Powerful players want to be passers-by

As always, after being told by Kao Hinako, the two of them went to the control room to see what was going on daily.

Before entering, I found some noise.

"Did something happen, Roman."

In addition to the original team, Ophelia is also there.

Romani said to Lu Yao: "Emperor Nero said a few days ago that he would go on an expedition to Gaul, because of the help of the Servant—especially the help of the black King Arthur, the curtain came to an end, but it was unexpected. intelligence."

"?"

"In the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, it is said that there are traces of gods."

"Hey..." Lu Yao showed an expression of great interest, "Lixiang, Olga, you must have heard correctly, right?"

"Are you doubting my professionalism?"remote! "Olga Marie's dissatisfied voice sounded, "I am the emperor of the astronomical department, the head of the Animsfia family, and the director of Chaldea. How could I make such a mistake?You can question Lixiang, but you cannot question me! 』

Li Xiang was speechless: "It's too much to say..."

"Don't worry about these two idiots. "Lynice sighed, "But it is true that there is a self-proclaimed god in the Mediterranean Sea. 』

Li Xiang said: "The words of the gods are not the so-called Lord Gods?" 』

Romani said: "In general, it can be considered this way. There are records all over the world. Sometimes it is the incarnation of nature, sometimes it is a symbol of imperial power, and generally speaking, it is a higher intellectual life form above human beings."

Lu Yao said: "In the vertical time, the world can be divided into two categories: the age of the gods and the age of humans. This planet will change the laws of physics according to the creatures on the ground. When humans gradually become the largest group on the ground, this planet The world will also lose the environment in which the gods continue to exist."

Olga Marie said: "That is the end of the Age of Gods, which means that the gods will leave this world." 』

Da Vinci said: "It can be confirmed that there are no gods in this world. It can be considered that they are in a high-dimensional time and space, and they don't want to and cannot interfere in the current world. Therefore, they can also be considered as high-dimensional creatures."

Li Xiang said: "Wouldn't that be bad, if there is indeed a God-sama in the direction of the Mediterranean Sea." 』

"The possibility is very low." Ophelia said: "Mysteries before and after AD are different. Magicians after AD actually have no way to observe the existence of gods. Lixiang, think about it, your Do most of the behaviors of praying to gods and worshiping Buddha have no other effect except to comfort the heart?"

Li Xiang said: "Then, is it true that the Lord God does not exist?" 』

Lu Yao said: "I can't say that, at least there is a way to reverse the evidence of the existence of gods. The oldest part of the Magic Association is an institution called "Wandering Sea" based somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. The magicians inside They are all proud of studying and mastering the magic of the Age of Gods. The so-called magic of the Age of Gods is actually a fragment of the power exercised by signing a contract with a god with a continuous natural root."

Ophelia thought for a while: "So that's the case. Is this the so-called Age of Gods magic?"

Reinis said: "My teacher, you seemed to be very calm and gave a very explosive information. 』

Lu Yao replied: "I actually think that you, who will become a monarch sooner or later, should know this basic knowledge."

Ophelia said: "Is it possible that it is fake?"

Reinis said: "Generally speaking, this possibility is indeed the greatest. 』

Lixiang said, "Why?Obviously there is no Heroic Spirit?Great ancient figures and even legendary figures can become Servants and be summoned.Sigurd-san too, isn't he living in a world with gods? 』

Mash said, "Senior, gods and heroic spirits exist in different dimensions.But there is a little doubt, can the gods be summoned? 』

Ophelia said: "In the spirit séance department, the summoning of heroic spirits is regarded as an extremely difficult summoning technique, but the summoning of gods is considered to be an impossible technique. This is the difference, although the summoning of heroic spirits It is difficult, but it is possible to realize it both theoretically and operationally.”

Romani said: "As Ophelia said, although it is almost impossible, it is theoretically possible... How? What are you going to do."

Li Xiang said: "Sure enough, I still need to take a look. 』

Olga Marie said: "The Holy Grail should be in the hands of the court magicians of the United Roman Empire. Our goal is to recover the Holy Grail, so we must first target the United Roman Empire." 』

"Boss..."

"However, where the gods appear, there is also the possibility of the Holy Grail. Olga Marie said, "Whether it is a summoning of a heroic spirit or a summoning of a god, there are conditions for the summoning, and it is impossible to appear suddenly, so it is necessary to investigate." 』

Reynice said, "Indeed. 』

Lixiang was a little confused, "Well, didn't you say that the Holy Grail is in the hands of the court magician?Why do you say that there will be a Holy Grail where God-sama appears? 』

Romani explained: "Lixiang, apart from the original Holy Grail - the genuine product containing the blood of the Son of God, there are also existences with similar functions appearing one after another around the world. As of 04, it was holy grail The church has registered more than 700 Holy Grails."

