dark moon

Chapter 392 A World of Despair

Yes, so desperate.

The Shadow Chasers can completely understand the president’s thoughts.

The once glorious civilization was destroyed, and the original tool turned over and fell on the head of its original owner. In the past, the higher being who claimed to be the master of all things and abandoned his belief in despicable gods was suddenly expelled from his home and could only Trapped in the island-like city in the sky, they have been planning counterattacks for decades, but the result is that they are retreating steadily, and civilization is struggling between survival and destruction.

Everything is so hopeless.

Who doesn't know that even if the memory is awakened, the clone is still a clone and can never become the real self. Even if the clone named himself is still walking in time, the true self is dead when he dies?However, even if they are civilians, they still try to make themselves believe that the cloned body is still themselves, face the new life after death calmly, and regard the new cloned body as the relative of the past.

Who doesn't know that mankind simply cannot sustain a large-scale war relying solely on the transportation of basic resources in the capital area? Faced with machines that occupy global resources, the hope of mankind's victory is slim?But for decades, everyone in the floating city was still working hard to prepare for war and try their best to resist the invasion of machines.

Who doesn't know that the whole world has fallen, and it's unreasonable that only the metropolitan area can withstand the attack of a machine that concentrates global power?The ground cities corresponding to the floating cities can launch siege battles with hundreds of thousands of troops every once in a while. How much pressure will the capital region, as the last ground stronghold of mankind, bear?How is it possible that there is still room for mining minerals to supply the floating city, and even room for concentrating all the research results of the floating city to produce new powerful weapons to supply various cities?

However, what can you do if you know?

In this world where you can only see despair when you look around, what else can you do besides numbing yourself and supporting yourself with the only hope of resistance in the metropolitan area?
Even when surrounded by despair, being able to see a glimmer of hope is the driving force for mankind to persevere. If even this hope is lost, when hope is shattered and only despair is left, the only choice for mankind is to give up on itself, then civilization will It really has come to an end.

In fact, there are already signs of giving up on themselves. Compared with the generation that just landed in the Sky City a few decades ago, this generation is indulgent and greedy for pleasure. Although they are still working hard, they are not as good as before.This is still the result of retaining the glimmer of hope in the metropolitan area. No one dares to imagine that if the metropolitan area is really proven to be a lie, people's hearts will collapse at a rapid rate.

In fact, there is no need to imagine, just look at Delia's expression on the side. She finally understands why Xiure just suggested that she leave the meeting. It is too exaggerated for her to accept this information without preparation.Therefore, the girl's face is now as pale as paper, and her body is shaking like a fallen leaf in the wind. She has lost the shelter of the building, and the sun shines directly on her face, making her eyes completely white. Her vision has lost focus, and she feels like the world is spinning.

It wasn't until she felt a big hand holding her little hand that the girl recovered from the confusion, but even so, she still felt her ears buzzing and her throat dry. Not only could she not say a word, but the people around her The sound also seemed to come from a far away place.

"You have seen it, Mr. Seure." The president of the black market said with a wry smile, "Maybe you can't understand, but our world is already too fragile and can no longer withstand any blow. Even if you know that the capital area There are many problems and no one is willing to delve into them.”

"Yeah." Shuer nodded. Without experiencing similar despair, he really couldn't put himself in the shoes of the human beings in this world.However, he couldn't help but feel bitter when he thought about Parvatija's future. It was true that he had not experienced similar despair yet, but it was hard to say whether the same despair would befall him in a few years. "Mr. Seure mentioned the Mechanic Cult before." The president sighed, "To be honest, the Mechanic Cult are some human beings who have completely given up hope. Their spirits were broken by despair, and they turned to worship the radicals who turned into data. , some even secretly went down to the ground, and they called themselves pilgrims. However, those radicals who could only make logical judgments did not kill them, but did something to them. After that, they called this process a pilgrimage. After the blessing, they will be sent back to the Sky City, allowing them to encourage more people to become believers. In the past two years, two Sky City fell in succession, which was the result of internal destruction by believers of the Mechanic Cult. Therefore, All forces in the city are extremely resistant to worshiping the Mechanicus and will show no mercy to believers who expose their identity. To be honest, before meeting a few of them, I once doubted their identities and worried that you were traitors sent by the Machinery."

"Because we brought your kind with us?"

"Well, we can detect that you carry a large number of electronic devices on your body, including devices similar to biological brains. This is very similar to us and similar to machinery. Of course, the most critical point is that your behavior when you appeared was too suspicious. .”

"Oh, that's right. We can come and go freely among the mechanical beasts. The mechanical beasts turn a blind eye to us. It's hard not to think of those people." Shuer nodded, "However, there should be a difference."

"There is a difference. We quickly dispelled our suspicions because... you destroyed many mechanical beasts." There were no display screens around, and the president gave up the image demonstration. "The biggest characteristic of the Mechanical Cult is that I will never attack any mechanical beast."

"Of course, we will not attack the gods we believe in. Even disrespect is a felony, and they must be the same." Xiu Er sighed softly, "Let's put this issue aside for now, and discuss it privately when we have time. Let’s go back to the previous question.”

"Well, how high our price is depends on how big Mr. Seul's appetite is." The president stared at Sewer's face, "So we need to know first what you want."

"You don't need to test me anymore. I've said it from the beginning. We are just envoys, and we are just projections. We can't bring anything, and we can't take anything away either. We just hope to exchange information with you and prevent the invasion of your world. I'm not interested." Of course Shuer didn't know the reason for the president's repeated testing. Just like when he first met those metal life forms, he was also wary of that alien civilization. Even if he had experienced it personally, he had no memory of it. If you are not at ease, you need to verify it repeatedly. Now that the outsider has replaced you, it would be strange for the other party not to be so careful. "Our principle is not to interfere with the local world, so you can rest assured."

"Exchange of information?" the president frowned and said, "The scope is too broad, what does it include?"

"As long as it's information-based." Shuer squinted his eyes and said softly, "Language, writing, history, star maps, humanities, nature, anything is fine."

　By the way, I have something going on at home this weekend, so I don’t have much time to write, so I can only reduce the number of updates to [-] words a day. It will return to normal on Monday. Please forgive me.

　　
　
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