The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Since there is nothing else that can impress Ansel, the best bargaining chip can only be the body...Do you really want these two worthless women to follow Ansel so closely?

While Ming Furo was thinking about this, Ansel's words broke the brief silence, but he did not give any explanation to Ivora and Susilun at all - after all, the master did not need to introduce his maid to the guests.

"Although divine arts are essentially tricks, as the founder of the Road to Heaven, the Pioneer should have left more secrets in the church... At the same time, I am also very curious about where he went."

The memory passed down through the generations of the church only includes the conversation between the pioneer and the first bishops. The end of the bishops can be predicted, but the end of the pioneer is unknown.

Although he had not much time left, given his talent, it was impossible for him to achieve nothing before his death, and he would not accept a so-called peaceful death.

"Is this what you want?" Ji came back to his senses and picked up the coffee with a complicated expression, "The...legacy of the pioneer?"

"All we need is knowledge for reference. The legacy of the pioneers is only a part of it."

Anser shook the wine glass, and the crystal clear wine made Ivora's lowered face blurry as it swayed.

A personal servant is certainly qualified to touch the master's secrets, but she has never considered herself as Anser's maid. Now that she hears Anser's ambitions so directly, the distressed princess can't help but feel suspicious.

And Ansel would not take Ivora's doubts into consideration, and Ming Furo would not do so either.

Ming Fuluo, who seemed to have temporarily finished the work at hand, raised her head, and the three-dimensional model of Oren City began to decompose. Everyone present felt that the ether was flowing and spreading in a peculiar way, and finally became stable, eventually forming a huge net.

"Although the independent system designed by the Skyfrost Tower is crude in my opinion, Anser said... no matter how crude it is, it means that your people have the potential to improve."

"I won't deny people's possibilities, so I'll give you this opportunity."

Before Ji could figure out the nature of this web, it decomposed again, turning into a dense torrent of symbols and numbers, and then continued to shrink until it formed a tiny dot of light, a dot that did not represent anything, but seemed to encompass all the [zeros] in the world.

Mu couldn't understand what this tiny dot of light meant, but Dormer, the master of the Skyfrost Tower and one of the best warlocks in the world, rarely showed some gaffes and failed to maintain the demeanor of a bishop.

"This is……"

"The data system I created is the only truth that stands above you imposters."

As the light spot floated in front of Ji, Ming Fuluo's calm voice also sounded at the same time: "I have packed all its principles. If you can't even decode it, it means that Anser has also made mistakes. However, if you can obtain its essence."

The scholar paused, and finally sighed as if relieved, and placed her hand on the back of Anser's hand.

"You will have the right to use it, but at the same time, you will also have the responsibility to develop it further and improve it."

Ming Furo can certainly specialize in the study of data systems and Ethernet by herself. Even if she relies solely on herself, she will definitely be able to elevate this creation to a height that no one can imagine.

But why did she have to do this? She already had too many tasks to do, and from an efficiency perspective, doing everything herself would be the most wasteful.

Ming Fuluo knew this, but she knew her fate and hated uncertainty just like Anser. The more people participated in her project, the more accidents would be unimaginable and even uncontrollable. In the final analysis, she didn't want to bring unnecessary trouble to Anser.

But now, Anser took the initiative to take on this "trouble".

"Incredible..." Ji held the light in his palm and whispered, "Even through your encryption and blockade, I can feel the endless density of information in it. Ms. Zeger, it's like you created... another world."

"Stupid." Ming Fuluo's eyes were very cold. She didn't like this sentence very much. "It's just a tool. At most, it can only be regarded as a completely new way to analyze the world. What qualifications does it have to replace the world itself?"

If the world is really so simple and clear, how can you be called Anther's enemy?

Ji sensed her displeasure and immediately lowered his head: "I am shallow, I just didn't expect that I would have...such an honor."

"Because I have more important things to do...Anser said that even for newly born things, there are people in the world who are compatible with them."

