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Planti milion yia bipo long ol bikpela kingdom, ol lotu na tingting bilong Histori yet, Graun i bin stap olsem Blu Wol tasol: wanpela ples bilong mekim ol eksperiment i stap longwe, we ol Spulves i bin wokim wanpela projek i ken senisim samting bai kamap long yunives.

Namel long ol eksperiment bilong senisim jin, was bilong ol soldia na ol laip ol i yusim olsem samting bilong traim, wanpela man ol i no bin ting bai kamap i kirap na pait long ol man i bin wokim em. Ol i kolim em Montarion. Em bai kamap namba wan.

Bihain long em i mekim ol manmeri ol i bin kalabusim i kamap fri na bringim ol i go long fridom, Montarion i kamap moa yet long man i ranawe: em i kamap stat bilong wanpela lain tumbuna, wanpela mak na wanpela misteri bai stap inap long planti tausen yia.

Long wankain taim, Khar’Ka, wanpela soldia Spulve na man i wok long Projek Blu Wol, i kisim wanpela oda bai makim olgeta Histori bilong bihain: stap yet long Graun, was long nupela kain manmeri na makim sapos ol i gat rait long i stap laip.

Khar’Ka i stap namel long pasin bilong stap tru long ol manmeri bilong em na wari Montarion i kirapim. Em i lukim taim ol Manmeri i kamap, mak bilong wanpela legasi i luk olsem i no inap kamap, na namba wan step bilong wanpela hait tok bai karim em wanpela de i go long nem José Monteiro.

Namba Wan Montarion: Tudak As Bilong Ol Manmeri i soim, long bikpela skel bilong wanpela epik stori, tru as bilong ol Manmeri, taim stori bilong Montarion i stat, na namba wan wokabaut bilong wasman. Bihain tru, dispela wasman bai lukautim samting bai kamap long wol.

José Monteiro i tok yes.

Tripela taim. Na, long namba wan taim stat long stat bilong ol Bikpela Saiklon, ol yunives i stat tru long bung wantaim.

Wanpela yia i stap yet long Yunion.

Planti milion samting tru i wok long go long wanpela ples tasol. Ol wol bai lus. Ol stori bai i no stap moa. Olgeta sivilisesen bai pinis.

Tasol ol manmeri bai stap laip. O at least dispela em samting olgeta manmeri i bilipim.

Insait long wanpela yunives we i stap longwe long yunives we José Monteiro i bin kolim tripela "yes", i gat wanpela Graun i stap we i no wankain olsem ol narapela.

Graun we bai stap yet.

Taim konvegens i stat, planet i kirap long wanpela tok tru we nogat wanpela sivilisesen i save long en: namel long ol infinit vesen bilong Graun we i stap long olgeta yunives, em bai wanpela we bai stap olsem anka bilong Graun bilong Wanpela Yunives.

Na wantaim dispela revelesen i kam narapela.

Long ol manmeri i ken brukim Yunion, ating wanpela manmeri bilong dispela graun i mas stap laip taim 'convergence' i pinis.

Sapos laspela i dai... ol planti manmeri bilong ol narapela yunives bai lus wantaim em.

Graun i save lukluk long ol kain kain animal we i bin bon antap long en.

Ol pait. Ol samting i pinis. Ol solwara i gat doti. Ol bus i bagarap. Senis long win.

Planti tausen yia bilong vailens egensim dispela wol we i mekim laip i kamap.

Na mekim disisen.

Ol manmeri bai no inap go insait long nupela Yunives.

Bihain bikpela pait tru we ol manmeri i bin bungim i stat.

I no gat ami bilong birua. I no gat wanpela planet bilong ranawe i go long en. I no gat wanpela samting bilong pait we inap long kilim birua.

Long wanem, birua em i graun aninit long lek bilong yu. Ol solwara. Atmosphere. Weta. Graun yet.

Taim planti bilien manmeri i lus, José Monteiro i stat long kliagut olsem ol bikpela bagarap i no ol eksiden.

