From the end of the world

Chapter 81 Transcendentalism 2
I more or less understood what Lu Youxun meant.

He did not believe that the divine seal really existed, but he believed that the power that changed everything really existed. Although he did not know whether the source of that power was a person, an object, or a pure phenomenon, one thing was very clear, that is, the source of that power was quite biased towards ordinary people.

Even Luo Shan and Da Wu Chang were afraid of the unknown. Before they knew the truth about that power, they dared not act rashly.

If I were the ruler of Roshan, where would I think the source of that power was?
The first thing that must be suspected is the class that actually rules secular society and benefits the most from the existence of that power.

"We once suspected that the 'Divine Seal' might be in the hands of official forces." Lu Youxun still used the term "Divine Seal" to refer to the source of that power.

As far as I know, the Lord of the Divine Seal is the giant who sits in the misty dream and is called "Zero" by No. 1.

Could the giant be a member of the official forces?
Did he make a wish to let ordinary people rule the world in the distant past? Is his wish directly related to No. 4 Xuanming's statement of "bringing the world to the brink of destruction"?
I am very curious about this topic.

If you just want to talk to me about taking sides, I will just want to end the topic quickly; but if you talk to me about topics like doomsday and weird history, I will be very interested.

"When you said 'once suspected', does that mean you have now ruled out suspicion of official forces?" I asked.

"At least 90% of the suspicion has been ruled out." Lu Youxun said, "In fact, the 'Divine Seal' in the past not only affected us cultivators, but also affected the mortals.

"If you calm down and think about it, you will understand that we monks and mortals live under the same sky. If we want to turn a blind eye to each other, not only do we need the monks to stay away from the secular world, but we also need the mortals to keep their distance from the monks. Since ancient times, there have been countless people seeking immortality and the emperors and nobles who want to live forever. If they were not also restrained by that power, how could they really keep their distance from each other?

"When the influence of that power disappeared, the official forces also fell into great confusion. Although they tried a lot to cover it up, they still couldn't hide it from our eyes. However, as the saying goes, 'the great hidden in the court', we also thought that the 'Lord of the Divine Seal' might have hidden himself in the court, and even the official forces themselves didn't know about it, so we didn't act rashly."

"You must have made many attempts," I said.

"Yes. The result of the test is that the 'Divine Seal' is very likely not in the hands of the official forces, and even the 'Divine Seal' itself may have long ceased to exist." He nodded, "This is something that is easy to speculate. No matter how great an impact the 'Divine Seal' once had on our world, its influence has eventually disappeared.

"Why did it disappear? If the Lord of the Divine Seal didn't change his mind, then there must be something wrong with the Divine Seal itself. Although there are other possibilities, we think the possibility of a malfunction has more potential for further exploration.

"Assuming that the 'Divine Seal' is indeed a divine artifact, we can even boldly suspect whether this artifact was broken due to some kind of accident."

This bold suspicion is indeed correct.

Moreover, considering that Xuan Ming, the fourth Great Impermanence, has already obtained the fragments of the Divine Seal, I have some doubts that the two pieces of information, "the existence of the Divine Seal" and "the Divine Seal has been broken", may not be a secret among the Great Impermanence.

"Having said this, I'm sure you can foresee that the conflict between Luoshan and the official forces will officially begin in the near future." Lu Youxun moved the topic to the next stage, "Zhuang Cheng, I hope you can join our camp."

Finally came.

"Aren't there still disagreements among you? Transcendentalism is not the absolute mainstream in Luoshan, right?" I asked.

"Yes, there are voices within Luoshan saying that the monks should integrate into the secular society. But you may have misunderstood one thing. What they mean by integration is not that they want the monks to become parts of the secular society." He said, "They also aim to become a new ruling class. It's just that the goal of our transcendentalism is to become a 'god', while their goal is to become a 'monarch'."

"Does Zhu Shi think so too?" I asked.

He smiled helplessly: "She may hope that things will remain the same. But she cannot deny that it is inevitable for the monks to replace the old ruling class. It is the past history that made the mistake."

"Official forces cannot sit idly by. Once a war breaks out, many ordinary people will die. Zhu Shi cannot possibly get involved in such a thing," I said.

"It won't turn into a war. Luo Shan has overwhelming power, and the conflict will end in a very short time." "Because Luo Shan has the Great Impermanence?"

"Luo Shan is capable of ruling this country without even the Great Impermanence making a move." His calm tone revealed his rock-solid confidence, "Zhuang Cheng, what do you think of the level of the weirdo you fought tonight? If Luo Shan didn't make a move and only relied on official forces to fight him, how do you think the situation would develop?"

