Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 932 Moon Meeting II
Facing the Fourth Hero who seemed a bit too extreme, Xia Xiu could only smile and reply:
"Right now, that opportunity has not yet arrived."

"The flames of the Ivy War are still burning in the heavens and the worlds. The traitors of the distant maintenance and hidden lineages have not yet been purged; and here, the Star God has shown his edge, and its black light is about to tear the sky of Terra."

"It's not that we can't talk about 'Agenda 2' at this point, but we don't have enough leverage yet."

This sentence is already an answer.

A typical political package of reserved support, or in layman's terms, a roundabout way of speaking.

But facing the fourth sword-bearer who walked between rationality and power, the fourth hero did not give up.

He had no interest in the political nonsense of the fourth sword-bearer, Che Gulu, he just wanted to know an answer.

beat?
Or not?

If we fight, should we fight now?
Or fight later?
So, the Fourth Hero directly pushed Xia Xiu back to the center of the problem:

"In other words, you support the Kingdom of Heaven in launching a true holy war?"

Hearing the fourth hero's question, the other heroes' attention was once again focused on the fourth sword-wielding man with blond hair, golden eyes and a burly figure.

Xia Xiu did not answer immediately. He just stood there, holding the huge silver-gold scepter, his golden hair like a waterfall, and his golden eyes flashing with a fascinating luster.

If the Fourth Hero really cared so much about the answer, then he would have chosen to answer directly. He spoke slowly, his voice rumbling out like a low metal fault:

"When the fire of utopia has not yet burned out, heretics dare to occupy Terra; when the stars are in the sky, the human political system is corrupted by the struggle for power; among the countries of Terra, there are still people who try to split the backbone of civilization and the soul of reason in the name of autonomy..."

His eyes seemed to shine with the ancient golden light of the angels of judgment:

"Then there is only one way."

"In the name of Heaven, launch a total holy war."

"Let all heretics, splitters, plunderers, and wavering ones - no matter they are hiding in higher dimensions or hiding in border islands, be annihilated by the armies of heaven."

"Yes, my answer is - fight!"

"If some people cannot lead mankind to greatness, then let iron and fire forge the scales of order for the new world."

"Let humanity be unified under the jurisdiction of the angels, and let Eden take over the entire spectrum of Terra."

The fourth hero, Saint Isoldo, a giant with long silver hair, a towering skull and eyes like burning fire, finally moved the corners of his mouth slightly.

His face showed a kind of cold relief that came from being in the midst of the iron and bloody war.

"…Hugh Abraham."

His low voice, like the sound of an anvil, echoed in the conference room. His tone was not harsh, but every word seemed to reveal the solemnity of an impending storm.

"I'm waiting for that day."

His huge body was like a bronze statue of divine punishment in front of an ancient judgement hall, and his amber pupils seemed to penetrate the dust of Terra and the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.

"The rotten land of Terra has long been sick to the bone - the governments of various countries have tried to weave 'peace' with lies and compromises, but they are just hiding the pus and blood of the sick body under the flesh."

"We no longer need diversity, negotiation, and gradual progress... These words are just excuses for patients to refuse surgery."

"When that day finally comes——"

"If you and Eden blow the horn of the holy war together, my legion, my knights, and my rusted sword will all charge with you."

"By the will of Heaven."

“With the program of liberation theology.”

"Clear this planet of all heretics and shrouds that hinder the future!"

As he said the last sentence, he slowly clenched his fingers, and his gauntlet, which was covered with scars from battle, lightly tapped the edge of the huge conference table, making a low clicking sound, like the sound of some mechanism being prepared to start.

Hearing the Fourth Hero calling pluralism "an excuse for patients to refuse surgery," the Fifth Hero Saint Martin, the representative of pluralistic cooperation, frowned unconsciously.

However, he did not argue too much. No one could predict the future, and the routes that each major faction insisted on were just crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Xia Xiu's gaze slowly swept between the fourth hero and the fifth hero, and his golden pupils narrowed slightly.

Of course, he could sense the silent ripples caused by the clash of ideas between the two heroes. It was a difference in beliefs and a manifestation of political tension - a dispute of opinions.

If one wants to be a helmsman, one must learn to bridge the gap caused by disputes, so he spoke up to defend the fourth hero:
"We are arguing here not because we are enemies of each other, but because we all believe that the future can still be rewritten."

