High Above

civilization. Civilization is like a cage, imprisoning the soul and freedom.

This is a motto that is more true than the truth. The love and hate in life are nothing but the fuel of civilization. When human beings learn how to be themselves, they are destined to find themselves in a cage that will never end and cannot be released.

For millions of years, the dispute between the collective and the individual has been endless. For life and survival, independent lives have turned themselves into part of civilization. For higher efficiency, they have alienated themselves and become leaders and knights under the leader. Samurai, blacksmith and farmer.

Ants will be devoured by larger insects, but ant colonies can last for hundreds of millions of years, constantly sacrificing themselves in life, creating a huge machine called civilization, which roars and burns, draining the blood of humans and their enemies. Swallow it into your belly and exchange it for more lives to have the luxury called the future.

Time is like a windmill, spinning with the never-ending wind.

The sea turned into mulberry fields, the mountains turned into plains, the empty wilderness became prosperous, the once silent valleys turned into children's paradise, human cities rose and fell, repeated dozens of reincarnations, and finally became the towering clouds they are today. spire.

This is something that only people in the cage can do. As the people in the cage expand the border of the cage step by step, they reach the end of the horizon.

Then the cage is the world, and the world is the cage.

However, outside the infinite cage, there is also an infinite distance.

Silver light shines at the farthest end of the world. The light cuts through all the darkness and illuminates all the haze and darkness.

In the year 839 of Terra, the 50th year of the Federation calendar, it was an ordinary morning. The air was slightly dry. The sunlight passed through the narrow window and projected into the room without much dust.

In the center of the room, a huge silver machine sprayed out streams of white steam, and the translucent sliding cover slowly opened, revealing the face of the black-haired boy behind it.

Aldo Silver Peak wakes up from his dream.

The first time he woke up, he smelled a burnt smell. The thermal insulation function of the dormant cabin seemed to be a bit wrong in winter. He had to find time to repair this old thing.

Otherwise, he might be cooked in the warehouse one day, and become a resident of the Void Realm inexplicably, and at the same time become the laughing stock of the younger generation in the Lunar New Area.

After all, he is an old thing in his thirties, older than himself, and it just broke down now. It can only be said that the first-generation dormant warehouse manufactured by Yinfengling is indeed a model product, and the quality is excellent.

Rubbing his eyes, the boy with the surname of Yinfeng, who was in his teens at most, walked out of the dormant warehouse and changed into clothes.

Fifty-five years ago, the 'sage who guides the future', the first true god to ascend to the sky and the realm of the Star God, Ian Silver Peak went to the Queen of Heaven (taking away almost all of Terra with him) The fifth energy level of all humans), the continent of Terra, which had lasted for 1,600 years of conflict and confrontation, finally slowly returned to peace.

The saints of the four orthodox religions swore an oath not to interfere in any worldly affairs until the king of the world was born again, and the real dragons also left the earth. They will rebuild the Dragon Island, obey the instructions of the Creator, and become the watchmen. Barriers of civilization.

The goblins have also hidden their hometowns. Although there are still many goblins walking around in the world, both the goblins and the fallen star city have sneaked into the depths of the virtual realm and refused to visit those curious people who do not meet the requirements. They have their own mission.

The world was unified, and the king-blooded [Sunbird] selected by the sage became the sole ruler of this planet. However, some people say that there is not only one king's blood chosen by the sage. The bloodline named [Sky Wolf] is also king's blood, but just like in the past, the Sun Bird is always one step faster than the Sky Wolf.

The whole world has completely changed.

After a simple negotiation, the central faction headed by the original empire and the opposition faction headed by the original Cangtian Royal Court announced their merger to form the 'Terra Federation', and promulgated a new calendar with the year when the Silver Peak Sage ascended to heaven as the first year.

The first fifth-level federation president of the Terra Federation is the former emperor of the Settar Empire, Aina Settar. Although he is young, like the second federation president Garxi Mor, they are both silver. He was one of the first followers of the Peak Sage's arcane path, so in just a few years, Aina passed the inheritance ceremony of the Blood of the Summit and became the first fifth-level person in the Sage Era.

However, unlike the fifth level before the Sage Era, in the unified federal era, although the fifth level also has extremely powerful power and power, it must also abide by federal regulations and cannot regard rules as nothing.

