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Chapter 745 There Are Too Many Gods (12)

"Huaiguang...is he a godslayer?"

Ian was stunned for a moment, and then slowly repeated: "Kill the outer gods?"

At this moment, Ian even wanted to laugh a little—the Huaiguang sect, the most prestigious among the four orthodox religions in Terra, is actually a godslayer?It sounds really weird.

But thinking about it carefully, he understood somewhat.

The god of the Huaiguang Church, Huaiguang, does not have a specific image, which is the so-called 'no idols'.

Its core is an illusory concept, a kind of persistence of belief. In a sense, the god of Huaiguang is with all the priests who uphold the teachings, and the power of their gods is in the priests of Huaiguang of psychic power.

However, the god in the mouth of the spirit of the sea of ​​trees is different. The god in his mouth has a specific image, even a "real god" with a flesh and an existence... It is similar to the existence of the priest and the spirit of the priest. It is a living A life that can be seen, felt, influenced and influenced by reality.

For example, Shenmu.

Ian can roughly guess that the image of the spirits of the sea of ​​trees on their planet... that is the living will of the entire ecological circle. The spirit of the sacred tree controls the ecology of the entire planet, and it is enough to exterminate all life races in one thought, but they It didn't do that, but let many intelligent life coexist with them, and even provided them with convenience.

In this way, those living beings living in the wilderness of the sea of ​​trees will naturally enshrine the existence that bestows all prosperity on them as 'gods'.

Although the same vocabulary is used, the two gods are completely different.

As for the so-called outer gods...

"Could it be, as the name suggests, a god from an alien?"

Ian complained in his heart.

But that's not surprising.

Just like the dead king can take all the people away from the original planet after becoming a spirit god and become the fire of the spirit, on a planet with gods, of course there will also be spirits like the tree sea spirit, who use the gods as the fire to carry the fire. Everything in the hometown goes to the existence in other places.

In a sense, it is also a kind of Ark of Salvation, a fire seed for God.

Even though the number of such fires is not many, there are more than 1000 fires in Terra, even if it is one-tenth, one-twentieth, there are dozens or even hundreds of outer gods.

Having said that, Huaiguang really needs to kill it, otherwise Terra, who was originally a group of demons dancing wildly, is really a flurry of gods and demons.

The next words of the Spirit of the Sea of ​​Trees confirmed this point.

[Our life forms are different from most of the lives in this universe]

The tall statue of the Virgin lowered its eyes slightly, and its leaves can accurately imitate any human posture, but it has a kind of divine mercy that surpasses human beings: [We are the collection of many lives, we are the gathering of many soul lights , we are the life conceived by life, and the will behind the entire ecological circle]

[Existences like ours that integrate the ecology of the entire planet and dominate it are the so-called 'gods']

[When we become wilderness completely, the whole wilderness will fluctuate because of our breath]

[It is not a bad thing for a planet to have our existence - there are many intelligent races multiplying in our domain, we help each other, support each other, and let each other grow to a higher level]

[But in Terra, 'God' is not popular]

Slowly speaking, the spirit of the sea of ​​trees said with a hint of helplessness: 【Because】

【There are too many gods】

Hearing this, Ian couldn't hold back anymore.

Yes, Terra has too many 'gods'.

Leaving aside the four major orthodox religions, isn't the powerhouse of the fifth energy level the god of the world?With such a god, the spirit of the sea of ​​trees was slow in the beginning.

Moreover, according to the spirit of the sea of ​​trees, there are many life forms similar to them, which can also be regarded as 'gods'.

For example, Ian had heard of the 'Flower of Karin' and the 'Nest of Worms'.

The flower of Karin is rooted in the sea of ​​human souls, or in other words, super spiritual creatures in the sea of ​​souls of all intelligent beings. It can assimilate the souls of all beings into a part of itself. Although it still has self-awareness, the soul has already It becomes a daughter plant of Kalin's flower.

The so-called free will is meaningless in front of a super life like Kalin's Flower, and it doesn't even bother to deprive it of it—human beings are beings whose decisions can be influenced by mere hormones and a little verbal hint, and the self-awareness of non-sublimated people In essence, it is a kind of feedback from the body, and mastering the flower of Karin with soul can make people regard it as a 'god' from the bottom of their hearts.

As a god, this is not insignificant.

Not to mention the worm nest, which can devour the entire planet and turn everything into its own biomass, and the worm nest essentially has only one master, even the ancestor bee colony that can differentiate into semi-autonomous hero units Special insect nests, whose semi-autonomous individuals are also the offspring of the insect nest, will naturally regard them as 'gods'.

In this way, according to this calculation, the number of Outer Gods on Terra... is really countless.