Olga Marie said: "That is to say, in addition to the Holy Grail placed in each singularity by the mastermind behind the scenes, there may also be a Holy Grail that exists in this era... If it is used casually, it will be a troublesome thing. So you need to go and have a look. 』

Lixiang suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. It's worthy of being the director. It's amazing!" 』

Matthew said: "I'm impressed with you, Director Olga Marie!" 』

"As an excellent magus, this is inevitable... But, Mash, what does it mean to be impressed?"Did you still look down on me before? 』

"Eh...that's not what I mean. 』

Once the matter is decided, it is considered to be over.

Lu Yao thought: "There are already signs of gods appearing in the singularity. If it is confirmed to be true, then we have to think about the possibility that the next singularity will encounter a god-level opponent...especially the peculiarity of the earth's air." At this point, it was the age of the gods. Although it was a farewell period, it was only the beginning, so it was not surprising that one or two gods appeared. '

"Mr. Lu Yao...Mr. Lu Yao!"

Ophelia shook Lu Yao's body, pulling Lu Yao back from thinking.Lu Yao looked at Ophelia suspiciously, but found that everyone in the control room looked at him strangely.

The well-informed and omnipotent Da Vinci immediately understood what was going on, and said, "This is a reverse summoning technique. Someone summoned you from another opponent."

"Eh?"

pS: Ji Lin is the Honkai one, but the image is only borrowed, and the image is only for reference, and the character design may be different.

pS: There won’t be a new book in the short term, at least it won’t be published until the first volume of the new book is finished, and I haven’t been satisfied with it after several revisions.

23. Analysis

Going to the test site of the Heroes Association, no one will be in a hurry during this journey.Saitama didn't run, Genos didn't fly, and Lu Yao didn't take out his supersonic fighter.

The three of them walked leisurely together in a somewhat scattered manner.

During this period, several people chatted about the Heroes Association.Saitama must be the audience. He has never tried to understand it. It is all from Genos, and he is not expected to express any opinions.As for Genos, what he knows is superficial intelligence, which is what the Heroes Association shows.

So Lu Yao had something to say.

He belongs to the kind of person who usually doesn't talk much, but when he talks about topics he is interested in or professional, he can't help but share his views and ideas.

He likes to be a listener, but he also likes to be a voice.

However, when he is the one who publishes opinions, most of the audience are people who know the basics. After all, too much talk is bound to be lost, and I don't want to say too much in front of strangers.

Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to survive a hundred battles.

Lu Yao has scientific thinking.

The so-called science refers to the correct cognition that people have formed in production and practice after repeated verification of the objective world, summarizing the testable explanation, and the orderly system that can predict the organization and form of objective existence. knowledge system.To axiomatize cognition, induction and summarization are indispensable methodology, and the same is true for so-called scientific thinking.

Summarize and summarize what you have seen and heard, and get a glimpse of the essence from it.

This is what Lu Yao has been doing since he came to this world.

It's not that Lu Yao harbors any ulterior secrets, but that this is Lu Yao's way of understanding unfamiliar environments.Lu Yao will use this method to recognize individuals, groups, organizations and even the whole society and the whole world.

Therefore, it is not just the specialty of weirdos, this heroic society also needs to be carefully observed.

This way you can clearly understand what you are doing.

Of course, Lu Yao hasn't reached the point of being a mad scientist yet, and he won't do things that violate human ethics, such as living experiments and vivisection... But there is no need to do it.

The research materials that Genos handed over to him included research on weirdos.Lu Yao is not particularly skeptical—no, it should be said that he has a super intuitive sense of distinguishing between true and false, and false and true. Therefore, there is no distortion in the research data of Jinos, and there is no need to repeat the experiment.

Although there is a possibility of deviating from the truth due to mistakes in Ginos' research, this is not important. If it is only for cognition, the existence of such deviations is allowed.

Not to mention these.

At the beginning, Lu Yao felt that the so-called professional heroes could not be regarded as real heroes, but a supplementary part of the violent mechanism like the police and army.

Therefore, the so-called professional heroes should not be required by the meaning of the word 'hero' itself.

Because in essence, the so-called professional heroes can only be regarded as security guards and mercenaries.Take money to do things, that's all.Although the word 'hero' is used, it is just a word, just like wife cakes, husband and wife lung slices, and the current UP card pool.

Lu Yao has no prejudice against this.Although I was not very interested, but because of Okazaki Yumemi's proposal, I began to get to know it in depth.

The duties of a professional hero are patrolling, security, explaining civil disputes, fighting against supernatural disasters, etc. In a word, they can take care of everything they see, from trivial to the destruction of the world.

