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However, among the people she met, their understanding of the holy city was...
“Everyone has a different perspective, so their judgments will naturally differ,” Su Meng said.
"From the perspective of the vast majority of humanity, the Holy City is indeed the right choice, because without the Holy City, the lower and middle classes of humanity would have almost no way to survive."
She was once a heretical sorcerer, and she knows very well what problems exist within humanity.
As the most powerful violent institution in humankind and the creator of laws, the Holy City is an absolutely positive protector for the weak, but an obstacle for the powerful.
The higher you climb, the more you dislike the Holy City.
“For the weak, rules are a protective umbrella; for the strong, rules are shackles,” Su Meng said.
"The Holy City is neither good nor evil; it merely represents order. Order creates a safe zone for the weak, but order is rigid, while people are changeable. Using an unchanging order to restrict changeable humans will inevitably trigger many negative reactions."
"Moreover, every rule will inevitably have things that are not taken into account and loopholes will inevitably exist, but without rules, the vast majority of people will die."
"The weak regard the Holy City as a god, while the strong regard it as the greatest evil in the world, believing that its existence hinders human development. But in fact..."
Do you like war?
Mu Ningxue was taken aback, then shook her head.
"The rules of the Holy City are actually designed to prevent wars from breaking out," Su Meng said.
"You can think of human society as a giant organism, and the Holy City is the brain and immune system of this giant organism. Heretics are those that may, or are, causing this giant organism to have abnormal reactions."
"This anomaly could be positive or negative, but before it grows and expands, no one knows what its true nature is."
"Therefore, the Holy City chose to eliminate this existence. Since it is uncertain whether it is good or bad, it will abandon the judgment."
"As long as things don't change, things won't get worse; that's the rule of the Holy City."
Any change is uncertain; it could be positive or negative, but the process is always turbulent.
Change could bring humanity into a better new era, or it could lead to utter destruction.
Therefore, the Holy City chose to suppress all changes; as long as things remain unchanged, there will be no danger.
"So, the Holy City's handling of the victims follows the same principle?" Mu Ningxue said.
The power of the victims was immense; power itself has no inherent attributes, but the person who possesses that power is uncertain.
The victims could be positive or negative.
It can be controlled, but it can also get out of control at any time.
Moreover, unlike normal monks, whether the power of the victims is out of control is unrelated to their own will, just like a natural disaster, which may suddenly erupt.
The Holy City didn't want to gamble on whether the victims were controllable, so it simply abandoned the option. As long as this unstable force didn't exist, there would be no danger.
"Mm." Su Meng nodded.
"The Holy City only wants to maintain the status quo. It's already a blessing that humanity hasn't regressed. How can we even dream of moving forward?"
"So, you don't need to worry about whether the Holy City is good or bad, after all, the Holy City itself doesn't consider itself a good person."
Mu Ningxue was taken aback. "Do they really think they're bad people?"
“That’s right,” Su Meng said.
"The archangels actually see themselves as the deepest evil in the world, because humanity is a kind of evil, fighting violence with violence, and evil with evil. They never think of themselves as good people."
Mu Ningxue was stunned, her mind unable to process what was happening.
"Don't you feel that the world is a little different from what you imagined?" Su Meng asked with a smile.
"Mm." Mu Ningxue nodded.
The glorious and righteous holy city sees itself as the deepest evil?
"There's a lot more you haven't thought of," Su Meng shook her head.
"The Holy City is actually the one that most wants to initiate change."
"Huh?" Mu Ningxue looked confused.
Why does it keep changing for a while and then change again?
“Because we don’t have enough strength,” Su Meng said.
“Archangel Raphael told me that human transformation will eventually come, but definitely not now. Humanity does not have that power now. The Holy City’s duty is to do everything in its power to prevent transformation from happening until humanity has that power.”
"You can think of the Holy City as a large dam. The dam will not let the water pass until the river level is higher than the dam, or until the river's strength is enough to breach the dam."
"To put it bluntly, weakness is the original sin."
