ps: It is recommended to keep one chapter and eat it together with Chapter 410.
In the square outside the sleeping room.
Under the call of Adair and Aria, the people gathered in front of Adnis.
Adnis slowly scanned the crowd in the square in front of him and spoke in a deep voice.
"Two thousand three hundred years ago, on Earth, we suffered a genocide."
"A ferocious and cruel king, leading his army, wants to kill us all, chop off our heads, and pile them in the streets to show off his power."
"At that time, we did not give up hope and prayed desperately."
"Then, a great being answered our prayers and came to us, taking us away from that disaster and into this world."
"This is our first encounter with the Great Eye."
After a slight pause, Adnis continued.
"In the beginning, the world was barren."
"There is nothing but a dead city."
"So, very quickly, we reached our limit due to lack of food and clothing."
"There is really no other way. We can only pray to the Great Eye."
“Once again the Great Eye has answered our prayers and saved us.”
“He revived the earth of this world and raised up the dead city.”
"There is no doubt that it was a miraculous scene."
"After that, we relied on our own hard work to gradually achieve a prosperous life."
"At the same time, Denton and Edith were quickly absorbing the knowledge left by the civilization that lived in this city a generation ago, while using the machines in the city for civilian purposes."
"Everyone's life is getting better and better."
"Convenience, beauty, happiness."
"It was a good time that we never imagined."
"It's like heaven."
"We like such good days and this world, so, coupled with our respect for the Great Eye, we began to call ourselves residents of the Beholder."
"But we didn't notice that while we continued to use the machines of the newborn city to make our lives better, the sky above us became increasingly red without even realizing it."
"Then, when the whole sky turned red..."
"The terrifying red death disease has arrived."
"It took a lot of lives."
"No matter what precautions I took, no matter how hard Denton and Edith studied, they could not stop its evil deeds."
"Finally, Edith found out why."
"How stupid. Whether it's the red sky or the horrific Red Death, it's all caused by our use of those energy machines for a more convenient life..."
Adnis's face showed a look of grief and remorse.
"My wife, Alicia, also died at that time."
At this point, Adnis took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, and looked around at the people whose expressions changed as he spoke.
Especially those young beholder residents of the second or even third generation who were born after coming to the beholder world.
From the beginning to now, the surprise, confusion and astonishment on their faces have not disappeared.
Especially Alan, he was stunned to the point of being stunned.
The fact that that beautiful planet is the true origin of the beholder residents has a huge impact on Alan, who has been preparing to invade the earth for 65 years.
Adnis saw it all.
Deep regret welled up in my heart.
He is in no position to accuse anyone.
On the contrary, the person who should be blamed the most is actually him.
Because, whether it was the order that prohibited anyone from talking about the Earth, or the decision to let Denton and Edith put those machines into civilian use, or the current plan to invade the Earth, he was the first to propose and decide to implement it. of.
Adnis continued:
"In the end, when I was desperate, I finally chose to pray to the Great Eye and beg for His salvation."
"At that time, I thought He would say yes."
"But He refused."
"He told me that's something we should take care of ourselves."
"Yeah, that's something we should solve ourselves."
"The Great Eye is our benefactor, not a nanny, let alone the patron saint we presume to be."
"He came from the universe, and this world is just a stop on His journey, not the end of the journey."
"So, I should have thought that the Great Eye will leave this world one day."
"It's a pity that I didn't really understand the meaning until now."
"I'm sorry, everyone. I failed to make this judgment calmly and objectively. It was my dereliction of duty as a leader."
Adnis bowed deeply.
Although diverting conflicts and letting the people vent their negative emotions on the departed Great Eye is also an effective way to ease people's emotions and unite people's hearts, Adnis did not provide such guidance.
Although, the Great Eye's leaving without saying goodbye was the direct cause of their current bad situation.
But things can’t be seen that way.
Just as Adnis described it.
To the Great Eye, they were just passers-by who helped him out of goodwill during his travels.
Could it be that just because of that help, He will be responsible for the rest of the lives of those "passers-by"?
There is no such reason.
Another point is that when the Great Eye faced Denton's challenge thousands of years ago, he easily defeated Denton, put him into a space capsule, and exiled himself to the universe. This really shocked Adnis.
You know, at that time, they had no power to fight back in front of Denton.
Therefore, Adnis, who remained rational and clear-headed, chose to think and speak in a positive way based on the facts.
Standing up, Adnis looked at the silent people and continued:
"Probably, the Great Eye is too disappointed with us who have been immersed in the stability brought by the Eye Soul System and no longer move forward, so that's why we left without saying goodbye."
"But, even so, I don't regret that I chose to implement Edith's Eye Soul System instead of supporting Denton's enhanced transformation experiment."
Adnis's sincere eyes looked around the eyes of everyone present and expressed his thoughts.
"Compared to the Eye Soul System, which can save everyone from the threat of the Red Death as long as it is running, Denton's physical enhancement experiment, which has been sacrificing volunteers, is really cruel."
"Everyone must have remembered that when Denton developed relatively safe enhanced transformation technology and started to create the transformation faction, it was hundreds of years after the Eye Soul System began to operate."
"It's hard to imagine how many more people Denton would have sacrificed in his experiments if I hadn't stopped him."
"So, I don't regret my original choice."
"I only regret that during this thousand years of stability, I stopped moving forward."
"It was my wrong thinking that led to the current decline of the beholder world."
"It was my wrong persistence that led to your vulnerability at this time."
"Everyone, I'm sorry. It's undoubtedly my dereliction of duty as the leader that has brought everyone to this point!"
"But everyone, it's not yet time to despair. Recall your past. Everyone, you are much stronger than you think you are now!"
"So don't be afraid to leave the world we know, and don't be afraid to return to the world we escaped from."
"That world is safe now."
"The sky in that world is clear blue."
"Under that blue sky, the Red Death will no longer be an incurable terminal disease."
"Alan has arranged everything there. As long as we go there, everyone will immediately get sufficient living security."
"so……"
"So what?"
At this point, suddenly, a different voice sounded from outside the square.
"So...are you going to let everyone abandon their own world? Just because you personally don't approve of the results of my experiment?"
Hearing this, Adnis stopped speaking, and then looked past the crowd to the entrance of the square.
"Denton."
He said the name of the person who interrupted, without any surprise on his face.
