Chapter Thirty-Seven: The First Sha Queen
"Screaming Mother Tree?"
When he interpreted these four words, Su Ling was stunned for a moment.
It seems, there is a feeling of familiarity......
A strange hallucination flashed through my mindβ
On the barren and parched planet, there is a giant tree that grows hideously black, reaching out of the sky and even breaking through the atmosphere.
Thousands of miles of red land around, not a single grass grows, and the whole planet is dead and dry.
The branches were covered with shriveled corpses, and on the trunk grew a huge mouth, screaming bitterly:
"!! Sabu Nicholas"
Only then did Su Ling see that the entire planet had been surrounded by an even larger, more terrifying, and indescribable existence, and this great existence opened its huge mouth to devour the entire planet!
"Doctor? Doctor?! β
An anxious cry like an explosion came from his mind, and Su Ling's consciousness was blurred for a while, and it took a long time to come to his senses.
Seeing that the place he was in was still a temple, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
What happened to me just now?
Screaming Tree ...... Also, Who is Shab Nicholas?
Hanako's voice came from his head: "Su Ling, why are you stunned?" Have you been to this place? I couldn't wake you up just now, and I thought you had fallen for a spell. β
"Nothing." Su Ling chose to hide what had just happened.
Hanako and the others have a heart-to-heart connection with themselves, and they don't notice anything unusual, which is enough to prove that it is useless to say it.
Putting aside those strange illusions and returning to the miracle, Su Ling continued to inspect the temple to see if there were any other clues.
After a search, a stone slab was found in a buried corner.
The slate is of ceramic, and over the course of 10,000 years, most of the corners have fallen off into pieces.
The stone slabs are carved with many ancient characters, some of which are missing and vaguely recognizable.
After inspection, Su Ling found that this was the Guzeta script, and this language had been annihilated in the long river of history along with that glorious civilization.
No one present understood the mutilated text on this stone tablet, but Su Ling was unwilling to give up this clue, and was in a dilemma for a while.
The token in his hand suddenly heated up at this moment, and a violent will was conveyed, so strong:
"I'll show you the way, or you won't be able to defeat her!"
"Defeat her? Who? Su Ling raised his eyebrows and flipped out the token in the palm of his hand, "Moreover, who are you?" β
The other party's answer was something he never expected: "I'm Menes...... But not the one you know. β
Su Lingru was struck by lightning: "What? β
Two full centuries have passed since the time of the original Queen Menes, and the legend of the queen has come to an end, and people can only see her name and deeds on the pages of books.
She made laws, pacified the populace, unified the tribes, and was known for her love, justice, and intelligibility two centuries ago, before the mass awakening of psionic powers.
Because of her, this miserable desert was freed from the fate of being swallowed by the great powers, and it was from her that Zeta became a whole.
Since then, Menes has become the queen's common honorific title, in order to remember the legend forever, but now Su Ling is talking to her in the pyramid 10,000 years ago.
He couldn't believe it: "How are you going to prove it?" β
"I can't prove it," Menes sighed, "I know it's hard to believe, but listen to me slowly." β
Su Ling found a corner and sat down: "Listen up." β
He let go of the spiritual link, and Menes' voice sounded in his head:
"From the moment I was chosen as queen, I sensed that something was wrong, and the more I used the wisdom of Buster's spirit to deduce the future, the more I felt that my mind was being manipulated, and I realized that this god may not be dead......"
"The changes in this land 10,000 years ago are curious, and in order to seek the truth, but also for the sake of Zeta's future, I chose to leave the legacy and enter the miracle."
"As you can see, all the guards who accompanied me were killed in the battle with these monsters, and I was not spared."
"Although I eventually died, I was not without gain."
Su Ling's spirits lifted and he didn't dare to slack off.
Menes said solemnly: "Buster is dead but not stiff, her consciousness is hidden in that wisdom soul, and once she finds the right time, she will replace the host's soul, and that right time is her sister, the god of speed and hunting!" β
"If a Queen's sister inherits this power, then when the time comes, she will choose to manipulate the host into contact with her sister in order to consume its power, which is why I have stipulated that the Queen's sister must be put to death."
Su Ling frowned, "Buster's Divine Soul is so dangerous, why do you want to keep it?" β
Menes was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "As you can see, Zeta is a poor and weak country, once the gods ruled here, the people were just slaves, and now Zeta can no longer keep up with the new era, without the assistance of this divine soul, Zeta's development will be difficult, and it is difficult for me to make the right choice, because there are too few roads left for Zeta." β
"It's Pandora's box, I know it's going to breed disaster, but I can't let it go, because it's Zeta's only hope...... Maybe I've fallen for Buster's tricks, but I have to. β
Su Ling was speechless, yes, when there is no hope for internal improvement, can't you only rely on those ethereal and uncontrollable external forces?
After all, Menes is the one who has done her best for this country, perhaps because of the suffering she suffered as a child, that she deeply sympathizes with the calamity of this land, and because she was born in poverty, she sympathizes with the poor people.
Su Ling couldn't blame her, even if she left a time bomb, it caused trouble for herself.
Seeing that he was silent, Menes continued: "I entered the miracle in order to find a solution to Buster, and who knew that I was buried here...... Now the hope is all in you. β
"What do you mean by that?" Su Ling didn't understand what she meant.
Menes explained: "If you want to open the miracle, in addition to the token, there is also a prerequisite that there must be a king's blood to guide the way, and whether the queen or the queen's sister comes in, they will step into the trap of Buster, the former will directly cause Buster to awaken, and the latter will be manipulated by divine power, and after leaving the miracle, she will immediately find Buster's divine soul to activate her consciousness." β
"The little girl who came in with you is afraid that she has become her puppet now, if you don't deal with her quickly, and wait for her to go out and devour the soul in the queen's body, Buster will be resurrected to the world, I don't know how terrible the power of the gods is, but as the Nine Glory God of Guzeta, it is also a god with a high status, if I want to fight her, I am afraid that it is beyond the power of man."
"By the way," Menes suddenly remembered something, "how is Zeta's condition now?" My soul is trapped in this miracle, and I know nothing about the outside world. β
Su Ling let down his guard, what the other party said was not much different from the information he had gathered, and many places were correct, it was unlikely to be a deception, and Buster's trick was fully revealed, which was undoubtedly a relief in disguise.
He introduced Menes to the changes in Zeta today, and when he said that this queen intends to take power alone, and Zeta is about to break out into war, Menes sighed:
"When I first set up the Senate and the Temple, I saw that they had helped me a lot, but I didn't think that now they would be the biggest obstacle to Zeta's progress...... There is such a thing as power, and it is indeed a seductive devil. β
Su Ling went back to the topic:
"Let's not talk about it, let's solve the current problem first, what is written on this slate? I think you should know these Guzeta scripts. β