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Chapter 85 Human Fire
An An and Lei Yan, who had reshaped their bodies, retained their memories. This was an unexpected result for Ji Xiu.

His analysis of this is that the memories of An An and Lei Yan, like his own, have been archived in the fog space. Just like every time time is restarted, the lost memories can be retrieved from the fog space after the physical body is reshaped. memory.

The guardian of the divine heritage stepped forward at this moment, picked up Lei Yan who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and An An who was still barely standing, and walked to the room at the end of the underground palace.

An An and Lei Yan are now very weak and need to be baptized with divine power.

In Ji Xiu's understanding, this process is similar to the process in which Yu Jingshen cultivated the seven members of the Shenyi team in the mysterious ruins scene. By operating specific formations, the bodies of the soldiers in the Shenyi team were replenished with the energy needed for growth.

Looking at the departing figure of the guardian of the sacred relics, Ji Xiu felt happy in his heart.

At least the memories of the two friends have been preserved, and An An and Lei Yan will not be strangers in the future.

After leaving the Shenyi Underground Palace, he followed Zuo Yi to the bamboo forest outside the Yujing Temple.

While teaching him, Zuo Yi was also absorbing the power of fear through the vines rising from the ground of the Ancient Fear Tree.

When the topic turned to the Divine Heritage Team, Zuo Yi suddenly asked:
"What do you think of the future development of the Divine Legacy Team?"

"Since you have chosen a gradual belief replacement model, you can only start from the education system, instill a new belief system in the budding stage of the new generation, and gradually strengthen it as they grow, until a complete replacement of beliefs is completed in a few generations. At that time, the Yujing Church will also withdraw from the stage of history.”

Sacrifice and death are not goals, but means to achieve the goal.

Zuo Yi heard this and shook his head with a smile:

He did not expect that Zuo Yi could analyze the belief system structure he wanted to create through just one sentence of his.

"In the future I envision, the seven members of the Divine Heritage Team will form a war legion. They will lead their respective legions to plunder resources for the human race through war in the sea. After they are returned to Yu Jing Country, they will be used for the training of technical talents and warriors, as well as the research and development of new technologies. consumption, and then feed back the seven legions through new technologies and new warriors to enhance the combat power of the legions. In this way, a positive cycle of war and the development of the human race is achieved. Therefore, the seven members of the Divine Legacy Team are the key to inherit the divinity of the challenger. They are fully capable of doing their own thing.”

"ask."

He never seeks any benefits for himself, and the starting point for thinking about problems is always "the future of the human race."

"We are all clergymen trained under the same system. Why do you think differently from other clergymen, and even stand on the opposite side of them? What kind of past has shaped you now?"

This is a civilization with archeology as its development direction, and the spiritual materials used to activate the ruins technology are the blood of Yu Jingguo, a huge machine.

A war criminal who was spurned by the people and opposed by high-level officials fifty years ago is now regarded as a spiritual leader by countless people fifty years later.

"There's nothing different, it's just that the methods used are different. There's nothing to talk about in my past."

When he was promoted to high priest in the previous timeline, he looked through history and learned that when Zuo Yi implemented his war plan fifty years ago, the opposition to him came not only from the upper echelons of Yujing, but also from the general public of Yujing.

"You can tell by the look on your face that I'm obviously right."

But looking back at the historical past now, it is Zuo Yi who insisted on going his own way back then, which brought Yu Jingguo's current stability and prosperity.

That sentence "There is no such thing as a perfect ending" can explain the logic behind all of Zuo Yi's conspiracies and plans.

"I can understand what you mean. You want to reform the belief system, turn the existing monotheistic system into a polytheistic system, and make the divine team a part of the belief system to gain strength. In my opinion, this belief system It's like a pyramid of faith. You are the God Lord standing at the top of the pyramid, and Lei Yan and other divine warriors are the gods below you. Members of the human race can believe in other gods while believing in the God Lord."

A person who can be regarded as a spiritual leader by warriors such as You Hong is not at all like a demon who will do whatever it takes to gain power, as he thought early on.

After listening to his idea, Zuo Yi nodded:
"Since the last challenger created the Seven Gods, it proves that they have huge growth potential and will help the human race fight against natural disasters in the future. I will compile your ideas into the new system architecture framework to pave the way for you to become gods of faith. .”

