The information revealed by Melita and the possibility behind this information made Gawain's breathing stop for a moment.
This brief reaction was seen by Melita.
"Can you tell me more specifically?" Gawain suppressed the ups and downs in his heart, leaned over and asked with a serious expression, "In what way and where did they steal the knowledge? And this knowledge Why did it almost destroy the future of the world?"
"The history of the rebellion is a quite sensitive topic among the Dragon Clan. Although it is not an absolute taboo, we almost never Not to be disclosed to outsiders," Melita narrowed her eyes slightly, as if observing Gawain's reaction, "Let's not mention this for now, you seem to be quite concerned about this matter?"
Gao Wen? Wen knew that his reaction just now might be a bit big, but he controlled his expression well at the moment and responded calmly: "Of course I care - the Death Society of All Things used this book to create a disaster that almost destroyed Ansu disaster, and now this book is in my hands again - if this thing contains some kind of ancient curse or the power to induce madness, then what we have to face is not the loss of one or two people, but the loss of one or two people. The nervous attitude of your dragon clan towards this book... has only intensified my vigilance."
"You can rest assured that it has nothing to do with power such as curses. The most dangerous thing about it is knowledge. It's just itself," Melita shook her head, "For some reason, dragons on missions outside are prohibited from revealing the specific content and source of that knowledge to foreign races, but regarding the rebellion against the tide... I can give you a reminder. "
"What are you talking about?"
"A race that is in a state of spiritual ignorance can never master material technology that is beyond their capabilities," Melita said in a deep voice, "because they He is a slave both spiritually and materially."
Gawain was silent for two seconds.
For a soul who has traveled from the earth, been exposed to massive amounts of information, and been impacted by various ideological trends, Melita’s words are actually quite simple to understand.
It is nothing more than digging up advanced technology from the ancestral graves of aliens and causing a technological crisis.
But his intuition and the look in Melita's eyes when she said this told him that this "crisis" might not be that simple.
Melita mentioned "almost destroying the future of the entire world." This sentence should not be said casually, but why would a mentally ignorant race destroy the entire world after mastering advanced technology? "future"?
"Destroying the future of the entire world", in Gao Wen's understanding, should mean losing the expected development potential, and it means that the entire world will fall into some irreversible and pessimistic state. It means no more progress, no more development, no more opportunities, it means eternal sinking...
If the "Counter Tide Empire" had just stolen some technologies from the "Ancient Fleet" and used these technologies If they develop advanced weapons, they may be destroyed in the flames of war.These weapons will be used to destroy the dragon clan, but in Gawain's view, this is not considered destroying the future of the entire world - because this world has actually developed more than one season of civilization, with the "Devil Tide" The shuffling mechanism exists, and any race is just a passer-by in such a world. If the empire against the tide destroys itself, a new country will replace it. If the dragon race is destroyed, a new race will be born.
Such a world is still developing and changing. The future is not destroyed, only reincarnation is destroyed.
Of course, perhaps Melita is only referring to the crisis faced by the Dragon Clan in the war, and those considerations about the world's macro-historical process are just Gawain's own divergent thinking, but Gawain I think that ancient races like the Dragon Clan, which have watched the changes of eras time after time, should not be so short-sighted.
He spoke his mind frankly.
"The serious consequences you are talking about are not just as simple as the counter-tide empire using some forbidden knowledge to create a certain weapon, right?" He looked into Melita's eyes, "What on earth are they doing? What he did that almost destroyed the future of the world - can you tell me this?"
"...No." Melita shook her head, her eyes hinting wildly.
Gawain successfully received the other party's hint: "Oh, it seems to be related to the black trap and the gods."
After several conversations, he had already understood Melita's What are the rules of these "secrets that cannot be told", and use this to deduce the current predicament of the Dragon Clan - they should be bound by the gods. This layer of restraint prevents them from revealing any secrets related to the gods, but in other words In other words...
As long as they can't say it out even if they try hard, it must have something to do with God.
After all, these ultimate creatures are powerful. They can burn the sky and earth with one breath, and can plow eighteen acres of land with just one breath. There are not many things they dare to say out loud.
The information obtained through insidious work made Gawain think deeply -
The Counter-Tide Empire, an ancient civilization that once struggled with the Dragon Clan in ancient times and almost won. , according to Melita, they are actually a "race that is in a state of spiritual ignorance". This state of ignorance should be relative - after all, they have been able to create "hotlink devices" that can steal data from satellite groups. They should have The level of technology is quite high, so their ignorance should refer to the fact that their spiritual civilization cannot match the technology from the satellite group, or in other words, cannot match the technology from that ancient fleet.
And this "mismatch" situation caused them to trigger some kind of crisis related to the gods and the black trap.
Melita cannot tell the specific content of this crisis, but Gawain can speculate...
If the so-called "mentally ignorant state" refers to the failure to If we get rid of theocratic power, then... the empire against the tide uses super weapons to fight religious wars? Use black technology to pursue the path of God? try to putTransform the real world into the Kingdom of God? Or...
These black technologies fell into the hands of God...
Gawain's eyes flashed, and suddenly there was a hint of vigilance.
Advanced technology will lead to "mismatch", so Cecil's magic industry is developing so fast... Has it also entered this "danger zone"? Will this technology turn into a crisis one day in the future?
In the crisis created by the Empire Against the Tide, were there any rigid standards or "boundaries" that could be avoided?
He looked at Melita: "Will advanced technology definitely lead to a crisis like the Rebellion? What kind of advanced technology is considered 'advanced technology'?"
Melita obviously knew what Gawain was worried about, and she smiled slightly: "Is magic technology developed by human researchers themselves? Does it originate from and belong to humans? Are ordinary people in your empire going to Is this technology a tool or a miracle?"
