Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 1015: Baring fangs to fate?

The screen went dark again.

Everyone finally understood what the spear and shield mentioned in the file name meant: it not only refers to the conflict over ideas between the two young royal girls left behind by the goddess to protect the world of Eden, but also refers to the conflict between the limited magic power and unlimited desires of the mortal race. Perhaps it also foreshadows that the radical ideas of Tiantis are destined to be in opposition to mortal civilization.

Although she gave a seemingly feasible plan at the end of the file, can it really change this deadlock? Time and experience have proved countless times that in the face of immediate interests and future hopes, it is a naive idea to leave the right of choice entirely to human nature.

The most direct and powerful evidence is that if this plan is successful in the end, why is Eden the old world? The origin of Mirror Star undoubtedly contains many doubts worthy of deep thought.

"You failed, but you still think your philosophy is correct." Linger looked directly at Tiantis on the other side of the screen. He didn't bother to be euphemistic or to test her. He asked directly, "Is this the reason why you are promoting the Eden Project on Mirror Star and want to completely eradicate magic power?"

In this way, the name "Eden Project" is undoubtedly very meaningful, perhaps implying that Tiantis brought his ideals that could not be realized in Eden to Mirror Star.

Tiandis smiled slightly, and his smile was intriguing: "You are wrong, Mr. Lingge, magic power cannot be eradicated. I have said that its essence is the spirituality of Mother. Erasing magic power is tantamount to fighting against Mother, the only source of life in this universe. Do you think creation can really rebel against the creator?"

Everyone, including Lingge, couldn't help but frown when they heard this. Since the magic power can't be completely eradicated, what's the point of implementing the Eden Project? And according to the Witch Society, after the implementation of the Eden Project, the concentration of magic power in the Mirror Star World has indeed decreased year by year, and now it is only one-tenth of its heyday. If the magic power was not eliminated, where did it go?
Reality Project… A word suddenly flashed through the young man's mind. This was the information obtained by the Countess when she sneaked into Professor Heinrich's secret study, but it was not detailed, and only the name was known. It seemed to be highly confidential within the Witch Society, even the Eden Project could not compare with it.

If the Eden Project was just a cover, and the Real Project was the one that actually determined the destination of the magic collected by the Witch Society... this didn't seem like good news. After all, the ultimate goal of the Eden Project, which was a cover, to destroy all magical creatures was enough to make people speechless. It was hard to imagine how amazing the ultimate goal of the Real Project would be.

At this time, Tiantis glanced at the young man and seemed to have seen through his thoughts, but she didn't say anything. She just smiled and said, "I am very curious, why did you decide that my plan would fail from the beginning, Mr. Ling? Or are you like me, believing in reality more than human nature? So, this is why I always say that you are very suitable to join our Witch Association."

She added, "I originally proposed this plan based on my understanding of human nature. I know how conceited and selfish those false gods who claim to be gods but have not learned any virtues from Mother are. This can be seen from the fact that they can push their own kind onto the battlefield without any burden. Of course, perhaps in their hearts, they have never regarded those ants who are of the same race as themselves but can only crawl on the ground humbly as their own kind. They are extremely sensitive about their status and hope that only they can be called gods. They will never allow other people of their kind to challenge their status. Therefore, the plan I proposed is nothing more than giving them a more appropriate and righteous reason, allowing them to show their fangs openly and exclude or even persecute those who attempt to usurp the throne of God."

"So it can be said that this plan was implemented very thoroughly. The wars in the mortal world gradually ceased, and the population growth of the mortal race began to return to normal. I also got a precious period of time to focus on maintaining the stability and balance of the magic circulation system, rather than scheming and bargaining with those false gods. Although this plan also brought some other problems, such as the increasingly serious solidification of the extraordinary class in the mortal race, another meaning of solidification is stability, and I only need stability. As for how to solve this problem, it is the problem of those mortals themselves. But are they really willing to solve this problem? Or are they happy to see it happen? That's hard to say."

Linger said calmly: "It sounds like a best of both worlds situation."

