Chapter 499 God's Rules

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After returning to Cecil City, Gawain immediately found Carmel, who was tossing a small arcane focuser in the Magic Technology Research Institute, and Nicholas Egg, who was researching gearboxes in the Mechanical Manufacturing Institute. The three people (Strictly speaking, it is a satellite spirit, an LED spirit, and an iron ball star) in the cutting-edge laboratory built by Rebecca, studying the crystal that remained after the death of Faberland.

The crystal was still glowing slightly, and even though it had been placed for several days, there was still a little heat radiating out, and when the crystal was placed in the ear, some vague sounds could be faintly heard. It seemed to be some kind of resonance, and it seemed to be a murmur full of pain.

Carmel lifted the crystal into the air with his energizing hand, carefully observed its form under the light, and occasionally used a small Olympian fire to stimulate the surface of the crystal, sensing the energy readings it transmitted.

Gawain followed Carmel's work and asked curiously, "How is it? Can you see any clues?"

"It's really close to the crystal growths on the failed products of the early gods in terms of form... The energy response is slightly different, perhaps because of the interference of the power of the Holy Light..." Carmel placed the crystal on the experimental bench in front of him. And began to use the crystal resonator to detect its fine structure, "In short, I have to observe and observe carefully to conclude that the collection process is too rough, and the internal magic balance has been seriously damaged."

Gawain was a little embarrassed: "This collection process...may be a little rough."

Carmel asked casually, "How did you collect it?"

"It was bombed with a howitzer..." Gawain coughed dryly, "Cough, strictly speaking, there is only so much left after the bombing..."

Carmel's movements suddenly stiffened in mid-air, and Nicholas Egg, who was floating on the side, exclaimed: "Mom!"

"The situation is special, it's a battle, the enemy won't stay where they are and wait for others to dig crystals from themselves," Gao Wen waved his hand and looked at the Iron Ball star, "You have also been in contact with the gods in the past, look at this kind of Are the crystals the same as those on the experimental subjects back then?"

"I was mainly researched back then, and I didn't have much contact with the details of the project," Nicholas Egg shook his body and said in a serious tone, but then he added, "But if you don't mind losing some samples... ...I can do a destructive analysis of it."

Gawain looked at the crystal sample fixed in the center of the crystal resonator. It was slightly smaller than a palm, with uneven edges and cracked in some places: "How many samples do you need?"

"A little,

Fingernails that big will do. "

Gawain looked at Carmel again: "Will cutting this sample affect its stability?"

"You've all blown up with howitzers and you're asking me this?"

Gawain: "...Then let's cut a piece."

The texture of the crystal is not very hard, and the assistant in the laboratory quickly completed the cutting, and then a small piece of the cut sample was sent to Nicholas Egg. Under Gawain's curious gaze, the iron ball star was first. Carefully touched the sample with the round body, and then it was directly sucked on him, and he was quickly absorbed into the body.

Not to mention Gawain, even Carmel was taken aback: "You ate it?!"

"Just analyzing the ingredients is of course considered eating," Nicholas Egg made a buzzing sound, "When I was researched, I tried most of the substances I could come into contact with in order to understand the environment I was in, and I also accidentally I have tried the crystal shards on the gods under the circumstances, and I can distinguish the small differences in the subtle components of these things..."

The Iron Ball star took all of this for granted, and Gawain could only sigh in his heart that the world is so big that there are no wonders. This is probably the hardest "try" he has ever seen in his two lifetimes...

And just when he started to worry about whether the habit of picking up and eating Nicholas eggs would make his stomach hurt, the Iron Ball star finally said: "This thing... It seems that it is indeed the product of God's evil. At least the ingredients are completely consistent."

The crystals left by Frambélang are indeed the growths of the gods. That Bishop Luan actually activated the gods' genetic factors in his body?

Although there were some inferences in his mind, Gawain couldn't help but be a little surprised after the evidence was conclusive, but he quickly controlled his surprise and looked at Carmel: "The stable genetic factor was used. Is it possible that the descendants of Gondor, under the right conditions, could become out-of-control gods?"

Although Carmel has no expression, his whole body has become bright yellow, and his tone has become extraordinarily serious: "It is theoretically impossible! Although we did rewrite the genetic factors of the deer and human cells of Julu Amorn. fused together, but the loss of control of the gods is not entirely a problem with genetic factors, but because of the precipitation and loss of control of the gods. Those crystals that grow from flesh and blood are actually the precipitation of 'divine' forces that cannot be controlled by humans. It was generated later, and this part of the divinity was due to our lack of technology at the beginning, and we couldn’t completely filter the divinity when we combined the genetic factors, which caused them to contaminate the experimental body. Sexual forces are completely removed and a stable injection is made to ensure that the inoculated person can survive stably. In other words, as long as it is a surviving human descendant, the genetic factors that its ancestors have been inoculated with must be 'clean' , and as long as there is no divinity lurking in their bodies, it is impossible for them to generate any divine power by themselves with a mortal body..."

