Pushing open the door of the Holy Fire Sacrifice, a beautiful blond woman walked out.
She glanced at Rhodes arrogantly and said coldly: "Who are you? Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
Cough!
Horus behind him coughed.
The blonde glanced at him, snorted coldly, and left with her head held high.
Rhodes was a little surprised, but he didn't pay much attention.
Entering the sacrificial site, the king was sitting on his throne, his face pale, looking very tired and weak.
But seeing Rhodes coming, he smiled again.
"Little Rod, you're here...you should have met Lilith. She is my lover. Don't worry, she has always been so arrogant."
Horus nodded: "And vanity."
Rhodes blinked and saw Wang's weak appearance, and couldn't help but have a bad association.
Isn’t it? I didn’t expect you to be such a king. Is it appropriate to do such a thing in the Holy Fire Sacrifice?
If I had come earlier, wouldn’t I have seen an indescribable scene?
Suddenly another question came to mind and I couldn't help but ask: "Where is the queen? Why haven't I seen her? Is your harem very big?"
Horus's face darkened and he shouted: "Rhodes, shut up..."
"Don't be excited, Xiao Hehe."
Wang showed a calm smile and said softly.
"My wife died in the war ten years ago. Lilith is my only lover. She sacrificed a lot and covered up a lot of things for me. If she offended you, please forgive her."
Horus' face was dark, obviously this was not a glorious thing.
"Little Rhodes, you are now the Hand of the King. You have all the duties required to take up the post in Fanxing Town. Now, it is time for you to carry out the task of opening up human territory."
Rhodes couldn't help but smile. He had been waiting for this day for a long time.
Wang's expression became serious.
"This is a very important mission, and its results will directly affect the Torch Project."
"However, the resistance to the implementation of the plan is much greater than imagined."
"The long battle has made everyone very tired. The soldiers have a strong desire to cultivate their health. The opponents and moths in the royal city have taken advantage of this to unite and try to overturn the implementation of the new law to protect their interests.
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"Therefore, the difficulties you will encounter will be much greater than imagined."
Rhodes couldn't help but ask: "Why are there still such people at such a critical moment for mankind's survival?"
Horus said in a deep voice: "There is no way around it. Trorian has existed for more than 1,300 years. The two mass extinctions were two years ago. The royal city has not faced darkness for at least 300 years."
"These people have been lying in a relatively comfortable environment for too long, and they have gradually degenerated into maggots full of brains and intestines."
"They don't think that the royal city will be destroyed. At most, they will lose some territory and die."
"As long as they hide within the high walls of Los Los, there will be no danger."
"So, what they are thinking about is to gain more benefits, obtain a higher status, and live a more luxurious life. There are 50 million people gathered in the royal city alone, and at least 10 million illegal households. It's completely
You can cut off their flesh and blood and soul to support yourself."
This was the first time for Rhodes to hear such a thing.
The Royal City is an extremely huge city. The lower city area alone exceeds 10,000 square kilometers, accounting for one-twentieth of the entire Trolian Kingdom. It has an unprecedentedly developed sewer system and the huge Los High Wall.
It is not surprising that so many people can gather in the underground river purified by the Holy White Tree.
The strange thing is, how do they support themselves by cutting off flesh and blood and souls?
Horus saw Rhode's confused look and explained: "Does Hong Jing know?"
Rhodes nodded, Soul Red Crystal is a common recovery material.
"Does the living spirituality know?"
Rhodes nodded. He could obtain this material by sacrificing human souls and use it to make wooden puppets.
There was a period of time when he was very short, so he bought a lot from the medicine woman (Mephis).
It’s very cheap for a few coins.
Horus said in a deep voice: "The reason why the red soul crystal has a restorative effect is because it contains the activity of life. They mash the flesh and blood of living people and the original crystal together, and then use secret methods to produce it very cheaply.
The price is made into red crystal."
"The fresh souls can be separated through the psychic cracker to filter out a large amount of living spirituality."
"They set up flesh and blood mills, buy poor people for 300 silver ropes or less, turn them into red crystals and living spirits, and then resell them to lawless people in the market to make huge profits."
"They even hire poor people to work for them in flesh mills. Not only do these people have to work more than ten hours a day, but their weekly salary is only 20 silver ropes, and food and accommodation expenses are also deducted."
"Many people went crazy in such a harsh and bloody environment, and they threw the crazy people into the mill."
A strong chill mixed with a nauseating feeling of vomiting rushed into his heart, and Rhodes asked angrily: "What do people like this still do?"
