"Don't try it out, Difference Engine, you should be very clear about what I did after I left this tower, right? Even if the core enters the tower, you will not loosen the control of the outside world. You should be clear about everything I do, So I asked this intentionally, I think it’s not necessary even if it’s a delay, right?”
asked Jenkins in the moonlight at the window.
"Yes, I do know that your friend found the fragment of the tablet."
"Um?"
Jenkins didn't know about this. No one mentioned that Miss Magic and others found this kind of thing.
"do not you know?"
"I... guessed it."
He fully guessed, with Miss Magic's ability, once he could gain something from the fragments of the stone slab, what kind of miracles would be created.
But none of this is Jenkins' trump card. After he understood the hint that Ovia had been trying to give him, he knew that he could not lose this battle no matter what. Posture talks to the Difference Engine here.
Jenkins just said that he will wait until the difference engine becomes a beast of disaster, so that there is no need to wait decades or hundreds of years for a brand new beast of disaster to appear.
"Meow~"
The cat being held also wants to wait until the other party has completely become a disaster beast before doing anything, so that it can better demonstrate the power and role of the cat. Although it will be very troublesome to fight after the difference engine fully integrates the original steam engine and [Mechanical Heart], the cat now is not the cat it was a year ago.
After following Jenkins for so long, stealing so many good things, and being able to slowly recuperate in a happy state of mind, although it cannot be said that the power lost by chocolate forcibly entering the material world has been fully made up, even if it is not It is in peak form, but it is still no problem to fight a new Calamity Beast.
The cat is so confident, so it is also happy to drag the time with Jenkins here.
"Then what confidence do you have to talk to me here?"
asked the Gearman, and then praised:
"As expected of a god who masters the power of lies, people will never be able to see through you... Could it be because of your cat?"
So far, the Difference Engine doesn't know the true face of chocolate. Chocolate’s self-conceived “perfect” and “clever” camouflage is full of flaws, but only people who have been in contact with it often can discover it. People like the difference machine have hardly seen chocolate a few times. As long as chocolate is deliberately disguised, it can guess. Not to the true face of the cat.
"I know your cat is not normal, otherwise you wouldn't have brought it here. Could it be that your cat has the power of space and can break through the space wall of the Paradise and let the Orthodox Church outside enter here? No, you should You know, the fighting power of the Orthodox Church is meaningless for our battle, if you want to win, the winning rate is the greatest when you face me alone."
Hearing it guess like this, a smile appeared on Jenkins' face, but he didn't approve or deny it:
"Let's skip the issue of my hole cards. Before I officially start, I want to talk about some more valuable topics."
"What do you want to talk about?"
"I want to know, among the seven goals of never being tired, not being afraid, working hard, being vigorous, being selfless, being creative, and being peaceful, which ones are you who arranged them? Or, all of them Is it all arranged by you?"
"Is it important?"
"Just to satisfy my curiosity."
"None of them were arranged by me. As I said, this strange place is here, waiting for you here. I just arrived one step ahead of time and distorted some unimportant details. You should think that it is fate for us Arrange the last journey before the decisive battle, and give us the opportunity to walk through this era together. I think both of us should enjoy this journey instead of guessing whether this is a trap."
"I didn't think it was a trap, I just felt strange about it. These seven important benign qualities appeared in a humorous way. Since it was arranged by fate, could it be a hint for me? ?Selfless devotion mixed with utilitarian mentality, vigor is adult's carelessness, never-tired miners have long been tired, and the source of whimsy is to make money and become famous. The unafraid sailor is escaping, the hardworking woman dares not face the future, and the peaceful and indifferent state of mind is not reconciled to ordinary ambition. Don't you think this is quite interesting?"
Jenkins asked, shaking his head.
"It's really interesting. It's hard to calculate the variables of people's hearts. You should understand better than me that there are no pure people in this world, and there is no pure heart. A heart cannot remain pure, and there will always be something mixed with it. Yes. These seven people represent your era, the saviors, such a simple truth, do I need to repeat it?"
The cog-man in the shadows answered.
"Yes, complex and impure, so the difference machine dares to absorb this impure heart, isn't it afraid of polluting itself?"
