Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 326 "Seal"

"Outlier"?
You mean special circumstances, exceptional situations?
When Adam suddenly heard Star say this word in person, he instinctively felt that this name was very important.

Adam frowned slightly, a rare moment, and suddenly calmed down.

After Sta said this, he did not add anything further.

Then it was completely dark all around, fog began to accumulate in the air, and the crimson moonlight could only penetrate a little. Not only did this fail to dispel the darkness of the church, but it also cast a sense of silence here.

In the deeper darkness, something seemed to be lurking around.

In this situation, Star sighed and spoke:

"In fact, you really were like a hero in the past, leading mankind out of the era dominated by the brutal and crazy ancient gods."

"Just now, tut tut tut."

There are many sighs in Star's words, but the most important thing is to point out Adam's situation implicitly:

"You are just His 'divine aspect' now."

Even this divine side also has the idea of ​​sacrificing others for the sake of the earth and humanity, and for the sake of the overall situation.

But in other words, what is the difference between this and "machinery"?
Even after Adam tacitly agreed to George III's use of this method to build the mausoleum, he continued to "sacrifice" this and that without any "guilt".

This creature is even more mythical than a mythical creature - and it can claim to be for this world.

Let’s not discuss whether there are other possibilities for Adam to deal with the issue of balancing “necessary sacrifices” and “considering the overall situation” at the end of the world.

But since Star has come as an "outlier", it is impossible for him to allow Adam to continue doing this.

This is the difference in philosophy between him and Him.

This is also the biggest difference that must be pointed out in this conversation!
Before this, Star had already listened to Adam's various comments:
Now, he also wants to express his own opinion.

At this time, Adam was silent for a while, and finally did not delve into this topic further, but instead spoke from another angle:
"But it's common, isn't it?"

“This is the way the world is.”

He eventually avoided the subject and jumped to the topic of the so-called "universal presence of divinity."

Or more than just "divinity".

"is it?"

Star smiled and ultimately didn't argue too much with Adam.

After all, He can only think about the problem from the perspective of divinity.

So much so that Star doubted whether He had the so-called empathy.

Moreover, as Adam said, in this world dominated by weirdness and madness, isn't it like talking to a deaf person to make such demands on such a high-level being?
Although Star still couldn't help but want to say it here.

After all, he had expectations.

It is obvious that Adam is a representative of the divine aspect. Even if He can simulate this kind of thinking from the perspective of an "audience", at the most basic level:

But it is composed of "divinity" without any human emotion.

He also realized this problem, raised his head, revealed eyes as clear as a child's, and slowly stood up, speaking with a calm expression:

"You have to know that the so-called 'trend of the times' is also what many gods hope to see."

"The end of the world is imminent. Even if you, a sudden 'oddity', help them, they simply won't believe it."

"Who doesn't want to be promoted? Who doesn't want to take this opportunity to get closer?"

"And the pressure from the outer gods is lurking in the starry sky outside the world barrier."

"Against such background, suspicion has been established and war is inevitable."

“And such a development cannot be reversed at all.”

"unless……"

After a pause, Adam seemed to not believe this possibility rationally:

"In other words, even if you can really solve the apocalypse, you won't just do this kind of behavior in a sideways way to try to go against the trend of the times."

The meaning of the words is very clear, Sta's strength is indeed too weak.

Even though he could defeat demigods and call upon angels, how insignificant was he in front of the power of true gods?

How ridiculous is it to use an egg to hit a stone?

Not to mention anything else, even Adam himself, as the "King of Angels", is a mountain that Star cannot climb over!
However, judging from the fact that the gods can drive Amon away, there is a huge gap between the "Angel King" who carries uniqueness and the gods.

The interwoven webs seemed to nip this meaningless thought in the bud.

Adam's tone seemed like that of a sincere pastor admonishing:

"Don't blame me. It's not that I don't help you, it's those gods who forced me to give it back to you."

"'The trend of the times' is here!"

From this perspective, Adam is a good "writer" who can get things done, and is the best person who can be put forward by the checks and balances between them.

