Alien Knights

After thinking about it repeatedly, Todd's thoughts became more and more confusing.

The Battle of God's Choice mentioned by Jingsu is like a fog that makes it completely unclear, hiding the truth behind it.

Shaking his head vigorously, Todd said to Huggins: "The investigation of the marine race's abilities can continue, but there cannot be any conflict with them."

Huggins opened his mouth at first, but finally gave up his plan to persuade. He lowered his head and said, "I will obey the Holy Will."

Watching Huggins leave the room, Todd closed his eyes, entered the soul space, and found Rachel directly.

Rachel, wearing glasses and regular clothes, seemed quite surprised by Todd's summons.

"In a hurry?"

Todd looked at Rachel's outfit and asked, "Are you in the Muxi Library?"

"Yes."

"Are you still studying beacon towers and time travel?"

"Yes, I believe I already have some clues." Rachel took off her glasses: "There is some information. The more you delve into it, the more interesting it becomes."

Todd waved to a freezer, took out a can of Coke, and took two sips: "This is what I want to discuss with you."

Rachel rummaged through the freezer, found a bucket of ice cream, and ate it by herself.

"Did you know? Food like this is already sold in the city."

Todd didn't react for a moment: "What?"

Rachel shook the ice cream in her hand: "There are aliens in the city who have opened a shop. They use the power of accelerated aging, freezing and solidification to process eggs, milk and sugar, and then get a similar product. However, the taste is very fishy. , and it tastes very hard.”

Todd looked a little dumbfounded: "Rachel, can we put the food aside and talk about something more important?"

"Food has always been the most important thing." Rachel said with a smile: "It represents the original and purest desire of all living things."

Seeing the depression on Todd's face, Rachel put down the spoon in her hand: "I won't tease you anymore."

Todd said: "Do you still remember everything about the Battle of God's Choice?"

"Yes, that is a competition led by the Crystal Master, and the winner can get the power of the gods."

"Then have you ever thought about it? What's the point of this competition?"

"significance?"

Todd thought for a while and said: "Why did Jingsu go to such trouble?"

"To choose a god?"

"Competing for territory, gaining power, and grabbing believers. The god selected through this competition is nothing more than a victor who worships force, is ambitious, and deceives people. This kind of person can really achieve Akisuku's so-called "racial selection." The purpose?”

Rachel looked a little confused: "I can't keep up with your thinking."

Todd breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly: "Let me sort out my thoughts from the beginning."

"Jingsu selects some people with extraordinary abilities in this world and gives them enlightenment. Jingsu tells these people that by expanding their territory, becoming the strongest, and grabbing believers, they can become gods in this world and gain unlimited benefits. the power of."

"But if you think about it, these three paths to victory actually have a commonality."

Rachel frowned and asked, "What kind of sex?"

"To expand territory, you need to initiate wars between countries as a ruler; to become the strongest, you need to kill other powerful creatures to ensure that you are at the pinnacle of power; and to capture believers, you will provoke religious confrontation and trigger believers. conflict between them.”

Rachel understood somewhat: "These three roads to victory are actually full of fighting and slaughter. In other words, if you want to win, you must eliminate other opponents physically and mentally."

Todd nodded and said: "Jingsu once told me that the purpose of the God's Selection War is to select races, eliminate those backward races, and keep those outstanding races. But according to Scathach's historical records, many of the races in this world Times all end with destruction, all civilizations return to zero, and no living things remain.”

"What does this kind of final ending mean to Jingsu? This is tantamount to making failed experiments again and again, but not learning lessons, and continuing to go further and further down the wrong old path."

Rachel said: "You are right, every attempt by Jingsu will end with the end of the world, and everything will return to the beginning. If his purpose is to optimize the race and create a perfect race, then these repeated attempts There really is no point in a failed attempt.”

Todd pondered: "So, I decided to look at the War of God's Choice from a different angle. What if the fundamental purpose of everything Jingsu did was to encourage war between races?"

Rachel was startled: "You mean, Jingsu wants to see war and genocide?"

Todd continued: "The end of the world and the demise of the race are inevitable consequences for Jingsu. What he cares about is not the result, but something produced in the process."

Rachel asked: "I don't understand your point of view. What is the value of destroying everything you created with your own hands?"

Todd understood Rachel's thoughts. The other party had been analyzing the Battle of God's Chosen with the bodies of those involved, but to truly understand the value behind this war, one had to raise one's vision to Jingsu's point of view.

Todd explained: "Rachel, let me give you an example. When I was in the research institute, I often conducted sample reference experiments."

"Let me explain what a sample reference experiment is. By observing the interactions between different microorganisms, culture fluids, stress hormones and catalysts in a petri dish, we record and analyze the characteristics of these constants, and add multiple levels of variables to Look for possible variations and evolutionary paths of experimental subjects.”

Rachel took a deep breath: "I need you to explain it in a more straightforward way."

Todd said: "The world we live in is the petri dish in my mouth. Human beings, animals, plants, microorganisms and even undead creatures are the experimental subjects; natural factors such as the ocean, sky, earth, etc. are the culture fluid; causal events It’s the hormone; and the Battle of God’s Choice is the catalyst.”

"Put these substances together, observe their reaction results, and draw the final experimental conclusion. After an experiment, clear the entire petri dish, use the same experimental materials, and conduct another observation."

Todd said to Rachel: "Jingsu did exactly this. He first used the Battle of God's Choice to promote the fight between races, then prohibited the Forerunners from intervening in this experiment, and finally used a doomsday like Ragnarok. To end the entire experiment. When everything returns to nothingness, Jingsu will start a new era and a new experiment."

Rachel was completely stunned.

After a long time, she said softly: "Is this really the truth of the world? Is everything just an experiment?"

Todd sat down frustrated: "This is all my guess, but this is the most reasonable explanation I think."

Rachel looked at Todd: "As for the hypothesis just now, you just mentioned something."

"What?"

"When you mentioned the sample reference experiment, you mentioned adding multiple levels of variables. What is that?"

Todd thought about it for a while and explained: "When conducting experiments, in addition to preparing constant experimental materials such as microorganisms, culture fluids, stress hormones and catalysts, a variable experimental material is usually prepared. This variable material is usually obtained from the outside world. The substances taken are used to observe the effects of different external substances on the experiment. During each experiment, the variable experimental materials will be replaced..."

Todd stared at Rachel with his eyes wide open, unable to say a word.

Rachel looked at him with a smile: "You also realized that the variable is you."