As soon as Schimer pushed open the door to the room, the two guards outside were taken aback and were about to ask, when Schimer pulled Neil's head away without looking back, and the two guards had to follow them closely. Schimer took Neil's arm and strode forward, through the long hallway, to an elevator-like place, he flicked the combination lock to open the door and walked in with Neil, and the two guards were about to follow, but Schimer reached out and stopped the door. The door slowly closes, and the car carries Schimer and Neil straight underground.

Neil was apprehensive, but he was also very curious about what he was going to see. The elevator was speeding fast, and Neil felt his eardrum swell and swallowed a few times. The elevator descended at a very high speed for about ten minutes or so, and finally stopped, and Schimer and Neil stepped out of the car and walked down the long hallway, Neil's heart pounding, and he now knew that this place he had been to before.

In front of a large stone door, Schimer stopped, entered the code on the device in the doorway, and scanned the iris, and the stone door burst open. Neil followed Schimer into the huge chamber he had fallen into since his first moon landing. In the dim light, the small black crystal room still stood in a corner of the secret room, and in the middle of the hall, the levitating giant ball was still slowly spinning.

Pointing to the ball, Schimer said to Neil, "This is the explosive device." If it doesn't receive Dietette's brainwaves one day, it will detonate itself, and given its size, it will be enough to blow up the entire moon. For thousands of years, we have conceived all kinds of ways to stop it, but none of them have succeeded, this device was built at the beginning of the setting that it cannot be changed, it cannot be moved, it cannot be destroyed, it cannot be stopped, it is like a silent hourglass, calculating the moon and the time left for us living on the moon, so far, it may have been gone for thousands of years, but we don't know how much time is left; It was like a mountain that weighed more and more heavily on the hearts of all the Dzorkins, and at the same time, it became a nightmare that grew more and more terrifying, and I woke up from the night countless times...... Neil, this kind of feeling, I don't know if you can imagine it? ”

Neil churned inwardly, not knowing how to answer.

Schimer pointed to the room that shone with a black glazed sheen and said, "I think you should have guessed that inside this secret room, the only Chapis who is still alive - Dietet. ”

Schimer flipped a switch on the wall of the small room, and one of the walls of the room slowly turned from black to transparent, and through the thick glass, Neil saw the inside of the room for the first time.

The interior of the small room is furnished like a sophisticated suite in a high-end hotel, with a table, chair and bed, as well as neat kitchen and bathroom equipment. But what surprised Neil the most was that in the middle of the room, on the large ebony bed, lay a strange creature lying across it. The creature was somewhere between an earthling and a drogin, and its body was pitch black with a metallic sheen, and it was impossible to tell if it was the tight clothes he was wearing or the texture of his skin itself. The creature had a large head and a slender neck, and from the head down was a two-part torso with a distinct thorax and abdomen, and on the torso there were six slender and strong limbs, resembling a large black ant. The creature was lying on the bed, and when the glass wall became transparent, he turned over and sat up from the bed, crawled quickly to the glass wall on all fours and with a ghostly gait, and erected his body and put his two upper limbs on the glass wall, and a cold black face looked out of the wall, and when he found Schimer and Neil, the two small dark eyes shot out like electricity, and a strange and incomprehensible look appeared on the originally expressionless face. Neil suddenly made eye contact with such an ugly and strange creature in front of him, and couldn't help but gasp.

The creature crouched on the glass wall, standing still like a lizard. Neil's head began to sound like a harmonic radio wave again. In the dense mist, a low and hoarse voice came again: "High Priest, thank you for coming to visit me from time to time, don't worry, my body is still quite strong, and I won't be able to die for a while...... By the way, the little earthling next to you, I seem to have seen it before. ”

Schimer and Neil looked at each other, both with frightened expressions on their faces. Schimer flipped a switch on the wall to darken it, then pulled Neil aside to ask why. Neil looked down in contemplation for a moment, then looked up at Schimer and said, "He's right, actually...... Actually, I've seen him before. Neil then briefly recounted to Schimer the first time he had landed on the moon.

