Sword of Dawn

Gawain stared at the holographic projection in the center of the room. At this moment, the continuous output of geometric figures, dot matrix, and curves seemed to have finally come to an end, and something emerged from above, but it was no longer well-known to everyone on the scene. The "mathematics" content.

It was a bunch of oddly shaped, symbol-like things.

Chapter 1129 Coming From Another Bank

All eyes were on the weird patterns that followed until they took up an entire line, until a series of evenly spaced dots appeared behind the symbol, until a void of white noise came from the monitor channel, representing "loss of signal" "The prompt sounded from a magic network terminal nearby, and many people took a deep breath as if they finally remembered how to breathe.

"The signal has disappeared..." A listener stood up from his chair, said with a daze on his face, and then repeated, "The signal has disappeared..."

The holographic projection in the center of the room was still activated, and a clear image appeared in mid-air. Gawain's eyes were fixed on the "symbols" that emerged at the end, and he did not move away for a long time - they seemed to consist of circular arcs and straight lines. Composed of lines, every four to six symbols form a group, separated by dots or short lines in the middle, which makes people have certain associations.

"Your Majesty, do you think these things..." Bud couldn't help breaking the silence, "It looks like..."

"Writings," Gao Wen whispered, "They look like some kind of writing."

"We've never seen this kind of writing," a gray-haired magician muttered softly not far away, "I bet no one here knows this thing...it looks too weird."

Belsetia kept quiet beside Gao Wen. She was still not quite sure what exactly happened, but based on Gao Wen's explanation to her on the road and what she saw just now, she already had a faint guess in her heart. Her gaze swept over the faces of everyone at the scene. In these faces, she saw tension, excitement, doubts, guesses, and everyone's thoughts—she finally looked at Gao Wen, only to see Those eyes were as deep and calm as water, but there seemed to be something brewing in the depths.

After a few more seconds, Gawain finally spoke again. His voice was calmer than Belsetia imagined: "Transcribe these symbols, gather language and writing experts, and cryptographers, and try our best to decipher... "

In the middle of the speech, he suddenly stopped, as if he was seriously weighing something, and continued after serious thinking: "In addition, some symbols have been scrambled and released, soliciting clues across the country. Has anyone seen similar things through any means?" Anyone can report it — even if they see something like it in their own kids’ doodles or in the wheat fields on their own farm.”

Bertila, who was standing aside, nodded immediately: "Understood, I have already notified General Margarita."

"Distribute all the parameters of the working status of the antenna group to all listening stations across the country," Gao Wen continued, "In addition, what direction was the main antenna pointing when the signal appeared?"

Bud reminded from the side: "Your Majesty, the main antenna is now replaced by a lattice array, and the reception of the array crystal has no directivity..."

"But the mechanical structure of its base has. The mechanical structure of this array determines that even if the reception of the crystal lattice is omnidirectional, its reception efficiency in a specific direction will be higher than that in other directions," Gawain looked at Bard, obviously although He is no longer personally involved in this technical field, but he is not ignorant of some basic knowledge, "Where did the mechanical disk of the main antenna point at that time?"

A young female magician immediately ran to her workstation. She found the azimuth data of the main antenna, compared it quickly in her heart, and then raised her head: "Your Majesty, the main antenna should be pointing towards the Frost Sky constellation at that time. ..."

"Starting today, the antenna group of the Thorin listening station is dedicated to tracking signals from the direction of the Frost Sky constellation," Gawain looked at Beltira, "The stations in other regions will continue to maintain the original omnidirectional monitoring."

Bertila has already realized Gawain's thoughts, she reminded: "The Paramer Observatory and the Thorin Listening Station are at the same latitude, and there is a higher-level 'window' there. Sync here."

Gawain thought for a moment, then nodded immediately: "You are right, let the Paramel Observatory also adjust the antenna to the vicinity of the Frost Sky constellation, and turn on the 24-hour reception mode. I will send a team of technicians there later, and the manpower there may not enough."

