"I can't tell."
"why?"
"I can roughly guess what Aisuen and the others want to do, and I have already sent people to pick them up to make sure they don't die there."
"But the main body of this matter, the main cause... that is what can be called a scandal."
Hitzfeld did not say this explicitly.
But... Bill himself figured it out at the last moment. Sixus was standing at a higher and farther angle, so she could certainly guess that the person Hitzfeld was targeting was no more than one of Bill, Dalin, and Lu Hill.
Lu Xi'er is her personal nurse. She has been using him for four or five years. Apart from some quirks that have become increasingly prominent recently, there is nothing abnormal about him.
The same goes for Bill. They are old acquaintances. It has been determined that Bill is not possessed by evil spirits, so he is definitely not a suspect.
Considering that Desca Knight leaves Wayne for a period of time every year, and Dai Lin happens to be his disciple, the final answer should be something that everyone can guess.
That's why Sixus strictly forbids anyone from interfering in this matter.
The Golden Knight's betrayal... no matter what the reason, it has never happened before.
Many parishes are supported only by a guardian of gold. People regard gold as a holy messenger and have faith in the existence of gold.
If this news leaks out...
The consequence...
Conceiving the worst possible future scenario in his mind, even a special person like Sixus couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
So no.
Even at the cost of the destruction of Bartlett Beach and even the entire Poussin Crater.
This news must not be leaked.
Chapter 63: Different Perspectives
"Wow--"
Bricks, tiles and rubble kept falling off as the flames devoured them. From time to time, large and small stones fell down, some of which bounced onto the metal helmet of Knight Descas.
The chapel was collapsing, and this was inevitable. As more and more magma spread out from the cracks in the courtyard, soon, not only here, but the entire town and the entire beach would fall apart in the high temperature burning.
but……
Deka lowered his head and followed the ground beneath his feet, and saw that the surging magma did not affect him, but instead took a detour, leaving a small space for him and Dailin.
“I roughly know what you’re going to say next.” The old man covered his mouth and coughed, “But… cough cough cough cough—but I can’t promise you, you might as well just burn me to death…”
"I knew you would say that." Dai Lin narrowed his eyes. "You have been like this since we first met. You look very frivolous, but you are more stubborn than anyone else..."
"But I don't understand, Deka, are you really going to give up our dream?"
"When you abandoned me, you told me that you would continue to move forward with our common dream. You fulfilled almost all your promises. You compiled my achievements into a book, published your theory of equality despite those doubts, and were not afraid of being laughed at as a comedian by those people... I saw all of this."
"I have been observing you for the past ten years. You have done very well. Very well! Even if I were to take over, I would not be able to do better than you. I am very satisfied with your consistency of words and deeds."
"But there is only one thing that disappoints me, that is, in the past two years you have only been doing these things passively. You no longer believe that we can succeed like you did in the beginning, and you have given up on it yourself!"
"That's because I realized that if we insist on realizing our dream, it will inevitably cause greater turmoil..." Deka argued, "Sara is currently facing both internal and external troubles. Charuni has just handed over power to the new king, so of course everything should be based on stability..."
"All patients who are afraid of the pain of flesh cutting deceive doctors in this way!" Dai Lin interrupted him, sounding gnashing his teeth.
"Because I was afraid of the pain, I tried to find another way to heal the wound... In the end, the rotten flesh became more and more rotten, and the wound became larger and larger, until the whole person was disabled! Dead! The body was thrown into the wilderness and swallowed by nature!!"
"...You weren't like this before, Bricher." Desca frowned.
"Oh?" The female knight took a few steps back and opened her arms to show her body. "Then what do you think I should be like?"
"In the past, you were indeed quite extreme in some things and perceptions. For example, you despised those who relied on connections to achieve success without real talent. Another time, you asked me in a rather obscure way what would happen if there was a change in Sarah's regime... I could see that you were dissatisfied with the current situation."
"But even so, every time we finish discussing such extreme topics, you would ask me with more concern - if all this really happened, how many people would die in this huge disaster."
"How many people will die, how many of them are nobles, and how many are innocent civilians... I can see your nature from this, so I never thought of stopping you. I believe you have estimated it."
"But you are no longer the same as you were back then..."
"You become more radical and more brutal than before. You no longer care about the people who may die because of the change."
"You can no longer be called my best friend. Maybe... maybe I should change my name to face you..."
"Whatever you say." The female knight interrupted him unhappily, "Yes - as you said, that was my past self, but aren't you curious about why I became like this? Why did I reshape my body to meet you again?"
"That's a story about the deep sea." She didn't care whether Descartes was willing to listen or not, and began to tell the story.
"I fell to the bottom very quickly. Luckily it was not a reef but a pool of water... I fell in, thinking that I would definitely freeze to death or drown."
"But the reality was beyond my expectations - I was surrounded by a group of hermit crabs. They undoubtedly thought I was food and started to cut me up and devour me. Soon, only my skeleton was left."
"It's an amazing experience, isn't it? I don't have much flesh and organs left, but I'm not dead yet..."
"When I realized this, I didn't know what was left of me..."
"Maybe a piece of brain, a torn bone, a few drops of blood... a few nerve filaments, or something more delicate that you can only see under a microscope..."
"I could feel myself sinking and then being surrounded by a cloud of bubbles."
"My consciousness was sealed in a bubble, and then there was a vibration - it was so intense, and I could feel something else - something very close to me at that time, but more primitive, colliding with me."
Is this Bricher's theory of the origin of life?
Desca was somewhat shocked.
The other party's theory was written into a book by him, and he had also done research on marine life over the years, so he naturally knew all his theories.