Horus said in a deep voice: "Many people don't think so. They think this is a fair deal. People who can't survive are turned into resources to devote themselves to the cause of the royal city, and they receive silver ropes to keep their families alive. It's the best of both worlds."
things."
Rhodes said angrily: "Fart, this is massacre. If the last home of mankind is a cannibal home, then what is the difference between us and monsters?"
Wang smiled and said: "There is a difference. The monster eats it when it is picked up. We must cook carefully, dress appropriately, have elegant etiquette, and pray for the dead before the meal to show our compassion and kindness."
There was coldness and strong murderous intent in his smile.
"Little Rhodes, you may be a little disappointed. Qingyu will not inherit my throne. My next one is Jon."
Horus asked uneasily: "King, how can you tell him this?"
Wang smiled and said: "Why can't you say it? Little Rhodes is the same as us. He will not tell it. Jon will still be the hope of the maggots. They gather under his banner, but they don't know that they have been exposed."<
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"When he takes office, none of these people will be able to escape, and they will establish strong prestige for him."
Rhodes suddenly understood many things in his mind, but he couldn't accept it and asked in a deep voice: "Why don't you kill them now?"
Horus replied: "As long as the candidates for the king are not confirmed, they must work hard for us, and the rules and concepts set by the king cannot be violated easily."
"Of course, things like flesh and blood mills are beyond our tolerance, and the king has ordered them to be banned."
"Because of this, the Holy Fire Project has encountered stronger opposition. They believe that the expansion has affected their interests."
After Rhodes was silent for a moment, he asked: "Why not disclose the Holy Fire plan? No one except the doomsday believers wants to see the Holy Fire extinguished, right?"
Horus frowned and said: "Rhodes, don't ask about things you shouldn't ask. You are not yet a formal member of the Holy Fire Project."
Wang shook his head and said: "Xiao Hehe, it's time to let your guard down."
"But, Wang..."
"It doesn't matter, we can tell him about the Holy Fire plan."
The king turned his head, and golden flames burned in his vagina.
"Little Rod, do you know what a source is?"
Rhodes shook his head.
He has heard it many times and knows that stars need the soul of [Source] to be ignited, but he does not know what it is specifically.
"The source is the law of origin, the fundamental law for the operation of all things. The world was born because of it and continues because of it."
"It was differentiated from the original chaos. The light part formed the source law, which sank to the bottom of the world to form the law. The heavy part formed the source substance and was scattered all over the world."
"The Eternal Mist that Alan gave you, the Darkness of the Abyss that you obtained by destroying the Abyss Rift, and the Blood of Ancient Rus that you obtained by killing the Abyss Serpent are all source matter."
Rhodes felt a chill in his heart.
The king actually knew these things.
But he didn't seem to know that these were used to quantify [Dark Devourer], and he never asked him about it.
"The ocean of void formed by the law of origin is the sea of origin."
"It is a concept that pervades space. Whenever a soul is formed, it will get a part of its projection."
"This is the characteristic."
"It's just that some people have obtained a relatively complete law and become the spiritual fire sequence, possessing corresponding soul characteristics."
"Some people obtain the broken and mixed law and become the spark sequence, possessing fire."
"Therefore, every kind of fire has the characteristics of fragmentation."
"There are still some people whose souls are too fragile to activate the law. They are ordinary people."
Wang paused and continued.
"Please note that what we get is a projection, a trajectory formed by the soul according to the shape of the law, not the law itself."
"However, through continuous efforts, we can bring this projection closer to its origin."
"This is the level of soul characteristics."
"The Institute of Industrial Machinery uses the image of fireworks to represent it. Every time you have a firework, you are one point closer to your origin. When you have nine fireworks, which is the ninth level, you are infinitely close to your origin.
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"This is the limit of ordinary people."
"If you break through to level ten, the projection will coincide with the source, and quantification will begin."
"When it is completed, you will have this source of law and control a part of the world's laws."
Wang's words were like thunder, instantly cracking open the deepest fog in Rhode's mind.
It turns out that this is "quantified"!
The stars are my characteristics, upgrading means getting closer to the origin, and "quantification" means replacing the origin and controlling the laws of the world!
No wonder, no wonder!
Rhodes figured out a lot of things in an instant.
"But it is a pity that Theodore is the only one who has accomplished this feat."
"With his passing, we have lost this power forever."
Rhodes asked urgently: "What about the Spark sequence? Can the Spark sequence be quantified?"
Wang shook his head slightly.
"Currently only spiritual fire can do this."
