[No ......]

Staring at Grand Duke Thorin, Adalbert took a few steps back, his face was already very pale after he became the Dead King, but now there was an unusual touch of blood: [How is this possible...... How could it be so big...... How could there be such a big barrier...... Such a big cage?! 】

[This is impossible, how much material is needed for this, and ...... is needed]

His voice lowered, and Adalbert hung his head.

His eyes glazed.

He couldn't imagine it. Even the genius alchemist, the genius alchemist Adalbert, who single-handedly created the theoretical basis for the Dead King and the Dead River Armament, could not understand the starry sky when he had never seen the stars.

to understand the universe.

It's impossible – on a planet without stars, no one can understand what the universe is, what is wider than the planets!

And Ian's heart was also shocking: "What...... The gravitational limit of the Terra Sun?! ”

"Doesn't that mean that this barrier is spread out at a distance of four and a half light years or even more?!"

At the beginning, when Ian heard about the Prison Star, he had already thought that this outrageous thing was probably not unfolding from stellar illumination or planetary circles, but at least from the Oort cloud (a swarm of asteroid dust outside the solar system), which could have a radius of more than a light year.

This is already outrageous...... But according to the words of Grand Duke Thorin, this barrier may be even more outrageous!

Doesn't this mean that in some places where the stars are denser, there will be some barriers that are close together?

[Raise your head!] 】

And Grand Duke Thorin understood what the universe was, and at this moment, the disciple of Inaga II rebuked: "This is retreating? 】

Since you can't imagine it, I'll show it to you! 】

The Dead River Armed spread their arms, and the originally huge Terra shrank rapidly, along with the surrounding sun and the other eleven planets, until the entire Terra solar system was embraced by him.

Then it was shrouded in a dark cage with cracks.

This dark cage is an irregular sphere that is constantly changing.

As Ian thought, the barrier cage centered on the Sun of Terra to its gravitational limit, not only the outermost planets, but also the Oort clouds, and even extended into a void where nothing was enveloped.

However, it has a crack.

A crack that can pass through the light.

[Ever thought about it, Adalbert?] What do you think is the reason for the demise of pre-era civilizations? 】

Grand Duke Thorin's voice resounded throughout the Hakono: [The power that can make the moon shatter like a cookie that has been stepped on, if it hits Terra, do you think the planet under our feet can withstand it?] 】

[The catastrophe of the fall from the sky has shaken Terra, the oceans have steamed, and now only two of the five continents are left, do you think that if such a disaster happens again, can the civilization on this planet continue to be maintained? 】

[Haha, I don't know the answers to these questions - but I only know one thing!] 】

[Because of the Prison Star Prison, high in the heavens, there are not many stars except for the sun and eleven planets inside our Terra!] 】

[When all the stars are gone, when the cracks in the Prison Star Hell are completely repaired, our last chance will be gone]

Since then, only the prison has survived...... This is the future we are destined to face.]

It didn't take long for Grand Duke Thorin's voice to go from the beginning of the angry questioning to the last exhaustion.

At the end of the sentence, he let out a long sigh, then withdrew his hand, crumpling and shattering the entire Terra's star field model, turning it into silver dust, returning to the orbs of light that surrounded him: [Actually, we have lost]

After Inaga's death, no one could understand this. Even the teacher is desperate, he can't be faster, but we can't go to the high heavens until the prison is completely locked.]

[Can you understand?] Adbort? 】

He raised his head and looked at the dark sky in the labyrinth of subspace, and Grand Duke Thorin whispered to himself, with endless melancholy: [It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I'm used to it]

[So I can only try his last plan and leave something for our civilization]

Aldbert wanted to say something—it was really hard for him to understand, whether it was the vastness and smallness of the planet, or the vastness and emptiness of the starfield—he couldn't understand that the world in which he lived was so large that the planet was nothing more than a tiny marble ball compared to the eyes of the great Father.

He couldn't imagine why there was a prison bigger than the sun or even the kingdom of the sun that blocked the entire star field...... He couldn't understand why the barrier had shattered with a crack large enough to swallow hundreds of suns side by side.

He couldn't understand, he couldn't understand the thing itself, he couldn't understand the reason for it, and even more so he couldn't understand the most ordinary thing.

- Even so.

He thought so, and muttered to himself, "Even so, isn't it huge? 】

[We haven't even finished exploring the New World now...... Why do we have to think about the distant future, hundreds or thousands of years from now, beyond Terra? 】

[Even if there is really a Prison Star Heavenly Prison, isn't there still eleven planets? That's eleven new worlds, that being the case...... Wait until then? 】

[When the time comes, maybe...... There's always a way, right? 】

At this moment, it was not only Grand Duke Thorin who showed a disappointed gaze, but even Ian shook his head helplessly.

- Adalbert's biggest strengths and weaknesses are probably his overly optimistic mentality.

"Don't be stupid."

Before Thorin could speak publicly, Ian shook his head and said, "The population and the demand for resources are rising exponentially. Eleven planets? Not to mention how many people can live, even if they can live, they can all use, and if they don't open up outward, how many centuries can they last? ”

"Besides, the pre-era civilization suffered a catastrophe from the sky, and we may have to meet it as well...... Even if there wasn't a second Heavenly Fall disaster, would there be fewer inexplicable natural disasters on Terra now? ”

"If the cage is really completed, it will definitely cause quite a significant change in this world, and this is a trend that we humans simply cannot stop."

