I really only stop

"...We have never done it, and your existence is the best proof of that."

Closing his eyes tiredly, since the moment he saw the elven seal, a certain flame in the heart of the first saint was extinguished forever:

"Do you still have any questions? The matter has come to this, it is better to tell them all. In the final analysis, all questions, whether they are from ten thousand years ago or yours, can be answered with only one answer."

... so sure?

Although he doubted whether the first saint could answer his questions in one go, since she spoke like this, Oedipus naturally asked them all:

"The current state of the elves is definitely not normal. Except for me, all elves seem to share the same consciousness. I tried to bring a newborn who was just born and was absolutely not brainwashed home, but she The first sentence is still the nightmare of [Mother] deep in my memory."

"...This is also expected. I have had similar guesses since I heard that the World Tree is still alive."

From the description of Oedipus' few words, he heard his despair at that time, and the first saint girl sighed:

"Compared to ten thousand years ago, the disaster has become more terrifying. If it is said that he looked down on us from a transcendent perspective in the past, now he is looking down at us. It looks more friendly, but it is actually more deadly. "

"...Perhaps you will appear here, it is also the result of his calculation."

After another period of silence, the first saintess spoke again, with a little pity in her eyes that Oedipus couldn't understand:

"Since you are so persistent, I will tell you the truth you want."

"But to you, this so-called [truth] must not be acceptable—"

Chapter - 23 God Names 3/50

"It all started when a strange celestial body collided, and a meteor fell to the ground. Through the study of the meteor, researchers at the time discovered that it had a unique characteristic—the ability to promote the evolution of knowledge."

The glorious history reappeared in front of my eyes, but the voice of the first saintess was extremely low:

"As long as the beginning of a certain theory is presented to it, it can expand it to a mature stage extremely quickly. The demonstration process is extremely detailed and specific, just like another group of top geniuses living in meteors, step by step. It seems to be developing."

"People will doubt the liar of unknown origin, but they will not doubt the truth of '1+1=2' said by the liar. Just because every bit of progress has traces to follow, although some people have doubts about the origin of the meteor, But in the end the major powers accepted the obvious benefits it brought."

"Thanks to Meteor, all power systems have made great progress in those few decades. People's living standards are getting higher and higher. Although there are occasional social problems, even complex social problems can be solved in Meteor. Helped to get the perfect answer—everything seems so smooth that even the sharpest critics can't find a single hidden danger."

"In the later period of the era named [Glory], simple progress could no longer satisfy people's growing thirst for knowledge. Almost at the same time, all intellectual races shifted their attention from the outside world to [themselves]. They began to think Know such a question-[Where does intelligence come from]? [What is the meaning of our existence]?"

"Problems like this piled up more and more, and eventually led to an unprecedented joint operation among major forces-[Operation Code Root]."

"...And you already know the answer given by the root."

"..."

After listening to the story of the first saint, Oedipus nodded silently.

[Everything will go to eternity and silence], [Intellect is nothing special], [Your condensation point is the limit of the joy that the brain can perceive].

According to the news reports kept inside Miss Wafer, these conclusions caused an uproar in the era.People began to doubt the act of thinking itself.

Efforts to develop eventually lead to silence——if it is true as Meteor said, the existence of intelligence is just a natural phenomenon that is no different from fire and wind.

"...However, this is not enough to cause the glorious era to shatter."

Oedipus said in a deep voice:

"Seeking survival is an intellectual instinct. Even if you feel lost, most people will choose to continue living."

"You are right. These conclusions cannot influence everyone's subjective will, and they only caused confusion in public opinion at the time."

The first generation saint nodded:

"What really put the world into crisis is the [Bliss] disease that followed. It is completely irregular, but it is expanding exponentially in all intellectual races. Every person who is infected with bliss will be instilled in his mind beyond the limit of perception Joy, and then, they really achieved another kind of morbid [eternity] just like Meteor said."

No longer changing, sinking into silence, not responding to stimuli.

If it is said that death is still accompanied by decay and oblivion, then the state that bliss makes people reach does not even have this kind of change-this is the [end of all things] declared by Meteor.

After the narration of the first generation of saints, Oedipus was once again convinced of the report left on the chip.

