Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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"The Hidden Sage... No, the wilderness."

Pieces of the god's body collapsed, Extraordinary characteristics and huge pieces of metal fell one after another, turning into meteors falling from the sky, trailing with flames and thick smoke.The gods who symbolize the laws of physics are dying, and the lights of the world and the roar of the gears are dying at this moment.

Bonova stared blankly at the sky, watching the extremely grand rain of fire fall.

"Lord!" He whispered, "I beseech you to rise within me..."

No one answered.

Behind him, all the Extraordinary in the workshop had similar expressions. They were dull, terrified, fidgeting, and their hearts were full of fear of the death of the objects of their faith, and full of despair that their own gods would also die.The artisans on the earth trembled silently, staring and weeping uncontrollably, feeling that their understanding of the world had changed with the death of the gods.

"What's the situation now?"

A heavy impact sounded from the side, and Hillan, whose half of his body was still charred, limped over with a cane.

He looked at Bonova's terrified expression, raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, then slowly widened his eyes, turned his head in disbelief, and stared side by side with Bonova at the distant place with thick eyes. A meteor shower of falling smoke and flames.

After a dead silence, Hillan glanced at the craftsmen around him and asked in a low voice, "What should we do now? Bonova?"

"I do not know."

Bonova muttered to himself, his eyes were fixed on the distant sky, as if he wanted to see a hole there, he paused for two seconds, his voice was too high, with obvious astonishment and panic:

"I have no idea!"

Hillan frowned, and his companion looked extremely out of shape, and might even lose control due to the collapse of faith. At this time, if one of his own angels is missing, it will be an even more terrifying disaster.Therefore, he did not continue to talk to Bonova to prevent the other party from further collapse.At the same time, the huge black cloud covering the entire Intis surged up again, the huge sound of water rang in everyone's ears, and the craftsmen who were immersed in sadness and despair also slowly raised their heads. He turned his head and felt the sea in the sky through the dark clouds.

Hillan immediately turned around, and instantly connected his spiritual will with the entire mountain workshop:
"The workshop is closed! All valves are sealed!"

"The function has been reduced to 30.00%, and the escape pod is ready to start at any time!"

He looked at Bonova who seemed to have stopped running, gritted his teeth, and ordered with the authority of an angel:

"The maximum power of the urban drainage system! Count as much as you have, and use whatever capacity you have, and gather all the nearby residents into the workshop of the church!"

Immediately a saint replied: "Yes! Your Highness! Now all the church workshops are full!"

"very good."

Suddenly, a praying voice flashed in his mind, his expression suddenly became a little astonished, and he shouted to the craftsmen: "The door No. [-] on the side is open, come a few people, and go over there to pick up the asylum sent by the Church of the Creator." child!"

Under Hillan's control, the electric lights in the workshop were extinguished row by row, leaving only the thread lights at the skirting still glowing.The alloy zenith above the workshop slowly closed. Some craftsmen who had nothing to do looked up and watched the zenith gradually close in horror, praying that it would be faster, and faster.The small door on the side opened, and the dean of the Guangming Cathedral squeezed in disheveledly with a few sleeping children in his arms, followed by many Extraordinary people of the "Sun" path who also came in with babies or young children .

"Your decision is very wise. The workshop can accommodate 5000 people."

The deacon who responded to them pressed their hats as a salute: "Now the total staff is only about [-], and the time is too tight."

The blond-haired priest nodded, and said very quickly: "We have brought all the children from the Foundling Hall, and some of them were entrusted to us by the believers we met on the road. There are about 200 people in total. Please be sure to Let them live."

After finishing speaking, the officiant turned around to greet the juniors behind him, and prepared to go out to rescue some people again.The workshop of the Church of Steam is located in a mountain on the outskirts of Trier. It takes more than three hours to go back and forth from the city by horse-drawn carriage, and only Extraordinary people can come and go quickly.

But as soon as they stood up, the ground suddenly shook violently, and a roaring gust of sea water leaked in from the gap in the zenith that was not completely closed. The deacon of the church of steam almost subconsciously used extraordinary items to create a square metal refuge He was protecting the children around him, and then the arm he used to support the small shelter was broken by the violent impact of the sea water.

His cries of pain were swallowed up by the sound of water and a loud bang, and the zenith was finally closed tightly, rumbled by the impact of the water.

Fortunately, the water in the workshop only reached the adult's ankles. After the dark room gradually quieted down, several Beyonders in charge of logistics immediately ran towards the warehouse to check the moisture of the food reserves.

……

"……what are you planning to do?"

The gods have long been unable to hear the prayers of the believers, and his consciousness has collapsed to a very small extent, and it is possible that he will die completely in the next ten seconds.At this moment, there was silence in His ears, only the wind in the wilderness was blowing.

The metal peeled off, the pipeline ruptured, and the broken flesh and blood body was exposed under the silver and gold hard shell.

The god of steam and machinery accepted his own death, but he didn't seem to have the realization that he was about to become food, instead he asked questions curiously.

