Sword of Daybreaker

In the depths of the narrator’s neural network, in the corner of the "New Dream City" created based on the capital Cecil, a tall oak tree rises up in the center of the square, and the magnificent canopy is full of breeze and sweetness. There is no wind ringing, and the giant tree is covered with pale golden leaves. Sunlight sprinkles on the leaves through the sparse gaps at the edges of the branches and leaves, leaving mottled traces of light and dark, like an afternoon cut by light and shadow.

The square is empty and quiet, with sparse pedestrians. The residents of this city seem to have not noticed such a quiet landscape in the corner of the city. Just under the oak tree, a small square table is placed on the ground covered with fallen leaves. Sitting at the table is the second of the few "frequent visitors" in this square-one is the "elf" old man with gray beard and hair and an old and kind face, and the other is wearing an elegant and solemn black palace dress. A "human" lady with a beautiful face and a mysterious temperament.

In front of the two gods, a chess game is difficult to solve. The chess pieces that have been arranged for destiny are moving between square inches, struggling to **** the world on the chessboard, but the chess player just looks indifferent, and fights and fights. They are all regarded as leisure pastimes, and this atmosphere lasted for an unknown amount of time. The **** of nature sitting at the table in the image of the elves suddenly raised his head and looked towards the entrance of the Golden Oak Square.

"It looks like we have a guest here, old deer," the black-haired lady also sensed the sudden appearance, with a slight smile on her face, looking at the rapidly realizing figure on the edge of the square, "Gawain— —Why did you suddenly think of looking for us in the city of dreams."

Gawain's figure condensed from a trembling light and shadow, and after adapting to the sense of resetting his senses in an instant, he walked towards the two gods who were playing chess and playing, and after hearing the voice of Milmina He sighed: "Hey, I originally wanted to go to the Rebellion Garden to find it, but when I was about to leave, I suddenly felt that it would be better to look for you on the Internet-you are all in your nerves for 24 hours a day and 23 hours. In the network!"

"Yes," Amone nodded slightly, and admitted indifferently, "We accepted the advice of Mr. Nicholas, the great craftsman, and reduced the time spent in the neural network. Let the neural connector shut down for at least one hour a day. Take a break..."

Gao Wen: "..."

He always felt that there was a problem with the communication between himself and the two retired gods in front of him, but the expressions of the two in front of him were so calm that he couldn't speak for a while-finally he had to laugh twice. Quickly and bluntly turned the topic to business: "Actually, I am here today because I have something to discuss with you..."

"You can see it, and you can guess it--if it wasn't for difficult problems, you would rarely take the initiative to chat with us," Milmina said with a slight smile, raising her hand to drop the chess piece, "I can feel it. That set of'anti-divine barriers' is in operation. It seems that the puzzle you prepared this time is not easy, so before this puzzle destroys today's leisure time, can we end this game of gods first? Don't worry, it It won’t take long."

During the talk, Amorn, who was sitting opposite, also held the chess piece to move to the next step. Amid the crisp sound of the chess piece and the chessboard clashing, an ethereal sound happened under the golden oak tree, as if the giant tree was also holding on to the gods. Chess and cheers.

"Gods chess game?" Gao Wen only noticed the chessboard in front of the two gods at this time. He couldn't help but widen his eyes to look at it. He was shocked on the spot for a moment. It was not until the sound of the falling son that he finally coughed strangely. Two times, "Ahem, I have no problem with you playing chess online, but I am really not here today to see you two play checkers and regret chess at the same time..."

Amohn ignored Gawain’s words, but simply pushed the chess piece forward again, but Milmina next to him casually said: "You can be quiet, this game will be over soon-we both fight. It's been a few hours..."

Gawain was stunned. They could play a game of checkers for half a day with them. To be honest, this is really not a level that ordinary mortals can reach, but they called the two stinky chess baskets sitting together and playing checkers for a day as "the gods." "The chess game" still deeply shocked Gawain. For a while, he didn't know whether it was an insult to the "gods" or the "chess game"... After thinking about it, it would be considered a checker...

After thinking about it, Amone regretted another move. The fight seemed to be getting farther and farther from the end. Gao Wen finally couldn't help but interrupt: "Stop, friends, I'm here today..."

