Ian was stunned for a moment, and then slowly repeated: "Killing the Outer God?"
At this moment, Ian even wanted to laugh a little - the Huaiguang sect, the most prestigious among the four orthodox sects in Terra, was actually the God-Slayer? It sounded really weird.
But when he thought about it carefully, he had some understanding.
The God of Huaiguang Church, "Huaiguang," does not have a specific image, which is the so-called "no idol."
Its core is an illusory concept and a persistence of faith. In a sense, the God of Huaiguang is present with all the priests who uphold the doctrine, and the power of their gods is in the priests of Huaiguang.
of spiritual power.
But the god mentioned by the spirit of the tree sea is different. The god mentioned by the robe has a specific image, even a physical body, a real god with existence. It is an existence similar to the ritual sacrifice master and the sacrificial spirit. It is a living life.
, a life that can be seen, perceived, affected by reality and influenced by reality.
For example, say sacred trees.
Ian can roughly guess that the image of the spirit of the sea of trees on our planet... is the living will of an entire ecosystem. The spirit of the sacred tree controls the ecology of the entire planet, and can wipe out all life races with just one thought, but the robes
It did not do that, but allowed many intelligent beings to coexist with the pools, and even provided convenience for them.
In this way, the creatures living in the wilderness of the sea of trees will naturally enshrine the existence that has given them all prosperity as 'gods.
Although they share the same word, the two gods are completely different.
As for the so-called foreign gods
"Could it be, as the name suggests, a god from aliens?"
Ian complained in his mind.
But that's not surprising either.
Just like the dead king can take all his people away from the original planet after becoming a spiritual god and become spiritual fire. On planets where gods exist, there will of course be spirits like the Sea of Trees, who use gods as fire to carry them to their hometown.
Everything exists that goes to a foreign land.
In a sense, this is also a kind of salvation ark, a kind of fire for God.
Even though there are not many such fire seeds, there are more than a thousand fire seeds in this damn place like Terra. Even if it is one tenth or one twentieth, there are still dozens or hundreds of alien gods.
Having said that, it is really necessary to have Huaiguang to kill, otherwise Terra, who was originally dancing with demons, would really be dancing with gods and demons.
The next words of the spirit of the sea of trees confirmed this.
[Our life form is different from most life forms in this universe]
The tall statue of the Virgin lowered her eyes slightly. The leaves of her robe can accurately imitate any human posture, but there is a kind of divine compassion that is beyond human: "We are a collection of many lives, we are a collection of many soul lights."
, we are life born from life, and we are the will behind the entire ecosystem]
[Beings like ours that integrate the entire planet’s ecology and dominate it are the so-called ‘gods.’]
【When we completely become a wilderness, the entire wilderness will fluctuate because of our breathing】
[It is not a bad thing that there are existences like us on a planet - there are many intelligent races thriving in our field. We help each other, support each other, and let each other grow to a higher level]
[But in Terra, ‘gods are not popular]
Slowly speaking, the spirit of the tree sea had a hint of helplessness in his tone: [because]
【Too Many Gods】
Hearing this, Ian couldn't hold himself any longer.
Yes, Terra has too many gods.
Putting aside the four major orthodox religions, aren't the strong men at the fifth level the gods in the world? With the existence of such gods, the Spirit of the Sea of Trees was slow in its initial stage.
Moreover, according to the spirit of the sea of trees, there are many life forms similar to Chi's, which can also be regarded as 'gods'.
For example, Ian had heard of the 'Karin's Flower' and the 'Insect's Nest'.
The flower of Karin is rooted in the sea of human souls, or the souls of all intelligent life.
A super psychic creature in the sea, it can assimilate the souls of all living beings into a part of itself. Although it still maintains self-awareness, its soul has essentially become a sub-strain of the Flower of Karin.
The so-called free will is meaningless in front of super beings like the Flower of Karin, which it doesn’t even bother to deprive of - human beings are beings that can be influenced in their decision-making by just hormones and a few verbal hints, without the self-awareness of sublimated people.
It is essentially a feedback from the body, and mastering the flower of Karin with a soul can make people feel it as a 'god' from the bottom of their hearts.
As a god, this is not unpowerful.
Not to mention the insect hive, which can devour the entire planet and turn everything into its own biomass. The insect hive essentially has only one master, even the ancestor swarm can differentiate into semi-autonomous heroic units.
A special insect nest whose semi-autonomous individuals are also the offspring of the insect nest will naturally regard them as 'gods'.
In this way, according to this calculation, the number of alien gods on Terra is really countless.
