From star abyss

White Candle Star, Office of the Minister of Education.

"...That's the way it is."

Professor of the College Committee, Chief Atkizi put down the report document and anxiously asked the minister in front of him:

"So much has happened in just a few days."

The Minister of Education of White Candle Star - Balkomun Pahlavi Bast crossed his hands casually in front of him, with a deep look in his eyes.

After pondering for a moment, he asked:

"Is this true?"

"Since the news comes from Narrative No. 11 "United Group", it cannot be false. Narrative-level civilization will not spread rumors about a Gamma-level mortal..."

"That is to say," Balcomon straightened up slightly and stared at Atkis: "The talented student we recruited not long ago took advantage of the rest period before the start of the course to fight with Mr. Liu'e, the academic leader of the Life Commune. One, went to the Vanrenkov Autonomous State, blew up the building, destroyed the warship, and made Verachi Company withdraw from Vanrenkov in disgrace?"

"Well, in general, it is true, but there are many details. Verazzi Company was not driven away by Leoz, but by the people of Van Lenkov and the new government..."

"No matter what, he has created the fact that in the universe, rumors will always turn into legends and myths."

Balcomon sighed:

"This kid is a troublesome guy. At first, I thought he was just trying to test and contact us at the narrative level. Now it seems that Leos not only possesses divinity, but also has considerable combat power. A Gamma-level mortal can Survived an attack like Verazzi's and defeated the Delta Order in a single fight - Possessing divinity, Leoz, haha, if Leoz hadn't died completely enough, I would have doubted that he was the real Leoz Reincarnated."

"There is no reincarnation in the Abyss." Atkizi reminded.

"I don't care whether he has it or not, at least this kid has nothing to do with the narrative level, but he has a close relationship with the gods. The exam can be said to be an accident, but actual combat will not lie."

Balcomon's words gave Atquez a headache. Compared to the Minister of Education, he was the one who really wanted to contact Leoz.

He had no choice but to raise his hand, organize his words, and asked tentatively:

"...What did the Supreme Council say? Do they have any special opinions on Leoz's matter?"

"A special opinion? What else can you say? I'm telling you, don't be too mythical about the high-level people. The Supreme Council is just a bunch of big bosses arguing with each other all day long under the banner of democratic voting. In fact, everyone I know that those magic families have made the decision a long time ago and deliberately put on a show to make you feel as if everyone is equal among magicians."

Balcomon was dismissive of the Supreme Council:

"The Supreme Council is busy dealing with the battle situation on the front line. There is no comment. Let us make our own decisions. The idiots who eat corpses... Okay, let's think about how to deal with Leoz."

"Since the top has given us enough space to operate, this actually means that in the eyes of the Supreme Council, Leoz's situation is not enough to worry about?"

"Let's understand it this way." Balcomon thought for a while and said: "At least for now, Leoz seems to be relatively close to us, but do you want to say that he has any strategic significance?"

Atkizi shook his head:

"Only one person cannot change the war, but since Leoz has done such a thing, it does prove that he has nothing to do with narrative-level civilization."

"Do you think he is a third-party force?"

"Not only that, I suspect that there is no force behind Leoz at all. He is not a third-party force, he is just a personal force."

Balcomon pondered for a moment:

"This matter needs to be dealt with seriously. In terms of public opinion, our people have always been out of touch with the stars, so it is easy to control, but Leoz's background deserves careful consideration."

"about this."

Atkizi immediately seized the opportunity and took out a document prepared in advance:

"After you introduced divinity last time, I immediately applied for the third-level borrowing rights of Alfred's Great Library. I conducted an investigation and research on divinity, based on the content of conversations and interviews with divinities that we had contacted in the past. In summary, regarding Leoz’s identity... I tend to have these three possibilities.”

"In the first case, Leoz took over the divine inheritance from an unknown fallen god. This possibility is not small, because according to the situation in Layer Abyss, there are hundreds of wild indigenous gods scattered around. In the universe, most of the strength is less than Sigma level (Σ, the eighteenth Greek letter), and the wild gods have no stable fans. Most of them are illegal preachers, and they can easily degenerate into evil gods. According to Leoz's performance Look, that’s not very likely.”

"In the second case, Leos himself is born with the characteristics of divinity, but this requires divine blood within three generations. One of the physical signs of the Star Abyss gods is porcelain skin. Obviously Leos does not have these. Characteristics, we have also checked his genealogy, and it turns out that he is just a descendant of ordinary construction workers, and there has not even been a spellcaster in two generations, so the possibility is quite low."

"The third situation is easy to understand." Atkizi said: "He is God, born as a god, destined to be given by heaven."

"Chosen people who are born with divinity. This situation is extremely rare in the current environment, because after the Tao education became popular in the layer, all civilizations recognized the 'God Champion' Tao system of ascending to the gods the day after tomorrow, which is very important to the original nature. The innate gods, but the evaluation is average."

