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Chapter 951 Huaiguang: Becoming a Human (8200, ask for a monthly ticket~)

— This is the place of eternal gaze.

As soon as these words came out, Ian seemed to vaguely see two pairs of eyes.

One pair is pale white without any color, and the other pair is warm and crystal clear like the sun.

They watched themselves quietly, and after realizing that they were looking at each other, the two pairs of pupils closed with kindness and disappeared.

"The Twin Popes..."

Whispering in my heart, the Dark Gold True Dragon landed on the ground.

Accompanied by a flash of light, the body of the real dragon temporarily returned to the subspace, and Ian, Isengard, frozen fish and ghosts landed on the ground.

"Flying all the way towards the Holy Mountain, the Far Shore Island, Seven Cities Alliance, Junling Fort, Yanjiang, and even the dark mountains are none of the intelligent monsters stopping us."

After landing, Ian turned around and looked at the road flying all the way, his tone was quite emotional: "Who would have thought that the name of the Holy Mountain is so big-I just showed the possibility of taking shelter in the Holy Mountain, and actually No one stopped me?"

【of course】

Because there was no success, the frozen fish instructor was a little unhappy, but when discussing his favorite topic, he still said cheerfully: [Think about it, if someone stops you, no matter whether you succeed or fail, it will cause Shengshan to send someone to ask 'Why do you want to arrest a man who has no crime or evil intentions and only wants to take shelter of us? ']

[At that time, what do you think they will answer? 】

"How to answer?" Ian was in high spirits, while Isengarde thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said, "If you think about it carefully, there is really no way... Lying to the Holy Mountain? Playing word games? Or is it the tacit understanding of human beings? ? It’s unlikely, right?”

Ian thought about it, indeed.

Most of the time, Huaiguang Sacred Mountain is not the same as human cognition. Lying is definitely not feasible. If you have to play word games or play political concepts, it will be regarded as a disservice to yourself if you listen to one more word of Sacred Mountain. Disrespect for power.

——You said you invited Mahdi as a guest?I don't think it's like being a guest, and the other party definitely disagrees. Please let Mahdi come out to see us and explain it clearly.

——You said the Mahdi posed a threat to you?As far as I know, he didn't take the initiative to attack either party, and your statement does not make sense.

The political games and word games of human beings are all based on the situation that the two sides do not want to tear each other apart, and do not want to directly confront each other... But in a world where there are really individuals with extraordinary power, perhaps deception and misleading may still exist, but based on both sides All kinds of wrangling under the condition of knowing the truth of a certain matter basically do not exist.

Because no matter how much you say, it's not as sharp as a big fist.

That being the case, it seems a bit unnecessary to insist on holding on to Mahdi when all countries have begun to study the arcane path intensively and call on the strong to go back to study.

After all, the ideas and technical cores have already been released. Even if Mahdi has more optimized meditation ideas and refining techniques, they are just "techniques".

Therefore, since Mahdi chose the holy mountain, everyone will not hinder him for the sake of the holy mountain.

But in contrast... Huaiguang Holy Mountain must have released goodwill towards Mahdi from the very beginning.

"I still have to thank you."

With a sigh of emotion, Ian moved forward with everyone.

The Huaiguang Sacred Mountain is located between the Sea of ​​Meditation and the Elan Mountains, directly bordering the Junling Fort and Yanjiang, and the Elan Mountains are also adjacent to the Empire, and a plain area north of the Dawn Mountains and the Necropolis Fortress Group, It is the native land of Huaiguang Holy Land.

Most of the people living here are humans and demihumans. They are all refugees from the all-out war on Terra in the past. They chose to give up all connections with mundane things and take shelter in the holy mountain, which also accepted them. Inform them of the principles of living here.

The road is empty, with vast wilderness on both sides, and the shadows of the surrounding mountains can be seen faintly in the distance—in a sense, the Fortress of the High Ridge and the Holy Mountain are both basins surrounded by the Dark Mountains, the Elam Mountains and the Dawn Mountains , and because the Huaiguang Sacred Mountain blocks the cold wind from the north, the climate here is quite pleasant.

