Chapter 674 Greatness and Monsters (5200)

At this moment, Su Zhou stood at the top of the Highbeacon Tower, the Serpent Spirit and the human back to back, radiating light from the kindling sacred tree, overlooking the entire mountain range, the entire territory of the Highbeacon Society.

They listened to the voices of the people, listening to every complaint, every praise.

Not perfect.

Because recently, a large number of demonized individuals have poured into the Highbeacon Mountains, to the extent that the villages and towns around the mountains are visibly somewhat chaotic.

Many demonized individuals, who thought they could join the Highbeacon Society as soon as they arrived, are complaining. They also want to cause trouble, but the trained Highbeacon Society security forces can handle all the problems.

After all, not all demonized individuals are simply exploited. Among them are hooligans, thugs, and opportunists, just like those demonized gangs in the lower districts. They come to the Highbeacon Society not to pursue hope, but simply because they think they can benefit from being here.

They've come to the wrong place—they will be locked up in the life reshaping camp, starting with elementary school mathematics, until they learn what it means to serve the people.

And if someone a little stronger wants to resist, they can sense that at the top of the mountain's tower, a pair of eyes are watching them, forcing them to obey.

It sounds a bit chaotic

But it is gradually moving towards order.

Outside the original Highbeacon Society village, more large camps have been set up. These are training grounds for the demonized individuals who have come to seek shelter.

There, Su Zhou will educate them, even indoctrinate them, teaching these demonized individuals, who have never learned knowledge and only use their instincts and talents to fight against the Empire, how to use their intelligence to fight and arm themselves with advanced ideas.

The prototype of a large force has already taken shape: with the Highbeacon Tower in the center of the mountain range as the origin, the outer circle consists of society members, affiliated direct villages, outer towns, and now the new resident settlements.

As long as it can resist natural disasters, the area around the Highbeacon Mountains will become a large gathering place for tens of millions of people, and there will be a period of rapid population growth in the next twenty years.

And most of these people are demonized individuals with cultivation talent.

After a long time, the white-haired man shook his head slightly: "It's great, this feeling of guiding people onto the right path, it's just never tiring."

"I probably also understand why great existences have been insisting on correctness and guiding correctly for countless years without getting tired, because this kind of thing really isn't annoying."

"You think too shallowly, but it's not entirely wrong." The Serpent Spirit shook his head slightly, obviously feeling that Su Zhou's understanding could not be equated with the great existences' persistence, but Chaos was not one to argue about everything.

He still agreed with Su Zhou's idea: "Ultimately, great existences all love all living beings."

"Really?" Su Zhou was stunned, and then frowned and pondered for a while, asking a question he had wanted to ask for a long time: "Speaking of which, Yala, the great existences I've encountered, even if their actions seem arrogant or even terrifying to humans, even indescribable, but ultimately, they all love all living beings in their own way."

Even Su Zhou hates Destiny, but his Order is indeed stable. In Destiny's world, as long as He stipulates a 'happy ending', anyone who wants to break this happy ending will be bombarded and killed by the world's guardians, even the great family, the *deus ex machina*.

The happiness of that world is true eternal happiness, although it is a bit predetermined, it is not false.

It's hard to say that this isn't a kind of love.

So, Su Zhou sat down, sitting on the crystal-like roots of the kindling sacred tree, looking up at the sun in the sky.

Great existences are mostly extreme idealists. They uphold their own correctness and move forward, stirring up waves in the multiverse. They may cause suffering, but more worlds are moving towards correctness because of it.

Even Destiny, who looks like a villain, is extremely graceful in speech and demeanor, and can be described as polite. For an existence of this level, in addition to 'tolerant and polite' and 'unpretentious', there are no other adjectives, and even a little less.

But this shouldn't be—in the infinite multiverse, there should always be some who regard all living beings as mere weeds, who like to torture their creations for fun when they have nothing to do, like children playing with ants, tearing dolls, and burning dragonfly wings with fire.

There should be—they should exist.

"In the infinite multiverse... could there be great existences who don't love all living beings?"

So Su Zhou said this, his tone filled with confusion: "If there are, what would their world be like?"

"Of course there are."

The scarlet Serpent Spirit floated onto Su Zhou's thigh, coiling on it, and looked up at the sky with Su Zhou.

Although Yala's gaze seemed to be looking at the sun, in fact, those gem-like snake eyes were observing the void outside the world.

"It's just that this needs to be subdivided." He stared at the void and said slowly: "Those existences with malice towards all things, those monsters who take pleasure in tormenting and teasing all things; and those who only create, and then say nothing, and no one knows what they are thinking."

"No one knows about the latter. Perhaps you enter an unknown multiverse and cause trouble, causing the multiverse to be about to be destroyed before they appear, eliminate you, and then recreate it, reversing time—some may appear after you cause trouble in a universe or even a world, there is no standard."

"Some monsters have done this before, and those who understand the consequences understand, so generally speaking, even the most moronic and arrogant guys don't dare to destroy worlds casually in an unknown multiverse."

"As for the former."

Speaking of this, Yala paused, and then showed a very subtle expression, to the point where it didn't look like a snake at all.

