Sword of Dawn

"I don't know, I'm as ruthless as you..." Mirmina shook her head, but in the next second, her eyes suddenly fell on the piece of broken ground in front of Amoen—this broken ground The atrium connecting the courtyard of disobedience and the portal of the fortress of disobedience in the distance, it used to be empty and barren, but now there are a lot of "things" from the mortal world, there is a magic net matrix emitting shimmering light, and there are crystals floating in the air Devices, as well as many new things that even Mirmina could not recognize, seemed to be invented by human experts after she left the material world. These magical machines, large and small, were distributed around Amorn. It runs quietly and unsupervised, and looks orderly.

To the giant gods, they are as inconspicuous as the many glowing little stones scattered around, but they are also kind of cute and cute.

Mirmina showed a thoughtful expression on her face: "When they helped you set up these things, did they introduce the names and functions of each of these machines to you?"

Amoen sighed: "As I said, the mortal named Kamel came here to install the equipment. He came and went in a hurry and didn't explain too much to me. Why, there is something wrong with these machines?"

"Although I very much suspect that you just didn't remember or didn't understand that mortal's explanation, but I have no evidence," Mirmina said, her eyes full of arcane light narrowed slightly, "I can't see the problem , but I have seen how this "Magic Network Communication" system invented by mortals works. I didn't pay attention to the machines around you before, but now think about it... If you only want to maintain the communication between the courtyard and the material world, it is impossible You can't use so many machines, especially these floating crystals..."

"What are these floating crystals for?" Amon couldn't help asking curiously.

"In most cases, they are used to spread the magic net signal or stabilize the magic power environment-although the rebellious courtyard is large, in fact, only one crystal is enough to cover such a large courtyard. You need two or three of these devices, but there are more than a dozen crystals arranged around you, large and small, as well as these supporting matrices, and that extra-large one... I can’t even see what it’s for.”

As Mirmina said, she finally stood up, and her figure rose from the ground like a tower. She walked between the large and small devices, and swept her gaze over the entire area around the giant deer Amon, and finally If you have a clear understanding: "... probably only a small part of these things are really used to maintain the communication function of your magic net terminal, and the rest... is to create some kind of 'environment' around you."

Amorn finally realized a little bit, his eyes were clear and bright: "So, this is an experiment—some kind of experiment in the name of helping to set up magic net communication."

Mirmina turned her head and looked at the former God of Nature with a half-smile: "What? Feel like they deceived you? Are you dissatisfied with them hiding their real motives?"

"No, they are helping me." After a few seconds of silence, Amoen broke the silence softly, his voice as gentle and melodious as ever, "I have been lying here for 3000 years, but my thinking ability has not degraded."

"They are helping us," Mirmina looked at Amoen for a while, then slowly walked back to where she was just now and sat down again, "Although I don't know exactly what they did, they are obviously trying to cut you off." The remaining chains on me... it turns out that we, the so-called 'gods,' were not the only ones working hard to break free from the chains."

This time, Amoen did not refute the word "we" that the other party said. He just thought quietly, and after a long time he said: "So, they are still standing with us..."

"This requires a little tacit understanding." Mirmina said afterwards.

Amoen didn't speak, he closed his eyes, he didn't know what he was thinking, after an unknown time, his voice sounded again in the chaotic and gloomy world: "Don't run far, the power of these devices may be only Can cover my little yard."

There was no echo from his side, and Amon couldn't help but opened his eyes. He looked aside, only to see that the lady as tall as a bell tower had been sitting next to a huge spaceship engine wreckage at some point. , bowing her head as if falling asleep—for the past many days, she has been consciously keeping a distance from these wreckages, because these heritages from the founders have always made her divine part uncomfortable, but at this moment she relies on On it, fell asleep unsuspectingly.

Amoen looked in that direction quietly, but in the end he didn't wake him up—it's not easy for a god to sleep well.

"Good night."

