Overturned Tower - Vol 2.3 Chapter 79: Russell: I'll kill you

The pope’s “elevation” did not fully agree to Russell’s invitation in the end.

This is quite normal.

Rather…if he defected to Russell’s side immediately,

Russell was about to doubt his sincerity.

That was an obsession that lasted for more than a hundred years.

Using the highest-level “God’s Descending Device” to brainwash himself, he transformed himself into a digital life similar to a monkey-faced eagle. How can a person who has distorted his life to such an extent believe that Russell has a better solution to everything just because of Russell’s words, and immediately put his plan on hold?

Even Russell himself did not expect to make His Excellency the Pope an ally immediately.

What he really wants to do is to tell the other party those secrets…the knowledge about “Egg of Dusk”, about “Giant Dragon”, and about “Grey Dome”.

This is the knowledge that His Excellency the Pope did not know before confirming his own “salvation plan”.

He knows many secrets, but whether it is “spiritual relatives”, “primitive powers”, “dusk”, “the plans of the elves”, he only knows part of them. Precisely because every link was a little bit wrong, after accumulating these mistakes, the feasibility of his plan was even lower than that of the elves.

Russell didn’t have to do anything at all.

He doesn’t need to beat the other side, and he doesn’t need to kidnap for blackmail. There is no need to shout and talk about it… He only needs to calmly and clearly fill in the missing truth of the other party, and he can directly destroy all the efforts made by “His Holiness the Pope” so far.

Because the truth itself is powerful.

This His Excellency the Pope does have extraordinary self-confidence and courage—he always uses the technology he just completed on himself instead of looking for consumables for experimentation. Without enough self-confidence and courage, it is absolutely impossible to do so.

And from this behavior alone, Russell can taste the underlying behavioral logic of “promotion” and his character.

——The old pope should actually be a lonely person.

He first invented the **** drop device, not because he wanted to use this technology to fight against mages. It was because he realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the “God” the church believed in.

The “Father Andrew” back then can be said to be quite strong. He wasn’t even a bishop at the time, just an ordinary priest. And he even dared to raise the topic of “exploring the essence of the power of the holy order”, using the bones and souls of saints as materials to modify human personality and will—

At that time, the church was not called the Cyber ​​Church, nor did it have the ultimate goal of “Cyber ​​Eternal Life”. They really are old, old-school ecclesiastical blocs.

Andrew’s behavior is no longer “touching the taboo” in the ordinary sense. It can even be said that he is already invincible luck if he is not dead. He can fiddle with this technology alone, which means that he probably has no friends, and even the final test product can only be used by himself. And after this thing was made, he went directly to the Pope at the time… This shows that he has no emotional intelligence to speak of.

This is obviously because Andrew is very simple—he thinks this is the truth about the power of the Holy Order, and he feels that his research is completely correct, so he is not even afraid, and he didn’t even find a backer or agent.

In order to prevent someone from interfering with it or stealing his own research, Andrew didn’t even stay behind, and went directly to the highest-level person in charge.

That is to say, the pope of that generation was enlightened enough, and coupled with the pressure given by the mages at that time, Andrew would never have survived.

And then, after the Pope’s death, Andrew, who was a hero, became the Pope. But after more than a hundred years, he has never let go—this is not because he has a strong enough desire for power, but because he does not allow the church to have the slightest distortion.

Changing the pope is a very normal situation, and after changing the pope

It is also very reasonable to change attitudes and operational strategies in the future.

Because the Cyber ​​Church is always an organization as an organization, it is normal for it to constantly adjust to the changes of the times. Even if he acts as

It is also very normal for the pope to change his character and means as time goes by.

However, Andrew did not allow anything to change.

He even used the **** drop device he invented to brainwash himself to maintain the purity of his position and keep the Cyber ​​Church unchanged for a hundred years.

He has an urgent desire to change the world, and he has enough superior talent… But he didn’t use this ability to climb up to become an elf, but carried out long experiments and research alone. And after finally getting the results, there is still no one around him.

This is precisely because of his paranoia.

