Starfall 847, November 11th.
On a rather lonely day, the world of New Hilleye welcomed the first group of visitors who were not members of the Moldavia Lord's House.
The slowly flying reconnaissance ship landed on the landing pad of residential area No. 0001. The five members walked out one after another, looking around this strange world cautiously and curiously.
"Dish-shaped shelter... I didn't expect that something like this that doesn't comply with the laws of physics can actually be created... "
The leader of the elite team, Priest O'Mini, dragged his suitcase and looked up with emotion at the sun above his head and the huge branches of the world tree like pillars of the world, where there were armored vehicles and even armored vehicles with enough power to pass through. Looking at the road and rails of the track and train, Priest lowered his head and couldn't help but clicked his tongue twice: "Living in this world for two weeks, you only need to write a few detailed reports to report your feelings? Is this such a simple task? First time encountering it.”
"is not that right."
The knight on the side, Clark, was carrying out large and small bags of luggage from the scout ship. The sturdy blond man touched his chin and hesitated to speak. In the end, he only let out this sigh. :"puff."
The priest Seid, who was using an instrument to detect the average concentration of extraordinary power in the local world, seemed to understand the knight's words. He first looked at the data on the instrument, then nodded and said to his captain: "The concentration of ether is Mike Rowe. Thirty-one times the husband's average, supported by this concentration of ether, let alone a dish, it can be bowl-shaped, fork-shaped, or barbecued pork-shaped. Although this dish-shaped world is not physical, it is very magical and very etheric."
"No matter what, ether is different from elements and magic. No matter how strong it is, it will not affect survival." Priest waved his hand and said decisively: "The teacher has said that this mission can be treated as a vacation. Look at it—it’s a pity that it’s a regular mission after all, so I can’t bring Soul and Britney with me, otherwise it would really be a vacation.”
"You actually want to bring a female companion? Captain, what are your intentions?!"
"You've rebelled, you've rebelled, doesn't that mean you're rebelling against him?"
The journey was spent in laughter, and every adventure was extremely dangerous. It was rare for the elite team to get a simple and easy task to relax, but even so, they did not really relax their vigilance. In those huge suitcases and packages, all It's all their armor, weapons and various equipment.
The five men naturally traveled very fast. Within ten minutes, Priest led the team to find the 'Experimental Residency No. 1' house where they were asked to stay. It was a three-story white villa. , there are exactly five rooms, including living rooms, kitchens, balconies, attached hot springs, a double-story plantation that is neither too big nor too small, and even an underground laboratory room, but the internal instruments need to be placed by yourself.
It has to be said that the villa designed by No. 3 has a unique sense of smoothness from beginning to end. This style, which Joshua calls "minimalist design in the interstellar era", is very important to everyone in the elite team. , it is a future scene that has never been seen before. The thought of living here for half a month makes everyone feel happy and can't help but cheer.
"Wow—this sofa is so comfortable!"
Putting the suitcase aside, the former elf, now a hybrid modified creature, the biochemical alchemist Constantine stretched out his hands and slumped on the soft and hard sofa, and his comfortable pointed ears trembled, just right, where his head was The front end of the direction is a giant floor-to-ceiling window. The alchemist can look up and see the bloody sky of the New Hilleye world, as well as the huge branches of the world. This immediately made him praise again: "This world tree is so kind. Ah, I feel like my elf blood is boiling—I remember this is the seed given to the Marshal by the Nature Master."
"You're such a sweetheart."
On the other side, the spellcaster Wayne, who was testing whether his wand could work well in a high-concentration ether environment, glanced at the alchemist who was slumped on the sofa like a useless person. He couldn't help but raise his hand and flicked The other party's pointed ears that were constantly trembling, and then said naturally in the other party's glaring eyes: "You just have a bit of an elf in your ears - when we go to the World Tree to inspect it, we will see if the tree is recognizable. You be an elf!”
"I am what I am!"
Hearing this, the alchemist immediately rolled back and forth on the sofa in pain after being caught: "Even if my body is not, my heart is still an elf!"
Pooh.
Priest, the knights and the priests who were watching this scene all heard one word in their hearts.
Are you worthy
Next, the specific process is very simple. The elite team settled in the 'Experimental Residential Area No. 1' and carried out a series of subsequent inspections, such as taking transportation to nearby industrial areas, breeding areas, and simulation The process of residents' work is another example of damaging certain specific areas and testing if the area is attacked, where should be protected first and where should be repaired first.
There are not many projects to inspect, but there are quite a few. A total of seventeen projects need to be tested in two weeks. Now that time has passed, there are only four projects left. Coupled with the extremely comfortable living environment, the elite team all All employees feel like they are on a real vacation.
