Ian had always known that going to the stars was never romantic.

In people's imagination, it seems that if you go to the universe, there will be many gorgeous scenery, many thrilling adventures, and many incredible things.

But in reality, these are all fakes.

How is that possible? There is no such thing as a good thing.

Ian, who has really been to the universe, knows very well that even the journey from Earth to Jupiter is incredibly long, and the whole process is boring and boring, and most of the time is waiting in the hibernation chamber.

Whether it is a spaceship or a rocket, for human beings, there is only a flickering point of light in the universe, there are no colorful nebulae, the movement of stars cannot be seen, and it is impossible to figure out where they are or what they are doing.

In the final analysis, human beings are creatures living on land, and in order for them to understand the beauty of the universe and adapt to this life that is unacceptable to life on the planet, they must first transform their bodies and spirits to become New Humans.

Even the Earth Federation, where Ian lived and lived in his previous life, was to consume productivity and give people something to do, so he went to the great development of the universe.

After all, sometimes, how to get to the stars of the universe faster and better is a huge comprehensive issue, and solving those problems itself can make people's lives better.

For example, the ultra-high energy storage developed in order to solve the problem of star navigation, the compression battery that can be reused hundreds of thousands of times and the supporting nuclear charging group, although it does not accelerate the course of Jupiter, nor does it fundamentally change the endurance time of carrier-based UAVs, but it does solve the energy problem of many civilian facilities on the earth.

After all, people are all about people, and if people aren't really bored, who wants to travel far away?

In fact, there are such people. But such people are always in the minority, and they can live in their hometown peacefully, but they always choose to go to unknown places...... Most of the time, such people are called 'freaks'.

Ian is such a freak.

He is such a person who always thinks about extremely distant places, only cares about distant places, and has little interest in the regions he is already familiar with.

He is just a person who is not down-to-earth at all, not at all similar to ordinary people, and doesn't care about the small happiness of ordinary people.

But.

But......

In the world where he was in his previous life, in the Earth Federation where Ian was in his previous life.

There are no 'ordinary people' anymore.

Ian stared at the souls in front of him, but his mind was filled with the humans of his past life, his classmates, colleagues, and friends.

In the earth where artificial intelligence has been able to dominate resources, there is no need for 'physical' labor at all, everyone is a scholar, a researcher, or at least a craftsman in a related field, an artist, a game master, or an entertainment star.

At that time, if you want to have a child, you even need to apply, parents need to go through many assessments, and only after getting three certificates can they be eligible to leave offspring, and everyone does their best to cultivate their children, and there will be basically no problems with the original family.

And if people really want to eat and wait for death, it's okay, but there are very few people who really eat and wait for death.

At the end of the day, people don't want to work just because they're tired and don't feel worth it – if you're in a world where people don't have any KPIs, no pressure, and they want the right resources, they don't have the resources to support them, and they don't have the bosses who don't know how to set targets, whether it's program, architecture, art, or entertainment.

So is there really anyone in this world who doesn't want a 'job'?

No. Because at that time, the fact that I could work was an honor in itself, which was synonymous with dreams, and people who were not good enough could even play games in the cyber network.

Maybe the game isn't as good as anyone else's.

"Ordinary people ......"

Ian muttered to himself, he hated the word, even hated it.

The more he was in Terra, the more he hated the common people, the more he hated the commoners, the more he hated the words the ordinary.

Of course, the more he hated the words "superior" and "oppressor".

What rich people, rich people, superior people, mud legs...... It's all disgusting and I want to throw up.

Because these words should not exist.

Everyone should be their own superman, they should be the realizer of their dreams - everyone should have their own convictions, their own passions and talents, and everyone should be equal in human rights.

No one is ordinary, no one is superior.

Forcing human beings, forcing people to admit that they are ordinary people, and forcing an intelligent life to become a so-called 'ordinary person' is the greatest evil in this world.

Therefore, Ian, who was born in that world, was actually unable to comprehend many of the things that happened in Terra's world from beginning to end......

It took him a long time to gradually understand that human beings can still live like this, so humble...... and living in a daze.

Human beings are not supposed to live like this.

So.

So, in the face of many dead souls.

Ian looked at the head of the dead soul, the prostitute who communicated with him but wept silently because she couldn't understand her dreams, the carpenter's daughter, a human who tried to live but didn't get a good ending.

He looked at all the other souls who were puzzled and feeling a little hesitant.

- How can it be said that among these souls, there is not a single genius who can change the world?

— but they all died and became part of the Dead King.

This is where the true evil of the way of the dead king...... It turns everyone into an 'ordinary revenant', and one person's true value, true talent and ability are all obliterated, and become the most basic part of another person.

This is a technology that can only be used at the last minute.

Knowing this in his heart, Ian said earnestly to the souls: "My wish is to transform this world and turn it into the ideal world in my heart. ”

"Then, I want to go far."

"It's a big exaggeration, so much so that it's a bit of an empty wish, and if you can't understand it, then you don't have to understand it."

【…… Is it? 】

Hearing this, the souls of the dead were a little relieved: [Change this world? In other words, you want to make the world what you think it is? 】

"Yes."

