The sky is blue, and it's very close to the sky. Looking up, you can see the stars of the outer universe through the atmosphere.

When his gaze changed from looking up to looking at eye level, in his eyes, it was a majestic city. There are white rock-paved squares, quaint temples, and an ancient altar built on each of the four squares. Above the altar, a golden crystal ball with a diameter of three meters floated. They emit a hazy aura of energy, and when the light reaches a dense point, it will flow like water from the bottom of the crystal ball into the altar below, and then flow through the grooves to the ground, and Zuihou swim throughout the square. From above, the grooves in the square exude an aura of mystery, like an electronic circuit. The energy flame is transmitted to the entire city through the grooves of the square, and the four crystal balls on this altar are the source of the city's energy!

The square is the center of the city, starting with four altars, and at the edge of the square there are four arched bridges made of gray and white boulders leading to the city below. The square is separated from the city by a ring of rivers that are clear turquoise, and water creatures can be seen swimming freely in the river from time to time.

Connected to the square by the White Rock Giant Road, the inner city is home to ornate palaces, straight and wide streets, well-planned greenery, beautiful sculptures and colorful fountains. It was the preserve of the aristocracy, and only the most prominent were entitled to live in the inner city. The inner city was followed by the outer city, which was separated by a circular wall.

The outer city is more than ten times the size of the inner city, and it is an area inhabited by civilians as well as an important commercial area. From time to time, spaceships would take off and land in the outer city, and it was a busy scene, representing frequent business dealings with people on the ground. The reason why we say people on the ground is because the city floats above the sky, on the top of the white clouds.

It's called Atlantis!

How many familiar pictures, even the fresh smell in the wind is the same as before. He wanted to reach out and touch, to feel, but at this moment a woman's whisper came: "Franklin"

So he turned around, and when he couldn't see the figure in front of him clearly, there was a violent vibration and explosion. A large field of flames filled his eyes, and he shouted "no", but could not recover the figure that had been consumed by the flames.

When the flames passed, you saw the burning city. What was once a splendid palace is now an ugly ruin, the white streets are stained with black scorch and red blood, sculptures and fountains have been reduced to broken stones, and even the clear river is now polluted. The sky was no longer bright, and a huge shadow enveloped the entire city, and when you looked at the sky, you could see the black nebula that almost covered half of the planet outside the sky.

On that day, Prosius crossed the endless sea of stars to the edge of the universe, entered the Milky Way, and headed for the only living Earth in the Milky Way.

In the black nebula, a dense column of clouds like tentacles broke through the sky. They passed through the atmosphere and landed on the suspended sky city, and more often on the earth, rivers, and mountains. These pitch-black pillars of clouds are constantly extracting the life force of the planet, and some of the pillars of clouds that fall in the Sky City or the Earth City-State are constantly falling out of black clouds from them.

These clouds are like cocoons of creatures, and when they hit the ground, a pitch-black demon emerges from it. These demons resemble reptiles, have no substance, they are like some energy beings. Only the hedge of energy can inflict damage on them, and the army of Atlantis fought valiantly against them, but there are so many energy bugs that there seems to be no hope of victory in this war.

The sky is burning, and countless lives are withering. The trembling earth is playing the music before the Great Collapse!

"No!"

He screamed and woke up. What I saw was a shoal, and most of my body was immersed in a foul-smelling sea of radiation, undulating with the ebb and flow of the waves. Looking up, the sky was gray, and thick clouds of radiation blocked the deadly cosmic rays, but the creatures of the earth had not seen the sun for decades.

Cataclysm.

It was a noun that crossed his mind, and then an explanation of the term was automatically generated in his mind. This was one of the knowledge of this era that he had downloaded after connecting to the intellectual brain of the Pope's Hall, and it also made him understand that Shijie was no longer his Atlantis, but a new era.

At the same time, it is also an era of no order.

My head hurts, and my memories become messy. He couldn't remember what happened to Atlantis in the end, but judging from the current situation, it was probably destroyed. And what about Prosius? Has the cosmic star beast that feeds on life on the planet been banished? This is also an unanswered question.

He had too many questions, the biggest of which was how he survived. Moreover, it has been detached from the ordinary form of life. Otherwise, he would not have been able to generate a fish-like organ in his body to swim in the sea of radiation, nor would he have been able to change the shape of his hands and feet to adapt to sailing in the sea. Now he looks like a fish-man, but as he comes into contact with the land, his body changes begin to disappear again, and eventually he returns to his normal form, a male human who is more than three meters tall.

