The little pastor is taking care of the weirdness of divinity

Chapter 318 10. Choices and Decisions

Xia Bron knew that it was the real Deathrattle girl who came to the mortal world and came to him.

The incarnation of the deathrattle girl heard Xia Bron's words with a gentle smile on her face:

"It seems that you already know everything about the past through the mirage projected by that crystal."

"I know most of it. It's too late for a savior or other stupid fatalistic protagonist." Chabron gave a bitter smile.

"Probably, I am the reincarnation of an undead that I don't know at all, even if I don't have any memory of the so-called previous life. If it weren't for the gift of the eternal light, I would have no respect for Ai, Nemo, and Antinoa. There will be memories. The only thing that proves my relationship with Pangloss is my [blasphemer]."

"I can tell you what happened after the history you saw." The deathrattle girl said:

"After that, in order to gain the power to fight against the fragments of the Mother Goddess, I became a true god. The Eternal Light and I created an organization on the planet Rioli to deal with supernatural threats, [Pangros Corporation]. We used 伱Name it after you, because you are the one who tried to contain the gods, and there is no name more appropriate than yours to name such an extraordinary organization.”

"Sorry, my name is Xia Bron." Xia Bron shook his head, "What Pangloss has done or wants to do has nothing to do with me."

His words were as cold as the cold wind, and he was not at all like the gentle and elegant young priest he usually was.

Chabron wanted to express some philosophical views and refute it.However, he immediately realized that everything that constituted his uniqueness or "soul" came from the hand of the eternal light.The Eternal Light weaves a false memory called the Earth, and lets its servants adopt him as an orphan in reality. The independent personality of "Chamberlain" does not exist at all.

Chabrin tried to change the subject.

He walked to the black crystal ball in the center of the ruins and placed his hand on it:
"In short, according to the plan of Eternal Light, I only need to activate the last ruins, and then perform the final chant to completely complete only half of the [Night Coming] ritual. All gods, including the resurrected Mother of All Creatures , will all disappear. The end will not come, will it?"

"Yes." The Deathrattle girl said.There were no ups and downs in her voice.

"Are you for or against? You saved me. If I do this, you will also disappear." Chabron asked.

"This is your choice." The Deathrattle girl said, "I have neither the right nor the ability to interfere."

"Okay," Chabron spread his hands, "I may need some time to weigh the pros and cons."

Chabron's hand stroked the black crystal surface as smooth as a mirror.

Do you want to complete the [Night Coming] ritual and erase all the gods in the universe?If you do this, what are the gains and losses?

He began to weigh the pros and cons.

It's like, back in Wind's Breath Town, on the night of the Emerald Moon, facing the wounded all over the place, choose who to give the only healing spell.

Chabron even suspected that even that night of decision was arranged by the Eternal Light.

Speaking of which, Chabron thought, he had just finished discussing with Duncan not long ago the debate about the two game strategies of "Plants vs. Zombies".

Since everything on earth is a dream, isn't this also arranged by the eternal light?

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At this moment, on the Dawn.

Duncan Flashstone didn't know yet about the arrival of the two incarnations of gods outside, so he was calculating something on paper based on his memory.

"What Chabron said that day makes sense.

“Option [-]: Plant the sunflowers in the second and third rows from the bottom to ensure that even after the zombies eat the sunflowers, there will still be attacking plants from behind.

"Option [-]: Plant sunflowers in the last row to lengthen the time before zombies arrive. Use potato mines to extend the early development time. After the development is completed, abandon the pea shooter and directly plant high-cost and high-fire plants.

"If we first think of the game as a system, the initial sunlight, the sunlight falling from the sky, and the sunlight produced by the sunflowers are the inputs X of the system. The plant life Y and the plant damage output Z are the outputs of the system... ·

"The factor that affects the decision-making curve is the timing of planting each sunflower...
"Among these curve families, there is one that meets the minimum conditions for defeating zombies, which is called the failure curve. All decision-making curves above this curve can win, and decision-making curves below this curve will fail... ····
"If you choose the safe option one, then the decision-making curve will be higher than the failure curve in the early, middle and late stages. That is, in the early, middle and late stages, the plant firepower is just a bit higher than what is needed to deal with zombies, but the difference is not big. I originally didn't Supporting this plan is that the early firepower was wasted.

