The group returned to the royal city in the middle of the crowd, and Vivien and Lily were at the front, becoming gods in the eyes of the people of the Ark—or at least similarly transcendent. In a "world" ruled by superstition and ignorance, it was all too easy to use religion to control people's minds, just a little intimidation and the paranormal, and Vivien was familiar with them.

Lily walked with Vivien with a stiff expression, trying to hide behind Hao Ren from time to time, she was at first purely for fun, but things developed much more than she expected: "Whoa...... That's too lively, isn't it? ”

"If you've lived through the age of mythology, you'll get used to it," Vivien whispered with a smile, "the older the age, the more people have a sense of reverence for all things, and seven thousand years ago I could have scared an entire tribe by making a small flame, and this place seemed to me not much different from the earth at that time." ”

What happened after that could almost be described as chaotic - although Hao Ren took the initiative to push things to this point, the reaction of the locals, inspired by superstitious thoughts and excitement, was still quite difficult to adapt. Hao Ren met the king of the Tower Kingdom, a dark-skinned, tall, strong middle-aged man, and then met with the scholars of the other three kingdoms, and he had to lead the old man to greet the princes and nobles in the royal city one by one, and racked his brains with Vivien to improvise a crude myth story to prevaricate the problems between the bachelor and the king. The only thing he was glad about was that the "Ice Witch" had absolute prestige in the hearts of these people, so even if the story he improvised had many loopholes, he didn't have to worry about being questioned on the spot.

When the dust finally settles a little. It's been almost half a day. Hao Ren and the others enjoyed the hard-won peace on the terrace on the upper floor of the Great Castle, while Vivien looked down at the crowded streets of Wangcheng below: "It looks a little more lively than when we first came...... I can't believe it. There are so many people in such a small town. ”

Hao Ren smiled and turned his head to look at the other side of the terrace. The old man who had been reborn after eating the golden apple was sitting behind an iron table. In front of him lay his old manuscripts, which the old man kept with him like a treasure, and even though it was time to rest, he was constantly checking the condition of the papers: they were centuries old, and he feared that there were weathered and rotten parts of them.

"What's next?" Hao Ren casually walked over and asked, the situation was chaotic before, he didn't pay much attention to the old man's situation, he only knew that Nangong May took the other party to meet many scholars in the city, and he also had a long talk with the king alone.

"For the Ice Witch's sake - their king was very kind to me. But he kept asking me what I was going to do in his kingdom, apparently fearing for his royal power...... Ho," the corners of the old man's mouth twitched slightly, "but it doesn't mean much to me, I just need to give them the correct history." I also met the so-called 'Scholars', most of them ignorant, but each one of them was smart enough, and the Scholars treated me decidedly better than the King, and I thought I could go to the place called 'Castle of the Stars' first. Perhaps these manuscripts could be given to them first. ”

The old man pointed to the pile of paper on the table: "When I learned that they copied ancient books as a practice, I knew that those bachelors were the key. ”

"It doesn't sound as smooth as it sounds," Lily muttered with her arms crossed, "I thought the big black king would bow down when he saw you—since the kings of the Tower Kingdom reacted this way." The other outlying kingdoms should be no better. ”

"That's enough," the old man smiled nonchalantly, "I just need to be given the right to walk freely in the Four Kingdoms and teach the people." It was a surprise that the kings would listen to me. As for the current form of society here...... I have no intention of changing, and I am powerless to change. They have been living like this for hundreds of years. The best thing to do is to let them continue to live like this until nature changes. ”

Lily glared: "But you are their ancestor!" ”

"I'm just an old man who came out of a reactor—and it's the king's vocation to question authority other than them. Even if the authority is God," the old man looked up at Lily and Vivien not far away, "I don't even have as much say as you two, because you at least have real supernatural powers. ”

