The city resembled a steel jungle, and the Pale Holy See had long since kept up with the times, with a spacious and magnificent overall structure. The most central tower, the Supreme Divine Tower, reached an astonishing height of 10,000 meters, with a dense network of elevated roads extending outwards like a spider web towards the surrounding steel skyscrapers.
The Church monastery, filled with advanced technology, has a unique charm. People come and go in a constant stream, all dressed in Church attire, their faces filled with piety.
Various small aircraft shuttle through the gaps in the elevated bridges surrounding the giant tower, carrying the flow of people.
If you were to randomly throw a brick into this surging crowd, it would only hit First Stage powerhouse.
While First Stage mutant would be considered among the absolute elite in the Human Federation, they occupy the lowest position within the Pale Holy See.
Over the past three thousand years, in terms of individual human beings, technological level, prosperity, and population growth, humanity has developed to an unbelievable peak in every aspect!
With such a massive population and an intensity that far exceeds the limits of natural laws, if it weren't for the existence of the Pale God Norton suppressing humanity as a whole, interstellar wars would likely have already broken out, shattering stars and splitting galaxies.
After all, humans are inherently one of the most cruel and warlike creatures in nature!
At this moment, atop this ten-thousand-meter-high spire, in a luxuriously decorated, pure silver-paved hall, a slender and tall figure stood beside the glass curtain wall of the hall, gazing calmly at the clouds outside.
"Human beings are inherently the most warlike, cruel, and tyrannical creatures in nature. Therefore, when human beings reach their peak of development and extreme prosperity, they will be unable to stop waging wars, slaughtering and destroying."
If there is no external pressure or enemies, then internal decay and proliferation will occur, leading to a complete civil war in the name of destruction!
The strange syllables were exceptionally beautiful, like ethereal celestial music, but there wasn't a single human voice in them.
The differences between classical and modern language are enormous, yet this sound, upon reaching the ears, somehow allows one to understand its meaning.
More than two thousand years ago, Duoxia and Abraham, who had returned to the Pale Holy See with their students, Jacob and Elizabeth stood in the center of the silvery hall, listening to the murmurs of the tall figure in front of them. They were no longer as trembling as they were three thousand years ago, but instead had a calm demeanor of listening attentively.
It has to be said, Duoxia's legendary endurance is truly legendary.
They have lived for too long, so long that their emotions are no longer easily stirred, so long that their hobbies have become dull, so long that they have become indifferent to life and death, so long that even Norton has lost his former sense of yin and yang.
Norton's emotional fluctuations over the past three thousand years have been nothing short of extreme.
For the first two hundred years, his emotions became increasingly complex, and he was exceptionally joyful every day, indulging in pleasure and happiness.
But gradually, I started to get bored with it.
Whether it's games, women, travel, long journeys, or even all kinds of perverse hobbies, with daily enjoyment and contact, they will gradually fade away, and the threshold will rise.
For example, Norton had a penchant for beautiful women, and initially wished he could soak Little Norton in his water 24/7 to satisfy his desires. But what if he soaked her every day for a year, ten years, or even a hundred years?
Let alone a century, even a mere year is already incredibly boring, so we have to change things up to stimulate that already raised threshold.
This is why Lolita Island and even cannibals came into being.
Those powerful and wealthy are born with astonishing wealth. They can do whatever they want, and the more they do, the higher their threshold for stimulation becomes. They can only seek out even more exciting projects to stimulate their already raised threshold.
But what if you've tried them all, exhausted them, and gotten tired of them? Then you'll either have to seek even more extreme thrills, or you'll gradually become indifferent.
Norton is just like that.
Whether it was the Papal State era or the Steam Age, Norton's lifespan was actually quite short, a mere century. For him, this century was just beginning to be enjoyed before it abruptly ended, so he was initially quite joyful.
But as time goes by, all enjoyment becomes mundane with the passage of time, all desires become dull with indulgence, and even Norton's volatile temper gradually subsides with the passage of time.
As a result, Norton's emotions became increasingly stable, his words became more and more profound, and even his thoughts were as calm and detached as those of an old man.
This has made life extremely good for Abraham, Duoxia, and others over the years, and even the mysterious disappearances in the Garden of Eden have not occurred for many years.
"Over the years, even though Garden of Eden has remained peaceful and stable under my sanctity, and its development has continued to advance rapidly, everyone can clearly sense that the human mindset is no longer as peaceful as it used to be."
Human desires and inherent cruelty are like an inextinguishable flame; the more they are suppressed, the more fiercely they burn.
Security incidents are becoming increasingly frequent, extreme statements are rampant online, and in real society, countless people resort to violence at the slightest provocation. Fanatical beliefs and cruel worship are on the rise, and even game content is filled with slaughter, torture, and acts of violence!
In recent years, war films and war games have proliferated, and cults that worship demons have also emerged in large numbers.
Although society remains stable, this stability is under intense pressure, and this stability will eventually collapse, even under my, Norton's, intense pressure, there is no possibility of relief.
This is the release of humanity's innate animalistic nature, and also an unchangeable flaw in human nature!
Human beings are inherently cruel, and prolonged peace inevitably breeds fertile ground for destruction!
It's hard to imagine that even today, I, Norton, can still glean entirely new meaning from the ancient Holy Lord Empire.
In the past, the Holy Lord Empire relied on persecution and a once-in-a-century massacre to maintain stability and peace on the Southern Continent for ten thousand years. Whether at the bottom or the top, being able to see the sun rise the next day was considered a blessing, thus ensuring perpetual stability. All human thought was focused on survival itself...
Ah... Peaceful and stable development is not desirable; on the contrary, real persecution and slaughter are the only path to stability!