This is what Zuo Yi shouted at the meeting:
"If we don't fight this battle, will we leave it to our descendants to fight? Do you think Yu Jingguo will still have the strength to fight a war in the future?"

"Speaking of Lao Zuo, where do you plan to take the first step in changing your beliefs?"

The praise he received in new history textbooks was in stark contrast to the condemnation in newspaper headlines fifty years ago.

It can be predicted that without Zuo Yi's efforts to turn the tide, people in today's era may not even have enough to eat, and Yu Jingguo will be weakened to a desperate stage where it can no longer fight.

"Old Zuo, I've always been curious about a question, but I don't know how to ask it." Looking at Zuo Yi, whose eyes flashed crimson under the power of fear, and whose face was expressionless as he endured the pain, Ji Xiu decided to ask after hesitation. exit.

Because of the war he promoted, many people lost their fathers, sons, and brothers.

After hearing these words, Zuo Yi fell into deep thought and raised his head after a long time:

Therefore, people in the future, that is, modern people fifty years later, understand Zuo Yi's choice at that time.

Perseverance, wisdom, will, faith... He saw many noble personality qualities in Zuo Yi.

Facing the inquiry, Ji Xiu expressed his already planned ideas:
"The Divine Legacy Team is not only the core combat force of the human race in the future, but also my subordinate gods. I hope that when building a new belief system in the future, we can also build a system for them to obtain the power of belief through believers. Only in this way can they gain power through believers. Gain the strength to become stronger in the future.”

At that time, Zuo Yi was under tremendous pressure.

This kind of behavior is painful to contemporary people and will inevitably lead to rebuke and curses.

Because spiritual resources are the core of the operation of major cities.

Hearing Zuo Yi's rejection, Ji Xiu felt regretful.

In order to stabilize Yu Jingguo's interests in the outer seas, too many people died fighting in the outer seas, and their bodies have not returned. The cruel whirlpool of the war put Yu Jingguo into great pain.

After listening to Zuo Yi's analysis, Ji Xiu was also stunned.

"The seven members of the Divine Legacy Team have always been an important part of my future plans. Their growth is the same as mine, and they need believers to create power, so I hope to incorporate them into the divine system. Only in this way can they follow the rise of the human race. become stronger”

If anyone can understand Zuo Yi's dedication, the answer must be "future people".

Systems such as medical care, transportation, and education can operate because of the spiritual resources that are continuously sent back from the outside world.

The more contact he had, the more he could feel Zuo Yi's personality charm.

Without spiritual resources, the core of Tool Crown City will not be activated, and the entire city will come to a standstill. Without the investment of spiritual resources, the elemental core of Beijing City will also fall into a state of silence, and the elemental energy paths connecting the entire city will also If it breaks, the entire city will fall into the eternal night in the north... The same is true for other cities.

Ji Xiu did not deny it, nodded and said:

At that time, Zuo Yi had already foreseen the future development trend of Yu Jingguo and understood that mankind had reached a turning point of life and death.

The turning point of understanding is not time, but the interests of each era, and Zuoyi always chooses future interests.

The series of plans Zuo Yi is pursuing now are very similar to those fifty years ago. If they are made public, they are destined to be cast aside by this era and then be understood and praised in the future.

Assuming that the plan succeeds, when humans a hundred years later learn that Zuo Yi sacrificed his life to guard the high wall, they will be moved, shed tears, and admire him just like modern people when they praised Zuo Yi fifty years ago... According to Zuo Yi's interpretation, praise and praise will be the main theme.

Going against the times, Zuo Yi has always been walking alone in the wind and snow.

But these contributions did not bring him any personal benefit.

This series of actions made Ji Xiu very curious about what kind of belief made Zuo Yi choose to embark on this path.

But when faced with this problem, Zuo Yi just smiled and shook his head lightly, unwilling to talk about this issue at all. He wanted to understand Zuo Yi, but Zuo Yi never opened the door.

Just like the words left by Zuo Yi in the previous timeline:
"Every decision I make, I never expect to be understood by anyone. I walk my own path. It is not easy to find someone who sympathizes with you on the road of life. Why force others to empathize with you? Because they have not walked through it, you have walked it before." It’s normal to be misunderstood along the way.”

