Chapter 666 The Beginning of the Disobedient Plan

Gawain has always been interested in the huge "rebellious plan" of the ancient Gondor Empire - in a sense, in his opinion, this plan can no longer be described as just huge, it... even It can be described as great.

This is a plan for human beings to actively seek to survive by fighting against the gods on the basis of the reality that supernatural forces dominate the world after confirming the existence of gods. In modern times a thousand years later, human beings Civilization has declined, and all races other than humans seem to be trapped in the quagmire. Gawain has seen too much rigidity, backwardness, ignorance and decline in this era. However, some sparks of rebellion against the plan still continue in this dark chaos. , even if it is only a little bit, it proves one thing to Gawain:

Human beings in this world have resistance and survival factors in their bones.

But if we explore and think carefully, Gawain finds that there are too many doubts in the disobedience plan - this huge plan seems to revolve around "disobedience to the gods" from beginning to end, although it The ultimate goal seems to be to fight against the demonic tide, but is it just to allow humans to survive the demonic tide?

The Gondor Empire tried to fight against the gods with such a decisive attitude. Even after the end of the demonic tide and the emergence of new kingdoms, there were still disobedient people like Ophelia who continued the old empire's legacy. Research, the focus of these studies seems to have completely changed to simply analyzing the gods and fighting against the demonic tide... Instead, it is more like ancillary products of this series of plans.

Even if these doubts are put aside, with a living rebel like Ophelia existing, Gawain will inevitably want to learn about those ancient secrets from this "person involved". After all, ... Gossip is part of human nature, and the same goes for becoming a satellite spirit.

"The disobedience plan...I thought you would at least discuss this with me after the situation is completely stable," Ophelia smiled lightly, "This topic involves more than just a few words. "I can explain it clearly."

"Just a casual chat to satisfy my personal curiosity," Gawain said, "You don't have to answer my questions completely, if you think there are some secrets that must be kept. , then we can keep it until we both build more trust - after all, it's just casual chatting."

Ophelia sat on the high-backed chair next to Gao's desk, leaning slightly. Turning his head, his cheeks seemed to be immersed in a faint layer of holy light: "Don't worry, I will be happy to tell you about this. Disobedient people never reject fellow travelers. In addition to keeping the necessary confidentiality from the public, our cause is not It's not that you can't meet people."

Gawain nodded: "That's good - I already know that the Disobedience Plan is actually divided into many project groups. The Nie' project is actually just one of them. I'm curious about how many projects there are in total, and which part are you specifically responsible for?" Ophelia pondered for a moment: "How many projects are there specifically? ...I'm afraid I really can't tell you this., not that I meant to keep it secret, but... because God might hear it. "

Gawain frowned: "Will God hear it? "

"I'm not sure if you can understand this too abstract knowledge. I can only tell you what I know exactly: there are some projects... The disobedient has gone too far and has reached the level of mortals. In the realm of chaos between the world and the world of the gods, where you know the gods, the gods know you - we have taken some safety measures to ensure that we can mislead the gods' sight, so that during our research The gods look away, but if they are mentioned at an inappropriate time, especially through the mouth of the disobedient, these misleading measures may be broken down immediately..."

"The gods have a certain Conceptual qualities, so that just mentioning relevant knowledge in certain fields will attract their attention? "

"...You have excellent understanding ability," Ophelia glanced at Gawain with some surprise, "This is a sincere compliment. "

"After experiencing life and death, I have been exposed to some secret knowledge," Gawain said casually, "Then since gods have such characteristics, how on earth do you study those companies? Items that cannot even be mentioned? "

"...We can't even mention this," Ophelia shook her head helplessly - this was the first time Gawain saw a helpless expression on her face, "The set up back then The security measures are now ineffective, and I can't discuss any related topics with you in the real world. In a sense, these secret projects have been 'stuck' at the edge of the boundary of God's Domain. I'm sorry, but I still can't discuss it with you in the real world. No way to break the situation was found. "

