Sword of Dawn

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Gao Wen's face was a little serious.

For some reason, a faint sense of uneasiness has been haunting him since last night. At first he thought it was because he had talked too much with Dragon God about the secrets of the sailor, the gods, the reverse tide and the black trap. The psychological pressure brought about made him uneasy, but as he gradually cleared his mind and took a night's rest, this uneasiness did not abate in the slightest.

And last night, he also vaguely felt the "breath" similar to the relic of the voyager. Although that feeling was very weak and lasted for less than 3 minutes, he could be sure that he did not have an illusion.

There are some relics of the sailors in Tarrond, which are the result of the dragons' continuous "recycling" from various places, but they just sealed up those heritages. Under the absolute rule of the dragon god, no dragon will touch or even activate the sailors without authorization. However, last night, Gao Wen was sure that he felt some kind of aura fluctuation activated by the relic of the voyager... This is undoubtedly abnormal.

Something might happen—the feeling in his heart grew stronger.

Chapter 0972 Dragon God's Last Question

A wave of magical power suddenly surged nearby interrupted Gawain's thoughts. He quickly followed his perception and saw layers of pale golden halos suddenly emerging from the air. In the center of the halo, the high-ranking dragon priest Hera Gore's figure is gradually turning from fiction to reality.

After completing the teleportation, the dragon priest stepped onto the terrace from mid-air and came to Gawain.

"Mr. Heragor," Gawain looked at the Dragon Clan priest who came in unexpectedly, "We just met yesterday—it seems that the Dragon God wants to talk to me about something today?"

"He hopes to meet you now," Heragor said bluntly, "If possible, we will set off now."

Gao Wen was waiting for a response when Amber and Veronica came to the terrace. They also saw the high-ranking priest appearing here. Amber looked a little surprised: "Huh? Isn't this the great priest?"

"Another invitation," Gawain nodded to the two with a smile, "you and Melita wait for me, I will come as soon as I go."

Then he briefly explained to Amber and Veronica, and then returned to Heragor—the lingering uneasiness in his heart made him have no intention of delaying time, and soon followed Heragor The teleportation spell left this terrace.

After the familiar sense of time and space displacement, the light and shadow in front of Gawain had gradually dissipated. He arrived at the upper temple on the top of the mountain. Heragor stood beside him, and the corridor leading to the hall stretched straight ahead.

At the end of the corridor, the wide, gorgeous but empty hall looked unchanged. The round tables and refreshments for entertaining guests were still arranged in the center of the hall, and the golden dragon god Enya stood quietly Beside the round table, he was looking at this side with a gentle and calm gaze.

This time, Heragor did not wait in the corridor outside the hall, but walked into the hall with Gawain, and naturally stood behind the Dragon God, standing aside like a servant.

Gao Wen came to the round table, nodded slightly to the god in front of him, and then sat down naturally, but before he asked about the situation, Dragon God had already broken the silence: "It's time for you to return to Loren Continent."

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, the other party's words sounded like an abrupt and blunt order to expel a guest, but soon he realized something: "Something went wrong?"

Dragon God did not answer directly, but said lightly: "You have something you should do...you are needed there now."

Almost instantly, Gawain felt that his uneasiness from last night had finally been confirmed. He had an urge to leave Tarrond immediately, and the god sitting opposite him had already expected this. The other party smiled lightly and said, "I will arrange for Melita to send you back to Loren, but you don't have to worry—we still have some time, at least, we can talk a little more."

Gawain has suppressed the impulse in his heart, and at the same time, he has already thought that if the situation in the Loren Continent has changed drastically, then the Dragon God will definitely not invite himself to chat so leisurely, since he invited himself here instead of directly using a teleportation magic spell "Throwing" his party back to Loren Continent means that the situation is still a bit leeway.

Thinking of this, a trace of curiosity arose in his heart: "What are we talking about today?"

"Just one thing." Dragon God's eyes fell on Gao Wen, "I want to talk to you... the final curtain between mortals and gods."

"The final curtain between mortals and gods?" Gao Wen looked at the other side with some doubts, "You mean..."

With seriousness in Dragon God's eyes, he looked into Gao Wen's eyes: "We already know several futures for humans and gods on this planet—the Voyager chooses to destroy all gods out of control, civilizations that perish in black traps Destroyed by their own gods, the unfortunate civilization could not even resist natural disasters like the magic tide. In the process of development, it went to the end together with its own gods, and the last one... the eternal cradle of Tarrond.

"Gauwain Cecil, a wanderer outside the territory, the above is what I have seen in these 1807 million years, and all the development trajectories of mortals and gods on this endlessly entangled spiral track. But I Now I would like to hear your opinion, in your opinion...is there another future between mortals and gods, a future...a future that no one has ever walked before?"

