Sword of Dawn

Judging from Melita's nervous and vigilant reaction, Gao Wen was really worried about this.

"I swear by the glory of the dragon and my name," Melita said solemnly immediately, "I won't do this kind of thing on my own—I just want to confirm its status."

Gao Wen decided to trust the other party.

On the one hand, it’s because Melita’s oath sounds really serious, on the other hand, Miss Dragon doesn’t seem to be such a reckless person, and of course the more important reason is her confidence in her own strength—— Destroying an ancient artifact before a legendary powerhouse can react, even if the dragon makes a shot, it is not so easy to succeed.

Melita got the big black book, her breathing quickened slightly, and her expression was serious and tense, as if she was holding a half-ton aerial bomb in her hand—and the aerial bomb had been disarmed.

She opened the book, and all she saw was a reminder message indicating that the connection was disconnected, and red warning characters filled her vision.

Gao Wen felt that this feeling was probably the same as being full of 404...

"...It's really unusable," Melita finally breathed a sigh of relief after flipping through it several times quickly, and said in a brisk tone, "but you made a mistake, it's not broken, at least physically Structurally not broken, but... the end result is pretty much the same, it's unusable, and theoretically nobody can restore it to its previous state unless... no, nothing."

Although Gao Wen was very curious about the content behind the other party's "unless", at this moment he was more concerned about what this ultimate book was: "Then you can tell me now, what is the origin of this book?"

Melita pondered for two seconds. Through the thin veil, Gawain could vaguely see that she must have bit her lip—after this obvious hesitation, the senior agent finally let out a soft breath: "You should Do you know that a war broke out between the Dragon Clan and a civilization on the Loren Continent in ancient times..."

"Battle Against the Tide?" Gawain immediately responded.

"Yes, I mentioned it to you..." Melita said in a deep voice, "And I also told you that in the history of the Dragon Clan, that war was called the 'Rebellion Against the Tide'. The word "chaotic" is named because it is far from a simple war. It is a crisis brought about by an overly reckless race that has embarked on a wrong development path, which almost wiped out the entire world. But you found The book of..."

Melita lightly raised the big black book in her hand, and shook it in the air.

"It was created by the Reverse Tide Empire."

Gao Wen's eyes widened.

This ancient secret that has made him curious for a long time, and which is suspected to have a certain relationship with the black trap, is actually used in this way to unveil a veil at this moment!

"May I ask one more question?" He looked into Melita's eyes, "Why do you say this book is very dangerous——What is the purpose of making this book in the Reverse Tide Empire?"

"Stealing knowledge," Melita said calmly, "stealing knowledge beyond their control, and this knowledge beyond their control will eventually almost destroy the future of the entire world."

Steal knowledge! !

This simple word flashed through Gawain's mind like lightning, causing a storm in his heart.

If it was someone else, he probably wouldn't think of anything from the simple word Melita, but he did know what the data source linked to the Ultimate Book was—

It's an array of satellites in space!

Chapter 0733 Melita's Answer

The information Melita revealed and the possibility behind it made Gawain's breathing stop for a moment.

This brief reaction was noticed by Melita.

"Can you tell me specifically?" Gawain suppressed the ups and downs in his heart, leaned over and asked with a serious expression, "How and where did they steal knowledge? And why did this knowledge almost destroy the world?" the future of?"

"The history of the Rebellion against the Tide is a very sensitive topic among the Dragon Clan. Although it is not an absolute taboo, we almost never disclose it to outsiders." Melita narrowed her eyes slightly, as if observing Watching Gao Wen's reaction, "Let's not mention this for now, you seem to be quite concerned about this matter?"

Gawain knew that his reaction just now might be a bit harsh, but he controlled his expression well at the moment, and responded frankly: "Of course I care—the Death of All Things will use this book to create a disaster that nearly destroys security." Su's disaster, now this book is in my hands again—if this thing has some kind of ancient curse or power to induce madness, then what we have to face is not a problem of losing one or two people, And your Dragon Clan's nervous attitude towards this book... made me even more vigilant."

"You can rest assured about this. It has nothing to do with powers such as curses. The most dangerous thing about it is knowledge itself." Melita shook her head. Confess the specific content and source of that knowledge, but about the Rebellion against the Tide... I can remind you a word."

"What?"

"Races that are spiritually ignorant must not be able to master material technology beyond their capabilities," Melita said in a deep voice, "because they are both spiritual and material slaves."