Coincidentally, both the Insect Hive and the Flower of Karin have Huaiguang taking action and even presiding over it.
Over the years, according to Ian's knowledge, the Huaiguang Church has wiped out more than a dozen insect nests, and there are estimated to be the same number of similar natural disaster-level creatures. According to this calculation, Huaiguang has killed more than thirty outer gods, and
In addition to this, there are definitely more demigods who are lurking in a place and do not act openly and openly, similar to the spirit of the sea of trees who were warned by Huaiguang.
In this way, the name of Huaiguang's 'God-killing Tradition' is truly worthy of its name. It is no wonder that the spirit of the sea of trees is so cautious and even fearful.
——In the eyes of other alien gods and demigods, the Huaiguang Church is simply a super killer, eighty meters tall and eighty meters wide, with dozens of skulls hanging as pendants on its body, and asking questions in a rough voice.
We, these little fry who have just woken up from the fire, still don’t think we are gods?,
Is there any other answer to this?
——Brother, you have the final say. If you say it’s inappropriate, I won’t!
"Why does Huai Guang want to kill gods like this?"
After being unable to hold back, he naturally held back. Ian controlled his expression and asked appropriately: "Although I am a Terran, I am still young and I am not very clear about these ancient histories. Huaiguang is here
This is not the case in human society either.”
"What is the difference between the light that the spirit of the sea of trees has for you and for humans?"
【There is no difference】
But the answer from the spirit of the sea of trees was very surprising: [Although the powerful man with light back then had the power to destroy me, he did not do it. He just told me one thing]
[They said] Close your eyes, and the tall Madonna statue whispers: [Whether the ending is the final destruction of nothingness, or the redemption full of hope]
[Human beings need to choose their own path] "Human beings need to choose their own path."
On the other side of the distant continent, under the majestic Holy Mountain.
The Final Dogma, located three kilometers underground, is an extremely huge spiral abyss, leading directly to a super giant underground structure in the deepest part of the earth's crust. In this abyss, there is an almost eternal ice wind blowing from its bottom.
, like the last breath of a dying god, bringing with it the sound of lamentation.
The three of Huijian, Redemption and Yingguang walked silently on the spiral staircase of the Final Doctrine. They slowly circled the deep abyss and hollow, feeling the cold underground wind rolling their sleeves, step by step towards
The deepest part of the Holy Mountain.
That is where ‘the truth lies’.
"The light we carry is not a real light and cannot illuminate all living beings. Humanity is the race we chose and is also the native race on the continent of Terra. Most of our members are derived from humans, and they do have extraordinary potential and wonders.
The will of Huaiguang - Huaiguang attaches great importance to human beings' choices, and Huaiguang wants to know the outcome of human beings."
At this moment, Huijian's eyes were shining with white spiritual brilliance. He spoke in a strange tone, and his voice echoed in the final dogma area: "The real purpose of Huaiguang is not to protect humans, nor to protect them."
Humanity."
"The reason why Huaiguang fights against natural disasters and kills foreign gods is just to get rid of
All external factors that will affect human development."
Sister Longren listened in silence to this familiar yet unfamiliar elder brother, telling her the key information that she had never known, but that made her feel astonished.
"I see. That's why having light is not light."
Yingguang murmured to herself, but she soon had doubts: "But Brother Huijian, according to you, Huaiguang priests do not do good deeds or negotiate with human society. We should be
A hermit group, not a huge Orthodoxy spread throughout Terra!"
"Because this is the choice of mankind."
Huijian said calmly: "If humans need Huaiguang to become an orthodox religion, Huaiguang will become an orthodox religion. Just like if humans need a god to worship, then Huaiguang will not become enemies of foreign gods."
"Huaiguang doesn't care whether the final result of human choice is good or bad. Huaiguang just wants human beings to make their own choices. Whether they are the weak or the strong, whether they are ordinary people or sublime people, we agree with how the sentient beings in this world choose.
.”
"But before all sentient beings agree, we will prevent all disasters from happening, because a peaceful life is the greatest consensus among all sentient beings."
"Huijian, you didn't reveal anything in the past."
Shouguang murmured to himself: "I thought our relationship was really good buddies."
"It is precisely because we are true friends that we cannot tell you this."
Hui Guang was unmoved. The handsome, young and powerful priest said calmly: "Some things can never return to normal once you know them. You can't pretend that you don't know. You will think of it from time to time throughout your life.
, I was frightened and worried about this news, and my whole life was changed."
"Just like the part of the truth I'm going to tell you next, as long as you know it, you will never be able to go back to your original life.