordinary people through the fragments of those demons."

"But we also paid a price... If the consciousness is swallowed by the demon, that body will become a new demon—"

Neiwei added...

"But you are different from the inner guard... In the terms of our era, you are a first-generation enchanted warrior. You have completely tamed the fragment of the demon on your body. Now it is just your power like your arms. I didn't If you guess wrong – you can even take the mask off?”

"...the inner guards of Ursus never take off their masks."

There was a dull murmur from under the mask of this tall Ursus man, and then he looked at Alice with some confusion——

"You seem to be very aware of the existence of demons...?"

"If my feelings from you and Bozhuo Kasti's description are correct—the so-called demons are the creatures in the Void, and because of the current state of the planet under their feet, they can wander around the weakness of the laws of the world. "

"They are a huge threat to human beings today, ma'am - Ursus and nearby neighboring countries have a lot of power to fight against those inhuman monsters, maybe we need your help..."

"Don't worry, linebacker—it's another big problem, and we'll fix it, and we alone can fix it, and you only need to know one thing."

"What, ma'am?"

"Pure virtual creatures cannot live in the real world for a long time relying on themselves alone. The solid physical laws of the real universe are their greatest enemy."

Chapter 42 The Ark Project

"Commander, the Void Realm shouldn't have been wiped out, right? Why the inner guard of Ursus?"

Bid farewell to that special inner guard, and returned to the pioneer team on the Hyperion and resumed its previous leisurely posture——

G11 was dozing off on the sofa as usual, 416 was calibrating his weapon on the sidelines, UMP9 and Virgil were teasing Yelena with the dessert they bought from the city.

And 45 sat next to Alice, asking about the doubts about the commander talking with the inner guard on the ground before.

"That was 10 years ago, 45."

"Those demons are probably born from the nourishment of the civilizations and creatures that followed this land during these countless times... As for why they all appear in the extreme north, maybe the barriers of reality there are even weaker? "

"After all, the suppression position on the surface of the planet is not exhaustive...the problem is not big. When we find the rest of our colleagues, there will always be a plan that can completely pull Terra back to the physical universe."

Closing the book in her hand, Alice, like UMP45, had doubts in her heart——

Even if Terra is at the border between illusion and reality at this moment, there shouldn't be such a large number of virtual life beings crossing the border, and from the words of the inner guard, Alice can know that breaking the border There are not a few of them, otherwise there is no need to contend with the power of legions from various countries.

"This land is becoming more and more difficult to figure out...45, it's so strange that it makes people feel palpitating..."

"But we fear nothing, Commander."

.....

"Maybe you're right, 45, and maybe it's time for us to make some tougher responses to this unfamiliar land."

"Commander? Commander?!"

"It's time for us to regroup our troops and rebuild the Legion of the past...No...No, it's not time yet, it's not clear yet..."

UMP45 looked at Alice in front of her. She seemed to be in some strange state. What was reflected in her gorgeous purple pupils was not reality, but some more bizarre matters. She kept putting forward some ideas, and then kept rejecting them. ——Commander, she wasn't talking to herself, UMP45 confirmed.

"Ahem... Commander? What did you see?"

"No...nothing, 45...no..."

Alice shook her head and looked at Yajue, who was bragging about her entrepreneurial experience with Xingji...

"...Duck Lord?"

"Let me tell you—the most famous rapper in Colombia, the King, is sponsored by me...uh...hello, Ms. Consul?"

The duck, who was chattering about his glorious experience, heard the call from Alice, and subconsciously turned his head around, looking at the consul beside him with some doubts.

"As for the planning of the end industry, I think it's time for us to make some changes..."

"Duck Jue—I need the future end industry to take back all the production equipment and war machines that we can still operate, and useless equipment should be re-stuffed into the forge and recast into alloys."

"So... what did you see, my lord."

Hearing Alice's request, Ya Jue's expression was obviously stunned - he looked at the white-haired consul in front of him, with a serious face on the duck's head...

"...Terra is burning - and we will not allow it."

"Is this the future you foresee, ma'am...?"

Although the prophecy ability is rare in today's Terra, it is not without it-whether it belongs to the ancient witchcraft prophecy of Wendy Gosakaz, or the deduction of astrology by the astrologer of Ubica's family, undoubtedly belongs to this category.

"No...Duck Jue—you understand what the void is, or what the subspace is...I just "see" it."

——It is an infinite dimension built by pure magic/spiritual energy, also known as subspace, supreme sky, and non-material universe. There are no physical laws in it, and everything is formed by the emotional and thinking energy of intelligent creatures in the real world constitute...

There is no specific concept of time in it, and with the help of this strange characteristic-giant people can see fragments of records from the past or some timelines in the future when exploring in it-

"Okay... Ms. Consul, collect those relics with a clear purpose... The nations of Terra may make some extreme reactions, which may put the future end industry at a certain disadvantage status."

"...I want you to move back quietly, or in the form of some kind of transaction, not to rush in and grab it openly, Yajue."

Alice rolled her eyes upon hearing this.

"That's all right...by the way, my lord...you said Terra was burning—did you see what the enemy was?"

Yajue, who was slightly relieved, wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Alice in front of him.

"I don't know—the fragment is too small, and I can only get limited information from it..."

"It may be an unknown threat...maybe even ourselves—of course, the best answer is naturally that the fragment comes from the possibility of interweaving other timelines, which have nothing to do with the history we are in. "

"But we can't take chances, can we, my lord?"

"That's right, Yajue—we won't gamble on the so-called possibility, and make all the preparations."

"I see, ma'am—what are you going to do now?"