Coming to the secret room full of futuristic technology below, Lu Xiao ignored the amazed expressions of Ezio and Federico looking around, walked straight to the center of the field, and inserted the Pope's Staff combined with the golden apple into the keyhole on the ground.

A soft golden curtain of light shot out from the head of the staff, shining on a seemingly airtight metal wall.

"Boom!"

The walls slowly sank to the sound of the machine, revealing an unlit dark passage behind it.

The secret chamber, considered sacred by the Catholic Church, was enough to amaze Ezio and Federico, who had never seen a room made of metal before.

The secret passage that suddenly appeared in front of them made the two even more dumbfounded, and Lu Xiao patted the two of them on the shoulder and encouraged: "Come with me, the secret that the two organizations have been pursuing for a long time is inside." ”

Powered by golden apples and papal staffs, the walls lined with unidentified characters glowed intermittently.

Ezio and Federico moved cautiously, their expressions reverent and terrified, as if they thought that the God of Catholics was hidden in this secret room.

Lu Xiao rolled her eyes behind the two of them, and pushed them behind their backs with both hands.

"Go in, there is no Lord of your here, or ...... The Catholic deliberately forged Lord was false from the beginning. ”

The Isu people, who were identified as gods by humans, were active between 78,000 and 75,000 B.C., while Jesus Christ, who was molded as the Lord by Catholicism, was born in 4 B.C., which is obviously not the right time.

Lu Xiao didn't dare to pat his chest and say with certainty that Jesus was 100% a man-made and fictional god, but he certainly didn't have the power of a pure Isu.

Most of the special abilities he showed to his followers were through the help of Eden artifacts, such as the shroud that Lu Xiao wrapped around his right upper arm.

In the deepest part of the secret passage stood four quadrangular metal pillars, and when the three of them entered the final real secret room, an ethereal female voice sounded at the right time.

"Welcome, Prophet, you are at last."

A hologram similar to Alethea appeared in front of Lu Xiao and the others, a young woman wearing a metal helmet and an ancient Greek shawl robe, with an upper-average appearance and a height of more than 2 meters.

The majesty of her soft voice and intellectual temperament intertwined, making her seem more accessible than Aletya, who was quite cold at first sight.

…… Of course, after a long relationship with Altheia, Lu Xiao also realized her true nature, at least not as serious and indifferent as she seemed on the outside.

"Come on, let's not waste time."

The woman with the energy body stretched out her left hand and looked at the Golden Apple of Eden that Lu Xiao held in her hand.

"Heavenly Father is above!"

Ezio took a step back in disbelief: "You...... Is it God? ”

Reaching out to activate the golden apple in Lu Xiao's hand, the eyes of the Isu woman, who looked a little wooden before, became a lot smarter.

“…… Interestingly, the future you are experiencing is roughly in line with what I have calculated, but there are some minor deviations that happen in this era. ”

The woman turned her head to look at Ezio and smiled in response to the question he had subconsciously exclaimed: "I am not a god, we are just the forerunners who came to this world before you, and in your eyes it is beyond time and difficult for human common sense to understand. ”

"My name is Minerva, and I used to be called the goddess of wisdom by you humans, but now I am standing in front of you only with an intelligent image that I calculated with my 'eyes' and left behind, and the real me is long dead."

Minerva's meaningful gaze lingered on Lu Xiao for a moment, and then turned to look at the empty void.

Minerva then manipulated the hologram installation in the chamber and intuitively told Ezio and Federico why she had left this image...... Lu Xiao had already heard the reason from Altheya's mouth.

The origins of humanity, the war with the Isu, the Toba catastrophe that destroyed the Isu civilization, and the second coronal ejection that will come sooner or later.

"The message has been delivered."

Minerva's vanished figure reappeared, her gaze still looking at the empty clearing: "We (the Isu) will soon leave this world, and the rest is up to you, Desmond. ”

"Huh?"

Unlike Lu Xiao, who had an indifferent face, Ezio and Federico looked at Minerva who was gradually dissipating in confusion.

