Chapter 1333 Healing
After Mirmina finished speaking, Gao Wen fell into a long thought.
What he was thinking about was not only the idea proposed by Mirmina at this moment, but also a problem that might appear to all the "old gods" in the future: these have been separated from the gods, and the shackles of belief have been completely or partially lifted, but The mortal believers under his name still remember their "old gods". They can't be trapped in a place like a garden of disobedience forever like being under house arrest. They are also qualified to act in the world, but how should they act? To what extent can they participate in the world? How to control the process of their contact with mortals to prevent the shackles of belief from being re-established? These are questions that must be considered.
As for the present, the war between the wasteland and the civilized world is heating up. Amorn and Mirmina, as the native gods of the Loren continent, can play a huge role in this war, and this is something he must consider.
"The birth of gods stems from mortals' imagination and firm belief in a nihilistic concept, and the essence of thought trends is based on mortals' cognition—on the other hand, as long as the most basic problem of 'cognition' is solved, the gods in the world will be The activity itself is actually not a problem." While Gawain was thinking, Veronica suddenly broke the silence and said, "Of course, the premise is that the mental pollution has been solved like Amon, Mirmina or Enya. The god of the problem, or there are supporting protection and sealing means."
While speaking, the former leader of the rebels raised his head to meet Milmina's gaze looking down from top to bottom.
"As long as people don't know, don't think that you are gods, as long as they don't rekindle their awe and belief in you, then theocracy will not return, and on the contrary, as long as ignorance returns, people abandon rational thinking and regain superstition of the unknown And blind awe, then even if you do nothing, you will be dragged back to the altar sooner or later-so the key to the problem is not what you did in the first place, but what mortals think you have done and what you will do , lies in whether reason can drive out ignorance."
Hearing Veronica's words, Gao Wen couldn't help but nodded slightly, looked at Mir Mina and said, "The reason why we need the Theocracy Council is because of large-scale educational projects and spiritual construction, as well as strict restrictions on your actions. , because many people do not take the initiative to think rationally, and the cognition and way of thinking of the vast majority of people in our era also needs to be guided-many of the existing 'rules' of the Theocracy Council are serving this goal. "
The difference between "purpose" and "means" should be distinguished, which is the consensus of Gao Wen and Veronica.
"I understand what you mean," Mir Mina seemed to show a slight smile, and said softly, "A 'mortal researcher' who establishes a frontline research institute on the edge of the wasteland will not be a problem, and Amorn and I We have passed the 'most dangerous stage', perhaps from now on, we should consider how to act in a more mortal way... I will create an avatar to go to the wasteland area, there will be no problem of."
Just as Mirmina finished speaking,
The sound of footsteps came from nearby, and Amon was aroused by the movement here at some point, so he leaned over and muttered: "Don't talk about it if there is no problem, you should find a way to adjust your avatar—— After compressing it hard for a long time, it is still more than three meters high, and it can't even pass through a door frame, so you are ashamed to say that you are a mortal."
Hearing Amoen's unkind comments, Mir Mina's eyes immediately widened: "That's at least more human than you! No matter what I say, I'm also walking upright!"
"The three-and-a-half-meter-high 'human' and the huge white deer, I think mortals would rather believe that the latter is a product of nature—at any rate, I can say that I am a forest holy beast born near the peak of the ancestors," said Amo En shook his head and said, showing off his huge body that has become less exaggerated after being controlled and "compressed" again and again, "It will be difficult for you to explain to others..."
Gawain was listening to the exchange between the two retired gods, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded and said, "You guys usually argue about these things all day when you have nothing to do?"
"It's not like this every day," Mirmina thought for a while, and replied seriously, "The main reason is that Ms. Enya doesn't appear often recently, Naritil is very busy, and Lao Lu and I are indeed in some fields. There is a disagreement..."
Gao Wen touched his nose in embarrassment, and decided that it would be better not to continue discussing this topic, while Amoen who was next to him said casually: "If you want me to say, don't use your avatar, your huge magic fortress It’s not that easy to enter a body—it’s better to create a projection directly, the function is a little less, but it’s easier to control anyway, and you can make it whatever you want.”
Amber blinked and listened for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking: "I've been listening to you for a long time, what is the difference between a god's body, incarnation, and projection? Especially the latter two, I always thought that incarnation Same as projection..."
