"Tell me why."

Speaking in a tone of patience and disgust, Joshua frowned and asked the only woman in the Sibeya squad who was awake, "Why did you kill those ordinary people?" ”

- in order to deplete the enemy's living forces, of course.

The warrior can guess the opponent's answer without the other party's answer...... This is not something incomprehensible, especially for him who has been through countless battlefields. Small-scale local wars in modern warfare may also pay attention to morality and human rights, and will not massacre civilians against each other, but when it comes to a world war, what nuclear weapons, biological and chemical weapons, and unlimited bombardment will not all take turns to fight and strive to turn the entire territory of the enemy country into scorched earth?

At that time, who cared whether civilians were human or not, innocent or not, under the flames of nuclear weapons, even thousand-year-old monuments would be wiped out, and the number of lives was as meaningless as dust. This is true of the earth where civilization and human rights are highly developed, let alone a different world that looks abnormal.

Joshua didn't intend to meddle in the matter at first.

The battle between the soul puppet and the Sibeya seems to be fierce, but in his eyes it is purely a small fight, Joshua knew from the beginning that this battle is at most to damage some ordinary soul puppets, and none of the main combat forces of the two sides has a strong means of death, although the light arrow cannot be dodged like light, but the energy level can also kill some ordinary people, it pierces the outer armor of some low-level puppets at most, and it is impossible to destroy their core, and the white shield can also block the attacks of most super puppets, Coupled with that powerful old man, the Siboyan team can go whenever they want.

Since there would be no serious consequences, Joshua was naturally not interested in making a move, he wanted to actually see how the soul golem loaded the super energy unit, and how those ordinary people with the power of steel fought...... The result of the battle was indeed not what he expected, the Siboya team could not break through the defense line of the soul golems, so they planned to retreat, and the super golems could not stop the other party's retreat.

But just as Joshua was about to follow later, to inquire about the retreating group of Siberyas, he saw countless arrows of light shoot out from the white shield, raining down.

Light could not be stopped, so in an instant, thousands of Siberians died, and they fell one after another, like an invisible scythe cutting through a crop.

Joshua's speed was no faster than the light, and by the time he observed the light, the people were already dead, and he couldn't stop it.

Angry?

Of course.

Joshua had never shot at an unarmed weak, let alone slaughtered - yes, of course he could understand the other party's behavior, and the moment the other party made a move, he understood the reason for the other party's move, but it was precisely because he understood that he didn't like it, so he hated it.

"For the sake of ...... Drain the power of this plantation......"

The woman spoke, her voice still trembling, as if she hadn't yet detached herself from the shock of the Shock Realm: "This time...... Sortie, we can't ...... Nothing has been gained, we must accomplish something to go back, otherwise it will be a waste of resources in the army...... Kill them, and these golems will be busy for a while, and they will also reduce the plantation's supply......"

Her words stumbled, but they flowed more and more smoothly behind. The woman immediately closed her mouth after answering Joshua's question, her head hanging down, not daring to look at the eyes that shimmered with silver light.

And after receiving the expected answer, Joshua did not get any more angry, nor did he react otherwise, he just said flatly: "In order to prevent the enemy from getting supplies, we will slaughter the local civilians...... That's your explanation? ”

He had heard a lot of such reasons.

Joshua didn't speak the local world language contained in the steel shards of Sibeja, the Python of Steel, he still spoke the lingua franca of Microf, but because of the resonance of the spirit, the other party could clearly understand what he meant. And just after Joshua finished speaking, the woman kneeling on the ground shook her head vigorously, she seemed to want to get up and argue, but finally retorted softly: "No, they are not civilians, they are just the production tools of those puppets!" If you don't kill them, they'll still have a steady stream of production resources for the golems to use! ”

Killing these walking dead 'things' was the easiest and most effective way to weaken the plantation, much more convenient and effective than destroying the golems—the woman wanted to say this, but she didn't say it.

"The soul puppets treat them as livestock and crops, and you also treat them as living parts, as a resource reserve for the enemy."

Looking at the woman kneeling on the ground, as well as the six people around him who were still unconscious, Joshua turned his head and said indifferently, "In a sense, the difference between you is really not big. ”

"It's different...... Moreover, they are not human at all. ”

The only woman who woke up had blue and white hair, she looked to be in her twenties, cyan was the original hair color, but white was really gray hair that grew out of overwork, for Joshua's words, this tired, but mentally strong woman couldn't help but retort: "They don't have wisdom at all—let alone souls, or even abilities!" They are not the same creatures as us at all! ”

Hearing the other party's righteous answer, Joshua couldn't help but turn his head, his eyes in the young man's body widened slightly, as if he had just begun to take a serious look at the group of Siboya people in front of him.