In the wilderness not far away, there is a small group of clergymen, only the three leaders are real 'clergymen', which gives Ian a strange feeling, while the other seven are ordinary people.

"Mr. Mahdi."

The head priest was a chocolate-skinned black panther demihuman. She dismounted from her horse in full armor and politely handed over a permit: "This is a flight permit, please sign. In this way, You can fly within the territory of the Holy Mountain."

"However, there is a suggestion here, that is, if it is not necessary and urgent, please do not fly at will... The ecology of the holy mountain is relatively fragile, and rapid flight may cause confusion in the air biosphere."

"I understand."

Ian took a pen to sign it, and since everyone told him so kindly, he would save face, not to mention that he had no intention of flying in the first place.

Huaiguang Holy Land... He has been looking forward to it for a long time!

Except for Ian, everyone else, including the soul who did not want to be named, signed a flight permit.The signature of the sub-soul is called "wandering soul". He himself said that he has severed contact with the main body, and there is a high probability that the main body has been sealed, so he without a "home" is naturally a wandering soul.

"There is a high probability that the chief of the previous generation is still alive, at least the soul is still alive."

Parting soul said: "There is a high probability that my body will not be lonely anymore."

"Speaking of this."

Ian was quite curious: "Since all these years, not even one chief has won the Guardian—then why do you have to fight against him?"

Ian didn't even know what kind of existence the guardian was, but he knew that the opponent was really strong. It was probably a fusion of pre-epoch civilization and fire technology. In a fight, even a powerful fifth party like Kerizien There is only one way to defeat the energy level.

"do not talk."

The split soul exuded a very melancholy mood: "If it's just the 'Guardian', it's not difficult to defeat him at all, he's just a blank slate."

"However, if there are master craftsmen, light splitters, form-setters, deep explorers, sunset priests, silent ghosts...if there are so many people beating them, then I really can't beat them."

These names spoken by the soul-dividing soul are the titles of the chief scholars of the capital of learning in the past dynasties, as well as the titles of some powerful minaret masters.

And the meaning behind this is obvious.

"so."

Ian said clearly: "These sealed souls decided to find a companion for themselves?"

"It's not too bad, some souls have also dissipated, but the final decision they left is 'can't let other chiefs defeat the guardian of the Great Library', and voluntarily gave all their wisdom and strength——Recently This period of time happened to be maintained by the big library. I thought the guardians would not be able to use much power to deal with me, but it turned out that because of you, the gate of the silver sky consumed too much power, and the shield system was not locked. The big library was opened by you."

If you think about it carefully, Ian's influence on the battle situation and Kerizen is indeed large enough.

——Hey, that means it's all my fault.

Ian ignored the rather cryptic accusation of the split soul, he just said frankly: "But you have also seen that even without me, in the initial history, you were still defeated by the guardian."

"Ha, who knows if you haven't played before."

That is to say, but the split soul does not mean to blame - on the contrary, he is quite satisfied to see a successful example of the eternal path (maybe not particularly eternal), which proves his love for parallel time and space. Research is spot on.

And in the possibility of losing, it is quite good to separate out a phantom soul to see the development of Ian's side.

After signing the permit, the clergy team left, they had other tasks.

And Ian and his party moved forward along the road of dawn.

The holy mountain is at the forefront of this road, and on both sides of the road are the gathering areas and villages of a large number of holy mountain residents.

It is almost noon at this moment, and the harmonious sunshine is scattered from the sky to the four directions along with the howling eagles above the field. The slightly ripe wheat fields in the distance and the scarecrows in the forest give people a sense of tranquility and tranquility.

Following the breeze, everyone walked slowly. For goblins, enjoying such an atmosphere is the greatest joy of being a goblin. For Ian and Isengard, it is also a part of rest to relax their tense nerves. , except for the soul, although silently watching all this, but the atmosphere exuded gives people a feeling of sighing.

