Chapter 3261: The Age of Deception
"Is the wonder building a part of a high-level ceremony?" Gutaleis said with some surprise: "So, Tunita's construction of the wonder of Crystal City is actually preparing for a large-scale ceremony?"
Graipnir glanced at Gutales and said calmly: "Isn't that right? You'll find out if you continue to listen."
After finishing speaking, Gleipnir changed the topic and began to tell the story corresponding to the third piece of the puzzle - "The Resonance of the Holy Corpse Crystal".
"Holy Corpse Crystal, I think you have all heard of it."
"To put it bluntly, the holy corpse crystal is the corpse of the Jingmu tribe."
The characteristics of the Jingmu people are very obvious. Their skin is like transparent glass, their flesh and blood is like colorless liquid gold, and their bones are like icicles on the frozen soil. The whole person seemed to be melted by ice crystals.
It is indeed true that normal people will experience the process of decay and return to ruins after death. The Jingmu tribe is different. They will turn into a human-shaped transparent crystal after death.
And this transparent crystal is the so-called "Holy Corpse Crystal".
"When Tunita built Crystal City, it was still under normal construction at the beginning. It used permafrost soil as the base, unmelting ice as the walls, and incombustible frost as embellishments. But as the construction entered the final stage, Tunita suddenly made a new request to the Presbyterian Church."
Tunita's order was very strange. All the members of the Presbyterian Church at that time subconsciously rejected it when they saw it.
Because Tunita's order is that from now on, the crystallization of the holy corpses of all newly deceased people will be integrated into the wall and used as materials to build the Crystal City.
The holy corpse crystal is the corpse of the Jingmu tribe. Although the appearance of the Jingmu clan is very different from humans, their attitude towards the deceased was similar to humans at first.
The Council of Elders unanimously agreed that this was an act of desecration of the deceased and should never be tolerated. Even if it is His Excellency the Prophet who gives the order, he must resist.
Facing the fierce resistance of the elders, Tunita did not object. He just secretly issued the same order to his supporters in his own name.
As a prophet of a clan, Tunita is a god-like existence to many of his fans. Although Tunita's order sounds a bit treacherous, for fanatics, how can they dare to question the will of "God"? Besides, Prophet Tunita’s order is that in the future, the holy corpse crystals of newly deceased people will be integrated into the Crystal City. This does not necessarily mean that he will die, and it will not affect him in a short period of time, so it doesn’t hurt to support him.
In addition, Tunita's Crystal City is open to all tribesmen. For some people at the bottom, this is a gift of reinvention. In the past, after their death, their bodies were randomly buried in the frozen wasteland. Now they are integrated into the Crystal City, which is equivalent to accompanying their descendants in disguise. This is much better than leaving their bodies in the wilderness.
For a time, there were many supporters from top to bottom.
It is estimated that only the prophet Tunita has been able to do this since ancient times, allowing the upper-class nobles and the lower-class people to reach a consensus on the same policy.
However, the consensus of the people could not immediately overturn the consensus of the Presbyterian Church. The Presbyterian Church is still unwilling to allow the Holy Corpse Crystal to be integrated into the Crystal City.
Tunita still did not take any action against the stubbornness of the Presbyterian Church, but just waited silently for a point in time. Half a month later, the time came. …
A guard of the Jingmu Clan encountered an ice wind disaster that had never happened in a century while patrolling. He was blown up by the ice wind and disappeared.
It is said that he is missing, but in fact everyone knows that this Jingmu clan guard will definitely die if he encounters the catastrophe of the ice wind. The corpses were probably swept hundreds or even thousands of miles into unknown wasteland.
The guard's family wants to find him, even if it's his body.
They kept looking for someone, praying to the Guards to find him. But the Guards refused this thankless task without hesitation.
At this time, they remembered the command of Prophet Tunita. ——Integrate the newly deceased into the Ice Crystal City.
If this order is to be carried out, the body of the guard must be found first.
Using this reason, they reported it step by step, and Tunita finally found out. Without any hesitation, Prophet Tunita immediately used all kinds of forces to search for the person who suffered the disaster.
of guards.
