Chapter 482 The Death of the Elephant in the Room

Chapter 482 The Elephant in the Room - The Argument of Death

Bang... The gate behind Calvin slowly closed with a heavy metal collision sound.

The darkness in front of him was being replaced by lights that were lit one by one, and the empty hall was extremely quiet, with only Calvin's own breathing and the hum of the stagnation stand in front of him.

Constantine's body was not far from Calvin, sleeping quietly in the center of the hall, but this close friend who had not seen him for a long time had obviously suffered too much hardship, and the implantation of countless life-support devices made his body bloated.

Calvin took a deep breath, then stepped forward and pressed the switch of the stagnation stand.

In the rustling sound of the reading, the Thinker identified and passed Calvin's authority.

The energy circuits of the stagnation stand were cut off one by one, the high temperature no longer continued, and the composite metal pipe wall interlayer was washed by the flowing coolant, making a creaking sound.

Beep... Beep... Beep...

The signal light of the life support equipment on Constantine's body began to flash again, and his consciousness was still at the moment of being stilled.

The mechanical body, which was taller than the original body, stretched and relaxed subconsciously, but the feedback from the mechanical prosthetic eye and the scanning array made him stop his movements somewhat awkwardly.

"When did you come?"

"Just now." Calvin replied.

The time difference between the two was huge, and Constantine was obviously very familiar with this small "side effect" of the static stance.

He continued to stretch his body with the mechanical clicking sound, leaving Calvin enough time to adapt after a long separation.

"The battle of Janmorro is over." After a long silence, Calvin raised his head and said to Constantine.

"That doesn't sound easy." Constantine responded to Calvin's words, and the signal frequency band was synchronously receiving relevant information from the original body.

The fallen demon primarch and his legion, as well as the information that could be described in words on Moloch, were all released to Constantine in encrypted transmission signals;

The appearance of Spyr, the details of the Titan War, and even the batch of materials that had been noticed by Calvin but not alarmed under the secret agreement between the Heper Forge World and Mars.

The details of the battle with the enemy on the ground battlefield and the information collected at the command level together constructed the command logic behind all the choices Calvin made on the battlefield at that time;

The strangulation of the enemy and the casualties of the front line, as well as the material consumption rate at each node of the entire front, clearly described the current status of the Imperial Army from the equipment level and the possible improvement needs of weapons and equipment with comprehensive data of a complete war.

As for those information that occurred in the surreal space and could not be bound by language, it could not be simply told, but the final results of this information could be told.

They were finally simply summarized and summarized into one sentence:

After some struggles and choices, the original will of the legion had completed a new organic combination with Calvin's spiritual world, that is, the establishment of the War Council.

"So... you are here to convince me?" Constantine smiled, while Calvin frowned tightly and then shook his head slowly.

In Calvin's eyes, the War Council today is no longer a place of faith.

When he separated his consciousness from the origin of his soul and shared the power of the latter with all members of the Legion. This space that Calvin expected was the common property of all members of the Legion.

Of course, he hoped that Constantine would agree to his invitation, but he was not sure which one Constantine valued more, between completing the fate between the Emperor and them and eternal life.

He did not doubt whether Constantine's will was strong enough, but the premise of soul sublimation was by no means a simple persistence.

There was only a fine line between persistence in life and greed, and if Constantine's pursuit was the latter, then Calvin's invitation to him might not be a good thing.

"No, as you know, "it" is now the property of everyone, and I have no right to make any promises to you unilaterally.

The rules have been set, and everyone is equal in front of it.

I am here to inform you of its requirements, and it is your choice whether to go or not."

"Unexpected answer, I am all ears..." Constantine's eyes became deeper, and he was obviously interested in Calvin's words.

At this stage of his life, the continuation of life no longer represents beauty. Under the oppression of too heavy memories and emotions, the persistence in survival is the most rare.

At this time, Constantine has the greatest calmness in his life. He can even carefully examine the road related to his future in a detached and neutral attitude.

"The Pure Land of Souls still has the function of sheltering and redemption, but eternal life no longer exists there.

On the road to sublimation, the Pure Land will only provide a place and opportunity for trial, and the survival of each soul will only depend on whether his will is firm and whether he can maintain self-innovation and perseverance."

"What if he can't? Or he could, but at some point he stopped and chose not to move forward?" Constantine asked calmly, but the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes had already explained his decision.

"Then..." Calvin took a deep breath, and then answered decisively:

"Then he doesn't need any identification, he will just disappear naturally and return to the pure land when the next life cycle comes."

"Very good mechanism..." Constantine thought for a while, and then gave his evaluation.

"Then what's your answer?" Calvin looked directly at his comrade and continued to ask.

"I accept it!" Constantine's face finally stopped hiding, and a smile with excitement and yearning began to spread.

"Of course I accept it! This is the life I want! Solidified people should leave indifferently, and rotten souls should not occupy the position of later generations!

But I am still very curious, curious about the price you pay for doing this.

Do you know what you are doing? Do you know what you are sharing?

Do you know what you are giving up... What does it mean?"

"Yes." Calvin replied.

Yes, how could he not know what kind of power he was sharing, how could he not know what he was giving up by making such a choice.

God, the opportunity to become a god, was right in front of Calvin.

An opportunity to take the form of life to a higher level and become a member of human mythology;

One can have an endless life, can satisfy his curiosity and desires in an infinite time, and master endless power and faith.

Not only did he know this, but other high-ranking members of the War Council also vaguely recognized it. They knew the price the original body paid to realize his ideal, and they knew that it was an irresistible temptation for anyone.

But what others didn't know was that after the accidental arrival of the eight-pointed star fragment deep in his soul, Calvin was far from that path. An opportunity that others expected.

At the time he made the choice, the temptation he faced was not only the possibility of becoming a god, but also the possibility of igniting the divine fire...

Calvin's thoughts were jumping, his past life encounters, his current life experiences, the teachings of Aidan and other mentors in the warband era, and Spier's admonitions to him when he faced the choice...

Countless memories gathered again at this moment, and made him want to tell people about his views on life and death.

He did not hide his origins from Constantine, because it would no longer be a secret after the latter had experienced sublimation.

"Spire once warned me that people in your world are stronger and more stubborn than imagined;

But compared to your world where death does not mean the end of the soul, in the world where I was born, death represents the end of everything."

"So... have you experienced death?" Constantine was silent for a long time, and asked uncertainly.

"I have experienced it." Calvin said.

That is real death, and that is also real extinction. Although he didn't know what made him find himself again, what he faced before that was real death and extinction.

"What does it feel like?" Constantine asked.

And Calvin looked at the former deeply, and then gave an expected but unreasonable answer:

"True death has no feeling, it is the extinction of the self, but if you want to ask about the feeling after death, then I can give you an answer."

"What is it?"

"It's the feeling when you just woke up from the stasis position."

Update. A little late, sorry.