The atmosphere in the study was dignified and solemn. Even Amber, who was usually the most lively, was standing next to him with a serious face at this time, without any intention of joking.
"This is the entire content of our communication." Gawain sat behind the desk, leaning on the back of the chair in a more comfortable posture, and said to the people in front of him, that "Guardian's Shield" It was placed on the weapons rack not far behind him.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, everything in the study was gilded with a faint orange light.
"Unbelievable..." The expression on Hetty's face was solemn as never before, and it was extremely difficult to say a few words. Obviously, it was difficult to organize words quickly after such a huge impact of information. It is a very difficult thing even for the great consul of the empire, "Ancestor, if what the God of Nature said is true, then our understanding of this world..."
"Our understanding of this world, our understanding of gods, our understanding of demonic tides, our belief, and even our understanding of the stars in the universe - everything has opened a new door," Veronica/Aoife Leah held the platinum scepter tightly and spoke in a low and serious tone, "We must re-judge the relationship between gods and mortals, and re-understand the planet we live on and the boundless space beyond it..."
" As mortals, we have very little knowledge, but among the limited truths we know, there is no part that obviously conflicts with the statement of the giant deer Amorn," Kamel said from the perspective of a scholar. Analyzing the credibility of the information revealed by the god of nature, "I think most of his words are credible."
"Ancestor," Heti suddenly raised her head and looked at Gawain, " Do you believe what the 'God of Nature' says?"
"What he said may be true, but I will always remain skeptical," Gawain said bluntly, "A man who can fake death Three thousand years of God, this is enough for us to always be wary of Him."
After Gawain finished speaking, Hetty opened her mouth, as if she still had something to ask, but before she could speak, there was a pause. The wave of breath that seemed to blow through everyone's hearts suddenly appeared in the study room. Everyone felt as if they were in a trance before their eyes, and then a girl with white hair hanging to the ground and wearing a simple white dress stood abruptly. In the center of the study.
"It is difficult for gods to lie," a light and sweet voice sounded in the study room, "In other words, lying will bring very serious consequences - many lies will try to become the truth, and if it doesn't If the method becomes the truth, it will become a 'burden' for the gods. A lie that becomes a burden may take a long time or a very painful process to be 'digested'."
Hetty is a little bit. He looked at the figure appearing in the study in surprise: "Naratir?"
"I invited her here." Gawain nodded and pointed to a magic machine next to the desk. The network terminal is running quietly there, and the runes on the terminal base flash, showing that it is in a state of rapidly exchanging data. However, on the terminalBut no holographic image appeared in the sky.
This is because the "data" transmitted through this terminal has turned into Naratir standing in the center of the study by its own will - this former high-level narrator has now faded away from the gods. She still retains many powers that are difficult for mortals to understand. As long as the magic network system can support her, she can appear in the form of psychological projection anywhere that the network can cover and permissions permit.
Veronica looked at the God of the Past standing in front of her and frowned slightly: "You mean, what the God of Nature said is true?"
"This is just my experience..." Naratir thought for a while and said with a serious face, "In my previous 'world', the rules worked like this, but I don't know if this is how it works in your real world. Same thing."
"In areas involving gods, the rules should be the same," Gawain said, "At least there won't be too many deviations - otherwise there wouldn't be a high-level narrator born in the sandbox. ."
Naratir thought for a moment and began to nod.
A former god affirmed, and the few people in the room dispelled most of their doubts. After all... this "upper-level narrator" is an expert in the field of gods and a researcher in imperial theology. The chief consultant of the institute, no one understands how a god works better than her.
“So, what we need to be wary of is not whether Amorn is lying, but whether there are gaps and misdirections in the truth he tells - there are more than one forms of deception, deception made with the truth. That's the most unpredictable thing," Gawain said with a serious expression, his fingers caressing the armrests of the seat unconsciously, "Of course, the premise of all this is that Julu Amorn does have some conspiracy or trap waiting. We. It is indeed possible that He is sincere and harmless, but..."
