Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 601 Historical Node
Chakoro was silent for a few seconds and then spoke slowly.

"The Unspoken Society believes that Lightforge City will become one of the 'historical nodes', so they sent you, the Golden-titled Secretary, to try to record everything that happened here."

"You can say that." Rachel said impeccably. "As for how we determine the 'historical node', I'm sorry I can't tell you."

"I'm not that arrogant yet."

Chakoro said calmly: "I can roughly guess the secret that the Silent Ones have learned. It may be related to the spiritual power of [Revelation]."

Rachel smiled slightly and didn't comment.

"Who can compare to [Revelation] in terms of supernatural powers?" Song Shi looked at the other party and sat up straight: "I also want to ask a question."

"Please tell me."

"I know that all of you scribes have left your mark on the [Monument of the Nameless]. No matter what happens, the memory can be transmitted back to the headquarters of the Silent Society to ensure that the record is intact."

Song Shi asked sincerely, "If Cha Ke Luo suddenly killed you now, any one of 'reversal', 'rejection', 'denial' would be fine, or all three psychic powers would be activated at the same time, would it be possible to prevent your memory from being transmitted back?"

"I can totally understand your curiosity." Rachel answered sincerely, "According to past cases, if a fifth-ring psychic is prepared in advance, the [Monument of the Nameless] may not be able to completely recover the memory."

"You are the peak of the second ring of [Revelation], specializing in premonition. No wonder no one has discovered your true identity."

Chakoro listened for a while, then suddenly said, "You have been here for three years, and have experienced both the Forged Light City and the New Forged Light City. Are you interested in telling me what a clerk thinks?"

“The answer is, there is no opinion.”

Rachel smiled and raised her index finger, tapping her lips.

"You know what? When shooting a wildlife documentary, a truly qualified photographer cannot affect nature, no matter what tragedy is happening in front of it."

"The premise for us clerks to record the truth is to remain silent."

"Well, if I am not a 'clerk', but in my current capacity." After thinking for a while, Rachel added: "New Forged Light City, it feels pretty good."

Chakoro nodded.

"You clerks claim that you are pursuing 'records' and 'truth'. I'm curious, how do you know for sure that what you see is the 'truth'?" He pressed his knuckles together, "For something that is happening, different people can come up with different, even opposite answers, depending on their perspective, the information they have, and the interpersonal relationships they have."

"As we are talking, many things are also happening in New Light City." Chakoro tapped the ground with his index finger, then tapped his temple. "And even I can't know everything that is happening to these millions of people at the same time."

“I believe you will be able to do it one day.”

Rachel said seriously.

Cha Ke Luo was startled, then he burst into laughter: "I never thought that day wouldn't come."

"As expected of a rebel." Rachel praised first and said, "The answer to this question is actually not complicated."

"The truth does not necessarily mean it must be detailed, just like the battle at the Sky Data Tower Center. Admittedly, I don't know what happened on your site, but so what?"

"Does the current record of the Seven Lands War include the conversations of every participant? No, we only need to know that not long ago, the Enlightened One destroyed the Sky Data Tower Center in order to seize the textile machine, involving many forces including Ye Nan - this is enough."

"In the torrent of time, all the insignificant sand will disappear, leaving only the pebble at the bottom. No matter how many positions, reasons, and twists and turns it has, the 'cause', 'process' and 'result' are there, spotless." Chaklo thought for a moment, then said, "What is the content of the test?"

"How do I explain this?"

Rachel hesitated for a moment.

"In fact, a considerable part of the 'historical nodes' are psykers - single psykers themselves. I think you should understand this."

"Some recent historical nodes, such as the King of Ten Thousands of People in Yenan, his existence itself has determined the current Terra."

"If He does not want to establish power, then Yenan will cease to exist, and the world will lose a giant. If He wants to destroy, then perhaps the continental shelf under our feet will sink into the abyss of the deep sea."

"At some distant historical nodes, like the original [Throne], we all know that He was a pioneer and achieved the unprecedented sixth ring—even if it was an incomplete sixth ring that only lasted for a hundred days."

"But if He wanted, a hundred days would be enough for Him to overthrow the entire Terra, send all civilizations into eternal damnation, destroy all things, and return Terra to the ancient silence, starting a new cycle of reincarnation. But He didn't do that in the end."

"Do you remember what I said? History is a broken line made up of numerous segments of varying lengths. As 'historical nodes', their every move, even their fleeting thoughts, determine the direction of that segment and determine the Terra of today."

"I can tell you."

Rachel said frankly: "The test we will conduct on Mr. Song Shi is related to the 'historical node'."

"Let me add something."

Song Shi spoke.

"The Silent Ones have learned to record history consistently, and we all know that the meaning of history lies in the future. In other words, they can predict the future to a certain extent."

"I understand."

Cha Ke Luo raised his eyes and said, "Rachel, you, the Silent Society, believe that this battle at the Sky Data Tower has exceeded your 'predicted future'. You believe that Song Shi is also, or is qualified to be, a 'historical node', so you invited him to participate in some special tests."

"According to their words." Song Shi smiled happily: "This is called world line deviation."

"——How can you be so decisive that you think you control the future?"

Chakoro frowned, and rather than being surprised at the arrogant act, it was more like simple displeasure.

It is a kind of displeasure at someone trying to assert themselves.

"As you said, the Silent Society has always remained silent and neutral, so I don't know much about it." Chakoro stretched out his hand and clenched it into a fist: "But the future is by no means something that can be determined arbitrarily."

"In the history of the society, world line deviations have occurred more than once or twice. I must emphasize that we are only 'predicting', and predictions cannot be necessarily accurate. At least the current Silent Society cannot be necessarily accurate."

“But what about the future?”

Rachel smiled, a smile that was unquestionable and unwavering.

"Like you said, the future is not something that can be determined arbitrarily now."

(End of this chapter)