by <unknown>
“The players have gone offline.”
Han Xiao sighed, quickly adjusting his mentality. This time, it would take much longer for his farm to harvest, so he had to properly fertilize his land beforehand.
The fourth Pro League had brought him another wave of experience at the end of this version, but his reserves were still quite lacking. His current experience upgrade cost was too huge, such that it was crippling even with the massive amount of experience the Celestial Star Alliance storyline had given him. In this version update, Han Xiao decided to first focus on the God’s Trait Transformation
– Machinery, raising it to the max before moving onto his Void Branch.
The God’s Trait Transformation had changed on the tenth layer, adding prerequisite missions. The Mission Completion Card was tested to be effective, so Han Xiao planned to do more missions with random rewards during the Version update to obtain more Mission Completion Cards. This could save him a lot of God’s Trait Transformation points.
The main source of God’s Trait Transformation points was in creating Gold Grade equipment from blueprints. There were many Gold grade blueprints in the inheritance left by Jayz, which was a large source of points for himself. Han Xiao decided to first study that technological information.
With this technical inheritance, there was no longer a need to go to the three Universal Civilizations to acquire blueprints, and there was no need to perform missions for Contribution Points. This saved a lot of time and energy, also allowing the three Universal Civilizations to misjudge his technical background, thinking that he did not have many Gold-grade blueprints. This was killing many birds with a stone.
“In the next few decades, there’ll be another batch of new Beyond Grade As. I wonder how many of those under me will be promoted…”
Han Xiao stroked his chin.
In his eyes, the officers who had a chance of promotion would be Aurora, Feidin, Hadavy, Jotina, Lothaire, and Lagi.
Among them, Aurora had no bottleneck to speak of. It was just that her normal development was slow. However, with the Holy Light Seed as a leek field, it would greatly accelerate her development process. For Feidin and Lothaire, they were just that talented, with the possibility of a breakthrough. As for Hadavy, Jotina, and Lagi, they all had deep accumulations, which granted them a chance to grow further.
Evans’ training career was still too short, and a few decades would not be enough for him to grow. The ‘New EsGod Cultivation Program’ would take some time.
As for Karlot, he belonged to the late bloomer type, and this timing was far from the peak of his previous life. However, because of Han Xiao’s own influence, his maturity might have some changes.
“It’s still more reliable to focus on cultivating Aurora, allowing her to reach Beyond Grade A so that the spirit of Germinal will resurface in
US…”
Han Xiao sneered in his mind.
Within a certain base of the Holy Accord, a secret hall had been redesigned as a huge laboratory. In the center of the room was a circular mechanical base with a diameter of about fifty meters. It was covered in complex patterns, energy transmission pipes, and magic circuits. At first glance, it looked like some sort of ceremonial venue.
In its surroundings, many members of the Holy Accord Organization wearing white lab coats were intensively debugging the various instruments. Law and Fay were present to supervise.
“How much longer till the agreed period?”
“There are three minutes left to enter the preset time range. The receiving device has been warmed up and can be activated at any time.”
“The Information Form stabilizer has also been set up. All procedures are ready.” Looking at the time, Law had a solemn expression, his palms full of sweat.
It was the day of appointment confirmed by Destiny’s Child. According to the information passed down by the organization, the flow of spacetime within the Sanctums was special, only briefly coinciding with the main universe at random points. If the time node was missed, it would take a long time. The layout of the current venue was just to allow Oathkeeper to return, and everyone present was testing this out for the first time, not knowing how effective it would be.
Everyone’s spirits were taut as the time ticked by every minute. It finally arrived at the determined time node.
“Begin!” Law immediately shouted.
The next moment, all the instruments were activated in sequence. The circular mechanical base in the center of the room came to life, and the energy loops on its surface lit up in sequence from bottom to top.
Ohm!
A loud noise sounded in the room, as the space above the pedestal produced a distortion visible to the naked eye. This continued on for more than ten seconds before a gate of light appeared in the sky, spitting out a figure before disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Everyone hurriedly looked up, their faces overjoyed. On the ground was Oathkeeper, who had been missing for many days.
Law and Fay rushed up to help Oathkeeper, only to see him in a daze, as though he had just woken up.
“Leader, you’re finally back. How do you feel?”
Oathkeeper looked at the two with a dazed expression, only remembering his identity after a while. His eyes gradually focused, and he slowly recovered, covering his forehead as he mumbled, “It feels like I’ve had a long dream. There’s a strong sense of illusion within the Sanctums, just like being in a dream. I’ve discovered many amazing secrets, but only a small part of the fragmented information remains in my memory. Let me sort it out…”
He clutched his forehead as he struggled to recall what he had seen in the Sanctums. He vaguely remembered the shock that permeated his soul, but the relevant memory had faded quickly, leaving only fragments in his mind.
After a long period of time, Oathkeeper gradually restored the information he obtained, and a look of horror flashed across his face.
