Chapter 636: The Plan Begins (A Bonus Chapter for the Group

Lei Kedun slowly shook his head, denying, "No, I just want to preserve the humanity that belongs only to me."

"Ha, a foolish thought." The Lamp God sneered, then cut the conversation short, "When shall we begin."

"Wait a little longer; the backup hasn't arrived yet."

Lei Kedun shook his head, and as his words fell, Lun Na De, dressed in a white shirt, black vest, and black trousers, materialized out of thin air on the plaza.

Lei Kedun casually tossed a ring set with fine gems; it was a miraculous item from the Lu En army's demigod, a ring capable of short-range teleportation and displacement.

Lun Na De instinctively reached out and caught the ring falling toward him, examined it closely, and just as he was about to ask about its effect, a series of teal pea vines suddenly draped down around them.

The teal vines rapidly engulfed the surroundings, intertwining and weaving into a forest that rose layer upon layer, its canopy completely invisible.

Bei Erna Dai's figure emerged from the depths of the teal‑vined forest; her gaze lingered on Lun Na De for a moment, a faint violet glow flickering in her eyes, appearing unusually profound and sacred.

A moment later, she withdrew her gaze and, in a calm voice, asked, "'Parasite'?"

Without waiting for Pa Lie Si's reply, Bei Erna Dai turned her eyes toward Lei Kedun and asked calmly:

"What do you intend to do?"

Lei Kedun tapped the lamp wall with his right index finger, holding the Wish Lamp, and chaotic, twisted golden silhouettes appeared before Lun Na De and Bei Erna Dai.

The Lamp God raised his figure slightly, looking down on the group and the mechanical plaza beyond the vines, his voice solemn and deep as he spoke:

"This is the final wish; do not forget your promise."

Lei Kedun nodded, responding calmly:

"Of course, Lu En's George III's ascension ceremony will commence soon, and that likewise serves your own benefit."

The Lamp God's golden figure floated in midair, silent.

Lei Kedun drew a gray‑white talisman from his coat, a relic from Cha La Tu, infused it with spirit, and whispered in Draconic:

"I wish: let the Fourth Era's Te Li Er descend into reality!"

The gray‑white talisman cracked inch by inch in his hand, an invisible torrent burst forth, sweeping the area, crossing the teal‑vined forest, descending onto the mechanical plaza of reality, and spreading outward swiftly.

The Lamp God's pale‑golden silhouette, floating in midair, simultaneously extended both hands forward, gripping and pulling hard.

The invisible torrent surged abruptly, instantly covering the entire Cathedral district and parts of the adjacent Erato District, Hill District, and Cemetery District, enveloping both the "Eternal Blazing Sun" Church's Grand Sacred Heart Abbey in Te Li Er and the "God of Steam and Machinery" Church's main Steel Cathedral.

The invisible torrent pierced reality, warping the surrounding spacetime, pulling the Fourth Era Te Li Er ruins beneath the ground into reality, merging the subterranean ruins with the present Te Li Er.

The once‑clear sky suddenly darkened; the sun vanished, replaced by a swirling gray cloud of mist.

Beneath the dim sky, two flame giants the size of small mountains brandished longswords, chains, spears, and other weapons, locked in combat.

Their clash scattered crimson, white‑hot, and violet flames around, spawning a rain of fire filled with extreme heat and destruction.

These are Medici and, after losing control, the Suo Lun clan leader who entered the underground Fourth Era Te Li Er ruins; they did not descend directly onto the surface Te Li Er because of the recent "wish," yet the angels' power still seeped out, affecting the city above.

In Erato District, within the Sacred Heart Abbey guarded by the patron angel Sheng Wei Ye Fu, a burst of scorching sunlight erupted, pure, clear, blazing light weaving in midair into a "sea," intercepting the fire rain falling from the sky due to the two flame giants' battle.

In the blinding sea of light, space grew chaotic; the falling fire rain continued to descend but never touched the ground, gradually assimilated by the radiance and vanishing into nothingness.