Schimer sneered, "I see. It turns out you've been here since you stepped off the lunar module and disappeared from our surveillance footage until we found you again. But, I'm really puzzled, how did you end up here? ”

Neil was also very surprised in his heart, the bizarre experience of crossing the center of the earth in an instant after stepping on the moon is still a mystery in his heart, and the reason for this is that even Schimo doesn't know much. However, he didn't have much of an eye on what was going on at the moment, and his attention was still on Schimer.

Seeing that Neil was silent, Schimer shook his head and said, "Anyway, Neil, let's put this mystery aside for a while, and I'll continue to finish what I want to say to you." You know, after coming to Earth, we created human beings, taught you science and technology, and worked with you to transform the living environment of the Earth and the Moon, and you are already very aware of these things. About 4,700 years ago, the West Erelians from Sirius' planet Celestial sailed to Earth and fought a war with us, and we were defeated and had to withdraw from Earth. After the defeat, the West Errels made an agreement with us that we would no longer have contact with you, let alone return to Earth, unless, on your own initiative, you humans would allow us to return to the moon without coercion. That's pretty much how it all started. I am here to open the skylight to you to say that your visit to the Moon on behalf of mankind is a great thing for us, and all we have done with you has been to get your consent to return to Earth. After saying this, Schimer looked at Neil with a sincere gaze, waiting for a response.

Neil said lightly: "High Priest, I believe this is the general beginning and end of history, but you have deliberately avoided some things: first, most of the genes in our human beings are obtained by you through another native intelligent creature on the earth, the Atlanteans; Second, you used the moon to destroy the continent of the West and Atlantis in history, which is why the West Erells later expelled you from the earth. Thirdly, the situation in which we have been created by you can be described as miserable and even miserable, and we have been created for the purpose of serving as your laborers, and even if you acquiesce in us becoming a source of food for the ancient orcs, just so that you can achieve temporary peace with them. Perhaps you should be honest with me about these facts. ”

Schimer's brows tightened, the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and his eyes looked directly at Neil, as if he wanted to see through the other party's heart: "Neil, I don't know what you heard or saw after I left, but I just want to remind you that history is complicated, and all kinds of causes and effects, all kinds of coincidences, and all kinds of truths hidden under the surface cannot be fully displayed in front of your eyes; History, in turn, is written by the victors. Now I will not lobby you for anything, the only thing I want to say to you is this: the life and wisdom of you, and indeed of your entire human race, have been endowed by us Dzorkins, who are your Fathers, your Creators, and this cannot be denied anytime, anywhere, by whomever you are. As for the purpose of creating your human race, and what happened to you after that, it was really determined by the historical conditions at that time, when we were able to shelter you, we gave you the greatest tolerance and freedom, and we even allowed you to establish your own country, and in areas that we are beyond our control, such as East Asia under the rule of the orcs, we really can't help your fate, and in many cases, we are really forced to do so. ”

Si Qimo let out a long sigh, and then said: "If you think about it, our Dzolkin clan is really very pitiful. As the first creature in the solar system to evolve with advanced intelligence, it once created a splendid civilization, but it was suddenly hit by a flying disaster, its home was destroyed, and it was forced to wander to another planet; After finally rebuilding his home on Earth, he faced pressure from all sides, and was finally attacked by higher beings from distant galaxies, and was forced to sign a humiliating treaty and commit himself to this cramped and dark lair; I really hope to survive in secret, but I can't help myself, sleeping on the side of this ticking terrorist bomb, and I can't help but tie the fate of the whole race to a former enemy who is dying......"

A damp mist in Schimer's eyes, as if his words had touched the floodgates of emotion, Neil looked up at his tall figure, not knowing how to respond. For Neil, the Zolgin people in front of him have indeed created their own race, but now it seems that they are so aggrieved and vulnerable, and a "god" who was once so powerful and powerful now has to negotiate its own fate with the inferior species created by itself, this scene seems a bit absurd, just like humans want to negotiate their own fate with cows and horses, or a computer created by themselves.

