Heaven is an unknown place.
Jezra, this is the second level of the [Unknown Land], known as the "World of Formation".
A majestic church stands in the broad square.
The church is spacious and tall. There is a group of gorgeous sculptures on the front, which vividly depict the stories in the Bible and are fascinating. The bell tower of the church towers into the sky. Every hour, the melodious bells echo in the air, making people feel relaxed and happy. The interior of the church is even more magnificent, exuding a holy atmosphere, making people feel connected with the gods.
A huge white light flashed across the world, and a young man with blond hair and golden eyes was teleported to the square.
When the white light dissipated, the fourth sword holder of the Kingdom of Heaven who had just taken office subconsciously looked up at the iconic building of [Jezra] - the [Doomsday Clock].
When he saw the time above, Xia Xiu's golden pupils couldn't help but shrink.
The time on [Doomsday Clock] is wrong, it is a full three expansions faster than the previous life...
In the Kingdom of Heaven, [Unknown Land] has its four levels. Unique landmark buildings. For example, the place where Xia Xiu awakened [Yan Ling] earlier was the symbol of [Asia] on the first floor - [Holy Ark].
The boundary monument standing outside [Holy Ark] is inscribed:
[We create gods and establish beliefs to describe our salvation. 】
【We hold the genealogy and analyze the ether to become the all-knowing one. 】
The iconic building of the second world [Jezra] is the [Doomsday Clock], which is an imaginary clock face that is projected into the sky above [Jezra], and every angel looks up You can see it.
[Doomsday Clock] is a metaphor for the threat of crisis sequences to human beings.
The clock is evaluated by Eden every January, and it marks the distance of the world from destruction: midnight at midnight symbolizes the end of the world. Eden will move the minute hand closer or closer to the night according to the world situation, to remind all walks of life and angels to face the problem.
[The Doomsday Clock] was originally timed as "seven minutes to midnight."
Each year thereafter, Eden evaluates and decides whether to adjust the clock time based on changes in the world situation.
When the clock is closer to midnight, it means that humans are closer to disaster.
The time of the [Doomsday Clock] hanging high in the sky at this moment looks very wrong.
——[Doomsday Clock]——
Minutes remaining: 1
Current time: 23:59:00.
Weight adjustment (minutes): +10
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This time represents Terra entering the countdown to collapse.
In the previous life, when the fifth expansion pack "The End" was launched, the [Doomsday Clock] would enter the final sixty-second countdown.
And now, even before the second expansion pack "Apocalypse Deterrence" has been opened, Eden has started the countdown to collapse.
Xia Xiu seemed to have thought of something. He began to release his spirituality and interact with the ether in the more distant sky.
As he expected, there was no fluctuation, and the ether above the stratosphere was sealed.
This means that [Heaven Gate] and [Hell Gate] have blocked Terra in advance.
"During the three days I was away, something big happened outside..."
Xia Xiu could not imagine what kind of big thing could actually make Eden move the minute hand closer to ten minutes.
He looked around and found that there were very few angels in [Jezra]. He seemed to be the only official battle angel. The other angels seemed to be the lower three levels and were engaged in clerical work. They Their expressions looked slightly panicked. Regarding the arrival of the new angel, they simply nodded and said hello, and then began to get busy with various documents.
Just as Xia Xiu was looking around, a ball of light began to gather in front of him. He looked at the slowly forming ball of light.
【Hugh Abraham, please go to the [Central Containment Room·Entropy Pool Management Facility] to assemble——】
"Entropy Pool Management Center, isn't that one of the core areas of the central containment room..." Xia Xiu said secretly in his heart. Then, he followed the ball of light that led the way.
Led by the ball of light, Xia Xiu quickly arrived at the [Entropy Pool Management Office]. When he approached his destination, the familiar warning sound and the red pop-up window appeared in front of him again. in front of.
[According to the order of the resolution meeting
The current location is a first-level confidential location.
