People in Terra, governing a weird little country

It is not time for the monastic order to come out on their own yet. Before that, if they can accumulate a large amount of money and material resources by selling desserts in the Lateran, and sponsor a group with similar ideals to achieve results, then in the future, when they come out on their own, they will be able to cross the river by feeling the stones.

Patia nodded:

"The infected guerrillas? Although Ursus is a bit far away, I will go and ask around."

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Chapter 336 Even if everything is destroyed, the glory of mankind will last forever

Lateran is a large city with a population of six million.

The last time Ernst came to Lateran, he also took a brief stroll here. To be honest, that experience left a particularly deep impression on him.

Compared to the slightly flashy prosperity of Xiosta, the prosperity of Lateran seems to have more background. It can be said without ambiguity that the eyes of every Lateran Ernst saw were exceptionally clear, like a lake reflecting the sky. It is hard to imagine what kind of wonderful ideas are hidden in them.

But that’s also the weirdest thing about Rutland.

As the founder of Terra's current AD calendar, Lateran has unprecedented cohesion. The Papal Government led by the Pope has indisputable absolute authority in Lateran, and their jurisdiction penetrates into every aspect. Bombing, which would undoubtedly be classified as a terrorist attack in foreign countries, is actually a common occurrence in Lateran that only requires a report to be made. This is enough to show Lateran's freedom under absolute shackles.

People will only grant others what they can control and take back without hesitation, and power is no exception. It is precisely because they are confident that they can fasten the shackles firmly that Evangelista XI and previous popes can safely grant the Laterans so many "unbelievable" privileges.

But where does their confidence come from? A person's ability to govern is always limited, so a whole administrative system is needed to assist. Autocracy concentrates power, but consultants, cabinets, and staff have never left the stage of history. This has always been the case throughout history, without exception.

But even so, administrative capacity has its limits. A city with a population of six million, where everyone carries a gun and fires cannons, is really not that easy to manage on the land of Terra. Not to mention that it has developed so well, and there has not been a single disturbance in more than a thousand years.

Before this, Ernst had never figured this out until he met Andorn in the central garden of San Marceau and met the Law with Evangelista XI. Only then did he suddenly realize it.

My goodness, I thought you Halo guys were real angel philosopher kings with psychic powers ascending to heaven, but I didn't expect that you guys with thick eyebrows and big eyes also believed in Mekhanism?

Bro, when is the canning?

Strictly speaking, after that incident, the mystery of Lateran did not decrease for Ernst. Rather, because of the existence of the supercomputer that seemed to be a legacy of a previous civilization, its mystery increased.

However, in contrast, Ernst's admiration for Lateran was less, and his worries and doubts were more.

After all, it is well known that in all science fiction works, the most problematic thing is the machine. People tend to overestimate the stability of programs and underestimate the loyalty of people, because in most people's eyes, programs are rigid and will not make mistakes, while people's hearts are always unpredictable and unpredictable.

Ernst couldn't comment on this sentence specifically, but if he were to make the choice, he would not pin his hopes on pure machinery. Not to mention that machinery is likely to have bugs and other problems after running for a long time without maintenance. Even if it doesn't have bugs, the ever-changing human heart and the unchanging machine are originally a pair of contradictory things.

As long as the development continues, one day, the person who created the machine will sooner or later realize that the machine he placed all his hopes on has become an out-of-control mechanical servant that strangled his last hope. In other words, if you are not careful, you will become a useless person.

Comparing with this line of thought, have the Sakota people been raised to be useless?

Ernst could only say, not yet.

But there are some signs.

After all, nothing had changed in Lateran for over a thousand years.

The city may be expanding, and the original holy city has been moved from the ground to a mobile city, but the essence of Lateran has not changed at all. If a country is at peace for ten years, we can say it is in its heyday. If it is at peace for a hundred years, we can say it has many wise rulers and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. But if it is at peace for a thousand years, and there has never been a civil strife or an uprising...

Ernst could only call it stagnation, abnormal stagnation, stagnation that violated the laws of social development.

Judging from Evangelista XI's almost unconditional obedience to the law, sooner or later it will no longer be the Sakota who believe in the law, but the Sakota people who obey the law.

But in general, this is just Ernst's guess based on the current situation. The situation in Sakota may not be as bad as he imagined. Under the shackles of the [Law], Ernst has seen people like Andorn who are determined to change and vow to change the world.

Maybe he was just worrying too much, it would be best if he was just worrying too much.

Otherwise, if something unexpected happened in the holy city with six million people, the consequences would be disastrous.

