Sword of Dawn

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Veronica frowned: "Then why is the goddess of magic?"

"I guess, she must have 'starved' herself for a long time..." Amoen said leisurely.

Gao Wen: "..."

He thought of the special features of Mirmina, the goddess of magic, and the "habit" of this god who never responded to the prayers of believers, never performed miracles, and only responded to the prayers of believers to a minimum.

As far as he knew, that goddess had been like this since thousands of years ago.

He shook his head and muttered to himself: "Well, it seems that she has been 'hungry' for a long time..."

Chapter 0926 has begun

The "success" of Mirmina, the goddess of magic, seems to be difficult to replicate, at least in Amorn's eyes.

But for Gao Wen, this incident still gave him an idea - the "non-inclined trend of thought" created by the neural network is likely to be an unprecedented "purification" for the gods born from the trend of thought. means".

Of course, the current neural network is still very weak, and the peak scale of tens of thousands of nodes is completely incomparable with any current religion in the world, but in Cecil, "magic industry products" like neural networks have the largest The characteristic is that the speed of development is extremely fast - even if its scale is not enough now, one year later, two years later... one day its scale will reach the point where it can shake any theocracy in the world.

He didn't explain these details to the old god in front of him, he didn't think it was necessary.

Amoen was obviously still thinking about the escape of the Goddess of Magic this time. He broke the silence with some exclamations: "I think there may be more than one god who thought of a similar 'escape plan', even... That 'attempt' should have inspired some gods, but in the end, only the goddess of magic was able to successfully realize a similar plan. This is actually determined by her 'inclination'. She was born from the shallow Faith, from the beginning of the birth of this belief system, magicians only regard her as some kind of "explanation" and "sustenance". The wizards have always advocated solving problems with their own wisdom and strength, rather than praying for the gifts and blessings of the gods. Salvation, which resulted in Mirmina having the opportunity to 'ignore' the prayers of the faithful.

"For ordinary gods, it is difficult for believers to completely 'ignore' their prayers. They must respond more or less..."

Gao Wen quickly understood the meaning behind Amorn's words.

Because all gods in this world are born from the hope of mortals, and mortals "create" those gods for the purpose of alleviating their own anxiety and fear, and in order to find an extraordinary individual who can respond to themselves, so for those born under this trend of thought For gods, "response" is one of their innate attributes, and they simply cannot refuse prayers and supplications from this world.

However, the goddess of magic is different—the mages conceived the existence of the "goddess of magic" not to seek power or desire to get some guidance, but to find that some principles or formulas are missing in the process of academic research. The key "elements", when the academic direction could not solve the problem for the time being, they decided to "define" a source for these unexplainable things-the passage of time and the change of group concept caused this source to gradually deviate from the original concept , has gradually become a god used to explain all black boxes, but the essence of the goddess of magic remains unchanged:

"He" is the common "condition X" in a lot of unsolvable formulas and defect theories of mages. The attitude and expectation of mages towards this god can be summed up in one sentence: You stay here and don't move around. The formula is masked out...

Such a weak constraint naturally gave the goddess of magic room to operate freely. She used a long self-isolation and an ambitious escape plan to give a response to the believers in the world: My lord, whoever loves to stay with him, anyway, I will go up!

Gawain shook his head, lamenting that the seemingly superior gods are actually wearing shackles like ordinary people, and lamenting how long the chaos will be caused by the willful and decisive escape of the goddess of magic.

Finally, he restrained the irrelevant associations in his mind, and suddenly looked at Amorn.

"Now you... should be able to tell us more 'knowledge', right?"

"Not all," Amorn replied slowly, "You should understand that I am not completely out of bondage now-the pollution of divinity still exists, so if your question is too involved in areas that humans have not yet touched, or If you point too much at the gods, then I still can't give you an answer."

"That's enough for me," Gawain nodded, then sorted out his thoughts, and asked the question he wanted to ask when he talked with Amorn last time, "I want to know the root of the demon tide... ...You once said that the occurrence of the magic tide has nothing to do with the gods, it is essentially a natural phenomenon, so what is the principle behind this natural phenomenon?"

Amorn was silent for a moment, and then a pleasant voice sounded in the minds of Gawain and Veronica: "Now you are still unable to solve its source, because its source... comes from the sun above your heads."

"It really came from the sun?!" Veronica suddenly broke the silence and asked in a hurry.

"Ah, it looks like you've noticed some evidence."