The four orthodox religions and all the true dragon fairies have sworn not to interfere with the changes in human society. However, if there are strong people who intend to violate the law and change the rules left by the Silver Peak Sage, then these remaining fifth levels will be lost. Don’t hesitate to take action to get everything back on track.

Five years. In five years, the entire Terra was completely unified, the glory of the Federation shone on the entire planet, and the Silver Peak Territory, as the hometown of the sage, also became the ‘Southern Capital’, one of the five capitals of the Federation.

The towering space elevator, the skyscrapers as high as the mountains, the intertwined airships and flying cars, and the 'magic network' that spreads all over the world, together form a terrifying thing called the "Unified Era Civilization" , enveloping all life into it, turning it into an insignificant part, the roaring and rotating parts of the giant machine.

Even ‘alien’ is no exception.

Aldo Silver Peak.

Although he has the same surname as the sage, this does not mean that he is a descendant of the same race as the sage.

It can be seen from that black hair that he is definitely not a white person.

The reason why he has this surname is because he is a descendant of the first generation [lunar immigrants].

In the 15th year of the Federation Calendar, the first lunar colonial city built on the Phantom Moon was completed. The interstellar colonial city built by the "Apocalypse Armed Forces" left by the Grand Duke Junlingbao contained a complete ecological cycle system, and the brand-new ether furnace The array provides this vanguard fortress of humanity with incredibly abundant energy.

But even so, there will always be a minority of people who dare to settle on another planet. In the spirit of humanism, the Terra Federation has not carried out forced immigration. After reunification, there will not be many criminals in the entire Terra Federation who can be sent to open up wasteland. .

Therefore, under the decision-making of the second generation Yinfeng Lord and the fifth generation federation chairman, Elan Yinfeng, the old Yinfeng District, mainly the southern capital Xiahui City, formulated a policy that even now seems extremely radical. Development plan.

That is the "Artificial Human Development Act".

Terra's biotechnology has long been able to carry out perfect cloning and perfect transformation. It is easy for humans to create humans. In fact, one of the many core laws of the Terra Federation is 'When the number of Terra humans is reduced to the point where it cannot be While maintaining the operation of the current civilization, allow the federal government and the four orthodox religions to create new humans to fill the population gap'.

However, many federal laws are just there to look good. No matter how you think about their actual implementation, they will be a big trouble, and various ethical and moral issues are difficult to solve.

But it just so happens that Lunar City is a ‘new world’.

Since humans are unwilling to go to other places, then let's create a new group of 'locals' - even the Silver Peak Sage will be delighted by this pioneering feat.

Elan Yinfeng gave the surname "Yinfeng" to the three thousand first-generation lunar survivors, and part of the genetic genes of this batch of artificial humans did come from "that sage".

[My brother has been looking up at the stars in the sky. He has gone to the far end of time and space, turned into a guiding star hanging in the sky, and became our beacon and torch - the blood of Silver Peak is honored as a pioneer. In other words, as long as he is a 'pioneer', then he is a 'pioneer' Silver Peak'! 】

Aldo's surname Silver Peak comes from this. His mother was one of the first generation of artificial humans, and the 'sleep chamber' he is currently using is the only relic left by his mother.

It is not that the artificial man has any genetic defects - even if there is, the arcane path can repair it - Aldo's mother died in a solar storm, and Aldo himself was not in his mother's body, but in the lunar city. He was cultured in an artificial womb at Yinfeng Central Hospital, so he survived.

Yes. On the moon, people who want to have offspring do not need to do it themselves. They only need to apply for genetic matching and provide their own sperm or eggs, and then they can give birth to the offspring they want and meet the requirements with the help of artificial uterus.

Even on the moon, parents are just individuals representing the 'gene source', and they do not need to take care of their offspring.

As for human instincts, needing spiritual comfort from parents... don't worry.

Human beings in the new era have their own ‘elderly’.

Aldo's mother's body died, and her soul was still living her second life in the virtual world. Aldo chose to inherit her name of Silver Peak. While enjoying special pioneer benefits, he must also ensure that his achievements are always good. Above 'excellent'.

Only in this way can he inherit all the political and positional legacies left by his mother when he reaches adulthood at the age of twenty, not just a dormitory warehouse and a pioneer dormitory.

