Sword of Daybreaker

Kamel's statement made Gao Wen unable to help but reveal a pensive expression.

He once heard some ethnic culture and traditions about Siren from Tyre, so he is no stranger to the concept of "Eva".

Unlike most races on land, the Krakens have no concept of the "spiritual" realm since ancient times. They do not worship any gods, nor do they believe that any absolutely detached individual is some kind of creator / savior / guide. In their cultural system, the only thing similar to the land gods is the "Eva", but they never think that Eva is a god-Tyre has spent a long time with Gao Wen Explain what Eva is, because it is a concept that is difficult to understand for land races, and Gao Wen summed up the most important key point after listening to Tyre ’s introduction:

Eva is a collection of all sea monsters. They treat their entire race as a whole, just like a large number of cells converging together. These cells give themselves a name for this huge and complex cell aggregate, which they call — -people.

This peculiar worldview is probably related to their "deep sea belonging" culture, that is, everything originates from the deep sea, everything belongs to the deep sea, and everything merges into one in the deep sea.

So the Kraken does not, and never has the concept of worshipping the gods-the greatest and extraordinary existence in their minds is a king-size Kraken.

In Gao Wen's view, the Krakens may be a wonderful race that maintains their individual will but recognizes the world like a swarm.

He frowned slightly and looked at Carmel: "You mean that the deep sea song and the deep sea runes can produce a mental protection effect because it essentially mobilizes the power of" Eva ", which is" Eva " Helping us fight divine pollution? "

"It's very possible." Carmel nodded.

Gao Wen still frowned: "But what is the reason why the Kraken's" Eva "can fight the divine pollution?"

"On this point ... I just mentioned that for our" gods ", the essence of" Eva "may be equivalent to being a" foreign **** "," Kamal said slowly, pondering his words. You should remember that Miss Tyre once said in person that she and her people are not the original inhabitants of our planet, they come from a place completely different from our planet. ”

"I remember," Gao Wen nodded. "And I heard her describe the tools that Kraken came to this world. It's like some kind of" spaceship "that can be used to cross the long distance between the stars-like The astrologists of the ancient Gondor period were the same as the "star boat" conceived by scholars. But it is clear that the scale of that thing is many times larger than the starry sky vehicles imagined by human scholars seven hundred years ago. "

Kamal nodded slowly: "Yes, some kind of flying machine used to cross the stars. It sounds like the Kraken came from another planet, but I have talked to Miss Tyre several times recently, and I heard her describe The situation in her hometown describes the troubles the Krakens have encountered in this world ... I have a bolder guess. "

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "A bolder guess?"

"The Krakens have gone through a very long 'adaptation period' on our planet. They even lost their form once, and they re-aggregated on the bottom of the sea in the most primitive element form for some years before regaining their activity ability ... This is beyond the concept of 'the two planets have different natural environments', and considering the influence of elemental organisms' innate immunity to the magic tide, the problem they encounter should not be some kind of' sequel of magic tide ', so ... I guess They may come from a place that is 'far away' than we thought, or even far away ... even to the extent that the basic laws of the world are different. "

Gao Wen's face suddenly became serious: "Go on."

"If it is really because of different basic laws that the Kraken is incompatible with our world, then their" Eva "must be the same. In their world, I am afraid there is no such thing as" divine pollution "or" chain of faith ". There is no such thing as the "Spirit of the Mind", and the "Eva" born under such circumstances may be a **** who has "broken" the **** ... No, strictly speaking, it should be a 'Similar individuals', because their 'Eva' will not receive prayers at all, nor will they produce any faith feedback, nor will they be able to establish substantial contact with believers ...

"If the above conjecture holds, then the effect of the Song of the Deep Sea and the Rune of the Deep Sea can be explained: they lead the pollution to a 'rule anomaly'. There is a proverb in the ancient Gangduo period, 'The floods of this world cannot wash away the underworld 'Feather', because the two are not in one dimension, and the pollution of our world ... obviously cannot affect a foreign individual. "

"Pollution in our world cannot affect foreign individuals ..." Gao Wen thought quickly, and gradually questioned, "But one thing, the song of the deep sea and those runes can in turn affect people in our world-- Is n’t that invigorating effect a tangible effect? ​​"

"We are still analyzing this point, but Miss Jenny has a guess," Kamal said. "She thinks that the joy and excitement we feel in the deep sea song and the deep sea runes may not have been received by 'Eva'. The spiritual impact of that may be a by-product of some kind of 'connection establishment' ... "

"A by-product of establishing a connection?" Gao Wen looked curiously at Jenny, who spoke less. "What connection?"

"The connection between the Krakens," Jenny replied immediately, and then explained her views while sorting out the language. "The Kraken is an elemental creature, although it may be an elemental creature from another world, But they also have similar characteristics to the elemental creatures of our world, that is, "resonance", which is a phenomenon that pure elements will inevitably produce when they are close to each other. I have also confirmed from Miss Tyre that sea monsters can To a certain extent, I feel the emotions of the same race, and this emotional resonance will be more obvious when communicating with the song of the deep sea or "Tentacle Twist Dance" ... "

Gao Wen wanted to remain serious all the way, but he still didn't get upset at all: "What kind of stuff is tentacle twisting ..."

"... this is Miss Tyre's original words," the expression on Jenny's face was also weird, "that is, after turning into a bunch of tentacles, writhing and sibling ..."

