"It's a secret that even the Raiders may not know, a truth that the Sheath brought back after killing the dragon makes him feel desperate. It is also the core theoretical basis of the Werewolf Project that began in recent months."

The old man said.

"You know, why don't dragons allow humans to live on earth? Is it really because of the curse and radiation? But the dragon has been cleaning the land for more than a hundred years...... If they can't create enough space for humans to return to the surface, why do they keep working on the ground? If they're already partially done, why don't they put the humans back? "The answer is simple. That's because the dragon is afraid that when humans fall back to the ground, they won't be able to control it.

"Because when the dragon says 'resources are exhausted), it doesn't mean that there are no resources at all, but that 'resources have entered the red line,' when the dragon says.

"This red line refers to...... The dragon calculated that from this moment onwards, humanity would develop technology again until it returned to the space age, and the energy expended during the long space journey, as well as the resources necessary to complete the environmental transformation in the new colony. And the speed of the dragon is too slow, and what they call space travel is not a mere voyage of decades...... It's hundreds of years, if not thousands of years.

"The resources within these red lines include the resources that will completely dismantle and drain the planet when humanity finally intends to leave it. We only need to take a small part of them and we will be able to live on this planet for more than a thousand years."

The reason why the dragon allows humans to live freely on the floating island is because humans have not yet reached the limit of the dragon's patience.

It's like a young person who is unemployed immediately after graduation and stays at home with nothing to do... It's just a few months or a few years, and it's not like the family can't support you first. But if you stay like this for five or six years, seven or eight years, and you still can't find a job, and you don't plan to go out to look for a job, then your family can't bear it anymore.

The so-called sitting and eating mountains and empty mountains continue like this again and again, and there will always be a day when you can't afford to raise it.

This also allowed Russell's doubts to be solved.

Russell felt a bit of a sense of disobedience before.....

If the planet's resources were truly completely depleted, then their lives on the floating islands would not be so extravagant. From the start of the alarm to the complete exhaustion of resources...... Is it possible that only a few hundred million people have only been around for a few decades?

Russell knew a common sense.

There's more to the depths than the easy-to-mine resources on the surface.

As long as the earth's crust is pierced, there are still many resources that can be used at the depths...... Rather, there are many more resources in the depths of the earth than in the shallow depths near the surface.

Russell thoroughly understood the Cyber Church...... In other words, the reason why "Ascension" dared to carry out the Werewolf Project.

There are some "coffin books" on this planet that dragons do not allow humans to use. That is the "possibility" used to create the end.

The Pope is interested in the resources left by the dragon. He plans to complete the "self-employment" through the werewolf plan and cheat out the family's resources.

"The dragon actually has a lot of safety margin. Their calculation rule is that when the resources are consumed here, they must intervene again and take over human society."

But the dragons don't want everyone to live, but as weapons of ancient humans, they can't slaughter humans by the rules.

So they plan to deceive the elves along with them... Let everyone think that the resources are about to run out, and use this to fight infighting. Even if a few people realized that something was wrong, they couldn't stop the majority from killing each other.

When the number of human beings is reduced to a certain level, they will jump out to stop this.

It's like when you go out to work until you are exhausted and even want to die, your parents suddenly jump out and tell you seriously, "Our family is actually very rich, but we have been hiding it from you. You were asked to work just to sharpen your will, and now you can come back and inherit the company." At that time, the survivors among the human beings will naturally have no opinion.

They are aware of the terrible consequences of running out of resources, and even obeying the dragon's rule can be very well-behaved. as if he had endured hardship

Children, after inheriting the family business, will know the value of all this... He never wanted to go back to that despair. Any price can be paid for this.

"—The dragon never gave up hope. Because mechanical minds never give up, dragons intend to think in place of humans. That's why I told you before, 'Dragons can't resist dreams.'" His Excellency the Pope smiled self-deprecatingly: "Only those of us who have completed the upload of our thoughts will understand the dragon's thoughts.

"They love humanity, just... It's just too high. Taller than me. No, it's much taller than anyone else."

The dragon allowed the "humans" to recreate civilization, go through wars, and endure hardships from the terrestrial age...... The deaths of the present, including all those who died in the future world war, are "exhaustion that only takes time to heal" for the civilization of "humanity" itself.

Not a few, hundreds, tens of thousands of people ....

Rather, tens of millions, billions, billions, and tens of billions are all sacrificeable.

Apoptosis is not entirely harmful to the human body, and if you want to build stronger muscles, you need to destroy the original muscle cells. For dragons, wars between humans, for the civilization of "humans"... It is a kind of "exercise". And the death of the inferior population is a kind of "detoxification" for the civilization of "mankind".

- It was a kind of "lethal love".

In terms of results, the dragon's plan makes sense. And very effective.

It's just a matter of sacrificing the "process".

"So, as humans we must stop the dragon... But we can't take advantage of the dragon's plan."

That's the Great Fusion.

His Excellency the Pope said.

"Great convergence is not unconditional integration, but the selection of those who have value to sublimate to eternity. The composition of the subconscious of the group, we cannot interfere...... That's something that existed before we were born. But the 'new God, we can choose with our own hands. Only those who are qualified will be included in the vessel of God and become a part of God.

"—and the line I've set is, 20 percent. After the Great Fusion, the humans who regained their bodies and resurrected have achieved the dragon's original purpose. In this way, not only have we completed the dragon's 'screening', human's workout, and detoxification, but the dragon will naturally open up more resources to us, because we are directly fast-forward to the wrong route of decades.

"The only difference is that the decisive power is not in the hands of the dragons, but in the hands of the new gods."

At this, the Pope paused slightly.

"So far, it was my original plan. By catering to the ultimate core purpose of the dragon, try to grasp the right to speak while gaining more resource use rights. But I'm now discovering... I'm still short-sighted."

"You're going to give up on the Great Fusion?"

"Nope. After listening to what you said to me, I became more determined about this goal. Because I've just been thinking about it for a long time and have a new plan...

"Russell, don't you think that if the Great Fusion is successful, the seven empty islands are too much?

"If the 'Great Fusion' is successful, then we don't need seven ships at all. And if we reduce the number of dragons to one, and use all the dragon's hearts to power one of the dragons—

"And we can do it...

"—Your father, sheath."

The old Pope said in a deep voice, "He can kill the dragon.

"If dragons can 'sift' humans, why can't humans sift through dragons in reverse? As you said, dragons are not gods... They're just weapons."

「…… You mean, tear down the excess SSR to get the materials and strengthen the only one you need at the moment? Don't you think it's too extravagant?" "But it's just enough."

"The premise is the Great Fusion – if it is successful, we will only need a dragon," the Pope replied.