To be honest, hearing about the "black trap" phenomenon from Tyr made Gawain suddenly feel an indescribable pressure.
Besides the demonic tide... there may be other threats in this world, threats that are big enough to cause the extinction of civilization. What is more terrifying than the demonic tide is the intangible nature of this threat - - Even the sirens, who have experienced more than a dozen changes in the demonic tide and have observed the world for countless years, have not been able to figure out the nature of this threat.
This is undoubtedly an extremely disturbing fact.
Gawain's face was serious and gloomy. He pinched his chin and fell into deep thought without saying a word. Tire waited quietly beside him until Gawain suddenly exhaled. The demon said calmly: "Are you suddenly a little desperate?"
Gawain's answer was only one word: "No."
"You don't have to hold on." "Look, it's normal to be under great pressure when encountering this kind of situation." Tier swung his tail as if understanding, and made a snapping sound on the rocks on the shore. "After all, it has always been the biggest thing you can imagine." Crisis is also a demonic tide. Now that I suddenly know that there is more than just a demonic tide, who can still be calm..."
"You are right, I do feel the pressure, but my mentality has not collapsed yet. Not to mention despair," Gawain took a long breath, and the expression on his face softened slightly, "The 'black trap' phenomenon you mentioned...maybe it does exist, but for me, the demonic tide still ranks first. Yes, if I can't resist the demonic tide, it will be a waste of effort to think about the "black trap" that is completely unknown. I don't have to lose my fighting spirit for this illusory disaster."
Tear. He looked at Gawain quietly for a moment, then suddenly laughed exaggeratedly: "You... you are really interesting... haha... why didn't I notice it before... no wonder you can talk to us Siren Let's go together... You must be a very popular guy in our Siren society."
Gawain looked at Tier who was laughing so hard that he almost threw himself into the river. His expression was inevitably a bit awkward: "Is it so exaggerated?"
"You are in a good state of mind -" Tier reluctantly stopped laughing, used his tail to jump hard and came to Gawain's side, looking at Looking at the expression on the latter's face, "Are you really not afraid? Even if you really find a way to survive the demonic tide, you may have to face future challenges, are you really not afraid?"
“Man is a creature that is afraid of death, but few people will give up their lives because of fear of death. People will only work hard to survive because of fear of death,” Gawain said calmly, “For us, regardless of the devil, Tide or 'black trap', they are both similar things - equally unknown, equally deadly, equally seemingly unsolvable, but we have made up our minds to survive when the evil tide comes, so we can only go on this road. It’s getting dark.”
After saying this, Gawain raised his head and looked at the starry night sky in a daze.
“After calming down and thinking about it, I realized that even if the ‘black trap’ existedNow, for us, the problems that need to be solved have changed from one to two. What is there to be afraid of? "
After listening to Gawain's words, Tyr suddenly sighed again: "...If you live in the Siren society, you will definitely be a very popular person. "
"Why do you say that? "
"The Kraken is also a race that is very good at comforting itself. We are optimistic and persistent. You are very similar to us in this regard," Tire said seriously. "To be honest, most Kraken are not." I don’t like land people very much - in our eyes, land people are creatures that develop very quickly but always kill themselves quickly. You lack vision, are keen on short-term interests, and do not value commitments, but I must Admit it...your kind of society, full of passion and hope, is also fascinating. ”
Gawain didn’t know what to answer for a while, so he had to keep smiling, accepting Tire’s compliment.
Tyr continued to speak after being quiet for a while. : "Actually, regarding the black trap... we haven't done any research. Although we have never been able to figure out how it happened, and we have not observed its specific manifestations, we have a guess about it..."
Gawain blinked: "Guess? "
"The civilizations that encountered the Black Trap have one thing in common, that is, they have all developed to a very high level and can at least survive the demonic tide - even if they are suddenly destroyed before the demonic tide arrives. Civilization, they already have the ability to protect themselves in the coming demonic tide. This has been confirmed by our observers," Tire explained seriously, "We think... the black trap may be a kind of filter. , as long as the development of civilization reaches a certain threshold, something destructive will be activated to destroy this civilization... You should understand what I am saying, right? "
Tear seemed to have opened up the topic and couldn't help but talk more and more. At the end of the sentence, he suddenly remembered that Gawain was a "backward land man", so he couldn't help but add the last sentence .
"Of course I can understand. The level of civilization in Gondor was not low," Gawain said, frowning deeply, "But the filter you mentioned...if this is true. Yes, the situation would be terrible..."
As long as civilization develops to a certain level, it will be destroyed by some external factors?
Does this really exist in this world? Something?
