People in Terra, governing a bizarre little country

Now that Kazdelnia has been established, these people, as the rulers of the first Kazdelnia not founded by a demon lord, are already worthy of being recorded in history and have their own line of text in the Hall of Knowledge. Fremont was already content.

But as Hadley finished speaking, he suddenly realized that it was not just that, it was far more than that!

They can go even further!

The family genealogy is split into a single page, with names listed in a single row! The opportunity is right in front of you!

"What are you going to do?"

Fremont began, but he felt something was off about his voice.

"Changing your name isn't just about changing one thing; it's not an easy thing to do."

This isn't like the four national policies of Hearts of Steel, where a name is changed every seventy days. Restoring the name Tikkaz is a historically significant event; it requires groundwork, momentum, and ensuring everyone knows and approves.

Otherwise, you could just shout out: "Listen up, everyone, I have an announcement to make, my name is Tikkaz!"

That would only make everyone laugh, and I'd also call you an idiot.

What should Hedley do?

Hedley smiled:

"Mr. Ernst wants to reopen the World's Fair."

"Your Excellency Fremont, the Lich's Hall of Knowledge preserves the richest historical records of this land. Among them, there should also be some information about the Tikkaz. We can start from here, show these materials and evidence, and take the first step in our propaganda."

Fremont frowned slightly.

"We have the information, but as for evidence..."

It wasn't that he was stingy or unwilling to provide. This was a major event that would allow him to publish a book in the halls of knowledge; if anyone dared to trip him up, he would fight them to the death!

The problem is that Tikkaz suffered a terrible fate back then. There are historical records, but the evidence is a bit hard to say.

Hedley didn't seem to care:

"If you don't want to, you can build some. Just say it's for archaeological restoration."

Fremont choked.

You politicians have dirty hearts.

However, he also had to admit that this was a means, not an end. If necessary, it wouldn't be a problem for the lich to create a fake.

"Also, please contact the Shapeshifter. Mr. Ernst needs to speak with him, so please do not refuse."

Hedley added.

Fremont agreed quickly this time:

"I understand. I will inform him."

Chapter 907 The Journey of the Shapeshifters Should Be to the Stars and the Sea!

Londinium, Victoria.

The shapeshifter has found a new hobby.

He started reading.

He had tried this hobby before, but in the past, most of the stories in the books didn't interest him.

He had lived too long; he had witnessed the most magnificent and fantastical adventures, and he had experienced the most bitter and cruel struggles. He might not have the flashes of philosophical insight that characters in books possessed, but his long lifespan was enough for him to understand any article, to dissect the meaning of every word. There's nothing new under the sun, and over time, he naturally lost much interest in reading.

The reason I picked it up again is mainly because I saw "The History of Erzley".

He had seen countless fantasies: slaves rebelling against emperors, heroes defeating dragons, even traveling with gods and curing all of Terra's ailments. But he had never seen a world "without Originium."

He couldn't even imagine what that kind of world would be like.

This is not surprising. Oripathy and Originium are the underlying logic of Terra. Just as humans write science fiction and mention water, wind, sun, moon and stars, no matter how imaginative the Terrans are, they cannot completely break away from the Originium system that has accompanied them from birth to death.

But it is described in this book.

The shapeshifter read "Mythology" and "The Legend of King Arthur," but to be honest, he wasn't particularly interested in the stories.

He could tell that Ernst had drawn heavily on the history of the Terran kingdoms when writing these stories. But as someone who had personally experienced that history, he was reading a dubious recollection. He wasn't a particularly nostalgic person, so he couldn't experience the kind of amazement that most people feel.

But he really liked this worldview.

Since Theresis's defeat and the destruction of the Military Council, he had been living in Londinium under a different identity. Taking advantage of the chaos in Londinium's household registration system due to the war, he randomly used someone else's identity to claim a house. He stayed in the room, reading these stories and savoring and imagining the other world in the books.

This gave him a sense of novelty that he hadn't felt in a long time!

"As expected, Ernst always manages to surprise us."

