Volume X, Chapter 19
The outbreak of war began as a skirmish between several planes, with at most a few military casualties in the colony. But as the wars between the planes broke out one by one, the alliances of each plane were also drawn into the war. In the end, these chain reactions were caused by the invasion of one plane and the help of other planes, and one did not leave all planes involved in the war.
Although war is evil, as long as this evil can bring benefits to people, all evil will become right. Whether it is a commoner, a soldier or a nobleman, a chaebol, an emperor or a head of state, they all regard this war as justice, war is justice! justice is to make the enemy submit to your sword!!
The soldiers are all bright and bright, and they are eager to try their fists, in the hope of establishing merit on the battlefield and making themselves superior to others! Of course, this qiē is accumulated with the enemy's head, and one person's success is often built on the bones of tens of millions of people!
The people of the suzerainty plane are also eager to try in the face of the coming great war, there is no justice or injustice in their minds, they only care about this war seems to be able to make themselves profit by making war necessities for war.
All the people who control the direction of civilization, whether it is the emperor or the head of the state, are holding the sword at their waists with their hands, hoping to expand their territory and celebrities through the ages, and who can refuse the desire to expand their power?
The war that broke out just as most people had planned, only the various planes fought in the colonial plane, and did not interfere with the operation of the suzerain-plane society, and there were also some people who got all kinds of things they wanted in the war - power, land, or money.
The same. There are also planes that have lost their colonial planes in this war. However, the loser is the loser, in addition to strengthening his own strength to counterattack back. There is no room for tactfulness other than recasting brilliance.
But. As the war progresses, a nightmare engulfs all planes. Someone once described war as a terrible thing, a war that distorts human nature, destroys faith, tears families apart, destroys countries, and dwarfs any disaster.
No one would have imagined that this sentence would be such a prescient prediction of the cruelty of this war.
The ever-expanding war is like a quagmire, plunging all planes into it. The flesh and blood of the soldiers had accumulated into castles, the rivers of the colonies were all flowing with red liquid, even the sky was full of eerie screams, and the blue ocean was free of fish busy foraging, because they could get a steady stream of things just by following the warships of each plane.
Whether it is a loser or a winner, there are people who have the intention of quitting, but when someone wants to get out of it, they find that their plane is no longer under their control and other people in power, and the orderly progress of production and life in the plane has become inseparable from war, and the army is no longer a part of the state, because the state has become a part of the army.
Who would have thought that a country, a civilization, a plane, could be distorted by a war to such a degree! Nearly forty percent of the planes were in this long-lasting war of colonization. The relations of production within the plane have been completely disorganized. Six out of ten units of production produce goods related to war, or rather, 70% of the economic resources of this plane are created by war. All the steel of the units that made steel was used to serve the war effort, and the goods of the bread producers did not need to worry about not being able to sell. The army will help them consume these things, even the tailors work hard every day to make zuò clothes to serve the front-line soldiers, and their efforts need to be rewarded.
And the equipment made by the war of Tongguò. It also gives the residents of this civilization the opportunity and position to work. As an example, let's say a piece of equipment consumes 100,000,000,000 standard currency from its native plane. Then, because of the fierceness of the war, the equipment consumed in the battlefield needs to be replenished as much as possible. If it is not replenished on time, the consequences are unpredictable. Therefore, in order to replenish the equipment that has consumed 100 million coins, it is necessary to give another 100 million standard coins to the production within the plane, so that they can produce this equipment. In this way, the people will be able to get a steady stream of money through the guò war..................
When you consume a certain amount of currency because of the war, you are also giving jobs in the civilization that are worth the same currency.
Another thing that makes those civilizations that want to stop the war unable to stop the war is another thing -- "military dispatch"! Because of the grandeur and extremely powerful destructiveness of this war, all planes have done their best to build their civilization like a big military camp, everyone is a soldier, and the country is a part of the army! The march and mobilization of the army have been greatly disciplined and standardized because of the continuous deepening of the war, and the personnel and various materials have moved like a pendulum in accordance with the war plan, and they are carried out in a large-scale manner. At this time, if the order to stop the war is suddenly issued, the flow of people and various materials will be stagnant, and the country's national defense will be in a state of chaos and unprotected.
