Overturned Tower

It was almost the same as Russell's guess—the undead dragon was not interested in these things at all, but when the scale of the war escalated to the doomsday war, they finally couldn't sit still and took action to forcefully mediate the war.

And elves, as the only immortal species that are keen on power and wealth, naturally have to hedge their bets.Half of them support the Holy See, and half support the Master.

After the mage's victory dawn could not be seen at all, the elves subordinate to the mage immediately jumped back.

Although the mage's tower standing above the desert was still not captured, the war ended carelessly like this.

Although the Holy See won, it only declared victory unilaterally.

In the long tug-of-war, the high-level members of the Holy See were constantly changing, and in the end, more than two-thirds were elves, plus the high-level mages who defected... It can be said that [-]% of the high-level people on the winning side are elves.

[There are eight sky fortresses occupied by the Holy See, seven of which are handed over to those elves]

[With the technical support of the giant dragon, the seven sky fortresses used for war were disarmed and transformed into air cities, the living area was enlarged by a hundred times, and a complex ecological environment was obtained.It has become a large floating island that can accommodate tens of millions of residents]

[Those surviving civilians are less than one-tenth of the population compared to the peak period.They all migrated to the floating island and became the first residents of the empty island]

And the remaining sky fortress has not been rebuilt and expanded, and still retains its armed forces.That is the only Sky Fortress held by the Holy See.

[They named it "Holy Temple" and placed the "Scripture Server" in it]

After that, there was the corporate era...that is, the sky era.

Those cursed and polluted lands are not completely destroyed, and are still undergoing long-term self-repair.

The dragon did not grant the elves the power to establish a country, so the elves did not dare to directly claim the king; naturally, the elves were not allowed to establish laws and form an army. The previous weapons had to be destroyed, the army disbanded, and production resumed.

Although there is no "king", the new life still needs order.

So after the dragon left, the elves created the "company system", occupied seven empty islands, and established seven companies.

"...This is the Big Seven."

Russell suddenly realized.

【Yes】

The deer head figure affirmed.

"Why did the elves benefit the most in the war between the Holy See and the mages?"

New doubts appeared in Russell's mind: "What about the dragon and the Holy See?"

[The dragons are repairing the damaged land.Except for the giant dragon named "Hudson", who has enough enthusiasm for the "company" system, so he personally manages the company as the chairman of the board, and the rest of the dragons do not live on the empty island that nominally belongs to them]

[As for the Holy See... because of the orders of 'destroying weapons' and 'disbanding the army', the angelic mechanical legions were all frozen and refrigerated]

[The act of modifying the will of others is undoubtedly "evil".Once this secret is known and acknowledged by all, the consciousness of the human group will also change accordingly.The power of the Holy Order obtained by the Holy See through modifying the will will be reduced to nothing...so in order to cover up this secret and increase people's acceptance of the act of modifying the will, the Holy See changed its name to "Cyber ​​Church", bluntly stating that they The power of God comes from the collective subconscious mind.Therefore, they will not be able to devote themselves to "gods" throughout their lives]

[If the will of all people is entered into the "sacred scripture", then the scripture server itself is the aggregate of the consciousness of all human beings—that is, the god who manifests in the world.Everyone can use everyone's knowledge and will, and everyone's will is both free and collective.If it is interpreted in this way, then "Mechanical Angel" is nothing more than a forerunner]

[Today, the Angel Legion does exist, and the scripture server that can mass-produce angels is still running... and the company knows that the Holy See used to modify the will of believers, artificial angels, use forbidden weapons, and many other crimes, so they are in a state of ensuring mutual destruction, but safe and sound]

... Is this also considered a nuclear deterrent?

Russell's expression suddenly became a little strange.

"Then, chief...why did you tell me these secrets?"

He had no doubts that once he knew so many secrets, he would surely die without a place to bury him.

unless……

[This is also to ensure mutual destruction]

[Just knowing these top-level secrets, no matter where you are an agent, is enough to be sentenced to exile—unless you are willing to completely format your personality, but that is no different from death]

——This is to ensure that you will not betray us.

The deer head said bluntly.

