Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 596 Artificial Death Plan

"Star" Leonard is going crazy: What kind of party am I joining? Why do you start to denounce the Zhengshen Church while talking?

"Hermit" Cattleya laughed "hehe": This does not seem to be difficult to understand.

"The Fool" Klein realized that it seemed that after being promoted from Hobert to Demigod, his perspective on problems became darker and darker. The truth may be what he said. The Righteous God Church or the Seven Righteous Gods seriously neglected their duties in this disaster, but I remember that when he was a Sequence 8 and a Sequence 6, even if he knew this kind of information, it would be a big deal. Probability does not spread. At that time, he preferred to spread something with positive energy.

Then he realized: maybe this was the magic potion of the "lawyer" path that changed him? I wonder if he noticed it himself?

At the same time, Klein decided to pay attention to Hobert's condition in the future. If it becomes serious to a certain extent, he must remind him and help him find a way to resist the changes brought about by his extraordinary characteristics.

"Justice" Audrey sighed helplessly: The truth of history is often so difficult to accept.

None of the other members were loyal to a church, so they were not deeply moved when they heard the news.

"Emperor" Hobert continued the topic: "I heard that before the 'Pale Age', there was a passage connecting the southern continent and the northern continent. It was precisely because of this fierce divine battle that the passage sank. Under the sea, the two continents are completely separated by the ocean.

"Although the Underworld Emperor is stronger than ordinary gods, he is only a little stronger and cannot stop the siege of the Seven Gods.

"In the end, the Hades Emperor was defeated and died while returning to the Southern Continent. The uniqueness of the 'Corpse Collector' and 'Hunter' pathways in his body lost control, destroying the balance between the real world and the spiritual world, and forming a violent sea."

The Tarot Club once traded this information. As a member of the "Pirate General" who joined after that transaction, Cattleya knew about this matter. Derrick "The Moon" and Leonard had probably heard about it. Information.

So they weren't that surprised.

"Salinger's death was a huge disaster for the Balam Empire." Hobert said: "The 'Rose School', well, the 'Rose School' at that time was still quite self-disciplined.

“Under the leadership of the previous ‘God of Spiritual Things’, the ‘Bound God’, the ‘Rose School’ took the opportunity to rise and established the ‘Highland Kingdom’.

"Until the advent of the colonial era, the Balam Empire and the Highland Kingdom were still fighting for the dominance of the southern continent."

Other members don't know much about the history of the Southern Continent, because the history of the Southern Continent has almost been submerged in the wave of colonization. Everyone only knows that most of the native kings and chiefs in the Southern Continent are the nobles of the Balam Empire and the Highland Kingdom.

It's just that the Bailang Empire and the Highland Kingdom are not recognized by the countries in the Northern Continent. Although they also have royal courts and royal courts, the grassroots nobles, the local kings and chiefs are no longer under their control and have surrendered to the Northern Continent. The colonists of the mainland.

After being sorted out by the "Emperor", they discovered one after another that in fact, the history of the Southern Continent was the same as that of the Northern Continent, with extraordinary wars as its core.

The historical materials that are actually circulated among the people are only superficial representations of the results of these extraordinary wars.

Seeing that Hobert paused for a few seconds and seemed to have finished trading all the information, Emlyn asked: "Then what does the 'artificial god of death' mentioned before mean? Will a new god of death be born in the Southern Continent?"

Hobert smiled and replied: "The path of 'Death' is very special. Would it be weird if we said 'Death is dead'?"

Everyone looked at each other, it did sound weird.

Do the gods of the Kingdom of the Dead also die? This seems to make people feel that "death itself is dead".

"It is precisely because of the special nature of this path that many nobles of the Balam Empire or former clergymen of the Church of Death feel that Salinger has not truly fallen." Hobert said:
  “So quite a few of them have been trying to awaken Salinger or find ways to resurrect him.

"I have to talk about the relevant information about the Spiritual Religion Group here. We all know that the Spiritual Religion Group is actually the collective name for the extraordinary people of the Balang Empire in the southern continent.

"They are divided into many factions internally, the two most powerful factions are the 'Royal Faction' and the 'Artificial Death Faction'.

"The Royal Faction supports Salinger's descendants to ascend the throne. As far as I know, the leader of the Royal Faction calls herself the Pale Queen and is still ruling in the imperial court of the Balam Empire. In the Southern Continent, there are still a considerable number of people and lands who accept the throne. The rule of the court.”

This was the information Hobert learned from his butler Dopheus, before Dopheus was promoted to demigod.

At that time, Dophis spoke in great detail, including the main areas where the Balam Empire and the Loen Army fought, as well as Loen's economic plunder of the Balam Empire.

