The first to answer this question without hesitation was the think tank: "Everything I encounter that claims to be God is my enemy." That's enough for me to know. ”

This is a typical answer that an Ultramarine-based interstellar soldier would make. But the Prophet Natas apparently disagreed: "Does this mean that your master is also your enemy?" ”

"The emperor is not a god." The think tank retorted, "The Lord of Mankind will forever deny this." ”

"He denies it, but he still is." The Prophet Natas turned his gaze to Kiliman, "I think that's the central question of this discussion, am I right?" Lord Regent? ”

Kiriman didn't reply, just set his eyes on Rika Fujimaru. The latter leaned back slightly in his wheelchair: "Don't look at me, what I say doesn't count - I'm a man who uses the power of the emperor to perform witchcraft all day long, and you can't expect the idea that the emperor is not a god from such a mouth is convincing to others." ”

The imperial regent frowned and asked, "What if we hypothetically ignore the emperor in this question and only discuss divine existence itself?" ”

"God is a 'natural disaster.'" "It usually causes a lot of unavoidable damage to human society, and trying to fight it is often thankless, but as long as you find the right way, you can use the energy it brings to a limited extent." In the long run, the negative effects will outweigh the positive effects. Although it would be confusing to disappear all of a sudden, it can be said at the root. Humanity does not need such a thing for its prosperity. ”

Prophet Natas laughed: "Not a bad analogy, but it's just a parable after all." ”

Fujimaru Rika shrugged her shoulders indifferently: "Then Prophet Natas, I wonder if you are willing to share the ancient wisdom from the Spirit Race in this matter?" ”

"It's a complicated issue, even for my people." The Prophet Natas pondered briefly after these words before speaking again, "We will first classify the gods in general terms into two categories: the gods of the material world, which they call star gods, and we call them Yangor; The gods of the sea beyond, they are what we call 'reflections of the material world'.

"The gods of the material world are one of the foundations of the veil of reality. Because of the close connection between the stars and the physical world, they can influence its structure, but they are also bound by the laws of reality; The gods of subspace, on the other hand, are shorter-lived and more diverse, many of them merely collections of emotions, and some of them were mortals before being promoted by the beliefs of others.

"But these are very crude classifications, are they correct? Even within our clan, there is often opposition to this. Facts change, phenomena become easier, and original theories are easily overturned by the counterexamples that come with them—so the origin of God is not classifiable. They don't have a history, only a history that people impose on them. ”

The overly abstract and vague introduction made the Imperial Regent frown. He didn't say anything at once, but turned his gaze to his heir.

"Power defines God, but they are nothing but lies." "I'm not very familiar with the Star Gods, but the Chaos Gods only bring fear. They see us as playthings and will eventually destroy us. There is no doubt that they are evil, every one of them is. Man does not need God. The emperor was right. ”

The think tank had used some cautious wording, but the Prophet Natas still sighed and shook his head, as if "the son is not teachable": "How can you exclude your master from the discussion when you agree that 'power defines God'?" ”

"The emperor is not a god." Rika Fujimaru retorted in a firm tone, "Although he is already very close to that line, if you look closely enough, you will realize that he has not really crossed it yet. ”

"It's a conclusion that can't be proven or falsified, because no one can look at it, as you say, 'carefully enough.'" Prophet Natas continued to shake his head gracefully, "In the subspace, all eyes cast on that One can only see the bright light of the spark, and feel the pain and torment coming from it. Who can clearly recognize whether what they see in that light is true or false? Every thread of fate leading to the throne has been burned, and no one can predict His future path......"

As he said these words, as if he realized something, he gradually weakened his voice. The Prophet Natas began to observe the girl in the wheelchair with a cautious posture - some things could not be revealed by vague prophecies and ambiguous omens, but in this face-to-face distance, some facts began to emerge in the minds of the Spirits Prophet after the person was aware of it.

