Chapter 345: Sword Wielder Path, Null Existence Path, And World Forge Path (3)
[Faced with Old MacDonald and Scarlet’s words, Astraea vehemently agreed as she nodded vigorously, "Yes! They’re both right! Nothing is more important than being alive!"]
["Rather than killing a Divine rank powerhouse or exterminating a Type 3 Civilization, it’s best if we just hide away and conceal our existence from powerful beings, thereby preserving our lives!"]
["As long as we can continue living, we can continue becoming stronger until we eventually reach Divine rank or even the rank above it. With our talent and aptitude, our Zenith Train Crew can undoubtedly achieve it, and what we lack most is time."]
["Yet, despite lacking time, we do not lack lifespan. So as long as we can keep hiding ourselves, by the time we come out, the entire universe will shake and we’ll be safe!"]
[Faced with Astraea’s display of cowardice, Morvane sneered, "As long as we can deter or even exterminate our enemies, wouldn’t that mean there’d be no enemies?"]
["As long as we kill them, then we would have no threat left, and we’ll be safe. In other words, with the Sword of Damocles, our Zenith Train Crew will be free from enemies, especially when all of them are dead or have been deterred."]
["As for the issue of putting up a convincing deterrence, I can easily achieve that. No matter what, everyone who’d see me would know I’m a death-attributed angel. If anyone looks like they’re up to kill someone, that’d be me."]
[Even with Morvane mocking her cowardice, Astraea didn’t care. After all, what’s wrong with wanting to live? If one could choose not to die, why would someone want to die?]
[As a Vampire Progenitor with several hundred million years of lifespan and could even be extended further, Astraea just wanted to live a chill life and die of a natural cause.]
[After all, her previous identity was that of a vampire princess. Although she wasn’t favored, that was the reason why she even pursued becoming stronger.]
[As long as one was strong enough, then they’d be safe! As long as one was safe, then they wouldn’t die.]
[Fully embodying such a way of living, no wonder Astraea chose the Null Existence Path. Although the Sword Wielder Path could achieve that, the cost of sacrificing the Zenith Train was deemed by her to be too much of a price to pay.]
[Of course, even if it didn’t sacrifice the Zenith Train and merely provided a certain amount of usage cooldown, Astraea might hesitate for a while but would still choose the Null Existence Path.]
[The Null Existence Path’s Null Record Concept train sub-system was just too appealing for her. Combined with the upgraded Void Navigation, the Zenith Train could literally just keep on hiding in the deep void while erasing any traces of the Zenith Train, ensuring that everyone inside would be safe from being ignored.]
[Hearing their opinion and votes, you stated, "Well, that makes it a 3-3 with Magnus, Cecilia, and Morvane choosing the Sword Wielder Path while Old MacDonald, Scarlet, and Astraea chose the Null Existence Path."]
["All that’s left is Jade and Bes’s choice and opinions."]
[With your statement, you and the train crewmates who already voted had shifted their gaze towards Jade and Bes.]
[Faced with their gazes, Bes, who was currently attending the meeting using their Blood Elf Spirit Form, spoke up, "I prefer the Sword Wielder Path. When I became the first Initial Celestial rank powerhouse in the current era, I realized just how important power and deterrence are."]
["Due to this, even the Universe Will conceded and gave our Zenith Train Crew a lot of convenience. As long as we possess the Sword of Damocles, we might be able to prevent the Zenith Train Crew from being exterminated by the Divine rank Wild Gods."]
[Hearing Bes’s opinion, while you preferred the Null Existence Path, you also were curious about the feasibility of using the Sword of Damocles to deter those Divine rank Wild Gods from making a move on the Zenith Train Crew.]
[With this curiosity in mind, you immediately used your Hint Prompt without any hesitation on the train upgrade path choices, specifically the Sword Wielder Path.]
{Hint Prompt: While using the Sword of Damocles seemed feasible, there are madmen among the Divine rank Wild Gods who valued their race’s continuity over their life. Due to this, while the Sword of Damocles could deter most of the Divine rank Wild Gods, even the fear of death couldn’t deter those madmen.
Those few Divine rank Wild Gods wouldn’t hesitate to attack and eliminate the Zenith Train Crew. Even if the Sword of Damocles was used against one of them, it couldn’t kill the rest of them.}
{Hint Prompt: The Sword of Damocles has the weakness and unusual aspect of being able to exterminate an entire Type 3 Civilization along with all of their hostile technology and powerhouses. Yet, it couldn’t kill a group of Divine rank powerhouses and could only eliminate one.
In the end, it’s more of a deterrence weapon against an advanced civilization than a divine-slaying sword against a group of Divine rank powerhouses.}
{Hint Prompt: While it’s indeed feasible to target the entire civilization of those Wild Gods, the problem lies in the astronomical distance between their home universe and this universe. The Sword of Damocles isn’t omnipotent, and it couldn’t achieve slaying a civilization from countless universes away. Moreover, it couldn’t exterminate the Wild Gods’ civilization due to them being above a Type 3 Civilization.}
[Faced with those Hint Prompts, you relayed them to your train crewmates.]
[Although your train crewmates could change their votes after receiving that added information from you, Magnus, Cecilia, and Morvane still decisively chose the Sword Wielder Path.]
[As for Bes, they changed their mind, "Since we can’t deter those Divine rank Wild Gods, then it’s best if we choose the Null Existence Path. We can never go wrong with the Null Record Concept train sub-system."]
["As long as our enemies couldn’t even perceive our existence, how could they form an enmity and vendetta against us?"]