Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Luo Mi returned to the holy city of Bethlehem, clutching the Scepter of Glory, and began to ponder how to find Lord Zixiang.
Of the five demon lords, the Blackwing Lord was part of Anos, the Rose Lord and the Red Horn Lord had already joined him, the Lone Shadow Lord’s whereabouts were still unknown, so only the Zixiang Lord remained.
Luo Mi had already silently repeated “Sinialat” in his mind several times, but Lord Zixiang did not respond to him at all, perhaps out of fear.
However, Luo Mi also reflected on it. The first time he called out the name of Lord Zixiang, it caused half of her real dream to collapse. The second time he called her, he asked her for the power of origin. No wonder Lord Zixiang didn’t want to talk to him.
If Luo Mi were to use the Glory Scepter and his Seraphic power to forcefully search, he could find the approximate location of Lord Zixiang. However, this would inevitably alert the other party, forcing him to run away before he could find him.
After careful consideration, Luo Mi summoned Archbishop Ellis, who remained in the Holy City, and asked the Rose Lord residing within him, “How do you think I should make the Zixiang Lord feel my goodwill?”
A blood-red bat floated into Archbishop Ellis’s ear and chuckled: “Your Majesty, Zixiang is a coward. Unless she feels safe or will die if she doesn’t see you, she will definitely hide without leaving a trace.”
Luo Mi stroked his chin: “I feel the same way. But you and Lord Zixiang have been colleagues for so many years, you should know a little about her, right?”
The Rose Lord’s bat tilted its head and replied, “I do have a method. Besides being timid, Zixiang also has a strong possessive and jealous nature, and is very protective of its food. You can consider it from this perspective.”
When Luo Mi mistakenly drank the Green Heart, the Blackwing Lord said the same thing. But how can this be used? The Succubus and Nightmare, these subordinates of the Zixiang Lord, have all entered the Real Dream, and the Zixiang Lord’s lovers— or rather, her food— were nowhere to be found…
Thinking of this, Luo Mi glanced at the Rose Lord and wondered if the vampire and the succubus had a thing for each other.
As if seeing through Luo Mi’s thoughts, the Rose Lord gracefully bowed: “I’ve heard that Zixiang once seduced an archbishop of the Holy See?”
“Bishop Eugen has already been returned by Lord Zixiang…” Luo Mi answered first, then realized what Lord Rose meant, “You mean even though Lord Zixiang sent him back, she actually made some arrangements in secret?”
The Rose Lord laughed and said, “I’m afraid the person Zixiang has set her sights on won’t be easily let go.”
Luo Mi nodded thoughtfully.
….
That evening, Luo Mi returned to St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
He completely concealed himself, observing Bishop Eugen’s every move.
After Bishop Eugen went to bed and fell asleep, Luo Mi’s eyes blazed with even more intense light as he focused all his attention— and sure enough, in many of the dreams that flashed through Bishop Eugen’s mind, Luo Mi saw a familiar Sinialat flower.
He seized the moment and leaped into that dream.
Soon, Luo Mi sensed an unnatural resistance arising within the dream, attempting to repel him. Unfortunately, after becoming a Seraph, his power over dreams had also become an instinct for Luo Mi; he was simply waiting for the repulsive force of the real dream!
He grasped this power and traced it back to its source.
“Sizzle!”
Luo Mi broke into the real dream.
Upon entering the real dream world, Luo Mi was momentarily stunned.
If it weren’t for the ground covered in Sinialat flowers, Luo Mi would have thought he had returned to reality: this was St. Patrick’s Cathedral decorated with various gears, the bedroom of Bishop Eugen.
Luo Mi quickly realized: Was Lord Zixiang recreating the real world within a real dream?
He squinted and walked out of the church.
He soon discovered that only the interior of the church was nearly identical to reality; the buildings of the Hig Empire outside were scattered, with only a few matching reality, while the rest remained the empty Sinialat flower field.
A few petals floated up around Luo Mi, transforming into the appearance of Lord Zixiang.
The demon lord looked helpless and took a deep breath: “Dear Your Holiness, what is it now?”
Luo Mi pretended not to notice the gritted teeth in Lord Zixiang’s words and pointed to the lifelike St. Patrick’s Cathedral: “What are you doing?”
Lord Zixiang’s face twitched slightly: “I did not break the agreement to seduce Eugen again, I just borrowed his memories to make the real dream more real.”
Luo Mi seemed to be deep in thought: “Is this a benefit you gained from the effects of divine punishment?”
Lord Zixiang gave him a wary look, but did not admit anything: “What exactly do you want from me?”
Luo Mi smiled and said, “It’s nothing, I just took a liking to your real dream.”
Lord Zixiang: “…”
….
When it came to surviving the apocalypse, Luo Mi made a joke before describing the key points to Lord Zixiang.
Lord Zixiang stood there silently for a long time before slowly exhaling and speaking first: “So, your plan is to sacrifice my real dream?”
Luo Mi nodded: “Yes. So if there’s anything you want, we can trade.”
Lord Zixiang chuckled softly: “The Real Dream is my most successful work, the result of my painstaking efforts. It is a masterpiece that none of the previous succubi nightmares have created. Although it was built to survive the apocalypse, I have always intended to make it a work of art.”
Luo Mi looked at her without saying anything.
