High Above

I can't see people suffering.

It’s a bit ashamed to say that I didn’t care much about the lives of mortals before. The identity of the sun bird and the prince made my life very boring, but the life of mortals is even more boring when I think about it. I rarely look at it They, not because of contempt, but because of my indifference.

Until one day, I was extremely poor and bored, so I walked out of the imperial capital and came to the surrounding plain towns, just like a child watching ants, wanting to see the lives of ordinary people.

After all, these ordinary people are the people that grandpa said, and they are the ones he cares about the most; they are also the foolish people that his father said, always disappointing and worrying him.

Therefore, I want to see with my own eyes and experience for myself why these people who are smaller than ants when I fly in the sky and stand on the top of the mountain make them so haunted.

I saw a lot of things that made me feel uncomfortable.

I saw a couple, the man was working on the farm, cleaning up the excrement, picking up the eggs, cleaning the field, working extremely hard, while the woman was doing laundry, her hands were soaked and turned white from morning to night, just earning hard money day and night .

I listened to their words and knew that their children went to school in the imperial capital. The tuition was expensive and there was still a big gap. Their children were very sensible and worked hard to study and work part-time in the imperial capital, but the money would never be enough. They planned to find another candle workshop Work, rubbing candle wicks for candles, can earn more money for children's living expenses, even if their bodies are already on the verge of limit in my opinion, and they are squeezing their own lives.

"It's fine at home, you study hard."

I saw a young man who came to the Great Plains from other places, intending to come to the imperial capital to fight. He worked day and night, toiling hard in the quarry. Half of the money he got from the work was given to the local gang, and a quarter was given to the guild. He saved his meager salary, calculated the amount he wanted, and his eyes reflected The moon in the sky shines brightly.

"If you save enough money, you can go back to your hometown and buy a piece of land!"

I also saw a young girl with younger sisters and younger brothers at home, her mother was seriously ill, and her father was missing. She wove rattan cages and sold them at a stall, and she also delicately matched them with some beautiful wild flowers. The vendors were quite exquisite, but the business was not always good. , and the patrolling city guards drove her away and even blackmailed her, taking away her little reward. The girl who had been exhausted for a day and got nothing came home and could only force her face to laugh.

"It's okay...tomorrow my sister will sell it in another place, I will always have better luck..."

there are more.

The courier who ran errands and delivered letters worked hard for a week, but was owed wages and was driven out of the village by the villagers; but this village is now resisting all outsiders because several children in the village have been stolen by traffickers. Those parents The crying sound annoys me.

I have walked all the way, and there is not a single crisis that can threaten "order" or destroy "social survival" in the true sense. The stability of the empire, the majesty of the royal family will not be affected by these "little things", workers who work hard but will be blackmailed in turn, street vendors who sell their goods but are confiscated by the city guards, small officials who abuse their power...these People and things happen in every corner of the earth, and under the light, there is nothing new about it.

There is also the group of children who were stolen by human traffickers. They were stunned in a remote farmhouse. According to the traffickers, the buyers behind them seem to be very powerful. They were a little afraid of being silenced, but the whole organization was under control. Yes, the family and children are being watched, they have to do it.

Haha, bad guys have worries, they deserve it fucking.

I have helped, arrested, and rescued all these people.

When I returned to the imperial capital, I supervised and audited the granting of scholarships at Gillette College, and arrested a group of Ministry of Education officials and college leaders who embezzled scholarships.

I mobilized the Metropolitan Procuratorate to crack down on gangs, and severely cracked down on a group of gang bugs that live on people and suck their blood.

I bought all the rattan cages made by that girl, and told her that every year, a group of students from the Royal Academy of Medicine in the imperial capital will give free medical consultations in the city to practice their hands. If you don't mind, I can introduce the doctor to her.

And I caught all those traffickers, and followed the vines to find Viscount Hank behind them. He secretly communicated with Fei Yandi, and he was conducting a vicious biological experiment, and urgently needed a group of children of the right age as test subjects, which happened to be met by me.

It took a lot of work to judge a nobleman, but it was not a big deal to me. Anyway, the messenger's money was received, and the parents who lost their children cried with joy.

I am very happy that I can help many people solve their problems. Although it is not my wish to make such a big battle, at least everyone is happy, and my uncomfortable heart is also smoothed out.

My father didn't praise me, but acquiesced in my behavior. My mother encouraged me, but told me not to be so self-assertive next time. My elder brother looked at me with strange eyes, my elder sister was indifferent to this, and other younger brothers and sisters should not worship me. Look at me with eyes, or indifference.

"Let him do it," said the father. "That's his mission."

I really hate to see people suffer, but when I went on a long journey for the second time, I still saw many scattered sorrows and sufferings.

