"I saw that all the cities were devastated."
"I saw the source stones spread all over the earth."
After his consciousness returned to his body, Valentine heard this familiar prophecy again. It's just that unlike the seriousness of the Patriot and the solemnity of the Black Snake, there is a little playfulness in the words of the prophecy this time.
He turned his head and looked to the left, and a film figure appeared in his field of vision. Jiao Zhengyu sat next to Valentine, looked up at the towering control tower in front of him, and said the remaining two prophecies.
"I see you with a black crown on your head, turning thousands of creatures into memories."
Suddenly, he turned his head and met Valentine's gaze, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
"I see the devil enslaving all species."
…
The corners of Valentine's eyes twitched, and he swallowed the words that came to his lips.
What is this artificial intelligence doing?
Kosiche said forget it, why did you start talking about it!
What do you mean? I really think this prophecy is talking about me!
"You're back? How do you feel physically?"
Jiao Zhengyu ignored Valentin's inner complaints and expressed his concern as a close friend to the little dragon man, and the smile on his face became even thicker.
Valentin looked at the curve of the corners of his mouth, and for some reason he remembered Jiao Zhengyu's smiling face in front of him.
For a long time, Jiao Zhengyu's smile was full of falsehood in Valentine's eyes. It was no different from the professional smile of a service staff. It looked very standard but without any emotion. Combined with his status as a "businessman", he had this kind of smile. Smiling is also normal.
But in fact, Valentin had this idea entirely because he wore colored glasses and preconceived the idea that Jiao Zhengyu's smile was not sincere.
To be fair, Jiao Zhengyu's smile should be the most sincere. The shallow arc was not concealed, and emotions such as "I want your Origin Stone" and "I want to see you make a fool of yourself" were clearly written on his smile, displayed openly in front of Valentine.
Moreover, if there was such a thing as a "most beautiful smile ranking" in the world, Jiao Zhengyu's smile would be ranked second, and the first place would naturally belong to Raphael, the most important girl in Valentine's heart.
It's a pity that Valentine doesn't have a clear memory of Xing Yihuang's smiling face in his mind, otherwise this artificial intelligence would be ranked third.
When a person is about to die, his words are also good. Perhaps the impending death has changed Valentine's state of mind. He feels that today's Jiao Zhengyu is particularly pleasing to the eye, unlike before, which made Valentine feel more or less repulsive every time he came out, and he wanted to stretch out his hand. RUA this guy's cat ears and hair.
Jiao Zhengyu is an artificial intelligence, a profiteer who sells his abilities only to collect the Origin Stone. Sometimes his words are particularly hurtful, as if every word is filled with thorns, pricking Valentine's heart with holes.
But he is also one of Valentine's few same-sex friends, the only friend who knows everything and can tell everything in his heart.
Even Xing Yihuang and Rafael's two sisters, Valentine, have hidden secrets, but in front of Jiao Zhengyu, he is as open and honest as a gentleman.
"Feel……"
Valentine bit his lip and sneered. The curve of his mouth was slightly bitter, but it quickly disappeared.
"fine."
His voice was soft and gentle.
"It's fine."
Jiao Zhengyu felt the emotional changes in Xiaolongren's heart and nodded slightly.
"After all, existing in the world in a state of 'consciousness' is too abstract for you, and it is difficult to use familiar words to describe your feelings at that time."
"It's like a three-dimensional creature suddenly jumped to the fourth dimension. He doesn't understand the extra dimension at all. He basically can't say other words except "fuck" or "amazing"..."
He frowned and continued: "Chinese people may be able to say a few more words, such as being awesome and amazing, and so on."
"Chinese characters are indeed the best language in the world."
…
There is one thing to say, indeed.
"So, can you explain to me, a dying man, what this prophecy actually means?"
The same words, spoken by two different people, made Valentine question the meaning of these four sentences.
If we look at it literally, this is a prophecy similar to "2012". It talks about the same thing as the end of the world. It can be seen from the two words "devastated" and "all slaves". This is also Why did Valentin have the urge to shoot Amiya in the back of the head?