Unauthorized access is prohibited, violators will be locked and necessary processing will be carried out.
You have been warned, this is the last time. 】
"Enable authentication authority." Xia Xiu said to the red pop-up window in a familiar manner, and then he summoned the Book of Heavenly Genealogy that became the "Book of Order".
【Recognizing authentication information...
Please point your pupils at the biometric identifier.
The quantum flow link test has been completed, taking 0.001s, the response rate is 98.5%, and the average trust time is 0.00314s, which is within the normal range.
Contact has been reestablished with the DE-16 subsystem.
Site status identification code: 002.
Certification passed, welcome.
The fourth sword holder in the Kingdom of Heaven: Hugh Abraham——]
As the certification was passed, a huge ripple in space occurred, and then layers of metal doors were opened.
Xia Xiu stepped in without hesitation.
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Central Containment Room·Entropy Pool Management Center.
After stepping into the management office, you will see a curved passage lined with various high-end instruments and display screens.
Researchers wearing white lab coats were busy operating the console in front of the screen. They simply nodded at Xia Xiu's arrival, and then began to process the various data in their hands. After the [Doomsday Clock] was pulled out, a huge pall was cast on the hearts of all the angels.
The ball of light continued to guide Xia Xiu to the end of the passage.
There, standing is a huge metal door, which is one of the core areas leading to the laboratory.
Pushing open the metal door, it seems as if you have entered a mysterious time and space tunnel.
The inner walls of the laboratory are covered with smooth metal plates, and the clean environment is filled with complex circuits and equipment. The huge particle collider lies in the center of the laboratory. It is composed of dozens of ring magnets and particle detectors. It is huge and complex.
Particle Collider····
Xia Xiu just glanced at it briefly and then looked back. The ball of light was still taking him forward, passing through the gates one after another. He didn't know how many times he authenticated the permissions along the way.
After a long journey of certification, he was taken to the lowest area of the management office.
This is a special observation room. This observation room is made of thick glass. On the top of the observation room, a huge circular skylight sheds beams of red light, shining on the interior of the observation room. That "red heart" that keeps beating.
Inside the observation room, a huge red round object is beating powerfully. Its diameter is up to thirty meters, like a huge heart, emitting a fascinating light. .
On the surface of the round object, red light is constantly surging, like the beating of a heart, each beating releasing strong energy fluctuations. The light flows on the circular surface, forming countless colorful patterns, as if telling some secret.
A researcher in his early sixties stood in the observation room. Different from the researchers outside who were wearing neat white research clothes and looked focused and capable, this old man looked wrinkled in his research clothes with many stains on them. There were stains, and he was holding a small wine bottle in his right hand, and he also smelled of alcohol.
When Xia Xiu was looking at the heart, the old man turned his head and asked:
"[Gaia], you are very beautiful."
Mediterranean hairstyle followed The passage of time revealed a light silvery white color, and his face was engraved with traces of time. The wrinkles intertwined into a somewhat cynical face, and his eyes wearing black-rimmed glasses shone brightly.
Xia Xiu's golden eyes narrowed slightly. He didn't expect that he would meet the person who decided to gather here in advance, and it was the old man in front of him who triggered the second expansion pack.
0-03: Philosophical scientist, all-seeing one, initiator of apocalyptic deterrence.
"Yes, very beautiful." Xia Xiu replied simply.
0-03 continued to look at the blond young man in front of him, and then asked in a calm tone astonishingly:
"Are you Eden's illegitimate son outside?"< br>
“·····”
This question left Xia Xiu speechless for a while, and he replied:
"Eden is a think tank and cannot have children."
"Who knows, I have made many strange decisions in the past Weird artificial intelligence problem; I even asked Eden if it could have children on its own, and it didn't say it couldn't."
"It's normal for it to ignore you." Xia Xiu couldn't help shaking himself. If he were Eden, he wouldn't want to hang this person.
