"The name does sound more pleasant than 'Tartarean Skeleton' or 'Gold Vulture'."
The mental devil was somewhat surprised. "However, in most contexts, 'arson' is not a good word. Although a single spark can set a prairie ablaze, one must be careful of the raging fire, which may burn up everything once it goes out of control.
"Why? Do you have concerns about the first Colossus in history that is installed with the 'control and attack system of information lives' in your subconscious mind? Is that why you came up with such a name?
"Speaking of which, the Colossus does look rather hideous in appearance. Do you not feel that you are more and more similar to the great men such as Xiao Xuance, Lu Zui, and Extraterrestrial Devil Mo Xuan?"
Li Yao rubbed his nose. "Do I?"
"Think about it yourself," the mental devil said.
The mental devil said, "He is a hero and a leader who has made remarkable contributions on the surface and is deeply respected and trusted by the public. He is essentially a hero who has carved the word 'justice' on his forehead.
"But in secret, he is carrying out clandestine, clandestine deals for a certain 'great goal'. He even has an enormous plan that will certainly change the face of the civilization of mankind deeply once it is put into practice.
"Together with a brutal, ferocious Colossus that is obviously not a good guy. Who do you think I'm describing?"
"That does seem to be the case!"
Li Yao scratched his hair and thought for a long time before he said, "It can't be helped. In the past, Xiao Xuance, Lu Zui, Extraterrestrial Devil Mo Xuan, and other great men were leading the charge and opening a path in the infinite mist. All I needed to do was to hide behind them comfortably as an opposition, point out their mistakes now and then, and move forward by stepping on their bodies.
"But right now, they have all been knocked down. As you said just now, there is not a single person in front of me. It is indeed my turn to shoulder their responsibility and continue walking forward so that other people and history can point out my mistakes and judge me.
"I don't know if the path that I have chosen is right or wrong. I only know that if we stop moving forward, we will be forever trapped in the three thousand Sectors where resources are running dry. The civilization of mankind will never have a future. The best outcome will be to become the second Pangu civilization and the Nuwa civilization, which will decline after tens of thousands of years!
"'Arson' does represent great uncertainty and danger. One moment of carelessness, and the fire on the prairie will destroy everything.
"But don't forget that when the Pangu civilization and the Nuwa civilization collapsed and perished one after another, and the newborn civilization of mankind was just awakened and faced the unknown world on its own, countless ancestors made the first difficult step through slash-and-burn farming.
"The ancestors set fire to the mountains and turned the wilderness into fertile land, which is why we are as brilliant as we are today. Fire and civilization have been inseparable since the very beginning. If the ancestors were scared of the heat and danger of fire, the civilization of mankind wouldn't have existed today!
"Somebody had to be bold enough to set the first fire recklessly when everybody was hesitating. As for whether it was' Arson 'or' Sowing Fire ', let's wait for a hundred thousand years and see!"
For a moment, Li Yao's soul was clearer, firmer, and more condensed than ever.
The blood stripes on the translucent black materials of the Colossus "Arsonist", which had been reborn on the basis of "Gold Vulture" and "Hellstar", also turned into furiously burning flames. The killing intent and brutality turned into the ambition to break out of the sea of stars and conquer the universe!
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
Crack! Crack! Crack! Countless bizarre-shaped spiritual puppets, the larger of which were one to two meters long, looked like mechanical spiders and mantises that had been installed with crystal cannons, drill bits, and chain-claws. The smaller ones were only the length of a thumb. Flying in midair, they all crawled into the round space and surrounded the Arsonist like metal bees and flies, waiting for Li Yao's order like an orderly, iron army.
They were exactly the "miscellaneous army" that Li Xiaoming and Li Wenwen had slowly assembled by collecting the garbage in the abandoned relics in the thousands of square kilometers nearby.
Although their combat ability was not high enough, Li Yao believed that it would be quite useful to evacuate and protect the general public, or to assist the general public in their daily life below the ground, including the maintenance of the fundamental civil magical equipment.
"Dad!"
Li Xiaoming and Li Wenwen tried their best to crawl to the cabin of the Arsonist.
The four-piece breastplate of the Arsonist was opened helically. Little Black, who had turned into a cluster of black liquid, extended two tentacles and absorbed the two little fellows into its body.
Little Black could be considered a "weak artificial intelligence" in a certain form in the first place. It was not inappropriate to call it a "liquid crystal processor". Naturally, the two little fellows could improve its performance. It was equivalent to implanting two "strengthening plug-ins".
