Overturned Tower

Although other empty islands are also in panic and despair, they are not isolated and desperate like the happy island.

Because the church put all its "strength" on the island of happiness.Although other empty islands also have fallen angels transformed by locals after drinking the holy source and uploading their thoughts...but the number is definitely not many.

The number of holy sources is limited.If you don't drink the holy source before uploading your thoughts, you won't become an angel after downloading them back.

In addition, the dragon hearts of other empty islands have not been controlled, so the network has not been cut off.The drones are still able to operate normally—those angelic veterans saw the crazy move made by the church, and declared their rebellion under the pain and sorrow, and fought against the cyber church to the death.

The flames of war have intensified, and people have not completely given up resistance.

"——The only thing that can confirm misfortune is the Island of Happiness."

Amirus sighed and whispered to Russell.

Standing next to him was Tovatus the Discordant, arms folded and silent.And Zhu Rong was just above their heads.Normally, they must be under the shadow of the giant ship at this moment, but now Zhu Rong wants to cast a beam of light to illuminate them instead.

The old and the young, as early as the first day of the disaster, took the last airboat that Happy Island could leave and headed for the land.

But that wasn't an escape—

After all, the distance an airship can fly is limited.Before they were about to fall, they contacted Zhu Rong.And Long took them over and brought them to Russell.

"At this point," Russell's eyes were deep, "it's meaningless to talk about 'destroying the mother tree system', right?"

"Yes."

Zhu Rong's calm voice came from the sky behind them: "The current situation is no longer as simple as a world war. The Ash Dome system has been completely destroyed, and Kubler, the only one who can restore the Ash Dome, has also died. It was controlled by the church. Even considering the current degree of damage to the Gray Dome system, I don't think Kübler can restore it to its original state on his own.

"If you don't consider the situation of destroying the gray dome, the probability of you finally defeating the Cyber ​​Church is only 1.85%, and the probability of the destruction of human civilization is as high as 85.47%; but if the Cyber ​​Church is defeated, then the probability of the destruction of human civilization will increase. to 99.97 percent."

"Mr. Zhu Rong also thinks that the church is correct..."

Amirus let out an old voice.

"I have not said any affirmative words that expressly support the Cyber ​​Church or acknowledge any of their plans."

Zhu Rong made an objective voice: "Because in the church's plan, the possibility of 'resisting them' and 'surviving' at the same time has been eliminated."

"Then," Tovatus said lazily, "why can't we talk about destroying Ash Vault?"

"Because if the gray dome is destroyed, the illusion will be released."

Amyrus replied without hesitation.

But Tovatus just nodded: "I know.

"What I mean is—things have become so serious, is it really important to release the illusion? If the church really intends to destroy the world, in my opinion, it's better for us to release the illusion directly. , Come and die together. At least for the sake of its own survival, Huameng will eventually find a way to regenerate a new intellectual civilization, I think this is much more reliable than Andrew's threatening."

The attitude of the discordants is very clear.

If the world must be destroyed, he would rather feed it to the dusk.

He smiled and patted Russell on the shoulder: "Besides, we still have Russell anyway!

"What are you looking at, Russell? I have always supported you to rule this world in a nutshell and become the king of the endless universe."

The discordant smiles that they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

Russell knew that what he said was true.Because he could sense that Tovatus really thought so - unlike other elves, Tovatus didn't have too much resistance and fear of dusk.In other words, he doesn't have much memory of the world now.

After Russell killed Kamalthe of the previous generation, Torvatus' enemies were wiped out.Since then, he has no reason to survive.Compared with that kind of thing, turning the world into grand fireworks would be more in his mind.

"—no, I mean."

Amirus smiled slightly, and said softly: "Because destroying the gray dome will release the dusk. And this conflicts with the underlying code of the dragon... So if someone wants to destroy the gray dome, it is tantamount to directly making an enemy of the dragon .

"This is the real dead end designed by the Cyber ​​Church. The whole world may indeed be able to fight against the dragon, not to mention that it is impossible for the dragon to destroy human civilization. Therefore, when humans gather, the dragon can only choose compromise.

"But on the other hand, if the church makes the people who can smash the gray dome into a minority; then the dragon will in turn become the help of the church. Because the church's plan can indeed allow human civilization to be preserved—even if it is the worst Preservation. The underlying logic of the dragon is that it is better to destroy the jade than to break it."

"Yes."

Zhu Rong replied: "Before we confirm that the sealed illusion has been moved to a safer container, we will stop any individual or force that tries to smash the gray dome and release the illusion."

"How can those few people who raised their heads from the cracks of the church's repression stand against the desperate enemy of the dragon? Not to mention, if we lose these dragons, we will not be able to replicate this technology to create new ones." We can't even make the most basic core of a dragon, the 'perpetual motion machine', and without a perpetual motion machine, how can we cross this prison that is nearly two hundred light years away?

"At that time, will those strong, courageous and sober warriors be able to fight against the dragon until the end?"

"—Because of 'Promoting', he knew his enemy from the very beginning."

Russell replied: "He doesn't need to fight everyone, let alone the whole world. He only needs to win those 'braves'."

He is that kind of brave.

They are all.

The church is not the "minority", on the contrary, they are the majority.Under the layout of the Cyber ​​Church, those who have no mass foundation have become their side.

Because people do not have a high enough perspective, they will become short-sighted, the powerless who lose the possibility of the future will tend to be conservative, and those who are squeezed by life are not afraid of equal destruction-not to mention, it is another world eternal life.

Even if the price is losing the body and turning into a mass of data... But anyway, it is everyone who needs to pay the price, is it still a loss?

"So, to turn this around...you have to start on everyone's side. I'm the first step, you're the second step."

The old man squinted his eyes, a little sleepy: "So, then it's time... to need a 'miracle'."

