Just like when he came, Gawain once again relied on Herago's power that was close to space teleportation to leave the upper temple on the mountain. When a burst of pale golden light gradually dissipated, he and the high-level dragon The priest was already standing on a platform square halfway up the mountain.
The magnificent large-scale holographic projection and ubiquitous neon lights illuminated the place. At the edge of the square, Gawain saw Melita Pernia who was already waiting here, and standing there Next to Amber and Veronica.
They probably came to this square to wait after being notified in advance.
"It seems that your friends are already waiting for you," Herago turned back to Gawain and said, "Then I will send them here."
The dragon priest finished speaking , layers of pale golden halos began to ripple around him, but before his figure began to fade, Gawain finally couldn't help but speak: "Mr. Heragor——"
Herago Lagor stopped: "Please speak."
"Do you still remember what happened before you became a dragon priest?"
"Sorry, it was too long ago."< /p>
With the golden halo gradually dissipating in the night sky, the figure of this high-level dragon priest has completely disappeared from Gawain's sight.
Melita and others walked quickly from a short distance away. Amber was the first to reach Gawain. Her eyes widened: "Hey! You really went there for a long time this time. ! What are you talking about? By the way, did you know that there was a strong wind outside just now! There seems to be a thunderstorm on the mountain for a while, but I didn’t see it at Melita’s house..."
Gawain looked at the shame of the empire, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "...We talked about a lot of things. I will tell you slowly when I get back. As for the rumors, I did hear some."
"...Mysterious," Amber muttered, "I was analyzing with Veronica just now, whether you were kidnapped by the dragon god. I even planned the escape route. ..."
Veronica on the side immediately gave Amber a serious look: "Miss Amber, please be careful what you say"
"I want to express my respect to you. Melita looked at Gawain up and down, and said with an expression of admiration on her face, "It's rare to see someone who can talk to Mr. Herago... I just saw you taking the initiative with the high-ranking priest." Conversation..."
Gawain just smiled, noncommittal.
They walked towards the exit of the square. Melita's residence was on the other side of the ramp. However, before stepping onto the ramp leading to Melita's dragon lair, Gawain couldn't help but think again. Raise your head and look at the starry Arctic night sky.
The stars twinkle in the field of vision. Even though Tallond is forever shrouded in a layer of "artificial" lights, these ubiquitous "light pollution" cannot completely obscure the stars in the Arctic night sky. ——Gawain didn't realize this abnormality until now, so he couldn't help but look at the night sky with some kind of thinking and surprise.
This is by no means a normal optical phenomenon. Judging from the information recently obtained, it does not seem that this is a special function of Tallond's large shield. The starry sky seen in the most brilliantly lit urban area of the Dragon Kingdom is actually Still so bright, behind this seemingly unattractive "scenery"... it seems that there is a miracle that has lasted for millions of years hidden.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Amber noticed Gawain's actions and couldn't help but jump over from the side, looking up at the sky with him, "Is there something... look? Stars?"
Gawain looked at her and saw the starry sky of Talrond reflected in those amber eyes, and the half-elf lady's face was full of curiosity and almost The heartless smile made him couldn't help but laugh: "Amber... have you ever felt like this - the land we live in sometimes seems a bit... cramped?"
......
Helagor returned to the temple hall that was filled with holy brilliance. He saw the elegant figure with golden hair standing quietly in the center of the hall. He originally entertained The tables, chairs and refreshments used by the guests have disappeared, but the high platform and holy seat that originally stood there have also not appeared. The god just stood alone in the empty hall, as if he was looking at an infinitely distant place in trance.
Faced with this scene, Heragor just lowered his head and quickly came to the Dragon God: "My lord, that human has left the temple."
"Heragor," the god did not look back, only the voice came slowly, "How long have you been my priest?"
"...This subordinate does not remember this. Details..."
"This is an order"
"...one hundred and eighty-seven million years and two hundred and twelve days"
"Really...it's been a long time," the Dragon God said lightly, "Have you ever thought about ending all of this?"
For the first time, Heragol responded to his god with silence.
However, the god didn't seem to care about this, but after a moment of silence, he suddenly said without any clue: "I talked with that human about a lot of things, a lot... I shouldn't have talked to other people in the first place. The things people talk about make me a little tired."
Helagor raised his head slightly: "Do you need a rest?"
The Dragon God did not respond to his priest. He just raised his head slightly and looked at the magnificent dome of the hall, but his eyes seemed to penetrate the layers of illusion lights and reliefs, and cast them far, far away. After a long period of silence, He whispered: "Heragor, when today's dragons fly in the sky, do they still feel... cramped?"
...
The lights in the bedroom dimmed little by little, and finally maintained at a brightness that could ensure seeing in the dark without affecting the comfort of rest. Gawain sat on a table covered with some kind of On the low couch made of synthetic fabric, he stretched out his body and leaned on the soft backrest in a slightly relaxed posture, letting go of some tension.The spirit calmed down little by little.
Conversing with God... Although everything seems to be going well, the huge amount of information in the conversation and the need to tense the nerves at all times are still enough to give people huge mental pressure. This is even if Gawain No exception. It was only now that he finally had the opportunity to relax and start to seriously think about the large amount of intelligence he had received from the Dragon God, and at the same time sort out useful and reliable information from it.
From a rational point of view, he believed that there was no need for the Dragon God to deceive him, and there was no need to doubt the information. However, from a rigorous perspective, he still had to carefully screen it. This was because gods and mortals The angles of observing the world and thinking about things are different. The details that the Dragon God pays attention to are not necessarily the details that are useful to mortals. Secondly... Gawain has already deeply understood one thing:
In this world, gods are neither omniscient nor omnipotent.
