The boundless green field undulates slightly on the plain, and the breeze mixed with mud and grass blows slowly with a refreshing force. Standing in this far from "finished" world, Norris feels the sensations that are transmitted from all parts of his body. It was a relaxed and comfortable feeling that had not been experienced in decades, and he couldn't help taking a deep breath like intoxicated.
"This is really a good place, Your Majesty," he turned his head and said to Gao Wen with a smile, "I just hope that those young people who enter the Internet for entertainment purposes in the future will not be too addicted to it."
Gao Wen smiled: "We will establish corresponding management measures and preventive measures - after all, entertainment is a part of human civilization, but any entertainment may make people intoxicated."
"Everything you do is always well-prepared," Norris said with emotion, "Immortal... this is really a bold idea..."
"Since ancient times, extraordinary people have always had various ways to prolong their lives or even obtain near-immortality, from psychic spells to element promotion, and even 'resurrection' by chance like me... The long lifespan has become extraordinary. In addition to strength, another privilege for the survivors, and this privilege is only linked to 'strength'," Gao Wen said slowly, shaking his head, "As long as you have enough extraordinary power, you have a certain chance to transform into a long-lived person. If they abandon their human nature and choose those unscrupulous routes, then their success rate of obtaining a long lifespan will be greatly improved-most of the dark sects are "ancients" who have lived for centuries, the life replacement ban that Beltera showed you Spelling is just one of the traditional methods of extending the lifespan of Transcendents, and it's not even the worst method...
"If it weren't for the very low success rate of these 'traditional methods', and many of them have sequelae of memory confusion and loss of personality, then the superhumans who are desperate to take risks are probably far more than those from the dark sect.
"In addition, there are many races that have a long lifespan or even almost immortality. Their long lives do not even need to pay a price. These powerful ancient races have not annihilated human beings and occupied the entire world so far, just because this world is still... enough to live.
"From ancient times to the present, death will not fall on every mortal head fairly—this is the iron law of this world, and it is also the biggest unfairness when humans compete with other races, or even when humans compete within each other. The Immortal Project can be regarded as an enhanced It is an attempt for human beings to develop their abilities, and in the distant future... maybe this is also an opportunity for the transformation of the human race as a whole."
"I'm not good at imagining things that are too far away, especially in this kind of field," Norris shook his head, "But in my opinion, at least your Immortal Plan doesn't extend the lives of other people by harming their lives." lifespan, although the opportunity to preserve the soul itself can easily become a 'privilege', but at least this degree of hidden danger is still within the scope of the system. What's more... "
Norris paused for a moment when he said this. He looked at the city under construction in the distance, and at the world that was still desolate as a whole, with a smile on his lips: "It seems that 'Immortal' is not a treat either. Qingfu's errand..."
"That's right, I'm afraid you will have to serve the Empire for a longer time," Gawain laughed, looking into Norris's deep and calm eyes, "Although it may be a little late to say it now, I still want to ask—would you To be immortal, Norris?"
"Of course," the wrinkles on the old man's face stretched out, "Anyway, this is also a chance to 'survive'—I didn't reject Ms. Bertila's suggestion because I pursued death."
"A very true answer," Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, "but...it's the best answer."
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In the real world, Gawain opened his eyes.
The flower vines controlled by Bertila wriggled and removed the temporarily assembled nerve connectors one by one. Feeling the rapid recovery of some numb nerves, Gawain moved his neck lightly, then stood up and looked at the inside of the hut. of the people.
Rebecca, Amber, and Margarita stood in front of him, with undisguised tension and worry on their faces.
"It has succeeded." Gawain did not have the appetite to hang anyone on this kind of thing, and he announced the good news immediately, "Norris will become the first 'immortal' in the empire, and the first in human history." An 'ordinary person' whose soul is preserved through magical techniques."
Rebecca was the first to cheer and jumped up, followed by Amber, and Margarita couldn't help but put her hand on her chest, showing a sincere smile, and as a technical person who personally participated in this incident The personnel and the archbishops of the Eternal Sleeper at the scene couldn't help congratulating each other excitedly.
—No one has too many thoughts because they witnessed the birth of a soul immortal, because in this world, prolonging life through extraordinary technology is not unimaginable. Although Norris is an ordinary person who uses new technology to preserve his soul , but this is not beyond anyone's imagination in essence, especially in the eyes of the eternal sleepers, this is a category worthy of celebration but no need to make a fuss.
After all, in Cecil's imperial capital, there is a sea monster with an infinite lifespan that dies all day long, an arcane creature that has lived for more than a thousand years, and a big iron monster that is advertised as the soul container of an ancient magister. Ball, there is a dragon descendant with a lifespan of hundreds of thousands of years, and his majesty the emperor who died for seven hundred years and was dug up and resurrected—the Cecilians have always been well-informed, and the eternal sleepers have also done what the Romans do in this respect .
"He still needs to adapt and adjust in the network for a period of time, and we also need to do a short-term follow-up observation of his mental state," Gao Wen said after the congratulatory people quieted down, "This process will not It's very long, and you'll be able to see him in a few days—through the magic net communication, or the immersion chamber connected to the magic net.
"In addition, Norris will no longer serve as the Minister of Agriculture from now on, and the appointment and removal of the new Minister of Agriculture will be carried out unaffected-Margarita, you are ready to accept the notice from the Department of Government Affairs to rebuild the work in this area You need to make some adjustments."
