I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Roland remembered Florence saying that the Dawn Order's technology came from the divine power of the Angels of Peace.

Ever since Roland saw what the Holy Throne looked like on the surface of the Holy City, he had begun to wonder what those angels with special divine powers in Heaven really were.

Now, upon hearing about the 'Angel of Peace,' Roland began to suspect that this Angel of Peace might be some kind of forbidden creation.

The power it releases comes from that rope.

Closing his eyes, Roland thought to himself, 'This trip was definitely worthwhile. Now, we've solved a mystery.'

The Order of Dawn possesses a collection of technologies related to angels of euphoria, and has even reproduced some of these technologies.

While it would take a long time to fully reproduce it, interfering with the 'signals' emitted by the angels of euphoria is very simple.

Once I've collected the information and have the second-line team study it, everyone should have a plan within a few days.

The 'Submarine Project' could be used to forge a new rope for the world. Therefore, Roland has never been worried about how to tie this new rope.

His concern was 'what kind of rope the gods held?'

Roland Catherine had previously speculated that the matter might be related to the 'Well of Faith' within the Holy See. She believed that destroying it would break the rope. However, she needed to go to the site to see for herself.

Therefore, Roland came.

Roland's trip today was certainly worthwhile.

Judging from what Roland saw today, their guesses were largely correct, but also wildly wrong.

Because after Roland witnessed the 'Holy Seat', he began to suspect that the well of faith in the Papacy was the entire Holy Seat.

—As Harland once said in Mald, the well of faith of the Papacy was once incredibly vast, but over time, due to the loss of technology and lack of maintenance, its 'flow' has become smaller.

And Charles also said something today—the Holy See can 'open its doors' to people all over the world.

Isn't this just 'pulling people in' or 'projecting images'?

Isn't this one of the functions of the Well of Faith?

This sacred throne in the southern sky doesn't even possess 'mass'. What it is is beyond the comprehension of most. Destroying it would likely be no less difficult than sealing Diana.

However, a very simple solution now exists. Therefore, cutting the rope is no longer a problem.

As for pulling a new rope, Catherine said the submarine program could take twenty years to show results.

But Roland felt that if he could gain something from this trip to the Holy See, the time required could be greatly shortened.

While the others were still discussing the strange phenomena in the sky, Helena, as if showing off, told Brianna about Roland's 'rope and balloon' analogy.

Upon learning that the gods could decide the fate of the balloon, Brianna's pupils trembled slightly.

She had been in the holy city for half a year and knew some things. However, these things all came from the Old Scriptures, which the church members had not fully understood.

Today, Roland used the analogy of a balloon and a thread, and Brianna immediately understood.

She had some prior suspicions and preparations about this matter, so she quickly processed it without showing much reaction.

"So, senior, the starry sky is like the string on the balloon, right?" Helena asked.

Roland nodded and said, "Yes."

"Wait a moment!"

Suddenly, Joan interrupted the two, her face covered in cold sweat. She looked at the sky and said, "George (the attendant) just said that when the black barrier is removed, a phenomenon similar to 'exposure' will occur. So, has this rope already broken?!"

Everyone's eyes widened suddenly, and they all looked at Roland with expressions of horror.

However, they found Roland to be completely calm.

Roland said, "It did break, but not now—the balloon was released and floated into the water many times, and was also pulled out of the water many times. What we see now is the afterimage left by the balloon as it moved."

As he spoke, Roland made an analogy: "It's like an oil painting depicting a brilliant starry sky. The starry sky on the canvas is absolutely still. If a hand were to move the canvas, the starry sky would trace lines across the canvas."

Everyone suddenly realized, and one of the attendants said, "Master, you mean it's like an oil painting covered in ink splatters, and then a hand flicks the painting hard, so the ink on the painting is ruined."

Everyone finally understood.

"Oh, I see. That scared me to death."

Brianna patted her large chest and said, "So, Heaven does this kind of thing every few decades."

