Chapter 558: Love People, Therefore Love the World

- Take a deep breath.

Slowly exhaling a breath, Russell took off his prayer device. His long, silky, light-blond hair fluttered when he took off his blindfold, as if he was standing in the wind, looking in the direction the wind was blowing.

Prayer installations are supposed to be a refuge that gives people temporary peace... Everyone longs for peace. Even if it is false happiness, people are willing to let themselves be deceived and heal their souls in a moment of tranquility. Often just a short period of "spiritual recharging" may allow people who are so tired and numb to choose to survive and persevere a little longer.

But now, Russell, who took off his prayer device, could only sigh.

"What's wrong?"

Delphinium's light voice came from behind, full of care.

She held her hands behind her back like a girl, standing behind Russell with a relaxed and happy smile on her face. After a short rest, even her pupils seemed to become cleaner, as if her soul had been purified in prayer.

She suddenly came over and stretched out her left hand to hold Russell's cheek.

Feel Russell's heart rate, then get closer and smell his scent, and watch Russell's reaction. Her warm breath gently patted Russell's face, but Russell did not look shy.

In just a moment of interaction, Delphinium sensed that Russell was not in a good mood at the moment.

"Are you thinking of someone from the past?"

Delphinium tilted her head and asked softly: "Or...are you thinking of something too serious?"

"All of them."

Russell sighed.

He looked at the delphinium and suddenly laughed.

It was not a bright smile, even a little faded. Love that tastes like milk chocolate, mixed with worry like espresso.

Russell stretched out his hand and gently pinched Delphinium's ears, and leaned forward for a shallow kiss. Seeing Delphinium's eyes suddenly widen in surprise, the smile on his lips became obvious, and the worries in his heart became much lighter.

But he didn't expect that when their lips parted, Delphinium immediately hugged Russell, chased after him, and kissed Russell hard again.

Delphinium's kiss was much heavier than Russell's. He sucked and bit hard, as if he wanted to wear Russell's lips apart before he stopped.

When she finally let go of Russell, she gasped slightly because of concentration. But there was a proud smile on her face, which reminded people of the little white fox who stole the chicken.

"It's a lot like a fox, isn't it?"

As if she guessed what Russell was thinking, Delphinium asked with a smile.

"It's a Samoyed."

"It's a fox." Delphinium blinked innocently.

"It's obviously a Samoyed."

Russell rubbed Delphinium's ears angrily: "If you are a fox, then I will be a tiger."

The so-called fox fakes the tiger's power.

"...It feels like you are secretly telling me jokes that I don't understand again."

"No." Russell quibbled.

"Yes, I feel it!"

Delphinium chased after Russell, unwilling to let go: "Tell me what the hell is going on."

"Let's talk about it when we get home..."

Russell reached out and took Delphinium's hand. Having regained his composure, he now just wants to evacuate from here.

"Wait a minute, Russell."

The old general's calm voice sounded from behind.

Russell paused in his steps and turned around with a polite smile: "Mr. Bishop, what can I do?"

"Conveying to you the message sent by Pope [Promoted to the Twelfth]:"

This old man, who has almost watched Russell grow up, has a straight back and a solemn expression: "'There is no need to worry too much, child. I must also take action against your old enemy; you will eventually become your enemy against what I am wary of. , not to mention our common enemy. Sheath will take action now, and you will see my sincerity first...' Above."

Hearing this, Russell narrowed his eyes slightly.

Although the Bishop and Delphinium may not understand this. Just speaking in a literal sense, I would still feel that His Holiness the Pope is really friendly...

But Russell understood clearly the attitude conveyed to him by Andrew the God-Deceiver in these words.

Russell’s old enemy is the monkey-faced eagle;

And what the Pope is wary of is the dragon;

Their common enemies refer to the named elves and the Seven Giants.

The meaning of the Pope's words is very simple - that is, he intends to help Russell deal with the monkey-faced eagle first, so that Russell can see his sincerity in cooperation. Then the two of them worked together to deal with the elves, and provided support not limited to public opinion, manpower, etc. when the Pope needed to take action against the dragon.

how to say.

He is truly worthy of being the Pope who has ruled the church for more than a hundred years and has a mechanized mind.

He has absolutely no ties to "face" or "competition". Russell had just finished scorning him and pulled away, and he immediately sent a message to the bishop, supplementing Russell's cooperation matters.

Among the four salvation plans, the plan of the dragon and the elves is the most pessimistic and conservative, but their power is the greatest.

