The bottom center of Happy Island stores the "Heart of the Dragon". In the room where the host computer that controls the entire island's equipment is placed, a calm and confident young voice comes from the dark golden crystal throne.
It was a crystal throne more than five meters high, and the seat was more than one meter high from the ground. But the dark golden sacred mecha could just sit on it. He even crossed one leg, rested his elbow on his cheek, and
A state of laziness.
"I am here, Your Majesty the Pope."
Behind Him, an elf with six arms instead of legs and a dark red halo on his head stood behind him and responded respectfully.
"'Grey Dome, these are my eyes now, I can see clearly.' The mother tree, the base where the system is located, has been destroyed by the dragon's cannon."
The Pope said calmly: "Your plan failed."
The mother tree system infected by the virus will only allow the named elves who enter the reincarnation sequence after death to become one of them. But the dragon took decisive action before that and completely destroyed the contaminated "mother tree".
"It doesn't matter, this also means the end of the old era."
Tokifat didn't feel any sense of disappointment.
He even seemed quite happy, speaking in a brisk tone: "The original naming system should be an inheritance of rights and obligations. By constantly screening out the outstanding talents of the new generation, knowledge and power, and the truth of history will be constantly transferred
, the future of the world was handed over to him along with his name and identity.
"This was supposed to be a very sacred act. It was like primitive humans walking in the dark wilderness, and we all held sticks in our hands. The stick in the leader's hand turned into a torch, leading the crowd towards the light, while the others
Holding a wooden stick and guarding it, when it burns out, someone will come forward again, take over the fire and burn it to death.
"They are the first, but they should not be the last. They are Alpha, but they should not be European and American. They were there in the past and are here now, but they should not be there again in the future.
"But they tampered with the mother tree system, ignored the last words of the previous civilization, and distorted the inheritance system. A civilization built on such betrayal and deception has no hope at all - even the leader has given up his glory.
How can the successors have any self-respect?"
——What value does such a civilization have to continue? What is the significance of protecting human beings born in such a civilization? The initial path was already wrong, and it will only go further and further wrong.
"It's better to knock it all down - it's like a bird that has eaten all its food and throws it into the forest, leaving a white patch of ground. It's so clean."
Tokifat sarcastically said.
"And this cannon was finally fired by the giant dragon, which had a wonderful sense of ridicule. Originally, they had many opportunities to stop the elves, but they chose silence in the end. Since they chose silence at that time, now is the time.
It’s time to pay the price.”
"I see. That's what you think."
Andrew nodded calmly.
"Why," Tokifat raised his head, "My lord, haven't I already imported my thoughts into the holy book server? We have become one, so how can you not understand me?"
"——Or do you also choose to cut yourself off from the group and separate from us?" "Yes."
Unexpectedly, Andrew responded calmly: "You are right. "But I have to do this. My plan is foolproof - and in order to do this, I have to put myself on the chessboard.
superior."
"What?"
"And you, it's almost time to go back now."
The Pope - or rather, the young Pope spoke calmly and without hesitation, in a solemn voice.
The next moment, a brilliant light flashed through, and Tokifat's body suddenly fell apart!
But the mecha sitting on the throne didn't react at all.
Because just before Tokifat was cut by the light, the dark red light in his pupils was extinguished first. It was like a robot whose power was cut off, and was cut and dismembered by the sword light at the moment it fell.
.
"Tsk."
Bad Ri's somewhat regretful voice sounded: "What a quick response, His Majesty the Pope." He and Russell appeared from the corner of the door, one on the left and the other on the right.
"What did I see? A pet cat, a pet dog. Am I in a pet store?"
The dark golden mecha emitted a powerful and steady voice, reminiscent of the voice of a young man crackling a bonfire in the dark night: "It's a pity that the deer didn't come - was it because he was afraid of damaging the core computer room of Happy Island behind me? Then
It's so gentle.
"One by one, in other words, looking forward and looking back will not lead to great achievements. Kamalse is not wrong in the name of the bad guy."
