Successors of all mankind

As he spoke, he looked around repeatedly to make sure he hadn't misremembered the place.

"Yes, sir, is there a problem?"

"Who took it?"

The record was quickly brought to the priest.

After finding the corresponding name, he tore it off.

"Okay, send it back! Remember to replace it with a new one, this one is a bit dirty."

The monk immediately lowered his head and left, pretending not to see anything.

Soon, the signature and a letter appeared on someone's desk.

The owner of the desk did not open his eyes, but was curled up under the blanket.

Upon seeing this, a man at the desk immediately opened the envelope.

After a quick look around, he said:

"That thing has been taken away. By the grace of humanity, after a hundred years, someone has actually appeared!"

They themselves were starting to lose hope and were ready to give up.

Finally, he opened Yu Le's signature again:

“Father, this man, this man says his name is Constantine.”

These words elicited a sneer from the shadows behind him:

"Constantine? What a Constantine! Yet another self-proclaimed Lord of Rome has appeared."

"I just don't know what he accidentally learned, but he was blinded by happiness—he's yet another so-called Justinian bastard!"

"It doesn't matter which one it is anymore; no one will fight another war for Byzantium over illegitimate children."

At this point, the figure in the shadows couldn't help but laugh again:

"Unless this person is even more outrageous than Justinian. Well, if someone is more outrageous than this guy..."

As he spoke, he looked around and said:

"A 'Justinian's illegitimate son' who has found a new sucker? Surely he can't really be someone who inherited Rome's golden bloodline?"

This joke drew laughter from those around them.

Regardless, that guy is dead meat, since he dared to jump out!

It's so pitiful. Everyone thought it was completely over. But then it happened the night before we were about to give up.

I really don't know whether to call this poor guy lucky or unlucky.

Chapter 3 The Ceremony of Lingering Light

Finally, the old man under the blanket spoke:

"Don't laugh. Although Justinian was manipulated by that evil relic, it doesn't mean his strength was fake."

"Therefore, never underestimate it!"

This serious answer prompted them to say:

"But this is not Justinian! This is just a dead man who is probably a hapless, plagued corpse!"

The people next to him started selling again.

They felt the old man was making a mountain out of a molehill.

If Justinian is dead, what can Constantine do?

But the old man opened his eyes and looked at them with a murky yet chilling gaze, saying:

"But what if he really is the rightful heir to Byzantium? You must know that Justinian was ridiculed as yet another person who lost to the holy relics."

"But he was also the only one who won against that evil thing in his lifetime! After all, he only lost after he died, that's an undeniable fact!"

"Before him, there was no one like him, not a single one!"

“You haven’t faced him, but I have! I know what a formidable opponent he is, and I know how difficult he will be if he is truly the successor he has chosen!”

But this prompted the man next to him to remind him:

“Father, a hundred years have passed, so much has changed, and who would still fight for the so-called Byzantium and Justinian?”

The old man looked at the man with regret and said:

"If that's the case, then why do we still pay attention to these things? Why do we keep focusing on the long-dead shadow of Byzantium?"

The men fell silent; their very presence proved that Byzantium was not yet completely dead.

Although as an enemy.

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I thought that was all for entertainment.

But Pandora said something strange:

“That’s strange, sir. There’s a hidden compartment below. Please be careful; it’s designed with a self-destruct mechanism and requires the correct steps to open.”

"I had no idea he had done that back then."

Yu Le raised an eyebrow and said:

"Can it be opened?"

"Of course! It's a clever but crude arrangement, but it's not a big problem. You see, that dent mark over there was left on purpose, to make people aware of the interlayer and then trigger the self-destruct device."

Following Pandora's guidance, Yule successfully opened the mezzanine.

A key and a letter were revealed inside.

He kept the key for himself, and the letter for the person who opened the box.

“I will not open this letter, nor will my offspring, so you must be the new prey found by that evil thing!”

Yu Le couldn't help but glance at Pandora; it seemed their relationship had been exceptionally bad before.

Then I continued reading:

"If you, like me, wish to defeat this evil relic, then remain silent and do not show any expression. The intelligence of that evil thing far surpasses our imagination."