He turned his head and chuckled: "They lost."

Su Zhou, who was listening attentively, was stunned.

In fact, he was stunned for a long time, until the clouds in the sky changed shape, before the man recovered.

"Lost?"

He seemed a little unable to understand: "Great existences, can they also lose?"

"Not great existences, they are monsters." Yala didn't want to talk too much about this, he shook his head: "You don't think that the great existences didn't fight each other before the Dusk War, right?"

"Dusk was originally an existence that didn't care about anything, before his sudden transformation, the area around the 'Pan-Infinite Multiverse Derivative Axis' was full of conquests, the brilliance of the Twin Sacred Trees almost evolved into another axis, Perfect and I, and the Destiny Precursor fought inextricably, while Samsara also wandered around."

"To put it bluntly, the Dusk War was just a war initiated after a new batch of great existences were born. On the earlier axis, there were even more intense conflicts... The Lord of Myriad Hosts was born in the middle of that conflict. At that time, the main theme of each multiverse was not so beautiful. Destruction and death were like a maggot in the bone, closely following all living beings."

"The birth of a great existence representing conflict and miracles completely ignited the climax of that war. The foundation of the monsters' existence was negated—they thought they were strong, so they could do whatever they wanted, and we used force to tell them that if we didn't want them to do something, they couldn't do it."

Speaking of this, Yala showed a sincere smile. When Su Zhou saw such a joyful Serpent Spirit, he could hardly believe that Yala could still show such a peaceful and joyful expression.

Noticing Su Zhou's confusion, he explained slightly: "Actually, it's very simple. In the Pan-Infinite Multiverse Derivative Axis influenced by our path, new great existences can always be born, although they are rare, but at least they exist. This is the foundation of our correctness."

"But the monsters can't, they only have themselves, absolute self, so in terms of strength, they can't beat us. They can only retreat, remain silent, and no longer affect other multiverses, which is equivalent to defeat."

"Sealing is different, right?" Su Zhou noticed this, and his heart moved: "Although you are sealed, you are only sealed, and you can still affect the external multiverses and many worlds—it's just that those victors don't want you troublemakers to go out personally..."

"Hey!" Yala said unhappily: "Pay attention to your words! At least you should say Vasuki churning the Ocean of Milk!"

He didn't deny that he would definitely cause trouble.

Obviously, great existences are not absolutely powerful. The struggle between them is also improving their power system, but this process is so long that mortals cannot imagine it, or rather, time is not objective for them, and lower-level words cannot describe higher-level actions.

Su Zhou was not surprised by this, and he didn't think that Dusk was the big Boss—would a real big Boss be sealed at the forefront? He must be very strong, even one of the best, but strength cannot explain everything, at least it cannot explain popularity.

He was just a little emotional.

"Is this considered beautiful now?"

Su Zhou looked around this world. The scenery of Aean World is still very beautiful, with towering mountains and endless plains around the mountains, which look like a dream under the moonlight, but the people of this world have never had the leisure to appreciate this beauty.

—Survival is everything, everything else is nothingness—

He murmured: "What was it like before?"

"The people who died, the destroyed universes never existed. They were just a dreamlike murmur in the war that affected the infinite multiverse. No one cared, and no one remembered. Naturally, there was no love or salvation. They dissipated, as if they had never appeared."

"All living beings crave eternity and miracles, because there is nothing else worth looking forward to except these two. The thoughts of the creators move, and everything will disappear. Ha, more thorough than that, but you can't understand that illusion at all, even nothingness can't encompass it."

Yala narrowed his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "That's why the Silent Lord remembers all the names, that's why Destiny doesn't allow any changes, that's why Perfection craves flawlessness... Perhaps, precisely because of this, miracles are born."

"But it's all over, the battle between greatness and monsters has come to an end."

"Now, it's a war of correctness and correctness."

"It's really hard to understand."

After being silent for a while, then exhaling, Su Zhou stood up.

He shook his head: "This feeling is like there is a war between two countries, and the civilians below are still worrying about how to deal with the hooligans on the street, right? The Sacred Tree and Dusk, which created Aean World, are so contradictory."

"Managing an organization is really difficult. If it weren't for the help of Cicero and Redhand, and Funia, the framework of the Highbeacon Society wouldn't have been built."

But Su Zhou is not someone who gives up if he doesn't understand.

If you don't know, then learn.

If you can't do it, then work hard.

Even if it really doesn't work, then change direction.

There is never just one way to become better.

Moreover... some things don't need to be understood so clearly.

"But fortunately, I've been traveling for so long, and I've already understood one thing... that is, if I encounter something I think is wrong, I'll go and eliminate the other party, just like the Solar Emperor of this world, I don't plan to understand him at all."

He lowered his head and looked at the center of the world, Su Zhou's eyes were calm: "He will understand."

"I don't care at all about him and his bullsh*t goals, and the plans he wants to achieve. I just want to eat him."

Having said that, Su Zhou turned around.

"Go call everyone... it's time to pacify the world."

……

Su Zhou sat at the top of the Highbeacon Tower, overlooking the world.