It wouldn't hurt if all the planes negotiated and agreed to stop the war at the same time, but there would be a little more chaos in the country. However, if only a few planes stop the war, the national air defense and social unrest in the plane will be coveted by other planes, and the war will continue endlessly.
Neither the emperor nor the prime minister could do anything to stop the war.
Moreover, the independent rebellion of the colonies and civilians exacerbated the already chaotic war, and the irreconcilable nationalism left by the protracted war between the various planes was like pouring oil on a raging fire. All these factors make stopping the war like a joke, and one that is almost impossible to achieve.
War can come because of the needs of some people, but it will never stop because you are satisfied! There is a book that once described the uncontrollable nature of war in this way, it is like a beast without reins, smashing peace! tearing apart families! Chewing away a hope!
If such a war cannot be stopped. Then what is coming to all planes is destruction and death! At a time when all planes are at war, something with far-reaching consequences is quietly taking place. Like a new sprout, no one cares about her.
When most people in almost all planes thought they would drown in this war. Some perceptive people have found that the passages between the various planes have begun to appear with some obstructive barriers, although the effect is not very obvious, but over time, the difficulty of breaking through the barriers has also increased exponentially.
At first, these barriers did not have much of a blocking effect, but gradually some passages between the various planes were blocked, and they became impossible to pass through guò. Another kind of panic that is different from war has flowed between the planes, and each plane has no scruples to stop the damage to its civilization after discovering the problem. All planes have a tacit understanding to start a large-scale operation to let the soldiers return from other planes, and some of the immigrants who were originally desperately fighting for independence also panicked and began to return to the suzerainty one after another. No more mention of independence. Because it is far more important for one person to avoid death than profit, when one person says that he is going to fight for a certain belief, it is great, when three people say it is cohesion, and when a hundred people say it, it is inevitably mixed with all kinds of interests......
As for the colonies that originally caused the war, all the suzerains seemed to have forgotten these things, and just hastily ordered the soldiers to plunder the resources of the colonies and quickly arrived at their own plane.
A catastrophe caused by profit ended abruptly and dramatically for a nonsensical reason.
It's like someone gathering all their strength to hit something, only to find that all they hit is a ball of cotton, which is extremely frustrating.
But that's what really happened. The reason for the war is sacred, and of course! A war that is started by interest is sacred! What could be more sacred than to make one's own interests more sacred?
The saint benefits from making people believe in himself, so he is holy!
The emperor has made the world subordinate because of his great deeds, so he is sacred!
The magician is awe-inspiring because of his strange and unpredictable powers. Therefore He is holy!
Never try to discern something evil or sacred, because all things have divine attributes.
But the reason for the end of the war is ridiculous compared to the outbreak of the war. It's like a botched play. It makes people laugh and cry.
Those who fought on the colonial plane and all kinds of materials were called "antiquities" in the self-deprecation of another group of people later, perhaps not just "antiquities". Some of the remnants of the colonial plane have adapted the characters into mythological stories based on the word of mouth about the great war that once passed. These [antiquities] have been given names such as angels, demons, etc., but in essence they are only part of the war. This is where Sebas and Beneis's "antiquities" come from.
However, although the war is over, most of the personnel have retreated back to their original planes. But there are still some unfortunate soldiers who have been left behind in the colonial plane. These remnants came to be known as the Forsaken. That is, Sebas's identity, a former nobleman from another plane......
"No, no...... According to what you say. Vikos looked at the former nobleman in front of him, "The plane we are in now was originally a colonial plane, so there should be traces of colonization, right?"
"This is true, isn't it often rumored in the tavern that some ruins have been found somewhere, and the people of the Magic Guild quickly went to lock it down. Sebas smiled, as if he knew Vikos would say this.