Gawain vaguely understood the key.
“If the technology is developed by ourselves and applied to society as a whole, and ordinary people know that the source of the technology is humans rather than gods, then it is safe, no matter how fast it develops, it will still be safe. , on the contrary... there will be a 'crisis' like the rebellion, is this what you mean?"
"As you said"
Gawain paid attention to Meili. Ta's expression changed, and he did not continue to ask about the detailed reasons and what the relationship was with the gods.
Because experience told him that if he continued to ask questions, it would be the step where the Blue Dragon lady, with her blood pressure of 200+ and the pressure of the sancheck failure, would "ask again for more money".
Although Miss Mylittlepony seems to be in danger every time, Gawain is really afraid that she will die suddenly in front of him if she fails to control herself...
< p>However, even if Melita cannot give an answer, it does not prevent him from conjecturing along the current line of thinking:A technology tree with a complete research and development process, and a technology tree that "comes from the sky", What is the specific difference? Why is one safe while the other may cause a crisis related to God? According to Melita's words, there seems to be a subtle matching relationship between "spiritual civilization" and "material technology". What exactly does this matching...affect?
After all the questions went through his mind, Gao Wen suddenly felt that he had grasped a key point: How has society changed during the process of developing and promoting technology?
He looked at Melita and said word by word: "The process of technological development is to return everything that once belonged to gods to humans - is there any missing advanced technology that was stolen? This link?"
Melita smiled, not her usual professional and precise smile.
Her smile comes from the bottom of her heart.
“Be able to understand this for yourself, then it seems that you will not go astray. ”
Gawain exhaled softly.
Actually, he almost went astray.
Almost all those who traveled through the world almost went astray. The shortcut of choice.
Fortunately, in this world with weird physical rules, there are no shortcuts.
He raised his head and looked at the ultimate book in the center of the experimental table: "This book, How will the Dragon Clan deal with it? "
"If according to the regulations, this is an item related to the Counter Tide Empire and must be recycled," Melita said seriously, "It is very dangerous to leave it 'outside'. "
"But there are exceptions to everything," Gawain looked at her, "You should know that it is difficult for me to give you this book just because of a few words. "
Melita blinked: "Yes...so just keep it." "
Gao Wenwen thought that he still needed to spend some time on this matter, but he didn't expect that the other party would agree to it so happily. He couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Really? "
"As you can see, it is broken and cannot be repaired. It can no longer steal any knowledge from anywhere. The biggest risk has disappeared," Melita said calmly. He said slowly, "And more importantly, you have realized that 'key point' just now. Presumably... you will not go astray. "
"You do trust me. "
"Just think of it as a show of friendship," Melita chuckled. "Seizing someone else's treasure is a kind of damage to friendship. Since there is no need to recycle it, why should I be merciless?" "
When Gawain heard the other party mention "friendship", the corners of his mouth turned up - and he said you are not Mylittlepony?
It is a pity that Melita had no idea that the corners of this old rice dumpling's mouth would turn up. What was she thinking when she raised her eyebrows? She just felt that she was a good talker and her friendship with the human leader had improved...
The Ultimate Book was put back on the experimental table. , the alloy fence rose again, and the protective shield was activated again.
Melita looked at the book quietly for a while, then turned around and spoke in formulaic words, but there was a sparkle in the corners of her eyes. Smile: "Then, that's the end of this service. I hope you are satisfied with this consulting business. "
"Excellent value for money," Gawain nodded, but just before Melita was about to say goodbye and leave, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I have a little question to ask. Give it a try. "
The smile in the corner of Melita's eyes visibly stiffened, and her tone became more subtle: "Could it be..."
To be honest, she really has a bit of a psychological shadow. ——Whenever the human being in front of me wants to add a small question, she will most likely get involved with black traps and gods. She will lose half her life even if she answers a single word. Originally, she thought it would finally end peacefully this time. Okay, why do you need to add two sentences at the end?
Gaowen was a little embarrassed when he saw Melita’s reaction, and quickly waved his hand: “Don’t be nervous, it’s really just a small problem, just for the sake of it.To satisfy my own curiosity - I am very curious, what is your dragon clan's attitude towards human stories about dragon-slaying warriors and the legends of dragon knights? "
Melita blinked, obviously a little surprised by this question, but her professionalism allowed her to react quickly, with a smile on her face: "The dragon-slaying story... Speaking of which, Have you heard of the story "The Dragon in Black Mountain Castle"? "
Gawain thought for a while and nodded: "I have heard of it. This is a famous poem popular among bards in the era of Gondor. It talks about a fictional evil dragon. Threatening the town and causing natural disasters, a veteran who survived the war picked up the knight sword left by his superior, challenged the monsters step by step, and finally fought a decisive battle with the evil dragon in Black Mountain. The whereabouts of both of them are unknown - it seems like a legendary story for seven hundred years. Today, there are still some variants and fragments of this story circulating in the north and west, and it is regarded as one of the early classics describing the evil image of the dragon. ”
“I wrote it. "
"Oh...ah? "
"I wrote it," Melita pointed to herself. "The prototype is a friend of mine, but she doesn't know about it yet. "
Gawain: "..."
After half a minute of astonishment, he finally asked hesitantly: "Then what...you did this?" What is the main purpose? "
"Villain writing has become more popular in Tallond recently - I'm talking about the last ten centuries. "
Gawain: "..."
What kind of ghost culture is there in Tarlond? Are these giant dragons usually crazy?
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“You see, this is our dragon clan’s attitude towards this kind of story,” Melita didn’t care how much impact her words had on Gawain. She just smiled lightly, “Don’t use it. Human logic is used to consider a race that can survive several seasons of civilization - so, do you have any other questions? ”
“No more…”