High Above

"Huai Guang...is the Godslayer?"

Ian was stunned for a moment, and then slowly repeated: "Killing the Outer God?"

At this moment, Ian even wanted to laugh a little - the Huaiguang sect, the most prestigious among the four orthodox sects of Terra, was actually the God Killer? It sounds really weird.

But thinking about it carefully, he had some understanding.

The God of Huaiguang Church, ‘Huaiguang’, does not have a specific image, which is the so-called ‘no idol’.

Its core is an illusory concept, a persistence of belief. In a sense, the God of Light is with all the priests who uphold the doctrine, and the power of their gods is in the priests of Huaiguang. of psychic energy.

But the God mentioned by the spirit of the sea of ​​trees is different. The God he talks about has a specific image, and even has a physical body, a "real god" with existence... It is an existence similar to the ritual sacrifice master or the sacrificial spirit. It is a living being. A life that can be seen, perceived, affected by reality and influenced by reality.

For example, sacred trees.

Ian can roughly guess that the image of the spirit of the sea of ​​trees on their planet... is the living will of an entire ecosystem. The spirit of the sacred tree controls the ecology of the entire planet, and can wipe out all life races with just one thought, but they They did not do that, but allowed many intelligent beings to coexist with them, and even provided convenience for them.

In this way, those creatures living in the wilderness of the sea of ​​trees will naturally worship the existence that gives them all prosperity as a 'god'.

Although they share the same term, the two gods are completely different.

As for the so-called outer god...

"Could it be, as the name suggests, a god from aliens?"

Ian complained in his mind.

But that's not surprising either.

Just like when the dead king becomes a spiritual god, he can take all his people away from the original planet and become spiritual fire seeds. On planets where gods exist, there will of course be spirits like the Sea of ​​Trees, who use gods as fire seeds and carry them with them. Everything in my hometown goes to a foreign land.

In a sense, this is also a kind of salvation ark, a kind of fire for God.

Even though there are not many such fire seeds, there are more than a thousand fire seeds in this damn place like Terra. Even if it is one-tenth or one-twentieth, there are still dozens or hundreds of foreign gods.

Having said that, it is really necessary to have Huaiguang to kill, otherwise Terra, who was originally dancing with demons, would really be dancing with gods and demons.

The next words of the spirit of the sea of ​​trees confirmed this.

[Our life form is different from most life forms in this universe]

The tall statue of the Virgin lowered her eyes slightly. Its leaves can accurately imitate any human posture, but there is a kind of divine compassion that is beyond human: [We are a collection of many lives, we are a collection of many soul lights. , we are life born from life, and we are the will behind the entire ecosystem]

[Existences like us that integrate the entire planet’s ecology and dominate it are the so-called ‘gods’]

[When we completely become a wilderness, the entire wilderness will fluctuate with our breath]

[It is not a bad thing for a planet to have existences like us - there are many intelligent races thriving in our domain. We help each other, support each other, and let each other grow to a higher level]

[But in Terra, ‘gods’ are not popular]

Speaking slowly, the spirit of the sea of ​​trees said with a hint of helplessness: [because]

【Too Many Gods】

Hearing this, Ian couldn't hold himself any longer.

Yes, Terra has too many ‘gods’.

Putting aside the four orthodox religions, aren’t the strong men at the fifth level the gods on earth? With such a god, the Spirit of the Sea of ​​Trees was slow at the beginning.

Moreover, according to the spirit of the tree sea, there are many life forms similar to them, which can also be regarded as 'gods'.

For example, Ian had heard of the ‘Karin’s Flower’ and the ‘Insect’s Nest’.

The Flower of Karin is a super psychic creature rooted in the sea of ​​human souls, or in the sea of ​​souls of all intelligent beings. It can assimilate the souls of all living beings into a part of itself. Although it still maintains self-consciousness, the soul has essentially Became a daughter strain of Karin's Flower.

The so-called free will is meaningless in front of super beings like the Flower of Karin. It doesn't bother to deprive it at all - human beings are beings that can be affected by decision-making with just hormones and a few verbal hints, without the self-awareness of sublimated people. It is essentially a feedback from the body, and mastering the flower of Karin with a soul can make people regard it as a 'god' from the bottom of their hearts.

As a god, this is not unpowerful.

Not to mention the insect hive, which can devour the entire planet and turn everything into its own biomass. The insect hive essentially has only one master, even the ancestor swarm can differentiate into semi-autonomous heroic units. A special insect nest whose semi-autonomous individuals are also descendants of the insect nest will naturally regard them as 'gods'.

In this way, according to this calculation, the number of alien gods on Terra... is really countless.

