Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 367 Sadness

At this point, Gulasga gave a bitter smile, and the scholars beside him lowered their heads in empathy.

Seeing this, Xuanyuan Muze quickly encouraged them, "But you have achieved the divine status of technology. No matter what, this is your achievement. Why be so dejected?"

Gulasga shook his head and reminded him, "Don't forget who proposed the theory of the God of Technology. The God of Technology was not created by us. If it weren't for the great Dragon God, this divine position might still not have been discovered even billions of years later. Although I don't want to admit it, we are so insignificant in front of the Dragon God. He selflessly bestowed wisdom upon the world so that we could no longer foolishly explore the mysteries of the universe, but we have no way to repay His Majesty with anything."

Later, we realized that since everything we had was a gift from His Majesty the Dragon God, our only value was to repay His Majesty's grace by giving us control of this universe. So we devoted ourselves to the research of the God of Technology Core, waiting for the day when we could hand over this God of Technology Core, the only way we could repay His Majesty, to the Dragon God.

Now that our wish has been fulfilled, we naturally have no desire to live on. We've lived enough, my friend. When you reach my age, you'll understand that we're not afraid of death. In fact, we hate living a worthless life even more than death. A life without a future and meaning is already dead from that moment on. For us, immortality is nothing but a painful curse and torment.

Looking at the Tech God Core in his hand, Xuan Yuan Muze suddenly recalled his conversation with Agreed not long ago. A sudden realization struck him, and he tossed the Tech God Core aside. Xuan Yuan Muze had suddenly understood that he was the one who had caused these scholars to lose their will to live! If he hadn't persuaded Agreed to let go, Agreed would still have restricted the scholars' research progress, the Tech God Core wouldn't have been created, and these scholars wouldn't have committed suicide. The one who created all of this… was himself!

Gulasga picked up the core of the God of Technology and solemnly handed it to Xuanyuan Muze, pleading, "Please take it to His Majesty and complete this mission for us. I'm sorry, friend, we didn't want to entrust this responsibility to you, but we really have no face to see His Majesty again. May the Dragon God bless you, my noble friend."

As he spoke, Gulasga took off the Dragon God Necklace that he always wore around his neck and personally placed it around Xuanyuan Muze's neck. The scholars behind him followed suit and presented Xuanyuan Muze with objects symbolizing their faith in His Majesty the Dragon God. Before long, Xuanyuan Muze's body was filled with various ornaments. There were so many that Xuanyuan Muze had to use his storage space to accept these special gifts one by one.

After doing all this, Gulasga and the group of scholars flew out of the space station and rushed toward the star. With their authorized access, they easily passed through the energy barrier surrounding the star and merged into it.

Xuanyuan Muze watched all this unfold. He wanted to stop it but didn't know how to dissuade them, because those who were truly determined to die couldn't be persuaded to stay. Even if you stopped them, they would still kill themselves in ways you couldn't imagine. Rather than that, it was better to let them leave in a dignified way that they preferred.

After witnessing the scholars' glamorous exit, Xuan Yuan Muze returned to the Academy of Science and Technology with the God of Technology Core and found Agreed waiting for him there. As soon as they met, Xuan Yuan Muze threw the God of Technology Core in his hand at Agreed's face without saying a word, while shouting, "Why didn't you say so sooner! If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have let you let go!"

Argreed caught the core of the God of Technology, then looked at the furious Xuan Yuan Muze and patted the seat next to him, saying, "Come sit down and talk, friend. I will explain everything to you, including why you came here."

For some reason, it seemed as if his words had a magical power, and Xuan Yuan Mu Ze unconsciously sat down next to him, and even his mood calmed down, no longer as irritable as before.

Agreed casually tossed the core of the God of Technology aside and said, "Because I want to hear your answer without any ulterior motives. Only then will your advice be of reference value and help me get out of this predicament. To be honest, my friend, while the core of the God of Technology may not be anything extraordinary to me, it does have some value. From a profit perspective, I do hope that scholars can achieve the godhood of the God of Technology in the universe under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Myriad Races as much as possible."

But this idea of ​​mine disappeared after the first technological god core appeared in the Mussurida Institute of Science and Technology. Just like what happened in this institute now, the scholars of Mussurida committed suicide after completing this great task and handing the core over to me.

I actually tried many ways to stop them from doing this. I told them that the core of the technology god was not necessary for me, and that they should live a new life for themselves. But all I got in return was one suicide attempt after another.

Later I realized that advice was meaningless. These children were too smart, smart enough to have figured everything out. At the moment of losing their future, this wisdom and insight became the noose that strangled them. So I tried to slow them down as much as possible, using spiritual energy to block their technology and make them spend their whole lives trying to solve problems that were impossible to solve. But delaying wouldn't solve the problem, and the constant failures would only make them think of this ending that no one wanted to see.

I feel guilty. I'm the one who hurt them. If it weren't for me, they might not have lost their will to live. The only foolish thing these children did in their lives was to have such a blind faith in someone like me. Actually, I don't understand why so many people in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races have such a crazy faith in me. I also don't understand why my subjects kneel down when they see me, even though the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races has never had such a requirement.

To be honest, sometimes my thoughts and ideas are contradictory. Many things in this world cannot be summarized or solved in a single sentence. I am just a scholar who is constantly pursuing the future. You may think I am hypocritical, and maybe I really am, my friend. Or perhaps, in this universe where no life should exist, the existence of life itself is a contradiction.

But my friend, you don't need to blame yourself for their deaths. It's my problem, not yours. Remember what I said? 'I only said something ambiguous; you already had the answer in your heart.' This was my choice, not yours. You don't need to blame yourself for it. Even without that conversation between us, I would still have chosen to let them go, because I already had the answer in my heart.”