Gawain couldn't help but stop his hand reaching for the oak cup on the table.

This is a question beyond his expectation, and it is a question that is extremely difficult to answer in his opinion-he doesn't even think there will be an answer to this question, because even the gods can't predict the development trajectory of civilization, so how can he Can it be accurately described?

But Dragon God is still looking at him very seriously. As far as a god is concerned, He even showed unexpected expectations at this moment.

Perhaps...the other party really thought that Gao Wen, a "rogue outside the territory", could bring him some answers beyond the cruel rules of this world.

Gawain still picked up the oak cup, tasted the liquid in the cup, his mind was gradually letting go - he wanted to seriously answer this question, and in his thinking, he finally gradually came up with the answer.

"Gods can't be omniscient and omnipotent, and I can't do it, so I can't accurately describe or predict a future picture for you." He looked at Dragon God and said his answer, "But in my opinion , maybe we shouldn't stuff all of this into a tightly fitting 'framework'. The relationship between gods and mortals, the future of gods and mortals, all of these... should not be 'destined', let alone exist a pre-set position and a 'standard solution'."

Dragon God looked at him: "I don't understand what you mean."

"Concrete examples, specific analysis, emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts—respect objective facts and follow objective laws," Gao Wen said in one breath, the thoughts he had been thinking about for a long time, and until just now, the direction of thinking was only vague , "In my opinion, since the existence of gods is an objective fact, and your birth and operation are also an objective fact, then we should not treat this matter in a dogmatic way, but should respect all these objective laws.

"The Voyager chose to destroy all the gods who were out of control. This was determined by the situation at the time. The civilization in the black trap would perish with the gods. This was determined by the laws of nature, but there is no natural law that stipulates that all gods can only Going one way, there is also no evidence that these laws of nature as we know them are 'all' the rules of this world.

"Julu Amoen destroyed his god position through the 'White Star Falling' event, and continued to reduce his connection with the chain of belief by means of suspended animation. Now he can be said to have succeeded;

"The goddess of magic, Mirmina, broke away from her god position, and reshaped herself by using the non-directional trend of thought, and she is now close to success;

"There is a newborn god called the 'Upper Narrator', after a series of complicated events, it is now out of the chain...

"These cases and processes seem to be impossible to replicate, but their existence itself shows one thing: there is indeed another way to go.

"This is my point of view—gods and mortals can be enemies, or they can coexist, they can conflict for a short time, or they can achieve a balance under certain conditions, and the key lies in how to achieve it in a rational, logical, and not dogmatic way. they.

"I am not a sailor, nor am I a disobedient to the former Gondor Empire, so I don't think that all gods must be destroyed. On the contrary, after learning more and more truths, I have a deep respect for the gods and even the gods. ...with a certain respect.

"Because no matter what the final direction is, at least in the long history of civilization from ignorance to rise, the gods have always protected mortals—just like your first story, the dull mother is still a mother after all.

"But on the other hand, I must also give priority to the survival of the mortal world, so facing the gods who cannot coexist, facing the 'mad god' who has lost control, we still have only one choice..."

Gao Wen paused for a while, while the Dragon God showed a thoughtful look. After a short thought, he broke the silence: "So, you don't want to end the myth, you don't want to maintain it, you don't want to choose confrontation, and you don't want to be simple. You want to build a dynamic system that adjusts with reality in real time to replace fixed dogma, and you also think that even if the coexistence relationship between gods and mortals is maintained, civilization can still move forward..."

"Amorn is still alive, but druid technology has developed to almost overthrow more than half of the classic dogma, and Mirmina is still alive, and we are studying the way of using an external nervous system to break through the traditional elements of casting spells," Gao Wen said, "Of course, these are only small steps, but since these steps can be taken forward, it means that this direction is feasible—"

"It's only temporarily feasible," Dragon God said quietly, "Have you ever thought that this balance is actually short-lived and fragile in the eyes of the gods—take what you said as an example, if people rebuild the druids Or magical beliefs, rebuilding the worship system, then these 'transgressive acts' that are currently going on smoothly will still come to an abrupt end..."

"Even if Amorn and Mirmina fall completely, as long as mortals rebuild their beliefs, new gods of nature and magic will still be born," Gawain said without hesitation, "so the crux of the problem is not It is in God, but in fact it is in man.”

"...Interesting statement," Dragon God said unhurriedly, "then how do you solve this 'the key lies in people' problem?"

"Broaden people's wisdom—what I'm doing," Gao Wen said without hesitation, "Replacing ignorance with reason is the most effective method at this stage. If everyone in the world is allowed to Know the principle of the chain, then the chain cannot be formed."

"It's not as easy as it sounds," Dragon God suddenly laughed, but there was no hint of sarcasm in that smile, "Do you know? Actually, you are not the first person to think of doing this."