"But we can't bet on this," Hetty smiled bitterly and shook his head, "That is a god after all..."
"And he is a god who has been pretending to die in the Shadow Realm for three thousand years, deceiving all mortals, deceiving the researchers of the Disobedience Fortress, and possessing infinite patience and wisdom..." Kamel said hummingly. , a kind of dark blue light wandered on the surface of the rune armor on his body, showing his relatively depressed and complicated mood, "If such a god wants to plan something, it will be beyond human intelligence." "Imagine."
"This god is in our 'backyard'," Amber, who had been standing by the window without expressing any opinions, suddenly broke the silence, "This is the most important thing now. We should consider it."
"We can't move the Dark Mountains, nor can we move the God of Nature. Closing the door to the Shadow Realm is not a good idea - not to mention that it is within our current control. The only shadow portal that can operate stably, and more importantly, we are not sure whether the God of Nature still has the strength to reopen the door from the other side of the shadow world," Hetty shook his head and said seriously , "It is impossible for us to move the imperial capital for this reason, first to escape andIt’s not a good choice. Secondly, it would have a huge impact, and it would be difficult to explain it to the outside world. The last and most important point is that it’s still unknown whether this is effective. The Shadow Realm is not like the Shadow Realm. We know very little about that world, and the mapping relationship between it and the real world is not stable. What we do in the real world may be just spinning in circles in the Shadow Realm... ..."
"There was no need for us to escape," Gawain nodded and said, "A 'fallen' god who was imprisoned in the ruins and unable to move would not scare Cecil. People moved to the capital at night. The current situation is that it is an established fact that the God of Nature survives and is located in the fortress of disobedience. He will not leave, and neither will we. Then we can only stare wide-eyed——
"Strengthening the fight against disobedience For the monitoring of the fortress, more sensors are set up at the portal; more mental protection runes and devices for sensing divine power are set up in the Disobedience Fortress to monitor whether there are any abnormalities in the personnel stationed in the fortress at any time; some facilities are moved from the Disobedience Fortress Several new urban areas have been developed near the imperial capital, and some of the production lines that had to be set up in the mountains can be moved out..."
He finished the instructions one by one, and finally took a deep breath. tone.
“The measures we can take now are basically these... Considering that Cecil City has been rooted here for five years, the Disobedience Fortress has been rooted here for a thousand years, and Julu Amorn is still here. Just 'wait' quietly, then at least in the short term, that's all we can do."
Veronica, holding the platinum scepter, looked over calmly: "So, what about the long term. ?"
"In the long run..." Gawain smiled, "If in the long run we still have no way to deal with an imprisoned and weak god, then we don't have to consider any rebellious plans. ."
"I understand." Veronica nodded, indicating that she had no doubts.
Gawain sighed softly in his heart.
A imprisoned, weak god...
Not long ago, another god also invited him to visit the country ruled and protected by the god. At that time, due to his actual situation and caution, he refused the invitation, but today, he took the initiative to contact a "god" under his nose... There was some risk behind this bold move ingredients, but more importantly, he is more than 90% sure that even if the God of Nature is alive, he must be in a weak state and cannot move at will - at this point, he has great trust in the "god-killing weapon" fleet" power.
If Julu Amorn was not in a state of confinement and had no debilitating effects, then he would definitely have just announced that he would move the capital at night - this is not a matter of cowardice or not, but a matter of life or death.
After all, the lessons left by the old capital of the Typhon Empire are still fresh in our minds.
Gawain just thought of the lessons of the old imperial capital of Typhon.Amber muttered: "Alas... we joked before that the Typhons built Orlandale at the gate of the God of Dreams hundreds of years ago, and now we have built our capital on the tomb of the God of Nature... ..."
This was a very subtle statement. There was silence in the study room. Only Hetty couldn't help but touched Gawain's arm lightly after a few seconds and whispered: "If it is Rui Beka, I've already hung her up..."