"That's true, but I still overlooked the most important point at that time." Tiantis paused for a moment and then chuckled at himself. "Perhaps, I can't say I overlooked it. I should say that I thought of that possibility but never took it to heart because I didn't think that mortals could be so reckless. No matter how greedy they are, no matter how much they demand power, no matter how much they desire authority and longevity... there should be a bottom line, right?"

Recalling the past, Tiandis' eyes showed a little melancholy, as if the girl with long black hair, a thin and lonely figure, was standing in front of her again, casting a curious gaze at a familiar face after a long time. In the eyes of many people, she has always been a cold and strict person who will not change easily once she makes up her mind. She is always used to looking at problems from the most realistic and rational perspective, as if every life in her eyes is a quantifiable number.

Only a few people—or rather, only she and the goddess who created her—know that the girl’s heart still retains the innocence and tenderness of her birth. Otherwise, she would not have compromised, given in, and expressed her concern in a blunt way again and again.

Why should she keep that innocence and tenderness? Girls in the past would not think about this question, as it seemed natural; girls nowadays are unwilling to think about this question because they already feel regretful. She is not like Alice, Alice is a fantasy girl Wang Quan, innocence and tenderness are synonymous with fantasy, so she will not cause any trouble to keep this emotion; but for the real girl Wang Quan, sometimes these extra emotions will interfere with judgment and lead to fatal consequences.

The cold and rational reality cannot accommodate so much emotional thinking.

Will they understand this truth? Or will they regret it later? Tiantis looked down from above, gazing deeply at everyone present, especially those young queens who had the same life experience as himself, trying to peek into the throbbing in their souls, but unfortunately, it was all specious and there was no trace of their previous lives.

She smiled, turned her head and said to Celestial Themis, "There is no point in talking any more, seeing is believing. As the administrator of the Heavenly Temple Control Center, I am applying to play archive file X51."

Themis of the Celestial Realm was silent for a while before she slowly spoke: "Judgment: reasonable. The application for permission has been approved. Now we will start playing the X51 archive file, codenamed: Rebel."

Then, she gently lowered her eyes, not wanting to see or think about what expressions the travelers below would have when they heard the name of the file.

A rebel is one who bares his fangs to fate.

...The majestic and steep Hogarth Mountains were winding and circling in the clouds, looming. The height was not something that mortals could cross, because it was the highest mountain on the continent, and it always inadvertently revealed a bit of the pride and arrogance of a giant dragon, overlooking the snowfield below, and treating every snowflake as a tiny insect.

Only such a majestic mountain that makes people unable to look away can be recognized by the giant dragons, who temporarily stop blowing their dragon wings and descend here. It is said that the goddess who created the world and all things once praised the dragon race as the most noble and dignified race in the world. Such praise made the dragon king at that time overjoyed, and also made the giant dragons thereafter carry a sense of superiority in their bones. They think that they are the most favored race by the goddess, how can they be compared with other mediocre races?
They always want to prove that they are worthy of such praise with their actual actions, so they choose to live on the highest snow-capped mountains. Even their cities are built on the snow and cliffs that are beyond the reach of ordinary people, high enough to overlook every ant crawling on the ground. Perhaps only the cities of the feather elves can be higher than the dragons, and they are even built directly on the border between the clouds and the sky. When the relationship between the dragons and the feather elves was not good, the feather elves often mocked the dragons for this, which led to many wars. Those wars launched in a moment of anger were meaningless except for the loss of countless lives.

Alice still had a deep impression of this, because she was the one who coordinated those wars. Before that, she had always thought that the Eden Continent was peaceful, and although there were occasional frictions between the races, they were harmless. It was not until she saw with her own eyes that countless lives were lost due to a momentary quarrel that she realized how naive her thoughts were. Since then, she has been less playful and has taken the initiative to assume the mission of being a young queen, just to figure out one thing: why do mortals always respect their mothers while going against her will and starting wars?