Roland's pupils constricted sharply: "What did you say?!"

Brianna was startled by Roland's voice. She said, "Is...is there a problem?"

Roland asked, "Are you sure the time interval is decades, and not thousands of years?"

According to Roland and his senior's speculation about the 'balloon and rope', whenever the balloon sinks into the sea, the world will face a crazy apocalypse.

Civilization would be reset as a result, which is why 'blank history' exists.

According to the archaeological documents of the shamans, the last time the gods pulled the balloon was between four and eight thousand years ago. Eight thousand years ago, the world returned to normal, civilization returned to the Bronze Age, writing reappeared, and history began to be recorded anew.

But Brianna said that the last time was decades ago.

Roland's expression turned very serious, and he began to ask questions carefully.

Brianna told Roland that, according to the records in the library, long, long ago, the sky was a normal starry sky, not like it is now, resembling a smeared oil painting.

Later, the stars in the sky began to show the phenomenon of 'long exposure'.

But at the very beginning, the 'exposure' time was very short, and the stars in the sky only appeared to have a short trail.

During this period, every few years, the stars in the sky will suddenly return to their normal appearance, and then the phenomenon of long exposure will gradually appear.

Later, the phenomenon of long exposures became more and more obvious, and the trails left by stars in the sky became longer and longer.

Today, the trails left by the stars in the sky have covered the entire heavens. The countless star trails make the sky as bright as day, and even the aurora borealis has been exposed in the sky's 'photograph'.

Moreover, these intervals are becoming increasingly shorter and more irregular.

After carefully questioning Brianna about the records concerning these events, Roland's expression gradually became strange.

Some speculations began to form in his mind.

The ropes on the balloons require regular maintenance. During maintenance, the gods must release the ropes in an extremely short time, complete the maintenance instantly, and pull the ropes back. Because the entire process is so brief, the balloons experience almost no displacement during the release and re-locking process. Therefore, the sky does not experience any 'exposure' phenomenon.

Later, as technical skills declined, the rope pullers were unable to complete the maintenance work in a very short time. As a result, the sky began to experience 'exposure'.

But at this moment, during the process of releasing and re-pulling the balloon, only a very small displacement occurred—the balloon first drifted a few centimeters away, and then was pulled back to its original position. Therefore, the stars in the sky only left short trails.

Nowadays, as time goes by, the rope pullers' skills have declined to a rather comical level.

Each time the rope pullers maintain the rope, it cannot remain stable for very long, so every few decades the sky changes.

In addition, the time required for each maintenance of the rope is getting longer and longer.

During the last maintenance, the balloon flew a very, very long way before being pulled back. As a result, the magnificent star trails that we see in the sky today were left behind.

The last time such a special celestial phenomenon occurred was on June 7, 53 years ago.

It seems that the balloon touched the 'sea surface' the last time it floated out.

So, something from the ocean climbed into the balloon!

June 7th, fifty-three years ago, was Roland's birthday!

That was the day Roland awoke in Valeria and met his senior, Catherine.

The thing that crawled out was Roland, or rather, the villainous god 'Alaye' hidden in the lower world and guarded by the goddess Heracles.

'These useless trash.'

Pulling his thoughts back, Roland couldn't help but look up at the sky again: 'We have had too many beautiful illusions about them. We thought their civilization was not as good as it used to be, but we never imagined they had degenerated to this state.'

They can't even hold onto a single balloon now!

If the gods were to encounter some unforeseen event and have to release the balloon into the sea to cleanse it, with their current technology, they might not be able to pull it back even if they wanted to.

According to Brianna, the rope pullers have maintained the ropes every few decades for the past few centuries. Now, 53 years have passed, so how many years until the next maintenance?

The submarine program will not show results for another twenty years.

Therefore, if we want to draw a new rope, it will take at least more than 20 years.

If the rope breaks during this time and Heaven is unable to repair it, then all is lost.

The wizards have a certain foundation in the technology of angelic pacifiers; I wonder if they can help the gods reinforce the ropes, but they probably need to hurry.