Lord Zixiang sighed, then changed the subject, “But without surviving the apocalypse, everything is just empty talk— since His Holiness the Pope has come to me, I must first ask, how can you guarantee that I won’t be abandoned by you after the apocalypse?”
Luo Mi had anticipated this: “Once your true dream is connected to the Ark, you will be bound to the souls of the entire world. Unless everyone leaves the Ark, anyone who wants to harm you will have to pay a heavy price… And releasing the soul from the Ark is a long process, enough time for you to prepare your means of survival.”
Lord Zixiang gently bit her lip and laughed: “With such generous treatment, how can you be so sure I won’t harm the souls of all humanity?”
Of course, it’s because the Ark is in the hands of the God’s Heart… Luo Mi glanced at her, but didn’t say it aloud, only saying, “Of course I have a way.”
Lord Zixiang was silent for a moment, then sighed deeply: “If the apocalypse is really as you say, then I am not capable of surviving it in my current state… Let me confirm, and I will give you an answer soon.”
….
After Lord Zixiang agreed to join, Luo Mi quickly sent her to the location of the Ark.
After discussing with the God’s Heart, Lord Zixiang made a request: for the real dream to be able to reproduce reality to a sufficient degree, there must be a sufficient number of demons.
However, demons had no chosen ones, so if you want to bring demons back into the Ark, you had to do it manually.
In the following time, Luo Mi suddenly found himself with quite a lot of free time.
The demon Anos was handling the recycling of the Chosen Ones, the holy son Anos was handling the recycling of the demons, and the God’s Heart was busy adjusting the Ark… Luo Mi had plenty of free time, but he was also anxious.
He knew that the current leisure was just the calm before the storm. The Ark Project was colliding with God’s plan, and the future of the entire world had come to a standstill. The preparation time was decreasing second by second before the life-or-death collision.
Luo Mi chose to immerse himself in the Vatican’s library, studying various hidden materials and resonating with the three great artifacts every day to investigate whether the God had any hidden tricks up his sleeve, doing his best to find the loopholes in the entire Ark Project.
About a month later, Luo Mi received a message from the demon Anos: all the chosen ones had been recovered.
This meant that the Ark would begin to accelerate the recycling of human souls to make the construction of the real dream more efficient.
For a true dream to vividly simulate the real world, it needed the memories of countless souls as a reference. Every inch of land and every flower and plant must be included to completely transfer the connection between people and reality, thus preserving the real world to the greatest extent possible.
In fact, the phenomenon of people disappearing was quite common nowadays, causing considerable panic. Therefore, Luo Mi specifically instructed the major cathedrals to classify the disappearances as acts of divine calling, in order to avoid further chaos.
After all the Chosen Ones had been collected, Luo Mi summoned the envoys from the Empire and various duchies and announced the main body of the Ark Project.
As humanity was recycled back to the Ark, the number of people in the real world would decrease. But before everyone returned to the Ark, different countries and organizations needed to maintain peace and stability as much as possible— at least no one should die from war before returning to the Ark.
Undoubtedly, this event was like a bombshell, leaving the delegations from various countries reeling and wondering if His Holiness Pope Saint Anos I had gone mad, or if they themselves had gone insane.
Luo Mi had already informed the College of Cardinals about this the night before, giving them a night to process the news. This time, he gave the delegations from various countries about the same amount of time: “You should calm down for a day, convey the original message to your king, and if you need confirmation, you can pass the message on to me, and I will speak with him personally.”
The delegation stared blankly at the young pope, finally realizing that he was not joking.
The imperial envoy was the first to recover, he moved his lips, and tentatively asked, “Your Majesty, will the gods not protect us in this apocalypse?”
Because the belief in God was deeply rooted throughout the world, Luo Mi did not tell them that the source of the apocalypse was God, but described the apocalypse as a natural disaster.
He replied, “God has fallen asleep, and the ark is what God left for mankind.”
The imperial delegation frowned and replied with difficulty, “I will convey this to His Majesty.”
Luo Mi nodded and glanced at the other envoys— several of them looked doubtful, clearly not believing him, probably thinking it was some excuse for the Papacy to seize power.
Then Luo Mi announced another thing: “In about a week, the Light Domain Barrier will stop operating.”
He would then reclaim the Eternal Fence and integrate it into the Ark.
This news caused a much stronger shock than the previously vague doomsday prophecy. Several envoys even stood up abruptly, exclaiming, “Your Majesty?!”
Luo Mi pressed his hands down: “The Light Domain Barrier is essential for surviving the apocalypse, so you don’t need to worry. Do you really think the Holy See just stationed the Divine Magic Legion and the Templar Knights at the Light Domain border for fun?”
The envoys were not used to the new pope’s straightforward way of speaking, but they had to follow Luo Mi’s style: “But after the barrier is withdrawn, can the attack from the Demon Realm be stopped?”
Luo Mi smiled and said, “Yes.”
Everyone else couldn’t help but show expressions of suspicion.
Luo Mi was quite confident about this: “The five great demon lords have all been wiped out, and the slightly stronger demons have also disappeared. Now there are only some disorganized minor demons left. Even the armies of various countries can handle them, let alone the divine magic wall that has been built on the border.”
Without giving the envoys a chance to ask questions, Luo Mi stood up, looked around, and said loudly, “Everyone, go back and report to prepare as soon as possible! The end of the world is coming soon.”
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