Meanwhile, in the Steel Cathedral, a dim, indistinct, colorless glow—seeming to be formed of countless illusory things—drifted into view.

The light flickered rapidly around the plaza, continuously expanding outward, forming shards of light like broken glass, resembling moving light spots.

Upon the light spots floated scenes of humanity discovering fire, emerging from caves, building houses, smelting steel, forging tools, creating machines; they bear the ages and history, embody human civilization, fragments of culture.

These cultural fragments continued to drift and spread outward, like a thin, invisible scroll, aiming to re‑glass the overlapping space around.

Bei Erna Dai's gaze calmly watched the ever‑drifting, expanding historical scroll, her voice steady as she said:

"I will block him; before the True God of the Star Realm intervenes, he will not leave my sight."

As the words fell, the surrounding teal vines quivered, and Bei Erna Dai's figure instantly vaporized, breaking into streams of tangled knowledge, becoming a pure information‑flow being that surged like a torrent toward the drifting scroll, destroying it from within.

Watching Bei Erna Dai depart, Lei Kedun raised his right hand clad in a mechanical glove; faint blue strands of time seeped between his fingers as he traced in midair a layered symbol of an illusory gate.

In an instant, the surrounding starlight flared brilliantly, countless sparkling stars shooting from the void, weaving together to form a deep‑blue portal adorned with mysterious patterns.

The pale‑blue starlight brushed past, and Lei Kedun and Lun Na De's figures vanished, reappearing inside the Steel Cathedral.

Ignoring the wary gazes of the clergy within the cathedral, he focused his manifested extraordinary ability on the incoming firearms and cannon mouths, and Lei Kedun snapped his fingers.

Snap!

Tiny deep‑blue starlights flickered and darted around, warping the surrounding spacetime, isolating it completely from the outside; even information could not be exchanged.

This is the "Mysterious Secret Realm" of the "Mysterious Secret Servant," derived from occult knowledge previously extracted from Antigonus; Lei Kedun used his own information and abilities to partially complete the incomplete "Mysterious Secret Realm."

The brand‑new "Mysterious Secret Realm" possesses a certain concealment effect; although it does not sever reality as the "Hidden Servant's" "Hidden World" does, any entity that remains within its bounds cannot interact with the real world, buying them time to pilfer sealed items.

As the "Mysterious Secret Realm" solidified, the interior of the Steel Cathedral instantly grew gloomy and dim, as if isolated on a pitch‑black wasteland.

Lun Na De and Lei Kedun's silhouettes flickered, then vanished from the view of the clergy and the still‑dazed congregants; a middle‑aged man in a white shirt, black vest, and bow tie appeared where they had stood, staring blankly at the surrounding gun barrels and the manifested extraordinary ability.

Pa Lie Si, parasitic within Lun Na De's body, acted, directly stealing the two's positions and swapping with a Mechanical Heart Squad member still in the basement.

In the Steel Cathedral's underground area, Pa Lie Si repeatedly stole positions to guide Lei Kedun and Lun Na De toward the church's sealed‑artifact storage.

The alerted Mechanical Heart members on the way had no time to react before Pa Lie Si pilfered their thoughts, making their infiltration unusually smooth.

Beyond the Steel Cathedral, countless tangled pure‑knowledge lights floated rapidly in midair, intertwining with the formless civilization fragments like light spots, using massive useless information to burst those nameless shards.

Amid the drifting light spots, the tall, handsome figure of Bo Nuo Wa, with chestnut hair and azure eyes, materialized.

He gazed calmly at the information‑being Bei Erna Dai; his azure eyes turned brass‑tinged, bearing a faint metallic sheen, and under his stare everything reverted to its essence, including Bei Erna Dai's transformed state.

After a brief silence, with Bo Nuo Wa at the center, the surrounding physical laws subtly shifted; information transmission became disrupted, no longer smooth nor invisible.

In midair, one miraculous item after another flew out of the void: some were black‑gray metal hammers, others silver‑white spears wrapped in lightning, and some were dark mirrors that reflected nothing.

(End of Chapter)