“As the saying goes, there is no faction in a lineage, there are all kinds of strange things; no matter which lineage it is, there are factions, and the heavenly kingdom lineage also has factions, for example, there are many factions in the human fellow liberation movement.

The difference between the different schools is just a matter of how much they occupy. Everyone's starting point is to lead mankind to greatness; although the methods are different, everyone is the same in terms of spiritual height. "

"Whether it's pluralistic cooperation or liberation theology, in the end, we all don't want this land to continue to sink into a century of fatigue, into endless surface ethnic wars and the paranoid monopoly of gods."

“Pluralistic cooperation is an attempt at collaborative governance, and liberation theology is a path to system reconstruction—the methods are different, but we all know: if we don’t act, Terra will be completely shattered into sectarian ruins.”

After he finished speaking, he raised his eyes, his golden pupils burning:
"So I will not judge who is right or wrong here. After all, we are all serving the Kingdom of Heaven and humanity."

Xia Xiu's words made the atmosphere less awkward, and among the heroes present, only the sixth and seventh heroes did not speak.

The sixth and seventh heroes, who had not spoken yet, looked at each other, and finally it was the representative of the Anabaptists, the seventh hero, Saint Sebastian, who chose to stand up.

This tall hero was wearing a moon-white battle robe, with a resolute face and features as strong as sculptures. His voice was low, but with a calm and almost cold clarity:

"I think I should express my position as well."

He nodded gently, his eyes swept across the crowd, and finally landed on Xia Xiu:
"Sir Abraham, I am not a coward. If the war starts tomorrow, I will die for the Kingdom of Heaven - this is absolutely true."

He changed the subject:
"But death is not our only option."

He paused, then slowly pointed his finger at the blue and white planet floating in front of everyone - Terra.

“None of us can deny that humanity is on the brink of a catastrophe.

Star gods, worlds, heretics, disasters... no war can be won by will alone."

"The Box Garden Project advocated by us Anabaptists is to leave a fire for mankind."

His voice was not high, but it sounded like a cast iron bell:
“We need to reserve a pure place for human civilization.

Even if Terra eventually falls, the kingdom of heaven collapses, and the gods fall... the fire of mankind must still be preserved." "We are not deserters - we just think that some people should stay and plant seeds instead of all burning in the fire."

"If you save people and lose land, everyone and land will survive; if you save land and lose people, everyone and land will be lost."

At the end, he looked at Xia Xiu and said word by word:
"If you are elected as the decision maker, we don't want you to stand on the side of abolishing the Little Garden Project; we also hope that you will not try to explore the Little Garden world that has been created and secretly sealed away."

The Seventh Hero's words were a bit too blunt, and even contained a bit of undisguised warning. It would be easy for ordinary people to feel displeased by his words.

Xia Xiu was not too unhappy. To be honest, among the three major factions, the Zaishu faction had always been the most unpredictable one to him.

He understood that their starting point was for the survival of mankind and that they were extreme realists and existentialists.

They never talk about victory, only about inheritance.

What we know now is that the Heaven's Sandbox Project has already created many sandbox worlds, and some civilizations have even been sealed up by Heaven as sandbox worlds.

For example, the rebellious 0-13 seems to be a part of the Sandbox Project.

In the Iberian Silence incident, the initial fuse was the exploration of the outside world by the civilization inside the box world sealed by 0-13.

But now, facing the development of Terra, where things and people have changed, Xia Xiu sometimes feels a sense of unfamiliarity.

He always felt that his past, the world he once lived in...

"Perhaps, my former world was also a small garden."

This thought often popped up in Xia Xiu's mind.

He was extracted by Eden from a certain box world. This was Xia Xiu's biggest guess about his origins, and he felt that this guess was very close to the truth.

The confidentiality level of the paradise's box world is very high. Even Xia Xiu only knows that there are multiple box worlds in the paradise.

But to be more specific, even in his position, he could not learn from Eden that this thing was directly governed by Yahweh.

Even if the resolution meeting needs to retrieve relevant information and content from the box world, it still requires cumbersome instructions to unlock it.

It is impossible for the Seventh Hero to ask Xia Xiu not to investigate the box world. After he becomes the decision maker, he will definitely try to investigate these most secret box worlds inside the Kingdom of Heaven.

