Chapter 1: The Age of the Soul (I)
The year 2384 is 376 in the new calendar.
"At the beginning of the creation of the world, God said: Let there be light, so there is a luminous body in the sky, which can divide day and night, according to the world, let all things spread and grow, and let Shijie enter the era belonging to mankind."
"In the last days, God said, 'Man is sinful, and has no power to light. Thus, the end times came, the light was taken away, and the age of mankind came to an end. β
"The end is coming, and in the day of judgment, humanity that bears the burden of original sin will be wiped out one by one."
This is the end of the poetic recitation, and then the angry roar of the old man who has come from a long time ago.
"The gods are enemies! They took everything from us! β
"This is a record left on the slate of the last days. But we humans have not been completely destroyed according to the will of the so-called gods. β
"Although they robbed the sun of its warmth and destroyed our electric civilization, the indomitable human beings, in the midst of the ruins, rebuilt a new soul energy civilization."
"It took only seven days for the end to come, but it took three hundred years for human civilization to survive and rebuild!"
"The soul stone around your neck is the most obvious proof of this. Humanity, which has lost old energy sources such as electricity and nuclear energy, has developed a new civilization using the fluctuations of the human soul as an energy source. β
"Although we can only have light when the artificial solar furnace is turned on, we can teach, and the daily activity time is less than a quarter of the old era, but our civilization will never be interrupted, we use the golden time of the day to study, work, and use the long dark night to rest and multiply, and accumulate liliang ......"
The gray-haired teacher looked fanatical, shaking his head on it, popularizing the history that they were already able to memorize to middle school students.
The tutors above have fallen into an inexplicable frenzy, but below are the students who are staggering and doing their own thing.
It's no wonder that the students don't buy it so much, the day of darkness two hundred years ago has become the subject of countless novels, paintings, and musical and dance dramas, and those legendary heroes and past deeds have long been used up to rot.
And the peace of the last 50 years or so has been enough for short-lived humanity to indulge in peace.
On Jiang Shang's left, two girls were pointing to the cover of the magazine and whispering.
"Nana, you see, the Holy War Knight Demasi is really the most handsome, it is said that this time, he dealt with hundreds of grass lurkers in the outer area of South Africa, which is a carnivorous abandoned beast of the D-class threat."
The other girl was unmoved, flipping through the middle of the magazine.
It was a tall woman with a black head and sunglasses, and the silver giant crossbow with a siege bed crossbow on her back, coupled with that tall and sexy figure, gave people a deadly sense of threat and strange temptation.
"Cut, what kind of vision, it's a yellow iron can. Look, I think the Dark Stalker Vina is cool enough, she walked alone along the Siberian ice field for hundreds of miles, lurking alone for hundreds of days, just waiting for the right moment to get rid of the evil man-eating wolf, which is a B-class threat of advanced wisdom abandoned beasts. β
"Hmph. She's nothing, after all, she's just an ordinary golden glow. Did you hear that? Last month, the 'Red Dragon', one of the 'Nine Bright Ten Colors' in East Asia, appeared in Lin Province, and she single-handedly eliminated the S-class threat of the Jialong Behemoth. β
"It's all outdated news, haven't I heard..."
Yes, as in the past, students today are not interested in the history of the past, and who cares about the past a hundred years ago.
The heroes who are popular now are those who wear gorgeous costumes and all kinds of powerful soul hunting equipment, and they are the idols of young people who have super high incomes and wonderful lives.
According to today's mainstream view, the legendary night watchman is the most tempting profession for a warrior who guards humanity through the long nights.
Only they can move freely in the endless night of the beast carnival, can leave the homeland and reserve of human zuihou to venture out into the vast other continents, and can communicate and trade with the relatively friendly gods and relatives.
It is said that the best of them even dared to travel to other continents or realms occupied by the gods.
What they have gained is not only the honor of protecting mankind, but also the tangible benefits.
Going out, trading with five tribes that are relatively friendly to humans, hunting for tough abandoned beasts, and opening up new human settlements can be more rewarding.
Retracting his gaze, Jiang Shang shook his head, it was Shijie who was too far away from a mortal like himself.
Although he is very interested in the night watchman, it is a pity that he is neither a beast subhuman born with divine powers, nor a night singer with heterochromatic pupils, but just a mortal with a little martial arts talent.
