Russell looked at Ascension in silence and pursed his lips slightly.

- Retract the preamble.

Now, it seems that His Excellency the Pope is not a completely blind victim...... He has not lived in vain for more than a hundred years, at least it is still much stronger than the sheath.

Unlike his ardent desire for sacrifice, he has been in the position of ruler for more than a hundred years to "ascend", and his personality is far more cold-blooded, indifferent, and ambitious than that of the sheath.

The promotion will accept the sheath again, and I'm afraid it's not entirely because of his good relationship with the sheath... Rather, it was because he had taken a fancy to the powerful ability of the sheath.

As the only person in the world who can kill dragons at the moment, the sheath can be called a dragon nemesis.

The sheath is a knife that is incredibly sharp.

Therefore, after hearing Russell's description of the secret, the promotion immediately thought of a new plan based on the premise of "killing the dragon", because he was thinking about it in the first place.

「…… It's fun."

Russell burst out laughing and exclaimed, "You're a genius."

Whether it's elves, churches, or dragons...

The future is approaching, and they all have their own plans.

The plan to attack the name elves is the oldest and most pessimistic. They directly inherited the ways of their ancestors and their fears. Their highest priority is to "escape from the dream".

Therefore, the name attack elf intends to kill the vast majority of people who are sensitive enough to dreams, leaving only those who are sensitive enough to dreams and talented enough to transform them into "elves". Finally take the Dragon's Ark and open the Grey Bend...... Travel in different directions to escape the pursuit of the Dream.

So far, their extravagance and profligacy have only been due to the fact that most of them are not optimistic about the future, so they intend to have a last revelry...... And they despise humanity because they have seen the end – the future in which these short-lived species will be abandoned.

And the dragons don't have much fear of the dream, because although they can't resist the dream, as artificial intelligence, they at least won't be actively attacked by the dream.

The dragon's top priority is actually to "revive the civilization of the ancestors". Even the most prosperous civilization cannot fight the twilight...... Even if they inherited the technology of their ancestors and continued to develop, they still could not resist the "illusionary dream". In other words, the more civilization flourishes, the more stable the pollution of dreams will become.

Because the essence of dreams is "selfishness".

People's joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil, and lust are all like dreams...... Humanity will eventually destroy others and itself in one strife after another, in repeated mistakes that will never learn from it. No matter how strong the civilization is, it can't fight against this kind of social gene that is engraved in the bottom of the blood by the twilight...

Not to mention, the reason why this planet was able to develop into a psionic civilization was because of the "phantom dream" that was sealed inside this planet. The energy that overflowed from the sealed dream developed into spells, psionic powers, holy ranks, and destiny...... There is also the pure psionic energy of the previous civilizations.

The root of these transcendent powers, and the possibility of their civilization breaking free from bondage and reaching the universe, comes from the "illusion" itself.

At the end of the day, the biggest problem they face isn't how to kill the dreams... It's that they can't kill the dreams.

- The fundamental despair comes from the planet's inability to develop a faster-than-light engine. Their technology is locked up...... This means that they will never be able to leave the planet with the power of technology alone. In the long run, they will have to die here.

Even if Russell really had a way to kill the dream... That would also mean that everyone except Russell would lose their supernatural powers.

And if they are allowed to slowly wake up, they will still die here.

Hence the essence of the Dragon's plan...... It is to make human beings into "specimens of civilization".

I'm afraid they only intend to keep a few tens of thousands. Spread over each spaceship, I'm afraid there will only be more than 10,000 people.

This number is not enough to maintain a "civilization", but it can at least serve as a "civilization sample". The dragons themselves can't be attacked by dreams, so they just need to stay alive - there must be other civilizations in the universe, they just need to

Civilization can survive if it is to be picked up. Even if they die on the way, at least the perfectly preserved civilizations of the past and their corpses will remain inside the dragon... This can also be picked up as a "harvest", which is equivalent to fulfilling part of the dragon's wish.

"Dreams" in themselves do not bring destruction. It only leads to wars, strife, and people who cannot trust each other and unite forever...... It is they who will destroy everything in the end.

Dragons, on the other hand, have no life, so they are not afraid of death. They also do not intend to let human beings live healthily, but only hope that "human civilization" can survive.

INTERVIEWER So, let's make a specimen of "human civilization".