Gawain didn't speak for a while, but he couldn't help but reflect in his heart: Did he usually teach this shame of the empire too many dirty words?
After arranging a series of monitoring and vigilance work on the Dark Mountains and the Disobedient Fortress, Hetty and Amber left the room first, and then Naratir also sank back into the neural network, the huge study. Inside, only Gawain and two disobedient people from the era of Gondor were left.
The topic quickly turned to the technical field, and Veronica said softly with a hint of emotion, as if sighing: "We have a lot of new things to study now..."
"Amorn mentioned something called the 'deep sea'. According to my understanding, it should be part of the underlying order of this world - we have never understood it, but everyone is in contact with it without knowing it. "It," Gawain said, "the deep sea surges in every corner of this world. It seems to infiltrate everything, and everything in the world is a reflection of the deep sea. At the same time, mortal thoughts can be reflected back to the deep sea." , to form a 'unique god'... This is also Amorn's original words, and I think it is quite important information."
"Could he want to use something far beyond the understanding of mortals. , but the 'knowledge' that really exists comes to 'trap' us?" Kamel said hesitantly, "The 'deep sea' he mentioned may be real, but it sounds too ethereal and mysterious, and we may be worried about it. Investing a lot of time and energy..."
"However, a researcher cannot refuse this 'temptation'," Veronica glanced at Kamel, "Especially when this field is undergoing It will help us uncover the mysteries at the bottom of this world."
"...That's true," Kamel paused for a moment and said with a wry smile, "I can't suppress my curiosity...although this is true. It may be a trap, but I think I can't help but understand and study it."
"We really need to understand and study it," Gawain stood up from the desk and looked at the two people in front of him. A disobedient person, "I have a hunch that this 'deep sea' may be the key to us understanding all the truth. Whether it is gods, or the mechanism behind the magic tide... or even the essence of magic, I have a vague feeling that they have something." Related. Kamel, Veronica, I authorize you to conduct research in related fields and find ways to find traces of this 'deep sea'. In addition, I suggest that we cooperate with the elves in this field - Elf inheritance. For a long time, in their ancient treasure house of knowledge, there may have been a few words about the mysteries of the world.
"Similarly, I.We can also cooperate with the sea monsters - although they are an alien race, they have survived in this world longer than us. During the long process of learning and adapting to this world, they may have observed something Signs..."
"I understand, and I will arrange technical exchanges as soon as possible," Kamel said immediately. "We just happened to have accumulated a lot of problems in the ultra-high-altitude aircraft project recently, and we need to work with them. The elves exchanged phased results..."
"Ultra-high-altitude aircraft..." Gao Wen was immediately attracted by the project mentioned by Kamel - this project was one of the key points he approved this year One of the projects is as important as high-speed aircraft, starry sky research, and ocean exploration. It is the hope of the next generation of aircraft technology, and is also related to the dream of the stars and the sea in Gao Wen's heart. "How is its progress?" ”
“Everything went smoothly before reaching the top of the magic static boundary, with a more powerful anti-gravity generator, a more effective power ridge, and a more reasonable rune layout... with the help of some new technologies , we easily allowed the unmanned aerial vehicle to rise to a height that even the Thunderbird could not reach, but the situation was different after crossing the magic static boundary layer. The magic environment in the atmospheric turbulence layer was completely different from that near the surface, and the original magic power was even more Powerful, but also more difficult to control. It is difficult for the Magic Network to operate stably in such a chaotic environment, and the stability of the lift cannot be guaranteed - all unmanned aerial vehicles fell down. "
As Kamel spoke, he spread his hands - or rather, two streams of arcane energy bound by rune armor pieces: "We put all the records carried on the aircraft The equipment has been recovered, and we are going to comprehensively analyze the data to see if we can find the rules of the turbulence layer, and to see what the elves think about this..."