It doesn't sound like a good thing, and the protagonist of this disaster prophecy happens to be standing in front of Valentine, so it is inevitable that he will have such thoughts.
"look."
Valentine raised his arms and pulled down his sleeves.
What was exposed to the air was no longer his white and tender skin, but the fine, sand-like Originium crystals, shining with dark orange light.
The moment Valentine's consciousness returned to his body, he felt something strange about his body. A continuous wave of small pains and itches came from his arms and calves, as if countless ants were biting him. skin, unbearable.
Therefore, as soon as he noticed the pain, Valentin shut down his pain nerves to avoid suffering from mineral disease again.
It was obvious that he raised his hand to let Jiao Zhengyu see his arm. I'm in such a miserable state, and you said I have no chance of survival, so why don't you tell me some secrets at the end?
Just like Dr. Herrington said, "I'm leaving anyway, and I'll feel very uncomfortable if I don't tell you some secrets or something."
When he came into this world, he was confused, and when he left, Valentin didn't want to leave like that.
"I don't know what thoughts and feelings the prophecy wants to express. After all, the computing power of the subject assigned to the world of Terra is limited. Going back in time to find those old Sakaz men and analyzing their inner worlds is very time-consuming. I'm afraid I haven't done it yet. You’ll be finished first.”
Jiao Zhengyu casually told a lie and brushed it off.
"However, I can analyze the meaning of these sentences for you, and maybe you can understand something."
He smiled, raised his hand and extended his index finger. With his "click" action, the whole world pressed the pause button, and countless black lines extended from his fingertips, instantly covering Valentine's field of vision, as if the green forest was clothed with a A piece of black gauze.
This is Jiao Zhengyu's most commonly used ability, which makes the flow of time approach an infinite stop so that he and Valentine can have enough time to communicate.
"I saw that all the cities were devastated."
"What do you think of when you think of it literally?"
In an instant, a familiar advertising slogan came to Valentine's mind.
Jiao Zhengyu’s small class has started! The child coughs...
cough.
"Disaster? Ruins?"
These are the two words that Valentine immediately thinks of.
"Indeed, most people would associate similar words to it."
Jiao Zhengyu nodded.
"The word devastated comes from the ancient book 'Northern March', which means that everything you see before you is a scene of disaster. It is very suitable to describe the current Chernobog."
"The natural disaster came, and the Origin Stone fell from the sky wrapped in flames, smashing the house into ruins. People were running everywhere on the ground, and the shouts and cries in the air merged with the pungent sulfur-like smell to form a A human tragedy."
These words reminded Valentin of the scene when Chernobog was captured that day, but he soon forgot about it.
People always reject the past suffering, even if they cannot forget it.
"It's just that what you saw was the tragedy of the city of Chernobog, while the person who made the prophecy saw the tragedy of the entire land."
"The whole land..."
A light flashed in Valentine's mind, and he whispered these four words softly, trying to catch the sudden inspiration.
"Wait a minute, does this first sentence mean..."
"right."
Jiao Zhengyu looked into Valentine's light red eyes and nodded slightly.
"That's really crazy..."
Valentine's eyes were dull, and there was a huge wave in his heart.
If the prophecy is interpreted literally, the credibility of this first sentence is actually not high. The devastated land will never appear at any time, because it represents a natural disaster that covers the entire world of Terra or a war that affects all countries.
But what level of natural disaster will cover the entire land? Big flood? Where does the energy needed to create such a natural disaster come from?
As for the latter, it will never happen. The fundamental reason for the emergence of war is profit. If the war cannot bring enough benefits to the initiator, it will not continue.
No one wants to spend a lot of money to get a bunch of useless rocks and refugees.
All in all, it is impossible for the "physical" end of the world to be caused by the Terrans themselves, unless the "gods" sent down punishment.
There is a "god" sitting in front of Valentine.
