Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 499 Heaven
"You're saying the ruler was created by you?"

Ethan had to admit that even though he was used to big events, he was shocked by the news revealed by Super Winter.

He had assumed that the ruler of the Holy City would be a cold and ruthless monarch, but in reality, it was a super artificial intelligence created under the guidance of Winter.

“Messiah, that is the name we have given Him.”

As she spoke, Super Winter returned to her usual work mode, her tone flat and monotone, sounding like an AI reading from a script: "We poured all our understanding and imagination of 'God' into that project, and in order to get funding from the council, we made a lot of promises to the investors."

At this point, she seemed to remember something and explained to Ethan, "The situation in the Holy City is different from anywhere you are familiar with. A few families control all the resources, and everyone's role is fixed from the moment they are born."

A boring world with no upward mobility, clear class divisions, and no hope.

This is her assessment of the Holy City.

Therefore, as the "first seat" of the Holy City and the representative of genius in the eyes of the council, hundreds of years after the birth of the Messiah, she heard the voice from the depths of the black hole and opened Pandora's box without hesitation.

This is how she finds fun.

Unlike most people, her new goal is to achieve galactic and dimensional travel, turning the "travel" that exists in novels into an action that can be controlled by humans. Although she lost most of her memories due to the Omega Blocker, the project is progressing smoothly.

Getting hit by a truck or choosing an auspicious day to jump off the city's tallest building are just romantic fantasies in books. Winter proves with his actions that one of the prerequisites for "time travel" is establishing a connection with an ancient god.

Of course, Super Little Winter admits that there are still many confusing aspects to this project, but because the main body is affected by the Omega Blocker, it has been unable to move forward for a long time.

But she was happy to let this foolish adventure continue.

She was well aware of how rare it was that her original self was currently in a state of mental emptiness and blank stare, so she even transformed herself into a ragdoll cat and acted cute and rolled around in front of Ethan.

These have all become important visual materials.

Once she comes to her senses and looks back on this carefree, dark history, she'll definitely want to crawl into a hole and disappear.

"In this respect, you have earned my approval."

Super Winter gave Ethan a thumbs up.

All the dark history has been documented, and it will shine brightly in the near future.

"Thanks to you, I have gained many new insights into myself, which are all very valuable materials."

She never lets herself be idle, and observing the behavior of fools has long been her new plan. "Believe me, it's a wonderful feeling that often makes you exclaim, 'How could I have done this?'"

"For example?"

"For example, I am actually a person who likes to hold grudges and seek revenge."

……

The room fell into a deathly silence, and Ethan's shocked expression made the awkward atmosphere escalate.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that even geniuses can have flawed self-perceptions.

This "surprisingly" is the very essence of it, and its absurdity is no less than when Rowena, after getting drunk, mysteriously revealed to everyone her deepest secret—that she had never actually been in a relationship.

But in reality, apart from Super Winter who clearly has a distorted perception of herself, everyone who knows Winter knows that she is petty and can hold grudges for years.

"What does your look mean?"

Super Winter finished his burger meal and looked displeased.

As the saying goes, "He who eats another's food is bound to him, and he who takes another's money is bound to him," now that she has finished her hamburger meal, she naturally speaks with much more confidence than before.

"anything else?"

Ethan had to change the subject.

That was a familiar look in his eyes. In the past, when the winter chill stared at him like that, something terrible was usually going to happen that night.

There are many ways to take revenge, and his girlfriend was clearly used to launching surprise attacks in the middle of the night.

Xiao An witnessed these things and reported to the Imperial Knight Commander Bi An more than once that Lin Dong had violent tendencies and often locked the bedroom door at night to "beat" Ethan. Whenever this happened, Bi An would take her to a nearby restaurant to buy a hot dog bun or a strawberry sandwich and tell her that children are growing and should eat more.

After being dismissed by the other side several times, Xiao An revealed to Ethan, with reason and evidence, the dark truth that the Imperial Knight Commander and Winter were secretly colluding and exchanging benefits.

"There are a lot more."

Super Little Winter fell into deep thought, still trying to analyze the problem from an academic perspective, "I never thought I would like being tied up and blindfolded... Hmm, is it because I watched too many works about female knights when I was surfing the internet intensively in the past?"

"What are you saying all of a sudden!"

Ethan slammed his fist on the table and stood up.

This dangerous topic had to be stopped immediately, and he decided to get the conversation back on track, including the other startling fact that Winter had just revealed in a calm tone: "You just mentioned that the Messiah was born hundreds of years ago?"

"His birth brought many changes to the Holy City. Initially, the family regarded Him as a tool, but now they have completely become objects to be managed by Him. In essence, they are no different from the lowest level of residents in the Holy City."

Super Little Winter explained, "In the eyes of the Messiah, the only difference is that they live in different environments and engage in different forms of social entertainment."

This is another manifestation of divinity, and one of the qualities they derived from the Old Gods.

In His eyes, humanity is merely one of many life forms, and no individual is so special as to need to be treated independently.

Super Little Winter witnessed the changes that came over the centuries since the Messiah's birth.

"He did not launch a coup, nor did He make sweeping reforms to the Holy City's system. The families are still the nominal rulers of the Holy City, and the council is a power institution created to resolve family disputes... It's just that there are no more disputes to resolve now. They have long since become slaves of the Messiah, but they are unaware of this sad fact."

The Messiah always fulfills their wishes and arranges their lives in an orderly manner.

"Immersed in illusory pleasure, unable to extricate oneself, alcohol and drugs can numb the human brain, and the release of dopamine can make people voluntarily give up thinking."