【And on the other hand... it is also a foreshadowing for you to understand what I'm going to say next】

These... are all just foreshadowing?

"What?"

Russell asked.

【The chip behind your head】

[Its real meaning is actually to cut off the possibility of becoming a mage—and this is to completely cut off the connection with the mage]

Chapter 41 Become a mage, Russell

Mage is not an ancient name for psykers.In the past, there really were no so-called psykers.

Because psykers are actually the product of artificial birth.

The real meaning of this chip is not a "spiritual firewall", but a "spiritual vaccine".

As long as one wears it for more than three years, it will cut off the ability to enter the sea of ​​subconsciousness of the group——to reach the [Original Wasteland].

In other words, as long as anyone who has worn a chip, will be eradicated as a mage's talent after they grow up.

This is to prevent those mages who are full of hatred, resentment, and pain, and have gone completely crazy during the war, from extending their hands to the floating island where "mages no longer exist".

After all, the awakening of the mage was too early.

As long as one day is enough to change the personality, its impact can awaken and become a mage.And this means that a large number of adolescents will awaken to become mages—when their consciousness goes deep into the original wasteland, they will see and communicate with mages who were abandoned on land in their dreams.

[They will learn the secrets from the past, accept the teachings from the mage, and think that the "second truth" that the mage told them is the real history]

[You don’t even need any guarantees, the promise alone is enough to make these young girls work hard for it, and become the hands of these mages to contact Sky Island]

[A small number of conservatives want to take back the floating island, but the vast majority of mages want to let the empty island fall—because their hearts have long been infected and twisted and corrupted.The more the main force contributes to the war, the more deeply it will be infected by the curse】

Russell shook his head upon hearing this.

...how can this be stopped?

Although objectively speaking, they were indeed used by mages.But what else can these "born sinful" children do?

In the eyes of the people in the lower city, everyone in the upper city is a terrible criminal; while the people in the upper city are called "salary slaves" by the lower city, without the slightest free will.

Although the Lower City has only been born less than 40 years ago, the Upper and Lower Districts have been completely divided.

Even if they don't become the helpers of mages to destroy the floating island, they will still choose to destroy all of them relying on their own will.

but……

Russell suddenly realized something.

He raised his head, raised his tail slightly, and asked in a slow voice: "You will know that there are 'conservatives', that is to say..."

[My identity when I participated in the teaching method battle was also a mage]

The head portrait of the deer did not hide anything, and even answered what Russell did not ask:

[The Tower of Babel theoretically does not belong to either the Mage or the Holy See. We originally wanted to mediate this inexplicable war, but in the end we failed...and were dragged into the war]

[The Tower of Babel at that time, some people belonged to the mage, and some belonged to the Holy See]

[In the end, there are only three people who survived the war of teaching and law.One of them is a frozen angel, and the other is a conservative mage trapped on the ground... The rest is me]

【If I am in this situation, I can still be considered alive】

Hearing this, Russell was silent for a moment.

His raised tail slowly drooped down along with his ears.

He realized that the question he asked seemed to have hurt the deer head a little... He suddenly didn't know how to answer it.

But the head of the deer didn't care about Russell's offense.

She patiently explained:

[The threshold for awakening to become a so-called "psychic" is much higher than awakening to become a mage]

[After the awakening process of the mage's dream is blocked by the chip, this power will become more active.And after repeating this several times, dozens of times, it will become extremely pure and unstoppable... When it is finally awakened, there is no need to dive into the sea of ​​subconsciousness of the group and borrow the spiritual energy of the group to form a "spell", but You can distort reality with your own will alone]

[So although the types of abilities of psykers are monotonous, their power is far stronger than that of mages]

[Human rationality keeps people away from the depths of the subconscious and separates me from 'us'.The devil loses his rationality, just like a swimmer loses his swimming ring and sinks into the deep sea... But the deep sea is not sea water, but poisonous sewage—it is the spiritual pollution produced by mages when they create curses]

[Therefore, there is no problem with the "protection chip" technology itself.However, the elf scholar who created this chip must have not considered a problem...]

"...The appearance of the lower city, right?"

Russell murmured.

"Correct."