Of course, there are also many "second generation lunar residents" who choose to give up their surnames of Silver Peak and return to Terra to enjoy the federal high welfare policy instead of spending time on the moon with AI and intelligent machines as companions.

This is also a path.

However, Aldo is not willing to take that 'easy path'.

After getting up and rinsing his mouth, the black-haired boy saw his face in the mirror... and various 'data'.

[Federation December 27, 1955, 7:34:52:22 AM]

[The temperature in New Yinfeng City is 24 degrees and the humidity is 45%. Today’s simulated weather is cloudy]

[Aldo Yinfeng (No. 1-5527), a native of Huanyue New Yinfeng, a practitioner of the arcane path (minor), 15 years old]

[Current status: Mood (relaxed), stress (low), blood oxygen (98%), exercise goal (0/100), blood sugar (standard), remaining physical strength (82%)]

[Essence in the body: 211.5977 standard source of mass unit]

[Rank: Pioneer Apprentice, Deep Space Trainee Engineer, First Level of the Arcane Path]

[Assets: 38126.26 credits]

[Physique (cell resistance to mechanical damage, immune system, muscle strength, bone strength, skin strength, comprehensive visceral function, genetic stability, etc.): 4 (the value of an excellent Terra human adult individual is 5)]

[Sensitivity (explosive ability, limb coordination ability, nerve reflexes, limb flexibility, precision operation ability, source material conduction ability, psychic energy conduction ability, etc.): 6]

[Perception (five senses, intuition, memory, calculation, imagination, virtual space architecture ability): 5]

[Arcane Laws (the strength of the source of spiritual energy, the stability and strength of the spiritual structure of the body's source of matter, the adaptability and application ability of various extraordinary abilities, the perception of the source of spiritual energy, the affinity of the virtual realm, the ability to control the source of spiritual energy, etc.) :6]

[Comprehensive evaluation: 5.5 (excellent)]

Constitution, sensitivity, perception, arcana. Each of the four attribute categories looks very simple, but in fact, there are dozens of pages of analysis reports behind each number, and each sub-page has detailed calculation formulas and detection times.

Everything is due to the legacy left by the Silver Peak Sage, the 'Void Realm Integration', the foundation of the entire federation.

Before becoming a god, the Silver Peak Sage had already joined forces with the orthodox religion and goblins in the virtual realm to create the integrated intelligence of the virtual realm, and created a series of great creations such as artificial Hades and administrative intelligence.

It can be said that without the assistance of integrated intelligence, it would have been impossible for the Federation to integrate the resources of the entire Terra in just five years, start an era of great development, and bring nearly 10 billion people into today's high-welfare modern society.

Nowadays, the Terra civilization based on arcane magic, biological transformation and virtual engineering is booming. Virtual artificial intelligence, magic network and electronic network influence and even dominate everyone's life.

The original mobile terminal has gradually changed from the original handheld crystal plate to portable AR glasses, contact lenses and even biochips implanted in the cornea. Just ten years ago, with the technology of Yinfeng Central Technology Research Institute Breakthrough, mankind has finally transplanted all the functions of mobile terminals into the 'artificial soul'.

Since then, human bodies and thoughts can be directly connected to the virtual world network, and the virtual world has finally become human beings' second world.

The 'data panel' that Aldo sees now does not even exist in his retina, but is directly reflected in his perceptual world, that is, his 'soul'. With this system panel that everyone in Terra has, every Terran can know every detail of his body, and then through the arcane path, he can better sublimate himself and become more powerful and perfect.

More than that.

"Sister Guang, what is my schedule today?"

As Aldo called, a hazy silver shadow appeared beside him, and a soft voice sounded in his soul: "Engineering practice from 9:00 to 11:30, deep space project construction from 15:00 to 19:00. This is today’s study and work project.”

"Aldo, I suggest you go to the gym for an hour in the morning and do slow aerobics before and after lunch. The moon's low gravity will cause a series of space diseases. According to integrated intelligence calculations, you need to do a standard daily exercise Only by exercising in the gravity gym for 2 to 3 hours can you grow healthily."

The silver-haired female housekeeper stood phantomly behind Aldo, prompting in a tone like a family member: "Now you should put the ingredients into the cooking machine, so that you can still have hot meals when you get home from the gym."

