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Chapter 1266 The Whale Effect (Nya who is now addicted to Shin Megami Tensei V)

 As a master assassin, Mathias was fully prepared when he set out to carry out his mission, and even considered countless backup plans.

 But... in fact, none of his backup plans were used.

No one had any intention of guarding against him. Mathias came out the same way he entered. The other party even made him a pot of tea.

 As for Mathias’s harvest…

 “Everything we want to know is here.”

Looking at the king, the master assassin smiled bitterly and handed over a pamphlet.

"What's this?"

Looking at the pamphlet handed over by the other party, Varian was confused, but he still motioned to Duke Fordragon beside him to take it, then opened it, and then his face twitched.

 “Inquisition Manual?”

 Reading the title above, Varian looked at Mathias in confusion. What is this thing that looks like a National Geographic manual to Azeroth? You just brought this back?

Had Mathias not been the master assassin of MI7, Varian would have doubted whether he was using this thing to fool himself. It is well known that this kind of thing is used to fool others. How could real information be put in it?

“Your Majesty, you will know it just by looking at it.”

Mathias is not a fool. When he saw the look in Varian's eyes, he knew what he was thinking. In fact, when the other party gave him this manual, he felt that the Inquisition was treating him as a fool, but after reading it...

　　　…………”

Varian silently opened the booklet in front of him, flipping through page after page. At first, he was a little disinterested, but as he went further, Varian's expression became more solemn. After turning the last page , Varian fell into silence, unable to say a word.

Mathias did not lie. This pamphlet did provide the information they needed.

 What is the Inquisition?

 The booklet states very clearly at the beginning that the Inquisition is an organization that protects mankind and eliminates existences that threaten mankind at all costs.

 If it was just like this, then Varian certainly wouldn't take it seriously. Who wouldn't say empty words?

 However, later in this booklet, the Inquisition's criteria for judging humans are described in detail, including fully human, partially mutated, and completely mutated. Not only that, the above also elaborates on how the Inquisition will respond when faced with these entities.

 To put it bluntly, this is simply a standard instruction manual.

 If this were the case, then most people would laugh at this manual and regard it as a joke.

However, after the Forgotten Ones were completely destroyed, this was no longer a joke.

Not to mention the judgment of humans in the Inquisition Manual, which left Varian puzzled.

 Why the skull?

In fact, players have also encountered this problem in the game. Some players once received such a mission. On a certain planet, people from a village disappeared mysteriously. The player was then responsible for investigating and recovering the missing person. Come. Needless to say, the process was ultimately followed and investigated by the player and it was discovered that the two missing persons had been killed long ago, and the children born to the two missing persons were enslaved by a race called rat men and became their war props. , used to deal with humans.

 Needless to say, the player assisted the human village to defeat the rat men's offensive, and then captured the rat men.

 But during the final investigation, the players were surprised to find that these rat-like guys, who were considered monsters, were actually once humans!

 Historically, that world was once mostly populated by ordinary people without superpowers, but later superpowers appeared and started a war with ordinary people. After several wars that almost destroyed the world, superpowers became human beings, while ordinary people degenerated into rat-men and became threats that were regarded as monsters by superpowers.

But even if their bodies degenerate and mutate, these ordinary people still want to take revenge on those with super powers, which led to the emergence of this mission.

 In the end, the Ratman clan was completely wiped out. Players who completed the task posted the entire task process to the forum with mixed emotions, and then as expected, a big discussion started.

But in the end, most players have to admit that although the Inquisition's standards for judging humans are simple and crude, they are really the only standards that can be used.

 First of all, if you have to verify whether a race is human from a historical perspective, it is a big problem for archeology. Players are here to play games, not to seek hardship. Even on the issue of human origins, anthropologists have not reached a conclusion yet. Who are they qualified to define what kind of history counts as human beings?

 As for judging from genes?

 That’s even more impossible! It can even be said that this is a taboo of the Inquisition!

As for the reason, it starts from the golden age of human prosperity. At that time, human civilization was running wildly, and humans themselves, as expected, began to seek excitement and constantly seek death. They even chose the path of genetic ascension and altered their genes into a mess.

So much so that there is a joke among players, that is, the Iron Man Rebellion is not a rebellion in the strict sense, but that the humans of that era changed their genes in such a mess that even Iron Man cannot identify whether it is a human from a genetic level. ...So the Iron Man will rebel and destroy these "alien creatures".

Let's put it this way, it's like the people on an isolated island claiming that their bloodline is that of a proud son from the Central Plains, a descendant of a pure-blooded royal family with red roots and pure roots. However, after a genetic test, it was discovered that they were actually slaves of nomadic tribes. Future generations...that cow will naturally not be able to boast.

Not to mention that if you judge humans from a genetic level, the humans in the Human Empire may not be as genetically pure as the humans in some aliens.

If this is going to explode, then why not the Human Empire just explode on the spot?

I have co-authored and boasted about human orthodoxy for tens of thousands of years, but the clown is actually myself?

 My mentality is broken and I’m done.

