Myriad Paths

Forty-five years later, Cocoon's existence was announced, and at the same time, she was besieged.

Aircraft, artillery arrays, and all kinds of heavy firepower for sieges were brought out, as well as a variety of powerful superpowers, many of which had reached level nine, capable of moving at the speed of sound, and even killing cities with ease. exist.

Mortals made a stupid decision. If they continue to deprive God of his thoughts and trample on the teachings, then Cocoon will soon die and dissipate on the spot.

However, they actually chose to fight head-on.

Challenge head-on a terrifying being that their own civilization has accumulated over thousands of years.

You must know that Cocoon's strength is 'eighth grade'. When it explodes with all its strength, it is enough to shake mountains and destroy cities.

It's not massacre, it's annihilation, directly turning the city into flat ground. This is not at the same level as massacre.

It is very unwise to challenge such a powerful spirit of the times, and may even wipe out all advantages.

However……

Cocoon didn't fight back.

She withstood all the attacks without any reaction.

Just like what was said at the beginning.

‘Cocoon’, the strongest weirdo on record, calls himself ‘Cocoon’, and is extraordinarily friendly to humans. Even if he is attacked or even abused or criticized, he will tolerate him unconditionally, just like a mother.

The bombing lasted three days and two nights.

Of course, for this world where there is no distinction between the sun and the moon, this is not how they measure time. This is how Li Qi calculates.

All in all, after three days and two nights, Cocoon was on the verge of death.

At this moment, Li Qi suddenly walked out of the shadows.

The world suddenly came to a standstill, with only Cocoon and Li Qi still able to move.

Li Qi walked to Cocoon, who was seriously injured and on the verge of death, and said, "You are about to die."

"Hmm..." Cocoon just made a low sound.

There was no blood on her body, and she even seemed to be in perfect condition, with no injuries at all from the outside.

This is determined by her nature.

From the time of its birth, believers have never considered the possibility of the 'god' being injured, and naturally they have not thought about her being injured or dead, so there is no material for injury in her 'setting'.

But just because the material doesn't exist, doesn't mean she won't die.

"Do you regret it? You should be freed from the shackles, right? Why do you have to stick to not attacking mortals? You can obviously suppress it with violence." Li Qi asked.

"I don't want to do this." Cocoon replied.

"I don't want to...yes, I don't want to." Li Qi sighed and looked up at the sky.

Demonic way.

This is the way of magic.

The most terrifying thing about demonic thoughts lies in ‘thinking’ and ‘not wanting’.

For many things, it's not that you are stupid or that you can't do them, but that you don't want to do them.

In the same way, for many things, it’s not that I don’t know it’s a bad thing, but I just ‘want to do it’.

I knew it would be difficult if I failed to pass high school, but I just didn’t want to study.

I know he is a yellow-haired scumbag, but I still want to marry him.

In the realm of desire, demonic thoughts are especially profound, because here, demonic thoughts can really turn into reality, rather than just affecting the mind.

"You are like this, so why am I not like this, then...goodbye, cocoon."

"There is no need to be sad for me. They will break out of the cocoon one day. This is a good thing. In the final analysis, I am not their mother... I am just a placenta. When the baby falls to the ground, it is also the day when I shrink." Said calmly.

Although calm, Li Qi still felt a hint of bitterness.

She has always considered herself a 'mother', but she is not a mother, and never has been.

Li Qi was noncommittal about this. In fact, he would not be sad about it. No one understood all this better than him.

He just nodded slightly in greeting and then stepped aside.

He will give these people a chance to choose and respect their choices. This is the greatest gift of the universe.

Unfortunately, many people do not cherish the opportunity to choose. They do not understand how precious it is to have a choice.

Therefore, when a living being makes his own choice because of his own mind, no matter what, this is the best ending. Even death cannot prevent such a choice.

This is enough, this is the best ending for a living being, to complete what you want to do in the way you choose. There is nothing more meaningful in this world.

What you act out of your own will is valuable.

When Li Qi returned to the shadows, the world began to move again.

Cocoon was killed, and the world moved towards a new future.

The evil god who prohibited technological development was finally destroyed.

Li Qi also completely disappeared from history. He no longer interfered with anything, but always maintained a state of 'integrating himself with nature'. He came to a snow mountain in this world, closed his eyes and began to meditate.

It’s almost time. Let’s meditate and take a rest in this last moment.

Another hundred and twelve years have passed in the changing world.

During this period, the whole world was prosperous.

First, we need to clean up the environment, rectify the factory's technology, and remove the billowing black smoke that previously covered the sky.

Then vigorously develop observation technology, no longer limited to naked-eye observation, but release all technologies such as telescopes that were previously sealed in the 'cocoon', and hand them over to the people for development.

Promote education, popularize knowledge, eliminate the existence of theology, clarify the existence principles of "spirits" and "superpowers", and cultivate "healthy and upright superpowers".

This kind of "healthy and upright superpower" is not the crazy person who relied on psychological trauma to increase his spiritual power. Instead, he relied on his own strong will, long-term training, and tempering of his mind to actively master this kind of power that relies on willpower.

That's right, the growth of spiritual power, in addition to explosive emotions, which is almost a stress response like psychological trauma, willpower itself can actually be trained.

As long as the subjective will is firm enough, it is natural to use the power from the mind, and this will not produce so many mental illnesses.

In this way, everything becomes better.

The world has become more civilized, and various countries have signed various agreements to maintain moral bottom lines. Various terrible "weird" have gradually become urban legends, and kind or neutral "spirits" have begun to appear in large numbers.

City spirits, school spirits, park spirits, and even some ship spirits and gun spirits that have been in service for a long time.

Most of them have inherited people's beautiful thoughts about them and have pure and dreamy personalities.