Roland shared his concerns with Brianna. Upon learning of the maintenance issues with the ropes, Brianna's expression became quite interesting.

Roland said, “Judging from the ‘black barrier’ in Vermeek, I suspect that the reformers have studied this technology several times in history, and their research object must have been this ‘rope’ above our heads.”

Therefore, the Holy See must still retain a large amount of information.

"Once we get our hands on this information, the Eastern Territory will definitely be able to figure out what this thing is and find a way to reinforce the ropes. At the very least, they should be able to delay the time it takes for the ropes to malfunction."

Suddenly, as if struck by a sudden thought, Brianna's eyes lit up.

She said, "If this thing is really related to the Angels of Euthanasia, then the information is probably in the library—when I accompanied my uncle and the Pope here last time, he looked up these things."

The reason Brianna knew that 'the wings of the Angel of Comfort protect the world' was because she found something while helping the Pope find a book.

Those rows of bookshelves were filled with mythological stories about the 'Angels of Peace'. There were old scriptures as well as new ones compiled by the Society.

Upon hearing this, Roland's eyes lit up. Many of his spells, as well as many of the magical technologies of the Eastern Realm, were unearthed from the ancient scriptures.

Therefore, he was very clear that what was recorded in the Old Scriptures was not just a simple mythological history—it described, in the form of mythological history, the process by which the ancients touched upon the truth.

Therefore, from a certain perspective, the old scriptures are essentially experimental logbooks!

Although detailed experimental data and arguments are not recorded, the experimental process and results are present!
With experimental procedures and results, it wouldn't be a problem for wizards to deduce detailed data using tools such as the quiz machine and the Well of Faith!

Roland had read too many Old Scriptures, so when he heard Brianna say that the Holy See had the 'Old Scripture of the Angels of Peace,' he knew that the Eastern Realm could definitely find what it was looking for there.

What surprised Roland even more was another thing that Brianna mentioned.

She said that after the Pope finished consulting the old scriptures such as the 'Angels of Peace,' he would study the 'map' of the Holy See.

The priests all believed it to be a 'map of the Holy See'.

But Brianna doesn't think so.

Therefore, although she had only seen it a few times, she was quite certain that the Pope was referring to the maps of the Holy See to study a kind of 'high-dimensional topology'.

She suspects that the Holy See can unfold in higher dimensions.

Furthermore, the Holy See must also be associated with the 'angels of peace'.

Catherine and Roland had previously speculated that the 'balloon string' might be related to the Well of Faith of the Vatican. Today, Roland has discovered that this Well of Faith might be the Holy See itself.

Now, Brianna has provided this information—and now everything matches up!
Brianna said, “You know, Roland. I’m not a real priest. In the magical theories of time and space, you should respectfully call me mentor—trust me, my judgment is infallible.”

Helena silently complained to herself.

If Helena hadn't seen Roland and Olivia 'rolling the dice' a few days ago, she would have wholeheartedly agreed with Miss Brianna's words—after all, she's an 'Old Man of the Abyss'!

Moreover, she was one of the last Grand Senators in the final Twilight Council of another world.

To call Miss Brianna a 'living Shata' would be an understatement—she was a senior figure on par with 'Johnson,' the headmaster of Shata!
However, Helena still felt that Miss Brianna was far inferior to her good senior.

After all, senior is now someone who can roll dice with God!

On the other hand, Roland became intensely interested after hearing Brianna mention that "the Pope studies higher-dimensional topology every time he consults the old scriptures."

He said respectfully, "Master, where is that topology? May I take a look?"

The word "mentor" made Brianna beam with joy. She thought for a moment and said, "I know this is crucial, but you probably won't be able to figure it out in a short time."

However, since you want to see it, I can take you there.

"Let's go, weren't you going to the library to look through old scriptures? We're on the way."

On the way, Brianna checked the days and then said, "It seems that Director Florence is on duty today." (End of Chapter)