So the Inquisition chose the simplest and crudest method. No matter what your history is, no matter what your genes are, as long as your skull is the same as that of a human, then you are a member of our human family. It’s that simple. The Inquisition does not care or care about other matters. Like those ratmen, from a historical perspective, this group of ordinary people who were persecuted by superpowers were quite miserable. Even after degenerating and mutating, they still wanted revenge, and with the unique perseverance and resilience of humans, they persisted until the end without choosing to surrender. It is worthy of praise and emotion.

  But if you regard the other party as a human being because of this, then there are countless human races in the human empire.

 If nothing else, no matter how tragic the life experiences of these rat-men are, most people would not admit that these walking rats are equally human beings like themselves.

 So the simplest and direct way is - judging from the skulls, these rat men are not human, so they are treated as aliens.

 Simple, rough, cruel and efficient.

Not only that, what Varian did not expect the most was that in the eyes of the Inquisition, humans were the supreme race, and a complete unmutated skull represented the sanctity and purity of humans. Therefore, those dwarves, gnomes, elves, etc. are all regarded as subhumans in the eyes of the Inquisition.

This concept has to be said to have directly shattered Varian's three views.

You must know that on the continent of Azeroth, almost all creatures believe that elves are a race with long lifespans, strong strength and nobleness. However, in the eyes of the Inquisition, those people with long ears can only be regarded as demi-humans...

Well, strictly speaking, this is Duanmuhuai’s personal preference, or the player’s preferences.

 You must know that in most fantasy games, elves are very popular. However, in the Star Sea, the Eldar race is a quite disgusting race. After being disgusted by the Eldar race, many players became so disgusted that they despised all similar races.

Especially the elves, a race that is very similar to the Eldar in appearance and temperament, are treated as a copycat of the Eldar by players.

I can’t defeat the Eldar, so I can’t defeat you?

  If you look at the Tribunal's attitude towards races, humans must be given priority, followed by dwarves - because the dwarves' firm will (or dead-headedness) makes it difficult for them to be eroded and corrupted by Chaos. As long as you make good friends with them, they will be very loyal and trustworthy allies, safe and reliable.

On the other hand, races like elves, which are arrogant and arrogant and have a high probability of being corrupted, have a lower status than Ogryn in the eyes of the Tribunal.

The sequence on the purification list is also very high, at least on the first page.

This also makes Varian very uncomfortable. He is friendly to the dwarves. The Kingdom of Stormwind also has a good relationship with Ironforge, and there is a direct subway connection between the two sides.

But to look down and despise the elves so openly was a bit unacceptable to Varian.

"This Inquisition...couldn't it be the survivors of Lordaeron?"

After reading the manual, Varian looked at Mathias in confusion and asked. His suspicion was not unreasonable. When the Kingdom of Lordaeron was still there, its king's lifelong wish was to unify the seven human kingdoms and realize the dream of a human empire. It's just that this Inquisition is more extreme than the original Lordaeron. What is written between the lines is that only humans can live, and aliens must die...

Coupled with the fact that the Inquisition is currently at the old site of Lordaeron, there is no room for Varian not to think too much.

 “I don’t think so.”

 Matthias shook his head.

"The Inquisition is very powerful. Their technology is very similar to that of the dwarves, but it is several times more advanced than the dwarves. To be honest, if Lordaeron had such strength, it would not have been destroyed at all. And their marks are also the same as those of Lordaeron. There is no similarity between Lordaeron and their concepts are completely different. The Inquisition is only responsible for eliminating human threats and will not interfere in human internal affairs. If they are the survivors of Lordaeron, then they will definitely use this to regain control. Kingdom, and even complete the great cause of unification of mankind..."

 “The problem is that times have changed completely.”

Varian smiled bitterly. There were not many of the original seven human kingdoms left. As for the great cause of unifying mankind...well, it is useless to talk about it now.

However, according to the manual of the Inquisition, there is a big problem.

 “They shouldn’t go to war against the tribe.”

After all, there are trolls, tauren, orcs, and goblins in the tribe - Varian can count them casually and knows that most of them are not even demi-humans according to the standards of the Inquisition. Chun Chun is the "alien" written above. .

“They do have plans to attack the tribe.”

Mathias nodded. After reading the manual, he also tried it in a subtle way, but the other party told Mathias bluntly that all aliens would die without exception.

"this………"

 Hearing Mathias's answer, Varian fell into silence. To be honest, at the beginning, Varian really wanted to get closer to the Inquisition so that the other party could become a member of the alliance. But after reading the manual carefully, Varian was completely frightened by the aggressive style of the Inquisition and had to reconsider his ideas.

“…Send someone to closely observe and monitor the Tribunal. If there is any abnormal behavior, report it to me immediately.”

In the end, Varian could only issue this order. He stared at the manual in his hand with a worried look on his face.

 Azeroth is in a state of turmoil now, and the emergence of this new force... I really don’t know whether it is good or bad.

Varian knew that fishermen in the north, in order to prevent the sardines from dying during transportation, would put a few catfish inside to make the sardines move.

But what if instead of catfish, it’s a whale that’s put in?

 Azeroth, a small pond—can it withstand the storms it stirs up?