"When the magic tide happened 700 years ago, there was a record of the sun changing. When the aftermath of the magic tide in the wasteland of Gondor changes, the sun will always have a corresponding phenomenon," Veronica said in a deep voice. Said, "We have always suspected that there is a connection between the magic tide and a certain cycle of the sun, but we never thought... its source comes directly from the sun?!"

Gawain who was standing next to him suddenly thought of another question - the "sun" of this world is not a star in the galaxy, it is just a gas giant planet!

If the gas giant can trigger a magic tide, what about the real star in this galaxy, "Au"?

Between the gas giant planets and stars in this world...is there some kind of similarity, a connection in material composition?If these two kinds of celestial bodies can trigger a magic tide, then... can this explain the source of magic power?

"Will there be a magic tide on the planets directly orbiting 'Ao'?" Gawain asked bluntly while thinking.

"...No mortal has ever thought about the connection between celestial bodies and demon tides from this angle. Your focus is beyond the knowledge of ordinary mortals." Amon's eyes fell on Gao Wen, but he soon let out a cry He chuckled, "But it doesn't matter, this question can still be answered...

"Yes, 'Ao' will also trigger a magic tide. Any world illuminated by stars or virtual planets will have a magic tide."

"Illusory planet?" Gao Wen didn't care about the surprise in his heart, and immediately caught an unfamiliar word in the other party's words.

"Their structure is similar to that of stars, and their material components are similar, but they have not been able to condense into a 'fire' like stars. The light and heat they emit is as weak as candlelight in the starry sky, but when the distance is close enough, their satellites are still Can be born under the light of this faint candlelight—the 'sun' you know is a virtual planet."

Gao Wen showed a dazed look - the so-called virtual planet is actually the name of the "gas giant planet" by the gods. Obviously, there is no such thing as a "gas giant planet" in this world.

In addition, Amorn's answer also revealed very important information: any planet illuminated by a star or "virtual planet" will periodically appear magic waves.

This information corresponds to the "magic tides will also appear on other planets" he had tacitly agreed last time, and further explained the source of the magic tides. Magic tide, is it useful to block the sun during the magic tide cycle?

However, he just let this idea flash for a moment, and quickly dismissed this idea. The reason is very simple——700 years ago, when the tide of magic broke out suddenly, it was late at night in the Gondor Empire...

The sun caused the magic tide, but the medium was not sunlight.

"Do you know the 'black trap'?" Gawain collected his thoughts, and then asked, "It refers to the phenomenon that the civilization on this planet will suddenly disappear every time it develops to a certain level..."

This time, Amorn was silent for a longer period of time, and finally sighed: "I don't know the word 'black trap', but I know the phenomenon you are talking about. I can't answer you too much... because of this The question has been pointed directly at the gods."

"So, the 'black trap' was indeed caused by the gods." Gao Wen had already got the answer from the other party's attitude, and some guesses in his mind quickly connected together, "Is it because the development of mortal civilization has caused all the gods to go crazy? Or is it the backlash caused by the failure of gods and humans to break free from the 'chains'?"

"I can't even answer you," Amon said slowly, and then his tone suddenly became serious, "but I can give you a piece of advice."

"What kind of advice?" Veronica on the side couldn't help asking.

"If you want to avoid stepping into that 'black trap'... disobedience should be done as early as possible."

Gawain and Veronica immediately looked at each other in blank dismay.

It is quite a strange thing to hear the words "disobedience must be early" from the mouth of an old god.

Veronica subconsciously asked, "What does this sentence mean?"

"As time goes by, as mortals continue to develop, the gods will become stronger and stronger, and eventually become stronger than you imagined," Amoen said, "For you today, it takes all your strength to fight against a god. The power of the whole country, and you must use ingenious methods and rely on a certain amount of luck, but you know that in ancient times, when humans just learned to use fire to drive away wild animals, it was difficult to kill a "god of nature" like me. How simple is it?"

Veronica opened her mouth, but failed to organize her words, and Amon gave her own answer before that:

"Back then, all that was needed was a few clubs big enough and a sharp spear—at best, a few oil-soaked stones on fire."

Gawain and Veronica fell silent at the same time after being shocked, but their thoughts were surging like a tide.

He thought of the god of war who seemed to have begun to go crazy, and also thought of the gods who seemed to maintain their sanity at present, but who did not know when they would lose control.

"...It seems that we need to re-plan a lot of things." He couldn't help but whispered.

Veronica looked at Amoen with somewhat complicated and weird eyes: "As a former god, you really have a plan to rebel against mortals..."

