Alien Knights

After dealing with Aisha's matter, Todd checked the admission list with Emerson and Joe for the last time.

Mr. Raglan was appointed as the chief business advisor, and his wife was specially hired by the Kingdom as his deputy; Lev from the North Island was appointed as a business assistant; the remaining positions were assumed by scholars and businessmen.

The letter of responsibility and the letter of authorization will be drafted by Emerson, while Brother Joe will be responsible for issuing announcements and coordinating related work.

After making all these arrangements, Todd stretched his waist while watching the attendants tidy up the tables and chairs in the audience room, stood up and planned to return to the king's room.

"Your Majesty, Master Terrence requests to meet with you."

Hearing the report from the visitor, Todd was taken aback for a moment.

To be honest, as a king, he didn't have much communication with the academic leader. The last conversation dates back to the king's rescue incident a few months ago.

Todd touched his empty stomach, turned to the attendant and said, "Tell Master Terrence, I invite him to have lunch together."

The cafeteria of the Knights Headquarters is a longhouse-shaped building. In the side hall on the second floor, there is a quiet room that was originally used by the wing commander and the chapter leader alone, but Todd sometimes uses it as a place to entertain official guests.

As the guest of honor was seated, a rather medieval-style lunch officially began. The dishes were very rich, including smoked chicken, vermicelli, fish soup, olive salad...

Unfortunately, the two people who attended the lunch seemed to have no appetite.

Todd is not used to this kind of food, while Terrence has something on his mind.

After finally ending this embarrassing lunch, Todd took a sip of the honey goat milk brought by his attendant, and said to Terrence, "I heard that you have something to ask me."

On Terrence's old face, entanglements and contradictions appeared. After a while, he said: "Your Majesty, I am a straightforward old man."

Todd rolled his eyes.

"Straightforward" means that people should not be punished for their words, while "Old Man" implicitly emphasizes the disparity in age.

"Recently, Muxi College has made great progress in academic theory and practical inventions. I know that a large part of this is due to your credit. Tell me, what do you want?"

Terrence suddenly changed the subject: "Your Majesty, I want to discuss the origin of the world with you... Do you think all existence is based on matter or will?"

After thinking for a while, Todd understood the meaning of the other party: "Do you want to ask me, do you believe in the truth or in God?"

Terrence's expression was a little stiff, he didn't expect Todd to speak so directly.

Todd put down the cup in his hand and looked at the old man: "So, what do you think?"

"Originally, I was a devout believer of the Heavenly Father, and believed that all truths were run under the will of the Heavenly Father. However... the days when the "Truth of Truth" was still imprisoned in the Inquisition made me thoroughly reflect on my beliefs." Terrence opened his neckline, and the chest where the cross was originally hung was already empty.

"If the truth is only a subsidiary of the will, then why are the gods so afraid of the truth, and even use the method of mutilating believers to maintain this ridiculous sense of mystery?"

Terrence's face was flushed, and his voice became louder and louder: "If the world is a fog, and the gods and gods are hidden in it, with the progress of academics, the fog will be dispelled by the light! At that time, where can those so-called gods hide?!"

Todd stared into Terrence's eyes: "So, you think that gods don't exist, and you want to convince me of all of this?"

The latter slowly fell silent and shook his head slightly.

"Your Majesty, you are like a complex of contradictions. Sometimes it is really hard for people to see clearly. You made a microscope and brought the truth into a new field; but at the same time, you are honored as the Son of God, and you are willing to be the mouthpiece of the Heavenly Father."

The more Todd listened, the more confused he became: "Master Terrence, please tell me, what is the purpose of your trip?"

"Please show me another world!"

The old man's sudden request surprised Todd a little.

"Another world? What do you mean?"

Terrence crossed his fingers, and the huge grip force made the skin on the back of his hand lose its color: "That existence that is rumored to be called heaven!"

Todd understood.

After talking for a long time, the old man wanted to enter the soul space to have a look.

"Master Terrence, it's nothing to ask you to take a look, but I can't guarantee that it's safe to enter and exit..."

The old man stood up excitedly, ignored the glaring guards, and went directly to the king: "If you can really let me have a glimpse of the existence of heaven, even if I lose my life, then why not?!"

