Chapter 243

"White Destruction..."

Ishtar frowned, her gaze revealing a deep contemplation.

After half a moment, she finally let out a slow breath, her tone somewhat helpless: "——You're right, I suppose."

Regarding this concept, the Goddess herself was actually not unfamiliar with it; after all, Pan-Human History had also encountered the same alien invasion crisis.

The Vanguard dispatched by the Predatory Planet swept away the Gods on Earth.

Not only was civilization shattered, but even the Gods were crushed.

Until the final moment, the strongest fantasy refined within the planet's interior, a strike swung by human hands, finally slew the Planetary Vanguard.

But there is no doubt——

The consequences brought by this war were severe; after suffering the White Titan's heavy blow, the Age of Gods began to decline.

After discussing with Ereshkigal, Ishtar became increasingly certain that this world might be a destroyed parallel world, facing a crisis similar to Pan-Human History, but with a completely different outcome.

Therefore, the Planetary Vanguard's rampage had become fact; no one could block its advancing steps.

The Final Meteor streaked across, the earth disappeared, the planet's surface turned into the Sea of Nothingness.

This is an undeniable event that occurred; though it was the first time, it absolutely will not be the last; the Predatory Planet will also never cease its Harvester behavior of traversing the universe, preying on planets.

So what this person said is not wrong; as long as Earth prospers once more, it will inevitably be regarded as a hunting ground again.

Just——

"Actually, there's no need to be this radical, right..."

The black long straight-haired girl gently bit her lip, hesitantly saying:

"With your current power, even if the White Titan comes again, you can actually easily solve it, right?"

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"Of course I can, it's just like that; ultimately it's only treating the symptoms, not the root cause..."

The Magic User calmly sized her up, then slightly shook his head.

Speaking only of the Planetary Vanguard, this place Earth where demons dance in chaos has too many things that can instantly kill it.

However, merely killing a vanguard, what is there to boast about?

"Treat the root cause? You don't mean you still want to kill the Predatory Planet's main body, do you?" Miss Ishtar's eye corners even twitched a few times, sizing up this fellow before her with considerable disbelief.

"What's wrong with that?"

Xia Zhi blinked: "After all, if the enemy can go there, I can go there too——isn't that so?"

"Hmm, so I can understand it as you not merely wanting to simply put eggs in multiple baskets, but more wanting to take the initiative to attack?"

The girl pouted her lips.

"Otherwise? Always passively waiting for the enemy to attack is too passive, after all." Xia Zhi admitted it without a care, "Anyway, I'm not willing to adopt a turtle-shell strategy, like going to the Star's Inner Sea or the Throne of Gods, avoiding facing reality."

"Who's turtling! Who are you saying is turtling!"

Ishtar instantly widened her eyes; who is this fellow pointing at?

"Oh, I'm just giving an example." The youth's gaze subtly drifted away, not meeting her eyes.

"What giving an example, you're clearly pointing at the mulberry while cursing the locust..." The black long straight-haired girl gnashed her teeth in anger.

"No no, at most it's just goading."

"You actually admitted it!"

"That's not the point, okay? The point is, aren't you tempted at all?"

Xia Zhi lightly coughed, stiffly changing the subject: "Not even a little bit moved by my proposal?" While speaking, he even raised his hand, making a "tiny bit" gesture.

"What's there to be moved about?!" Ishtar glared at him, fiercely gnashing her teeth.

"No, you're Ishtar, you know, that willful, arrogant Ishtar!"

The Magic User had a face full of amazement, spreading his hands to gesture, "The enemy's already knocked on the door, and you can still endure it?"

"Wait a minute! What do you mean willful and arrogant?! Are you praising me or mocking me!"

"Don't mind the details, the point is can you endure it?" Xia Zhi waved his hand with imposing momentum, staring straight at her with piercing eyes.

"Mm——"

Miss Ishtar was momentarily at a loss for words.

——Can this be endured?

——This really can't be endured!

Mainly because before, no matter what, she couldn't win; even against outer demons there was no need to talk about chivalry, everyone ganging up together was fine, but she still couldn't win when she should lose.

But now?

This fellow clearly looks like he's preparing to take the lead in establishing an "Anti-Predatory Planet Alliance"; could it be she doesn't even dare to follow and go all-in?

No, this can't even be called going all-in; there's no risk to speak of.

After all, this world is a parallel world; everything is restarting anew, and she is not the original prototype right now, but a Pseudo-Servant, a Servant from Pan-Human History...

——No matter how you look at it, she has no future worries to speak of, and doesn't need to worry about implicating Mesopotamia.

——After all, the Gods of this World Line have already completely disappeared.

——Does she still not dare to take a gamble?

In this instant, Miss Ishtar suddenly realized; oh right, what does she have to worry about?

Watching the girl's belated reaction, clearly looking tempted, Xia Zhi continued to guide her patiently:

"That's right, you should have discovered it too, right? We really have no reason to keep desperately defending Earth..."

"It can be our cradle, our hometown and destination, our shelter and rear headquarters..."

"But it absolutely cannot be our only choice; the sea of stars is the road we should tread..."