He doesn’t believe anyone else can inherit the Cyber ​​Church and make it better. After all, a person who has only lived for a few decades is definitely not as wise and experienced as a person who has lived for more than a hundred years.

And this kind of arrogance and self-confidence is actually not fundamentally different from an elf… It’s just that his body is not an elf.

He is like an ascetic.

Wearing thin linen, walking barefoot in the desert where the hot wind is blowing. It is a joy to watch the skin and flesh all over his body tear open and dry, and he regards this as a perfect sublimation of himself. He regards his pain as sacred.

Just as he has ruled the highest-level organization on the Seven Islands for more than a hundred years, he has not been corrupted at all… The serious work for more than a hundred years without a day off belongs to his penance.

The torment of himself made his self stronger, and he was unwilling to search for the “deeper truth”.

His self-esteem and suspicion made him unwilling to cooperate with anyone, so he didn’t have any comrades in arms.

“—From this point of view, rather than saying that you are pursuing the way of salvation, it is better to say that you just want to walk on the way of salvation.”

After talking about those secrets, while the Pope was silently thinking, Russell revealed his own psychoanalysis of the Pope: “Because you don’t want to think too much. You just want to do it…you will sacrifice it as To be sacred, to regard the austerity itself as a reward.

“You don’t want the ‘best’ outcome for everyone. You just want to complete a holy self-sacrifice… From this point of view, you are not a qualified Pope from the very beginning. You are still the same ‘Father Andrew,’ is the saint who practiced the way of salvation and wore the crown of ‘Savior’.”

“…You may be right.”

After being silent for a long time, “Zhengsheng” nodded slowly.

He frowned, with a solemn expression: “But I have to verify whether what you said is correct… [Egg of Dusk]. Even if everything you said is correct, it does not mean that there is no concealment in your words .

“Sometimes, it doesn’t take a lie to lie. It’s just that the truth is more deceitful without some key information. Not to mention…your identity prevents me from fully trusting you.”

There was strong hesitation in the words of the Pope.

But when Russell heard it, he just smiled.

Because he knew that His Excellency the Pope had been shaken.

He didn’t even hide his plan, but said it all frankly: “You say that, it means that you will come to our side eventually.

“Because what you are pursuing is the sacred path of self-sacrifice. You have also sought the truth, but you stopped after you reached this point…Why? Because up to here, you only need to complete the sacrifice to save the world, So you don’t need other truths.

“[Cyber ​​Immortality] plans to put all human spirits into machines, digitize them, make people lose their bodies, and thus lose their emotions and personalities, so that dreams can no longer be tracked; and gather all human psychic energy, To reassemble the gods in the world, to obtain the perpetual motion machine-like primitive spiritual power, and push the dragon boat to the universe.

“But have you thought about it? After digitization, will the human souls stored in the disk be unaffected by the illusion? After everyone’s dreams are offline, will the polluted ancient gods who are sealed in the dream world be affected?” Rebirth?

“Have the elves really not considered your plan? Even after the dusk crisis, how can you ensure that humans can still find

And reach the new planet safely? Even if we reach a new planet, how can we rebuild our homeland and revive civilization? After leaving the earth, are we really safe? Will there be a new crisis in the universe? Do elves fall? Will there be war among elves? Can the disks storing the human spirit fail? Is the pieced together new **** under control? Could it also be tainted by illusions? ”

Russell said so many loopholes in one breath, and then looked at the old man.

He said calmly, “You may have thought about it, but you ignored it.

“—Because you are afraid. You are afraid that if you continue to search for the truth, you will only have despair after finding the whole truth. Because you are afraid that you cannot change all mistakes and overcome all crises with your own strength. But you are not willing Believe in others… so your search for the truth stops suddenly at this moment.

“This is not bravery, His Excellency. It is cowardice.

“This is a way of escaping—the great wisdom gained from penance cannot purify the world. You just use external pain to cover up your inner confusion.”

“…maybe.”

The pope answered simply.

He was silent for a while, then added: “But there is only one thing… It’s not that I don’t want to trust others.

