Twilight Speaker

Chapter 1: The First Year of the Divine Calendar (Prologue)

【Afternoon, 15:23】

"Target No. 21 has arrived at the designated location. The 11th test has begun."

"The disposable thermonuclear spectrum ray fusion generator is ready, and all combat personnel are on standby. It is now 2079:4 on April 4, 15 AD. Start!"

The old man with silver hair and golden and silver eyes spoke solemnly and gave orders.

In the huge experimental field, the light suddenly dimmed, and a super-high-energy concentrated light beam with a diameter of tens of meters suddenly rose and fell, heavily bombarding a cold corpse that stretched for thousands of meters.

A high temperature of tens of millions of degrees exploded, and the extreme light pressure covered everything, making the sky and the earth lose their color.

In the experimental field.

The source of the beam, the mountain carrying the [One-time Thermonuclear Spectral Ray Fusion Generator], vaporized in an instant along with the generator.

The earth also began to disappear in large pieces, and was replaced by mist-like high-temperature plasma.

"OMG."

Someone groaned involuntarily and stared blankly at the huge corpse that remained the same without any change.

【Afternoon, 16:00】

"Testing is temporarily suspended."

The old man with heterochromia spoke in a dry voice and trembled subconsciously. This was a temperature of tens of millions degrees Celsius!
The soldiers armed with live ammunition had their throats throbbing, their faces illuminated by the extreme light from far away, turning blue and white. A middle-aged man wearing a monocle clenched his fists:
"We are blaspheming God."

The old man with heterochromatic eyes stared at the gray-black ancient corpse floating in the ultra-high temperature plasma and took a deep breath:

“Can God die?”

“They will die, but for them, death may just be a state of existence.”

The middle-aged man's voice sounded particularly deep.

The old man with heterochromatic pupils glanced sideways suddenly:

"What do you mean?"

The middle-aged man pushed his monocle and responded softly:
"According to the latest news, the remains of the ancient gods No. 1 to No. 3 are showing signs of revival!"

The old man with heterochromatic pupils trembled suddenly and said in a lost voice:
"How can this be!"

"What's impossible?" The middle-aged man said in a low voice: "The Book of Omniscience that came with the fall of the gods revealed that the earlier the gods fell, the stronger they were, and..."

A trace of confusion and fear appeared on his face:

"The Book of Omniscience says that God will eventually wake up."

The old man with heterochromia opened his mouth, but couldn't speak due to the dryness.

for a long time,

He stared at the giant corpse that had survived the nuclear explosion and high temperatures without any damage, and said softly:

"You just said that the remains of ancient gods No. 1 to 3 all showed signs of revival, and the stronger the god, the faster he woke up. So, what about [No. 1]?" No. was not the first corpse to fall, but No. was.

The middle-aged man habitually pushed his monocle and shook his head:

"Nothing happened. The broken sword stuck in Zero's head was extremely mysterious."

"What do you mean?" the old man asked.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then said in confusion:

"That sword is very contradictory. Its existence is like a paradox. It is both light and darkness, flame and flowing water. It is the most profound philosophy of the universe. I cannot describe it in detail."

The old man nodded thoughtfully, then raised his head and stared at the clear sky illuminated by the blue-white light of the plasma, and said:
"By the way, the Book of Omniscience says that number 21 is a certain god?"

"Death Titan? Panic Titan? Anyway, it means something similar. You know, the information given by the Book of Omniscience is always vague."

"What about Zero?"

"The Book of Omniscience No. 0 gives four words, namely [Emperor], [Reality], [Essence] and [The Greatest].

After a pause, the middle-aged man suddenly asked:
"If God really wakes up, what crime should we be punished for our blasphemous behavior?"

The old man closed his golden and silver eyes and smiled:
"Wait for them to wake up? I'm afraid I would have died long ago. Although this place is far enough away from the experimental site and has taken sufficient protective measures, the ultra-high energy radiation released by the plasma can still affect here."

As he spoke, he felt somewhat melancholy:
"I may never see the day when God wakes up in this lifetime."

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man seemed to realize something and tapped his monocle lightly, as if he was receiving some information, and his pupils obviously shrank sharply due to the huge shock.

"What's wrong?" The old man with heterochromia frowned and asked.

The middle-aged man stared at the infinitely distant scene reflected in his monocle and said in astonishment:

"Zero. The broken sword on Zero's head is loose. No, that's not right. It's falling off. The sword is about to fall off!!!"

【Afternoon, 16:08】

"The broken sword fell down."

He had just finished speaking when he felt a blinding light hitting his face. This light was far superior to and far surpassed the light emitted by the high-temperature plasma formed by burning the atomic structure at tens of millions of degrees Celsius.

The middle-aged man covered his eyes, while the old man with heterochromia faced the extreme light and looked against it.

“Oh my god.”

The old man with heterochromia muttered in his sleep and stared into the eyes of the terrifying giant who was thousands of meters tall and stood up.

His beautiful, iconic, gold and silver pupils were burned by the glare.

"After research by the United Nations, it has been decided that 2079:4 p.m. on April 4, 16, will be officially designated as the first year, first hour, and first minute of the Divine Calendar."

At the seat of the UN Secretary-General, the old man with gold and silver eyes announced:
"So, this year will no longer be 2082 AD, but"

"Three years in the divine calendar."

(End of this chapter)