Planet i wok long painim ol.

Na em i gat wanpela as tingting tasol: daunim namba bilong ol manmeri i go long zero pastaim long Yunion.

José na Alberto i go insait long wanpela pait we win i no min olsem daunim Graun. Em i min olsem stap laip yet.

Wanpela yia. Orait ol mun. Ol wik. Ol de. Ol aua.

Ol manmeri i klostu long pinis taim planti yunives i wok long bung wantaim.

Na taim i gat sampela manmeri tasol i stap, dispela askim we i no gat wanpela man i ting ol bai bekim bai kamap:

husat bai stap las?

José? Alberto? Narapela man?

Ating nogat wanpela man i save.

Long wanem, long sevim olgeta manmeri... olgeta samting em i nidim em long wanpela man tasol i ken pulim win taim ol yunives i kamap wanpela.

God i bin lukluk long ol manmeri inap oltaim oltaim.

I no wanpela Ol Manmeri tasol. Olgeta.

Ol Graun i no gat pinis bilong en. Planti bilien sivilisesen. Planti yunives i kamap long ol stori bilong Wasman Montarion.

Ol wol i senis. Ol handet yia i senis. Ol stori i senis.

Tasol ol manmeri i save mekim gen ol yet.

Woa. Heit. Gridi. Win. Bagarap.

Wol bihain long wol, Ol Manmeri i gro, bosim planet we i wokim em na pinis long karim ol hevi bilong en i go long ol sta.

Inap God i kamap long wanpela pinis.

Ol manmeri i no wanpela traim we i bin go rong.

Em i wanpela sik nogut we i bin go long olgeta hap bilong kriesen yet.

Na kolim sentens.

Ol manmeri bai pinis olgeta.

I no kam long wanpela graun. I no kam long wanpela Yunives. Long olgeta manmeri.

Taim ol 'humanities' bilong bipo i no stap moa, ol narapela kain José Monteiro i pilim samting we i no gat wanpela bilong ol i ken pilim: ol narapela hap bilong yu i wok long lus.

Ol soldia. Ol king. Ol saientis. Ol raskol. Ol man bilong raitim buk. Ol man husat i bin sevim Ol Manmeri. Ol man husat i feil. Na Josés husat i kamap stret olsem ol i bin tok tru antap long pait.

Long namba wan taim, ol vesen bilong José Monteiro i kam long ol samting we i no inap bung wantaim bai mas pait wantaim.

Tasol i no olgeta manmeri i laik stopim God. Sampela i bilip olsem Em i tok tru.

Na taim pait i stat long brukim Josés yet, narapela samting i no inap kamap i kamap.

Insait long olgeta dispela samting i gat wanpela Alberto tu.

God i wokim Multiverse. Wasman i wokim ol stori we inap long kamap ol wol.

Nau, ol animal insait long ol dispela stori bai mas bekim askim we inap long makim bihain taim bilong olgeta samting i stap laip:

Sapos God i wokim laip, orait em i gat rait tu long makim wanem taim wanpela kain animal i lusim rait bilong en long stap laip?

Woa bilong ol manmeri bai i no inap kamap moa long graun.

Em bai pait wantaim Man bilong wokim em yet.

Bihain long ol samting i kamap long Laspela Eko bilong Ol Sedo: As na Blut, pait namel long ol pikinini bilong José Monteiro na Alberto Costa — Azarado i stat. Artificial Intelligence i kisim pawa na, taim ol i bruk bruk, ol pikinini i redi long pait.

Long taim bipo long ol manmeri i kamap, tupela strongpela lain i bin bung insait long yunives: ol Spulves na ol Reptilians. Samting i bin stat olsem wanpela miting bilong painim ol samting na laik save hariap tru i kamap olsem wanpela pait we i no inap abrusim. Dispela tripela stori i soim as bilong pasin birua bilong ol tumbuna namel long ol dispela kain animal, kontrak we i tok promis long kamapim bel isi... na blut we i pasim pinis bilong ol. Stori we i bin kirapim wanpela pait bilong bipo i stat long hia.

