Perhaps it was just Li Yao's imagination, but when Colonel Song Guanghe said that, he really saw a cluster of burning, sacred, and pure flames around Song Guanghe.
Colonel Song Guanghe's eyes were not as dim and dim as those who had been brainwashed or deranged, either. Instead, they were as clear as the Cultivators who had just been enlightened.
After a long silence, Li Yao continued asking, "I'm very curious. What do you think of your wife and your child? If they show up in front of you right now, will you help them find … eternal tranquility?"
"Because of what happened to me, they are very upset, painful, and confused right now. They have been completely corrupted by the extraterrestrial devils deep inside their brains," Colonel Song Guanghe said.
"My wife works for a lot of powerful people, hoping to wash away the stain of being a 'traitor's wife'. My child, on the other hand, has vented his frustration and fury on the weaker people and has become an unpardonable bandit. In my eyes, they have been possessed by the devil. If there is a chance, of course, I will help them exorcise the devil. If the devil in their heart cannot be exorcised, I will have to 'purge' them."
"Purge?"
Li Yao said, "Let me confirm it again. Are you saying that you will kill your wife and your child without any hesitation, and the incident will not affect you at all? To you, they're like the nurse and the researcher, pure strangers? "
"No, not strangers, but like … brothers and sisters," Colonel Song Guanghe said.
Song Guanghe said, "We are all God's creations, servants, tools, and lambs. Even my own flesh and blood was born through the bodies of my wife and me under God's will. Therefore, he should be God's child, not mine.
"We are more like brothers and sisters. All human beings are equal brothers and sisters. My wife, my child, and this honorable guest whose name I do not know, you are all the same in my eyes. We are all equally intimate and equal. If there is a chance, I will save you, wake you up, and purge you without caring about the cost."
Taking a long breath in relief, Li Yao said solemnly, "Colonel Song, I don't know how much logic you have left, and whether or not there are any traps in your logic, but I still hope that you can think about it calmly and clearly. Are such thoughts really from your own will? Do you still have your own will right now?"
"Of course I have my own will."
Colonel Song Guanghe was still smiling casually. "The will of the gods is my will. There is nothing in the universe except for the gods. My soul is filled by the will of the gods. I can't be more tranquil and satisfied."
"In other words, you are just a cell and a thought of the gods?"
Li Yao said. "Have you ever thought that your life is meaningless if you live it like that?"
"What about you, honorable guest? What about the thousands of Immortal Cultivators?"
Song Guanghe said, "You have been mired in the furnace of desires since you were born. You do not know that the extraterrestrial devils have infested your head. You struggle in the sea of desires for your entire life. You are blinded by greed, you are fond of fighting, and you bully the weak. You are either killed in internal strife early in your life, or you are not enlightened until you are hundreds of years old. Instead, you have to prolong your evil life at the cost of astronomical resources. In the end, you are still unavoidable. What's the point of your life?
"You are not so bad. But what about the ordinary people who have been oppressed by you? They struggle to survive below the ground like animals, and they may never see the sunlight in their entire lives. Not only are their lives worse than ants, but they are also like moving mushrooms. They have been sentenced to death the moment they were born. They have to do everything they can to keep their 'bodies' from rotting. They have to suffer every second, suffer every minute, and struggle every day. In the end, the 'bodies' will return to darkness without leaving any trace. What's the meaning of their lives?
"Perhaps, you, us, and them, life is such meaningless things. Whether it is the exuberant joy or the heart-wrenching pain, they will all be annihilated in the passage of time, just like water droplets dissolving in a river, and the river will eventually dry up, evaporate, and disappear. What is the meaning of all this? I don't know. Only God knows."
"Therefore, your purpose is to awaken the so-called 'gods', or the Pangu people?"
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao calmed himself down and raised the critical question.
"That's right. Our duty is to protect this universe while the gods are in slumber, and to maintain everything as it was when the gods were in slumber."
Colonel Song Guangyao said frankly, "It's a pity that when the gods were asleep, most human beings were corrupted by extraterrestrial devils too. They forgot their sacred destiny and unleashed evil and chaos recklessly, consuming the precious resources that were left.
"Now that we've realized it, we have to clean up the mess, end the war forever, restore peace and order, and wait for the gods to wake up.
"Trust me. I can feel it. All the Ultimate Benevolence Masters have sensed it. The Gates of the Gods are about to open, and the gods are waking up from hundreds of thousands of years of slumber. They will soon rebuild their magnificent civilization and bring us higher wisdom and deeper guidance."
"Sensed?"
Li Yao snorted. "You're going to entrust the future of yourself and the entire civilization of mankind to groundless feelings and the mercy of the gods? How can you guarantee that the 'gods' that you speak of will bring guidance instead of slaughter and hope instead of destruction after they wake up? You — the 'tools' that we are are out of control. It's more reasonable to destroy the tools that are out of control and develop a batch of more reliable tools, isn't it? "
"Don't guess what the gods are thinking with your evil mind that has been corrupted by extraterrestrial devils."