Holding the book "The Chronicles of Erzley – China" to the last page, the Shapeshifter sighed inwardly.

He had also set foot in the country of Da Yan.

To be honest, he found the country extremely boring.

The fierce power struggles, the endless praise and glorification, and the constant back-and-forth between the anti-Qi and anti-Qi issues and the Sui Beast problem—if the Three Flames Kingdom hadn't truly been a land of heroes and powerful rulers for a long period, the Shapeshifter community would have had a much lower opinion of this country.

He had thought Ernst would encounter a creative block on this subject. The politics of Yan were rather unremarkable; if one wanted to discuss the heroic tales of Yan, then the Yan people's own work, *The Great Yan Heroes*, would suffice.

But who knew that Ernst would introduce an event that never happened in Yan Kingdom—dynastic change!

Fertile land and a larger population, a powerful central government born in a world without mobile cities, and the inevitable problem of land consolidation.

Although this book, "The Chronicles of Erzley," only describes the chaotic Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods experienced during the dynasty called "Zhou," the Transformer can already vaguely sense the driving forces behind this chaos, as well as certain "crises" that Ernst has not yet written about in this worldview, but whose signs and shadows can already be seen.

Interesting! I have to say! It's so interesting!

He was almost itching to go to Sherag and talk to Ernst in person about what was to come.

Unfortunately, he cut off the idea as soon as it took root in his mind.

Identity isn't really an issue. Although he was actually the true murderer of the Duke of Wellington in the Battle of Londinium, it doesn't matter; he can just change his face. Ordinary people don't have the ability to see through a shapeshifter's disguise.

But after so many years, I've finally found something interesting to enjoy. If I were to pressure Ernst to write something of poor quality, that would be incredibly disappointing.

Let Ernst think about it slowly; he can also use this as an excuse to have some fun for a few more years.

As the shapeshifter turned back to the first page of "The Chronicles of Ersley," intending to clear his mind and read it again, he sensed a familiar presence.

He didn't move or adopt a defensive posture; he simply turned his head calmly to the side and looked at the uninvited guest standing there.

"Little lich? What brings you here?"

Emengard adjusted his large hat, his heart filled with unspeakable bitterness upon hearing the shapeshifter's words.

Who wants to be running around all the time?

She had just expended considerable effort to clear a passage and send the carrion army to the far north ice plains. She was only about to stop and rest when her teacher's order, like a death knell, arrived immediately!

This time it's even worse; they actually made her go find the Shapeshifter swarm!

Please, teacher, am I really your student? Do I look that amazing?

That's a group of shapeshifters! The Lord of the Royal Court! And he's known as "the most difficult Lord of the Royal Court to deal with"! And if I remember correctly, he helped Theresis before, right? So he should be on the side of the Military Council, right? You're telling me to go find him? You might as well just tell me to go and die!

Not to mention that she had been kidnapped by shapeshifters before. Just thinking about that experience now makes her non-existent heart and lungs feel like they're about to stop. She never wants to experience it again!

Emengard was extremely unwilling.

But this time, even her pleading and begging were useless.

Fremont seemed off; Emengard even sensed a hint of fanaticism in his teacher. He said he was going to the Temple of Knowledge to confront the other old liches, and Emengard almost thought he meant it!

When did my teacher become so reckless?

There was no way around it, Emengard still came.

Actually, she won't die. Her fate is still with her teacher, and the shapeshifters can't do anything to her. She's just tired and wants to slack off.

Looking at the shapeshifter, her face immediately switched to a fawning expression:

"Your Excellency, Shapeshifter, I am here to deliver a message on behalf of my teacher. 2奺…俬鲮肆≈陆臐索:"

"Go ahead and speak, we're listening." The shapeshifter lowered his head and looked back at the book in his hands.

Emengard's smile froze for a moment, and he quickly said:

"Mr. Ernst wants to ask you for help!"

He asked you, "Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to experience the true unknown? Do you want to truly live?"

The shapeshifter slowly raised its head and closed the book in its hand.