Margarita was startled for a moment, understood the meaning of Gao Wen's words, and nodded immediately: "Yes, I understand."
"In addition, what happened here today will be safely publicized through the official publicity channels," Gao Wen continued, "so I don't want to hear any rumors before the official caliber comes out."
Amber had already thought about this, and nodded immediately: "Don't worry, I will pay attention to this."
Margarita also immediately took orders: "I will handle the control of the camp."
Gawain nodded slightly.
The emergence of Immortal technology is indeed exciting and significant, but one must also consider its possible impact in advance—although people in this world are concerned about "mysterious magical powers that can create miracles of life, and powerful transcendents have the opportunity to obtain more "Long lifespan" is no stranger to the matter itself, and most people should be able to accept the fact that a certain high-ranking officer in the empire transformed his life form through a "secret ritual", but Gao Wen must be vigilant against the distortion of this news during the dissemination process.
After all, although there are several extraordinary powers that prolong life in this world, before the Eternal Sleeper's network mind technology was formed, the other several technologies had harsh conditions or had a huge negative impact. They either involved the taboo of the undead, or they would transform In the process, the original humanity is completely annihilated, and the "transformation" carried out by Norris itself is not a real resurrection or eternal life - he is indeed dead in the real world, but is preserved in the form of "network mind" In the data network, and it is not yet certain whether this "preserved mind" will never decay, and this form similar to "soul" is very likely to be misunderstood as some kind of "soul psychic spell" However, a bad publicity will easily leave huge hidden dangers in the future.
In addition, he also needs to consider the issue of public opinion orientation - he does not want "immortals" to become a privileged product that matches their status and status, but in the foreseeable future, this tendency will definitely happen, after all, related technologies have already appeared and are on the verge of maturity , so even if they can only "survive" in the form of a piece of data on the Internet in the future, there will definitely be many people who will make a fuss about it, and the confrontation with this "inclination" will be the future of Gao Wen and the Department of Government Affairs. One of the long jobs.
Therefore, as the starting point of this long-term work, the various work carried out around the first "immortal" of the empire must leave as few hidden dangers as possible.
During the short few seconds of silence, Gawain thought about a lot of things, and finally he exhaled lightly.
Magical technology breaks the barrier between the extraordinary and the mortal, and also brings many things that would not be chips of desire into the vortex of human nature—technology allows ordinary people to get in touch with more things that they were not qualified to touch before, but the technology The speed of development determines that all this is destined to have a process.
This "imbalance" of development is destined to become more and more of his daily considerations—after all, the extraordinary barrier has been broken, and the operating rules of the Cecil Empire doomed that this barrier cannot be rebuilt.
This even made him have some random associations—when human beings are getting farther and farther away on the road of civilization development, and the complexity of thoughts and desires are increasing day by day, will the gods born from the collective thoughts of human beings... also Have you ever faced the same problem
Everyone noticed Gawain's almost sighing reaction. At this moment of celebration, they were inevitably a little confused, but no one dared to ask questions. Only Rebecca jumped out first (in fact, Amber also planned to Jumped out, but her speed is obviously not as fast as Rebecca who grew up relying on conditioned reflex): "My lord ancestor? Why are you sighing?"
"Nothing." Gawain was silent for a while, then shook his head suddenly with a relieved smile, "I thought about some irrelevant things. Then I will leave the follow-up matters to Margarita, and Norris must be properly handled." …remains. He died in the real world after all, and our ex-Secretary of Agriculture still needs a…proper funeral.”
When he said this, Gao Wen's tone obviously paused, and he couldn't help but look weird when he looked at the old man on the soft couch, and when he heard what he ordered, everyone on the scene, including Margarita, Amber and even Rebecca, followed The expression became subtle—this is really a complicated and indescribable situation. Margarita believes that even if the old man Walder Pelich whom she respects is here, he must have no experience in dealing with related incidents...
At the scene, several archbishops including Yuri and Semler looked calm and indifferent, and even looked at each other tacitly - they have experience...
An annoying loud voice rang in Yuri's ear, and the timing was just right: "Ah... I'm familiar with this scene."
Accompanied by these words, Magnum's figure emerged from the air.
"Shut up." Almost all the Eternal Sleeper archbishops at the scene said in unison.
Gawain watched this scene, didn't say anything, just shook his head with a smile, turned and left the hut.
He came to a secluded open space near the hut, letting his thoughts gradually calm down along with the surrounding environment.
This is a small flower field. Unknown flowers spawned by the giant tree of Sorin are blooming in the open space. When the wind blows, there is a soft rustling sound among the crown of the giant tree of Sorin, which also makes a little fragrance of flowers spread here. wandering in secluded corners.
Gawain raised his head, saw the psychedelic brilliance of the layers of huge leaves under the light of the magic spar, and exhaled lightly: "Beltera."
"I'm here," a voice of squirming flower vines came from nearby immediately, and Bertila's figure emerged from the flower vines. She came to Gawain's side and bowed slightly, "Brother Gawain."
After a brief silence, Gawain shook his head: "...you don't have to force yourself to call me that when there is no one else around."
"After all, you have almost all his memories... And I also need to pay attention to my words and deeds at all times," Bertila said expressionlessly, "I don't want unnecessary trouble caused by a wrong name or attitude."
Gao Wen hummed, and nodded lightly: "You can decide for yourself. Let's not talk about these things, let's talk about the things you mentioned in your previous report-you detected the crystal array on the top of the Thorin tree. A regular, unfamiliar signal?"