As Amy puts it, "special executive" is a thoroughly clerical job, and it's extremely boring...... The meaning of his existence is largely symbolic, symbolizing the authority and spur of Yulian. Whenever something significant happens, such as mediating a rebel force or conferring a high honor on a sub-civilization, the executive must be present. Actually, he's

You don't have to do anything, after all, you are not a real war correspondent, with the high technical strength of Yulian, you can take a photo and let the miniature camera flying in the air come. In addition, this is not a war year, and Yulian can rarely encounter any organization that can negotiate with him head-on, so that the special executive officer has no chance to even "use force".

In general, you don't need to do anything, there are people who do it. As an executive, all you need to do is put on a crisp special outfit after the meeting opens, and sit quietly and prop up the façade.

As for what you want to do the rest of the time...... No one cares about you anymore, basically every business trip is a tourist.

Especially the current Nobita, who has a deeper understanding of this theory.

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There is still a whole day before the official handover ceremony, and all departments are probably preparing in full swing, only Nobita, an idler, doesn't have to do any work...... He thought about it for a while, it was better not to stay in the capsule house, it was rare to come to an alien planet, and it would be good to see more of the customs of this place. So he inquired, and the people in the capsule house suggested that he go to the "Holy Coffin Monument Forest" in the center of the city, which is said to be the only landmark on this colonial star that everyone built together, and has some kind of symbolic meaning that represents all the displaced people. The rest of the attractions are basically built by the various civilizations that have fallen here, and the physical distance from here is quite far, even if you take a spaceship, you have to fly for a long time.

And you see, the Holy Coffin Stele Forest, just these four words have an inexplicable momentum, and the scenic spot itself must not be far behind, right?

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At least that's what Nobita thinks before he leaves. His hometown is in the Nerima area, which belongs to the countryside and has no attractions, and one of the few outings in his life is to go to the nearby Takaiyama to see the maple leaves and cherry blossoms. So in essence, Nobita is also a city and country billy who has never been out...... When I came back to another star, I was full of joy and thought that I would be able to feast my eyes, so I took two more pictures and went back by the way, so that I could show off to my companions. Didn't the husband always like to show off his villa on the Sizhang Peninsula in the past? Now that feng shui is turning, I'm going to an alien planet, and I'll take a picture of the holy coffin stele forest for you to come back and see!

The expectations are full, and the results are inevitably disappointed.

"It's just such a sacred coffin stele forest......" Nobita squinted his eyes and looked straight ahead, "The name is quite domineering, and the result is an open-air square, and there is not even a lid." ”

"Shhhh What to say! Amy couldn't care about the ban on skin-to-skin kissing, and knocked Nobita the back of his hand, glared and said, "This is the holy place in the hearts of all the homeless!" Every year on the Day of Holy Sacrifice, representatives from the seven planets come here to perform ceremonies. You are now the spokesperson of Yulian, so give me a good look at your public image, don't talk about these things. ”

Although this girl herself is not serious, she occasionally says a few reasonable words...... So Nobita put his hand in front of his mouth and made a "zipper" gesture, signaling himself not to say more.

It's really an ordinary square...... The colony is designed to contain exiles, and the remnants of each civilization are small and sparsely populated, so it is not difficult to clear such a large square. The square covers an area that is almost the size of six football fields, and at this moment Nobita and Amy still did not walk into it, but stood on a relatively high "platform" and looked down. But seeing the dense stele forest arranged like an anthill, the tip of the stele was deliberately made into a sharp shape, pointing straight to the sky. The outer layer of these obelisks is plated with a layer of gilt gold precious metal, and the body of the stele is dark red, much like the color after the blood has dried up, and it has to be said that it looks a little lifeless from above.

It's quite compatible with the fate of the homeless.

The endless forest of steles stands above the earth, each of which is almost three meters high, just the highest point that the human eye can sweep. The front and back of the stele are engraved with a little text in gilded font, all kinds of words, some are used to illustrate the course of civilization, and some civilizations are even more free and easy - all left blank, just in dark red stele to show people, without the slightest whitewash, to show that they have not reconciled with this damn universe so far.

The Forest of Steles is divided into blocks, and each area represents a lost civilization.

This is not a glamorous memorial or a tourist attraction, but a cemetery of civilization.

"I always feel ...... I don't want to go in. Nobita smiled a little reluctantly, "I never knew that so many people would die in the original cosmic war. What's more, this is not a monument to the 'individual', but a monument to the 'civilization', and you can't even see the ...... at a glance."

