Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 925: Do you have a bad feeling?

Regarding the Temple of Heaven, Lingge only knew that it was the residence of the goddess and also the home of the maiden monarchy. When chaos was created and the fire of order began to breed civilization on the land of Mirror Star, the girls who mastered the laws of the universe stayed in that distant temple, silently overlooking the changes in the earth, and at the same time fulfilling the mission entrusted to them by their mother before she fell asleep - to maintain the balance of the ordered world.

But think deeply, what is the essence of the Heavenly Temple? Was it also created by the goddess? Why can the young royal powers stay in the Heavenly Temple to maintain the balance of the world? What does it look like, a literal grand temple, or an ancient temple that demonstrates the majesty of the gods? And, since it is located deep in the starry sky, why has it not been observed by astronomers for tens of millions of years? Is it some mysterious force that blocks the world's sight? How can we bypass this protection and reach its location?

These issues are critical. In the past, Lingge didn't care because the seven girl kingships had not yet been gathered and there was no need to rush. However, now it is time to include them in the matters to be resolved.

How to solve it? Ling Ge didn't have a good idea yet, so he came to ask Saint Xia Liya for advice.

Then, the shepherdess answered all the above questions with just four words: "I don't know."

Ling Ge: “…”

Looking at the speechless expression on the young man's face, Saint Xia Liya herself felt that this answer seemed unreliable, but she was helpless. She really didn't know. The lost memories in the past had not been recalled until now, so she couldn't even remember what the Holy Temple of Heaven looked like. She only remembered its name.

In addition, the girl had another feeling - even if she had not lost her memory, she probably would not know much about the Holy Temple of Heaven.

The only person in the world who understands that building is the mother who created it.

After the two sides stared at each other in silence for a while, the girl spoke hesitantly, "I'm sorry, Ling Ge, I really can't think of any useful information, but there is one thing I can tell you clearly, that is, although the Heavenly Temple is located deep in the sea of ​​stars, its location is not fixed. I don't mean its physical location, but its position in the universe. In a sense, the stars symbolize the fate of living beings, and the location of the Heavenly Temple will always change with the passage of the stars. That is to say, its fate cannot be captured. You can even think of it as a kind of... law."

"Untraceable destiny?" Linger frowned slightly. "Does this mean that even if you use the Destiny Beacon, you can't locate the location of the Heavenly Temple?"

"Yes." Saint Shallia answered with a simple word.

This is where it gets tricky.

"Besides that, there is one more thing." Saint Shallia continued, "You should know that in the creation myth handed down by the Goddess of Creation, Mother created the world in six days, and on the seventh day created the Maiden Kingship, defining the basic rules of the universe. From dust and gravel that are invisible to the naked eye to the sun, moon, and stars that move in an orderly manner in the universe, and even the magic power that exists as the root energy of the universe and its laws of operation, they were all created in these short seven days - but this statement is actually slightly flawed, because before Mother created the world, the first thing she created should be the Holy Temple of Heaven."

The existence of the Temple of Heaven long predates the birth of the universe.

Ling Ge was a little surprised. According to this statement, the Heavenly Temple is not only the residence of the goddess, but also the starting point of the universe. But what does this mean? The Heavenly Temple does not exist in the conventional sense of space, and needs to be entered through some special method? Or is the existence of the Heavenly Temple very special and cannot be seen with the naked eye? It is even possible that the Heavenly Temple is just a cover, and its essence is actually the Goddess's consciousness space... The young man couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"that……"

Saint Shallia looked at the solemn expression on his face and couldn't help but say, "You don't have to think so complicated, Lingge. There have been examples of mortals who have entered the Holy Temple of Heaven in history, haven't there been?"

This sentence brought the young man back to his senses from his contemplation, and his mind suddenly became clear: How could I have forgotten him?
The founder of animism, the founder of the human supernatural system, the forerunner and pioneer of human civilization - Saint Tumi.

