Restart the laboratory in the Fortress of Disobedience.

To be honest, this idea really went beyond Gao Wen's expectations. He looked at Carmier with surprise: "I remember... we have emptied several laboratories in the Fortress of Disobedience."

"We moved away the samples and most of the devices that could be moved, but I mean the labs themselves," Carmier explained his thoughts. "There is a divine protection and early warning system in the Fortress that is integrated with the building. This system cannot be removed and can be used at present. This system uses those mysterious 'exotic technologies' that can effectively resist the power of gods. When we cut the corpse of Amoen of Julu, the system has proved its effect. We can experiment inside the protection system."

"Will this system interfere with the judgment mechanism of 'God' and lead to the inaccurate final experimental results?" Gao Wen asked, "If it blocks the perception of the God of Holy Light... even if we safely activate the Holy Light Rune in the Fortress of Disobedience, it will not prove that this process is safe in the present world."

A strange resonance sound came from Kamair's body: "You don't need to worry about this. The protection system has no shielding effect, it only has a protective function."

Gao Wen pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: "You are an expert in this regard, and I agree with your plan. But there is another last hidden danger... The Disobedience Fortress is located in the Shadow World, which is a world where we cannot travel around at will. At present, there is only a thousand-year-old Gondor Magic Gate that can open the passage to the Shadow World, and we have not yet figured out how the door suddenly restarted. So once the connection between the two worlds weakens during the experiment and the Magic Gate collapses, the experimenters in the Shadow World will be trapped in it forever."

This is undoubtedly a huge hidden danger, and with terrible consequences, explorers who are good at adventure may have become accustomed to "accidents" such as magical gate collapse, time and space turbulence, ancient seals when exploring magic relics, and even regard such resigned accidents as some kind of "exciting romance". However, for Gao Wen, everything that cannot be explained by technical means, and unknown and uncontrollable things must be avoided.

Carmier obviously thought about this question in advance, and he answered quickly: "We have not yet fully parsed the link between the shadow world and the present world, but through more than a year of hard work, I have repaired the 'Shadow Portal' monitoring system and added an early warning mechanism to it. By monitoring the fluctuations in the Shadow World layer, we can predict the collapse of the shadow channel at least one hour in advance. If one hour is... it will be enough to evacuate people."

As a senior technician who has survived from the ancient Gondor period to the present, Carmier has a different feeling about disobeying the fortress than others, and he also understands the technical value of the fortress better. He has been trying to find ways to dig out valuable technical heritage from the seriously damaged fortress. His research on the shadow portal at the bottom of the fortress is one of the projects he has worked hard to this day.

Unfortunately, the current high-end talents in the territory are not enough. There are very few people who can study with Carmier in projects involving disobedience to the fortress.

Hearing Carmier's answer, Gao Wen breathed gently: "Since that's the case... then go and do it. We need to understand the secret of the magic."

...

In the city of St. Sunil, in the Cathedral of Holy Light, the old pope is listening to the latest news conveyed by the bishops.

"...The war has burned into the Holy Spirit Plain. The East Realm Legion may break through the defense line of the Kingdom Army before Harvest Festival and advance into the Jumu Road intersection area. Affected by the war, a large number of displaced refugees are wandering on the plain... Our contact with the East Realm Diocese has become increasingly difficult."

"In the middle, west, and north of the Holy Spirit Plain, the situation is better, and the panic people and little nobles are increasingly seeking solace in the church..."

"The activities of cultists have not decreased, especially in the eastern part of the plain, where everything will eventually die. Coupled with the injury pressure brought by the war, the local nobles welcomed our priest team..."

"This war is a sigh," Pope St. Ivan III's voice echoed in the Great Hall of Light. The old pope was deeply trapped in his seat, and the holiness shone on his compassionate face. "Internal struggle, power struggle, profit, but innocent people are involved in blood and fire... The outbreak of this war proves one thing: without the guidance of the Lord, people will eventually be trapped by foolishness."

After reaching the conclusion, the old pope raised his head and looked at a tall bishop below: "Biography of Mergol, is the action to eliminate heresy in the central region going smoothly?"

"The faith in the central diocese has become increasingly pure, and we have defeated several counterattacks organized by the Church of the Alien Gods," said the bishop, known as Megol, bowed his head and said respectfully. "Most of them fled to the east, while the rest fled into the mountains and forests in the west, or to the south."

"Good, keep on with your work," the Pope said, his slightly cloudy gaze swept across the Great Hall of Light, "...we must lead people to the right path. This war has brought us a warning disagreement in our minds and put people in a vortex of power and profit. If there is a unified faith, the situation may not be so deteriorating. The church of the Gods cannot do this, so we can only do it."

Veronica Moen, standing next to the Pope, slanted his gaze slightly and glanced at the old pope.

