Under the infinitely high blue sky, shallow water like a mirror extends to the end of the line of sight. In this incredible world, anyone who is in it will inevitably feel a growing sense of insignificance.

Rosetta couldn't help but look around the place again, then retracted his gaze and said with a hint of emotion: "Those Sleepers once described the power of the 'extraterritorial wanderers'... Some people mentioned that the chosen ones are qualified to meet with the extraterritorial wanderers directly in a special space, but none of them have actually seen this place-what they are talking about?"

"It's almost the same - but those believers have a lot of misunderstandings about me," Gao Wen smiled. "They seem to have exaggerated my...dangerousness, and since they choose to turn to Tifeng, they will definitely not use too good words to describe me as an 'enemy'."

Rosetta looked at Gao Wen very seriously. Although he was in a strange space and although he seemed to have no initiative, he still seemed very calm here, without the feeling of being unable to help himself: "I am very curious - you, Gowen Cecil, or a wanderer from the territory... Are you a human or a wandering being in this world?

Gao Wen spread his hands: "I just collaborated with you to defeat a god. I think we already have the most basic trust."

Rosetta was unmoved, and even his expression did not change much, but just continued to look at Gao Wen.

"Well, you can think of me as a traveler, a 'human' who is similar to you, but has some special experiences and special abilities," Gao Wen sighed helplessly, saying more casually. "This way of understanding will help us build a friendly and trusting relationship - don't think about 'outside wanderers'. More often this name is just to shock those dark cultists."

Rosetta frowned, with a thoughtful expression on his face, which was always slightly gloomy, and it took him a few seconds to break his silence: "So, what do you want to talk to me about when you brought me to this 'place'?"

"Just contact- you know, since the outbreak of this 'war', the exchange between Tiphon and Cecil has fallen into a semi-stagnant state, which is very dangerous, and now the biggest threat has finally disappeared. I think we need to make a contact as soon as possible, which will help avoid what happens again in the high tensions of the two countries... chaos," Gao Wen said seriously. "After all, our troops are currently in a very chaotic scorched post-war earth."

Gao Wen's tone was very friendly, even with a sense of relaxation like gossip. However, Rosetta could hear many profound meanings from these calm words. He looked at Gao Wen deeply and then slowly said: "This fire is burning strong enough - neither you nor I want it to continue burning."

"It seems we have reached a consensus in the general direction," Gao Wen looked at Rosetta's eyes. "Then there is a basis for returning to the negotiating table - how to slowly extinguish the fire, and we will have time to chat at the negotiating table later."

Rosetta's expression was quiet, but he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He knew that one of his worst situations in many post-war deductions would not happen. Although this may not be cheap, it would be better than a war that would burn Aldnan. After a little relaxation, he couldn't help but look at Gao Wen for a little more and said very bluntly: "To be honest, I thought you wouldn't stop - for Cecil, this is a rare opportunity. Tifon is so weak at this moment, Aldnan is almost right in front of you."

Rosetta's straightforwardness surprised Gao Wen. He looked at the ruler of Tifeng unexpectedly and raised his eyebrows: "Then guess, why didn't I do this?"

Rosetta was silent for a moment before saying in a deep voice: "You can't eat the entire Tifeng - this vast and densely populated land will only cause Cecil to fall into the quagmire after the war. Besides that, I can't think of a better reason."

Gao Wen glanced at the other party deeply, and he had to admit that Rosetta was at least half right.

He did think about letting the fire continue, and even taking this opportunity to directly enter Aldernan and merge the two human empires into one. This seemed to be a very attractive and even exciting option - but unfortunately, the logic of the real world is not that simple.

As Rosetta said, Cecil could not eat the entire Tifeng, and even one-third of it could not eat it. Tifeng was not a barren and backward southern border, nor was it an Ansu like the Civil War. There was no "our own people" in its territory who were willing to take a whole aristocratic system with sincerity to surrender to the entire aristocratic system like Victoria and Berdevin. It was a modern empire that had entered the period of industrial development, with clear and strict official system and the masses began to become civilized. The vast land had nearly 100 million people, a stable ruling order, an independent and complete cultural system, and countless people and officials who were loyal to the Augustan royal family... This was completely different from Ansu back then.

The above points have not changed much even after experiencing this war.

On the other hand, Gao Wen was also very clear about Cecil's own situation: under the surface of the prosperity brought by advanced technology and transnational trade, what is still hidden is a country that has just escaped from the shadow of the civil war, and many regions are still trying their best to recover and build. The trauma caused by the civil war and the disaster of the previous dynasty has just healed, and the gap between officials and staff of the government affairs department across the country has been barely filled. The cleanup of old nobles and civil war speculators has not ended yet. The last round of food crisis has just been passed safely. The current food reserves in the national treasury... are not even enough to maintain the war until this fall.

If you really want to fight, with the current situation in Tifung, the Cecil Legion may really be able to fight Aldernan - but that can only be a quagmire that can drag Cecil into. The people of Tifung will not be easily defeated like the original nobles in the southern border and the Holy Spirit Plain nobles. The ongoing small conflicts will probably continue until next year or even the year after. A new ruling order cannot be established, and the huge new population will far exceed the handling limit of the Cecil Government Affairs Department. Long-term shortage of income will drag down Cecil's weak reserves, and the subsequent supply tension and deterioration of social security will be out of control like a snowball.

