Volume 3 Chapter 157: Humans Are Just Mortals
Following behind Lin Xu and his group, Domore was always a little nervous.
He didn't know whether the church had discovered that he had escaped.
Has the wanted warrant for me arrived at the police station now?
No, in the eyes of the church, he is still a potential monster who is infected with madness and may get out of control at any time, so the ones tracking him will not be the police station, but the ascetics of the church.
When Domore thought of those ascetics who dedicated themselves to the god Dur, voluntarily became infected with madness, suppressed the madness through asceticism, and then used the power of madness to hunt down crazy monks, he couldn't help but shudder.
Compared to his previous self, in Domore's eyes, those ascetics were the real lunatics.
In addition to the ascetics, there are actually quite a few mysterious people in this world who actively become infected with madness, then suppress the madness with their willpower and use the madness to gain power.
In Domore's eyes, Lin Xu and others are obviously such mysterious people.
Otherwise there is no way to explain their abilities that clearly transcend common sense.
For example, now, Lin Xu and a few others took him and swaggered into the library, opening the door.
However, the alarm device at the gate did not respond at all. Even the guard at the gate seemed not to see the people and watched them walk in right under his nose.
But think about it, apart from some scholars and mysterious beings, who else in this world would know so much about the existence of human beings?
"The information about humans is all in the basement of the library. Only people with sufficient authority can enter there. But people with authority are generally not interested in these things, so few people usually look through them." After entering the library, Domore felt like he was home.
He led Lin Xu and his group to the basement with ease.
He picked up the key hanging on the wall, opened the door of the basement, and walked in with Lin Xu and others.
The dim light bulb was turned on, and the spacious basement appeared in front of Lin Xu and others.
"I remember there was a record in a book that humans left for some reason ten thousand years ago. They left behind servants and creatures to protect the universe together. But later our ancestors were jealous of the power that the servants had, which came from humans, so they launched a rebellion." Domore said as he rummaged through rows of books.
However, his efficiency was too slow after all.
"Are you sure the book is here?" Lin Xu asked.
"Of course, I haven't finished reading the book. It's just that at that time I wanted to study the question of why humans wanted to leave, and the book recorded the rebellion of our ancestors. You know, intelligent creatures always like to escape from reality. I don't like to study why my ancestors rebelled, so I put the book down at that time." Domore explained.
But before he could continue, his hands stopped searching.
Because he saw an incredible sight. The books in the entire basement seemed to be controlled by countless hands. One by one, the books flew out of the bookshelf and were quickly flipped through in mid-air, as if there was some existence that was reading so many books quickly at the same time.
Domore looked at Lin Xu and the others, as if he wanted to confirm.
"You guys did this?"
"It's faster this way." Lin Xu nodded.
While speaking, Yinghuo had already controlled the nanorobots to finish reading all the books in the basement.
"Master, the book has been found. We also discovered other books with related records, which can serve as evidence to verify each other." Yinghuo's voice sounded, and the books returned to the bookshelf one by one, but a few books floated in front of Lin Xu.
"Can you confirm what happened back then?" Lin Xu did not flip through the books, but asked directly.
"According to records, when humans left ten thousand years ago, they gave their servants a magical artifact." Yinghuo replied.
"Divine weapon?" Lin Xu was a little surprised.
"Yes, it is the artifact. That artifact has unparalleled power and can even change the laws. Our ancestors once launched a rebellion because they were jealous of the power of that artifact." Domore recalled what he had seen and said as he went on.
"Based on the description in the records, I think it should be a high-dimensional object." Yinghuo gave a more accurate answer.
"High-dimensional objects? Those rebellious races launched a rebellion because they were jealous of the power of high-dimensional objects? But how did they rebel?" This is also something that Lin Xu has never been able to understand.
As protectors of human servants, together with cleansers, their strength must be far greater than those advanced civilizations that launched the rebellion. How did their rebellion succeed?
"The ancestors released the disaster." Domore sighed.
"Yes, the tribe that Mr. Domore's ancestors belonged to opened the blockade of disorder and filth. At that time, the maintainers of mankind's servant race were using the high-dimensional objects left by humans to purify the disorder and filth in the blockade, turning the disorder and filth into inert filth." Yinghuo replied.
