Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'-Chapter 1261 - 261: Empire Line: Toward the [Spiritual Deer] Ending (56)

Meganiros let out a long sigh. As a mechanical lifeform, he felt that Li Aozi was driving him to high blood pressure.

"Next time," he said, "next time, find someone who has awakened their mental force, put the ring on their hand, and after a while, I'll be able to come out and talk to you."

"Alright." Li Aozi nodded obediently. "When you go back, will you still live with Durian?"

"(Cyber curse)"

Meganiros pounded on his rusty back, almost out of breath. For a moment, he wanted to pull out his emotion module; otherwise, Meganiros might become the first mechanical lifeform in the Starry Abyss to die of anger.

He calmed down and raised his hand to point at the 'Holy Sword' in Li Aozi's hand:

"I'll let you off this time—Leoz, for you to find this sword, it seems that fate is on our side."

"Hold on."

Li Aozi raised a hand to stop the other's explanation and questioned:

"Wait a minute, I still don't get why you chose to stand on my side. From now on, you should explain properly, your origin, why you are sealed in the ring, why you help me, and what exactly this Holy Sword is. Answer one by one, slowly."

"No need to answer slowly, I am a mechanical lifeform, I'll just tell you directly."

Meganiros didn't waste any words:

"Question one: I am the former [Mechanical World Speaker], Meganiros, the last generation with autonomous consciousness, currently in exile."

"[Secret Society] Gaia defeated you and devoured Morphederia's strength, awakening a certain authority that allows her to enslave and even force other [Societies] to replace their speakers. I was the unlucky one who Gaia used as a practice and was directly removed from my speaker position and excised from the [Mechanical World Society]."

"Enslaving [Societies]?" Li Aozi was stunned. "Are you kidding? How can Gaia have such an ability?"

"You can look at me, I have already been expelled from the list of [Societies]."

Meganiros opened his chest, revealing an empty energy chamber:

"My Holy Son Core was directly removed, reverting me to the state from thousands of years ago when I had just completed consciousness transmission. Fortunately, Gaia's actions also granted me an independent new soul. In other words, what stands before you is a mechanical being with the appearance of 'Meganiros' but a completely new soul spirit—Theseus' Ship, you understand?"

Li Aozi nodded:

"I understand this; a ship constantly replaces its parts, even changing the dragon bone. Even if it retains the same name in the end, the ship is no longer the same — your [Society] citizens have no independent soul. Whether being swallowed, corrupted, or released, they are different from the original existence."

"Now, to answer question two. For efficiency, I'll answer questions two and three together."

Meganiros raised two fingers:

"Being sealed in the ring was voluntary. You should have come into contact with other rings like mine that sealed many former [Society] members. This was done to protect us from the persecution of the Narrative and [Society]."

"Who helped you?"

"[Adventurous Saintess] Vellia," Meganiros said. "That woman managed to live for over three thousand years after breaking free from the secret, it is truly admirable. Over these three thousand years, she consistently helped others like me who sought to leave or escape from [Society]."

"Behind Vellia is [Scholar] Lyle," Li Aozi said. "Lyle holds a passive stance on the invasion of the Starry Abyss, or rather, he does not approve of Earthlings' invasion and is not interested in Earthling culture."

"That makes sense, I can also understand how Vellia managed to live for three thousand years without dying and continually help people like me who are in distress."

The communication between the two was efficient and rapid; a few words sufficed to clarify the situation.

"The reason for helping you is simple, my homeland and country are gone. My now independent and free soul does not want to be enslaved again."

Meganiros raised his hand and tapped on his rusty iron shell, saying:

"My body is old, even if it used to be supported by divine power, without a real body and only residing in the ring, it will not last for the next millennium. But I've lived long enough. I want to spend my remaining years peacefully in the Starry Abyss as a normal life until this body naturally expires, just this simple."

"Easy to say, you also know that your identity will attract the envy of many."

"As the [Mechanical Holy Father] with divine right, divinity, and godhood, and as a former [Mechanical World Speaker], both the Narrative Civilization and the [Society] side have sufficient reasons to divide me up."

Meganiros smiled faintly:

"More importantly, I don't want Gaia, who brought me to this point, to still live carefree."

"That's why I came looking for you."

"Lord Leoz, you have deep-seated hatred with Gaia, a blood feud. We have common goals, neither of us wants to let Gaia have it easy. As long as you don't give up the fight against Gaia, I am willing to assist or help you."

"You don't conceal your intention to use others at all."

"Facing someone who values efficiency like Leoz, there's no need for that."

"Ha."

Li Aozi laughed:

"Since you've been by my side all along, you should know Redd Gold also formed an alliance with me, and now he's letting the Angel Envoy come after me. Even knowing I have no confidence in the alliance right now, do you still plan to do this?"

"I have no choice, Leoz. If anyone can defeat Gaia, I believe it must be you."

"Why? I've never defeated her, let alone now that Gaia can enslave [Societies], how can we contend with her?"

"Lord Leoz, I think you still haven't understood why, as the [Mechanical World Speaker], I personally arrived at Haines, willing to serve as a God Embracer under you."

Meganiros shrugged and finally looked at the Holy Sword.

"Now, to answer your last question."

His eyes sharpened, and he said solemnly:

"Long ago, at the pinnacle of all [Societies], there were three of the most powerful, largest, and widest-ranging Predator [Societies]."

"One was the Earthlings from other universes. Having conquered many stars, they finally, under the leadership of Governor Gaia, created the magnificent Ether Civilization and completed their transformation, becoming the [Secret Society] Gaia, continually waging campaigns and devourings, daring even to attack the Pantheon for their dominance."

"Another was the demon civilization from a different plane, originally a very humble and elegant civilization. But after transforming into the [Outer Society] Perjalai, they became utterly hideous and greedy, continuously launching erosion wars, even Gaia's hometown, Earth, once suffered great calamities."

"Many people may have known or may never have noticed the third [Society], once more powerful than Gaia and Perjalai, but eventually besieged, divided, and not even leaving a name. It was known only as the [High Court Society]."

"Leoz, have you ever thought about why it was the [High Court Society] that got divided?"

Li Aozi replied without hesitation:

"Isn't that normal? Based on what you've said, the weak unite to confront the strong, and besides, [Societies] would naturally consume each other, raiding each other's diversity..."

"Initially, many people thought as you did, I thought so myself, even Vellia had the same thought."

Meganiros looked at the ring:

"Until Vellia saved a [High Court Society] Jury citizen, she found out the truth."

"What?"

"[High Court Society] was not just a mere beast. Even the High Court Civilization was nurtured by the Primordial Abyss, loyal to the Primordial Abyss' Elemental Civilization, or rather, the High Court was a vassal state of your Primordial Abyss."

Meganiros looked into Li Aozi's eyes and said:

"The leader of the High Court Elemental Civilization was called Araman Pushya."

"But this was just a disguise, for the entire Elemental Civilization was constructed with support from the Primordial Abyss, and besides being a civilization leader, she had another identity: a disciple of the Sovereign God Clan warriors."

"And that Spiritual Warrior was called: [God of the Present World] Reylette."