In the high altitude in the northeast of the northern Empire, the dark clouds at night were torn by a black dragon shadow, and a long track was pulled out between the thick clouds.

You can see that there is a golden crystal stone in the center of the Dragon shadow's chest, which is shining like the sun. It shoots a straight light, sweeping the earth along the way like a searchlight. On the top of the dragon's head, there is a figure looming in the dark.

"The more you want to do your best, the more you understand that human posture has its limits."

In mid air, standing between the black horns, Joshua whispered to himself: "from the recent battles, I deeply understand that I can't exert my power simply with human posture and soul."

"Unless..."

"- unless you're not human!"

Behind Joshua, No. 3, sitting on a raised scale on the black dragon's neck, suddenly whispered that she had been silent, holding the wings in her hands in a daze, but because she heard the soldier's self talk, she couldn't help but insert a word.

And Joshua immediately turned his head, staring at No. 3, and said strangely, "who taught you that?"

Artificial intelligence girl did not perfunctory, but seriously thought about it, and then replied: "many liches, druids, and all kinds of extraordinary professionals who will change their body like to say that... But Joshua, this is the evil villain who will say that."

You are very scary originally. If you always say something wrong, you will be regarded as a villain! The girl wanted to say it, but she didn't say it in the end.

"But on this point alone, they are not wrong."

He noticed that there was something in No. 3, but Joshua didn't care. And he thought it over carefully, and found that there were many people who were not human in the extraordinary world. Knowing this, Joshua didn't study deeply. He shrugged his shoulders, turned his head, and continued to stand on the top of the black dragon, looking at the clouds and horizon stretching forward.

"But no. 3, the most important thing is not to be human," he whispered

"It's transcendence."

"Beyond what?"

3 No. 1 began to be interested in the content of the soldier's self talk. She got up, changed her position closer to Joshua, and then asked, "beyond humanity? But don't you already have the power to surpass human beings? No, even the dragon has been surpassed by you. Is there any creature in the world of mirov who can surpass you in pure power? "

"Yes. But it's not just transcendence in that sense. "

After nodding, Joshua shook his head again. He said calmly: "objectively speaking, the human body is already perfect - developed brain, cooperative nature, strong endurance, the ability to run fast for a long time. It can eat the digestive system of most plants and animals, and only rely on water to maintain life for a long time, If you have a strong mental impact, you will use coma and amnesia to protect yourself. You are born with the most perfect tool in nature, the hand. "

"It can be said that in the era of no extraordinary ability, it is inevitable that human beings can stand out from all things by their bodies alone. Such bodies and brains, as well as spirit and soul, have been perfect and need not be changed. The emergence of extraordinary ability is nothing more than to become stronger on this basis until the golden level, The basic human body is perfect. "

When Joshua said this, not only No. 3 was listening, but even the flying black also diverted his attention and listened carefully. Joshua was always silent. Even when he communicated with his friends, he occasionally said a few words. The soldiers always thought by themselves. If he didn't share his ideas with them this time, he would rarely have said so much in this respect.

"But that's the bottleneck - beyond the golden level of combat, human body and body will have deficiencies. Why is my combat form a 100 meter tall steel giant? Because with my strength, if I were a normal person, I would not be able to deal an effective blow to other targets at all. I would simply "pass through". Four arms are better understood. Compared with two hands, four hands are twice as efficient as two hands. They can also give consideration to both sides. If you can, you may add more in the future. "

At this point, Joshua sighed: "the muscle driven by carbohydrate, no matter how huge the energy, can't move mountains and unload mountains. Even if it has the great power to evaporate lakes and rivers, its body can't bear it first. In order to break through this bottleneck, our ancestors created the ultimate intention of power, which is what I call "surpassing human beings."

"It's not just the body, it's the limits of skill and soul."

"No matter how complicated the skill is, in the final analysis, the method of body and energy operation. As long as you can perfectly control all your organs and energy, and have the ability to respond to your own strength, you can catch all the skills, and even the non-human skills of other nationalities can be seen through your own vision and energy simulation. What broke through this hurdle was the extreme intention of technology. ""Because of meditation and exercise, too strong spiritual strength, and even in turn suppress the soul, too keen sense makes people unconsciously become crazy, extreme. In order to regulate their own mind and balance this spiritual power, the first people thought of many ways, whether it was lichenization, or soul transformation, or persistent meditation. But these methods can't be standardized because of the difference of each person, so we can only call those who have crossed this bottleneck "the extreme meaning of soul."

"In the final analysis, the three kinds of extreme meanings are created by human beings in order to break through the limit of" human beings ". The legendary strong man just came to the extreme on this road, completely sublimated from the pure human blood, and became the existence of super life, just like me. The lich, the transformation of the Druid, and all kinds of secret skills of other extraordinary professions are another way to break through their own limits. I came here to explore the fog of God's misfortune, just to find the truth of the ultimate intention of the soul. Thank you, gerl. Now I have a clear idea of what I need

At this point, Joshua gave a little pause. He seemed to fall into a short meditation, but a moment later he woke up again. The soldier said: "the Lich transforms its body and soul through secret arts, and has an absolute advantage in magic and spiritual power. By imitating the powerful beasts in nature, druids also found a new way to break through the limits of human beings. But no matter what method, there is one thing in common... Number 3, black, do you know? "

“……”

After waiting for a few seconds, Joshua didn't wait for an answer. He knew that the two men were still receiving the information he said, so he said with a smile, "that's wisdom."