This seems to duplicate the duties of the police and soldiers.

But what is more worth complaining about is that the right to use violence to maintain order has been handed over to professional heroes, to the Heroes Association, and to a private enterprise.

According to the information Lu Yao found, the government and the Heroes' Association still have a lot of rhetoric on this issue.That is to say, the government was unwilling to give this kind of power to the people at the beginning, but finally gave in... Although there are certain restrictions, this opening has been opened. What a fantasy.

In Lu Yao's world, it would be impossible to happen no matter what.

But this world is not the one Lu Yao used to be.

The so-called cause must have effect, since this phenomenon exists, then why it exists, there will naturally be its rationality.

First of all there is no concept of country here.

As mentioned earlier, this world was actually the same as Lu Yao's starting point.But because of a series of events, natural disasters and man-made disasters, all the living humans came to this supercontinent and established a new society.

There is only one country, and it can be considered that there is actually no country.In other words, human beings no longer need to fight among themselves, and when there is no need to guard against attacks from other countries, the army naturally does not exist.

However, there are flaws in this statement.

Because there are monsters in this world, and with the threat of monsters, there is no doubt that the army is necessary.Give this right to heroes?Not to mention that this is a matter of giving up the right to protect and maintain national security, which itself is also an act of evading responsibility.

Reasonably, it shouldn't be like this.

However, as the saying goes, there must be an effect if there is a cause.There will be a situation like today, which is also related to people's thinking.

One of the reasons why people will establish a new society on this supercontinent is the runaway power of the state.There is no bottom-line confrontation between countries because of interest issues, and people who have suffered so much have developed distrust and even fear of the government and the military.

It was a painful past, although it was a long time ago now, but the heaviness of history cannot be forgotten.Huge social turmoil and social changes have profoundly affected all human beings in this world.

Therefore, after coming to the supercontinent, the regime is like the confederation in the early days of the founding of the United States, loose, non-coercive, and non-binding.

Everyone is only responsible for themselves, everyone is like an island.

Perhaps this is also the soil where heroic culture takes root.

But the strong will eventually prevail over the weak, and anarchism only breeds chaos.After a period of time, the influence of the government has increased to the extent that it has maintained basic social stability and normal life order.

If it is just to crack down on violations of law and discipline and maintain social order, the presence of the police is actually enough.

But there are still weirdos in this world.

Cracking down on weirdos requires violent agencies, but people don't trust the country's violent agencies, and supermen with unique skills are unwilling to serve the country.But someone needs to stand up, so the hero appears.

In fact, before the official establishment of the Heroes Association, weirdos also existed.Some people think that weirdos are like the side of human development, a malignant tumor attached to society, a part of human society that must be separated but cannot be separated.

Ordinary wolf-level monsters, the police actually have the ability to deal with them, but if they are stronger, they can only pray that there are no nosy strong people passing by.

However, a few years ago, the number and quality of weirdos were quite low.

So there's really nothing special about it.

But in recent years, weirdos have appeared more and more frequently, which eventually led to the birth of the Heroes Association and professional heroes.Professional heroes are the product of a special environment, and from the context of their development, they are closely related to human history.

'The concept of country and nation is weak, and the distrust of the government and the military is more inclined to personal interests than collective interests.This may be the reason why hero culture prevails. Lu Yao thought, "It is precisely because the individual possesses great power that he is unwilling to be restrained."Compared with official careers, flowers, applause, money, fame, heroes with gorgeous appearance and personality are the choices of these people. '

Having said so much, it is actually just explaining an objective phenomenon.

Lu Yao himself has no idea of ​​preparing to change society, because this is the choice of this era and this history, and there are no huge, irreconcilable contradictions.

In other words, the emergence of professional heroes conforms to this society to some extent.

Lu Yao made a long speech.

But both Saitama and Genos looked confused.

Genos said: "Although it sounds powerful, what's the point of knowing this?"

Lu Yao said: "I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Saitama said that, but Genos, do you think this is useless?"

Saitama protested and said: "What do you mean if it's me, I won't be surprised!"

Genos thought for a moment, finally shook his head and said, "I can't understand."

Lu Yao said: "The so-called power is not just force. Strategy, knowledge, cognition, technology...anything that can defeat, attack, and deter others can be regarded as power. The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy, winning a hundred battles, is knowing the existence of a thing. Then we can take targeted actions.”

"So that's it, is this the attack on the weakness?" Genos thought thoughtfully.

'Wouldn't it be easier to just punch him. He wanted to say this at first, but for some reason, he had the feeling that that boy Lu Yao knew what he was thinking. If he said it, he would definitely be sprayed to pieces by him, so forget it.Saitama gave up thinking.

The three of them gradually arrived at their destination through friendly exchanges.

24. Test