After a series of arrangements and a short discussion, Gawain left the listening facility at the bottom of the tree canopy. Instead of returning to Beltira's "rest place", they took the elevator inside the trunk directly to the top of the tree canopy— At this time, it was approaching evening, and the bright summer sun gradually turned into a golden-red afterglow. There was brilliant sky light shining from afar, skimming over the stretching and thin clouds, and splashing on the vast wooden platforms and layers on the top of the giant trees. There are layers of leaves on top of the sea.

The sunset in this season is as condensed as water.

The main antenna stands on the top of the platform. The mechanical frame with complex and exquisite structure supports hundreds of crystal clear hexagonal crystal plates. The antenna array brought a humming sound between the crystal and metal gaps, as if this industrial product that condensed the wisdom of scholars from all sides of the empire was whispering something.

Gawain stood under the antenna, looked up at the crystal array, and looked at its delicate mechanical base: In order to obtain the best resonance effect in the magic field and reduce interference, its mechanical disk will automatically track the atmosphere. Perhaps it is because of this small variable that self-adjustment of the "high-clarity window" in China has brought unexpected results today.

But the variable may also come from the material of the main antenna: as far as he knows, the crystal here has just been updated not long ago, and because the old listening device failed after a strong wind, mechanics and magicians redesigned the entire system , and replaced the old broken crystals with new high quality crystals.These crystals were cast by the Pompeii Crystal Foundry, and their raw materials were high-purity primary crystal dust from the Ancestral Peak of Ogulei. There is a significant difference in performance between the new and old crystals... Could this be the reason?

Maybe wait until the next time another listening station catches a signal, and everyone will get the answer.

"It seems that the mechanical scholars have to work overtime recently," Bertila's voice came from the side, interrupting Gawain's thinking. This "giant tree incarnation" stood by the base of the antenna, also looking up Those crystals, with a slight smile on their faces made of wood, "To maintain the resonance strength and interference resistance of the antenna itself under the premise that the crystal array is locked in a specific direction, it may be necessary to tear down the structure of the entire mechanical disk and redo it." ... But fortunately, this is not an unsolvable technical problem, and there seems to be a corresponding design idea in the original transformation plan, but... the cost will probably be a little higher."

Gao Wen didn't respond, but just stared at the direction the antenna array was pointing at. There was only a golden-red glow and a cloud that was slowly moving north. There wasn't a single star in the sky, but he knew that during the daytime The stars are still twinkling, and the Frost Sky Constellation is in that direction at the moment, and the huge monitoring device in front of him is slowly tracking that ancient constellation with an imperceptible range to the naked eye.

"Is the current tracking accuracy not enough?" He suddenly whispered.

"Of course not enough. This mechanical structure is not used to track celestial bodies. Now I use a servo brain to take over the mechanical disk control of this antenna. The calculation accuracy of the servo brain is sufficient, but the mechanical precision of the mechanical disk is flawed. "Beltilla said, "This problem should be solved after rebuilding the mechanical disk, but we still need some experts in astrology here-I don't consider astrology masters at the level of the Paramer Observatory, the Empire Just a few graduates from the academy, at least they know how to construct the antenna tracking trajectory according to the laws of the celestial sphere."

"I'll arrange the best astrologer for you, as well as sufficient funds," Gawain glanced at Bertila, "Who did you learn this way of pretending to be pitiful and defrauding funds?"

Berti's facial expression did not change, and there was no reaction.

Afterwards, the entire platform fell silent. Gawain, Bertera, and Belsetia were silent under the antenna. This tacit silence lasted for a full minute before they suddenly said in unison: "It Is it really from the starry sky?"

After the words fell, the three of them looked at each other, and after another brief silence, they laughed at the same time, and then Belsetia took a deep breath as if her tense nerves were suddenly relaxed: "But I still can't believe it... Although I really This idea came up, but is it really possible? This mysterious signal you mentioned, it..."

"This is not a whimsical idea, although many people have never thought about it in this direction." Gawain interrupted Belsetia, his expression became serious, "I guessed it like this when the signal first appeared. , but I never told anyone, because this idea is too advanced and does not conform to the thinking habits of many people, you should know that I...have a different view of the starry sky from yours."

Bertila and Belsetia thought of Gawain's identity as an "outsider wanderer" at the same time. They looked at each other and nodded slightly, but they didn't reveal anything.

