Mystery: Time Travelers of the Fourth Era

Chapter 472 The Thick Fog of History

The fog of history conceals too many things.

Even with the "perspective of a time traveler," and not bound by the constraints of the era, even after replacing the Soren family, initiating the Industrial Revolution and the colonial era, successively defeating powerful nations like Fursac, Rune, and Intis, bringing countries like Remnburg under protection, and having a secret service organization of black-clad agents composed of members of the Secret Order.

He still hadn't figured out the complicated relationships involved. Even after Roselle became the Black Emperor, he still only had a vague understanding and couldn't grasp the root of the problem. He was assassinated in the White Maple Palace, and he was truly assassinated. Although there was an element of leniency, a mad Roselle couldn't possibly treat everyone else as fools, could he?

The Church of the Eternal Sun, the Church of Steam and Machinery, the Sauron family—can't you see his purpose in becoming emperor?

Even if everyone is putting on an act, the posture they're adopting should at least be that of assassinating a Sequence 1 Knowledge Emperor, right?

For someone of strong Sequence 1 caliber, Roselle being assassinated in his own palace would seem perfectly reasonable to him.

Moreover, this process must exclude the descent of the eternal sun and the gods of steam and machinery.

In Trier, where he had ruled for nearly 30 years, in the palace he had built himself, a knowledgeable emperor who was originally a craftsman, no matter how much preparation he had made, was still assassinated. He couldn't even escape. Even Roselle himself thought it was reasonable, that there was no problem with his death.

This was a real, serious assassination, and everything was planned.

He exploited the Sauron family and two orthodox churches, using the Black Emperor's resurrection mechanism to cleanse himself of corruption and madness.

This marked the end of Russell's legendary life.

However, if he had not received special treatment, even if he remained a great contributor to the Craftsmen's Church, and if Jacob had not trapped and suppressed the Soron family, Roselle would have had almost no effective support or assistance to overthrow the Soron family.

Even Roselle, with the perspective of a remnant of the past, the advantages of the current version, and advanced rebellious ideas and ambition, was like this.

So what about those who were born and raised in this era during the Fifth Age?

Even within the Church of the True God, those below the angels still lack understanding of everything beneath the veil and can only be pushed around. Even Archbishop Anthony, upon leaving the territory of Backlund, had to actively erase the memories in his mind and forget the most basic information about the "Mother of Heaven" as a sealing artifact.

Even members of various royal families, before becoming demigods, are basically clueless except for knowing which relatives they have by marriage. They are proud of their so-called royal status and are influenced by the ordinary nobles who have been personally trained by their families.

As society has progressed to this point, even the opportunity to become a saint is unlikely to be given to ordinary people.

The environment in which a prince like Lumian Lee was born has completely disappeared.

Even if Adam... even if he was created in vain, I really want to cultivate someone similar.

He will also choose new people from the Medici family and other angelic families.

Even if Bai Zao needed a cataclysmic calamity heading towards self-destruction, choosing these descendants of angelic families would at least give them something to hold onto, a clear sense of the big picture, and the willingness to die or sacrifice themselves. The probability of someone going mad and dragging the world down with them is relatively low.

Choosing one requires pushing one forward continuously; one's life is constantly manipulated and calculated; one is an orphan whose only god-sister died long ago; such an "atomic man"—making him a true world-destroying catastrophe—wouldn't even the real creator be so crazy?

"Give the launch button for a thousand nuclear weapons to an orphan and then expect him to sacrifice himself for the world?"

Is this world really that worth staying in?

In the Fourth Age, the family-based bloodline nobles and the clergy nobles of the church were essentially the same kind of people, and even the common people knew that they were the same kind of people.

In the Fifth Age, news of the extraordinary was kept secret. Four of the true angelic families remained in power, while the others remained hidden behind the scenes. The vacancies were filled by ordinary nobles, and the Church did not participate in administration.

Thus, nobles and clergy became two distinct groups.

When ordinary people are oppressed by nobles, they still choose to believe in the preaching of priests in churches, such as that they will enjoy peace in the kingdom of the goddess of night after death. In addition, the church's righteous actions will lead them to regard the two as opposing forces.

In this way, the church becomes more likely to bear expectations and trust. And because the church cannot participate in specific administrative and judicial management, excessive expectations of the church will also be reduced, which is also a kind of proactive de-responsibility.

What ordinary people cannot see clearly, what Emperor Roselle found perplexing, does the current King of Rune, George III, truly understand this world, and the Kingdom of Rune ruled by the Augustus family?

George III clearly did not provide Prince Edsack with a complete early education, but what about the king himself?

Helping Roselle and slapping the Sauron family in the face doesn't seem like a big problem.

Hunters always love war. If there are internal problems, they can fight a war with an external force. The new generation of magic potions will be absorbed, the domestic population will decline, and they can continue to rule for another thousand years.

As Xia Er pondered these things, he couldn't help but rub his forehead. Civilization is indeed constantly progressing.

Productivity may be affected, but the ruling ideology that evolves with the progress of civilization and the continuous succession of human relationships can be stably transmitted.

The new model of governance may even subtly become a consensus.

This consensus influenced Xia Er, causing him to subconsciously exert influence according to his own understanding.

Even though the supernatural no longer engages in production in the Fifth Era, the supernatural nobles still play the game of invisibility instead of returning to the past, as in the Second Era, where they openly enslaved ordinary people, or in the Third and Fourth Eras... standing in the open.

Rewriting history, guiding thought, reinterpreting, and downplaying the important points...

Xia Er felt that these things were not done by him, but they had already mastered them without any instruction and used them with ease.

Even... by concealing history, the path of the diviner to Sequence Three was cut off. Little Zarathustra, with the background of an angelic family, could still become an angel, but for other commoners, it was almost impossible.

To claim the next player's position, starting from Sequence 3, requires a certain amount of historical knowledge, and it's easy to be unwittingly killed by the Hound of Fortune, completely unaware of its existence, and there's more than one.

The apprenticeship path, starting from Sequence Three, requires a lack of knowledge about the stars; going out there is simply suicide.

If a thief accidentally comes into contact with the Hermit of Fate, their fate is essentially sealed.

Even with extraordinary talent and great fortune, demigod is the limit; even reaching Sequence Three is a challenge.

A tacit monopoly... this is probably true for all twenty-two divine paths.

Even those outside the three factions of the Demonic Cult will tacitly resist the emergence of amateur Sequence 3 cultivators. Whether it's the Church of the Night or the Secret Order, they will at most train a Demonic Mage, and basically will not give them the opportunity to advance to Sequence 3.

"Often, fragments of history are more valuable than potion recipes."

Moreover, starting from Sequence 4, they don't even provide the recipe; they just give you the finished potion.

Xia Er stared blankly at the mural projection of the three gods devouring the distant land. He thought of the Western Continent again, wondering what it had become now.