Sword of Dawn

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Chapter 1178 Bold Project

After many days of heat, a timely rain covered the vast land from Rock Fortress to the Dark Mountains. This large-scale rain lasted for a whole day and night. With the rain, most areas The heat subsides, and the autumn atmosphere gradually becomes more real.

The window facing the garden was open, and a cool wind was blowing from the window, mixed with a fresh earthy smell, and the bright sunshine finally cleared through the window, casting a dazzling spot of light on the window sill.Standing in front of the wide window, Gawain glanced across the luxuriant grassland below. He saw a long Tyre lazily nestling in a small flower bed surrounded by bushes. Basking in the sun on a thin blanket, the tip of the tail protruded all the way out of the bushes, stirring slowly in a puddle beside the garden path.

She'd probably lie there until the sun went down—and then hunched back inside to lie still.

"Sometimes I really envy that saltwater fish." Gao Wen couldn't help showing a strange smile on his face, "How can she have so much free time to do nothing every day?"

Standing behind Gao Wen's side, Amber poked her head and glanced towards the garden, curled her lips: "It's not bad to be idle, what's great is that she didn't delay the work of the ship's technical consultant by being so paralyzed every day——Beigang A message was sent over there today, saying that the stabilizing wings designed by Tyr are working very well on the new frigate, but I observe every day that this guy is just sleeping in various places..."

Gao Wen shrugged helplessly, and said casually: "Continue to talk about the situation of the investigation from the north... Where did you just say?"

Amber nodded: "Several of our elite operators have successfully infiltrated the Violet Coastal City of Prandell, the city mentioned by Duchess Victoria - the initial information collected confirmed the clues mentioned by Victoria, there are still people in the area I remember the group of Loren apprentices who landed in Prandell more than ten years ago, and some people clearly remember the situation when the apprentices left.

"Our operators also found the 'road' where the apprentices gathered to go to the city of a thousand towers - just like Victoria described, there is actually no road there, there are only boundless thick fog and fog in the fog. The shadowy dense forest. An operator who is good at field operations ventured into the forest and found that all navigation devices and pathfinding spells were immediately ineffective after entering the fog. There seemed to be a strange magic field at work there. , in order to prevent accidents, the operator can only withdraw from the forest.

"In addition, we have also successfully established friendship with some violet mages who are active in coastal cities. Although the 'hermit country' is generally closed, the residents living in the fringe areas are still very interested in the new gadgets from Loren Yes, through business contacts and knowledge sharing, some mages are willing to tell us some local customs and legends... But basically these 'marginal mages' have a marginal status in the entire Violet society, So the information they can provide us is still very limited...Let’s put it this way, our intelligence work over there has made a little progress, but we probably don’t expect any breakthroughs in the short term.”

Speaking of this, Amber paused for a moment, and then continued: "There is also news from Tarrond - the support team sent by the Alliance has successfully settled down and started the rescue work. The execution of missions on the plane seems to have brought them extra...motivation, and the progress of almost all projects has exceeded expectations. The naval force led by Byron will return within a day or two, and the first phase of the support team will stay in the local area to continue Carry out a one-year construction assistance mission.

"In terms of intelligence, we have confirmed that the post-disaster situation in Tarrond is basically the same as that brought by Ambassador Melita, and the situation of the Agondor interim government is better than we thought. The order in Errond will be restored soon, at least there will be no large-scale loss of control or secondary turmoil—the dragon is more tenacious than we imagined, this should be considered good news for the Loren kingdoms..."

Amber reported the latest situation she knew in an orderly manner. Gao Wen listened carefully, and occasionally asked some questions, and he would always get a proper reply. This made him couldn't help but sigh at the end: "You have really grown up these years. Quite a few..."

Amber immediately crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows: "So the wages have been raised?"

Gao Wen glanced at her and didn't speak. The two just stared at her until a few seconds later, they laughed at the same time. There was a joke in the laughter that had been played for several years. There will be that tacit understanding.

"To be honest, it's not easy for you to raise your salary at this level-and do you really care about whether to raise your salary?"

"I care, otherwise?" Amber curled her lips, and said with a face of course, "I'm just counting on the little income from the government affairs department. After all, the law stipulates that the official staff of the government affairs system are not allowed to engage in side jobs. I've almost lost my skills in the past two years. Two days ago, I planned to open a lock to recall my childhood, but I didn't open it the first two times..."