"Over the past two years, we have done a lot of research on this signal," Gao Wen continued, "Bertila should be very clear about this-we have set up listening stations all over the country, even in the Ogure tribal country. We also set up an overseas site. We tried to lock the source of this signal in various ways, but there was nothing on the ground. Of course, we also tried to point the antenna to the sky, but maybe it was bad luck, or maybe the old crystal was not sensitive enough. , none of the antennas pointed to the sky before received any useful information...except this time.

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this signal comes from other places, such as the Shadow Realm that overlaps with the real world, or a certain elemental world, or even... God Realm. But we currently do not have the ability to establish large-scale strongholds in these places, so this Speculation on this aspect can only be a guess. So far, the only reliable clue... is this time."

Belsetia didn't make a sound, but raised her head in a daze, she looked up at the sky, when the sun was getting dimmer as time went by, and a faint twilight spread from a distance, her keen eyes caught a few points Starlight——In the past dozen centuries, she seemed to have never noticed that these stars attracted her eyes so much.

In a trance, she heard Gawain's voice from the side: "Actually, we should have known that we are not the only intelligent individuals in this universe—in this world, 'outsiders' are not rare visitors."

"Yes, I know that there is a kingdom of sea monsters in the deep sea in the far east. They claim to come to this planet on a giant ship that can fly between stars. Some of the sea monster allies are even operating within the empire," Belty said. La nodded slightly, "I've read stories about these sirens in newspapers and on radio programs."

"But this is the first time we have used our 'ears' to hear a sound from outside the planet...Although it is only possible," Belsetia looked back at the sky, looked at Bertila and Gawain, "A distant and unknown world sent us a mysterious and unknown voice... This is different from the feeling of listening to a story. I never thought that I would experience such a thing."

"I haven't thought about it either," Gao Wen smiled, with mixed emotions in his smile, "This...even makes me a little bit at a loss."

"You don't seem that happy?" Belsetia keenly noticed Gawain's emotions, "I thought you would be a little happier about it-this is an exciting discovery, and it is also related to the 'starry sky' related."

"But it's not necessarily a good thing." Gao Wen was indeed very excited for a time, but now the excitement is gradually fading, and more thoughts spread from the bottom of his heart, "Don't forget, in our world, 'move forward' always It comes with great risks.”

Hearing this sentence, Belsetia also calmed down instantly. She suddenly thought of the documents from the Theocratic Council and the few words revealed by the Dragon Clan. Out of control because of our star-gazing behavior..."

"It's not that bad," Gawain shook his head, "According to reliable information, just 'looking up at the starry sky' itself will not cause the gods to lose control, only the act of stepping into the starry sky will drive them crazy, so at least at this stage, this It is discovered that there is no risk of triggering a divine disaster."

"Reliable information?" Bertila couldn't help but frowned, "Is this information really credible?"

"Credible," Gawain nodded, "Dragon God told me before he went crazy."

Belsetia & Bertila: "...Then this is indeed believable."

"But the risk does not only come from looking up at the starry sky." Gawain shook his head, and couldn't help but glance at the sky again. "The source of this signal itself...may also be dangerous."

The Silver Queen suddenly showed a pensive look, and at the same time, the stars that gradually began to twinkle in the distance seemed to have some different meanings in her eyes.

Maybe...there is such a group of hypothetical "senders" among the stars, maybe the signal heard by the Thorin listening station today really came from that distant direction, if all this is true, then now "they "It should be there, looking at this place on the other side of the starry sky from a distance that is unimaginable for both humans and elves.

This distance far exceeds the barrier between the mortal kingdoms and the wasteland of Gondor.

A majestic wall has turned the mortals outside the wall and the cultists inside into two completely different "clans". Those "senders" far away in the starry sky...are they friendly?

Chapter 1130 Discussion about the starry sky

As twilight approaches, the rays of light in the distance have gradually receded into the mountains, leaving only a little dark red afterglow shining on a small piece of sky in the direction of the giant sunset, while a broader dark blue night diffuses from the other direction. In the depths of the night, starlight gradually appeared, and the stars that mortals had looked up to for thousands of years were becoming more and more obvious in the dark blue.