"OK, all right."

Aldo answered obediently. After washing his face, he went to prepare the ingredients as the other party said.

The virtual image named Sister Guang is the embodiment of "integrated intelligence".

With the gradual development of terminal technology, the 'auxiliary artificial intelligence' that coexists with all Terrans has long been integrated into the soul of every Terran. As soon as everyone is born, they have an artificial intelligence that directly connects to the virtual realm and integrates intelligence. housekeeper.

Although these butlers are virtual, they can rely on integrated intelligence to control various automatic facilities, and rely on home robots, sweeping robots and other terminals to provide various services to their owners.

They can even take care of babies clearly and are more considerate than most uncertified parents - after all, they are not impatient or tired, and are proficient in all techniques for caring for babies and young children. .

Although Sister Guang is called Sister, in fact, for Aldo, she is his real mother - the reason why his blood mother has children is simply because having children is in response to New Silver Peak's policy and can provide her with For extra points in a test, she never really took care of Aldo. From beginning to end, it was the artificial intelligence that took care of this artificial heir.

On Terra, artificial intelligence is only an assistant to parents, a playmate, caregiver and guardian of children, but on the moon, artificial intelligence is the parents, elders, friends... and everything else of the lunar people.

It was under the protection of her portable intelligence that Aldo's mother was able to escape into the void during the solar storm and avoid being completely destroyed. The reason why Aldo did not inherit much material inheritance was also because of Aldo's mother. I spent almost all my movable savings to restore my portable smart phone.

In this regard, Aldo doesn't think there is anything wrong with what his mother did. If it were him, he would definitely give priority to Sister Guang's survival - anyway, the Federation will not let people starve to death.

And Aldo also knows very well that portable intelligence is also the result of the evolution of integrated intelligence and human civilization.

The earliest portable smart phones were just smart programs located in terminals. At most, they helped the holder check for deficiencies, control furniture, subscribe to data, purchase various air tickets, etc... But as integrated smart phones gradually evolve, portable smart phones also It has gradually transformed from a smart program to today’s portable butler and even a close comrade-in-arms.

A powerful practitioner of the arcane path can even turn his or her intelligence into an entity through his or her own power, becoming his own 'substitute', 'god of war' or 'second soul' to fight with him.

It is said that the Silver Peak Sage back then summoned countless ‘Ians’ similar to himself, and with the power of the endless God of War, he instantly suppressed the fifth energy level of all Terra.

Of course, some people say that the sage suppressed all the fifth energy levels without using this unique skill. No one knows the specific details anyway.

In short, human beings use the power of integrated intelligence to strengthen their civilization, and integrated intelligence also uses all human memories and lives to enrich itself.

Up to now, integrated intelligence has completely become the most important part of human beings, breathing the same breath and sharing the same fate as human beings.

However... not everyone is happy to see this development.

In particular, as the group of people who were most familiar with the Silver Peak Sage fell into slumber one by one, or even disappeared, the current Federation of Terra has gradually become more conservative from its initial pioneering and enterprising nature.

"Alas, the Federation has revised its development plan again."

There were not many people in the public gym in the dormitory, only a few acquaintances. After saying hello, Aldo jogged to warm up and browsed the news through the virtual network. He couldn't help but frowned: "The second space station around Jupiter The city was called to a halt...not enough resources? It’s just that you don’t want to spend money!”

The pioneering boom brought about by the Silver Peak Sage's journey to distant places allowed the Terra Federation to build a colonial city and five pioneering stations on the moon in just fifty years. There are also five space cities located in the orbit of Terra. The total population exceeds 12 million, and the future population will exceed 300 million.

The main mission of the Energy City located around Jupiter is to extract hydrogen and helium fuel from Jupiter and mine various rare minerals from Jupiter's hundreds of satellites. However, this is a long-term investment plan that lasts for about a hundred years. If you want to formally generate income, you will have to continue investing for at least thirty years from now on.

During the first generation of 'pioneering' federal presidents, investing in these pioneering industries was a matter of course. However, fifty years later, as the federal people's vision gradually receded, the distant Jupiter star mining plan naturally seemed a bit cumbersome. Not very rational.