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In the experimental hall of the Imperial Computing Center, Yuri, a node bachelor, gently rubbed his forehead, which was a little sore from concentrating for a long time. His eyes scanned the data projected above a certain monitoring device, and then retracted his gaze. Continue to pay attention to the rising and falling "tide" behind the mental hub.

The essence of this "tide" is actually the "non-directional trend of thought" from the deepest layer of the neural network, which is the data ripple produced by tens of thousands of human minds in the group unconscious dream. Any meaningful, complex data that is constantly refreshing and reorganizing is a by-product of neural networks.

In the past hundreds of years, the eternal sleepers have regarded it as an extremely dangerous "mind quagmire", because it can almost swallow any ordinary mind that falls into it-in that chaotic and disordered thinking quagmire. Among them, the most broken, illogical, and incomprehensible fragments of human consciousness surge like disordered turbulence in the sea. No matter whether reason or madness is meaningless in the face of this absolute emptiness and chaos, the mortal mind is misunderstood. If you enter it, you will be exhausted and collapse instantly, and no one has ever thought that this "swamp" that can cause any mental exhaustion and confusion to die is also useful.

Anti-divine barrier.

A beautiful lady wearing a white researcher's uniform and her hair rolled up came to Yuri's side, her voice was as sweet and soft as a song: "It seems that the barrier generators we set up in the courtyard area are all effective. After the non-directional trend of thought is deployed around the target as a barrier, the divinity pollution leaked from it is quickly weakened to a safe value."

"The extreme of human nature is divinity, and the extreme of divinity is madness, but the premise of this chain is that the 'trend of thought' must point to the gods-if even the trend of thought is not directional, then no matter how strong the chain is, it will be like losing it. It’s like breaking a key link... We didn’t understand such a simple truth until today.”

"There are many simple truths in the world, but if we are unlucky, we may not think of them until the end of the world." The lady with a pleasant voice smiled, and then changed the subject, "Unfortunately, we have no way to directly confirm it now. The state of the target itself, I don’t know how the target feels during this process..."

"Perhaps we can only hope for tacit understanding, Ms. Wendy," Yuri said, "but the good news is that we are making rapid progress, and maybe it won't be long before we can communicate directly with 'over there', and you don't have to We cooperated with each other based on feeling.”

Wendy nodded, and then her eyes fell on Yuri's face - there was a trace of tiredness hidden deep in that face, and the outside of the eyes seemed to be darker than yesterday, which made her a little worried: "Should you Take a break? It seems like you haven't been resting lately to test these things."

Yuri waved his hand, and took out a small glass bottle from his close pocket, unscrewed the cap and drank the alchemy potion inside, and his whole body suddenly regained his vigor—except for the dark circles under his eyes, there was no change: "It's okay, compared to the time when I was studying neural simulation pulses in the headquarters in Orlandle, the workload now is nothing."

Wendy looked at the alchemy potion bottle that Yuri had casually thrown in the trash can nearby, sighed helplessly, and took out the exact same potion from her bosom...

Since when did the former eternal sleepers lose their sleep one by one?

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Under the majestic 32 ancient stone pillars, the conference hall fell into the last silence before the vote.

This is the last vote on the entire agenda. For the representatives present, this vote is more important than any previous round of votes, and the decision is more difficult.

As Gao Wen said - the establishment of a theocracy council is not just as simple as paying some human and material costs for countries, it means many changes at the social level, and even for some countries, it means Their social order will undergo a round of tests, and not all rulers have the courage to face this challenge.

But this has another level of appeal to many delegates—for those leaders who already want to weaken the authority of the Holy See, and for those leaders who want to strengthen the centralization of power, part of the concept of the Theocratic Council is exactly what they want.

But those parts that involve popularizing education and improving citizens' rights and interests make some people hesitate.

The trade-off is difficult to decide.

Gawain gazed calmly at the quiet venue. In the silence, the voice of Rosetta Augustus finally broke the silence: "Typhon joins."

Under the giant stone pillar not far away, a layer of magic glow appeared on the surface of the flag with red stripes on a black background, and Typhon's seat became brighter in the glow.