Some people may be born good at compiling data systems, even if this thing has never appeared in their lives. Because it is based on rigorous mathematical logic, and under Dormer's educational policy, the Skyfrost Tower is obviously the most suitable place to find such people - otherwise they would not have created a second system that can run stably, although that system is indeed very simple, with only the most basic information coordination function, and even some complex spells can do it.

But when this real system, which has been continuously improved and has a solid foundation by Ming Furo, is handed over to those who can achieve from zero to one, they will step into a whole new world.

"Broadening the possibilities of data systems is only the foundation. How Ethernet can be perfectly built on this foundation is even more important... But according to my estimation, you won't be able to reach this point in two years."

The model of Ethernet appeared in the room again. Ming Fuluo stared at her and Anser's masterpiece, with wild thoughts that no one could understand stirring in her mind.

The conference room was silent for about half a minute before Anser's gentle voice rang out:

"Any questions, bishops?"

Mu glanced at Ji. He had no say in this area, but judging from his old friend’s expression, this matter... was obviously very important.

After receiving the data system, Ji Ze was silent for a while. He was also looking at the net that was difficult to distinguish between real and fake, and seemed to be guessing its nature.

"I... do have some questions, Your Highness the Regent."

As if he had made up his mind, Ji closed his eyes and exhaled slowly.

When the old man opened his eyes again, the determination he had shown when confronting Anser emerged in his slightly cloudy eyes:

"If I'm not mistaken, you and Lord Zeg want to use the data system to bring about an all-round transformation of the empire... politics, management, production, and possibly even a revolution in the entire social system. But the question is... does this have anything to do with mortals?"

Mu's face changed, and he subconsciously wanted to stop Ji from speaking, but Ji did not give him the chance and continued without stopping: "Use mathematical logic to decompose everything, and use special language to construct it twice, but in the end it still relies on ether and transcendence... Mortals cannot use the data system. No matter how great a miracle you two want to create, they can only become the most useless scraps of the future."

The topic returns to the unsolvable deadlock - in a world where extraordinary people can realize all their needs, what is the meaning of mortals' existence?

The more Anser allowed the extraordinary people to use their extraordinary powers correctly and brought them more advanced systems, the more meaningless the mortals seemed - their only function was to give birth to extraordinary people.

But just as he has been studying how to ensure the birth of extraordinary people, this unique function of mortals will be completely lost over time.

Ji does not deny that Ansher will create a beautiful future, but in that future... is there a place for mortals?

The conference room fell silent again. Ji brought up Anser's long-cherished wish that had already been shattered, and questioned Anser. It sounded like a provocation from someone who was unwilling to accept defeat.

"So, mediocrity is mediocrity."

But the one who broke the deadlock was Miss Ming Furo, who really did not like the two bishops.

"Why do you think that Anser would not consider the issues you have considered? If it is not stupidity, I can only think it is arrogance. You think you can see farther and you are more correct, right?"

The scholar's sharp words made Anser cough twice: "Just show it to the two bishops, there's no need to be so radical, Luo."

Ming Fuluo glanced at Ansher, and her eyes seemed to say that your temper is a little too good now.

After a few seconds, she waved her hand gently, and a huge "furnace" fell out of thin air in the center of the conference room, making a silent roar.

"I wonder if Lord Dormer still has any impression of A'Luo's grandfather."

Anser's leisurely voice made Ji's eyes focus. He stared at the strange furnace and answered subconsciously: "Erion Zeger, an amazing man."

He had begun to understand the significance of Ming Furo's demonstration of this furnace.

"An alchemical tool that can be used even without the need for aether, allowing mortals to control the supernatural. So, it is Erion's last wish and... the crystallization?"

"Universal Ether Furnace, a facility that converts Ether into pure universal energy."

Anser gently held Ming Fuluo's hand, sighed and whispered: "This is A'Luo's true...masterpiece."

It carries Erion's legacy of wanting to change the world, and indeed contains the possibility of... completely subverting all order in this world.

