People in Terra, governing a bizarre little country

"Ernst?"

She murmured incredulously.

She had guessed countless times who the person [Prismus] was waiting for would be.

The Doctor was the most likely candidate. Theresa didn't know the Doctor's whereabouts. After erasing the Doctor's memories to save Terra, she lost all consciousness. She was unaware that Kal'tsit had taken the Doctor away and placed him in a sarcophagus in Ursus Chernobog. She never saw Kal'tsit again.

She guessed that the Doctor might have already woken up. After all, given the emotions that Precys had shown in those 93 reincarnations, the possibility that she found the Doctor, woke him up, and waited for him was extremely high!

Theresa guessed that Precys might want the Doctor to make the decision, just like in the cycle of reincarnation.

[The Creator] wants to hear the question, "Where is Prismus?"

Theresa also speculated about Kal'tsit.

Kal'tsit and the Doctor's relationship is clearly extraordinary. In the cycle of world destruction, only Kal'tsit is aware of the Doctor's existence each time. On Terra, the land she lives on that has not yet been destroyed, it was Kal'tsit who acted as a go-between, securing an opportunity for her to contact the Doctor, preventing this world from heading towards its doom in complete ignorance, like other worlds.

Kal'tsit is important, and Theresa had long realized this. Since she knew the Doctor, the possibility that she knew of Precys's existence was extremely high. Theresa knew Kal'tsit's personality; she was always highly vigilant about matters involving previous civilizations, almost always handling everything personally. Even though Theresa had used magic to put Kal'tsit into a deep sleep, hoping to keep her safely away from the battlefield, her magic should have been forcibly interrupted when she was consumed by the Originium.

It's possible that Kal'tsit could force her way out of Manfred and the others and return. Although Theresa didn't want to see that happen, it was still somewhat unexpected but also reasonable.

Theresa even considered that the person coming up would be Theresis.

He has been searching for an opportunity to confront the Creator and let the Sarkaz take control of their own destiny. Even if the Creator is not waiting for him, he may still ascend to the Shard after sensing something amiss!

But she never expected that the visitor would be Ernst.

"Why you?"

Theresa asked, somewhat incredulously.

In her memory, Ernst was kind, humble, and tolerant—a rare breed in this land who viewed Sarkaz with impartiality.

She once thought Ernst was her ideal successor, although she later realized that Ernst's ideas and practices were fundamentally different from her own. But she could find common ground and respect the differences. At least, he was someone she could entrust with her life.

This was a consensus she and Therese could reach without even exchanging words.

She had even discussed it with Theresis: if they couldn't survive after obtaining Ananna, they would ask Manfred and the others to hand Ananna over to Ernst! To do their last bit of strength from the old era for the Sarkaz and Kazdelnia!

But she never expected to see this figure at the top of the Fragmented Building!

Ernst certainly understood Theresa's thoughts.

In the past, he might have had to think carefully about how to conceal his identity and get away with it.

But at this moment, standing before Anana, he no longer needed to.

I'm not pretending anymore, I'm coming clean!

Ernst smiled slightly, shook his head gently, and walked towards Ananna:

“It would be terrible if it weren’t me.”

“Wait, um,” Theresa instinctively reached out her hand, trying to stop Ernst.

Anana is dangerous. Just touching it could speed up the entire process of Oripathy infection. Theresa has experienced it firsthand!

The feeling of being blown apart is awful!

Not to mention that a "Creator" lives inside, experiencing the feeling of 365 reincarnations and 365 apocalypses. Theresa doesn't want Ernst to experience that too.

That thing can drive people crazy!

However, before she could finish speaking, Ernst was already standing in front of Ananna, solemnly saying:

"Prismus, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Don't you think this time you've gone a bit too far?

The next moment, in front of Theresa, the figure of the indifferent creator who had destroyed countless worlds was reflected out of Anana and stood beside Ernst.

"It's not that long. Knowing how long the wait will take only makes the anticipation more valuable, doesn't it?"

"What if I'm late, or I don't come at all? There's gunfire going on here right now. What would you think if you waited until the very end and still didn't see me?" Ernst countered.

"You hedgehog 4% off proxy purchase 《：九澌÷!巴→2··★不得。"

Precys smiled and shook his head.