Todd looked at Terrence, resting his forehead with his palm, his face full of helplessness.

"If you already have such an awareness...well, please sit across from me."

After waiting for Terrence to sit down, Todd put his finger on the other's temple and reminded him again: "I want to confirm again, do you really want to see that world?"

Terrence nodded vigorously, without any hesitation in his eyes.

A sigh.

Todd closed his eyes, and his fingers turned into spikes, piercing the old man's head.

After all, with successful experience, the "soul link" this time was much smoother than Mary's.

Of course, when Terrence opened his eyes and looked at the room full of electronic equipment and colorful screens, Todd was basically not surprised by the way he yelled.

"where is this place?!"

Todd rummaged through the food in the refrigerator in the corner, and replied absent-mindedly, "My studio."

The old man looked at all kinds of beings and rivers and lakes on the screen, turned his head stiffly, and said in a trembling tone: "Could this be the place where the world was created?"

Todd has completely given up on explaining, because for this kind of thing, the more he explains, the more troublesome he is.

"Don't you want to see the world? Come with me." Taking out a box of sushi and a bottle of RIO, Todd pushed open the door of the room, walked to the aisle, and motioned for the old man to follow him.

Bright fluorescent lamps, electronic sensor access control, and walker-assisted elevators, Terrence looked around at everything around him, and his mouth has not been closed since he entered.

Todd settled the food in his hand, and led the old man into a multifunctional exhibition hall on the second floor of the institute.

Taking a holographic VR headset from the equipment rack, Todd walked up to Terrence with it and motioned for him to put it on.

"What's this?"

Todd replied: "This is a prop that allows you to see another world clearly."

"Seeing the real artifact? Like the "Eye of Reality" in Taylor's mythology?"

Todd was completely lazy to talk, just nodded and helped Terrence put on the helmet. Then, he walked to the terminal in the multi-functional exhibition hall and began to select the VR program: "Let me see, I remember I should have seen it... Ah, there is it! Discovery Discovery Channel's "Origin of Species"!"

As the button is pressed, picture and sound data is sent to the VR headset.

Terrence suddenly found himself floating in the dark space, and a magnetic baritone sounded in his ears.

"13.7 billion years ago, the universe was created in a big bang. After the big bang, molecules collided and produced light and heat. The first ripples of matter emerged 3 billion years after the Big Bang. Two to three billion years after the Big Bang, quasars gradually formed. Ten billion years after the Big Bang, the sun was born. 3.8 billion years ago, in the world under our feet, life began to evolve gradually. 』

An epic explosion spread the dazzling sea of ​​stars in the vast universe. As the nebula rotates, gravity and inertia press the cloud into a disc, and a water-blue planet gradually forms.

"Two billion years ago, three-domain organisms began to appear, and archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes first ruled the world. 』

The screen keeps changing, and microorganisms, multicellular organisms, marine organisms, mammals, vertebrates, dinosaurs, and apes appear one after another.

This virtual holographic display video lasted for two hours, and Todd turned off the entire video until the caveman appeared.

When Todd took the holographic helmet off Master Terrence's head, he was startled by the old man's tears.

"Are you okay?" Todd stretched out his hand and shook it in front of the other person's eyes.

"I understand, I finally understand." Terrence muttered to himself, which made Todd a little at a loss: "Your Majesty... no, I should call you the manager of the world and the master of truth!"

Todd watched Terrence's expressions and movements.

Perhaps it was because the image just now had stimulated him too much, and the old man seemed a little incoherent and confused.

Quickly waved him out of the soul space, and the first thing Todd did when he woke up was to shout to the attendants beside him: "Get a doctor! Master Terrence needs treatment!"

"No, I'm fine..."

The voice was very low, but the tone was extremely firm. Terrence stood up from the chair, knelt down on one knee towards Todd, lowered his head and said slowly: "Praise the truth, you have given me rebirth."

Before Todd understood what happened, Terrence got up tremblingly, stumbled out of the door, and disappeared at the end of the stairs without looking back.

A few days later, Todd received a letter of recommendation from Terrence.

There was not much to say in the letter, it just said these two things.

1. Terrence and several of his most famous students hope to become officials in Muxi Kingdom.

2. Terrence voluntarily handed over the chairmanship of the "Jade Society" to the king.