And in this era of soul crystals where soul energy is supreme, a white-stone level soul energy like himself is even more useless than being born disabled.
Jiang Shang swept around, although this was just an ordinary school, there were also six subhuman classmates with dog heads and wolf heads, they were born far beyond the flesh and sensitive senses of ordinary humans, and they were born warrior races.
And the three night singers with elven ears and crystal pupils are not only innate soul power, but also have the dark shili and spiritual sensitivity officers who see darkness as nothing, if they are night watchmen who spend most of their time cruising in the night, compared with ordinary people, the advantage is really obvious.
The subhumans with some of the characteristics of beasts, the night singers who are known as the darlings of the times, and the divine veins who have transformed into half-dependents under the transformation of the twelve alien races, they are collectively known as the new humans, and in every way, they stand above ordinary humans.
"Heh, a person like me who is born with insufficient soul energy is limited even if he is stronger than a new human who has made a mistake in evolution. If you are not a little clever, I am afraid that you are destined to fall prey to the strong. β
Jiang Shang paid attention to the teacher, even if the lesson was very boring, but for the sake of the scholarship for the top students and the recommended quota of the Haiming Ink Research Institute, he still had to listen carefully to the teacher's feelings and comments.
Although, in his head, which was called the Datuan Library by his childhood sweetheart, he knew more than ordinary university professors.
Jiang Shang's expression was listening to the lecture, his eyes were blazing looking at the teacher, the pen in his hand was making notes in a hurry, but he was discussing in his heart.
Perhaps, when the end has just come, those strong people are still selfless for the continuation of mankind, regardless of personal gains and losses. But today's shijie is a beast-like strong man, and the winner is king, and twenty years of peace have allowed humans who cannot eradicate the inferior roots to use the original ability to deal with abandoned beasts on their own kind. The appearance of the sub-people and the night singer has made new racial discrimination appear in this shijie. β
"FOR THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX YEARS, EVEN WITH THE PROTECTION OF THE NIGHT WATCHMAN, THE TERRITORY AND POPULATION OF THE HUMAN RACE HAVE BEEN DECLINING, AND AN ORDINARY EXISTENCE LIKE US, A WHITESTONE-LEVEL SOUL POWERHOUSE LIKE ME, IS REGARDED AS A WASTE OF SLAG, DESTINED TO BECOME A WORKER ANT AND A COG IN THE NEW SOCIETY."
"A jungle society where efficiency and liliang come first, where the weak dedicate and the strong protect the weak, is a fact that cannot be changed due to the current living conditions, and this is to change the situation...... Unless....... get rid of the gods served by those dependents, kill all the sun gods of the gods, expel the gods, and regain the lost sun. At that time, the earth was once again home to humanity. β
At this time, the teacher also asked questions.
"So, can someone tell me that although the situation has stabilized now, it is still a long and arduous war."
As far as the old professor's eyes could see, the students subconsciously avoided it, and in desperation, he named the top students in the class.
"Jiang Shang, can you answer."
After thinking about it for a while, he removed the real but unusually non-mainstream personal concept that he had sorted out according to the intelligence, and according to the needs of the teacher, the boy gave his own answer.
"The survival of our human beings is inseparable from the sun. Even if the new humans have evolved the ability to see at night, the source of food, plants, vegetables and fruits are inseparable from the irradiation of the artificial sun stove, and to make the artificial sun furnace, it is necessary to hunt the old gods and evil gods. β
"Although the ancestral gods rose from the sea to the Divine Continent, or they simply lived in another dimension. But the contradiction between us and the gods is still irreconcilable. And because the true gods are so powerful that they can't be defeated at all, we can only target the old gods who have lost their ancestral god kings, or the evil gods who have been excluded from the god system in the first place. β
"Although, after the darkness fell, the existing god-kings and ancestral gods completely ignored the existence of human beings and only set their targets for each other. But if you don't get rid of them and restore the rules of Shijie, then, let alone regain the lost living space, in the darkness, more and more dark abandoned beasts will be enough to destroy humanity. β
At this moment, Jiang Shang's speech was interrupted by a voice, it was a purple-haired female night singer.
