Chapter 1,497 The True Purpose

Maybe he's too young, or maybe he's not used to being rejected yet. When Ezio heard that his idea was not accepted, his emotions were a little out of control.

But he did a good job of keeping some of his violent thoughts at bay. In addition to the fact that such an attitude shouldn't exist, more importantly, he can't win! I don’t know which reason accounts for the greater proportion. Anyway, not many people would believe this.

However, Ezio still asked seriously: "Your Majesty, you said you would disappoint me. Did I miss something?"

Ezio rethought the whole thing. The World Tree, or these world trees that have taken root, and the Abyss are naturally in opposing positions, and there is an irreconcilable contradiction between the two. Because once the Lost Land becomes an abyss, the World Tree rooted in the Lost Land will wither and only the re-sprouted World Tree can adapt to the new world.

The possibility of sacrificing oneself to help future generations is not impossible. But the premise is for a greater goal, not just to 'fulfil' others.

You must know that World Tree is a plant. According to a certain magician, nothing in the world is more selfish than plants.

In a forest, plants compete for sunlight and will grow taller to expand their canopy, even if it blocks other plants.

And those parasitic plants directly absorb nutrients from the parasitized plants, and even kill them, eventually leading to the death of the parasitized plant.

All this is because plants do what they do based on their survival instincts, without considering whether other plants can survive. There is no such thing as courtesy. Even if true symbiosis is achieved, it is only because their needs are different.

Etiquette is a product of civilized society for the sake of order and common interests. It not only takes care of the weak, but also gives respect to the strong, allowing the strong and the weak to achieve the best results of common development and common progress through etiquette as a bond. I won’t discuss the unsatisfactory parts of the ideal.

Although World Tree has the wisdom to communicate with humans and other species of Homo sapiens, it does not mean that they will abide by the rules of the human world. When he realized that he might face the World Tree, Ezio made mental preparations for this.

But now it seems that that psychological preparation is not enough. I still have some things I don't think well about.

Fortunately, Fasnas doesn't have the evil attributes of being showy and appetizing like most humans. She said bluntly: "Let me come to the conclusion first. Drive away the devil, this is something we can agree on. Letting the abyss take root in the lost land is not a good thing. But as for closing the door of the abyss, our thoughts will be the same as yours different."

The 'us' and 'you' mentioned by the ancient Fasnas are undoubtedly the names of the 'World Tree' ethnic group and the 'human' ethnic group, or generally refer to all species of Homo sapiens. This difference convinced Ezio that he was lacking something.

This is not an omission or oversight, but rather a part that I don’t know about, which changes the shape of the puzzle in my imagination and makes the result deviate from my judgment. The easiest way to make up for this lack of knowledge is to ask.

"Your Majesty Fasnas, what's wrong with closing the door to the abyss? Is it a good thing to allow demons to come and go freely?"

"Suppose there are already eight abyss gates open in the Mysterious Land, and you only close the new ninth gate. What's the point? An open abyss gate is different from the fact that demons can enter and exit freely." The man-eating dead tree said.

With this reminder, Ezio suddenly remembered something he had heard in the past. He murmured: "Speaking of which, Hardy once said that the Demon Cat Tribe assisted Moth King Jane Moss in guarding an abyss gate in the cat forest in the south. This is true. But I only listen to it. I said it once and thought I was joking.”

The gray cat Hardy is an old cat from the Cat Forest on the southern border of the Gwana Empire. Although he is a cat, as he gets older, he will inevitably like to talk about the past. The old black dragon Augustus has this tendency especially seriously.

The Ancient One in the World Tree certainly didn't know who Hadi was, but didn't care either. She heard the point of Ezio's words and said: "Look, you know this too. So do you still insist on closing the Gate of the Abyss?"

"But why is there an open door to the abyss, but no demons pass through? Is it because of the demon cat clan? They don't look like they are that good at fighting." Ezio asked again.

Fasnas answered: "The eight gates of the abyss that have existed for a long time are guarded by guardians, blocking the communication between the two worlds. However, the newly opened gate does not have a guardian, so demons can use it to invade the abyss." Earth’s actions.”

At this point, Ezio had enough hints. The reason why a certain magician didn't take action was the same as the reason why the World Trees didn't take action.

They are equally willing to drive out the demons, but they do not want to close the gates of the abyss. And this kind of idea runs counter to the idea of ​​​​the vast majority of people today, which is to drive away the devil and close the door to the abyss.

So no matter what, the power that the magician and World Tree in the family can control will never take action at this time. Even if the human coalition succeeds in driving the demons back to the abyss, they may come forward to side with the demons when they have the opportunity to close the door to the abyss.