Mu also reacted, with an expression of uncontrollable excitement on his face: "Directly replicate the process of the extraordinary people using ether in the furnace, skip the process that mortals cannot achieve, and directly output the energy converted from ether as a result for mortals to use... If you can do it, it is almost equivalent to allowing mortals to control the extraordinary. Ms. Zeger, I simply... can't describe your talent!"

"As for boasting, wait until it is completely completed. There is still a long way to go before the universal ether furnace can produce stable output."

Ming Furo has long stopped caring about other people's flattery. Due to the interference of many events, the research progress of the universal ether furnace has stagnated for a long time. Like data systems and Ethernet, this is also one of the cornerstones of the new world.

However, facing the miracle creation that even Mu was excited about, Ji still said something quite ignorant:

"But this cannot fundamentally change the current situation... Your Highness the Regent."

The more convincing Anser could come up with, the more he would think about the possibilities with the most rigorous attitude, not to go against Anser, but to hold some...unrealistic hope.

"The status of mortals will not change just because they can use this kind of creation... They are likely to become more dependent on the ether and the extraordinary. In the best case, they will go from being forced slaves to willing submission."

Even Ivola frowned slightly when she heard this. If she had been in front of such a guy who was ungrateful again and again, he would have been burned to death on the spot.

If you can't live well, then give mortals a chance to live well; now that there is such a possibility, you say it's no different from being enslaved? Do these idiots have to hold on to such unrealistic fantasies, fantasizing that mortals can live equally with extraordinary people?

Anser also sighed: "Although I can understand that people's thoughts and souls will not be constrained, it is still very strange. Where do you get such high moral standards? Or is it just because the brainwashing you received after becoming a bishop is too serious?"

"Fortunately."

He suddenly laughed again: "The preparations I need do not end here. Do you remember the question I asked you at the beginning, Bishop Ji?"

"In the beginning..."

Ji murmured subconsciously, and then a look of shock gradually emerged in his eyes: "The legacy of the pioneer...you want-"

He suddenly understood why Anser mentioned the pioneers in the first place.

"The pioneer initially hoped to create a path that would allow everyone to achieve extraordinary things, but he realized that was impossible and that the path to heaven also had huge limitations, so he went to another continent to look for new possibilities."

Anser took a sip of wine and half closed his eyes, as if recalling what the pioneer had thought, said and done.

"In the end, he may succeed and think he has found a path that is closest to success, but Bishop Ji, do you think he will be content with this? Before facing his own end... will he return to his original nature and try to start again from the original goal?"

Make it possible for ordinary people to become extraordinary.

Ming Furo once used this to despise the church's choice, mocking them for preferring to spend eight hundred years trying to find ways to "exile" mortals from this world rather than trying to research new ways to turn mortals into extraordinary ones.

But it’s not that the church doesn’t want to, but that it simply can’t do it. Even the pioneer was discouraged by this, so who else can do it? Is there anyone who can really achieve it…

Can... it be achieved?

Ji stared blankly at the young man sitting across from the long table, and he smiled as if he could see through his heart:

"Why not?" Hydra asked back.

Just because the pioneers can’t do it, does that mean this path really isn’t feasible?

"Bishop Ji." Anser picked up his wine glass and stood up. "You have a serious misunderstanding of my plan. The data system and Ethernet, the universal ether furnace, and... the ambition to take over the legacy of the pioneers and turn all the people in the world into extraordinary people, these three plans are not progressive, but parallel, entangled, and complementary."

"Each plan can provide help and inspiration to the other side, and each plan can supplement the necessary resources and cooperation from the other two plans... These three paths are intertwined in a spiral, and this is the future I want the world to reach."

"There is no paradise that can be achieved overnight." He raised his glass to Ji and Mu, "You also lay dormant for eight hundred years before you got a chance, didn't you?"

Allowing all mortals to transform into transcendent beings is both a means to achieve paradise and the end of the road.

