Chapter 17 Lolisa?

"Lolisa?"

The name was so familiar, but Hao Ren was stunned when he first heard it because he hadn't considered it at all. After reacting, he looked shocked: "That Lolisa, the ancient elven queen?"

The knight nodded vigorously: "That Lolisa."

"Same name?" Vivian said subconsciously.

This time, the knight couldn't answer, because he hadn't thought that much about it: the name Lolisa was so well-known in Holleta, especially for the residents around the Dark Mountains. This name was associated with legends, myths, monsters, and all kinds of frightening bedtime stories. Above their heads, that dark mountain range even had an energy wall named after her. Everyone knew the name Lolisa, so when he heard an elven woman who came out of the ancient ruins call herself Lolisa, the knight's first reaction was to associate it with the legendary ancient magic emperor, and then he rushed back.

Hao Ren instantly put aside searching for the "container" and waved his hand: "Let's go see what's going on!"

The elven woman had already woken up. Her petite body was completely curled up in the portable medical pod. Because she was completely surrounded by the energy field of the confinement lock, she couldn't crawl out of the pod. She didn't look like a "magic emperor" at all, and she couldn't even be associated with the crazy and powerful Holy Flame avatar from before. Instead, she gave people a sense of weakness and pity. After the treatment was completed, the medical pod's cover had automatically opened and slid to the side. The holographic image floating on the edge of the cover showed the patient's current condition: physical and internal injuries had completely healed, and damage to her mind and soul had also been repaired. However, the exhaustion of physical strength and energy couldn't be compensated for instantly, and she was still in an extremely weak state.

And considering the complexity of the soul and the strangeness of its life form, it was difficult to say whether this "Lolisa" had truly regained her clarity.

Hao Ren came to the side of the medical pod and looked down at the elven woman inside. On her slender face, in addition to the initial confusion of waking up, there was also a faint sense of majesty. Perhaps it was the temperament that had accumulated unconsciously from being in a high position for many years, but her current exhaustion and weakness almost completely destroyed this majesty. After staring at each other for two or three seconds, Hao Ren finally spoke: "What's your name?"

"The people who come to handle accidents are getting more and more unbearable," the elven woman frowned slightly, her voice very weak. "I said, I'm Lolisa... cough cough... who are you people?"

She looked at Hao Ren and the clothes of the people around her, and frowned even tighter: "Are you not from the disposal agency?"

"The disposal agency you're talking about probably can't come," Lily's head popped out next to Hao Ren's head. She stared curiously at the elven woman in the medical pod, her ears swaying. "So... what's your relationship with the elven queen?"

"I am..." Lolisa obviously almost blurted out something, but swallowed it back at the last moment. "Since you're not from the disposal agency, then I don't need to answer your questions, and you're still tying me up with this thing..."

Lolisa struggled to move her hands and feet, but the light streams released by the confinement lock prevented her from doing more, which made her even more annoyed.

"Do you know what you're doing?" She looked up at Hao Ren, with obvious disbelief in addition to anger, as if she were looking at a group of lunatics. "How dare you treat me like this?! Do you know who I am?!"

Seeing the other party's reaction, even without concrete evidence, Hao Ren was three-parts certain of her identity. Although it felt unbelievable, he still had to accept it considering the multiple clues: the weak elven woman in front of him was actually one of the rulers of the ancient magic empire, Queen Lolisa!

Vivian narrowed her eyes after seeing Lolisa's angry expression and coldly retorted: "We're binding you with this thing for your safety—do you know that you almost... no, you already destroyed this place? If we hadn't injured you, you'd probably be dead by now."

"Before?" A confused expression appeared on Lolisa's face. Her memory seemed to be in chaos, and her eyes became dazed and cloudy. "What happened before? How did I... wait! I should be in the lab! How could I be..."

It seemed that all the memories that had been temporarily sealed were suddenly湧涌 out, and Lolisa fell into great confusion and contradiction. She completely ignored that there were so many suspicious strangers around her, and fell into panic and self-talk. She began to mutter words that others couldn't understand, mentioning the laboratory one moment and then wondering why she was in this place the next. She even wondered about her identity and name, constantly shouting out the names of people and organizations that had long since passed away. Lily was a little anxious when she saw her reaction and quickly stepped forward to pull Lolisa out of the medical pod and pat her face – if Hao Ren hadn't stopped her in time,恐怕 this "elven queen" wouldn't have any teeth left in her mouth.

