The old man's words shocked everyone present, including Zhou Li this time.
"What?!?!"
Ivy couldn't hold it any longer, and of course, neither could anyone else. Ain and Aiwei had the same expression, one of shock and disbelief. Azi looked at Eluma, who was also confused, and looked at each other with a confused face. Both parties expressed that their emotions were stable and there were no other problems except that their brains were blank.
"You, you, what were you talking about just now???"
Xiao Ke even started stuttering. She looked at Kaya with a horrified look on her face, and then looked at the old man aside, with disbelief written all over her face.
"I didn't expect...I didn't expect it."
The old man seemed to be caught in some extreme emotion and had no reaction to the outside world. He looked at Kaya intently, with a different look in his cloudy eyes.
"He really did it, but how did he do it?"
The old man suppressed the excitement deep in his heart and calmed himself down, but he still couldn't help but whisper to himself: "Since he can shape the body, why doesn't he come out? What on earth is he doing?"
"Mr. Muqi, can you explain it to us?"
Unable to bear the throbbing in his heart, Zhou Li looked at the old man and used some of the Black Emperor's power to force the old man to calm down. After feeling the gradually relaxing nerves, the old man cast a grateful look at Zhou Li.
"Sorry, I lost my temper."
The old man shook his hands, then looked at Zhou Li and said to him in a solemn tone: "Mr. Zhou Li, before answering your question, I would like to ask you to answer me a question."
Zhou Li nodded and said calmly: "You say it."
"Do you believe in gods?"
The old man's slow and powerful words made Zhou Li's mind go blank, but soon, this feeling disappeared. Zhou Li looked at the old man, and after a moment of silence, he answered the question.
"They're powerful."
Facing Zhou Li's seemingly unanswered answer, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth curved in an imperceptible arc. He looked at Zhou Li and said to him with unabashed admiration: "You are very smart, at least smarter than Chonghuang."
"really."
After shamelessly complying with the old man's words, Mr. Muqi glanced at the other staff. This time, his face was no longer as kind and kind as the old man next door. Now Mr. Muqi is more like a dignified teacher, full of a sense of oppression from superiors to subordinates.
"You don't believe in gods."
Mr. Muqi slowly said: "I can feel that there are no traces of faith on you. But you are people of Magnum after all, and I cannot guarantee that you will not have faith in gods in the future. Therefore, I will give you a Chance."
"If you want to hear this secret, be prepared to never have any faith in gods again."
After speaking the shocking words, the old man paused, and then continued: "If you are not sure whether you will believe in gods in the future, then please turn away and wait for a while. Don't worry, this story is very short. short."
Everyone looked at each other. Aiwei and Ain did not believe in the too pedantic God of Justice. Azi was very resistant to the God because of his childhood experience. Don Quixote only believed in virtue and justice, while Zhou Li...
He would be doing the gods a favor by not taking off his preacher's pants in church.
but……
Among the crowd, a trace of hesitation flashed in Ain's eyes. Mortals in this world cannot do without the blessing of gods. In fact, becoming a believer of gods can gain a lot. For example, the God of Justice can protect them from unfair contracts, the God of Commerce will allow them to get business opportunities that represent good luck, and the God of Chaos will make it easier for them to sell war supplies to the outside world. These are all brought by the gods. Bless.
In fact, in the eyes of outsiders, the Ayr Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce affiliated with the God of Commerce. Although neither Ain nor Aiwei are believers in the God of Commerce, years of paying tribute and paying homage are inevitable. Ain did not believe in God, but she hesitated to harm the interests of the El Chamber of Commerce because of her obsession with Kaya's life experience. Therefore, Ain was inevitably shaken.
Just when Ain was hesitating, she suddenly felt a touch of warmth coming from the palm of her hand. She looked up in surprise, and Ivy squeezed her palm hard with a faint smile. This is how Aiwei took the blame for Ain when she made a mistake when she was a child. Before Ain could react, Aiwei said first:
“We choose to hear your story.”