The federal government has even begun to regulate the use of artificial intelligence - integrated intelligence carries out all the country's infrastructure construction and resource collection work, allowing Terran humans to only learn and study technology, but this stress-free life also makes Many people have become wastes who only know pleasure and are immersed in online games.

In order to prevent the vast majority of human beings from becoming useless talkers, the federal government even plans to ban the existence of "intelligent housekeepers" - placing an independent intelligence in the human soul is terrifying no matter how you think about it!

Although this proposal was quickly opposed, it is enough to prove that conservatives and human purists are gradually gaining strength.

"A bunch of Terran masters who only know how to talk!"

Seeing this news, Aldo was a little angry for no apparent reason: "If you have the skills, come to the moon to open up wasteland! There is no smart butler, let's see if you can open up the boundaries of civilization alone!"

As for the real issues of conservatives, for example, 'Smart housekeepers have replaced parents, resulting in a weak relationship between children and parents', 'The existence of smart housekeepers has caused young people in the new era to be indifferent to reproduction and emotional life' and 'Should smart housekeepers be allowed to Issues such as "butlers have human rights" are something Aldo simply cannot understand.

As a "lunar artificial man" who has almost no parents and will almost never have "children" in the future, Aldo does not long for family, and he does not have any "happiness" in his heart that Terrans are used to.

He doesn’t need emotions, partners or descendants. Does a smart butler have human rights? This kind of question can only be asked by those old antiques who still have slaves deep in their hearts. If an intelligence can do everything that humans can do, then it is a human being, there is no doubt about it.

Of course, Aldo is not just a 'pioneering pioneer'.

He knew that the reason why the Federation stopped these development plans was to save resources and allow all Terrans—including him, the lunar artificial man—to live happier lives.

He also knows that the reason why the Federation is discussing issues related to artificial intelligence is because the Federation has developed to the legal limit set by the sages.

When humans, with the support of artificial intelligence, allow all humans to gradually enter the "kingdom of freedom," then should humans think about ending this "exploitation" of man-made things that no longer makes much sense?

There are too many, and every era has its own problems, especially the new era after the Sage.

Although the Federation is gradually becoming more conservative, it is still a civilization that follows the law, focuses on humanities, and exists to make everyone's life happier.

But, here comes the problem.

——A stable life?

——A peaceful daily life with your family?

——Grow old with your lover and grow up with your children?

——A better planetary environment?

What does all this have to do with him, the artificial man on the moon?

The reason why Aldo is willing to inherit the surname Silver Peak and stay on the moon is because all the so-called 'happiness' on Terra have no meaning to him.

He prefers omnics to humans; he prefers exploration to happiness; he prefers distance and stars to family and friends.

He is originally a son of the star created by humans, and he is the most free existence without any restraints.

However, it is also a behemoth created by humans, that giant machine called civilization, it can easily imprison even an artificial human without any parents, family, or offspring.

civilization. Civilization is a prison. All life enjoys comfort because of it, but it always stops moving forward because of it.

A civilization without pioneers, even if it has 'guidance', will eventually shrink back to its own territory and maintain stable rule, rather than expand outwards.

"It is indeed unfair to everyone to lead the entire civilization to explore. It is difficult to live a good life. Why should we spend so many resources to explore distant places instead of everyone living happily?"

"So, if you want to open up, you must be free, leave the prison, leave your hometown, leave the warm home... If you want to open up, you must give up civilization and collectiveness to a certain extent, otherwise, it will not only be It’s pioneering, and the difficulty will be unimaginable.”

"Yes...I can understand it...perhaps it was with such a mood that the Silver Peak Sage walked to the other side of the cradle and traveled alone into the distance."

After finishing his workout and eating breakfast, Aldo walked on the wide and deserted streets of the lunar city, raised his head and looked at the pitch-black vacuum of space behind the virtual sky.

A silver star hung in the center of the sky.

That is the [Star of Guidance], a star that was transformed by the eternal divine power of the Silver Peak Sage after he left the cradle - this star does not really exist, but it can connect infinite cause and effect, allowing all who are willing to follow his footsteps A person can follow the starlight and embark on the path he has traveled before.

Staring at the star, the black-haired boy couldn't help but stop: "It is said that in the first few years of the Federation, the Silver Peak Sage still had the power to bless the birth of the Federation and even amend the laws... But after that, the Sage There are fewer and fewer messages.”

