Chapter 1069 Recruiting Grand Duke Thorin

"Of course I agree with pleasure."

Ian would not - he could not refuse a virtual mecha of the level of the 'Final Line of Defense' to come and help him protect the virtual world.

Huai Guang, it felt like a sleepy head hitting the pillow. When he saw the countless white virtual mechas entangled in the body of the 'True Demon' in the Light Realm, he was thinking of that one thing.

- This may be the greatest legacy left by the pre-era civilization to the Terra Era.

Yes, the greatest legacy.

Ian knew very well what Terra would become without the virtual mechas.

The disasters and sufferings precipitated in the Lost Era, the resentment and hatred caused by sacrifices and deaths, would all dissipate with the souls of the dead, turning into black mud in the abyss of the virtual world, and then little by little, little by little, shaping the prototype of the demon, creating the 'Terra Abyss of Shadow', and creating demons belonging to all Terrans.

Even in those abyssal galaxies, countless demons gathered and created their own 'Demon King'...

Or 'Evil God'.

What the Star God has endowed all living things with is source matter and psychic energy, ether and the future, and endless love and possibilities. Even if civilization is destroyed and turned into ashes, there will still be demons reborn from the shadows, and they are also the last "heirs" left by a civilization.

Death and destruction are not the end. In a sense, demons and evil gods are also the product of love.

But most ignorant mortals cannot withstand this kind of love.

Terra has perished once, and in theory, demons should be born. Although the Terrans struggled to climb out of hell, this does not mean that the demons will retreat back to the shadows.

They should have wreaked havoc, but the virtual machine gods left by the previous era civilization eliminated all the seeds and traces left by the demons, allowing the countries of the Terra era to grow smoothly until now.

The virtual machine gods are the "guardians" that all civilizations that have penetrated the path of sublimation in the etheric universe must create. As long as the guardians are still there, then civilization does not have to worry about the birth of demons, and they cannot influence the thoughts of all living beings, causing civilization to gradually degenerate and become a hotbed of shadows.

However, the guardians also have their limits.

If a full-scale war breaks out in Terra, the people of the Terra Era, whose population has already expanded, will die in large numbers in a short period of time. The corruption of their souls will distort the virtual world and directly create the abyss. Now, the virtual world machine gods that have been severely damaged and no longer have their full strength will not be able to stop the invasion of demons, and the Terra civilization will completely degenerate in the flames of war.

Become the ruins he predicted.

[The Terra Virtual Realm Security Center will protect everyone's heart]

In the mouth of the Fairy Queen, the eyes of the "Final Line of Defense" flashed, and then took a step, turned into a light and shadow, disappeared, or merged into the virtual world.

Then, in this virtual world, countless lights condensed into a large number of strange virtual world machine gods in the form of spheres, triangles, cones, rhombuses, cubes, etc. They emerged from nothingness, and seemed to emerge directly from the virtual world, and then flew to every part of the Silver Peak Territory.

Ian watched this scene. The virtual mechas were all glowing white. They flowed across the sky and the earth, like a river of light floating in the sky.

He did nothing, but aroused the interest of the Fairy Queen: [I thought you would be subconsciously surprised, or stop it - you are so confident in the final line of defense? You know, with your permission, He will go directly into the depths of the virtual realm of your territory. The authority is very high, and it is difficult for me to completely delete it! 】

"It's nothing more than the process of decompressing and installing security software. What's so surprising about it?"

But Ian answered in a tone that seemed to be used to it: "Security software must have high permissions, otherwise how can we kill demons and remove curses? Although I am a little worried, the pre-era civilization should not be a civilization with junk rogue software. Even if there is, it is better to have a rogue leader to help look after the house than for me and Adbert to do the work ourselves."

"Rogue software?" Adbert was a little confused, and the Fairy Queen was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: [If I didn't know you were not, I would really think you were from the pre-era civilization! Haha, rogue software, I really miss that era. Although it developed barbarically, it was also full of vitality]

[I also specially designed that line. How about it, isn't it interesting? 】

"It's so interesting."

Ian knew that the other party's line was the classic line [Gladly agree/Hardly refuse], and because it was so classic, he was relieved. He smiled and shook his head: "Your Majesty, you said that you are the creator of the final line of defense... Can it be said that my original guess about the virtual machine gods, that is, they are some kind of artificial fairies, is indeed true?"