Bipo long ol pait namel long ol man na masin, pastaim long ol woa namel long ol man na ol 'alien', i bin gat Mars. Wanpela planet we i gat wanpela lain traipela man i stap long en, ol i lukautim wanpela tok hait bilong bipo. Tasol bel isi i bagarap taim ol Reptilians i kam, ol i no gat sori na ol i laik kisim pawa na bosim ol narapela.

Dispela buk i stori long bikpela pait namel long ol planet: ol 'reptil' i bin pait nogut tru long Mars, ol 'colossi' i bin sakim strong tru, na stat bilong wanpela pait. Wanpela stori bilong giaman, bagarap na as bilong en, we ol traipela man na ol reptil i pait na galaksi i no stap wankain.

José Monteiro i bin sevim Yunives. Nogat wanpela man i tingim.

Bihain long olgeta samting i bung wantaim, José i kirap long Porto, long wanpela wol we Brunix, ol pikinini bilong em, ol Druid, ol Reptilian na olgeta sivilisesen em i bin save long en i no bin kamap. Ol i kotim em long stap olsem wanpela man tasol bilong lukautim ol memori bilong em, olsem na em i tanim olgeta samting em i bin bungim i kamap olsem wanpela koleksen bilong ol buk we wol i kisim olsem ol buk bilong saiens.

Planti yia bihain, wanpela hait gavman ogenaisesen i paitim dua bilong yu.

Dispela ejensi i hait long wol, na em i lukautim Histri long wanpela dua tasol we inap long kisim ol manmeri i raun i go long wanem hap na taim bipo. Krusim tasol na tingim ples yu laik go long en. Dua i lukautim wok bilong painim wanpela ples we nogat wanpela man inap lukim man i kam.

Long planti handet yia, ol wokman bilong en i bin pasim ol woa, ol plen na ol manmeri i raun long senisim rot bilong ol manmeri. Inap long taim Histri yet i stat long senis.

Ol toksave i go long José i save kamap long ol ples we ol i pasim long planti handet yia. Montarion simbol i save kamap long olpela pepa. Ol 'archives' i stori long ol samting i bin kamap, ol samting na ol sivilisesen we i stap tasol insait long ol buk em i bin raitim.

Wanpela man, o samting, i wok long senisim ol samting bilong bipo long wokim wanpela rot i go insait long dispela Yunives.

Ol i kisim em bikos em wanpela man tasol inap long luksave long ol mak bilong ol samting i bin pinis, José i stat long raun long ol handet yia. Tasol wanwan misin i soim wanpela hap bilong wanpela bikpela plen moa: wanpela tingting we i pinis long bung bilong ol yunives i senisim histori, samting i kamap bihain long samting i kamap, long kamapim as bilong em yet na mekim gut olsem, dispela taim, em i no inap pinis.

Na dispela lain i save long wanpela prais tasol we inap long mekim José i giamanim ejensi. Rot bilong kisim bek Brunix, ol pikinini bilong yu na olgeta lain we Yunives i bin stilim long yu.

Taim wanpela pait we yumi no inap lukim i wok long kamap long bipo, José bai mas mekim disisen sapos em i mas lukautim wanpela wol we ol i wokim long 'obligvion' o opim rot bilong wanpela 'doomed reality' i kam bek gen.

Long wanem, ol samting bilong bipo i no dai. Ol i tambuim em long stap.

José Monteiro i winim samting we i no gat wanpela Montarion i bin winim stat long stat bilong ol Bikpela Saiklon. Ol i toktok wantaim Yunives yet.

Em i no laik kamap Empera, na em i pasim ol samting i kamap tru long bung wantaim, na em i bagarapim ol sid bilong Artificial Intelligence we bai kamapim Woa bilong ol Heirs. Long namba wan taim, ol i no raitim moa ol samting bai kamap bihain. Tasol fridom i gat pe bilong en.