If someone else said those words to him, he would most likely kick them out immediately.

But it was Ernst who said those words.

He considered himself to know Ernst somewhat, and Ernst to know him somewhat as well. For Ernst to dare to speak to him like this, what kind of surprise had Ernst prepared for him?

"Tell me?"

Emengard thought he was a ruthless salesman.

But in this world, she's probably the only one who can sell to a group of shapeshifters and seems to have a good chance of success.

If she succeeds, she will be the first lich to successfully sell herself to shapeshifters!

It doesn't matter if she fails; she'll still be the first lich to be killed for trying to sell to shapeshifters!

This achievement alone is enough for her to be remembered in the history of the lich!

Hmph, go back and tell old man Fremont! I, Emengard, am no coward!

Emengard stretched out his hand, and the lich's magic spread in mid-air, covering the ceiling, the floor, and the surrounding walls, turning everything into darkness.

And in this darkness, one by one, the stars slowly began to light up.

A look of confusion crossed the shapeshifter's face.

Emengard slowly said:

"This is the promised land that Mr. Ernst gave you."

"Your Excellency, Shapeshifter, I know you are learned in the past and present, and know everything. There is no place on Terra that you have not set foot on, and there is almost no mystery in the world to you."

"But, Your Excellency Shapeshifter, have you ever seen beyond the sky?"

Emengard swallowed hard, staring at the shapeshifter's somewhat bewildered and surprised eyes, and said seriously...

"Your Excellency, if you are pursuing the meaning of life, then you might as well look up and take a look."

Your journey should be to the stars and the sea!

Chapter 908 It's the Spring Festival, I don't want special forces soldiers to go on a trip!

February 23, 1096, Crystallization Era.

The proposal submitted by Fremont, the representative of Kazdelnia to the World Expo, regarding the Second World Expo and the Third Star-Picking Project, was approved.

The Second World's Fair was scheduled to be held in Laterano in mid-April 1096. The theme of this World's Fair differed from the previous World's Fair's theme of "Progress and Development." After discussions among the participating nations, the theme was decided by vote: "War and Peace."

The Lateran Pope then held a press conference in the Lateran Papal Palace, publicly announcing the theme to the land:

"Terra has undoubtedly experienced a long and turbulent period over the past year."

"The prevalence of Iberian terrorism, the reappearance of the Horn of Origin in Letania, and the Londinium War in Victoria, which was the most intense and brutal war in the last decade, I believe that you, like me, as Terrans living on this land, have all felt the threat of chaos to some extent."

"Throughout Terra's history, similar wars have occurred countless times, and the wounds they have brought have required generations of Terrans to heal."

"We can't help but ask, is this reasonable? Is this what we should be suffering? Is this what we want?"

Ivangelist XI’s voice carried a heavy, compassionate tone. As the Pope of Lateran and the universally acknowledged “pacifist” of Terra, he was indeed qualified to ask such a question.

Despite his statement that included two major UN Security Council powers and a former superpower, no one finds it inappropriate.

Even the Iberians, Letanians, and Victorians themselves would not openly admit that waging war is their goal, or that they simply want to wage war.

The Victorians, in particular, believed that the Londinium incident was actually a result of the Grand Dukes' own poor decision-making and their underestimation of the Sarkaz, which ultimately led to this disaster. However, in both external propaganda and internal mobilization, they would claim that they were the ones attacked by the Sarkaz.

It was the arrogant and unreasonable Kazdel Military Council that seized our great capital, Lentinium, and ravaged our people!

What? You're asking how the Sarkaz managed to conquer Londinium when the walls were so high and the Steam Knights were so powerful?

I advise you not to ask so many questions; the gray top hat is watching you!

Ivangelista XI's actions were not considered offensive.

After all, to hypnotize others, you must first hypnotize yourself. With the thick skin of the Victorians, after telling a lie a hundred times, they would have long since taken their own nonsense as the only truth.

You might feel you've offended someone, but they'll still ask with a curious look, "Who called me?"