Gawain was silent for two seconds.

For a soul who has traveled from the earth, has been exposed to massive amounts of information, and has been impacted by various trends of thought, Melita's words are actually quite simple to understand.

It is nothing more than a technological crisis caused by the advanced technology dug from the ancestral graves of aliens.

But his intuition and Melita's eyes when he said this told him that this "crisis" might not be that simple.

Melita mentioned "almost destroying the future of the entire world", this sentence should not be said casually, but why would a spiritually ignorant race destroy the "future" of the entire world after mastering advanced technology?

"Destroying the future of the entire world", in Gao Wen's understanding, should mean that the expected development potential will be lost, that the whole world will fall into a certain irreversible and pessimistic state, that it will not move forward, that it will not Further development, no turning point, means eternal sinking...

If the "Backtide Empire" just stole some technologies from the "Ancient Fleet" and used these technologies to develop advanced weapons, then they might destroy themselves in the flames of war, and might use these weapons to destroy the Dragon Clan, but in Gawain It seems that this is not a ruin of the future of the entire world - because this world has actually developed more than one season of civilization, and there is a shuffling mechanism such as "Magic Tide", any race in such a world Lidu is just one of the passers-by. When the Reverse Tide Empire destroys itself, a new country will replace it. When the Dragon Clan is destroyed, a new race will be born.

Such a world is still developing and changing, the future is not destroyed, what is destroyed is only a reincarnation.

Of course, perhaps what Melita is referring to is just the crisis that the dragons themselves faced in the war, and those considerations about the macro historical process of the world are just Gawain's own divergent thinking, but Gawain believes that people like the dragons who are on the sidelines The ancient race that has changed from era to era should not be so short-sighted.

He spoke his mind frankly.

"The serious consequences you are talking about should not be as simple as the forbidden knowledge that the Reverse Tide Empire used to create a certain weapon?" He looked into Melita's eyes, "What did they do so that they almost Destroy the future of the world—can you say that?"

"...I can't." Melita shook her head, her eyes hinting wildly.

Gao Wen successfully received the hint from the other party: "Oh, it seems to be related to black traps and gods again."

After several conversations, he has already grasped the rules of some of Melita's "unspeakable secrets", and deduced from this the current predicament that the dragons are facing-they should be restrained by the gods, and this restraint made them Can't reveal any secrets related to God, but in other words...

As long as they can't say anything with all their might, it must have something to do with God.

After all, this gang of ultimate creatures is a strong stroke. It burns the sky and the earth with one breath, and can plow eighteen acres of land with a roll. There are not many things they dare not say.

The information obtained by sidestepping made Gao Wen think deeply——

The Reverse Tide Empire, an ancient civilization that once wrestled with the Dragon Clan in the ancient times and almost won, according to Melita, is actually a "race in a state of spiritual ignorance". This ignorance should be relatively Yes - after all, they have been able to create "hotlinking equipment" that can steal satellite group data, and they should have a fairly high level of technology. Then their ignorance should mean that their spiritual civilization cannot match the technology from the satellite group , or in other words, cannot match the technology from that ancient fleet.

And this "mismatch" situation caused them to trigger some kind of crisis related to gods and black traps.

Melita has no way to say the specific content of this crisis, but Gao Wen can speculate...

If the so-called "spiritual ignorance" refers to failure to get rid of theocracy, then... the Reverse Tide Empire is using super weapons to fight religious wars?Use black technology to pursue the path of the gods?Trying to transform the real world into a kingdom of God?or……

These black technologies have fallen into the hands of God...

Gao Wen's eyes flickered, and suddenly there was a hint of vigilance.

Advanced technology will lead to "mismatch", so Cecil's magic industry is developing so fast... Has it also entered this "dangerous zone"?Will this technology turn into a crisis someday in the future?

In the crisis created by the Reverse Tide Empire, is there any hard standard, or is there any "boundary" that can be avoided?

He looked at Melita: "Advanced technology will definitely lead to a crisis like the Rebellion? Exactly what kind of technology belongs to 'advanced technology'?"

Melita obviously knew what Gao Wen was worried about. She smiled slightly: "Is magic technology developed by human researchers? Did it originate from humans and belong to humans? Ordinary people in your empire will Is this technology a tool, or is it a miracle?"

Gao Wen vaguely understood the key point.