Schimer felt Neil's mood change, he was silent for a moment, and then continued: "Neil, please don't think of us as so terrible, we have experienced triumph and frustration, and we have also experienced the suffering of war, and now, we are just a group of creatures who simply want to get rid of their own doom. If you agree with us returning to Earth, our race will undoubtedly be reborn, and I am sure that a new future will be given to you humanity. Thousands of years have passed since you came into this world, and you have undoubtedly come a long way since you were created, you have been able to no longer suffer from hunger and cold, you are no longer bullied by other creatures, and no difficulties on earth can defeat you, you are already the master of the earth. At the same time, you have mastered advanced technology, and you can even visit the moon...... But Neil, please don't forget that you still have a lot of unsolved mysteries, about life, about death, about the vast universe, where you came from, where are you going, what are you believing, and what are you exploring, I understand that this is a doubt in the hearts of every earthling. And we can find the answers for you. Don't forget, we know more about the universe than you do, and we can travel through the past and the future, which we can all share with you in the future. And, Neil, and more importantly, about your own destiny: after making a covenant with us, you will indeed become a prophet for a new generation, a leader and a guide for the whole of humanity, and this time it will be completely different from the past, and you will truly bring your God before all mankind, is it not the supreme glory that has never been seen before? ”

Schimer's mood began to grow feverish again, and Neil looked into his eyes, but his heart gradually changed from confusion to calm. He looked at Schimer and said word by word: "High Priest, I have listened carefully to your words, and at the same time carefully considered them, and what I want to answer you is: I cannot 'make a contract' with you for only one reason, I have no qualifications and no power to decide the fate of all mankind. ”

The light in Schimer's eyes dimmed, and deep down he may have wondered why his ancestors didn't design humans to be simpler. He opened his mouth and tried to make some more efforts: "Neil, you must know that if one day the moon ends, it will also bring a devastating disaster to the earth. Remember the terrible Flood? ”

Neil said, "Yes, High Priest, I thought about that. To be honest, I'm also suffering a lot in my heart at the moment. We don't know when the only Chapis died, maybe decades, maybe centuries, but it is certain that day will come. We and you are like sheep and tigers in the same big ship, at the moment we are all drifting in the vast sea of stars in the universe, and the end may be destruction. However, we all know that the release of the tiger will only increase the danger of the sheep, and it will not change the direction of the big ship we are on. ”

Schimer said with an urgent look on his face: "Neil, you have imagined us too darkly, we are not tigers, of course we can help each other in this boat." What's more, the advent of advanced intelligent beings to Earth has been staged more than once in history, and I don't understand why you have to be so pessimistic about presupposing answers. Think of your ancestors, those prophets, think of the spiritual legacy they left you. If you say that you do not have the power to decide the fate of humanity, then you also do not have the power to prevent humanity from coming out of the darkness. Why is it that one-third of your human race on earth has in their hearts the Lord as the true God and Jesus Christ as the Messiah? Isn't it because you do have a hole in your heart? Don't you long for us to bring you light and warmth again, and at the same time you will also receive spiritual comfort and salvation? Now that your true God is standing before you, we will lead you to the other side of your hearts and to glory, but I don't understand why you should refuse. ”

Neil said, "High Priest, with all due respect, you may not be right in all of your words. As far as I know, the real events that have happened in history do not exactly coincide with the illusions we have had in our minds for thousands of years. I am really afraid that when you return to Earth, you will not bring us salvation, but slavery and disaster. And when I understood the whole truth of history, I also knew in my heart that there may not be any true God in the universe, and life at every level is essentially selfish. The universe is full of the jungle, and if possible, life at each level can live its own life as long as it is a great blessing. Low-level creatures that demonstrate their kindness and benevolence to higher-level creatures have a high probability of perishing. I fear the return of the Dzorkins to Earth as you fear the return of the West Errels to the solar system. We human beings, although created by the Zolgins, but fortunately there is a brain that can think and perceive, we are not ignorant cattle and sheep, if you give me the opportunity to express my true will, then I will definitely fight to the death. ”

Schimer stood in front of Neil, still like a mountain, and he stared into Neil's eyes as if trying to penetrate the mind behind those pupils. Neil stubbornly stared at him, even though he knew that the powerful opponent might even kill him at any moment. Schimer closed his eyes, shook his head silently, and suddenly opened them again, his eyes revealing begging: "Neil, do you want to think about it again, I...... Any of your conditions can be met......"

"High Priest, my decision has been made, and it will not change again."