"...That's why you want to destroy the mother tree system."

Russell understood Amyrus.

Tokifat did turn around and destroy the mother tree system - but the way he destroyed it was that any elf who was reborn using the mother tree system would become a member of the fallen angels.It's like hijacking the mother tree system and introducing all reborns directly into their "Holy Code" server.

Named elves are naturally cyber immortal.They have more advanced technology, and the mother tree system is the most advanced technology in this field... The pope can't get it, so he can only use the flawed cyber immortality technology.This upload is permanent, and even the use of more advanced technology cannot make up for the humanity he lost in the process.

Therefore, the first thing he did was to go back and destroy the mother tree system first.

The so-called crossing the river and tearing down the bridge.Not to mention that he didn't get on the bridge, but swam across it as hard as he could... It would be better to burn the bridge so that people no longer have cyber immortality plans other than him.

"I've had enough."

The old man said slowly: "My destiny is 'persistence'. The church once showed me hope and made me persistent...Although they let me down now, it doesn't mean that my past persistence is meaningless .”

"I understand."

Russell nodded solemnly.

He raised his head and confirmed to Zhu Rong: "Maternal tree system, can we destroy it?"

"Yes. I always refuse, and I am a little embarrassed. So if you want," Zhu Rong said calmly, "I can do it for you. After all, there are quite a lot of guards near the mother tree. If I come, I can save unnecessary Time. What we lack most is time."

"Then I will trouble you." Russell thanked.

"You are welcome." Zhu Rong replied.

The next moment, the sound of the turbocharger gradually increased and became sharper.

Caught off guard, the flames fell from the sky——

A beam of laser cannon that seemed to be able to destroy the city crashed down on the "mother tree system" in the distance.

Under the eternal night, the monstrous fire is as bright as day.

As if another sun had risen above the earth, a white mushroom cloud rose slowly.

The entire ground trembled violently, and seven or eight seconds later, the hurricane roared along with countless gravel and broken branches.Russell narrowed his eyes, his hair flying wildly back in the hot wind.

——This means that the elf system of naming names that has lasted for thousands of years has been cut off.

Russell had inquired from Amirus before that it was a heavily guarded ruin, located in the deepest part of the jungle.There are countless drones guarding it.From the outside, it has nothing to do with the "tree", but a drop-like hemispherical shape.Relying on his strength alone, it is not easy to invade directly... He needs the support of bad suns or bad ones who are good at physical destruction.

But now, the dragon can easily destroy it with just one shot.They definitely have the power to crush the gray dome, but they are limited by the authority of digital life and cannot do such actions, they can only watch the world fall into chaos and destruction.

The irony is... this is also something that is only possible through the pressure of the church.It was only then that the giant dragon, who had always been standing with the Ximing elves, personally destroyed the mother tree system.

"It's over..."

Amirus murmured in a low voice, with complicated expressions: "The fate of thousands of years, the former guardians of mankind, the fallen sages..."

The old man closed his eyes, his face full of grooves was a little moved.

After a long silence, he opened his eyes.

"Let me take another look, can the saint be beheaded?"

the old man asked Russell.

"To you."

Russell took it with him, took it out of his arms, and handed it to Amyrus.

Amyrus put it down his throat and wiped it lightly.Blood soaked the blade.

"The force that drives the saint to behead...is enlightenment."

The old man said slowly: "The consciousness of killing. The consciousness of fighting. The consciousness of death. The consciousness of sacrifice.

"And among the many realizations..."

He said, gently stretching out his hand to smear the blood on the blade.

It was the first psionic weapon he had built himself.

And as his fingers slid across, the bright red and transparent blood blade transformed into a dazzling golden light blade.

"——The most intense, painful, and difficult thing to inspire...is the 'consciousness to live'."

Amyrus' body, along with his words, gradually began to burst into cracks, shining an irrepressible light under the eternal night.

That is the power of his order, his sublimated and immortal soul.

This is not a "miracle" in the ordinary sense.It is the most complete miracle that directly destroys one's soul and destiny together.

"To live is difficult. To face the shortcomings of life. To see the incompleteness of the world. To accept all sorrow, all pain, all despair. To meet and overcome it - summed up in one word, is 'live'."

Amirus whispered: "Do your best, but also take a step forward."

His glazed pupils were burned by the increasingly blazing light.

The vegetation around him was ignited by the light, like an altar.

And the old man was in the middle, smearing the last touch of blood from "the beheading of the saint" into gold.

"Live, Russell. Take the world with you."

As these words fell, a brilliant golden light suddenly burst out centered on him.

The bright nova of light spread along the ground, covering the entire world at the speed of light.

Everyone was stunned for a second at that second.

A pure obsession took root in their hearts.

It's not complicated, and it's not that intense.Just an unwilling thought, a desire for a miracle.

— want to live.

—doesn't want to surrender yet.

——Perhaps, I can stand up and hold on a little longer...

Like a torch sharing its own fire, lighting thousands of candles.

Amyrus is dead.

Chapter 49 Symbols of the Human Will

Word of the Wolf and Bad Sun walk inside the Tower of Babel side by side.

But at that moment, Bad Ri's only remaining eye suddenly shrank, and his footsteps stopped, and Lang Yan suddenly raised his head, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to press his heart.

...Just now, what happened?

[Amyrus is dead]

And the emotionless synthetic voice of the deer head resounded from beside him.

[Just now, he liberated his own destiny]

"Oh, that old man."

Bad Ri sighed: "Among the elf directors, he can be regarded as one of the few good people."

"How do you judge a good guy from a bad guy?" Lang Yan asked casually.

"It's very simple," Bad Day replied, "He has used this old and decayed body for a long, long time. But he has never used the mother tree system to regenerate."

Because he already knew that the mother tree system had been tampered with.