"The Silver Empire has joined." Belsetia's voice sounded, and then the flags of the elves lit up.

"Talrond joins." "Sacred Dragon Principality joins."

"Kaolin Kingdom is willing to join the Theocratic Council."

"The northern city-states jointly agree."

"Ogure tribal country..."

The difficult trade-off was finally over, as if a halo suddenly spread in the venue, the flags representing the mortal nations were lit one after another, and the clear light rose from around the venue like a round of dawn, covering everyone on the scene. representative face.

No matter how many of them are still swaying in their hearts-there is no turning back when there is a bow.

"Then, I declare the establishment of the Theocracy Council."

Chapter 1104 After the meeting

the conference has ended.

Along with the extinguishing of the magic runes from the distant era, the large-scale projection descent ceremony that lasted for ten days in the wilderness began to enter the reversal procedure. Brilliant light curtains descended from the sky, turning those simple and majestic giant stone pillars and stone The tables and chairs were disassembled into the magical light dust scattered between the heaven and the earth. Amidst the ethereal and pleasant resonance, the image of the oath stone ring gradually disappeared from everyone's sight, and the huge square rune stone that once sank into the earth was rediscovered. Rising from the soil, it restrains the last remaining brilliance.

In the end, the oath stone ring returned to its original world. The elves began to sort out and recycle the rune stones and the surrounding facilities of the venue. Representatives from various countries stood in an open space outside the venue, with solemn expressions Looking at this scene - everyone's heart is more or less touched.

Camilla stood beside Wenna Baizhi. The pair of pointed ears on the top of the orc leader's head trembled twice, and the fluff at the end of the ears trembled slightly in the warm wind. She looked at the silver queen with a solemn expression. The expression on her face was a kind of ritual "respect" to the rune stone. Not far away, there were many people carrying magical machines recording every scene at the scene. She narrowed her eyes slightly and said softly: "We Witnessed history..."

"No, we create history," Wenna shook her head, "As Gawain Cecil said, history is created by people, inherited by people, recorded by people, and inherited by people—the turning point happens here , and soon it will come to everyone.”

"It's only been ten days, but you seem to have suddenly become a lot deeper," Camilla looked down at her long-time friend, with a little teasing in her tone, "I still remember that before you came here, you were only thinking about what to do. Do a big business as soon as possible, now you look like Stoor, not like a gray elf."

Wen Na raised her head and rolled her eyes: "There are also outstanding philosophers and poets among the gray elves. You are looking at us with rigid eyes."

Camilla shrugged and stopped talking, just continued to watch the finishing process not far away with curious eyes, and on both sides of the road leading to the No. 112 stronghold not far behind her, there were brand-new flags standing tall Fluttering in the wind at the edge of the wasteland—those flags have a pure white background, with blue and gold-edged silk threads depicting a picture that is different from any national emblem. It is a planet that outlines the current Known land, the outer planet is surrounded by a striking ring.

This is the flag of the Alliance of Mortal Civilizations. It is said that Emperor Gawain Cecil personally designed this pattern—the planet represents the world that carries the mortal kingdoms, and also represents the mortal kingdoms themselves, and the circle It represents the purpose of the alliance: unite as one to advance and retreat together, and the destiny of all countries in the world is connected.It's just that many people think that this ring can have other meanings, such as symbolizing the circumcontinental route that is about to change the entire world, or symbolizing some kind of "circulation" in this world... Of course, these subsequent guesses have not been obtained. The recognition of the three empires.

Gao Wen looked back at the alliance flag, with a faint smile on his face.He is quite satisfied with the pattern he designed, especially the ring.It can be interpreted in many ways, but probably no one would guess that it also symbolizes a real "star ring" floating in space. Gawain hopes to use it as a metaphor for the sky circle around this planet. space station, and he is not worried that one day the mortal nations on the earth will see the star ring after launching a spaceship into space to explain this "coincidence"-he didn't intend to explain it at all, because the ring's There are many meanings, and if it is a coincidence, it is of course a coincidence.