How many magnificent imaginations and idyllic fairy tales are carried by those bright spots in the night sky?Perhaps even the most profound scholars of the Silver Empire cannot describe them all.The stars hang high in the sky, in the realm beyond the reach of mortals. The long distance and unchanging brilliance carry a kind of almost divine meaning to the groups bound by gravity on the earth, so since ancient times Since then, countless divine stories have unfolded around the stars and taken root in the hearts of mortals.

And these stories describing the starry sky have nothing to do with the real and vast stars in the universe.

Both Amon and Enya have personally confirmed that there is no kingdom of gods above the stars, the kingdom of gods is just a foreign space built by mortal thoughts, and the countless stories pointing to the starry sky in the world are just a magnificent layer An empty shell, the universe outside which mortals have never really touched, and are never ready to touch.

But the stars in the vast universe will not stop twinkling because of mortals' indifference—it is there after all, and everything in the depths of the star sea is constantly moving, and now there is finally a voice that spans the vast distance of the stars, regardless of the various races on this land Ready or not, this voice has arrived.

Of course, all of this is still unproven, but at least as far as Gawain himself is concerned... He thinks that the voice is most likely pointing to the starry sky.

After all, there are already visitors from the starry sky like the Kraken on this planet, and the records of the Dragon Clan even show the ancient sailor fleet and the alien alliance forces who embarked on the expedition together with the fleet—so he is willing to It is believed that there are other intelligent creatures among the distant stars. They may have just opened their eyes and looked up at the sky, and they are sharing this world with the mortals of Loren at this moment.

The evening wind blew over the top of the Sorin tree and whistled over the monitoring antenna. The giant magic net hub in the distance and the nearby monitoring antenna made a low buzzing sound together. Belsetia seemed to wake up suddenly from contemplation. He opened his mouth and said: "As for the stars, astrologers have always had a vision beyond ordinary people. Since the age of Gondor, human magisters have successfully measured the distance between our planet and the sun and 'O', and determined The twinkling stars in the universe are all high-energy stars similar to 'Ao', and at about the same time, the scholars of the Silver Elf put forward guesses, thinking that our 'sun' is actually a high-energy star similar to 'Ao' A star, except that it is more gentle and does not burn violently..."

"I remember this, when I was an apprentice knight, my mentor brought from town a book which records a meeting between a human magister and an elf magister, and a debate about the stars at the meeting "Gao Wen nodded, "Scholars believe that it is because of the mildness of the sun that we can survive on this planet, and the excessive energy radiation of 'Au' will destroy any ecosystems that are close to it... On this basis, a Gondor magister once hypothesized that if there are stars in the universe that are not violently burning and have suitable energy intensity like our sun, and there are solid-state satellites similar to ours in their suitable orbits , then such an environment may breed alien life.”

"At that time, no one knew the origin of the sea monster, and no one knew that the mysterious creatures living in the deep sea came from the universe—even today, only a few people in the world know this, and this is because of Cecil. Some popular science propaganda is working," Bertila said with a little sigh, "but in that era, the top scholars in the mortal kingdoms have already set their sights on the starry sky, and even began to speculate about those distant places. what the world looks like."

"But before they made further discoveries, the demonic tide destroyed the mighty Gondor Empire, and in order to make up for the huge scars left by the demonic tide on the world, even the Silver Empire was dragged into the vortex that lasted for centuries , all development has stagnated or even regressed for hundreds of years," Belsetia said softly, and the sound of Ye Hai flapping in the wind could be heard in the distance, "Thinking about it now, it was really a glorious but ignorant age, our top-level We have explored so far toward the truth in the depths of the world, but the main body of society has been stagnant. A wave of demons has come, and the Gondor Empire, from the top magister to the bottom of the people, has been wiped out in an instant——we are deeply attached to this world. The dangers are utterly ignorant."

"I remember you accurately described this situation," Bertila suddenly looked at Gao Wen, "the top and bottom are seriously disconnected in the field of knowledge, and there is no connection between cutting-edge technology and social productivity... how to put it ?”