"Why are you sighing? Isn't this environment good enough?"

Ian asked, and the split soul replied: "It's because it's so good, it's almost like a paradise, but I, as the leader of the capital of knowledge, can't do it, so I sigh."

"This kind of impossibility is that you can't even chase after it, so you just sigh, not rise up."

The words of the split soul are simple and easy to understand, and Ian is thoughtful.

And along the way, they did see the living conditions of many local people.

Different from the commoners around the imperial capital, Nanling, Canaan Moor, and the capital of learning, the settlements around the holy mountain... have a primitive and simple feeling, but they don't lack technology.

In the villages on both sides of the road, there are no tall buildings, all are one-story houses. The center of the entire city is not a city hall, but a comprehensive distribution center that is obviously used for storage.

It is said to be primitive and simple because there are no street lights in the town, and the roads are very simple, which is the most primitive stone road.

And it is said that there is no lack of technology, because the top of these bungalows are all solar panels.

Yes, solar panels.

Ian blinked, and then realized that those black thin panels were not burnt fir wood or special tiles, but solar panels—at this moment, what flashed through his mind was 'Huh? This kind of thinking, by the way, there is also a kind of relief of "Sure enough, I said that no matter how primitive the holy mountain is, it is impossible to use no technology at all."

Because in Yinfeng, Ian would occasionally chat with acquaintances such as Sister Yingguang. When listening to this former dragonman village girl talk about her childhood stories and what she had seen and heard about the Holy Mountain, Ian was always very puzzled. It is the base camp of a group of primitivists.

After all, a group of peasant farmers who do not organize mass production at all, plow the fields by themselves instead of using machines, and the farm tools are also produced by blacksmiths in the same village, it seems that no technology is needed at all.

But will Huaiguang Church really do this?That's all for anarchism, primitivism is a little too much.

Now it seems that this is obviously too much to worry about.

Villages and towns in Huaiguang not only have solar panels, but also large-scale power storage equipment, quite scientific reservoirs and basic purification facilities. Water wells are scattered throughout the villages and towns. Although there are no street lights on both sides of the city, there are leaves. A moonlight fir that emits fluorescence.

There are solar water heaters and heating stoves in the villages and towns. In some villages and towns, even the kitchen is shared. There are special chefs and cooks who are responsible for the meals of the entire village. There is no shortage of supplies, and it can even be made into a buffet-like style. Because of the chef's precise calculation of everyone's preferences, every meal can be finished exactly.

There is even a semi-open-air swimming pool in the village next to the small river—this village has taken great pains to prevent children from accidentally drowning in the water...and people from surrounding villages come to play and maintain the swimming pool together.

"It's much worse than the holy mountain in my impression..."

Isengard was quite surprised, the blond youth stopped for a while, looking at the children who were having a water fight in the swimming pool from a distance: "I thought that the people in the holy mountain lived in poverty and boredom, that's why some people left here for Adventures in the countries of Terra... But looking at it now, isn't this a very fun life, why would anyone leave?"

"There are several reasons - first of all, life here is indeed a kind of happiness, but not everyone needs to live in peace."

Ian and Isengard looked into the distance together. Although he was surprised at first, he thought with a thoughtful expression later, and he didn't speak until now: "Secondly, these villages are located next to the Shuguang Avenue, which also means It is the most convenient for their foreign trade."

"Not to mention, there is no mineral mining here. Generally speaking, it is difficult to maintain these technical products, but because they are close to the road, these villages can exchange and buy some basic materials from the outside for maintenance, so as to maintain such a comfortable life."

"In other words, the holy mountain is not completely isolated from the outside world, and it still needs goods from the outside world."

"Then……"

Ian looked farther into the distance: "There are actually not many people who are willing to leave here."

"Work at sunrise and rest at sunset. Every day is peaceful and stable, entertaining with friends and family, and occasionally visiting other places. Most people, those who don't have much desire, will definitely think that the Holy Mountain is a paradise and would like to be here Let’s grow old. Even people with less desires will gradually be assimilated when they see this kind of life.”