“Every one of us who has held this position has tried every possible way to fight against him, but we have all failed.”

"If you think that's all it is, then you've already lost! Because that's exactly its usual trick!"

"Its kindness, its malice, its foolishness, its intelligence—it's all just a facade, a facade! Whoever you are, remember this!"

"And I, Justinian, the rightful heir to the great Rome, have inherited the will of my predecessors, and through the passing down of generation after generation, I am confident that I will be the one who fights against it the longest. But I am still not confident that I will win."

"But you're different; you might be the exception! However, I must repeatedly emphasize one point: you must remember, it's incredibly deceptive! Don't trust your eyes! Because that's what it makes you see!"

In their efforts to combat Pandora, each generation has tried every possible method and left behind the knowledge of the fight.

"If by now it hasn't discovered that what you see is completely different from what it sees, then we may have won the first step."

We are seeing two completely different passages?

"Pandora, what does it say on this?"

"His diary records his ordinary three meals a day, and at the end he uses it to mock himself for actually needing to activate this."

"He didn't explain what the key was for, which suggests he was confident that he would be the one to come back and retrieve the item."

Are they really different?

Yu Le continued reading:

“About two thousand years ago, one of the owners noticed that these powerful relics seemed to be completely incompatible with psychic energy. Therefore, this could be our breakthrough point, and this passage was left behind in this way.”

"It knows this too, which is why I, and many others before me, have failed. Its strength lies in its knowledge, and we rely on its knowledge as well. As long as this remains unchanged, it will be very difficult for us to win..."

"My only advantage is that some of its knowledge is time-sensitive. But these things are often unimportant..."

"So I see no hope either, but with your words, I've prepared a possibility for you!"

"No need for gratitude, no need for doubt, this is just revenge, because your appearance means that I have already lost completely."

"Remember this key. It is the legacy of Rome, not my Byzantium, but the true Rome, from that great era!"

"This is the only reason I call myself the successor of Rome; I was truly chosen by Rome!"

Justinian must have been incredibly excited when he wrote, "I have truly been chosen by Rome."

Even in Yu Le, it's clear that only here did he write with exceptional effort and carelessness.

"This key will unlock the treasure trove left by Rome, where there may be a possibility for you to surpass everything."

The true legacy of Rome?

No, what is that?

Rome predates the 2K era of entertainment, so what can it leave behind? Or are there things that are still useful to this era?

Or was it some later human force that revived the name Rome?

If that's the case, then it makes sense.

"Pandora, after me, what other country or organization has used the name of Rome? In human history."

"No, sir. Why do you ask that?"

As the blue information stream flashed by, it looked towards the passage:

"Was this letter processed with psionic energy?"

"Yes, it says here that this key can unlock the real Roman heritage, but what heritage could Rome possibly have?"

Yu Le picked up the key again.

Its very retro design doesn't quite resemble a technological creation.

Instead, it looks like a genuine bronze artifact that was found in a museum.

Chapter 4 Never Take Off the Heart of Eternity

After a brief silence, Pandora said:

"If this is not the arrogance of this foolish alien, then, sir, it is probably a remnant of the era corresponding to the part of my records that was deleted."

"You mean this thing might have been left behind by humans during the apocalypse?"

Yu Le looked at the bronze key in his hand in disbelief.

This doesn't look like it at all.

"And why Rome?"

If this is truly what humanity left behind in the afterglow of the apocalypse, shouldn't it be something else, something more important?

Why is it called a legacy of Rome?

"I'm sorry, I don't know, sir. But it's just a possibility, so please accept it for now."

Yu Le carefully put the key away and shrugged.

"Okay, although two of our three plans failed, at least the last one succeeded!"

"Yes, and we also learned that the laws under the Glorious King are actually quite sound. And the nuns left for some reason."

Although Yule doesn't know what use this is at the moment.

As he spoke, Yu Le tossed the key into his hand and played with it.

"And we even unexpectedly found a treasure key!"

Although the process was tortuous, at least the result was good.

I'm very satisfied with the entertainment.

Pandora said in the flashing blue information stream:

"An optimistic attitude helps maintain good physical and mental health, that's good, sir!"