Although the church is spread across the seven islands and has its own independent sky island, the two most critical seals in this world have nothing to do with His Excellency the Pope. Although the elves and the dragons have many calculations against each other, in general they can be regarded as belonging to the same lineup, and they depend on each other in any plan... The difference is only in each other's priority.

Compared with them, Russell and the Pope were undoubtedly on the disadvantaged side.

The first and second are united, so don’t pinch the third and fourth. The Pope’s meaning is very clear. The phrase “the next time we meet is the enemy” can also be understood as “if we don’t meet again, we will always be enemies.” are allies."

——Although he is an ally who can betray at any time.

Both sides know very well that this is a relationship of mutual use. But this alliance is even stronger - because no one of them can bear the danger of facing resistance from three parties at the same time. And although they dislike each other and regard each other as their own worst enemies, they also recognize that each other's plans are relatively feasible...

Russell has said that if his plan fails, then "Great Fusion" will be a backup plan.

Although His Holiness the Pope did not say it outright, Russell also believed that...people like him would inevitably leave a way out.

His aversion to the core of Russell's plan was simply because he could not safely hand over the world's supreme power to Russell permanently. But in the end, that is much better than destruction or hiding one's face and running away.

In order to achieve the common goal of both parties, they must first join forces to block the plans of the other two parties.

——And before that, His Holiness the Pope had not forgotten the “monkey-faced eagle”.

If the elves, the dragons, the church, Russell... they only have differences in their ideas of "salvation", then the "monkey-faced eagle" is completely different from them.

That is the undoubted destroyer, the intolerable world-destroying demon king.

Moreover, the monkey-faced eagle's mere existence will affect the church's plans. For "Great Fusion", the most feared thing is the intellectual virus that can infect uploaded thoughts. From this point of view, the monkey-faced eagle is even more deadly as an "enemy of the church" than as Russell's old enemy.

So the church took action first.

This is actually very cunning - because they had to deal with the monkey-faced eagle in the first place. But according to His Holiness the Pope, this has now turned into a “show of sincerity” on their part, asking Russell to reciprocate.

But Russell didn't care about this kind of thing.

Because it is indeed the case. If he wants to seal the fantasy dream into his body, he must first lift the seal of the dream world and release the fantasy dream. This means that he will definitely have to deal with the dragon... and there is a high probability that he will become his enemy.

As the Pope said, the Seven Giants are also their common enemies.

The only difference between them was that Russell was dissatisfied with the church's use of innocent people to initiate unrest; he planned to use softer methods, using the Freemasons to subtly control the company.

But their plans can be completely synchronized, and they can even improve each other's efficiency... This can be regarded as complementing each other.

It is indeed a completely rational cyber life. Did you come up with the best decision in such a short time?

Russell admired in his heart, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's a good thing for him that he won't immediately break up with the church.

Russell himself is not afraid of the church at all...but compared to the Cyber ​​Church, which has become a folk custom, Fuji Society is still an emerging force that has just come into the spotlight. Russell hopes that it can become an organization on the surface and live openly and openly under the sun.

But if there is a head-on conflict with the church, as far as the current Fuji Society is concerned...except for Happy Island, other empty islands will be very sad.

"——Please reply to His Holiness the Pope: I fully understand."

Russell respectfully said to the Bishop: "If necessary, I can participate in hunting monkey-faced eagles at any time."

The old bishop nodded: "His Holiness the Pope guessed that you would say that.

"The old man said that if you reply like this, I will tell you that Sheath has already gone to Yongquan Island before. That is the base camp of the monkey-faced eagle.

"Tomorrow is Alice's death anniversary. If nothing else happens, Sheath will take action tonight or early tomorrow morning. If he can catch the monkey-faced eagle, he has the ability to kill it directly. And what we have to do is Deceive it out. Because the monkey-faced eagle does not know the existence of the sheath now, we can kill it with one strike at this stage, but the longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be.

"If you want to help, you can go to the Three Sages or the Zanbei Society now to explain, and then sneak into the matrix and wait. The Sogo Group also plans to eliminate the monkey-faced eagle, and its existence has already posed a threat to the Three Sages.

"Dr. Zanbai came to you to investigate the werewolf plan before because they suspected that the monkey-faced eagle was behind the werewolf plan. Normally, if you go to see Director Sally Ruth later, she will also explain it to you."

What the Pope and the bishops said is obviously not comprehensive.

