Mystery: The Stars Returner

At the end of June 1364, a full month had passed since the night of eternal darkness fell.

A world without any light, filled with despairing coldness and darkness.

The idea of ​​doomsday is becoming more and more popular. In many areas where the kingdom's control is relatively weak, large-scale churches of external gods have emerged. They believe that the end of the world is inevitable and they should enjoy it in time, and do all kinds of absurd and inhumane things.

Among them, the Cthulhu Order is the most popular. Followers from all over the country frequently hold sacrificial rituals. Many people recognize the doctrine that the sea is the destination of all living things, and choose to use mystical rituals to transform themselves into a person who can live freely in the sea. monster.

Some villages in coastal areas have even thrown themselves into the embrace of the ocean together, becoming a new ethnic group that can live in the sea. They call themselves the sea tribe, the dependents of the great Cthulhu, and his most loyal servants.

In addition to the Cthulhu Order, another mysterious church has recently emerged. They believe in eternal darkness and believe that eternal darkness is the end of the world and even the entire universe.

They hate all light and firmly believe that eternal darkness is the real future. If humans want to survive, they must actively adapt to a lightless world.

Therefore, they are also called the lightless ones, and many of them are from the original members of the Church of the Goddess of the Night.

In the capital of Intis, streets, houses, and even cultivated fields were covered with heavy snow. As a consul, Russell was too busy to stop every day.

Recently, a group of time travelers have been summoned, and they are asked to follow the extraordinary people of the Church of the Mother Earth to study how to cultivate fruits, vegetables and other food crops that can be grown in cold weather.

Fortunately, a mushroom king from the sea developed crops that can thrive in the lightless darkness and cultivated various types of mushrooms.

For example, milk mushrooms can produce milk, bread mushrooms can be eaten as bread, and various mushrooms can be used as meat, beer, red wine, sucrose, etc.

Various kingdoms actively promoted these mushroom crops, which made the food problem not so serious.

For this reason, Russell strongly suggested that the Mother Earth Church build a statue for the Mushroom King and enjoy incense and worship.

The food problem has been solved, but the weather is getting colder day by day, making it difficult for workers to work, a large number of work stoppages have occurred, and too many people need relief.

Taking the Republic of Intis as an example, even if the government provides a large amount of relief and help, it cannot benefit all its people. The towns and villages in remote areas have completely become the stronghold of the Church of Outer Gods.

Now, there's another problem to solve, and the despair that comes with the Dark Night spreads.

Russell waited for more than ten minutes in his study. A light door opened, and then a golden retriever dog walked out. Then the light door closed.

"Susie, the greatest spiritual teacher of this century, your outstanding contributions deserve to be honored in the Ancestral Temple."

Russell greeted her with a smile on her face and kept praising Susie's character.

Popular despair is spreading and needs to be addressed promptly, otherwise society will fall into unprecedented turmoil.

The heartless are more terrifying than the lightless.

And Susie, an expert psychiatrist and spiritual mentor with many years of experience, a great sage who walks in the dream world, and the creator of the beautiful dreams of thousands of creatures.

Best at dealing with large-scale mental issues.

"Old Huang, we are good friends. As long as you are in need, I will naturally come to help you." Susie stretched out her front paws and put them on the palm of Russell's crouched body.

"My citizens will trouble you."

Russell held Susie's paw and pressed it solemnly to her forehead.

"give it to me."

Susie nodded, her whole body flashed with light, and she left the study, walking in the eternal dark night, among the dreams of those creatures who could not sleep.

Russell finally breathed a sigh of relief. Susie was too popular and busy now. If it weren't for their unusual friendship, Susie would still be dealing with the problem of the Balam Empire.

Backlund and Will left a clone at home, and the main body went to the Kingdom of God, which originally belonged to the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, to actively accommodate the Key of Light.

After the night of eternal darkness fell, the fate of the future became completely chaotic. He who had not fully mastered the key of light could no longer glimpse the fate of the future.

In order to solve this problem, He spent most of his time in the Kingdom of God concentrating on containing the Key of Light.