Colonel Song Guangyao said, "How do you know that the gods do not bring guidance and hope but slaughter and destruction? Why do you believe that, without the guidance of the gods, human beings, who have been corrupted by extraterrestrial devils, are evil, chaotic, and particularly arrogant, can really continue to survive in the dark and cold universe and go through … greater tests? Perhaps, without the guidance of the gods, we will self-destruct before we step out of this tiny universe.
"You don't know, and neither do I. We only believe in what we are willing to believe. That is' faith '.
"If the gods decide to annihilate all human beings and replace them with more reliable tools, it will be our fate that we can't and shouldn't escape from. Let's face the judgment of the gods frankly. Survival is never the highest pursuit of intelligent lives; faith is. Compared with the will of the gods, our humble and sinful lives are nothing at all."
Colonel Song Guanghe shouldn't have been able to identify Li Yao's location.
However, when he said that, perhaps by coincidence, his eyes happened to meet Li Yao's eyes.
He had been speaking calmly the whole time. There was neither the fascination of a zealot nor the superiority of a pious man. There was not the slightest hint of mockery. He was simply speaking solemnly, one word after another.
The calmness that bordered on "disregard" completely infuriated Li Yao.
"Do you know?"
Li Yao gnashed his teeth and said coldly, "I once killed a member of the Pangu Clan, a living god in your eyes. Believe it or not, I chopped off his head. Later, many people scanned and studied his body, as well as the bodies of countless members of the Pangu Clan, the Nuwa Clan, the Zhurong Clan, the Gonggong Clan, and the 'gods' that you worship.
"To be honest, those so-called gods are just common carbon-based lives. They are cockroaches, lizards, and gorillas that are relatively larger in size. They are essentially no different from us. They are not that great!
"Do you believe me? Do you think that I'm lying? Do you think that the 'gods' are invincible? Do you know that many archeological studies have shown that the primeval civilizations are not the oldest civilizations in our universe and that there are thousands of primeval civilizations before the primeval civilizations?
"That's right. The Pangu alliance is our creator, but they also have their creators, and their creators have even more ancient creators. There are no gods. There have never been any gods. We are just … a common link in the long river of life's evolution!"
"There's no need to be excited, honorable guest. I believe everything you said. You chopped off a Pangu's head and killed him completely."
Colonel Song Guanghe was still unmoved. His smile was even more peaceful and peaceful. "That was the will of the gods. The gods' power was attached to you. The gods sacrificed an individual in order to enlighten you. Maybe they had a deeper purpose other than enlightening you. Who knows? As the saying goes, 'the heavenly secrets should not be revealed'. When the time comes, you will understand the gods' good intentions.
"As for the primeval civilizations before the Pangu civilization, of course I know them too. They were the ancient traces left by the gods!
"The gods are eternal, infinite, and ever-present. The Pangu civilization only has a history of a few million years at best. Do you think that there were no gods millions of years ago?
"No. Both the primeval civilizations and the Pangu civilizations are just 'incarnations' of the gods. They are one of the thousands of rays of the gods. The power of the gods is too vast and profound to be directly perceived by the tiny bacteria in the three-dimensional universe. That's why the gods enlightened our wisdom, guided our path, and entrusted us with sacred missions through the 'refraction' of the Pangu people.
"You killed a member of the Pangu Clan by merely raising a leaf and slightly blocking one of the billions of brilliance of the sun. You are not so naïve as to think that you can destroy the sun and slay the god just because of that, right?"
Li Yao took a deep, deep breath and clenched his fists so hard that cracking noises were echoing.
"How infuriating!"
Long Yangjun grimaced behind him. "What do you think? Do you want to rush in and beat the guy up? I felt the same when I talked to him for the first time. I almost burst into fury. Why don't we just go in and beat him up? There's no point in reasoning with such a person. "
"… Forget it. What's the use of killing him? He is just one of the thousands of people of 'Ultimate Benevolence'."
Naturally, Li Yao could tell that Long Yangjun was only joking. Taking a long breath in relief, he said, "Colonel Song, thank you for your cooperation. Let's call it a day. Maybe I'll visit you some other day."
"Alright, goodbye, this distinguished guest, no, this brother."
Colonel Song Guanghe raised his right hand and curled his middle finger and his ring finger. He tapped his forehead, his lips, and his chest softly with the other three fingers before he bowed deeply to Li Yao.
In the rituals of the Covenant Alliance, it was the most sacred ritual.
"May all living beings be at peace."
With piety all over his face, Colonel Song Guanghe bowed dutifully. "May you be converted to the path of Dao and be forgiven and pitied by the gods, my poor brother."
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