High Above

Ian has actually always known that going to the stars has never been a romantic thing.

In people's imagination, it seems that if you go to the universe, there will be many gorgeous scenery, many thrilling adventures, and many incredible things.

But in fact, these are all fake.

how could it be possible. There is no such thing as a good thing.

Ian, who has really been to the universe, knows very well that even the journey from the earth to Jupiter is incredibly long, and the whole process is nothing but boring, and most of the time is spent waiting in the hibernation chamber.

Whether it is a spaceship or a rocket, for humans, there is only a flickering light spot in the universe. There are no colorful nebulae. We cannot see the movement of stars, and we cannot understand where we are or what we are going to do.

In the final analysis, human beings are creatures living on land. If we want them to understand the beauty of the universe and adapt to a life that is unacceptable to life on the planet, they must first transform their bodies and minds into new humans (New Type).

Even the Earth Federation where Ian lived and where he lived in his previous life was engaged in large-scale development of the universe in order to consume productivity and give people something to do.

After all, sometimes, how to travel to the universe faster and better is a huge comprehensive topic. Solving those problems itself can make people's lives better.

For example, the ultra-high energy storage developed to solve the problem of star navigation can reuse hundreds of thousands of compressed batteries and matching nuclear charging packs. Although it did not speed up the Jupiter channel, it did not allow the ship-borne drone to fly. There is a fundamental change in the battery life, but it does solve the energy problems of many civilian facilities on the earth.

After all, everything is people-oriented. If people are not really bored, who would want to travel to distant places?

In fact, there are such people. But such people are always in the minority. They can live a stable life in their hometown, but they always choose to go to unknown places... Most of the time, such people are called 'freaks'.

Ian is such a freak.

He is such a person who always thinks about extremely distant places. He only cares about the distance and has little interest in the areas he is already familiar with.

He is a person who is not at all down-to-earth, not like an ordinary person at all, and does not care about the small happiness of ordinary people.

but.

but……

In the world where he lived in his previous life, in the Earth Federation where Ian lived in his previous life.

There are no ‘ordinary people’ anymore.

Ian stared at the souls in front of him, but in his mind, the humans in his previous life, his classmates, colleagues and friends emerged.

In that earth where artificial intelligence has been implemented to control resources, there is no work that requires 'physical' force. Everyone is a scholar, a researcher, at least a craftsman in a related field, an artist or a game master. Entertainment Stars.

At that time, you even had to apply if you wanted to have a child. Parents had to go through many assessments and get three certificates before they were qualified to leave offspring. Everyone tried their best to cultivate their own children, and there was basically no birth. family issues.

And if people really want to eat and wait to die, that's fine, but there are very few people who really want to eat and wait to die.

In the final analysis, people don’t want to work just because they are tired and feel it is not worth it. If there is a world where people do not have any KPI requirements or any pressure, they will have resource support if they want reasonable resources, and there will be no bosses who do not know what to do. Indicators, whether programmatic, architectural, artistic or entertainment, will all be supported.

So are there really people in this world who don’t want a ‘job’?

No. Because at that time, being able to work was an honor in itself, and it was synonymous with dreams. People who were not good enough could only play games on the cyber network.

Maybe I'm not as good at playing games as others.

"Ordinary people..."

Ian muttered, hating the word, even hating it.

The more he stayed in Terra, the more he hated ordinary people, the more he hated civilians, the more he hated the words "mediocre".

Of course, the more he hates the words "superior", "superior" and "oppressor".

Rich people, poor people, upper-class people, mud-legged people...all of them are so disgusting that they make you want to vomit.

Because these words should not exist.

Everyone should be their own superman and the realizer of their own dreams - everyone should have their own beliefs, love and talents, and everyone should be equal in terms of human rights.

No one is ordinary or superior.

Forcing humans to admit that they are ordinary people, forcing an intelligent life to become a so-called "ordinary person" is the greatest evil in this world.