Fay noticed the shocked emotions on Oathkeeper’s face and asked, “Have you recalled something?”
“… No, I cannot.”
Oathkeeper took a deep breath, suppressing his turbulent emotions.
The Great Reboot, Universe Iterations, the function of the Sanctums… all of this information flashed through his brain. All of this knowledge subverted his worldview, and he intended to keep it a secret, not prepared to share any of the information he discovered in the Sanctums.
Throughout the universe, I should be the only one who has obtained this information at the moment. Its value is immeasurable, akin to the advantage of prophecy. The future course has to be drastically altered…
This thought flashed past his mind.
At this moment, Law surveyed the surroundings, and not seeing anyone else, he asked, “Leader, did our plan succeed? Have you resurrected them?”
Hearing this, Oathkeeper seemed to recall something. Turning his hand, he discovered a peculiar golden imprint on the back of his hand. In his remaining memories, this was a one-time use Sanctum imprint, which would allow him to resuscitate the historical Beyond Grade As using the Sanctum as a medium. “It should have succeeded…” Oathkeeper paused, surveying his surroundings before raising his tone. “Empty the venue immediately and follow me to welcome the return of the Primordial Ones!”
Chapter 1211: Revived Primordial Ones |
Because of certain considerations, Oathkeeper did not choose to activate the Sanctum Resurrection Brand in his base but moved to a certain unmanned planet in the desolate universe belt, bringing along a group with him.
Several Holy Accord spaceships were suspended in the planet’s orbit. Law and Fay were heading a group of technicians to manipulate various detection instruments. The monitor was aimed at the surface of the planet, showing Oathkeeper standing in the center of the picture.
Amid the sandy yellow desert, Oathkeeper glanced at the Sanctum Resurrection Brand on the back of his hand as he took out a palm-sized, disc-shaped device with the other.
The fragmented m
emories in his mind showed that this brand was more like fuel. In order to activate its function, he needed to prepare a switch, a device capable of converting Information Forms. If there was no technology in the area, then this brand would only be ornamental.
This disc in his hand was part of the Holy Accord’s Esper Ability technology. Researchers had developed an information state disturbance device through analysis and research on Destiny’s Child. This was not black technology but rather a by-product that was accidentally made. It was just a coincidence that it could act as a switch for the Sanctum resurrection.
Oathkeeper pressed the button, and the disc began to buzz. The next moment, as though hot oil was being poured on cold water, a fierce reaction took place.
The Sanctum brand suddenly shone, separating from the back of Oathkeeper’s hand before turning into a dazzling ball of white light, quickly expanding to cover a large area in front of Oathkeeper.
The surrounding energy fluctuations spiked, and Oathkeeper subconsciously took two steps back. At this time, the technician in the spaceship exclaimed in the communication channel.
“The reading of the information state disturbance has broken through all historical records! Oh my god, it’s still skyrocketing!”
“An abnormal phenomenon has been detected, being matched to relevant records in the database… Suspected to be an [Information Form Projection] or [Reality Distortion]!”
“Warning! Time and space coefficients in this area are rapidly declining in stability. There is a cosmic energy surge, but there seems to be some kind of force to constrain the fluctuations here without spreading!”
Oathkeeper was vigilantly staring at the light cluster in front of him, his body tense and prepared for a quick response.
After a period of time, the light clusters transformed from the Sanctum Resurrection brand split and turned into luminous individuals with different shapes. At the same time, the light slowly faded, and the individuals turned from virtual to real, forming many different biological entities.
Seeing this, the noisy communication channel suddenly ground to a halt.
Including Oathkeeper, every member of the Holy Accord held their breath, their eyes filled with incredible and ecstatic looks.
Those people were exactly the characters that were recorded in their minds.
Each of them was actually one of the Primordial Ones, with known names and identities!
“Success!”
Law and Fay were overjoyed, while the technicians embraced and cheered each other.
Many of them were the descendants of the Primordial Ones, so seeing that their ancestors had been revived, how could they not be happy?
At this moment, these Revivors recovered their wits, surveying their surroundings.
“Where are we?”
“Why am I here? Shouldn’t I be at war?”
“Eh, aren’t you already dead? I was the one who even scattered your ashes. Don’t tell me you faked your death…”
After clearly seeing the people around them, some of whom were even opponents who had faced each other on the battlefield, many of the Primordial Ones rushed to distance themselves, vigilant and confused.
The Beyond Grade As that were resurrected in the Sanctum only retained the memories of their past, at the final moments of their deaths. To them, it was as though they had woken up after a sleep, and they hardly felt the passing of time.
At this time, Oathkeeper walked over, immediately attracting the attention of everyone. Many of the Primordial Ones were shocked, only now realizing that there was one more person at the scene.
They all watched as Oathkeeper slowly lowered his hood, revealing his face as he spoke in a tone full of complex emotions.
“I have accomplished the original Oath. Congratulations on your rebirth.”
