Light Fortress-Chapter 1579 - 267: Sword of Concept

"Lord of Love..."

Gu Shen looked at the skeleton on the throne, Alf’s words were simple, but in those few words, he seemed to see scenes that happened many years ago on the Initial.

Perhaps...

It’s the fragments of the extinguished Gospel Box, still lingering with the last traces of spiritual power.

"What should I call your master?"

Gu Shen turned his head to look at the small cube.

At this moment, Alf’s tone carried a hint of pride: "The great ’God of Molten Iron and Craftsmen’, in that era... that’s how everyone addressed him."

"Indeed, very great."

Gu Shen nodded seriously.

Gu Xiaoman blinked and curiously asked, "Since the Lord of Love sacrificed her flame and life, was the chaotic ’Sword of Concept’ ultimately extinguished, successfully created?"

"..."

With this question, Alf fell into a brief silence again.

It hesitated several times to speak.

But Gu Shen and Gu Xiaoman already knew the answer.

In the era when chaos descended, everyone boarded the starship to travel far... Only Alf stayed here, having nothing to do with the follow-up of human civilization.

"I think it should have been successfully created, right?"

After a long time, Alf laughed and said: "With the master’s great wisdom, plus the enlightenment gifted by the Lord of Love’s burning life, he must have succeeded in the end... but as for the final outcome, I truly don’t know. I waited on the Initial for so many years, actually waiting for this answer."

"Those Transcendents who ventured into the Ice Sea Ruins before, after their death, besides the gene samples in their blood, there was also some fragmented spirit that could be read."

Alf said slowly: "It’s hard to believe you actually came from the north. And the technology of this era seems to be even more backward than before..."

Hearing this, Gu Xiaoman somewhat embarrassedly scratched his head.

Yes.

No matter how intense the internal struggles on the Five Continents.

The current technological civilization is far inferior to that during the time of escape...

Not to mention starships.

Nowadays, the technology of the Source Energy Boat is all remnants excavated from the Mystical Realm of the Old World.

"In that great escape, human civilization sacrificed a lot to preserve the flame." Gu Shen said to Alf: "Being able to survive is already a kind of luck. You can understand it as we found a temporarily safe home, although not an oasis, it does have the possibility of breeding and living... the current level of civilization is the benchmark after reset."

"Is that so?"

Alf nodded.

To it, whether human civilization today is progressing or regressing, or what stage it has reached, it actually doesn’t matter.

It can see "humanity," which has already fulfilled a longstanding wish.

This is enough to prove the starship escape back then was successful.

"I have a question."

Gu Shen looked at Alf, "Around the Initial, what kind of defensive mechanism exists that allows you to survive in the chaotic Storm back then?"

This is an extremely important question.

The power of the Source Material Storm, even a Divine Throne cannot withstand.

During the peak age, in the prime of his life, Gu Changzhi encountered an unprecedented chaotic Storm in the Old World... Returning to the Five Continents, already mortally weakened.

The power of the flame can indeed ignite the long night.

But the world is too vast, the night too dark.

No matter how fiercely a flame burns, its power is also limited.

"Your focus is interesting." Alf laughed: "Do humans now also have similar ideas?"

"Yes."

Gu Shen didn’t shy away from anything.

The Ancient Literature Society once proposed a "Stars Plan," which is to establish an underground fortress when the final catastrophe comes, and humans cannot avoid it, allowing some lucky ones to escape the erosion of the Source Material Storm underground... Unfortunately, this proposal cannot be truly implemented because today’s human technology cannot achieve stable resistance to the Storm.

If the Initial could be manufactured, then Mr. Jing Shan Yan’s Stars Plan would no longer be a delusion.

However... at that time, there might be changes again.

The prehistoric civilization chose to abandon the Initial because they had the ability to build starships that outrun the Storm.

If escape is possible, who would still wish to reside underground?

"The materials of the Initial were all crafted by my master. In your words, this ship was forged from a large amount of Miracle Silver... moreover, another great leader also intervened, that leader controlled a portion of ’time power.’

Recalling the distant past, Alf said softly: "So even when the Initial was sunk deep beneath the Ice Sea, there was no need to worry about being eroded by time, because that leader’s ’time power’ would self-identify chaotic powers above the Authority Level. Once uncontrollable Authority Power appeared, the region around the Initial would automatically initiate ’time turbulence.’

"Time turbulence?"

Gu Shen’s expression was grave.

Whether it’s the Lord of Love or the God of Molten Iron and Craftsmen... now there’s another leader who can control time.

He could already ascertain that the prehistoric civilization that escaped in the past was extraordinarily powerful.

"To my knowledge, time power cannot be completely controlled by humans, even if harnessing the power of Gospel Box fragments, it barely touches upon it, and each usage demands a price."