Naturally, during the process, they also inspected the Bloody World Tree and forced the Elf Alchemist to recognize his relatives. There was no doubt that the Bloody World Tree did not realize that the other party was an elf, and gave the name 'Friendly Wisdom Monster'. A comment that made the other four members of the team laugh and cry, which sparked a small rebellion within the team on the spot, which was quickly suppressed.
Everything is perfect.
Except for one thing.
"This... is so comfortable."
Starfall 847, November 19, the eighth day of the mission, when the knight who was cooking brought a pot of potato stew and beef to the table, he couldn't help but asked doubtfully: "The dish-shaped shelter has enough food, and the breeding cycle Perfect, running at full power, the limit should be able to support the survival of more than 2.5 billion people - this is almost more than the total number of people in the entire Mycroft world. Even based on our living standards, it can support more than one billion people. Proliferate safely!”
Today, the total population of Mycroft natives is close to three billion. Due to the opening of fertility-encouraging detection and the greatly improved medical standards, according to predictions, the total population of Mycroft in the world should exceed 40 in ten years. Five hundred million.
But even so, it is extremely surprising that a disc world can house so many people and the quality of life is so high.
"yes."
Picking a piece of potato and sprinkling a little salt and pepper on the surface, the cleric put the potato as thick as three fingers into his mouth in one bite. After chewing it, he said vaguely: "Chew...I mean, chew." , Isn’t this bad? Chew.”
"Yes." The alchemist confirmed the words of the priest. He picked out a piece of beef, then opened his mouth like a shark, full of sharp teeth, chewed the meat and swallowed it: "I heard that this dish-shaped The world will be used to transfer and place the people of Mycroft in times of crisis in the future. Of course, it is right to be prepared for danger in times of peace, but... This living condition is so good that it always reminds me of the one who 'weakened' the evil god. world."
Having said this, everyone present couldn't help but nodded.
They have all lived in the 'perfect world' where the weak evil god was incarnated... They all still remember how those primitive elven tribes continued to decline, kept forgetting rapidly, were constantly influenced by the evil god, and became weaker and weaker... The too-beautiful living environment was just right. It is a poison that corrodes fighting spirit and will. If we always live in this perfect world, how can society and civilization have the motivation to make 'changes'
The elite team wrote this doubt in the report of the day and sent it to the 'Imperial External Exploration Department and Strategic Development Department' department that issued the task.
Soon, they got a personal answer from the legendary strongman Joshua Radcliffe, one of the few members of the Strategic Development Department.
"You identified the problem very quickly."
Through the communication circle, the warrior's calm voice sounded: "This is indeed a problem."
Joshua himself is the kind of guy who can't help but be lonely even in the prosperous era of absolute peace. He has to temper himself no matter what and open a martial arts gym. Will he lose the fighting spirit after eating well and drinking enough? In his opinion, it is a good time to struggle after eating and drinking. He does not need to worry about the trivial matters of life or the problems of the environment. He only needs to concentrate on becoming stronger.
But even Joshua like this can understand the principle of living in sorrow and dying in happiness.
So, he explained to his students and team members: "But the solution to it isn't that hard."
Whether the living environment is good or bad is not an absolute value, but a relative value. If everyone lives in a weather-beaten hut, and only one person can live in a sturdy and rain-proof wooden house, then there is no doubt that People who live in wooden houses are good. But is this absolute? People who live in wooden houses are undoubtedly inferior compared with people who live in brick houses, cement houses, concrete houses, alloy houses, or even various utopia-like places.
'Good' and 'bad' have always been things that require comparison to determine, and what Joshua does is to ensure that everyone can survive and be comfortable, so that everyone can survive equally and with peace of mind. , in this way, the people who immigrate may feel very comfortable at first, but after a while, they will take it for granted.
Don’t worry about scarcity but worry about inequality; don’t worry about poverty but worry about insecurity.
Don't worry about the lack of things, but be careful about the uneven distribution of things. Don't worry about poverty, but worry about the instability of life.
Taking the meaning from it, Joshua makes everyone live a prosperous and stable life, and ensures everyone's life, but there will always be someone who lives better, lives more comfortably, and enjoys more resources.
If you want to compare with others, you have to work harder.
"Priest, do you know the game?"
Across the communication facility, Joshua separated a thread and was responsible for the elite team. He said in a calm tone: "Those games in the mental terminal, and games like Fairy Cards that require money."
Everyone can experience the entire plot and gameplay of the game. They are also assigned basic cards (houses) for free, and can obtain free resources (daily tasks and rewards) through free means, even if it is nothing. No effort, no money, the game can still be played, and can even be played very well.