Therefore, Ian, who was born in such a world, was actually unable to understand many things happening in the world of Terra from beginning to end...

It took him a long time to gradually understand that human beings could still live like this, in such a humble... and confused way.

Humans shouldn't live like this.

so.

Therefore, facing many dead souls.

Ian looked at the head of the dead souls, the prostitute who communicated with him but cried silently because she could not understand her dreams, the carpenter's daughter, a human being who worked hard to live but did not get a good ending.

He looked at all the other dead souls who looked puzzled and felt a little hesitant.

——How can we say that among these dead souls, there is not a genius who can change the world?

——But they all died and became part of the Dead King.

This is the real evil of the way of the dead king...it turns everyone into an 'ordinary dead soul', and a person's true value, real talents and abilities are all wiped out, turning him into another person's most valuable part of the foundation.

This is a technique that can only be used at the last minute.

Confirming this in his heart, Ian said seriously to the souls: "My wish is to transform this world and turn it into the ideal world in my heart."

"Then I want to go somewhere far away."

"This is such an exaggeration that it's a somewhat empty wish. If you can't understand it, then you don't have to understand it."

【……Yeah? 】

Hearing this, the dead souls were somewhat relieved: [Change the world? In other words, do you want the world to be what you think is right? 】

"Yes."

Ian also felt that this kind of dream was somewhat familiar. He thought about it and then couldn't help laughing - aren't the dreams of the villains in various novels like this? The protagonists want to maintain a peaceful daily life, while the villains want to distort the world into what they want.

It is true that peace needs to be maintained, but it is also necessary to transform the world.

Suppose that his wish is to transform the entire world arrogantly and pave the way for his dreams.

So, for humans, this is actually a goal that is much easier to understand than going to the sky.

——It turns out that what I took was a villain script.

Ian didn't feel much about this. It would be better to say that the Dead Lord sounded like a villain, just right.

Therefore, the dead souls who knew this no longer cried or were confused.

[If this is such a wish, then we don’t need to understand it. Our King, we will see with your eyes and witness]

They said with relief: [King, if we had a will as firm as yours that would not be affected by anyone else, we might not be like this now]

[However, can you talk about it again? 】

【Tell us a little bit...the world you want to create? 】

Ian smiled: "Of course."

So he began to speak.

Tell a fairy tale about the future to these souls who follow you.

yes. In Terra, most of the so-called fairy tales are stories from a long time ago.

But what he wants to tell is a story about the future long, long time ago.

Unlike most fairy tales - the future told by Ian does not require oaths or guarantees. He does not need to say 'this is purely fiction', because this is a matter of course for him.

He doesn't need to chase good things.

Because what others think is good is just a matter of course for him.

It was a very deep, peaceful sleep.

Ian had a sweet dream.

And when he woke up, he noticed that the dead souls in his body were more condensed and maintained more smoothly - they were sleeping peacefully in the crystalline layer composed of the silver chip in front of his forehead, sleeping peacefully.

This is a good thing.

In addition, Ian also discovered an anomaly.

To be precise, Frost Butterfly discovered an anomaly.

"Father - look, look!"

The frost butterfly that was finally able to fly out of Ian's belt was swaying in front of Ian's eyes like a big moth. After rubbing his head and opening his eyes, Ian looked around and found that several hours had passed. , the time was close to noon, and the entire stronghold was brightly lit both inside and outside.

The midday sun dispelled all the shadows in the Azure City, as if those wailing souls and corpses had never existed.

They were indeed not here, they were all taken away by Archduke Thorin.

The placed frost butterfly: "(ì_í)"

Recalling this, Ian turned his head and looked at the angry Frost Butterfly. The young man smiled and stretched out his hand to let the little fairy sit on his hand: "What's the matter, my lovely little Frost Butterfly? What accident happened?" ?”

"Look, there's a pretty mark on my forehead!"

Shuangdie quickly regained her composure and pointed to her forehead happily.

