Meredith looked at Todd sitting on the ground and asked funnyly: "How is the training going?"
Todd, in his tyrant form, glanced at Meredith and pointed at his feet in frustration.
The latter looked at it intently and couldn't help laughing.
There is a pile of 2b pencils at Todd's feet, the same style and the same size.
Meredith picked up a pencil and asked with a smile: "It seems that you are very interested in this kind of stick."
"This is not a matter of interest at all!" Todd spread his hands and said helplessly: "Originally, I thought that I could just pinch out the things in my soul space according to their shapes with the power of my soul, but things simply
It’s not that simple!”
"You not only need to know the appearance of things, but also understand the structure of objects, and even be familiar with the molecular formulas of matter, in order to use dark matter to reshape objects!" Todd picked up a pencil with his fingers and raised it in front of him.
He said in a dumbfounded voice: "Moreover, the materialization of soul power is also related to the user's mental ability. The stronger the ability, the greater the mass of the materialized object and the more complex the components; the worse the ability, the opposite is true."
Todd dropped the pencil at his feet and sighed: "After a long time of fussing, with my current ability, I can only make a few 2b pencils at most."
Meredith shook her head slightly and encouraged him: "Do you know how many people have truly learned the ability of soul embodiment since I came to the Kingdom of Shadows?"
Seeing the confusion on Todd's face, Meredith raised a finger and waved it in front of the former's eyes.
"Only one person?!"
Meredith knocked on Todd's arm: "Yes, you are the only one... To be honest, I am very jealous of you. I have been with the master for so long, and she has never mentioned teaching me this ability.
.But I have only met you a few times, but I decided to teach you everything I have."
Looking at Todd's dazed look, Meredith said angrily: "If the soul has the ability to be embodied, there are restrictions on the weight and structure of objects. You can't try to create something that is small in size, light in mass, simple in structure but useful.
Big things? Like these useless little sticks, no matter how many you make, they can only be used for making fire!"
Meredith's words made Todd's eyes light up.
The latter held his chin with his hand and said to himself: "There is something, small in size, light in mass, uncomplicated in structure, and the molecular formula is familiar to me... Wait! It seems that there is indeed something, isn't this...
"
"Todd."
Scathach's voice woke Todd up from his thoughts.
The latter looked at the purple-haired shadow queen, walked towards him slowly, and stood up from the ground unconsciously.
Scathach walked up to Todd, looked up at the tyrant's golden beast eyes, and asked quietly: "Do you remember how long it has been since you came here?"
Todd answered somewhat uncertainly: "A month?"
Meredith rolled her eyes and said loudly, "It's been almost half a year!"
Todd's eyes widened: "So long?"
Scathach shook his head and said with a smile: "Is half a year a long time? Let me tell you a fact. In half a year, you learned something that other trainees cannot learn in a lifetime."
Todd looked at Scathach in disbelief: "So, does it mean...?"
"Yes, I have nothing more to teach you."
Lifting the tyrant's iron claw, Todd looked at his whole body, and then said to Scathach: "Is the training completed?"
The Shadow Queen closed her eyes, smiled and shook her head: "No, your training is only half completed...come with me."
Scathach walked in front, Todd followed behind her, still in the dilapidated corridor, still in the same spiral staircase.
Following the green light of the radioactive ore, Todd returned to the original place - the ceremonial hall located underground in the Kingdom of Shadows.
Standing low and looking at the stone slabs under his feet, Todd said to Scathach: "I seem to have guessed who you want me to see next..."
Scathach looked at Todd, nodded and said: "Among all the forerunners, Leviathan was once a passionate and upright individual. He invested too many hopes and dreams in human beings... However,
Humanity has let him down again and again."
"Todd, remember what I said, Leviathan may not want to help humans anymore, but he will not reject hope."
Looking into Scathach's eyes, Todd nodded slowly and said, "I understand."
Scathach placed his hands on the stone pillar in the middle of the ceremony hall. The entire hall slowly rotated, and the entire space made a rumbling friction sound.
The stone slabs on the ground slowly opened, and a bottomless black hole appeared on the ground.
As the roaring sound became louder and louder, the surging seawater slowly rose up like a rising tide, filling the entire huge cave.
Todd glanced at the sea at his feet, took a deep breath, nodded to Scathach, and then jumped into the sea desperately.
Although there is no pull from the maelstrom, the tyrant-shaped body swims as freely and comfortably as a fish in the sea water.
Walking through the shallow layer of the sea, the deeper you dive, the darker the surrounding colors and the greater the pressure of the sea water.
Just when there was no light around him, Todd faintly heard a dull thunder.
Leviathan is coming.
This creature, which was about the size of a town and covered with tentacles, came to Todd's side, opened its huge eyes, and looked at the visitor.
Todd was just about to communicate with Leviathan when a deafening question attracted his attention.
"Self-interest or altruism, in your opinion, which one contributes more to the species?"