"This is also a part of the law of nature," Amon said gently, "Not everything will have a perfect ending. When survival becomes a problem, sometimes we have to use all means as alternatives. ——The law of nature is like this, it is neither gentle nor cruel, nor does it matter good or evil, it just operates and ignores your wishes."

"However, we can also look forward to a better way to break the game," Gao Wen said, "You succeeded, and the goddess of magic also succeeded. Although you said that all of these cannot be copied, what we are doing now is to take the past The technical reproduction of things that the world regards as miracles - I have always believed that development can solve most problems."

"Then I wish you success," Amon said with a smile in his tone, "It's just that you have to hurry up, all of us—and God—don't have enough time."

"Of course," Gawain nodded, "everything has already started since I decided to restart the rebellious plan. It is destined to be impossible to stop, so we can only go on."

Afterwards, he bid farewell to Veronica and left here—not without more questions, but that they had stayed here for too long, and Amon's divinity had not been completely purified, and the long conversation here There are still certain risks.

What's more, there are still a lot of things waiting to be arranged in the outside world.

The dark and chaotic courtyard became quiet again. On the fragmented ground, only the gigantic giant deer was left lying there quietly.

"Start..." In the silence, Amoen suddenly whispered to himself, "It's a pity that what you said was not accurate... In fact, all this has already started since the first time a mortal decided to walk out of the cave. "

Then he fell into a long silence, and it was not until more than ten minutes later that he sighed slightly.

"...What exactly did Mir Mina tell me when she left?"

……

After returning to Cecil City, Gawain did not take a short rest, but went directly to the main control room of the Imperial Computing Center - Kamel and Jenny were here.

The huge control room is brightly lit. A large number of technicians are checking the neural network that has just experienced a storm in front of each piece of equipment. Several immersion cabins are set up in a corner of the room. The cabins have been activated. Several people who used to be The technicians of the Bishop of the Sleeper are lying in it-they now have their own job title, called "node bachelors".

Kamel, who was busy in front of a large terminal, first noticed the arrival of Gao Wen and Veronica, and he immediately stepped forward to salute: "Your Majesty, Your Highness Veronica."

——Although Anzu no longer exists, Veronica Moen still retains the title of princess according to tradition, so she also has the title of "His Royal Highness".Of course, from the perspective of the Church of the Holy Light, she can also be called a "Saint", but this does not conform to Kamel's habits.

"We learned a lot from Amon - but we'll talk about it later," Gawain nodded to Kamel, and at the same time responded to Jenny's tribute, "Now let's look at the situation on the Internet."

"Everything has stabilized. We have successfully remotely activated a distribution station in San-Sunil just now. The neural network and magic net are running as expected," Kamel replied immediately, "Miss Jenny and I are relocating the The standard template for the mental protection rune is transmitted to all nodes, and we happen to have something to report about this."

Chapter 0927 Spiritual Song

At the invitation of Kamel and Jenny, Gawain came to a "holographic analysis room" in the Rune Research Institute. In this huge square room, a raised platform was fixed in the center of the floor with a high-precision crystal array. It was fixed on the platform, and as the rune projector was activated, a holographic image that was far clearer than ordinary projections appeared in front of everyone with a slight buzzing sound.

In the center of the screen, floating are several siren runes with wonderful vortex shapes or curved structures.

The moment he saw those runes, Gao Wen felt a slight sense of spiritual upliftment, and even felt that his thoughts became clearer and sharper-of course, a considerable part of the latter was actually a psychological effect, and the technicians had already It has been tested experimentally that the sea monster runes actually do not improve the actual operation efficiency of the human brain. They only have a strong spiritual protection ability. The so-called "brain acceleration" effect is only produced by the testee when the mind is clear. Just an illusion.

After turning his gaze away from the rune that could increase the SAN value, Gawain turned his head to look at Jenny next to him: "You said that you have made great discoveries in the study of siren runes?"

"Strictly speaking, I have a certain understanding of the uniqueness of the 'Kraken'," Jenny nodded, and at the same time nodded to an assistant on the side, who then operated the projection device to make the holographic projection in the center of the room appear Seeing the constantly changing figure of the siren, Jenny added at the same time, "By the way, all of our research has been strongly supported by Ms. Till."

Gawain nodded: "What did you find?"