Vicos muttered again, no matter what, he thought that what the person in front of him said was too fake, and it was simply full of loopholes, how could such an absurd story happen?
Would you believe a person who came to you and said to you that the world you live in is just the foothold of such and such a civilization? Of course not! Vikos is now facing such a situation.
"If this place is really colonized by the advanced plane you say, then why is it that the civilization here is not as advanced as the civilization after being colonized, but the facilities here are far behind the plane you are talking about, and there are no books at all that record what you said. No one has ever said that they are from another plane. Finding a loophole, Vikos immediately launched an offensive against Shabak like a cannon, "Besides, since there are [antiquities] like yours here. So why don't you build this plane when you find that you can't go back to the original plane, with the technology you have mastered, it is enough to make the construction here not inferior to the original plane. But all I saw was a decaying empire and backwardness in production. ”
"In this case, I have only just woken up from a deep sleep, and after the passage between the planes was locked, I and the other Forsaken suddenly fell into a deep sleep, so I don't know most of what you are talking about. Sebas still had a smile on his lips, not ashamed that he hadn't answered the question, "I only woke up a dozen years ago, so I don't know exactly what happened in that intervening period. ”
"However, I think there is one thing that justifies my point. Sebas's eyes were filled with a haughty confidence. Like a debater with the truth in his hand, he scans all beings with unquestioning eyes.
"Creature of this plane ......," said Bernice, who had been silent on the sidelines.
Vicos turned his head and looked at the girl who had been ignored from the beginning.
"There are all kinds of intelligent beings in this plane, not a single intelligent being. A normal plane will give birth to only one intelligent being, this is the law of evolution. But......" Benis didn't go any further, believing that Vicos's head knew what she was going to say next.
"I see, you two are trying to say that a normal plane will only have one intelligent being, but this plane has a large number of intelligent beings in different forms. The emergence of these intelligent beings is not some innate creation of God. But the remnants of the colonists of various planes in this plane?" Vikos finally understood why they both concluded that this was the reason for the colonization plane, and now, even he had to believe this absurd fact!
"That's right, as you say, Viscount. Those people were all descendants of the colonists. Sebas seems to have completely put himself into the role of a deacon, and even what he says is completely in line with the identity of a deacon. If not those in the know, a few people believe that this is someone from another plane.
Wait a minute. Vicos seems to have spotted a problem in Sebas's words.
After hearing what Sebas said, Vicos was keenly aware of something. Just now Sebas called people of all other races "those people", and the meaning of this "those people" is taken literally. It includes all races except for the three people present. And if you understand it this way, the three people present, Sebas, Vicos, and Beniss, are not the descendants of the colonists, so they are not the descendants of the colonists?
"Wait a minute, who are you referring to?" Vicos needed to make sure it was what he had in mind.
"Sure enough, it was His Excellency the Viscount, and he instantly heard some details of my words. The deacon smiled slightly, as if he had known that he would ask such a question.
Seeing Sebas's picture as if he knew everything and held everything in his hands, Vicos's eyes showed a deep disgust. He hated very much, very much people who knew everything, who were self-righteous and had everything in their hands, and this kind of person made him feel an indescribable sense of rejection. It's like a perfect person doesn't allow another perfect person to exist in this world. In this world, there is only one perfection!
"Yes, you don't belong to those people, you are not a descendant of colonists, and you are an antiquity, just like me. Sebas slowly uttered an answer that Vicos couldn't believe.
Vicos originally thought that he had developed a strong resistance to those incredible things, but he didn't expect that Sebas's statement would make him feel a little unbelievable and unacceptable.
"But according to what you said, doesn't [antiquities] refer to those who or things were in the war, but I don't have any memory of that war at all, how can it be [antiquities]?" Vicos did not rule out the possibility that Sebas was lying, although Sebas had no reason to lie and deceive him.