"If humans had enough power, the ability to try and make mistakes, and the ability to accept failure, they could do whatever they wanted, but humans don't."
"With humanity's current power, if we easily initiate change, even the slightest mishap will lead to utter destruction."
The existence of forbidden spells is enough to maintain the balance between humans and demons, but if humans rashly seek progress and make the demon empire feel threatened, the original balance will be broken.
Although humanity appears to be constantly progressing, in reality, humanity's peak capabilities have remained unchanged for thousands of years.
Forbidden spells represent the pinnacle of humanity.
The emperor feared the destructive power of the forbidden spell, so he did not rashly start a war.
But once humanity possesses the power to transcend forbidden spells and break the status quo, the world's original chaotic battle will truly become, as most people believe, a war between humanity and all other demons.
"Do you think the Holy City I'm talking about is different from what you've seen?" Su Meng touched Mu Ningxue's bewildered face.
“Hmm…” Mu Ningxue nodded.
Initially, she learned about Holy City because of Ding Yumin. Out of affection for this friend, she almost subconsciously regarded Holy City as a bully. However, after learning about Holy City, she discovered that Holy City was seen as a righteous place by most people in the world. Without Holy City, there would be no peace for mankind today.
But now, the Holy City that Su Meng is talking about is completely different from the Holy City she knows.
Is the holy city, which is supposed to be glorious and righteous, actually populated entirely by villains?
Even the archangel, who was the leader of the holy city, regarded himself as the deepest evil in the world.
Moreover, is the search for an unchanging holy city actually a prelude to change?
What is this mess?
“That’s actually easy to understand. The Holy City is an organization, not an individual,” Su Meng said.
“There are many people in the Holy City, including archangels, the Holy Court of Judgment, the Court of Heinous Judgment, and top magical clans from all over the world. With so many people gathered together, it’s natural that disagreements will arise.”
"What you see is what the Holy City did after unifying its differences, while what I just said about the archangels is merely the archangels' understanding, and also the original intention behind the establishment of the Holy City."
"But archangels are also human. They can't really put aside their selfishness. They may think one thing, but in practice, it's naturally impossible for them to do it so ideally."
"Just like Acheng's two friends from the trial committee, don't they also show favoritism when it comes to things related to him?"
The Holy City's original intention was indeed for the future of humanity, but over thousands of years, this intention has gradually become distorted, and mages from all over the world have gradually become the main force of the Holy City.
The Holy Tribunal, the Heterodox Tribunal, the Holy Tribunal Mages, the Heterodox Mages, the Judges, and the Priests—they all have their own stances and their own selfish motives. Even the Archangels cannot ignore the interests of those magical clans, otherwise the Holy City will be in constant turmoil, or even split apart, and the order that the Holy City seeks will be thrown into chaos.
This concern led to repeated concessions and compromises, and the Holy City is no longer the Holy City it once was.
Even the archangels are starting to think about giving up on the Holy City now, as evidenced by the fact that those archangels who have returned to the Holy City have basically remained inactive.
Raphael once thought he would make a name for himself after his return, but after seeing the true state of the Holy City upon his return...
Show off your skills? Show off my ass!
Give up!
It's already a luxury if things don't get worse, how can we expect them to get better?
179. Chapter 177 The Victims' Physique
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"Is this the person you're looking for?"
Looking at the Sleeping Beauty in front of her, who gave her a strange sense of familiarity and looked inexplicably like her, Mu Ningxue subconsciously gave Lü Cheng the classic look of looking at a scumbag.
"What kind of look is that?" Lu Cheng was completely bewildered.
No, he hasn't done anything yet!
They haven't even said a single word yet!
So you're already looking down on me?
Su Meng's expression also looked a little off, but she really couldn't speak up right now.
"How could I not know what you're thinking?" Mu Ningxue said disdainfully.
"Beast!"
"Huh?" Lu Cheng's eye twitched slightly.
No, he hasn't thought about it yet.
He's just here to rescue someone and keep Mu Ningxue company.
"So be it, I'm a beast." Lu Cheng shook his head, offering no further explanation.