Veronica's voice echoed in the empty and magnificent Holy Light Square, but the crystal was silent and did not respond.

  It just runs quietly in the center of this endlessly vast but endlessly lonely kingdom, silent and precise like a machine, as it has been in the past seven hundred years.

Veronica quietly stared at the amorphous crystals in front of her. In this long silence, no one knew what she was thinking. Finally, she slowly raised her head and looked at the sky above the kingdom of God. The River of Light.

Compared with a few years ago, the rivers of light flowing over the holy light square have undergone great changes. Many tributaries that were once have disappeared, and the remaining light streams have basically changed their flow directions, and they once pointed to the holy lights. The **** of light, the power of faith that is completely constrained by the rules of the gods, has gradually been separated from the operation of this kingdom of God. Although they are still reflected in the realm of the **** of light, this kind of "reflecting" has been faint and weak. phantom.

However, there are still some subtle light streams focusing on the huge amorphous crystal, and they have a faint resonance with the crystal body. No matter how subtle the light streams are, as long as they produce some fluctuations, the amorphous crystal will still respond. .

"It turns out that the sense of violation that I have always felt is here..." Veronica said softly, the platinum scepter burning her palm, but this purely spiritual "burning" seemed to her There is no such thing as "Automatic response mechanism..."

  She stared at the huge amorphous crystal for a long time, and after a long time she finally retracted her gaze. Then the former rebel leader let out a sigh, and took a step back slightly: "Anyway...Thank you for your shelter."

A door of light opened not far behind her. It was the "passage" for the spiritual body to return to the present world. Veronica turned and walked towards the door of light, and just as she was about to cross that door, there was a moment Youruowu's sweet "bell" suddenly came into her ears, she immediately turned her head to look at the crystal in surprise, but only saw it running there quietly as before—the crisp ringing like a wind chime It echoed in the square, as if it was just an echo that was "stored" in this space and originated hundreds of years ago.

at dusk.

   Gavin, who was walking along the banks of the White Water, widened his eyes in astonishment, staring at Veronica, who suddenly hurried to find him: "Are you sure that the God of Light detonated the Deep Blue Well 700 years ago?"

"Yes," Veronica is holding a platinum scepter, walking slowly next to Gao Wen, "I found the God of Light in the storage system that I mentioned to you last time to detonate Deep Blue. A "mark" left in front of the well... please rest assured, my judgment in this regard will not be wrong. For many years, I have established a connection with the God of Light through the mimicry node. I am better than any of the most devout believers. To understand'He'."

  "Is the person who knows the gods best?" Gawain sighed softly, "Then the current state of the God of Light...just like you said, is already an "automatic system" that can only respond automatically?"

"Yes, this explains a lot of my doubts, and it also explains an'abnormality' that the Theocracy has recently been discussing-our transformation of the Holy Light Church is the earliest, the fastest progress, and the most obvious results. In theory, the transformation has been carried out. At this step, even if the God of Light has not completely escaped from the position of God, at least there should be a certain degree of "freedom", but we have never received the "intention" from him. The council has always believed that this is The discreet style of the human part of the God of Light, but now it seems...the truth is different from what everyone thinks."

"The God of Light has no human part, and even the divine part has become a machine. This is the price of detonating the Deep Blue Well..." Gao Wen said softly, looking at the Baishui River not far away, and seeing The golden-red sunlight slanted on the surface of the river. Amid the undulations of the water surface, the rays of light were fragmented and turbulent, missing a piece of brilliance, but adding a lot of desolation. "We never thought that this would happen again. But then again. Back, although the God of Light is already in this state, we didn’t seem much relaxed when we reformed the faith in the Light. So many priests are in the confinement of the spiritual seal, and sometimes abandoning the faith will cause the light to backlash. happen…"

"This just proves the'mechanism' of the divine law in operation, and proves that all actions of the gods in their own domain of authority are not transferred by their own will," Veronica nodded, "So even if the holy The human part of the God of Light has completely disappeared, and the divine part left by "He" is still running day by day for hundreds of years. Faith will be rewarded, prayer will be answered, and there will even be vague and mechanized ones. When the oracle came down, the believers were completely unaware of the changes in their gods."

"It makes people shudder, and it makes people feel a little... sad," Gao Wen couldn't help but sighed softly. "My own free will is so meaningless. The embers left behind after his death can represent his own existence. The full value of the gods...the gods on the throne..."