"Moreover, if that's really the case, I only have one thought."

"what?"

"want to see you."

"cough cough"

Ernst coughed several times and hurriedly turned his head, only to find Theresa, whose brain was already overloaded, standing next to him. His face immediately turned even redder.

I know that you civilized people from the past are very direct when expressing your feelings. [The Preserver] said that you and the Doctor often use the sun, moon, or even galaxies and the universe as stakes to swear your love, but there are outsiders here!

No, no, that's not right!

"What? Are you shy?"

Precys's lips curled up into a mischievous smile.

"You're still the same as before, really amazing."

What kind of "byd white moonlight" statement is this? Your barrage of direct attacks caught me completely off guard!

However, after calming down, Ernst also realized that Precys's remark was not entirely a simple "emotional statement".

【Amber】Consistent, Ernst remained consistent. Even after being resurrected, he did not change at all. Isn't that "truly amazing"?

After all, even the seemingly perfect artificial amber we have today cannot achieve this.

The Creator still exists. The Originium, the sealed object inside the Amber, can even be rewritten at will by Prissis, can't it?

"Prismus, let's discuss this."

Ernst coughed, steer the conversation back to the main topic.

"Is it alright to stop using your supernatural powers now?"

Precyth nodded, then shook his head:

"can."

"But I didn't actually do anything, it's a treasure."

She turned her head and glanced at Theresa:

"The decision to repair the Shard was made by the Sarkaz."

"The specific location and usage of The Shard were provided by the doctor."

"The person who launched the attack using the Shard Tower is the Sarkaz who was playing around with those three little fish down below."

"Even this original Originium in front of you wasn't summoned by me. Ernst, it was summoned by this Sarkaz beside you."

"It was her, and her brother, who wanted a chance to face me directly. They did everything in their power and racked their brains to wake me from my sleep. I only came out to see them because I had no choice."

What do you want me to stop?

Precys's words caused Theresa's expression to stiffen slightly.

Because Priscilla was not entirely wrong in some respects.

The Shard has stood in this area for tens of thousands of years. Regardless of how much the Victorians knew about it, the Sarkaz were the ones who truly wanted to restore it, use it as a weapon, and put that idea into practice.

The person who revealed the location of the Shard was the Doctor. Using the information about the Shard as leverage, the Doctor reached a cooperation agreement with Theresis, leading to the killing of Theresa. Is all of this related to Priscilla? No, there is no direct connection.

It's a fact that the Doctor himself wants to advance Project Originium. Even with the existence of the so-called "Gray Nails," if he himself had no desire to advance Project Originium, then who could have imprinted that thought on him?

True defeatist strategists, like Zhang Beihai, don't need a mental ironclad imprint. Only those who hope for success but believe failure is possible need a mental ironclad imprint to solidify their beliefs!

The person who actually launched the Shard Tower at the Victoria Alliance was Theresis; it was his plan all along, so there's no blame on Theresis.

You said Precys helped repair the Shard?

Indeed, but let's not forget that Theresa herself, with the knowledge left behind by the Black Crown, could also repair the Shards. Moreover, to be honest, Quesatushta's abnormality was practically written all over his face; he never hid his repair of the Shards. If Theresa and Theresa didn't want to do it, they had countless opportunities to stop him, but they only remained suspicious, without actually intervening.

Theresa wanted to do it. Theresa agreed to Theresa's request and unconditionally supported his plan.

As for the original Originium that Precys mentioned, Ernst didn't know its origin, but judging from Theresa's expression, he could guess that what Precys said was true—it was summoned by Theresa.

What did Priscilla do?

Precys did nothing.

"The people of Terra's current suffering stems from themselves; the treasure is their own doing."

It's certain that the ancient civilizations never intended to destroy the Terra civilization. This is evident from the reactions of the Preservator and the Doctor upon waking; they initially hadn't expected a "Terra civilization" to emerge on this planet.

This was a complete accident!

They were simply unable to withstand the lumberjacks' axes back then, and after burying a pile of "heavenly treasures," they were reincarnated and went to cultivate anew. The Terrans are like some kind of flower, grass, or tree spirit born on this treasure-filled land, who took advantage of the resurrection event to occupy this land, open all the boxes inside, and then went to cultivate themselves with the items.