The same is true for the third time, the fourth time, the fifth time, and every subsequent time.

At the beginning, I could use my power, face, and my father's acquiescence to solve these things... But soon, I found that these things can't be solved, the whole world is like this, full of hardships, pain and suffering.

I can solve it once, but not every time. The empire is not my toy, and the power does not belong to me, the prince, but to my father. I have no way to eradicate these things.

I really can't see people suffering, I don't really have compassion, pity for ordinary people... I don't even know them.

to be honest. A vile remark.

It's just because I live so happily that I feel uncomfortable when I see unhappy things, and I want to quickly let these unhappy things disappear so that I can be happy again.

It's like thinking that there is a stain on the white wall and wanting to paint it off as soon as possible.

—Don't let these things stain my eyes!

I roared in my heart, this feeling was like I walked into the back kitchen and saw a poor lamb winking at me. I've eaten too many sheep but I saw this one and I couldn't bear to eat it so I asked the chef to let it go.

The cook let it go. The next day, I didn't go to the kitchen.

I ate the second lamb.

I just don't want to see this kind of thing happen in front of my eyes. As long as it doesn't happen in front of my eyes, I can forget about these things and live happily.

But I am the sun bird.

Where the light goes, how can I not see it?

I even spoke my mind to other people once, while chatting with other noble peers.

I can't see people suffering.

Saying this is really hypocritical, and there will definitely be people of the same age laughing behind their backs. A prince of an empire said that he "can't see people suffer", which is a bit too pretentious. If I really can't see people suffer, Then why don't you leak a little from your fingernails and give it to the poor who are suffering?

Everyone is aristocrat, I am still a prince, why pretend to be a wolf with a big tail.

I did ask my father about it, and my father asked me if I was a little out of control right now.

I said yes, I felt that my strength and power were not enough, as if I couldn't hold anything, all thoughts passed through my fingers like water, and I couldn't hold it firmly.

My father told me to remember this feeling of powerlessness, and then to become stronger. As for those sufferings, treat them as the nourishment that I want to become stronger. After I really become a strong person, I will think about whether to help those ordinary people with my own hands.

I'm puzzled, I don't understand why the first thing to do when encountering such a thing is to become stronger - we are the royal family, aren't we? We manage the entire empire, isn't it just to solve the various problems in the empire?

Those gangs, those corrupt officials, those old-fashioned rebel nobles who even have ulterior motives... Each is an enemy of our rule and will affect the authority of our rule!

Big mistake, my father told me. Empire is our instrument of government, we are not the nannies of our subjects. In other words, we have provided our subjects with the greatest and most crucial protection, that is, protection in terms of force.

My father told me that we are only called the royal family, the emperor and the prince. In fact, our "imperial power" does not come from officials, the army, any ministers and supporters, let alone the people.

It comes from the blood, from the light that flows through our bodies.

We are not so much the royal family, but rather gods walking in the world, a kind of supremacy that cannot be overthrown or defeated by an uprising.

The authority of the empire lies only in his strength, and the existence of the empire itself is a constraint on him, not that he uses the empire to manage ordinary people.

He's the one tied up by the Empire.

I asked my father, is that why we don't care about people's suffering? Because we will not be overthrown, so we can exploit with peace of mind and watch them suffer?

My father told me that all the wealth of our Setar royal family was obtained by the royal family with their own hands. People, whether it is 100 million people, billion people, or 10 billion people, can't go to the moon to collect nuclear fuel, can't go to Mercury to collect high-purity natural source crystals, and can't go to the asteroid belt to get the most rare mineral raw materials.

My father told me that the taxes collected by our Setar royal family had been completely used to maintain the empire itself three generations before my grandfather, and the royal family did not take a cent. The emperor personally collected energy and various maintenance items.

My father told me, if I really don't want to see people suffer, why don't I ask those foolish people why they want to exploit each other and oppress each other - the royal family doesn't even collect agricultural tax, at least not in the Great Plains of the Imperial Capital, but other nobles do. , that is their power, and the exploitation of gangs is also an organization created by themselves.

If I really want to understand, I have to witness.

So I went to witness.

Over the decades, I have come to understand how the world works and the source of all suffering.

I began to understand that even if there are no sublimators in this world, no gods walking in the world, no sun god birds, no Gnostic Academy and Ministry of Truth, no emperors and nobles, people will still oppress each other. exploit.

This is not something that will appear because there are sublimated people, it is something that will inevitably happen in human society.

This cannot be blamed on my father, this is the inevitable outcome of our current society and civilization level.

Our productivity is not enough, our morality is not up to standard, and our thinking level is still very primitive, so we have these intolerable things.

So, how to change it?