"The knowledge structure at the top and the bottom completely loses continuity, and cutting-edge technology cannot be transformed into the productivity of the entire society, which eventually leads to serious development imbalances, and the disaster resistance and recovery of civilization are greatly weakened. When a world-class disaster breaks out, only Some elites were unable to protect the entire civilization, and were even unable to protect themselves. Occasionally, surviving social individuals were unable to rebuild the society due to a rupture in knowledge, which eventually led to the rapid destruction of the entire civilization—this is how the original Gondor Empire ended. "Gao Wen casually said the theories he had summed up at the beginning, and then he glanced at Bertila in surprise, "Have you also read the things I wrote?"

"...Occasionally, I will take a look," Beltera said somewhat unnaturally, "at least it will help me to sum up how everything will die in the end."

"...In any case, reading more books is always beneficial." Gao Wen touched the tip of his nose, and then sighed, "Oh, it's a pity that many countries are still following this old path..."

"After all, for the order created by the extraordinary, it is the easiest and safest choice to concentrate all knowledge and wealth at one point," Belsetia chuckled and shook her head, "Fortunately, Anzu has been reborn from the ashes, Typhon Reforms were carried out earlier, and the Silver Empire... the group of congressmen have become much more sober over the years."

Gawain didn't respond for a while, but just looked into the distance with some ecstasy, watching the edge of the canopy of Thorin's giant tree gradually being stained with silver light by starlight. After a while, he suddenly said: "From a certain point of view, the scene in Gondor that year The demon tide...maybe it saved the lives of all mortals in the whole world."

Bertila was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why do you say that?"

"On the eve of the outbreak of the demon tide, Gondor and the Silver Empire were already on the verge of exploring the starry sky. The magisters had theoretically analyzed too much knowledge about the stars - but they hadn't taken that substantial step," Gao Wen frowned, his voice was calm and thought-provoking under the night sky, "And once that step is taken, the biggest 'curtain' when mortals perceive this world will be lifted, which will lead to ritual Sexual 'final disobedience' happened early, and mortals at that time..."

Gawain didn't continue talking, but Belsetia was already shuddering. At this moment, the night wind had stopped, but there was a rustling sound of leaves trembling deep in the canopy of Sorin's giant tree. Bersetia was the first to break the silence: "So if the demon tide hadn't erupted back then, the scholars of Gondor or the Silver Empire would most likely try to explore the starry sky... What happened to the dragons more than a million years ago will happen to us!"

Gao Wen nodded slowly, and his voice became extremely low: "But we may not have the good luck like the Dragon Clan. We can survive the fusion of the gods at the critical point of being wiped out, and find the opportunity to bow our heads in time to survive."

"So the demon tide back then was actually saving the entire mortal civilization from a macro perspective?" Belsetia's eyes widened. "It sacrificed the Gondor Empire, but saved all the mortal kingdoms except the Gondor Empire. Is that what you mean?"

"If you think about it this way, it will appear that the magic tide is a well-designed operation. In the absence of evidence, it is best not to make such an assumption." Gao Wen immediately shook his head, "Besides, even if it is really a 'handwriting' of an existence , we are destined to not be able to get the answer - the only person who can make this kind of 'shoot' is a certain god, and we have no way to ask the gods about the situation."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and said in a strange tone: "At least there is no way for the time being..."

While talking, he thought about it secretly, thinking that although it seems that no one can be found to obtain evidence for this matter, maybe he can try to find Enya to ask about the situation after returning... Although the retired dragon god can't do anything now Everything is "speakable", but at least compared with when she was on the job, she now has a high degree of freedom in speech, and there are some things that can be asked directly.

Bertila didn't know what Gawain was thinking during the few seconds of silence, she just asked curiously: "So are we 'ready' now?"

"...no one knows, not even me," Gao Wenwen could use his identity as an "extraterritorial wanderer" to make a fuss here, but he looked at Bertila's already heterogeneous figure, and finally Choose to tell the truth, "I once said that when it comes to matters involving divine disasters, there is no way to find an accurate 'variable' for many things. We cannot predict the critical point of the gods' madness, nor can we calculate where they will go. Only a mere mortal is ready for the 'ultimate disobedience'... The only thing we can do is to do everything we can to fill in the gaps during the development process, so that we can improve our chances of survival when 'that day' comes. Bigger."

