Original God, but the real world

Chapter 206 205-Identity Change
The sages looked solemn.

It is indeed a fateful moment.

"In fact, we can continue to keep the Grass God. After all, He definitely has no chance of taking power right now."

"But this doesn't change anything. Sages a hundred years later will still have to face this problem."

Azar paused and said seriously, "The God is awakening, taking back His power, and walking towards His throne."

"And we took Him from His throne and threw Him into a cage."

"When He regains His power, the first thing He will do is to vent the shame and pain of being imprisoned by mortals."

No one expects God's mercy, because no one knows what God should have mercy on.

Having already reached this point, how can anyone still expect kindness and mercy from God?
The sages of all ages and what they are doing, the sages themselves all admit that it is reasonable even if they are crushed to ashes by the gods.

"If our generation does not solve the problem, then we will simply leave it to future generations."

"I believe, and I hope you all believe, that the wrath of the gods will ignite the entire Xumi land."

"He will not appease his anger by simply killing the sages of the time. The shame of the gods requires the death of more Xumi people to wash away."

Only punish the main culprit?

How can it be!

Just killing a few people can make the gods calm down hundreds of years of anger and shame?

There shouldn't be such good things in this world.

Azar insisted that the actions of the sages had touched Nashida's bottom line. Even the most benevolent gods should know that the human collective cannot be trusted.

It makes no sense to be angry at the entire human group because of the behavior of an individual, but at the same time this is the freedom that gods should have.

They possess such powerful strength, it is impossible that they do this just to protect humans, right?
The demons possess enormous power, but their power is to protect their own interests, not to protect humans.

If this power were used to reason with humans, it would obviously be easy to make more people believe in Him.

The power of gods can protect humans or kill them.

It's impossible that they only smile at humans but never raise their butcher knives, right?
What a prude idea this is.

Trust was broken, and based on the unequal status of both parties, the Xumi people needed to pay a huge price unilaterally to beg for the gods' approval again.

Although it was the group of Six Sages who imprisoned Nashida, the ones participating in the deification project today were the scholars of most of the House of the Decree.

Even when Nashida regained her power later, they were all dead, so there was no need to worry about this issue.

Hazard could disband the meeting now and act like nothing happened, just like everyone else.

But what about later scholars?
Was it only the Six Sages and people from the past who did this?

When the gods are angry, will they really care about such "little things"?

For a high-level life form like the demon god, there should be no difference between killing six people and razing the entire Sumeru to the ground and rebuilding it.

Objectively speaking, Hazard's inference is reasonable.

He knew that the sages of Xumi City had done nothing wrong to Nashida, and the hatred of the gods was obviously not limited to the group of the Six Sages.

Since the mistake had been made, between atonement and continuing with the mistake, Hazard chose the latter without hesitation.

So he had no intention of letting Nashida go.

He didn't have a choice.

If he was a great sage of the second generation, he might have had a chance to atone and make amends at that time... But now it has been five hundred years, how can he atone for his sins?

The gods have been imprisoned and even studied for five hundred years. Even if Azar led the contemporary sages to commit suicide in front of the gods and use their own deaths to appease the anger of the gods being imprisoned, the gods would probably just feel that it is not enough, right?
What's more, Hazard doesn't want to die.

There are many ways to solve problems, and begging God is definitely the worst one.

No one can be sure of the true nature of the gods. If suicide can calm the anger, it would be fine. But what if the Six Sages died and the God of Grass was freed, but his anger was not calmed?

Are we going to bet the future of Xumi and the Institute of the Church on the fact that the gods will accept humanity's atonement?
No, no.

This is too naive and too gambler-like.

Rather than begging for forgiveness from the gods, which may never come, it is better to send away the god of wisdom who carries hatred with him.

The Big Kindness Tree King can die, and of course the Small Auspicious Grass King can also die.

This idea came to him naturally, and Azar decided to send Nashida away before she had the power to resist.

Anyway, since the contradiction has already appeared, and you believe that everything will develop peacefully, the final winner will definitely be the God of Grass... Are you still planning to just leave it alone and let everything develop peacefully?

The trouble has already occurred, so it is time to solve it.

Hazard had no intention of leaving the problem to later sages.

He believed that the six sages of his generation were special.

They are about to create gods to replace the gods.

Now that they have achieved this, it is time for them to eliminate the gods at the next level.

Hazard doesn't think of himself as a bad person.

In fact, according to different people's standpoints, Azar even believes that most of his cooperation with the Fatui was just enduring humiliation and they were forced to choose cooperation for the future of Xumi.

Killing Narcida was certainly possible.

But Xumi still needs a god after all, a god who can communicate with the seven rulers of the mortal world.

Jiang Qing's threat has proved that peace among the seven nations of the mortal world depends on equal dialogue among the seven rulers.