Ian also felt that this kind of dream was somewhat familiar, he thought about it, and then couldn't help but laugh - among all kinds, aren't all those villains' dreams like this? The protagonists want to keep the peace going about their daily lives, while the villains want to warp the world into what they want.

Peace is indeed needed, but it is also necessary to transform the world.

Let's say, his wish is to transform the whole world in such an arrogant way, paving the way for his dreams.

Well, for human beings, this is actually a much better goal to understand than going to the heavens.

- It turns out that I was holding a villain script.

Ian doesn't feel anything about this, but it's better to say that the dead king or something sounds quite villainous, and it's just right.

Therefore, the souls of the dead who know this do not cry and are not at a loss.

If this is the case, then we don't need to understand it. Our King, we will see with your eyes and bear witness]

They were relieved and said, "King, if we had a will like you that would not be influenced by anyone else, perhaps we would not be where we are now."

[However, can you tell us more about it?] 】

[Tell us about it...... The world you want to create? 】

Ian smiled, "Of course. ”

So he began to speak.

Tell a fairy tale about the future to these souls who follow themselves.

Be. In Terra, most of the so-called fairy tales are stories from a long, long time ago.

But what he wants to tell is a story about the future in a long, long time.

Unlike most fairy tales, Ian doesn't need to swear or guarantee the future, he doesn't need to say, 'It's fiction', because that's what he takes for granted.

He doesn't need to chase the good.

Because what others think is good is only a matter of course for him.

It was a very deep and restful sleep.

Ian had a sweet dream.

And when he awoke, he noticed that the souls in his body were more condensed and more stable—they slept peacefully in the crystalline layer of silver chips in front of his forehead.

And that's a good thing.

In addition to this, Ian also discovered an anomaly.

To be precise, it was Frostbutterfly who discovered an anomaly.

"Father—look at you!"

The frost butterfly that could finally fly out of Ian's belt shook in front of Ian's eyes like a big fluttering moth, and Ian, who rubbed his head and opened his eyes, looked around and found that hours had passed, and it was close to noon, and the whole stronghold was bright inside and outside.

The midday sun dispelled all the shadows of the Azure City, as if the wailing souls and corpses had never existed.

None of them were there, they were all taken away by Grand Duke Thorin.

Placed Frost Butterfly: "(ì_í)"

Remembering this, Ian turned his head to look at the puffing Frost Butterfly, and the boy smiled and stretched out his hand to let the goblin sit on his hand: "What's wrong, my cute little Frost Butterfly?" What happened? ”

"Look, on my forehead! There's a pretty good mark! ”

Frostbutterfly quickly regained her mood and pointed at her forehead with a smile.

Ian looked closely, and saw a diamond-shaped mark that he was all too familiar with.

The mark was white, with a stripe in the center of its four sides that spread outward, and a circle in the center, like a vertical third pupil.

This is the 'Dead Monarch', or rather, a kind of imprint of the Dead Monarch's ability.

"Huh?"

Seeing this, Ian couldn't help but sigh lightly, he got up a little seriously, and carefully observed Frost Butterfly's forehead, and there was a silver glow in his eyes: "Let me see what the hell is going on......"

At this moment, he thought of the silver mist that appeared on Frostbutterfly's body and Miles's body in the Echo Horizon in the Foresight Horizon.

Maybe that's it?

This is the 'chance' that Frostbutterfly and Miles will get?

【Gift of the Dead】

[Gifts given to the survivors by all the victims in the Avak Territory, as well as to those who fought against the perpetrators]

[Through a very large amount of emotional inducement and strengthening, if there is psionic potential, it can catalyze its psionic energy, giving it a kind of 'dead king' ability, if there is no psionic potential, it can strengthen its psionic potential]

The explanation in the silver chip made Ian suddenly think: "I see. ”

It's much easier to explain now.

As the souls in Ian's body demonstrate, all the souls of the Avak realm have scattered across the land after Adalbert has broken the restraints, waiting for someone to avenge them or save them from the land.

Ian and Adalbert avenged them by destroying all the researchers on the side of the Flamelands, Gnostic, and Grand Duke Thorin, resulting in two Dead Lords, but that doesn't mean the rest of the fights in Avak don't count.

For example, Frostbutterfly, who helped Ian defeat the Nightmare Breed and Viscount Avak, was also given a strong support by the fair revenant.

If Frostbutterfly has psionic potential, she can gain a share of the power of the Dead King.

Similar to the psionic power that Ian bestowed on the Knights of Shelter and the Vengeance Messenger during the Path.

And this kind of power, the fundamental ability that is separated from the Dead King, has the potential of the fourth energy level is not unusual.

And Miles understands it better...... This survivor of Azure City may have more than the resentment of the revenant...... And the blessings of those who are familiar with them and their families.

The souls of the dead hope that the survivor will return when he grows up...... Revenge for them.

Or let them rest in peace.

Frost Butterfly is a goblin with psychic powers; And Miles also awakened the psionic energy and met the conditions, so they all had a silver mist - the others probably added a few spiritual attributes.

All in all, the world is still uneven.