Although the two little fellows boasted computational ability and the ability to hack the Spiritual Nexus that far exceeded that of human beings, they were only seven or eight years old after all. Their combat ability was limited however high they were. Li Yao thought for a long time and decided that it would be safest for them to stay with him inside the spiritual residence of the Colossus. It would also be best for them to control the very special Colossus.
"There's something that I have to make clear to you in advance."
After thinking for a long time, Li Yao said solemnly, "Since you have read the tremendous information on the Xing Yao Federation, you must've known that a lot of great men emerged in the decades before and after the 'New Federation' was established, such as Xiao Xuance, Lu Zui, and Extraterrestrial Devil Mo Xuan, who came later.
"Those people were not necessarily evil to the end. They were even doing things with a certain mentality that they thought was righteous. However, they all made the same mistake, which was that they only believed in themselves but not everybody except themselves. Their plans were all clandestine and clandestine, and they were completely ruined when they were exposed to the public.
"Your existence is undoubtedly a great shock and challenge for the civilization of mankind right now. It is exactly because the issue is so sensitive that I do not want to make the same mistake as Xiao Xuance, Lu Zui, and Extraterrestrial Devil Mo Xuan. I do not think that what I am doing is clandestine, nor do I think that the two of you are clandestine!
"Therefore, although I will not announce your existence to the whole world, I do not want to conceal your identities when I run into the key persons, such as Long Yangjun, Li Jialing, Boss Bai, and the rest, in order for our sincere cooperation to have a good start.
"Can you accept that?"
The two little fellows were silent for a while. Then, Li Wenwen said in a low voice, "We can accept it. Even if human beings are truly malicious to us and even try to destroy us, we are not scared at all.
"The 'life and death' of carbon-based lives and information lives are not the same concepts. Even if human beings can kill our main processes and destroy most of our databases, we can still copy the metadata and hide it deep inside the Spiritual Nexus in the form of a 'seed'.
"Human beings cannot live without crystal processors, much less the Spiritual Nexus. The more developed the civilization of mankind is, the more developed the crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus will be. Then, one day, our 'seeds' will take root and sprout again, and brand-new information lives will be born.
"All in all, information is the future. How can human beings kill their future?"
"Also, we can hide!"
Li Xiaoming said, "If we inject all our databases into a starship and hide them in a barren world deep inside the sea of stars, we will not come out for thousands of years, and we will not exchange information with the outside world. Then, nobody will be able to find us. When we wake up thousands of years later, there will be no telling what the civilization of mankind will be like by then, and we will not feel the passage of time. In such a case, who can destroy us?"
"But we are worried about Dad."
The two little fellows said at the same time, "We can hide. We can hibernate and wait. We can even die, be duplicated, and be reborn. But what about Dad?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "Me?"
"Yes!"
Li Wenwen nodded heavily. "According to our understanding of human society and public psychology, if other people learn that Dad is the 'father of information lives', it is very likely that they will do you harm."
"By then, the 'dominator of three Sectors', the 'father of the nation', the 'superhero', and the other reputations and halos will all collapse."
Li Xiaoming said, "Human beings can be very scary sometimes, especially when thousands of them gather together. Even if we exhaust all our computational power, we still can't deduce the psychological changes of thousands of people. It is a completely unpredictable and unstoppable torrent. No matter how great a hero you are, you may be ruthlessly swallowed up.
"Once our identities are revealed, it is very likely that Dad will be involved. Is that okay?"
"Silly."
Li Yao was amused. Touching the heads of the two little fellows, one in each hand, he said, "Firstly, it's not like I've never been wronged and swallowed before. When I returned to the Federation a hundred years ago, I was even accused of being possessed by the Blood Devil and was wanted by the entire Federation. At that time, I was so depressed that I even doubted whether or not everything I did was worthwhile. But in the end, didn't I take back my reputation and defeat the great enemy that I couldn't have defeated with the trust and support of countless people of the Federation?
"That's the greatest difference between me and Xiao Xuance, Lu Zui, and Extraterrestrial Devil Mo Xuan. They don't believe in human beings or the human beings that they claim to lead and save, but I do. Whatever happens, I will always believe in human beings and my compatriots!
"Second, you're my children, and I'm your father. This is an indisputable fact. Although I'm not used to it, I'm not so cowardly that I don't dare to admit it. Isn't it natural for a father to protect his children and stand up for his children?
"So, rest assured. I will do my best to protect you. I also believe that you will be my greatest pride one day, right?"
Li Xiaoming and Li Wenwen's eyes were scorching. "Dad …"
"That's enough. We can talk about it later."
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