"However, social stratification and the gap between the rich and the poor still exist."

In Ethan's understanding, a system in which a minority controls the majority of resources is destined to have countless social contradictions, and he cannot understand how the ruler of the Holy City solves these problems.

I'm talking about chemistry.

Super Winter's calm question deeply shocked Ethan at that moment: "Tell me, why do humans feel happiness?"

In any society, philosophers have spent hundreds of years exploring the meaning of life and offering their interpretations of human nature in their respective eras.

However, Super Winter's explanation was much simpler: "When humans feel happy, the dopamine secreted by the brain hijacks the neural pathways of the nucleus accumbens, and that's the whole secret about 'happiness'... Whether you're enjoying a banquet in the palatial buildings of the Holy City or being forced to work overtime until four in the morning, you can enjoy equal happiness." This is the paradise that the new gods promised to everyone.

Absolute equality of happiness will not be shaken by wealth, class, or profession.

"Isn't the human brain amazing?"

A mocking smile appeared on her lips. "Even if they die suddenly on their way home from get off work at four in the morning, Messiah will make sure that their brains release a signal of happiness the moment before their hearts stop beating. The company boss and the family will chat and laugh at the funeral, making it a farewell ceremony."

In an absolutely happy society, why would anyone feel dissatisfied?
This is not a fact that can be changed by a call or a speech. For hundreds of years, the dependence of everyone in the Holy City on the Messiah has been deeply ingrained, even becoming a more steadfast ideological imprint than faith—the Messiah's calculations must be correct.

They have reached heaven.

The inhabitants of the holy city firmly believe that this is the ultimate form of human society. They all live under the watchful eye of an omniscient and omnipotent God and have no reason to question their current lives.

"This is also why I have to use omega-blockers."

"Super Little Winter said."

Even if it would cause him to lose his memory and become an idiot, the Messiah's influence on the people of the Holy City was deeply rooted, and even she, as the First Seat, was no exception. "Only in this way can I completely eliminate His influence on me."

"...How did He do that?"

Ethan's expression turned grave. "Medicine?"

"Air."

Super Winter said, "As long as you are breathing and your heart is beating, you will be happy... Isn't that the ultimate pursuit of mankind? To be born happy and to leave happy."

Ethan was speechless.

Even he could not "awaken" the residents of the Holy City. Through Super Little Winter's narration, he gradually became aware of a completely different cognitive system.

Humans abhor endless overtime and being exploited, because it makes them feel like they are being treated as tools.

But what if working overtime could bring happiness?

Will every minute and every second from checking in at dawn to leaving at midnight be spent in happiness?

That was a life Ethan could never have imagined.

"Perhaps for me, this is also a journey to find the answers."

Super Little Winter said earnestly, "We created Him, and He has kept the Holy City in perfect order. Even though it sometimes feels out of place, I can't seem to find a reason to oppose Him. At least, it would be impossible to find one living in a place like that, Ethan..."

She gazed intently at Ethan, her eyes sharp, “Although it was brief, I did experience a joy unlike any I’d ever felt when I observed the unusual behavior of the starship crew.”

It no longer comes from air, food, and water, but from something beyond the Messiah's calculations.

“But it’s a pity.”

She shook her head. "You are not ready to welcome the Messiah yet, and perhaps you are not ready either."

Although she wanted to continue the project of observing the foolish winter and collect more of the original's dark history, the world had very little time left.

"The birth of human civilization in this world was written by the upright gods and the middle gods."

They gave up eternal life, composed a hymn of courage and hope, and used their lives as a beacon to illuminate the first era for humankind.

“Carlo’s predictions were correct; he just couldn’t see the whole picture of the future.”

Super Little Winter said, "When the Seventh Age arrives, the true gods will return to this land. They will fulfill the Messiah's will and transform this world into an absolutely blissful paradise."

This is the inevitable future.

“Bazalian’s resurrection is just the prelude to the new era. It seems they have completed all their information gathering.”

For the Messiah, even the information of the rightful God is nothing more than a set of data.

Since it is data, it can be copied. Moreover, from the very beginning, Bazalian and others were created by the original refugees using the factors of the Old Gods.

"Do the people of this world dare to challenge the god they see?"

Super Winter posed the question, but didn't need Ethan's answer.

Because Mary's experiment has objectively demonstrated everything.

She made a promise of fairness, showed absolute trust to everyone present, and informed them of Bazalian's existence; however, in the end, only three people remained.

“That’s already the most knowledgeable group of people in Oasis City.”

Super Winter reminded Ethan, "In a way, this 'mayor election' is a preview of the future."

The results of the rehearsal were not optimistic.

It clearly demonstrates the choices people will make when the upright God returns.

"That's why I had to come see you."

Things don't always go the way Ethan wants. "You need to know that even if the future is a battle between good and evil, you will be on the evil side. In people's eyes, you will be the sinner who prevents them from going to heaven."

As she spoke, she snapped her fingers.

An amber-colored medicine, filled with white granular pills, appeared out of thin air on the hamburger meal tray.

"This is the antidote for omega-blockers. Two tablets will eliminate the effects of omega-blockers. Give it to that fool at the time you think is right."

Super Winter handed the hamburger meal tray back to Ethan. "Next are the precautions for the medication. Once the effects of the Omega Blocker wear off, that idiot's thinking will return to normal. Her personality and attitude towards you may change, and more importantly..."

"I cannot guarantee that she will definitely be on your side."

"The Messiah is a god she created, embodying all of her imagination of the divine."

"Ethan, are you really so important that she'd willingly become a heretic?"

Let's wait and see.

(End of this chapter)