"Sparks can only awaken more laws in the soul and ignite more fires through various means."
Horus also said: "The vast majority of combatants in the Spark sequence focus on physical combat and rarely rely on characteristics, because the characteristics of their fire are complex and weak, far inferior to spiritual fire. But you are the only exception, you
The fire properties are incredibly strong, almost the same as the soul properties, which makes me very uneasy."
Rhodes was stunned: "Why?"
Horus said: "Generally speaking, you can only have one soul attribute. People with two soul attributes are very rare. Their souls are also very unstable and can easily get out of control. Once the soul gets out of control, the spiritual energy will backfire and the soul will be destroyed."
The body will darken and eventually go crazy, becoming a lunatic or a monster, with very few exceptions."
Rhodes couldn't help but ask: "What about the three characteristics?"
Horus's face darkened.
"Three people with soul characteristics appeared in history, and eventually they all fell into darkness and became the terrifying Lord of Darkness."
Suddenly, he looked suspicious.
"Do you know Mavis? What did she tell you?"
Rhodes hesitated for a moment, then said: "She said you think she is the prophesied Child of Destruction, but I don't quite believe it. I have already made an appointment, and her first partner in this expedition will be her."
Horus's dry face cracked like dead wood.
"What did you say?"
He yelled filial piety, and his spittle sprayed all over Rhodes' face.
"I will never allow it! How can you two of the most unstable factors get together? The most dangerous taboo in the Silver Oath will never leave my sight..."
Wang comforted him and said: "Don't get excited, Xiao Hehe, why don't we dance first."
Horus turned his face and shouted filial piety in the same tone: "Yin Deluo! You act like a king to me, you bastard!"
Wang coughed and sat up straight.
The royal robe of flame flew from the holy fire and was draped on him, making him look much more majestic.
"After the quantification is completed, you will have a [source]."
"Note that the capacity of the source law is limited. Once the corresponding source law is fully occupied, the final quantification will no longer be possible."
Rhodes asked: "What about the monster?"
"Except for the corrupted creatures, all other monsters are born from the contaminated source law."
Horus said: "According to different laws of origin, they are divided into five categories: monsters, ghosts, birthers, cursed ones, strange demons, plus fallen ones, contaminated ones and corpses made from corpses.
Ghosts, a total of eight categories."
"Monsters are different from humans. Monsters cannot improve their characteristics and cannot obtain sources."
"In addition to carrying it themselves, they can only be obtained by swallowing other souls or source materials."
Horus's expression became serious.
"Rhode, you must be aware that any monster with a source is very dangerous. The more monsters it has, the more dangerous it is."
Rhodes quickly asked: "How should I judge?"
Horus said in a deep voice: "You can see with your spiritual vision that the monster's soul has dark ripples, a lightless state, or a black realm state, all of which have a source."
"Especially for monsters above the strong level, you must pay attention."
Rhodes nodded slightly.
The strong level is a very powerful monster, and it is not the same level as the previous gray level, unleveled, mature level, and fierce level.
The Abyss Serpent and the Corrupted Dragon are both powerful monsters.
"Considering your lack of experience, I appointed Molly as your assistant."
"She is the best dispatch officer in the Military War Department and can help you accomplish many things."
"Not only that, Molly also has a very firm belief and is willing to sacrifice everything for fire. Such a woman is an excellent partner..."
The king coughed, interrupting Horus's sermon.
"Back to the topic, the source law is nearly infinite and contains countless rules, so our characteristics are also different."
"But when it comes down to it, it's all included in 107 areas."
"Among them, the three areas known as the pillars of the world are time, space, and activity."
"These are the three laws of origin. They were originally one piece, but now they are broken and scattered in the sea of origin."
Wang paused for a moment and finally got to the point.
"And the fire of protection is rooted in the sea of origin and exists on these three pillars."
"The stronger the guardian fire, the more sources it needs, otherwise its power and source will be lost."
"As for the extremely powerful Holy Fire, due to the large amount of phlogiston and firewood we added, its power has far exceeded its source. The structure of the firewood is collapsing, and the Holy Fire has become capricious and unstable, all relying on my spiritual support.
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"There are only two solutions, get another Holy Fire Seed."
Wang looked at Rhodes seriously and said word by word.
"Narrow the scope of the Holy Fire and give up the lives of 30 million people in the outer city."
An unspeakable silence enveloped the Holy Fire Sacrifice.
It took Rhodes a while to come back to his senses, and he lost his voice:
"You mean, the elders of the Supreme Council will choose the second option?"