However, facing the vigilance of the Anabaptists, he could not be too direct.

So Xia Xiu did not rush to respond, but remained silent for a moment, carefully considering the weight of each of the next words.

“I understand the Anabaptists’ concerns and concerns.

The Box Garden Project does carry your faction's deepest concerns about the continuation of humanity, and is also the loneliest and most mysterious part of many Heavenly Kingdom projects."

"I can say unequivocally that I will not be pushing for the abolition of the Hakoda program."

"Not because I completely agree with its policy, but because I understand that it is part of the long-term strategy of the Kingdom of Heaven."

He walked to the round table image, his eyes passing over the overlapping lunar orbital projects, G1 frontline network channels, deep space platforms and propulsion nodes, and said in a low voice:
"I need to know the results of the Sandbox Project. You know, the Kingdom of Heaven allocates a huge amount of resources to the Sandbox every year, but does not receive any reports.

The results were blocked by layer upon layer of confidentiality agreements, and even angels at the third level could not easily check them.

0-13 was once part of the Little Garden Project, so other factions would certainly question it and naturally propose to abolish it."

He changed the subject, his tone slightly lowered:

“Without transparency, the Hakodate Project will not be able to defend itself in future parliaments.

You don't want me to investigate, but if I want to protect it in the future, I must have evidence that can convince the entire Heavenly Kingdom Council."

He looked directly at the Seventh Hero:
"I'm not asking for a glimpse of the whole thing, but at least give me a part of it. Give me the right to speak out in the debate that is bound to come."

The Seventh Hero was silent for a moment, his expression unclear. Finally, he said in a tone between praise and caution:
"I will seriously consider the opinion of the Fourth Sword Bearer."

Obviously, this is the biggest concession that both sides can make.

After finishing the discussion with the seventh hero, the last hero remained silent.

The reason why he chose to speak last was because the questions he asked were sharp enough.

Now, after everyone had finished speaking, he finally spoke, his voice steady and deep, with a certain critical sharpness that could not be ignored, like a holy sword that had been hidden in its sheath for a long time, finally slowly unsheathed.

"Hugh Abraham."

The Sixth Hero looked at Xia Xiu.

"You just spoke very well and comprehensively, taking into account many aspects and all factions, but I only have one question."

His eyes were as cold as iron, and they swept across the conference table, across every hero sitting there, and finally landed on Xia Xiu's blond shawl shoulders.

“Do you think you have revisionist ideas when it comes to the real distribution of power, tolerance of other systems, and ambiguity with secular regimes?”

His voice was not loud, but it seemed to strike the heart of every angel.

"What you call peace, cooperation, evolution and co-construction is nothing more than a process of gradual compromise on the 'programme'."

"Principle 1: Permanently eliminate all living gods from Terra - but you still compromise with some of the old gods, and even acquiesce to the 'incomplete purification' status of certain border areas."

"Principle 2: Use absolute force to eradicate all disputes within Terra - but you advocate a gradual approach, support secular regimes, indulge certain empires, mediate and negotiate with certain anti-Heavenly camps, and abandon the Hand of Thunder."

"Principle 3: All power belongs to the Kingdom of Heaven - but you are trying to create a new hybrid structure, political compromise, and introduce a non-angelic deliberative system to dilute the absoluteness of the Kingdom of Heaven in the so-called world consensus."

The air in the conference room suddenly froze.

The Sixth Hero's question was like a sharp blade, piercing the center of the conference table, severely severing the relaxed atmosphere woven by the previous political language.

His judgmental gaze remained fixed on Xia Xiu, as if he wanted to find any trace of hesitation or betrayal in this highly anticipated fourth sword-wielder.

For the Sixth Hero of Anti-Revisionism, so-called revisionism is the kind of soft disintegrator who "adheres to the program verbally but denies the principles in practice."

You compromise, you reconcile, you negotiate—you are a revisionist.

In another sense, they are extreme left-wingers. They tend to be one-sided in their approach to problems and end up blocking both ends.

Even though the fourth sword-bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven advocates the Qiming dictatorship line, he seeks a balance between pragmatism and ideals, while being precise and harmonious.

In the eyes of the Sixth Hero, he is just a pragmatic revisionist.