Therefore, after a little thought, Star could only swallow what he wanted to say for the time being.

Because what Adam stated was also a fact, and it was a fact related to the logic of the operation of this world where gods exist.

But is this really the truth?
Or, is there no room in this world for other voices?
No, this is absolutely impossible.

"Then why don't you meet me in your true form?"

Star suddenly brought up the topic.

"Why, will I eat you too?"

The genial expression on Adam's face disappeared for a moment.

Just like swallowing a fly, his entire "virtual personality" of the Sequence 2 angel clone was affected by Star's inexplicable means.

Distorted, angry, anxious, uneasy...

All the emotions that he had seen and touched in the ocean of subconsciousness were inexplicably "infected" to Adam, the king of angels.

But as Adam who specializes in this area, He quickly recovered through the "audience" path:
"It seems like you're growing up very quickly."

At this time, He expressed this sentiment intentionally or unintentionally.

"Give it up, it's of no use at all."

"You have to know that this is not something that I decide alone."

"This was truly the 'wave of the times', and I took advantage of this trend to start the war."

Before he could finish his words, Star interrupted Adam with a strange look on his face:
"That's not what I want to say. You still don't understand. The 'unless' you mentioned might actually exist."

Doomsday solved directly?

Adam really didn't think that Star would continue with the word "unless".

He thought what Star said: the original body did not dare to bring "uniqueness" and Sequence 1 to see him. This was another bargaining chip of Star, and it was another real threat from Star to Adam.

After all, one thing is certain: Stark is "unique".

As for the Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics, for some reason, Adam felt from various aspects that Star could not have access to any of the Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics of the "Five Families".

Other pathways may be exceptions or impossible to guard against.

However, none of the Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics of the five paths, namely “Sun”, “Storm”, “Wisdom”, “Fall”, and “Dream”, can fall into Star’s hands!

This is the most basic and very important bottom line!

Adam knew that Star had the extraordinary ability to use other extraordinary characteristics to obtain the power or even completely tamper with the power.

Of course, he would not let Star get any of the Sequence 1 "Sealed Artifacts" of the "All Five Families" path.

Nor would he put himself in danger and let Star come into contact with himself as a Sequence 1.

This is most likely the reason why the "trajectory of destiny" that He once glimpsed happened.

Therefore, with his purpose in mind, Adam chose to split out a Sequence 2 "virtual personality" clone first, so that he could suppress Star without giving Star any chance to take advantage of him.

But I didn't expect that Star would actually come up with such an idea.

Is it possible to solve the doomsday directly?

Adam couldn't help but think about this quietly in his heart, and then he pulled out the idea from his subconscious out of boredom and threw it out of the island.

This was not a question He wanted to think about: He wanted to become God!

The ritual must require such a war!
At the same time, those other high-level beings already had various conflicts, they just needed this opportunity to erupt!

Similarly, the minority who obstruct this "trend of the times" are the ones they need to eliminate.

What is “win-win”?
What is “common development”?
Satisfy their demands first!
Adam glanced at Star and finally felt that it would be useless to continue talking to Star about this topic.

Besides, they are the ones who are in the dominant position now.

In other words, Star is the "weak party" and the "fish on the chopping board".

If it had not threatened to drag the entire world down with it, Adam would probably not even have looked at it and would have eliminated this man in the cradle before he could reach the level of an angel.

Having said that, now that Star has reached this level, He has to adjust His strategy.

"I want to talk to you about the problems at the Roselle exhibit."

"Go ahead. I'm listening."

At this point, Star has already understood that since Adam only has the "divine" side, there is really no way to change his will.

Not to mention that it represents more than just a high-level being.

There are more than one or two people who are eyeing the situation covetously and want to take advantage of the chaos to divide up the fruits of victory.

Then we can only talk about the main topic.

Haha... In his heart, Star sighed like this.

"There will inevitably be a war before the end of the world. The only difference is its scale."

"Even if you let the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom interfere with me."

"I also have a lot of nodes I can use."