Azi glanced between Ain and Aiwei, and a faint smile appeared on her face that had always been slightly sad. She looked at the old man and said in a voice as sweet as an oriole: "I don't believe in God myself, so it doesn't matter."
"If Zhou Li doesn't believe it, I won't believe it."
Adhering to the wise saying that at least Zhou Li would not cheat him, Eluma chose to follow suit. After Don Quixote said, "I only believe in virtue and justice," the old man got everyone's answer. He nodded slightly, then took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and whispered to himself with a strange emphasis:
"Isolation."
After speaking these two characters, an invisible "qi" suddenly swept through everything around him, wrapping everyone in Zhou Li and the old man in it.
"From now on, this is a place where gods cannot gaze."
The old man looked at Zhou Li. Obviously, this was not the first time that he had escaped the gaze of the gods. After a short silence, the old man slowly said:
"You should already know Kaya's identity, right?"
Zhou Li and the others had never heard of introducing Kaya, but they called Kaya's name very naturally. Zhou Li took a step forward like a representative, nodded and said, "We probably know that Kaya is an orphan in the void, right?"
"That's right."
The old man nodded, but shook his head: "But not entirely correct."
"To be precise, it's not void."
The old man looked at Kaya, with countless sadness and emotion in his eyes. His voice was slightly trembling, full of excitement and sadness: "That is a high-level civilization."
"An advanced civilization thousands of years beyond this world."
Although he had already expected it, Zhou Li was still shocked by the old man's words. He thought about what kind of existence the void was, whether it was a monster in the cracks, an invading insect, or a demon sent by the gods. But it was really hard for him to imagine that those abstract-looking monsters could actually be an advanced civilization.
Wait a moment…
The moment Zhou Li thought of this passage in his heart, he suddenly thought of something and his pupils tightened.
Monsters…bugs.
But Kaya, no matter how you look at her, she is a standard human being.
"That's right."
As if he had read Zhou Li's thoughts, the old man opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "In that battle in the void, those purple-black insect-shaped monsters faced by the earthly coalition forces were not their true bodies."
Mr. Muqi looked above his head, seemingly subconsciously. Then, under the gaze of everyone, he spoke in an extremely suppressed voice.
"The void race is human."
"How can it be?!?"
Don Quixote suddenly exclaimed in disbelief. She faced the old man, her eyes full of confusion: "I have seen specimens of the void race. After being dissected, they turned into a group of monsters and insects. How could it be possible..."
At this moment, Don Quixote suddenly remembered Kaya's existence.
Everyone fell into an eerie silence. They suddenly thought that before this, even with Kaya's existence, they believed from the bottom of their hearts that the Void Race was a group of evil monsters.
"The monster's appearance is a disguise."
One sentence evoked a very terrifying suspicion in everyone. There is only one race that can make everyone in the world think that the void is the disguise of a monster, and it continues unswervingly to this day. They also thought that before this, the old man had told them to be prepared not to believe in gods from now on.
"Yes, this layer of disguise was applied to the void race by the gods."
Except for the expression on Zhou Li's face, even Eluma was completely shocked by this devastating news.
Once considered the most terrifying disaster and the closest thing to destroying the world, the void has always been a scar and a taboo for the entire world. Even if it brings people a faster way to travel through space, the whole world still casts aside that desolate world. Because that world of purple and black has brought indelible scars to reality.
But now, the old man told them that the gods who had always been the protectors of the world had actually given the void a hideous disguise.
Why?
Incomprehensible.
"When Emperor Chong entered the void, he actually only brought one person with him."
Before everyone could finish digesting this sentence, the old man spoke again: "That person's name is Lin Yuan, and she is the wife of Emperor Chong."
Lin Yuan…
Zhou Li, Azi, and Eluma all thought of the name Linghai called that voice in the void that day.
kite.
"Actually, I am Chonghuang's teacher."
