Below the Kingdom of Shadows, there is the deep sea in the north.
Suspended in the dark sea water, Todd used his night vision and eagle eye powers to look into the depths of the ocean. There was a faint light coming from there, and he could also see the figures of creatures swimming. He shook his head and said: "
It seems that my guess is correct."
A thunderous voice sounded in his ears: "When did you find out?"
"Do you still remember? Last time I came to you to ask about the soul seed, you took me to your soul space and showed me those fish-men cities."
The body like a hill moved slowly in the sea water, shaking its huge eyes, Leviathan confirmed: "Yes, those fish-men who fought against humans and were exterminated tens of thousands of years ago, I quietly
Keep their souls in my consciousness space. But, how did you find this place?"
Todd lowered his dragon head. His underwater breathing ability allowed him to absorb oxygen from the water without any obstacles. He recalled and said: "Based on clues...not only you, but also Scathach's soul space."
I have been there. Later, I discovered a strange thing. Comparing the two of you, your soul power is much higher than that of Scathach."
"At that time, I was thinking, as the first batch of creations of Jingsu, why do you two have such a big difference in soul power?"
Leviathan was silent for a moment, and then said: "Every Forerunner created by Jingsu has a completely different mission and ability. For example, Scathach, when she was created, the mission she was given was to observe and inherit.
She is mainly responsible for recording all civilizations, and archiving and verifying the culture and characteristics of each civilization."
"And I." Leviathan's huge body blocked the dots of light in the ocean: "My mission is to breed and reproduce... In the ocean, a holy land like a mother, I carefully care for every soul.
The condensed lives, watching them slowly develop from the simplest organisms to complex advanced creatures. Some of them went ashore and established civilization on land, while others stayed with me and continued to live.
"
Todd continued his analysis: "So, let me guess, the reason why your soul power is higher than Scathach is because you need to use your soul power when you give birth to life in the ocean. On the other hand,
Is the beginning of the creation of life the formation of the soul?”
For the first time, there was a tone of appreciation in Leviathan's voice: "Your guess is correct."
"The so-called soul is actually an architectural form made of dark matter. It is a blueprint, a blueprint, and a design draft for the creation of all organic objects."
"Before creating life, the forerunners will transmit the design plan and ability requirements of the species to their own kind with the ability to breed, such as me, according to their own preferences. Based on these needs, I begin to use appropriate methods in the soul space.
Using dark matter and dark energy, I begin to build the soul of living organisms. Next, I will use an ability to transform these souls into entities..."
Todd nodded and said: "The soul is embodied."
"Yes, it seems that Scathach has taught you this ability... Build the blueprint in the soul space bit by bit with free elements and particles in the real world. This process is
The soul materializes.”
"After the soul materializes, the forerunners will observe the status and performance of materialized things, allowing the most basic and lowest soul blueprint to continue to upgrade to a higher ideology under the influence of nature and society, and eventually form
For higher organisms."
Todd said helplessly: "But what you didn't expect is that the emergence of genocide wars will completely interrupt this upgrading of souls and the evolution of species. Any civilization, after evolving to a certain level, will inevitably usher in destruction.
"
Leviathan said solemnly: "This is also the biggest difference between the Forerunners and our creator, Jingsu. The Forerunners believe that when civilization has progressed to a certain stage, self-discipline and freedom will eventually usher in the demise of the race, and external forces must be adopted.
Only by influencing and interfering with it can we ensure that civilization continues. However, Jingsu believes that whether it is souls or civilization, higher beings must not disturb the development trajectory of lower beings, otherwise, it will violate the original intention of life experiments.
This makes the experimental results lose their authenticity."
Hearing this, Todd shuddered.
In his previous life, that blue planet, the reason why he has been arguing about the Fermi Paradox until now, and no traces of alien civilization can be found no matter how hard he tries, is it because of similar reasons?
Putting aside those complicated thoughts, Todd said to Leviathan: "Let's not worry about who is right and who is wrong between Jingsu and the Forerunner. Do you still remember the question I asked you in the soul space?"
"Which question?"
"Back then, after seeing the souls of those fishmen in your soul space, I asked you, 'Why do you want to keep so many souls in your own space?' You only said to me later.
Half a sentence: "Because they are all..."
Todd flapped his dragon wings in the sea and said with emotion: "After I came back, I have been thinking, what is the second half of your sentence?"
Leviathan said calmly: "The fact that you can find this place means that you have guessed what I want to do."
Todd changed his posture and began to swoop towards the deep sea. Colorful jellyfish slowly floated around him, illuminating the entire deep sea like a paradise. Huge undersea buildings were lined up in rows and were built in an orderly manner on the continental shelf.
The beautiful and graceful murlocs looked at the black dragon getting closer and closer to the underwater city. They were so frightened that they began to run away and try to hide.
Staying above the prosperous underwater city in front of him, Todd looked at the trembling murlocs in front of him and said: "Leviathan, you not only keep the souls of those murlocs in your soul space, you
He also used the ability of soul embodiment to give them bodies in the real world and help them rebuild their homes."
Leviathan's thunderous words came from afar: "Yes, I did do that. I have never recognized those humans living on land as the creatures I once participated in creating. They are greedy,
Selfishness and lack of faith are synonymous with destruction and failure. These creatures in front of you are all survivors carefully selected by me from my own soul space, and they deserve the right to survive!"
Todd scratched his neck with his dragon claw and shook his head helplessly.
In Todd's eyes, Leviathan's current behavior is completely like a mother who protects her children, and cannot be persuaded with words at all.
Todd reminded: "If you give them life again, it is tantamount to disobeying Jingsu's original intention. Aren't you worried that your creator will punish you?"
Leviathan's huge mountain-like body is constantly twisting in the sea due to its anger. The water pressure triggers strong ocean currents and earthquakes, making the entire seabed look shaky.
"Have you ever felt like this? Watching the children you love destroyed by a group of evil criminals, but you couldn't stand up to protect them... I've had enough of this kind of life! If Jingsu really thinks
I hindered its experiments and was determined to destroy everything, so let him do it!"
Todd swam to Leviathan's side, motioned it to calm down, and then said to him: "You and Scathach once gave me a task, do you still remember it?"
"Yes! We hope you will find a way to allow different races to live in peace without triggering a war that will end everything!"
Todd nodded: "I now have an idea about this matter, but I need your and Scathach's help."