Chapter 173 The Promised Land

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"Am I the first one to question the Saint level?" Shi Cunjin quickly grasped the key points of the black-haired male insect's words, with a somewhat surprised expression.

In the encyclopedia of Zerg common sense that Shi Cunjin had read, Saint-level male Zergs were extremely rare in Zerg history.

The official history of the Zerg is one thousand years long. Although Shi Cunjin thinks this time is definitely exaggerated, just looking at the encyclopedia data, in the one thousand year history of the Zerg, there are only nine Saint-level masters.

Even if one person appears every hundred years, it is not enough.

The last male insect to use "圣" as his middle name was 70 years ago.

But judging from the tone of this black-haired male insect, it seems that quite a few male insects can arrive here during the development month?

Faced with the current situation that seemed like a revolving lantern, a moment of guidance, and a "movie" that went straight to the depths of thought, Shi Cunjin hesitated for a moment, and compromised and said politely: "Excuse me, based on the words development month, special, and temple, do you mean that I am now undergoing biological transformation and advancing from the genetic and spiritual aspects to become a saint-level gentleman in the secular sense?"

The black-haired male insect stared at Shi Cunjin quietly, his black pupils were warm and sad, and he said, "Yes."

Shi Cunjin sighed in his heart, it’s true.

"Why do you think this is a nightmare?" the black-haired male insect asked softly.

"As a Saint, your wishes will be regarded as divine commands by all guardians, and wherever you look, they will point their knives at you. The entire universe is completely open to you, and you will enjoy all the prosperous stars in the universe." The black-haired male insect's voice was low but not heavy. The slowed-down voice had a soft texture like soft mist.

It makes one want to lean over and listen a few more times. Just hearing it a few more times seems to make everything worthwhile. Shi Cunjin leaned forward subconsciously.

45, 46, 47, 45, 46… Shi Cunjin was stunned for three seconds, frowned slightly, came back to his senses, and tilted his head back inconspicuously.

The black-haired male insect tilted his head and said "Oh", showing some genuine joy: "You are really sensitive, good boy."

Shi Cunjin took a step back and said more distantly: "I have developed once, and my genetic state is adult. Moreover, I have never lived in Cat's Eye and have never spent a day in the real Cat's Eye Temple."

"This is definitely the most dishonest and most tarnished record of the guardians since the establishment of Cat's Eye, bar none." The black-haired male insect said lightly.

Then he softened again, took two steps towards Shi Cunjin, and said in a friendly manner: "You haven't told me yet why you think being a saint is a nightmare?"

Shi Cunjin frowned and wanted to retreat again, but the black-haired male insect immediately said, "Please forgive me, I didn't mean to confuse you."

The black-haired male insect gracefully reached out his hand and tapped his throat, saying softly, "After becoming a saint, your voice will have some small special features, just like your perception talent."

Shi Cunjin: ...

Things are getting more and more magical.

"Really? Thank you for telling me." Shi Cunjin paused for a second, realizing that the black-haired male insect's attitude towards him could be described as kind and tolerant, so he decided to ask another question.

A question that was not explained in the original book: Why Valentine was not given the title of Saint level when he became an adult even though he clearly had A-level genes? On the contrary, Gobelier in the original book said that Cat's Eyes would re-evaluate Saint level for Valentine.

"Please forgive my curiosity. From what you said, it seems that many male insects have been here as well." Shi Cunjin looked at the black-haired male insect, sincere and puzzled: "I am just a C-level male insect. According to the genetic level classification and the social encyclopedia introduction..." Shi Cunjin raised his eyes and looked around.

This quiet world was like a dream movie set, with a vast space, but only an extremely blue seascape and a pure white sky. The only land was the round island where he and the black-haired male insect stood, and on the island there was a huge emerald green tree. Everything was fresh, beautiful, and lonely.

Shi Cunjin said, "I don't think I should be here. When I was going through my adulthood week, I never dreamed of a similar scene. Why did I come here during my unexpected second development? Does the Saint's evaluation have nothing to do with my genetic level?"

The black-haired male insect smiled, stretched out his hand, and gestured to the sea level, inviting her to move forward. He said, "I like your strong desire for knowledge. Always be curious and eager to learn about the world. That will keep you young forever, with an endless future ahead of you, and you will never be trapped by sadness and troubles in your life."

"Come on, kid, walk with me for a while and I will tell you the answer." The black-haired male insect smiled and walked to the sea surface first.

The sea water rippled slightly, turning into a smooth mirror surface under the black-haired male insect's feet.

Shi Cunjin looked at the sea and thought: It can't get any worse.