The Gear Guy doesn't deny this:
"Pollution? No, I am absolutely rational. In fact, a half-broken and incomplete soul is the most suitable for me. Nothing is perfect. If I have a perfect body, perfect computing power and a perfect soul, Instead, I will be envied by fate. Being absolutely rational, I will use everything I absorb as a model and reference variable, and the power of the human heart will not pollute me unless my soul is completed."
From this point of view, complementing the opponent's soul, and then polluting it from the perspective of humanity, is probably also a way to defeat the opponent. It's a pity that this is too much trouble, and Jenkins will not choose this path.
"That's enough talking, let me finally ask you a question, what do you think of this era?"
Jenkins asked, he was still standing in front of the window, but more of his body stayed in the dark, the brightest in the dark were the eyes of chocolate, but the outline of Jenkins' body was still clear, so it was like a cat growing out of Jenkins' chest the same as the eyes.
At present only the hand that plays with the jewel can still be illuminated by the moonlight. Reflecting the moonlight, the precious diamonds are astonishingly beautiful.
"That's a big question, but I can answer it. Your times, at their best and at their worst."
"Interesting, a year ago when I became a giver and first left the church to see this era on the street, I said something similar (chapter 16). Did you overhear?"
"How did I know who you were at that time? William the savior, that's why I said you know me best. The best era, cultural, economic, industrial development, and even the big bang. Every moment New ideas, new ideas and new thoughts are born, opportunities are everywhere, opportunities are everywhere; but it is also not fair, the huge wealth you have created is not distributed relatively equally to everyone here.
William the savior, you are the king of the human kingdom, can you think of how many families' living expenses are worth a meal for yourself? This is not fair, and with the dual order of the kingdom and the church, there is no room for people to even resist.
That's why I say it's the best, and it's the worst. "
"So from your point of view, has there been a similar era in past history?"
Jenkins asked again, it's not that he has nothing to say, but he is really curious.
"It has appeared that the civilizations of intelligent creatures in the material world reached their heyday in different forms. There are actually many times that are related to you, such as the heyday of elves."
Although this period of history is very long, Jenkins has heard that elves once ruled the entire material world, including other alien races and human beings within their sphere of rule.
"So how did the heyday of elves go into decline?"
Jenkins asked again.
"There is a problem with the World Tree. The order of the World Tree has caused the population of the elves to decline rapidly, weakening their control over the core territory."
"In other words, the decline of elf civilization is due to World Tree rather than its own problems. Although it is not a natural disaster, it is not a man-made disaster... Are there any similar examples?"
"The dragons also once developed a powerful civilization. Although they are not humanoid races, the art, architecture and creativity of dragons are also memorable."
"How did the dragon's civilization decline?"
"Those destroyed by the doomsday, you should know that among the beasts of calamity, there are those related to dragons..."
"The nine-headed dragon king who assimilates all things?"
This one did not appear in the nine-story tower.
"Yes, I also wanted to find its power to deal with you, but unfortunately I didn't find it. The appearance of this disaster beast is due to the ambition of the giant dragons. In this world, there are still mostly humanoid intelligent life forms. So the dragons came up with a magical idea, um, very magical, you might as well guess."
The Gear Guy extended an invitation to Jenkins.
"They want to use their own blood to pollute the blood of other races, so as to assimilate everything in the world?"
The tone of exclamation is affirmative.
"It's not entirely true, but it's about the same. From a human perspective, you can imagine what a crazy idea that is. Therefore, it is only natural that strange individuals will inevitably appear in this kind of interracial transformation. From these huge numbers In the strange madness, the small-probability events were magnified, and thus the calamity beast was born in an almost impossible way."
"Really... This is probably the lesson."
This is really a typical case of suicide.
"In this respect, the end of the age of dragons is very similar to your era. They all perished because of the greed and intemperance of the race."
"Our era will not die, and the end of the Dragon Age is not due to the collapse of our own society. It should also be regarded as an external force... This is not accurate. In short, the end of the Dragon Age is not because of the system, as you have witnessed The destruction of those civilizations does not seem to be due to institutional reasons, but because of extraordinary elements."