Besides. Ian thought about it, if this world didn't have him, Miles would probably have to wander and grow up alone in the world with the resentment of millions of dead souls in his hometown...... It is likely that he died halfway through, leaving countless resentments and despairs unexplained.

There is still a long way to go in the process of transforming this world.

"That's right, little guy, when you return to the imperial capital, I'll help you test it and see what kind of ability it is!"

Ian withdrew the silver chip, and he could already hear footsteps outside the hallway.

"Yay!" Frost butterflies cheered.

Ian walked out of his room, and the smell of food came from the air, although it was just the most ordinary boiled meat and beans, but in the current situation, it was a good meal.

Walking into the hall, Ian saw that Ransom was talking to Yingguang about negotiating with the Imperial side in the future, and Huijian was chatting with Adbert about some common sense that should be paid attention to, and Pansha was listening to it.

They obviously knew that the person who could make Ian so careful would have to be cautious, so they didn't want to mess with it.

Adbert just has a good personality, not a social idiot, so now he has mixed with a group of people like Pansha, wearing a mountain hat on his head, and he really has a bit of a Nanling native.

"You're awake?"

Noticing Ian's arrival, Hui Jian smiled and waved, then pointed to the other side of the hall, "Someone is waiting for you." ”

"Ian!"

A joyful voice sounded in the direction of the door: "And the frost butterfly!" ”

It was Miss Birch's nice voice.

Ian turned his head, he saw the two fairy misses Birch and Mofeng sitting there drinking bean soup, and when they saw him, they flew over together, pulling Ian's hair and Ian's face at the same time, and said angrily, "Why did you suddenly disappear?!" Not long after the second prince and King Tianhong fought, you suddenly disappeared with the frost butterfly, which scared us! ”

"This ......" was pulled by his hair and rubbed his face, Ian didn't feel much pain, but was quite comfortable, he smiled and said nonsense: "I don't know the way." ”

Frost Butterfly, Birch Shade and Ink Wind: "(ì_í)"

It's not that Ian lied—he didn't know the way. In fact, he always used a map with a silver chip to see his way.

The elves sat down in the corner of the colony to exchange information about the night.

Ever since the battle between the strong, Tress' squad had scattered and dodged - the thunderbolts and beams of light that were constantly cleaving people out of the way were still terrifying, and one team's target was too big to disperse and dodge.

Birch and Mofeng originally wanted to find a place to hide with Ian, but they didn't expect Ian to disappear long ago, so they were so frightened that they braved the aftermath to look for a while.

Although they all knew that with Ian's ingenuity and observation psionic ability, it was strange that they couldn't avoid the aftermath, but the sudden disappearance was still a bit of a pissment for the elves.

"Please forgive me."

Ian apologized very seriously - the two fairy ladies went to him with the aftermath of the battle of the fourth-level powerhouse, it was indeed a great risk, and it was really not interesting for him to disappear suddenly.

Hua Di and Mo Feng glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "Of course I forgive you - Hui Jian told us, and he said that you entrusted the rescue team to rescue the soul of the fairy in the subspace labyrinth...... Really appreciated! ”

The latter passage was spoken by Mo Feng alone, and the wind fairy who exuded the scent of ink thanked Ian seriously, and there were even some tears in his eyes: "I sensed the soul of Phantom Lan...... Really, it's complete...... We don't have to be strangers who don't know each other......"

Being able to rescue the other part of the fairy soul of Phantom Lan is obviously a great salvation for Mo Feng's spirit, before Ian left, Mo Feng was almost blackened, and it was not surprising that he began to slaughter indiscriminately in the next moment.

Ian just hummed softly, and didn't need to say anything more at this point.

Of course, the goblins will not maintain this heavy atmosphere for long, Ian asked about the situation of Tress again, only to find that this guy regained his vitality once he left his brain, this guy actually commanded the team to follow the traces of the mountain giant turtle's escape and ran out of the Avak area, and now it is likely that he has returned to the camp of the Patrol Knight.

As the third energy level with a heart light body, the mountain giant turtle was forced to leave the Avak region under the pressure of the fourth energy level powerhouse, so naturally he would not turn back to attack Tress and them, and Tres and the others could also use the power of the mountain giant turtle to avoid all kinds of powerful phantoms and demonic beasts, and even the aftermath of the battle between the strong was much less.

Ian gave a pretty high rating: "He's really good at running away. The talent in this area is simply comparable to that of a second-level genius. ”

"Huh." Birch blinked, and Miss Fairy tilted her head and said, "Does genius still have a rank?" Both Frostbutterfly and Inkwind looked at Ian and cocked their ears with interest.

"Guide Knight, we're ready to leave."

And just as Ian was about to explain his fifth-level genius evaluation criteria to the goblins, Yingguang walked over. The dragon nun still held her spear staff and shield in her hands, and the light armor was meticulously prepared, obviously not relaxing at all.

She greeted the elven ladies with a smile, and then said to Ian and the others seriously, "The rescue team is about to leave the Avak region, so we want to ask, are you planning to leave with us, or wait for the team of the Patrol Knights?" ”

"Let's get out together."

Ian and the elven ladies looked at each other, then nodded, and he stood up, "It's time to get out of here, too." ”