Once a country loses the god who protects it, then the so-called Seven Kingdoms of the Earthly World obviously does not necessarily have to be the Seven Kingdoms of the Earthly World.

The Six Kingdoms are actually not impossible.

In summary, Liyue, with the God of Rock, is one of the seven kingdoms in the world.

But who the God of Rock is, the people of Liyue may care more about it, but the outside world does not care.

Similarly, Xumi must have a god of grass, but of course, grass elemental power is not a must, as long as he is a god, it is enough.

The prerequisite is that this god must also choose to protect Xumi.

Because of the incident with Nashida, the six sages, led by Azar, actually no longer had any hope in the naturally appearing demon.

With the precedent of the imprisoned God of Wisdom, the later Gods of Sumeru would obviously choose to clean up the Court of Ordinances first and take all the power of Sumeru into their own hands.

Hazard himself certainly thinks this is a heroic act and a great move for the future of Xumi.

But this did not prevent him from knowing very well that in the eyes of other gods, this behavior of rebellion against God was equally despicable and hopeless.

After all, even if the gods may not have friendly relations with each other, they are, after all, the same kind of life forms.

Nashida's previous experience will make all gods lose trust and favorability towards Xumi and the Ordinance House.

A group of people who betrayed God are not worthy of trust.

Therefore, Azar's only choice, the only choice of the Six Sages, is to create a god belonging to the House of the Decree with their own hands.

The Order of the Gods can control the gods.

Sages and scholars are above the gods.

"The gods will become our weapons," Hazard made his final verdict. "This is our only chance."

"This is not a choice we can make. In fact, everyone, it's too late for you and me."

Whether it was a sophistry or a serious thought, Azar's words were recognized by the sages.

They really had no choice.

This wave of assassinations was carried out by the Time Assassins. The decision made by the six sages five hundred years ago left Azar and his men with no choice.

If they were the six wise men from earlier times, they would still have the opportunity and possibility to beg for surrender from the gods.

But five hundred years have passed, and everyone has achieved this level, so there is no need to mention things like begging for surrender.

"Seconded."

After hesitating for a long time, the two sages who opposed the deification faction were the first to agree.

"I'm glad that we are back on the same path." Hazard smiled.

The sages who opposed the deification faction did not do so because they had much mercy and kindness towards the little auspicious grass king; they were just more worried.

He was worried about the fools who provided the technology, worried about the success rate of the plan to create a god, and also worried about creating a disobedient god.

They worried too much, so they chose to refuse.

The sages who supported the creation of gods did not completely ignore these threats. They just accepted Azar's words long ago.

Time was running out, and they had no choice.

This is an attack by the Time Assassin. Who can do anything to those six sages who made the decision five hundred years ago and are now dead?

Since their descendants have inherited the seats of the Six Sages, they must bear the benefits and responsibilities brought about by the decisions they made.

You can't enjoy the power of the Six Sages while ignoring the problems they need to face and the responsibilities they need to shoulder, right?
They are not so tasteless.

"Seconded."

The deification faction, which had already reached a consensus with Hazard, also expressed its stance.

In this way, the six sages reached a consensus again.

"I am willing to apologize to the two wise men for my previous rash actions and make compensation," Azar said with a calmer look. "Of course, since you have approved our plan, I should also show more sincerity."

Two or three meetings finally moved these wise men who were not stubborn.

This is not difficult.

It would be easy for these people to make the same choice if the trouble was laid out in plain sight.

Because no matter what internal conflicts there are, to others, the Six Sages are a collective.

They share the power to control Xumi. Similarly, if something happens that causes Xumi to suffer misfortune, none of them can escape.

Who would want to die?
Who would place the hope of survival in the mercy of God rather than in their own hands?
It would be fine if they were powerless, but the god-making project that Hazard and his team came up with is a feasible plan.

Although the feasibility of the theory does not mean that it will definitely succeed, it is much better than surrendering and completely expecting God to forgive you.

At least, the former is an attempt to grasp hope, while the latter is simply leaving life and death to the mercy of others.

Most people can accept it, but it is difficult for a wise man who already holds great power to accept it.

After reaching a consensus, it also means that the meeting has actually achieved its original goal.

As for the rest, we will have to leave it to the future. Now we are just laying the foundation.

"There is only one thing we need to do well. In the God-making Project, the Fatui provided support for the puppets, the Heart of God, and even the technology for transformation."

Hazard was reluctant to admit it.

The Doctor was a scholar who was expelled from the Council of Ecclesiastes, but now he has "returned as a king", bringing back technology that even the sages find difficult to understand.

What kind of bloody plot is this!
Of course, if the information is in front of them, they can still understand it, otherwise they would not choose to support the doctor.

Being able to understand the technology given by others and being able to independently develop the corresponding technology are two different levels.

I don't want to admit it, but that's the fact.