"Wait! Who is Desmond? Who are you talking about prophets, hey! Don't rush to go! ”

Ezio's call was not answered by Minerva, and her energy body took one last look at Lu Xiao before dissipating, her eyes filled with confusion and anticipation.

Minerva, who is just an intelligent image, can't be as intelligent as herself, and can't understand how much impact Lu Xiao's existence and changes in established history will have on the future she calculated before her death.

After Minerva's image disappeared, the chamber returned to calm, leaving only Ezio and Federico with question marks on their heads, and Lu Xiao bowing his head thoughtfully.

'Desmond is looking here?' From whose point of view? Who is the prophet Minerva is talking about, Ezio? Or rather...... I? ’

I am afraid that even Minerva's intelligent image cannot give a definite answer to these questions, and before Lu Xiao witnesses the modern plot, what kind of changes will occur in the future is destined to become an unsolved mystery.

"Let's go, it's time for us to leave."

Lu Xiao, who came back to his senses, greeted the indignant and foul-mouthed Ezio, he couldn't believe that what he had worked so hard to get was just an inexplicable message.

Before leaving the secret room, Lu Xiao tried to recover the papal staff and golden apple that were the keys to the secret room.

But the sudden, auto-triggered mechanism allowed him to kick the golden apple off the sinking staff, burying the entire Pope's staff beneath the ground, untouchable.

There was another hurried whistle outside the secret room, indicating that the enemy's attack had intensified and the defensive line could no longer hold on.

"Let's go! Evacuate the Sistine Chapel as soon as possible and return to the stronghold of Rome according to the plan! ”

Lu Xiao ignored Rodrigo, who was still fainting on the ground, and said to the two Auditore brothers who were left behind: "This guy is left to you, what you want to do with it!" ”

When they reached the outside of the church, a large number of paladins of the Holy See were attacking the lines set up by the elite assassins.

"Huh~"

As Lu Xiao, as the commander, whistled, all the assassins threw lime smoke bombs made by Leonardo da Vinci at the enemy at the same time, covering their eyes and nose and quickly retreating.

Taking advantage of the smoke rising in front of the church, Lu Xiao and the other Assassins split up and escaped the pursuit of the Holy See soldiers and arrived at a tower high above the city of Rome.

Looking beyond the city of Rome, the coalition led by Lorenzo and others had received the news and began to retreat slowly.

The papal troops outside Rome apparently learned of the Pope's attack, and instead of pursuing the retreating coalition forces, they hurried back into the city, intending to first confirm the safety of the new Pope Rodrigo.

Lu Xiao used the C-level eagle pupil to see Caterina retreating in an orderly manner with the army from a distance, she turned her head from time to time and looked at the city of Rome with worried eyes, expecting Lu Xiao to escape from danger in time and appear in front of her again.

Retracting his nostalgic gaze, Lu Xiao looked up at the clear blue sky above the Eternal City.

It's been 4 years since I came into this world, and it's time to leave. ’

Rather than concoct a bunch of false lies against their will, it is better to just leave a glimmer of hope in their hearts without saying goodbye in the form of disappearance. ’

"System, settle world quests, return to the Overworld."

System: "The World Mission is settled, and the host obtains the Holy Sword of Eden X2 (including the Heart of the Holy Sword), the Shroud of Eden, the Golden Apple of Eden, and the Staff of Hermes, a total of five Pieces of Eden." ”

"The end is complete, the world mission is completed - perfect."

"Reward 5 free skill points, 5 free attribute points, and an epic lottery with no world restrictions."

"Are you sure you want to return to the Overworld now?"

"Sure."

System: "Return to the start, countdown 3, 2, 1......"

In the process of gradually blurring his body, Lu Xiao took one last look at the beautiful city of Rome.

'Farewell, my friends, and I hope to see you again in another way. ’

'Caterina, Rousseau, may you spend the rest of your lives in peace, perhaps...... Never mind. ’

Kicking the ground hard with his feet, before returning, Lu Xiao jumped high with his arms outstretched in a leap of faith posture, his body continuing to dissipate on the way down.

"All things are allowed, all things are empty, we serve the light, we cultivate the darkness, we are assassins."