0-03 raised his bottle, took a sip of wine, and then continued:
"My secular name is: Ponte Bergamos. You can call me Senator Ponte or Professor Ponte. Eden asked you to come over to me to let you understand the situation. I guess he also plans to take you Incorporating into the newly established core organization and being a junior researcher in the [Central Containment Room] is still a familiar rush. Every heavenly sword holder has to go through it, but you are not very lucky, and you have encountered the most difficult situation. period; congratulations, you have become Eden's new tool man."
"A new core organization?" Xia Xiu repeated the useful information slightly unexpectedly.
"Although it is just a proposal, this core organization is expected to be passed. It will be independent of the [Resolution Assembly], only responsible to [Yahwei], and only subject to the supervision of Eden." Ponte is not in a hurry. He said slowly.
"How could this be passed? Excluding the neutral [Central Containment Room], the current five core structures are stable enough. How could it be allowed to continue to establish new core institutions directly under the jurisdiction of Eden? How could a hawk..."
"Eden started the Utopia Project agenda, and now the plan is being constructed. The program has been rewritten by Eden; it is expected to completely enter the plan implementation stage within three years. This is the first sequence of agendas, which will be voted on by all angels. , the discussion is passed, and all angels must obey. "
The utopian plan has entered the agenda stage. No wonder the hawks will agree to the establishment of the new core agency. For the sake of utopia, they can tolerate many conditions that were previously unacceptable.
However, I slept for three days and just boarded the [Virtual Crown]. I haven’t even constructed the fourth realm of [Crown] yet. Boss, you just gave me life to increase my strength. Xia Xiu couldn't help but sigh.
Life is not easy, workers sigh.
Originally, I was crazily rolling in and upgrading like crazy, planning to secretly amaze everyone; but the more I rolled, the higher the strength of the version became, and before I killed anyone else, the boss had to increase the strength roll. Damn him.
Sure enough, workers should be treated like salted fish
Xia Xiu rubbed his eyebrows with a headache, and the familiar smell of social animals began to brew in him, but before becoming a tool man, he had to sort out some information.
“I want to ask, what happened in the past three days?”
“It seems that you have been on a business trip outside the main world for the past three days. Well, it’s simple. It was decided to summon the traitor. He gave Eden a knife and robbed a lot of things."
"…………"
"The curtain was broken."
"..."
"But it was mended and repaired, so it can still be used."
"..." The blond young man raised his eyebrows unconsciously. Looking at Ponte Bergamos who was about to continue speaking, he suddenly felt something bad.
“Daeva and Oletin launched a full-scale war, and five of the Thirteen Heroes were killed and four others were seriously injured.”
"The [Financial Street] of the Edici Federation is out of control. Well, it has been repaired in the back, but New York has completely sunk and is hopeless. Oh, they are now in a semi-normal and semi-abnormal situation. This is a very strange state of balance, and part of the function of the new core organization is to control them."
"The four monarchs have invaded the main world, [Slaughter Sky], [Stagnation Sky], and [Changing Sky]. ], [Blissful Heaven] has been loaded into the main world of Terra."
"The stars are planning to return to their positions, and there is a big problem in the starry sky."
"Oh, and Eden. Come here, I still want to tell you additional information, that is, Terra's [Entropy Pool Number] is about to explode, the ancient living gods are about to wake up, and all kinds of ghosts and snake gods are also appearing together, and [Gaia] is about to be unable to hold on. , Terra is going to explode."
Ponte Bergamos pointed at the beating red heart and finished his last words to the blond young man who was completely silent.
"I need to think about it."
"Well, let me help you, No, I have packaged the pheromone and shared it. You can use the genealogy to receive it. It is full of explosive information and first-hand information."
Xia Xiu ignored Ponte Bergamos's jump. He opened the genealogy interface and began to view the information content, first of all from the Edici Federation.
——Strategic Joint Agreement——
Purpose of the Agreement
Summary of the Cooperation Agreement between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Edici Federation
Publication date: August 8, 1590
Signing location: Edici House of Representatives, Third Office
Public Method: The information management departments of participating organizations will decide on their own.