"Since they provided the core technology, it means that it will be difficult for us to seize control of the gods from the Fatui."

The wise men are not stubborn.

Using the technology, cores and puppets provided by others, he wants to compete with them for control of the gods.

If they think they can win easily, they are not worthy of the profession of scholar.

"It is true that we are behind, but that does not mean we have no way to win." The sage of the Minglun School frowned slightly. "Now that the technology has been handed over to us, with the help of the void, we can definitely decipher it in a short time."

The backwardness is real.

But the other party has thrown all the information at you, but you still can't understand it and can't make any counterattacks, so you can't blame others.

"In addition, the puppets that carry these technologies are currently under our control. If we use the void, we may be able to plant some knowledge in advance."

Even though it may not be useful, it is important to do what needs to be done.

A small effort may not necessarily bring results, but if you lack just that little effort at the critical moment, it will be too late to regret.

Having said that, the wise men of the Minglun School spoke as usual.

His allies' plans haven't even been completed yet, but he's already started planning how to backstab them.

The wise man looked calm and even his tone did not change. It was obvious that he understood the essence of cooperation.

"In terms of technology, in addition to our efforts to improve, there is another means."

There are two ways to make up the gap. One is to improve yourself, and the other is to make the opponent regress.

The sages have never stopped trying to elevate themselves with the help of the void.

They wanted more than just the deification of scattered soldiers.

In terms of the development of science and technology, something like Unit-01 was developed just as a trial, created just to verify data, and then would be eliminated.

But anime doesn't write like this.

Anime generally treat Unit-00 and Unit-01 as "accidental and painstaking works". Even though they are just prototypes, as the protagonist's vehicle, its performance often outperforms the subsequent finished products.

But the sage does not think that the world can be so unscientific.

They studied the scattered soldiers and helped them become gods.

But in the eyes of these sages, skirmishers were just a precedent case.

Its success is for mass production, the Heart of God can be replaced by another energy source, and they can learn the technology of making puppets.

The finished product produced in this way certainly cannot become a new god like the scattered soldiers that drive the Heart of God.

But at least the new product can be mass-produced and has the power to simulate gods.

that's enough.

New technologies need to be parsed, and they are always doing so.

And now the Fatui are in trouble...

"It just so happens that our new ally may have ideas in this regard."

Hazard smiled kindly.

It would probably be difficult for him to lead the Fatui and Jiang Qing into opposition.

Because people on both sides are not stupid and there is no conflict of interest, it is difficult to make them take real action no matter how you provoke them.

If the Fatui don't put their energy into fighting Jiang Qing, the Sages will not be able to complete their plan to close the gap.

But the two sides are not completely without conflicts.

Not to mention past confrontations, just at the moment, Jiang Qing wants the God of Grass, while the Fatui want to maintain the creation of the God of Righteousness.

These seem to be two things without any conflict of interest, and in fact there is no conflict of interest.

The birth of the God of Righteousness does not require King Xiaocao to sacrifice anything...except the Heart of God.

But the Heart of God has been maintaining the operation of the Void all along. In the eyes of the sages, it has long belonged to the sages, not Nashida's treasure.

With this said, it seems that the Fatui can maintain a brief peace with Jiang Qing.

But this is Sumeru.

Whether there is a conflict of interest or not, what the Fatui and Jiang Qing say has no say.

In this land, the House of the Church holds the greatest geographical advantage.

There is no contradiction to create contradiction, and there is no conflict to create conflict.

The fragile tacit understanding between the Fatui and Jiang Qing could not withstand any suspicion.

As long as one party takes the first step, the matter will be settled.

Whether both sides suffer losses or one side kills the other, this matter is a win-win for the House of Religious Orders.

Anyway, they are two enemies.

It doesn't matter how the enemy dies, but his death is very important to the House of Lords.

The six sages looked at each other and smiled similarly.

They reached a unity and became an alliance with common interests.

At least for now, they don't have any conflicting thoughts because of past conflicts.

After the sages reached a consensus, Jiang Qing, who was originally judged to be an enemy, became an enemy that could be cooperated with.

Identity is always changing because people’s interests and needs are constant, but the problems and contradictions that need to be faced are numerous.

In order to deal with these troubles and obtain the ultimate benefits, changing identity is not a difficult thing for the sages.

Today the Fatui can be a friend, tomorrow the Fatui can be an enemy who must be killed.

The core of it all is the same.

For Sumeru.

Yesterday’s Jiang Qing was an enemy, but today’s Jiang Qing may be a friend.

This is also for Sumeru.

"Let's go and meet our allies in person." Azar's expression was solemn.

The six sages welcomed him together, and this honor was actually a bit too much.

But what Azar and the others respected was not Jiang Qing, but the God of Thunder who was "betrayed by Jiang Qing".

(End of this chapter)