Chapter 715: The Aftermath

When the dust settled, the people of Atlantis began to clean up their disaster-stricken homes, and the joy of victory was soon followed by the sorrow of the war dead, and the scars inflicted on the people of Atlantis by the events of this catastrophe were unimaginable. Since fleeing their homes 760,000 years ago, these remaining "descendants of God" have been fighting side by side like brothers and sisters, fighting together through the darkest years, holding on to the present day because of an almost impossible hope, but the catastrophe that fell from the sky left nearly two-thirds of them forever, and in the corners of the city, Atlantean civilians can be seen cleaning up the corpses and the aftermath, and the sadness in their eyes almost dilutes the joy of victory.

A large number of corpses were concentrated in the square in the center of the city, including mutants who had been slain, and the City Watch guards who had died in the counterattack, and when the abyss retreated, these enemies and friends who had fought each other with the most of their strength lay down on the same land again, no longer hating and fighting, and receiving the condolences from their people.

Before Atlantis set sail, Sandora and I left the carrier and came to the city once more, and there was a ceremony where we needed to be present in person—something we had asked for.

"Most of the people gathered in this square are the war dead who have no relatives, their entire families have died, or they are all alone," Ares leaned over into my ear, "and most of them didn't make it until the gods returned. But your gaze and concern can comfort the spirits of these warriors, and they can return home with peace of mind. ”

As Ares spoke, the crowd in the square suddenly dispersed to both sides, and when the time was up, the priest in charge of the Anhn ritual walked out of the crowd passage. He wore a heavy black cloak that completely covered his face, the sacred insignia of a crystal cross in front of him, and walked barefoot on the icy stone path with a tray of crystal dust in his hand, followed by two assistant priests in white cloaks, the latter holding two ancient devices that looked like small suitcases.

"Warriors who shed their blood, heroes who have fallen on the battlefield, and the deceased who have finally escaped the curse of the devil and attained cleansing," the priest said in a short prayer in a strange, not very loud voice that could reach the ears of every listener, "you have gone through difficult times and perilous fates, and now you can finally relax and usher in the peace of this moment." The last battle of your life is over, and you have not retreated, you have not succumbed, and you have won or lost, worthy of the name of Atlantis. Now, the other end of the journey awaits you, and I hope you can continue to walk on this path that the living cannot walk, with the glory of God. The God-given crystal will soothe your tired **, and the pure blue light will heal your spirits, children, go on the road, travel lightly, and let us meet again in our hometown......"

With the muffled chanting, the tray in the priest's hand also emitted a soft blue light, and the special crystal powder floated out one after another, as if it had become a light and merged into the corpses in the square, and the two assistant priests stepped forward after the crystal powder had completely fused into the corpse pile, and opened the strange machinery in their hands, but at this moment, a sudden chaos came from outside the crowd, interrupting the ritual that was about to be completed.

Two small figures strotted in from the gaps in the tall figures around them, all the way with a severe depression, and the surroundings exclaimed.

"Why are you two here?"

I looked at the two twins in front of me in surprise, and quickly pressed their heads one by one to gently soothe: Ding Dong is on top, how much did these two resentful Wannian One Meter Two just come over calmly from the small belly of a group of giants who are at least twice as tall as themselves!

Pandora and Viska had been obediently staying on the mothership at my behest, and they didn't show up even in the last battle (I was really afraid that Visk's fighting stance would destroy the morale of the Atlantean warriors), but now why did they come out without saying a word?

I looked up at the crowd around me, obviously, Visk's appearance caused a very serious wave of panic, almost all the civilians looked at us with frightened eyes, they retreated one after another, their mouths whispered, the swarm-like buzzing sound spread throughout the square in an instant, the "blood-red demon with vertical eyes" spread through the crowd like a curse, and the people of Atlantis, who did not retreat in the face of the catastrophe caused by the Star Ring Fragments, burst into fear after seeing Visk.

But horror to horror, chaos and violence did not happen, the civilians and warriors only retreated by instinct, and then whispered, no one acted hostilely, apparently the statement that "the blood pupil demon has been sealed into the body of a god" had spread from the mouth of Ares, and everyone looked at the little girl who had brought them the fear of the end of the world with half-believing eyes, and gradually, after seeing that the latter did not have any hostility, the crowd dared to come closer.

"You two aren't afraid of causing chaos."

I looked at Pandora and Viska with a headache, and to be exact, it was said to Viska that Pandora was just going out with her sister.

"I have to face it, I can't never appear in front of the Atlanteans, otherwise my brother will definitely be distressed," Viska shook her head, she always looked like a childish little sister, but she showed unexpected maturity at this moment, "Brother, let Viska be n for once." ”

"Hawkers, you're my baby sister, you can do it a few times." I shrugged my shoulders with a helpless expression, knowing in my heart that it wasn't Visk's sense of good or evil or guilt that prompted her to stand up at this time—this girl didn't have that kind of thing at all, she was completely thinking that she couldn't make her brother feel embarrassed about this kind of thing in the future, and Visk's determination was harder to dispel than Pandora's occasional hot decision.