For Him, nothing in the world is important at this moment.

His connection with the real world has been cut off, and his believers may have died first, or they may no longer receive an automatic response from his spirituality.Death is always so quiet when it comes, as grand and cold as the wind in your ears.After pouring out all the resentment, He calmed down, and even had a little expectation—what can I get in exchange for everything?
The Wind of Information readily answered the question:
"Using the 'knowledge emperor' feature you collected, I will be promoted again when I become a god, and become a dual-path true god."

The voice in the wind is very strange, like old or young, male or female, the main tone is an old and kind old man, and under this voice, the voice of a young man is suppressed, and the quick talk of an immature child is suppressed The words, suppressing the soft voice of the woman.

"Then, I will protect your believers, your hard-won achievements of civilization and the world today. I will resist the God of Storms and bring your believers a break."

"Sounds really good."

The gods of steam and mechanics do think it's not bad.If he volunteered voluntarily, he would be able to exchange for the protection of the people of Intis from the hidden sages. If he was dying, he would not be able to change the fusion of the hidden sages to him, and would attract his hostility and unwillingness to shelter humans.

"Will you take over my church? Will you keep guarding it?"

The Hidden Sage paused for a few seconds, then said with a smile, "No, I won't protect them forever."

"Because I will eventually leave here and go to the sea of ​​stars. Our believers will be the most outstanding craftsmen and scholars in the universe. They should not always blindly beg us for knowledge, but should use their control over knowledge and technology, Follow in our footsteps."

"Every race, as long as it is willing to seek knowledge, is our student, and it must be accompanied by the same cruel screening."

"If you are not smart enough, you will be eliminated!"

"If you are not creative, you will be discarded!"

"The update and iteration of civilization and wisdom is the cruelest battlefield. City-states, wars, and everything in the world revolve around the development of knowledge. If you fall behind, you will be destroyed. Only the best can be with us."

The words of the hidden sages turned into a vast picture in the remaining consciousness of the God of Steam. The universe spread around them, and the stars flashed like eyes. On countless planets, the fire of civilization was lit one by one.The god of steam and machinery looked at the earth, and he saw that there were three continents on the earth at the same time. In addition to the southern continent and the northern continent, there was also a land that was as large as the sum of the two continents.

Before he had time to take a closer look, he saw Intis's electric lights lit up one by one, and the power system that was countless times more perfect than the god of steam and machinery could have imagined was established in an instant, which was unimaginable The huge electric energy enters every resident's home.As if looking down at the earth at night, on the entire dark road, only the lights in Intis flickered, as if the stars in the sky had fallen to the ground.

"Aren't you eager to see? What it looks like after the current technological development."

The hidden sage released the greatest temptation. This is the world imagined by the god of steam and machinery after obtaining the right to develop electric energy. The western continent has already started to use electric energy on a large scale. It only needs to be copied and improved. Can attract the attention of the god.

The god of steam and machinery stared deeply at this world that was far beyond his ability, and remained silent for a long time.

However, the communication at this moment only occurs in the consciousness, just like the interaction of two pieces of data code, which is completed in a very short moment.

"Do not."

"The so-called update and iteration are all lies. You are the best generation, and you will always be the best."

"We will never be able to surpass you. We can constantly strengthen ourselves and improve ourselves with technological development, but as long as you come, all our efforts will be a wedding dress for you."

He raised his head and stared at the blurred figure in front of him, who smiled and said nothing.He was wearing a weird layered robe with wide sleeves and long clothes that swept the floor. The God of Steam quickly identified that this style was similar to the ancient elves to a certain extent, but the details were completely different.

"Your ideas are very intuitive and hit the nail on the head."

"Because that's how our world exists, isn't it?"

The Hidden Sage, or the Old Wilderness of Knowledge of the Will, replied, and confessed.

——That's right, this world is exactly like this. Gods exist, and gods are the laws of the world, the pillars of the universe, and life is as small as the gravel under your feet.Everything is born of God, and naturally it is meaningful because of God.

He is different from God. God just doesn’t take other people’s questions as a burden, but He really loves to communicate with others, and loves to answer and reply. Interaction, it's a pity that the only one who is not intelligent enough has only learned crazy knowledge indoctrination and responsiveness, but has not learned more tactful teachings, forcing the Moss Penance to read it no longer.

"I only have one last question. Leodro claims to be the truth, so is what he controls the truth?"

He was captured by the world created by the hidden sage, and couldn't help asking about other things.

"No, no, what you get after exhausting knowledge is only knowledge, not truth, nor the laws of operation of the world."

The vague figure of the hidden sage seemed to be smiling, and he stretched out his hand towards the god of steam and machinery, with the palm facing up:
"There are many truths in this world. Some people think it is status, some people think it is power, and some people think it is money. I don't think they are wrong, but God thinks the truth is only Himself, the proverb of the Almighty. Foreign gods, you pursue What is the truth of

The god of steam and machinery thought for a while, and walked towards the hidden sage. The metal pieces on his body peeled off further, revealing a bloody face.