"If technology is developed by ourselves and applied to society as a whole, and ordinary people know that the source of technology is man and not God, then it is safe, no matter how fast it develops, it is safe, otherwise... it will produce Is this the meaning of a 'crisis' like the Rebellion?"

"As you said."

Gao Wen paid attention to the change of Melita's expression, and did not continue to ask about the detailed reasons and the relationship with the gods.

Because experience told him that if he continued to ask, it should be the part where Miss Blue Dragon "asked for more money" under the pressure of 200+ blood pressure and san check failure.

Although Ms. My little pony seemed safe and sound every time, but Gao Wen was really afraid that one of them would die suddenly in front of him if she lost control...

But even if Melita can't give an answer, it doesn't prevent him from speculating along the current line of thought:

What is the specific difference between a technology tree with a complete research and development process and a technology tree that "comes from the sky"?Why is one safe, but the other may cause a crisis related to God?According to Melita's words, there seems to be a subtle matching relationship between "spiritual civilization" and "material technology". This matching...what exactly does it affect?

After running through all the questions in his mind, Gao Wen suddenly felt that he had grasped a key point: How did society change during the process of developing and promoting technology?

He looked at Melita, and said word by word: "The process of technological development is to attribute everything that once belonged to God to human beings—isn't this link missing in the advanced technology stolen?"

Melita smiled, not her usual professional, precise smile.

Her smile comes from the heart.

"If you can understand this for yourself, then it seems that you will not go astray."

Gawain exhaled lightly.

In fact, he almost went astray.

Almost took the shortcut that almost all traversers would choose.

Fortunately, in this world of weird physical rules, there are no shortcuts.

He raised his head and looked at the ultimate book in the center of the test bench: "What will the Dragon Clan do with this book?"

"According to the regulations, this is an item related to the Reverse Tide Empire and must be recycled," Melita said seriously, "It is very dangerous to leave it 'outside'."

"But there are exceptions to everything," Gao Wen looked at her, "You should know that it is difficult for me to give you this book just because of a few words."

Melita blinked: "Yes...so you just keep it."

Gao Wenwen thought that he needed to spend some time talking about this matter, but he didn't expect that the other party promised you so happily, so he couldn't help being a little stunned: "Is it really possible?"

"As you can see, it's broken, it can't be repaired, it can no longer steal any knowledge from anywhere, the biggest risk is gone," Melita said unhurriedly, "and more importantly What is more important is that you have already realized the 'critical point' just now, presumably... you will not go astray."

"You really trust me."

"Just take it as a show of friendship," Melita chuckled, "Seizing a treasure is a kind of damage to friendship. Since there is no need to take it back, why should I not show affection?"

As soon as Gao Wen heard the other party mention "friendship", the corners of his mouth turned up - and he said that you are not My little pony?

It's a pity that Melita couldn't imagine what the old zongzi was thinking when the corners of his mouth were upturned. She only thought that she was good at speaking, and her friendship with this human leader had increased...

The Ultimate Book was put back on the test bench, the alloy fence was raised again, and the protective shield was activated again.

Melita read the book quietly for a while before turning around, speaking formulaic words, with a smart smile in the corner of her eyes: "Then, this service is over, I hope you will understand this time Satisfied with the consulting business."

"Excellent value for money," Gawain nodded, but just before Melita was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I have a little question to ask you."

The smile at the corners of Melita's eyes visibly froze, and her tone became more subtle: "Could it be..."

To be honest, she is really a bit of a psychological shadow-every time the human being in front of her wants to add a small question, she will take the side of black traps and gods in all likelihood, and she will lose half of her life if she answers a single word. Originally, I thought it would finally end safely this time, so why do I have to add two sentences at the end?

Gawain was also a little embarrassed when he saw Melita's reaction, so he quickly waved his hands: "Don't be nervous, it's really just a small problem, just to satisfy my own curiosity - I'm very curious, what do you dragons think about human beings about slaying dragons?" What is the attitude of the story of the brave and the legend of the dragon knight?"

Melita blinked, obviously a little surprised by this question, but her professionalism made her react quickly, with a smile on her face: "The story of dragon slaying... Speaking of which, you have heard "The Story of Black Mountain Castle" "Dragon" this story?"