Hobert just gave a brief description at this time, and he continued: "As for the Artificial Death Sect, this is actually what outsiders call them. They call themselves the Awakening Sect, and they think that Sallinger is just because he was seriously injured. So he fell into a deep sleep somewhere in the violent sea.

“It is said that they used various methods to try to awaken the ‘God of Death’ a long time ago.

“I don’t know when exactly, but it should be in the fifth era. When they tried to offer sacrifices to the ‘God of Death’, they got a response from the ‘God of Death’.

"So they began to focus on using rituals to awaken the 'God of Death'. It is said that after hundreds of years of accumulation, they can actually get intermittent responses from the 'God of Death'!"

This surprised the other members except Klein.

The first thing Alger thought of "The Hanged Man" was: Is the Emperor of Hades really just falling into a deep sleep?

Then he denied his idea: Back then, the Seven Gods besieged the Hades Emperor and the Original Witch! If Hades had not fallen, the Seven Gods would most likely have pursued him directly to the Raging Sea, or even to the Southern Continent!
  Finally, a very terrifying thought appeared in his mind: What exactly had the Artificial Death Sect awakened?
  Cattleya thought of the fall of the ancient Sun God. She noticed that after the fall of the Underworld Emperor Salinger, the "Emperor" began to use the word "Death" to refer to the true god of this path. Is he saying that Salinger has really fallen, and that the "god of death" awakened now may only have part of Salinger's consciousness? So this is a new Grim Reaper?
  Leonard held his chin: I may not have permission to read this information yet. Considering the importance the church attaches to the Southern Continent, there should be such information in the church's files.

Then he realized a question: Should he report some of the information he got from the Tarot Club to the church?
  But soon, Leonard shook his head, thinking that he would probably be punished by Mr. Fool, and it would also be easy for him to expose the secret of his participation in the Tarot Club in the church.

Audrey simply asked directly: "Mr. Emperor, is it true that Salinger has not completely fallen?"

"He fell," Hobert replied.

Then Audrey asked the question on the other members' minds: "Then who responded to the Artificial Death Sect?"

This reminded Forsi, Emlyn and other members of the information about Lilith, the ancestor of the blood race, the "primordial moon" and the "Mother Tree of Desire", and they wondered whether someone was pretending to be the "god of death" to respond to the artificial death sect?

Hobert organized his words before saying: "It can be understood that it is part of Salinger's divinity, and it can also be understood that it is the uniqueness of the 'God of Death' path!"

The message that the only person capable of giving a certain response had been discussed before in a tarot meeting. Everyone was not surprised at all, but after hearing such a thing again, they still felt it was very magical.

However, most members only know that uniqueness can have a certain impact on the extraordinary people of this path, and make some responses similar to the divine level, but they think that this is more like a magical sealed object that must be used by someone. respond.

So they basically understood Hobert's answer just now to mean that someone, or a god, had obtained the uniqueness of the residual spirit of Salinger, and was responding to the Artificial Death Sect.

However, Cattleya among them did not think so, because she remembered that the Queen once said that the "Hidden Sage" seemed to be the "activated" Uniqueness, but she still could not understand why the Uniqueness was "activated"?
  Klein, who read the corresponding diary and recalled some of Mr. Azik's words, immediately understood. He glanced at the "hermit" and asked: "Continuous sacrifices can make the path of the 'God of Death' unique." 'Activate' and restore the Artificial Death Faction yourself?"

Only then did Audrey and other members realize that it was not who had obtained the uniqueness of the "God of Death" pathway, but that the uniqueness had been "activated"?

Emlyn didn't know whether he was talking to himself or asking the "Emperor": "Can uniqueness still be activated?"

"Theoretically, it's just an abstract authority, but the facts prove that it can indeed be 'activated'." Hobert said: "Because this kind of thing doesn't only happen with the uniqueness of the 'Death' path.

“The exact theory of ‘activation’ is unknown because the uniqueness is so special.

"I have only a simple guess about this. To a certain extent, extraordinary power can be seen as an application of living entities to the reality or abstract power of the entire universe. Uniqueness represents the authority of power in a certain area of ​​the universe. .

"The process of this application is very mysterious, but when you think about the divinity obtained after the 'high sequence', can we draw the conclusion that the universe is another form of life?
  "Or maybe this universe also has its own consciousness, and it has been using that consciousness to maintain the normal operation of the universe?
  "The consciousness of the universe is completely different from the consciousness of living beings like us. It is cold and ruthless. It believes that the purpose of its existence is to maintain the normal operation of the universe.

