Todd's eyes were cold, and there were faint dragon scales on his arms. He said in a deep voice: "Elliad, I think I am a patient person, but this patience has its limit. About Sutherland
You'd better give me an explanation."
"Explanation?" Eliade stroked his silver beard and said, "You have no way of knowing the greatness of Sutherland. His contribution to the alien race is unmatched by anyone."
Todd rubbed his forehead vigorously: "We have been communicating for so long, haven't you understood what I said? I have never denied Sutherland's past achievements, but the problem is that now he has gradually become a
monster."
Eliade: "It doesn't matter what Sutherland becomes, but what matters is that he leads us into the future."
Todd felt completely speechless.
He felt that the Eliade he was facing was a complete fanatic, and all that was left in his mind was his admiration and obedience to Sutherland.
Todd turned to leave, but before leaving, he said: "I don't understand the meaning of this conversation today? You have lost your mind."
Looking at Todd who was about to leave, Eliade suddenly said: "There are some things I can't elaborate on, but you should believe Sutherland."
This inexplicable, even somewhat abrupt sentence caused Todd to stop.
"Believe Sutherland? You want me to believe in a monster that has devoured a tyrant for more than a hundred years?"
He was not angry at the disrespect in Todd's words. Eliade's calm tone made Todd suspicious: "More than a thousand years ago, Tyro's high-level officials planned to carry out a large-scale purge of foreign ethnic groups. That large-scale purge involved the army.
The church, parliament and many other aspects, whether it was planning or division of labor, the purge was almost a foolproof operation."
"Under such a situation, the weak and weak heterogeneous group is like a piece of scattered sand. Although they have heard some rumors, they cannot organize any decent resistance at all."
"That's when Sutherland stepped up."
"He first used his wealth to bribe those greedy legislators, then used his merits to provoke those aggressive generals, and finally used his knowledge to convince those arrogant scholars."
"Almost single-handedly, Sutherland won three precious years for the alien group. During these three years, he transferred a large amount of wealth, opened up an escape route from north to south, and planned tens of thousands of
The flight of man.”
"He even gave up his family for a different race."
Eliade sighed. The old and frail man found a piece of clean sand and sat down shakily.
After patting the dust on his body, Eliade continued: "Before every elder of the Presbyterian Church succeeds to the throne, he will hear the thrilling stories of the past from the mouth of his predecessor. It is hard for you to imagine that such bad things happened at that time.
In this environment, Sutherland was able to accomplish such a feat."
"This is not only due to his intelligence, but more importantly, his deep and sincere feelings for people of different races."
Todd listened and said: "Unfortunately, now his soul has been shattered, and under the nourishment of the tyrant, he has gradually turned into an unconscious monster."
Eliade glanced at Todd: "I believe there are things Meredith doesn't know."
Todd: "What?"
Eliade: "As early as the establishment of the Presbyterian Church in the Supuha Mountains, that is, the tenth year after Sutherland's sacrifice, the Presbyterian Church had already begun to try to locate and recall Sutherland's soul."
Todd: "In the tenth year after Sutherland's death, the Presbyterian Church began to try to summon Sutherland's soul? In other words, the Presbyterian Church had already begun trying to find Sutherland's soul more than a thousand years ago?"
Eliade: "Yes, Sutherland is the leader of the alien group and our savior. How could the Elders let his soul wander outside and ignore it? However, only the elders have the right to know about the soul summoning. Others have the right to know."
I don’t know.”
Todd: "Wait a minute, I remember that the ability to summon spirits requires a medium, such as the remains of the deceased or a token, or the memory of others..."
Eliade: "Yes, the ability to summon souls requires the remains of the deceased as a medium, but only the most powerful soul-calling mutants can use memories to summon souls. Ordinary soul-callers generally use the belongings of the deceased to perform rituals, but the best
The medium is actually the body of the deceased. But Sutherland's body was burned by the Tyro people, so we can only use his ashes and relics to try to summon the spirit."
"The effect of this method of summoning souls is not very good. Most of what we can summon are scattered soul fragments."
"But with the joint efforts of many powerful aliens in the Presbyterian Church, Sutherland's soul gradually became complete and clear, and the Presbyterian Church also found a way to communicate with Sutherland."
Todd said in surprise: "You mean, Sutherland's soul was brought to the Presbyterian Church a long time ago, and you also found a way to communicate with him? But Meredith told me that you were
It was more than a hundred years ago that Sutherland's soul was found."
Eliade shook his head and said: "Although she is the daughter of a sage, Meredith's hatred for his father is visible to everyone. In order to prevent accidents, many elders kept the matter of Sutherland's soul a secret.