Gao Wen didn't care about Amber's random nonsense in the second half of the sentence, he just showed a little surprised look: "...I didn't expect you to be able to abide by these rules so strictly, I thought that with your personality, you would at least try to find some loopholes in these regulations come out……"

Amber was still giggling and indifferent, but when she heard Gao Wen's words, she suddenly stopped smiling and her expression became serious. She glanced at Gao Wen, and then slowly said: "These legal provisions are ours. Everyone digs it out bit by bit, and it took many years to finally be able to execute it smoothly-I used to be a petty thief, but if I still want to exploit this kind of loophole today, too many people's hard work will be wasted. In vain."

Gao Wen didn't expect that his casual sentence would make Amber suddenly serious. He couldn't help asking, "Why are you so serious all of a sudden? This doesn't seem to be your character..."

"Bucky Bobby was arrested yesterday, and I gave the order myself." Amber shook her head, her eyelids drooping slightly, preventing Gawain from seeing her real expression at the moment. "Do you still have an impression? He is from the Military Intelligence Bureau One of the earliest operators, an old man I brought over from Kant, who was in the same class as Anton... He is a guy with a lot of bad ideas, but I didn't expect that his bad ideas would one day hit the collective discipline The anti-anti-teco found evidence of his seven major economic violations...

"Anton found me early in the morning the day before yesterday. What can I do? I can only arrest the old subordinates who are no longer loyal, just like the guy who broke the rules in the dark alley... He doesn't want to be loyal, I have to be loyal to him.

"After this, I will also take responsibility according to the rules. After investigating the matter of Bucktooth Poppy, Anton and I will prepare a report..."

The corridor by the window became quiet, and it took a while for Gao Wen to sigh softly: "When we are all in trouble, it is no problem for most of us to overcome difficulties together, but when the days are better, those who have gone through hardships together If you have a partner, you may not be consistent... Some people will want to make up for what they have paid, some people will want to be superior to others, and some people will stop in a comfortable environment and become what they once devoted themselves to. The kind of people that get rid of... that's why a mechanism for continuous self-renewal and self-correction is so important."

"The Anti-Rebellion Special Section arrests people every week. I just didn't expect that one day the guy I personally brought out would be one of the people on the list, alas..." Amber said, shaking her head suddenly, "Forget it, don't say it That's it, and it's a good thing—if even the veterans of the Military Intelligence Bureau can be found out and dealt with, it means that at least the "correction" mechanism you created at this stage has not gone wrong, just like you said— —The list of the Anti-Rebellion Special Branch is not terrible, but the list of the Anti-Rebellion Special Branch is empty."

Gao Wen nodded, he wanted to say something else, but a familiar sound of footsteps suddenly came from the other end of the corridor, attracting his and Amber's attention.

He raised his head to follow the prestige, and saw Hetty, who was wearing a red-bottomed gold-trimmed dress, walking quickly from there. After noticing the hurried footsteps and serious expression on the great-granddaughter's face, He realized that the other party might bring some terrible news, so he took two steps forward without waiting for the other party to approach: "What happened?"

"A first-level communication from the Typhon Empire—a message directly from the Obsidian Palace," Hetty stood still in front of Gawain, panted and said quickly, "They made a breakthrough when they were studying the fragments of the God of War. progress, and now hope to engage in a high-profile academic collaboration with us on a bold... project."

"The academic cooperation proposed by Typhon? And it's related to the fragments of the God of War?" Gao Wen was a little surprised, because this was the first time that Typhon proposed such a cooperation project through official channels after the last "war". It came much earlier than he expected—this can only show that the scholars of Typhon have really come up with some kind of achievement that even the emperor Rosetta Augustus could not sit still, "This should be regarded as theocracy The affairs of the council...what the hell is going on with those Typhons?"

Hetty didn't seem to have recovered from the news she had just learned, she took a deep breath, and finally managed to calm down her tone: "In short...they seem to have found a way to open the gate of the Kingdom of God ——Open a door leading to the Kingdom of the God of War, and let mortals go in and find out."

Gao Wen: "...?"

There was an instant silence in the corridor, even Gawain couldn't react at the moment, he stared at Hetty for a few seconds before he finally got his train of thought in his head, and a few syllables popped out from his throat at the same time: " What is it?"

In the next second, he quickly coughed twice, trying to regain the dignity of his ancestors: "What did you say? Open a door to the Kingdom of God?! Are those Typhon people serious?"