"Okay, don't explain, just understand the meaning," Gao Wen interrupted the other side with his hand. "In a word, there is some basic" telepathy "between the Krakens. You can let the sea monsters share emotions-so, those runes and singing ... "

He said while looking at Jenny, who nodded: "Yes, those runes and songs brought us into the Kraken's 'collective emotions'-the excitement and joy felt by the user did not come from Iraq Baby's 'positive spiritual pollution', but just ... felt the good mood of the Krakens. "

Gao Wen was stunned, and suddenly held his forehead subconsciously: "So the gang of deep-sea salted fish has always been so happy ..."

"We can now explain why there are sequelae like" squid mania "after long-term exposure to deep-sea runes," Kamal said with an open hand. "This is also the result of emotional resonance."

Gao Wen slowly nodded his head and gradually straightened out Kamel and Jenny's conjecture. Then he suddenly thought of another point: "If those runes and songs are resistant to pollution from the Kraken and the world's 'Incompetent', does this mean that if the Kraken is completely adapted and integrated into this world, this resistance will also disappear? Now that Eva has occupied the **** of the storm god, the Krakens are obviously gradually adapting this world!"

"To be honest, this possibility cannot be ruled out," Kamal said seriously. "The adaptation of the Krakens may cause them to lose a unique" advantage. "This is indeed a contradiction and some irony. Possibility. But I do n’t think it will be so simple, at least not in a short time.

"First of all, there is a clear evidence that the" race "of the sea monster has occupied the **** of the storm god, and their" Eva "has now become a substantial **** of the storm, and has a large number of" Naga "as believers. , But neither ordinary Krakens nor their "Eva" showed any divine pollution, which shows that the relationship between their "adaptation" and "pollution" is not simple.

"Secondly, even if the Krakens are adapted to the rules of our world, this does not mean that they are exactly the same as the original inhabitants of our world. The adaptability of living things changes according to the circumstance, and only affects the survival Environmental factors will cause the adaptive evolution of organisms, and whether or not the Divine Pollution of Eva obviously does not affect the daily survival of the Kraken. Therefore, the most likely situation is that the Kraken will eventually adapt to the environment of our world, But their "Eva" will not change-because the laws of nature cannot affect ta. "

Gao Wen nodded slowly as he listened. He recognized Carmel's theory, but in the end he said with a serious expression: "Even so, we have to be prepared."

"Yes, always plan for the worst," Kamal Shen Sheng said. "The protection" borrowed "from the Kraken has the possibility of failure, and even if there is no possibility of failure, we can't take all Expectations are all placed on the Krakens—although they are indeed reliable and friendly allies, but as you said, 'Others are ultimately others'. What's more, we can't just have a deck of cards in our hands. "

"Therefore, your progress on the mental protection system is very important, which brings us more possibilities," Gao Wen nodded slightly, slowly speaking, "We know enough in principle. It is possible to develop a mental protection technology that is entirely your own, while also avoiding the impact of the technical black box ... This is particularly important in the end. "

As he spoke, he sighed softly, and his tone was full of worries: "Now our mental protection technology is built on deep-sea runes. In the long run, it points to an" unknown individual ", if we can't To explain it technically, it is likely to arouse people's awe of the mysterious and unknown power, and then produce some kind of 'worship thought'. Although this possibility is very small, we must avoid any possibility in this respect. "

Gao Wen's reminder obviously produced the greatest warning to Kamel, the once disobedient. The light flowing on the latter was still for a moment, and then the arcane master lowered his head with a trace of awe-inspiring tone: "Yes, we will keep in mind."

Gao Wen nodded, then glanced at the holographic projections floating in the laboratory, as well as the busy technicians everywhere.

"We need to synchronize this information to our siren allies-although they may have realized that they are out of tune with the world, and they are also studying the problem of" adaptation ", but we must be frank enough attitude."

Carmel and Jenny said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Gao Wen exhaled and looked at Carmel: "Next, let's talk about ... things related to God. From Amon, I got a lot of information."

...

Hetty is sitting in her office, the magic network terminal set on the side is operating silently, and the printing equipment connected to the magic network terminal is spitting out text from a distance.

Empire Chief Druid Pitman sat in a chair not far from her.

"Mages have started to report the situation of the" Goddess of Magic "to the Department of Extraordinary Affairs in various government offices," Hetty took the report from the printer and glanced at the beginning. Shaking his head and whispering, "Although the mages are mostly shallow believers or even pan-believers of the goddess of magic, there are no particularly devout and fanatical believers, but now the deity" disconnection "still makes many people feel uneasy."

"If this state of unknown information continues for a while, they will be even more uneasy," Pittman said casually. "Think carefully, they are just feeling uneasy now. This is already the best situation."

"We will announce the news soon," Hetty put down his report. "According to the ancestors, we will convene a high-level meeting of the top-level mages, and then directly announce the news that the" Magic Goddess has fallen for unknown reasons "... … Afterwards, relying on the guidance of public opinion and a series of official activities to gradually divert everyone's attention and let the incident transition smoothly ... But I still worry about too much confusion. "

"There is bound to be a certain degree of confusion and turmoil. Don't think about it. You can avoid it-the goddess of magic is gone. We can't, and we certainly don't want to create another one out of the sky to appease people," Pete Man waved his hand, "Publishing the news directly may be the fastest and most effective means. At this time, all we need is fast. Everyone needs an answer. Even if this answer is bad, as long as the subsequent official announcement and public opinion guidance can keep up , All this can be successfully ended after a chaotic but short process. "

With that in mind, the old druid smiled and added a few words: "And do n’t underestimate human adaptability and acceptance ... The fall of the white star three thousand years ago caused a greater impact than today. Imen is not a simple believer like a mage, but is everything still a smooth end?

"In the final analysis, for most people who are not so religious, God is a concept that is too far away. When the gods leave ... the days still have to continue."