Childhood Anime Grand Tour

Chapter 84 Laputa, Your Emperor Has Returned!

Liu Yufei, who had been under Muska's surveillance, suddenly disappeared. If Muska had felt any sense of crisis before, she had completely lost her mind and immediately ordered the robots to attack the Goliath.

Hundreds of robots immediately fired lasers at the Goliath. Dora and the others, who were originally trying to escape, saw the carnage before them and immediately hid in the wreckage of the Tiger.

"Mom, this is terrifying!!"

"Shut up, don't attract these monsters' attention!!"

“Mother-in-law!!”

Although Pazu was also somewhat scared, he was still thinking of Sheeta. Dora, however, looked at Pazu with a wry smile and said:

"Kid, you've really gotten me into trouble this time!!"

Well, Pazu does bear some responsibility. Although Dora had also wanted to enter Laputa, she had already considered retreating when she encountered the storm. If it weren't for Pazu's stubbornness, they probably would have given up directly.

But at this moment, although Dora was verbally scolding, there was no real blame in her tone. Instead, she looked at the rampaging robots outside and said angrily:

"Damn it, he actually deserted his post!! That's outrageous!!"

This statement was clearly an insult to Liu Yufei; in her view, Liu Yufei's disappearance meant he was running away!

As the robots continued their attacks, the Goliath also fought back relentlessly, but these attacks were completely ineffective against Laputa's advanced robots.

"No, you can't do this! Please, stop!"

While pleading, Sheeta rushed towards Muska again, only to be pushed away once more. Muska's tone was no longer kind as she said:

"You'd better not make me angry, because we'll be living here for a while longer!!"

Even now, Muska still hasn't chosen to kill Sheeta directly, because it's still the same problem as before.

Muska has his own obsessions; he must marry Sheeta, and ultimately, he wants to obtain more spells from Sheeta to better rule his people.

Meanwhile, the Goliath on the screen was already engulfed in flames, and Musca smiled slightly:

"Hahaha, run for your lives!! Hahaha, what a feast!!"

Looking at the Goliath, which was already teetering on the brink of collapse, Muska felt a great sense of satisfaction.

The Goliath spotted the source of the robots and immediately turned its fire on the black hemisphere beneath Laputa. Unfortunately, the firepower produced smoke but caused no damage.

Finally, under the intense laser beams of the robots, the Goliath slowly plummeted towards the bottom of the clouds.

"Haha, that was fantastic! Don't you think it was a spectacular battle?"

Sheeta looked at the crazed man in front of her, who was brazenly declaring that he wanted to destroy everything. Under the force of her intervention, she could only turn her head away in reluctance.

"Hahaha, look! Those people are like trash! Hahaha!!"

Musca did indeed pursue power, but what he pursued was not the secular power we might imagine, but the supreme divine or hegemonic power, not royal power.

What the secular world pursues is royal power, the power that extends throughout the land and the virtue that governs all directions—that is royal power.

How do we explain this? This requires explaining the source of secular power, and the structure of power is quite complex, but the ultimate goal is the same: to rule people.

Since people are at the core, the source of power must come from people. All those in power, no matter how much they look down on the lower classes, will still limit their own desires.

Because power needs people to exercise it, even a dictator must have people who support him. Once he loses these people, his so-called power is meaningless.

But Muska's lust for power was entirely different; his power was divine, divinely ordained. He didn't need to rule over the masses or win their hearts, because he had robots like Laputa to carry out his orders.

Rather than calling Muska a tyrant, it would be more accurate to describe him as a pope who wielded divine power with impunity and proclaimed himself a god.

This is another side of the Laputa people, and also the reason for their demise. In the anime, Laputa was also struck by divine lightning, but what was shattered was not Laputa's technology, but their arrogance.

The Laputa people discovered that no matter how advanced their technology became, they still could not fight against nature. Eventually, civilization, or rather, the human spirit, reached a certain limit, and the demise of Laputa followed.

Even if the Laputa people hadn't evacuated, Laputa would still have ended up as ruins, an ending that was foreseeable in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Musca is less an ambitious person and more a dreamer. In fact, the two types of people are quite similar, both of whom place their own will above that of others.

Muska didn't want to be the king of the world, but to be the god of the world, the supreme god.

At this moment, the Goliath finally crashed into the sea of ​​clouds. The flashes of the continuous explosions were reflected on Musca's glasses, and a tear rolled down Musca's cheek.