This can also be regarded as a bit of his personal bad taste, and it can be regarded as an "easter egg" that he left to the world that is difficult to decipher.Of course, what the dragons would probably think of when they saw the ring... After all, they knew the existence of the sailors, but it didn't matter, because there were some things... Gawain would sooner or later be with this group of people who had experienced "sailing" of the ancient races of the ages."

As his thoughts spread slightly, a familiar aura came over from not far away. Gawain turned his head and saw Rosetta approaching him—the "cursed woman" who had been shrouded in a gloomy and oppressive atmosphere. "The God of God" has completely got rid of the curse of the God's Eye before, but after these ten days of exhausting meetings, his mental state is not only not exhausted at all, but is actually more plump and high-spirited, with a faint smile on his face Please note that the black-haired Princess Matilda followed closely beside him.

"It's a victory," Rosetta said, "although it's only an insignificant first battle in the whole 'battle'."

"Typhon's position is very important," Gawain looked at each other. In the past few years, this has been his strong competitor, even until today, until a long time in the future, Typhon and Ceci The competitive relationship between Er and Er will not end, but at least in the field of common interests, he believes that Typhon will be a reliable help, at least the only reliable help he can find in the northern part of the mainland, "Although we established We have formed an alliance, but each member country can play a different role in the alliance, and there are not many people who can stand in the same position as us in fighting against the gods and planning to counterattack the wasteland."

"I understand what you mean." Rosetta said lightly.

Gao Wen's words are euphemistic, but the meaning is very obvious: the alliance has been established, and the mortal united front has taken shape. However, there are many mortal countries with vastly different national strengths. The degree of backwardness of many countries is even surprising. Although the purpose of the alliance is to let Every mortal nation becomes an "ally" on the front line, but the fact is that many of the member states' role here is often a source of raw materials and a dumping market-at least for a long time.Correspondingly, those countries that have the ability to fight against divine disasters, natural disasters, and dragon disasters will enjoy most of the dividends after the establishment of the alliance, which will also last for a long time.

This part of the dividend cannot be free - the unconditional plundering of weak countries by strong countries does not conform to Gao Wen's positioning of the alliance, nor does it conform to the order stipulated in the charter, and it does not conform to the biggest goal of "common survival".

"Starting next month, Typhon will release all the results of our analysis of the wreckage of the God of War and all the knowledge about the gods held by the Augustus family in the Theocratic Council," Rosetta said to Gao after a moment of silence. Wen said, "It also includes the social data you and I mentioned in our last meeting. I hope that Cecil will also share information on an equal basis."

"You can rest assured that Cecil's theological knowledge base will also be open to all member states next month. The Silver Empire has also promised to make public the theological knowledge, changes in folk beliefs, and cult activities they have accumulated over thousands of years. Come out, we will build a big think tank and work together to find the mysteries of the gods from the vast knowledge."

"...The information recorded by the Silver Empire for thousands of years?" Rosetta's eyes couldn't help but change, obviously because of his determination, it was difficult to continue to calm down when he heard the news, "This is really... ...an unimaginable fortune."

"Yeah, if it weren't for the establishment of the Alliance and the Theocratic Council, who would have imagined that we would have the opportunity to see a complete set of sacred heritage of the oldest empire in the Loren Continent?" Gawain smiled, "When I first heard the news As excited as you are."

Rosetta calmed down quickly. His gaze swept across the flying dragon flag not far away, and his expression moved slightly: "What about Tarrond? As the oldest civilization in the world, their side... ..."

"Talrond is now also a member of the Theocratic Council, so they also promise to share their theological mysteries," Gawain nodded, but then changed the topic, "But they will only provide part, and will give relatively late."

Rosetta frowned subconsciously: "Why?"