Bad Day sat on the pipe, leaning against the wall with his arms folded, with two thick cables under his feet.

He sneered softly and replied.

Initially, it was only a fully automated factory, farm and other facilities that "must exist" but took up too much space.But in recent decades, as the conflicts have become more intense, it has become a shadow city where mercenaries, criminal organizations, and illegal psykers are active.

Under the circumstances that the head office couldn't take the initiative to use lethal weapons, these criminals united together... actually caused some troubles.

"Those ordinary people think that the trouble comes from criminal organizations and mercenaries who gather together to commit crimes. But to me, it doesn't matter at all-it's just the life and death of individuals and the economic loss of enterprises. The real trouble is that...

"The uncoded people who would be exiled and killed immediately after being caught can combine with each other and give birth to children.

"And there is no doubt that these children were not born in a regular hospital...they can't have a chip at all. They are born black households."

Russell's pupils shrank suddenly, and his fists were clenched.

What did he realize—

"...The mage was born again?"

"Yes. It's like a flame that has been extinguished is rekindled. More than 30 years have passed, and as the new 'born uncoded' grow into their teens...the inheritance of mages has been revived again in the lower city."

Bad Day took a deep breath, and his expression became a little more serious: "Didn't you ask, who is the person behind Xiao Liuli? Then let me tell you—the organization known as the 'Veil of Ignorance', they started It is an association composed of 'new generation mages'. And they are not the only association of mages.

"They are 'undesirables', theoretically not allowed to be born, because they have never owned chips, so they have no citizenship rights, no different from artificial intelligence without owners, anyone who sees them can destroy and kill them at will.

"They lived in fear, hatred, and disorder, and answered the call of the mage's dream. In the dream, they came into contact with those mages who still lived on land, and were raised by these mages. And from them While learning enough vicious spells.

"—On the other hand, because the traces of the mage appeared from the empty island, there was also a new reaction from the Cyber ​​Church.

"The sleeping mechanical angels have released the refrigeration one after another and carried out the 'resurrection procedure'. According to the original agreement reached between the Cyber ​​Church and the head office, they have the right to send angels into the floating island to participate in patrols and help eliminate mages."

"...Isn't this a good thing?"

Russell turned to look at the bad day, and asked suspiciously: "The company lacks lethal force and can't spare manpower. Why don't you let the angels do it—they are professional. It's better than these young mages of the new generation. ...By the way, you can also clean up the lower city."

For Russell at least, this is definitely a good thing.

It's like being so busy here, that the brother company suddenly came to a wave of reinforcements.

A group of strong men who don't want to pay and work overtime crazily fell from the sky, quickly digesting the more and more work on Russell's side due to the large-scale failure of colleagues.

Obviously, this has a very good positive effect on Russell's desire to be a "life man".

"You still remember, Russell. The wills introduced by these mechanical angels are all 'sages' with different personalities."

"really."

Russell nodded: "So, they will definitely help to clear the evil in the sky island... The living environment of all people is good."

"The problem is that this year is 1202. And these 'angels' were born in 1103, the war ended in 1106, and the Angel Legion fell asleep the next year. The company of the Seven Giants was founded in 1119."

Bad Day said meaningfully: "For you who don't know history, you may not be able to understand the moral standards of people in the past era.

"Anyway, you just need to know... we're all sinners to these relics from old times. And they're all adapted to the violence of old times, not necessarily to the changed generations of today... and corporate law Also can't control them.

"The most important thing is that what the angels hope is not just to get rid of a villain, kill a criminal, and dismantle a criminal organization. It is to 'return to the past' this evil era-rebuild the old The "laws of the earth" of the era to restrain the "people of heaven". This is not just a threat to the lower city."

...how could I not understand?

Russell sighed.

In fact, in my opinion, this world is indeed full of evil...

Not even just uncoded.

Just half an hour ago, a group of people who clearly had chips but "never committed a crime" were still fighting Russell—they even assigned a person to bear the charge of killing Russell.Before that, he had killed several people in this way... In this way, the other gunmen could become clean instead.

So how many seemingly innocent people are really innocent?

It would be a good thing if we could really go back to the era when there were laws to follow.

Just, in the process...