"But life is not just about living... Living in the holy mountain for a lifetime, from birth to death, some people will definitely feel unwilling. It's not that they are unwilling to be ordinary, but they want to see more beautiful scenery, more people, and More things and stories."

"This kind of curiosity will make people leave. Similarly, those who desire to be a master, who want to be praised and admired by others will also leave the holy mountain."

"Desires, ambitions, desires and dreams... are all the same thing."

"Because the system of the Holy Mountain does not tolerate the existence of these people...they will disrupt the order and disturb the peace."

Saying this, everyone saw that in a small village, a new family was building a new house.

Theoretically speaking, even in Port Harrison, if you want to build a new house, you have to have a construction team come to build it. If you want to build a house by yourself, only the simplest log cabin is easy to be damaged and corroded.

But in the village under the rule of the holy mountain, there is no construction team, and there is no captain. Many people, perhaps the parents and friends of the new family, and many people from the same village gathered here.

Some of them brought wood, some brought tools, some brought stones, and some brought food... Some even brought their own harmonica and blew some joyful little tunes.

Everyone helped with the construction, digging the foundation, pressing the earth and rocks, and stabilizing the beams and columns. It didn't take long, around noon, because of the high physical strength of the Terrans, the general frame of the house was solved.

And the host's family also prepared a lot of bread, jam and some roasted meat to treat these helpers, but there was no requirement for 'material fee'.

Because here, everyone helps everyone else build their houses, and if they want to build a new house, everyone helps them.

cooperate.Pure collaboration.This kind of relationship is unimaginable to most Terrans, but the residents of the Holy Land are accustomed to it.

I'm afraid that only people who grew up here would not hesitate to help others, and even feel it's a matter of course.

【It's normal】

Regarding this, Frozen Fish's instructor felt that it was normal: [We goblins are like this too! 】

Everyone turned their heads to look at the red killer whale—what are these supernatural beings who don't need to eat, what are they talking about? Each of them can live alone in the world, and the formed society is of course like this!
However, human beings can’t do it, because individual human beings cannot live alone in this cruel world without sufficient skills. Unless someone paves the way for them and builds a paradise, otherwise, human beings will inevitably form a society and build a Create a huge group, and set up many classes to supply its operation...

"wrong!"

Ian suddenly became vigilant: "Who is talking?"

【It's us】

Two calm, young voices sounded like boys and girls who hadn't changed their voices yet: [Mahdi Glen... Ian Silver Peak.It's us talking to you]

"The Twin Popes..."

Ian looked solemn. He looked around and found that there was no vision. The twin popes probably communicated directly with his soul with extremely powerful spiritual power: "Have you two been observing us?"

【Yes.We have been watching you all the time]

The Twin Popes said softly, but no one dared to underestimate these two childlike voices: 【Since you started to observe the people in the Holy Land, we have been paying attention to you】

[And you, Ian Silver Peak.What do you think of our sacred place of glory? 】

"Very good. Xanadu."

Ian commented pertinently: "In a ghostly place like Terra, it is undoubtedly a great cause to provide a peaceful place where everyone can help each other and live in peace... If it weren't for Terra. Many things need to be developed to be resolved, and I really want the society I built to be as good as the current holy mountain.”

The premise is that AI provides basic productivity—humans don’t oppress each other, then oppress mindless machines to obtain basic resources.

But Ian's purely boastful answer was not approved by the Twin Popes: [Say what you really think, Ian.We don’t need flattery, we just need your advice]

[What is the difference between the world you want and the Holy Land? 】

"..."

Ian looked around and found that everyone was watching him because of his previous vigilance. He pointed to his head, indicating that a big person was talking to him, then thought for a while, and slowly said: "If Such a society would not have been possible without the ascendant."

"Without the suppression of the Holy Mountain, such a system would never be possible to implement."

