"The purification work has already been carried out over there. Mr. Concern will fulfill his promise and there is no need for me to keep an eye on it."
"That's good, this mission can finally be completed, although I didn't complete it..."
"Are you overwhelmed with frustration again?"
"That's right..."
"follow me."
Sister Sai held my hand. The cold and soft touch of the glove was almost the same as that of Ling Mei. I don’t like the hot feeling when body contact, so the goddess’s body is always cold. We don’t feel it either.
It's cold, so winter doesn't matter. Last year... or the year before? Well, my concept of time was completely messed up when I was on Earth... In short, on the New Year's Day of a certain year, Lingmei even built a bath with a mixture of ice and water for us to take a bath in.
, when we soak in it, it feels like fruit tea. Ah, the reason why it is like fruit tea is because our taste has fruity components, so the water we brew is naturally fruity. By the way, that pool
The water was eventually sold as some souvenir perfume.
"Where are you going, sister?"
"Just take a stroll and change your mood."
Sister Sai took me through the portal. The other side was not the forward base established by the purification operation, but a forest lake with a familiar scenery. The environment here seemed to have been purified, and those dark pollutants were
All disappeared, revealing the original appearance of nature. Of course, pollution killed all the creatures here, so now there is only bare land and dead trees that have not yet been decomposed. But only given time, or human intervention, here again
Will it return to its lush appearance?
"Do you remember this place?"
Sister Sai walked to the lake, stretched out her legs and lightly skimmed the lake with the toes of her boots. Some water droplets hung on the absolutely smooth and flat soles of her boots, which were clear and translucent, reflecting the bright sunlight.
"I remembered, this is the place where we used small animals to do environmental purification experiments before!"
In theory, goddesses do not "forget", but in order to be more like humans, they will deliberately add forgetfulness. Naturally, I also retained this annoying function, and I have to think about everything when I encounter it.
"The purification operation hasn't advanced here yet, but the plague within a radius of ten kilometers has been eliminated, and the purification area is still expanding. Guess why."
Knight Ji stood there quietly by the lake in the deserted forest, the outline of her body lit up by the sunlight reflected by the lake, as if she herself was glowing. Of course, I knew she was not glowing, but the weather today was very good and the sunshine was very abundant.
"Yesha's antibodies are so powerful. We just let her pee in the lake for a while."
I sighed naturally.
"follow me."
Sister Sai held my hand again, waved me out of the portal and took me to another place. This time I landed on a hilltop, and there was a small village not far away in the opposite direction. Although the village was also a vast area.
It was a dilapidated scene, but it was obviously no longer polluted by the dark plague. Three or two thin people were doing daily tasks such as chopping firewood, and green smoke slowly floated from the chimneys of several houses.
"Do you remember this place?"
Sister Sai asked the same question again.
"I don't have any impression of this place. I probably haven't been here before."
I searched my memory and found no experience that matched the current scene. Well, it feels weird to say this, and I am not an AI.
"But there are antibodies here, and the antibodies here were brought by people who fled. As for the origin of people, look over there."
Sister Sai raised her hand and pointed at a person who had just come out of the thatched hut.
"That's... I remember the innkeeper's wife back then! She escaped from that town~"
"Yes, the people you paid money to all found ways to escape that day, and they have brought the antibodies to all directions."
"oh……"
I nodded, probably understanding why Sister Sai brought me here.
"follow me."
Sister Sai held my hand again and took a step forward across time and space to the top of another mountain. There was a city built on the plain far ahead, and there were a large number of simple camps gathered around the farmland outside the city.
, countless people are busy with various things there, and there is also no sign of pollution here.
"Do you remember this place?"
"Remember, I directly asked people from the church to carry out epidemic prevention work here, and even used the flame of holy light as a deterrent."
This time I found that memory immediately.
"Because of your arrangement, the church here sent an expeditionary force to march north with antibodies to search for survivors, and the victims in these camps are the result of the action."
"That's pretty good..."
I nodded, but I still felt a little aggrieved.
"So you still feel like you haven't done anything?"
Sister Sai stretched out her index finger and poked my face expressionlessly.
"It's still too little...it took so much time, but only this little result..."
"But if you don't do it, there will be no results, and these people who are still alive will die. Greed is not a good idea, even if you do good things."
"But I am a goddess..."
"You are just a half-baked goddess, no, actually you are not even half-baked."
"Sister, you..."
"But you have done everything you can, and that's enough for us. We care more about the process than the results. There is still infinite time in the future, and you have many, many opportunities to grow and get closer to the real goddess.
.”
"I know...but..."
"You have some cognitive dissonance right now. Your perspective repeatedly swings between God and humans. You don't know who you are, and your thoughts are also confused."
"Yes... sometimes I am ruthless and feel good about killing so many people. Sometimes I feel sad for everyone I failed to save because I didn't save the world as soon as possible. I don't know what my perspective is.
Was it torn apart..."
"Every person has more than one face, let alone a goddess. All your thoughts are part of you. This is the complexity of human nature. What you have to do is not to avoid denial, but to take the initiative to recognize everything about yourself and identify the advantages.
and harmful ones, discard the dross and select the essence.”
"Well...but..."
"I know this is very difficult, and it is very difficult for us goddesses. It took us a long time to study the so-called good and evil, and even if this definition is reliable most of the time, there will still be special cases where it does not apply.
.It is right to keep thinking, but don’t think in meaningless directions, don’t get entangled in your own motivations and feelings, and think about the real impact in light of specific events. Even killing can bring good results in some cases.
In many cases, some good deeds will bring disaster. As goddesses, our top priority is not our own feelings, or repeatedly struggling with whether we are good or bad people. We must focus on the reality of mortals and specific events.
Think about how to create good results. This is the mentality you should have when saving the world. Amy, your biggest problem now is not incompetence. You spend too much energy on meaningless struggles with yourself to achieve self-satisfaction.
.If you always act like this, you will never be able to become a true goddess. A true goddess always puts the reality of mortals first."
"I……"
I have nothing to say and no excuses. Sister Sai is right. What I care about is not actually saving the world. What I care about is how to satisfy myself and how to make myself feel comfortable. I am indeed not even a half-hearted goddess.
, at most he is an ordinary person with the power of a goddess.
"Come, let's go see some more things."
Sister Sai once again took my hand and crossed the portal...