"We found that the 'runes' on the siren's body may not be the only ones that have the effect of 'mental protection'," Jenny said, "as long as it is an 'information body' that can point to the race of the siren, it will have similar mental protection." Effect……"

"Huh?" Gawain was immediately attracted by Jenny's statement, and his tone couldn't help rising a little, "Pointing at the race of sea monsters?"

"For example, the runes on their bodies, and...their singing." Kamel said, and at the same time waved his hand to turn on another device in the room. After a light click, a very soothing and pleasant humming The sound came from a certain recording device in the room, and with the humming sound, Gawain immediately felt the excitement and joy similar to staring at the siren rune!

"This was recorded with the help of Ms. Till, which is different from the tune she usually hums casually in her spare time. She said that this song is a 'song of the deep sea', which contains the 'truth of the wave's waves'...We haven't heard of it yet. I can understand what she means, but the singing of this special melody obviously has an effect similar to deep sea runes, even after being transcribed with equipment, this effect still exists-it will only be weakened."

Kamel explained on the side, and before Gao Wen spoke, he added: "In addition, I analyzed this melody with a resonant crystal, and found many waveforms beyond the range of ordinary human ears. After extracting and testing this part of the fluctuation, we confirmed two things: First, these tremors can trigger magical resonances that humans cannot detect, which is actually an extremely complex 'casting' in essence. 'The process, but the resonating body and the traces produced after the resonance are invisible to us, only the highly sensitive crystal records the indirect evidence; secondly, it is these fluctuations beyond human perception that produce' Mental protection' effect."

Gao Wen's eyes had already undergone an undisguised change: This is an unbelievable discovery, and it is the long-awaited progress that everyone has been waiting for!

Ever since he came into contact with the "patterns" on Tire's body, and since he knew the various abnormal characteristics of the siren race, Gawain and his technicians have been working hard to decipher the secrets inside. Based on the deep sea runes, they Mental protective barriers have been produced, and more and more efficient "anti-god coatings" have been produced. However, all these applications are just crude imitations, and the principle behind it has not been explored at all. This is undoubtedly the result of all research. The biggest regret in the heart of the reader is even a gully.

However, now, Kamel and Jenny have finally taken a crucial step on this road, and they have gone in a direction that they have never thought of before-the sea monster's characteristics of fighting against gods are not limited to theirs. "Runes" on!

"That is to say, if these 'waves' hidden in the melody are taken out and introduced into the magic net, they can also produce the effect similar to the deep sea runes?"

"That's the theory, Your Majesty," Jenny nodded, "and they will have a more comprehensive effect than the runes, covering every inch of the corner. The only disadvantage of this kind of fluctuation compared with the runes is that it needs to be 'continuous'. After the rune is made into a coating, it can be effective for a long time, but this kind of fluctuation must be maintained by a specific device. Once the effect is interrupted, the effect will be interrupted, but if it is in the magic net that is continuously running, this limitation is not a limitation gone."

Gao Wen was thinking quickly in his mind, and then a question suddenly popped up: "Wait, have you tested it, does this thing... work for deaf people?"

Unexpectedly, Kamel nodded immediately: "I also thought of this, so I conducted a test, and the conclusion is very interesting-although these fluctuations hidden in the melody are beyond the perception of the human ear, theoretically whether it works should be It has nothing to do with whether human beings can perceive it, but in fact, the effect of these fluctuations on deaf people has obviously declined-not completely ineffective, nor full effect, but a certain percentage of decline. In addition, we have also found the reason Volunteers who were deaf for different reasons were tested, and it was found that the deafness of the deaf people with organic damage to the auditory organs was not obvious. The "Song of the Deep Sea" still had a quite obvious effect on them, but the deaf people who were deaf due to brain lesions The opposite is true for volunteers...

"On the second type of testers, the 'Song of the Deep Sea' only played a weak role, giving people the feeling... as if they were not only physically deaf, but even their souls were also deaf."

"... Strange result..." Gao Wen couldn't help muttering.

Kamel nodded: "Yes, it's very strange. We will continue to study in this area, which may help us uncover some secrets in the process of 'human perception of magic power'."

"Then the topic comes back to these melodies," Gawain raised his head, "Can these 'Songs of the Deep Sea' be imported into the magic net now, or made into something practical?"

"It still needs some preparation and testing," Kamel said immediately. "This is a recent discovery, and there are many unverified parts. It's best not to apply it rashly. At present, Jenny and I only use those that have been verified. The runes are imported into the magic net to protect key nodes."