From just now, Ian discovered the special features of the Holy Land village.

Every village has a few sublimators. They are not village chiefs or leaders, but they are definitely the leaders of local operations.

They don't need basic production labor or other miscellaneous work. They only need to be dispatched when their strength is needed, such as laying foundations, digging swimming pools, constructing irrigation ditches, building roads, mining rocks, and moving large objects.

They did the heaviest work, but also got the most strength.

If it is outside the holy mountain, these sublimated people will soon transform and transform into the head of the village - they may still work for the whole village, but in contrast, the resources of the whole village will also pour towards him , as interstellar matter and planets approach the star.

Soon, the ascendant will become the leader of a place, the nobles, the emperor of the land... the ruler of the entire social resource system, just like the current Terra.

At that time, it will not be the logic of 'the heaviest work gets the greatest strength', but 'in order to obtain the greatest resources, and then seek the greatest strength'.

These are two completely different sets of social logic, seemingly similar, but actually completely different.

And the reason why the ascendants of the Holy Land did not do this is because the Holy Land is the territory of the Huaiguang Church.

They have strict requirements for sublimators and all residents, and sublimators do not have any preferential treatment except for power.

How to say?
Just like the powerful worker ants in the ant colony, even though they are stronger than other worker ants, they do not have any preferential treatment except that they eat more.The Queen's giving birth has nothing to do with him, it's just that the ant colony needs such a powerful individual like him, so they gave it their strength.

In an ant colony, even the queen doesn't have much meaning, it's just a reproductive tool that can be replaced by other larvae at any time... All ants are part of the ant colony's mutual help and mutual assistance, and enjoy the right to survive fairly, all form a large collective.

This is the real society.

"That's how you feel to me."

In his heart, Ian told the Twin Popes what he was thinking: "You are trying to adapt humans to the rules of true social creatures... This is indeed beautiful, but the reason for the beauty is that most of the time it cannot be done. "

"I'm not quite sure why you guys are doing this, but even in such a beautiful holy place, it is evidenced by the continuous flow of people going out."

[Yes, that's it]

The Gemini Pope's evaluation of Ian was very peaceful, and they didn't seem to have any reaction...even, they just talked about other topics lightly: [There have always been humans who have challenged the order of the Holy Mountain.They have power and enjoy the peace of the holy mountain, but they are unwilling to change themselves. They think that the self with power is the special one, so they are unwilling to abide by the rules... There are countless people like this]

[It can even be said that any sublimation person who appears in the holy mountain village will experience this kind of thinking change. If he is not educated by the priests of the holy mountain, he will definitely show the tendency to become a leader. The power to master more resources]

[Ian, can you tell us the reason? 】

"It's simple."

Ian didn't think that the Gemini Pope didn't know the answer, but he still expressed his opinion: "Human beings are monkeys in the final analysis, and the monkey group needs a monkey king. The most powerful monkey is the monkey king, and the monkey king must master the absolute. Most of the resources, pass on better genes, command the group to fight, occupy more resources, and use wisdom to improve the situation of the group.”

"From the perspective of a pure group, a strong individual should occupy all resources and then give birth to the best offspring, so as to ensure the optimization of the group genes of the next generation... But because human society has more wisdom and technology, 'powerful The definition of 'has many other branches, so a complex 'ruling class' has evolved from a single 'monkey king'."

"This is the instinct of human beings and the basic logic of human society. Generally speaking, it is based on optimal survival and a stable group built around powerful individuals."

"But here on the Holy Mountain..." Ian showed a subtle expression: "In essence, it is a special 'experimental area' created around you priests and your twin popes. From a certain point of view, There is no essential difference from human society, and it is still a ruling structure centered around the former, but you like to be more equal below, which flattens the entire ruling structure."

"In general." Ian sighed and expressed his true thoughts: "It's just playing house."

"Without you 'Huai Guang Mama', anarchism would not be realistic at all."

