Chapter 946: Chapter 114: Traveller (5,000 Words) (Part 3)

The past data, technology, the most core part of the data, was destroyed along with the giant vessels…

And what is strikingly silent is that the vehicles used during the Great Migration back then, even with today’s North Continent’s technology, still cannot be replicated. After such a long period of technological development and experiencing the leap of the [Deep Sea], today’s Five Continents technology still cannot compare to ancient humanity.

This is a cruel and merciless reality.

Nowadays, the speed of the collapse of order is increasing ever faster…

Yet the overall technological level of human society does not match that before the First Year.

Even the ancient humans who developed the giant vessels have died… can the current Five Continents really resist the increasingly powerful tides of order?

The history from six hundred years ago was sealed off to stabilize people’s hearts.

Otherwise, the entire Transcendent Order of the Five Continents would be greatly impacted.

At that time, it would breed a large number of retrogressionists and defeatists… The council is not particularly united as it is, and under the influence of these pessimists, taking steps forward will become increasingly difficult.

“Of course… the main point I want to say is not this.”

Meng Xizhou paused slightly, she raised her palm, and that forbidden image replayed once more.

Wind snow flew wildly in the furnace.

Above the shattered vessel of Silent Annihilation from six hundred years ago, enlarging continuously.

In the gray dome above, a “figure” was faintly suspended.

In the boundless leaden clouds.

That figure floated there silently.

The ancient humans in the vessel needed to wear special masks to resist the erosion of the primordial material.

But “he” did not need it… On “his” back grew a pair of plump wings, under the gray dome laden with floating dust, the pair of wings appeared particularly dim.

This is not a human.

But… a different kind of being.

“During the Great Migration, in order to ensure the progress of the overall tribe, sacrifices sometimes have to be made.”

Meng Xizhou lowered her eyes and softly said, “Many ‘people’ died for this reason, not under the pursuit of the Storm, but in the ‘greater purpose’ sacrificed for the tribe.”

“The travelers are a wave sacrificed in the tide of history. This is a clan erased from official history, who once safeguarded a fragment of the Gospel Box… Theoretically, this is the predecessor of the eighth fire, but before the great disaster, they were abandoned in the [Old World], and the ‘fragments of the Gospel Box’ in their hands were also lost in the endless dust.”

The Empress silently watched the Light Goddess before her.

After Meng Xizhou uttered the words “traveler”, she strengthened the spirit of the Melting Furnace Divine Domain, ensuring that this conversation would not be overheard by anyone else.

“How do you know this?”

The Forbidden Book Tower in Light City harbors many secrets, and secrets are also graded… Such a level of history should not be seen by the current Meng Xizhou.

Before she formally took over the “fire”, no matter how much Divine Favour she received, she was still merely mortal.

Most importantly, this happened in Light City.

If Meng Xizhou knows.

Then it most likely means… the Light God’s Seat knows that Meng Xizhou knows.

“You don’t need to worry, ‘he’ does not know about this.”

Meng Xizhou smiled self-deprecatingly.

“The image just now is the spiritual memory left by the first Light God’s Seat, the forefather of that era, who was the first ‘pioneer’ to reach the Five Continents. He founded Light City, and before he died, he left this secret in the Forbidden Book Tower… The Light Ancestor’s Fuglow covers the book tower, erasing any external probes.”

“In theory, only a person who inherits the Divine Position of Light God is qualified to read that book.” At this point, Meng Xizhou paused and murmured, “But… I just opened it so simply, without any obstruction, perhaps this is the arrangement of destiny, or perhaps this is the recognition of the forefather.”

The Empress gazed directly at the Goddess: “Continue.”

The history of the Traveler Clan is already shocking enough.

But… it’s still not enough.

She, revered as the Seven Gods, having smelted the fire and ascended to the highest seat, has most of the secrets of this world well understood.

“Do you think… the travelers abandoned in the [Old World] back then, are all dead now?”

Meng Xizhou was silent for a moment, then instead posed such a question.

She gazed at the throne enshrouded by the furnace wind and snow.

The wind and snow were too great.

She couldn’t see the face of the Empress, who grasped the entire North Continent, at this moment.

But she could hear the sound of the Empress’s fingers slowly tapping on the armrest of the throne.

A few seconds later, a calm response came from the throne: “That is after all the [Old World]…”

“Not all living beings that fall into the [Old World] will die.”

“Natural selection, survival of the fittest.” Meng Xizhou bowed with a prolonged voice: “… just like the Netherworld King.”

Twenty years ago.

The Netherworld King vanished into the [Old World].

Twenty years later… he returned.

Seeing the throne become quiet again, Meng Xizhou spoke once more, “The travelers are not dead, they are still alive… living in the crevices of the chaotic order of the [Old World], but lost in direction. Over the years, we have been searching for the oasis, and the travelers have been searching for us.”

The sound of the Empress tapping on the throne suddenly stopped.

“Interesting…”

The Empress asked softly, “How do you know about such things?”

This is no longer a secret that would be recorded in the Forbidden Book Tower.

“If I say it’s a ‘dream’… would you believe it?”

Meng Xizhou’s expression was sincere, and the belief here actually had two layers of meaning.

One layer was to believe that such a dream indeed existed.

The second layer was to believe that the guidance information given by this dream was real.

“Twenty years ago, Light attacked the Netherworld Palace because of a ‘dream’.” The Empress chuckled softly, “You now seem more favored by the rules than the Light back then… It’s just that I can’t understand, the guidance from the rules always relates only to the ‘Netherworld King.’ Why would you dream about the ‘traveler’?”

Meng Xizhou lifted her head.

“This is a dream about the ‘Netherworld King’.

She said word by word: “I dreamed that the Netherworld King and the traveler stood together, wanting to open the door to ‘Hell’… They were old acquaintances twenty years ago.”

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(PS: Recently, this encompasses an entire volume’s, or even the entire narrative’s, major plot points within the world view. Although there’s been an outline long ago, it’s still very difficult to write, with revisions taking a whole day. I’ll pause here for now, take a break, and continue with a big chapter in the evening!)