Coincidentally, both the Worm's Nest and the Flower of Karin had Huaiguang make a move, or even preside over it.

Over the years, according to Ian's knowledge, the Huaiguang Church has wiped out more than a dozen insect nests, and the number of similar natural disaster-level creatures is estimated to be the same... According to this calculation, Huaiguang has killed more than [-] Outer Gods , and in addition to this, similar to the spirit of the sea of ​​trees was warned by Huaiguang, so the number of 'half gods' lurking in one place and not starting to act openly must be more.

In this way, Huaiguang's name of "God Killing Taoism" is really worthy of the name, and it is no wonder that the spirit of the tree sea is so cautious, even fearful.

——In the eyes of other alien gods and demigods, the Huaiguang Church is simply a super big killer, 80 meters tall and 80 meters wide, with dozens of skulls hanging on their bodies as pendants, and asked them in a rough voice The group of little fry who just woke up from the fire are still gods? '

...is there any other answer to this?
——Brother, what you say is right, if you say it’s wrong, I’m wrong!
"Why did Huaiguang kill God like this?"

After you can't stretch it, you will naturally stretch it.Ian managed his expression, and asked appropriately: "Although I am a Terran, I am still young, and I am not very clear about these too ancient histories... Huaiguang's performance in human society is not the same. "

"Spirit of the Sea of ​​Trees, Huaiguang treats you differently from humans?"

【There is no difference】

But the answer of the spirit of the sea of ​​trees is very surprising: [The strong man with the light back then, although he had the power to destroy me, he didn't do it, he just told me one thing]

【They said...】Close your eyes, the tall statue of the Virgin said softly: 【Whether the ending is the final destruction of nothingness, or the hopeful redemption】

【Humans need to choose their own path】

"Humanity needs to choose its own path."

On the other side of the distant continent, under the towering holy mountain.

The "Final Dogma" located three kilometers underground is an extremely huge spiral abyss, which leads directly to a super-giant underground structure in the deepest part of the earth's crust. In this abyss, there is an almost eternal ice wind blowing from its bottom. , like the last exhalation of a dying god, bringing the wind of lament.

Hui Jian, Redeeming Light and Ying Guang walked silently on the spiral staircase of the final creed. They slowly circled the deep abyss, felt the cold underground wind rolling their sleeves, and walked step by step towards the abyss. The deepest part of the holy mountain.

That is where the 'truth' lies.

"Our light is not the real light, and it cannot illuminate all living beings. Human beings are the race we chose, and they are also the original race on the Terra continent. Most of our members are derived from humans, and they do have extraordinary potential and wonder. will—Huaiguang attaches great importance to the choices of human beings, and Huaiguang wants to know the outcome of human beings.”

At this moment, Hui Jian's eyes were shining with white spiritual light, and he spoke in a strange tone, and his voice echoed in the final dogma area: "The real purpose of Huai Guang is not to protect human beings, nor is it to protect Humanity."

"The reason why Huaiguang fought against natural disasters and killed foreign gods was only to get rid of all external factors that would affect the development of human beings."

The dragon nun listened silently to this familiar yet unfamiliar big brother, talking about key information that she had never known, but which made her feel stunned.

"So that's how it is...so Huaiguang is not light..."

Yingguang muttered to herself, but she soon became suspicious: "But brother Huijian, according to what you said, the priests of Huaiguang usually don't do good deeds, and they don't negotiate with human society...we should A group of hermits, not a gigantic Orthodoxy spread throughout Terra!"

"Because this is the choice of human beings."

Hui Jian said calmly: "If human beings need Huaiguang to become an orthodox religion, Huaiguang will become an orthodox religion. Just like if human beings need a god to worship, then Huaiguang will not become an enemy of the outer gods."

"Huaiguang doesn't care whether the final result of human's choice is good or bad. Huaiguang just wants human beings to make their own choices...Whether they are weak or strong, whether they are ordinary people or sublimated people, how the sentient beings in this world choose is up to us. Just agree."

"But before all living beings agree, we will prevent all disasters from coming, because a peaceful life is the greatest consensus of all living beings."

"Hui Jian, you didn't reveal anything in the past..."

Juguang muttered to himself: "I thought our relationship was really good buddies..."

"Because we are true friends, we cannot tell you this."

Hui Jian was unmoved, this handsome, young and powerful cleric said calmly: "Some things, once known, can never return to normal, you can't pretend you don't know, you will think about it from time to time in your life It is frightened by this news, worried about this news, and the whole life of a person is changed."

"Just like part of the truth I'm going to tell you next... As long as you know it, you will never be able to return to your original life."

(End of this chapter)