On this day, Rock City was destroyed.
"Rock Cataclysm"! As a new term in textbooks, it has appeared in books and classrooms in various countries.
The church and other forces have even launched a deep investigation into this, and all supernatural beings have deeply remembered the evil god "primordial fire".
The proportion of order and chaos in the entire world inevitably tilts towards evil.
Not long after, Jenny Black created a secret organization—Steam Light, and began to accept ordinary people as saints to expand its power.
A few years later, she even embarked on a long-distance steamship to the Eastern Continent.
By the time she returned, she had already been promoted to the sixth rank, obtained the stigmata of the 'Steam Demon Spider Queen', began to preach, and became the false god 'Daughter of Steam'.
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League of Free Cities.
Time came to winter in a blink of an eye, and pieces of white and crystal snowflakes were falling in the sky.
In the city of Louis, in a certain villa.
The gas lamps glowed brightly.
In front of Sulu was a hot pot with hot meat and vegetables inside.
Jingle!
The doorbell rang suddenly.
"come in."
He picked up a piece of beef, not caring about the authenticity.
The door creaked open, and Varen walked in alone.
He looks haggard, with deep dark circles under his eyes, and his longtime partner Fitch is not by his side.
"You're finally here... just years late."
Sulu sighed.
"Are you talking about Rock City? That's the greatest possibility for us to meet..."
Varen took a deep look at Sulu, sat down opposite him, and ate.
"Life in this world is like a stream, it can only move forward, not backward, and there are many forks and choices..."
Sulu looked at him with a smile: "Last time, you didn't choose to come to see me, so you lost a lot of opportunities."
"Is it?"
Varun raised his head with a playful expression: "Don't you still want to be my 'teacher'? The mysterious person in history, the immortal, Your Excellency the tutor of the emperor?"
"No... I've made my choice."
Sulu chuckled and shook his head slowly.
"Is that Jenny Black?" Varen was silent: "I have to admit that her contribution to steam machinery and the advancement of this era is indeed far beyond mine."
Sulu looked out the window.
He saw the rows of bright gas lamps, the huge steam machinery built at the bottom of the city, and the powerful power transmitted through gears and levers.
There are steam factories all over the suburbs, and all kinds of trains roar into the distance.
A lot of white mist rose in the sky, artificially interfering with the weather, creating patches of dark clouds and fog.
It's a whole new age of steam!
Since receiving His instruction, Jenny Black has not given up her apparent identity, but has devoted herself to promoting the spread of steam power.
Up to now, even the most marginal corners of the Free Cities Alliance have been branded with steam.
"So, what is your purpose?"
Sulu leaned back indifferently and asked casually.
He could sense that there was no ambush from the Church of the Gods around, and even Varen didn't have much hostility.
"I even suspect that you are the incarnation of some hidden existence... Maybe it's a righteous god."
Varun smiled wryly and said: "I came to you because I have many doubts... Although human society is constantly improving in this world, there are also terrible madness and terror... After the cataclysm, the power of the evil gods gradually overwhelmed the righteous gods, and even our two churches could hardly support it... I am afraid that in the near future, all the defenses in the mysterious field will be completely defeated, causing chaos to spread to ordinary people's society... "
Varun stared at Sulu: "Is there anything you can teach me?"
Sulu was silent for a while, looking at Varun.
At this moment, it can be felt that the blessing of fate surrounding him is already very thin.
This is also normal.
Even the Destiny's Child favored by the world cannot be extravagant for long.
His failure to compete with Jenny several times has already determined that the power of destiny on him will be greatly weakened.
At least, in Sulu's view now, Varen is far lower than Jenny in terms of the possibility of becoming a god.
Of course, the afterglow of fate is still there, and Valen is still half a "protagonist", so his strength has also been promoted to the fifth level, but that's it.
Once there is no breakthrough in decades or hundreds of years, it will gradually return to ordinary people.
"This kind of thing seems to be considered by the Orthodox Church."
Sulu replied.
"We've already lost a lot, even Fitch..." Varun's eyes were a little red: "I'm very confused..."
"Unfortunately, this is the nature of the world, no particular group will be favored... Only natural selection, survival of the fittest... The ancient rulers once ruled this world, and finally they were destroyed, leaving only a few old gods..." Su Lu said: "Of course they don't care about ants like humans, and only wisdom and nature are two. Mortals become gods, so they are still willing to protect humans."
"What?"
Warren stood up in surprise.
The wise sage and the mother of nature were once human beings
This kind of blasphemous thought, almost just arose, gave him the urge to kneel down and pray for atonement.
He clenched his fists, his face flushed red, but there was a voice in his heart that kept echoing: "The other party is right, it is true!" It turns out... mortals can really become gods! '
Immediately afterwards, more thoughts emerged: 'If the wise sages and the mother of nature were really mortals, who were they? '
In an instant, the names of countless powerful figures in history flashed through Varun's mind.
The next time, he quickly shook his head, throwing out this extremely profane thought.
"so… "
Varun followed Sulu's train of thought and said, "The only hope for human beings lies in ourselves? Need more people to become righteous gods to fight against evil gods?"
"That's right, that's what it means."
Sulu smiled, and suddenly looked up at the sky: "It's almost time..."
"What time?"
Warren followed Sulu suspiciously, walked out the door together, and looked up at the starry sky.
"A group of people who know the ancient history, the magicians who once died, are about to return to this world..."
Sulu smiled and said, "Otherwise, why would people from the church and other forces gather here, even including you, being attracted?"
Varun was taken aback.
'The return of the ancient magician' - this should be an oracle received by the Pope, and the level of secrecy is very high.
Even he has not been exposed to this secret.
Of course, he already has the fifth rank, so he can be regarded as a high-level church, but not all high-level people can know all the secrets.
The arrival of Valen is not an order from the Holy See, but the attraction of fate!