"They need to sort out those distant records in a wasteland. All the archives and data storage facilities in Tarrond are now buried in the ruins. Even if some can be dug out, it is unknown when it will be dug up. Currently There are only a few ancient dragons who can help in this regard, but it takes time to sort out the memory itself, and those ancient dragons are still the leaders of Tarrond, and their energy is limited," Gao Wen conveyed on behalf of The information provided by Melita, "Of course, the more important reason is that some information cannot be disclosed at will. This is not because the Dragon Clan lacks sincerity, but those information..."

"Dangerous?" Rosetta understood. As someone who has dealt with God's Eye for decades, he knows that there are many taboos related to God. "The 'source' of some knowledge is not safe?"

"Well," Gawain nodded, his voice slightly lowered, "You know, the dragon race has existed for far longer than our civilization records. During the long years, they and their gods have maintained a long-term symbiosis—— After the locked state, they got a lot of "gifts" from the gods. These gifts are harmless to them, but it is difficult to determine what consequences will be given to other races. They need to slowly identify their own knowledge, and finding parts of it that can be shared safely...understand that they do need time now."

"...To be honest, when I just learned that the dragons would join the alliance, I never expected them to be in this state," Rosetta sighed, "Now I just hope that they can recover some strength as soon as possible, we need Some stronger allies."

Gao Wen nodded slightly, but didn't respond. He just thought about it quietly, and then diverted the topic elsewhere: "How do you think about establishing an efficient communication network within the territory of known civilization?"

Rosetta pondered for a moment, then nodded: "I understand the meaning of this incident, if there was a more efficient and transparent communication line between Typhon and Cecil, it would allow us to carry out more effective communication. If we had a real-time conversation, then the two of us would not have to pay that much extra price on the matter of 'God of War'..."

"Not only that, if we want the Theocracy Council to function, we must also establish a communication network covering all countries," Gao Wen said, "Cecil is currently researching a technology for combating god pollution. Built on the basis of 'neural networks', you've even seen some of this technology in action - at the Battle of Winterhold."

Rosetta quietly looked into Gawain's eyes, it was difficult to see the emotional fluctuations in his heart from his face at the moment, until nearly ten seconds later, he looked away and sighed softly: "... ...It seems that I have to consider Cecil's magic net communication technology. But you should also understand that even if the country is transformed into a magic net, Typhon will not allow any outsiders to intervene in this matter."

Gao Wen had a constant smile on his face: "Of course, I understand very well."

Rosetta and Matilda left, Gawain breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head to look for the figure of Rebecca who had been running to nowhere since just now, and after looking around, he finally saw the figure The girl who was pestering several elves and magisters to ask this question couldn't help showing a helpless smile on her face, and casually said to the air beside her: "Call Rebecca—let her not cause trouble, Magisters are busy right now."

The breath of amber in the air flashed away, and then I saw Rebecca, who was in high spirits in the distance, suddenly froze. On the right, immediately shrank his neck and ran all the way here.

"Master Ancestor..." Rebecca came to Gawain with a nervous expression on her face, "I didn't cause any trouble... I just asked them how the Sentinel Tower works."

"...You can find a formal place to inquire slowly about this kind of question. How can you catch someone's technician on the way to ask about it?" Gao Wen casually tapped Rebecca's head, and then changed the topic, " Let me tell you something - you went to observe the communication system in the messenger hall with the elves, how about it, do you think the communication technology used by the elves is compatible with the neural network?"

Rebecca touched the place where Gao Wen had knocked just now, and nodded after confirming that the bag was not removed: "I studied it carefully, and then compared the several rune groups provided by the Silver Empire during the previous technical exchanges. Generally speaking, it should be feasible. In fact, to put it bluntly, the communication technology we use is fundamentally the same, and they are all variants of communication technology, just like roadbeds. Afterwards, we modulate it into a magic net signal, and modulate it so that it can communicate with nerves. Bramble-compatible nerve impulses, which are all paved with different pavements, but roads are still roads..."