After the ice wind disaster passed, it only took a day and a half to find the guards hundreds of miles away. As everyone expected, the other party died and turned into a crystallized human form.
Under the sad gaze of his family, he integrated into the Crystal City under the name of the Holy Corpse Crystal. Because of the support of public opinion, even the Presbyterian Church did not dare to have an opinion on this and could only acquiesce.
After this incident, the storm slowly subsided.
Half a year passed in a flash.
During this time, some members of the Jingmu tribe also died, but these dead people were buried in the traditional way. Even if their family members support the prophet, support is support, and they still have to do things the original way after death.
Tunita said nothing about this, until one day he brought all the Presbyterians together. In front of all the elders, he led a homeless and ignorant young man into his secret room.
Half a day later, when the homeless boy showed up again, he was a different person.
Before, he was ignorant and cowardly. But now, he is not only literate, but also has his own opinions. Even if he cannot reach the height of a scholar, he has surpassed most ordinary people.
Before, although he had some strength, he did not have any extraordinary abilities, and his fighting was unorganized; but now, he can not only control the crystal shell, but also use the power of ice crystals.
The disparity between the front and the back shocked everyone in the Presbyterian Church. What the hell is going on? Why is there such a big contrast?
Faced with the doubts of the Elders, Tunita gave an incredible explanation: "The resonance of the Holy Corpse Crystal."
According to Tunita, the blueprint of the Crystal City was obtained by him accidentally, and it has incredible abilities: as long as the Holy Corpse Crystal is integrated into the Crystal City, once the Holy Corpse Crystal resonates, it means that a person who can inherit the inheritance in the Holy Corpse Crystal will appear in the Crystal City.
To sum it up in one sentence: The Holy Corpse Crystal can be transformed into a medium for inheriting abilities and knowledge in the Crystal City. The premise is resonance.
And this wandering boy resonated with the guard who died in the Ice Wind Disaster before. So, there is the current situation.
The wandering boy inherited the inheritance in the Holy Corpse Crystal, obtained some of the other party's abilities and knowledge, and became the backbone of the Crystal City from a useless person.
Tunita's words are like a stone thrown into a dead pool of water. A stone stirs up a thousand waves. …
The people of the Elders did not believe this absurd thing from the bottom of their hearts, but the facts were placed in front of them, making them feel like they were in front of an absurd drama.
They began to inquire carefully about the situation, talked in detail with the wandering boy, and consulted the prophet Tunita.
As more information was revealed, they had to believe it.
The wandering boy really inherited the mantle of the dead guard!
At this time, Tunita also loudly declared: "The construction of Crystal City is not only to eliminate discrimination and break the hierarchy, but more importantly, it is for the future of the Crystal Eye Clan. Imagine that the ancestors with outstanding abilities passed away without successors. How sad it is? Wouldn't it let those outstanding talents that shone in history disappear in the long river of time?"
"And now, as long as the holy corpse crystals are integrated into the special building of Crystal City, there is a certain probability that the talents of past heroes can be inherited from the long river of time. How lucky is this?"
"This is not against tradition, it is a kind of innovation in the future!"
"Don't you want the Crystal Eye Clan to get better and better? Don't you want the glory of the ancestors to protect us as we move forward?" Tunita's last question was suspected of labeling and moral kidnapping, but it must be said that this tortured their souls.
If there is a chance to inherit the mantle of the predecessors, wouldn't it be equivalent to taking a long detour? For a time, the hearts of the elders were floating.
Tunita looked at the tangled elders, without urging them, and said lightly: "If you still have doubts, you might as well try a few more times and let time prove that what I said is not false."
Two years later, several young men obtained the inheritance of their predecessors in Tunita's secret room.
Finally, after seeing the iron-clad facts, the elders
had their first defector, who stood beside the prophet Tunita to show his attitude.
With the first supporter, the second, third and more people all stood up. Tunita looked at the increasing number of supporters around him and knew in his heart that the general trend was set. .·
The above is the story told in "Resonance of the Holy Corpse Crystal". Gleipnir told this part in great detail, because the first two stories were not actually secret, but just an introduction.