"Option [-] of sacrificing development in the early stage. The decision curve is close to the failure curve in the early stage, but is much higher than it in the later stage. This is reflected in the fact that in the early stage, the firepower is just enough to cope with the zombies without any waste. After the plants develop in the later stage, the plants The firepower is far greater than the amount of zombies.

"The problem is that the game is simple enough, whether it is plan one or plan two, you will eventually win the game.

“So, Chabron said before, [When there are multiple decision-making options that can all achieve the goal, unless other evaluation criteria are artificially added, or the difficulty of achieving the goal is increased in the imagination, it cannot be proved that one option is better than another. The solution is better]!"

The more Duncan thought about it, the more it made sense!His previous argument with Chabron was completely unnecessary!
It's the same as playing certain games.If you have multiple structures, you can defeat the BOSS.So, which survival-type structure has the most health remaining after the war is the strongest?Or is the burst type construction that takes the shortest time to defeat the boss the strongest?Or is the endurance cycle type structure that consumes the least resources to defeat the boss, has the most remaining ultimate skills, and can continue fighting more powerful?
This argument cannot be concluded unless other evaluation criteria are added, or the difficulty of the boss battle is imaginarily increased.For example, if the boss's damage increases, the survival-type construction will win; if the time allowed to defeat the boss decreases, the burst-type construction will win; if the boss's health value increases, the endurance-cycle type construction will win.Different subjective evaluation standards and hypothetical content will lead to different results.Decision optimization is often subjective.

Duncan Flashstone put down his paper and pen, and happened to hear some commotion outside the spaceship.

The next moment, emerald green ripples of light swept across his eyes, and the surrounding space became solid and sticky.As a nine-ring spell caster, Duncan was keenly aware that the space near the Dawn had been blocked.

Someone didn't want the Dawn's crew to escape.

"What's going on outside?"

Duncan stood up, opened the door of the Dawn, and walked out.

"Does anyone still dare to hijack our spaceship? Let's see, which little cuties are tired of living?"

Duncan was shocked by the sight that came into view.

A dozen angels surrounded the Dawn, flapping their wings in the air.

Different from the angels commonly seen in portraits.If you look closely, you will find that the feathers of each angel's wings are carefully crafted from emerald, gold and silver, with pearls and gems inlaid between the wings.The angels are gorgeously dressed, without the nobility and dedusting of traditional angels, but appear graceful and luxurious.

The [Religious Knowledge] skill added by the mage made Duncan immediately recognize that these angels were the dependents of Lady Baiyin and came from the Kingdom of God.

"Lady Silver's angel? Why are you here?"

Duncan lowered his gaze, his pupils widening.

A lady wearing luxurious jewelry and a clown wearing a tuxedo and mask stood on the charred ground.It is the Silver Lady and the Laughing Clown.

The incarnations of the two gods were confronting the crew of the Dawn.

The two sides were at war with each other, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.Behind Anneway is a translucent machine soul; Matru has transformed into a mountain-sized silver dragon, staring closely at the two gods.

Annive glanced at Duncan, and said angrily, "Duncan, I thought you would wait until our group was wiped out before coming out."

"What happened?" Duncan asked.

"To put it simply, there are two true gods who want to use us as hostages."

Ms. Silver took a step forward and opened her hands:

"Don't worry, as long as everything goes well, I won't hurt you. Now, put down your weapons, magic weapons and spell material packages."

"I'm sorry, ma'am, I don't think we have any obligation to be at your mercy." Anneway said, her fiery red hair moving calmly. "Even if you are a god."

The lady raised her proud head:
"I'm not asking for your opinion, mortals."