After seeing his appearance clearly, the many Primordial Ones were stunned. They all recognized Oathkeeper.
“It’s actually you!”
“Our original idea actually came true‽”
“We have been resurrected?”
Everyone was stunned. Shock, ecstasy, and disbelief covered their faces.
The objects to be resurrected by the Sanctum required a corresponding medium. Thus, the people chosen in the first batch by Oathkeeper were all the original founders of the Holy Accord, which were only a portion of the Primordial Ones.
These people served different civilizations during the exploration era, thus engaging in endless killing because of their factions. However, they formed secret associations in private, striving for a common goal.
But as the exploration era war continued, the Primordial Ones died one after another, reducing the number of members in the Holy Accord. The Holy Accord Organization at the end of the exploration era thus became almost an organization in name, left without hope, but never did anyone think that their originally envisaged road would finally come true!
“What did you do‽”
Everyone was curious, coming up to ask.
“During that time…” Oathkeeper slowly let out a breath, recounting his experiences in the years after.
At the time when only he remained in the Holy Accord Organization after the exploration era, he took a low-key approach, no longer participating in any events, only devoting himself to the development of the organization, gradually restoring the dying Holy Accord. The vitality had grown to the scale it is today, and they had always regarded the original Oath taken as the purpose of the organization.
While Oathkeeper casually spoke, everyone could understand the difficulty involved. This operation had gone against the currents and saved them all.
This spirit of living up to one’s words really deserved to be praised.
For a while, most of the people in the field were moved, patting Oathkeeper on the shoulder again and again with gratitude.
“Good work. Thank you.”
“It was nothing. I was just abiding by the original Oath.” Oathkeeper waved his hands, donning his hood once again.
“How did you revive us though? Is it really the effect of the Sanctums?”
“Not really. Luck took up a majority of it, and this method may also only work once…” Oathkeeper narrowed his eyes and spoke, not revealing the true mechanism of the Sanctums.
Everyone had some doubts about this statement, but their level of suspicion was not high. After all, they were still impressed by Oathkeeper.
The most important thing was that there was no way they could identify it, as only Oathkeeper had been to the Sanctums, so no one could not refute this.
After a while, the emotions of most of the Primordial Ones had calmed down. Various questions rose up in their minds.
“What year is it now? What happened to the exploration era war?” someone asked.
Oathkeeper sighed.
“The exploration era war has long ended. The Federation of Light, the Crimson Dynasty, and Arcane Church are now the hegemons of the universe. You’ve lost touch with the times and need to catch up on information.”
Hearing this, everyone nodded, feeling an itch in their hearts, as though they could not wait to understand the modern universe.
At this moment, a tall figure who had always been standing quietly by the side suddenly spoke.
“Does my civilization still exist?”
Everyone turned over and their expressions changed. They recognized this person, the [King of War] Pangon Filet, a well-known war addict.
Following this question, everyone became aware of some thorny problems. Their original excitement turned stale as the atmosphere became more tense.
Their primary goal was to revive themselves in the future, but everyone’s goal of resurrection was not the same. Some just wished to escape the war, while some wanted to achieve their ambitions. Others wished to live forever.
There were some people whose civilizations were destroyed in the exploration era. Would they want revenge? Some people belonged to the current advanced civilizations in the un
iverse today. Would you then return? These were all issues left over from history.
When the common goal of resurrection was achieved, people would then lose the basis of their unity, destined to part ways.
After understanding this, everyone’s position slowly changed, shifting into various factions as they guarded against each other.
Oathkeeper was not surprised at all. He had long anticipated this and did not try to force it. He just replied indifferently.
“As for the situation of the various civilizations, you can check the information for yourselves when the time comes. Anyway, I only brought all of you back to life to keep my Oath. I don’t care what you do, and I will not retaliate either, so long as you don’t betray the Accord… It’s just that you all still lack understanding of the current era. I recommend that you stay with me for now and learn about the situation.”
“Will do.” Pangon nodded.
Seeing this, no one voiced any disagreement. No matter what their relationship would become, at least, everyone right now was a founder of the Holy Accord, with many descendants in the organization.
Furthermore, they had just resurrected and were no doubt weak. It seemed like their strength had declined, so they restrained themselves at this moment, unwilling to cause trouble.
One of the Primordial Ones addressed Oathkeeper. “What about you? Since you’ve revived us, what do you intend to do in the future?”
“The Holy Accord is the result of my efforts. I’ll continue to develop it. If there’s anyone that is willing to stay and help, that would be good, but I will not force you… Right now, our advantage lies in the fact that we’re hidden. None of the Universal Civilizations have any data on us. As long as we don’t reveal ourselves, it’s easy to live in freedom, without the control of any faction,” Oathkeeper calmly replied.
“Other than us, there’s no one that knows of our resurrection?” Another asked.
Oathkeeper was about to reply when a figure flashed past in his mind.
His expression changed, and he hesitated a while before answering dully. “No, there’s someone who knows.”