But, later——

"—I have to admit that we are helpless in the face of [Bliss]."

Recalling the scene at that time, Hiyera sighed:

"There is no infection process, it is triggered completely randomly, and once it is instilled with bliss, it will immediately fall into a freezing point and be irreversible... At that time, the major forces that were closely united immediately investigated the cause of this phenomenon, but the result made people fall into a deeper crisis despair."

"【—God does not declare his own name.】"

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"God doesn't proclaim His own name?"

Unexpectedly, the first saint would say such a thing, Oedipus was slightly taken aback:

"I thought the real [disaster] was the star of disaster in the direction of South 256. Could it be that he is... [God]?"

"What is God, no one can say clearly. But the form of disaster is completely beyond our imagination."

Ever since Oedipus told her purpose, the first saintess has always looked at him with some kind of pity:

"His existence is very strange. He can see everything, technology, and even the end of life at a glance. Therefore, the power he possesses can almost rival the world itself—including all existence in it. Some people even think that he It’s a different world that has come to an end.”

Calamity... the whole [world]?

The information heard by his ears was too much beyond common sense, and Oedipus took a step back subconsciously:

"...What is his purpose?"

"Proclaim your existence."

The first generation saint quickly gave an explanation:

"Just like you can't change the content written in a book no matter how powerful you are, although the disaster is extremely powerful, it cannot directly interfere with our world. In order to [exist] in our world, he needs One's own believers—or [agents]."

"However, no one should believe in the star on South 256."

Clenching his fists tightly, Oedipus suppressed the bad premonition in his heart:

"How did the name of disaster spread?"

"As you might guess, by [technique]."

Hiera sighed:

"Because of the characteristic of being able to see the end of all things at a glance, Calamity relies on a small projection to continuously help us upgrade our power system. There is absolutely no problem with this system itself, but the result that follows is that the world is unknowingly Under the circumstances, he became his [agent]—a believer in technology.”

"Whether it's alchemy technology, elven seal, or deep-sea chant...all those who use these technologies [prove] His existence unconsciously. While enjoying the power of rapid development, we also become His." The so-called believers. When his own existence has been demonstrated in this world, he can finally sway his power on his own initiative—that is, the so-called [Bliss].”

"...Now, you understand."

"Our enemy is not the shining star, but the [technology] we have mastered itself."

"The most ridiculous thing is that even these [truths] were passed on to us by himself through meteors. As a god, he never wanted to hide."

"...The result is exactly as he said, all matter is spontaneously approaching silence."

Closing her eyes tiredly, the first saint told Oedipus the final truth:

"The harder we try to develop, the closer we get to [death]."

Chapter-24 The Truth of 3/50

"After reaching this dire conclusion, some people have lost hope, but there are still others who have not given up struggling. Operation Code Tinder is one of our attempts."

Pointing to the surrounding environment, Hiyera said:

"As a power system that has just been born and has not yet been developed by the hand of disaster, holy light has the unique characteristic of blooming from the [mind] and being closely connected with the [will]. As the controller of this power, I He was assigned to [No. [-] Sky City Themis], which was temporarily transformed into a research facility, to preside over the research work related to [pleasure] and [pain].

"Our purpose is not just to find the so-called balance, but to prove the necessity of pain relative to pleasure, so as to explore the means to stay awake under [Bliss]."

"In order to prevent the research itself from being disturbed by disasters, we buried Themis deep underground, and opened an absolute defense wall that cut off the way back. This is a way to block the transmission of information from the root. Years have proved its effectiveness—with this layer of barriers, Calamity cannot reach here."

"However, we have waited too long. Even without the intervention of disaster, there are still several researchers who suddenly fell into the state of [Bliss] while enjoying themselves."

"...That's why you implement the current rotation mode. The purpose is not to get pleasure, but to pray for pain."

After a long silence, Oedipus asked:

"From the results, you have succeeded. Although the researchers between the joys have fallen into a state similar to the [Bliss] condensation point, they will still change after the rotation to the suffering. If the civilization of the glorious age did not perish, you might be able to save the world with your achievements."

"No, it's impossible."