On this road, the existence of the Universal Ether Furnace and Ethernet can maximize the maintenance of the world's progress in the most stable and efficient manner. Conversely, if the day really comes when all mortals become extraordinary, these two will not be eliminated. Instead, the explosive growth of extraordinary people will bring about equally explosive changes.

This road...what kind of future will it lead to?

Ivora, who was standing next to Ansel, began breathing faster and faster.

But this certainly couldn't be because she was happy about the bright future planned by Anser, because in her bright red eyes, there was uncontrollable distortion and violence.

No matter what the future will be like, Ivora only knows that if things develop according to Ansel's plan, this is definitely not... the future she wants to see.

All living beings should be just her subjects, her slaves, her playthings and tools for entertainment... How can they, how can they live an absolutely perfect, carefree life! What is the meaning of the emperor's existence!

There shouldn't be a perfect world, no...that's not perfection, that's hell!

So you wanted to create this kind of hell, Anser.

The fire of ambition and madness that never went out made Ivora's soul feel burned and...excited.

She watched Ansel clink glasses with Ji and Mu Yaoyao, drank the wine in one gulp, and maintained a false smile as she poured him a new glass.

You'll regret letting me know all this, I promise.

Chapter 5: Blueprint (K)

It is necessary to thoroughly understand the Church. This group of lunatics have brainwashed themselves to some extent. Although they cannot be compared with the Empire itself, if they are only regarded as a force, they are undoubtedly the most powerful one.

The loyalty and obedience of the church is a problem, which needs time to be solved. Ansel knows very well that the church will not easily hand over the pioneer's legacy to him. It is even unknown whether they have the pioneer's legacy in their hands and whether these legacies truly contain the pioneer's final wishes before his death.

All he had to do now was to start such a cooperation. There were too many people waiting for this cooperation, the girls around Ansel, his loyal and fanatical followers, and a certain...maid.

"The emperor's order is both a constraint and a protection."

In the workshop of the Tower of Babel, Ansher was chatting with the two bishops, and the maid sisters followed him obediently. Ming Furo had already gone to do her own thing.

"But in fact, if we change our perspective and extend this order in other directions, it may no longer be a constraint."

Anser stopped in front of a production line, watching the materials being processed into parts according to a fixed procedure, engraved with etheric circuits, and finally assembled into standard machinery. He turned his head and said to Ji, "Bishop Ji, what do you think this automated production line is for? Is it efficient and fast?"

"...From what I see, it is indeed so." Ji lowered his head slightly.

The Regent picked up a part and examined it, then chuckled and said, "But for me, it's not like that."

The production line did not stop running due to the lack of parts. When it came to the parts assembly stage, the automated production line scanned the missing parts and immediately supplied the corresponding parts from the back to the front. Finally, an extra part was added at the front end of the production line, making the production complete again. The entire process was extremely fast and rigorous.

“Its most important significance is that it liberates people from meaningless work.”

"Bishop Ji, the emperor has bound the extraordinary people in a society based on the laws that care for mortals. Even though they are no longer the same material as mortals, they are still subtly influenced by social rules..."

Anser put the parts back on the production line and watched the accident he created move forward along the tracks: "For example, the Alchemy Association received an order for enchanted bullets. Will the alchemy masters do it themselves? Obviously not. The only ones who will do the work will be their apprentices, employees, and even non-staff members - can you imagine it? A group of extraordinary people have to make meaningless killing tools over and over again in the workshop like blacksmiths. Although their rank and strength are low, they are still extraordinary people, aren't they?"

This extra part was quickly screened out and directly placed on the track that was moving backwards on one side of the production line. This track was used to recycle and transport unqualified parts.

"And they may not be so serious and meticulous in their work."

His Royal Highness the Regent looked at Ji again and said meaningfully:

"Do you think this is otherworldly enough?"

In the society constructed by the emperor, the extraordinary people are still ordinary people in essence. They follow the order established for ordinary people and the rules considered for ordinary people. Their true colors are not revealed until everything collapses.