"We shall—conquer the sea above!"

As he spoke, he spread his arms, as if embracing the world while delivering a speech, his words brimming with strong allure and incitement.

Because all skills had been comprehensively upgraded, from entry to mastery, from entering the hall to furnace fire pure blue, the Charm Power was naturally no exception.

Not only could he freely control the power of Charm, but he could also unconsciously apply it to every aspect of his words and deeds.

This subtle, silent application would not seem abrupt or direct.

But it undoubtedly added considerable strength to his persuasion, incitement, and agitation.

"Mm, you, you—! Wait, let me think—"

The girl's divine nature did not trigger a Warning, but she still tried to remain calm, feeling she should think it over carefully.

Damn it.

Why is this fellow's words so tempting!

"What's there to think about? Join me, grow big and strong, and create new splendor!"

Xia Zhi stepped forward with a grave expression, his ironclad Mors Momentum pressing down on the Goddess, causing her to subconsciously retreat a small step.

If not for the empty space behind her with no walls, she might have thought this fellow was going to pin her against the wall.

Of course, even if he didn't pin her against the wall, the girl's heart almost skipped a beat.

Just as her mind went blank, the youth seized the opportunity, using rhetoric to pua her—

"This tiny plot of land has restricted you for too long! You are the Goddess of Nature and Harvest, the Goddess of Love and Beauty, also the Goddess of War and the symbol of Venus!"

"But just on this one Star, guess how many competitors there are for these titles and prefixes?"

"So, it's time to open up a new track!"

"You should belong to a broader Stage!"

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A deathly silence.

The girl, coming to her senses, was inexplicably annoyed but also felt thoroughly persuaded.

At this moment, she couldn't help but feel her heart flutter; what he said made too much sense, stirring the career ambition of the Goddess within her bones.

"A broader Stage?" she asked as if seeking confirmation.

"Right, think about it—how vast are the Heaven and Earth outside, and how high can you reach?" Xia Zhi said with a serious face, continuing to pua her.

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"For example, the truly... Venus Goddess?"

Ishtar hesitated, tentatively saying: "Absolutely, without any ambiguity, like Planet UO?"

"That won't do, Ishtar; your Gaze can be far more long-term. What's there to boast about being the Venus Goddess?"

The youth couldn't help but sigh, looking as if hating iron for not becoming steel—

"It's just going from Earth to Venus, still confined to this tiny plot of land, without truly turning your Gaze toward the Stars and Sea."

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"So—?" the girl hesitated.

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"For example... Space Ishtar? How do you like this Designated Title?"

Xia Zhi painted the pie without any reservation.

"They say our goal is the Stars and Sea, the emphasis is on the Sea, not the Stars; don't fixate on a specific Celestial Body, strive to cast Sunlight toward all of Space, the Entire Galaxy..."

"Add the prefix Space? I refuse; Space doesn't sound cute at all!"

The Black Long Straight Hair girl pouted; she thought about it and felt she might not really like this nickname.

—Space Ishtar?

—What the Ghost is this!

"Cough cough, the matter of the nickname can be discussed later; anyway, we must first establish a grand goal."

Xia Zhi neither confirmed nor denied it; anyway, he was just painting a pie to motivate her for now, and besides, those were matters for the future—who could say?

"Okay, okay, let's do as you say; establish a grand goal..."

Ishtar sighed.

"But is that really enough?"

"Enough, enough; the arrival of the Technological Singularity is Terrifying; you know, from the use of the Mauser Rifle to the launch of the first Artificial Satellite, how long has it been..."

Xia Zhi answered carelessly: "According to Youxing's predation cycle habits, we have at least over six thousand years."

If sparing no cost, removing all Restrictions—

Then it would only take eighty years for Gray Wind to build a Dyson Sphere in the Solar System.

With the terrifying Function of Nanomachines' exponential self-replication and Diffusion, six thousand years later they might have already extended their influence to Andromeda.

As for himself, if after six thousand years of genuine cultivation he still hadn't improved by several major Realms...

That would seem unreasonable.

"Technical problems are easy to solve, but what about people? To advance toward the Stars and Sea, one must at least undergo entirely new evolution and become a life form of the next epoch, right?"

Ishtar frowned.

"Isn't that even easier to solve? We have a ready-made template to use." Xia Zhi wasn't worried at all, laughing it off as he said.

"A ready-made template?"

"Yes, there is a view in the Magecraft world that after humans, the next stage of life form should be a Spiritual Body Lifeform that has abandoned the flesh……"

The Magic User gave an example and said: "Following this line of thought, don't you think Servants are the best Shape?"

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"……"

The Goddess looked on somewhat speechlessly.

This Fellow seems to be thoroughly prepared no matter how you look at him.

But indeed, if viewed from this standard, Servants can indeed be considered a higher form of human evolution.

Also very suitable for opening the era of interstellar great navigation.

Whether it is long-distance interstellar navigation or exoplanet colonization and so on, the strong Spirit Origin undoubtedly possesses more advantage and adaptability than fragile Carbon-based Life.

Could it be——

that a "Servant Universe" will truly appear in the future?

Chapter End