Gawain thought for a while, then nodded: "I have heard, this is a famous poem popular among bards in the Gondor era. It talks about a fictional dragon threatening the town, causing natural disasters, and then A veteran who survived the war picked up the knight sword left by his commander, challenged the monsters step by step, and finally fought the dragon in Montenegro. The legendary story of both of them missing—it seems that there is still this story today after 700 years have passed Variations and fragments of it circulated in the north and west, and it is regarded as one of the early classics depicting the evil image of the dragon."

"I wrote it."

"Oh ah?"

"I wrote it," Melita pointed at herself. "The prototype is a friend of mine, but she doesn't know about it yet."

Gao Wen: "..."

After half a minute of astonishment, he finally asked hesitantly: "Then what... what is your main purpose for doing this?"

"Recently, villains are more popular in Tarrond-I'm talking about the last ten centuries."

Gao Wen: "..."

What the hell kind of atmosphere is there in Tarrond, are these dragons usually out of their minds?

"You see, this is the attitude of our Dragon Clan towards such stories." Melita didn't care how much her words had impacted Gawain, she just smiled calmly, "Don't use human logic habits to Consider a race capable of surviving seasons of civilization—do you have any other questions, then?"

"there is none left……"

Chapter 0734 The Dragon Shadow in Winter

Melita leaves.

The refraction position concealed the giant dragon's huge body, and a passive gust of wind suddenly swept across the sky of Cecil City, and faint twisted ripples flashed in the background of clouds and skylight, but except for a few Except for the powerful and the sentry towers dedicated to detecting magical invisible units, no one knows that a giant dragon has visited the city.

Gawain stood in front of the gate of the Institute of Magic Technology, looked up at the direction Melita left, and looked away after a long time.

The Reverse Tide Empire... The Ultimate Book... The Knowledge Stolen from the Satellites...

He pondered over the newly collected information carefully, sketching the outlines of gods and ancient history in his mind. After thinking for a long time, he shook his head with a smile, and looked back at the magic technology research institute behind him.

Hundreds of researchers are busy in this facility, and more than a dozen large and small laboratories and project teams are running in it. In the mind network, the origin laboratory has hundreds of simulation experiments every day. In the workshop of the manufacturing facility, gears and levers collide day and night. In Saint-Sunil, in Luan City, in the Mages Association and Scholars Association, countless people full of wisdom and knowledge are gathering to bring those scattered in human society together. The esoteric knowledge is reunited, and the fragmented ancient technology is repainted...

All of this is jointly promoted by tens of thousands of people, and jointly promoted by the entire Cecil society. It originated from people and is used for people. It is not a technology that was dug from the aliens, not A blueprint drawn out of thin air by anyone in the territory is not a miracle or a gift.

……

The giant dragon flies across the vast clear sky in winter, its diopter position gradually dissipates, clouds and sunlight intertwine and cast mottled light and shadows on the blue scales, the scenery of wilderness and hills is projected in the crystal-like eyeballs, this mighty king of the sky Hovered twice in the air, then lowered his head, rushing towards the ground like a meteorite.

After the almost thrilling gliding and deceleration, the blue dragon collided with a century-old giant tree, and broke the [-]-meter-high giant tree in the middle, and then the unbalanced body was shaken and rolled All the way forward, thunderous bangs continued to sound, countless giant trees and solid rocks were torn apart by the impact, and a deep ravine nearly half a kilometer long was plowed out of the ground.

The blue dragon finally stopped at the foot of a cliff. After half a minute of panting, she struggled to hold her head up. Countless earth, rocks, branches and leaves fell from her body, and hot and shimmering blood flowed from several terrible scars. blood.

Immediately, the implants and modified glands in the giant dragon began to work, and began to repair this powerful and tough body. Melita raised her head, and the scales near the neck opened like some kind of heat sink, revealing the metal texture under the scales The inner lining of the implants and the radiant pipes and connections, gushes of hot steam gushed out from the gaps of these implants, making the blue dragon couldn't help but let out a low snort.

"Damn...I don't like boosters...but the auxiliary heart I'm using now is a limited edition..."

Melita grunted and her voice was booming, but she still took out a huge gun-shaped syringe from nowhere. Holding the syringe with her front paws, she stabbed the front end deeply into the crevice of the scales below her neck, and as the syringe leaked With a hiss of pressure, a liter of potent multi-boosters and the same amount of regenerative agent were injected into the veins, and her two auxiliary hearts, which were already on the verge of tearing, finally calmed down.