In the worldview of the Type-Moon, there are two main Counter Forces: Alaya, which consists of the collective subconscious of primates, and Gaia, which consists of the consciousness of the Earth. Their goal is the same in most cases—to avoid disasters for humanity and the planet beneath their feet. Simply put, they are a defense mechanism.
And every planet with a complete ecosystem also has its own "Planetary Will"—its own survival instinct, collective consciousness, and aggregate soul. It is the creator and guardian of all the planet's rules.
Each planet's will gives birth to the planet's "supreme individual"—the Ultimate One, or UO for short.
The UO does not have to rely on the planet's magical cycle. It can independently create its own energy system and freely traverse the cosmic vacuum without magic. It is the highest ordinary combat power in the universe.
Thus, the colonization of other stars that modern humans dream of is essentially a foolish fantasy. Their ultimate outcome is nothing more than the primates passing the baton to the next descendant, and then perishing.
That is why Gilgamesh considered Locke incredibly arrogant—whether it was ending the world's suffering or the mission of glorious evolution—both were impossible.
But now, having made a deal with Locke, he used his clairvoyance to gradually imprint the future memory fragments of each Space Marine, and then confirmed and connected these fragments with their oral past.
When all the fragments gradually formed an incomplete map, a terrifying truth that could shatter his entire understanding of the world and sent chills down his spine appeared before his eyes.
Locke had become an immortal in the future, and through his achievements, he led humanity across the stars, conquering planet after planet.
What did this prove? It proved that over those unknown 20,000 years, Locke and future humanity had destroyed the planetary wills that anchored the planets and controlled the rules of the world, as well as the supreme beings, the UOs, which represent the pinnacle of planetary ecology and possess absolute authority to suppress ordinary living beings.
Mercury had been transformed by him into an eternal prison for aliens and heretics, as well as the main mining base supporting the conquest of the Star Sea.
Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn had been turned into giant orbital foundries, forming armaments for conquering the galaxy day and night.
The Moon had been completely converted into a star harbor—the gateway to the Star Sea—with endless fleets and supplies.
Even Uranus and Neptune, located far at the edge of the solar system and once considered the boundaries of human navigation, had been built by him into steel fortresses to guard their home galaxy.
Man's steps never stopped at the boundaries of the solar system.
Under his leadership, the expeditionary fleet broke through the silence of the Star Sea and marched across the vast expanse of half the galaxy.
Countless stars were illuminated by the beacons of the expedition, and countless extragalactic galaxies were incorporated into the territory of the human empire. Brilliant power spread across the entire galaxy.
You must understand that this was originally a race destined for destruction in Gaia's consciousness—a civilization already crossed out by the cold, harsh laws of the universe.
Even the heroes and heroines etched into the long river of human mythology had long since accepted the fate of this race—to fall apart in the dark ages of endless struggle, to disappear under the iron hooves of the planet's supreme species, the UO, and to be forever imprisoned in the cage of the mother planet's will.
The galaxy in this race's dreams was merely a dream that could not ultimately exist.
Locke had single-handedly changed the fate of the entire race.
He took humanity and created one miracle after another, defying the common sense of the universe.
He shattered the shackles of fate that had bound primates for thousands of years, shattered one after another that had led to the disappearance of civilization, and defeated one terrifying opponent after another that was considered unbeatable.
They truly did it, surpassing the gods who chose to escape into the Inner Sea, locked away in their own hearts, breaking free from the bonds of the mother planet that had given birth to them, and even directly surpassing the will of the planet itself.
Humanity had grown wings and flown toward the boundless starry sky of the universe!
As the oldest king, Gilgamesh still could not imagine the fate of humanity after seeing many of humanity's fates through those eyes that could see through the future.
Faced with the abyssal monsters in the galaxy capable of swallowing entire civilizations, how had Locke repeatedly led humanity to break through from the brink of extinction?
But the future that stretched out for tens of thousands of years and lay before his eyes clearly told him—Locke had truly done it.
No wonder he was revered as the Emperor by hundreds of millions of living beings. No wonder he was revered as the God of Humanity, the God of All Possibilities, and the Omnissiah.
He truly made humanity like wildfires on the plains and locusts sweeping across the galaxy, raging in every corner of the galaxy.
He also made the primates that had given birth to this blue planet truly — the cosmic cancer that made the entire universe tremble!!
Gilgamesh began to revel in this dream. In the future world, humanity had surpassed gods and planets and created infinite possibilities.
This was the most perfect form of human being in his heart: mastering their own destiny, possessing the courage to face their fate and confront desperate situations, confronting their conquering nature, opening up their future, and leaving an incomparably brilliant mark on the universe.
For the first time, Gilgamesh wanted to say to a human with all his heart:
"I lose."
Just as Heroic Spirit Locke was about to turn all the Space Marines he knew, Gilgamesh finally stopped.
But before they could think there were no changes or backup plans, Gilgamesh suddenly said he had lost.
Just as their hearts tightened in their throats, ready to face emergencies at any moment, Gilgamesh threw his head back, looked vertically into the sky, tears welling up in his eyes, and said silently:
"This truly is... what a beautiful future. I really want to see this future with my own eyes."
Locke, who was a bit puzzled by Gilgamesh, immediately returned to discuss the situation with his other selves. During the conversation, he suddenly discovered a problem—the universe of the Moon, which was his own consciousness and the consciousness of the UO.
At that moment, he immediately understood why Gilgamesh was suddenly acting this way. From this perspective, the record of humanity's conquest of the galaxy in the Moon world was indeed a bit terrifying.
And indeed, after being moved, Gilgamesh suddenly took Locke's hand and said to him in a way that was unlike him:
"Locke! Make a contract with me! I... I want to see the glorious future of humanity with my own eyes!!"
"I want to see that human footprints have traveled across the entire galaxy!"
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