Olsem hap bilong agrimen, taim ol pikinini bilong ol i winim twenti krismas, ol bai singautim ol i go long Senta bilong Yunives. Gabriel na Daniel bai kisim save we ol nainpela sivilisesen bilong Kaunsil i bin bungim na stopim ol long kamap lapun.

Ol bai no inap i stap oltaim. Ol bai no inap kisim sik o kamap lapun, tasol ol inap i dai. Ol inap long kilim ol. Na i no gat wanpela Primordial Law bai kotim ol kain animal we i bin kilim ol.

Wok bilong ol em long painim samting we Kaunsil, o ol Druid, o Yunives yet i no bin painim: wanpela rot bilong strongim olgeta yunives na i no fosim ol long bung wantaim na kamap wanpela samting tru.

Tupela ten yia bihain, kol i kamap.

Sofia i redim tupela brata long rot bilong Spulve saiens, histori bilong Yunives, strateji, tingting na pait, na tupela i go insait long Kaunsil olsem ol fri man. Ol bai mas go wanpela taim tasol long wanpela yia na ol bai inap long kamapim laip bilong ol yet. Tasol, ol yunives i stap bagarap yet.

Ol koneksen namel long ol samting i tru i wok long lus na bai i gat taim we nogat wanpela yunion, solusen o sakrifais bai inap long sevim ol.

Insait long ol fail bilong Kaunsil, Gabriel na Daniel i painimaut olsem bekim bilong dispela askim i stap long wanpela tingting ol i bin kisim taim ol i pikinini yet: wanpela dua i no save karim man i go long spes. Em i mekim yunives i bilip olsem em i stap pinis long narapela sait.

Sapos em i posibol long winim tingting bilong Yunives olsem wanpela man i bilong narapela hap, ating em i posibol long mekim planti milion yunives i luksave long narapela narapela olsem ol hap bilong wankain sistem na i no bagarapim o bungim ol.

Long pruvim dispela tingting, ol brata bai mas brukim ol boda we i no gat wanpela sivilisesen i bin brukim, sakim ol as lo bilong i stap na winim olgeta lain husat i laikim wanpela rot bilong stretim hevi we ol i save pinis long en na i no wanpela hop we i no inap kamap.

Tasol taim we i stop long ron long bodi bilong ol bai i go het long kisim ol manmeri ol i laikim.

Na taim Gabriel na Daniel i stat long toktok long ol narapela narapela rot bilong sevim laip, ol bai painimaut olsem bikpela birua i no inap stap long ol yunives we i wok long dai. Ating i stap namel long tupela.

José Monteiro i brukim tok profet. Nau, ol pikinini bilong yu bai mas soim olsem wanpela bihain taim we i no gat 'destiny' i mas stap laip.

Em i helpim long kamapim Ol Manmeri long winim wanpela woa. Inap planti milion yia, em i kamap wanpela wasman tasol bilong en.

Taim ol Spulves i lusim Blu Wol, Khar’Ka i kisim wanpela laspela wok: long stap yet long Graun, lukluk long senis bilong ol nupela kain animal na toksave long ol pipel bilong em sapos ol manmeri i kamap wanpela birua. Em i tambu long go insait long ol samting, olsem na em i mas go insait long ol 'suspension chamber' inap long planti tausen yia, na em i kirap tasol long skelim wok bilong dispela ekspiriens.

Tasol long namba wan kirap, Khar’Ka i luksave olsem wanpela samting i no stret.

Ol manmeri i no stap laip tasol, tasol ol i stat long go long olgeta hap bilong graun. Namel long ol i gat blut bilong Montarion, dispela narakain man husat i bin friim ol namba wan kalabusman long ol Spulves laboratori na tokaut long kam bek bilong man husat i bin givim nem bilong em. Taim Khar’Ka i wok long painimaut moa long dispela lain, em i painim ol samting we i no ken kamap: ol mak we ol i bin raitim pastaim long ol sivilisesen we i bin wokim ol, ol toksave we ol i bin raitim long ol tok ples we ol i no bin kamap yet, na ol tok profet we i luk olsem ol i save long bihain taim.

