Chapter 97: Battle of Heaven (1)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The news of the former Prophet Zachlan’s name being removed shook the idealistic civilization.

Although the notice was sent out by the Watcher, many true believers still found it unbelievable.

They ignored all the accusations against Zachlan and were determined to follow Zachlan who had already left.

Although this group of people was small in number, they would become a considerable force when stacked together.

No one knew where Zachlan had gone. Some people speculated that he was disappointed by the chaotic Milky Way and chose to live in seclusion. Some people speculated that he had predicted the arrival of the crisis and decided to find a way to resolve the threat.

But no matter what, it was a fact that Zachlan had left. Even if someone tried to find him, they still found nothing.

However, this matter, which was very important to the idealistic civilization, did not cause much of a stir in the materialistic civilization. It was just that a few students who had used Zachlan as their graduation thesis topic were unlucky and had to change their research direction at the last minute.

What was more popular in the materialistic civilization now was the discussion about the ruthless person who transferred his consciousness to the mechanical body.

After all, the act of completely abandoning the body sounded too ridiculous. Even those who had replaced more than 80% of their body with prosthetics could not imagine such a situation.

Some believed that this was a great way to improve civilization, but others believed that the efficiency improvement brought by the use of prosthetics and robots was enough. There was no need to choose such a dangerous method that had a huge impact on philosophy.

The discussion about this matter seemed to be the hottest topic in the Awakened Empire.

“But then again, have you guys noticed that none of the lost empires have used this method?”

“Indeed, if you think about it this way, even the Voyager still uses an artificial form…”

“Does this mean that this path is actually not feasible?”

“It’s hard to say, but we need to find our own path. It’s not bad to stand on the shoulders of giants, but this might also cause us to never be able to escape the influence of others…”

Several young people expressed their views on the Internet, but in addition to these normal discussions, there were also some conspiracy theories that were quietly growing.

People always liked to think in a different direction and form a chain of events that they believed in through speculation.

The most popular conspiracy theory was that this was a spy sent by the artificial intelligence civilization. Their goal was to make them all use mechanical bodies and then use a powerful virus to control everyone.

As for how many people who were afraid of robotics would believe this statement, it was unknown for the time being.

Time passed again. While the civilizations worked hard to improve themselves in the calm before the storm, the two lost empires that had been expanding and then falling into silence finally showed some changes.

First, their vassal civilizations were the first to declare war.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that the Watcher and the Voyager both had five vassal civilizations. At first, there were only four Voyagers, but after absorbing the criminal enterprise, the Khur Alliance, the number reached five.

This small-scale war between the vassals actually presented a strange sense of ritual, as if it had been agreed in advance. Strong against strong, weak against weak, everyone’s opponent seemed to be evenly matched.

Just as the civilizations were still watching the evenly matched war and wondering what they were up to, the Watcher and the Voyager received their own news.

They had sent an envoy to every young civilization instead of through the usual methods such as signal broadcasting, which made it seem very formal.

These envoys directly explained the ancient feud between them and promised to reward those who joined them and punish those who opposed them.

Even though the rewards were tempting, most civilizations were clear-headed. They chose not to join either side and had no interest in the feud between the two lost empires.

There were a few civilizations that thought that the opportunity had arrived, and they chose to join their side, trying to get a share of the grudge between the ancient civilizations.

Even if the winner could receive extremely generous rewards and soar to the top, the price of failure was something they could not afford.

Therefore, the moment they joined, they were fully prepared for war.

Other than that, there was another civilization that made a completely different choice from everyone else.

“You will all kneel at our feet!”

When the Watcher’s emissary came to this civilization, he heard a choice he had never considered.

He even thought that there was something wrong with his translator, and he even especially changed a few new ones to confirm what the Stone Golem in front of him meant.

“Uh… You mean you won’t join either side?” The emissary tried to understand the choice of this civilization, but the Stone Man emphasized again,”

“No! What we mean is that you will all be defeated by us!”

This time, the emissary was absolutely certain that the translator was not wrong. This civilization had chosen to declare war on the two lost empires.

The person who made the unexpected choice came from a stone civilization, which was a silicon-based life form.

Civilizations with such lifeforms were indeed rare in the Milky Way, so many civilizations were initially curious and passionate about them..