Soul of Burning Steel

Extraordinary civilization has been facing such a problem since its birth.

Extraordinary powers, why should they care about the survival of civilization?

It sounds cold-blooded and unreasonable, but it is indeed the case. After removing all the elements that talk about feelings and emotions, the most powerful type of extraordinary powerhouse does not need to care about the survival of civilization at all, because their Existence itself is comparable to or even better than a civilization. Their strength and wisdom can crush the collection of hundreds of millions of ordinary people.

Just like legendary powerhouses—every legendary powerhouse has the power to flatten the entire world of Mycroft in the Starfall Era. As long as other legends do not take action, they can easily overwhelm the entire world and make the entire civilization change. Even the legendary powerhouse with the weakest physical destructive ability, the "spiritual master" William, can brainwash hundreds of millions of ordinary people into his own puppets through wide-area brainwashing.

The way they observe the world, the speed of thinking, the cognition of all things, and the mode of thinking are far superior to ordinary humans. They can directly observe electromagnetic waves of all frequencies, directly manipulate gravity, electromagnetic force, and even strong and weak nuclei. Power, the strong man who can play the magic ether string like a piano, even the genius among a thousand or ten thousand ordinary people can't beat it, because they are still doing experiments and verifying theoretical models based on a guess , the strong have long been directly arousing the reality, seeing through the essence behind the phenomenon.

And their thinking speed and algorithms are also unbelievably strong. According to Joshua alone, the total amount of information that can be processed by one of his computing cores in one minute exceeds the information generated by all life on the entire Mycroft Continent. Quantity, and this kind of computing core, now Joshua can make tens of thousands of them in the blink of an eye.

They themselves are the highest peak of civilization, the crystallization of endless power and wisdom. When they were still mortals, they were already at the top of the world. Legends are no longer even the same species. They have sublimated into stronger and more incredible existences. It can even be said that if they hadn't been human beings and elves' memories and feelings affected them, there would be no need for them to help ordinary people who used to be compatriots.

According to the instinct of life, they wander alone in the void, and the resources they get and the probability of survival are higher... But intelligent life is not just life in the final analysis, their existence has other meanings besides living, because emotions And a sense of responsibility, let these strong people think that advancing with civilization is the right way.

Therefore, the identity of emotion and culture is the bond that maintains the relationship between extraordinary powerhouses and civilization.

——But you need to know that this kind of bond is not always reliable.

Civilization cannot count on this forever. If civilization is just the soil that breeds the strong, but there is no way to help the strong in the future, and it is just the unilateral contribution of the strong, then even legends will occasionally feel confused.

Joshua knew such an example - a few years ago, the nature teacher worked hard for the future of the elf tribe, trying to modify the current natural way, and wanted to make the elves stronger and more adaptable to this world. But the elven tribe didn't appreciate it, and just wanted the natural teacher to hand over the old and inappropriate carrier of the way of nature, the "Seed of the World Tree", which was given by the father of nature, and share it with the entire elven group.

They didn't understand the painstaking efforts of the natural teacher at all, and they just blindly asked for it according to their lamentable ignorance... At that time, the natural teacher was also confused. If it wasn't for Joshua's presence, who recognized and supported her behavior, she might He would really doubt the meaning of his painstaking efforts to fight for the elves.

One-way is never long-lasting, and it must be a two-way win-win situation in order to maintain this relationship almost forever.

So the problem goes back to the very beginning.

Everything needs the help of legendary powerhouses, and a civilization that can't do anything by itself, can it really maintain a 'win-win' relationship?

Do not make jokes.

So, civilization can produce strong people, rely on strong people, and strong people can help civilization... But what if one day, the strong are unwilling? Although looking at it now, this possibility is unimaginable and almost impossible, but what civilization has to face is countless disasters and catastrophes called "impossible".

Someone has to think about this and be prepared - before real disaster strikes.

Joshua believes that since the problems in Mycroft's world today are not at the point of life and death, there is no need for the legendary strong to intervene with all their strength. Medicine, take a hot bath, but no chemotherapy is needed, amputate, clone a brand new body and transplant the brain... Another analogy, now that the Mycroft civilization has encountered a small ditch, obviously just find a wooden bridge Why bother to send out the Joshua brand invincible bulldozer that can directly bulldoze the small ditch, the entire mountain valley, and even the world.