"The contact directly from Obsidian Palace, if that Rosetta Augustus is not serious about this matter, then I am afraid that few people in this world are serious." Hetty sighed, obviously I fully understand Gao Wen's stunned reaction at the moment, after all, not long ago her reaction was similar to that of her ancestors, "They sent a simple technical document and an 'enlightenment report' about this project, which mentioned their research on the God of War Fragment The research process and the basic idea of ​​​​opening the door-and of course why they intend to do it. I have read the documents, and from the perspective of a former technical person... I don't think there is a problem.

"To put it simply, they discovered the characteristics of 'one body with two sides' between the gods and the kingdom of God, and found the path of 'resonance' between the gods and the kingdom of God. They confirmed that the kingdom of God will not disappear immediately after the fall of the gods, but It will last for a long time to dissipate. They have found a way to materialize this 'path' and temporarily stabilize it, and have already carried out a considerable degree of feasibility verification.

"The document does not clearly describe how Typhon scholars found this 'solution', but reading between the lines, I feel that Rosetta Augustus may be behind this incident."

"Rosetta Augustus himself..." Gawain softly repeated the name Hetty mentioned, and he vaguely guessed something - the Augustus family, this respectable family in the past 200 years They are all entangled with the "God's Eye" from ancient times. At the huge price paid by generations of people, they successfully stole the available knowledge from the "God", and achieved a feat unique in the history of mortals, and these Knowledge...is a wealth that even Cecil's advanced technology cannot duplicate.

Cecil's research on the gods started very early, and he inherited part of the legacy of the ancient Gondor rebels. Of course, his advantages in this field are obvious, but Typhon controls the knowledge directly from the gods, which means that in some In certain fields, the Typhons also have their advances—the fragments of the God of War are not exclusively owned by either Cecil or Typhon. Divide up the possession, and the two countries immediately launched research on these fragments, but it is obvious that Typhon's achievements have gone one step further.

But now it seems that Aldernan did not monopolize these achievements—they implemented the resolution in the 112 meeting, and implemented the agreement reached by the leaders of various countries at the inaugural meeting of the theocracy council: the results of the analysis of the gods should be made by all mortals. Before that, specific technical projects should be jointly undertaken by countries with corresponding research capabilities in the council.The "invitation" Typhon sent to Cecil now is to implement this content.

"The Typhonians were the first to abide by the rules," Gawain said with a slight sigh as thoughts flashed through his mind, "this is very good—then we should respond positively. Let's see what the Typhon people have come up with... Hetty, send the documents from Aldernan to my study first, and I'll go there right away, and I'll notify Kamel and Veronica by the way Just a word, I should need their 'professional opinion' soon."

Hetty lowered her head: "Yes, ancestor."

Hetty turned around and left quickly, while Amber stood up next to Gawain: "Those Typhon people really made something that can scare people without making a sound... Opening a door to the Kingdom of God ? We dare not even think about this..."

"Actually..." Gawain glanced at Amber and said awkwardly, "I've thought about this, but I just don't have a clue technically..."

Amber was stunned, and it took a long time before she uttered: "...What kind of thinking is this, are you and that Rosetta Augustus relatives?!"

"...It's not impossible if you insist on saying that." Gao Wen rubbed the tip of his nose, sorting out the contents of his memory, "700 years ago, my wife was a distant cousin of Roland Augustus..."

Chapter 1179 Expert Advice

After listening to Gao Wen's words, Amber was stunned for several seconds on the spot, and then she reacted suddenly, staring at Gao Wen: "You are really related!? Then you can also be regarded as Rosetta's elder……"

"Even without this relationship, I'm still an elder," Gawain glanced at the half-elf and waved his hand, "Even if this relationship is counted, the distant relatives 700 years ago—in today's Rosetta would really Do you recognize this?"

"That's true for you to say that..." Amber's expression was still a little dazed, and then she lowered her head and clapped her hands to calculate, "A distant relative 700 years ago... Hey, I suddenly became a little curious, your circle of nobles is so small Is it? How can you follow the family tree up and down to get relatives..."

Gao Wen just smiled, and didn't answer Amber's question. After all, he just mentioned this topic by chance, but he wasn't interested in the topic itself—it was a life that didn't belong to him, and it didn't belong to his feelings. Unlike the memory of the magic wave and pioneering journey, the latter still continues in some form after 700 years, while the former... has long been a part of history.