As soon as Ms. Silver finished speaking, around a dozen angels with gold, silver and emerald wings pulled out their weapons, unsheathing hammers, giant swords, long swords and long bows made of glow.

More than a dozen angels rushed to the crew of the Dawn!
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Chabron sat on the ground and used pen and paper to list the pros and cons of different options one by one to provide reference for his final decision:
"Plan one is to completely complete the [Night Coming] ritual and destroy all the gods. The mother of all creatures will not be resurrected, and the end will not come.

"Option [-] is the path chosen by the King of Kings. In a short period of time, as many living beings as possible will be converted into undead and construct golems. The mother of all living beings will recover normally, but after the mother goddess recovers, all living beings will able to retain self-will.

"Are there any other options?"

Xia Bron turned to look at the deathrattle girl and asked:
"Do I have a chance to kill the Mother of All Creatures with [The Blasphemer]? Or kill Him before she revives?"

The deathrattle girl replied calmly:
"Before the resurrection, the mother of all living beings existed in nothingness and in every living being. You can't find his true body, you can only find a few insignificant fragments. For example, the Great Mother, one of the Nine Gods, is the largest fragment among them. Destroying these fragments will not prevent the return of the Mother Goddess.

"As for defeating with strength, if you kill Whispering Dark Dream without any effort, then there may be a slight possibility."

Chabron recalled the fierce battle between him and Whispering Dark Dream.

Even the shadow of disobedience to the gods has reached its limit. After all, [The Blasphemer] is just a weak power of the [Night Coming] ritual. When the ritual was interrupted, the shadow remained in his soul.

"That means it's impossible to win. Besides, even if I have a 99% winning rate, I shouldn't bet on all living beings. There is obviously a more reliable plan."

Chabron continued to write on the paper, his mind kept running:
“When there are multiple decision-making options that can all achieve the goal, unless other evaluation criteria are artificially added, or the difficulty of achieving the goal is increased imaginarily, it is impossible to prove that one option is better than another.

"In Wind's Rest Town, the goal of my decision-making thinking is to maximize the life expectancy of all living beings in the future, so I will save the children first. But now, can I simply use this rule?
“Suppose my goal is to maximize the expected future positive utility of all intelligent creatures in the universe, and assume that survival itself can bring enough positive utility.

"Option [-], the losses are easy to quantify. The only losses are the lives of the other five gods besides the culprit, the Mother of All Creatures. Among them, the Eternal Light is obviously willing to die for this, and the Deathrattle Girl seems not to care about her enemies. Die together, the death of the king of kings is not a pity...
"Gods have no lifespan limit, but they will die unexpectedly, and they are expected to survive longer in the future. In addition, divine power itself is an advanced productivity. In theory, the surviving gods can assist mortals in their production and life, but I can't actually force them do what.

"The life of a god may be worth more than the life of a mortal, but it cannot be simply converted..."

"Other chain reactions after the god's fall must also be taken into consideration. However, if the fact of the god's fall is well concealed, referring to the situation of the Lord of Punishment, as long as the priests believe that the god is still alive, they will not even lose the ability to cast divine spells.

"Suppose that the loss of a god's death is X times that of a mortal's death. more important.

“——Damn, this value may have been instilled in me by the Eternal Light.

"Option two, the most obvious loss. When living people are converted into undead and constructs through cheap means, there is a high probability of losing their humanity and self-will. Refer to the scarecrow in Wind Breath Town, the person who becomes a scarecrow and the person who dies. No difference.

"When there are enough converters, the number of victims will be a terrible number. The planet Rioli alone has a population of 7 million.

"And option two actually did not prevent the resurgence of the Mother of All Creatures. When the evil god who once destroyed civilization resurrects, the fate of all living beings in the universe only depends on the thought of this being...

"..."

Chabrin calculated on paper, constantly deducing various possibilities and exploring whether there were other improved variations of the plan.

Finally, he came to a conclusion.

(End of this chapter)