When he said these words, Zuo Yi was about to transform into the God of Fear, but his eyes revealed the indifference of fear of life and death. That scene left a deep impression on him to this day.

Thinking of this, he looked up at Zuo Yi, who was absorbing the power of fear:
"Lao Zuo, let's talk about your past stories."

Faced with another inquiry, Zuo Yi glanced at him sideways and said with an indifferent expression:
"Read, learn, grow, and suddenly, I'm promoted to a great envoy."

Ji Xiu:......

……

three days later.

Ji Xiu followed Zuo Yi to the underground palace of the divine relics at the lowest level of the saints again.

When I saw the Guardian of the Divine Heritage again, he looked haggard, which showed that he had put a lot of energy into helping Lei Yan and An An grow up.

Following the guardian of the divine heritage into the room at the end of the hall, he saw An An and Lei Yan soaked in a similar incubator.

Their bodies were wrapped in golden liquid, their bodies were curled up, their eyes were closed, and their bodies were absorbing the energy in the golden liquid to grow.

"An'an and Lei Yan are both very weak now. They need divine spiritual liquid to nourish their bodies. They will not be able to come out of them until three months later. At that time, you will also need to provide them with spiritual materials to help them grow."

After the words fell, the guardian of the divine heritage turned to look at Zuo Yi.

Facing the inquiry, Zuo Yi seemed a little confused:
"The reserves of spiritual materials in the Divine Relics Underground Palace are almost exhausted?"

The guardian of the divine heritage nodded regretfully:
"There is not much inventory left. These two guys have huge appetites. The existing inventory is simply not enough to raise them to their original state. We need your help in this regard."

"I will allocate a group of resources to them, and I will solve this problem." Zuo Yi nodded immediately to express his understanding, and then continued:
"Before this, I thought that the members of the Divine Legacy Team would have their original peak strength after completing their reshaping. After all, every Divine Legacy is born at its peak state. Now I understand that there is still a process of feeding spiritual materials."

The guardian of the divine heritage heard this and shook his head helplessly:

"The peak in your eyes is not the true peak state of the members of the Divine Legacy Team. To be more precise, it is the bottleneck. The real peak Divine Legacy should be as strong as the Epoch Challenger. It is not at all the pseudo-god state where the godhood has fallen. In Before re-condensing their godhood, no matter how much spiritual materials are fed to them, their strength will not grow at all and they will always remain at their peak state in your eyes."

"This can be seen from their forms. When each divine warrior reaches the age of about 10, he will no longer be able to grow, and his strength will be stuck at this stage, making it difficult to make progress."

"You can understand that there is no bottleneck in the early growth of the members of the Divine Heritage Team. They only need to feed spiritual materials to quickly improve. However, when they reach the bottleneck stage, they cannot improve unless a new era challenger appears and gives them Yu Jing Shen Zeng. The Godhead mentioned.”

Ji Xiu, who was standing aside, heard this, turned to look at the guardian of the sacred heritage, and asked the doubts in his heart:
"I heard you mention the Challengers of the Era. Now I can answer the previous question. Why do the Challengers of each era lead the human race to face the challenge of the Kuroshio Natural Disaster? Can't they leave?"

This time, the guardian of the divine heritage did not refuse again. He nodded and said:

"My information comes from Yu Jingshen. I once heard him talk about the mysterious fate of the challengers. In fact, every era challenger has thought about leading the human race to leave this land close to the high wall to avoid a head-on confrontation with the Kuroshio natural disaster. , but they all failed in the end because they discovered that the human race’s fire was buried in the ground of this land. It was this fire that protected the human race from being rejected by the power of the world and allowed them to recuperate in this world.”

Seemingly sensing Ji Xiu's doubts, the Guardian of the Divine Heritage continued:

"What is certain is that the human race does not belong to this world. It is an alien life and is rejected by the power of the world. I don't know who planted a fire in this land. You can understand this process as within the framework of the rules of this world. A new rule has been implanted, and it is this rule that protects the human race, otherwise ordinary people will be crushed by the power of the world in an instant."

"The primary target of the Kuroshio Disaster every time it appears is never the human race, but the entire world, including the human fire. The Era Challengers fight against the Kuroshio Scourge precisely to protect the fire. Yu Jingshen once told me that the moment the human fire goes out The human race will face a devastating blow, and only a very small number of people can survive to the next era through sealed dormancy, but the challengers and most of the human race will die instantly when the divine fire is extinguished."

