Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 638: The End of the Stars
"This is"

Song Shi suddenly opened his eyes, and the devastating disaster scene disappeared, replaced by a cozy room with warm lights, a brand new sofa and a coffee table.

"Falling from the sky!"

The young man looked sharply at Mortimer.

"Ah."

The man took a sip of his coffee and put the cup down.

"This is, Skyfall."

"No. This is not the point." Song Shi pressed his forehead. "Everyone knows that it must be the throne that destroyed Qingdu, but what about the others? What about the other stars? Where did they go?"

"Perhaps there is another possibility. They didn't run away to some place." Mortimer rubbed his hands slowly: "From the beginning, there were no stars there."

"No." Song Shi pinched his brows: "Then what about the starry sky that I usually see at night? Yes, I sometimes feel that they are not so natural, but..."

"Song Shi, judging from your past experience, you have come into contact with many fifth rings. You even had exchanges with that 'Victory'." Mortimer rubbed his hair: "You should have heard of it."

Song Shi was silent for a second, then spoke word by word.

"——The starry sky is fake."

"Yes, the false, fake starry sky"

Mortimer whispered.

"People cannot imagine things they have never seen." Song Shi looked at him with a different look, and suddenly said, "Even if the current starry sky is fake, the fact that you want to create it must mean that there was a real starry sky in the past."

"You guessed it right."

Mortimer tapped the coffee table with his index finger, and the sound of flipping pages was heard.

After a few breaths, several thick leather books of different sizes and some rolls of paper fell out of thin air.

"According to the research of our Silent Society, there were still many stars above our heads at least tens of thousands of years ago. Well, one of the sources of the birth of the Path of Revelation was astrologers, those strange fortune tellers."

"——Then?" Song Shi took one of the books, flipped through it quickly, and raised his head.

“And then the star went out.”

Mortimer shrugged and said the shocking words in a calm tone.

"Wow, tens of thousands of years, that's a really long time." The man held his face in his hands, "That's true for us humans, but for a celestial body, it can't be shorter - it's just like you asking me what I had for dinner last night."

"What did you eat last night?" Song Shi asked.

"I had a couple of pork chops and a big mince pie with lots of bacon. Unfortunately the pudding was a bit off," Mortimer replied casually, snapping his fingers. "Unfortunately, that's the truth. In just a few tens of thousands of years, the stars went out one after another. God knows what happened."

".Go on." Song Shi said.

"In the beginning, no one cared about this. At most, the emperor was asked to issue a confession of guilt and the court sorcerers were terrified. After that, everyone just did what they had to do." Mortimer sighed, "Who would care about how many stars are on their heads when they don't even know what to eat tomorrow night?"

"Besides, according to the level of ancient astronomical technology, they didn't know how long the normal lifespan of celestial bodies was."

Song Shi pressed his neck and rubbed it hard: "Until the upper limit of spiritual energy is broken again and again."

"To be precise, both technology and psychic power are breaking through, but it is obvious." Mortimer smiled reservedly: "Psychic power plays a leading role."

"Who would have thought that while most people were still wondering if a chair tied to fireworks could fly, there were already psychics trying to break through the atmosphere alone."

"In short, after a series of explorations and observations, the strongest group of psychics at the time used various methods and successfully realized this. The stars are disappearing at an abnormal speed."

"Not enough." Song Shi said slowly: "But it's not enough. The 'strongest' at that time? The third ring, or barely the fourth ring? Even if they realized this, at most they would leave a file and inform future generations."

Mortimer laughed. "More importantly, there are still a lot of things to do right now. Haha, the future? The future is uncertain, and the present is the most important."

"I don't think it's necessary to repeat something that I already know." Song Shi snorted, not taking it seriously: "If you put me in that situation, I would still forget about it. After I finish fighting Terra, if I still have time, I might spend some time studying the stars."

"——But our 'present' no longer has a future."

Mortimer was still laughing, but this time, without merriment.

"Ah."

Song Shi closed his eyes and opened them again.

"No matter how big the gold mine is, it will eventually be mined out. Terra's resources cannot sustain consumption indefinitely."

Mortimer said: "If we want, even if Terra is left with nothing, the throne can still protect some people and support their consumption."

"It's only a part of it." Song Shi whispered, "Even the throne of God still has its limits."

"We have no choice." Mortimer said calmly: "I can tell you that within the observable range centered on Terra, there are no other planets except Xiyue - usable or unusable, there is nothing."

"Heavenfall is not the price, nor the goal."

"This is really humorous to a new level." Song Shi chuckled: "It's just the aftermath of the choice."

"Two thousand years ago, the Gods chose an indisputable path." Mortimer raised his head and shook his head slightly. "The eight Gods of the time gathered together. First, they discussed the Dao for seven days, and then they fought to the death for seven days. They tried to break through the limits of the Gods and reach the unprecedented 'Seventh Ring'."

"Both for my own desires and for Terra's future."

"Obviously, they failed." Song Shi said.

"Ah."

Mortimer hummed.

"After seven days of desperate fighting, the remaining surviving gods took action to repair Terra's ecology, repair the atmosphere and continental map, and readjust Terra's gravity parameters. After all, without a satellite, the gravity system is a big problem."

"According to our current speculation, Qingdu may not have been shattered by accident. There must be a reason. The gods at that time wanted to use this method to integrate it into the mass of Terra. It can be considered a kind of alternative stimulant."

“What a generous move.”

Song Shi stared at the palm of his hand and slowly clenched it.

A frightening light shone from his pupils: "I must see this kind of scenery with my own eyes!"

Mortimer looked into the young man's eyes, full of admiration.

"This 'fall from the sky' caused unparalleled destruction. The seas boiled, the continents split, and a gap was created in the historical axis that was originally passed down in an orderly manner. This is also the reason why there is a serious lack of documents recording that period. Well, this may not be appropriate for me to say, but compared to another thing, this is indeed a small matter."

"Starry sky." Song Shi said lightly.

"False, fake starry sky"

Mortimer raised his head, and the man's sight seemed to pass through the ceiling and reach the quiet and deep endless scene.

"Thought is the forbidden fruit of wisdom, but also the poison of thirst." He chuckled in an ambiguous tone, "Humans are the strongest and the most fragile creatures, so the gods chose to give them this little bit of false hope."

“It’s almost like the glass of a landscape box.”

——Volume 5: [Before the Dispute].

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(End of this chapter)