Vivian turned her head when she heard this, with a faint smile on her face: "It's normal, if one authority could tame an entire civilization, then all disputes in the world would have disappeared long ago." Your next work probably won't go well - those kings are willing to listen to you now, but if your mission seriously affects their authority and their kingdom, people will still be on the attack. And I believe that the real history you have must be in great conflict with the three views of people today. ”

The old man smiled freely: "I know that long before I went to bed, I discussed with my friends about countless problems that may be faced in the future, I am a sociologist, an educator, or a psychologist, and I know how to tell people the right knowledge at the right stage of society." ”

Looking at the confident smile on the old man's face, Hao Ren grabbed his hair: "Maybe you are more suitable than me to be a god stick." ”

The old man just smiled silently, and then his eyes became serious: "That...... Can you tell me who you really are? ”

When he had just woken up from the hibernation pod, the group of people in front of him told him that they were a group of passers-by from the universe, and their spaceship was parked outside the ark. Later, he saw that Vivien could summon frost with a single gesture, and Lily could conjure a flame blade out of thin air, this kind of supernatural was not so much technology as magic in those stories in ancient times, so he was now very curious about the origin of Hao Ren and his party.

Hao Ren sat down opposite the old man and told his origin in an unhurried tone.

Of course, the secret part is a passing note - for example, the vague explanation of his backstage with the phrase "powerful forces beyond the realms".

The old man listened quietly, his eyes occasionally changing, but they were much calmer than expected. Hao Ren was a little surprised: "You don't seem surprised?" ”

"It's hard for me to be surprised anymore," the old man shook his head slowly, "I was born and raised on the Ark, and I have traveled with this ship to many parts of the universe, and I have seen stars fall into gravitational chasms and be torn to pieces, and I have seen the afterglow of a supernova explosion evaporate an entire planet in an instant, and those great creatures from the depths of the stars have long left their claims about the gods, and we know that this universe is vast, and there are countless powers far beyond human imagination operating in it. So I'm not surprised, not even when the true God comes down in front of me. Of course, there were surprises - I didn't expect their messengers to come like this, and I thought you should be more ......."

The old man stretched out his hand and gestured, but it was difficult to describe his thoughts: "In short, it should be a little more brilliant, at least like the great races of the stars." ”

"I sometimes solve problems in a more 'radiant' way, but that's not a good thing," Hao Ren shook his head and stood up, "I have to leave, there is still a lot of work to do." ”

The old man subconsciously stood up: "Will you come back?" ”

"Of course you have to come back," Hao Ren laughed, handing over a communicator, "The follow-up work of your civilization is not finished yet." How long do you think your old ship will run? A hundred years? Two hundred years? I'm going to have to find a safe place for you to settle down before this thing stops completely, and I'm going to keep you informed of your rebuilding progress, because my goddess cares about this, and I'm going to keep track of your status for a long time, because the aftermath of the catastrophe is still spreading in this universe, and I don't want to find a few survivors only to be eaten by tentacles again. It's the communicator, and now you're the spokesperson for your race, so we're going to keep in touch, and I guess I'll be in touch soon. ”

The old man took the communicator, asked how to use it, and carefully put it into his arms.

"Did you remember your name?" Hao Ren asked casually, "I can't keep calling you old man in the future." ”

The old man opened his mouth and muttered after a while, "I just remember that my code name for the whole project was 'Father'......"

Hao Ren suddenly glared: "Let's stop this joke, the age of several of us ......"

He paused and stole a sneak glance at Vivien, "You know how many of us are years older than you on average!" Combined, we are older than your Ark! ”

Vivien muttered, "I'm here to give you an average score......"

When the old man heard Hao Ren's words, he was in awe, and then thought for a while: "Then you can call me Lawrence." ”

"Is this your name?"

"No, I only have a vague impression of the name, maybe it belongs to a friend of mine, or maybe it belongs to my father," the old man smiled freely, "whoever it is, it doesn't need it anymore—from now on, I'm Lawrence." ”

(Continue asking for a commuter pass!!) It's the last two days! (To be continued.) )