Su Ming'an turned his head and looked at the god, and the god still looked at him gently.
"God, in your eyes, I am just a 'toy'?" Su Mingan said.
"Originally, I was too lonely... Meeting you was like meeting a toy that suited my heart. I didn't want you to die, I liked the way you collapsed." The god said, "But everything you have done over the past few decades has changed my mind. Your wisdom and hard work deserve respect... If you were born in my civilization, maybe you would have stood at the top like me, instead of being buried with the backward civilization of the ruins world. I respect you, and now you can stand by my side."
"So, at the beginning you were indeed..." Su Mingan remembered the beginning.
As early as the Dawn War, Su Ming'an knew that the voice that had been helping him for free must have bad intentions. Sure enough, in the end, the god became his biggest enemy.
Even those perfect strategic instructions were just special guidance from the gods, not really to help him win every battle.
"If you are betrayed, it is common; if you are hostile, it is also normal; if you are loved, accept it as an extra gift. If you don't learn to be extravagant, you won't suffer too much pain. If you don't cherish a treasure, you won't be too sad when you lose it."
At this time, the god actually spoke out his inner thoughts: "So, 'we' have long known that there is no help and love without reason in this world."
After hearing this, Su Mingan laughed, as if confirming something.
"No. I never believed you would help me for free."
He walked towards the platform step by step, with a long hose pulled behind him, like a broken bright red wing, and a sense of empathy surged wildly in his mind.
His footsteps swept past the people lying on the ground. They opened their eyes in pain, their gazes still following his back.
"No...don't...go."
Xi was choked by the water and coughed, still struggling to make a mosquito-like sound.
Heavy rain poured in through the broken window glass, and a layer of water accumulated on the ground. People's bodies were covered in blood and water, and a light red color lightly touched the soles of Su Mingan's shoes.
"No...don't...go."
Che stretched out his hand, his flaming pupils staring straight at Su Mingan.
He didn't believe that Su Mingan would really turn against the gods at this time. It was more like Su Mingan was accumulating strength for a fatal attack.
Every time at such a critical moment, no one could stand by Su Mingan.
Whether it was their first encounter in the Warband Tavern, or the Dawn System's bloody arrest warrant, Lin Guang's live broadcast threat, the Fenghuo Gathering Place's retreat, entering the City of God alone in the Dawn Battle, everyone hoping that he would jump off the edge of the world... it was all like this.
Those who loved him madly and could bear all the difficulties for him were already dead. Some burned up like fire in front of his eyes, and some jumped into the abyss for him. Their final farewells were all so blazing.
Che always tried his best to get close to the city lord and tell him that not everyone in the regiment hated him and that there were good people among the marginalized areas.
But now even the warband is gone...
Even the world is going to disappear...
“…”
Noel fell to the ground, a thought flashed across his pupils, his fingers still tightly hooked on the silk thread.
He did not speak out to stop Su Ming'an, but silently lowered his presence and watched Su Ming'an approach the god.
"Da, da, da."
The leather boots touched the ground, crushing the red and purple reflections in the water. Su Mingan approached the platform step by step, and the jade-white stairs appeared in front of him. The god sitting in a wheelchair on the platform was shrouded in a layer of lustrous luster, which reminded people of the bright sunshine in spring, as if the platform was a warm and safe paradise——
"Su Ming'an." The god lowered his head and said, "Have you heard of the concept of 'Laplace's Demon'?"
"Hmm?" Su Mingan responded softly.
"Suppose there is a hypothetical creature that can know the position and momentum of every atom in the universe. It can show the past and future of the universe - this is Laplace's demon." The god's voice was mixed with a bit of sadness:
"That is to say, as long as we have enough data and powerful computing power, we can infer everything in the universe. This is also the concept of the 'City of Measurement' - to make the 'Dawn System' that integrates infinite information become this 'Laplace's Demon'."
"Theology believes that everything in the universe was created by God, but it cannot explain what 'God' is. If we integrate theology and science, can we think that the so-called omniscient God is a 'Laplace's demon' that knows everything by gathering a large amount of data and calculations?"
"Everything in the world has a 'cause'. Different causes and effects are intertwined. If we have enough information and remove a certain cause appropriately, we can make reality develop in the direction we want - then we can be omniscient and omnipotent."
"...Just like what you did to me." Su Mingan said.
"Yes. Just like what I did to you, I used words to persuade you to avoid cause and effect and led you to your current end." The god said:
"What do you want to say?" Su Mingan said.
"If I say that our fate has actually been arranged. Whether accepting, resisting or being neutral, it is all to lead everyone into the trap of this moment. A 'Laplace Demon' has already calculated the most likely outcome for us. Whether it is the rise of the Beacon Army, the defeat of the City of God, the further invasion of Hewei, or all the developments afterwards... and in the end - you will fail here, and I will take over the ruined world - I say that all this is arranged by a 'Laplace Demon', do you believe it?" The god asked him.
Su Mingan walked down the stairs.
He held his head high, remembering what the god had asked him when they first met.
What do you think free will is?
He still has the answer to this question today.
【Free will is love and death without regret. 】
"I don't believe it." Su Mingan said.
The god smiled.
"Is that so?"
God said:
"So, you want to know why I call myself 'God'? That's not my original name."
Su Mingan looked up and looked at him.
At this moment, the god lowered his eyelids, and in his eyes, it seemed as if a tide was passing through, gathering together countless civilizations submerged by time.
For a moment, those dark grey pupils seemed to contain all the emotions that Akto possessed.
Love tenderly, resolutely, eternally, and deeply.
"Why?" Su Mingan asked.
The god chuckled.
"Because I want to become a god-like 'Laplace's Demon'." His voice was still gentle, but with a sense of sadness:
“I want to be a god.”
"I want to save my civilization from destruction."
“I want to bring them alive.”
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