And this story has already involved the biggest secret of the Crystal Eye Clan.
After listening to it, most of the people were still in a trance. Even Gutalles was shocked by this secret and did not speak for a long time.
Luigi said to Angel with great pride: "When I came to Crystal City before, didn't I tell you about the speculation about the Holy Corpse Crystal? I said at that time that the group of teenagers who came out of the forbidden area suddenly mastered various strange abilities. There must be something wrong with this. Maybe they are using the Holy Corpse Crystal to inherit the abilities of their ancestors."
"See, I was right."
Luigi showed off proudly.
Angel also nodded, confirming that Luigi did say this speculation.
At that time, Angel didn't dare to believe this rumor that was simply a fairy tale, but now after listening to Gleipnir's story, he realized that what Luigi said was not wrong.
Looking at the proud Luigi, Gleipnir glanced at Luigi calmly: "I have only told half of the puzzle, the story is not over yet, do you think your guess must be right now?"...
Luigi was stunned: "Is there any variable?"
Gleipnir sneered and said nothing, but Angel said softly: "Until now, the truth of Lita's danger has not surfaced. If Lita is related to the resonance of the Holy Corpse Crystal, he should not be in danger, but should be happy about it."
But now the situation is completely the opposite. Hilda is missing, Fada warns, and Lita is in danger. There are obviously more tricks in it.
Moreover, Angel was also very confused after listening to "The Resonance of the Holy Corpse Crystal".
As a wizard, he believes in a principle: if there is gain, there must be sacrifice. Gain and sacrifice, even if they are not equal, must exist.
In "The Resonance of the Holy Corpse Crystal", the wandering boy got the inheritance of the deceased, so what price did he pay?
It is obviously impossible to ask for something for no reason without giving anything in return.
As expected, facing Angel's doubts, Gleipnir nodded gently: "Yes, gaining and giving must be mutual. Even if you can't see the price now, you will definitely pay the price in the future."
Speaking of this, Gleipnir finally entered the next puzzle story: "If "The Resonance of the Holy Corpse Crystal" is a beautiful dream, then "The Elegy of the End of Youth" is the reality that punctures this dream."
In the hundred years since the Holy Corpse Crystal was integrated into the Crystal City, countless young geniuses were born. They inherited the mantle of their predecessors and reached the current peak in a short period of time, and then relied on their own efforts to continuously break through the upper limit.
In just a hundred years, they have achieved achievements that the Crystal Eye Clan has not achieved in thousands of years.
It is precisely because of this hundred years of shining stars that Tunita's prestige has been pushed to an unprecedented level. He has become the greatest prophet of the Crystal Eye Clan, who has never been seen before and will never be seen again.
Originally, many people in the Elders' Council insisted on tradition and were unwilling to let the deceased integrate into the Crystal City. But seeing such a brilliant and dazzling era, they also turned against each other.
With the full support of the Elders' Council, coupled with Tunita's own reputation, and the subtle promotion in the past hundred years. Almost all the people of the Crystal Eye Clan have accepted the new burial method.
Let yourself, your family, and your friends merge with the Crystal City after death.
Many people of the Crystal Eye Clan even feel that this way of burial makes them feel more at ease, as if their deceased family members are always by their side.
Whether it is the change of thought or the dazzling moment of the stars, everything is looking in a good direction.
Just when the Elders thought that such a rapid rise would continue until the Crystal Eye Clan reached an irreplaceable height, the reality slapped them hard at this time.
The greatest prophet Tunita died of old age.
At first, everyone thought that Tunita's death, like the many epic poems in historical stories, was only grand for a while, but as time passed, those glorious pasts would slowly be forgotten.
But this is not the case.
Tunita's death is not just a page in the history book, he also brought the entire history of the Crystal Eye Clan into an unknown destination.
The reason is that Tunita had fabricated a huge lie before his death.
And this big lie deceived all the members of the Presbyterian Church and led them into a ditch, making it impossible to turn around. Because this huge lie is - this era of shining stars.