"Could this be divinity when it is embodied in the Extraordinary? When the Extraordinary becomes a 'high-sequence' and incorporates more and more divinity, the conflict between the consciousness of the universe and the consciousness of the living body gradually becomes more intense!"

This time, everyone including Klein was very surprised. At the same time, they had very contradictory emotions. They seemed to understand the meaning of "Emperor", but also seemed to understand nothing at all.

Because they have not been exposed to similar theories or even thought about it, they did not even make relevant associations at this time, or they did not know in which direction to associate.

Only Klein recalled some conjectures from the AD era that were similar to Hobert's remarks, which allowed him to quickly understand what Hobert meant: No wonder he kept saying that extraordinary power is a tool! That’s what it means! Think about it this way, extraordinary characteristics are very much like some modifications or mutations made to living bodies, allowing the living bodies to control some powers that are not controllable by the living bodies.

Then he thought: If we do not have such "tools", then humans can only create some tools that can harness the power of the universe through the study of basic physics, the theory of relativity, and the discovery and understanding of quantum mechanics. That is called science. .

This idea was a conjecture that Hobert only came up with in the past two days. Since he completely broke the rules he set for himself, Hobert unexpectedly found that his ideas seemed to have broadened a lot.

He has now begun to think about the problem of the laws themselves, and finally he discovered that all laws are abstract expressions of the operation of the universe.

It is supported by the power of reality, and also has an abstract and conceptual side. This is a combination and a contradiction.

As for the "Cosmic Life Theory", Hobert made a conjecture by referring to some memories from the AD era and incorporating the characteristics of this mysterious world. This is a by-product of thinking about the nature of laws, but it is just used here to explain the specialness of uniqueness.

Moreover, when Hobert entered the "State of Disorder" and obtained the memories sealed there, he discovered that this conjecture was very similar to the description of the "Primary Creator".

At the same time, Hobert also thought about another question along this line of thinking: "The purpose of the two methods of occultism and science is actually the same, but the results are completely different.

Occultism makes religion deeply rooted and has the majesty of gods, but after reaching "high sequence", human nature will inevitably be affected by divinity.

Science has amplified man's own power, landed on the moon, and seen the depths of the universe. However, the process of utilizing the power of the universe is too long, and the amount of utilization is also very limited.

What both have in common is this: the first thought of using them for combat and warfare was probably the influence of human nature on divinity. "

At the moment, Hobert gave everyone a few seconds to think, and then continued: "In this way, it is not difficult to understand that uniqueness can be 'activated', because it itself is 'alive'.

"It's just that its life form is difficult for us to understand, and it's closer to what we call divinity!"

Cattleya couldn't help but ask: "So, is the unique 'activation' of the 'Death' path considered as a part of the universe coming to life?"

Hobert spread his hands: "My guess is not perfect yet, and I can't answer your question for the time being."

Cattleya then asked: "What about the Hidden Sage? He is also the activation of uniqueness? But, but him, I mean, what does my path represent? What role does it play in the universe?"

Hobert said: "I have also heard that the Hidden Sage is the only one with sexual activation.

“As for the ‘Peeper’ path, it is recognized that it represents knowledge itself.

"Applying to the conjecture I just made, does this pathway represent the conceptual expression of the knowledge of the universe?"

Hobert paused slightly and then said: "Then let me try to explain again why the 'Hidden Sage' always pursues the extraordinary people of the same path to instill knowledge.

“Except for extraordinary factors, is all the knowledge that humans have gained through observing nature and the universe?

“For example, by observing naturally formed fires, we gain the ability to use fire, as well as superficial knowledge about fire.

"Then does it mean that knowledge in nature is always in a state of emission in the form of constant events, spreading to the surroundings? It's just that the knowledge we humans can receive and see is limited.

"Is it similar to your situation? It's not that the 'Hidden Sage' is chasing you. Perhaps because of the special nature of this path, you can receive more knowledge that is in a state of emission."

Derrick and Emlyn could no longer keep up with Hobert's thinking, so they simply gave up halfway through.

Leonard also didn’t quite understand. In the end, all he could think of was: It’s too systematic. I guess it’s very mature in my opinion!

Audrey and Alger understood what Hobert meant and were a little shocked for a moment, because they had never considered these things because of the life of the nobility and the sea.

Forsi, who has many science fiction concepts, not only understood Hobert's idea, but also quickly accepted it. She was also very surprised by it. She originally wanted to praise Hobert, but in the end she couldn't speak.

Klein also quickly accepted Hobert's conjecture. He only had one concept in his mind at this time: I, a time traveler with a university education and a keyboard warrior who once roamed the Internet, actually lost to such a conceptual idea. "Indigenous"? When I meet Russell one day, will he laugh at me?

