Gawain never imagined that the first problem with the Ares belief system would eventually point to the "economic war" between Cecil and Typhon. On this basis, many things exceeded his expectations. ——
He did not think that different gods would have different "tendencies", let alone how to predict the tendencies of gods from the direction of "ideological trends"; he did not think of certain changes in human society. The influence on the corresponding gods would be so direct, and he did not expect that some gods with "weak endurance" would have such a big reaction...
At this moment, he actually doubted whether his development plans Too far ahead of your time, or going into areas you shouldn't be involved in.
But there is another voice in his heart making a clear judgment: the desire of mortals to pursue a better life is definitely not original sin. Gods will gradually fall into madness due to the development of mortal civilization. He had known about it a long time ago, but now the influence finally began to appear before his eyes.
Looking back and carefully sorting out everything that Cecil experienced during his rise, he realized that those development plans actually had no choice at all - without all of this, Cecil would have been completely destroyed before his rise. , the Southern Territory will suffer heavy casualties when the Great Wall appears for the first time. The weak Kingdom of Anzu will be unable to repair the loopholes on the edge of the Gondor Wasteland. The civil war and subsequent divine disaster will completely destroy Anzu. What is coming is the annexation war of Typhon...
By that time, the killing efficiency of humans may even be far better than that of a divine disaster.
But he still shook his head and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that our unconscious behavior actually caused the God of War to go crazy..."
The next second, he Hearing Amorn's voice ringing in his mind, with a gentle chuckle: "Ah... Although all this is indeed related to you, you may also have overestimated what you have done in these few years. The impact on a god
"The rapid deterioration of the God of War should indeed be a recent thing, but he is not just driven crazy by the kind of 'war' you just mentioned - at best, you are just. I pushed a little on the edge of the cliff and made a slight acceleration that seemed insignificant overall. According to my understanding... or guessing, the God of War's madness overriding his reason should have started a long time ago. "
Gawain's expression changed instantly. He heard that the former god in front of him seemed to have some inside information, and immediately asked: "Why do you say that? ”
“I said that the tendency of the God of War determines that he is one of the gods most likely to go crazy, and you mortals... you mortals are really too good at change, especially in war. I have changed my bottom line in front of me. Ever since you started throwing stones at each other, you have asked the God of War to witness more 'agreements' than any god has witnessed. However, you have torn up countless agreements through various excuses and maneuvers, without even making excuses. ..."
Amorn said unhurriedly,It was as if an indifferent bystander was judging the script on the human stage. There was no disgust in his tone, but there was no defense at all - "Businessmen still need to appear honest in the face of interests, but kings and lords can They tried their best to break the contract - yes, they asked the God of War to witness those contracts, but they had thought of a suitable way to break the contract long before praying, making everything look fair and reasonable, and they could even deceive and impress themselves...< /p>
"So, mortals are almost 'schizophrenic' when it comes to war - then the God of War is also schizophrenic. Even if he is not at the beginning, he will quickly slide into this abyss. "
Gawain couldn't help but look at Veronica. From each other's eyes, they both saw complicated expressions.
"As a mortal, I There seems to be nothing to defend," Veronica said softly, "Mortal races...are indeed mostly full of contradictions and flaws. "
"Yes, so the civilization of mortals is also full of contradictions and flaws, and the gods that mortals believe in are also full of contradictions and flaws. This is a closed ring, and all of us and gods are in this ring. ," Amorn said calmly, "But I can still see the shining point in it - at least in any era, under any circumstances, there are 'people' trying to break this ring, sometimes mortals, sometimes It is God, which shows that at least we are not willing to accept all this. "
Gawain looked at Amoun with a thoughtful expression. At this moment, he suddenly realized that this "god of nature" was closer to a human than the last time he saw it. , which gave him an inexplicable idea: the growth of human nature.
Perhaps, after three thousand years of suspended animation and recent "changes", the wait of the former god is finally coming to an end. When it comes to fruition, he is shedding the last shackles of his divinity, and his humanity is growing, and this is no longer the humanity given to him by countless mortal thoughts, but the "humanity" that truly belongs to Amorn himself...
Did Amorn notice this change himself?
Gawain had some speculations in his mind, but in the end he said nothing and just shook his head slightly: " Let's go back to the goddess of magic...Amorn, do you know her...where is she now? "
"Unfortunately, I can't help in this regard," Amorn said. "The Shadow Realm is a more complicated place than you think. It has no continuous space in the conventional sense. A little deeper than here, it will appear disordered and chaotic. Each mind heading towards the deepest point will take a different path. Therefore, except for the goddess of magic herself, no one will know where she has arrived. , and it is impossible to track her. ”
“The Shadow Realm actually has such a nature? "Gawain said with some surprise, then he frowned, "So, we can give up the idea of finding the goddess of magic..."
"Why are you obsessed with finding her? "Amorn asked back,"Did her escape cause great damage to you or your country? Or do you want to get something from a god who has left his throne?"
As he spoke, the former god paused. After a pause, he suddenly chuckled: "Ah, you seem to have been in contact with things related to God, and you also hold many inheritance and even remains related to God... Could it be said that you have any collecting hobby in this area?"
"No...of course not," Gawain suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He had seen Amorn's occasional "humor" last time, but until now he was not very used to it. A bit, "It's just that a god has done such a big thing under my nose, I will inevitably be a little concerned."