He stepped on it.

"Your first question is that it seems that many male insects have been here." The black-haired male insect walked on the sea, half a body length longer than Shi Cunjin. He raised his hand and waved lightly in the air, and the sea mirror under his feet turned into a kaleidoscope of film.

Shi Cunjin looked down and saw that the picture in the mirror was not the sea, blue sky and isolated island.

Some of the revolving lantern films are magnificent palaces, some are warm and peaceful garden teahouses, and some are sacred and magnificent cathedrals.

Many pictures floated by in the ocean mirror, and in each picture there was a young male insect standing in the portrait and talking to the black-haired male insect next to Shi Cunjin.

This is the dream of other males entering their developmental months.

The black-haired male insect tilted his head and looked at Shi Cunjin kindly as he observed the scenes one by one. When he was almost done, he spoke: "The second question, you think you are C-level. According to common sense, you think it is impossible for you to dream about the temple dream."

"It's a fallacy."

Shi Cunjin turned to look at the black-haired male insect.

The black-haired male insect said kindly and calmly: "All male insects enter the development period, whether it is a day, a week, or a month, they can come to the temple in the dream."

Shi Cunjin frowned, why didn't I dream when I was going through the development week? Is it because the energy points provided by the system at that time interfered? But now the second development situation is also the system's interference, why do I dream now?

Shi Cunjin did not ask rashly. He looked at the black-haired male insect and pretended to listen quietly to the answer.

The black-haired male insect was very sensitive to Shi Cunjin's confusion. He was silent for a moment and sighed: "There are always insects in the secular world who think shortcuts are acceptable. Before you became an adult, I saw more than a dozen children like you. They should have a sound set of nerves, but they were not well taken care of because of secular reasons. Their glands and nerves atrophied, and their development barriers came fiercely. They jumped 2 levels from F level. The extreme pain made them unable to have even fragments of dreams. They were lost in the darkness for a long time and never woke up again."

Shi Cunjin realized that the black-haired male bug was referring to the real male bug from the 1980 case.

"When you first experienced the development stage, I saw you in the dark." The black-haired male insect frowned, "I couldn't invite you to the temple. During those days, I could sometimes see you, and sometimes you disappeared, as if you were hidden by something."

Shi Cunjin's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the existence of the system was causing the interference?

"I thought you would be like the other children, falling into darkness forever, but you made it through like a miracle." The black-haired male insect said with relief, "As for your third question, is the Saint-level assessment related to genes? It's not, and it is also."

"Every male insect will enter the dream temple constructed by the bloodline during its development. Even an F-level male insect in the secular sense has this opportunity." The black-haired male insect sighed, "F, E, D... the secular world divides those children with developmental defects into different levels."

"Male insects classified as FED are similar to female insects with incomplete development of bones and scales, and female insects of other subspecies with developmental deformities. Their gene chain development is unsuccessful, which is reflected in the nerve clusters of the tail hook and the nerves in the brain area. The malformation of nerve development causes these children to be unable to understand profound knowledge and unable to maintain their innate high intelligence talent."

"Most children who are classified as B-level or below by the secular world dream about the temple when they enter the developmental period, but their nerves cannot withstand a complete dream." The black-haired male insect raised his eyes and looked around, sighing to Shi Cunjin, "I have been guarding here for many years, but this is the first time I have seen the temple transform into such a scene, the endless blue sky and sea, fresh and distant, beautiful yet quiet."

“……” Shi Cunjin lowered his eyelashes and said nothing.

The black-haired male insect smiled and changed the subject, continuing, "Then, you must want to know whether male insects rated B or above in the secular world dream of obtaining a complete temple. If they can dream of it, why are they still rated B after the development is completed?"

Shi Cunjin hummed.

The black-haired male insect led Shi Cunjin for a walk, and every step they took revealed a new scene.

Shi Cunjin looked down and saw that the male insect in the new scene was wearing clothes similar to the modern style of 2000 that Shi Cunjin was wearing.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Shi Cunjin saw a familiar face in a wave of water.

A male insect with brown hair and blue eyes sat calmly in the garden. He looked six points like Gwen, and the curve of the lower half of his face and lips were exactly the same. However, this male insect looked thinner.

The black-haired male insect noticed that Shi Cunjin's gaze lingered for a while, so he glanced at her and said softly, "That's Fisher Greene, who is kind but has a weak heart."

Shi Cunjin asked: "For example?"

"This involves the fourth question, how to become a saint." said the black-haired male insect.

Shi Cunjin immediately focused.