“The accumulated group wisdom may be based on the group. But it may also be that more mistakes have been accumulated. The children of your era have never read history. In history, ancient humans made various self-repair mistakes. Behavior is carried out through the survival of the fittest and the survival of the fittest.

“Even if the time is infinitely extended, the wisdom of the crowd is by no means the first choice. At best, it can only say, ‘This will not be the worst result after all,’ but what we need must be ‘the best’ Yes, even if it is only a little bit short, it will cause huge losses. Because there is only one chance for the final trial, this is not like a game, and you can load the file if you make a wrong choice.

“That’s why I can’t trust people. Because I already know they can’t make the best choice. Then I’d rather trust myself—”

“But you yourself still can’t make the best choice.”

“yes.”

“So, you are just deceiving yourself… You have been indulging in the ‘dream’ for a long time like this. Sit back and watch this world, driving into the abyss like a train on the wrong track.”

Russell’s gaze was meaningful: “Perhaps, you have already been polluted by illusions?”

Hearing this, the Pope suddenly raised his head and looked straight at Russell.

As if realizing something, his pupils shrank suddenly and trembled violently.

“Let’s change the subject.”

Russell chuckled, his tone gradually became no longer respectful, but equal to the status of the Pope: “If I continue talking, maybe I will accidentally kill you.

“I don’t want you to die here… let’s talk about werewolves.

“You just made it very clear that the purpose of the werewolves was to carry out ‘icon vandalism,…I didn’t mean the icon vandalism in the news. It was just a warning and notice you issued to the company.

“What you really have to do is to arouse the sense of resistance in people’s hearts. The company domesticates human beings, anesthetizes them without fear… What you have to do is to make people clearly aware that the end is coming.

“But you don’t want people to overthrow the company and bring chaos; nor do you want people to break away from the company’s rule and start carnival-like autonomy in the coming apocalypse. There is no righteousness in your actions…you are just I hope that people can use their own blood to wear down the authority of the head office and pollute their whitewashed peace.

“What you want is for the church to be the ‘savior,’ right?”

“…..that’s about right.”

The Pope sighed, his figure blurred for a moment.

In the end, he turned into Lycaon again, sitting on the seat decadently: “I thought what I did was right…”

“There is no right or wrong in this world, Lycaon.”

Defeated the world’s longest-lived man with words alone

Russell is not proud of the “human beings”.

His eyes can even be said to be “gentle”.

“Do you really think that the head office knows nothing about the Werewolf Project?” Russell asked back.

Hearing this, Lycaon raised his head in astonishment: “You said no, it is indeed possible…”

“That’s right. Sogo Island is not ruled by a board of directors, but by the Three Sages.

“Then, if the three sages knew about the werewolf plan… what attitude would they have?

“The answer is simple. It’s ‘real,’ but it’s not beautiful.

“He’s got people to seek the truth, and he’s got the corporate-built lie distorted. But there’s no order to it, and there’s bound to be chaos.

“Then the question now is, is it good? If it is good, then it will be supported by the three sages, otherwise it will be opposed by them.”

Russell said meaningfully what Alice once said: “You can give them your love, but UU reading www.uukanshu.com can’t give you thoughts, because they have their own thoughts; you can protect their bodies , but not their souls, because their souls inhabit the House of Tomorrow, a place you cannot visit even in your dreams.,

“Do you understand? In fact, you are only one step away from getting the support of the three sages. Because you subconsciously modified their personalities and their memories. Just like you made angels…you don’t think this There’s nothing wrong with ordering the church to be pure as if you’re self-serving, because the sacrifices you think you can make others should be able to make too.

“‘The Werewolf Project, the mistakes, are the same as you who only know part of the truth-always only a little bit, just a step away.

“So far, you have been redeemed; so far, you have been relieved. But just a little bit… You will be able to achieve victory. But you stop at the door of victory, and after you have been comforted, you will no longer Forward.

“Just a little bit, Your Excellency…do you understand now? Where exactly did you fail, and why did I win.”

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