What shocked him most here was not that the "Tree of Life" really existed.
After all, this thing can actually be classified as science if you look at it thoroughly...it is a natural phenomenon, and it is definitely friendlier than evil.
But the problem is, wasn't this thing created under the influence of Bricher?
Was it there all along?
Rooted to the bottom of the beach?
And it obviously has a magical power that is beyond common sense - and at the same time not evil. It can actually preserve the souls of the dead and allow Bricher to be reborn in that special environment?
So what is it...
Is it just a special environment... caused by the collision of special factors, such as magnetic fields and elements... a special case that appears due to the influence of these factors?
Or is it simply a kind of... living creature?
Deka felt a little creepy.
But the female knight continued to speak.
"I don't know how this happened... but I still remember who I am."
"I am Bricher-Atlans. I am a human being, a scholar, and the best friend of Descartes-Lavos. We have the same ideals to achieve."
"Then I certainly can't lose to those idiots who don't even have consciousness, right?"
“I fought them hard.”
"They hit me, and I hit them back even harder."
"Then gradually, I found that my consciousness was becoming stronger."
"In the beginning, I only had a little self-awareness, which was very fragile and could be swallowed up and destroyed at any time."
"But as I grew, I started to remember more details about being human."
“When I realized that, I was torn apart.”
"I could feel... my carrier being torn into two..."
"Then two became four..."
"Four becomes eight..."
"I gradually returned to reality from the microscopic world. I became a cell, a most primitive cell follicle."
"At this point, I finally realized what I had been going through."
She raised her head and looked at Deka with an unconcealed enthusiasm in her eyes.
“That was the first birth of life from nothing.”
"That's how the first cell appeared... Then it continued to divide, and continued to evolve... Evolved... Became a fish... Became a shrimp... Then after who knows how many years, it stepped onto land and began to evolve step by step into all things in the world... And our appearance."
"This is my experience and feeling, Deka."
She opened her hands and looked at the sky covered with thick smoke.
"Tell me, after witnessing all this, how could I still care about those ordinary lives and deaths?"
"That's just part of nature, isn't it?"
"Whether it's a human, a cat or a dog, a wild animal, or even an evil spirit."
"Everything is natural, everything comes from the original."
"From a human perspective, I certainly don't want to see innocent people sacrificed."
"...Of course I hope we can do better, otherwise I won't be able to pass the Gold Trial."
She narrowed her eyes and her voice became more ethereal.
"But from the perspective of that cell, what reason do I have to mourn—"
"To cry for the deaths that have been repeated countless times over the past eons?"
Chapter 64: New Gods Two-in-One
After listening to the female knight's speech, Deka was silent for a while, then said: "You want me to help you."
The affirmative tone means that this is not a question.
He knew too well Bricher Atlans, the only person he could ever call his best friend.
Although his temperament changed drastically after his rebirth, he was even able to hide in the body of a little girl and deceive himself for eighteen years.
But since the other party had no intention of really "killing" and did not hurt Hitzfeld and others, including himself, right away, Desca guessed that the dominant personality of "Dalin Blue" was still that familiar friend.
Bricher...as he put it, his change came from a different perspective.
He was saved and transformed by an unknown existence at the bottom of the sea, and experienced the birth of the original life again. It's like the people who sit in the sky are taken to broaden their horizons and look back. Of course, they will find that their past persistence is worthless.
To be honest, assuming that Bricher was not talking nonsense and that everything she had just said was true, then Desca thought she was already very kind.
From nothing to something, from non-existence to birth, it is no exaggeration to say that Bricher truly completed a mythological journey of the ancient centuries.
"Records of Ancient Gods" speculates that the ancient god was the first living being born in the world, and then the ancient god split into the second generation of gods, the second generation of gods continued to split and became the third generation of gods... and the cycle continued until the subsequent gods lost their divine power and began to create humans in their own image.
There is also a saying that gods who lose their powers automatically transform into humans. In short, humans and gods are inseparable. In some speculations, humans and gods are even inseparable, and both sides are the same species from beginning to end.
But there is only one thing that is certain, that is, the power possessed by true gods is beyond the imagination of modern mortals.
They can call the wind and rain, causing earthquakes, storms and tsunamis.
Waterspouts were their toys, the continents were puzzle pieces that helped them pass the time, and the Death Tree was probably just cultivated from their discarded seeds... It is difficult to describe in words what kind of era that was.
And within the cult—and probably all theological groups in society—it seemed to these people that there must be a mystery that gave the primitive beings their powerful powers.
Descartes had heard of relevant discussions. Many scholars had put forward conjectures. They believed that there were problems in today's era, whether it was from the lost history or from the newly discovered ancient relics...including the tools and technologies found in the relics, which were far more advanced than today's...You could clearly feel the gap between today and the past.
It seems like something is missing.
There is something that should exist... something so important that it should be everywhere and deeply affect every aspect of people's lives.
The most direct example is that there are several large ruins, and the strange machines excavated from them cannot be driven no matter what energy is used.
Many theological researchers believe that this disappeared existence is the reason for the split between ancient and modern civilizations. If they can find the reason for its disappearance and find a way to recreate it, perhaps Sarah will have a hope of regaining its past glory, and the gray fog and evil spirits will not be worth mentioning at that time.
It does sound a bit fantastic, especially since these people firmly believe that the most direct way to understand "it" is to copy it.
Just like a beginner learning painting techniques, if you don’t understand or can’t do it, then just copy first.
How did ancient people come into being?
You can simulate it according to those assumptions.
Geography, environment, race…at least try.