  He stopped, and then suddenly asked after a moment of indulgence, “What will happen if this state continues? Will the God of Light, which operates entirely by the divine mechanism, evolve into some kind of...threat?”

Before today, the theocratic council had learned about only two gods except those who were still in the position of god. One was completely dead and clean, and the other was the death of divinity and the survival of humanity like several senior advisors. And like the God of Light, the demise of humanity and the survival of the divine nature are completely unprecedented. No one knows what a **** who turns into an "automatic answering machine" will become when staying in the position of God for a long time, which makes Gawain couldn't help feeling a little bit. Worry.

Veronica lowered her head to think seriously. After a while, she slowly shook her head: "I don't think there is any need to worry... According to my observations, according to the current situation of our transformation of the Holy Light Church, the divinity left by'He' should Will slowly die out—the doctrine of the Holy Light Protestantism completely circumvents the “sensitive elements” that cause the divinity to get out of control, and at the same time transforms and guides the beliefs of sentient beings to other places. The divinity itself is a mechanized thing, as long as it conforms to It operates regularly, and it will not make additional reactions, so as time goes by, the divinity and even the entire Holy Light Kingdom should gradually disappear...just like the divinity gradually fading in Ms. Gaota and Mr. Deer Like that.

  "The only difference is that Ms. Gaota and Mr. Deer have remnants especially after the divinity fades. After the divinity of the God of Light fades, nothing will be left."

  Gao Wen quietly looked at the Veroni card engraving, and suddenly said: "You must be in a complicated mood."

"For many years, rebels have regarded gods as enemies. This knowledge was imported into my initial memory as if it were carved into my bones. With the establishment of the Theocracy, this knowledge had to be revised— Gods are not enemies, they are the ones that are out of control. We and the gods support each other and threaten each other, like two poor worms **** in chains. As for now... I just accidentally sounded the deathbed of "Ophelia Norton" I feel a little emotional in my heart."

As she spoke, she shook her head slightly, and the topic turned to other places: "Are you planning to take action? The human part of the God of Light has fallen... Do you think we need to prepare a funeral for him as well? Just like before. The goddess of magic "fallen" like..."

Gao Wen thought for a while and shook his head and said in a deep voice: "No, let him leave quietly. We have successfully transformed the Holy Light Church. This gradual change has been going on smoothly, and there is no need for extraneous changes. What kind of "funeral" to hold-this may cause unexpected changes in thoughts."

   "I understand what you mean," Veronica nodded slightly, "I will update and upload the information of the God of Light to the Theocracy Council's database, and set the reading authority to the highest level."

Gao Wen didn't speak, but just nodded slightly, and in his vision, the glorious giant sun had gradually sunk to the end of the horizon on the upper reaches of the Baishui River, and the magnificent corona immersed into the river like luminous mountains, the remnants of daylight. The brilliance is about to fade, and on both sides of the Baishui River, the street lights within the city area have begun to light up at this moment, and the bright magic spar brilliance has replaced the sinking sunlight, dispelling the denser twilight.

"At least within a generation, the incident of'the **** of holy light exploded and detonated the deep blue well and resisted the demonic tide' must not be announced," he said in a deep voice, "just like Amoen's before. The provision of assistance to the coalition forces on the southern battlefield is strictly confidential, and there are some achievements...we can keep them in our hearts, but for the public, these things must be temporarily forgotten."

  Veronica held the platinum scepter's fingers slightly harder, and then she lowered her head gently: "Until the future you describe comes, until the world is ready to accept the truth with reason instead of fanaticism and worship."

   "Yes, until they are ready..."

  ...

When every corner of the Loren continent began to gradually enter the "post-war order reconstruction period", when the various member states of the alliance finally began to have enough energy to focus on the reconstruction and development of the international and domestic economies, part of the alliance’s high-level eyes Leaving the continent of Loren, moved to those mysterious and unknown areas that mortals had never visited.

  These "unvisited mysterious realms" not only include distant alien stars four light-years away, but also some ancient heritage that has been under the eyes of mortals for a long time.

  In the southwest sea area of ​​the Loren continent, in the vast ocean far away from the land, a storm that suddenly rolled up stood between the sea and the sky like a magnificent wall.

