Beneath the Land of Shadows, the deep sea of the North.

Suspended in the dark waters, Todd used his night vision and Eagle Eye abilities to look into the depths of the ocean, where there was a faint light and creatures swimming, he shook his head and said, "It seems that my guess is correct." ”

A thunderous voice rang in his ears, "When did you find out?"

"Do you remember? The last time I came to you to ask about the Soul Seed, you took me to your soul space and showed me the city of the Fishmen. ”

The mountain-like body slowly moved in the water, shaking the huge eyeball, and Leviathan confirmed: "That's right, those fishmen who fought against humans and were exterminated tens of thousands of years ago, I quietly preserved their souls in my consciousness space. But, how did you find here?"

Todd lowered his dragon's head, his ability to breathe underwater allowed him to draw oxygen from the water without any problems, and he reminisced as he said, "Reasoning from clues...... Not only you, but I've also been to Skaha's soul space. Later, I discovered a strange thing, compared to the two of you, you have a much higher soul power than Skaha. ”

"At that time, I was thinking, as the first batch of creations of Jingsu, why is there such a big difference between the two of you in terms of soul power?"

Leviathan was silent for a moment, then said, "Each of the forerunners created by Jingsu has a completely different mission and ability. For example, Skaha, when she was created, was given a mission to observe and pass on. She is primarily responsible for documenting all civilizations, as well as archiving and verifying the culture and characteristics of each civilization. ”

"And me. Leviathan's huge body obscured the glimmer of light in the ocean: "My mission is to conceive and reproduce...... In the motherly sanctuary of the sea, I have carefully cared for the condensed life of each soul, watching them slowly develop from the simplest of organisms to the complex higher beings. Some of them went ashore and established civilization on land, while others stayed with me and continued to live. ”

Todd continued, "So, let me guess that the reason why your soul ability is higher than that of Skaha is because you need it to nurture life in the ocean. On the other hand, is it the formation of the soul at the beginning of the creation of life?"

For the first time, there was a slight tone of appreciation in Leviathan's voice: "You guessed right. ”

"The so-called soul is actually a form of architecture made of dark matter. It is the drawing, it is the blueprint, it is the design draft that creates all organic objects. ”

"Before the creation of life, the pioneers would transfer the design and ability needs of the species to their own kind, such as me, according to their own preferences. Based on these needs, I am starting to build the soul of living organisms in the soul space with the right amount of dark matter and dark energy. Next, I'll use an ability to transform these souls into physical ......"

Todd nodded and said, "Soul concretization." ”

"Yes, it seems that Skaha has already taught you this ability...... The blueprint design in the soul space is built little by little with the free elements and particles in the real world, and this process is the embodiment of the soul. ”

"After the embodiment of the soul, the forerunners would observe the state and manifestation of the materialized things, and let the most basic and low-level soul blueprints be continuously upgraded to a higher ideology under the influence of nature and society, and eventually formed into higher beings. ”

Todd said helplessly: "However, what you didn't expect was that the emergence of the extermination war would completely interrupt this soul upgrade and the evolution of the species. Any civilization, after evolving to a certain extent, will inevitably usher in destruction. ”

Leviathan said in a deep voice: "This is also the biggest difference between the Forerunners and our Creator, the Crystal Su, the Forerunners believed that the progress of civilization has reached a certain stage, and self-discipline and freedom will eventually usher in the extinction of the race, and it must be influenced and interfered with by external forces to ensure the continuation of civilization. However, Jingsu believes that whether it is a soul or a civilization, higher life must not disturb the development track of lower life, otherwise, it will go against the original intention of life experiments and make the experimental results lose their authenticity. ”

Hearing this, Todd shuddered.

The reason why his previous life, the blue planet, has been arguing about the Fermi paradox until now, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't find traces of alien civilizations, is it also because of similar reasons?

Putting aside the complicated thoughts, Todd said to Leviathan, "Leave aside who is right and who is wrong between the Crystal and the Precursor. Do you remember that question I asked you in the soul space?"

"Which problem?"

"At the beginning, after seeing the souls of those fishmen in your soul space, I asked you, 'Why do you keep so many souls in your own space?' and then you only said half a sentence to me, 'Because they are all ......'"

Todd flapped his dragon wings in the sea and said with emotion, "After I came back, I kept thinking, what will be the second half of your sentence?"

Leviathan said calmly, "You can find here, it means that you have already guessed what I want to do." ”

Todd changed his posture and began to swoop towards the deep sea, colorful jellyfish slowly floated by his side, illuminating the entire deep sea like a paradise, huge underwater buildings were lined up one after another, built on the continental shelf in a staggered and orderly manner, and the fish people with beautiful faces and graceful postures looked at the black dragon that was getting closer and closer to the underwater city, and began to flee in all directions, desperately hiding.

Staying above the bustling underwater city in front of him, Todd looked at the group of shivering fishmen in front of him and said, "Leviathan, not only did you preserve the souls of those fishmen in your soul space, but you also used the ability of soul embodiment to give them flesh in the real world and help them rebuild their home. ”

Leviathan's thunderous voice came from afar: "Yes, I did. I have never acknowledged that the humans who live on land are creatures I have been involved in creating, who are greedy, selfish, faithless, and synonymous with destruction and failure. These creatures in front of you are all survivors that I have carefully selected from my own soul space, and they deserve the right to live!"

Todd scratched his neck with the dragon's claw and shook his head helplessly.

In Todd's eyes, Leviathan is now behaving like a mother who protects her children, and she can't be persuaded with words.

Todd reminded, "If you give them life again, you are tantamount to disobeying the original intention of the Crystal Su, aren't you worried that your creator will be punished?"

Leviathan's massive, mountain-like body twisted in the sea with rage, and the pressure of the water caused strong currents and earthquakes, making the entire ocean floor look crumbling.

"Have you ever felt like this? Seeing the children you love being destroyed by a group of evil criminals, and you can't stand up to protect them...... I've had enough of these days! If Jingsu really thinks I'm getting in the way of its experiments, and is determined to destroy everything, then let him come!"

Todd swam to Leviathan's side, motioning for it to calm down, and then said to him, "You and Skaha, once gave me a mission, do you still have any impressions?"

"Yes, we want you to find a way to make peace between the different races and not start a war that ends everything!"

Todd nodded: "I have an idea about this now, but I need your and Skaha's help. ”

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