【please confirm. 】

【You have three chances to confirm. 】

【The only options you can choose are yes or no. 】

【please confirm. 】

【............】

Looking at the three lines of "Law" that appeared on the display screen in mid-air, Ernst took a deep breath, opened his mouth with a heavy breath, and said that word:

【no】.

His judgment was correct.

The supercomputer does have a certain degree of translation capabilities and has localized the operating language to Terra.

Otherwise, could it not be possible that Evangelista XI and the ten generations of popes before him managed the Lateran in an orderly manner by relying on guesswork and following the requirements of the law?

In addition to logical reasoning, Ernst's speculation is supported by solid evidence.

When he walked through the familiar corridor, went down the long and dark stairs, passed the saints' cemetery, the ancient battlefield of the Sarkaz and Sakota, and finally came to this magnificent hall, the supercomputer in the room was slightly different from the last time he came.

To be precise, its main interface has undergone some changes, or to be more precise, a line of instructions has appeared on it.

[Crisis detected.....issued.....new list of authorized personnel...one new person added:]

It was in Lateran, but Ernst had taken the time to learn a little after his last visit to Lateran, so he could just about guess what it said.

Ernst would not discuss for now what the crisis detected mentioned in the law was, but the addition of a new authority figure was enough to explain a lot of things.

In particular, Ernst also recognized the name of the newly added authority - No.5301233 Andorn.

If Ernst guessed correctly, the authority should refer to the person who has the right to perform simple operations on the [Law], that is, the administrator. In the current Lateran, if nothing unexpected happens, this administrator should be only one person, and that person is still in his hometown - Lateran Pope Evangelista XI.

Ernst couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he saw this line of words. Logically speaking, this should be a very serious, solemn and confidential matter.

[Law] directly added one more item to the list of permissions. Does this count as what Evangelista XI meant by [approval of the law]?

If Ernst remembered correctly, Andorn was still in exile at the beginning. Although no one in the notary office except Federico and no one in the Lateran except Fiammetta was willing to pursue him, he was still a criminal in the legal sense.

Your law is really hungry, it just calls out people's names directly.

Andorn might be hiding under a bridge somewhere, covered with a blanket, and then he hears that he has been chosen by the Law as the uncrowned Pope. Doesn't this feel a bit like being chosen by someone else?

Of course, if you want to ask Ernst whether he supports it, then Ernst definitely supports it. This is Lateran's family affair. He came to borrow the translation software. The law's naming has nothing to do with him. Why should he express any objection?

I silently made note of this matter, and when I return to Kjerag, I will quietly tell Evangelista XI. Then I'll see what he says.

If he wanted to keep it secret, Ernst was not so principled. This was an accident, and he would definitely pretend that he saw nothing. But Ernst estimated that, considering the extent to which the Pope was bound by the law, this thing... might actually work.

As for whether Andorn is willing to accept this hat, that is another matter.

After calming down, Ernst took out his communicator, glanced at "Law", and pressed the play button.

[Didi——(Unknown language)]

As the voice sounded, the main screen of Law suddenly went black as if the power was cut off.

[Didi——(Unknown language)]

The voice sounded again, and a red pop-up window popped up on the main screen of the Law. A large exclamation mark with black text on a yellow background that Xiaoke and Mandela could understand covered the entire pop-up window, making the small red text in it particularly obvious.

[Didi——(Unknown language)]

The voice sounded for the last time.

Ernst's cold sweat slowly dripped from his temples, and the hair on his tail stood up instinctively.

He looked up at the warning pop-up window that almost filled the entire screen, and the blood-red text in the middle that had some of its words turned into garbled characters but added a bit of oppression. He suddenly felt suffocated and shocked.

That's not choking for Rutland

He was suffocating for Terran civilization.

Because the content of that line of bloody text was so clear, indirect, and understandable, even if there were a few garbled words in it, it would not affect the reading of the entire sentence, nor would it affect Ernst's guessing of the content of the unknown language shouted in the walkie-talkie based on the sentence [The Response of the Law].

Because the host's answer seemed to be stained with blood that could not be wiped off:

[Tar * & Si? The ground has received the order, the final weapon has been prepared, the target is the stars, planets, satellites, and war moons in this galaxy. ]

【please confirm】

But he was also extremely shocked. He was not shocked because he had finally managed to peek into a corner of that ancient civilization, but because he was shocked by the only clear line of text in the pop-up window that seemed to be stained with blood.

[Don't blame yourself, my compatriots. The decision you make here will be respected by all mankind.]