However, if someone pays, spends money - someone works hard to practice, and then achieves results, just like drawing a legendary card from the fairy card, or an extremely attractive character and skin, you will Becoming the focus of the crowd, from then on, everyone will want this card, characters and skins. In this case, there will always be people who were unwilling to pay before. For various reasons, they will start to work hard and spend money. money.
—Scores in the ladder rankings, rankings in the combat rankings, badges in the arena, championship belts for the first place, the thrill of the victory or defeat of the flying group, a display stand to show off the number of your own characters—the strongest priest professional user of the year,' The achievement of "Light of Holy Glory", the "Legendary" card master, the title of "Invincible", and all kinds of "false names" will always arouse human's "emotions".
Of course, this is obviously not necessary. It's just that others have it, so I want it... It's just a desire in my heart, so the desire is derived and full of motivation.
Greed, dissatisfaction, the pursuit of vanity, attention, and the mentality of showing off—the same is true for pursuit, competitiveness, the courage to take the lead in everything, the courage to bear the spotlight, and the self-confidence to show oneself without timidity.
This is human beings, the power of human emotions. It is this desire, this yearning heart that drives this small intelligent life of human beings forward.
"A good life can ensure that everyone has the same foundation. No one will lose opportunities due to other reasons. Geniuses will not disappear from the crowd because they did not have enough to eat when they were young. Ordinary people can also level up some of their natural talents through an excellent living environment. The talent gap, these are the basics.”
"But greed - human pursuit, this kind of thing has no end. As long as this 'emotion' is provoked, even in Utopia and Paradise, humans will provoke competition again and again."
On the other side of the communication circle, Joshua raised his hand. In the palm of the warrior's hand, there was an 'emotional spectrum' shining with endless light, seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and seven colors mixed with each other. The two colors of 'black and white' mixed with each other condensed in his hands.
I can’t stand what others have and what I don’t have! —Orange Greedy Light.
I can’t stand others becoming strong and myself being weak! —The red light of anger.
I can't stand others changing who I am! —Yellow light of fear.
Unbearable, unbearable, absolutely unbearable, the damn thing that I am inferior to others! —The blue light of pride.
It’s all the same condition, one face, two eyes and one mouth. Why should he try hard and succeed, but I can’t? ! —The purple light of jealousy.
Likewise, there is the passion of orange, the courage of red, the flexibility of yellow, the self-confidence of blue and the pursuit of equality in purple.
Gazing at the spherical spectral core, Joshua chuckled softly: "Greed is not wrong, because behind it is pursuit, and dissatisfaction is not wrong, because behind it is competitiveness."
Emotions are like this, one has two sides, one gives people strength, and the other leads people to destruction.
"We cannot be trapped within the walls of safety. We must step out of the current stable social model and try new possibilities. We cannot be restricted by a sense of security, but must explore with caution and fear... just as you are now asked to come and try. Same - well done, Priest, you have found the true meaning of this mission, which is the 'experiment in the social model'."
"but… "
Another time in the communication circle, listening to his teacher's teachings, Priest opened his mouth. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he only held back one sentence: "But, there are always people who are unwilling to become stronger... Even games.”
"So what? Everyone has their own way of life."
Joshua's incarnation said doubtfully: "In today's world of Mycroft, not all members are extraordinary - there will always be people who stop moving forward due to talent, innate personal mentality and various reasons. What does it matter? As long as those who have the heart Those who are unwilling and intolerable can be screened out.”
As long as those who want to become stronger become stronger, that will be enough.
"With the shape of our civilization, there will always be some people who choose to take control of their own destiny, and similarly, there will always be some people who will leave their destiny in the hands of others."
With that said, Joshua's incarnation specifically targeted at the split of the elite team gradually dissipated, leaving only the shining emotional spectrum shining in the void, slowly turning into bright lights that mixed life energy and spiritual energy.
Finally, the soldier spoke the last words calmly: "Living up to the fate gathered in your hands is the true meaning of guardianship, just as you, as the captain, do not let down your team members."
"Priest, I think it's time for you to try to challenge the realm of 'Extreme Intent'."
…
The huge silver star is located in the void, as quiet as death.
A thread splintered specifically to answer questions returns. Joshua's body has not changed, and is still continuing to perform calculations and observations.
He is calculating the possibilities of the emotional spectrum, looking for the path to new extraordinary power. He is observing the entire void, the entire galaxy far away, and observing every place from the largest to the smallest.
Not just Priest, not just the world of New Hilleye, not just the disc-shaped shelter that is regarded as an experimental observation site, through the ubiquitous repair light beam, Joshua spans the endless space and observes Touching thousands and thousands of corners of the endless multiverse.
He observes change, observes reform, observes battle and flight, observes 'emotion' and 'civilization'.
So, Joshua saw it at this time.
He was seeing the progress and changes of the entire Mycroft civilization from the perspective of a true observer.
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(End of chapter)