"This is a reincarnation. The Kuroshio natural disaster has never really destroyed the fire. After being extinguished and dormant for a long time, the divine fire will surely be ignited again. At that time, the human larvae sealed by dormancy will re-establish a powerful civilization under the leadership of the challengers of the new era. Once again Fighting to protect the human race’s fire, but no challenger has ever defeated the Black Tide Scourge.”

Hearing this, Ji Xiu immediately understood what the guardian of the divine heritage wanted to express.

The human fire can be understood as the main base in MOBA games. When the base explodes, no matter how powerful the individual is, 99.999% of the human race will die instantly. Only a handful of people can somehow survive until the next era after the black tide fades.

Therefore, there is still hope for resistance, but migration is bound to fail.

The same explanation is used in MOBA games. The enemy is attacking the base. Although you will not die if you wander around at this time, the game will inevitably fail. The divine fire will be extinguished, and the human race will perish under the exclusion of the rules of the world.

"Can't the human race's fire be transferred? For example, to a distant sea?"

Facing Ji Xiu's inquiry, the guardian of the divine heritage shook his head:
"I don't know, but I am sure that if it can be transplanted, the previous era challengers have already done so. Choosing to stay here to protect the fire proves that it cannot be transplanted in any form, and it is also destined that the human race will fight against the black tide. The first line of defense against natural disasters.”

The answer from the guardian of the divine heritage solved his doubts about the human race's inability to migrate.

But new doubts also arise.

Why did the challengers come, why did humans take root in the land of another world, and what is the truth about time travel?
The Guardian of the Divine Relic obviously cannot answer this question, and even Yu Jingshen does not know the answer. His disappearance may be just to pursue the truth.

"What else do you know?"

Ji Xiu looked at the guardian of the divine heritage and continued to ask.

The Guardian of the Divine Heritage stretched his hand forward, and a wisp of golden mist flew out from the tip of his index finger, spreading in the air to outline the image of the high wall of the North.

"Based on Yu Jingshen's investigation of the history of previous eras, he analyzed that the challengers of each era left gifts for the next arrivals. This high wall to resist the black tide. Yu Jingshen analyzed that it should be The first challenger and the human race members who followed him jointly established it, trying to completely seal the Black Tide Natural Disaster through this high wall."

"But high walls can only delay the arrival of the Kuroshio natural disaster, but cannot completely prevent it."

"Based on the high wall built by the first challenger, the second challenger enchanted the high wall to strengthen the strength of the high wall and also gave the high wall the ability to absorb the aura of heaven and earth to repair itself."

"As for the subsequent challengers, it is certain that they all left gifts to the future. As for what they were, the only ones that are clear are the challengers of the eighth era, that is, the previous era. They left a legacy rooted in The four extraordinary abilities and characteristics deep in the soul, as well as the seven divine warriors, and the four divine marks left behind after their deaths in battle."

"It can be seen from this that every challenger seems to understand that he will fail, and tries to make the next challenger stronger through inheritance relay, until he finally defeats the Kuroshio natural disaster and ends the endless destruction of the human race. Reincarnation.”

Hearing this, Ji Xiu couldn't help but sigh:

"It seems that the Black Tide Natural Disaster is destined to have a battle with me. Who makes me the challenger of this era? Thinking of the Preface Disaster gives me a headache. This guy looks hard to mess with."

"Prologue disaster? It's not your target."

The guardian of the divine heritage couldn't help but shake his head.

"You mean that after Xu disaster is dead, the Black Tide natural disaster will still continue to wreak havoc?"

"No, what I mean is that Preface Disaster is not your goal at all. It is indeed very strong, but in fact every era challenger has the strength to kill Preface Disaster."

"Ah?" Ji Xiu was stunned:
"What do you mean?"

The guardian of the divine heritage stretched his hand forward, and the golden mist outlined the outline of Xu Calamity's domineering figure holding a sickle:
"This is Xu Ban. According to Yu Jingshen's description, he is the Black Tide Demon King with an immortal body."

Having said this, the guardian of the divine heritage paused briefly and turned to look at Ji Xiu:

"But no matter how strong it is...its name is just: Preface Disaster."

(End of this chapter)