Chapter 36 Choice
"You're right, it's my responsibility, and as long as I'm alive, I can't get rid of it. It's useless to run away, there will be nothing but to disappoint everyone, nothing but hurt everyone, so I have to make a decision. Roland floated back to the screen, the golden light in his head lit up again, "You've been pushing me to make a decision, and now as you wish, I've decided." ”
"I should kill you, my brother has given me the responsibility of rebuilding civilization and continuing the race, in order to be responsible for the whole race, I must kill you, otherwise, you will destroy everything. ”
"Oh, yes, that's an option. Shuer was not afraid at all, but said leisurely, "For the continuation of the race, betraying the gods who saved you, as long as you are prepared to let the whole clan bear the crime of betraying the gods, the question is, hehe, do you dare? If you dare, do you have to wait until now?"
"No, we didn't betray the gods, maybe that's what the gods intended. This time, Roland did not flinch, not even excited, and said unusually calmly, "The gods saved us, provided us with a safe place to live, and provided food and water for carbon-based creatures, not so that we could find a place to die quietly, but so that we could live, and then find a solution to the problem, and we all escaped from this destructive space together." ”
"The solution has been there for a long time, and the opportunity has always existed, but because of my cowardice, I missed everything. The gods have long prepared a planet that is large enough, rich enough, as long as we can expand the population of the planet, we can provide more faith for the gods, so that she can wake up energetically from her slumber, but unfortunately, because of me, those races that may rapidly expand the population base do not even dare to expand the gene pool, so they disappear into history. Over the past thousand years, there have been too many opportunities, but alas, I didn't take them once, and you're right, I let everyone down. ”
"So, kill you, and then make a change, expand the gene pool in turn, recreate those lost races, and make the body of the god the planet that bears the source of her faith, and provide her with an endless stream of faith, so that the gods will wake up without awakening, I think this is what she wants us to do, and only by achieving all this, she will not be disappointed. ”
"So, to kill you, to prevent you from awakening the gods, is not a betrayal at all, but to fulfill the original expectations of the gods, and I think this is loyalty to her. ”
"Hehehehe, what you said, although full of loopholes, is also a reasonable statement, at least without considering the probability of success and the time cost of sleeping for hundreds or even tens of thousands of years, it is barely self-consistent. But that doesn't make sense, I said, you don't need to tell me, you just have to choose. Shuer shook his finger, "You are the one who makes the choice, and you are the one who bears the result, and everything has nothing to do with me." ”
"I know, so I've made my choice. ”
"You don't call it a choice, you call it imagining that you have chosen, the choice is with action, not with your mouth, well, you don't have a mouth, in short, take action. Shur sneered disdainfully, "Since you have chosen to kill us and repay the gods with your own understanding, then take action, we will stand here, we will not defend or dodge, come, let's see your determination." ”
"No, I'm not going to attack you, on the contrary, I'm going to help you awaken the gods. ”
"Oh, that's your choice?" Shul raised an eyebrow and returned to the screen with interest, "Why did you choose the opposite when you had found a reason to convince yourself?"
"Because we owe it to the gods. Roland's simulated voice was surprisingly calm, "If you didn't come, I relied on my own courage, and the reason just now is enough to convince all of us to change our original negative attitude, try to break the predicament, and let the gods wake up from their slumber." But now it's different, and now you're here. ”
"You can help the gods, you can bring her back to safety, and if we stop you any longer, the nature will change completely, and you will become a god who has saved you to survive for yourself, leaving the god who saved you on the brink of danger and death, and forcing the gods to continue to feed us courageless deserters. Although we are cowardly, we at least have a limit, we have already given up the limit once when we escaped, and we can't give up the second time. ”
"Oh, it's funny, it's funny. Shure squinted at Roland and sneered, "Think about your brother, are you really worthy of his trust in doing this?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sure even my brother would have chosen this way. It is our mistake to waste time, it is our mistake to be cowardly, it is our mistake to miss opportunities, we have failed everyone's hopes, we have committed these crimes, then it is time for us to atone for our sins. ”
"Even if you want to atone for your sins with the lives of all your people?"
"Yes. If I kill you and forcibly leave the gods, then even if the civilization continues, each of our members will be burdened with original sin in the future, and no one can forgive themselves, and we will always be electronic worms parasitic on the gods. Instead of this, it is better to summon up the courage to face your mistakes, like my brother when they rushed into the destruction space, and fight the destruction space head-on, survive, it is our victory, if we can't survive, we can also use everyone's lives to wash away the shame of the past. “
"That's a nice thing to say, I'm almost touched, but the problem is, it doesn't make any sense to move me, Roland. Shur said sarcastically, "I said that you have no problem with me no matter what you choose, I just want to see you tortured by what you fear the most, and you don't need to tell me this." Hehe, you said so much, you are actually convincing yourself, isn't it? The reason or something, it doesn't matter at all, you just want to convince yourself that you are right, and you want to make yourself more courageous. It's a pity that I didn't see any effect, tsk, you are still the same person who left your clan and fled, you are still the same waste who shrunk in the body of the god and did not dare to do anything, but can only tremble, otherwise, you should have already acted, and you don't have to say so much nonsense. ”
"I'm so disappointed in you, Roland, that you're still so cowardly at this point. Shul pulled out the timer and looked at it, "With eighteen seconds left, you won't have to be afraid to take responsibility anymore, so that's fine, maybe that's what you want, your brother and Lord Anika...... Tsk......"
With a "buzz", the light on the screen suddenly went out, and Roland's image disappeared from the screen, but Shul was unmoved, just squinted at the timer in his hand, and read the seconds silently.
"Boom", in the last three seconds, the room where Shul was suddenly shook, even more violent than an earthquake, accompanied by shaking and roaring, as well as the sound of metal friction and twisting.