But Amber's curiosity is not easy to be satisfied, she blinked her eyes, and seeing that Gao Wen didn't speak, she leaned over and asked: "Hey, you rarely mentioned your family from 700 years ago, your children and wife back then. I haven't mentioned it yet... By the way, how did you hook up with the distant cousin of Typhon's founding monarch? Did the two of you meet during the pioneering expedition?"

Once the half-elf's curiosity was opened, it was hard to stop, and he went around and kept bbling. Gawain was so entangled by her that he couldn't help it, so he could only sigh helplessly: "I fought on the battlefield when I was young. How much time to pay attention to personal emotional issues, coupled with the chaotic situation at that time, everything was delayed, and then one day Charlie remembered this and said he would introduce one to me-I don’t know why he found Roland. Augustus……"

Amber was stunned as she listened to Gao Wen talking about these things that had never been recorded in history—it cannot be said that there were no records at all, but obviously the things written by scholars in history would not be as "true and vivid" as Gao Wen dictated ——Hearing the end, she couldn't help but let out a long "oh", and said with a strange expression: "Although it sounds reasonable, but what does it feel like to say it from your mouth...why doesn't it seem like it happened? What about people like you?"

Gawain was amused by the half-elf's statement, and couldn't help laughing: "What happened to 'my kind of person'...then what do you think should happen to my kind of person?"

"Just..." Amber opened her mouth, but she didn't think of a follow-up after "just" for a long time. She seemed to have conceived a bunch of things in her mind that were more in line with epic legends and legends. When the story in the book was put on the living Gao Wen in front of her, she found that it was meaningless to do so. She didn't know the Gao Wen who lived in the history books, but the one in front of her who was dug out of the coffin by herself... seemed Often not very "historical", "Forget it, I can't think of it."

Gao Wen smiled, stretched out his hand and rua twice casually on the top of Amber's head: "I think I must have driven many scholars who study history crazy, especially those who focus on biographies."

"It's good that you know," Amber sighed, "As far as I know, at least two figures of the scholars who study the biography of Gawain Cecil in the Old Ansu Scholars Association have switched to other fields... ..."

……

This little episode didn't make Gawain forget what he should do. Ten minutes later, he had already returned to his study, and Hetty had already delivered the sorted files to his desk.

Gao Wen lowered his head, and glanced at the words printed on the paper—these words came from the distant Aldernan, and were transmitted in real time through the newly established and recently launched transnational communication line between the two countries. Today, when the relationship between the two countries has been normalized, this communication line is becoming more and more busy every day, and a large number of communications are passed between those towering signal towers, communication towers and repeating stations, and only the most important ones , will be sent to the desks of Gawain and Rosetta.

For example, an unprecedented plan to knock on the door of the gods.

Gao Wen took a deep breath, opened this "fax", and after quickly scanning the beginning, he saw some key words:

Based on the sympathetic connection between the gods and the kingdom of God...Conjectures about the nature of the trend of thought...The remains of the gods are theoretically an extension of the kingdom of God...Purified arcane energy can form the "skeleton" that supports the channel...Explore the safety of the God of War kingdom question……

After these words, there are large and clear pictures on the next few pages. Those pictures obviously come from a high-secret laboratory somewhere in Aldernan. The technology recorded the scene, transcoded it and uploaded it to Cecil's magic net communication network.In those pictures, Gawain saw iron-gray armor fragments imprisoned by anti-gravity fields and energy barriers, some magic platforms for testing, and some photos of rulers for comparing sizes.

Hetty stood in front of Gawain's desk, watching the old ancestor's expression getting serious, she considered her vocabulary and said: "It seems that the Typhon people are not as weak in this aspect as we imagined. The laboratory and the basic system that can support the operation of the laboratory cannot be fully prepared in just a few months, especially with these technical personnel..."

"The Augustus family has been secretly studying the mysteries of the realm of gods. Even in the period of coexistence with the eye of God, they also tried to blind the judgment of that eye. This is normal-they are not a family waiting to die. "Gao Wen nodded and said, "It's just that in the past, research in this area must have been carried out on a small scale and slowly. Even if there were sporadic results, it was impossible to transform them into any practical actions. As the Morningstar family of the Empire has done in the past."

Hetty's tone couldn't help but sigh: "The emergence of the theocratic council has allowed the rulers to reach a consensus, and the analysis of the gods has changed from a deviant act to self-help by man and god. In addition, the scattered technical materials of all parties have been Quickly summed up, the technicians have a little bit of confidence in their trembling and directionless groping, and now these bold and reckless things can finally be carried out publicly..."