The first saintess shook her head sadly, denying Oedipus' point of view:

"The reason why Themis's [fairness] system can be established is because the twelve researchers can no longer be called [people]. They are completely homogeneous existences that have been transformed into holy light life forms. Therefore, they can be regarded as the same [mass point], and the problem we study can be simplified to the current [mathematical problem].”

"The reality is much, much more complicated. Even with Themis' enormous computing power, in the end, I can only add a conscious self to the twelve researchers. It cannot be called a 'solution' at all."

"However, based on your first description, I am sure that people at that time made the opposite choice to [Operation Code Tinder]."

After a while, Hiyera said in a low voice:

"[Operation Code Addition]... Unexpectedly, it finally came to this point."

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Action code: Addition.

In Oedipus's original understanding, this was just a plan to build an annihilation cannon to shoot down the stars, but now it seems to have a deeper meaning.

Regardless of the news reports, the leaders of the major forces at that time already knew the truth about [Disaster].Shooting down the stars is just a meaningless move, the real enemy is the [technology] they have mastered.

However, judging from the situation at the time, almost all technologies were marked with disaster.As long as it is created, it will prove the existence of [disaster] all the time.

Want to defeat such a powerful enemy?

Oedipus murmured:

"... [Dragon of Calamity]?"

"That's a friend of mine."

Seeing that Oedipus had vaguely thought of something, Hiera paused:

"Because the action code Addition is the last resort, when I entered Themis to execute [Operation Code Tinder], Addition was still in the infancy stage of drawing up the plan. Regarding its specific content, I only listen to His Excellency Enzos Mentioned a little bit."

"The reason why the disaster seems invincible is because He used the opportunity to help us develop the technical system to integrate his own proof of existence into everything. It is actually very simple to drive it out from the root, as long as [destroy everything] Enough."

Facing the shocking eyes of Oedipus, the first-generation saintess fully revealed the solution that anyone could think of but no one dared to think about:

"Sky City is the gathering place of all alchemy techniques, so shoot down Sky City. The voice is the carrier of the power of the Sea Clan, so ban their voice. The World Tree is the root of all magic seals, so break the World Tree in half. "

"Addition is a process of subtraction, and gain is gained at the cost of loss. Only by destroying all your own technology and existence with your own hands can you move towards the real future."

Recalling the determination in the eyes of that person when he told himself about this plan, the first saint gave a final sigh:

"—And this is the origin of the name [Operation Code Addition]."

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"..."

Finally, he heard the truth of his heart from the mouth of the relevant personnel, but Oedipus did not feel happy or excited.

Instead, he suddenly felt an endless chill welling up in his heart.

What Heyera said is right, in the face of the unimaginable enemy, the real [Operation Code Addition] is indeed the only salvation.

Since the opponent relies on technology to prove his existence, he can be expelled from this world as long as he destroys everything with his own hands.

【God does not declare his name】——In order to obtain the qualification to move on, people thousands of years ago tried their best to erase the truth, their own glory and existence from time, leaving only a fairy tale-like story of the brave and the evil dragon , to fill in the gaps in that period of history.

It is hard to imagine how firm the will of the leader who made this decision is. Only with a heart of stone without a trace of emotion and absolute reason can he decide to destroy his own people and civilization with his own hands.

And... what about me?

Only now did Oedipus understand the reason for the despairing eyes of the first saint.

Thousands of years ago, people made such a big sacrifice just to bring those transcendent technologies back to zero, and the result is obvious, the Sky City became the dust of history, and the Sea Clan completely lost contact with the world and became a place that only existed in books. The silent race in .

However, the Seal of Life and the World Tree, which should have been destroyed as well, still exist intact in the world. Does this mean——

"—That's right, your existence means that Operation Code Addition also failed."

Even though her whole body was pierced by black iron thorns, the grief on the face of the first saintess far exceeded the physical pain:

"Life, technology, existence... Countless intellectual races voluntarily gave up everything in exchange for the ending, but it is a sad nothingness."

"The sacrifice of addition has become meaningless, and the existence of [Calamity] is still silently proved. He created you, and then guided you step by step closer to the truth."

"I can't predict the next move of the disaster, but I can tell you with certainty."