"Huh, destiny, it's such a long journey."

Will opened his eyes, put away the Key of Light, and opened the door to the Kingdom of God. The God of Steam and Machinery who was guarding the door came in and informed him of various things that had happened during this period.

"Great incarnation of destiny, have you seen the future where light breaks through the night?" The God of Steam and Machinery bowed slightly and asked.

"This day is not far away."

Will didn't say much more, letting the God of Steam and Machinery continue to guard outside. He continued to contain the Key of Light and continued to search for the correct destiny for the future.

Two months later, Will ended his act of accommodating the Key of Light and looked up at the sky still shrouded in eternal darkness.

Then leave the kingdom of God and go to the kingdom of death deep in the spiritual world.

Gray Carrie, who was entrenched near the tributary of the River of Eternal Darkness, noticed Will's approach and slowly opened her eyes, watching His arrival.

"I got a glimpse of my future destiny."

"Tweet?"

"Yes, it has something to do with you." Will nodded, paused before continuing: "You are the light that breaks through the eternal dark night."

"Tweet?"

"I saw you incarnate as the sun, with brilliant golden light shining in all directions. You were responsible for the rotation of day and night, and were responsible for the movement of the four seasons."

Gray Carrie didn't speak again. He tilted his head slightly and thought for a long time, then nodded.

"Actually, you can refuse. The fate I see may not necessarily come." Will looked hesitant.

He didn't want Gray Carrie to choose such a fate, especially since this fate was said by Him himself.

"I want to believe that the fate you see is the correct fate." Gray Carrie opened her mouth and spat out a pure ancient giant language.

He flapped his wings and circled around the tributary of the River of Eternal Darkness, "Help me guard this place."

"I will!" Will nodded solemnly, watching Gray Carrie flap her wings, fly out of the spirit world, and fly high into the sky.

Before the initial crack in the barrier, shrouded in eternal darkness, Gray Carrie flapped her wings and arrived. The burning flames of the phoenix caused the Mother Earth, God of Steam and Machinery to come out to check.

"What happened?" The God of Steam and Machinery asked anxiously.

Gray Carrie did not answer, but quietly looked down at the vast land below.

Then under their gaze, Gray Carrie closed her wings, and the flames of the phoenix continued to burn and gather along her body, eventually turning into a golden sun.

At this moment, the long-lost rays of the sun replaced the eternal dark night, allowing the earth to welcome the sunrise again and embrace the light!

The flying snow dissipates, the glaciers thaw, and everything begins to recover.

Gray Carrie, who turned into the sun, let out a cry that could not be heard by the world, and flew slowly from east to west, just like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.

Only at this moment did the Goddess of Earth, Steam and Machinery understand what Gray Carrie wanted to do.

He is using the power of the sun given to Him by the stars to transform into the sun to dispel the eternal night of darkness that shrouds the heads of thousands of creatures!

The Earth Mother Goddess opened her mouth and said nothing. She just cooperated with Gray Carrie's actions and used her authority to restore vitality to the frozen earth as soon as possible.

"..." The God of Steam and Machinery sighed silently.

The eternal night of darkness is dispelled, and light shines again.

Thousands of creatures that were originally shivering in the world of ice and snow shrouded in eternal darkness hurriedly walked out of their houses, left the caves where they were hiding, dug open pits, and came out to welcome the warm baptism of the sun's rays.

Bathed in the sunshine again, countless creatures who had been lucky enough to survive the eternal dark night cried out with joy. Many people knelt on the ground and worshiped the sun in the sky.

Backlund, Audrey, who was arranging various matters for the Tarot Club, looked at the light spreading from the window, walked to the window, and looked at the sky that dispersed the eternal dark night.

There, a rising sun is slowly passing from east to west.

From its appearance, it looks no different from the original sun, with blazing flames and dazzling light that is difficult to see directly with the naked eye.

"Grey Carrie..."

Audrey whispered with red eyes. She saw a vague image of a two-winged bird inside the golden sun.

That's Greycarrie, the ancestor of the phoenix!