This is a fundamental difference of purpose, and such differences may lead to another war. So Ezio asked a question that everyone would ask from a human standpoint: "Why should we keep the gates of the abyss open? Isn't it a good idea to close them all and cut off the communication between demons?"

"I don't have a correct answer to this question. As for the inferences, let's ask that person." Fasnas said. At the same time, the mummy in the tree seemed to snap its fingers. In the high-seat conference space, a crisp snap of fingers sounded.

The next moment, on one of the two empty benches, there was a man squatting on the chair, holding a big bowl and slurping noodles. It's just that his movements are stiff now, and his wide eyes are staring directly at Ezio and Mercy in the middle of the circular table, with a sense of 'Who am I and why am I here? 'the taste of.

I originally wanted to suck the noodles hanging in my mouth into my mouth, but unfortunately the noodles that were not in my mouth could not resist the side effects of the flash technique. Contaminated by the chaotic energy in the dimensional gap, the noodles twisted restlessly like maggots. It immediately makes someone lose their appetite.

After spitting out the strange noodles in his mouth, Lin retracted his hands holding the big bowl of kuaizi and clasped them together! In an instant, noodles, bowls, etc. are broken into molecular-level dust. Asked: "Tell me, why did you find me again?"

"My child, please explain yourself about those conjectures. Lord of the planes." Fasnas said in a calm tone.

Lin did not hide his disgusted expression at all. As long as it was related to Ezio, he had this attitude. That's why when this big fat boy jumped up before, he would kick people towards the World Tree without hesitation.

But it seemed like things were flying towards me again like a boomerang. Pouring his lips in dissatisfaction, Lin asked: "Do you know what we want to do?"

Ezio also had a similar expression. It is said that he can get along well with anyone, but facing this man is like a magnetic field that repels each other, and he will lose control in all aspects. But now was not a good time to argue. He wanted to know the truth, so he replied: "I know what you want to do. But I also want to know why."

Lin calculated in his mind that he had passed the most difficult level. As long as this kid didn't get into a fight when he heard that he didn't intend to close the door to the abyss, and changed his words from reasonable to unreasonable, then the matter could continue.

With a good start, Lin finally told Ezio all about the Ninth Power Plan. Including the purpose of the advancement of the World Trees, shaping the Goddess of Gold Coins to become the ninth powerful divine power besides the eight lords of power.

The 'speculation' that Fasnas said was about the reason for the emergence of the ninth abyss gate. Although there was no conclusive evidence, Lin still expressed his inference. The final summary says:

"So, you mentioned closing all the gates of the abyss, which is very likely to cut off the possibility of the development of all extraordinary powers in the land. In the end, not only will there be no demons, but there will also be creatures or professions with extraordinary powers such as Warcraft and Magicians. They no longer exist.”

After hearing the conclusion, Ezio couldn't help but said with great joy: "Isn't this great! If there is no gap between people, there will be no bullying behavior."

Someone looked at the innocent fat boy in front of him with a dead heart. Then he asked: "What should we do when we encounter dangers that cannot be handled by humans and there is no magic to help?"

"The Automobile Center, the Technology Guild, the things they are developing can work very well even without magic. Isn't it possible to make suitable weapons or tools with the same technology?" Ezio said confidently Said.

I want to take the technological route. Someone chuckled and asked again: "Since we mentioned the existence of the Abyss Gate, it is likely to be the source of the extraordinary power of the Lost Land. So what should the World Trees do after closing all the Abyss Gates?"

When someone's soul asked, Ezio was immediately speechless and his face froze. According to my original thinking, if I need to sacrifice the existence of extraordinary power to achieve a beautiful world where everyone is equal, then why not do it.

But... the World Tree seems to have been classified as expendable by himself. Will they be willing to be sacrificed like this? No matter what you think, it's impossible.

In other words, closing all the doors to the abyss has become an irreconcilable conflict between humans and the World Tree. Of course, Ezio would not insist on his own opinion on this occasion.

I am only one person, the dark elf Mershu next to me is a loyal servant of World Tree, and the magician in front of me is the initiator of the whole thing. When I dare to put forward such stupid opinions, I am afraid that I will have to challenge everyone here, and there is no place to escape.

At this time, the man-eating dead tree suddenly spoke and said: "The previous goblin empire that wanted to do this was destroyed by our unity."

"Uh~" "Uh~" The two looked at the ancient World Tree who interrupted speechlessly. As for the question of who joined forces, neither of them bothered to ask.

"Then there is such a budding dwarf empire. They have finished playing with themselves. Although I have sent many people to sow discord."

"Uh~!" The two looked at each other. Lin circled his fingers, pointed at the World Trees and concluded: "In short, that's it. Human chauvinism will not work in the Lost Land. Unless you are sure to destroy them."