The results of cultivation varied, some good and some bad. Agor's cultivation method was singular, so they studied it more deeply, and the final results were naturally better. The land-based cultivators cultivated more haphazardly, and with resources scattered everywhere, they ended up cultivating unorthodox paths that were only partially successful. In some areas, like materials science, they were incredibly powerful, but in others, like the politics, ideology, and social structure of the pre-civilization, they were completely weak.

Now that they've forcibly repaired the incomplete cultivation method and encountered problems, they're starting to complain that the person who buried the method back then was dishonest and deliberately framed them. Is there any logic to this?

You can't understand these fragments, but they weren't originally meant for you. They're someone else's notes; as long as they can understand them, that's enough, right? "To master divine skills, one must first ( ) ( )." What they lacked was self-improvement, but you misinterpreted it as self-castration, chopping them off with one stroke. Is that my fault?

Precy didn't think she had done anything wrong, so she asked Ernst if there was anything she really needed to change.

She wanted to persuade Ernst.

But she didn't expect that Ernst never said anything about what she did wrong from the very beginning.

Ernst never intended to criticize any aspect of prehistoric civilization.

Their only mistake was not storing all their assets in a safe. But that's like blaming the tomb owner for not taking proper precautions when the tomb is robbed—that's unreasonable. The real fault lies with the tomb raiders.

Besides, Precys might have held back. If we have to say something, Ernst is partly to blame for Terra's current wretched state. Didn't it just copy the information left behind by Ernst's "body"?

Approaching things from this angle puts you at a natural disadvantage.

Ernst isn't that stupid.

Arguing with Priscilla is pointless. She cares about feelings. The more you argue with her, the more unhappy she becomes.

The only way is to be honest.

"They brought it on themselves, that's for sure."

"But Precyth, my treasure, I'm a Terran now too. So, rounding up, I've been included in your insults."

"I know it's absurd to convince you that a new, accidentally created civilization can survive the ultimate catastrophe, but at least I don't want everything I'm building up to be destroyed by my old friend."

"So, no matter what, I have to ask you to stop—stop the Originium Project."

Ernst paused, then let out a long sigh.

No matter the situation, he always seemed to be caught in the middle. On a smaller scale, when Ensiodis and Enya couldn't stand each other, he was caught in the middle; when Kester and Windermere were fighting, he had to mediate. On a larger scale, when the ocean and the land cooperated, he was caught in the middle and felt uneasy. Between the prehistoric civilization and the Terran civilization, he indeed found it difficult to make a choice.

He knew this was the price of being a good person, but to say he wasn't wronged at all would be a lie.

Who would willingly endure so much suffering? Isn't it all just to make this cesspool a little cleaner?

Ernst never talked about these things with others. After all, in his cultural upbringing, it was considered shameful for a man to reveal his suffering to others. Moreover, most people couldn't understand the hardships he had endured, and it would easily destroy the persona he had painstakingly cultivated as a mediator and know-it-all who said, "Don't fight if there's a problem, go to Ernst at the World Summit first."

After all, everyone knows that when would you ask someone else to do something for you? It's something troublesome, complicated, or something that might annoy you.

It is precisely because these things are difficult to do that the benefits of doing them are high. Ernst built his reputation by doing these things.

Therefore, for him, saving face is, in some ways, more important than life itself.

But now, the world needs him to lose face!

This is his third preparation, and it is also the "courtesy" in the "politeness first, then force" strategy towards Precys – mygo!

It's just selling a ditch, but to save the world, let's do it!

"Prismus, please, give me and the Doctor some face and suspend Project Originium. I'll do anything!"

Theresa, standing to the side: "???"

Is this...is this a sign of weakness?

Isn't it said that the more powerful the enemy you face, the more you need to show a humble yet assertive attitude in order to earn respect?

Is this useful?

Theresa clearly hadn't read the legendary female-oriented novel "Foundation Establishment Junior Sister Slanders Mahayana Senior Sister." The so-called ability to be neither humble nor arrogant in front of a strong person, and even to dare to speak, comes with conditions: the condition is that the person actually speaks the Dharma to you.

But sometimes, that's the law! What are you talking about then? That's just ridiculous. It's better to understand the situation clearly from the beginning.