"Although Tokifat is not completely dead, now he no longer uses the name 'Tokifat'. He will be left to you, Russell."
Bad Day finally patted Russell on the shoulder and prepared to leave.
The Pope now exists in the form of "Dragon Heart". Only Russell, who has obtained the power of "anti-electron", can follow the network cable and completely destroy this data. Even if Bad Sun tries his best to tear it into pieces,
We can only kill the dragon on Happy Island and let Happy Island fall.
It's just a pity that Tokifat couldn't be completely killed here.
But that's just to let him escape for a little while longer.
——When they catch up to the "Temple", they will attack the central server directly.
"If my guess is correct," the Pope suddenly said, "your next stop is to go to the Temple Island where the 'Sacred Code' server is stored, and destroy the core server of the church."
"how?"
Bad Ri glanced at him, and was not impressed by the majestic appearance of the mecha: "Let me tell you in advance, even if you beg me, I will not let them go. But if the Pope wants to say something nice,
If you want to beg me sincerely, I'm not afraid of wasting time."
"I'm just proving to you," the Pope replied, "After obtaining the computing power of the Dragon Heart, I can easily predict your actions. I can even predict Tokifat before you appear.
The data is saved back.
"——So, do you think I don't know that you sent Russell to kill me?"
"Um."
Bad Day snorted with no meaning.
He put his hand on Russell's shoulder and tapped it twice with the middle finger and ring finger of his left hand.
This means asking if he needs to stay and help.
Russell shook his head and stepped forward instead.
"After seeing the dragon's firepower, you should know...it's useless for you to stay here."
The dragon's energy comes from the dragon's heart, which transmits energy remotely.
Being able to fire such a devastating cannon shows just how far the Dragon's Heart, as a perpetual motion machine, can achieve. And as an energy transmission device, the Dragon's Heart is able to make this kind of weapon that is good at multi-terrain and multi-field combat.
The shape is obviously designed to abandon the ship body and run away directly at critical moments, or to fight against special forces sneaking into the ship.
In other words, even if he adds Russell, he may not be able to defeat the Dragon's Heart. If he really destroys it physically, the problem will be even greater. It is better to support the inferior one.
Russell, on the other hand, has a trick.
—In other words, perhaps he is the only one in the world who has the chance to defeat the Pope who has gained unlimited power.
It also possesses the psychic power of "Caged Bird" and the Holy Order of "Anti-Electronics" "Remember to close the door. I still have something to talk to His Majesty the Pope."
Russell said softly, and Bad Sun nodded thoughtfully.
"Be careful too."
Bad Day didn't say much, he just chose to believe Russell.
The moment Bad Day closed the door and left, a birdcage suddenly appeared in Russell's right hand behind his back.
The next moment the door closed, the slender metal birdcage opened on its own.
Accompanied by the sound of heavy handcuffs and shackles falling to the ground, the bright ultramarine flowed out of the birdcage like an endless sea, turned into a monstrous sea water, rolled up into a vortex, and pulled the standing Russell and the sitting Andrew together.
Get involved.
Wow——
Wow——
Along with the sound of the tide, it faded away.
When Russell and Andrew appeared again, they appeared in the middle of the ocean. Under their feet was the constantly undulating dark blue ocean, and above their heads was the sky blue cloudless sky. They could also hear the sound of seagulls coming from nowhere.
The sound of the rhythmic rising and falling of the ocean waves is everywhere around you.
And there is a bright sun hanging in the middle of the sky. Against the background of that sunlight, the ocean is as bright and beautiful as a constantly broken sapphire. There is pure blue in all directions - only the two of them have their own feet.
A small piece of land.
The place where the sea and the sky meet seems to be in an endless distance, and the whole world seems to be endless at a glance. However, the range within which one can move is as narrow as a cone of land.
"It's beautiful. This is the real sun and the real blue sky." Russell said softly.
He was not wearing the uniform of the Special Enforcement Department of Happy Island. Instead, he was wearing a slightly larger, white wool cloak with a hood. His inner clothes were also somewhat shabby linen.