"...It doesn't matter, you can't force everything," Gao Wen breathed out, "Then talk about the projects you are responsible for, and pick the ones you can talk about. "

"Studying the nature of gods and their many laws, and trying to find loopholes in them, is my main task," Ophelia nodded, "In addition, I am also responsible for management Several disobedient bases, including the one you know as the Disobedient Fortress. "

"Several bases..." Gawain suddenly raised his eyelids with surprise on his face, "Are there many bases like the Disobedient Fortress? ”

“How can such a dangerous plan keep all the projects in one place? "Ophelia said calmly, "The Disobedience Fortress you know is just one of many bases. But as far as I know, the Disobedient Fortress is indeed the largest and earliest built among all bases - it is connected to the place where the giant deer Amorn fell, and our initial project started there, and therefore, Only then is it qualified to be labeled "disobedient". "

Gawain couldn't help but ask: "What about the other rebellious bases..."

Ophelia's next answer temporarily gave up all his thoughts: "In Gondor, earth. "

"...Okay," Gawain sighed, "This is a goal that we cannot solve for the time being. ”

AoifeLeah looked at Gawain: "What else do you want to know about the Disobedience Plan?"

Gawain thought about it and tapped his fingers on the table in front of him: "The goal of the Disobedience Plan, Do you just want to fight against the demonic tide? In order to fight against the demonic tide, do you have to disobey the gods? Or, to put it another way... why can humans survive only by stealing the power of the gods? Or is it because it is the gods who triggered the demonic tide?"

This is the question that Gawain has been thinking about recently: What is the original reason and motivation for the disobedient to fight against the gods?

As a former atheist, coupled with the thinking habits of his previous life, when he first learned about the disobedient plan, he did not feel that there was anything wrong with the plan. In his opinion, mortals trying to escape from the gods The shackles of the world can be said to be a kind of "innate right": pursuing freedom, defeating ghosts and monsters, and gods oppressing the world, isn't that what it is?

But the longer he lived in this world, the more he felt a contradiction in the local worldview:

What is the relationship between gods and mortals? They do control the source of divine power, control the beliefs of mortals, and may even create "spiritual seals" to ensure mortals' belief in themselves, but other than that, they have really intervened in the operation of the mortal world. What?

The church performs the responsibility of supervising the world on behalf of the gods - this is one of the rules of the mortal world. In other words, in fact, those priest groups composed of mortals are the real exploiters and oppressors, and even The interpreter of divine authority, and Wright also confirmed this after taking over the Church of Holy Light: Although such things as oracles exist, the number of times that gods actually issue oracles is pitiful. Except for the connection in the field of divine magic, They can be said to be completely outside this world, and the only ones who really do things are the priests...

Of course, Gawain himself is still full of fear and even a certain amount of hostility towards the gods, but this is It is determined by his personal experience and world view.

What about people other than him? What about the indigenous people born and raised in this world? What about those disobedient people in ancient times?

There must be a more motivating reason for the rebels to initially decide to fight against the gods. According to the information revealed by Ophelia, the rebel plan can be said to be to fight against the gods in all aspects, not just stealing. Their power is still studying their nature, looking for their coordinates, looking for their weaknesses, and going one step further... they definitely don't mind killing those gods.

If it is just to allow mortals to survive the demonic tide, they do not have to do this step. The reason why they do this must be a deeper reason, such as...

The existence of gods is an "absolute threat" to mortals.

On this point, Kamel, who is only a senior researcher and team leader, cannot give Gawain an answer, but Aoife, who is a member of the royal family of the old empire and the senior manager of the Disobedience Project,Leah Norton, definitely should know something.

Gawain's question may have really hit the point. The expression on Ophelia's face was faintly solemn. After pondering for a long time, she spoke quietly:

"As long as gods exist, human beings will one day be destroyed."