[Even if everything is destroyed, the glory of mankind will last forever. 】

Chapter 337: Taila Pinduoduo, Lots of Surprises

Lateran, Papal Hall.

Mostima rubbed his chin and looked Ernst up and down carefully, with a suspicious look on his face:

"Ernst, you look so bad?"

"What happened down there?"

Ernst turned his head, glanced at Mostima, opened his mouth, and finally sighed:

"Don't ask, don't ask."

To be honest, this is such a big thing that he really wants to share it with others.

But when the words came to his lips, he didn't know where to start or how to begin.

What should he say? Should he tell Mostima that Terra might not have been called Terra before, but had some other name, called [Tarth]? Or should he tell Mostima that the greatest achievement of the Star-Picking Project was actually receiving a signal from outer space, and that this signal from outer space was likely an application for the execution of some kind of extermination order. If it weren't for the strong ionization interference of the isolation layer that blocked the communication inside and outside Terra, Terra, along with the stars, other planets, and satellites in this galaxy, would probably have reached mineral +8 by now?

That would be really interesting. Who knows, in the future a research ship from some cosmic civilization might come here to explore and find a grave on this planet. After they arrange for scientists to dig it up, it might trigger a chain of events that is neither too long nor too short, thereby unlocking the second and third graves.

One is the Terran Protoss, from the Ancient Civilization, one is from the Tikaz Civilization, and one is from an even older human civilization.

Maybe after the exploration you can unlock an unknown new galaxy on the star map, which contains an ocean planet or Gaia planet - sol-3.

Should it be Gaia? If this human is really the human that Ernst knows, and has developed to the stage where he can explore the stars, then it is entirely possible for him to transform his homeland.

Of course, these are all things that happen in another, less beautiful, Star World Line.

In this world line, let alone whether Ernst is willing to share this with Mastema, would Mastema dare to believe it if he dared to say it? Even if she dared to believe it, would she understand it?

As a civilization whose astronomy is still at the astrological stage, and as the country within this civilization that may be the most influenced by previous civilizations, if this horrifying thing were known to others, it might not bring enlightenment or unity, but doubt and division.

They are reluctant to seek medical treatment for their illness. With a country as corrupt as Terra, when problems arise, they are much more likely to blame each other than to unite and overcome the difficulties.

Let's just hide it for now.

Ernst felt somewhat fortunate that he was the one who got the recording, that he was the one who remembered the existence of the Lateran host, and that he was the one who faced that choice.

If a person like the Duke of Kaster came and got hold of this recording, Ernst suspected that she might even use it to blackmail the entire Terra.

As for choosing the option [NO], Ernst did not feel any regret or remorse about it.

If the choice given by the host did not affect him, but only involved outsiders, he might think about it and then press No. But the host's answer meant that it was clearly going to drag all of Terra down with it. Ernst was not crazy enough to use himself to set off fireworks.

When they were shooting fireworks on the snowy mountain, he was shooting at his own brother!

Mostima was indeed somewhat curious. Meeting the Law was considered an extremely sacred and solemn event in the Lateran. In the Lateran texts that Mostima had read, every pope had to hold a grand ceremony after his coronation and before meeting the Law. Moreover, so far, all those who had been able to meet the Law were Sakota without exception.

As for Ernst, he was not Sakota, and the procedure of his meeting with [Law] was so short that it made people suspicious. He almost rushed to the Lateran, handed over a handwritten letter and a token, testified by himself, and then entered the Papal Chamber, and came out within two hours.

Isn't the time too short?

Are you going to greet the Law? It's noon, have you eaten yet?

Especially Ernst's condition, his expression was ugly and his face was pale. Those who knew him would think that something had happened to him in front of the [Law], while those who didn't think that he had to take Liuwei Dihuang Pills.

But Ernst kept a stern face, and it was obvious that he was unwilling to say more about what happened in the Pope's Hall. Mostima could only choose to stop asking with some regret.

Although she is also a Sakota and is very curious, compared to Remule, Mostima's greatest characteristic is that she can take on things and let them go.

She knew that this matter was probably extremely sensitive. It was so sensitive that Ernst, who even shared his own dark history photos from childhood, chose to conceal it this time. In that case, she would not dig deeper into the matter.

"Okay, then I won't ask any more questions."

She smiled and shrugged, then suddenly added,

"Mr. Ernst, will you tell the old man about 'this matter'?"

The old man naturally refers to Evangelista XI.

Ernst glanced at Mostima, then shook his head:

"will not."

No, this is actually a very clear statement of attitude.