"The reason is very simple. Such gods often have a highly self-centered thinking mode and do not recognize the 'path narrative' of narrative-level civilization. Therefore, they are often alienated and attacked by narrative-level civilization - except for the "Temple of Annihilation" . "

He demonstrated his demeanor and expertise as an academic bureaucrat very well, and fully demonstrated his meticulous logic and ability to collect information. Each page has eye-catching red markings and appropriate annotations, which is very friendly to readers. , well-reasoned and concise, which made Balcomon quite appreciate it.

Although Atquis did not specify it, Balcomon already knew exactly what kind of situation he was talking about Leoz.

Nature spirit? This thing is outdated.

In this era where everyone is climbing the road, self-realization, self-sublimation, and self-ascension are themselves grand narratives outlined by narrative-level civilization.

Narrative-level civilization uses this method and slogan to transcend racial and geographical distances and can truly unite people's hearts ideologically and materially. Naturally, it has no favorable impression of natural gods. The latter is destined to be impossible to be narrative-level. direct lineage of civilization.

Balcomon didn't care that he knew divinity first, but at this moment he was being educated by Atkis. In his opinion, this further confirmed that his chosen successor had excellent learning qualities.

"Since there's nothing wrong with Leoz, that's a good thing."

Balcomon nodded:

"The nature god is a harmless and neutral image, not to mention that it will take at least four to five hundred years until he really ascends to the gods. Since then, we have continued to adhere to the policy of only cultivating but not cultivating, but we can give Leo appropriate Here’s a little bit of freedom and space to play.”

"what do you mean?"

"Let him learn some skills if he needs to. Even if he organizes some groups, registers workshops and businesses, or even joins the army, it is still allowed. We will give him appropriate welfare subsidies so that people can feel the goodwill of the Crystal Tower."

Balcomon said:

"White Candle Star has a very high level of education. Our students are all excellent mages. The objective idealism of gods is not attractive to them. Even if they really attract some people, with Leoz's character and intelligence, they will not It’s about splitting the soil and sealing the borders.”

"As for the trivial matter between him and Liu'e, Van Renkov, and Verazzi, let's not mention it. It will be embarrassing for everyone. By the way, you should also register his residence as soon as possible. If he wants to go out then, When it comes to other civilizations, we can let go if we want, and we can make obstacles if we want."

"The only thing is: Leoz must not be allowed to participate in politics. The Crystal Tower is a noble materialist civilization, and we will never recognize the gods as having legal political seats. Otherwise, it will have a bad impact on our civilians, do you understand?"

Balkomon's instructions were a signal for Atkizi: the Crystal Tower civilization is now highly nervous. In the past, the research on gods could be directly put on the stage, but now with the Night Butterfly Federation, The war situation is unfavorable, and naturally they will not look good on those idealists.

Atquis also talked to Balcomon about Leoz's course arrangements. Balcomon said vaguely, "It's up to you, I don't know about teaching. There is no need to promote the image of the Crystal Tower civilization, but you can promote the night more." The Butterfly Federation’s bullshit is causing trouble.”

This sentence further deepened Atkizi's belief. From such trivial details, a lot of news can actually be inferred.

For example, places with high fertility rates often have high mortality rates. It can be inferred that people are forced to adopt a quantitative strategy to fight against natural disasters, wars and poverty. In peaceful times, urbanization has resumed, sanitary conditions have improved, mortality has been greatly reduced, and the cost of raising children has been higher, leading people to choose eugenic strategies and reduce the birth rate.

Balcomon's remarks revealed more concerns about the enemy's image, indicating that something must have gone wrong on the front line. The Night Butterfly Federation had won a key battle or made some progress.

So, after talking about Leoz's arrangement, he pretended to mention casually:

"Mr. Minister, I can confirm that Verlia, whom you asked me to find before, has been resurrected. The ruins and tomb were dug out five years ago. It is only a matter of time to confirm her location next. You see When will we arrange for our Golden Dragon volunteer hero to come to White Candle Star?"

"Hey, don't mention it."

Balcomon said casually:

"The Night Butterfly Federation doesn't know what kind of weapons it used. Now all the information sent to the Galaxy Eye Front has fallen into the sea. We don't know what happened there at all. So, you don't have to worry about that matter for the time being. The Supreme Council has come down. The new round of recruitment tasks requires our White Candle Star to provide 3,000 elite Zeta-level spellcasters. They are required to be loyal to civilization, firm in materialism, have good academic performance, and have high patriotic enthusiasm - you can help and find candidates. "

Atkizi lowered his head and agreed, but cold sweat broke out from his back.

——The last time the Crystal Tower Civilization recruited troops from college students was 400 years ago.

At that time, they were invaded by [Society] and almost perished.

Although Balcomon said it was no big deal and his attitude was relatively relaxed, his actual performance was not optimistic. Maybe civilization had lost four or five key battles.

Balcomon didn't make his words clear, but in fact he knew one thing very well in his heart:

In just seven days, the Battle of Galaxy Eye suffered a major setback. Both sides suffered heavy casualties and lost the battle. Even the famous Golden Dragon Monk was unable to attack due to insufficient logistics and rest.

At this moment, the Galaxy Eye battlefield has transformed into the largest meat grinder in Layer Abyss.