When he was still on earth, Zhou Li felt that he was a person who was born to eat liberal arts. Of course, the reason why he feels this way is not because he has extraordinary memory or the ability to live in a palace. It's because he has a unique specialty.
Self-awareness.
He believed that he was born to study liberal arts because he was self-aware. A genius who could make up the high school physics exam twice in a row was not very qualified to pursue further studies in the sciences. Zhou Li likes a saying that people who fail the national examination should find a stone and kill them. Therefore, he not only traveled through time, but was also reborn.
Of course, this was a silly joke he made on himself. At the same time, self-knowledge is no joke.
Zhou Li has a very clear understanding of himself. It seems that finding an ability is not a big deal, but in fact, finding an ability allows Zhou Li to avoid countless crises.
No matter in the previous life or this life, Zhou Li relied on his self-knowledge to find an attribute and avoided many difficulties. He knows what kind of person he is and what kind of things he can do. He will not interfere in things that he is not good at because of boring pride, nor will he fall into a trap because of others' ridicule. Of course, most of the time, he was the one taunting others into setting traps.
Therefore, after learning about the existence of the Church of Truth, Zhou Li did not prepare to fight against the enemy with the courage that "the magic of justice and friendship can defeat all evil" like the protagonist in the traditional royal road. At the same time, he was not prepared to rely on his own strength. He directly held the white horse silver gun, wine and ancient ingot knife, showed a big smile and then surprised the leader on the opposite side with a slash.
That is unacceptable. After all, history has proven countless times that personal heroism is not advisable. Of course, Zhou Li's experience told him that even if he surpassed the god-given level of power in his previous life, there were still many things he couldn't do and many people couldn't protect him. Therefore, if he still relies on his own strength and the title of brave to fight, he will end up like Geralost back then. He obviously has the ability to save everything, but he slowly sinks in the swamp of powerlessness, and then enjoys life.
At that time, Gerost had actually done very well, but his long-standing habit of being a hunter made him more inclined to fight alone. Even if they find land (Roya) and friends (Christine), it's just a few people helping each other.
If it were Zhou Li, he would first rely on a batch of military exploits to win over people's hearts, and then build his own legion. In a high-pressure environment, let the people subconsciously rely on themselves, and then directly take root in Jordan through Christine's prestige in Jordan. Wartime policies were then used to gather together much of Jordan's wealth, and then...
It might be a bit dangerous to say it any further, but the principle is the same.
Zhou Li liked Taizu's famous sayings very much because he always expressed the most reliable truth in the simplest language. For example, make a few enemies and make a lot of friends.
Is Zhou Li a good person? Obviously not, he could actually reveal his strength earlier and save more Tarik people. But in order to completely uproot the roots of the Church of Truth and Anya's puppet, he chose to hide his strength first.
"It's about to start."
Zhou Li closed his eyes, thoughts swirling in his mind. He knows that these are just appetizers, and the real showdown does not lie in those places. Anya knows it, and she knows it too.
The gods know it too.
Zhou Li never looked down upon anyone, including gods.
"Are you all here?"
Zhou Li turned around and looked at Don Quixote, who was wearing heavy armor. His voice was a little low, "We can't take it lightly this time."
"Done."
Don Quixote nodded, she turned sideways, and a significantly smaller legion appeared behind her. "Now, except for the ten people behind me, all the other Guardian Shields have arrived at the designated location. The Storm Legion Completely clear the western area, the Drizzle Legion and the Third Legion are already lurking and can link up at any time."
This time, the biggest problem is this energy tower.
Zhou Li and Anya had many encounters. Whether it was the elemental monsters in the library, the massacre in the City of Twelve Moments that had occurred, or the Legion riots, or the chaos of Twelve Moments, it was Anya's method. .
And Zhou Li had already asked Huang Yi and Izzy to take over the entire Commercial Church's forces. Of course, there was resistance at the beginning. When Hanks chose to believe that Izzy would hand over the power to her, that scene should have completely disrupted the ten... In the City of Two Quarters, the riot that blocked the normal soldiers of Twelve Quarters completely disappeared.
You can say that Huang Yi is careless and greedy for money. Sometimes he behaves very frivolously, and his bottom line is nothing compared to money. But it is undeniable that Huang Yi's combat effectiveness is top-notch.
The combat power in this world is easy to understand. It is divided into silver, gold, platinum and brilliant. This level is called a professional. Brilliance and Demigod were pulled out as one gear, called Extraordinary. As for God's gift, it is a separate level. This gear is generally absolutely superior to other gears.
Laws are a special and powerful extraordinary power at a small scale, but if you look at it at a larger scale, this thing is just a piece of shit. Laws, laws, those that cannot be violated are called laws. No matter how powerful the fire magic is, it can be extinguished, but the law of fire cannot be extinguished.
Therefore, when Huang Yi entered the City of Twelve Moments, it was a one-sided massacre. He is very similar to Bai Qin from the Church of Elements. They are both demi-gods but possess God-given laws. It's just that Bai Qin is the biological daughter of the god. The God of Elements liked her so much that he was afraid that she would get hurt, so he gave her laws. Huang Yi, on the other hand, is a kind father and a filial son, just like a filial son with a frozen toilet, who has the ability to snatch it from above.
This riot was already under the control of Huang Yi, especially since he had a brain like Izzy by his side. What broke out at the same time was the elemental riot in the library, which was actually not part of Zhou Li's plan at the beginning. If Bai Qin hadn't been kidnapped, he initially wanted the Templars to pay more attention to the cemetery.
Later, Zhou Li learned that most of Tariq's cemeteries were heroic graves next to ordinary cemeteries. In this case, the corpses randomly channeled will most likely follow the habit of the older generation of Tariq people and punch the psychic's head open, asking them to accompany them back to hell.