"To sum up the skills of physical training from generation to generation, to sort out the ways to break through the limit, to sum up the skills one after another, to determine the most perfect way of energy operation... To imitate the beast, to learn from nature, to sublimate the existing, to create a new, this is wisdom."

"Human intelligence is the first and most powerful weapon of mankind. Its existence itself is to surpass the past and break through the limit. Because of it, there are countless attempts before and thousands of results now. "

In the master clock of No.3 and black, Joshua raised his hand and pointed to his brain: "although I'm not good at government affairs and don't like complicated things, I still have confidence in how to strengthen my wisdom in this field. His majesty Greer blesses us and says that he expects us to surpass them... This does not mean pure strength, but standing on their shoulders and letting wisdom go further. On the 3rd, you have the inheritance of GER. If you can integrate the contents of the engraving and create your own things, it means that you have surpassed GER, even if your strength is still inferior to ger at that time. "

He said with a smile, "well, you are beyond God's Ai - doesn't that sound great?"

"It's the same with civilization. As long as the latecomers stand on the shoulders of the predecessors, continuous research and progress, civilization will continue to become stronger, constantly surpass itself, and constantly move forward.

"Ha ha..."

I don't know how to answer it. No. 3 can only deal with it with a smile, but I don't know why. After getting the seal of gerr, she suddenly felt a little power in her heart. This is a kind of unreasonable emotion, but she just felt that there was an inexplicable impulse that made her want to be like what Joshua said, Keep moving forward.

"Joshua..."

Repressing this emotion in her heart, No. 3 looked at the soldier who was lost in thought again. She couldn't help saying, "have you broken through the extreme meaning of soul?"

"Not yet."

Hearing the AI girl's question, Joshua shook his head and replied, but then he said in a relaxed tone: "but soon, I already know what's bothering me."

He watched the earth under him, the lights appearing and disappearing in the night, and Joshua watched the plains, mountains and cities in the northeast of the northern empire. His heart had calmed down. Even though the divine power was still pulsating in his body, the soldiers could calmly see the incomparable power, It's also a very dangerous thing.

——I understand.

The so-called strong, there is no need to endure, suppress.

There's no need to care about whether your strength will damage other things or affect friends and relatives. You don't have to restrain your desires at all.

"Divinity is a part of me, and the desire it evokes is also my desire, so."

Joshua said softly, "those who are influenced by their own desires, those who let their own power out of control, all they say are the sophistry of the weak, and all they say are the manifestation of their lack of ability. There is only one reason why I am influenced by divinity and think about how to fight against it, that is, I was too weak to bear even my own strength. ""Now, I am willing to accept the influence of divinity on me - I accept this power as part of myself."

"And still do what I think."

After seeing the postures of Xing Zheng, Ge Er and other gods, Joshua had a deeper understanding of divinity.

Although they are "gods" who stand out from human beings and winged people, they have maintained their original mind and have not been engulfed by divinity. Gerr did not turn into a storm and sky, and Xing Zheng was not a lunatic who blindly relied on power to carry out "justice". They all used their own methods to achieve their own ideals and wishes while satisfying the divine nature.

All this is because "divinity" is only a part of them, and their faith and will are enough to contain and control this power.

Thinking of gerr, Joshua turned his head and looked at the engraving in No. 3's arms. He asked curiously: "I wanted to ask just now, but I was in a hurry to leave, so I didn't speak... No. 3, don't you put this thing away?"

"What? Ah, is this... Engraved? "

3 She blinked and looked into her arms, like a pair of complicated Rune engravings like 'unfolded wings'. She stopped for a moment, then hesitated and said, "in fact, Joshua, don't be angry... In fact, I think your Majesty was right before. I'm not a winger."

At this point, No. 3 closed his eyes, as if afraid of Joshua's rebuke: "indeed, I'm just an ordinary artificial intelligence, No. 3 mobile fortress control center, there are more than a dozen like me, only my survival... And this is the inheritance of your majesty left to the wing people, even if I take it, I don't have a real body to exercise."

"You're no ordinary AI."

But after hearing this, Joshua didn't rise. He just shook his head and said with a smile in the surprised eyes of No. 3: "you are a unique AI, my good assistant, No. 3."

"More than a dozen of the same? Your soul is unique, just like the souls of all living beings in this world. You don't need to care about any race or identity. You are just yourself, just as I am Joshua. "

At this point, Joshua shook his head with a grudge: "obviously, you didn't listen to me just now. Can't exercise without body? You look down on the inheritance of gods. I said before that the essence of transcendence lies in the transcendence of soul, body and skill. Even if you don't have a body, you can start from the extreme of soul and skill. If your soul reaches my advanced stage, it's a small matter to condense material and shape body out of thin air. I'll help you with that. "

With Joshua's character, it's the limit to say this level of comfort and encouragement. No. 3, who knows how the soldiers used to train the members of the black and knights, can't help laughing when he hears the soldiers say such gentle words. But after laughing, the girl sighed in her heart.

"Just... Assistant?"

"Woo."

Suddenly, with a long black chant, Joshua and No. 3 looked at the earth together. The golden red lights on the plain were bright, and the Mager river was shining like a golden silk.

The lights of Moldavia can already be seen.

They went home