I can't stand to see people suffering.
I feel a bit ashamed to say that I didn’t care much about the lives of mortals before. My status as the Sun Bird and the Prince made my life very boring. But the life of a mortal is even more boring when I think about it. I rarely look at it. They, not because of contempt, but because of my indifference.
Until one day, I was extremely bored, so I walked out of the imperial capital and came to the surrounding plain towns. Just like a child looking at ants, I wanted to see the lives of ordinary people.
After all, these ordinary people are the people his grandfather calls the people and the ones he cares about most; they are also the ignorant people his father calls them, always disappointing and worrying him.
Therefore, I want to see with my own eyes and experience for myself why these people, who are smaller than ants when I fly in the sky and stand on the top of the mountain, make them so obsessed with me.
I saw a lot of things that made me feel uncomfortable.
I saw a couple. The man was working on the farm, cleaning up excrement, picking up eggs, and cleaning the grounds. The work was extremely hard, while the woman was doing laundry. Her hands were soaked and turned white from morning to night. They were just earning hard money day and night. .
I listened to their words and learned that their children were studying in the Imperial Capital. The tuition was expensive and there was still a big gap. Their children were very sensible and studied hard and worked hard in the Imperial Capital, but the money was never enough. They planned to find another candle workshop. Working, rubbing wicks for candles, I can earn more money for the children's living expenses, even if their bodies are reaching their limits and squeezing the life out of themselves in my opinion.
"There's nothing wrong at home, just study hard."
I saw a young man who came to the Great Plains from other places with the intention of coming to the imperial capital to fight. He worked day and night, working hard in the quarry. Half of the money he got from his work was given to the local gang and a quarter was given to the guild. He saved up his meager salary and calculated the amount he wanted, his eyes reflecting The moon in the sky shines brightly.
“If you save enough money, you can go back to your hometown and buy a piece of land!”
I also saw a young girl with younger sisters and younger brothers at home. Her mother was seriously ill and her father was missing. She wove rattan cages and set up a stall for sale. She also skillfully matched some beautiful wild flowers. The stall was quite exquisite, but the business was never good. , and the patrolling city guards drove her away or even blackmailed her, taking away her little reward. After a tired day with nothing, the girl could only force a smile when she returned home.
"It's okay...my sister will sell somewhere else tomorrow, she will always have better luck..."
there are more.
The courier who ran errands and delivered letters worked hard for a week, but was owed wages and was driven out of the village by the villagers; but this village was because several of the children in the village were stolen by traffickers, and now it is resisting the entry of all outsiders. Those parents The sound of crying upset me.
As I walked along, there was not a single crisis that could threaten 'order' or destroy 'social survival' in a real sense. The stability of the empire, the majesty of the royal family will not be affected by these 'little things', workers who work hard but are extorted in turn, vendors who sell goods on the streets but have their goods confiscated by the city guards, petty officials who abuse their power... these People and things happen in every corner of the earth. Under the shining of light, there is nothing new at all.
There are also those children who were stolen by human traffickers. They were stunned in a remote farmhouse. According to the traffickers, the buyers behind them seemed to be very powerful. They were a little afraid of being silenced, but the entire organization was under control. Now, their families and children are being monitored, and they have to do it.
Haha, bad guys have worries, they damn deserve it.
I helped, arrested, and rescued all of these people.
I returned to the imperial capital, supervised and reviewed the scholarship issuance of Gillier College, and arrested a group of Ministry of Education officials and college leaders who had embezzled scholarships.
I mobilized the Metropolitan Procuratorate to carry out a crackdown on gangs and cracked down on a group of gang bugs that were entrenched in people's bodies and sucked blood.
I bought all the rattan cages made by that girl and told her that every year a group of students from the Royal Medical College in the Imperial Capital would come to the city for free clinics to practice their skills. If you don’t mind, I could introduce her to a doctor.
As for the group of human traffickers, I caught them all and followed the clues to find Viscount Hank behind them. He was in secret communication with Fei Yan Di and was conducting vicious biological experiments. He was in urgent need of a group of children of the right age to serve as test subjects, and I happened to meet them.
Judging a nobleman is relatively labor-intensive, but it is not a big deal to me. In short, the messenger's money was obtained, and the parents who lost their children also cried with joy.
I am very happy that I can help many people solve their problems. Although it is not my intention to make the battle so big, at least everyone is happy and my uncomfortable heart is relieved.
My father did not praise me, but acquiesced to my behavior. My mother encouraged me, but told me not to be so self-assertive next time. My eldest brother looked at me with strange eyes, my eldest sister was indifferent to it, and the other younger brothers and sisters did not need to admire me. Look at me with eyes that are either indifferent or indifferent.
"Let him do it," my father said, "This is his mission."
I really don't want to see people suffering, but when I went on my second trip, I still saw a lot of scattered sorrow and suffering.