[Well, but it's not particularly accurate]

The Fairy Queen admitted straightforwardly: [Fairies are the natural final line of defense of the planet, and the virtual machine gods are the final line of defense of the virtual world - if we don't create them, the prototype of the virtual machine gods will naturally be born, that is, the so-called 'angels', 'holy spirits', 'dream fairies' or 'gods' and other natural virtual creatures]

[Didn't many alien fire gods descend during the period after the Federation encountered the skyfall? Some of them, or a considerable part of them, are the 'race gods' condensed from their collective subconscious and the 'body of God' created by the fire seeds. This is also a way]

[However, Terra suffered the first fall from the sky, and our collective subconscious knew the Heavenly Father, so it was difficult to give birth to a 'racial god'. Heavenly Father was very troubled by this at the beginning. Although they protect civilization, they basically will not appear. Once they appear, it will lead to cognitive distortion. After intelligent life knows that there are other higher intelligent creatures above itself, it will It’s hard to believe that ‘I am the unique protagonist of this universe’, and then I worship myself and give birth to a racial god]

[Because of the Beast of Thousand Stars and the Heavenly Father, it is difficult for humans to have their own ‘human god’, so they can only settle for the next best thing and create an ‘artificial machine god’ with weaker protective capabilities]

[Compared to the 'God of Humanity' who wholeheartedly protects all humans and maintains the survival of all humans, the God of the Void Realm can only act according to fixed procedures and has no judgment of his own, but the advantage is that everything is in his own hands]

"Fairies are nature's final line of defense?"

Ian was thoughtful and whispered to himself: "So that's it. Angels, Holy Spirits, Dream Demon Gods... Void Realm Machine Gods are indeed the right path."

"If a civilization accumulates too much negative emotions, it will breed demons. A civilization that is interested in developing the virtual realm must have guardians."

"The most natural guardian is the race god, or the angelic holy spirit shaped by various 'positive emotions', and making the virtual realm machine god yourself is a more technological product."

The core of the etheric universe lies in intelligent life.

The Star God changed the entire universe, allowing the entire universe to change and exist for the sake of intelligent life.

Existences such as racial gods and angels of light, just like demons, are probably the natural survival system created by the Star God, a natural law created by the Star God.

"How to create a Void Realm machine god?" Looking up, Ian finally asked the question he really wanted to ask: "In other words, what is the difference between the current Terran civilization and the Void Realm? Why did you, Queen, create the final line of defense? , but now even his communication system cannot be repaired.”

[This is why I long for the light world]

The Goblin Queen also answered seriously: [The birth of goblins is the extremely accidental rise and fall of natural spiritual energy. It is the result of the fluctuations created by all the natural creatures on the planet. The virtual realm machine god also needs the rise and fall of virtual realm spiritual energy. Peak requirements are extremely high]

[If you want this technique, I can teach you now, but it will be easier in Falling Star City]

[Simply put, the creation of the machine god requires an environment that is extremely stable when it is stable and extremely high-energy when it fluctuates. We rely on this kind of fluctuation to imprint consciousness on the virtual realm and create the God of Machines... To meet this condition, the world must be unified at least and the people live and work in peace and contentment for more than ten years. Only then can the God of Machines be created in the most peaceful and happy virtual realm. ——Not a single second in the sixteen hundred years since Terra fell from the sky has met this condition. Only you, the Silver Peak leader, have a chance, but you have to persist for another seven or eight years]

[But the light world meets this condition at all times. It's just that the part of the small light world that our goblins control is used by me to create the light element furnace... As you said, the machine god is a kind of artificial dream goblin, only more powerful, but also more rigid. As long as it is slightly modified, The power of the light world can also accelerate the birth of fairies]

[In order to restore the number of goblins, I made a selfish decision. But I don’t think this requires an apology because we goblins deserve it! 】

The Fairy Queen didn't hesitate at all, and Ian nodded in agreement: "The machine god can be built slowly in the future, but if there are no fairies in this world, it will definitely become worse."

Not to mention that the goblins have been exterminated five times in order to save Terra. Just because they are so cute and straightforward, they can make the people of Terra imagine that they can be as happy as the goblins. This serves as a banner-like guide, which is enough for Iraq. En agrees with what the Queen said.

The goblins are worth it.

[Are you planning to go to Falling Star City now? 】The goblins have always been coming and going. After seeing Ian begin to explain the follow-up work to Adebert, the Queen knew that Ian was planning to set off. She smiled and said: "We can go to the depths of the virtual realm to take a look first." As a result of the work of "Final Line of Defense," you also have to understand how the Light Realm accelerated the birth of the Virtual Realm Machine God]

"Too."

Ian agreed with the Fairy Queen's suggestion, and together they dived deeper into the virtual realm, where Ian himself was connected to the 'Light Realm'.

The place where the final defense line works is easy to find. It is a giant silver vortex in the light world. This vortex reminds Ian of the 'Silver Sky Gate' in the City of Knowledge... Considering that the race behind the Silver Sky Gate is also a fairy. One series, it may not be difficult to understand the technical similarities.