"Then they really deserve to die." Lin Xu frowned and sighed.
"Yes, our ancestors really deserve to die." Domore smiled bitterly.
It can be said that all the madness in this world was caused by one's ancestors. Domore did not curse, which was already giving face to his ancestors.
And Yinghuo continued speaking.
"At that time, the betrayers from the advanced civilization deliberately opened a gap in the blockade of disordered filth because they were eyeing the high-dimensional items left by humans, causing the disordered filth that had been suppressed to spread into the universe again. So the maintainers had no choice but to detonate the high-dimensional item, instantly purifying all the disordered filth into inert filth. The result was that the maintainers themselves were almost wiped out in that disaster."
"Afterwards, the inert filth that was supposed to be gradually eliminated after being purified into inert filth began to spread naturally because the maintainers were almost wiped out and had no ability to eliminate the inert filth. Finally, it spread to the entire star field, affecting hundreds of light years."
"Where are the cleaners? What are they doing?" Lin Xu asked.
"According to records, apart from high-dimensional items, the only things humans left behind are servants and creations. The Maintainers are servants, and the Cleaners are naturally just creations. Although the operating mechanism of the Cleaners is still unclear, it is obvious that they can only mechanically execute fixed programs and do not have the ability to modify the programs." Yinghuo continued to explain.
"So, the reason why the maintainer is called the maintainer should also mean the maintainer of the cleanser." Lin Xu finally figured out what happened in this star field ten thousand years ago.
Although there are still many details to be added, the general direction should be like this if nothing unexpected happens.
"The Maintainers and the Cleansers should have complemented each other, but because of the lack of the Maintainers, the Cleansers began to lose control, which led to the cleansing every thousand years. This is the current speculation." Yinghuo was just guessing.
"So, everything that this galaxy has experienced over the past tens of thousands of years is ultimately the result of the sins of those traitors?" Nanzhu directly put the blame on the advanced civilization that had once rebelled.
"Traitor, defender, cleanser." Lin Xu felt a little emotional. Everything was just caused by the jealousy ten thousand years ago.
Several people fell into deep thought for a while. Only Mr. Domore next to them could understand what they were talking about at first, but later he became a little confused.
“I know about the Cleansers, but what is the cleansing that takes place once every thousand years ? Also, weren’t all those Cleansers who left this world devoured by the Outer God Yogg-sas?” Domore asked puzzled.
"The cleansers who left this world? Are there cleansers in this world too?" Lin Xu was stunned. He didn't expect to have an unexpected gain.
"Of course, about every few decades, a group of warships will rise from the sea and rush into the universe, but they will be swallowed up by Yogg-sas every time and become Yogg-sas's food. It is said that there is a warship production base of the Cleansers on the seabed. Various countries have thought of seizing that warship production base countless times. Unfortunately, with the degradation of civilization, countries have become increasingly unable to do anything about the Cleansers' bases, and can only watch as a group of warships rush into the universe to die every few decades." Domore sighed.
"The Cleaner's warship production base is actually here?" Lu Yao was stunned for a moment and said in surprise.
Although I had long guessed that there should be a battleship production base in this star field shrouded in inert filth, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that I would run into it directly.
"The warships we encountered before were probably not produced here." Nanzhu shook his head and said.
"That's right, because all the warships produced here were swallowed up by Yuggsas. It seems that there is another production base." Lu Yao nodded and reacted.
"In fact, in addition to the Cleansers, there are also descendants of the Protectors in our world." Domore thought for a moment and said tentatively.
"Did you find out?" Lin Xu looked at Domore and laughed. He was a smart man.
"Yes, as a member of the mysterious side, you don't know that the Cleansers try to rush into the universe every few decades. This is a major event that the mysterious side always causes a stir. Plus, you always say, this is this world, not our world." Domore is not stupid to be a university professor. If he still can't figure out anything with so many problems, it only means that the collective IQ of the people in this world is not good.
"So, are you?" Domore said, pointing his finger to the sky, with expectation in his eyes.
"Yes." Lin Xu nodded and did not deny it.
He didn't tell his identity at the beginning because he was afraid that the other party would not believe him. Lin Xu was also too lazy to go through the boring process of proving his identity.
But now that it has been guessed, Lin Xu is too lazy to deny it.