The old man rubbed the rough wooden chair, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes. He looked at the blank ceiling, recalling, and whispered to everyone: "As the only witness, I saw the death of Emperor Chong and his His wife entered the void corridor together, intending to destroy the void forever to avoid future troubles."
"After killing a general in the void and opening the door, they disappeared into the purple void without any news. I stayed near the void corridor to wait for them, because Emperor Chong told me before leaving, He wants me to drink his child's full moon wine. How dare he lie to me, I am the strictest to him on weekdays."
There was a faint smile on the old man's face, but as he continued to speak, the smile gradually turned into silent sadness: "But he still didn't keep his promise. I waited there for two years and only waited for God's blessing. information."
"They said that Emperor Chong and his wife died together with the core of the void and disappeared into the void because of the invasion of the eternal void."
"At the time, I didn't believe it."
The old man sighed softly and continued: "Chonghuang is very strong, far stronger than the other two brave men. Whether it is the Chonghuang armor that can contain the energy of hundreds of god-given professionals, or the twenty-four armors he has mastered, The professional manual makes him the strongest man in the entire world. It can be said that even ordinary gods cannot compete with him."
"But he died, in the void. Although this may be the best ending for a warrior, it is not for Emperor Chong."
The old man's gaze slowly fell on Zhou Li, a gaze that spanned time and space. The old man looked at Zhou Li, his teeth chattering lightly, and a warm and sad aura slowly emerged.
"He once told me that there is an idiom in his hometown, which is called fallen leaves returning to their roots."
"The death he wanted did not require a grand funeral or a national mourning ceremony. He just wanted the company of his family and the gaze of his wife. He wanted to sit under the locust tree in his hometown and look at the moon in his hometown. Slowly close your eyes. There is no sadness, no sorrow, only the solemnity of death."
The old man was silent, his memory was a little confused, he was old, and he had forgotten what the man looked like. He just wanted to see the shadow of Chonghuang in the boy who had the same past as that man, but unfortunately, he couldn't see it.
"He died in the void, and I was disheartened and continued to return to Muqi as Mr. Muqi."
"Twenty-five years later, I suddenly received a letter from the void. The letter said an innate ability called isolation. When I saw those two words, I naturally learned to deceive. The eyes of gods. At that moment I knew that this was the letter that Emperor Chong had given me."
The old man cheered up and said slightly excitedly: "Only Chonghuang can combine the skills of the two professions of fraudster and fortress builder at the same time. After using the ability of isolation, I opened the letter. There was a portrait on it. , I recognize it, it is the handwriting of Emperor Chong. And the girl in the painting..."
The old man looked at Kaya, the answer was unknown.
"I…"
With a complicated look in Kaya's eyes, she opened her mouth, but didn't say anything.
Because to her, Emperor Chong was not a hero, but a disaster that destroyed her hometown. But now, the old man's words caused waves in Kaya's heart.
"Except for the painting, Chonghuang only wrote two sentences in the letter."
The old man paused, and then said the first sentence: "First, the portrait is the true appearance of the void race, and the gods disguised them as monsters."
"second……"
As if deliberately leaving a buffer space for everyone, the old man did not say a second sentence immediately. He waited, and under the gaze of everyone, said the second sentence that Emperor Chong left for him.
"The void is not an invasion, it is a salvation."
save.
Invasion.
Two completely opposite words were placed on the name Void, which carries the aura of destruction.
At this time, everyone had been cornered by countless horrific truths. Except for Zhou Li, who thought from the beginning that the gods had failed to hold their shit back, everyone fell into silence for a long time.
"But…"
Don Quixote, who was still somewhat sober, held on to his energy and asked: "This is just a letter. What if, I say just in case, this is wrong? What if Mr. Chonghuang wrote it wrong, Or someone can tamper with the above content, after all, there is only..."
Before he finished speaking, Don Quixote understood the most fatal flaw in his words.
"Only a god can tamper with this letter."
The old man added calmly, adding to the consensus that everyone had reached.