“…… You can refute me from the point that this is war. You can refute me from the point of view of stakes and values. You can argue against me on the grounds that we are not equal in power...... I thought of many kinds of answers, strength, faction, necessary tasks, and even simply looked down on the other party as an inferior person - each answer could deal with my question, after all, it was just my personal likes and dislikes, I just couldn't get used to you killing civilians who were powerless to resist. ”

The huge puppet body slowly took a step forward, and it picked up the carbon-based juvenile body and put it back on its shoulder, and a voice came from above, with a hint of surprise in the woman's ears: "But you didn't. You chose to refute me from the point of view of the species, and you take it for granted. ”

The burly soul puppet, his eyes flashed with silver light, with the blessing of the power of steel, Joshua could clearly analyze the essence of any life, he had tested the nameless mechanics before, the garden children, and naturally the ordinary farmers in the breeding area.

And now, he examined the woman in front of him, and the results were not surprising at all.

They are all the same kind of creatures, exactly the same, 100% of the same species.

"You alone cannot say this...... But you can't kill like that. ”

Anyone can do it, whether it's a soul golem, a six-legged hippopotamus, or even a plant demonized by high-purity magic, or even a warrior from another world. You alone can't say that, Siberya, for you are all people who have been enslaved by soul puppets, and you are all oppressed on the same front...... But you don't treat each other as if they were your kind.

- From the farming area to the garden area, he waited for twenty years, but it was people like you who waited. ①

Thinking of the nameless mechanic, Joshua sighed softly, he didn't pay attention to the woman, the warrior who had already removed all the defensive puppets around him just stood quietly in place, waiting.

"Ah......h

"My head hurts......"

"What's going on......"

In this way, in the silent waiting, gradually, the unconscious members of the Siboya team who were impacted by Joshua's terrifying realm also gradually woke up, they were still a little confused at first, but then quickly recalled the last memory, the only awake woman took care of them, and they also turned their eyes to Joshua's body - at first, some of the team members still had a trace of resentment in their eyes, but then, they saw the remains of most of the soul puppets around them that were crumpled into pieces, Coupled with the recall of that terrifying power, they immediately shivered and settled down a lot.

"What's going on...... What's that little ...... That compatriot will be with the soul golem?! ”

"Looking at the shape, it looks a bit like a Snova-type super golem, but with special modifications...... Very burly and very powerful.

"So powerful! Although he didn't perceive superpowers, that soul was so huge that he couldn't see the depth at all...... Was it his words that stunned us all? Such a powerful soul is rare even if it is a dominant-level puppet, right? ”

"That puppet, could it be that he controlled it...... There are records in the army of such superpowers who can control puppets, and the last central holy war was spearheaded by this superpower......"

Joshua sensed a faint but very clear soul fluctuation, and he glanced at the group of squads whose faces did not change and seemed to have just woken up, and immediately understood: soul communication. The relay and coordinator are all sober women, no wonder the other party can be sober in the Shock Realm, and can refute Joshua's words, her soul quality is dozens of times that of ordinary people, and she can completely act as the coordinator of the entire team.

"Did he wake up on his own? Now there are very few compatriots who have awakened on their own, and the ideological steel seal of those soul puppets is getting tighter from generation to generation, and it has been more than ten years since they heard of people awakening on their own. ”

"I guess he just attacked with us and the soul golems, and even got angry about those things...... If it weren't for the spontaneous awakening, how could we not know these things? ”

"Okay, don't talk too much, let's see his reaction...... Such a young self-awakened person may also be able to manipulate puppets, and if they can join us, they will definitely greatly strengthen the strength of the army. ”

After hearing that it was obviously the woman's soul fluctuation, the last calm fluctuation flooded: "Look at the situation, let us know what the purpose of this young compatriot is." ”

The soul fluctuation ended, and in reality, the white-haired old man who suppressed all the melee puppets by himself and blocked the storm super puppet by himself stepped forward, he glanced at the young man sitting on the puppet's shoulder with careful eyes, and then his eyes were involuntarily attracted by the huge steel body, and only after he reacted, he coughed and was ready to speak: "May I ask ......"

"Your identity."

Joshua's voice interrupted his words. The warrior seemed reluctant to talk too much about other issues, and he asked directly: "Your purpose, the general situation of this world, the relationship between the breeding area, the garden area and the plantation, who made the soul puppet, what is the current situation, do you have any historical documents?" ”

A series of questions were said by him fluently and clearly, under the mental resonance, even if everyone present could not understand the lingua franca of Microf, but they could know the meaning of the other party, the white-haired old man led by him could be said to be very good at coping, he was only slightly stunned, and then without hesitation, without any nonsense, began to answer Joshua's questions.

"We are the 5th Brigade from the Resistance, and the purpose is to go to the Garden District and save all our compatriots."

His tone was not fast, but it was not slow, his words were strong and clear, and the old man continued: "I don't know the situation in this world, isn't it like this anyway? Both the breeding area and the garden area are part of this plantation...... However, there are also 'gathering gardens' that do not cultivate and specialize in mineral excavation, as well as other types of gardens. ”

"As for now...... What is history? ”

The old man's answer was appropriate, but it was stuck at the end, as if he really didn't understand what the word 'history' meant, so he looked a little embarrassed. However, Joshua could see that the old man still had something in his heart, and he seemed to be glad that the warriors were not interested in their superpowers, otherwise, they would have to make up a set of nonsense when they answered, which was really troublesome.