After thinking carefully, Todd gave his own answer: "Neither pure self-interest nor altruism can make a correct contribution to the development of the species. The greatest role of self-interest is to trigger the motivation of individuals to pursue interests, which is how the species can move towards
The most basic element of forward development. And altruism is more like a mediator between individuals. It can find a peaceful solution to conflicts when conflicts arise, rather than blindly heading towards the same fate. Therefore, I think altruism and self-interest are the same.
The contributions made are also important to the species."
Leviathan was silent for a moment and then asked: "Should the Creator interfere with the world of creation?"
Todd was a bit confused about this issue.
Leviathan was obviously asking Jingsu whether his behavior was correct.
But this question involves too many premises and cannot be answered simply.
Todd hesitated for a long time and finally said: "I can't give you an accurate answer. But I can give you an example. In my world, when conducting experiments, the temperature and oxygen of the experimental environment will be adjusted at different stages.
, pressure and other indicators to observe changes in the sample. But there is an iron rule in the laboratory, which is that direct contact with the sample is absolutely prohibited, because this approach will contaminate the sample and cause distortion of the experimental results."
"But..." Todd took a deep breath: "I consider myself a researcher, but the relationship between God and his people is far more than that simple, so I can't answer the second question."
Compared to the first question, Leviathan was silent for a longer time this time.
After a long time, Leviathan asked Todd a final question: "Answer me, are you still human now?"
Todd blurted out without any hesitation: "No matter what shape I become, I am still a human being."
Leviathan's huge body trembled slightly, and he only said one sentence: "Interesting."
Todd's soul was immediately pulled out of his body and entered an unknown space.
Todd, floating in the air, looked at the world below. A huge armored monster rose from the bottom of the sea. Countless humans wearing flying armors took off from the monster's back deck, generating flames, frost and thunder in their hands, venting war to the earth.
of anger.
On the other hand, the combatants on the other side, composed of armies of different species, were retreating steadily under the human offensive and were completely defeated.
"The era you are seeing is called the 'Era of Extinction'." Leviathan's voice came from the sky: "In this battle, mankind relied on its absolute advantage and finally exterminated other races."
Hearing Leviathan's words, Todd was surprised and looked at the fighting humans. He soon saw some problems: "These humans don't look very different from us."
"Humans before the Era of Extinction were far stronger than today's humans in terms of personal abilities and racial talents. After other races became extinct one after another, humans began to focus on enjoyment and internal fighting, and their abilities gradually became weaker and their talents began to degrade. Eventually,
It became what it is today.”
Todd asked curiously: "Human beings in the past were stronger than now?"
Leviathan turned the scene and the scene turned into a huge steel temple.
Dozens of human researchers gathered together and tied a blue-skinned, pointed-eared alien into a huge glass jar.
With a sharp cry, countless metal drills penetrated the alien's body. In an instant, the alien was decomposed and only a skeleton was left.
"What are they doing?!"
Todd looked at this scene in horror, his whole body turned cold.
"Humans call this process 'assimilation'. In short, it is to break down the bodies of other races, then analyze the excellent genetic formulas contained in their bodies. Finally, extract these materials for their own use."
Todd lowered his head and said slowly: "No matter what, this is too..."
"With this method, human beings have accumulated more and more advantages in wars and gradually took the initiative in the situation." Leviathan's voice slowly became colder: "So, I like to call human beings
locust."
Todd sighed dejectedly: "I can understand how you feel."
"I have lost my last hope for humans, but Scathach is different. She still hopes to find a balance between races, so she recommended you to me."
Todd looked at the sky, his words full of helplessness: "Honestly, I really don't know if I can do what you expect. In the original world, I can only be regarded as an ordinary person, and even be classified as a failure.
”
"In the dictionary of the Forerunners, the definitions of success and failure are not determined by wealth and status. The reason why we value you is because of your inner self."
The screen went black, and Todd's soul returned to his body in the sea.
Leviathan turned his eyes to Todd, and a thunderous voice resounded in the latter's mind: "I will unlock part of the "assimilation factor" in your body to enhance your strength...perhaps like this
As Kahar said, somewhere in my heart, there is still a glimmer of hope."
A hot force penetrated Todd's body, tearing apart every cell in his body.
Todd twisted his body in pain, and the Tyrant's body underwent drastic changes.
The Tyrant originally had its head and tail, but its ten-meter body length extended again, growing to a length of twenty-four meters; its neck began to lengthen, and gradually thickened, becoming able to rotate freely and flexibly; the scales on its body began to layer and
Arrange them to make them look more orderly; similar to
The lizard's head stretches out sharp and strong thorns diagonally to the rear, and develops sharp-edged folds; the lower limbs become thicker and more powerful, while the upper limbs stretch forward, looking slightly smaller in size;
A pair of huge bat-like wings.
Leviathan looked at Todd's changes and said: "Go, use your method to change the world and seek the final answer."
After saying this, Leviathan closed his eyes and sank his body to the bottom of the sea.