In more than a dozen deductions by the Consuls, Neural Network, Naretiel and other parties, the final conclusions are almost the same: Tifeng cannot be completely occupied or completely assimilated, and Cecil will eventually withdraw from this quagmire. In addition to years of economic stagnation or even regression, the only gains between the two countries are that they will continue to have hatred for about two to three generations, and the collapse of the prestige of the Supreme Government Affairs Office.

If this war could be postponed for a few more years, the situation might be different - but there are not so many "ifs" in the real world.

But this is only half the reason why Gao Wen chose to stop this "fire" from continuing to burn.

"Have you ever thought that even if I can't swallow the entire Tifeng, I can have many other choices," he raised his head and looked at Rosetta's eyes. "For example, I can dismember your empire, or build a puppet regime in Aldernan. I can also block and divide Tifeng's economic cycle, which is much simpler than occupying a country..."

He did not explain in detail what he would do, but just said one general concept after another. While Rosetta was in serious thought, Belltila, who had been silent since the beginning, suddenly couldn't help but speak: "So there are so many methods?! I didn't expect..."

Rosetta subconsciously glanced at Belltila, with a strange expression on his face: "No matter what, you are one of the ancestors of the Augustus family..."

Belltila's expression was very serious, and she sighed with a tone that had seen through everything: "That's all in the past."

Rosetta forced himself to turn his gaze from Bell Tira back to Gowen, and he looked into the other person's eyes: "You mentioned this, I think it's not for threats or warnings - this is too shallow for you."

"Yes, I just want to show one thing-the future can be bad, but we don't want to go in that direction," Gao Wen nodded. "The methods I mentioned just now, if viewed from Cecil's perspective, can bring great benefits, but the price is the overall loss of mankind. There will be only a long-term opposition and contradiction between Cecil and Tifeng. Many generations have to spend their time in suspicion and discrimination, and the damage caused by this relationship may never be repaired; the overall development of mortals will be slowed down because one of the most promising countries has been cut off, and other countries... may be everyone's own danger..."

"There is another important point," Rosetta suddenly spoke, interrupting Gao Wen's words. "You have always been actively promoting the outside world and trying to achieve the order that the community of mortals will go bankrupt because of Cecil's actual behavior in reality."

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, then slowly laughed. It was no longer a polite smile, but a kind of joy from the bottom of his heart.

"Yes, if I did that, I'm afraid no one in the world will believe in the concept of 'mortal destiny is a whole'," he said with a smile. "What about you? Do you agree with my philosophy?"

"...It seems that you really want to create such an order," Rosetta said in a solemn tone, "an order that treats all human beings as a whole..."

"First of all, not just all humans, but all mortals - including every race on the Loren continent, and even those intelligent creatures outside the continent," Gao Wen corrected with a serious expression, "Secondly, it is not that I want to create this order - but that it itself is a natural fact, the natural law of this world."

He said slowly, a breeze suddenly blew between the vast water surface and the sky, and the wind blew the water surface, and under the slightly shaking vast water surface, images suddenly appeared-

It was the battlefield overlooking from the air, the devastated winter fort defense line after the war. A shocking crack covered by lava and black crystal-like scorched earth spread from the plain to the main peak of the winter fort. The vast land could see smoke rising everywhere. Further away from this picture are cities and villages, as well as the quiet forests in winter and the farmland covered with snow...

The picture was constantly stretched away until it was impossible to distinguish the details of the specific country. It finally stopped, from a perspective of a cloud covering the vast and boundless earth.

Rosetta stood up and subconsciously looked at the earth reflected in the water under his feet. He instinctively believed that this perspective should be broader-but it stopped at this distance, and even the wasteland of Gondor could only be seen halfway.

"This is the land we live in - when you look down from the air, you will find that all cities and villages have disappeared, and the dividing line between countries is even more impossible to talk about," Gao Wen's voice came from the side, awakening Rosetta from his thoughts. "Of course, we still need the concept of the country and the concept of individuals, but on this basis, all of us... are just the residents of this land.

"We are facing a common world, all the favors and challenges of this world, we are facing the gods, and also facing the tide of demons that will come back when they will come back and those unknown threats. If I had said this before today, I might make you feel illusory, but today... the shock wave of the disintegration of the God of War has just swept across the roof of the Winter Castle.

"And you should know that we are facing... not just God of War.

"We still have many gods, many gods who once protected us and are still continuing to protect us. They cover the entire world, not only affecting the kingdom of mankind, but also affecting elves, dwarves, goblins, orcs...

"We have successfully defeated a god today, but at the cost of what you have seen with your own eyes - how many countries in the world can do similar things like Tiphon and Cecil? This... you should also be clear about it.

"So, I said that all mortals are a community of destiny when facing a 'world crisis' like gods and demons - this is not what I decide, it is what the world decides, and it is a link to the natural laws of the entire world."

Gao Wen stopped, and the breeze blowing in this space gradually stopped. The images reflected under the water disappeared little by little, turning into endless blue again. Rosetta finally let out a gentle breath. He glanced at Gao Wen: "Watching your identity as an 'outervailer', my feeling is getting weirder now... You even care more about this world than the residents of this world."
Chapter completed!