Although his clothes were a little shabby, they were very clean. They were gifts given to him by people on the ground. They looked very fluffy and smooth, and seemed to be emitting a white shimmer under the sunlight. And Russell's silver-white righteousness
His hand poked out from the linen clothes, holding a golden lightsaber.
He just stood there calmly, without any attacking movements. That extremely thin body formed an extremely sharp contrast with the tall steel mecha sitting opposite him on the five-meter-high crystal throne.
"This is the spiritual energy you got from Xiao Liuli, right?"
Looking at all this, Zhang Sheng was still sitting on his crystal throne, lazily supporting his chin. His body was filled with sunlight, shining with dazzling brilliance, and the dark gold crystal throne behind him was like another sun on the ground.
The young pope said calmly: "Being able to peel off foreign objects and restraints on the body... You want to use it to peel me off from the Dragon's Heart, right?
"——Then, why not give it a try? See if it can bypass the power of my holy order and peel off my soul."
Staring deeply at the dark golden sacred mecha with its eyes illuminated by crimson lights, Russell narrowed his eyes slightly and raised his head.
Dim yellow light overflowed. With him as the center, the sea surface beneath his feet continued to spread out with increasingly finer ripples.
"It turns out that the reason why you can't reach resonance with Tokifat is because you cut off the link with the 'Group God.'"
Russell just whispered softly, but his voice echoed under the sky: "Let me guess why you did this.
"——Because 'Dragon's Heart' is also within the negation range of 'Anti-Superman'. As long as you want to have a perpetual motion machine based on Dragon's Heart, you cannot use the power of 'Anti-Superman', because it
You will deny yourself. You built Noah's Ark with your own hands, but you yourself failed to get on board."
"That's wrong. I couldn't get on the ship from the beginning. Someone must occupy the body of the dragon and control the gray dome. And this means that that person must break away from the group - and have the power to break away.
"
The young pope replied calmly: "And I have known this outcome for a long time. Only I can do it. After mastering the power of the dragon, I will never be corrupted. So I am the only one who can do this.
.”
"Will it not be corrupted?"
Russell smiled: "Is that what you think, Your Majesty the Pope?"
"I did not admit that this was Tokifat's wishful thinking."
The young man shook his head: "Although he harbors hatred and jealousy for the elves from thousands of years ago, he himself is actually still living in that era of kings and nobles more than a hundred years ago. He is also the same
Those things that are behind the times are no different from the people he despises."
"You know this very well, don't you?"
Russell's tone softened a little: "What's the difference between your behavior and that of a giant dragon or a monkey-faced eagle?"
"The difference is that I have the determination and perseverance to withdraw from eternity."
The young man's voice resounded throughout the world, like a god: "I must thank you, Russell. In that chat, you made me aware of my shortcomings. I realized that my plan was still deluded, and history was also
I will eventually return to the cycle. It was your external force that kicked me out of the cycle."
"Me too."
Russell said softly: "You reminded me of some very important things, such as, don't be you."
A godlike and arrogant voice sounded from the mecha, calm, objective, compassionate, and aloof: "I know. That's why I will execute the plan in advance and interrupt your 100% chance of swallowing the dream. That's why I will stay here all the time.
, waiting for you to pull me into this little world of a caged bird. The only thing that went beyond my plan was that Sheath took it upon herself to find you and gave you the power of the Holy Order of 'Anti-Electron'.
"Both you, father and son, have the same willfulness. Even if you go against the whole world, you will never waver in this impulse. This makes me unable to perfectly calculate all possibilities."
At this point, the Pope suddenly changed the subject: "You should know that the black dome that covers the world, right? I call it Black Sky, - Vishnu, the son of Vasudeva and Devaji.
The incarnation of slave."
"The incarnation of Vishnu, the maintenance god, is Krishna?
Russell chewed on the name: "It's really surprising. I thought it would be 'Maikala.'"
Krishna and Mahakala are different in words, but they are the incarnations of Vishnu and Shiva respectively.