Don't they know how precious life is? My mother spent a long time learning on Earth to create life, so how can they despise it? With such doubts, Alice began to get in touch with mortals, from the humans she was most familiar with, to the feather elves in the distant sky; from the dust elves and mirror elves who had always been hostile to each other, to the vampires and werewolves who were tit-for-tat like fateful enemies; to the proud, dignified, and arrogant dragon.

In this process, she met many people, including the most ancient dragon in the dragon clan, the king of dragons, and the virtual dragon god Nigfraum. Of course, he did not enjoy so many honors at that time, and his only identity was just one of the 262 descendants of the old dragon king.

Dragons not only have strong bodies and outstanding magical talents, but also have strong fertility. They rely on these three things. Even though they cannot escape the limitations of birth, aging, sickness, death, natural disasters and man-made disasters like other mortal races, they still cover every mountain in Eden with their giant wings. Today, it is a consensus on the continent that the highest peaks of mountains are the territory of dragons. At that time, the Feathered Tribe had not yet occupied the sky, and the Mirror Elves were not the kings of the sea tribe. Humans could only take root in the fertile areas of the plains, not to mention the giants, blood tribes, and werewolves.

It is precisely this sharp contrast that makes it difficult for many people to refute the arrogance and conceit of the dragon race, even though they cannot stand it. Some even feel that what Her Majesty the Goddess said may make sense. Under the same conditions, dragons are indeed the most powerful and noble race on the continent.

But Alice didn't think so, perhaps because she knew her mother had never said such a thing, and that she only gave dragons these racial characteristics based on the fantasy works on Earth; or perhaps it was because the dragons, including Nigflam, never showed any arrogance or pretentious remarks when facing her, which made her lack that sense of reality.

In this world, apart from Her Majesty the Goddess, the dragons dare not act unbridled in front of only two people: one is the Fantasy Kingship Alice, out of respect; the other is the Real Kingship Tiantis, out of fear that the dragons themselves are unwilling to admit. As for the Celestial Realm, her identity as an observer is strictly confidential. Not to mention the dragons, I'm afraid that all mortal races on the Eden Continent are unaware of her existence.

Alice wouldn't sit around and reveal it.

Tiantis always said that she was stupid, but she felt that she was not stupid at all: she understood everything Tiantis said; she also understood the concerns of the gods among the mortal races; she even had a vague idea why the heavens stood on her side instead of on the side of Tiantis, who she thought made more sense.

The reason why she opposed all of Tiantis's decisions even though she knew everything was because she didn't like her always using the most cruel means to solve problems. She always felt that people needed to understand each other. If Tiantis's methods were too harsh and cruel, mortals would be afraid and unwilling to communicate with her, which would lead to some differences that could have been bridged and repaired gradually widening, and eventually evolving into a conflict of ideas, which could even get out of control.

There must be some way to satisfy everyone, right? The fantasy girl Wang Quan believed so firmly, but unfortunately Tiantis felt that as the guardian and arbitrator of the world, she should not have too much contact with mortal civilization, so she always resisted communication with mortals. In this case, building a bridge of communication between the two sides became Alice's task.

Communicate, understand, and then reach consensus. In her opinion, this is the most ideal and perfect step.

Like the candidate plan proposed by Tiantis last time, after she went back and told her mortal friends, didn't they all express their understanding and followed it very well? This shows that mortals are not as dark as Tiantis imagined. Under the conditions, they are certainly willing to maintain the stability and balance of the Eden Continent. After all, this is the world left to them by their mother, it is their home. Who would not cherish their home?
If one day, the Holy Temple of Heaven becomes very bad, I will definitely be very sad.

Arrived.

The girl stopped and looked up at the cliffs of the mountain.

Amidst the wind and snow, a magnificent city looms.

The dragons did not establish a country due to their conceited and undisciplined nature, but in their original hometown, on the Hogarth Mountains, there has always been a city that is longed for and worshipped by all dragons. That is the Dragon King City - Idoria. Alice's friend, the virtual dragon god Nigflam, is the ruler of this city, the Dragon King.

This time, she came at the invitation of a friend and was going to listen to him talk about something extremely important.

So important...that it will change the fate of all of Eden.

Give me some meow