"But I won't do this, and no other advanced civilization will do this." Jiao Zhengyu noticed his thoughts.
"I'm here, and no one dares to touch an atom of this planet."
This is Jiao Zhengyu’s mission, to ensure the safety of primitive civilization so that they can enter
development. By the time primitive civilization is enough to gain a foothold in the starry sky, this layer of "novice protection" will be ineffective.
So, if we interpret the prophecy in another direction and focus not on the planet itself but on the perspective of Terran civilization, can we explain this prophecy?
Of course.
In other words, this is the best explanation for the prophecy that Valentine can think of.
The devastation does not refer to the destruction of the planet, but the decay of civilization; Zhucheng is not talking about the mobile city-states they rely on for survival, but refers to the huge civilization composed of one billion Terrans living in the city-states.
Thinking about it this way, the result is very clear. This first prophecy has been fulfilled.
Valentin lived in Chernobog for two years and was disgusted with Ursus's poor social system. In this huge country, the status of infected people is even lower than that of livestock, and wealth and power are just tools that can make you a noble.
The life of ordinary people is not that good. Although they have the most basic "human rights", they are still exploited by the nobles and emperors. They are constantly brainwashed and gradually lose their ability to resist, turning into a pile of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. .
Judging from this aspect alone, the infected person at least has some backbone.
The society in Ursus is so dark that other countries are not much better. In this world filled with the rotten smell of capitalism and feudal society, 95% of people are struggling on the line of human rights. As long as the guy who steps on their heads exerts just a little force...
It’s hard to be a human being.
After all, Chen Huijie is the eldest lady of the famous Longmen family, and is regarded as the successor by Wei Yanwu. Even though she is an infected person, those people will try their best to keep her. If she was just an ordinary person, she might have been driven into the slums long ago, and finally died in the black storm.
If you have status, you can do whatever you want, even if you draw a sword against Old Wei, it's okay.
"If this is what the first sentence is intended to express, how should we interpret the second sentence?"
Valentine touched his chin and looked at the command tower in the distance, his eyes dull.
Origin stones all over the earth? Is it possible that there will really be a natural disaster covering the whole world?
If that's the case, what's wrong with the Demon King? Even if he survives, there won't be many people he can enslave.
Unless the Terran people mutate and can coexist with the Origin Stone...
"Don't always think about problems with inertial thinking. Sometimes you have to think more abstractly."
Jiao Zhengyu picked a dandelion beside him, put it to his mouth and blew it gently. Countless white elves dance with the wind, drawing beautiful arcs in the air and flying into the distance.
"If you want to coexist, will the Origin Stone be willing?"
"They just want to survive on this land, and will they care about the life and death of you Terrans?"
White seeds flew past Valentine's eyes, drifting farther and farther away.
Think abstractly...
The Source Stone just wants to survive...
Valentine suddenly understood.
"Infected person?"
"uh-huh."
Jiao Zhengyu nodded slightly.
This made Valentine's scalp tingle. In the nearly three years since he came to this world, he has always treated infected people as humans, just sick. After all, he himself is also an infected person. But in the eyes of ordinary people, the infected person is no longer a human being, but a walking source of infection, a pile of Originium with legs.
I saw the source stones spread all over the earth.
This prophecy also came true.
The world of Terra is full of infected people, and there are Source Stones everywhere.
Human society is devastated, and infected people can be seen everywhere. Isn't this a doomsday scene?
This is just that this doomsday is gentler than the doomsday such as earthquakes, floods, and volcanic eruptions.
But just as deadly.
"Terran civilization is inevitably heading for decline. The Source Stone and natural disasters not only did not make the rulers feel a sense of crisis, but instead became a tool for them to consolidate their decadent rule and accelerate the destruction of this world."
"But the world does not want to perish, and no being wants to die."
"So there are two more sentences in this prophecy."
"How do you think we should understand the remaining two sentences?"
Is it like being trapped in darkness without seeing the light as the literal meaning describes, or is it a new life in another way?