“We are just guessing, because according to our observations, all civilizations that have developed to a certain height are destroyed. There is an invisible threshold stuck there, and none of the destroyed civilizations exceeds it. , so we can only judge that the 'black trap' is a filter. ”
“Have you calculated this ‘threshold’? Gawain suddenly stared into Tire's eyes and asked in a very serious tone, "Does it have any iconic 'points'?" For example, a key technology has been broken through, or humans have set foot in a key field? "
"Unfortunately, we can't summarize it. On the one hand, we missed the black trap every time and could only see the remains after the destruction.There is no way to infer what the land civilization was doing before the Black Trap broke out. On the other hand, the magic environment is being reset every time the magic wave occurs. The technical routes taken by civilizations in each season are very different, and there is no comparability between them." Tier Shaking his head, "We can only give a rough standard now, that is, only civilizations that can at least survive the demonic tide are 'qualified' to be destroyed by the black trap. "
Gawain frowned and pondered, and suddenly thought of a key question: "...Have those destroyed civilizations surpassed yours? "
"...No," Tire knew what Gawain wanted to say, and she answered calmly, "We Sirens are a civilization that was almost destroyed once, but our remaining technological power still exceeds Those land civilizations, but we... did not encounter the black trap. ”
The technological strength is higher than that of terrestrial civilization, and it has lasted longer than terrestrial civilization. It has survived in the demonic tide for more than one season, and the sea monsters who are sunbathing and jumping... have not encountered the black trap. .
All this was expected by Gawain, and this fact was the reason why Gawain had doubts about Tyr's "black trap filter" hypothesis.
The reason for the black trap is not necessarily the progress in the technical field, but maybe the land civilization accidentally touched it in other aspects - of course, it may also be other reasons, such as the special life form of the sea monsters that prevent them from the black trap. Or... black traps can only occur on land?
Gawain expressed his thoughts, and Tyr immediately denied it: "Not only on land, there is a civilization that has developed a strong Ocean navigation technology, their maritime autonomous platforms and seawater extraction factories even drove to the edge of our territorial waters and established semi-permanent residential domes in the sea - but they all died suddenly, even though they were still there a month ago Talk to us about the development of submarine heat sources. A month later we sent a representative there, only to find that the entire dome was abandoned and full of corpses..."
Gao Wen frowned: "There was no reason at that time. Find out? "
"No. When the delegation discovered it, their dome had been abandoned for half a month and much of the evidence had disappeared. However, we found that their dome shield was closed from the inside. They should have turned off the shield themselves and then drowned. "
Gawain was stunned for a long time with his mouth open, but in the end he could only say one word: "Weird..."
"Yes...very strange," Tire He said slowly, and then suddenly seemed to remember something, "By the way, speaking of it...the destruction of one civilization seemed different from others...their destruction was related to an ancient race. ”
“An ancient race? "
"Dragon," Tyr said a word that surprised Gawain, "that civilization was destroyed in a war involving dragons. That was a long, long time ago. At that time, a land empire suddenly rose up - they developed extremely fast and quickly dominated the entire land. They also had some contact with us, but we didn't have time to understand it deeply. The war It suddenly broke out.
"parametersOne side of the war is the land empire, and the other side is the giant dragon. Nowadays, giant dragons rarely appear on the mainland. You all treat them as legendary creatures. But in that war in ancient times, giant dragons were almost Flying in from the north in overwhelming numbers, they did not look like a hidden race at all at that time, but actually participated in the war...
"We still don't know which side started the war. It was provoked, but the reason for the outbreak of the war seemed to be related to faith, because the dragon destroyed a large number of temple-like facilities in the land empire in the early days of the war. It was a targeted attack.
"That attack. The battle was very fierce, and the strength of the two warring parties was almost evenly matched. Many dragons died. Our observers could not even get too close to the war zone - because they were already red-blooded, and they would attack anyone who was not one of their own.
“That war lasted for ten years - such a long duration is also different from the ordinary ‘black trap’ phenomenon. Other civilizations that perished due to black traps disappeared very quickly. ——In the end, the dragon was victorious, and the once prosperous land empire was wiped out.
“According to the scattered information brought back by our observers, the land empire at that time broke out the war. The year was called the 'year against the tide', so they also called the war the 'war against the tide'. "
"The Battle Against the Tide..." Gawain listened to this magnificent story from ancient times, but he always had a sense of unreality. This story is too far away from today's era, but now it is It was inevitably a serious violation to be told by Tyr, but he believed that Tyr would not make up such a story for fun, "Indeed, it is different from the 'black trap' you described before. "
"Yes, it lasted for a long time, the reason was clear, and it was observed by us, so we have never been sure whether the 'Battle Against the Tide' that year was a 'black trap phenomenon'. But one thing is certain - if the battle against the tide has some connection with the black trap, then the dragon must know something. "
Gawain couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Are you asking me to find the dragon to get information? "
"What if there is a chance? Tier flicked his tail, "And I'm just giving you an idea. It's not me who comes up with the solution anyway." "
Gawain: "..."
At this moment, he really wanted to slap the fish to death on the shore...