Even if it's a generation, ten generations...... Countless people will die on the way, but civilization will not be cut off. Eventually, there will be people who will inherit this history and be accepted by other civilizations as "earthlings". Even if it is only as a subordinate race, or if it is directly absorbed and assimilated, it is a result of the survival of human civilization. Seven dragons mean seven times the probability of survival.

And His Excellency the Pope is a genius.

He keenly captured the essence of the dragon and was terrified by it. He didn't know how terrible twilight was, because he hadn't experienced the "Dream Plague" like the Raiders; He also has little affection for the civilization of the past, because he lives in his own time.

He doesn't see any point in preserving human civilization...... There is only one thing he has to do, and that is to make it possible for as many people as possible to survive at all costs. In this respect, he is indeed a saint.

His methods are the complete opposite of the dragons - the so-called "Great Fusion", similar to the terrifying plan of humans to make up for it, may really be able to fight Twilight. As long as what he says is true, all will be fully integrated...... Then the "group gods" that human beings have turned into are enough to resist the erosion of "illusions"; By killing the rest of the dragons and cutting off other possibilities, you can get enough resources and the rapid development of technology.

Transform all people into information life, and fully integrate the personality of all people. Turning "civilization" itself into a huge "individual" with a hive mind...... Replace the entire old civilization with the fusion of all people into an incomparably huge "god".

In this way, they can be called "children of dreams".

Because they will continue to draw the power of "Illusory Dreams", and the Dusk Seed called "Illusory Dreams" will never be able to wake up.

In its place is the newborn twilight called the "Collective God", a new person born from the shell of the "dream".

This deformed way of existence must also belong to a kind of twilight... In other words, it is a low-profile version of Russell's fusion with the monkey-faced eagle.

The reason why Russell said that the Pope was a genius was because he was not himself twilight adaptable. He is not an egg of twilight, but he intends to rely on the power of technology to directly transform the extinct human civilization into a new twilight to avoid the disaster of destruction.

- His point is simple.

Even if it's distorted, deformed, or degenerate...... It doesn't matter if you lose your body, your mind is deteriorated, or your personality is defected.

As long as it can exist, it is better than everything.

Sacrifice everything you can in exchange for the most miserable victory—

The half-hearted sacrifice only drew ridicule...... But if he can sacrifice to this extent, it makes Russell a little awe-inspired.

Of the three versions of the plan, the church's plan is the least risky and the least lucky.

The elf's plan is to escape to safety before being overtaken by the dream; The dragon's plan is to ignore the threat of the illusion completely, and at least send the corpses and tombstones to their destinations...... In a sense, this is why the elves and dragons will be united.

Because their plans do not conflict. If you're lucky enough, you can execute it

Elf's plan; If they die halfway through, they can turn into a dragon plan. However, it cannot be ruled out that none of the seven dragons can find a "next home" willing to accept them, or that they will be destroyed halfway for various reasons before then.

whereas

The plan of the church is...... If they do this and are not stopped, they will eventually get the result of making humans directly and voluntarily, and thus harmless dreams.

Except for a little loss......

But it's not much different from Russell or the monkey-faced eagle who swallow up the whole world and sublimate it into a new twilight future.

"If you have a plan that convinces me, you can bring it up to me here."

The old man's expression was solemn: "Otherwise, I will always reserve my opinion.

"Even though you've told me about the secrets, I still think my plan is the best."

「…… That's why I'm not going to stop you."

Russell shook his head, "If my plan fails... At least you can provide a guarantee. It just so happens that if I fail, you don't have to think about what to do with me who is out of control......

The plans of the dragons and elves were completely unacceptable to Russell. If you want to break the game, you have to look for other paths.

Although the act of directly and actively transforming "all humans" into the Dusk Species always has a feeling of BE...... But if the time comes, it's a no-brainer.

It's like a person who is about to starve to death...... And if he reaches out, he can steal a piece of bread. Survive while becoming a sinner.

If the person is Russell himself, then he can choose to steal or not to steal.

But if it was a third party who had nothing to do with Russell who was about to starve to death, and the bread he stole did not belong to Russell... With Russell's character, he couldn't reach out to stop the other man's movements, and watched "him" starve to death.

If he could, Russell wanted to be able to provide him with a loaf of bread himself. Let him not steal or rob, and live openly.

"Then I'll share it with you. My plan."

Russell said in a deep voice, "So far, I have never mentioned it to anyone. You're the first."

「… Am I supposed to be honored?"

"It's a pleasure."

Russell slowly closed his eyes and whispered, "Because if all goes well... That would be the way to sacrifice no one."