"Even so, this is the most daring thing of all...to knock on the door of the Kingdom of God," Gao Wen shook the document in his hand, and then asked, "Kamel and Veronica Where are you now?"

Hetty nodded: "They have been notified, and they should be here soon."

As soon as she finished speaking, Gawain heard a familiar soft female voice from outside the door: "We have arrived, Your Majesty."

The door of the study was pushed open, and two light sources came into the sight of Gawain and Hetty. One was Kamel, who was full of arcane brilliance, and the other was Veronica, who was always surrounded by a faint holy light. ——When they entered the room, the whole room suddenly became brighter than before, so that Gao Wen couldn't help squinting his eyes.

Amber, who was standing behind Gao Wen's side and had been silent for a while, coughed twice, and couldn't help but remind the two light-emitting units: "Can you lower the brightness..."

"Sorry, I was a little excited after hearing Ms. Hetty's message." Kamel quickly lowered the brightness of his whole body while talking. Veronica just glanced at Amber lightly. Although she didn't speak, the holy light around her has dimmed.

"Let's put these trivial things aside for now," Gao Wen nodded and said, his eyes swept over the two ancient rebels in front of him, "You should already know what happened——our neighbor has made a big deal come out .”

"Yes, we already know—although we only know a general idea," Kamel nodded, "Now we need more detailed information..."

"Is this the document from Aldernan?" Veronica stepped forward, her gaze fell on the paper in Gawain's hand, "Can we have a look?"

"Of course," Gao Wen said while picking up the other two sorted documents from the side, and pushed them in front of Kamel and Veronica, "This is a copy, specially prepared for you. Things Certainly not complete, Typhon did not send detailed technical data, these are only drafts that they can make public—but after we give a response, more detailed information will be disclosed.”

As if he had found a treasure, Kamel quickly took the documents, and then used his arcane power to control the papers to flip quickly in front of him, browsing the contents at a speed far beyond the reading limit of ordinary people. Veronica got the documents Afterwards, he flicked through it again, imprinting the content directly into his mind like scanning—basically, the two of them had already read it just as Gao Wen retracted his hand.

Fortunately, Gao Wen is not surprised by this: quick reading of shorthand spells is not uncommon in spellcasting professions. Although this requires twice as much energy as ordinary reading, the time saved can allow the topic to go on quickly.He nodded to the two technical experts, and said with a serious face: "I want to hear your opinions on this bold plan proposed by Typhon... Please give me your opinions in terms of risk, feasibility and value." Make suggestions."

Kamel and Veronica looked at each other, exchanged a 300-lumen natural light without flicker, and then Veronica, who was the leader of the former rebels, said: "In terms of risks, I would like to remind Just a little... Do you still remember what event started the rebellious plan in the Gondor era?"

Gao Wen quickly fell into memory, and quickly found the corresponding information: "During the maintenance of the Deep Blue Well, you accidentally opened a rift leading to a certain kingdom of God, and the magister who entered it to investigate the situation accidentally Looking directly at the kingdom of God, I fell into madness after knowing a lot of 'divine truths' and the truth of the countdown to the madness of the gods, which directly led to future rebellious plans."

"Yes, we opened a rift leading to the Kingdom of God in the depths of the Well of Deep Blue—and to this day, we are not even sure which country of God the rift led to," Veronie said. Ka nodded, "The magisters who entered it to investigate the situation at that time didn't even really enter the Kingdom of God, they just looked at the Kingdom of God from a distance near the 'critical edge' formed by the Deep Blue Well, and then one by one went crazy."

Heti on the side looked at Veronica thoughtfully: "So you mean, the risk of this matter is extremely huge, we shouldn't do it, and it's best to dissuade Typhon?"

"No, I'm just explaining the risk of the 'Kingdom of God' itself, so as to remind you of the seriousness of this matter," Veronica shook her head, then changed the topic and said, "Specifically speaking, the matter in front of you ...The people of Typhon plan to open a 'gate' leading to the Kingdom of the God of War, I don't think there is a big problem."

Gawain didn't interrupt, but just signaled Veronica to continue talking with his eyes.