"So, you are human servants? Like those protectors ten thousand years ago?" Domore's voice trembled, but he could only guess that they were servants.
"We can be considered servants, but Lord Lin Xu is not." Nanzhu stretched out a finger, shook it and said.
Then Domore's legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.
But he reacted immediately, holding on to the back of the chair next to him and standing up straight.
"You, you, please forgive my rudeness, Lord Lin Xu." Domore bowed to Lin Xu and said.
"Okay, don't be so polite. And you don't need to worry. We are not here to destroy the world." Lin Xu waved his hand at Domore and said.
"Oh, that's great, that's great." Domore suppressed his excitement. He suddenly felt like he had saved the world.
I don’t know whether all the countries in the world should unite to give themselves a big medal.
"However, I still have some questions. It would be great if you could help answer them." Lin Xu continued.
"Of course, I will tell you everything I know." Domore immediately corrected his attitude.
"You just said that there are still descendants of the defenders?" Lin Xu asked.
"Yes, the floating continent in the north is run by the descendants of the Maintainers. They are less affected by madness than us, so their civilization is degenerating more slowly, and they still retain some more advanced technologies." Domore replied immediately.
"Is the degeneration of your civilization also related to madness?" Lin Xu asked with some surprise.
He only knew that all the civilizations on this planet had degenerated.
But I never expected that the degeneration of these civilizations was actually related to laziness and filth.
"Yes, the more you think, the closer you get to madness, so people are less and less willing to think, and civilization is becoming weaker and weaker. This may be the universe's punishment for our ancestors for their betrayal ten thousand years ago, making us gradually degenerate and watching civilization decline bit by bit." Domore said bitterly.
At the same time, this can also be regarded as a silent prayer.
We have endured ten thousand years of torture. This is our own fault. Please don't punish us any more.
Lin Xu remained noncommittal and said nothing about it.
Compared to the descendants of the betrayers, he now wants to see the descendants of the defenders more.
I wonder if the descendants of the maintainers have more detailed records of their ancestors.
Although I have roughly guessed some things that happened tens of thousands of years ago.
But Lin Xu still wanted to know more details, such as what specific tasks were given to the maintainers when humans left them behind ten thousand years ago.
Also, are there any clues to human remains among the maintainers?
"Lord Lin Xu, where are we going next? The Cleaner battleship production base in the ocean, or the floating continent in the north?" Nanzhu asked.
"Let's go to the north first!" Lin Xu decided.
"But before that, we seem to be surrounded." Nanzhu frowned.
At this time, her tail and ears were no longer concealed. Her tail was shaking and her ears were shaking as well, making Domore think that Nanzhu was going to turn into a monster too.
But compared to the weird monster, the tail and ears are quite nice looking, and don’t seem like a prelude to madness.
Wait, now is not the time to focus on this.
"Surrounded? Was it that I was discovered while trying to escape? Was it the police or the ascetic monks?" Domore asked with all his might.
"It's a group of people wearing white robes." Lin Xu replied.
"It's over, it's the ascetic." Domore's face turned pale in an instant.
"Do you want to stay or go with us?" Lin Xu asked after thinking for a while.
"Can I, can I go with you?" Domore was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
"Originally I didn't plan to take you with me, but you will be wanted by the church because of us, and we can't just abandon you. As for completely eliminating the church, it's too troublesome, so why not take you with me?" Lin Xu said lightly.
"Then please take me with you, please." Domore looked as if he had walked through hell, and his face was almost filled with tears.
Just like that, Domore followed Lin Xu and others out of the library.
As soon as he walked out of the gate, he was blocked by several white-robed monks.
"Domor, the god Dur is merciful. He is willing to save those lambs who have committed mistakes on their own. But you betrayed the mercy of God and escaped from the church. Since you are unwilling to accept help, you can only accept judgment." The ascetic monk in the lead had no sadness or joy in his voice, as if he was a person who had already eliminated all emotions.
"I didn't betray God Dur, I just, I just." Domore smiled bitterly, but didn't know what to say.
Could it be that I am accompanying humans to investigate history going back ten thousand years?
Not to mention that these ascetics wouldn’t believe it, even my previous self wouldn’t believe it.
He now understood why Lin Xu did not reveal his identity at the beginning, because it was too unbelievable.