No intact skin could be seen on his face, the gears in the flesh and blood rustled down, only his eyes were still bright.

"It is the principle of mechanical operation, it is the ultimate precision, it is the technology and knowledge that create everything. I think that every thing and every living thing is the most precise and perfect machine. At the same time, we are gears and levers. , acting as part of a larger world."

"Cells make up animals and plants, and animals and plants make up ecosystems, and there are man-made systems like companies, departments, and churches."

He approached the hidden sage, and showed his eyes like a seeker to this mortal enemy who had been with him for thousands of years, and slowly spoke his thoughts, as if at the last moment of his life, he had regained the knowledge he once had as a craftsman Enthusiasm and curiosity about the world.

"And the planet is part of the nebula, part of the galaxy, part of the universe."

"I think, if I can, I can rewrite the existing laws of this world, reverse the relationship between each other, why can't human beings accommodate the stars? Or explore the existence of the universe itself, and think about whether the 'universe' is also a part of a larger world."

"This is what I pursue, and it is also the ultimate that I can never explore."

He stretched out his hand, and the two gods who symbolized knowledge and technology clasped their hands tightly, and a smile appeared on the face of the hidden sage.

"Well said, God of Mechanics, the truth I pursue is different from yours, but we are still one and share common expectations."

"—Then, before this universe ends, after leaving this star, let's explore the truth of the universe together."

"This is not a dream, not a luxury, but an inevitability that we can achieve!"

……

The tsunami centered on Trier and spread outward rapidly, turning the entire Intis into a vast ocean in a blink of an eye.

Huge pieces of metal fell from the sky and smashed into the sea, setting off large and small waves. The scattered extraordinary properties caused the creatures in the sea to mutate to a certain extent.

"It's really scary..."

The inconspicuous and kind old man got out of nowhere, and hid on a small platform above sea level with lingering fear.Watching the world below being destroyed by the sea, the sea has not yet come up, but he can see countless people stretching out their hands under the water, and before he has time to catch them, the waves have already brought these people who may not have died yet. Know where to go.

Hermes' outstretched hand picked in mid-air, and he sighed, rolling up his sleeves like a really exhausted old man.He couldn't help but looked up at the end of the sky and the sea. Under the dark sky, all of this was tinged with doomsday.

The whistling wind and the thunder echoed together, setting off the atmosphere of this horrific war, or massacre.

He could not help feeling sad.

Hermes lowered his head, then, he widened his eyes and made a question mark.

—The water level is dropping rapidly.

The sea water disappeared.

Leodro was just about to clean up and seal the wreckage of the god of steam and machinery. Suddenly, a certain law between heaven and earth seemed to change. He saw the wreckage that sank on the bottom of the sea, like the remains of an ancient civilization, gradually digitized , disappeared into the air.

Those human beings who are not yet dead in the ocean are also digitized at the same moment, and everyone becomes a part of the ocean of data.

The invisible hand threw these data to a high place in the distance - as if countless mud spots were scattered, they died once, but turned back into human beings again, with appearance, memory, body, and even small scars. .

The sea water dropped rapidly, but it was not transferred to other places, but transformed according to chemical laws—the oxygen and hydrogen gas content in the sky above Intis suddenly rose to an indescribable level, and these gases quickly moved towards the distant place. Volatile, sent to the northern continent, the sea and beyond, ready to go to other corners of the world to make a heavy rain.

The sage no longer hides, the goblin of knowledge descends, and countless mysteries are at hand, and they can be swayed to their heart's content.

When the sea level of Intis dropped to an acceptable height, under Hermes' astonished eyes, a man was wearing a "flat hat woven from reeds" and a "strange shirt with no buttons or zippers." Short jacket", a human with a segmented staff appeared out of thin air.

The man who appeared suddenly seemed to be a phantom, an illusion of passing by inadvertently, but Hermes could see clearly that after the strangely dressed man raised his cane and drew a curved line with the ground, the city outside Trier was in front of him. Unexpectedly, a high mountain rose up rumblingly, blocking the approaching water flow, and the ground in the city immediately sank strangely, forming a winding and deep river.

The ground was kneaded by him like a sand table to create mountains and river valleys, and the domestic seawater actually followed his command and flowed to the distance, turning into a new river in the territory of Intis, extending countless large and small tributaries, changing the The topography of Intis.

Then, the middle-aged man let out a long sigh of relief, raised his hat with a smile, and looked at the sky of lightning and thunder.

"Dear Omniscient One, God of Thunder!"

"I don't want to be your enemy, not only that, but I also want to thank you for killing my enemy.—But, in order to get everything from him, I also promise him to protect his country and believers."

He spoke aloud, his voice piercing through the interfering squalls and rumbling thunder.

"I hope you can end this fight. After all...our battles cannot be resolved."

TBC
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Hermes: (Learning about learning)