The moment Hermes spoke, everyone froze. Even Azi Dahaka, the Last Embryo, was stunned on the spot.
The phrase "build a new Little Garden with the gods" was not only loaded with information but was also so simple that even a little girl could understand it.
"Lord Su Mo, are the gods... are they going to abandon the current Little Garden?" Little Black Rabbit asked with wide eyes.
The idea was so absurd that she could hardly feel sad about it; it was just too far beyond common sense.
"N-no way, right?" Even Canary's mind went blank for a dozen seconds after hearing this.
Then she finally reacted and looked at Hermes in disbelief. "It's just the first battle, and we haven't even had a chance to learn about the enemy, yet the gods are already preparing to avoid the fight, even to run away?"
Even she couldn't understand the thought process of the god-groups. Even if they were cowards, shouldn't they at least try every possible method before talking about retreating or fleeing?
She had always called Indra a useless god, thinking he insulted the majesty of the gods, but now it seemed that he was actually one of the more outstanding ones among them.
"This is more in line with my impression of the god-groups... but even I didn't expect them to have fallen this far."
When she understood that the so-called strategy of the god-groups was to abandon Little Garden and flee, Shiroyasha felt that familiar feeling return.
That's right. If the god-groups weren't so despicable, why would she have joined forces with that Halloween Queen to resist them back then?
Just now, she had thought that after Su Mo dealt with the Son of God, the decadent and corrupt atmosphere of the god-groups had been rectified, and they had become reliable.
Now it seemed that those were all baseless fantasies. Those guys were rotten to the core. It made sense.
If the other god-groups hadn't been so rotten, how could the Son of God alone have really been able to get most of them to participate in forming the Demon Lord Alliance?
The Son of God's policy was just a typical representation of these gods.
However, even Shiroyasha, who was quite dissatisfied with the god-groups, had never thought that the current god-groups would have fallen to this point.
The others were one thing, but had the World-Honored One of Buddhism and the Twin Goddesses also turned traitor?
"Hermes, are you sure Shakyamuni and the Twin Goddesses share this opinion?" Shiroyasha couldn't help but ask.
Hearing her so directly question the stance of several Full-Authority Domain bigwigs, cold sweat dripped from Hermes's forehead as he said with extreme caution, "The World-Honored One, the Twin Goddesses, and several other god-group leaders had the Laplace's Demon divine the future before... Although I don't know the specifics, after learning the results, everyone immediately established this policy without the slightest hesitation."
"Even they are doing this..." A look of utter disappointment appeared in Shiroyasha's eyes. These three were the superiors she trusted most in Little Garden.
If they were all of this opinion, it was natural that the hundreds of millions of god-groups in Little Garden would have a unified will.
Even if she was sure that many gods might not agree with this resolution, they would not defy the will of their own god-group leaders.
Seeing Shiroyasha's piercing gaze, Hermes looked away, not daring to meet her eyes. "Then what is your opinion?" he asked in a low voice. "Before the gods came, they instructed me that if you are willing to follow their choice and rebuild a new Little Garden together, you will, as one of the creators of Little Garden, obtain a status as lofty as the current Twin Goddesses."
A Celestial Star Spirit of the sun was clearly a very important component for the new Little Garden. Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent Hermes to recruit her at this time.
However, just as Hermes and the gods had anticipated...
"Impossible! I will absolutely not abandon the current Little Garden. With Su Mo here, a mere Last Embryo is not a problem at all!" Shiroyasha flatly rejected Hermes's proposal.
"As expected..." Hermes sighed at the failure of his mission but did not continue to persuade her.
"You already have more than half of the Sun Authorities in your hands anyway. You don't need an old-era Celestial Star Spirit of the sun like me, do you!" Shiroyasha retorted coldly.
Back then, to exchange for her freedom, Su Mo had handed over twelve Sun Authorities. That's why she had only used two when fighting Azi Dahaka just now.
Although the Sun Authorities that Su Mo handed over were his own handcrafted versions, they were equally effective for the center of Little Garden, and the Twin Goddesses would certainly not find any problems.
With just those Sun Authorities, the god-groups would have enough authority to interfere with the center of Little Garden and extract the original backup files of Little Garden to a brand new world.
Therefore, Shiroyasha's cooperation was not essential.
"That is indeed the case, but it would naturally be better if you could agree," Hermes nodded.
Seeing Shiroyasha's resolute attitude, he didn't say any more and turned to Su Mo. "The same invitation, what do you think, Lord Su Mo? If you could agree with the gods' choice and lead the Christian church to build a new Little Garden together, that would be for the best... The World-Honored One and the Twin Goddesses have specially instructed me to do my best to persuade you to join."