Gao Wen didn't speak, but just looked at the other party quietly.

"The last person who realized that opening the wisdom of the people to fight against the chains was a leader of the civilization of the last quarter, and the person who tried to use the civilization of the whole people to fight against the chains before that was a thinker about 100 million years ago, and there were four other people. One... or five amazing mortals, like you, have realized certain 'principles' and tried to act to cause change...

"But it's a pity that none of these great people made it."

Gawain listened to the calm narration of the dragon god, these are all secrets that no one knows except some ancient existences, and they are things that ordinary people in the current era can't imagine, but in a sense, they are not It didn't exceed his expectations.

1807 million years - there will always be warriors who will succeed, and there will always be other wise men and heroes.

Perhaps his overly calm performance caught Dragon God a little surprised. The latter paused after the narration, and then continued: "So, do you think you can succeed?"

"I want to confirm a question first - did they fail because there was something wrong with the road itself?"

"...I don't know, because no one goes to the end, it's too late when they start, so no one can witness the final result of this road."

"So the road is still there," Gawain smiled, "Someone has to walk it—maybe there are other roads in the world, but unfortunately, mortals are creatures with limited strength and wisdom. , we can't go all the ways, we can only choose one way to try. I choose to try this one - if it works, it's great, if it fails, I just hope that someone else will have the opportunity to find out Another way out."

Dragon God looked at Gao Wen quietly, and the latter also quietly responded to the gaze of the god.

"To my surprise," Dragon God finally smiled and shook his head, "In fact, at first I thought you would choose the route of the voyager... You are closely related to those legacies, and you are most likely to dig out strength from those legacies, and even It was possible to call back that mighty fleet, but of all your thoughts the legacy never came."

"The Voyagers have already left—whether they will come back or not, I would rather assume that they will not come back," Gao Wen said frankly, "They... are indeed powerful, powerful enough to awe the mortals on this planet, but In my opinion, their route may not be suitable for any race other than theirs.

"I did think about digging some power out of those heritages, but after learning about those things about 1807 million years ago, I realized one thing—

"Some things, if you miss it, you miss it. What mortals can rely on, after all, is only their own strength. After all, they still have to find their own way out."

A faint holy radiance floated over the hall, and faint ethereal echoes came from a place that seemed far away.

The Dragon God smiled, and didn't make any further comments or ask any questions. He just pointed to the snacks on the table: "Eat some, you can't eat them in places other than Tarrond."

Gao Wen didn't shirk, he tasted a few pieces of unknown pastries, and then stood up.

"It's time for me to go," he said. "Thank you for your hospitality."

"I am very happy to have this opportunity to talk with people," the elegant and beautiful god also stood up, "I can't remember the last time I talked with people like this."

"Actually, it was just yesterday," Gao Wen's heart moved, he wanted to make a joke with the god, "I still talked about it with me."

Dragon God was stunned for the first time.

The next second, he smiled happily.

It was completely different from the holy but indifferent, gentle but alienated smiles before, a sincere and happy smile.

Chapter 0973 Leaving and sparks

This time, it was really time to leave.

Gawain glanced at the refreshments and drinks on the round table in front of him, and said with a rather sincere smile, "I think I will miss this cup of 'Reflection' - it's the best cup I had in Tarrond. One of the experiences."

Dragon God took a deep look at Gao Wen: "It seems...it's a taste you haven't tasted since you came to this world."

"I have tried to have people make similar things, but it failed after all," Gao Wen smiled, only in front of this god who knows many things, he can talk about these things with confidence and boldness, he read again Glancing at the oak cup on the table, he had a regretful expression on his face, "Unfortunately, things like reflections... can't be reproduced by human hands after all."

Dragon God was a little curious: "...do wanderers from outside the territory also miss home?"

"Occasionally—although I can't remember exactly what my hometown looks like."

……

"My lord, they have left Tarrond."

Heragor, who was going to see the guests off, returned to the hall of the upper temple, came to Enya, the dragon god who was still standing quietly in the center of the hall, and said respectfully.

"I see." Dragon God glanced at Heragor lightly, "Then you go to rest too—I don't need to serve here for the time being."

Heragor raised his head slightly to look at the god, bowed his head and accepted the order: "...Yes."

But after taking the order, the high-ranking dragon priest did not leave immediately, but stood there as if he had something to say, showing some hesitation.

"Tell me," Dragon God said calmly, "What do you want to ask?"

"You look preoccupied and tired," Heragor said with his head down. "Is it because of the last discussion with that human being?"

"...Let's just count it," Dragon God said lightly, "Perhaps... I envy them a little bit."

Heragor raised his head: "Envy?"

"I envy them that they haven't gone too far, so they still have the opportunity of choice and trial and error," Dragon God quietly looked into Heragor's eyes, "I also envy them that they are so young, and their courage and vigor are still there."