The black-haired male insect smiled again when he saw this, as if he saw his own child speaking sarcastically, and said happily: "You are still interested in the Saint level, right?"

Shi Cunjin: “…Yes.”

He wanted to know why Valentine had no title when he came of age.

"The secularly defined C to A grade male insects can dream of a complete temple dream and have the choice to choose to become His Majesty." The black-haired male insect said an explosive news as if nothing had happened.

Shi Cunjin was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "But in the history that I have read, there are only 9 Saint-level Excellencies that have been publicly recorded?"

The black-haired male insect smiled, and his black pupils stared at Shi Cunjin more intently.

He said: "Every male insect who can choose to become a saint agreed to the option. They are ecstatic and happy about it. However, the test of sainthood is not something that can be passed by nodding."

The black-haired male insect waved his arms, the waves surged, and the sea mirror once again showed countless scenes.

Shi Cunjin looked over and widened his eyes in disbelief.

In the sea mirror, three C-level nobles who participated in the Fate Wynn Candidate Tournament are undergoing the Saint Level test.

Among them, one was taken away by the moth guardians as a wolf and fled, one lived in a luxurious bird cage with empty eyes and a golden chain around his neck, one had unfocused eyes and was pinned to the bed by four crazy-looking privileged species, his body shaking slightly... Shi Cunjin turned his eyes away, and a feeling of nausea rushed to his throat.

Shi Cunjin recognized the last champion who lost consciousness and was eaten by the mutated insect swarm. It was Michel, the No. 1 champion of the Fate Wynn Championship.

In the mirror, No. 1 Michelle's appearance is not much different, but his spirit is completely destroyed, and his unconscious face still retains despair, pain and resistance. There is no trace of the high spirits that he had when standing with No. 60.

"They all failed." The black-haired insect said calmly, "A saint is definitely not made up of good genes, good family background, and good power as defined by the secular world. The meaning of saint is a guiding star. One must have the willpower to defy force, power, conspiracy, and torture, and equal wisdom, tolerance, kindness, persistence, and absolute rationality."

"Every male insect that comes to the Dream Temple and agrees to become a saint will enter the Trial Land, where they will spend three times of life in the imaginary world after becoming a saint. But since 70 years ago, no male insect has succeeded. They failed once and were unwilling to try a second time."

"They were unable to handle the change in status after becoming a saint, nor could they guide or direct confused, belligerent, or violent soldiers. They were unable to even show the simplest tolerance and persistence. Most male insects were seduced by the temptation of the test ground and were eroded by the secular world. They were controlled by desires, deceived, or abused the special talents of the saints to stir up disputes. Under their influence, the world became chaotic, and stable homes fell into wars again and again."

The black-haired male insect said with some sadness, "In the distant past of the Legion System, if a Saint appeared in a family, that family would prosper. The family soldiers would feel pain and cold, and understand that in life, besides war and death, there are more worthwhile things to discover, observe, and accept. They can see the road ahead better, and thus curb their desire to kill, avoid the risk of extinction, and find more hope."

Shi Cunjin understood and couldn't help but say: "Tolerance allows life to have more choices. Kindness and rationality can breed trust. Wisdom and fearlessness can identify better and more appropriate choices. Choices are like transactions. Transactions are divided into trade and interests. Once trade and interests are stable... peace is born."

"The Saint is supposed to bring hope." The black-haired male insect's cold tone suddenly turned gentle again, and he kindly said a joke: "The male insect's test place is like the millions of worlds that Major General Joshua has experienced in your writing. If I put it this way, you will definitely understand it better."

Shi Cunjin: “………………”

First of all, I am an atheist.

Secondly, can you Zerg really make the rebirth setting materialized???

“…Can you see my reality through my eyes?” Shi Cunjin said with difficulty. It was quite exciting that the thousand-year-old man who hosted a serious VR meeting suddenly turned into an addicted Internet surfer.

"Of course not. I can only see the eyes of children who have been to the temple, and I can only see a little bit." The black-haired male insect looked at Shi Cunjin with tender eyes: "I am just a shadow and cannot interfere with reality. The only thing I can do for you is to erase the painful memories after you fail the test."

Shi Cunjin felt uncomfortable being looked at. At the same time, he also realized that the original author did not write that vv did not immediately become a saint after he became an adult, probably because he wanted to set up a delayed excitement point: the rules must give way to vv, and vv's existence can reset the rules.

This kind of Dihua flow excitement point is very common in novels, but when the original book becomes a world, all the settings are automatically evolved and completed.

Now it seems that Valentine did not become a saint immediately after adulthood, and he definitely failed the test of the Dream Temple.

