Chapter 2057: Chapter 41: Recruiting the Duke of Solin

"Of course, gladly agree."

Ian wouldn’t—he couldn’t refuse a Voidrealm Machine God of the level of ’The Last Line of Defense’ coming to help him guard the virtual realm.

Embrace Light above, it felt like hitting a pillow when drowsy. What he thought of when he saw countless white Voidrealm Machine Gods entwined around the ’True Demon’ bodies in the Realm of Light was precisely that one thing.

—Perhaps, this is the greatest legacy left to the Terra Era by the civilization of the previous epoch.

Yes, the greatest legacy.

Ian was very clear on how Terra would become if Voidrealm Machine Gods didn’t exist.

The disasters and pains sedimented from the Lost Epoch, those grievances and hates borne of repeated sacrifices and deaths, would dissipate with the souls of the deceased, turning into the black mud of the virtual realm abyss, then bit by bit, bit by bit, shaping the silhouette of a demon, constructing the ’Shadow Terra Abyss’, creating a demon belonging to all Terra People.

Even, in those abyssal galaxies, gathering countless demons would lead to the creation of their own ’Demon Lord’...

Or let’s say, ’Evil God’.

The Star God bestowed on all beings Origin Quality and Spirit Energy, Aether and the future, endless love and possibilities. Even if a civilization perishes, turns to ashes, there will still be demons reborn from the shadows, which are also the last ’inheritor’ left by a civilization.

Death and destruction are not the end; in some sense, demons and evil gods are also the products of love.

But the vast majority of ignorant mortals cannot withstand this kind of love.

Terra had already perished once; theoretically, demons should have been born. Although the Terra People struggled to climb out of hell, this does not mean demons will retreat back to the shadows.

They were supposed to rage wildly, but the Voidrealm Machine Gods left by the civilization of the previous epoch eliminated all seeds and traces left by the demons, allowing the countries of the Terra Era to grow smoothly until today.

Voidrealm Machine Gods are the ’Guardians’ that every civilization in the Aether Universe deeply exploring the Sublimation Path must create. As long as the Guardians remain, the civilization doesn’t need to worry about the birth of demons, nor can they influence the thoughts of all, causing civilization to gradually decay, turning into a nursery of shadow.

However, even Guardians have their limits.

If a full-scale war were to break out on Terra, and the people of the Terra Era whose population had already inflated were to die massively in a short period, the fall of souls would distort the virtual realm, directly generating an abyss — and now, the severely injured, no longer possessing full strength Voidrealm Machine Gods will be unable to block the invasions of demons, causing Terra civilization to completely fall in the flames of war.

Turning into the ruin he had prophesied.

[Terra Void Safety Center will guard everyone’s hearts]

And from the mouth of the Fairy Queen, the eyes of ’The Last Line of Defense’ flickered with light, then stepped forward, transforming into a beam of light, disappearing or rather, merging into the Domain of Void.

Then, in this virtual realm, countless rays of light congealed to form a large number of oddly shaped Voidrealm Machine Gods such as spheres, triangles, cones, diamonds, cubes, etc.—they surged from nihility, or seemingly directly surged from the virtual realm, then flew to every corner of the Silverpeak Domain.

Ian watched this scene as the Voidrealm Machine Gods all emitted white light, flowing across the sky and earth, like rivers of light drifting in the heavens.

He did nothing, which instead piqued the Fairy Queen’s interest: [I thought you would instinctively be astonished, or perhaps try to prevent it—are you really so trusting of The Last Line of Defense? You know, having received your permission, it will directly delve into the depths of your realm’s virtual space. The permissions are so high, I find it difficult to completely erase!]

"It’s nothing more than the process of extracting and installing safety software; what’s there to be surprised about."

But Ian responded in a tone as if accustomed to it, "Safety software indeed needs high permissions; otherwise, how can it kill demons and remove curses? Although I also have some worries, the civilization of the previous epoch shouldn’t be a civilization of trashy rogue software; even if there is, having a rogue leader help guard is better than having Adalbert and me do it ourselves."

"Rogue software?" Adalbert was a bit puzzled, while the Fairy Queen was stunned for a moment and then laughed: [If I didn’t know you weren’t, I would have thought you were someone from the previous epoch’s civilization! Haha, rogue software, I do miss that era; although it was barbaric development, it was also full of vitality.]

[I also deliberately designed that catchphrase; how is it, isn’t it very interesting?]

"Certainly very interesting."

Ian knew the line mentioned by the other party was precisely [Gladly Agree/Heartlessly Refuse] this classic line, because it is so classic he is at ease instead, he shook his head while smiling: "Her Majesty the Empress, you say you are the creator of The Last Line of Defense... would it be fair to say that my initial guess about the Voidrealm Machine Gods, namely, that they are some kind of artificial fae, is indeed accurate?"

[Hmm, but not particularly accurate]

The Fairy Queen readily admitted: [Fae are the ultimate natural defense line of the planet, while Voidrealm Machine Gods are the ultimate defense line of the virtual realm—had we not created them, the prototypes of the Voidrealm Machine Gods would naturally be born, those so-called ’Angels’, ’Holy Spirits’, ’Dream Fairies’ or ’Gods’ and other natural virtual realm creatures.]

[During that time after the Federation encountered Heavenfall, weren’t there many Alien Fireseed Gods who descended? Among them, a portion, or rather, quite a portion, was the ’Racial Gods’ coalesced from their collective subconscious with the Spark creating the ’Divine Body,’ which is also a path.]