Coincidentally, both the Insect Hive and the Flower of Karin have Huaiguang taking action and even presiding over it.

Over the years, according to Ian's knowledge, Huaiguang Church has wiped out more than a dozen insect nests, and there are estimated to be the same number of similar natural disaster-level creatures... According to this calculation, Huaiguang has killed more than thirty alien gods. , and in addition to this, similar to the spirit of the tree sea, which was warned by Huaiguang, there must be more 'demigods' lurking in one place and not acting openly.

In this way, the name of Huaiguang's 'God-killing Dao Lineage' is truly worthy of its name. It is no wonder that the spirit of the sea of ​​trees is so cautious and even fearful.

——In the eyes of other alien gods and demigods, the Huaiguang Church is simply a super killer, eighty meters tall and eighty meters wide, with dozens of skulls hanging on its body as pendants. He asked him in a rough voice. We, these little fry who have just woken up from the fire, are we still considered gods? ’

...Is there any other answer to this?

——Brother, you have the final say. If you say it’s inappropriate, I won’t!

"Why does Huai Guang want to kill gods like this?"

After you can't hold it any longer, you will naturally hold it tight. Ian controlled his expression and asked appropriately: "Although I am a Terran, I am still young and I am not very clear about these ancient histories... The same is not true of Huaiguang's performance in human society. "

"The spirit of the sea of ​​trees, what is the difference between Huaiguang to you and to humans?"

【There is no difference】

But the answer from the spirit of the sea of ​​trees was very surprising: [Although the powerful man with light back then had the power to destroy me, he did not do it. He just told me one thing]

[They say...] Close your eyes and the tall Madonna statue whispers: [Whether the ending is the final destruction of nothingness or the redemption full of hope]

【Human beings need to choose their own path】

"Humanity needs to choose its own path."

On the other side of the distant continent, under the majestic Holy Mountain.

The 'Final Dogma' located three kilometers underground is an extremely huge spiral abyss, leading directly to a super giant underground structure in the deepest part of the earth's crust. In this abyss, there is an almost eternal ice wind blowing from its bottom. , like the last breath of a dying god, bringing with it the sound of lamentation.

Hui Jian, Redemption Light and Ying Guang walked silently on the spiral staircase of the Final Doctrine. They slowly circled the deep abyss, feeling the cold underground wind rolling their sleeves, and walked step by step toward The deepest part of the Holy Mountain.

That is where the ‘truth’ lies.

"The light we carry is not a real light and cannot illuminate all living beings. Humanity is the race we chose and is also the native race on the continent of Terra. Most of our members are derived from humans, and they do have extraordinary potential and wonders. The will of Huaiguang - Huaiguang values ​​​​human beings' choices, and Huaiguang wants to know the outcome of human beings."

At this moment, Huijian's eyes were shining with white spiritual brilliance. He spoke in a strange tone, and his voice echoed in the final dogma area: "The real purpose of Huaiguang is not to protect human beings, nor to protect human beings." Humanity."

"The reason why Huaiguang fights against natural disasters and kills foreign gods is just to eliminate all external factors that will affect the development of human beings."

Sister Longren listened in silence to this familiar yet unfamiliar elder brother, telling her the key information that she had never known, but that made her feel suddenly.

"I see...that's why Huaiguang is not light..."

Yingguang murmured to herself, but she soon had doubts: "But Brother Huijian, according to you, Huaiguang Priests will not do good deeds or negotiate with human society... We should It is a hermit group, not a huge orthodox religion that is distributed throughout Terra!"

"Because that's what humans choose."

Huijian said calmly: "If human beings need Huaiguang to become an orthodox religion, Huaiguang will become an orthodox religion. Just like if human beings need a god to worship, then Huaiguang will not become enemies of foreign gods."

"Huaiguang doesn't care whether the final result of human choice is good or bad. Huaiguang just wants human beings to make their own choices... Whether they are weak or strong, whether they are ordinary people or sublimated people, how do all living beings in this world choose? We Just agree.”

"But before all sentient beings agree, we will prevent all disasters from happening, because a peaceful life is the greatest consensus among all sentient beings."

"Huijian, you didn't reveal anything in the past..."

Shouguang murmured to himself: "I thought our relationship was really good buddies..."

"It is precisely because we are true friends that we cannot tell you this."

Huijian was unmoved. The handsome, young and powerful priest said calmly: "There are some things that you can never return to normal once you know them. You can't pretend that you don't know. You will think of them from time to time throughout your life. It was frightened by the news, worried about the news, and its entire life was changed."

"Just like part of the truth I'm going to tell you next... as long as you know it, you will never be able to go back to your original life."