Ever since Anomaly 004 conveyed the first "list" to the world, all anomalies and visions have had their own numbers. No matter how their positions change, how their characteristics change, or even if some anomalies and visions disappear, or some transform into each other, there are always corresponding vacancies on this list.
This law has never changed for thousands of years. Therefore, people believe that the essence of Anomaly 004 is a "focus" that transcends the order of time and space. All anomalies and anomalies, whether from the past or the future, have already left their mark in this focus of time and space, even if they have not yet been born... their positions have already been determined.
However, today, this rule was broken.
An unnumbered vision appeared before the eyes of the world.
What was even more disturbing was that the name of this vision was "Prande" - the pearl of the boundless sea, the most prosperous stop on the ocean trade network, and the largest gathering place for the Deep Sea Church's believers. But for some reason, Vanna always felt that the calm and reserved Pope in front of her did not seem to show much worry. After seeing that Prande had become a vision, she was only slightly surprised -
She seemed to be less concerned about "Prande becoming a vision" than about "Prande not having a number".
Vanna looked at the Pope nervously. The Pope was thinking about something. After a few minutes of oppressive silence, she suddenly raised her head and asked, "How has Plande been doing since the disaster?"
"Order in the city-state is being restored. All the people who died and the places that were damaged due to historical pollution have been restored, except for those who actually died eleven years later," Bishop Pland said immediately. "We checked every corner of the city-state, including every sewer, every factory, every machine, and even every pipe. No trace of supernatural distortion was found. The city-state is in a very, very normal state. Oh, except..."
"Except for the French fries, right?" Valentine said calmly. "I saw it in the report."
"To be precise, it's not that there is no possibility of communication, but that we haven't established communication yet - although the beginning of the matter was within the plan," Pland nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "Although for some reason, this ghost captain is particularly concerned about Helena's situation and chose Vanna as the contact person, but so far, he has not shown any hostility towards the civilized world."
"A coin with heads facing up, tumbles in the air, and falls back down still with heads facing up."
Vanna opened her mouth and seemed about to say something, but she saw the Pope in front of her gently waving his hand, interrupting her.
Valentine nodded and turned his gaze to Bishop Shi Tingfa: "I saw a statement in your report. Do you think that this famous Captain Duncan has regained his sanity and humanity, and there is a possibility of communication?"
Valentine hesitated for a moment and said, "... It's not that important. Let's talk about it in detail when we meet."
"Did the flames of the Lost Homeland burn the entire city-state?" Valentine asked immediately.
"But what's wrong with that, Saint Vanna - compared to the distortions in most places in our world, a coin that still lands on the front after tumbling is nothing?" Valentine said calmly, "At least in fact, Shi Tingfa still exists, and the coin has tumbled a circle or several times... It's not something you mortals should worry about."
For some reason, Vanna always felt that there seemed to be some hidden meaning in the Pope's words, but she could not understand it yet. She just frowned: "Then how should this news be announced? How can we explain to people that we are living in a huge vision - and let them still maintain a normal life after knowing this fact?"
The two saints left. Shi Ting subconsciously felt a little relieved. She guessed that the Pope would ask her this question sooner or later. After all, she wrote everything in the report, except for the part about her shaken faith: "She... actually didn't have any special feelings, no mental pollution, no distorted thinking. Bishop Shi Tingfa specially helped her do several examinations, and the conclusion was that this was just a simple 'connection.'"
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Valentine was the only one left on the field.
But just half a minute later, trembling wisps of light and shadow emerged from the darkness in the distance, and then the tall, thin, old-faced leader of the Church of Death, Banster, and the kind-faced, slightly fat leader of the Academy of Truth, Rune, walked out of the darkness and came behind Valentine.
The shadows gathered in the square heard this.
Without hesitation, they saluted the Pope and then disappeared one by one. In less than half a minute, only Valentine, Vanna and Plande were left in the huge venue.
"No," Bishop Pland lowered his head. "I will discuss this matter with the City Hall and see how to announce this news in the safest way."
Vanna and Plande responded immediately: "Please give your orders."
Valentine nodded, his eyes inadvertently swept over Vanna, and said, "There are some other things."
"A shocking fact caused by a sudden change should either never be announced, or it should be announced while the aftermath of the sudden change has not subsided and people are most receptive to it," Valentine said in a deep voice, "Now the citizens of Helena should not have completely escaped the aftermath of the disaster, and have not yet completely immersed themselves in the restoration of peaceful daily life... So let's announce it as usual.
Vanna didn't react at first, but after two seconds she suddenly realized something: "Meeting... Do you want to..."
Valentine stopped and stared quietly at the two saints in front of him.
"… It can't be said that the fire polluted the entire city-state and turned it into a polluted state," Valentine looked into Pland's eyes and said in a steady tone, "In that matter, the boundary between 'polluted' and 'unpolluted' is actually very vague."
Shi Ting subconsciously exchanged a glance with Fanna next to her. Shi Ting looked a little embarrassed: "It is indeed a bit strange to write that in the report.
"... ..No one can guess the intention of the storm," Valentine shook his head slightly, and then changed the subject, "Let's not talk about that, let's first discuss the information released by Vision 004 this time - a vision without a number, which is much more confusing than the vision itself."
Rune, who was fat and kind-looking, thought for a moment and asked curiously, "But why did the Lord of Storms choose you?"
"It's not surprising. When an extraordinary event occurs, all clues should be taken seriously," Valentine said calmly, his eyes falling on Shi Ting. "What about you, Saint Vanna? Do you feel anything wrong?"
"Vision Helena, a city completely burned by the flames of the warp. The power of Duncan Abnomal shaped this vision into an abnormal appearance. Its distortion lies in the fact that it distorts its own distortion. The entire city-state is like it has been polluted and is running specially. The only fact left by the pollution is that the pollution does exist."
Then, they heard Shi Ting's voice continue: "That may not be the reason why Helena became a 'vision' - the parchment did not mention the specific characteristics of this new vision, but we cannot boldly describe it like this:
"The Cathedral of Storms has been touring for many years, and it's about time it docks," Shi Tingfa looked at Shi Ting with a smile, "Make some preparations. The Cathedral of Storms will arrive in Helena within a week - and by then I will be able to confirm with my own eyes what the coin looks like after it has rolled over."
"But the Lord of Storms chose me," Valentine said calmly, "That was the will of the goddess."
Valentine clenched his fist slightly and put it against his chin, as if thinking seriously for a while, and then suddenly said to the saints gathered in the distance: "Everyone, please disperse first - I have something to discuss with the two saints sent by Shi Ting."
Shi Ting took a deep breath and made her voice as steady as possible: "…it is indeed as you said."
"But we need to be careful to guide people and make them realize that this 'vision' is extremely common - not all visions are safe. We need to always remember that our world has survived to this day only because of the illumination of Vision 001."
Pland nodded again: "Yes, this flame
Expelled the historical pollution caused by the heretics and restored the city-state to its pre-pollution state."
"He was silent. Young Saint, relax a little," Shi Tingfa waited until everything around him was quiet before turning to Shi Ting and speaking with a smile, "You are on the right path. The goddess will continue to shine and favor you. You don't have to worry just because you have come into contact with some 'weird' powers. As defenders of order, it is our duty to deal with all kinds of dangerous forces, isn't it?"
Banster first turned around and glanced at the direction where Vanna had left, then turned his gaze to look at the Deep Sea Pope in front of him: "Not me? It looks like... there's nothing special about me."