"It's not all wars and deaths here, some civilizations are in exile just for their own pleasure." Amy also looked at these steles, but she showed the calmness and indifference that a battlefield veteran should have, "At least I can erect a few steles here to commemorate the mother civilization...... It shows that it is not dead yet. Because the monument is erected for people to see, and being able to erect a monument means that there are still people in this civilization, but there is no home. The homeless people will still take their children and find the piece of their lost civilization in these steles, pointing to the paintings and words on it and telling them that this is all we have had. ”

"As long as people live, there is always hope." She patted Nobita on the shoulder and said with relief, "Or maybe some civilizations have had a very hard time before, experiencing tyranny, war, and global viruses, and now that the home planet has exploded, they may be living happily here." For them, going to the Forest of the Holy Coffin is a bittersweet memory...... You're right? ”

Nobita didn't answer, didn't deny it, just smiled pretending not to care.

In fact, when he asked "why this is an open-air square instead of a palace", the next moment, the answer popped up in his head. It's just that this answer is really cruel, and it's hard to say.

Why?

What kind of people can build grand palaces? The answer is simple, only those whose faith has not yet been completely extinguished will do so. The "faith" here refers more to a kind of heart and strength, for example, Xia Wei went to build the Night Palace, King Shang built Lutai, and Qin Shi Huang built the Afang Palace, all of which are the same road. These rulers have a heart higher than the sky, and they want to leave their mark on the world, so they will desperately search for the fat and ointment of the people, and build a magnificent palace with extreme luxury.

The same is true of religion, whether or not there can be a magnificent palace in the world is directly linked to the strength of that religion.

But the homeless people have long lost this arrogant spirit. They are all poor people who were rescued after the mother planet was shattered, they can't even go back to their hometown, and the faith that is the foundation of their lives has collapsed to pieces, where is the strength to make a gorgeous building to commemorate the past? made do with it, and erected a few monuments......

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Walking into the stele forest, the sacred place that was originally not allowed to be noisy seemed to be more and more silent, and countless standing obelisks surrounded the two of them, revealing an extremely dark silence.

The ground under his feet is paved with a smooth layer of dark black metal, and there is an inexplicable sense of heaviness when stepped on, which complements the surrounding stele forest. It seems that some kind of hidden magic was used to cast the inscription, and whenever Nobita looked up, even though it was written in alien characters, a layer of blue floating light would transform it into universal Japanese. In this way, he even saved the effort of eating [Translated Konjac Chips].

For the homeless, the sacred coffin stele forest is a sad place, and no one will run here when they are full and have nothing to do. And at this moment, it is the eventful autumn of Tiger Roaring Mountain, the whole galaxy is under martial law, and the ordinary residents have reduced their own going out rate, and there is not a single figure in the huge stele forest! For some reason, Nobita didn't dare to make too much noise every time he landed, cautiously, for fear of disturbing any remaining ghosts......

It is not uncommon to see scenes in magic books: in the library, or in the gravestone forest, there is always a ghost wandering and wandering...... Maybe he's waiting for someone destined to find him, ask a few strange questions, and finally the protagonist will pass the test and get a legendary staff or a sword that can cut everything.

Thinking wildly, Nobita occasionally looked up at the inscriptions standing in the first row of the aisles.

"It's cruel...... The competition for survival in the universe turned out to be such a cruel thing. Nobita lowered his voice and sighed, "I didn't realize it when I was in the inquisition before, but now I see that the power in the hands of the patriarch is too great. With the touch of a finger, you can directly destroy the entire race and the planet they live on......"

"See someone who died under the genocide order?" Amy asked nonchalantly.

“……”

"Rest assured, Yulian is not a tyrannical organization, and there are strict restrictions on the issuance of extermination orders, which must be reviewed and investigated layer by layer, and finally President A Yi needs to personally verify that it is correct. Generally, at this point, other methods must have been tried, and there is really no other way...... Just like a person's arm lesion, he must first try all kinds of medicines, and only after all the drugs have failed will he consider whether to saw his arm off. The genocide order is also the same, it will damage the credibility and image of Yulian to a certain extent, and it is not a last resort...... Absolutely not. ”

Amy straightened her arm, spun around in a big way, and said, "But any civilization you see destroyed by genocide orders...... None of them are innocent. ”

"What about billions of people on a planet, not a single innocent person?" Nobita said with some unconvinced.

Amy shook her head, with an expression of "you kid is still too young", and gestured a finger at him, "First of all, billions of people are a phenomenon unique to the earth, and it is rare in the universe; Secondly...... There are definitely innocents, but it's useless. The reputation of the civilization that was issued with an extermination order in the pan-civilization circle must have reached the bottom, and it is already in a state of 'not killing is not enough to anger the people'. At this time, Yulian, as a group organization, must consider from the standpoint of the majority of civilizations...... There are also some who have been sentenced for colluding with Chaos, and there is no room for negotiation! ”

"By the way, the executioners of the extermination order...... Generally the Nebula God of War. ”

"So, Milton ...... too"

Amy nodded wordlessly.

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Nobita...... Mr? ”

A cool and graceful female voice came from behind, breaking the unbearable dead silence in the stele forest.