Chapter 1727 The King's Power Must End

Ikaros made his choice, and the emperor gave him the mercy he deserved.

Inanna, who had transformed back into human form, watched the emperor walk out of the cave holding a head. The blazing holy sword was put into the golden scabbard, no longer emitting heat, and the hot air no longer poured out of the cave. The evening breeze with residual warmth blew across the charred desert, bringing a lingering burnt smell.

The goddess of Venus tilted her head, and her long hair wrapped in crimson silk, like raven wings, fell with gravity. She did not have any feelings about seeing Ikaros' head. In her opinion, the death of the Eternals was already a matter of fate, and there was no need to have any emotions because of the death of an Inhuman.

"Have you got the location of the Earth Machine?" she asked curiously, "How many more people do we need to kill?"

"Ikaros asked me to show mercy to the Eternals, and I promised him to try to avoid spilling blood on the land." The emperor's tone was full of fatigue, "The most important thing is Kronos. As long as we kill him, our goal will be achieved. He does not have a physical body in the physical universe, but has become the machine soul of the Earth Machine, so I must kill him in the outer dimension. As long as we have the Earth Machine, we can cultivate the legion and launch the most important expedition."

Ikaros' soul was completely burned by the holy sword. The Eternals' Earth Machine could not capture his soul, and the attached activation room could no longer have a soul for Ikaros' cloned body. Before he rushed to eternal peace, he told the emperor everything he knew.

After the Eternals split, they all made their own decisions. Some of them, led by Zuras, had reached a deal with the extradimensional entities worshipped by the primitive human civilization near the Mediterranean, and became the container of extradimensional entities that were relatively friendly to the human race (the so-called friendliness is not the friendliness of humans), allowing those extradimensional entities to come to this world through the physical body of the physical universe.

This kind of ritual of deep integration of extradimensional entities with the physical universe is called "incarnation".

The ways of incarnation are divided into "possession" and "conception".

Inanna and the Eternals adopted "possession", that is, possessing the body of a physical universe, and the souls of the extradimensional entity and the body merge and influence each other.

The Olympian gods give power, the Eternals dedicate their bodies, and the fate of the two is deeply combined. After the possession is successful, the extradimensional entity will have the body of the real universe, and immediately have the power that this body can contain-if the Olympian gods choose mortals as possession, then they can't exert much power. Inanna rarely fully exerts her power, because it will only cause powerful psychic energy to burn this mortal body-if the possessed Eternals die, then the souls of the fused Olympian gods will also be reborn together, getting rid of the fate given to the Eternals by the gods.

This influence is two-way. Not only will the body change because of the extradimensional power, but the soul of the extradimensional entity will also change because of the fused soul. Such Eternals are no longer Eternals, because the bodies of Eternals contain a brand new soul. Athena will work hard for the continuation of the Olympian pantheon, and will also have a sense of belonging to the Eternals, but she is no longer able to tell whether she is an Eternal or an Olympian god.

The list given by Ikaros includes the Emperor's future mentor, Athena.

Another way of incarnation is "conception". Kamar-Taj believes that "conception" is the deep combination of the extradimensional entity erasing all memories and thoughts and being born in the physical universe. The Emperor, or Salomon, came to this world in this way [Note 1] - this way of incarnation cannot interfere with reality immediately, but as long as there is enough time, the child born can gradually take back the wisdom from the extradimensional dimension and gain the power and mission that he already has.

For example, the Emperor himself, the soul of this planet and the soul of the Creator, is destined to bear responsibilities and work that humans cannot bear. He is now an emperor alienated by power and strength, not "Salomon" from Kamar-Taj. This simple name has not flowed between other people's tongues and lips for a long time, and even Victor von Doom will not say his name, but use code names instead, because the emperor's name has enough power to kill mortals and extradimensional entities.

Fatigue is fleeting.

The emperor's body will not feel tired, and he can work without sleep. This information shock is nothing to him. The news that Athena is an Eternal will not affect him. He doesn't care at all. Athena is Athena. After so many years of dating, he has long known that Athena supports him wholeheartedly like Bayonetta. He also plans to recruit some Eternals who are also immortals to join his project. Athena is one of them. These Eternals have the knowledge granted by the gods, which can greatly reduce the necessary working hours.

The emperor decided to find an opportunity to tell Athena the truth. She will know more information than Inanna. This is not favoritism, or he trusts Athena more than Inanna, who may be the founder of the Witch School. It's just that everyone only needs to know the part of the secret that they need to know.

Only Athena knew the truth about the time travel, so she could pick up the young Salomon at the British Museum until he embarked on an expedition to the edge of the solar system in the future, completing this time loop.