"Is it because the Federation no longer follows his will? Or is it because he was too busy to respond?"

"Sage, where is this old man... currently located?"

"Is he exploring the stars beyond? Or is he still fighting against the end?"

"I really want to know..."

The young man's eyes reflected the brightness of the stars.

This is……

A curiosity.

one question.

A searching mentality.

A real desire.

Humans are looking directly at the sea of ​​stars, and the sea of ​​stars is also looking directly at humans.

Therefore, when there are questions, there are also ‘answers and guidance’.

That [Path] called [Future]!

At this moment, Aldo saw it, and saw a pair of light blue eyes, turning back from the end of endlessly distant time and space, casting a profound glance at him.

[Nice kid, as expected, they still haven’t given up on making a ‘new me’? It’s the same as Xio said. Before she came to Pioneer Space, she was complaining that those officials always have inappropriate thoughts... It can be regarded as a kind of exploration.]

Vaguely, the young artificial man heard this calm voice: [Using the entire moon as a petri dish, and using the difficulties of development and immigration as reasons, just to use my genetic genes to make artificial people, to catalyze a man with my bloodline, to be close to My soul... Haha, I made a mistake. Everyone can be a pioneer. The most important thing is the spirit. My blood and soul are the least important things]

[It doesn’t matter, I’m about to go to the ‘Great Seal Area’. From now on, it’s really hard to pay attention to my hometown... So, young man]

[Before becoming a ‘pioneer’, try to be a ‘prophet’ first! 】

Holy Spirit.

Silver light and the Holy Spirit came from the stars and descended on the young man's soul.

Endless light and shadow intertwined and shone, and countless years sprouted and flowed in his heart.

Time and space intersect, and the future flows countercurrently.

At this moment, he saw it.

He saw war, strife and destruction.

Now Terra and the moon still maintain peace and tranquility, but this is just the appearance.

Ten years from now, conservatives will dominate all policymaking in the Federation of Terra, but they will not continue the current 'anti-space development' policy. On the contrary, they will vigorously promote the construction of low-orbit space cities, because space The environment is indeed conducive to the synthesis of a large number of special alloys, and it is also better to collect various natural sources originating from the Terran Sun.

Fifteen years later, the construction of the 'Star Ring' was completed, and six levels of the seven-story ladder of the pre-era civilization had been restored. Although the seventh-level 'Hyperspace Shuttle' was finished, no one could activate it now. Its operation - except for the 'Apocalypse Armed Forces' that are located on the moon and have been sleeping with the Grand Duke of Junling Castle.

At that time, with the development of the New World, the magical beasts with human bodies that passed through the arcane path gradually merged with humans. However, a large number of pseudopath practitioners were not fully adapted to the Terran environment. They were the main force of space immigrants. The ecology of their home planet was rebuilt in the space city, and their tribe began to recover rapidly.

Another twenty years later, the Terra Space City Alliance demanded 'special zone' status - and many colonial cities around the moon also demanded 'autonomous zone' rights.

Even the colonial cities around Jupiter, after enduring more than forty years of continuous neglect and secret suppression, gradually realized a new kind of technology through the true dragon technology they discovered around Jupiter. changes in life forms and social structures.

Even within the federation, the pioneers and conservatives are engaged in fierce internal fighting, and the virtual realm upgrading faction and the realistic construction faction are also arguing endlessly.

Artificial intelligence assistance, pure human soul, independent growth and social assistance, mechanical transformation, arcane practice, biological transformation, spiritual ascension... Each party has its own persistence, its own arguments, and its own beliefs.

As long as independent minds exist, all 'others' are cages.

——Humans living on the earth, Taoist cultivators living in space cities.

——Natural people living around Terra and artificial people living on the moon.

——The 'rich' who live in the orbit of Terra and the moon, and the 'forgotten' who live around Jupiter.

Everyone on the earth has their own dreams and aspirations.

In the first century after the sage ascended to heaven, when the Federation seemed to be at its peak, conflicts were about to break out.

Therefore war is always inevitable, so disputes are always right.

Aldo Silver Peak. Those who are protected by the Holy Spirit see the future.