The same goes for the third time, the fourth time, the fifth time, and every subsequent time.
At first, I could still use my power, face, and my father's acquiescence to solve these things... But soon, I found that these things could not be solved completely. The whole world was like this, full of hardships. Pain and suffering.
I can solve it once, but not every time. The empire is not my toy. The power does not belong to me as the prince, but to my father. I cannot eradicate these things.
I really don't see people suffering, and I don't really sympathize with or pity those ordinary people from the bottom of my heart...I don't even know them.
to be honest. A mean remark.
It's just because I live so happily that I feel uncomfortable when I see unhappy things, and I want to make these unhappy things disappear quickly so that I can be happy again.
It's like thinking there are stains on the white wall and wanting to paint them away as soon as possible.
——Don’t let these things stain my eyes!
I roared in my heart. This feeling was like walking into the kitchen and seeing a poor lamb blinking at me. I've eaten too many sheep, but I saw this one with my own eyes and I couldn't bear to eat it, so I asked the cook to let it go.
The cook let it go. The next day, I didn't go to the kitchen.
I had my second lamb.
I just don’t want to see this happen before my eyes. As long as it doesn’t happen before my eyes, I can forget these things and live happily.
But I am the Sun Bird.
Wherever the light goes, how could I not see it?
I even once expressed my thoughts to others while chatting with other noble peers.
I hate to see people suffer.
It really makes people feel hypocritical to say this, and there will definitely be people of the same age who will laugh behind their backs. For a prince of an empire to say that he "can't see others suffering," it's really a bit too pretentious. If I really can't see people suffering, Then why not leak a little from between your fingernails and give it to the poor who are suffering?
We are all nobles, and I am still a prince. Why am I pretending to be a big-tailed wolf?
I did ask my father about this, and he asked me if I was a little out of my depth right now.
I said yes, I felt that my strength was insufficient and my power was insufficient. It seemed that I couldn't hold anything, and all my thoughts flowed through my fingers like water, and I couldn't hold it firmly.
My father told me to remember this feeling of powerlessness and then become stronger. As for those sufferings, I regard them as nourishment to become stronger. After I really become a strong person, I will then think about whether to help ordinary people with my own hands.
I feel confused, I don’t understand why when encountering this kind of thing, the first thing we need to do is to become stronger - we are the royal family, aren’t we? Isn’t it true that we manage the entire empire to solve various problems in the empire?
Those gangs, those corrupt officials, those antiquated and even rebellious nobles with ulterior motives...each of them is an enemy of our rule and will affect the authority of our rule!
My father told me that I couldn't be more wrong. The empire is our instrument of rule, we are not the nannies of our subjects. In other words, we have provided our subjects with the greatest and most critical protection, which is the protection of force.
My father told me that our names are just the royal family, emperor and prince. In fact, our 'imperial power' does not come from officials, the army, any ministers or supporters, and it does not come from the people.
It comes from the blood, from the light flowing in our bodies.
We are not so much a royal family as a god walking on earth, a supreme being who cannot be overthrown or defeated by an uprising.
The authority of the empire only lies in its power, and the existence of the empire itself is a constraint on him, rather than him using the empire to manage ordinary people.
He is the one bound by the empire.
I asked my father, is this why we don’t care about people’s suffering? Because we will not be overthrown, we can exploit them with peace of mind and sit back and watch them suffer?
My father told me that all the wealth of our Setar royal family was obtained by the royal family with their own hands. Citizens, whether 100 million, 1 billion or 10 billion, cannot go to the moon to collect nuclear fuel, they cannot go to Mercury to collect high-purity natural source crystals, they cannot go to the asteroid belt to obtain the rarest of mineral raw materials.
My father told me that the taxes collected by our Setar royal family had been completely used to maintain the empire itself three generations before my grandfather. The royal family did not take a penny, even the operation of the imperial capital and the fuel it required. Energy and various things needed for maintenance were all collected by him, the emperor, himself.
My father told me that if I really don't want to see people suffering, I might as well ask those stupid people why they exploit and oppress each other - the royal family no longer even collects agricultural taxes, at least not on the Quinal Plain in the imperial capital. Other nobles collect taxes. , that is their power, and the gang's exploitation is also an organization created by themselves.
If I really wanted to figure it out, I had to witness it.
So I went to witness it.
Over the past few decades, I have gradually come to understand the rules of how the world works and the source of all suffering.
I began to understand that even if there were no sublime beings in this world, no gods walking on earth, no sun birds, no Gnosis Academy and Ministry of Truth, no emperors and nobility, people would still oppress each other and fight against each other. Exploitation.
This is not something that only happens because of sublimators, this is something that is bound to happen in human society.
This cannot be blamed on my father. This is the inevitable outcome of our current social form and level of civilization.