As he spoke, Hermes also emphasized, "The Twin Goddesses have also promised that if you are willing to accept this proposal, when building the new Little Garden, the gods are even willing to work together to erase the omnipotence paradox! They will even be committed to allowing the Full-Authority Domain to take the stage without any scruples!"
No matter what, the Christian church was one of the most important poles of the god-groups. Without its participation, the strength of the god-groups would be greatly reduced.
To persuade Su Mo to agree, Hermes offered extremely tempting conditions.
Putting everything else aside, just erasing the omnipotence paradox should be a very important concession for Su Mo, the Master of the Christian Church.
Although almost all 3-Digit God-species had had their Divinity weakened by the omnipotence paradox, if you were to compare, the God of the Christian church was undoubtedly the one who had been nerfed the hardest.
Without the restriction of the omnipotence paradox, with God's original Divinity, he could even rival a 2-Digit cosmic truth with the power of an Almighty Domain.
This would be a huge version buff for Su Mo. If the current Little Garden was dominated by Zoroastrianism's dualism, then in the new Little Garden, the gods were willing to cede the version advantage to Su Mo.
It had to be said that this was a very generous concession. However, one could also see the inclination of the gods from this.
Hearing this condition, Shiroyasha, as a Full-Authority Domain being, frowned tightly, realizing something. "Are you planning to destroy the middle and lower floors of Little Garden?"
The prosperity of the middle and lower floors of Little Garden was the fruit of her, Leticia, and Canary's careful nurturing, and it was also an achievement she was proud of.
So she knew very well how much disaster giving freedom to the strong would bring to the weak.
She didn't even have to mention the Full-Authority Domain; just think of the Divine Army, which was constantly on campaigns back then.
Even though the Divine Army had its own discipline and every sortie was to strike down Demon Lords, it still caused irreparable damage to the middle and lower floors of Little Garden.
Now, the gods were actually promising to lift the restrictions of the omnipotence paradox and even the restrictions on the Full-Authority Domain.
Did these people not know that if they fought for real, the entire Little Garden universe would be destroyed?
The people of the middle and lower floors of Little Garden were not like the god-groups, who could grow back after being cut down. Once they were all dead, it would be very difficult to cultivate them again.
Hearing Shiroyasha's question, Hermes shrugged. "When did I say that the gods were going to take the people of the middle and lower floors of Little Garden to the new Little Garden?"
"Huh?" As soon as these words were spoken, Shiroyasha was shocked again.
Even though she already knew that the god-groups' operations were heaven-defying, she never thought it would be this heaven-defying.
She had thought that those people felt victory was hopeless and were planning to change cages, just being cowardly and corrupt.
But she never thought that they would actually want to leave everyone else in the old Little Garden to keep the Last Embryo, Azi Dahaka, company.
Wasn't this clearly abandoning them and sending them to their deaths?
As if seeing Shiroyasha's disappointment and surprise, Hermes patiently explained, "If we don't abandon all the human history that has accumulated so far, even if we build a new Little Garden, another Azi Dahaka will still be born."
"And if we are to abandon the current human history, the more successful the development of the middle and lower floors of Little Garden is, the more we must abandon."
If these people are not abandoned, how can the new Little Garden build a brand new human history from scratch?
"Just for that reason..." Shiroyasha clenched her fists, feeling a bit beyond angry.
Faced with the Celestial Star Spirit's golden eyes filled with anger, Hermes felt a great pressure and quickly waved his hands. "Don't stare at me like that. I'm just a messenger. These things are not for me to decide... and our Greek pantheon just had no choice."
As the god-group most entangled with the current human history, not counting the Christian church led by Su Mo, the Greek pantheon was indeed the one that found it most difficult to abandon the current Little Garden.
If it weren't for the silence of his father, Zeus, Hermes wouldn't have been stuck with this thankless task.
After making his disclaimer, Hermes immediately looked at Su Mo and said in a fawning tone, "Lord Su Mo, what do you think?"
"I refuse," Su Mo said succinctly.
"Alright! I will convey your will to the several lords. I won't disturb you any further." Hermes immediately nodded, not intending to pester him at all, and turned to leave.
"Oh? Didn't you say you would do your best to persuade me?" Seeing his reaction, Su Mo was a little curious.
"I have done my best. At least I'm still standing here," Hermes said honestly.
"As for changing your will, that was impossible from the beginning. Otherwise, with the importance those several lords place on you, if there were even a one in ten thousand chance of changing your attitude, how could they not have come to persuade you in person?"