But for Joshua, why should he ask about this kind of thing? At the same moment that he pulled the seven-man team out of the air, the warrior had already roughly figured out the superpowers of everyone present, and even the names they called each other had been known through soul communication.

The old man at the head has a kind of self-strengthening superpower, which can store energy in normal times and burst out when needed, so that he is not broken, and his name is 'chariot'.

And the timid girl hiding behind the old man is the maintainer of the white shield, she has a rare energy wall-type superpower, which can be below a certain energy level, no matter what type of impact. Her name is 'Iron Wall'.

Standing together, the emaciated boy and the long-haired woman, with the abilities of 'levitating' and 'condensing arrows', respectively, are responsible for the team's transportation operations, and the other is responsible for large-scale cleaning and long-range attacks. They are called 'Pegasus' and 'Magic Arrow'. It was the magic arrow that had killed the Sibeyans, and she didn't seem to react at this point, as if she was only having a headache from the impact caused by Joshua.

The other two men, one of whom looked weak and seemed to be overloaded, while the other was responsible for supporting each other, had a very low sense of presence. The power of steel held by these two men is unusually simple, but it is extremely pure, one is a 'blast' that can cause a violent explosion through contact, and the other is an 'invisible' that can travel optically and become invisible. Joshua guessed that it was the cooperation of these two people that was able to blow up the black wall on the outer layer of the breeding area without being stopped by the soul puppet.

The last one is a tired woman who doesn't seem to have any abilities, but the ability itself is a 'amplified soul'. Her responsibilities have been clearly revealed in the Soul Communication, that is, as the core of the team, she is responsible for the Soul Communication, as well as lifting the ideological steel seal for the 'compatriots'...... Her title is 'The Unlocker'.

This Siboya squad is completely called by their abilities, and it seems that they don't have names at all, but if you think about it carefully, the name is just a code name, and as a superpower with different abilities, the ability name itself is a code name that is eye-catching and unique enough.

"Explain, what the Resistance is."

Joshua continued to ask, and the old man and the other members of the rebels looked a little overwhelmed, but because of the disparity in strength and Joshua's unapproachable attitude, they decided to answer honestly: "Rebels...... It's an army that resists the soul puppets......"

Through the white-haired old man's narration, and the addition of others, Joshua quickly understood what kind of organization the rebels were.

This is an organization that has been around for over a hundred years, and it started out as a small group of lucky self-absorbed superpowers who escaped from the garden to resist the group of soul golems who came to capture them. But later, as more and more superpowers gathered, the general single 'garden', that is, the gathering place of the soul puppets, no longer had enough strength to exterminate them, and these superpowers even attacked the 'garden' in turn, rescued the children in the garden area, lifted their mental seals, and let them join themselves.

By now, the rebels had grown to a size, with hundreds of squads like theirs, as many as they were, and more than 10,000 scattered superpowers, and even waged a holy war against the towers in the center of the world a few decades ago. But not all superpowers have enough combat power, plus the slightly larger soul golem garden can gather nearly 10,000 battle golems, they often unite together and send large armies to clear out the rebels, so they are not staying in one place now, but constantly moving, avoiding the extermination of the puppet army, and obtaining resources and population supplies by attacking smaller plantations on the way.

As for the process...... Needless to say. Just look at the numb Siberians who have been cut off like grass, these rebels only regard children with extraordinary abilities as their own people, and they don't have enough strength to unlock the steel seal of thought for ordinary people, and they don't have enough food for these worthless creatures. The first thing they do is to destroy the Soul Golem, the second is to rescue the Superpowers, and the last thing is to plunder all the supplies, kill all the livestock and Sibeyans who are too late to take them, and then turn the Garden to ashes with a fire.

It's like the primitive nomads of ancient times.

"This ......" didn't know what to call Joshua, and the white-haired old man could only judge by his appearance: "This 'puppet master', what is your purpose now?" ”

"Your strength is so strong that you can even defeat the entire plantation soul puppet alone, so why didn't you leave before?"

The entire Siberian squad seemed to rarely communicate with people, and they spoke upright and didn't know how to hide it, if it weren't for the soul communication between them to coordinate, they might have discussed the topic of warriors in front of Joshua's eyes, in the face of the old man's simple and direct question, with a hint of curiosity, Joshua didn't answer immediately, he turned his head and glanced at the messy farmland around him, as well as the remains of countless puppets and the corpses of the Siberya. The warrior said softly, "Originally, I was going to see what was wrong with this world. ”

"But now it seems that the world's problems may not be too big...... On the contrary, the spirit of the entire civilization, and even the civilization itself, has completely rotted away and no longer exists. ”

Joshua's young body sat on the puppet's shoulder, and he condescendedly and glanced at the remains of the soul puppet on the side: "You are not human. ”

He turned his head again to look at the Siberians who had fallen into the dirt and had been slain by the arrows: "You are not human. ”

Finally, Joshua turned his head, and with a complicated look that he didn't know whether it was indifference or sympathy, he stared at the seven-member team of Siboya, who was inexplicably frightened and began to be a little scared.

"You're not human."