This girl was just able to calmly pull her sister, who is also one meter two, through the feet of a group of two or three meter tall giants, which already shows how firm her determination is...... Well, that's so firm.

"I understand this, the second frequency of the ghost energy diffuser," Viska strode up to the three clergy, pointing to the suitcase-shaped "holy relic" in each other's hands, the latter visibly shuddered when he saw the other party coming, but finally calmed down, the two or three meters tall giant was frightened like this by a one-meter-two little loli, but somehow I couldn't laugh at all, "You two can go down, I think, these warriors are better to be sent off by the real Xiling Apostle - sister." ”

It was the first time Viska had called Pandora her sister so formally, and the latter's eyes lit up visibly, and then he walked quickly to the black-robed priest: "Go on." ”

The priest was a little confused, but after all, it was the "god" he believed in himself who ordered it, and he was just stunned for a moment, and then continued to recite the prayer, which was completely different from the usual religion.

Viska and Pandora closed their eyes slightly, and their hair turned ice blue in an instant after the ghostly energy swept through like flames.

The ghost energy radiation of a specific frequency slowly diffused out with the movements of the two little loli, forming a circle of aura, these energies spread outward at an incredibly slow speed, like ripples on the water surface in slow motion, and faintly attached to the low prayers of the black-robed priest, I don't quite understand what these religious rituals derived from the Atlanteans based on their worship of the apostle of Xiling mean, but it seems that Pandora and Viska have learned what to do now. When the auras came into contact with the corpses in the square, the latter immediately began to crystallize.

Perhaps it was the blue sè crystal dust that the priest scattered before that became the trigger of the chain reaction, and the ghost energy radiation released by Pandora and Viska made it produce subsequent crystallization changes, and the corpses in the square quickly condensed under the blue light, gradually turning into crystal sculptures, which reminded me of the first time I saw Medusa, she was radiated by ghost energy and turned into a crystal spirit, but the Atlanteans are not energy creatures, Their corpses must have turned into crystals now for another reason - well, there's no point in thinking about it now.

The corpses that had turned into crystals did not stop changing, and as the priest whispered to them, faint blue sè flames were rising from these corpses, at first I thought that I had hallucinated by staring at the crystals, but soon, these dreamlike blue sè flames turned into raging fires, silently beginning to devour every corpse in the square.

In the pure blue flames, the corpses that had been transformed into crystal sculptures quickly dissolved, and when the ritual reached its climax, they finally disappeared completely, leaving only a few bits of blue light flying in the air, indicating that the deceased who had once existed had stayed here after the last day.

"They have finally completed the final cycle of life, becoming part of their homeland, their bodies have become energy, circulating in the energy network beneath the city, and their spirit and the air of the city have merged, and their spirits will burn forever in the years after Atlantis," Ares said with a look of pride and emotion, "It is the greatest virtue that God has taught us, and these warriors will be proud to contribute their last bit of value to the race." ”

Hearing such an explanation, I finally understood what this kind of religious ritual was all about, and although I should not blame Zhilu Dao, I was always a little uncomfortable in my heart. The old empire had so badly distorted this civilization that while we can't simply judge whether it was good or bad, it was a noble virtue to watch Ares proudly call the act of burning the corpses of his kindred in exchange for energy......

"Ah Jun," Sandora squeezed my hand, "if the life of the deceased can be left with its value in this form, and live forever in the gratitude and remembrance of posterity, this may also be a good way to return." ”

Sandora's words may have been a consolation, but I could only nod, after all, in the eyes of the Atlanteans, this ultimate dedication is the best way to remember the deceased, and looking at the grief on the faces of the civilians around them, maybe this is the only way to make them feel that the people they cherish are still alive in their hearts.

After the last religious festival in Atlantis, Sandora and I took Pandora and Visca back to the ship, and the two little Lori's actions today were beyond my expectations, but they still seemed to have achieved good results. As members of the "gods", they personally walked among mortals and stood in the position of assistant priests to see off the dead warriors, which greatly won the favor of the people, and also alleviated the Atlanteans' fear of the "red pupil demon", at least from now on, Viska should be able to appear in front of these ancient people who were almost exterminated by themselves.

The power system of the floating island has been repaired, and the teleportation system of the world realm is also ready, and I set its teleportation target at Avalon, because Ares had said after seeing the picture of Avalon that that place reminded him of the scenery of his hometown, and while lamenting that the imperial expedition team still paid attention to environmental protection, we finally decided on the future settlement of the Atlanteans. Fortunately, as a sparsely populated and growing world where only Heroic Spirits live, Avalon has a spare place, and its sky is even more empty, and if there is one more floating island, there should be no other trouble except for the possibility of affecting the unicorns to bask in the sun in some places.

On the way back from the spaceship, I gathered the youkai girls from Gensokyo and began to discuss ...... amount, policy n housing subsidy issues.

Yakumo Purple, Hakurei Reimu, Yakumo Blue, Yuyuko, Sixteen Nightsakiya, Missy...... The big names of Gensokyo gathered together in the spacious lounge, munching melon seeds, and the atmosphere was very harmonious and lively, which fully matched the atmosphere of our group of high-ranking people of the empire every time they met to discuss problems, and in this case, Sandora and I felt very cordial while sipping tea and presiding over the meeting.

