Sword of Daybreaker

The conversation between Daniel and others gave Gao Wen some uncontrolled associations.

Since learning about the concept of "upper narrator" and its related beliefs in Sandbox No. 1, he has been thinking about the nature of the gods in this world and the process of the generation of various concepts related to the gods, and what he is most concerned about is Two questions:

First, how did the gods of this world come? Second, what role does the "discipline system" surrounding these gods play in the entire belief system?

In this world, many beliefs and concepts corresponding to gods originate from the "eternal slate", and according to Gao Wen's judgment, the role of the eternal slate on mortals in the world should only be some kind of "guidance medium", which comes from the fleet of gods of the year For some reason that is temporarily unknown, it carries the breath of the gods destroyed by it. Ordinary people in this world cannot read the battle report of the fleet of gods from those ancient metals like him, but can only sense it. Those gods' residual powers—Because the power of gods often also means the knowledge of the gods, the mortal people who first came into contact with the eternal slate also indirectly knew the knowledge of the gods from them.

Divine knowledge has an irresistible erosion and assimilation effect on the minds of mortals.

Based on this foundation, many religious beliefs in the world are now being inspired and gradually developed, which is obviously different from the "upper narrator beliefs" in the No. 1 sandbox.

Gao Wen has been very confused about this. In the real history of this world, this season's mortal civilization is a result of many religions that came into contact with the fragments of information left by the ancient gods. Later, mortals believe according to their own understanding of these information, Worship, and in the process formed a religious system that belongs to this season of civilization, and received feedback from the gods. In this process, what are the positions and states of those ancient gods?

Perhaps you can guess boldly: they have been restored in the new season of civilization ’s beliefs and behaviors—and because the customs, historical trajectories, and even the main race of civilizations in each season are so different, these restored gods have already been Become completely different individuals from the ancient gods, but because of the information carried by the eternal slate as the "basic guide", these "recovering gods" must be inextricably linked with the "primitive gods" of ancient times Connection.

Do the gods know this? Do they care about this themselves?

Leaving their own pieces of information in the eternal slate, may they be the self-protection means they left behind when they were about to fall? Something is not a solution, some kind of huge "resurrection"?

If all the above speculations are true, what is the "discipline system" built around the gods and occupying an important place in the act of faith?

The discipline system can also be regarded as the "creed" and "clear rules" of each religion. It is a combination of a series of rules that regulate the daily words and deeds of believers. In this world where the gods exist, clear rules and disciplines are not just a matter of words and deeds. Constraint, it also means the acquisition of divine power, the effect of prayer, and even the "divine punishment". Every mortal who believes in a particular deity needs to carefully follow the many precepts in order to maintain his connection with the deity. From this point of view, the precept system seems to be God's constraint on people.

But if the gods of this world were really born from faith, or resurrected from faith, then the commandment system ... is it really just God's "one-way constraint" on man?

The Everlasting Team began to explore this phantom town, led by archbishops such as Selena, Daniel, etc. The ten-member team first began to explore this quiet square, and Gao Wen followed behind them silently, his mind was ups and downs .

In the belief of the "upper narrator", there is a "rule" that "the days of the ringing of the bells must not stay on the street, otherwise it will encounter" deletion "", which is a very typical "commandment", according to Archbishop Yuri The clue, the origin of this commandment, is most likely due to the early "regular reset" operation of Sandbox No. 1.

A common technical operation in the closed No. 1 sandbox has evolved into a part of the later Qing rules and regulations. The residents in the sandbox have completely forgotten the original reason for this "rule" or did not even know it. The rules are the real reason, but since it is part of the "dogma", they will follow it religiously.

Even though, the sandbox number one is no longer resetting every ten days ...

The two priests wearing owl masks completed their exploration of the nearby alleys. They returned to Daniel and bowed in salute: "Nothing was found, the Archbishop-it now looks like an ordinary uninhabited town . "

Daniel nodded, and Archbishop Yuri next to him said, "The situation in the nearby houses is the same, everything has returned to` `normal '', and this time there are no bells and no lights suddenly lit."

"The normal ..." muttered a red-haired, extraordinarily tall Archbishop Magnum. "The more normal this place, the stranger it becomes."

Archbishop Yuri frowned slightly, saying as if to himself: "I have a feeling that this town seems to have its own mind. This mind tried to affect us last time, tried to break through the blockade, but it failed, so this Once it chose to close itself, to seal down the town's deep 'truth' and no longer reveal any information to us ... "

"Do you mean, this town is 'alive'?" Archbishop Magnum raised his eyelids, suddenly showing an expression of interest. "Then I give it a storm of mind, will it jump up?"

Yuri glanced at the grumpy archbishop: "You can try."

Magnum stunned and shrugged. "... It's boring."

Gao Wen listened to the conversation of these eternal sleepers, walked casually to the center of the small square.

It used to be the site of the small church, but now it has disappeared, leaving only a slightly potted, old slate floor, and a few stagnant water on the ground.

He stopped beside one of the stagnant water, his gaze swept away casually, and landed on the stagnant water.