It seems that he thought of Star who had come into contact with Azik and might know the unique meaning of the "God of Death" he represented.

Adam said in a decisive and unquestionable tone:

"And I won't let you have any chance to destroy it."

By arranging him to enter Groselle's Diary, Adam was not only trying to see if he could "seal" Star in this way, but was also testing:
Test what Star knows and what extraordinary abilities he possesses?

This is the acquisition of intelligence and also the gathering of information.

The results once again confirmed what He had learned before:

Then the net can be rolled up.

He continued to describe how he modified Star's influence, so that all "the fate of the times" and "the trend of history" could return to their original tracks, and even some of Star's actions were used by him:
Want to awaken so many people in Tingen City?

Well, He directly and secretly assisted the official church to eliminate the negative impact and let this matter be gradually forgotten, just as an aid to promote the "trend of the times."

And if Star himself was not difficult to arrange, Adam would have already brought all kinds of "tragedies" upon him.

The eloquence of the "lawyer" approach is really good, but the words of the "audience" approach are full of "murderous intentions" that can mobilize people's subconscious.

"Don't you want to make some impact on this world?

"No, you can't do anything."

Negative words like this came out of Adam's mouth one by one, until Adam talked about how to reverse the direction of the investigation of the three major churches within a few days and cover up the existence of the Dusk Hermits.

In fact, the Seven Gods also need a "Black Emperor".

"Are you finished?"

But, Star finally answered slowly.

"Everything has its destiny, and so does every age.

“Don’t go against the destiny of an era, that is, its trend, which will only make you a victim of history.”

Adam simply stated it.

"So what? Will I be sacrificed if I do this?"

"It seems you won't give up."

Adam shook his head and continued:
"But you always care about something."

"What do you want to do?"

Star raised his voice in response.

This made Adam hear the playfulness in the tone.

"I'm not sure if you're just faking it with a veneer of kindness."

"But at least you have this preference."

Adam said these words slowly, and then a screen appeared in the darkness, showing pictures one after another:

Unlike ordinary videos, it divides two completely different results by a yellow dividing line, as if making some kind of comparison.

The same thick smog that permeated the entire Backlund was pale yellow with a hint of iron black, extremely dense, slightly pungent and choking, cold and moist.

On one side, there are living beings falling like straw; on the other side, there are marginalized people struggling to survive - they are homeless people, terminally ill patients, orphans and other different groups of people.

The only thing they have in common is:

They have no family and no visible hope.

Even the arrival of the smog itself is a relief for it, a gift from death.

"George III just needed a fog to cover things up."

"But what about these people who were supposed to die?"

After a pause, Adam raised his head, revealing eyes as clear as a child's, and spoke calmly:

"Then let them die."

“This is a development that everyone can accept, isn’t it?”

"You should also know that this is the best development I can write for you."

While chatting and laughing, Adam seemed to have regarded those people as dead, who would have died in the past few years even without the heavy smog and other events.

Isn't that right? They are dead people?
“But they want to live.”

Star spoke the sentence word by word.

"Does it matter? If their lives mean fewer people will die, it's a necessary sacrifice."

"Besides, don't you want the death toll from the smog to be no more than four digits? You should know that this is already a big concession."

"If we treat them as dead, the number of people actually involved won't be that high."

Adam continued.

After a pause, Adam pointed to the left:
"Otherwise, the trend of the times may develop in that direction."

This is the trolley problem He wanted to present.

And currently, Star has no way to counter it.

"I……"

So Star opened his lips, but didn't say anything for a long time.

For Adam once again confided:

"You will still insist, but I won't give you this chance."

"There are more than one 'seal' similar to Groselle's Diary."

"Of course, we can make a deal:"

"If you give up the ability to utilize the high-level Beyonder characteristics, I will not attack you again."

Without giving Sta any chance to think further, Adam directly eliminated any escape route for Sta.

As the "King of Angels", He himself is synonymous with terror and despair!

Not to mention that the "audience" is best suited for behind-the-scenes operations - and this does not require contact with Star.

(End of this chapter)