The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

According to the original plan, Linde was supposed to meet with the envoy from the Dragon Clan today to discuss the construction of the railway. However, the efficiency of Lantern Dream exceeded Linde's expectations. They arrived as soon as the invitation was sent, because Linde had said that there were matters related to the goddess to discuss.

Looking at the excited Bernice before him, Lind asked, "Have you been praying to the goddess lately?"

"That's natural; we in our dream world pray to the goddess day and night."

Bernice bowed gracefully towards the void.

"And we also have something to report to you. Our Lady of the Lantern Dream, the Holy Maiden, received a new divine oracle while praying to the Goddess recently. Although the specific details are still under investigation, this already shows that the Goddess has finally begun to respond to her believers again!"

Upon hearing this answer, Lin De asked with a dark expression, "Is this the divine message your Holy Maiden received?"

After saying that, Linde read out the three sentences about system restart in Chinese, English, and Russian, even replicating the Russian trill.

After hearing Lind's exceptionally accurate oracle, Bernice's eyes widened suddenly, her pupils contracted slightly, and even her breath stopped for a moment. Bernice even felt that this oracle was read more accurately than that of her own saintess.

No, Bernice could even sense the divine power contained in Lind's words.

Bernice's hands clenched involuntarily and trembled slightly. Uncontrollable ecstasy welled up in her eyes, and she immediately knelt down devoutly and began to pray to Lind.

Even the ecstasy in his eyes began to turn into tears of excitement. After the prayer ended, he said to Lind, "That's right, Your Excellency, this is the latest divine oracle issued by the goddess. Only those who are devout enough to the goddess can hear it first. In our dream of the lantern, it was only the saintess and the two cardinals who heard the divine oracle when you summoned them."

Linde stood with his hands behind his back, offering no explanation, but instead asked, "How is this oracle different from any other oracle received in the church's history?"

Bernice had previously commissioned Lantern Dream to collect divine oracles, so she immediately answered. However, Bernice remained kneeling in prayer as she said, "The goddess's oracles are mainly of two types. One is a direct gift from the goddess, which may be a tangible magical item or other blessing. The other is an oracle directly issued by the goddess, like this one, which echoes in our minds."

"However, in the past, the goddess's divine pronouncements were based on the different languages ​​used by different believers. Even believers who were completely illiterate could clearly understand the goddess's meaning. But this time, the goddess's divine pronouncements require us to comprehend them ourselves."

"The goddess has just awakened. This must be a test from the goddess for her most devout believers. Only by comprehending the gospel can one become a servant of the goddess after her awakening."

Bernice, kneeling on the ground, was reporting to Lind while crying with excitement.

Linde then began to summarize based on Bernice's report. In other words, the goddess's previous divine pronouncements were all in the language of this world, but now, because the system is restarting, it can only use the system's default language?

Moreover, according to Bernice, only those with sufficiently devout faith can hear the sound of the Goddess system restarting. The current situation does indeed conform to this rule. Not only Isa, but even Flora heard the system restart notification sound while praying and immediately reported it to Lind.

When Flora learned that Lind could also receive the oracle, and even seemed to have a grasp of its contents, she was even more excited than Bernice.

Therefore, Lind has become quite calm in the face of Bernice's exaggerated performance.

But what about himself? Linde claimed to be a devout follower of the goddess, but even Linde himself didn't believe it.

Is it because I am a time traveler?

Perhaps the fact that the default prompts for this Goddess System are in Chinese, English, and Russian already tells a story. Could this damn Golden Age be based on the same worldview as Lin De's previous life? Lin De even suspected that he might actually be a remnant of the so-called Golden Age.

Seeing Bernice's excitement, Lind asked, "So, when you pray, can you hear the goddess's oracle?"

"Do not."

The once-fanatical Bernice finally calmed down, or rather, became somewhat disheartened.

"I am not devout enough yet, but one day I will hear the goddess's oracle."

Linde turned around, silently took out the teaching materials he had written for Tia from the desk behind him, and said, "Pray as I asked, and try again."

Then Linde taught Bernice a passage of Chinese, just like the first time he taught Tia. Bernice read it exactly according to the phonetic transcription of the Common Language and had no idea what it meant.

However, Bernice studied very hard, even to the point of fanaticism. After she had read it fluently, she immediately prayed again as Lind had asked.

Immediately afterwards, Bernice heard the divine message that the saintess from the dream of lighting the lamp had relayed to her not long ago.

The oracle was quite difficult to pronounce, especially the last part. Although the saintess tried her best to repeat it, she still didn't quite grasp the essence of the tongue-twisting in the last part, and didn't have the precision of Lind.

Upon hearing the oracle, Bernice's expression froze, but soon she bowed her head and began to pray incessantly, as if she wanted to hear the oracle again.

The more Bernice prayed, the more distorted her expression became, and she even looked at Lind with some fear.

"Are you satisfied?"

Linde asked, looking down.

Bernice nodded. Looking at Bernice's pilgrimage-like expression, Linde felt that even if he asked Bernice to die now, she wouldn't hesitate for a second.

"How about trying this one?"

Linde then taught Bernice the Chinese phrase for asking about the restart time. After hearing the new oracle, which even the Holy Maiden had never heard of, Bernice very devoutly performed a set of rituals for Linde.

Bernice no longer had any doubts; without a doubt, this remnant of the Golden Age possessed the knowledge to communicate with the goddess! This might even be the legendary Holy Word!

If this is true, then the Cult of Goddess will be great again under this governor.

"Get up, I don't like this."

Upon hearing Lind's words, Bernice immediately stood up and sat back down in her seat with a look of piety and satisfaction.

"Your Excellency, is it true that the Goddess and the Golden Age have a close relationship? Did you meet the Goddess during the Golden Age?"

Bernice was about to ask another question when she quickly realized what she was doing and said, "Please forgive my rudeness, but the goddess has awakened again, and we need more information about her."

"If you are also human, please believe us. Everything we do is in accordance with the will of the goddess, for the survival of humankind."