On the water surface, everything looks as usual: the empty square, the extinguished street lights, the black-dwelling houses, and Gao Wen's own calm and indifferent face.

The "mirror" in the dream world often has a special meaning, so Gao Wen was also a little curious about the reflections that may appear on the water surface, but he looked for a few seconds and did not see his own weird blinking in the reflection, "Classic" visions like extra people appear.

This made him smile and shook his head, only to think that he was thinking too much, and the spirit he had seen in his last life came into his mind.

But just as he was going to look away and look elsewhere, the reflection in the water had really changed--

In the small town in the reflection, the street lights suddenly started to light up, and the warm and soft lights suddenly appeared in those black holes!

Gao Wen was a little stunned, and almost at the same time as the town in the reflection of the water changed, he heard a melodious bell sounding from the sky suddenly ringing in the town!

The sudden ringing of the bell made him look around subconsciously, and Daniel and others near him also reacted at the same time at the same time-obviously, more than Gao Wen heard the bell.

"It's the bell ..." Selina frowned, and the light of the lantern in her hand was a little brighter, "I still don't know where it came from ..."

"I said just now that there were no bells ringing," Yuri said with a hint of self-mockery in his tone, while showing a hint of confusion. "But there are only bells and no lights on, which is different from last time."

As he said, in the quiet and uninhabited town, only the strange and melodious bells rang, but the street lights and the portals of the dwellings did not light up as warm and soft as the last time.

However, Gao Wen's eyes swept through the water on the square, and he clearly saw that in the small town in the reflection, the lights were lighting one by one, and they were quickly spreading towards this side!

Suddenly, he seemed to guess what the hidden malicious mind in this town wanted to do, but before he had time to remind him, he saw that Archbishop Yuri, who was still speaking, disappeared in front of himself.

Immediately after, those high-ranking priests wearing owl masks that did not seem to have responded, followed by Daniel and Archbishop Magnum who just reacted and wanted to protect their minds, and finally raised The lantern seems to want to dispel the darkness and illuminate the nearby Selina Gelfen.

Everyone disappeared in front of Gao Wen in a short moment, as if "deleted".

They were deleted because they violated the rule that they must not stay on the street in the days when the bells rang, and were deleted by the "rules of the gods" believed by the "narrators of the upper class"!

Gao Wen stood quietly in the center of the square, looking at the phantom town, which was still empty as usual, looking calm.

I was actually a little flustered.

He didn't seem to be affected himself, but ... he was not sure if he had also been "deleted".

After all, he didn't know the nature of this "deletion", nor could he find an additional observer to confirm his current status.

However, these changes in Xu's mentality did not affect Gao Wen's next actions. He quickly calmed his mind, and in the sober and calm state, he first weakened the "strength" of his access to the spiritual network, confirming that he is still able to Disconnect the network at any time and return to the real world.

This seems to indicate that he is not affected by the strange power of the town, and his mind is still free to move in the network.

Later, he began to try to sense the mental frequency of Daniel, trying to use a "hidden port" to establish contact with the other party.

Daniel disappeared with other priests, but Gao Wen didn't think that this weird town could simply "erased" so many powerful supernatural beings. It was only a projection of the number one sandbox, even if it was true. Some of the strange powers should be limited.

Back in the early days of secretly transforming the psychic network, Gao Wen and Daniel considered what to do in the event of an accident. The main port of the network was blocked and blocked. To this end, they set up a large number of secret ports in the network and blocked them. The monitored "dark line" is used for emergency contact.

It is only that the unexpected situation that Gao Wen originally envisioned was that the Pope and the Supreme Bishop of the Sleeping Group detected the invasion of "outside wanderers" and blocked the network, but did not expect that these hidden links are in use today.

The consciousness precipitated, the spiritual cohesion, and the hidden spiritual connection were established instantly. Gao Wen quickly sensed the familiar wave coming from the depths of consciousness, and heard Daniel's voice ringing in his mind: "My lord, how is your situation over there? ? "

Gao Wen felt relieved.

"I'm not affected," Gao Wen said in a calm voice. "Where are you now?"

Hearing that Gao Wen was not affected, Daniel seemed to have no surprise at all, as if he felt that this was the proper behavior of an out-of-domain wanderer, and then he reported the situation around him: "My lord, I don't know where this is ——It's dim all around me, I can only see the shadowy mists, which seem to block my senses and block my mind. "

Gao Wen frowned slightly. From Daniel's description, he couldn't judge what kind of state the opponent was now.

But one thing he was sure of-he didn't really seem to be affected by the strange powers of this phantom town.

Daniel is currently in a dim and dim environment, surrounded by the perception of fog, but in the sight of Gao Wen, it is a normal phantom town. He can also perceive the surroundings normally and can escape from it at any time. different.

Why are you not affected?

Because the No. 1 sandbox can't identify the soul of this "outside wanderer"? Or is it because you are not connected to the Mind Network using the standard port of the Sleeper, but the "vulnerable port"?

Gao Wen analyzed it briefly, but this is not the time to tangle the matter. He can only temporarily put aside this question and start thinking about ways to help Daniel get out of trouble.