He took a deep breath, because things were really troublesome.

Damn Kronos, now he has become an extradimensional entity fused with the earth's machines.

Although he has lost the essence of the immortal, it also means that Cronus cannot die in the physical universe. To completely kill him without destroying the earth's machine, we can only kill him in the outer dimension, or destroy Cronus's body. Souls wrenched from the earth machine. The latter method has a high probability of damaging the earth's machines. In order to ensure that all the knowledge given to the Eternals by the gods can be obtained, the emperor prefers to use the first method, which is to kill Cronus in the outer dimension.

This is a very troublesome thing. Even Agamotto doesn't want to do it. It is almost impossible to find a specific soul that has no connection with the caster in an outer dimension with no concept of space and time. . If he hadn't carefully knitted fate and created fragile coincidences, this matter wouldn't have been so easy to solve.

"Get on the battleship first." The emperor said, "Everything in Eridu is coming to an end, and the kingship must end. There are too many rentiers attached to Eridu. If they are unwilling to obey the order and move eastward, then let Let them bear the consequences of our war with the Eternals."

The emperor's order meant that in the process of moving away from Eridu, those privileged people who had benefited from commerce and the well-field system would die. In order to produce and mobilize enough supplies for the expedition, the emperor tolerated these people and benefited from the administrative system he constructed.

Now that the Egyptian expedition has ended and a new expedition is about to begin, nothing will be left on this land except the culture and wisdom of Eridu. In the next month, the residents of Eridu will be able to see the giant battleships hanging above their heads when they raise their heads. Many people will anxiously cast their eyes towards the temple that emits soft light, trying to find out from the gods who live in the temple. Some soul comfort.

Especially those farmers who live outside the city and provide agricultural products to Eridu, they come to the temple to pray almost every day, and then leave cakes made of clay. The god would soon be leaving the city, word spread among the residents of Eridu. Every day they see people ascending into the sky on "burning eagles" and sinking into the steel city in the sky. Many people say that the god will lead his priests and most devout believers to live in that steel city.

Not everyone was willing to leave, except the Emperor's staunchest supporters.

Those generations of educated students and their families were undoubtedly supporters of the emperor's decision, especially those students who came from farmers and craftsmen families. As for those officials in the administrative system, some were packed away by the Imperial Guards, and these people were also supporters of the emperor.

The remaining merchant families, in their eyes, the emperor's order is no less than the end of the world.

Due to the sharp decline in the wealthy and educated classes, the total import and export of high-value goods in Eridu has continued to decline. Gems from the Turquoise Staircase and Egypt are no longer in demand, and there is even a surplus of pearls from the deep sea. However, some of these merchants received primary education and were willing to follow the emperor on the battleship. They firmly believed that the emperor could give them a better life.

The once most devout residents of Eridu, the farmers living around the city-state had completely different opinions. If the emperor hadn't ordered the hoarding of food, then even the farmers around Eridu who provided agricultural products to the city would have stood up against the emperor. . The producers of this small-scale peasant economy, no matter how pious, would not give up their land for the emperor and follow him on the battleship, because their lives came from the land under their feet and the water conservancy facilities built by the emperor in the past thirty years.

As for the slaves, they had no choice but to follow the Eridu people onto the ship. After all, before these slaves became slaves, they were savages without complete language and writing. In the eyes of the proud residents of Eridu, these slaves need to receive education to become human beings, otherwise these slaves are not even qualified to be sacrifices. No.

According to the statistics of the Praetorian Order, there are only about 10,000 mortals willing to leave Eridu, which has reached a quarter of the population of Eridu, and most of them are educated classes. If it weren't for the emperor's intention to control the scope of education (mainly because the productivity of this era cannot support such a large educated population), then there would be more mortals on the battleship - but 10,000 people are still too few for such a battleship , many functions cannot be enabled, let alone used for interstellar warfare - even if it is to allow the warship to sail above the atmosphere or sail within the solar system, it will take longer, larger scale, and more professional operations for mortals. Training is enough.

This means a larger investment of resources, and the Praetorian Order must continue to be prudent in addition to stocking up on supplies.

"The battleship must be raised to orbit first." Constantine picked up the data tablet and frowned and said to the emperor, "I believe that the Eternals must still have a few spaceships. According to the reproduction rate of mortals and today's population policy, no In ten years, our population will double. Unless you agree to reduce the learning cycle of minors, by that time, the proportion of negative assets on the ship will exceed 50%. "

"Slaves cannot fly a spaceship, nor can they become soldiers, nor can they become genetically modified warriors." The emperor took the Sword of Victory and the Holy Storm Spear held by the priest, and then bent down to let Inanna fasten the cloak on the armor. "Continue your work, it's time to solve the final problem of the Eternals."