Our productivity is not enough, our morality is not up to standard, and our thinking level is still very primitive, so we have these intolerable things.
So, how to change it?
After seeing through this, the actions of great-great-grandfather, great-grandfather, grandfather and father are all very simple - they are all using their own methods to transform this society. Everyone has made mistakes and suffered hardships, and those closest to him have made mistakes. My grandfather even fell down before succeeding.
He succeeded in changing the problem of productivity from not enough to too much, so much so that I began to think about how I could save fewer people from dying if farmers throughout the empire were unemployed.
I stand on the top of the mountain and look down at the people below who are still like ants. I still can't bear to see people suffer, but now I feel powerless every time I take action. I can't see the future of the world we live in, and I can't find the right way to transform the world.
I even discovered that even my unwillingness to see others suffer was probably the result of my father's transformation of me.
Maybe I was originally a cold and heartless 'little tyrant' who didn't care about mortal life and death, and just wanted to live in my own world and obey my own desires, but now, I am called the most benevolent prince.
I feel like vomiting. This world is boring and uninteresting. It’s full of problems that are a big deal at a glance. But I’m actually the prince of the largest country in Terra. And the most terrifying thing is that I actually want to fight for the throne and master the throne. The greatest power to transform this society and the world.
Obviously I haven't thought of any way to achieve my wish, but I still want to do it.
I felt like I was crazy, and the craziest of all was my father.
He wants to directly brainwash and transform all mankind, using the simplest, most direct, and best way to utilize his power and wisdom to transform the world and human society.
[This is not wrong. I believe that if all mankind has a consensus and can understand and recognize each other, then many contradictions and exploitation will disappear. When people give up their excessive selfishness and cooperate with each other, they will surely create greater benefits]
[I believe that after this brainwashed generation dies, the new generation will usher in a peaceful and harmonious society]
【but……】
In a state of confusion, Mikael's light body, a curled-up bird of light, opened its eyes.
What flashed in those eyes was not firmness and determination, but a great fear: [But, is there really only one generation? 】
[Even if my father really just wants to brainwash a generation and leave a clean world to the people of Terra, what about me? Would I buy into the consensus of my father’s brainwashing? Will I start brainwashing for the second time? 】
[If I hadn’t inherited the throne, would my eldest brother recognize my father’s consensus? Where is the eldest sister? What about the other younger siblings? Where are my heirs, their heirs? 】
[There will always be people who are dissatisfied with the current world, dissatisfied with the current order, dissatisfied with the current consensus of mankind, dissatisfied with their hearts not obeying the vision in their hearts - so they start another brainwashing! 】
[Brainwashing all mankind, we have opened the magic box of all disasters - will the fifth-level powerhouses in other countries imitate us? Would anyone really not use this simple and direct method of controlling all citizens? ! 】
[I oppose this kind of brainwashing precisely because I have been brainwashed by my father since I was a child - if, if I were the original me, I would be the original, indifferent, sun bird who doesn't care about human beings and doesn't care about people's suffering. ', instead of being a benevolent person who was reshaped by my father's thinking since childhood, labeled and imprinted with compassion for all living beings, do I really... care? 】
[I have long been able to untie the mark on my soul, but I dare not... I am afraid that my true self, the real Sun Bird, is a 'madman' who does not care about any life... I even understand my father , if I become the emperor, I will also...I will also]
[Give your children the mark of ‘kindness’]
——So, is this my true self?
In the chaotic space and time composed entirely of ether, the golden divine bird trembled, and his forehead flashed with '? '-like mark, that was Tianlulong's doubt. This came from the fact that the authority of the ancestral true dragon was so powerful, and combined with Mikael's strength and will, he reached the limit of immortality.
But at the cost, Mikael questions himself.
Question your own heart, your dreams and wishes, question whether you are right or wrong, whether you can imprint yourself in the ether without any regrets, and then be sure that that is the true, true, eternal and immortal 'I'.
Mikael can do this - he is a true genius and the most powerful person in this generation of the Setar royal family. If he inherits the blood of the throne, he will definitely be able to realize immortality immediately and become a worthy person. A man stronger than the leader of a great country.
But on this last step of imprinting his immortality, he was lost.
Is it me who has been transformed by my father and is the 'merciful, capable and full of martyr emotions', or is I the completely complete 'Sun Bird' who may have been suppressed all my life and has never shown any true qualities? .
If a person is put on a mask by someone else and wears it for a lifetime, others think it is him, everyone thinks it is him, and he himself thinks the mask is his original face, and even the mask has been completely integrated with his face. .
So is his real face, or his 'real face'?
Outside the steel dragon's lair.
The flare phenomenon became chaotic, and countless lights went out of control, piercing the dark clouds around the Steel Dragon's Lair, causing Ian, Adlbert, Xiou and others who were responsible for managing the aftermath to frown.