"For the gods, the avatar is the closest form to the main body, a direct extension of our powers, to use a new term in neural networks, it is almost equivalent to a 'lower version copy' of the main body - so the avatar With stronger power, it will also be more affected by the main body and present an image similar to mythology," Mirmina explained patiently, "Usually, we prefer to use avatars to do things, which is like using As convenient as your own limbs..."
"Projection is another kind of thing," said Amoen next to him, "That thing is usually a pure 'creation', which is under our control, but has no direct connection with the ontology, and will not be affected by mythology." The influence of the form is convenient because we can make it whatever we want, but the inconvenience is that the projection can only carry very little power of the body, and there are also great... obstacles in the transmission of information. The way projections are formed Various, it can be a consciously shaped individual, it can also be a 'idea' released by our unconscious, even if there is a powerful enough god who has an uncontrolled dream, then this dream may be in reality form a projection...
"These projections usually have little impact on the present world, and there is no problem of spiritual pollution, but as I said, they have a weak connection with the ontology, and it is inconvenient to control them. It is not easy to use them for things, especially The kind released in the dream.
"Of course, this last one is only theoretical. I haven't done anything like this—I've been sleeping very well all those years when I was a god..."
"Who asked you this, we are not interested in your baby-like sleep," Mirmina waved her hand immediately, and then thought for a while, "I still have to send an avatar there, projections can't do that kind of delicate research work .But the tendency towards mythological forms really needs to be resolved... By the way, is there really no female human being over 3.5 meters in this world?"
The voice of the magical goddess fell, and the surrounding eyes immediately focused on her, and she waved her hands in the next second: "Well, you don't need to answer, I don't think so..."
After a while, Gawain and the others returned to the luxuriant garden covered by golden oak trees. The latter slowly came under the tree, and while slowly bending down in the grass, he glanced back at the direction of the "experimental field" ——The tall figure of Mir Mina is still busy between those test benches. She has already begun to conduct a series of tests on the captured aberrant body, and she has no response to the sight cast by Amorn: "Let her Then study, she likes to study."
"Her conjecture about the truth behind the wasteland...has a lot of meaning," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "for hundreds of years, we have known little about the various strange phenomena in that polluted land, only All the information comes from the clues witnessed by the pioneering expeditionary force during the breakout, and since the closure of the Great Wall, the research on the wasteland in various countries has actually stopped in essence... No one thought that the breakthrough point would appear today .”
"Unified fluctuation conjecture..." Veronica lowered her eyelids and said softly as if she was talking to herself, "This is an area we have never touched, but if the truth is true, then our persistence all these years will be worthless." It's not a waste of effort..."
Gao Wen glanced at the "Saint Princess" quietly, and asked after a short silence: "How is the situation in the depths of the wasteland now? Can you confirm the actions of those dark priests?"
"They are hiding out of my sight—the wasteland of Gondor is extremely vast, and my Iron Man Corps can only operate near the Deep Blue Well. Those dark priests actually control most of the land in the wasteland," Vero said. Nika shook her head, "But I can confirm some indirect information. In the past few days, a large number of aberrations and mutated creatures that were originally just wandering around the wasteland have frequently gathered in the north, and I set up in the deep underground The sensors have also detected several high-energy reactions in the northeast of Gondor, and I suspect that their real lair is in that direction... Now I have increased the number and power of the sensors, hoping to complete the positioning as soon as possible."
Gawain's expression became serious, and he frowned slightly: "They didn't clash with your Iron Man Corps—and didn't attack the Deep Blue Well?"
"Yes, the actions of those mutants have bypassed the Deep Blue Well—they don't seem to want to attack the civilized world at the same time and fight the Iron Man Corps. This is probably to avoid unnecessary consumption," Veronica nodded slightly. , "They have obviously figured out the limitations of the Iron Man Corps over the past few hundred years, knowing that I am not an 'active threat', but..."
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "But?"