Alf earnestly said: "That leader who controls a portion of ’time power,’ although strong, cannot ’manipulate time’... fortunately, the Initial’s defenses don’t require precise control of time, simply inducing ’turbulence’ is enough to handle trouble."

Gu Shen immediately thought of the Storm God’s Throne descending on the Ice Sea, then not returning for six years.

"The meaning of turbulence is..."

"Time randomly speeds up, randomly slows down; no one can predict its final result."

Alf calmly said, "This defense mechanism prevents the Initial from being attacked by overly powerful forces... because if an entity too strong walks into this place, ’chaos’ will immediately be triggered. You’ve cultivated to this point, you should know that chaos in order is difficult to repair."

Spilling water is easy, retrieving it is difficult.

For ordinary people, spilled water cannot be taken back.

For Transcendents, harnessing spiritual power can retrieve it.

This is a kind of "dimensional reduction attack."

However, most Transcendents cannot repair "Black Holes," "Black Points," even if they have Strong Logic Material, they can only suppress and restrain...

But Gu Shen’s Chi Huo, along with the fragments of the Divine Throne’s Gospel Box, can repair "Black Points," "Black Holes."

Yet if a Divine Throne who masters Flame Power comprehends fields related to time and insists on creating "time chaos," then even a Divine Throne of equal level would find it difficult to repair.

Divine Thrones are already the pinnacle existence in the cognition of all beings.

The chaos they create is the most difficult to repair.

"The time chaos prohibition is only activated on the periphery."

Alf smiled and said, "So you need not worry... the three Authority Items that Xiaoman carries will not trigger chaos inside the Initial."

"Since time chaos has been set, why not be straightforward?"

Gu Shen raised an eyebrow and asked, "Aren’t you afraid that Transcendents carrying ’Authority Power’ will, upon entering the Initial, use Authority Power to wreak havoc?"

"An interesting question."

Alf still smiled, "But the answer is quite the opposite... I’m not only unafraid of their havoc, I instead look forward to their arrival."

Gu Shen was stunned for a second.

"The peripheral prohibition of the Initial is to block those ’Great Beings’ resistant to all, or ’Taboo Power’ too strong in chaotic storms, neither of which can self-conceal Authority Power, because they are too powerful, which is precisely their powerful cost."

Alf said deeply, "But those ’Angel Envoys,’ those ’Saints,’ those ’Titled’... sorry, my spiritual information read is limited, I know little about those terms from your side. Frankly, they are useless even if they come in droves; if I wish to kill them, they will surely die here on the Initial."

Gu Xiaoman and Gu Shen both fell silent.

They have seen a large number of Red Shadow Robots along the way.

Although Alf said not all here are combat type Red Shadows.

But so many numbers... are already enough to start a crush.

"As for the power of Authority."

The small cube chuckled, floated in front of Gu Xiaoman, and said, "Young lady Xiaoman, please take out those three Authority Items."

Gu Xiaoman looked at Gu Shen.

Gu Shen nodded.

She took out [Tide], [Cloud Mirror], and [Fiery Eyes]...

"In our era, wanting to activate [Authority] requires a leader’s recognition, and spirit and source material of the same source."

Alf laughed softly, "Presumably, this is something that won’t change over time, right?"

Activating Authority is not easy.

It’s not something anyone can casually pick up and easily utilize.

If the strength is inadequate, qualifications insufficient, activating authority may even come at a cost—

Some burn spirit, some burn life...

Because this is a creation infused with the Divine Power of the Divine Throne.

No matter who, attempting to use power beyond oneself always involves such risks.

But those recognized and qualified to use Authority can ignore this limitation.

This is why, among major powers, only the top Transcendents, those most highly favored by Divinity, have the privilege of obtaining [Authority Items].

"But the power of Authority, even without being used, is indeed existent."

Alf continued smiling, "You two, why not check now... see if these three Authority Items still possess power?"

As these words fell.

Gu Xiaoman was taken aback for a moment, she had indeed kept these three Authority Items without using them...

She hurriedly crouched down and picked up the conch.

The current conch is just an ordinary conch, rubbing with fingers, the shell peels off with a crack.

In fact, before receiving the Storm God’s Divine Power infusion, it was indeed just an ordinary conch.

After the Divine Power receded.

These miraculous Authority Items returned to their original simple and unadorned appearances.

They no longer possess Divine Power, nor any legendary brilliance...

The Cloud Mirror is just an ordinary mirror.

The Fiery Eyes were released from the inscription binding on the stone, turning into an ordinary stone-like eye, without a trace of spirit.

"Without divine coloring, they are nothing."

Alf turned to look at the throne in the bronze hall, lamenting, "Look, that’s the place where the ’Lord of Love’ died, no one knows if this is reality or fantasy, but the only known fact is that the shadow of the ’Sword of Concept’ remains... all Authority Power will be weakened, then weakened again."

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(Tonight there is one more update! I’ll try to release it by one o’clock, those not staying up don’t wait!)