And in the tower, Funia, the Pioneer Space Explorer, one of the leaders of the society, who was dispatching personnel arrangements around the mountain range, was restless at this moment because of the changes in the Pioneer Space's mission.

"Hey, what should I do, this world is completely messed up, right?"

Because she was too annoyed, the red-haired woman directly covered her face with the roster in her hand, and she sighed greatly: "This is the first time I've seen a world mission that can be changed—or did our explorers not change the future of the world much before?"

"Ahhhhhh, shame! The dependents of the Pioneer are not as good as the foreign Candle Dragon... wait, this doesn't seem very shameful?"

Thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem strange to be inferior to the Primordial Candle Dragon, Funia felt much better.

At this moment, the descriptions of several missions in her space mission bar have obviously changed.

【Optional World Mission: Rekindling the Flame】

【The Sacred Sun is about to go out, but a brand new World Tree will be born. Use any method to assist the birth of the new Kindling Sacred Tree and obtain three S-level opening permissions, and exploration points.】

【Optional World Mission: Twilight Haze】

【The true body of the Twilight Dragon has been discovered, eliminate the influence of Dusk on this world. Use any method to revitalize the Aean World. Obtain SSS-level opening permission, and exploration points.】

【Optional Faction Mission: Pacifying the Stars of the Four Directions】

【The Asmodeus Empire has dispatched one of its most powerful forces to destroy the Highbeacon Society. Protect the Highbeacon Tower from being destroyed by natural disasters. Depending on the degree of completion, wait for AA~SS-level opening permissions, and ~exploration points.】

Just by looking at this list, you can tell that the original 'Sacred Sun Will Extinguish' and 'Dusk Falls on the World' have all changed. The former has turned into Rekindling the Flame, which should be the follow-up mission after selecting a method.

But the Twilight Haze is obviously a complete change, and the difficulty is more than one level higher!

Completely removing the influence of Dusk from an entire world, Funia has no idea how to help.

After all, she doesn't even know what Dusk is. Her strength is far from enough to explore the primordial world and know information related to great existences.

Of course, the rewards are very rich... three S-level opening permissions, which can basically be exchanged for a portable demiplane, and this portable demiplane is very large and can also have basic elemental cycles, which can be completely regarded as portable logistics.

For Funia, who relies on magic mecha to fight, this can be completely transformed into a portable armory, greatly strengthening her ability to fight a prolonged war.

And two triple S opening permissions are enough to strengthen an explorer from zero to a top-notch adventurer!

But rewards are accompanied by danger.

Funia's assessment of her own strength is about A~AA, that is, between the leader level and the overlord level. Although the firepower is strong when driving the mecha, and destroying mountains and destroying mountains is not a problem, it is still a lot worse than a serious Calamity Realm.

A true overlord is fully qualified for an S-level rating, and is impeccable in all aspects.

And SSS-level missions... usually require 'Immortal Realm' gods and immortals to solve, and their enemies are also powerful existences that can destroy civilizations, annihilate worlds, and shatter planets.

The Pioneer Space will not give any 'non-fatal missions'. If a weak explorer takes on a mission that is too difficult, it is certain death. A reckless explorer is not an enthusiastic pioneer, but a brain-dead who is courting death. The Pioneer Space does not welcome such fools.

Funia felt that if she gritted her teeth and took on an S-level mission, she might be lucky enough to succeed, but those SSS-level missions... if she took them on, she would definitely die without external force.

External force……

Thinking of this, Funia picked up the roster covering her face, and she looked at the ceiling, which was the top of the Highbeacon Tower.

That is, the location of the Primordial Candle Dragon, 'Svietre of Highbeacon'.

The Primordial Candle Dragon is obviously a Void-level Boss who can travel through different worlds. His strength is undoubtedly at the SSS level, or even above it. If she can get his help, it may not be impossible to complete these missions.

Funia is very clear that this is a gamble. If she dares to take on these missions and then follow the Primordial Candle Dragon, accompanying him to complete all of this, then she will jump from a mid-to-high-end adventurer to one of the top adventurers.

Her exploration path can go further, and even her wish to revive her parents can be realized.

Although she says she doesn't want to revive her parents, Funia only knows that reviving her parents in a sh*thole place like Aean World is just letting the two old people die again. If she can't make Aean World better, then this terrible world will not treat the two old people gently, allowing them to obtain happiness.

Since that's the case, it's better not to do it.

The red-haired woman was silent. This was the first time she stood on the cusp of changing the world, following behind a true pioneer, watching how the other party would open up the future of Aean World step by step.

Ironically, the Primordial Candle Dragon is not even a local of Aean World.

However, this is not a very important matter.

Funia once asked Professor Svietre this question, but after she expressed her confusion, the white-haired old man just squinted at her and shook his head: "A stupid question."

"I am a person of this multiverse, I have to take care of everything in this multiverse, and everything is related to me."

If the average Candle Dragon is a world police, regarding a world as its own territory, then the Primordial Candle Dragon is at least a multiverse police.

His territory... is probably the entire multiverse.

Cyberperson, departing on time!