"However, I doubt that this 'balance' will last forever," Veronica said with a flat expression, "No one will allow a nail belonging to foreign enemies to always be planted in their base camp—the gang of dark priests The same is true. My regiment and I have always been a hidden danger to them, and I have always felt that their conspiracy against the Deep Blue Webway is still going on, the Deep Blue Well...they can't leave this largest Webway node forever. .The fact that they haven’t taken action against the Deep Blue Well now can only mean that it’s not necessary for the time being, or they think that the power they have accumulated is not enough and the cost of action is too high.”
"Honestly," Amber couldn't help but interjected, "If they really concentrate their forces to attack you now, can your Iron Knot Corps beat it?"
"It's the Iron Man Corps, Miss Amber," Veronica immediately corrected something seriously, and then slowly shook her head, "If they sent troops to attack a year or two ago, I am confident that I can defeat all the enemies, but now their The root system network has been activated, and the control technology for the aberrations has matured, and all the monsters in the entire wasteland are affected by those dark priests... then it is hard to say."
"That's why I can't beat you," Amber waved her hand. "Then you are indeed in danger. If they really suddenly react and decide to pull out your nail first, you will be gone in one wave."
"That's not the case yet. Relying on the defense nodes near the Deep Blue Well, I can insist at least..." Veronica immediately wanted to refute a few words seriously, but then she sighed, showing a helpless look, " Forget it, I won't be serious with you."
Gao Wen stared at this scene dumbfounded—it was really not easy to see Veronica, who has always been calm under any circumstances, showing such a helpless look. I have to say that Amber is pissing people off. There is indeed some talent in this aspect, but he quickly shook his head: "At least for now, those cultists will not attack the Deep Blue Well."
Amber looked at Gao Wen in surprise: "Why are you so sure? They have the advantage now, what if they really wiped out the Iron Man Corps..."
Gawain spread his hands: "If they really concentrate their forces to attack the center of the wasteland, then we and Typhon will join forces to launch a general attack from north to south, and they will be gone."
"...That's true."
Gao Wen didn't pay any attention to Amber. He was just lost in thought, and after a moment of contemplation, he slowly said: "The Deep Blue Well is safe for the time being, the situation on the northern and eastern fronts is safe for the time being, and there are many occupied areas on the western front, but the situation has already begun. For the better, the biggest problem now is the southern battlefield... The most worrying thing is not whether the Silver Empire can hold on, but how much the Gaoling Kingdom will lose in this bloody battle."
Amber blinked: "Didn't you have great confidence in the Silver Elf's 'Millennium Legion' during the previous meeting?"
"I do have great confidence in the Millennium Legion, but after all they have lost the Temple of the Stars—without the only air suppression advantage, the performance of the purely ground-based Millennium Legion on the frontal battlefield will be greatly reduced," Gao Wen said, shaking his head. "The coalition forces of the Silver Empire and the Gaoling Kingdom may be able to defeat the enemy tenaciously in the end, but this battle will never be easy... and now that the north and the south of the mainland are divided into two battlefields, each country is not strong enough, it is destined to be difficult for them to win Aid from other regions..."
Amoen on the side couldn't help but lowered his head: "It's really not possible, I'll help them fight again... Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion..."
"No, you can't go to the south anymore," Gao Wen interrupted immediately, "It's not that I don't believe in your 'property', the main reason is that your situation is different from that of Mirmina, and Mirmina has almost no Any devout believer, and you... just like what Belsetia said, the silver elves have a long lifespan and a special way of thinking that comes with their long lifespan. Their thoughts are far stronger than those of other mortal races' Tenacious' and 'stubborn', so that even if you don't show your face directly in front of the elves, their subconscious memories and impressions of you will cause you to be gradually affected in this world."
Amoen was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Then... okay."
"You can continue to take on the role of 'messenger', and occasionally use the connection in the Shadow Realm to send us information from the north and the south of the mainland." Gawain thought for a while, and added, "In the difficult communication situation, what you have done in this regard The role played is already worth thousands of troops.”
When he said that, his expression was very serious.
Because the fact is like this - when the Sentinel data link collapsed and the entire continent was divided into two battlefields, the Alliance really needed such a "messenger" that could travel from north to south without being afraid of being intercepted by enemy firepower.
That's why a deer router is necessary (make no mistake).
Hearing Gao Wen's words, Amoen seemed to be in a better mood at last. He raised his head slightly, and the two small pink and white flowers wrapped around the antlers were shaking slightly in the dim light.
"I see."