Long olgeta taim, Khar’Ka i bin lukim kamap na pundaun bilong ol sivilisesen. Em i lukim ol visita i kam long ol sta i soim ol yet olsem ol god, ol 'human empire' i senis i kamap ol samting bilong pait long ol narapela kantri na ol hait strong i resis long bosim graun. Em i no inap long stap nating, olsem na em i stat long brukim ol oda bilong Spulves, lukautim ol manmeri, bagarapim ol hait ami na rausim long Histri ol mak bilong ol lain husat i laik mekim ol manmeri i kamap wokboi nating.

Tasol olgeta wan wan wok i save bringim em i kam klostu long samting em i pret long en: em i kamap wanpela man bilong giamanim ol manmeri long ai bilong ol manmeri bilong em yet.

Planti handet yia bihain, namel long ol Maya, Khar’Ka i painim wanpela ston we i olpela moa long ol narapela ston we ol i save long en. Wanpela nem we i no inap kamap i stap long en: José Monteiro. Nem bilong wanpela man ol i bin raitim long taim bipo long Potugal, tok ples Potugal o wol we em bai bon long en i bin stap.

Dispela painim i kirapim wok painim we bai i go long ol kontinen na planti tausen yia. Ol sikret sosaiti bilong ol manmeri i kamap ol lain bilong kisim save bilong Khar’Ka. Sampela i tok tru antap long lukautim tok profet bilong Montarion; ol narapela i bilip olsem José bai kamapim pinis bilong Yunives na ol i laik stopim em long kamap. Long wankain taim, olpela birua i kam bek, ol giaman god i kisim bek strong, na Spulves i stat long ting olsem wasman bilong ol i no moa wanpela man bilong lukluk.

Taim Ol Manmeri i go insait long senturi bilong ol woa, ol masin na ol samting bilong pait we inap long bagarapim graun, Khar’Ka i bungim bikpela tupela tingting bilong em: ol dispela kain animal em i bin lukautim inap planti milion yia i mas i stap laip?

Ansa bai kamap taim ol krieta i go bek long Blu Wol long pinisim traim we i bin stat long stat bilong Ol Manmeri. Taim ol i bungim birua bilong pinisim ol, ol Heirs of the Secret i painim dispela man husat nem bilong em i pinis, na Khar’Ka i painimaut olsem Montarion i no bin wanpela lain tasol.

Em i wanpela saikel. Na José Monteiro em i dispela samting we olgeta Histri i bin redi long en.

Khar’Ka i bruk namel long pasin bilong stap gut long ol pipel bilong em na laikim ol kain animal em i lukim i wok long gro, na Khar’Ka bai mas brukim tok tru antap we i bin mekim em i stap kalabusman bilong graun na mekim wanpela laspela disisen: givim Ol Manmeri long ol man i bin wokim o kirapim wanpela pait we inap long kotim olgeta sivilisesen em i bin tok tru antap long lukautim.

Long wanem, Khar’Ka i stap yet long graun long makim wanem taim ol manmeri i mas i dai. Tasol ol man i bin wokim em i no bin ting olsem em bai lain long bilipim em.

Em i helpim long kamapim Ol Manmeri long winim wanpela woa. Inap planti milion yia, em i kamap wanpela wasman tasol bilong en.

Taim ol Spulves i lusim Blu Wol, Khar’Ka i kisim wanpela laspela wok: long stap yet long Graun, lukluk long senis bilong ol nupela kain animal na toksave long ol pipel bilong em sapos ol manmeri i kamap wanpela birua. Em i tambu long go insait long ol samting, olsem na em i mas go insait long ol 'suspension chamber' inap long planti tausen yia, na em i kirap tasol long skelim wok bilong dispela ekspiriens.

