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Chapter 780 "Delete"

The conversation between Daniel and others gave Gawain some uncontrollable associations.

Ever since he learned about the concept of "upper-level narrator" and its related beliefs in Sandbox No. 1, he has been thinking about the nature of the gods in this world and the creation process of various concepts related to the gods. , and what he is most concerned about are two questions:

First, how did the gods of this world come from? Secondly, what role does the "commandment system" surrounding these gods play in the entire belief system?

In this world, many beliefs and concepts corresponding to gods originated from the "Eternal Slate". According to Gawain's judgment, the role of the Eternal Slate for mortals in the world should only be some kind of "guiding medium". It came from the God-killing fleet back then. For some temporarily unknown reason, it carried the aura of the gods it destroyed. Ordinary people in this world could not read the battle reports of the God-killing fleet from those ancient metals like him. records, but can only sense the residual power of those gods - since the power of the gods often also means the knowledge of the gods, the mortals who first came into contact with the Eternal Slate also indirectly learned the knowledge of the gods from it.

The knowledge of the gods has an irresistible erosion and assimilation effect on the mortal mind.

On this basis, many religious beliefs in the world today were inspired and gradually developed. This is obviously different from the "upper-level narrator's belief" that was completely created from scratch in Sandbox No. 1. .

Gawain has always been confused about this - in the real history of this world, the many religions that came into being in this period of mortal civilization came into contact with the remaining information fragments of the ancient gods. Then the mortals followed their own interpretation of these They understood the information to carry out belief and worship, and in the process formed a religious system belonging to this civilization, and received feedback from the gods. In this process, what position and state were those ancient gods in?

Perhaps we can boldly guess that they have been resurrected in the belief behavior of the new season of civilization - and since the customs and habits, historical trajectories and even the main races of civilizations in each season are completely different, Therefore, these resurrected gods have already become completely different individuals from the gods of ancient times. However, because of the information carried by the eternal stone tablets as "basic guidance", these "resurrected gods" are definitely the same as the "original gods" of ancient times. "God" is inextricably linked.

Do the gods themselves know this? Do they themselves care about this?

Leaving fragments of their own information in the eternal slate, may it be a deliberate means of self-preservation when they were on the verge of destruction? Some kind of solution that is not a solution, some kind of deeply flawed "resurrection"?

If the above speculations are true, what is the "commandment system" established around the gods and occupying an important position in the behavior of faith?

The commandment system can also be regarded as the "dogma" and "clear rules" of various religions. It is the integration of a series of rules used to regulate the daily words and deeds of believers.In this world where gods actually exist, rules and regulations are not only a restriction on words and deeds, but also mean the acquisition of divine power, the effect of prayer, and are even closely related to "divine punishment". Every mortal who believes in a specific god needs to carefully follow the numerous commandments in order to maintain the connection between himself and the god. From this point of view, the commandment system seems to be a restriction formed by gods on humans.

But if the gods of this world are really born from faith, or are resurrected from faith, then is the commandment system... really just a "one-way restraint" by God on humans?

The Eternal Sleeper team began to explore this phantom town. Led by Selina, Daniel and other archbishops, the ten-person team first began to explore this silent square. Gawain followed silently. Behind them, thoughts raced through their minds.

In the belief of the "upper-class narrator", there is a "rule" such as "You cannot stay on the street on days when the bell is ringing, otherwise you will be 'deleted'". This is a very typical "commandment" "According to the clues revealed by Archbishop Yuri, the origin of this commandment is most likely due to the early "periodic reset" operation of Sandbox No. 1.

An ordinary technical operation, in the closed sandbox No. 1, evolved into a part of the later rules and regulations. The residents in the sandbox have completely forgotten the original meaning of this "rule". The reason, or they don't know the real reason for this rule at all, but since it is part of the "dogma", they will abide by it religiously.

Even though Sandbox No. 1 no longer has the operation of being reset every ten days...

Two Eternal Sleeper priests wearing owl masks completed the operation of nearby sandboxes. After exploring the streets, they returned to Daniel and bowed: "Nothing was found, Archbishop - this place looks like an ordinary uninhabited town now."

Daniel nodded, Archbishop Yuri next to him said: "The situation inside the nearby houses is the same. Everything has returned to 'normal', and this time there are no bells ringing and no lights suddenly lighting up."

< p>"Normal..." muttered Archbishop Magnan, who had red hair and was extraordinarily tall. "The more normal it is in a place like this, the weirder it becomes."

Archbishop Yuri frowned slightly, as if he was He said to himself: "I have a feeling that this town seems to have its own mind. This mind tried to influence us last time and tried to break through the blockade, but it failed, so this time it chose to close itself and close this mind. The deep 'truth' of this town will no longer reveal any information to us..."

"You mean, this town is 'alive'?" Archbishop Magnan raised his eyelids and suddenly With a look of interest, "Then if I give it a psychic storm, will it jump up?"

Yuri glanced at the grumpy archbishop: "You can try it."

Magnan was startled for a moment and shrugged: "...It's really boring."

Gowen listened.Following the conversation of these eternal sleepers, he walked casually to the center of the small square.

This was once the location of the small church, but now, the church has disappeared, leaving only a slightly pitted, old slate floor and a few pools of water on the ground.

He stopped next to one of the pools of water, his eyes casually swept over and landed on the pool of water.