Yes, just like cocoons, these spirits are generally quite simple, and they don't have complicated hearts like people. Although they have their own thoughts, they are just like two-dimensional characters. Tsundere is tsundere, cute is cute, and arrogant is arrogant. They are not too complicated, with distinct and flat personalities, and are quite easy to understand.

After all, they are originally a phenomenon condensed by some kind of collective thinking.

The most typical ones are ships and trains. In the tradition of this world, transportation tools are generally considered to be female because of their gentle and silent nature.

Therefore, on large cross-sea ships, there will be a ship girl with a distinct personality, either young and beautiful, or sophisticated and heavy. They have also become the best partners of the captain and crew, and there are even some who fall in love and marry with the ship.

Similarly, every school, every city, and even many streets and parks will give birth to corresponding spirits.

The whole world has changed rapidly and has become a world where people and spirits live together.

In such a world, peace has become the main theme. People's most simple yearning for peace is also embedded in various spirits. Even if spirits with negative emotions such as "murderous monsters" are born occasionally, they will be dealt with quickly.

And this situation is becoming less and less.

In a world with a peaceful, friendly and positive overall atmosphere, the birth of negative emotions will naturally be much less.

And there is also a very terrible force here.

That is "the mouth of the masses melts gold".

When a person is hated by people all over the world, this person will really die.

Under this pressure, the world is becoming more and more peaceful.

And as this situation gradually spreads and improves, things such as technological progress that are advocated also begin to appear. In the eighty years after the death of Jian, the second world-wide "spirit" appeared.

Or it can be called the god of technology, the god of development, a god who urges the world to move forward quickly like a father.

The world where science and technology, spiritual power, people and spirits interweave and develop, is moving forward so fast.

But Li Qi did not get in touch with the specifics.

Moreover, there was a very interesting episode during this period.

That is, sixty years after Jian's death, the top-secret files about the mysterious and weird 'Li Qi' were declassified because they had passed the top-secret period, and his existence was known to everyone.

However, the whole world could not find this mysterious weird who could talk directly to Jian, as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.

Many conspiracy theories were born about Li Qi's existence, and even a 'spirit' exactly like Li Qi was born.

Of course, only the appearance is exactly the same, as for the core, it is all people's imagination.

But no matter what, technology is still developing, and it is also a fact that the world has become brighter and more peaceful. People have a beautiful vision of the universe, and finally in the 112th year after Jian's death, the first manned aircraft rushed into the sky.

Li Qi did not intervene, he knew that his subjective observation would also affect the state of the aircraft.

He restrained his desire to watch the live broadcast, but directly entered the state of closed-door, closed all his perceptions and thoughts, and began to recite in his heart, not letting his subjective will affect the desire world.

It was not until three years later that Li Qi finally opened his eyes and looked at the world, wanting to see what they had become.

To Li Qi's surprise, they explored the universe smoothly and even released satellites in outer space!

There were signs of prosperity, and it seemed that they were not affected by the death demon at all.

Even though the astronauts had flown to the sky and then flew back, nothing happened.

They were completely unaware of the existence of the death demon, and even in their collective consciousness, friendly starry sky spirits were born, pinning people's beautiful hopes on the starry sky.

So, Li Qi continued to close himself and wait for observation.

This time, he waited for thirty years, which should be enough time for the world's technology to explode.

When he opened his eyes again, he found that... this world had been destroyed.

"Ah?" Li Qi was stunned.

The dead silence filled the surroundings.

It had been raining heavily in this area for two days, and at that time, it was raining with snow again-in the dark night and the sharp wind, Li Qi stood in the center of the city.

It was a desolate and lonely world, and all around was extreme silence.

The world has been almost destroyed, and there are not many people left alive.

What are you doing! Is thirty years enough to destroy the world? And it seems that there is no external interference. Is this self-destruction?

He quickly stood up and walked into the streets, wanting to see how the world would end.

There was no sign of war, certainly not civil war.

It's not a natural disaster. The surrounding cities are all intact, but the people are missing.

Li Qi really didn't observe them, so he didn't know

When he came outside, Li Qi counted with his fingers, trying to figure out what the situation was.

But... the calculation failed.

Something prevented Li Qi from tracing the cause and effect.

"Sure enough, is it still related to the Death Demon?" Li Qi immediately realized this and began to sense it.

No matter how civilization is exterminated, there should still be some dead species left.

Sure enough, he sensed some people who were still alive.

But there are not many anymore. There are only a few thousand in the entire world, and they live in various places. They do not form large-scale clusters. They basically exist in the form of individuals or families.

Li Qi immediately picked one of them at random, and then appeared in front of him instantly.

This is a middle-aged man, and beside him is an illusory 'spirit', a beautiful girl, leaning on the only man in this apocalypse.

It is really illusory, because only one person is left who believes in the existence of this spirit, so her power is weakened to the extreme.

"You-" The man looked at Li Qi in surprise.

He was wearing heavy work clothes and seemed to be working.

In this doomsday, I don’t know what I am working on, but in any case I am very busy and there is a lot of dust on my body.

Li Qi also looked at the man and said nothing.

"Is there anyone else in this world?" The man walked towards Li Qi in surprise, and he didn't look hostile.

But that girl-like spirit was staring closely at Li Qi.

"What happened? Why are you the only ones in this world?" Li Qi walked over and asked.

This question also made the man smile bitterly: "Ten years ago, I had the same question as you, but now I have given up."

“I don’t know, there’s no reason why, anyway, everyone disappeared when I woke up.”

"I am the only one left in the whole world, and there is...Suya." He looked at the spirit of the girl next to him.

Li Qize looked behind the man at the huge abandoned cruise ship stranded on land.

disappear suddenly?

But... Li Qi didn't feel any magical power or magic.

A ghost?