After seeing through this, the actions of great-great-grandfather, great-grandfather, grandfather and father are all very simple - they are all using their own methods to transform this society. Everyone has made mistakes and suffered hardships, and those closest to him have made mistakes. My grandfather even fell down before succeeding.

He succeeded in changing the problem of productivity from not enough to too much, so much so that I began to wonder how I could save fewer people from dying if farmers throughout the empire were unemployed.

I stand on the top of the mountain and look down at the people below who are still like ants. I still can't bear to see people suffer, but now I feel powerless every time I take action. I can't see the future of the world we live in, and I can't find the right way to transform the world.

I even discovered that even my unwillingness to see others suffer was probably the result of my father’s transformation of me.

Maybe I was originally a cold and heartless 'little tyrant' who didn't care about the life and death of mortals. I just wanted to live in my own world and obey my own desires. But now, I am called the most benevolent prince.

I feel like vomiting. This world is boring and uninteresting. It’s full of problems that are a big deal at a glance. But I’m actually the prince of the largest country in Terra. And the most terrifying thing is that I actually want to fight for the throne and master the throne. The greatest power to transform this society and the world.

Obviously I haven't thought of any way to achieve my wish, but I still want to do it.

I felt like I was crazy, and the craziest of all was my father.

He wants to directly brainwash and transform all mankind, using the simplest, most direct, and best way to utilize his power and wisdom to transform the world and human society.

[This is not wrong. I believe that if all mankind has a consensus and can understand and recognize each other, then many contradictions and exploitation will disappear. When people give up their excessive selfishness and cooperate with each other, they will surely create greater benefits]

[I believe that after this brainwashed generation dies, the new generation will usher in a peaceful and harmonious society]

【but……】

In a state of confusion, Mikael's light body, a curled-up bird of light, opened its eyes.

What flashed in those eyes was not firmness and determination, but a great fear: [But, is there really only one generation? 】

[Even if my father really just wants to brainwash a generation and leave a clean world to the people of Terra, what about me? Would I buy into the consensus that my father brainwashed me? Will I start a second brainwashing? 】

[If I hadn’t inherited the throne, would my eldest brother recognize my father’s consensus? Where is the eldest sister? What about the other younger siblings? Where are my heirs, their heirs? 】

[There will always be people who are dissatisfied with the current world, dissatisfied with the current order, dissatisfied with the current consensus of mankind, dissatisfied with their hearts not obeying the vision in their hearts - so they start another brainwashing! 】

[Brainwashing all mankind, we have opened the magic box of all disasters - will the fifth-level powerhouses in other countries imitate us? Would anyone really not use this simple and direct method of controlling all citizens? ! 】

[I oppose this kind of brainwashing precisely because I have been brainwashed by my father since I was a child - if, if I were the original me, I would be the original, indifferent, sun bird who doesn't care about human beings and doesn't care about people's suffering. ', instead of being a benevolent person who was reshaped by my father's thinking since childhood, labeled and imprinted with compassion for all living beings, do I really... care? 】

[I have long been able to undo the mark on my soul, but I dare not... I am afraid that my true self, the real Sun Bird, is a 'madman' who does not care about any life... I even understand Father, if I became the emperor, I would also...I would also do it]

[Mark your children with the mark of ‘kindness’]

——So, is this my true self?

In the chaotic space and time composed entirely of ether, the golden divine bird trembled, and his forehead flashed '? ’-like mark, that is exactly what Sky Law Dragon doubts. This comes from the fact that the authority of the ancestral true dragon is so powerful, and combined with Mikael’s strength and will, he has reached the limit of immortality.

But at the cost, Mikael questions himself.

Question your own heart, your own dreams and wishes, question whether you are right or wrong, whether you can imprint yourself in the ether without any regrets, and then be sure that that is the real, true, eternal and immortal ‘I’.

Mikael can do this - he is a true genius and the most powerful person in this generation of the Setar royal family. If he inherits the blood of the throne, he will definitely be able to realize immortality immediately and become a worthy person. A man stronger than the leader of a great country.

But on this last step of imprinting his immortality, he was lost.

Is it me who has been transformed by my father, the 'merciful and capable self, full of martyr emotions', or is I the completely complete 'Sun Bird' who may have been suppressed all his life and has never shown any true qualities? .

If a person is put on a mask by someone else and wears it for a lifetime, others think it is him, everyone thinks it is him, and he himself thinks that the mask is his original face, and even the mask has been completely integrated with his face. .

So is his real face, or his 'real face'?

Outside the steel dragon's nest.

The flare phenomenon became chaotic, and countless lights went out of control, piercing the dark clouds around the steel dragon's nest, making Ian, Adbert, Xiou and others who were in charge of managing the aftermath frown.

"Let Scott be careful and control the shield array of Xiahui City."

