Above The Sky

Chapter 1943 - 3: Yisen Gard’s Heart Light Body

[The situation in the world has changed now, there will no longer be any destructive wars in this age, my people can choose rebirth—but the energy and resources required for this are indeed too much for me to bear in the short term, or to put it directly, I can’t do it]

[Therefore, if anyone is willing to make a pact with me and revive my people, my power can be used by them]

The Duke of Solin turned all the people in his domain into lost souls, avoiding the tragic wars between The Empire and the Fiery Flame Land, and also avoiding the invasion of the Demon Legion.

From the perspective of later generations, the Duke of Solin indeed preserved the souls of his domain residents, not allowing any soul to be devoured and crushed by demons, leaving his people with the possibility of rebirth.

However, the brutal methods used in the research of the deceased monarch and the fact that many people indeed ’died’ also made the Duke of Solin the undisputed ’most evil tyrant’ in this world—everyone talks about him with disgust mixed with fear.

The Duke of Solin’s declaration was very sincere, and no one would doubt whether he still harbors ambitions for the Perpetual Motion Machine. Everyone knows that the Duke of Solin indeed will not compete with them for the Perpetual Motion Machine, and thus, such a Fifth Energy Level ally is very enticing.

But the problem is, the vast majority of Terra People have a natural aversion towards the ’Duke of Solin’.

Forming an alliance with him might likely lead to one’s people no longer supporting them.

This is a natural fear of madmen, a mindset that cannot be changed with words and promises.

——For your own good, one can kill you and turn you into a lost soul... such determination is simply that of a pitch-black Demon Lord.

Of course, according to the words of the Duke of Solin, as long as his people are revived, they can then rid themselves of the identity of ’non-free souls’ and gain the right to vote.

The person who revives them would undoubtedly obtain this voting right.

The profit from this is substantial enough to outweigh one’s citizens’ fear of the Duke of Solin.

But here’s the problem.

——To obtain the voting resources of the Duke of Solin and fight for the Perpetual Motion Machine, one must resurrect the Duke of Solin’s people.

——And to resurrect the Duke of Solin’s people, it’s very difficult for any of the strong ones in this world to accomplish in the short term; only those with the Perpetual Motion Machine might be able to do it.

It’s a cyclical paradox.

"Currently, only I in Terra could possibly obtain this ’voting resource’ from the Duke of Solin."

In the South Ridge conference, Ian stated his views very directly: "The Arcane Pathway is the only method that can allow these souls that are near extinction to find themselves bit by bit, and I believe that with my influence, the people of South Ridge will not fear me because of Duke Sorin."

"But if you ask me, allowing the lost souls under the Duke of Solin to regain their sense of self is just the first step, the second step is to let these lost souls have bodies once more."

Compared to those Fifth Energy Levels on the Terra Continent who are still issuing new policies and rallying for voting resources, Ian’s attitude now is one of sitting comfortably and waiting for the catch.

As long as he secures his base in South Ridge, the people of South Ridge, who have admired him from the start, will not be swayed by others.

Conversely, he can strategize to siphon the population of others’ domains, just as he is now plotting to obtain the Duke of Solin’s voting resources.

"There are many ways to let lost souls have bodies, but in terms of biological cloning, because we do not have the gene bank of the Duke of Solin’s Domain, it’s very difficult to achieve this, as humans are not True Dragons who can switch biological prostheses at will, so we need to think towards ’mechanical prostheses’."

In the meeting, Ian looked towards his Mechanical Alchemy Department Minister Roland: "I’ve already sent over the technology for mechanical prostheses, and currently, our main task for the Silver Peak Mechanical Alchemy Department is to turn these theoretical technologies into reality."

"It doesn’t matter if any problems occur midway, just compile them all and submit them to Adalbert, he will take care of them."

"Yes!" Roland responded earnestly and then began to fervently write down Ian’s speech word for word on a Crystal Plate.

The technology for mechanical prostheses is actually mechanical technology from the previous era civilization and technology related to Canaan Moore’s ’Eternal Elf’. Ian obtained it long ago, but for his technology department to fully master these advanced technologies, it still requires some time.

Ian believes that during this process, the technical personnel of the Silver Peak Domain will encounter many problems, only by continuously raising and solving these problems can they make progress and keep up with him.

As for whether Adalbert can indeed solve all the problems raised by the technical department...

Ha, it’s not Adalbert who is really answering them!

Although Adalbert is a genius not inferior to himself, Ian also knows that Adalbert’s main talent lies in the area of Spirit Energy; mechanics are well within his grasp but only at the level of an ordinary genius, definitely unable to solve all the problems encountered by the technical department.

However, Adalbert is the ’Exam Writer’ of the ’Pioneer Space’ after all!

If he really encounters a problem that he cannot solve, he doesn’t need to rack his brain to solve it, he can simply write it into an exam for the Pioneer Space and distribute it to all users of the Pioneer Space!

There are plenty of people proficient in mechanical technology in the Pioneer Space, many of whom surpass Adalbert.

Even if they do not surpass him, one is someone busy, while the other is a student tackling an exam, obviously the latter will devote more attention to solving the problem.

So gathering the wisdom of all the talents and excellent individuals in the Whole Terra to solve technological difficulties for his domain is the powerful aspect of Ian’s ability to freeload off Pioneer Space!

Similarly, this is also the reason why Ian, upon returning to the Silverpeak Domain, immediately worked to perfect the Pioneer Platform and united it with the Heart of Terra to form ’Pioneer Space’!

The creator of Pioneer Space is Ian.

And the founding members were Yisen Gard, Adalbert, Anfa, and Sio, these few close friends.

When Ian returned to Terra, they were the first to come to welcome him, and Anfa even specifically requested his uncle Yafada to open a Space-Time Gate from Canaan Moore.

Ian naturally was incredibly happy; he is not a bloodless, tearless machine—perhaps in other timelines he might become that kind of existence, but at least this time, he had friends and elders from start to finish and naturally wasn’t that kind of monster.

During the War of the Sun, Yisen Gard constantly stayed in the Imperial Capital, communicating with the ’Immortality’ within Yinaiga II.

Just as Ian chatted with Yinaiga II, Yisen Gard did not feel much pressure... just being in a sense a ’copy’ of Yinaiga II, he is very curious about his great-grandfather, his original form.

Their exchange is a story beyond stories... but generally speaking, Yisen Gard completely unraveled his mental knot.

He completely reconciled with his past and origin—he is a unique individual, a child of his mother, not merely the offspring his father did not wish to have and also not an experimental subject of his grandfather’s grand plan. Naturally, he is not a copy of Yinaiga II.

His Heart Light Body also fully formed at this moment.

Its name is ’Twilight Light’, a fusion of the Thousand-Star Beast and Sunbird, close to twilight, not bright, nor clear, even giving a sense of vague darkness.

Its effect is not so miraculous and powerful, merely allowing one to ’calm down’.

Much like being under the twilight-colored sky, sitting around the crackling fire with family and friends.

Everyone would sit around with smiles and reassurance, drinking beverages, enjoying roasted meats and delicacies, watching the sun slowly set on the horizon... and then, the world sinks into night.

Then, one can sleep peacefully.

It’s just such a ’peace’.