"The reason is that we are now 'immune' to the divine nature of the God of War," Veronica said directly without showing any signs, "Since the Battle of Winterhold, the God of War has fallen, and the divine influence of the God of War has spread all over the world." The world is fading rapidly, and all the information we have collected so far proves that the magic in the God of War domain has disappeared, and our further tests on the wreckage of the God of War show that the divine pollution left on the wreckage has no effect on mortals, all of this It is in line with the theoretical model we have established in the field of divinity and thought: the god-killing action carried out by mortals has achieved the most complete 'decoupling', and this season civilization has completely broken free from the chain of God of War.

"Then since God of War's divine pollution has no effect on us, the Kingdom of God left by him will no longer affect us—in our eyes, it should have degenerated into an ordinary different space. According to the latest theory, That is the projection of mortal thoughts formed in the 'deep sea'. I don't know what the real situation is in God of War's Kingdom of God, but at least theoretically... it is harmless."

"Theoretically." Gao Wen deliberately repeated the word.

"Yes, we can only speculate theoretically," Kamel nodded and said, "The risk still exists. After all, we can only speculate on the state of the God of War God Kingdom from the wreckage at hand, and we are about the operation of the gods and The theoretical construction of the laws of thought trends is far from being completed—in fact, only on the day when we can really get rid of this chain, can we truly understand all the laws behind it all, and before that, the risk of exploration will always be accompanied by exploration By."

"The risk of exploration will always be with the explorer..." Gawain exhaled softly, "You are right, this kind of thing is not [-]% safe, but from now on, you think this risk is controllable , is acceptable?"

The two technical experts nodded with serious expressions (Kamel had no expression, but flashed very serious).

"Then we can reply to Aldernan." Hetty who was on the side broke the silence. "Do you need to draft a reply now?"

Gao Wen thought for a while, then waved his hands: "Wait a minute, I think... It's best to consult other experts for this kind of matter."

"Other experts?" Hetty was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized, "Ah, you mean those retired..."

"Get ready for the anti-god barrier, the most powerful one, I'll go to the disobedient courtyard first, and then ask Enya about it," Gao Wen nodded and said, "You can't always let them play cards every day and have nothing to do..."

Chapter 1180 Talking about Experience

Deep in the narrator's neural network, in the corner of the "New City of Dreams" created on the prototype of the imperial capital Cecil, a tall oak tree rises in the center of the square, and under the magnificent canopy flows the breeze and pleasant There is no sound of wind chimes, and the giant tree is covered with pale golden fallen leaves. The sunlight shines on the fallen leaves through the sparse gaps at the edges of the branches and leaves, leaving mottled traces of light and dark, like an afternoon cut by light and shadow.

The square is empty and quiet, with few pedestrians. The residents of this city seem to have not noticed such a quiet scenery in the corner of the city. Right under the oak tree, a small square table is placed on the ground covered with fallen leaves. Sitting next to the table were two of the few "regular customers" in this square - one was an "elf" old man with a beard and hair and an old and kind face, and the other was wearing an elegant and solemn black court dress. A "human" lady with beautiful appearance and mysterious temperament.

In front of the two gods, a chess game is inextricably linked. The chess pieces whose destiny has been arranged are fighting and moving between square inches, struggling to snatch the world within a short distance of the chessboard. It was all regarded as a pastime in his spare time. This atmosphere lasted for an unknown period of time. The God of Nature sitting at the table in the image of an old elf suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of the entrance of the Golden Oak Square.

"It seems that we have a guest here, Old Lu," the black-haired lady also sensed the sudden appearance, a smile appeared on her face, and she looked at the figure that was rapidly materializing at the edge of the square, "Gao Wen— —Why do you suddenly want to find us in the City of Dreams?"

Gawain's figure emerged from the swaying light and shadow, and after instantly adapting to the sense of sensory reset, he walked towards the two gods who were playing chess, and after hearing Mirmina's voice Sighing: "Hey, I originally wanted to go to the Disobedient Courtyard to look for it, but when I was about to leave, I suddenly felt that it would be better to look for you directly on the Internet—you spend 24 hours in the neural network 23 hours a day!"

"Yes," Amon nodded slightly, and admitted in a calm tone, "We have accepted the suggestion of Mr. Nicholas, the great craftsman, to reduce the time spent in the neural network, and to shut down the neural connector for at least one hour a day. for a rest..."

Gao Wen: "..."

He always felt that there was something wrong with the communication between himself and the two retired gods in front of him, but the expressions of the two in front of him became more calm than the other, so that he couldn't speak for a while--finally he had to laugh twice, Quickly and bluntly turned the topic to the serious matter: "Actually, I came today because I want to discuss something with you..."