"It was such a grand occasion, but alas, it's all coming to an end!!"

Muska seemed to be saying goodbye to himself. He had always accepted his identity, but only as a Laputa. Now, he was about to transform into a god, to see everything in the world through divine eyes.

Hida stared blankly at the Goliath still exploding on the screen, muttering to herself:

"Now I finally understand why Laputa perished!!"

"No, Laputa is immortal! Even if I fail, someone else will come; even if Laputa is destroyed, someone else will rebuild it!!"

Although Muska refuted Sheeta at this moment, his tone was extremely calm, because he was right.

Laputa exists not only in the real world, but also in the spiritual world. However, everyone sees Laputa differently in their spiritual world, but they will all pursue their own Laputa without hesitation.

However, Pazu and Sheeta pursue the first level, while Muska pursues the second level. But whether it is the first level or the second level, they all rely on the hard power of the third level.

The first and second layers can be transformed, but the third layer cannot; it still consists of the same robots, it just depends on how people choose to use them.

The first layer is spiritual civilization, the second layer is the darkness of reality, and the third layer directly addresses the most fundamental human problem: survival.

Or to put it more simply, just survive. Yes, it's that simple and unadorned. Regardless of human desires or boundless ambitions, whether it's Ashitaka's path to redemption, San's path to nature, or Princess Eboshi's path to survival.

They all have only one purpose: to survive! To take the lives of others in order to survive themselves—isn't this what humanity has been doing for thousands of years?

Not only towards nature, but also towards our fellow human beings. Humanity believes that its advanced technology can bring peace. Compared to the agricultural era thousands of years ago, humanity in this era has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle, but has peace been achieved?

What we pursue is the first layer controlling the third layer, but in the end we are still controlled by the second layer. After repeated struggles, our souls will eventually succumb, until our souls are so corrupt that they can no longer get close to the first layer.

Like Musca, he still dreams of becoming the king of Laputa, but so far he has not gone to the first floor of the palace to see the trees and the birds.

Because she didn't see it, Musca was unaware of her own insignificance, which led to her arrogance and boastfulness.

But because of his arrogance, he will encounter someone even more arrogant than him; because of his violence, he will also encounter a village even more violent than him.

Pull... Boom...

At this moment, the combat robot spread its wings and hovered in the sky, looking at the Goliath, which had been completely submerged in the sea of ​​clouds. But just then, a laser shot over, and one of the robots exploded on the spot, like a brilliant firework.

"Nani!!"

Seeing that the robot was under attack, Musca immediately shifted the camera's focus to Liu Yufei, who was now hovering in the air in a new pose, his right pterosaur wing transformed into a steel wing.

"It's him? Has he finally shown up?"

Although Liu Yufei looked quite strange at the moment, Musca recognized him at a glance. Not only Musca recognized him, but Balu, who was hiding inside the Tiger, also saw the "person" above!

"It's Mr. Liu!"

"Hmph! This kid didn't run away? He really is a monster!"

At first, it was indeed mockery, but when she called him a monster, it was because she had also seen Liu Yufei's steel body.

"Damn it, kill him, kill him!!"

Muska rarely broke down, but every time he encountered Liu Yufei, he found it extremely difficult to remain calm. And with Muska's command, the robots immediately rushed towards them.

Light beams shot continuously from Liu Yufei's right eye, sweeping away a large number of robots in their path. The densely packed robots quickly launched a counterattack, and Liu Yufei's figure was instantly surrounded by smoke and fire.

"how come!!"

Balu looked at the smoke in the air and prayed that Liu Yufei would not be hurt, while Dora's face was covered in sweat.

Liu Yufei was not going to be dealt with so easily. After all, those two shots were just for showing off. Now that Xida was still in Musca's hands, Liu Yufei didn't want to play around any longer!

A red halo emerged from the center of the smoke and instantly launched out, causing the attacking robot to float in the air and stop moving.

"How could this be?! How could this happen?!"

Seeing that the robots had stopped moving, Musca immediately pressed the levitation stone in his hand towards the stone platform. A flash of red light appeared, but the robots did not move as he had expected.

Then more robots converged on this side, and Liu Yufei also emerged from the smoke. These robots lined up on both sides as if welcoming their superior.

Long arms comically saluted! For a moment, the atmosphere was exceptionally solemn! Soon, more and more robots began to join in, and Liu Yufei stood at the very front, like a general reviewing a military parade.

"Shurima, oops, Laputa, your emperor has returned!"