【But you have a solution in your mind】

The twin popes were not angry at all, they even laughed, not sure if it was because of the word play house or mother Huaiguang, or something else: [Tell us, we are also thinking... just because we don't Know what the road ahead is, so we have been witnessing]

"Actually, it's just an optimization for you."

Ian glanced at the Frozen Fish instructor on the side, and he slowly said: "Fairy is a sublimated individual of all members, a species that can survive without any other kind. Humans are still far behind... But if it is the future, the per capita artificial soul , human beings who are on the arcane path per capita, who have the idea of ​​meditation and the refining method of life and spiritual energy... then they are close to goblins, and can ignore most of the natural environment."

"At that time, if there is a character who is almost like a 'god'... to rule over all sublimated people, grasp the 'core resources' that all sublimated people need, and force people not to kill each other, it needs Friendly and mutual help, then a world of equality and harmony will be born."

[You have mastered the creation method of 'God'.You are creating a 'god']

The Gemini Pope said softly: [Don't refute, we have seen it, we have seen the future where the entire Terra is shrouded in darkness and light... The source of all this is in the Yinfeng collar, in your heart]

[You can do it, can't you? 】

【Existence that can destroy the world, but also save the world...】

Ian was silent.

Yes, this is the future mission of the 'Heart of Terra'.

When all sublimators need computing power to upgrade themselves, when computing power becomes the "magic power" and "spiritual energy" of the future world, then the heart of Terra, which can rule most of the computing power in this world, is the destination of all human souls The heart of Terra would be a god.

At that time, the vast majority of human beings will conform to this brand new 'Way of Heaven'.

Yes, heaven.

There will be retribution for murder, retribution for persecuting others, retribution for stealing, direct retribution for doing all evil deeds, and no transfer of retribution due to any legal favoritism or rule of man.

Its power is like a raging fire that consumes all uncleanness.

Ian was the staunchest 'skeptic'.

Only the stupidest fools would believe that humans can manage themselves.

As long as human nature is not transformed, order cannot be maintained forever by simply relying on morality and knowledge that cannot be inherited and can only be learned from imitation.

Only by transforming human beings, allowing human beings to learn, grow, and become a new human being with all saints, can a stable and peaceful world be born.

And before that, there must be an arbiter who is not affected by any human beings... It can be the sixth energy level with extremely high morality, it can be AI Heaven, it can be...

star god.

Yes.Whether it's Ian or the twin popes, the order they talk about is actually the order when the Star God ruled everything before the final catastrophe broke out.

A society with all saints, all saints, all great scholars, and all powerful ascendants is a member of the Star God, and it is also the standard of the Star God society.

And the birth of the first star god was the beginning of this society—because the first arbiter was born, and he had expectations and goodwill for everything.

Under the watchful eye of this gentle arbiter, the civilization gradually sublimated and promoted, and finally received the gift of the Star God, becoming their kind.

This is the original, before the end, the advanced law of the entire universe.

An open world that is gentle, kind, free from disputes and selfish desires, where everyone pursues their dreams, welcomes everyone in, and allows anyone to leave.

The Huaiguang Church is building such an ultra-low configuration version of the Star God Era society.

"That's why you pay attention to me because of the star god gift. Of course, it's also because of my potential."

Ian, who saw through all this, said slowly: "So, I want to ask you... His Majesty the Twin Popes."

"Are you looking for a way to become a star god again?"

"In today's Terra, imitating the social order of the Star God era, trying to cultivate a 'Star God'?"

"Or, make yourself a 'Star God'?"

Ian thought that he had discovered the true purpose and code of conduct of Huaiguang Church.

However, he heard an unexpected answer.

【Do not】

The soft voice of the young girl became serious, and the Pope Gemini's tone carried a hint of serious negation: [Our goal is not the star god, not such a lofty goal]

[Ian Yinfeng...a person born out of human beings who surpasses human beings... You can be called a 'superman', this is your natural nature that transcends the mundane, so it is difficult for you to understand our purpose]

[The ultimate goal of my Huaiguang is to become a 'human']

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