I pondered, then realized a horrifying possibility.

He answered his own question and said, "Perhaps in your eyes, that weirdo is just a small fish on the roadside, nothing special. But let me explain to you clearly, that weirdo actually possesses outstanding physical strengthening abilities among the monks in the realm.

"His level is about the middle among the monsters. He can move at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour. His body strengthened by mana can easily tear through steel armor. He has dynamic vision that can capture the trajectory of bullets and reflexes to defend against them in time. He can also directly withstand the baptism of hot weapons. Single-soldier-level weapons basically cannot pose a threat to him.

"Just combining these conditions together, and then he only needs to flexibly use assassination and guerrilla tactics and fully utilize his off-road mobility. It would be a difficult task to kill or capture him. And this does not even take into account his supernatural power.

"The weirdo can use the shadows to move over long distances at any time and can also summon clones with powerful powers. The weirdo you fought tonight has the ability to recover immediately after being killed, which means that modern weapons and surprise attacks with heavy firepower when he is unprepared are useless. He can hide in the shadows at will and appear anywhere. He can kill anyone he wants and then hide in the shadows directly after killing them. The more people he kills, the stronger he becomes and the more difficult it is to fight against.

"A weirdo like this only needs to use his brain a little bit to dismember the political system of a small country by himself, but among us cultivators, he is just a cultivator of the Ju realm. If the opponent is a big country, and he is replaced by a cultivator of the Cheng realm, I dare say that we don't even need ten to defeat the target without any chance of fighting back. And we have nearly ten Great Impermanence in Luoshan alone, and there are even more powerful cultivators of the Cheng realm. With such a huge gap in power, how can the official forces compete with us?"

Although I am not an expert in the modern military field, I have to admit that what he said makes sense.

In the past, I used to regard modern armies as imaginary enemies, and even imagined what the consequences would be if I were bombed by missiles and nuclear bombs, and I carefully searched for information on the Internet.

The reason why I searched so seriously was not because I really planned to fight a modern army, but it was just an imagination based on interest. Many people may not encounter a tiger in their lifetime, but they still imagine themselves fighting with tigers, and even seriously ask people on the Internet how to fight a tiger with bare hands. This is the same principle.

After careful investigation, I realized that I had a huge advantage as a person with super powers against the modern army. It was not that I could ignore physical attacks, nor that I could move freely on the battlefield with fire teleportation. It was that modern military technology lacked the means to fight against "super individuals" from the beginning.

Whether it is nuclear weapons, which I regard as the representative of the destructive power of modern technology, or aircraft carriers that roam the ocean like steel behemoths, these strategic military technology creations were not used to deal with "super individuals" with powerful offensive and defensive means and mobility from the beginning, but to target strongholds and groups that are not convenient to move. Their threat to "super individuals" is far less powerful than I thought at the beginning.

What's more, Luoshan's demon hunters not only possess the violence of "super individuals", Lu Youxun and the weirdo have also shown me mysterious means. The former can temporarily revive the dead and force them to spit out information, and the latter has a prop that can seal the opponent into a "space that does not belong to reality". I'm afraid that there are masters who are good at mental manipulation and curses among the demon hunters, and those powers are extremely destructive to modern society.

Whether and when the power in the world will change hands does not depend on the efforts of the current ruling class from the very beginning, but on Luo Shan’s ideas.

Luo Shan’s fear of the “Lord of the Divine Seal” is a thing of the past. The reason why he has not taken any action now may be more because he has not yet agreed on how to divide the cake.

"Also, Zhu Shi seemed to have misunderstood something when she was talking to that weirdo." Lu Youxun pointed to the electronic telescope he had used before, which was now on the table. "She believes that today's technological civilization is the product of mortals' efforts. I don't deny this. But strictly speaking, technology is not the 'power of mortals', but the 'power of wisdom'.

"The power of science and technology never favors any side. Mortals can harness this power, and so can monks, and they can only do it better than mortals. It is wrong to regard it as proof that mortals are better than monks in some aspects.

"What monks can use may not be available to mortals. This is enough to prove that we monks have completely surpassed mortals on the basis of possessing all the advantages of mortals. We are truly 'supernormal beings'.

"We are now at a turning point in history. It is inevitable that monks will replace mortals as the rulers of the world.

“So, Zhuang Cheng, I’m here to invite you.

"Join us."

(End of this chapter)