After a few minutes of chaos, Lolisa suddenly stopped. Her cloudy eyes suddenly cleared, and then she wanted to stand up like a madwoman, but almost fell back into the medical pod: "Ah! Ah! Stop! They must be stopped immediately!! We've been deceived! We've been deceived!"

"Calm down!" Hao Ren grabbed her. "Quiet, quiet! We're controlling the situation now! What's going on?!"

"It's fake! It's fake!" Lolisa grabbed Hao Ren's arm, so forcefully that even a layer of translucent shield ripples appeared on Hao Ren's arm, but the "elven queen" was completely unaware, and just shouted loudly like a madwoman: "The oracle is fake! The divine power is also fake! We've been deceived, deceived! Someone is trying to steal the goddess's authority! Hurry, go stop them! Never let the oracle cells fuse with mortals! Never let that thing be completed! Otherwise... why are you still standing there? Go! I order you to immediately..."

"Your orders probably won't work," Hao Ren understood a lot of things in an instant. He shook his head helplessly and pressed Lolisa back half-forcefully. "It's a million years too late."

"A million... years?" Lolisa's face was confused. "What do you mean?"

"It's been ten thousand years, Your Majesty," Becky said with some difficulty. "You've been sealed for ten thousand years. It's now another era—that conspiracy you mentioned to steal the goddess's authority... it's over, and it's already succeeded."

"Ten thousand..." Lolisa was stunned by this sudden news, and she didn't even understand Becky's meaning for a moment. "What does this mean? Are you mocking me?"

Hao Ren exchanged a look with Vivian, who nodded slightly: "You tell her."

Hao Ren told Lolisa as concisely as possible about the truth of the God-slaying War ten thousand years ago, and the changes in the Dream Plane in the past ten thousand years. In particular, he described in detail how the planet Holleta had changed.

He also briefly explained the identities of his group, but he didn't say too much in this regard: for a "ten-thousand-year-old ancient person," these concepts were too unfamiliar, and it would probably take a long time to explain.

Even with a brief explanation, this narration took up most of an hour. Hao Ren was interrupted by Lolisa more than once – the "elven queen" obviously didn't trust the group of people who had suddenly appeared in front of her. Her initial attitude was full of resistance and suspicion, and the questions she asked fully reflected this point. But as Hao Ren's narration deepened, more and more clues intertwined into a vast and rigorous history. Lolisa's questioning and interruptions gradually decreased. She began to listen carefully to these shocking news for her.

When she heard that the extremely prosperous magic empire had become history, and even the civilization had once been cut off and turned into myths, she let out a soft sigh.

When she heard that the First Born in the depths of the stratum had broken free from the seal and almost destroyed the world, she seemed very surprised.

And when she heard about the achievements of Hao Ren and his group on this planet, and the current situation of the new era, she began to curiously observe the group of strangers around her, including Becky.

"...I've finished speaking, do you have any other questions?" Hao Ren asked, looking into Lolisa's eyes.

"Unless you can prove what you said," the elf lowered her eyelids and said in a low voice.

"Then it's very simple. You come out with us, and you'll know when you see the world outside with your own eyes," Hao Ren shrugged. "This place is now called the Dark Mountains. An energy storm in the mountains is named after you. You can see that those ancient laboratories and energy towers have become ancient ruins, and every brick and tile has weathered beyond recognition. We can also take you to see the land of the Elven Empire – it is now divided into three kingdoms and a dozen forest tribes. The closest to here is the kingdom of the Mountain Elves. Their preserved ancient books may still contain names you recognize. If you still don't believe it, I'll take you to space to see the lunar colony."

"No, there's no need," Lolisa shook her head gently. "I knew this day would come, I knew it when I knew that the oracle was fake, but I didn't expect... the final situation to be so bad."

(Guess whether this "Lolisa" is real or not?)