The bulldozers themselves don't get tired, not necessarily the people who get frightened, they'll even yell 'we have to be wary of this force' and start being wary of the bulldozers... this is no joke, as stupid as it sounds, there are people, not even Few people think so.

But even so, knowing that the chaos might be caused by the evil god, Joshua also notified the other legends to deal with the problem carefully, and he himself planned to go to other worlds to search for possible information about the evil god.

If all this can be regarded as spectating and inaction, then what is responsibility? Teach civilization how to walk by hand? Tell a player, teach them how to play a game, or even be the daddy of everyone in civilization, tell them how they should live?

Even if it is a god, if he dares to be so arrogant, he will be kicked off the altar by the anger of the crowd.

Joshua didn't speak.

The God of Life didn't speak either.

Neither of the two beings is talkative, but in fact, this is not a silent confrontation. When Selma, who was on the sidelines, thought that these two great beings were confronting each other, the two sides continued to use the power of steel and divine power. Information exchange, highly efficient communication with each other and spiritual level, the battle of beliefs.

Just like that, time flew by in an unspeakable silence. After a long time, the God of Life wearing a veil felt a little relieved, and even said with appreciation: "Your answer is very good... Radcliffe, you have indeed thought about it. This question is not answered instinctively, we originally thought that a pure person like you would not think so deeply."

"Even if it is an extraordinary civilization, it should not excessively interfere with the growth of civilization with extraordinary power-because this is the old road we have traveled."

The ethereal voice reverberates in the void. This is not a sound wave, but an information disturbance. The God of Life does not even need to open his mouth. The powerful mind can directly interfere with the souls of other intelligent life forms around him, causing them to have the illusion of 'hearing'. The deity murmured in a low voice: "Extraordinary people give ordinary people unlimited feedback power and technology, which will instead create a powerful but deformed civilization... This is what the sages used to do. He gently transformed the entire civilization Put it in the palm of your hand, care for it in every possible way, without asking for anything in return."

"He helped countless suffering people to be freed from suffering, and redeemed all desperate people from the abyss of despair. He helped and supported civilization, and he was willing to teach students and pass on his most fundamental power... But in the final analysis, the seemingly incomparably developed Glory Era, In essence, it is still the ancient feudal era, but the level of technology is so powerful that it is unimaginable.”

"Nobles, knights, mages, lords, kings, great nobles, gods, priests, churches and their loyal believers... Our world is so smooth because of extraordinary power, even the laziest farmers can have a good harvest, but such What about the world? It's just the mighty Shepherd ruling over his flock of happy, fat, innocent lambs."

"Arrogance will obscure the vision, making people unable to see the future and the way forward." The God of Life stroked the bones in his hand, and He let out a very happy laugh: "Joshua van Radcliffe, you Although he claims to be arrogant, he is more humble than many people, knowing that behind the wonderful picture of 'taking it for granted', there must be a price to change people's eyes."

The voice of the God of Life is gentle and kind. This is the first time that His tone has fluctuated, instead of being as calm as a pool of stagnant water: "It is natural for a powerful superhuman to control the direction of civilization and break through the disaster ahead. There are countless benefits, but there is also an infinite end...Even the sage who chooses this path thinks he has failed, and he thinks his order is wrong. But the sage has long known that he is not the eternal truth. In fact, in the late period of Glorious Civilization, he was thinking about how to make civilization go further and obtain a stronger and better order than before."

As he spoke, the God of Life turned around, and his long, smooth, white ankle-length hair fluttered in the air like a wave. He seemed to have resolved his doubts, so he was about to leave just like that.

But want to come and leave so casually? When this is His back garden?

Joshua was the first to disagree.

The sudden appearance of the God of Life, the sudden inquiry, and the sudden communication all revealed a lot of information suddenly.

"In the late period of Guangyao civilization, the sages were thinking about how to make civilization stronger? And a stronger, better, but different 'order' from before?"

The huge silver star condenses two extremely bright spots of light. These spots of light are so bright that in the dark void, they seem to be like a pair of giant eyes. The warrior stares at the God of Life who is about to leave with his body. He is extremely powerful. The wave of steel power rolled, blocking the surrounding void, and he whispered: "The Sacrificial Field of the Ten Thousand Worlds? Or... the homework in the mouth of Ai Le?"

In an instant, Joshua thought of some information revealed by the God of Love and Decline that he had communicated with not long ago... For example, what the other party said was very likely the existence of a sage who had given to his students, Assigned 'homework' on 'civilized order'.