"Okay, we should be more cautious in this regard," Gao Wen nodded, and then couldn't help but glance at the "example siren" shown on the holographic projection—although this picture has been deliberately processed, he can still see it at a glance. Its prototype is Tyr, "What else have you found?"

"It's still related to the 'Song of the Deep Sea'," Kamel said. "As you know, this kind of song can only be hummed by sea monsters, but in fact... some humans can't do it either."

"Human?" Gawain was suddenly surprised, "You mean that humans can also sing this 'Song of the Deep Sea'?"

"For humans, it's not singing, it's a complex spellcasting. There is a special group of spellcasters among humans... who have skills similar to the song of the deep sea," Kamel said seriously, "Of course, when talking with the sea monster Before the contact, this spell-casting group did not know the specific melody of the song of the deep sea, they used another melody, but after testing, they can indeed imitate the 'song' of the sea monster."

Gawain frowned, as if he had thought of something, and said thoughtfully, "This spell-casting group is..."

"It has been disbanded now, but I can find a way to rebuild it," a voice suddenly came from the entrance of the room, before Kamel and Jenny spoke, "It is the 'psychic choir' of the Church of Dreams and the Order of the Eternal Sleepers '."

Gawain turned his head to follow the prestige, and saw a beautiful lady with an elegant figure in a white close-fitting dress walking in. He recognized that it was one of the former archbishops of the Eternal Sleeper, "Spiritual Song" Wendy.

"Psionic choir?" He raised his eyebrows, and quickly recalled the information in this regard, "Ah, I know this group..."

"Its predecessor was the chant troupe of the Church of Dreams. Its duty was to appease and gather the spirits of believers through special 'spiritual singing' during important ceremonies. After the birth of the Order of the Eternal Sleepers, the psionic choir became One of the important defense forces of the religious order, it is used to help the core priests resist the spiritual erosion from the gods, or heal those compatriots whose minds have been injured," Wendy had a gentle smile on her face, and her voice was also like The singing is as beautiful as it is, and it lives up to the name of "spiritual song". "When we evacuated from Typhon, the psionic choir was disbanded, and now less than one-fifth of its members have come to Cecil."

"Can you imitate the siren's song of the deep sea?" Gawain looked at the former archbishop in surprise, "Can your ears hear the special fluctuations hidden in the melody?"

"...can't hear it," Wendy said, "but it can be perceived in ways other than the ears. Its essence is actually a process of casting spells, and specially trained psionic singers are no strangers to this process of casting spells. "

Then the "Spiritual Song" lady paused, and sighed with a hint of emotion: "The 'singing skills' used by us and the sea monsters are indeed very different. Frankly speaking...human beings are far less talented in this aspect than They, but if it's just an imitation, we can still do it with hard work and a certain amount of talent."

"We need to train a group of psychic singers," said Kamel on the side. "In terms of fighting against the erosion of the gods, there are never too many cards."

"Is it difficult to train psychic singers?" Gawain pondered for a moment, then looked at "Spiritual Song" Wendy, "How long will it take to rebuild the entire psychic choir?"

"...To be honest, it's difficult," Wendy thought for a while, and said frankly, "Psionic singers are not really 'singers', it's not just as simple as letting someone with a good voice learn to sing, he essentially It is still a spellcasting profession, which requires keen magic perception ability, special magic power control skills, and long-term boring study and training. In the end, even if all these are completed, you will have to learn a series of skills from the siren that are recognized by humans. Knowing a completely different kind of knowledge... In fact, even now I haven't figured out what Miss Till's repeated emphasis on "perceiving the deep sea" means. It should be even more difficult for ordinary people to do this.

"On this basis, it's hard even for me to say how long it would take to rebuild a psionic choir...it could take many years."

Gao Wen frowned: "This means that mass production is extremely difficult, and those who succeed even have a lot of randomness and chance..."

But soon he noticed several key points mentioned by Wendy just now: "You said, to become a psychic singer requires a keen sense of magic and special magic power control skills?"

"Yes, these two points are also the biggest talent limitations for becoming a psychic singer-other than that, most of the limitations can be solved by training and learning the day after tomorrow."

Gawain immediately looked at Kamel who was at the side. Before he could speak, the latter had already reacted.

"Your Majesty, we may try the Nerve Thorn," Kamel nodded slightly, with a buzzing voice, "The practical Nerve Thorn is ready for mass production, and our next step is to try to use it to mass-produce basic mages. Use part of the test quota to train spiritual singers—if more trained spiritual singers are added to our 'defense system against gods', our future will surely be safer."