Publishing organization: Kingdom of Heaven/Edici Federation/Mayflower Foundation.
Signatory List: Mayflower Foundation - (Confidentiality cited upon request). Kingdom of Heaven - Charles Vernal (then a member of the Ethics Committee). Edici Federation-Moffett (senior official).
Description of the communique: In order to deal with the enemy's strategic intentions, the Kingdom of Heaven and the Edici Federation agreed to discuss and cooperate together and wrote this article.
1. Regarding the Terra situation, the two sides should abandon the zero-sum game mentality, be inclusive, consult and understand each other, stop direct hostile confrontation, avoid damaging the basic interests of all parties, and jointly build and share a two-way security pattern.
2. The official planning of New York State is for both parties to strategically identify the area in Edici. The lists of members and prospective members of both organizations in the city will be disclosed in real time, and the deployment will be unified. All infrastructures of both parties will be members of the list. Encourage two-way convenience.
3. New York City officially established a strategic cooperation pilot area to carry out two-line intelligence, thaumaturgy and scientific and cultural exchanges, and built a cooperation demonstration base with the financial street as the central hub for guidance work, and allowed both parties to Organization members work for the other organization in their own name.
4. Each side sends research teams and inspection groups to integrate into the life and work of the other party's organization. The number and qualifications of the personnel sent to each other are equal, and medium and low-level confidentiality rights are provided to carry out various cooperation and cultural exchanges.
5. Establish a joint task force and grassroots administrative forces, share strategic intelligence from both sides, coordinate actions, balance and complement each other, give full play to superior forces, and be responsible for wiping out the imperial (Deva and Oletin) forces in the Edici region. , to crack down on and destroy its strategic intentions, as well as local information security guarantees, and safeguard the common rights and interests of both parties. The highest command authority belongs to the "Edici and Heavenly Kingdom Collaboration Command Center". Each party has three command leaders, and the same level will discuss action deployment, specific The administrative measures were jointly finalized by the Kingdom of Heaven and the Edici Federation.
6. This Agreement only applies to both parties, and all overseas units of both parties will not enjoy any most preferential treatment.
7. All funds in the agreement are valid for twenty years. Modifications and renewals can be accepted upon confirmation by both parties. The agreement shall be kept confidential to the highest extent. No other person or parties are allowed except the signatories of both parties and their respective signing agencies. Overseas units are aware that if the agreement expires, the confidentiality principle and other reciprocal relations will be terminated, and both organizations can choose confidentiality methods independently.
Eight:····
All the above terms are initially scheduled to take effect on September 1 this year. If any of the terms is violated within the statute of limitations, the Edici Federation has the right to expel representatives of the defaulting party organization.
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“Communicate with each other? Mutual benefit?”
The blond angel didn’t know how to evaluate the report in his hand.
The new strategy implemented since September 1st has undoubtedly brought the crisis on Terra to a stable side. This is a kind of political compromise and concession.
He moved on to the second report.
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——[Honkai Management Bureau]——
Proposal: Regarding the establishment of the sixth core organization of the Kingdom of Heaven [Hengkai Management Bureau] 】A summary of relevant opinions.
Content of the proposal: Combine the Heavenly Mystery Dissolution Team, the Reality Department, the Alchemy Department, the Amnestic Department, the Analysis Department, the Applied Parapsychology Department, the Cognitohazardous Department, the Concept Department, the Extradimensional Intervention Department, the Internal Security Department, and the Space Department. Anomaly Department····{Follow-up expansion+}
The above departments will be included in the [Crisis Management Bureau], and a [Debt Collection Agency] will be established to handle the [Atonement Volume] issue in "Crisis 72 Hours" {details +}
About "Crisis 70" Two hours":
[1590.8.4: ■·■■■■ was crowned the "Triple Crown"]
[08:28: Daeva and Oletin launched a full-scale war , launching a blitzkrieg against the Sixteen Kingdoms of Oaxaca]
[09:30: Kingdom of Heaven·Knights-The Sixth Hero blocks [Nero].