…

Shi Cunjin wanted to pinch his eyebrows again.

How can a futuristic sci-fi Zerg background also have a fantasy movie setting? Oh, oh.

"Please forgive me." The black-haired male insect noticed Shi Cunjin's discomfort, adjusted his focused gaze, and apologized: "In all these years, this is the first time I have seen a child like you."

"You already have such a brilliant aura before going through the test." The black-haired male insect looked intently into Shi Cunjin's eyes and said, "Brilliant, complete, like a diamond."

"Child, before I took off my crown for you, you had already reached the promised land." The black-haired male insect said sincerely, "Don't refuse me to take off your crown, okay? You are too weak. You should have a better body and better everything. You should also have better everything to face the storm after waking up."

The storm after waking up... Shi Cunjin thought of the accident at the carnival and pursed his lips. Indeed, the worst case scenario was that he was successfully brought back to the cat's eye by Gobelier, and Fate's vest was thrown away by dirty water, and all his efforts were wasted.

And Anushka, Shi Cunjin sighed in his heart, 1500, 1501, it was simply impossible to imagine what Anushka would become if she received bad news again.

"What is the scope of the duties that the Queen must perform?" Shi Cunjin asked calmly, "Are there any specific documents? I need to understand all the rules before considering it."

The black-haired male insect was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed, even a little inappropriately.

Shi Cunjin:?

I was scammed by a contract when I was young, so I should be more vigilant.

"No, no, hehe." The black-haired male insect took two deep breaths, looked at Shi Cunjin tenderly, and said softly and joyfully: "Oh my God, oh my God... I wish I could have a lovely child like you when I am still alive."

Shi Cunjin was forced to admit that he had PTSD, so he said politely, "Thank you, it's good to be an orphan."

The black-haired male insect didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He smoothed his chest and said, "Kid, you are already doing it."

Shi Cunjin paused.

"You walked to the promised land by yourself, not here." The black-haired male insect said softly, "You already have all the qualities that a saint should have."

"I dropped my crown for you only to soothe your pain of growth and illuminate all the talents that a saint should have."

The black-haired male insect took a step forward, raised his hands close to Shi Cunjin's face, and asked, "Can I touch your face?"

Shi Cunjin pursed his lips, nodded, and said, "Thank you."

The black-haired male insect looked at Shi Cunjin at eye level, raised his hands to hold both sides of Shi Cunjin's face, leaned his forehead over and gently rested it on Shi Cunjin's forehead, closed his eyes, and said, "It will be over soon."

All of a sudden, Shi Cunjin felt a coolness on his forehead, as if a breeze came from the sky, rushed into his crown and flowed through his whole body.

He felt light and happy. All the nervous and psychological pressure that had been tense for months disappeared. It was like he was back in his mother's womb, wrapped in warm amniotic fluid.

"Gulp gurgle..." The sound of water really rang in Shi Cunjin's ears.

He fluttered his eyelashes and opened his eyes a little bit. The next second, Shi Cunjin's eyes suddenly widened!

He is in the sea!

The black-haired male insect carried him into the sea, just like the scene in all pirate fantasy movies. The black-haired male insect was like a mermaid who feeds on humans, pressing his shoulders and sinking him into the deep sea.

The deep sea was half blue and half black. Behind the black-haired male insect was a petroleum-like black shadow. In the black shadow were countless eyeballs of different colors. Gloom, curse, fear, resentment, countless emotions burst out in countless eyes, and all the eyeballs were staring at him.

Shi Cunjin struggled fiercely, and the black-haired male insect came over and grabbed him tightly, comforting him in his ear: "Hey... don't look at those eyes, those are the memories of losers, hey... soon, soon, you will wake up soon, don't be afraid."

1797, 1798, 1799, 1800. Shi Cunjin closed his eyes and counted to 30 minutes in his mind. Suddenly, he was able to breathe again.

…

"Huh!" Shi Cunjin suddenly opened his eyes wide and woke up from a dark dream.

His heart was pounding, but before he could calm down, a familiar noise rang in his ears.

“Teacher Shi!!!!!!!!!!!!” the system exclaimed in ecstasy, “You have finally finally finally finally finally yyyy…!!”

Shi Cunjin sat up and felt an abnormal weight on his shoulders, but he did not look down, nor did he immediately respond to the system's garbled congratulations. Instead, he looked at the dim scenery around him in surprise.

He was in a bedroom that was so dim that he couldn't tell whether it was a small room or a large room.

The dim bedroom had no windows or doors, and the bedposts were surrounded by golden railings.

Shi Cunjin: “…”

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