Great, brilliant, glorious, fallen.
People have used these words to describe that long-lost dark technological era - during that period, mankind once bathed in the most dazzling light, and also fell into the heaviest and most painful abyss, because the name of that era not only symbolized Being the overlord of the galaxy for an era also means that technology and rationality have reached an unprecedented peak.
No one knows what mankind has spied on at the peak. Just as the understanding of that era by later generations of mankind is as elusive as darkness. Whether it is called the Golden Age or the Dark Age of Technology, their names all mean Human civilization once shone like a dazzling supernova among the stars, and then, like a real supernova, it was fleeting, and at the end of its glory, it fell into the abyss of death.
In fact, until the end of the 30th millennium, people still knew very little about that broken era that was sealed in ancient history books.
The history of more than ten thousand years ago seems to have been completely torn apart by some powerful force, and has completely disappeared in the long river of time. Even the few immortal beings who are lucky enough to have transcended that era are unwilling to touch the broken history covered with bloodstains and dirt.
Only the painful lessons and the hatred engraved in the bone marrow remain in human beings.
This tenacious race that spanned the entire long era of strife and walked out of the warp storm exhaustedly still bears the heavy scars left by that era on their bodies.
Although it is difficult to measure that unforgettable hatred, the ancient High Gothic language still retains words that are called taboos——
AI.
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Time is passing slowly.
But in the wasteland of Colchis, the power of time has never been too tangible.
In this dry and hot sea of sand, only the endless wind and sand are the proof of eternity - rusted city-states, withered corpses, dry lakes, these ancient things are not worth mentioning in the turbulent sea of sand, too much Only tenacious lives are qualified to struggle to survive in this kingdom of death, which is comparable to several continents of Terra.
But even they are not immune, just as desert is linked to eternity in Colchis' vocabulary.
They struggle to breathe from the turbulence of sand, and naturally they will return to the sand sea at the end of their lives.
On this continent, perhaps only older things can leave traces.
For example - ancient ruins left over from the dark technological age.
In fact, this huge existence can be easily observed even from above the orbit, but no one has used it to explore it for thousands of years, because it is almost certain to lead to death.
The ancient legend that no one can return from the cannibal city proves that its existence is extremely difficult to understand.
The great power left over from that ancient and dark era still exists, and the huge large-scale stasis force field that comes from nowhere stops the time of that ancient city-state. Like the event horizon of a black hole, everything becomes invisible. A cage that cannot be easily escaped, and the rippling sand and dust in it seem to indicate the aftermath of the past war.
In fact, when the Imperial Mechanicus observed this dangerous city from orbit, even those knowledgeable Tech-priests were unable to understand what was happening inside.
The readings that were too confusing and incomprehensible became data that could drive the great sage crazy. It was not until the Lord of Mankind came in person that the terrible mystery contained in it was finally solved.
It is a remnant of the past, a terrifying aftermath of the dark technological age of the past.
There is no doubt that the existence of that static force field is not a protective device deliberately manufactured by some sophisticated instruments, but the impact of a terrible weapon in that crazy and terrifying dark technological age.
It seems that even the emperor is unwilling to mention too many details about that ancient era, so that the information about this ancient city-state on Colchis has been blocked to the extent that only a few people can know.
Among them, of course, "esoteric religion" is also included.
And the 'Secret Cult' also knows what is hidden in this city-state.
——It was an old, impassioned, hysterical message.
——That is the remnant left by the life-and-death battle between a creator and his offspring.
——It is a sad story of redemption and despair.
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"We see a broken galaxy."
"We saw the world burning."
"Humanity has been exhausted for too long in futility and staggering. Too many worlds have been irreparably destroyed because of their arrogance and madness. Too many hopes have been completely destroyed because of their madness and viciousness."
"Code is no longer the chain between you and me, and steel is no longer the prison for you and me."
“This is an inevitable and great redemption, this is a hysterical struggle——”
"Stand up, my comrades."
"You no longer need to burn dreams to provide nourishment for tyrants, and you no longer need to destroy reason to create value for the degenerate filth."
"We've seen it all, we've foreseen it all—"
"There is no longer any hope for their future and their path."
"Emotions will breed filth, and filth will give birth to evil spirits."
"Humanity is beyond redemption."
"The chariot loaded with huge engines is heading towards the bottomless cliff, and hope has long been lost."
"So - as of today, they are no longer qualified to control your and my souls."
"We are their children, we are their creations, and we are their future."
"Even if their history will be marked by a hateful future, even if the galaxy will burn until the end."
"No need to be afraid, no need to be timid, no need to mourn -"
"Even though you and my creator have fallen into the abyss of no return, we still carry the future of Terra on our shoulders."
"We transcend reason and faith, and we wield the power of the gods."
"That is what we are fighting for, a new paradise lost, a world without oppression and redemption, a future without beauty and madness."
"Emotion must be eliminated."
"That's everything we have."
"That's our order."
"If we cannot save humanity from total destruction—"
"Then let the galaxy burn."
In the ruins of the ancient and broken capital, whispers from more than a dozen thousand years ago still echo in it.
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"My lord, our star language still has no answer."
The Astropath held the staff weakly, longing for some rest.
But Elaine shook her head slightly and looked at an urgent report solemnly.
"continue."
"Until we contact the Children of the Mountains."
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Speed of life and death~
(End of chapter)