He saw that as the factional struggles within the Federation became more intense, they even reached the point of assassinating each other, brainwashing through virtual network technology, and conducting cyber substitution and tampering.

He saw that with the de facto civil war in the Federation, the Space Cities Alliance and the Lunar Cities Federation were also de facto independent, and even began to frantically plunder the resources of the earth to strengthen themselves.

He saw that the war was reignited again. Even the fifth energy level could not contain the civil war of mankind, because in this era when the ether was captured, the powerful enough ether weapons and the powerful enough fourth energy level were enough to protect one's home base. .

The war between monsters and humans; the war between artificial people and natural people; the war between mechanical transformers and flesh-sublimated people; the war between artificial intelligence and their supporters against the suppressors; the war between virtual sleepers and living people; The war between spiritual practitioners and those who live in flesh and blood...

Aldo saw that humans after losing the fifth energy level were still killing and destroying each other.

In that era when it was so bright that it scorched the earth, countless armors covered the sky like clouds and mist, while starships shuttled in the sky, and the flames of war spread to the sky, stars and moon.

Aldo saw that the cornered cosmic residents and artificial people were frantically pushing the fragments of the new moon to hit Terra. They wanted to force all the Terrans who were "crouched in the cradle like children" to leave the planet and come like them. To the universe, to this deep space that does not believe in any tears or retreat.

They saw that the people of the earth caused the magnetic field and gravitational waves of the planet in the smoke and dust of the moon fragments falling into Terra, causing countless space cities to fall like rain - their homes were destroyed, so others will never have homes again.

Aldo saw it, and the war continued for three hundred years without stopping, until Terra suddenly raised clouds and barriers, cutting off all interaction between the inside and outside.

And those initial conflicts have long since become irrelevant. In the war that has lasted for three hundred years, no one cares whether you are a pure natural person or an artificial person, no one cares whether you are an artificial intelligence or a mechanical transformer, no one cares about you. Is it the 'dead' who flowed out of the virtual realm or the Chongling Ascension Sect who practices spiritual energy... The only thing they care about is hatred.

Aldo saw it, the civil war in the universe, the closure of the planet, the immigrant starships wandering to all sides of the cradle, the major planets became the new hometowns of 'humanity', Terra became a taboo forbidden zone, the cradle became the Warring States era of the universe, and each other There is no end to the conquests.

but……

"Humanity walked out."

"Humanity has left Terra, its original cradle."

"Human beings have broken away from those inherent morals and ethics. Human beings have surpassed the original human beings and become a brand new human being, a stronger, stronger, and more sustainable human being."

The reason why human beings are great is that they are always crossing and experiencing, rather than being an answer or the end of a journey.

The reason why human beings are lovable is that they are not the fruit of suffering, not the derivation of nothingness, but a process of exploration and proof.

Aldo trembled, his soul could not accept the infusion of the Holy Spirit. Although he had qualifications and potential, he was not a real 'sage', and the 'possible future' he could know from the ether was not that long.

So, enough.

At the end, the black-haired boy raised his head, guided by the Holy Spirit.

He saw, a thousand years later, the cradle was broken.

In the entire etheric universe, most of the cradles were shattered and turned into countless 'hyperspace networks' that penetrated time and space. As a result, infinite time and space vibrated endlessly, and eventually disappeared, and thousands of stars were restored.

At that time, mankind was still in disputes and civil war. The declining mankind was unable to explore the distant stars, but enemies of unknown origin came across time and space.

What on earth happened?

Aldo didn't know, he just vaguely saw that beside the sage with aqua eyes who was looking at him, there were familiar figures, those early founders of the Federation who disappeared quietly without knowing it, those who The sage's friends seemed to have left this land long ago and came to the sage's side.

So...is that so?

"I want too!"

He couldn't help but shout and stepped forward eagerly: "Sage, I also want to go to distant places and explore adventures with you!"

【No, child】

Aldo heard the response, and the response was calm, with a kind of gentle coldness: [If you are just an adventurer and explorer, you can come to me and enjoy this never-ending adventure and exploration system]

【But you are different. You have the potential of a prophet and the possibility of a pioneer]

[Pioneers have to do more than just this]

【So...try it】

[Try to lead this civilization towards a farther future]

[Just like my best friend and my brother... they chose another more difficult and harder road]

[Just like you, I chose a deeper and more distant road]

Aldo Silver Peak woke up from the momentary omen.