The former is the "maintainer" and the latter is the "destroyer".
——Zao Sheng actually believes that this black dome that cuts off light is the "maintenance" of the world rather than the "destroyer"?
"I see, you knew from the very beginning that there was a loophole in the black sky. By returning the supernatural power, you can shatter the black sky... No, you set this up specially."
Russell murmured in a low voice, and gradually understood: "That's why you turned a blind eye to going to the Temple Island to destroy the Holy Scripture server. You have already transferred the group gods you created to the Black Dome.
Be among them!"
That’s why “someone must control the dragon and control the gray dome”!
If the world falls into complete darkness and freezing, the servers on Temple Island may not survive that low temperature. So, how can they save themselves when they become digital beings?
They transferred and stored themselves in "Black Sky"!
"Are you going to sacrifice yourself to help others?"
As soon as Russell spoke, he suddenly understood what the Pope meant: "No, that's not right.
You are - gambling."
"This is not a gamble, but a test!"
The young man's young, confident and energetic voice sounded from the mecha: "Now, the only ones who can decide the outcome on this planet are you and me, Huan Meng. It is true that I have absolute confidence in myself -
But objectively speaking, I must also consider the possibility that you are right.
"There will never be any omissions in the plan I made. Although I don't think you can succeed, you might as well come and show me.
"——Then let me see. Let me see if those extraordinary beings can choose to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the world, even if it is a 'sacrifice' that has nothing to do with life."
This is exactly the Pope's second plan.
If he fails, it must be due to the unity of mankind, not from the erosion of illusions - under his layout, if mankind can break through the "black sky" he created, it means that they have completely resisted
The fantasy dream also means that the fantasy dream is completely sealed.
And if he succeeds, then human beings will be extinct under the ice, and dreams will be sealed again. The "group gods" are controlling the "black sky". When all humans are extinct, they can open the black dome and thaw the glaciers.
Let’s play civilization again.
"Because what is stored in the black sky is not the power of discrete Holy Orders, but the group gods with consciousness. This means that no matter how much effort the extraordinary ones put in, they cannot be completely eliminated - only you,
Russell.
"No one can accurately observe that in the dark sky
How much power of Holy Order has been dissolved. But the final impact can only be you, it must be you.
"If there are not enough people willing to sacrifice for civilization, then your psychic energy will melt at the collision. The fantasy sealed by you will escape the seal, and then everyone will die together. Even we can't escape. If
You yourself don’t trust other people, so you’d better be more conscious, become a name-bearing elf and become the new future, and let this world go through another cycle.
"There is only one situation in which human beings can win, and that is to truly transcend illusions, defeat the inferior nature in their own hearts, and allow enough people to return their transcendence to the sky. Then when you collide with the black sky, you will
If all the group gods can be dissolved, we will have no value in existing.
"Praise my genius designs one by one, Russell. If you win, it means you have proved that mankind has defeated the dusk, then I am also very happy; and if you fail, then I win, then of course I am very happy.
Happy; if we all fail, then at least you don't win either, I'm still happy.
"HE, cycle; BE, fantasy; TE, sky. I have designed all three endings for you. Which step you can take is up to you.
"Well, is it a very fair bet?"
The three-meter-tall giant laughed. There was no hesitation in his words.
"……I see."
Russell just lowered his gaze: "You want to win so much."
"I am a digital life now, Russell. Digital life is only 0 and 1, so it is either/or."
"So the future you design must only have 'yes' or 'no'. It's like a right and wrong gate that judges logic." The young man said.
"This is the 'plan, the most perfect form - either one or the other, both are victories." The young man said.
"But human beings just need to survive, and they don't necessarily need to always win. Human beings seem to be in great danger now, but in fact they just need to take a step forward. It may not be now, it may not be in the future, it may be next time..." the boy said
.
"Maybe not, Russell. I only believe in the answer in the calculation. The probability is absolute, and the overall success rate of my plan is more than 99%." The young man said.
"——Probability is false. For a reality where there is only one chance, even a random 01% probability. That is a true and unmistakable reality." The hero's tone was calm.