Of course, Domore was more afraid that he would reveal Lin Xu's human identity, and the several ascetic monks in front of him would say something insulting to humans.
After all, nothing is impossible for fanatics.
By then, it won’t just be them who will suffer, the whole world might be implicated.
Forget it, Domore decided not to say anything.
But who knew that when Domore decided not to say anything, the leader of the ascetics took the initiative to say something that made him terrified.
"I know that many of you scholars often slander the gods, and even place a mortal race called humans from ten thousand years ago above the great god Dur. As for you foolish so-called scholars who try to equate stupid mortals with gods, my consistent proposition is that you should all be purified. And now is the time for you to be purified." When the ascetic leader said this, his tone, which had originally been emotionless, finally had some ups and downs, and even became more intense.
It seems that he is extremely dissatisfied with some scholars who study human behavior.
It’s just like many religions that still refuse to acknowledge the theory of evolution.
In some countries, the theory of evolution is not even allowed to be taught in school textbooks. How ridiculous!
"You know about the existence of human beings, but you look down on them? Can I know why?" Lin Xu asked curiously.
"They are just mere mortals, yet they dare to imagine themselves on par with gods. It's no wonder that such stupid beings have long disappeared in history. Even if they have not disappeared, I will kill all these deceivers in the name of God. Do they think that they can deceive future generations by compiling a few books?" The leader of the ascetics seemed to be very excited when he mentioned humans, as if the emotions that had long been gone had returned.
I don't know why he has such a strong hatred towards humans.
"Kill all humans? How dare you think that." Lin Xu had a strange expression on his face.
It felt like hearing a few ants discussing how to slaughter and eat an elephant.
Lin Xu just felt it was funny and didn't feel offended at all.
On the contrary, Domore was so frightened that he could hardly stand.
Now he just wanted to beg this ascetic monk to stop talking.
If you keep talking, what if the person in front of you gets unhappy and destroys the world?
"However, have you ever thought about whether it is possible that it was your god Dur who made up the book casually and deceived future generations?" Lin Xu asked curiously.
"They are blasphemous people. No wonder they are mixed up with the fugitives. Kill them all." The leader of the ascetics was immediately furious.
The rest of the ascetic monks also had livid faces and rushed towards Lin Xu and his companions.
It seems that no matter how weak their feelings are, once it comes to their gods, all the feelings come back and even become several times stronger.
I saw that the group of ascetic monks were moving at a very fast speed, far beyond the speed that normal flesh and blood bodies could achieve.
Lin Xu even saw that under the white robe of a certain ascetic monk, what was running was not only two legs, but also several tentacles assisting in running.
Lin Xu understood immediately.
This is the ascetic, using his will to suppress his own madness.
And their will is to dedicate everything to the god Dur.
Their fanatical faith allows them to resist a certain degree of madness.
However, it also made the god Dur a taboo for them.
If anyone insults the gods, they will fight to the death.
No wonder these ascetic monks went crazy when they heard Lin Xu's words.
However, even if they had any reasons, Lin Xu had no reason to let them go.
Not to mention, there is another person next to Lin Xu, Mu Xiyue, who has been trying hard to suppress his anger ever since the leader of the ascetic monks started slandering humans.
Now, as Lin Xu signaled, we can start.
Mu Xiyue finally didn't have to endure it anymore.
He swung his sword forward directly.
Lin Xu frowned and gave a reminder.
"Be careful not to hurt ordinary people."
Then Mu Xiyue noticed that there were many residential houses in the direction where the sword had just been drawn.
Mu Xiyue temporarily changed the momentum of her sword and slightly moved it to the side.
But it had no effect at all. Several white-robed monks who were nearby were directly vaporized by Mu Xiyue's sword energy before they could come into contact with Lin Xu and others.
However, thanks to Mu Xiyue's subtle adjustment of the sword's power, several ascetic monks, including their leader, escaped.
At the same time, the sword energy continued to move forward, rumbling and extending directly along the street.
What finally appeared before Domore's eyes was a street that had been completely turned upside down, like a ruin.
Domore swallowed hard.
At the same time, the leader of the ascetics seemed to wake up from this sword, and he and several white-robed ascetics stood there in a daze.
He looked as if he didn't know whether he should continue.