According to the Witch of Dread Fei'er, he once observed the stars on the top of the mountain, and by calculating the trajectories of the stars' movements, he accurately located the Holy Temple of Heaven hidden in the vast sea of ​​stars. He crossed the sea of ​​stars with his mortal body, crossed the ancient road of the stars and entered the Holy Temple of Heaven. Only then did he meet the young royal families hidden in the world, thus opening a magnificent history.

This can be said to be a major event that opened up destiny. If it hadn’t happened, there might not be the current situation.

Of course, Saint Toumi's deeds have been discussed enough in the past, and even he himself has become a thing of the past. It would be nitpicking to discuss the controversies at this time. Even the Witch Society might not be interested.

So Lingge was thinking, if they could follow the example of Saint Tumi, follow the path he had taken, and walk the Ancient Road of the Stars again, maybe they could reach the Holy Temple of Heaven?
I can’t say there’s much hope, but at least it’s better than starting out in a daze.

So the question is, how can they determine which road Saint Tumi took? Legend has it that he locked the location of the Heavenly Temple by observing the stars on the top of the mountain, but who knows where the mountain is? Even after ten thousand years, it is still unknown whether it still exists. In addition, according to Fei Er, there are many threats hidden in the vast universe, including extraterrestrial disaster beasts that have no wisdom and rely on instinct to devour and release magic power, and interstellar tides composed of chaotic and violent magic flows. How did Saint Tumi overcome these difficulties and obstacles and resist the Heavenly Temple?
If you want to emulate his deeds, you must first solve these problems.

"I have a plan."

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the side. Ling Ge and Saint Xia Liya turned around subconsciously and saw the pink-haired girl lying behind the podium, looking up at them. Because she was too short, even though she stood on tiptoe, only her head was exposed. Her clear and bright emerald eyes were blinking hard, with an expression that said, "Come and ask me what I can do."

Saint Xia Liya was surprised: "Metien, when did you come here?"

"From when you were discussing the Holy Temple of Heaven." Metien quickly glanced at his brother and found that he had no intention of blaming him before continuing, "But you seemed to be very focused on the discussion, so I did not interrupt."

You have interrupted.

Saint Xia Liya reached out and touched the little girl's soft pink hair, and said softly: "You are still young, don't worry so much, just leave this matter to me and Ling Ge, go back and do your homework."

"But I've already finished writing it. If you don't believe me, ask Miss Livia."

In order to prove that he was not lying, Metien even asked Sister Livia to stand up for him. At this time, the sister was flipping through her notebook with a bear pattern on the cover. After noticing the sight from the podium, she smiled and nodded to Ling Ge and Saint Xia Liya, indicating that the pink-haired girl's homework was well done and was not at the same level as her two useless classmates who were still scratching their heads.

"Okay." Saint Xia Liya had a complicated expression. She almost forgot that this little girl was an excellent student. She was really unqualified as a teacher. Lingge chose to believe his sister and asked, "What can you do, Metien?"

"It's very simple." The pink-haired girl blinked her big green eyes. "Since Saint Tomi's deeds have been passed down to the present day, it means that there should be records preserved in history, right? In that case, I can just ask Sister Olvera to use her library to search for it. Maybe I can find some useful information."

After she said this, the two of them suddenly realized that there was such a person as Ovilla.

Then they looked at each other in confusion: Why does it take Metien to remind us of such a simple truth?

Especially Saint Xia Liya, she always felt that Lingge was a very reliable person, calm and intelligent, always able to notice some details that were overlooked by others in time, even the fact that Tiandis was the fifteenth girl kingship, he could guess it almost exactly, so much so that Tiandis even loved his talent and tried to attract him to join the witch association more than once. But what happened recently, it seems that he is a little lazy?
Is it because other things are weighing down your thinking? For example, emotional problems?
Facing Saint Xia Liya's meaningful gaze, Ling Ge was speechless and could only turn his head away silently to avoid her sight. He felt that it was Ovilla's fault. It was all because she had been too lazy recently. She either stayed in her room writing novels or squatted in the small garden watering the flowers. She did not show the majesty and wisdom of the mysterious kingship at all. As a result, when Ling Ge was thinking about the problem, he always subconsciously excluded her as an option and did not think she could be of any use.