Ian took a closer look and found a vertical diamond-shaped mark that he was very familiar with.

This mark appears white, with a line in the center of its four sides that spreads out a little, and a circle in the center, which looks like a vertical third eye pupil.

This is the ‘Dead King’, or in other words, a mark of the related abilities of the Dead King.

"Huh?"

Seeing this, Ian couldn't help but let out a sigh. He stood up somewhat seriously and carefully observed Frost Butterfly's forehead. There was a silver gleam in his eyes: "Let me see what's going on..."

At this moment, he thought of the silver mist that appeared on Frost Butterfly in the precognitive vision and on Miles in the echo.

Maybe this is it?

Is this the ‘opportunity’ that Frost Butterfly and Miles will get?

【Gift of the Dead Soul】

[Gifts from all victims in Avak territory to those who survived and those who fought against the perpetrators]

[Through a large amount of emotional induction and strengthening, if there is psychic potential, it can catalyze its psychic power and give it the ability of a 'dead king'. If there is no psychic potential, it can strengthen its psychic potential]

The explanation in the silver chip made Ian suddenly realize: "That's it."

It's much easier to explain now.

As shown by the dead souls in Ian's body, all the dead souls in the Avak territory, after Adlbert destroyed the restraint device, all scattered on this land, waiting for someone to avenge them, or to Save them from this area.

Ian and Adbot avenged them and wiped out all the researchers from the Flying Flame Land, the Academy of Gnosis and Archduke Thorin, thus creating two dead kings, but this does not mean that others are in Ava. Killed battles don't count.

For example, Frost Butterfly helped Ian defeat the Nightmare Breeder and Viscount Avak, and was also given strength and support by the fair souls.

If Frost Butterfly has psychic potential, she can gain a share of the Dead Lord's power.

It is similar to the psychic power that Ian gave to the Knight of Sanctuary and the Messenger of Vengeance on the path of spiritual disaster.

And this kind of power is the fundamental ability separated from the dead king. It is not unusual to have the potential of the fourth level.

And Miles understands it better... This survivor of Azure City may not only be harboring the resentment of the dead souls... but also the blessings of those familiar people and family members.

The dead souls hope that this survivor will come back after he grows up... to avenge them.

Or let them rest in peace.

Frost Butterfly is a fairy and has psychic powers; Miles has also awakened psychic powers and met the conditions, so he has silver mist - the others probably have a few spiritual attributes added to them.

All in all, there are still differences in this world.

besides. Ian thought for a while, if there was no him in this world, Miles would probably have to wander around and grow up alone, carrying the resentment of millions of dead souls in his hometown... It is very likely that he would die halfway, leaving countless resentments and despair at bay. Explanation is obvious.

The process of transforming this world has a long way to go.

"That's right, little guy. When you return to the Imperial Capital, I'll help you test it and see what kind of ability it is!"

Ian took back the silver chip, and he could already hear footsteps outside the corridor.

"Okay!" Frost Butterfly cheered.

Ian walked out of his room, and there was a smell of food in the air. Although it was just the most ordinary boiled meat and beans, judging from the current situation, it was still a good meal.

Entering the hall, Ian saw that Shouguang was communicating with Yingguang about negotiating with the empire in the future, while Huijian was chatting with Adebert about some common sense that should be paid attention to, and Pansha was listening next to him.

They obviously knew that the person who could entrust Ian with such care must be treated with caution, so they didn't want to cause any trouble.

Adlbert just has a good personality, not a social idiot, so now he is getting along well with a group of people like Pansha. He wears a mountain man's hat on his head, and he really looks like a native of Nanling.

"Are you awake?"

Noticing Ian's arrival, Huijian smiled and waved, then pointed to the other side of the hall: "Someone is waiting for you."

"Ian!"

A joyful voice sounded from the direction near the door: "There are also frost butterflies!"

It's Miss Hua An's pleasant voice.