"It doesn't sound like what the dreaded 'Wanderer outside the Territory' should say," Belsetia said suddenly, "But hearing you say that makes me feel a little more at ease."

Gawain smiled, but did not respond to the other party, while Bertila spoke after thinking for a while, and brought the topic back to the "signal": "Do you think... if that signal really came from the Frost Sky Constellation, its What kind of civilization would the sender be? I mean... how threatening is it?"

"It's hard to judge," Gao Wen frowned, "From a common sense point of view, they have the ability to transmit signals across such a long distance to our planet, which shows that they have more advanced technology than us, at least More advanced communication and detection technology, but until we decipher the transmission methods of those signals and improve our understanding of the starry sky, no one can be sure whether those 'senders' sent signals simply by virtue of powerful technology or environmental factors Coincidence. Furthermore, communication and detection technology is only one of many technologies, and it cannot be used to judge the technical strength of the sender in other fields.

"To take an extreme example, maybe this method of communication across the starry sky is actually so simple that even primitive people with sticks can project their thoughts to distant stars, but we just don't have Just discovered this simple principle..."

Belsetia thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "Your example is too extreme."

"Example, it's just an example." Gao Wen raised his hand and waved it, "I just don't want you to be too nervous. There is another point I need to correct...or remind me, although the signal is after the main antenna points to the Frost Sky Constellation appeared, but that doesn't mean it came from 'Frost Sky'."

"Frost Sky is just a constellation, and the celestial bodies that make it up are most likely distributed in a very vast starry sky, and they are distributed in three dimensions. The celestial body that emits the signal can only be said to be in the direction of "Frost Sky", but the specific Where did it come from... Astrologers still need to work hard to calculate it, and now it is wrong to say that the signal comes from the Frost Sky constellation."

Hearing Gawain's words, Bertera couldn't help covering her forehead, and Bersetia beside her also muttered softly: "It's been many years since I heard Uncle Gawain's lecture..."

Gao Wen: "..."

He was a little dumbfounded, but as a gust of night wind blew through the treetops, his mood gradually relaxed a little.

"Perhaps we're being too nervous," he said, "it's just a voice that pops into our world, and judging from the amount of math it carries at the beginning, it's more like a 'greeting' to introduce ourselves, Representing to another intelligent race in this vast dark universe that they are also a group of intelligent beings that can communicate - I know this idea is too optimistic, but before we figure out what the symbol at the end of that message means , everyone can still be optimistic."

"Well, I really like an optimistic attitude," Belcetia said while exhaling, "I will also bring those symbols back to the scholars of the Temple of Stars to see. The talent in language and writing is not weaker than that of humans, and our ancient records may also be helpful... You don't mind the silver elves participating in this matter, do you?"

"Of course not," Gao Wen said immediately, "As I said at the beginning - this is a major event for all mortals, and I plan to make this project public within the entire alliance."

His tone was sincere, but he didn't say everything that was on his mind.

Now that the technology of the entire monitoring system is in the hands of Cecil, the core secrets of the main antenna array will definitely not be shared, and even if other countries get the technical data of this top-notch magic device, they may copy it if they want to. Can’t come out—under the premise that the only monitoring channel is completely monopolized by Cecil, making this project public to the world is actually to let various countries contribute their experts in cryptography, philology and astrology, and use a lot of technology to The input of personnel is exchanged for a "participation" quota.

But this kind of thing, even if the participants can see it, no one will say it clearly.

Chapter 1131 Gao Wen's Sense of Urgency

There are some things that Gao Wen can calculate clearly in his mind, and of course Belsetia, who is the Queen of Silver, can also understand. She is very clear that these antenna arrays, which seem to be top secrets, are technologies that are firmly controlled by Cecil. And mastering these antennas is the only portal to talk to that "signal" (if it can talk to it). Gao Wen said that he wants to start this monitoring plan with the countries of the entire alliance, but he will open this door Is the key also open?

It is obviously impossible. Gawain may be a generous ruler, but he is the leader of the Cecil Empire first. It is impossible for him to hand over the initiative to outsiders for such a thing that does not know where it will go in the future. .