In the whirlpool, countless complex inscriptions are gathering and combining to build a large number of crystal-like structures, and these huge crystal clusters vaguely create a three-dimensional 'door' at the core of the whirlpool, while streaks of silver light shine in the whirlpool. Under the guidance of the inscription, a simple psychic geometry is constructed inside the door, just like 3D printing.

That is the prototype of the virtual realm machine god.

As the high-energy spiritual energy fluctuations in the light world rise and fall, the power of the vortex continues to rise and fall, and use this as a driving force to inscribe in this spiritual energy entity a series of 'programs' that lead directly to the depths of the virtual realm... No In just five minutes, a Void Realm Machine God was created.

After it was born, it swam directly towards the surface of the virtual realm, and Ian could tell that its target was the Silver Peak Territory.

It will devour the curse in the Silver Peak Territory to grow, absorb the happiness and joy in it, and finally transform, merge with its kind, evolve, and then divide and reproduce. This is the ecology of the virtual machine god.

[The most basic "white blood cells"] The fairy queen whispered: [The next is "immunity" and "artificial vaccines". Above that, it is not prevention, but scavenger and destroyer, and the last "final line of defense"]

[In the light world, it is possible to breed a white blood cell in five minutes. But in the natural virtual world, this time may be five months]

[Thanks to you, Ian, if it weren't for the arcane path, the world war continued, the virtual world machine god's reproduction speed would not be able to keep up with the speed of human self-destruction. By then, even I am afraid that I can only protect a corner of Falling Star City]

"...Why is it so slow?"

It was also the first time that Ian saw the virtual world machine god "create" its own kind instead of multiplying and splitting. After hearing the queen's sigh, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: "And I was a little strange just now... Fairies should also be born naturally, right? The Hua An and Frost Butterfly I know are like this, plus the acceleration of the light element furnace, the number of fairies now should not be too small..."

[Ian] The Fairy Queen looked at Ian calmly. The prophet of Silver Peak could see that the Fairy Queen's eyes showed a sadness that mortals could not understand.

Although it was only a moment, Ian did see this trace of sadness, and then he heard the queen slowly tell the truth: [Fairies are the life of the free world]

[Because they are born by chance, they can choose to die after birth - they don't need meaning, they are not bound, fairies are so free]

[So... fairies can choose to die by themselves]

[If it is a peaceful and happy world, an interesting and lively world, fairies will not live enough in one life, so they will naturally live a second life. They will always choose to live, and live forever. In this way, no matter how small the probability is, no matter how few there are, the number of fairies will usher in explosive growth, just like the civilization of the previous era, I can be pushed to the position of speaker by fairies, and even there are sixty fairies among a hundred astronauts]

[But if... the world is like Terra before]

[Ian, an unhappy child, can naturally choose... to refuse to be born again in this world]

Ian nodded silently.

He can... as a fairy's 'Fairy Ian', he can understand this choice.

Just like, if the current ‘Ian’ is disappointed, completely disappointed with everything, he can also choose to close the guiding star, completely destroy the reincarnation ring he created, and completely let ‘Ian’ die.

However, both he and the Fairy Queen will choose to live.

This is why they, who are free, still choose to be born.

[Then I will go back to Falling Star City first]

Not long after, the Fairy Queen and the Final Line of Defense, which once again condensed into a combat entity, left the Silver Peak Territory Virtual Realm.

The Final Line of Defense has created a nest in the Silver Peak Territory-Light Realm. He can teleport to the nest at any time through the characteristics of the virtual realm to protect the Silver Peak Territory and the Light Realm, and the Fairy Queen is the same, so she went back first after knowing that Ian still had some things to do to prepare for teaching Ian technology.

In addition to explaining his work to Adbert, Ian did have another important thing to do.

"I'm sorry, Adalbert."

Ian whispered to his old friend: "But sometimes, we really can't give up some power that can be used."

"I understand." Adalbert also sighed softly, then raised his head with a firm look: "I will witness it."

"Yeah."

After comforting Adalbert, Ian looked around the virtual world, and then shouted sternly: "Come out, Split Thorin! The dead king of all souls!"

"Since you can create hell, come and help me build heaven!"

Silence.

A long silence.

Then, in the gray silence, in the dim hum, in the light of death, a shadow emerged from the depths of the virtual world, behind it was the crimson lava light, like hell.

[Ian Yinfeng] A hoarse and tired voice sounded: [You are right, I can create hell]

[But, the place you want to build is not heaven at all, but a toy house that belongs to you and is in your palm]

Said so, the figure of the fifth-level strongman, the dead king, the Duke of Hell, Split Thorin, appeared in front of Ian and the solemn Adelbert.

The silver-haired man laughed sarcastically, but he was not laughing at Ian, but at himself: [But, I think]

[Maybe there will be many people who are willing to be your toys]

[This is the difference between you and me]