Ian turned his head and saw two goblin ladies, Hua An and Mo Feng, sitting there drinking bean soup. When they saw him, they flew over together, pulling Ian's hair and Ian's Face, he said angrily: "Why did you disappear suddenly?! Not long after the second prince and King Tianhong started fighting, you suddenly disappeared with Frost Butterfly, which shocked us!"

"Well..." Ian didn't feel much pain when his hair was pulled and his face was rubbed. On the contrary, he felt quite comfortable. He said with a smile: "I don't know the road."

Frost Butterfly, Birch An and Mo Feng: "(ì_í)"

It can't be said that Ian lied - he really didn't know the way. In fact, he always used the silver chip map to see the way.

The goblins sat down in the corner of the stronghold to discuss the night.

Since the battle between the strong men, Tres's team has been scattered and hiding. Although the thunder and light beams that are constantly hitting are deliberately avoiding the place where people are, the aftermath of the destruction is still frightening, and the goal of a team is really It's too big, so I can only spread out and avoid it.

Hua An and Mo Feng originally wanted to find a place to hide with Ian, but they didn't expect that Ian had disappeared long ago. They were so frightened that they braved the aftermath and searched for a long time.

Although they all knew very well that with Ian's intelligence and psychic observation ability, it was strange that he could not avoid the aftermath, but the sudden disappearance still made the goblins a little angry.

"Please forgive me."

Ian apologized seriously - the two goblin ladies went to find him despite the aftermath of the fourth-level strongman's battle, which was indeed a huge risk, and it was really not interesting that he suddenly disappeared.

Hua An and Mo Feng looked at each other and said with a smile: "Of course I forgive you - Hui Jian told us, he said that you entrusted the rescue team to rescue the soul of the goblin in the subspace maze... Thank you very much. !”

The following words were spoken by Mo Feng alone. The wind fairy, who exuded the scent of ink, thanked Ian seriously, and there were even some tears in his eyes: "I sensed Huan Lan's soul...really, It’s complete… We don’t have to be strangers who don’t know each other anymore…”

Being able to rescue another part of Huanlan's fairy soul is obviously a great salvation for Mo Feng's spirit. Before Ian left, Mo Feng almost turned black, with a look of resentment, and the next moment he started to slaughter indiscriminately. Not surprisingly.

Ian just hummed softly, and there was no need to say anything more at this time.

Of course, the goblin would not maintain this heavy atmosphere for too long. Ian asked about Tres' situation again, only to find that once this guy left his mind, his brain regained its vitality. This guy actually commanded the team to escape with the mountain-carrying giant turtle. The traces of him also left the Awak area, and now there is a high probability that he has returned to the patrol knight's camp.

As the third energy level of the sentient light body, the giant turtle Zaishan left the Awak area under the pressure of the fourth energy level strongman. Naturally, he would not turn around and attack Tres and the others, but Tres and the others could also With the power of the mountain-carrying giant turtle, he can avoid all kinds of powerful phantoms and monsters, and even the aftermath of the battle between strong men will be much less.

Ian gave a very high evaluation: "He is really good at running away. His talent in this area is comparable to that of a second-level genius."

"Huh." Hua An blinked, and Miss Goblin tilted her head and said, "Do geniuses still have levels?" Shuang Die and Mo Feng also looked at Ian, cocking their ears with interest.

"Guide Knight, we are ready to leave."

And just when Ian was about to explain his fifth-level genius evaluation criteria to the goblins, Yingguang came over. The dragon nun still held her spear staff and shield in her hands, and her light armor was meticulously prepared, obviously not relaxing at all.

She greeted the goblin ladies with a smile, and then said seriously to Ian and others: "The rescue team is leaving the Avak area soon, so we want to ask, are you planning to leave with us, or are you going to wait for the patrol knight team? ?”

"Let's leave together."

Ian looked at each other and the goblin ladies, then nodded. He stood up and said, "It's time to leave here."