Gianna didn't know what to say when she got the news of the impending war from Nip, she had just joined the Psionic Association and was about to face a war, and although her expression was still calm, her heart had become uneasy.

Arendt, on the other hand, looked fearless and courageous, crossed his hands behind his head and said easily:

"We may not be their opponents on the front, but we can fight a war of attrition, our spiritual power is endless, and we can replenish it wherever we rest for a day when we run out. When their spiritual power is used up, they have to go back to Antarctica, and so many of us can't consume them?hahaha....... ”

Hearing Arendt laugh out loud, Nip's brow furrowed even tighter, and he just said lightly:

"Aren't you afraid of the Malthusian threat?"

The atmosphere of the bar seemed to freeze in an instant, and Arendt, who was still arrogant before, was also frightened at this time.

Malthus, the nightmare of all psychics. Just as ordinary children are disobedient and adults use big bad wolves to scare children, older psionics often use Malthus to intimidate young psionics who use their psychic power indiscriminately.

The difference is that the big bad wolf won't come, but Malthus does.

"Girl, it's really hard for you to encounter this kind of thing when you first came to the association. I'll tell you a little bit about the past of our psionic and shadow, so that you can better grasp the current situation. ”

Nipra pulled a chair and sat across from Gianna and Arendt, the old man, though still scruffy, but now his eyes were burning, like the posture of a wise man.

"Hmm. Gianna nodded slightly, giving a look of insightful listening.

Although Arendt already knew a lot about the past of the two organizations, he did not refuse at this time, and was ready to listen to Nip again.

"Let's start with our war with the shadows. About 10,000 years ago, the Shadow was founded with the support of Atlas, and the establishment was followed by a 9,000-year-long war with us. Both sides are vying for spiritual springs around the world, and both want to use it for their own use. The spiritual power near the spiritual spring is much more abundant than other places, and it is very suitable for us spiritual power people to improve their strength, so we all like to gather there to temper ourselves. But it is useless to the shadow, and until now no one knows what they are fighting for the spiritual spring, which is the biggest contradiction between us and the shadow. ”

"Shadows were generally low in individual combat effectiveness at that time, but there were many of them. The combat effectiveness of our spiritual power is very high, but the number of people is too small, and there are only 100 spiritual power people on the earth at that time. At the beginning of the war, the forces of the two sides were scattered in various regions of the world, and it was often a few psionic beings and hundreds of shadows fighting each other. They fought from mountains to oceans, from deserts to canyons, and they were evenly matched, and the smoke of gunpowder filled all over the world, and the whole earth became dark. Later, all the spiritual powers from all over the world gathered in the Shenzhou Kingdom, and the shadows of the tens of thousands of people also chased and killed. The spiritual power person used the spiritual spring under his control to use a special spiritual method to condense a terrifying force, which concentrated the spiritual power released by almost all the spiritual power people and several spiritual springs at that time, which was enough to destroy the entire shadow army. On the other hand, the shadow army is like a plate of scattered sand, and it is difficult to concentrate its own strength. ”

"The shadows could not resist in the face of that devastating force, and just as they were about to collapse, Malthus appeared. He was attracted by the huge fluctuations in spiritual power, and in his eyes, whether it was a spiritual power person or a shadow on the earth, it was not much different from an ant. He single-handedly resisted the destructive force we had gathered, and our camp was instantly crushed. Malthus then began to slaughter our members, and in just a few minutes he slaughtered all of our psionic powers, leaving only a few of them to save their lives, and the psions were severely damaged. ”

At this point, Nip's mood was visibly sad, and he went to the back of the bar and took out the only remaining bottle of whisky, without ice or water, unscrewed the lid and took a sip, and then continued.

"In fact, a long, long time ago, when the number of spiritual powers on the earth exceeded a certain number and affected the spiritual power on the earth, Malthus would appear and kill some of the spiritual powers, so that nature could reach a state of equilibrium. No one knew where he came from, and after slaughtering the psionic powers, he disappeared without a trace. Slowly, some of the surviving wise people of the spiritual power mastered some rules, Malthus would only appear when there was a large-scale spiritual power fluctuation, and he would only kill those people at the scene of the large-scale spiritual power fluctuation. In order to avoid large-scale spiritual power fluctuations, many spiritual power people choose to stay away from their companions and survive alone. ”

"Those who live in groups are forbidden to use spiritual power wantonly, but there will still be people who have the courage to do something that will attract Malthus, and as a result, they will be killed, and at the same time, they will also affect their companions, and this is the threat of Malthus. As for the shadows, Malthus thinks that they are just ordinary humans and will not affect the spiritual power on the earth, so he does not kill the shadows, which makes the shadows overjoyed. But soon they also fell into despair, because Malthus felt the spiritual power fluctuations of the spirit power crystals, and then destroyed almost all of their spirit power crystals. Most of the shadows could not be replenished by spiritual power in time, so they had no choice but to turn back into ordinary people, and the power of the shadows also decreased sharply, and the spiritual power provided by the surviving spiritual power crystals could only last for about a hundred people, and the shadows were also hit hard, but the war continued. ”

Perhaps a little thirsty, Nip's voice stopped again. He cleared his throat, took a long sip of whiskey, and continued.