09:45: [Tyrant Caligula] and [Nero] encircle and suppress the Sixth Hero.
09:47: [Sparta] The Sixth Hero came and died——]
[10:47: The Fourth Hero, the Seventh Hero, the Ninth Hero, and the Tenth Hero blocked the attack The other three [Tyrant]——]
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Event Compilation: "Thirteen Heroes Preventing the Battle"
Result of the incident: The Sixth Hero, the Fourth Hero, the Seventh Hero, the Ninth Hero, and the Tenth Hero were killed, and the other four Heroes were seriously injured. The Sixteen Kingdoms of Oaxaca completed the transfer of strategic goals, and the Imperial Army also included the Central Alliance Army and Eddie. The Western Allied Forces officially entered battle.
Doomsday Clock (minutes): +
Minutes remaining: 9
Current time: 23:50:30.
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[1590.8.5: Judith Rebellion——]
Doomsday Clock (minutes): +2
[1590.8.5: The Curtain Shatters——]
Doomsday Clock (minutes): +
[1590.8.5: Financial Street Collapse——]
Doomsday Clock (minutes): +
[1590.8.5: The Fall of New York——]
Doomsday Clock (minutes): +2
[1590.8.6 : Starry Sky Pollution Incident——]
Doomsday Clock (minutes): +
[1590.8.7: Four Days Come——]
Doomsday Clock (minutes): +1
[1590.8.8: Twin Gate Incident——]
Doomsday Clock (minutes): +3
***Dividing Line***
——The impact of crisis events on [Entropy Pool Number]——
Entropy increase is an important concept in thermodynamics and statistical physics, which involves the degree of chaos or disorder of the system.
In an isolated system, entropy never decreases, but always increases or remains constant. In other words, the degree of chaos or disorder in a closed system always tends to increase.
When the entropy pool reading of a civilization is as high as 10^10 to 10^13, under such conditions, the civilization can fully use all kinds of thaumaturgy without considering other factors, and only needs a few prerequisites to produce A huge amount of EVE particles are produced, thereby driving thaumaturgic effects.
Most of the common thaumaturgy functions rely on the consumption of the entropy pool and the high reading of the entropy pool. When it is too low, these thaumaturgy will not be able to operate, or require a strong EVE flow and its Only the ability to control can operate; the more disorderly and chaotic the environment, the easier it is to release thaumaturgy.
Thaumatological systems, after undergoing a spontaneous process, always tend to increase the overall entropy of Terra.
The spontaneous process refers to the process that occurs spontaneously within the Terra system without external intervention; the energy transformation within a closed system always tends to transform into a more dispersed and disordered state .
This process resulted in an increase in the entropy of the Terran system.
This is the main cause of the natural disaster in the Oletin Empire. The radiation of [Crystal Sky] only expands the chaos and disorder of entropy increase.
If large-scale application of thaumaturgy is allowed, the entropy pool will inevitably explode.
By then, natural disasters will not just wreak havoc on Oletin.
The Curtain·Veil is more like a heat-reducing machine. The Kingdom of Heaven uses a special instrument [Gaia] to purify the thaumaturgy pollution within itself. At the same time, part of the remaining resources are used to suppress the entropy of the Terra system. Increase.
Now. [Gaia] has entered overload mode, and the current number of Terra's entropy pools has reached the collapse threshold.
The current number of entropy pools in Terra is: 5.90×10^11 (collapse stage——)
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Eden announced to all the angels:
Terra has officially entered the countdown to collapse.
The [Honkai Management Bureau] was established to suppress the increasingly collapsed situation in Terra. From then on, the Kingdom of Heaven will enter a stage of comprehensive intervention in Terra.
The title of the next volume: Crisis Management!