But Russell already understood what he said.

In other words, this old general who used to be active on the front line of the religious war...maybe because he was too upright, or maybe he was "too short-sighted" according to the Pope, but he was not told that the "werewolf" was created by the church. planned this.

The church hopes to blame the monkey-faced eagle for this matter, but the three sages know it well. However, before the monkey-faced eagle was eliminated, the Cyber ​​Church and Sogo Island had reached a temporary cooperation.

Just like this collaboration between Pope and Russell.

They also only clashed over key details and became enemies. But in the face of a powerful enemy like the monkey-faced eagle, the two sides, who also possess mechanized minds, formed a united front without any hesitation.

...This old pope is really good at pulling his potential enemies to attack their common enemy.

He dragged the head office to fight the monkey-faced eagle - but before the monkey-faced eagle was finished fighting, he started to pull himself to deal with the head office and the dragon. According to his habit of "secret alliances", I'm afraid he had already negotiated with some elves to deal with the dragon; he had also negotiated with the dragon to deal with the elves.

He should also have prepared a backup plan... When Russell's cooperation with him is about to end, he will also recruit someone to deal with Russell.

But for now, Russell really plans to eat this sugar-coated bullet given by the church.

At least eat the icing off. The shells can be fired back.

Because even if the church really has the ability to clean up the monkey-faced eagle on its own, Russell must intervene and steal his head.

——Monkey Faced Eagle is a very important supplement for Russell. His remains are the necessary materials for Russell's spiritual power to reach the tenth level...or in other words, it is the condition for him to become a complete Twilight Species.

In fact, if the church secretly eliminates the monkey-faced eagle, Russell will be in some trouble. Because he has to wait for the birth of a "new monkey-faced eagle"... If nothing else, it should be the "Ascension Aggregate".

In that case, Russell must prioritize killing the Pope before he can carry out the rest of his plan.

I don’t know if the Pope made the right bet or if he guessed it. In short, his "sincerity" was just right to avoid the possibility of conflict with Russell.

——It's really interesting.

As the egg of dusk, the monkey-faced eagle can theoretically swallow the entire planet and become a god. The named elf possesses the "destiny" that brings miracles and the "mother tree system" of infinite rebirth. Compared with the "Dragon", a space immigration ship that has unlimited access to energy in a parallel world, and the "Phantom", a mature Twilight species that is sealed and asleep...

But on the contrary, he does not have any special bloodline, not even an immortal species... he has no psychic powers and no spells. He is just an engineer and a pure-blooded human being "promoted". On the contrary, he may become his ultimate enemy.

in this way……

--pleasure.

The corners of Russell's mouth raised slightly, showing a pleasant smile.

His eyes became bright again and he nodded seriously: "Please convey this to His Holiness the Pope...

“I will definitely ‘do what I say’ and ‘live up to my trust’.”

Delphinium on the side also felt inexplicably relieved.

——She really felt that the haze that had been lingering in Russell's heart and the pressure that had settled between Russell's brows had completely dissipated. Russell became scrappy again, full of confidence and determination.

Just because Russell smiled, Delphinium became much happier.

She boldly rushed over from behind, hugged Russell, and asked Russell to carry her on his back. But Russell stood up straight without stumbling.

He just looked back and smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand to hold Delphinium's hand, put her slightly cold hand into his arms to keep warm, and then supported her.

The silver hair hanging down around Russell's neck gently tickled his earlobes and collarbones. He once again firmly believed in his determination.

——Saving the world and redeeming mankind is definitely the destiny of being a god and a saint from above.

Compared with the "heroes" who exist in his body, Russell is just an ordinary person without any great wishes and no ideals that can be praised by others.

But thinking about it now... maybe, probably, more or less, he did love this world.

It's not that I love this magnificent world itself... I love every plant and tree, the mountains and rivers, the sun, the moon and the stars.

It's because this is the world she lives in.

If you love her, you will love the people she loves and the things she cares about.

She loves the city she lives in, the memories she left behind, and her ideals, so she wants to protect what she loves.

Russell's love for the world is as deep as the house.

It's Alice and Flotte, but also Shirley, Fila, Hua Mingshu, Hua Yu...

They loved the world, and Russell loved them.

Personal love is like a candle. When lit, the faint light expands outward.

Although it cannot reach infinite distance, it is not as brilliant as the day.

But if you stand next to the candlelight, it seems that the whole world is bright.

Two-in-one, here you go!

Meow sleep——