The water reflected scenes that looked like everything was normal: empty squares, extinguished street lights, dark houses, and Gawain's own calm and indifferent face.

The "mirrors" in the dream world often have special meanings, so Gawain also became a little curious about the possible reflections in the water, but he looked for a few seconds and did not see anything like There are "classic" anomalies such as the self in the reflection blinking strangely and additional figures appearing.

This made him smile and shake his head. He felt that he was thinking too much, and the supernatural things he had seen in his previous life entered his mind.

But just when he was about to look away and look elsewhere, the reflection in the water actually changed——

In the small town reflected in the reflection, the street lights suddenly It started to light up, and warm and soft lights suddenly appeared in those dark houses!

Gawain was slightly stunned, and almost at the same time that the town reflected in the water changed, he heard a melodious bell that seemed to come from the horizon suddenly ringing in the town!

The sudden ringing of the bell made him subconsciously raise his head and look around. Daniel and others near him also had the same reaction at almost the same time - obviously, Gawain was not the only one who heard the bell. .

"It's the sound of a bell..." Selina frowned, and the light of the lantern in her hand became faintly brighter, "I still don't know where it came from..."

"Just now "They said there were no bells ringing," Yuri said with a hint of self-deprecation and confusion, "but there were only bells ringing and no lights turned on, which is different from last time."

Just as he said, in the silent town, only the strange and melodious bells rang, but the surrounding street lamps and the doorways of houses did not light up with warm and soft lights like last time.

However, Gawain's eyes swept across the water in the square, and he clearly saw that in the reflected town, the lights were lighting up one by one and spreading rapidly towards this side!

Suddenly, he seemed to guess what the malicious mind lurking in this town wanted to do, but before he could give a warning, he saw Archbishop Yuri, who had been speaking just now, disappear out of thin air. in front of yourself.

The next to disappear were the high-level priests wearing owl masks who seemed to have not yet reacted, followed by Daniel and Mag who had just reacted and were about to cast a spell to protect their minds. The Archbishop of the South, and finally Selina Gelfen, who raised the lantern, seemed to want to dispel the darkness and illuminate the hidden mind nearby.

Everyone disappeared in front of Gawain in just an instant, as if they were "deleted".

HeThey were deleted because they violated the commandment of "not staying on the street on days when the bells are ringing" and were deleted by the "divine rules" firmly believed in by the "Upper Narrator" sect!

Gao Wen stood quietly in the center of the square, looking at the phantom town that was still empty as usual, with a calm expression.

I actually felt a little panicked.

He himself did not seem to be affected, but...he was not sure whether he had also been "deleted".

After all, he still doesn't know the nature of this "deletion", and he can't find an additional observer to confirm his current status.

However, these changes in mentality did not affect Gawain's next actions. He quickly calmed down his mood, and in a sober and calm state, he first weakened the "strength" of his access to the spiritual network. It was confirmed that he was still in a state where he could disconnect from the network at any time and return to the real world.

This seems to indicate that he has not been affected by the strange power of the town, and his mind can still come and go freely on the Internet.

Subsequently, he began to try to sense Daniel's spiritual frequency and try to use a "secret port" to establish contact with the other party.

Daniel disappeared together with the other priests, but Gawain did not think that this strange town could directly "obliterate" so many powerful extraordinary beings so easily. After all, it was only No. 1 The projection of the sandbox, even if it does have some weird powers, should be limited.

As early as when they secretly transformed the spiritual network, Gawain and Daniel had considered what to do if an unexpected situation occurred and the main port of the network was blocked or blocked. For this reason, they set up settings deep in the network. A large number of secret ports and unmonitored "hidden lines" are used for emergency communications.

It’s just that the unexpected situation that Gawain originally envisioned was that the Eternal Sleeper Pope and the Supreme Council of Bishops noticed the invasion of “extraterritorial wanderers” and blocked the network. However, he did not expect that these secret links would come in handy as they are now. Condition.

The consciousness settled, the spirit condensed, and the secret spiritual connection was instantly established. Gawain soon sensed the familiar fluctuations coming from the depths of his consciousness, and heard Daniel's voice ringing in his mind: "My Lord "How is the situation over there?"

Gawain felt relieved.

"I am not affected," Gawain said in a deep voice after calming down for a while, "Where are you now?"

Hearing that Gawain was not affected, Daniel said Bian didn't seem to be surprised at all, as if he felt that this was how a wanderer outside the territory should behave, and then he reported the situation around him: "My lord, I don't know where this is - it's dark around me, I can only see The mist was billowing, and it seemed that it blocked my senses and blocked my mind."

Gawain frowned slightly. From Daniel's description, he could not tell what the other party was like now. a state.

But there is one thing he is sure of - he does not seem to be affected by the strange power of this phantom town.Quantitative impact.

Daniel is currently in a dim and hazy environment, surrounded by fog that blocks perception, but in Gawain's sight is a normal phantom town, and his own mind can also perceive his surroundings normally, and he can sense his surroundings at any time. Leaving here, the two situations are obviously different.

Why are you not affected?

Because Sandbox No. 1 cannot recognize the soul of his "outside wanderer"? Or is it because he did not use the Eternal Sleeper's standard port when he connected to the psychic network, but used a "vulnerability port"?

Gawain briefly analyzed it, but now was not the time to dwell on the matter. He could only temporarily put aside his doubts in this regard and start thinking about ways to help Daniel out of trouble.

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