"After hundreds of years of training, the shadows have become proficient in using their spiritual powers under the cultivation of Atlas, and their personal abilities have gradually surpassed us, but due to the limitations of spiritual power crystals, they can no longer expand their numbers. And in the long river of years, generation after generation of ordinary people will always have a certain chance of appearing spiritual powers, and the number of our spiritual powers gradually exceeds the shadows, plus we deliberately control ourselves not to use spiritual power at will, Malthus rarely appears, and the number of our spiritual powers has reached nearly 10,000 people, forming a completely opposite situation from the early days of the war. ”

"But when we have too many of them, we are still limited by Malthus. The Shadows are also very jealous of Malthus, and they don't want the remaining spiritual power crystals to be destroyed again, so they have become very cautious about fighting us. The two sides had to keep an eye out for Malthus's presence while fighting, and this kind of war made both sides feel more and more meaningless. After 9,000 years of war, both sides suffered huge losses, and they began to try to resolve disputes through negotiations. ”

"About a thousand years ago, the war was completely terminated, and the two sides decided through negotiation to put all the spiritual springs except for the Shenzhou Kingdom under the management of shadows, and the spiritual springs in the Shenzhou belong to our spiritual powers. It is stipulated that we cannot use spiritual power at will, we cannot use spiritual power to destroy the order of the world, and we cannot enter the spiritual spring outside the country of Shenzhou. The shadow monitors us and has the power to arrest those who do not comply. As time passed, we all forgot about the war, and our contacts with the shadows became more frequent, and we often learned from each other and learned from each other's abilities. ”

"We were amazed by the Shadows' ability to use spiritual power, and admired their "Ah God" for making ordinary people so powerful. Some psionic beings are ready to visit this alien psychic 640 light-years away from Betelgeuse because of their worship of Atlas to learn the high-level spiritual arts. But most of them can barely catch up with the speed of sound, and even if they could fly out of the solar system at such speeds, it would take about 560 million years to reach them. What's more, they can't get rid of the gravitational pull of the earth at all, and it is much worse than the speed of the first universe, let alone the speed of the third universe that gets rid of the gravitational pull of the sun. Some of the most powerful spiritual power can reach the speed of getting rid of the sun's gravity, but they flew to the edge of the solar system only to find that outside the Oort Nebula that surrounds the entire solar system, there is no spiritual power in that large area, and it will take at least two million years to travel there, and if you don't absorb spiritual power within this time, it is enough to destroy the spiritual power and the shadow. ”

"If the spiritual power and shadow cannot absorb spiritual power for a long time, the soul and body will dry up, and eventually life will die. The discovery of the spiritual vacuum made them feel depressed, and if the entire human race could not make a leap breakthrough, then they would be trapped in the solar system forever. From this point of view, the fate of us and the shadow is actually one and the same, closely linked. Both sides let go of their prejudices and ushered in an era of peace that has been in place until now. ”

"Peacetime! Ridiculous! They just changed the way of war. Most of the spiritual springs in the world were occupied by them, and even if the war didn't stop at that time, we would have been defeated. Arendt interrupted Nip's words and said indignantly.

"We still have the Divine State, Erwin said that the spiritual power emitted by a few spiritual springs in the Divine Kingdom is equivalent to the sum of all the spiritual springs in other regions. Stinky boy, you've been there too, haven't you felt the abundant spiritual power?" Nep argued.

Arendt nodded thoughtfully. He suddenly thought of what White Rose had said before leaving, and what he had said in that strange dream. "Maybe we should go to Shenzhou Country. Lunt couldn't help but say it.

"I agree with this, you and the little girl should go there, and I want to talk to you about it. Erwin told me that the Spirit Power Academy has expanded to recruit students, and anyone under the age of twenty can go, and you are all eligible. Nipu said with a smile, his gaze falling on the two young men in front of him.

"What is the spirit age?" Gianna asked again.

"It means that from the time you opened the spirit core to the present, my spiritual age is twenty years old, and Nip's spiritual age is more than thirty years old. By the way, when did you turn on the spirit core?" said Arendt, looking at Gianna curiously.

"I think it was five years ago. Gianna replied.

"Oh, then you're five years old. Fortunately, my spiritual age is just enough to meet the requirements, let's go to the spiritual power academy together. Arendt looked at Gianna, waiting for her confirmation.

"Well, it should teach me more control over my spiritual powers. Gianna thought for a moment and nodded, then looked back at Nip.

"Nip, you can go with you. ”

"Haha, you guys go, I'm not going. The wine there was so strong I couldn't stand it. Nip shook half a bottle of whiskey in his hand at the two in front of him, and then took another big gulp.

"What if we do go to war with Shadow, what are you going to do alone?" asked Gianna worriedly, having only known Nip for a short time, but she had made him a companion.

"Don't worry! war won't start so easily, the shadow is still afraid of our elder, after all, that man claims to be the most powerful man on earth. The Shadows are only trying to weaken our power as much as possible, which is why they are going around provoking and capturing psionic powers. You two go, leave me alone, but don't get caught by them on the way. Nipu cared.

"Oh...... Well, then you have to watch out for shadows and watch out for yourself. ”

"Don't worry! This old guy is actually very strong, don't worry about him. Arendt said with relief.

"Okay, I've got to get some sleep, I want to sleep after drinking, I've been sick for decades, let's go, I'm closing. ”

Nip stood up, shook the bottle, and drank the rest of the wine, leaving it on the table.

Gianna tries to help clean up the broken glass and liquor on the floor, but Nip refuses. Arendt knew the old drunkard well, and didn't say anything more, but simply said goodbye to Nip. The two left the bar.

As the sky gets darker, the neon lights of the city begin to wake up, like colorful elves beating between buildings, showing off the progress of human industrial civilization.

Valente sent Gianna back to her villa with great gratitude, and wanted to communicate with her further there, but because she had consumed too much spiritual power in the water cage of the white rose, she was already dizzy and dizzy at the moment, so she had to return to her residence and fall asleep.