"When the time comes, it's too late to think - the demise of civilization may end well, maybe it will be ecocide, and the whole world will be reduced to death......"

Speaking of this, Ian was slightly stunned, he lowered his eyes, and the ability of the Dead King and the Dead River suddenly flashed in his heart.

Psionic Ship ...... Shelter......

Or ......

- The world after death?!

Grand Duke Thorin noticed the change in Ian's demeanor, and he nodded with satisfaction: "You understand - yes, Inaga's plan has become unrealistic, and I must make corresponding corrections]

[The plan of the Dead Emperor and others is the final response made in order to deal with the irresistible natural disasters in the future]

"But."

Ian's voice was deep and hoarse, "Who is it...... Which civilization built the Prison of the Stars? What happened to the moon back then? This is the core of the problem! ”

Knowing so much information from Grand Duke Thorin, Ian felt that he didn't know much more - he could finally understand why the star field map in the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea had disappeared so evenly and at the same time, because it was outside a star field centered on the sun that a layer of light-blocking cage was gradually spreading, enveloping the entire Terra Star Field.

- Didn't Terra survive...... It's not that Terra hasn't been attacked, so it's not 'destroyed'.

Attack and destruction have already come!

Of course, that's not all...... Because there is a crack in this cage, that is, this crack, so that sentient beings can still see some incomplete stars.

This proves that there is an unknown reason that hinders the consolidation of the cages. That doesn't prevent the cage from regenerating, but at least for now, the Terrahumans can still see some of the stars outside the cage.

Even, you can worry about the 'natural disaster' that a 'supernova explosion' beyond the distant starry sky may cause to Terra.

This can even be said to be a blissful natural disaster.

Because of this natural disaster, perhaps for unknown reasons, it is the last hope left for the humans of Terra.

But even so, the stars are gradually dying out...... And that supernova explosion is probably not the end of a normal star.

There is only one possible reason for this.

- Other galaxies, other stars, are shrouded in the same prison. Even, instead of being shrouded, it was directly destroyed.

That's the only explanation.

There is a civilization, a force, or a biological or natural phenomenon, that is capturing all the stars on the scale of the Milky Way, the galaxy cluster, and even the universe, and even destroying some of them.

But why?!

If there is a civilization that can do such a thing, does it really need to imprison the stars?

[As I said, Heliad's successor, I don't know—in fact, if you don't know, then I really don't have anything to say]

In response to Ian's doubts, Grand Duke Thorin said slowly, as if he was collecting his emotions.

Although his face was ugly, because of the anxiety that had been hidden in his heart for decades just now, he was a little relaxed between his eyebrows: [I can only tell you, as you think, the Spirit Spark Project is a plan designed to deal with the full formation of the Prison Star Hell, it has failed, we can't build that kind of spaceship and mobile shelter]

[But! For me, that doesn't matter anymore, the essence of the dead king is only for the sake of those people in my territory]

[Terra's future, I'm desperate. In the foreseeable future, Grand Dukes of Thorin will also become a hellish battleground, in that case, I must think about a future for all the people who believe in me]

[Even if the heavens and the earth collapse, the mountains collapse, the seas evaporate, and the continents overturn...... I've got to make a paradise for them, too.]

[Even though this paradise is no different from hell, at least their souls can live forever]

[Inheritor of Hilliard, if it were you, you would be able to guess it, right?] What is the real purpose of the Dead King's Project? 】

In the moonlight, Ian closed his eyes.

He thought. Reach out to all the intelligence and information you've ever gotten.

He suddenly thought of the song he had first heard, just before entering the labyrinth of subspace.

[-That's it, we're at the end of the road]

[In the land of the infinite and deep souls, on the other side of the endless and vast river of death, under the rule of the invincible Dead King, a new world was born]

[Our blood and tears have turned into the sea, our flesh and bones have become land, our laments have risen into the sky, and our despair has condensed into the sun]

[The burning of our hatred is the fire that burns out the desolation, and our last breath is born to participate in the storm that sweeps the world]

We will live forever in this prison of no exit, and we will live forever in this fire of no salvation - despair, hatred, pain and sorrow are with us]

Softly reciting this song of pain, despair, and even curse, Ian's eyes slowly widened, and he had already sensed the point: "We will live forever in this prison of no exit, and we will live forever in this ......Hell of no redemption."

- Souls can live forever in the Shroud, but only in areas of extreme heat and energy, which can only be achieved in volcanic areas or around the Sun.

- The sun's periphery is simply unrealistic, too unstable to sustain for a long time.

- However, on the planet, or rather, there is another area of the planet that meets this condition.

That is the center of the earth.

"A Prison Without Exit, a Fire Without Redemption......

Repeating the ballad again, Ian looked at the silent Grand Duke Thorin floating in mid-air.

He said in disbelief: "It's the center of the earth!" ”

"You're going to create a hell in the center of the earth?!"