Cattleya asked again: "So, is there a way to prevent me from being indoctrinated with this kind of knowledge?"

Hobert thought about it for a moment before saying: "I can only give you a directional approach. It is impossible to stop the 'Hidden Sage'.

"After all, as long as the universe operates normally, it will produce new information and spread new knowledge, and the 'Hidden Sage' should not be able to control this.

"Even without the support of this conjecture, the 'Hidden Sage' is an existence at the divine level after all, and we ordinary people have basically no way to have any impact on it.

"Then the only thing left to do is to solve it from you, such as finding ways to block the channels for instilling knowledge."

Cattleya nodded slowly. The two ways she could think of now were to become a demigod as soon as possible so that she could withstand the erosion of knowledge.

The second way is to pray to Mr. Fool and ask for his help.

Audrey saw that "The Hermit" and Hobert had ended their discussion, and she said, "Mr. Emperor, how did you come up with this?"

She was afraid that she didn't express herself clearly, and then explained: "I mean, how did you come up with so many novel ideas?"

In Audrey's view, Hobert was too versatile. He became an earl at a young age and created a political miracle. It only took a few months to establish "Earl's Light" and create a business miracle.

Where does he have time to carry out such ideas and assumptions?

Klein was also very curious about Hobert's thoughts, so he stared at Hobert closely.

Hobert said: "As an extraordinary person in the 'lawyer' path, I think about rules and regulations a little more than everyone else. One day, I suddenly thought of a question: What is the source of rules and regulations?
  "So some ideas were generated and some conjectures were obtained."

The other members nodded slowly together, so that they felt that the idea was very clear and the logic was clear.

"I believe everyone has fully understood the uniqueness and the status of the 'Artificial Death'." Hobert said: "Let's continue this topic.

"I heard from the great 'creator' that Salinger left a resurrection arrangement, and this arrangement seems to be related to the uniqueness and his direct descendants."

Regarding this point, Klein felt that he should be the only person who knew the inside story in the Tarot meeting: The description of the "creator" was correct, but it was too general.

Then he recalled the conversations he had heard while exploring the huge inverted pyramid and some of his subsequent conjectures.

Before attacking the northern continent, Salinger made some preparations and secretly divided Mr. Azik's spirit body into two parts. Half of Salinger was contained in his body, and the other half was sewn with a sealed object to form a A seemingly complete spirit body was put back into Azik's body.

Because Azik's spirit body was severely traumatized, his strength fell to the "immortal" level most of the time, and he would die and be resurrected every 60 years.

Pluto's original plan was that half of Azik's soul would be in the uniqueness of the "God of Death" path, and the other half of the spirit body would be unable to suppress the desire to get closer to the uniqueness and seek the uniqueness.

When the sealed object in Azik's body merges with the uniqueness, the Hades Emperor will be reborn in Azik's body.

However, the great wisdom of the Artificial Death Sect caused Uniqueness to undergo certain changes. Instead of attracting Azik in a short time, half of Azik's spirit body stayed with Uniqueness for a long time, forming a certain relationship. Fusion also forms a certain consciousness.

The response to the rituals performed by the Artificial Death God Sect in the early stage was a subconscious response. Later, the reason why it could be responded to intermittently was because of the role played by Mr. Azik's half of the soul.

This is the true face of the Artificial Death!

Hobert did not choose to elaborate on Sallinger's arrangement, but continued: "When I was exploring the primitive island with Mr. World and Mr. Hanged Man, I once killed a feathered serpent.

"Later the 'creator' told me that the feathered serpent was actually used by Adam to observe the 'artificial god of death'.

"Now, the 'creator' can also use that extraordinary characteristic to observe the 'artificial death'. Just a few days ago, the 'creator' suddenly told us that the aura of the 'artificial death' disappeared."

Klein nodded slowly: Yes, the goddess just obtained the uniqueness of the "God of Death" path a few days ago.

When it came to this, although everyone was a little surprised, they didn't take it too seriously.

After all, the members of the Tarot Club are not extraordinary people with the "god of death" path. For them, they are only curious and have no great influence.

"The 'Creator' also told us," Hobert said: "The 'Artificial Death' was probably destroyed by the Goddess of Night. At present, the Goddess of Night should have obtained the uniqueness of the 'God of Death' path."

Klein almost stood up excitedly: How dare you say such a thing! Aren't you afraid of being locked up in a dark room by a goddess?
  Hobert glanced at "The World" who couldn't hide his excitement: "Little brother, you probably don't know, right now, the goddess of the night is eager to let the whole world know that she has the uniqueness of the "God of Death" path, and is trying to accommodate this. uniqueness.

　Thanks to [my book friend 477] for the tip.

　　
  　
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