And the content of that 'homework' is even enough to become a god and build an 'order' of its own civilization!

Although the tone of the words spoken by the God of Life is extremely flat, it is absolutely impossible to be ignored.

"Who are the true identities of your Seven Gods? Why do you have such close memories of the sages of the Glorious Era?"

At this time, Joshua no longer intends to endure the attitude of the Seven Gods who are vague and conceal the truth—yes, the relationship between His Majesty Yue Ai and the sages may be his private information, and the soldiers have no reason to ask, but there is no reason for the Seven Gods to ask. God, as the existence that shelters the Mycroft civilization, if their true identities are still as mysterious as they are today, it is impossible to be tolerated.

Are sages saints of yesteryear? Or is it an ancient god who once fell, but did not die completely, and revived after a thousand years?

Or even an artificial god created directly by sages?

There are so many possibilities, so many that Joshua's imaginary possibilities are almost overflowing. Today, even if he fights with these guardians of civilization, he must know the truth!

However, the projection of the incarnation of the God of Life, like a part of Joshua's own power, passed through the barrier of steel force like a blend of water and milk. Facing the blockade of the soldiers, the god was not angry or surprised. He stood in the Outside the blockade area, the ecology of the ancient well without waves, without any fluctuations in expression and tone, was restored, and then softly said: "Purity, don't guess who we are, because even we ourselves cannot confirm or believe it."

"We do have some memories of the Age of Glory—a little—but that can't prove anything, let alone they are inherently contradictory."

Speaking of this, the god of life who is unknown to men and women, who looks like a black and white silhouette, smiled gently again: "Don't guess, don't think, don't imagine——you are walking towards a future that we have not gone through. If this is the case, why bother to look back and watch What about the privacy we old guys don't want to be known by others?"

"You're right, but if you really don't want to be known, you shouldn't just say half of what you said and keep it in front of me!"

How could Joshua be stopped by such gentle persuasion? In his life, he hated the guy who said half of what he said on purpose, and then just slapped his ass and left!

Around the silvery stars, the endless brilliance began to spread, as if the overflowing fire ignited the void, and four cantilevers of steel power, which were as huge as the cantilever of the Milky Way, began to slowly form around the stars. The cantilevers, like giant hands of giant gods, contain extremely powerful destructive power.

"Sigh... Maybe we will have a big battle in the future because of the different order we choose, but it's definitely not today."

Seeing this scene, the God of Life couldn't help sighing, and an ethereal voice echoed in the void: "Your power should be reserved for those chaotic nightmares... pure ones, don't be affected by divinity, let alone if I want to Go, you can't stop it."

"But if I don't say anything, you probably won't let it go, right? I know you want to take this opportunity to understand the difference between yourself and the gods. That's just right, I can tell you something related to it. secret."

"There is a mystery about the 'True God'."

Hearing this, Joshua's gigantic torrent cantilever, which had almost condensed, suddenly stopped moving.

He also found that he seemed to be unknowingly, slightly affected by the divinity that seemed to have been suppressed long ago.

In the recent period, the strength of the fighters has been developing too fast, and the divinity that has grown along with it has also become stronger rapidly. This has caused Joshua, who had been firmly suppressing the divinity, to once again reveal the same as before. , The phenomenon of showing too much of one's militant nature.

After all, the Seven Gods are allies in the final analysis... Since the other party is willing to give in and share some secret information, then forget it...

Suppressing the desire to fight directly with the God of Life regardless, Joshua's main body and stars dimmed, while the humanoid avatar stepped forward, waiting for the god to explain the mystery of what is meant by a 'true god'.

"Pure ones, do you know what God really is?"

The opening of the God of Life is so simple and straightforward, asking a question that seems to be very simple and superficial, without the slightest difficulty.

But Joshua thought about it carefully, and found that it was indeed difficult for him to define this concept, and it was also difficult for him to find out from the world of Mycroft that this group of people who don't need faith, don't need church, and just watch reincarnation seem to be fundamentally spontaneous. What is the similarity between a free guy and a so-called god of religion.

At this time, the God of Life didn't give a shit. He directly interacted with the power of steel through divine power, and exchanged information with Joshua in a rapid manner.

first update

This is really not what I want to talk about, but there are many settings in the outline that are released through dialogue...but it will be over soon