Tasol long namba wan kirap, Khar’Ka i luksave olsem wanpela samting i no stret.

Ol manmeri i no stap laip tasol, tasol ol i stat long go long olgeta hap bilong graun. Namel long ol i gat blut bilong Montarion, dispela narakain man husat i bin friim ol namba wan kalabusman long ol Spulves laboratori na tokaut long kam bek bilong man husat i bin givim nem bilong em. Taim Khar’Ka i wok long painimaut moa long dispela lain, em i painim ol samting we i no ken kamap: ol mak we ol i bin raitim pastaim long ol sivilisesen we i bin wokim ol, ol toksave we ol i bin raitim long ol tok ples we ol i no bin kamap yet, na ol tok profet we i luk olsem ol i save long bihain taim.

Long olgeta taim, Khar’Ka i bin lukim kamap na pundaun bilong ol sivilisesen. Em i lukim ol visita i kam long ol sta i soim ol yet olsem ol god, ol 'human empire' i senis i kamap ol samting bilong pait long ol narapela kantri na ol hait strong i resis long bosim graun. Em i no inap long stap nating, olsem na em i stat long brukim ol oda bilong Spulves, lukautim ol manmeri, bagarapim ol hait ami na rausim long Histri ol mak bilong ol lain husat i laik mekim ol manmeri i kamap wokboi nating.

Tasol olgeta wan wan wok i save bringim em i kam klostu long samting em i pret long en: em i kamap wanpela man bilong giamanim ol manmeri long ai bilong ol manmeri bilong em yet.

Planti handet yia bihain, namel long ol Maya, Khar’Ka i painim wanpela ston we i olpela moa long ol narapela ston we ol i save long en. Wanpela nem we i no inap kamap i stap long en: José Monteiro. Nem bilong wanpela man ol i bin raitim long taim bipo long Potugal, tok ples Potugal o wol we em bai bon long en i bin stap.

Dispela painim i kirapim wok painim we bai i go long ol kontinen na planti tausen yia. Ol sikret sosaiti bilong ol manmeri i kamap ol lain bilong kisim save bilong Khar’Ka. Sampela i tok tru antap long lukautim tok profet bilong Montarion; ol narapela i bilip olsem José bai kamapim pinis bilong Yunives na ol i laik stopim em long kamap. Long wankain taim, olpela birua i kam bek, ol giaman god i kisim bek strong, na Spulves i stat long ting olsem wasman bilong ol i no moa wanpela man bilong lukluk.

Taim Ol Manmeri i go insait long senturi bilong ol woa, ol masin na ol samting bilong pait we inap long bagarapim graun, Khar’Ka i bungim bikpela tupela tingting bilong em: ol dispela kain animal em i bin lukautim inap planti milion yia i mas i stap laip?

Ansa bai kamap taim ol krieta i go bek long Blu Wol long pinisim traim we i bin stat long stat bilong Ol Manmeri. Taim ol i bungim birua bilong pinisim ol, ol Heirs of the Secret i painim dispela man husat nem bilong em i pinis, na Khar’Ka i painimaut olsem Montarion i no bin wanpela lain tasol.

Em i wanpela saikel. Na José Monteiro em i dispela samting we olgeta Histri i bin redi long en.

Khar’Ka i bruk namel long pasin bilong stap gut long ol pipel bilong em na laikim ol kain animal em i lukim i wok long gro, na Khar’Ka bai mas brukim tok tru antap we i bin mekim em i stap kalabusman bilong graun na mekim wanpela laspela disisen: givim Ol Manmeri long ol man i bin wokim o kirapim wanpela pait we inap long kotim olgeta sivilisesen em i bin tok tru antap long lukautim.

Long wanem, Khar’Ka i stap yet long graun long makim wanem taim ol manmeri i mas i dai. Tasol ol man i bin wokim em i no bin ting olsem em bai lain long bilipim em.