Chapter 1263 As expected
That is the sound of the sand clock.
All the extraordinary people in the world heard a new notice in their hearts at the same time -
[The promotion ceremony for breaking through the seventh level of the Path of Devotion will be changed to a separate lunar eclipse ceremony.]
[The power of devotion is boiling, and the nine rivers along the path are becoming increasingly turbulent—]
[Starting today, all paths will gain universal healing abilities, halving the mana required to heal any injury and doubling the healing effect.]
The barrier between the dream world and the material world has become weaker, significantly reducing the difficulty of praying, communicating, summoning, and divine intervention to beings in the dream world.
[——The law of balance has been updated, and a new equilibrium point has been established]
In the past, the Sand Clock had only announced new laws twice. This announcement, which hadn't happened in thousands of years, had already happened three times in just a few months.
At this moment, even the most dull-witted extraordinary person should know very clearly... a new era has arrived.
“…That’s great.”
Even Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief.
He no longer cared about what the good master's Water Raven Guard wanted to convey to him.
After listening briefly and knowing that the meeting was tomorrow morning, he hurriedly dismissed the other party - Aiwass was already eager to contact Gray to see what the situation was like over there.
It is definitely a great achievement that Grey was able to successfully persuade Yan Tiansi to death.
After all, Flame Celestial Master's strength was one of the strongest among the Celestial Masters who were to be "dismissed" by the Tail Ring in this round. Furthermore, Flame Celestial Master's abilities were not well suited for combat.
According to the information mentioned in the letter sent by Gray, Yan Tiansi has the power to transform "civilization".
She transformed the technology and war preparations that the dwarves had accumulated for thousands of years into fire elves.
Activated magic cannons, activated heavy mechas, activated mechanical fortresses, activated steel cities... Not only were all these things gathered together, even the dwarves were swallowed up by the destructive flames and turned into mechanical dwarves one after another.
All organic matter turns into inorganic matter, and all inorganic matter gains life and rationality.
This ability is quite similar to that of the Balrog - Aiwass had seen the Balrog use a similar ability to demonize the Temple of Silver and Tin during the promotion ceremony.
However, at that time, those transformed into Flame Demon derivatives were merely a group of palace guards, housekeepers, and maids... They were either armed with cold weapons or barehanded. Some even carried candlesticks and mops, things that didn't resemble normal weapons at all.
After all, their core is a flowing living flame. Even if these weapons are enchanted, they cannot withstand the heat of the flames and will disintegrate soon after fighting.
However, Yan Tiansi is different - as the god who controls fire, steel and casting, these "weapons" demonized by him will not become more fragile after gaining life, but will become stronger; and these organic lives mechanized by him will gain the advantages of inorganic matter.
In fact, Aiwas believes that this is Yan Tiansi’s core understanding of the path of dedication and the source of civilization: civilization does not necessarily require people.
This is actually not necessarily wrong.
If nothingness completely permeates the world, this may be a way to continue "civilization".
After all, the essence of nothingness is "meaninglessness." But for artificial intelligence, steel, and machinery, this is a false proposition—their very existence is meaningless. These very species, tools born from nothingness, will not be destroyed by nothingness... Rather, they may become tools of nothingness, and thus survive.
——Just like cattle, horses, cats and dogs are domesticated by humans and are able to survive.
How can this not be considered a kind of "civilization"? It's just the worst kind of civilization.
Just like the Star Crystal People, who inherited the Atlantis civilization of the ancient scaly people... If the living eventually reach the end, based on the concept of survival or evolution, the machines hatched from their bodies may become a new civilization.
Both His Holiness the Pope and Yan Tiansi himself actually felt a little confused about this concept and did not have a clear understanding of their own path... On the contrary, they were not as good as Aiwas in understanding Yan Tiansi's thinking.
It’s a pity that the current era is still a bit behind.
If another hundred or two hundred years pass, when the era of automation and artificial intelligence arrives, Yan Tiansi may be able to figure it out.
Today, Yan Tiansi is stuck in the paradox of "civilization will no longer need humans if it continues to develop" and "can a civilization without humans be considered a civilization?"
Her ideas are advanced and extreme, but her cognition is simple and her morals are traditional - this is why Yan Tiansi feels pain.
As a world-class craftsman, Yan Tiansi would easily repair and optimize any defects in the metals as they were assimilated. Although Aiwass was confident that Yan Tiansi could easily defeat him due to his own strength... However, Aiwass was a little reluctant to confront the entire dwarven civilization, which had accumulated thousands of years of war and aggression.
——It is known that the military technology of the Dwarven civilization is comparable to that of the Elves, who had the most abundant martial virtues thousands of years ago. However, the Elves have already retired from the army and turned swords into plowshares, and they can casually pull out an ancient cruiser, the technology of which has already crushed modern technology... Then, to confront all the military technology accumulated by the Dwarves, wouldn't it be equivalent to Aiwas having to fight to the death with the entire civilization?
Even if the entire human civilization were tied together, it might - no, it must be - not as difficult to defeat Yan Tiansi!
Needless to say, those mechanical dwarves were essentially dwarves. If Aiwass were to defeat them, it would be tantamount to personally exterminating an entire race and destroying an ancient civilization that had been passed down for thousands of years.
Even if Aiwass could survive, this war would inevitably lead to chaos in the world.
Not to mention how many innocent people will be affected by these things... Just the series of reactions that will arise after the ambitious people discover the forbidden technology that the dwarves have hidden for thousands of years will be very troublesome.
Fortunately, Grey is reliable enough.
He convinced the stubborn Yan Tiansi with his talk.
According to Gray's previous letter, she must have allowed Flame Celestial Master to release his own power, becoming a Celestial Master walking on the earth. Just like the Crown Master of old, through this asceticism, she sought new possibilities for her path.
And just when Aiwass prepared the ceremony and was about to contact Gray...
The benevolent leaders urgently convened a small meeting.
Among them were Mahidfaran and Ismail, who had just left - of course, Aiwas was not among them.
"Brothers and sisters," a voice sounded slowly, "our decision is correct.
"—The incomparably powerful Yan Tiansi was indeed defeated by this young Pope alone!
"The Great Abyss cannot compare to the Blazing Flame. If that's the case... do you think you can't compare to the newly appointed Pope?"
Chapter 2, updated!
(End of this chapter)
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