"My Lord——"

The Emperor descended the steps to the throne and stood in front of the grand staircase of the temple.

As far as the eye can see, shepherds drive dense flocks of sheep through the city gates and into the city before the sun is swallowed by the earth. He stood there, watching the neatly planned houses below the temple light up, the night life of the Eridans officially began, and countless wisps of smoke rose from the city.

The priestesses wore translucent tulle, and their skins painted with perfume shone in the light of the fire and sweat. Every priestess belongs to the temple. These beautiful girls will resign from all their duties in the temple when they are thirty years old, and train new girls in the academy to ensure that every girl who appears in front of the emperor is young and beautiful enough.

These brides of the gods will burn expensive mixed spices in several bronze cauldrons in the temple. They have done this every day for the past thirty years. Inanna taught them well enough, including the young girls captured from the barbarian tribes, who have now become qualified life assistants.

The emperor is satisfied with their medical knowledge and accounting skills.

When necessary, they can also take up weapons.

"Hammurabi has found his target." The emperor lowered his eyes and mentioned the only missing guard in this expedition. Constantine's face was expressionless. He knew that the emperor had arranged everything, including Hammurabi's disappearance. He knew that the emperor was manipulating the invisible destiny, and everything was leading the human race to the manifest destiny of ruling the galaxy.

The era of mankind is about to begin, and the gods are gradually retreating behind the scenes until all faith is lost. The glory of mankind will come, but despite this, the residents of Eridu still think they need this temple.

As long as the temple shines at night, the city walls will not collapse, wild beasts will not break open the door and eat their families, and fresh water can be scooped out of the well. If the light of the temple disappears one day, Eridu will have no guardian, the well water will become salt water, floods will flood farmland, and wild people will capture the city with crude bronze weapons.

The people of Eridu believed that as long as the gods stayed in the temple, but everyone knew that the temple would "ascend" to the sky, the gods did not want to stay in the world, and the glory of the temple would eventually go out, leaving only believers and priests in the mortal world. Now every Eridu resident who did not want to leave looked at the glory of the temple eagerly, praying that the glory could last for another day, and that he and his family could live safely for another day.

The emperor took a last look at the gradually brightening city, turned and walked into the temple.

He had done enough, and it would depend on how long Hammurabi could hold on.

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[Hunting Hydra Operation] Day 315.

Hammurabi glanced at the date on the holographic screen, with no expression on his face, and continued to focus on the vast wilderness in front of him. Behind him, the footprints of the combat boots extended all the way back to the flat skyline, and weird and deformed corpses with proliferating organs were scattered on both sides of the road.

He did not care about time. In this place, the concept of time in the physical universe lost its meaning.

Before his heartbeat counted for one day, the date displayed on the screen was the twenty-seventh day of the start of the combat operation. After the heartbeat count exceeded one day, this time might become the first day. Time is chaotic, and the only person he can trust is himself. The function of the power armor relying on the star coordinates has completely lost its meaning. Space is chaotic. Hammurabi felt that he had walked more than the circumference of the earth's equator, but here, he saw his footprints extending from the horizon to the sky, and the direction support system was completely out of function.

He didn't know what time he was in, let alone whether he was still on earth.

But he knew that the emperor was watching him.

Before the hunting of Hydra, the emperor gave him a bolt pistol.

Every bullet in the magazine of this pistol has dense prayers engraved on the bullet head. The bullet head is not equipped with the nuclear fusion explosives unique to the Guardian Order, but is filled with conventional explosives, ashes from the burning spices in front of the temple, and bone powder of executed psychics. For creatures in the physical universe, such bullets are just large-caliber ammunition, but for extradimensional beasts, the guards are always accompanied by a dazzling light that scares them.

Extradimensional entities continue to appear on his way forward, and without exception, they all fall in front of his garrison spears and bolt guns.

Although the energy provided by the reactor core behind the power armor is endless, the combat potion in the power armor has been consumed, and there is only one spare magazine left for the bolt pistol. The total of thirteen ammunition is his last weapon to completely kill the extradimensional creatures-extradimensional creatures are immortal, but there are always exceptions in this world-the moment all the ammunition is consumed is the moment when the extradimensional creatures launch a general attack.

No matter how powerful the guards created by genetic alchemy are, they cannot defeat the endless lifeless.

"My Lord." Hammurabi muttered in his heart, "How should I act."

[Go on, find the enemy, I will come to you. 】