"Let Scott be careful and control the shield array in Xiahui City."
After being warned, Ian took a deep breath, stared at the steel dragon's nest filled with the sun in front of him, and murmured to himself: "This guy Mikael has succeeded every time in reincarnation. Could it be that there is an extra me, but instead Will it fail?”
"I told him too many truths and made him worried. Is it too much to think about it?"
Because of Mikael's assistance, Ian could actually vaguely sense the current state of the second prince - the other prince's mind was shaking, and his doubts about himself made Mikael hesitate. He was almost successful, but Also about to fail.
Having said that, even if he had known that the result would be like this, Ian would still do this and tell Mikael more truth.
Because only Mikael, who has endured all this harshness and still succeeded, can have the strength to transcend the history of reincarnation and create a different ending!
But now, all Ian can do is believe in Mikael.
He believed that the truths he told Mikael would not only bring difficulties, but also become his strength.
Inside the steel dragon's lair.
At this moment, Mikael slowly calmed down despite the absolute chaos.
No, not peace...but death.
At this moment, Mikael's consciousness gradually became fainter, and his thoughts, self, obsessions and desires were all slowly dissipating. Whether it was the joy of his childhood or the doubts of his youth, they were all shattered bit by bit, turning into sparks in the light.
And the testimony of youth and the determination of maturity are gradually being burned away like water under the sun.
This is a failure, but it is not really a failure.
It was Mikael's own choice.
——If life cannot let me make a choice.
He thought so.
——Then I might as well let death make me realize it.
Everything was shattered under the wash of pure light. All doubts, worries and fears were turned into nothing and became meaningless before the real death, the absolute fear.
Existence and continuity are the source of all meaning. If you die and everything turns into nothingness, does it really matter whether your mask is really you?
Soon, in the endless flames, the golden divine bird almost disappeared, and the sun in the steel dragon's nest also became restless, and at any time it would explode and scatter like those nirvana sun birds. Published a lot of materials related to the new born Sun Bird.
only.
In this final last.
There is also a mark representing doubt, and a small golden flame burning in the center of the sun.
That is a doubt.
【Are you really willing? 】
The doubts originating from Tianlu penetrated the last remaining trace of Mikael's heart at this moment.
At this point, he finally understood——
If he really died, would he really care about something as trivial as whether he was himself?
If he wants to face eternal destruction, what exactly must he do and achieve?
【I do not care. I don't care if I am myself, I don't care who can do it. Even if I die, I disappear, and everything about me disappears, my power must be passed on and turned into something floating in endless time and space. Spiritual energy comes to those who have the same wishes and dreams as me, but lack the power]
【They are me, I am them】
【I want……】
[Let everyone understand their own true intentions, so that everyone no longer needs to suffer]
【This is what I never want to forget】
This is the nature of Chosen Psychics.
This is the source of the radiance floating in endless space and time.
This is...Mikael.
His nature, original intention, persistence and dreams.
The eternal true spirit that is immortal and immortal.
boom!
Steel Dragon's Lair.
The light stopped.
Then, the extremely dazzling sun bloomed, just like a flower bud blooming, shooting out countless fine rays - and these rays all changed directions in mid-air and returned to the center of the flower bud. It looked like there was an extremely huge The giant opened his hand of light, and after it grew to its maximum size, he closed his five fingers and clenched them into a fist.
Then, the sun shrank, condensed, and condensed into a young figure with two wings on its back and three rings of light behind its head.
[I see, this is the nature of immortality. I finally understand why I am obsessed with fighting against my father]
The humanoid closed his eyes and whispered to himself: [Because, father, you have been brainwashing yourself and resisting your true nature... You are forcing yourself to endure the pain of suicide, just to achieve what you do not want. dreams come true]
【Father……】
Opening his eyes, Mikael's eyes were like two suns at this moment, but they were even more blazing. Under the gaze of these eyes, all the colors faded and turned into pure light.
Adlbert, who was the weakest in the field, subconsciously turned his head and closed his eyes, but it was completely useless, because the extremely arrogant light passed through the flesh and bones, making everyone's vision pure white.
He turned his head and looked in the direction of Ian. The newly born fifth-level powerhouse smiled slightly: [I am going to fulfill my mission, Ian Yinfeng, I hope you can also walk on your road]
"always like this."
Looking at Mikael, Ian, who has collected all the data related to the other party's advancement, nodded slightly: "Then, don't lose too quickly. Wait a little longer to figure out Axel's real purpose."
"I will help you at the critical moment."
Mikael did not respond to this statement.
He just smiled, and then turned into a ray of light, penetrating the time and space between the Silver Peak Territory and the Imperial Capital——
Then, a determined will, condensed in Ruguang's thoughts, pierced the imperial capital's planetary shield beam!
[Father, it’s time for me to kill you! 】
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