Benis, who was sitting on his knees, was also slightly confused when he first heard Shabak say that Vikos was an antiquity, but after thinking for a while, he bowed slightly. I understood, but I still had a three-nothing expression on my face.
"I think. Since the antiquities cannot appear before the world, why are you able to walk freely? Benis lifted her head buried in her knees. "As far as I know, if [antiquities] appear in front of the world at will, they will be obliterated. ”
Vicos's mind suddenly brightened, and following Beniss's words, he quickly found the inappropriateness in Sebas's words.
"That's right, since you said before that [antiquities] can't move before the world, how can you walk freely and still be a deacon to the king?" said Vikos.
"Actually. If in the past, if we [antiquities] walked in front of people wantonly, we would be killed by a mysterious force, no one knows in what form that power exists, only that the [antiquities] that violate this rule will be erased, and this rule has been practiced with the lives of countless people. But in the last 2,000 years, this force has become less and less restrictive, and now, as long as you don't exert your power in front of people, you will not be punished, and even if you are punished. It's just some innocuous state of weakness. "Incidentally, this force came into being hundreds of years after the end of the war, and all the original colonists and remnants fell into a deep sleep. But I don't know why, when the first [Antiquities] woke up from a deep sleep thousands of years ago, they found that this plane was full of all kinds of intelligent beings, and these intelligent creatures looked exactly like the original colonists. However, the civilization level of these creatures is very low. That's what we're confused about. And it just so happened that in the past few thousand years, the barriers between the planes have become smaller and smaller, and other [antiquities] have awakened one after another. Take me, for example. ”
"I'd love to know compared to that. Why does this young lady know so much?" Sebas turned and bowed slightly to Beniss.
"I am a realm spirit, and although I spend most of my time sleeping, there are always beings from other planes who trade with the realm items under my control. Benis yawned, although she had been sleeping in the Vault Realm, it didn't mean that she didn't know what was happening in other planes, on the contrary, since there were a few lucky people in each plane who could communicate with the Vault Realm and exchange huàn items, she also knew about the things in other planes by the way. And these things about [antiquities] are also inadvertently revealed by the chosen ones of other planes.
But as soon as she spoke of the Chosen One, Benis took a deep look at Vikos, no Chosen One had ever been able to summon herself from the Vault Realm to her own plane, because no mortal creature could withstand the power of the Realm Spirit. Even if this qiē was done with the help of a witch, it still made Benisgao glance at Vicos, you know, those chosen ones had never seen Beniss's appearance, and at best they were only guided by a manual that Beneis had written in the Vault Realm beforehand.
"I see, it seems that this qiē has changed, is it even possible for the realm spirit to travel through the plane?" Sebas didn't know that his guess was thousands of miles away from the reality, in fact, he didn't blame him, after all, he had never heard of any realm spirit that could travel at will.
"......" Benise didn't defend anything, just looked at the mattress with empty eyes.
"Your Excellency, you are an Antiquity, but not the Forsaken, but a Dead. Sebas began to answer Vicos' questions.
"The Dead?" Vikos was puzzled when he heard the word for death, could it be that there were other kinds of antiquities besides the Forsaken?
"Yes, if the Forsaken is an antiquity that has fallen into a deep sleep, then the dead are an antiquity that has fallen into death. Sebas spoke something confusing, unoblivious to Vicos' ignorance of the explanations.
"......" Vicos had a headache again, but he really had a life, how could it be death?
"When I say death, I don't mean real death, but some [antiquities] who died in previous wars, and although their bodies are destroyed, their souls still exist. It's just that the soul exists in another form in someone else's body, such as you......" Sebas bowed apologetically before he could finish his sentence.
"I'm sorry, Lord Viscount. His majesty was calling me back, and I was out of company. A one-man tall black hole suddenly appeared behind Sebas, "Before leaving, I have something I want to tell His Excellency Viscount Sù. ”
"Don't underestimate King Alphonse, his wisdom is not measurable by ordinary people. (To be continued......)