After exhorting, Ian took a deep breath, stared at the steel dragon's nest filled with the sun, and muttered to himself: "Mikael, this guy, has succeeded every time in reincarnation. Maybe there is one more me, but instead Will it fail?"

"I told him too much of the truth, which made him worry, can't he think too much?"

Because of Mikhail's assistance, Ian can actually vaguely sense the state of the second prince now—the other's heart is shaking, and the questioning of himself makes Mikhail hesitate. He is almost about to succeed, but Also about to fail.

Having said that, even if he knew the result would be like this, Ian would still do this and tell Mikael more truth.

Because, only Mikael, who has endured all the harsher things and succeeded, can have the strength to surpass the history of reincarnation and create a different ending!

But now, all Ian can do is trust Mikael.

He believed that the truths he told Mikael would not only bring difficulties, but also become his strength.

Inside the steel dragon's nest.

At this moment, Mikael gradually calmed down under the absolute chaos.

No, not peace... but death.

At this moment, Mikael's consciousness gradually became weak, and his thoughts, ego, obsessions and desires were all slowly dissipating. Whether it was the joy of his childhood or the doubts of his youth, they were all shattered bit by bit and turned into sparks in the light.

The testimony of youth and the determination of maturity are gradually being burned away like water under the sun.

It's a failure, but it's not really a failure.

It was Mikael's own choice.

——If life cannot let me make a choice.

he thought so.

—Then let death enlighten me.

Everything is shattered under the wash of pure light, all doubts, worries and fears, before the real death, the absolute fear, disappears and becomes meaningless.

Existence and continuation are the source of all meaning. If you die and everything turns into nothingness, is it really important whether your mask is really you?

Soon, in the endless flames, the golden divine bird was about to disappear faintly, and the sun in the steel dragon's nest also became restless, and would explode and scatter in all directions at any time like those nirvana sun divine birds. Many materials related to the newborn sun god bird were published.

only.

In this last last.

There is also a sigil representing doubt, and a small golden flame that burns in the center of the sun.

That is a doubt.

【Are you really willing? 】

The doubts originating from the Law of Heaven penetrated through Mikael's last ray of light at this moment.

At this point, he finally realized——

If he really died, would he really care about such a trivial matter as whether he was himself?

If he wants to face eternal demise, what exactly must he do, what must he do?

【I do not care. I don't care if I am myself, I don't care who can do it, even if I die, I perish, everything about me disappears without a trace, my power must be passed on, and become a person drifting in endless time and space Psychic power, come to those who have the same wishes and dreams as me, but lack the power]

【They are me, I am them】

【I want……】

[Let everyone understand their true heart, so that everyone no longer needs to suffer]

【This is what I never want to forget】

This is the essence of Chosen Psionics.

This is the source of the radiance that floats in the endless space and time.

This is... Mikael himself.

His nature, original intention, persistence and dream.

The Immortal and Immortal Eternal Spirit.

boom!

Steel Dragon Nest.

The light stagnated.

Then, the incomparably dazzling sun bloomed like a flower bud, shooting out countless fine rays—and these rays all turned around in mid-air and returned to the center of the flower bud. It looked like there was an extremely huge The giant opened his hand of light, and after growing to the extreme, he closed his five fingers and clenched them into fists.

Then, the sun shrunk, condensed, and condensed into a young man with wings on his back and triple halos behind his head.

【So it is, this is the nature of immortality. I finally understand why I am obsessed with fighting against my father】

The human form closed its eyes, and he whispered to himself: [Because father, you have been brainwashing yourself and resisting your true nature... You are forcing yourself to endure the pain of suicide, just to achieve something that is not what you want. Achieved dream]

【Father……】

Opening his eyes, Mikael's eyes at this moment are like two suns, but they are even hotter. All the colors fade under the gaze of these eyes, transforming into pure light.

Adbert, who was the weakest in the field, turned his head subconsciously and closed his eyes, but it was completely useless, because the extremely proud light passed through the flesh and bones, making everyone's vision pure white.

He turned his head and looked in the direction of Ian. The newly born fifth-level powerhouse smiled slightly: [I am going to fulfill my mission, Ian Yinfeng, I hope you can walk on your path]

"always like this."

Looking at Mikael, Ian, who has already collected all the advanced data of the other party, nodded slightly: "Then, don't lose too fast. Wait a little longer and figure out Axel's real purpose."

"At critical moments, I will help you."

Mikael did not respond to the words.

He just showed a smile, and then turned into a ray of light, penetrating the time and space between Yinfeng collar and the imperial capital——

Then, a decisive will, condensed in Ruguang's thinking, pierced the imperial capital's planetary shield beam!

【Father, it's time for me to kill you! 】

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