"His three sons, they represent reason, jealousy and betrayal respectively."

Xia Xiu listened quietly, his eyes following where the old man's finger pointed, and the images on the mural became more vivid.

His triple halo flashed slightly, and the shadows of three incarnations faintly appeared behind him, as if responding to some kind of resonance.

The old man continued:

"The eldest son... he is the embodiment of machinery and rationality. He is known for his logic and calm wisdom, but it is this blind pursuit of rationality that makes him try to replace his father, use logic to strip away human nature, and think that there is only machinery and reason.

That’s the eternal answer.”

"He made a passionate speech to the people of the world, calling for reason and rationality, and asked his father to hand over the throne to him."

"The kingdom bowed its knees to the first son and worshiped him as a god, but his father cursed him, saying that his pursuit would lead to irreversible rigidity and destruction, so he would destroy the land and his followers.

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"He was exiled and forced to wander in the most desolate place in the world until the sun rose in the west and set in the east."

The man on the mural has a serious face, holding a finely carved but angular scepter, and his eyes show indifference and indifference.

"Second son..."

The old man's finger moved to another place.

"Symbolizes over-reliance on the power of flesh and blood. He believes that blood and force are the only ways to inherit the throne. He launched a rebellion out of jealousy of his father's power, trying to seize the king's power through violence and conquest."

"He raised an army and ravaged his father's land, razing the world to the ground with sword and torch, but he was struck down by his father and locked in a stone tomb deep underground."

His fingers traced the image of a strong man on the mural, with anger and anxiety in his eyes.

"I think the story is not as simple as the above. You ignored the real contradiction."

Xia Xiu looked at the mural and asked a real core question.

He did not completely believe the words of the man named Seth in front of him, because the words of the other party were full of various symbolic meanings.

When the old man spoke, he keenly sensed that something was wrong.

If the eldest son symbolizes machinery, the second son symbolizes flesh and blood.

So, the real conflict lies not with their father, but with their brothers.

For sensuality and brokenness.

Xia Xiu has extraordinary keen intuition.

Seth looked at Xia Xiu and couldn't help but admired again:

"You are indeed the unifier of flesh and blood and machinery."

Seth continued:

"Indeed, there are many details in the story. The above story is just a macro narrative, and the real details are yet to come.

In fact, the real cause of the war was the conflict between flesh and machine. At that time, the eldest brother Cain and brother Abel had already fought a war over the throne.

However, the war had a brief lull.

At that time, brother Abel came out of his tent and offered peace to my eldest brother Cain.

But at that moment, the eldest brother, who claims to be the most sensible...

He was indeed his father's child, and he still possessed the most profound instinct to devour everything in [Wazima]. He picked up the Spear of the Iron God from the ground, and he killed brother Abel.

He pressed Abel's body underneath him and shouted wildly that he was the legal owner of the world and the only legal heir to his father's throne.

Then rationality returned... He burst into tears, regretful for everything he had done, and extremely desperate.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! He brought the body of brother Abel to the gate of his father's city, and then called his father loudly.

The father... cut open his eldest brother's body, fed the arms he used to kill Abel to the wolves, and then placed several curses on his soul.

From then on, he was destined to wander the world, and every land he set foot on would be cursed.

He was also cursed with perfect memory, so that he could never forget the fear in Abel's eyes when he was struck by a spear."

"When his father came back with Abel's body, brother Abel had changed."

"His spirit has been separated from his body, and they have been filled with a truly terrible hatred. He has brought the werewolf organization into the world."

"It's ridiculous."

"The elder brother who followed reason used the most bloody means to kill his brother; the elder brother Abel who believed in blood and force tried to persuade reason with love."

"In the end, they all went to extremes and then went back to the starting point."

"The father felt sorry for his son, so he put brother Abel into a stone cave, where he could hate him forever.

But I want to tell you - even if my father is filled with despair, he is still terrifying. During that time, the gods trembled when they saw him, and so did I."

The old man's finger rested on the end of the mural, where the missing person was.

He paused and his tone became deeper:

"The youngest son... his father's favorite son. He is intelligent and charming. He inherited his father's crown, but due to greed and betrayal, he stole [the survival of civilization] for his own use."

"While his father was sleeping, the youngest son came into his father's room and took the crown from his head.

This is the greatest betrayal, because what a father loves most is his youngest son..."

The old man paused again, and continued with a hint of exhaustion and sadness in his voice:

"When his father's kingdom collapsed, he cowardly fled into the night.

Father...when the sun turned the world into a smoky ruin, we...the few who followed us disappeared into the shadows.

Pursued by the kingdom and his eldest son and second son, we have been fleeing in the dark night for thousands of years.

All they want is the crown, all they want is [the survival of civilization].

For this reason, they searched all over the world.

But it hid and stayed away from them until they disappeared into legends, and finally the legends turned into myths.

When I finally returned to the sun, the world had changed again.

The fields are lush, the forests are lush, and the weather is sunny.

The people who escaped with me reestablished their families, and their families spread throughout the new world.

People who describe this place call it the Youyang Plate."

Xia Xiu stared at the mural. He already understood something, but he still asked in a low voice:

"What's their end?"

The old man turned around and looked at Xia Xiu, with complex emotions in his eyes:

"The eldest son was swallowed by flesh and blood and became its eternal slave; the second son was imprisoned by his own reason and trapped in an endless logical maze; as for the youngest son..."

The old man's voice was low and somewhat sarcastic.

"He put on the iron crown, but was crushed by its weight and fell deeper into the abyss. Everything he coveted eventually came back to bite him."

Seth said in an extremely sad tone:

"This mural not only symbolizes the past, but may also foreshadow... the future."

Xia Xiu's eyes were still focused on the murals on the east wall, his eyes sharp, as if he wanted to discern a deeper truth from those faded pictures.

He spoke slowly, his tone mixed with temptation and curiosity:

"Why doesn't my younger son return the iron crown to the sun?"

Seth was slightly startled, and then a slightly mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He slowly raised his hand and pointed at the picture in the mural, at the golden man, at the other's staff and crown, his voice was lowered a bit, and every word contained a certain sense of irony.

"Why?"

Seth's tone was a little sad.

"Because the kingdom has long been destroyed by his betrayal."

"My father was the founder of Ode Papadopolis. He used the power inherited from [Vazjuma] and [Mehane], combined with abnormal technology and knowledge, to build this extraordinary city.

This city is the first great city where humans and abnormal forces combine, and is known as the "place where existence comes".

Audapaupadopolis means ‘city of radiance’ or ‘source of life’ in our language.”

Seth then asked in a desperate tone:

"Why not return it?"

"Because the kingdom has long perished because of him. The real Ode Papadopolis, that glorious kingdom, was destroyed by his own hands. But he is arrogant and shamelessly claims to be...the last guardian."

"We had actually been hiding from him for a long time, and after brother Abel was killed, I knew there would be other brothers who would kill their own brothers to take my father's crown - so I stole the crown and ran away.

My children hid like bugs with me.

Because I felt my father's anger—a rage that was inescapable.

It was like a heat wave, a purgatory, hitting him in all directions like a storm, scaring away the few people who stayed in the city.
To be continued...