But even so, Belsetia is willing to accept this "invitation" - since the Cecil Empire has mastered the core technology and "first opportunity", it is normal and natural for this monitoring project to be led by them , but the remaining "participation rights" are equally important, especially for the Silver Empire, which is also not weak in technology. As long as they can participate in this project, the elves have the confidence to get their own rights in future technological achievements. reward.

Of course, whether this signal is a blessing or a curse... depends on how the future will develop.

"When are you going to announce this matter?" After a short silence, Belsetia asked suddenly, "I mean...announce it to the whole society...do you plan to announce this matter to the people?"

In the end, the Silver Queen was obviously hesitant. She knew that one of Gao Wen's current goals was to "push knowledge to the people and return thinking to the people." All mortals are in awe of the unknown and even deified. She understands the necessity of doing so, but now there is a secret in front of her. This secret points to an unknown world that has never been explored by human beings—she suddenly hesitates.

Ordinary people who lack knowledge... can they really accept this kind of thing?After they come into contact with this kind of secret, won't they really give birth to new beliefs in thinking about the mysterious starry sky?

Gao Wen could well understand Belsetia's concerns, it was really complicated, so he also thought about it before breaking his silence: "This may be the first challenge that the Theocratic Council has faced since its establishment—when the cutting-edge After technology suddenly touches areas beyond ordinary people's understanding, and even touches areas related to theology, how to explain everything to the public can achieve a smooth transition and allow blind awe to land safely on the soil of rational logic.

"This problem must be faced head-on, because as long as our technology is still developing, similar situations will always appear. Today it is a signal from the starry sky, and tomorrow it may be the explanation of the shadow world or even the magic power. The original understanding - if we avoid explaining them in front of the public, then in essence this is no different from the previous "creation of gods". A 'theological explanation' that takes new technology as the object of reverence, and even such things as Mechanicism and God of Technology will appear."

Belsetia raised her eyebrows: "You mean, you really want to open this signal and a series of interpretations around it to the public?"

"It should be open, but we must fully consider the guidance of public opinion and the thinking habits of the public, and carry out a gradual, limited, and controlled opening," Gao Wen said while thinking, his mind was working quickly, and at this moment, he Suddenly realized that the mysterious signal might not be as simple as a "greeting from the sky", in a sense, it could even become a "practical exercise" after the establishment of the theocracy, although it came unexpectedly , but this "surprise" is just one of its values, "We have to face up to the knowledge level of ordinary people and their way of thinking are different from real astrologers, so we can't follow the mode of communicating with scholars Ordinary people communicate...

"We should first do a good job of 'popular interpretation' of professional knowledge, and convert professional terms into a language that at least [-]% to [-]% of ordinary people can understand. We need some less serious publicity platforms and preachers. To explain to the public—or re-explain the astronomical concepts that became common sense in the upper class during the Gondor period. Of course, even if they explain it this way, they probably won’t be able to understand the difference between stars and planets, but at least they will understand one thing The thing is that the 'worlds above' are also understandable, they are not out of reach, but within the sight of mortals.

"We can't just tell them what 'interstellar communication' is, it is easy for people with ulterior motives to guide it as a revelation from the gods or some kind of 'harbinger'...

"In addition to the official caliber, we also need a very large range of civil guidance. We need someone to walk and observe among the public, understand what people are discussing in pubs and squares, and we need to organize a large number of influential and exciting Convincing 'speakers' of ordinary people, these speakers may not be real experts, but in the eyes of the public, what these people say will be more familiar and credible than those scholars who speak obscure words. We want this kind of 'speakers' In terms of management, if there is one, we will incorporate it, if not, we will build it from scratch.

"The minds of the people are not inherently ignorant, but it is an uncultivated land. If we don't cultivate it, it will be easily occupied by ignorant and blind thoughts..."

Gawain was thinking while talking, and there were occasional pauses in the middle. This was to better organize the language and straighten out the thoughts. Thinking look, and at the end, he didn't forget to add one more point:

"In addition, Belsetia, you have to remember that the purpose of all our 'propaganda' and 'announcement' is not to pursue [-]% accuracy and detail - too accurate and detailed technical information is difficult for the public to understand I don't like to listen, what we want to ensure is that these things are not wrong in the general direction, and conform to the facts in terms of basic concepts, and the main purpose of these things is to..."