"We have very little influence in the East," the old pope continued. "Although we have used hundreds of years, the Loren family still refuses the church to go too far into the East, especially after the war broke out, the situation in the eastern diocese is accelerating... According to recent intelligence, Edmund Moen's attitude towards the church is even worse than that of the Loren and his son, who has begun to publicly expel the church's pastors."

Veronica lowered her head slightly: "I regret Edmund's actions."

"This is not your responsibility. The prince is blinded by lust and may have lost his basic judgment," the old pope shook his head and continued, "In view of the current situation, I think it is time to withdraw the bishops' corps of the Eastern Diocese."

The pope's voice fell, and a slight commotion suddenly sounded in the Great Hall of Light.

The bishops looked at each other and then discussed in a low voice. It was obvious that the Pope's decision was even beyond their expectations. The holy light lingering around these bishops also shaking with the commotion, and mixed with the "sacred light cloud sea" rippling on the roof of the Great Hall of Light, entangled and buzzed.

Veronica looked up and looked at the turbulent scene of the holy light entanglement, then she heard the old pope beside her cough gently.

The commotion of the holy light quickly calmed down and became unified again. The bishop's group's discussion ended. A bishop seemed to have taken a step forward as a representative: "Mr., after withdrawing the bishop's group in the East... what else do you have to make arrangements?"

"This war... is causing pain to the innocent," the Pope lowered his eyelids, and the holy light lingering on his body rose, blending with the sea of ​​holy light clouds on the roof of the Great Light Hall, which made every word seem to contain endless power. "Only a unified faith can eliminate these blind and ignorant differences. For this reason, it is necessary for us to use more direct means to combat heresy... The Holy Cult Army will join this war."

The bishops were stirring again, but this time, they talked for a shorter time, because they had already vaguely anticipated such development as the Pope was about to withdraw the Eastern Bishops' Order.

A bishop with white hair and beard stood up: "Crown, will we support the Kingdom Army?"

"The Eastern Rebels expelled our priests, and they were already enemies of the Holy Light," the old pope said in a low and majestic voice. "For the sake of the Lord's cause, we need to end our neutrality and join the camp of the Kingdom Army."

A needle can be heard in the Great Guangming Hall.

Since the founding of Ansu, religious neutrality has been one of the basic rules for the operation of this country.

The king's return to the king and the pope's return to the pope, the royal family has no right to command the operation of the Holy See, and the church cannot affect the rule of the royal family. This is a promise made by the pioneer army leaders and church leaders who have overcome all obstacles and rushed out of the wasteland after the development is over.

However, this rule would break that the Church of Holy Light, which has the strongest military strength among all sects, will participate in this civil war in the kingdom. The participation of the Holy Cult Army means that the Holy See is no longer a completely neutral organization that does not involve royal power.

After this, no matter what the final outcome of this war, the church's status and influence in Ansu will be completely changed.

If it were before the Civil War, the Ansu royal family would never allow all this, even if the Holy Cult Army participated in the war in the name of "supporting the royal family", because it means that the church is extending its hands to places that should not be stretched, but in this situation... the Kingdom Army is showing its defeat under the pressure of the rebels in the East, and the news that has recently been even more uneasy to the royal family has been heard in the south that the two regents in the Silver Fort and the nominal successors of the country will have no choice.

Veronica stood quietly beside Saint Ivan III, and the expression on her face remained unchanged. The bishops could not see her attitude towards this matter from the expression of the "Saint Princess", and could not guess whether there was a shadow of the royal family behind this matter, but they could at least confirm:

The royal family is not against all this.

"Your thoughts are profound," said the tall Bishop Megol loudly, "For the cause of the Lord, it is time for the Holy Sect to preach with swords."

Another bishop was worried: "But in this way, our priests and believers who were not too late to withdraw from the Eastern Diocese would probably be liquidated by the rebels in the Eastern Diocese."

"While withdrawing the bishops' order, we will arrange for the evacuation of ordinary priests and missionaries to Edmund Moen to the church. This is the best reason for us to withdraw the priests," said the old pope quietly. "As for the believers... the Lord will favor their souls."

...

The meeting in the Great Bright Hall is over.

The bishops left in sequence, and soon the vast hall was left with the old St. Ivan III and Veronica Moen standing quietly beside the Pope.

After a brief silence, the old voice of the pope came into Veronica's ears: "Veronica, do you also think that the participation of the Holy Cult Army is a challenge to Ansu's traditional order?"

The Saint Princess was silent for two seconds and replied calmly: "This matter is beneficial to both sides. The Church will be able to develop further. The Kingdom Army will have the opportunity to reverse the decline on the battlefield. The two regents will make correct judgments. And in my opinion... the times have changed, and the crown princes. In the face of the changes of the times, the traditional order cannot be compromised."

"Yes, times have changed, and there are new threats in the new era...but there are far more threats," the pope sighed, with only sighing in his tone, "What's the situation in the south?"
Chapter completed!