The hall became quite quiet, and Heragor seemed to be able to hear the sound of his own heart beating powerfully—it was a healthy, original heart full of vitality, not a complex bionic pump intertwined with metal and polymer .

A master and a servant stand opposite each other like this, time seems to be frozen in this temple.

……

Those special guests departed, and they stirred up a little small wave in the eternal and calm pool of Tarrond, but this wave calmed down immediately with their departure.In the operation of this huge, sophisticated, and cold machine in the Dragon Kingdom, the small ripples caused by outsiders did not make much change to this society-the ripples only became a few pieces of news, a few deduction stories , a few discussions on the network, a few short-lived hot spots, and then they were overwhelmed by the vast amount of entertainment and useless information in the Omega network, and disappeared without a trace.

The upper-class citizens continue to do their busy but meaningless work, and the lower-class citizens continue to indulge in the arena and neurological entertainment under the dual effects of synergists and hallucinogens.

Perhaps only Omega's database will faithfully record this little "footnote" as always.

Deep in the west of the continent, in a huge mine near the coast, orderly automatic machines are busy shuttling, transport trains are speeding through the complex and cobweb-like mine tunnels non-stop, and manager robots are working in a large number of warehouses and mines. The isolation rooms are busy, and most of the shelves or containers they carry and inspect are metal fragments emitting strange starlight, or broken and twisted crystal wrecks that cannot see the original appearance.

This is one of the main warehouses of the Mithril Treasure House, and it is also one of the warehouses with the highest security level. The items stored here... are all "special collections" with a storage level of ten or more.

The relics of the sailors, the forbidden items of the Reverse Tide Empire, or the stubborn wreckage left by the ancient gods that have survived several demon tides and still refuse to dissipate.

This is the result that dragons have been recycling from the outside world for more than 100 million years—in a sense, the saying in the human world that dragons like gold, silver, and treasures and collect rare treasures is also inseparable from this collection behavior. open relationship.

Basically, there are not many giant dragons as guards in this tight treasure house transformed from a mine - the fleet controlled by Omega controls everything here.Fighting machines are more reliable than giant dragons, and they are also more efficient when responding to Omega commands. In fact, in storage facilities above level seven, there is basically nothing wrong with ordinary giant dragons.

Moreover, this treasury also preserves a large number of things related to the sailor—although the Great Temple requires the dragons who are active outside to collect the legacy of the sailor as much as possible, but the gods also have a prohibition that the dragons are not allowed to use those with special powers without authorization. Relics, under this special order, it is even less likely that there will be many dragons stationed in this facility.

At the core of the mine, a large-scale shaft goes straight down, extending continuously towards the deepest part of the earth.

This shaft and its contents are hidden in the safest and deepest part of the continent, but even so, there are still more than ten layers of high-strength alloy armor around it and countless defense facilities to protect its deepest part things.

A large number of pipes, cables, and guide rails go down the shaft, pass through layers of protection, and finally connect to a vast underground space.This underground space is supported by huge metal beams as high as [-] meters, and it is reinforced with layers of alloy linings and polymer domes. It is a star-shaped hall, and its size is almost equivalent to the headquarters hall of the jury.

In every corner of the star-shaped hall, one can see a deep and long tunnel leading in a certain direction, which makes it seem like a hub of some kind of underground transportation network extending in all directions, with shimmering tracks running from Those tunnels extend from the depths and gather in the center of the hall, and at the place where all the tracks meet, in the very center of the hall, you can see a huge, heavy, buzzing device running.

It is shaped like a silver-white giant egg, fixed vertically in a series of brackets, pipes and cables. In the sound, it seems that there is some kind of life in it.

And around the giant egg, there are many pillars, and various complex data interfaces or monitoring views emerge on the surface of those pillars, showing that the hall is busy with data exchange every minute.

However, no giant dragon will oversee the operation of this hall, nor will any giant dragon read the data presented on the interface—these devices are all ancient design remnants, and the machines have not considered them for efficiency. Elimination may be just to maintain a certain "tradition" that only the machine itself cares about.

Here, only the machines monitor themselves.

Amidst the low, seemingly eternal hum, a stream of light appeared on the surface of the giant egg again, and on a column connected to it, a crystal interface suddenly began to refresh with bright white text.

"Confirm that the visitor has left the range of Tarrond, the observation thread ends, and the data enters the closing and archiving process."

The cursor at the end of the text flickered, as if thinking and hesitating, but soon, the text continued to refresh line by line——

"what is the meaning of life--

"Filed Gawain Cecil's answer, answer number: 177, and the file is complete.

"Comparative analysis with the previous 176 answers.

"There is still no definite result, and the answers given by humans or other intelligent beings are still ambiguous and full of contradictions.