"Then control your curiosity - I suggest you temporarily Stop paying attention to this matter," Amorn suppressed the smile in his voice and warned seriously, "You can't find her, and she will not have any contact with mortals in the short term. Knowing your rebellious plan, in terms of results, making a god 'harmless' should be in line with your expectations, then you should let Myrmina properly complete her isolation and self-purification... This is the safest option. "
"In fact, I have thought about it too...I accept your suggestion," Gawain thought for a while and nodded, "But how long will she have to be isolated and purified like you? Does it need to be at least three thousand years?"
He knows the time concept of these gods - basically the same as when he was a satellite spirit, so he needs to inquire about this in advance. Do you need to follow him up? If the goddess of magic really plans to find a place to sleep for three thousand years like Amorn... Then he can almost forget about this matter after he goes back. At most, he can find a stronger stone. Or write a message on something like a mithril tablet and place it on the mountain, hoping that some brave man or archaeologist thousands of years from now will see it, and then go look for the coffin board of the goddess of magic to see if she is alive... …
Of course there is a second plan, which is to work hard on his own to still be in power three thousand years later, and then wait for the goddess of magic to emerge from a gap in the shadow world and go over to follow her Say something: Madam, do you think the times have changed...
Of course, the prerequisite for all this is that mortal civilization has withstood the demonic tide and the black trap, otherwise everything is just an illusion.
"I can't give you the answer, but I guess this won't take long, and it may not even take long in the eyes of you mortals," Amorn's voice suddenly came, interrupting Gawain's thoughts, "Although she... seems to have taken a similar path to me, her breakaway action was obviously more successful and thorough than mine. The aura I sensed on her body has almost completely washed away the divinity, I don’t know how she did it, but she obviously paid a heavy price..."
Listening to the information revealed by Amorn, Gawain suddenly thought of the goddess of magic's " Escape route"——
She entered the magic network, and then risked beingThe risk captured by Naritir sneaked into the deeper neural network. According to Duarte's later report, she also wandered specifically in the chaotic area at the edge of the neural network for a long time. It was precisely because of this last burst of "wandering" , she fell into Naritiel's spider web and almost failed to escape...
As a god who wants to escape from the cycle and has been planning for a long time, she cannot be useless when executing the plan. things.
That is to say, the magic network and the neural network, especially the "unconscious zone" at the edge of the neural network... are very important to the goddess of magic. Some of their properties enable her to successfully break free of the chains. The key!
Veronica on the side obviously thought of the same thing as Gawain. She also became thoughtful, and the changes in her and Gawain's expressions did not escape Amorn's keen eyes. Eye.
"It seems you have some ideas?" Amorn was a little curious, "Can you tell me?"
Gawain looked at Amorn and nodded after a brief hesitation. .
"We built something called a 'neural network,'" he said. "It is made up of a large number of active human brain nodes and relies on human thinking, and in the boundary area of the network , is a layer called..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard Amorn's voice in his mind: "Unbiased thoughts?"
Gawain looked at Amorn in surprise, his eyes widening slightly.
"I see... I see... a thrilling and exquisite idea... first restore yourself to the posture at the beginning of your birth, and then wash away those constraints..." Amorn seemed to be greatly affected. Excited, he actually said to himself, "He is indeed a god in the field of magic, so reckless...but so lucky..."
The giant deer god was so excited that his body surface Those originally constant glimmers of light suddenly accelerated, and a slight tremor appeared at the ends of his limbs. This body that had been static for three thousand years actually showed a sign of movement. However, the next second, all the tremors suddenly stopped. Zhi: Those layers of restraints still tightly trapped him.
Gao Wen was surprised that Amorn thought of the characteristics of the boundary zone of neural networks in an instant, and even the summary of "non-tendency of thought" was far better than what Cecil's technical staff put forward. The "unconscious zone" must be accurate and fit the role it played in the previous "howling incident".
He thought about a lot of things in an instant, and subconsciously said: "You mean, the goddess of magic washed away her divinity and severed it by 'soaking' herself in the chaotic human thoughts. "Chain'?"
"It should be like this...It's very likely to be like this," Amorn reacted from talking to himself, "This is an effective idea..."
Veronica couldn't help but step forward and said in a somewhat urgent tone: "Then this method can be used on other gods..."
"The premise is that it can be used on other gods.Regarding the gods," Amorn seemed to have calmed down from his excitement, and his tone also made Gawain and Veronica quickly calm down, "not every god can enter the magic network - gods born based on magic. There is only one Myrmina. And even if you think of a way to put the ‘non-inclined trend of thought’ into practical use... it probably won’t have any effect on other gods. ”
Gawain understood the first half of Amorn’s words and deeply agreed with them, but was a little confused about the second part: “Why didn’t it work?” ”
“I would like to ask first, how large is the ‘neural network’ you are talking about? How many consciousnesses are there to support its operation? "
Gao Wen thought for a while and said frankly: "It is actually still in its infancy... Although we are working hard to promote it, its current peak operating nodes are only tens of thousands..."
“This is the key point - the scale of the mortal thoughts behind any god cannot be compared to tens of thousands of nodes. "
Veronica frowned: "Then why can the goddess of magic do it? "
"I guess she must have been 'starving' herself for a long time..." Amoren said leisurely.
Gawain: "..."
He thought of the special features of the goddess of magic Myrmina, and thought of this god's "habit" of never responding to believers' prayers, never sending miracles, and only responding to believers' prayers to a minimum extent.
As far as he knew, the goddess looked like this thousands of years ago.
He shook his head and muttered to himself: "Well, it seems that she has been really 'hungry' for a long time. ..."