The elemental riot in the library is a relatively difficult thing to suppress. After all, elements are the second unreasonable thing under the law. Of course, for such unreasonable people, you have to find something even less rewarding to suppress them.
Knights Templar, fighting with dignity.
Then there is the legion rebellion. In fact, Zhou Li and Herinin have already studied this thing, which legions are likely to rebel, and which legions have no chance of rebellion. Therefore, the legion rebellion was completely under the control of Zhou Li and Herinin. As for the changes in the north, Zhou Li left it to those old men from the professional unions. A god-given demigod, a sickeningly insidious Brilliant, a demon hunter with endless tricks, and a ruthless man from the North. Zhou Li didn't believe that this combination could not defeat Anya.
Anya's other methods, such as the suddenly crazy ministers of the Political Department, Education Department and other departments, as well as those officials who died suddenly or fell into despair, were all arrested by the Xiaoyu Legion who had been ambushing them for a long time. Herinen and Evan have completely pulled out all the cancer in Tariq. Although they paid a high price, the current underground government has been completely clean.
Communication, transportation, and evacuation, Herinen and Evan have achieved almost perfection. It can be said that although this father and son are not as good as Zhou Li in combat and not as good as Huang Yi in war, in terms of internal affairs and logistics, they are Xiao He from another world.
Therefore, this massacre that originally disturbed most of Tariq in Anya's plan only made a splash and was completely suppressed, quietly. This was beyond her expectation.
However, she did not despair.
Whether it's Zhou Li or Anya, they all understand one thing.
Everything is an appetizer until that tower subsides. The meal will not be over until the main course is served.
And now, the bell rang, and the long-planned feast began to slowly begin. Zhou Li sat at the dining table, and opposite him was Anya, who was holding a knife and fork, preparing to compete with Zhou Li for the main dish called the Energy Tower.
In the dim room, Anya opened her eyes without any emotion. Perfect and dazzling, but lifeless eyes were like a dead planet, without any fluctuations.
"pity."
Her voice sounded sweet, but it always made people feel weird. Like a beautiful woman speaking, the sweet voice makes people feel like the weird tape rewinding.
The soul doll is not a perfect creation. This is something Anya realized a long time ago.
In a sense, Anya, as the creator, cannot fully control the psychic puppet. Because in a sense, psychic dolls are not created creatures, they are more like existences spawned from the original mind.
You must know that in this world, the goddess of life, who holds the power of life, cannot create real life. As a pope whose power is bestowed by gods, Anya should not be able to create life in theory. Therefore, the thought puppet is not a brand new life, it is more like a reflection, like an intelligent holographic projection.
But the problem is that these holographic projections are sometimes too smart.
Take Xiao Ke for example. In fact, Anya knew that part of her plan had completely failed as early as when Xiao Ke cast Tree Realm Arrival. She never thought that her perfect creation would actually long for friendship and the approval of the woman named Torea. This was something she couldn't imagine, but Hanks' presence made it impossible for her to doubt it.
As a pawn lurking in the Church of Commerce, the psychic puppet Hanks had been exposed decades ago. But instead of destroying the doll, Yinjue at that time kept him in the church and trained him as always. At first Anya thought this was Yin Jue's show of goodwill, but when she discovered that one day suddenly, Hanks was out of her control, and all she could do was to kill him, Anya realized that Yin Jue relied on his own personality charm. Let Hanks follow him willingly and become his subordinate.
Soul Doll, the soul is the most important thing.
In fact, those evil elemental monsters and the traitors in the legion are not Anya's spiritual dolls. Those existences are all items created by her teacher.
It bears a striking resemblance to Anya's mind doll, but in essence, her teacher's creation perfectly suited her needs. Because those created are called "soul puppets".
A doll is an existence copied from another person. Puppet is a product of being controlled.
The biggest difference between a psychic puppet and a soul puppet is that the psychic puppet will be controlled by the strong emotions generated in the soul. The soul puppet is a puppet through and through. They have been chess pieces from the day they were born, and there is no possibility of breaking away.
Looking at the shredded papers scattered on the floor, Anya sighed softly. Once, her teacher once advised her not to be obsessed with something as uncertain as the soul doll, but she never listened. Because Anya has always believed that the power of the mind sometimes transcends everything, and only the mind doll can become a truly perfect creature.
Later, Anya's theory was proven for a time, because the psychic dolls she created had extremely strong learning ability and enterprising spirit. For example, the person who was just an ordinary librarian clearly did not get help from the Emotional Church, but Through his own efforts, he became Tarik's first historian and sociologist.
However, when the historian learned his identity, he chose not to be loyal to his master. He chose death and chose to be worthy of this country and the country that raised him.
And Hanks, this puppet who should have died long ago, ended up being the key to the riots in Twelve Hours City. Obviously he could help his master seal the City of Twelve Moments and make Anya's plan easier to implement. However, he handed over all the commercial church authority to Huang Yi and then chose death.
Anya actually didn't hide it, she really only created twelve dolls. Because what she did before was just to sow a group of ordinary people into this country. What she never expected was that what she once considered a "failure" would step by step become Tarik's new seedling. However, when she wanted to harvest these new seedlings, she was shocked to find that these new seedlings had already grown into towering trees, with roots firmly grasping Tariq's soil.
She succeeded, but also failed. She proves that thought puppets are indeed more alive than soul puppets,
But she ruined a good situation because of these lives.
but.
it's not finished yet.
Looking at the white paper in her hand, Anya closed her eyes. She felt that the air seemed to be frozen, and only her voice could be heard.