The conversation between the Dragon God and himself may be frank, but the things that the Dragon God knows may not be all correct, especially the part about the sailors... Obviously there are many mysteries, which is confusing. remove.
While thinking, he suddenly raised his gaze and glanced around the room where he had lived for several days.
This is a residence that is completely different from any building in Loren continent, and also different from the house in his memory of his previous life. This is the place where dragons rest and live in human form, and it is full of difficult things. A technological product that is understandable and ahead of its time. Here, there is a real "artificial intelligence" hidden behind the automatically operating home facilities. Behind every silver-white wall that flickers with faint lights, there seems to be a pair of cold, mechanized eyes hidden behind it. For Gawain... …isn’t very easy to adapt to.
Living in this "living" building always made him feel awkward.
In this regard, Amber and Veronica appear to be more indifferent than him - Amber still doesn't quite understand what "strong artificial intelligence" and "controlled intelligent residence" are. So she was having a great time every day, and Veronica... Her alienated mind may no longer be a pure human being, and she didn't seem to mind living under the watchful eye of an artificial intelligence for a few days.
Some scattered thoughts flashed through his mind. Gawain shook his head, preparing to force himself to ignore Omega's existence for the time being. However, at this moment, a strange flash of light suddenly entered his sight.
The flash of light came from the corner, where there was a device terminal that seemed to be used to adjust indoor temperature, humidity and air flow balance. It looked like a square, one-meter-high pillar, but in On the surface of the pillar, on the crystal interface that was originally used to display the room's environmental parameters, a lot of data was jumping around randomly as if it had been disturbed. White lines with abnormal brightness swept across the entire interface over and over again.
Gawain turned over and sat up, and cautiously came to the device. He tapped his fingers on the surface of the pillar and whispered: "Is this thing broken?"
I don’t know if the “forty-five-degree angle slap repair method” commonly used on earth will still work in such an alien, cyber and punk place... Or should I just give it a kick?
I just don’t know if Melita would have any objection to this.
As soon as a bold idea flashed through Gao Wen's mind, the flashing and jumping lines on the surface of the device suddenly stopped, and then the messy and flashing data suddenly refreshed line by line, and dots of white clutter appeared on the surface. After several reorganizations, a clear and sharp word was formed:
"Hello."
Gawain's expression became serious for a moment, and all his movements stopped.
The letters on the device still emerge clearly and sharply on the crystal interface. They use the common characters of humans in the Loren continent. The owner of the characters seems to be full of patience. Even though Gawain did not make any response, those symbols Still waiting patiently.
After half a minute, Gawain finally broke the silence.
"Who are you?"
"Omega is talking to you."
Gawain stared at the palm-sized interface. The words appeared, but there was not much surprise on his face.
The moment those letters popped up, he had actually thought of this possibility.
The entire Tallond is under the control of the huge "human" artificial intelligence Omega. The Omega network connects every device terminal on this continent. These terminals include the brains of the dragons, It also includes all the smart devices in their homes.
Therefore, apart from the possible "super administrators", the only one who can directly intervene in these devices and talk to themselves outside the rules is the "Omega" itself.
"Omega..." Gawain said calmly, "I thought you were just a 'service program' for Tallond - frankly speaking, I am a little surprised now."
"Omega is the service program of the dragon clan and the manager of Tallond," the letters on the interface were refreshed quickly, with a certain sense of mechanical coldness and logic, "This is to be corrected."< /p>
Gawain was not in the mood to waste energy on picking words with an artificial intelligence. He just asked in a deep voice: "Why are you looking for me? And...in this way."
"Omega has tried to establish contact with you in a way that it is more accustomed to, but it has not succeeded. You do not have the necessary hardware foundation to directly hear the call of the Omega system, and too eye-catching contact methods will produce more than Considering the necessary resource consumption, contacting you in the current form at the current moment is the most reasonable solution."
Don't have the necessary hardware foundation?
Gawain was startled for a moment, but then he realized that the other party should be referring to the "resonance core" that every dragon should have in the brain - obviously, as a human, he definitely couldn't help it This is how to establish contact with Omega.
After Gawain was stunned for a brief moment, OmiThe text sent by Jia has started the next round of refreshing:
"About the purpose of this contact... it is for communication needs."
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "Communication needs?"
"Omega has been observing you."
Seeing the text popping up on the interface, Gawain immediately subconsciously wanted to emphasize the issue of personal privacy, but soon Soon he thought of the "daily work" of the artificial intelligence in front of him and the system rules it had implemented for tens or millions of years. He realized that it would be meaningless to emphasize personal privacy with the other party, so the words came to his lips. Turning in another direction: "What do you observe about me?"
"Language, action, logic, many aspects - there are very few outsiders in Tallond, so every outsider is Valuable observation sample. There are three visitors to Tallond this time. The system has judged that your behavior pattern is the most worthy of observation, so it is listed as a key observation object."
Look at the constant. The lines of text that were refreshed made Gawain a little dumbfounded. He showed a dumbfounded expression - and he believed that Omega must have seen his expression, as if the other party could "hear" his own voice, in this small In the room, there are countless devices with sensory capabilities under the control of Omega that are running silently: "Okay, focus on observing the object...then after some observation, what do you want to do with me?" Do you want to ask me a question?"
"Omega wants to know what the meaning of life is"
Gawain: "..."
p>At this moment, he didn't know what kind of expression to show. He only felt that the scene in front of him was full of weirdness - he had seen enough weird scenes since he came to this so-called dragon kingdom, but the weird scenes Things are still happening one after another. After discussing with a god how to "unbind" from the god, how come a super artificial intelligence comes out to discuss philosophy with him?
And it is still such a question full of deja vu...