The disorderly magic that penetrates the magical turbulence layer and the sea level rages in the ocean. The powerful energy release process brings extreme weather, raging winds, and hundreds of millions of tons of seawater roll up huge waves in the storm area, continuous and continuous The lightning seemed to form a curtain wall, sweeping repeatedly between hurricanes, heavy rains, and the upside-down sea—this made the sailors trying to challenge the ocean frightened, and even the navy officers who were driving the steel battleships were holding a cold sweat. The "disorderly turbulence" is the most terrifying storm on the far sea.

  However, the storm stopped abruptly when it moved to a certain sea area.

As if hitting an invisible barrier, the monstrous wind and waves suddenly stopped on a boundary line. All the sea water was forcibly "suppressed" by invisible and powerful forces, and even the powerful magic power flowing in the air was also there. It disappeared in an instant, and then a shining fault appeared on the border of the storm. In that fault, a group of huge figures suddenly rushed out of the heavy rain and squally wind, and rushed into this area, which was extremely calm under the bright sunshine, with only breeze blowing. Safe sea area.

These are dozens of giant dragons-more than half of them are "Talrond pure blood dragons" with strong bodies, sound wings and powerful limbs, and a small number of them are relatively thin and covered with steel machinery. The "dragon descendant" of the giant wing.

  These powerful creatures that dominate the sky rushed out of the storm and flew straight to the most eye-catching "ancient miracle" in the center of this calm sea area—the orbital elevator connecting the planet's surface and the orbital space station.

And below the dragons, a ripple suddenly appeared on the originally calm sea, and then a huge shadow emerged from the clear water, accompanied by large white waves and foam rising to the surface of the sea. It is a large submarine with an elegant streamlined edge, and its outline has a distinct Kraken style.

  That is the battle transport ship from the Deep Sea Kingdom-Dinghai Pingbian Mighty General.

  By the way, it is also called Haiyuan Pingdingzhe.

At this moment, in the upper viewing room of the mighty general of Dinghai Pingbian, the deep sea witch Viola came to the large curved viewing window. This woman has blue medium-length hair and beautiful aqua-green thin hair near her cheeks. The Scaled Deep Sea Witch was once one of the technicians sent by the Deep Sea to the Cecil Empire to support the construction of Beigang. With the completion of the first phase of the Beigang area and the release of new tasks, she is now instructed to follow this one from Antavien. A technical team composed of most of the deep-sea witches and deep-water technicians came here to perform a special task.

  Go into space, board the sky, and repair the ancient creation left by the sailor.

"...This thing is almost exactly the same as the tower we saw on the southern continent..." Looking at the "high tower" on the distant sea that connects the sky like a huge pillar, Viola's face was exposed. With a slight excitement and curiosity, her tail happily patted the wet floor, her enthusiasm as a technician is gradually being ignited, "Is it two rail elevators after a long time..."

"Unlike the tower in the Southern Continent, there are no dangerous mechanical guards around this tower. Cassandra, standing next to Viola, said, "I have tried it myself with the lady of the Dragonborn before. . "

   "I hope that the legendary'Sky Station' can bring us some surprises," Viola's mouth curled up, "Good things left by the sailors."

She squinted her eyes, and under the bright sunlight that spilled into the ship through the viewing window, the tall tower in the distance was shining in the sky, and the streamlined bow of the battle transport ship split the calm sea with A white trail gradually moved closer to the base of the orbital elevator, and at the same time, the dragons from Tarrond and the Sacred Dragon Duchy also lowered their heights, and these huge figures began to follow a certain queue toward that seat." The coastal area of ​​"Isle of Steel" descended, and the sky echoed with the majesty of the dragons and the low roars one after another-if someone who is proficient in dragon roars here, you can hear that the low roar is actually when the dragons are taking off and landing. A common "password for coordination and communication", which is translated roughly like this:

   "The red one in front is slightly to the left, you are blocking my view!"

   "The black one! The black one! What about you! You occupy two parking spaces! You can't see how narrow the bottom is!"

  "Make room for the transportation of personnel and supplies-there are more than one hundred ironman soldiers and an engineering commander waiting to land!"

   "Take a kick in front! You are about to hit the shore!"

   "Fuck my sister fell into the sea!"

  Talrond dragons who have lost the Omega auxiliary system, obviously still have a lot of way to go in adapting to the "natural lifestyle"...