With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 34 The truth behind the disaster

The first year of the Varela calendar, 1801 of the old calendar.

An epidemic broke out in the city of Varela.

Hair loss, bleeding, vomiting blood, diarrhea...

Just like the original disaster, the invisible force returned and once again invaded the devout believers of the Lord.

The archbishop led the church and all the believers in the city to pray to the gods.

The goddess responded to everyone again.

He once again sent down a miracle, blocking the filthy air from the outside world with a steel city wall, and protecting the believers in Varela.

……

Chen Fan silently looked at the text in the holographic image. After a summary process, the disaster picture described in the text was more detailed.

He could even feel the despair and fear that the disaster that swept the world brought to people from these cold words.

only……

'What about the history before 1800 in the Old Calendar? '

Chen Fan frowned and asked Yi: "Why is there still only history after the first year of the Varela Calendar?" '

[This machine has searched all book information, but still has not found any written records that describe the period before 1800 in the Old Calendar. 】

[Among all the books, only one book mentioned relevant information. 】

'What does that book say? '

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, and he suddenly felt that the breakthrough was close at hand.

[It was a prosperous era for mankind, but unfortunately, the prosperity is no longer there. 】

'……Then what? '

【Gone. 】

Yi's tone was very certain.

[There is only this sentence, which was found in the middle of a book. 】

As he spoke, a holographic image of a book appeared before Chen Fan's eyes.

"Simple Mechanical Principles"

Still only the title of the book, not the author's name.

Unlike other beautifully packaged books, this one titled Simple Principles of Mechanics is very old.

It has neither a gorgeous book cover nor any exquisite decorations.

The dilapidated light yellow pages are directly exposed to the outside world, and the fonts on them are also somewhat blurred due to their age.

'Mechanical principle? '

Chen Fan raised his eyebrows: "There is such a book in the church library?" '

It's not surprising that he was surprised. From the beginning to now, except for various theological classics, he had not seen a few books on natural science at all.

[It should be related to the content recorded in the book. 】

[The author of this book... He attributes all the beauty of machinery to the goddess, claiming that it was the goddess who created the exquisite machinery. 】

[However, putting aside those meaningless words, the mechanical and mathematical principles recorded in this book are still very good. 】

[At least it can be called a budding work of natural science. 】

'...'

Good guy, can you still do this?
But don't tell me, the effect is really good - in this world where the church controls everything, it is lucky that it can survive safely.

[The text description about the period before 1800 in the Old Calendar is hidden in the middle of the last page of the book. 】

Chen Fan followed Yi's guidance and took out this book from an unused bookshelf.

He carefully turned over the somewhat torn pages, his eyes full of emotion.

Telling future generations about the glory of the past should be the author's final obsession, right?
Looking at the book in front of him, an idea flashed through Chen Fan's mind.

But it is a pity that after so many years, this book is still lying in the library - which means that no one has discovered the hard work of this unknown author.

This is a good thing and a bad thing.

He sighed softly and returned to the table with the book: "One, what do you think the truth of this disaster is?" '

[Natural disasters related to these keywords cannot be retrieved in the database of this machine. 】

Chen Fan shook his head in distress.

Mysterious power? Intangible things? A city-wide epidemic caused by filthy air?

Chen Fan could not imagine such an idealistic picture. If there is a good technological civilization, the style of painting will not suddenly change into a fantasy style, right?

and many more?

Technological civilization?

A prosperous era that no longer existed before 1800 in the Old Calendar?
Several clues quickly connected in Chen Fan's mind.

He frowned, trying to catch the fleeting inspiration like a firefly.

"……nuclear war."

After a long silence, he suddenly opened his eyes and squeezed out three shocking syllables from between his teeth.

……

【nuclear war? 】

'It can't be wrong, it must be a nuclear war! '

Realizing that the window paper in front of him was about to be pierced, Chen Fan's breathing suddenly became rapid: 'And it is a super-large-scale nuclear war! '

'The fireball hanging high in the sky is an exploding nuclear bomb! '

'Storm, strong wind, that's the shock wave caused by a nuclear explosion! '

'The mysterious force invisible to the naked eye is the nuclear radiation produced by the explosion of a nuclear bomb! '

'The rain dropped by the goddess should be some kind of medicine that can deal with nuclear radiation. '

Chen Fan's eyes flashed and he became excited: "As for the epidemic in the second year... I suspect it was the sequelae caused by nuclear radiation." '

'As for the dirty air outside the city, it is completely filled with radioactive dust! '

He was silent for a moment, seeming to be calculating something.

[The calculation results are out. 】

[The possibility is more than 80%. 】

[Considering the information hidden in the mezzanine, the possibility can be increased to 90%. 】

'No, there seems to be something wrong. '

After thinking about it carefully, Chen Fan faintly noticed some problems.

The timeline doesn’t quite match up!
If the disaster was a nuclear war, and if 1800 years ago in the Old Calendar was really an era of technological prosperity, then the person who wrote down these words must know the truth about the nuclear explosion. Why did they leave such obscure and idealistic description language?
[If it was really a full-scale nuclear war, those who witnessed the nuclear explosion should all be dead. 】

There was a hint of black humor in Yi's words: [So the description you see is most likely passed down through word of mouth by countless people. 】

[Coupled with the polishing and modification by the church, it naturally became the current obscure version. 】

Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly.

It was so reasonable, but he was unable to refute it!
'So……'

'Who are they waging nuclear war against? '

'goddess? '

The previous round of confusion had just been resolved, and the next wave of questions came to Chen Fan's mind.

[There is a certain possibility, but there is a logical conflict. 】

'what? '

[If the target of the nuclear war is the goddess, in a sense, this proves that the goddess is an alien civilization that has mastered high technology. 】

'Is there a problem? '

'He can easily abort an ongoing nuclear explosion, and can also deal with the radiation produced by the nuclear explosion. Is this technological level high enough? '

[Just give it a try. 】

Yi's voice was a bit disdainful: [But the logical conflict I want to talk about is not here, it is later. 】

[If the target of nuclear war is really a goddess, and the goddess is an alien civilization, why would she save the survivors of the nuclear explosion? 】

'...'

Chen Fan suddenly fell into silence.

Yes.

If the other party is really an alien civilization invading this planet, then there is no need for him to waste his energy on saving people!
Is it...

Is it really as he imagined before, that this downtrodden alien civilization wants to seek "help" from lower civilizations?
【Don't be too wild. 】

[Except for some human resources, is there anything else worthy of praise in your backward civilization? 】

[For a primary interstellar civilization, the value of this human resource is far less than the value of the planet under your feet. 】

ps: The short ones are also very cute.JPG
(End of this chapter)