Franklin. He repeated his name in his mind, and then climbed up to the beach with difficulty, followed by a pair of legs. The owner of the legs quickly took a few steps back and sat down on the beach. It was a girl who had wrapped herself in a cloak, and judging by the knowledge that Franklin had downloaded from the brains of the Papal Hall, she was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman. Before the cataclysm, women at this age could only be called children, but in this era, they are fully capable of giving birth.

It's just that the exposed calves and parts of her face are covered with ugly pink polyps, and ordinary people like her who live on the surface inevitably have abnormal tissue. These things are like parasites that will one day cover the whole body and oppress the host's vital organs, causing the host to die. But until then, they can separate the radiation for their hosts, providing them with the capital to survive on the surface.

Judging by the girl's expression, Franklin judged it to be a look of fear. Of course, anyone who sees a naked giant with a height of nearly three meters suddenly getting up from the sea will be afraid, especially the girl in front of him, who is obviously an ordinary person.

"Are you a pirate?" the girl asked hesitantly.

Soon, Franklin's mind came up with an explanation for the word. In the old days, pirates did exist. In the new era, especially near the continent of Xizhou, where the city of New Rome is located, this kind of role has only appeared in the past ten years. In the beginning, they were just exiles who had been oppressed by the Papal Chamber and escaped from the city of New Rome, using some old sailing ships from the old era to live in the nearby seas to escape the pursuit of the city.

Later, with the support of the rebels, they became more equipped and began to plunder the caravans of the city of New Rome in groups. The Western Continent is not a complete continental plate like the Central Continent, and the former Eurasian Plate split up and became an island-like structure. The city of New Rome is undoubtedly the largest part of the continent in the West, but in addition to this, there are hundreds of islands of various sizes scattered around the continent like satellites around the continent.

The population of the new city of Rome had reached its maximum ten years earlier, so the army of the Knights of the Holy Seal began to open new settlements on other islands, and at least half of them had fallen into the hands of the Papal Hall for a decade. The bases on the islands were largely self-governing, but in order to be protected by the Papal Chamber, they had to pay tribute to the city of New Rome in two quarters a year, as the vassal states did in ancient times.

In addition, there was frequent commercial contact between the mainland and the islands, which contributed to the boom in the piracy industry. The first pirates, financed by the rebels, were originally a retaliatory attack on the merchant ships belonging to the Papal Chamber, but the rules gradually changed as more and more displaced people joined the business.

Except for a small number of pirates who insist on only dealing with the Papal Chamber, there are many pirates who have no principles and positions at all, and whether they target the Papal Chamber or ordinary civilians, they will be attacked as long as they are targeted. Sometimes, a large number of pirates will run to the island to kill people and set fires, which is also an important reason why the islanders are afraid of pirates.

For this reason, the Knights of the Holy Seal have repeatedly besieged and suppressed pirates. However, the water environment between the islands is complex, the radiation currents are varied, and the tributaries between the islands are hundreds or thousands, which cannot form an effective encirclement and annihilation, so piracy is still rampant to this day.

This information flashed through Franklin's mind,

"No, I'm not a pirate. He propped himself up on the beach, half-knelt on the ground and said to the girl, "My name is Franklin, and I'm a refugee."

"Escaped from the city of New Rome?"

"That's right, just like you said. Franklin looked at his naked body and said for a while, "My clothes broke when I escaped, you"

The girl realized that the giant in front of her was undressed, and her gaze first fell on Franklin's strong chest, and Zuihou came to the majestic place under him, and immediately blushed. Then he said, "You wait here, I'll go get you some to wear, I don't know if there's the right size for you." ”

Franklin nodded, looked at a coconut grove not far from the beach, and said, "I'll wait for you there, just call my name when you come." ”

“haode。 The girl stood up and said, "My name is Anilou, I'll be back soon, you wait for me to be big." ”

With that, the girl ran away.

Franklin stood up, staring blankly. The line of sight passed through the sea of radiation, through the mist of the sea, and fell on the outline of a continent far away. He escaped from there, but he had to go back again, because there were some of his compatriots waiting for him. He glanced silently at the other side of the sea before striding towards the coconut grove.

It wasn't long before Ainilou returned. She brought some clothes, but none of them could be worn by Franklin, and Zuihou was so careful that she brought a tattered sheet. Wrap it around Franklin's waist, and hang down to form a robe skirt that finally covers the important place on the giant's body. Ainilou tells Franklin that this is a small island, and that there is only one village of about 100 people.