Finally, when it came to the technical field that she was good at, Rebecca's usual simple stupidity was instantly swept away, her eyes brightened, and her mouth crackled and began to talk non-stop.In fact, she didn't need to explain many things in such detail, and Gao Wen could understand them completely, but Gao Wen was still listening patiently at this moment, neither interrupting nor making a sound, with a slight smile on his face - he likes to watch Looking at Rebecca's cheerful appearance.

Finally, the girl's enthusiastic narration came to an end, and Gao Wen had a chance to speak: "In general, it is feasible, so what are the difficulties in details?"

"It's still a question of transcoding and forwarding." Rebecca scratched her hair, "Just like the communication line between us and the Silver Empire, we need a conversion thing in the middle to convert our magic net communication and the sentinel data of the elves." It’s just that the communication between us and the Silver Empire is limited to high-level, so a small rune conversion device is enough, but if you want to build a high-speed intercommunication with civilians, it will continue to expand in the future public network, then we have to build some relatively large... large..."

"Do you need a large server..." Rebecca was still thinking about the appropriate vocabulary, but Gao Wen couldn't help talking to himself softly, "In the future, I'm afraid we'll need something similar to connect with Typhon's network... ..."

"Serve what?" Rebecca blinked and asked curiously.

"The server is used to implement the 'conversion' function you mentioned," Gao Wen said, reaching out and pressing Rebecca's hair that had been messed up by herself, "don't think about the name, my side I have a rough plan... I just hope that Bertila has enough brains."

Rebecca: "?"

Chapter 1105 Stay away from the gods

Although Gawain still knows little about the deepest secrets behind the gods so far, with the unremitting efforts of several research groups behind him in recent years, he has at least confirmed several extremely effective means of combating divine pollution, starting from the most primitive The siren rune, to the song of the deep sea and the barrier of human nature that appeared later, and then to the anti-divine defense technology that is currently in the verification stage with "non-directional thoughts" as the core, these technologies are advancing layer by layer. Gradually revealed the effective direction of the future——

The siren's runes and singing voices come from other races, and there are many black box elements in its principles, while the non-directional thoughts come from Cecil himself, and its technical route is also clearly identifiable. Naturally, there is no need to say more about the development potential of the two.The most important foundation behind the non-directional trend of thought is the narrator's neural network. The essence of the neural network is a huge structure formed by the interconnection of a sufficient number of mortal minds. It uses the disordered subconsciousness of a large number of mortals to fight against the divine erosion of the gods. It means that the larger the scale of the neural network, the stronger its resistance to divinity—based on this theory, it can be said that it is inevitable to build a neural network all over the world and incorporate more mortal minds into it. .

In fact, this is also an important reason why Gao Wen is determined to establish a "united front" and to draw all countries, large and small, on the mainland into allies: even the weakest kingdoms can form an effective network in the neural network. strength.

There are strong and weak states, fools and wise men, and even advanced and backward civilizations in different regions. Therefore, many people don't quite understand Gao Wen's motivation to bring those insignificant and backward small countries into the chariot. In their view , some areas are like a drag, and pulling them into the chariot will only increase the cost, even in Cecil's country, this kind of thinking is not uncommon-but Gawain himself knows very well that on the battlefield against divine pollution, mortals are There is no real distinction between high and low, the population itself... is wealth.

Rebecca couldn't understand some of the ancestors' far-reaching thoughts, but at least in this technical field, her thinking was as clear and sharp as Gawain's. Noticing several changes in Gawain's expression, she couldn't help saying: "It would be great if the elves could directly modify their communication facilities and use our magic net technology..."

"The idea is very good, but unfortunately there is no feasibility." Gawain sighed with a smile, "The elves' Sentinel data link is huge in scale and mature in technology, and it is highly compatible with the magnificent wall. The cost and risk of large-scale transformation are unimaginable. , even if it is as powerful as the Silver Empire, they will not try it lightly. In the best case, they will make some upgrades to the interface of the national communication network, and at the same time produce immersion chambers that meet the standards of the Silver Empire. The network can be paved..."

"Isn't Typhon so cooperative?" Rebecca scratched her hair again—her hair was a little messier than before, "I think you and Rosetta Augustus talked very well. .”