Gawain frowned: "...So it is really they who triggered the demonic tide?"

"On the contrary, gods have never caused demonic tides. According to our research, even in ancient lost civilizations - do you know about ancient lost civilizations?"

Gawain nodded: "I have been in contact with them. The Dragon Clan knows something about ancient civilizations, and it seems you know this too."

"That's easy to communicate with - according to our research, ancient civilizations also encountered demonic tides, and some of them also. They have survived disasters, and not every civilization that has survived disasters has relied on its own strength..."

"You mean..." Gawain suddenly stopped tapping on the table. He came down, with a solemn look in his eyes, "Is it God who helps?"

"It's more than just helping - the darker the darkness, the more dazzling the light. The more severe the disasters that mortals encounter, the more the gods They will spare no effort to protect mortals. There is evidence that in ancient times, there may even be gods who came directly to the world to help mortals resist the tide of evil. Although not every time they can successfully survive the civilization, those gods did do so. "< /p>

Gawain thought for a while: "...Is the news reliable?"

"We can't confirm what happened in ancient times, but we have more than one clue, including the experiences revealed by some ancient races. , including some ancient relics we excavated in the central region of the continent," Ophelia said unhurriedly, "The demonic tide is not caused by gods, but the latter will appear to help humans resist the demonic tide - as As a pioneer, you should also know that in the pioneering era, there were many priests who were active on the front lines as important combat forces of the pioneering army. Didn’t the magic in the hands of these priests come from the gods they believed in? ”

"Through Do you want to reduce the population by more than 70% to increase the number of believers? After the demon tide, the number of believers in all churches dropped by more than half, and many faiths were directly cut off. Not to mention that in ancient times, there were also those who were directly destroyed by the demon tide. Civilization... From this point of view, I think your guess is not valid."

"Well, this seems to be too much of a conspiracy theory," Gawain also realized that his guess was not well thought out." If that's the case, what's your reason for resisting the gods?"

Ophelia took a deep breath and said seriously: "In ancient times, more than one civilization survived the demonic tide - but those The surviving civilizations, where are they now?"

In just two or three seconds of silence, something came to Gawain's mind.A concept that Melita Pernia once told herself -

Black Trap.

"Did God finally destroy those survivors?"

Ophelia nodded slowly: "I'm afraid so."

Gawain was stunned. Startled, he suddenly spread his hands with a strange expression: "...Are all the gods schizophrenic?"

"We don't know the reason - and we didn't find anything that could support 'Gods of Destruction' at first. As for clues or evidence, we only found records of gods protecting humans from the demonic tide, and the fact that all civilizations that survived the demonic tide were eventually extinct.

“We didn’t know what the destruction was at the beginning. It was not until we accidentally opened a wrong rift that connected the 'Border of God's Realm' during the process of adjusting the magic flow of the Deep Blue Well. In that twisted and brilliant rift, we witnessed for the first time A little shadow of the kingdom of the gods...

"The Gondor royal family at that time organized a secret exploration team, composed of the most powerful priests and scholars. The purpose of this team was actually very simple. , just want to take a look across the rift, and if possible, salute the gods face to face to thank them for their protection in the world - the team will neither really enter the kingdom of God, nor will they do anything offensive.

"However, the moment the 'cross-border' behavior occurred, the situation got out of control. Extreme chaos and crazy malice emitted from the rift, and the glorious image of the kingdom of heaven instantly turned into the most terrifying nightmare picture, the brilliance. Hidden under the cover are mind-breaking twisted 'knowledge' and 'truths' that are incomprehensible to the human mind. The team that crossed the rift was almost wiped out instantly, and only two half-crazy legendary strongmen returned to the world with a breath. They only left two words before their death:

"They will destroy us."

"This is a countdown. "

Ophelia stopped and looked at Gawain quietly. After more than ten seconds of silence, she broke the silence softly:

"These two sentences are The beginning of disobedience to the plan. ”