The village usually makes a living by catching aquatic creatures near the islands, and those abnormal aquatic creatures are stored and raised. Every month, merchants come to buy them, and the villagers exchange them for daily necessities. Although life is hard, it is still passable. Franklin listened silently, of course he didn't want to stay on this island, he also wanted to go back to the West Continent to save his compatriots. But when he downloaded the information, he also understood what kind of shili he was facing.

The city of New Rome could not be compared to his Atlantis in terms of scale or technology, but now he was only one person, and he had to face the Knights of the Holy Seal in tens of thousands. It is clear that it is almost impossible to save one's compatriots in this way. However, while downloading the material, Franklin was also exposed to a term.

Rebels!

They were a force against the papal chamber's shili, Franklin thought, or could take advantage of their liliang. But the first task is how to get in touch with the rebels.

After Anilou had introduced the village and promised him that she would have an old tailor in the village make him a suit, she said with a stumbling face, "But you have to do me a favor." ”

Franklin nodded and said, "There's no such thing as a free lunch, and that's fair." Tell me, what do you need me to help with. ”

Anilou's eyes became moist, it turned out that her parents had died at the hands of pirates a long time ago, and that Anilou had been brought up by her grandfather. Her grandfather had always made a living by fishing, but he lost his leg when he was attacked by a ferocious deviant in the sea during a recent trip to sea, and is no longer able to work. This is a very cruel era, not being able to work means no income, and without income, you will naturally starve to death.

Even though the people in the village sympathized with the Anilou family, they themselves were living in a tight situation and could not afford to have extra food to support them. Today, Anielou planned to go to sea by herself, but she met Franklin as soon as she arrived at the beach. "We have a fishing boat, and I hope you can go out to sea and fish with me," Ainelou said. So that we can get food and clothing, and you can live in my house, how about that?"

Franklin nodded, "Deal." ”

He plans to stay on this island for the time being, firstly, to inquire about the rebels, and secondly, to learn how to integrate into the human society of this era. After leaving the island in this way, he knew how to deal with the other humans.

Anilou looked at Franklin and said, "There are few people as tall as you, you can't be a capable person, right?"

Those who are capable also have relevant records in the materials of the Papal Chamber. They can be said to be the supermen of the new era, with a liliang that ordinary people can't reach. At the time in which Franklin lived, although all humans were as tall as him, there were no powers as many stars as they were. The Atlanteans conquered the skies and conquered the endless sea of stars by relying on a technological civilization that was unattainable in this era.

And it wasn't until the advent of Prosius that the lives of people of similar abilities appeared in the later stages of the war. But there were only two of them, a giant called a god and another being called Gaia, but it wasn't Atlantis who created them

"What's wrong with you?"

Ainilou reached out and waved in front of Franklin's eyes, shattering his memory. Franklin shook his head, nodded again, and said, "That's right, I'm the one who is capable." The Knights of the Holy Seal wanted to forcibly enlist me, but I refused and escaped. ”

On this small island, Franklin gives a background of disguise, which Anilou is convinced of. On this day, the whole village knew that the girl had picked up a giant from the sea. At first, the villagers were wary of Franklin. But as we got along for a long time, I watched Franklin go out to work with Ani every few days, and each time he returned with a full load. Franklin then distributed the surplus water to the villagers, and gradually won the favor of the villagers.

Ainilou tells everyone that Franklin is a capable man, and that the big guy uses his liliang to do real things for the villagers from time to time. After a month, he seemed to have become the protector of the village. Whenever Franklin wasn't out to sea, there were always a few kids pestering him to teach him how to fight. Of course, the big guys will just laugh it off.

It was another evening, and Franklin was sitting on the same beach where he had met Anielou. Through this month's photos, he has a deeper understanding of this shijie, and he doesn't just stay in the cold information. He heard from the villagers that the rebels were hiding on an island called Ishta, which the Papal Hall had named "Paradise for the Fallen" and a concentration camp for criminals and murderers. But to get to Ishtar, you'll have to pass through Roaring Bay, which is not so easy to get to because of its many undercurrents and pirate-infested fringes.

Even if Franklin could change his form depending on his surroundings, it would be impossible to swim his bare hands across Roaring Bay to reach Ishta.

"Anyway, you need a boat. He sighed.

Footsteps rang out behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Anilou. Still under a hooded cloak, the girl quietly walked to Franklin's side. Looking at Anilou, Franklin wondered, "Isn't it time to cook, Anilou?" ”

"That kind of thing, let this little girl do it again. How long have we not seen each other, Franklin Yate?" said Anilou in a deep voice.

Franklin's whole body suddenly stiffened, and then he stood up like a small mountain, exuding an astonishing sense of oppression all over his body, and said in a penetrating voice: "You are not Anilou, who are you?