I can't blame him for being too lazy, I can only say that sometimes this kind of thing happens...

"You can't put all the blame on girls, Lingge." Metien, who was lying on the podium, suddenly said, squinting his eyes, looking like he was watching a good show: "As a boy, you should be more responsible and have the courage to admit your mistakes. This is what our father taught us!"

Nonsense, Mr. Yang Ke has never said such a thing.

Because the boy he adopted never caused him any trouble, but the same could not be said about the girl.

The young man glared at his sister unhappily. He didn't expect that she would betray him at this time.

The look next to me became more meaningful, and even a little dangerous: It really has something to do with a girl, Lingge. Who is it? Olvera? Ieta? Rolena? Even Bai Ye? It seems that I have been obsessed with education recently and have not shown up for a long time, so they have forgotten the dignity of a sister.

I, Saint Shalia, swear to take back what is lost with my own hands!
She made up her mind. At the same time, all the sisters on Yunjingkong Island shuddered at the same time, as if they had telepathic connection, and a layer of gloomy and miserable clouds covered their hearts.

"What's going on? I have this ominous feeling?" In the room on the second floor of the hotel, Avra, who was busy writing, took a look at the sky outside the window with a lingering fear on her face: "It's a sunny day, but I have a premonition that a disaster is about to happen. Is this what is called...telepathy?"

Although she doesn't really believe in this kind of thing, but...it's better to believe than not, right?

After hesitating for a long time, Ovilla put down the pen in her hand and thought deeply: It seems I have to tell the boss lady that I will not have eggplant stewed with meat tonight.

It feels like eating ginger slices.

……

"What's going on? This ominous feeling?" In the alchemy workshop, Rorona, who had put the wrong materials in due to a trembling hand, looked solemnly at the alchemy cauldron that was boiling with unknown purple bubbles. She keenly sensed that in a corner of this Cloud Whale Sky Island, there seemed to be an unknown conspiracy brewing: "Besides my sister, only my sister can give me such a strong sense of oppression."

But one of her sisters was far away in the chaotic sea and could not be related to her, so it must be the other sister.

"It actually made Sister Xiaoxia so angry, and Alice, that little idiot, couldn't do it. So the problem should be with Lingge, and I am just an innocent bystander." After making a calm judgment, Rolena decisively ignored the alchemy cauldron that was gradually overflowing with some evil liquid, walked to her cupboard, rummaged inside for a while, and finally found her secret weapon at the bottom of the box: "Got it, just post the photo of the person you like and repeat "I like you" three times before going to bed every day, and the other person will really like your 'love scarecrow'. Use this to please Sister Xiaoxia and get yourself out of the storm... Although the effect is only for one month, and after it expires, the other person will forget all memories related to her within this month, but with Sister Xiaoxia's personality, I guess she won't care about such a small matter, right?"

Humph.

What a perfect plan!
……

"What's going on? This ominous feeling?" In a corner of Yunjingkong Island, Gloria put down her racket and said solemnly, "I saw that the future of Yunjingkong Island is shrouded in blood, war and fire, but all of this is unexpectedly-"

"It has nothing to do with you."

Bai Ye's cold voice came: "Don't try to distract your attention, little fool Gloria. Practice well. If you don't play the role of a professional player well, the curse will continue to deepen. As for the more serious consequences, I don't need to remind you, right?"

"Oh! I know. I'll practice hard, but why do I have to use the racket Alice gave me? I want to use my old racket..."

"Because I think the title of Grey Queen actually suits you quite well."

"Hey! Really?"

"In a funny sense."

"..."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)