"Ahem, let me say a few words first-Lan, what are you doing?"

I coughed twice to attract everyone's attention, and then looked at Yakumo Blue with dissatisfaction, this fox girl has been playing with her ears since just now, and now she has begun to practice the stunt of using willpower to make the two ears rotate in opposite directions one hundred and eighty degrees, although this did not affect the others to listen, but seriously interfered with my concentration: I really want to go over and help the guy tie up his ears.

"Ah, I'm sorry," the fur on the fox girl's tail exploded in an instant, as if she was startled by me, "and a little tinnitus, you don't have to worry about me, please continue." ”

Was it because of the half-hour-long cheers of the Atlanteans? Unlucky with sensitive ears?

After a serious reminder to make Yakumo Lan pay attention to the impact, Sandora and I complemented each other and told each other about the arrangements for Gensokyo......

Before we set off, we had devised a number of plans to deal with the extent of the damage Gensokyo, from the worst of the Great Destruction of the Eastern World to the slightest 70-yard scratch on the Atlantis continent.

The current situation is much better than the worst that Sandora expected at the beginning, Atlantis did not smash the end of the world in Gensokyo, but the damage is not light, at least the damage to the monster mountain is very serious: half of the mountain that is inhabited by a large number of group n monsters has been deprived of grass because of the strong radiation of the Atlantis energy vent for a long time, and it is expected that the Chernobyl ruins can be regarded as a national first-class scenic spot compared to that place, and along the spread of the water body in the mountain, Toxic radiation has also appeared at the foot of the mountain, and the monsters can not be afraid of radiation for a short time, but they will definitely not be able to stand it for a long time.

Apparently, it is temporarily uninhabitable until the radiation dissipates.

This is the most serious disaster point, a little lighter is the area around the monster mountain, because of the rupture of the main energy pipeline of Atlantis, the leakage of the ghost energy residue has caused several forest fires, although they were all extinguished by me at the first time, but the power of the ghost energy is too powerful after all, basically just in an instant, several kilometers of forest can be turned into steam by the high temperature, no matter how fast it is extinguished, there is a place where the net is leaked, so there are many monsters living on the plains below the mountain have lost their homes, In addition to Reimu's unruly blatant declaration that she had twenty-seven properties in the forest that needed compensation, we had to resettle a large number of people because of those fires.

The above two points are all the problems to be solved, the situation is not complicated, the loss is not serious, but in any case it is an inescapable responsibility. Gensokyo certainly has the ability to rebuild damaged houses and villages in time after such an event, but it is not easy to recover in a short period of time in several places with severe radiation, and there are all kinds of ghostly energy everywhere, even with the skills of the Empire, it takes time to deal with ghostly radiation, which is not the same concept as nuclear radiation. And although Gensokyo looks like a piece of harmony, in fact, there is also a complex division of potential forces, these potential divisions are different from the human borders that meet each other at every turn, but according to the usual group habits of the monsters and the concept of territory, although such a potential force area is not as serious as the national border, but it also shows that different monsters have their own territory, the residents of the monster mountain can not settle in the forest, and the retail households on the plains can not get a visa to go to the lake, and it is not a big problem to borrow for a day or two in the short term. After a long time, I'm afraid the problem will come: everyone knows that the monsters are usually the most capable.

So the idea of letting the guys on Monster Mountain go to a relative's house to rent a house and give them a hundred severance pay doesn't work.

Now the ideal solution is to let the group of monsters who have lost their homes temporarily move to Avalon, I fully believe that the environment of that place can make any aesthetically normal guy linger, and in a short period of time, they can fool them to take out all the demolition compensation money to buy a house with a local mortgage, but the only resistance at present is Hakuri Reimu: in order to knock out more demolition compensation, The undisciplined red and white has been sparing no effort to promote herself and Yakumo Zi's work and redemption time in the Shadow City, when they were bullied, hungry and cold, and strive to make all the residents of Gensokxiang afraid of the Shadow City and all its attached living facilities like snakes and scorpions, so as to achieve her criminal purpose of "converting all the residents' compensation N living area into cash to make a fortune quickly", and to dig into the corners of the imperialist wall to fill the individualistic pockets, defraud the residents of rural areas of the legal urban Suqian land, and seek profits with information asymmetry, I've always hated it, so last night I urgently asked Artemis to hurry up and organize the Heroic Spirits to start compiling a set of Avalon living guides, and also prepare to set up more than 20 public welfare N travel agencies, with Avalon's most famous 20 or so Heroic Spirits who are good at using spears as the president of the travel agency, to ensure that the Gensokyo residents on field trips have a perfect travel experience (believe me, all unexpected situations will be attracted by the presidents), On these foundations, a new generation of Avalon real estate development promotion leadership team guided by imperialist values was quickly established, anyway, no matter what, we had to hurry up and let the demolition households in Gensokyo live in first, even if we don't live in, we have to hurry up and use various tourism projects to earn back the demolition compensation, at least I swear not to be cheap Reimu's undisciplined exercise! r@。