"I can see it, and I can guess it—if you didn't encounter difficult problems, you would rarely take the initiative to chat with us," Miermina smiled, and said calmly while raising her hand and dropping the chess pieces, "I can feel That set of 'anti-god barrier' is in operation. It seems that the problem you prepared this time is not easy, so before this problem ruins today's leisure time, can we end this chess game of the gods first? Don't worry, it It won't be long."

During the conversation, Amoen, who was sitting across from him, also took the next step with a chess piece in his hand. Amidst the crisp sound of the chess pieces colliding with the chessboard, there happened to be an ethereal sound under the golden oak tree, as if this giant tree was also holding on to God Chess and cheers.

"The chess game of the gods?" Gao Wen only noticed the chessboard in front of the two gods at this time, he couldn't help but opened his eyes wide to look at it, and was stunned for a moment, until the sound of the chess was heard again, he finally coughed with a strange expression Twice, "Ahem, I have no problem with you playing chess online, but I really didn't come here today to watch the two of you play checkers and regret chess at the same time..."

Amoen ignored Gao Wen's words, and just casually pushed the chess piece forward again, but Mirmina who was next to him said casually: "Be quiet first, this game will be over soon - we both fight It's been hours..."

Gao Wen was stunned. He could play a game of checkers for half a day with them. To be honest, this is really not a level that ordinary people can reach, but they called two stinky chess baskets sitting together for a day's checkers as "Gods". Gao Wen was deeply shocked by the "chess game", for a moment he didn't know whether it was insulting the "gods" or the "chess game"... After thinking about it, they must have insulted checkers...

Amoen regretted another move while he was thinking wildly. It seemed that the fight was getting farther and farther away from the end. Gao Wen finally couldn't help interrupting: "Stop, friends, I'm here today..."

"How about we change it?" Amon seemed not to have heard Gao Wen's words. He pressed the chessboard casually, and the chessboard projected by his mind disappeared instantly, replaced by a set of cards with exquisite graphics. He looked at Gao Wen at the side, with a smile on his face, "It happens that there are enough people, how about a game of gods? Although you have always insisted that you are a mortal, in our opinion, you have already crossed the threshold." The threshold for fighting against God..."

Gao Wen was about to interrupt the other party again, but suddenly realized something, showing a thoughtful look: "...you actually know what I'm here to ask."

Amoen, who was about to deal the cards, stopped immediately, and Mirmina spread her hands. After a moment of embarrassment, the former goddess of magic finally broke the silence: "You have found the Kingdom of God of War, right? ?”

"...How do you know?" Although Gao Wen had already guessed it just now, he still couldn't help being surprised, "Except for the channel of neural network, you should have been unable to perceive what happened in the present world, and God of War China's incident is currently not disclosed in any channel in the neural network, including those confidential lines... How do you know about this?"

"We really don't know what's happening in the 'real world'," Amorn slowly shuffled the cards in his hand, and the cards with gorgeous patterns were constantly changing in his hands, "but we are lying in the courtyard of the Shadow Realm— —we can see some changes happening deeper...albeit only a little bit."

"Suddenly there was an echo in the already dead and silent Kingdom of God of War, and ripples spread in the deep sea, and waves appeared in the deepest part of the Shadow Realm. Those dull gods who were trapped in their own kingdom of God may not have noticed it yet. , but..." Mir Mina smiled lightly, "How should I put it, I happen to be a 'leisure god' who likes to run around in the Shadow Realm, so when I went for a walk in the deepest part, I didn't Be careful to see something. And you come here not long after that, it's all... easy to associate."

"In the depths of the Shadow Realm?" Gawain keenly noticed the key words revealed in Mirmina's speech, "You mean that the experiment did connect to God of War's Kingdom of God, and the connection produced' Ripples can even spread to the Shadow Realm? So there is a substantial connection between the deepest part of the Shadow Realm and the 'deep sea'?"

The one who responded was Amorn who was shuffling the cards. He casually threw a card on the table. The surface of the card depicted layers upon layers of indescribable vortices and phantoms. All the lines and patterns were changing all the time: "I once said that the 'deep sea' is not a definite 'place', it is... the deep sea, the bottom of everything. Everything in the world can be mapped to the deep sea, and everything in the deep sea can naturally be mapped to the world, but In all of these mappings, the 'distance' of the Deep Sea to the Plane of Shadows is... indeed a little closer than other places.