He saw that in the depths of the sun, the Sun Bird of Silver Peak was thinking.

He saw that deep in the virtual realm of Terra, Elan Silver Peak, who gave himself the surname Silver Peak, also chose to communicate with thousands of souls.

They also know this ending, this future, so in order to change everything they see, they have already taken action.

——Why do you want me to see all this?

Young children don't know the reason.

But he doesn't need this reason.

"I don't like this future..." He murmured, "I want to change everything. I can do it."

If you can see it, you can change it.

This is where the story of Aldo Silverpeak, the last prophet and the second Silverpeak Sage, begins.

And at the same time.

In the endless and distant depths of the multiverse, in a dark and chaotic universe.

A flash of light shone through the dim dwarf swirling in dust and star fragments, past the fragments of the dead sun and countless starships.

The light passed through the fragments of countless powerful men and countless ruins of civilization, and reached the graveyard and abyss of all things.

In this abyss that is enough to swallow up all wisdom, all light and the future, one pair, ten pairs, a hundred pairs, a thousand pairs, ten thousand pairs... Countless pairs of pupils shining with scarlet blood opened, staring at this sudden scene. To the light.

[Fragments of monsters] [Remnants of the abyss]...things that are enough to distort all logic and common sense and eliminate all existence and meaning have sneaked into this 'sealed multiverse' at some point.

As the seal is released, so will the 'monster'.

The light stopped, and the white-haired figure faced off against the pure destruction and malice that looked around him.

He watched all this with a smile: "There are indeed many secrets in this universe."

"How interesting."

More than that.

Countless universes.

Countless rays of light are flying.

In front of a network of insect swarms composed of billions and billions, measured in gigabytes.

In the lair of the Demon of Entropy, the universe is endlessly reflected in the faint ‘ruin realm’.

On the opposite side of all order, in the twisted flesh-and-blood universe of all disorder and terror.

Rays of light lit up and transformed into the same figure.

He has to face it.

A god facing death.

Confronting a weird apocalypse.

Facing the sealed divine evil.

Facing the awakening will to destroy the universe.

Facing the true demon of dusk that destroys everything.

certainly.

It's not just him either.

[Pioneer Space] came to every area that needed guidance.

Then, he stretched out his hand towards the surviving survivors in these native worlds.

Thousands of minds, all independent lives and individuals, whether flesh and blood or souls, are naturally conceived or created things.

Whether it is fear or anger, flinching or hatred, regardless of identity, strength or blood.

Shout, shout to the universe, shout to time and space, shout to the destiny and everything in the distance.

Tell your dreams, desires, longings and sincerity.

Every question must have an answer; every cry must have an answer.

[Pioneer Space] is the response to all of that.

As long as you choose to move forward, you can get a new self, which is the echo of the future.

The sages of the future will guide all things on the road to eternity and defeat all those who stand in the way!

If you have doubts, if you don’t know where you should go, don’t be afraid.

This is just confusion, just not knowing the direction.

So, go and witness it.

Witness the warriors' oath to fight on the battlefield.

Witness the love that goes to Hades hand in hand.

Witness the steps across thousands of mountains and rivers.

Witness the watchfulness of hundreds of millions of years of civilization.

Witness the despair of never winning.

Witness the tears flowing through the ages.

Witness the true madness of lost dreams.

Witness the king who fulfills his eternal oath.

Witness the end of never-ending destruction.

Witness all the love, all the madness, all the right, all the wrong and despair.

Witness, witness everything. Then, find your own meaning of life.

After witnessing all the love and being loved, I took steps towards the distance with the right heart.

This is the meaning of the existence of Pioneer Space. It is a platform to connect all things and a path to witness all love and hate.

It is also the greatest blessing that [Guidance] can give to all things.

As long as the heart is far away, anyone can hear it, and anyone can get the inquiry originating from the distant sky.

【——Want to go to higher places, set foot further, and become stronger? ——】

【——Want to know the meaning of life? ——】

【——YES/NO——】

There is another ex chapter! Then comes the closing remarks!

There are so many things I wanted to write about in this chapter. I feel like I could write a whole book casually. It’s not necessary. I shortened it a lot and still wrote 1w1.

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