Giotto's Clock, the famous bell tower located in the residence of the Holy See, is controlled by the chaotic algorithm of the super-artificial intelligence Raphael.

The huge dial on the bell tower only has the hour hand, and it is said that as the hour hand gets closer to 12 o'clock, it means that human civilization is getting closer to the brink of collapse.

During the long years of peace, the hour hand was essentially pointing vertically down at 6 o'clock. When there is some political turmoil in the world, the hour hand will turn a few scales clockwise; When the turmoil subsides, it will turn back.

It is only during the Magic Tide that the position of the hour hand changes drastically. Basically, every time the maximum Magic Tide is increased by Lv.5, the hour hand will turn 2.5 scales clockwise, which is called "advancing for half an hour".

The current Demon Tide level cap is Lv. 15, and the hour hand points exactly to 7 o'clock...... At least in the morning.

However, at 11:27 p.m. tonight, when the Lateran Palace was still holding an emergency meeting, the hour hand suddenly crossed 15 scales in a row, directly jumping to 10 o'clock!

The believers in the square below Giotto's Clock were almost immediately in a panic like the end of the world. Many devout believers even kept kowtowing to the stone slab in front of them, praying and begging God to forgive the sins of mankind, until they knocked their foreheads bleeding miserably and passed out.

There was also chaos in the Lateran Palace, where the two bishops of the Big Data Group and the Algorithm Group were the first to retire, followed by the cardinals of the Department of International Strategy and the Ministry of External Relations, who hurried to their departments.

The remaining cardinals stayed in the conference room of the Lateran Palace, and the atmosphere was terrifying. Although everyone has nothing to do for the time being until the results are analyzed in more detail, even if they go back, they will definitely have insomnia.

It's better to stay here and wait for the final result.

About 23 minutes later, Bishop Silestinne of the Department of International Strategy burst into the conference room, clutching a report tightly in his hand:

"Ladies and ......gentlemen," he barely managed to squeeze out a wry smile under the eager gaze of the bishops, "the reason for the change of Giotto's bell has been identified. ”

"The city of Verona, in Italy and the north, was completely wiped out just now."

"Erasure in a physical sense."

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Half an hour later.

The original site of the city of Verona.

Peggy sat blankly on the stone, staring vacantly into the distance.

Her spirituality had dried up. In return, all the tadpoles were released by her, dragging the entire city of Verona into the concept of total death.

Now all that is left around her is a flat area, and large and small mounds, which are the corpses of the buildings of Verona after their "death".

Peggy suddenly had the strange illusion that she was in the same cemetery, surrounded by such graves (even more like tombstones and crosses), and that she had just broken out of the slumber of death, and that she was too confused to know what to do.

Then the man appeared in front of him and held out his hand to him.

But now, there was no one to pull her back up.

Peggy's hands clasped her legs and buried her face deep into her knees.

She felt extremely tired.

If I die like this, will I be able to see him again?

Thoughts of misanthropy lingered in her mind, and her vision blurred in the overflowing tears.

Suddenly, she half-looked up, and saw Asker standing in front of her again, holding out a hand to her.

…… Even if it's a false illusion, it's much better than this indifferent real world.

It's good to see you again.

Peggy slowly closed her eyes and fell into the dust, sinking into a deep coma.

Asker: ???

Is this some new welcome ceremony?

He silently folded his arms and looked at Peggy, who had passed out on the ground. The latter curled up with a petite body, her eyelashes tightly closed, and her long black hair was draped behind her head like petals, exuding a certain air of pity.

Well, it's not like it's pretending, it seems that he fainted because of excessive spiritual consumption.

Asker sighed. Since Peggy is like this, there is no way to say what she had thought of reprimanding her in advance.

Let's take her back first.

He bent down and picked Peggy up. The Blood Maiden's body was unusually light, making Asker feel like he was holding a big cat.

Let's go back! Asker looked around, then headed north...... Hey?

What about Verona?

And what about the big city of Verona?!

Turning back to the Lateran Palace, the Holy See has quickly passed an emergency military decree to kill a high-threat target in Verona, using land-based strategic neutron ammunition to kill a high-threat target in Verona.

Of course, with the terrifying yield of strategic-grade nuclear weapons, there is no doubt that it will affect the emperor's coalition forces in the north, and there is no way.

After all, he is a dangerous person who can make the hour hand of Giotto's clock jump directly from 7 o'clock to 10 o'clock - and even some bishops suspect that this Miss Peggy is the embodiment of the Antichrist, so he must be wiped out as soon as possible.

The nuclear button has been delivered to the Holy See, and all the cardinals are ready for it. Bishop Valyan was anxious like a grasshopper on a hot pan, because the Holy See forbade him to contact Nora in the Emperor's camp at this time, so as not to disturb the target danger.

For now, Walyan can only hope that his sister will be smarter, and when she sees the nuclear explosion opposite the southern trenches, she will find cover in time, so as not to be blown head-on by the radiation wind after the nuclear explosion.

Of course, the Licinius family is also ready to rescue, once the nuclear explosion is completed, dozens of medical helicopter formations on standby will rush from the nearest city to the nuclear bomb site to search for and rescue Nola.

Innocent pressed the nuclear button of the suitcase, and a camera popped up from the case to come:

"Iris certification complete."

"Voiceprint authentication, please enter the password."

"Hallelujah." Innocent said solemnly.

"Voiceprint certification complete. Welcome, Holy See. The lid of the box opened automatically, and the electronic mechanical voice said solemnly, "The end of all flesh has come." ”

The nuclear button slowly pops up from the base, next to the nuclear button safety and lock cylinder, which requires the Holy See to open the lock cylinder with a special key, pull out the safety, and then press the nuclear button, and the devastating land-based neutron bomb will be launched from the depths of the Apennines.

The Holy See grabbed the key pendant on his chest, took a deep breath, and suddenly a bishop rushed in from outside.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! He burst into tears of emotion, "The hour hand of Giotto's clock has rolled back!" It jumped back to 7 o'clock! ”

Innocent: ???

Cardinals: ???

"What's going on?" Innocent pressed the lid of the nuclear button suitcase down, and his movements were as rough as if he were slamming the tabletop, "Giotto's clock...... Something went wrong? ”

"Nope! Your Majesty! "Not only Giotto's bell, but Raphael's alarm process has been halted!" ”

"This crisis is over!"

Innocent: ..................

Why haven't I pressed the nuclear button yet, and the crisis has been resolved? Verona City has been wiped out, the murderer is still not, you tell me how the crisis was resolved?

For a while, a large number of expletives drifted through his mind, but Innocent was a person who could be a pope after all, and forcibly calmed down for a moment before signaling to the cardinal next to him to re-lock the nuclear button suitcase.

"Find out why." He calmly instructed the cardinal in charge of the Big Data Department to "issue an analysis report on this case as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The cardinal hurriedly bowed down.