He began to realize that Fujimaru Rika's soul was wrapped in a glimmer that closely resembled a star torch. The light was like an unsheathed blade, temporarily retracted, and he couldn't—and it was better not to explore its full picture. The Prophet of Natas carefully avoided this part, trying to make more of his psionic senses aware of it, but at that moment, a thunderstorm of the physical realm came up and completely blocked the Prophet's "view".

The senses of the Prophet Natas who were responsible for receiving the situation in reality told him that it was a phenomenon caused by the white-clothed attendant beside Rika Fujimaru approaching her seat slightly. He withdrew his psionic senses and began to wonder in shock: What the hell is this?

There was a brief eye exchange between the master and slave on the other side, and finally ended with Arjuna, who was obviously unhappy, staying where he was. But Fujimaru Rika obviously didn't plan to let this matter pass like this, and directly became angry with yin and yang: "I don't know what you saw from me?" I'm curious to see what the alien perspective will think of me. ”

The current situation is clearly stronger than man, and the Prophet Natas, frustrated by his imprudent actions, apologized: "Forgive me for my presumptuousness, but I see something in you...... Signs of mirroring the throne. ”

This remark aroused Kiliman's concern and concern from another angle, and he said to the Prophet Natas with a frown: "I hope you can make it clearer. ”

But the answer to this question was not the Spirit Race, but the think tank around him: "It is the light of the Star Torch." "He said," Curator Digris had informed the entire Psionic Council that the girl's soul contained the power of the Emperor. Normally, it looks like looking at a distant star under the night sky, but when needed, it quickly brightens. ”

At the mention of this, Fujimaru Rika looked a little frustrated: "Ever since I received complaints from the navigators and star whisperers on the Lionmane, I have been practicing to control this problem, and it seems that it will still be discovered......"

"It's more than that." The Prophet Natas said, "The thread of destiny that is supposed to be connected to you will either be burned in the same way, or it will be confused as a mess that is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood." This should be why our people cannot accurately predict your fate, but can only deduce the future you may create through various means of sideshow. ”

“…… I won't ask you what you deduced. Rika Fujimaru said, "I always feel that there are some things that I still don't know that will make me feel better." ”

The Prophet Natas was noncommittal and reverted the subject: "But forgive me for asking this, I wonder how it is that as a favored person who has received so many favors from the Lord of mankind, you can ignore the fact that you are close to the eye and say with such certainty that 'the emperor is not a god'?" ”

"Maybe it's because I'm standing close enough to see details that others can't." Rika Fujimaru said calmly, "A bowl is very similar to a cup, both are semi-circular containers, and they can also hold water to drink, but you can't say that a 'bowl' is a 'cup'. The current emperor may be very similar to the gods, and he can't even do much different, but ......"

She paused, thought for a moment, and restarted the topic:

"In your eyes, there is no doubt that my power comes from the Emperor." She confirmed this statement to everyone present, and received unanimous and unanimous agreement, "In normal times, for the convenience of expression, I would say this myself." But if I was more serious, would all the witchcraft I use really stop at the emperor's place in the end? ”

"—Or is it true that the abnormal and continuous growth of the spiritual energy of the Emperor himself in the ten thousand years since he ascended the throne is simply because the quality of his own soul and the strength of his spirit have increased over time?"

Miwoo (six o'clock)

Both chapters are setting chapters (. ）

I strongly suspect that GW himself can't understand the setting of subspace, gods, etc., and they themselves have repeatedly eaten the relevant content, one moment saying that subspace is a reflection of the material universe, and the other saying that this is a high-dimensional world created outside the universe trying to introduce the multiverse, and then letting the chaos believers blow the creation of the four gods themselves, and then saying that if the emperor completely ascends to the gods, he can abuse the four gods of chaos......

Whatever, I'll just hold the moon and set up a direct meme to pollute the subspace, and feast on GW's setting! (Serenity)

(End of chapter)