Gawain looked into Rebecca's eyes, and his faint smile was serious: "Silly girl—you remember, there is no 'intimacy' between countries, there are only temporary alliances based on common interests. Limited mutual trust under the interests. Never feel that another country’s leader can be confided in the heart just because the leader of that country looks friendly. He will also give priority to the interests of his own country. Even if we temporarily consider each other, it is only because a certain field happens to be our common goal, and there is no conflict of interest between Typhon and Cecil in this field for the time being.

"But that doesn't mean we're sham covenants or engaging in fraudulent diplomacy, it's just that we're each fulfilling our responsibilities and being responsible for our own country.

"Back to the attitude of the Typhon people on communication technology... Rosetta should be aware of the significance of the 'anti-divine barrier' after the technical communication channel is established, but he will not let us stretch our hands too far ——He has already suffered a lot on the railway. According to the information sent back from there, Aldernan is tightening the investment and construction interface of the domestic railway, which shows that they have more or less reacted to this matter.

"So although Rosetta has stated that he will consider Cecil's communication technology, according to my estimation, he will at most allow the establishment of an 'interface' between the two countries similar to the one between us and the Silver Empire, or in a few areas of the country. Establish backup magic network communication facilities, and in general, the communication tower array of the Typhon Empire will continue to operate. After all, those communication towers have only recently undergone extensive upgrades, even if Rosetta is really determined to abandon them. Typhon's treasury probably won't allow it either.

"In the best situation, the three communication technologies on Loren Continent will exist simultaneously for a long time: Cecil's magic net communication, Typhon's communication tower network, and the Silver Empire's sentinel data link. We The most important thing to do now is not to hope that the other two communication technologies will disappear, but to think about how to make the existing divine protection technology effective in the three network environments—don’t worry, the old technology will disappear, just It will take time."

Rebecca frowned. She understood Gao Wen's words, but she didn't like this answer very much: "I understand that I understand... But it will definitely cost extra. Sigh... I thought that after the establishment of the alliance, the countries will We can work together a little more…”

Gawain smiled, and stroked Rebecca's hair again: "Do you know porcupines?"

Rebecca's eyes lit up immediately: "Ah, I know! It's delicious! When I was a child, I secretly went to the mountains... Um... You probably didn't want to tell me this?"

Gao Wen lost his mood for a moment, but fortunately he had already gotten used to Rebecca's uncontrollable thoughts, he coughed a few times and then adjusted his expression back to the majestic state of his ancestor: "... what I want to say is , the nations of mankind are like porcupines huddled together for warmth—we all need to survive this long winter, but we all have thorns to protect ourselves. The world is very dangerous, and it is impossible for us to pull out our thorns, so we can do The real thing is to find that little balance point between the spikes and the warmth. This does require an extra amount of energy, but this is a mortal...a porcupine who is weak, cautious, knows how to cuddle, but is not good at cuddling."

Rebecca listened to Gao Wen's words in a daze. At this moment, she seemed to understand a lot of things, and then asked softly, "Is this how the alliance you established works?"

Gao Wen nodded: "This is how the alliance works."

Rebecca left with a thoughtful expression. After her figure was gone, Amber's voice suddenly came from Gawain's side: "It seems that she suddenly has a lot of thoughts."

Gao Wen smiled, and sighed softly: "Perhaps the answer I gave her didn't quite meet her expectations."

"Because you are too great in her mind, so great that you are omnipotent, and even so great that you can reverse the fate of many people, so she also regards the 'alliance' you have established as an equally great thing—just like a man created by The glorious miracles cast by epic heroes cannot have any flaws," Amber said softly with a faint smile on her face as she watched Rebecca's walking figure, "But this alliance is not that great, it's just a nest porcupine."

"...I don't need to be so great, if I am too great, I will be like a god," Gawain shook his head, and then looked towards the direction of the Silver Elf team not far away, "The process is coming to an end, we should go back... …help me run another errand.”

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