"It's still the theory that the god king is invincible. Huh? The latest news, seven years ago, Zeus fell in the God War, then, the whole family of true gods in his family has been reduced to the old gods, and their strength has been greatly reduced. If you succeed in hunting one or two, you will gain the heart of the gods, and you will have more artificial suns, and you will be able to build more towns. β
"And more towns, representing more population, more population base, while representing more prosperity of human society, also representing more strong people, more strong people can hunt more gods, this is a virtuous circle. Jiang Shang, you can't just care about the content of the book, you don't care about the current politics and the changes in the facts, it is meaningless to read a dead book. β
She is the Si Luer who is always in the class and Jiang Shang is-for-tat, she is born with a third-level soul power, and she is also a rare genius among the night singers, she has always had a smooth journey, and she is the class leader.
But she was always pressed by Jiang Shang in all aspects, which made her accumulate a lot of pressure, and now she has seized the opportunity to develop her poisonous tongue talent again.
"You're too pessimistic about that, and you're still holding on to the defeat of the last century, and you're like an old man. Two soul energy revolutions, the birth of countless new soul tools, the rapid development of soul energy civilization, and the human counterattack are just around the corner. β
smiled, but Jiang Shang didn't pay attention to the other party's speech head-on, and after talking about his speech, he sat down when he saw the teacher nodding.
As for what the squad leader said, the mainstream theory of human victory in today's society is the mainstream view of the generation that grew up in peace.
There is no refutation, but it does not mean that he agrees, in Jiang Shang's heart, this idea of soldiers and horses entering the warehouse is the most naΓ―ve remark.
"If it was that easy, those strong people would have acted a long time ago. Five years ago, a second-rate Leo in Greek mythology incarnated as the Golden Lion King, and killed hundreds of top night watchmen who surrounded him, destroying 37 medium-sized towns in a row. β
"Even if the ancestral gods are lost, the old gods are still gods, and they are still unbelievably strong, Zeus has fallen, and the Greek gods have become reservoir dogs? The eleven main gods are still alive, and the entire Greek god system has not collapsed, and if you concentrate the top combat power of the whole Shijie, I am afraid that you can only hunt one or two third-rate gods. It must also be extremely unpopular and unable to find reinforcements,"
"Counterattack? Now all the fallen god kings have died in the god war between the gods, and now all the gods who have been successfully hunted are the old gods of the dead god kings, and a true god can't be defeated, so why should they regain the lost land, and why should they counterattack? β
Although he didn't agree with the other party's words at all in his heart, Jiang Shang had no intention of correcting the other party's views at all.
Before sitting down, he even smiled and nodded at Siluer, as if agreeing with the other party's opinion.
Living alone since he was a child has taught him to be tactful, even if he tells the truth, it will only cause disputes, and now his unusually good friend Qi Lier is not around, so why should he make trouble.
But seeing that Jiang Shang seemed to recognize himself, the purple-haired and double-ponytailed Si Luer was even more proud.
"My uncle was a night watchman, and he told me that human victory was just around the corner. It's not good, our generation will be able to see the day when all the twelve ancestral gods are expelled. β
"Really?"
"It's worthy of being the squad leader!"
"Squad leader, can you tell us about the life of the night watchman?"
The Night's Watch is a rare class with extremely high talent requirements, that is, the night singers and beasts with amazing talents, most of them can only become ordinary soldiers, and only a few geniuses can become night watchmen.
As a noble profession to protect human beings, even if it is just one's own relatives, it is something to be proud of.
"Squad leader, isn't it possible for you to become a night watchman?"
Excellent soul talent is an indispensable condition for becoming a night watchman, this talent can often be passed down by blood, and it is normal for a night watchman's relatives to be night watchmen.
"I'm still working hard, if I can't advance the soul stone to level four or above before the age of 20, my family won't allow me to further my studies in this area.
In the past, everyone only knew that Si Luer was the daughter of the Chamber of Commerce, but they didn't expect that she still had a talent for soul energy and the potential to become a professional night watchman.
It can be seen from the exclamations of the classmates that after breaking the news today, Siluer is destined to become a star in the class.
In the exclamation of others, the bell rang for the end of class, and Jiang Shang walked out of the classroom straight out of the classroom without looking at the "night watchman niece" who was surrounded by classmates.
I don't have time to relax, and I have to go out to work as soon as possible.
Otherwise, the son of the night watchman who lost his parents, he will be hungry from next week.