Not mentioned to anyone else, including Meredith."
Todd asked again: "You have found Sutherland's soul, so have you helped him find the body where his soul is stored?"
Eliade: "We tried, tried hundreds of times, we tried to use the bodies of men, women and even children to store Sutherland's soul, but without exception we failed."
"Once Sutherland's soul enters the body of a living person, the original soul and him will be mutually exclusive, and will eventually cause harm to each other. But there is no way for the body of a dead person to be activated by the soul."
"So, the Presbyterian Church at that time began to study human body cloning technology, hoping to clone a soulless body of Sutherland from Sutherland's remains, in order to minimize the mutual repulsion between body and soul.
"
"In this way, hundreds of years have passed. The Presbyterian Church has achieved success in human body cloning technology, and we have successfully created a clone of Sutherland to store his soul."
"However, after such a long time, coupled with countless failed experiments before, Sutherland's soul has long been damaged, and even mixed with some soul fragments of other experimental subjects."
"When the elders put Sutherland's soul into the clone, for some unknown reason, an accident happened, and there was a violent impact between the body and the soul. During that spiritual fusion, Sutherland's soul
It was hit hard again.”
Eliade let out a long breath: "The spirit body experiment blew up most of the Soul-Calling Room, but in order to stabilize people's emotions, the elders deliberately announced that the experiment was a success, and announced that Sutherland's clone was used as a medium.
Seran's soul was successfully summoned."
"After that experiment, the elders began to think outside the box. They began to hypothesize that if the human body is not used to store the human soul, but an organism with strong enough physiological functions is used to carry the human soul.
, will the effect be better?”
"As a result, the resurrecting insects used for soul conversion came into the elders' sight."
"The resurrected insect has a very good compatibility with the soul. No matter what kind of soul it is, there will be no rejection reaction with this wonderful insect. The only trouble is that this insect can only transmit souls, and it is too weak.
, not enough to store the soul.”
Todd whispered: "So, you have set your sights on the tyrant again."
Eliade: "Yes, tyrants have the ability to evolve and enhance living organisms. If tyrants are used to strengthen the resurrecting worms, and then rely on the reviving worms' good soul adaptability, Sutherland's soul can be safely and stably preserved."
Todd: "There was an elder who passed the trial of the Kingdom of Shadows and brought back the tyrant."
Eliade: "Yes, those elders asked Meredith to contribute a little bit of the tyrant in her body, but she refused. As a result, one of the elders sacrificed himself for Sutherland."
Todd shook his head and said: "You can't blame Meredith for this matter. The Kingdom of Shadows has its laws, and I know it better than anyone else."
Eliade: "I was not yet born at that time, and I don't want to judge the details at that time. The key is that the experiment of the Tyrant Resurrection Insect was successful. It perfectly fit Sutherland's soul, allowing the latter to possess it.
A harbor where you can dock and no longer have to worry about the reality of soul collapse."
Todd looked at Eliade: "However...?"
Eliade sighed: "However, the Tyrant Resurrection Insect constantly needs the nourishment of the Tyrant, otherwise it will become unstable and even show signs of violence. This is because the Presbyterian Church must constantly deliver fresh Tyrants to Sutherland.
Maintain the balance of his body."
Todd: "As a result, Sutherland's body became larger and larger, more and more dangerous, and gradually began to approach the edge of collapse. Everything returned to the point I just mentioned at the beginning. Sutherland finally
It's going to be crazy."
Eliade raised his head: "Todd, I have said so much, haven't you figured it out yet?"
Todd asked doubtfully: "Understand what?"
Eliade: "Sutherland returned to the Presbyterian Church in the tenth year after his death. During these thousand years, he has been coexisting with the Presbyterian Church. He looked at the world through the eyes of the Presbyterian Church. He looked at the world through the eyes of the Presbyterian Church.
The ear of the Presbyterian Church listens to the outside world, and its thoughts and decisions are conveyed to each term of elders, and continue to influence the direction of the entire heterogeneous group."
"Do you think Sutherland couldn't foresee the day when the Tyrant Resurrection Worm would get out of control?"
Todd was shocked: "You mean, Sutherland would have expected that the Tyrant Resurrection Insect would be uncontrollable?! Then why would he keep eating Tyrant? This would only accelerate his demise... Wait...
"
Todd suddenly stopped talking and stood there blankly.
Some pictures and some words were like scattered puzzle pieces, appearing and disappearing in his mind. He saw something, something vague.
Todd knew that Sutherland must be planning something.
However, he couldn't figure out the key piece of the puzzle.