"There is no need to continue talking, Russell. It will only be an infinite loop. One of us wants the process, and the other wants the result. There is no right or wrong, but we cannot coexist."
The Pope's tone was calm and rational: "Kill me.
"'I can't go back to the sky. But I will be your last nourishment." In an instant, the sun turned upside down and turned into the moon. The deep blue sea boiled and turned into a sea of blood.
Giant pillars made of metal rose up from the ground and converged at the center of the full moon, blocking the light in the sky. They turned into a huge birdcage. But the sea of blood under their feet was churning,
The dry and cracked ground rose from the sea level.
The world between heaven and earth is a cage. All living beings, you and me, are birds in a cage.
This is different from the blood and tears that Xiao Liuli cried out in the beginning, but another interpretation.
The dark golden mecha became transparent, and was then stripped back to the real world. But what emerged from it was not that unruly and confident, god-like young man.
He was actually a skinny old man with brown hair and blue eyes!
The pope in his spiritual state lowered his head and stared at his withered hands. That was when all the skills and external influences on him were stripped away, revealing his true appearance.
He suddenly realized that he was so old. He didn't even look like he was fifty or sixty years old when he became the first generation, but looked like he was more than a hundred years old. He was as thin as a skeleton and as light as a hand.
Just mention it.
When he lowered his head and saw how old his hands were, his eyes showed obvious surprise and surprise. His expression completely froze. That was something he had never thought about.
Even if he uploads his mind, these hundred years of time still exist. His soul has not become younger because he left his body - although the AI has calculated his voice when he was young and simulated his mentality when he was young.
But those are still "external things."
For a moment, he was filled with thoughts. The old man's back was hunched, and the sea of blood was reflected in his pupils. There was no confidence or unruliness in his pupils anymore, because he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake - that was a low-level person.
Mistake, a fact that he had known since he was a boy, but had completely forgotten it or deliberately ignored it.
What determines a person's essence is the memory and will condensed from everything he has experienced, rather than his age on the material level. The "God Descend Device" was a technology destined to be out of control from the beginning - it allowed a person to possess it out of thin air
The fruit of a life that does not belong to him.
The irony is that the angels all remember that these memories do not belong to them. But he himself has forgotten it.
'Sure enough,' the old man murmured in a low voice, 'time will never go back...'
He raised his head, and the moment his eyes met Russell's, his pupils were filled with a kind of insightful light.
The moment he realized that he was getting older, he seemed to understand where he had gone wrong.
But, it was too late. Everything for him was too late.
But fortunately, the world still has time.
Russell stood motionless, but the golden lightsaber in his hand suddenly extended infinitely - as he swung the sword, it tilted across the entire world, along with the old man's decaying spirit body.
A golden crack appeared extremely clearly on his green spirit body, shining like the sun.
"I am...a sinner."
The skinny old man murmured in a low voice and slowly knelt down. But just before he knelt on the ground, light suddenly came in and out of his spirit body - his body was suddenly broken in the birdcage of heaven and earth.
Countless memory fragments are scattered everywhere, embedded in the entire world. Adhering to each cage is something he has experienced since childhood, from youth to middle age, and from middle age to old age.
A piece of memory fragment.
"I hope that my sword is sharp enough and that your death will not be painful, and that the sinner will be promoted. I hope that we can defeat you, the deceiver who steals the sky.
Russell said softly, feeling that the saint's beheading in his hand was extremely heavy.
That is not the "weight of life", nor the "weight of life" - but the "weight of the future."
It is a key to the unknown future of this planet.
The young man stretched out his hand towards the distant sky. Under the gentle blood moon, in the eternal sound of the tide, he pointed at the fragments of life that were as bright as stars, and murmured in a low voice: "I was only one step away from becoming a person."
I lost you. But now, I reject that kind of future - the mask can only be a mask, and I will eventually be a mortal. The shells of others are not me.
"Rest in peace, Andrew. Let me see your heart...and then, come to me."