Carmel's explanation is full of technical terms that are too difficult for people in this era, but Gawain easily understood the meaning of the other party. The reason why God's body breaks down and grows crystals is because of the existence in the body. The uncontrollable divinity, and as long as the descendants of Gondor did not collapse and survived, there must be no such "divine pollution" in the body, and with the physique of mortals, it is impossible to produce this kind of divine pollution on their own, even if they have been inoculated. The genetic factor of Julu Amoen is also not good.

So...why does Frabelland appear "contaminated"? Who polluted him? Or... where did the "divine nature" that contaminates him come from? !

Thinking of the possibility behind this, Gawain's expression turned serious.

"We have no way of knowing what happened in the prayer room of Luanne Cathedral when the White Knights stormed the church quarter, but there is no doubt that Frambérand was attacked by unknown sources during that time. Divine pollution, the evil factor in his body was activated, and he himself became a monster made of broken flesh and crystal fusion," Carmel analyzed seriously, "considering that he is a fanatical saint. Believer of the God of Light, considering what he might do in the prayer room, there may only be one answer..."

"The God of Light threw a swipe at the southern border..." Gawain took Carmel's words, "and this swipe directly twisted Fran Berand into a monster."

Nicholas Egg: "...Mom."

However, despite such a terrifying conjecture, Gawain was still full of puzzlement: "If it is true that the God of Light once descended on Luan for a short time... How could he sit and watch the cathedral being breached? Even a small team of white knights who have just finished training can’t stand it? Even if Wright and Amber were there at the time...their two strengths can’t compete with the gods, right?”

Carmel, who has studied the power of gods for thousands of years, fell into thinking, and after a while, he began to talk about his conjecture: "According to our summary and analysis of the laws of gods, gods seem to be... a kind of logic and regularity. A very strong presence."

"What's the meaning?"

"The power of the gods is far superior to mortals, but they rarely directly help or harm any mortal individual. They will only strictly follow a certain law, lowering their power through prayers, blessings, and revelation, or lowering them down. A very vague will for mortals to speculate. When a mortal individual directly violates certain ritual rules, they will impose divine punishment, but on the other hand, believers or unbelievers who are hostile to gods, even if they never live according to the teachings, will Will not be punished by God... This may indicate that it is extremely difficult for gods to directly interfere in our world, even if they are as powerful as them, they must follow certain strict rules to act..."

Listening to Carmel's description, Gawain couldn't help but look thoughtful: "This sounds like some kind of automatic answering logic machine..."

"To be honest, in the age of sparks, many scholars who studied theology also had this kind of speculation," Carmel's color gradually changed back to a calm and wise light blue, and he responded to Gawain's conjecture while recalling, " There are even a group of radical scholars who believe that the essence of gods is an automatic system of unknown origin. They operate automatically like answering organs, manage a huge amount of divine energy, and distribute energy according to the needs of mortals... It's like The same AI array that distributes magic power around the Deep Blue Reaction Tower."

Gawain never thought that there would be a group of scholars in this world who could come up with such radical assumptions. Although considering the height of civilization of the Gondor Empire in the past, it was not unimaginable for scholars to conduct such extreme research, but he was still very impressed. I wonder what the outcome will be for such a group of people who dare to study the nature of gods in a world with gods Where is their research?"

"The funding for the second year was not approved, and I switched to selling aquatic products..." Carmel sighed, "I thought they would be selected into the disobedience plan..."

Gao Wen: "???"

Fortunately, Carmel did not dwell too much in his memory, and he quickly returned to the topic: "Such radical research is unimaginable in this day and age, but the proud and fearless people of Gondor in the Age of Sparks were too much. The developed magical technology and sufficient resources have given scholars the opportunity to do such deviant things. If it were not for this foundation, the 'disobedience' plan would not have been established. But it is precisely because of my participation in the disobedience plan that I can Certainly, the gods are by no means as simple as the so-called 'automatic response mechanism'."

Gawain thought for a while, and then he understood what Carmel meant: "Is it because you saw the giant deer Amoen with your own eyes?"

"Yes, Julu Amoen, a real, flesh-and-blood god, although he has fallen, but according to the analysis of the remains, we believe that he is wise, he can think and act independently, so we are more There is a tendency to think of gods as beings with a high degree of intelligence who, at the same time, act strictly by certain 'rules'...perhaps it is their 'racial trait' to act strictly by the rules."

After Gawain quietly listened to Carmel's remarks, he took a deep breath, and his eyes fell on the "Sacred Crystal" on the experimental bench.

After a long time, he broke the silence: "That is to say, according to the 'rules' strictly followed by the God of Light, even the incident of civilians attacking the cathedral is not really 'blasphemy'?"

"We can only guess."

It doesn't seem like there will be more progress.

Although Gawain really wanted to understand what the nature of the gods was, and to understand their laws of action and limitations, the fact was in front of him: he didn't have enough ways to fully understand the secrets in this area.

The only thing that is certain now is that the God of Light may have "contacted" Frambérand and Luan Cathedral at a certain moment, but he did not pay attention to what happened on this land in the end. .

"Research in this area can only be put aside for now," Gawain sighed, "I will let Luan Cathedral carefully investigate the clues and pay attention to the 'God's Will'."