"Why don't we change it?" Amorn didn't seem to hear Gawain's words. He just clicked on the chessboard, and the chessboard projected by thinking disappeared instantly, replaced by a set of cards with beautiful pictures. He looked at Gawain on the side with a smile on his face, "It just happens that there are enough people, do you want to come to a game of the gods? Although you have always insisted that you are a mortal, in our opinion you have already passed The threshold for playing against God..."

Gao Wen was about to interrupt the other party again, but suddenly realized something, showing a thoughtful appearance: "...You actually know what I'm here to ask."

Amone, who was preparing to deal the cards, immediately stopped, while Milmina on the side spread her hands. After a moment of embarrassment, the former goddess of magic finally broke her silence: "You have found the kingdom of God of War, right? ?"

"...How do you know?" Although Gao Wen had guessed just now, he couldn't help but feel surprised. "Except for the neural network channel, you should not be able to perceive what is happening in the present world, and God of War The matter of China is not disclosed in any channel in the neural network, including those secret lines...How did you know about this?"

"We really don't know what happened in the'present world'," Amone slowly washed the cards in his hand, and those cards with gorgeous patterns changed constantly in his hands. "But we lay in the courtyard of the shadow world— —We can see some changes happening deeper... although only a little bit."

"Suddenly there was an echo from the already silent War God Kingdom, the ripples spread in the deep sea, and ripples in the deepest part of the shadow world, those dull gods trapped in their own kingdom may not be aware of it. , But..." Milmina smiled lightly, "How do I say, I happen to be a "free god" who likes to run around in the shadow world, so I don't want to go for a walk in the deepest place. Be careful to see something. And you came soon after that. All of this... it's easy to associate."

"In the depths of the shadow world?" Gao Wen keenly noticed the key words revealed in Milmina's words, "You mean that the experiment did connect to the kingdom of God of War, and this connection resulted from' Ripple can even spread to the Shadow Realm? So is the deepest part of the Shadow Realm physically connected to the Deep Sea?"

The one who responded was Ammon, who was shuffling the cards on the side. He casually threw a card on the table. The surface of the card was painted with layers of indescribable vortexes and phantoms, and all the lines and patterns changed all the time: "I once said that the'deep sea' is not a clear'place', it... is the deep sea, the bottom of everything. Everything in the world can be mapped to the deep sea, and everything in the deep sea can naturally be mapped to the world, but In all these mappings, the'distance' between the deep sea and the shadow world... is indeed closer than other places.

"The mortal trend of thought forms a projection in the deep sea, and the projection outlines the shadows of the gods. This process is invisible to the present world, but in a place like the shadow world... I just said,'distance' It's closer."

Hearing Amone’s ambiguous description, Gawain’s heart suddenly moved, and he almost immediately wanted to leave the neural network to rebel against the courtyard and look at the scene in the depths of the shadow world--but it was just a momentary impulse, and he hadn’t been there. The shadow world, but there he saw only the eternal and unchanging chaos and darkness, a large number of turbid masses that were difficult to describe their shapes floated and changed in the dim background, during which there were lightning-like cracks that appeared and dissipated instantly, there There is only this monotonous repetitive scene, and in that monotonous sky, he has not found anything.

Never saw the trend of thought, never saw the radiance of the kingdom of God, never saw the movement of the gods, and certainly never saw the "deep sea" that seemed to be hidden forever in the mist.

Of course, it is also possible that he has seen it-but can't understand it, and can't handle it.

"Do you want to go to the Shadow Realm now?" Amone seemed to see through Gawain's thoughts, and a smile appeared on his old face, "Don't think about it, you can't see it, even if you run with Mirmina You can’t see it even deeper...that’s not what the visual organs and nervous system of your mortal body can recognize and understand. It’s the diffusion of information beyond the senses, which requires a way of perceiving beyond the senses——Jian Er In other words, you need the same perspective and life form as ours."

"...Okay," Gao Wen nodded slowly, putting the matter in his heart for the time being, and returning to the previous topic, "Anyway, look at your attitude...you don't seem to support Typhon's bold move. ?"

"Is that'ripple' a masterpiece of Typhon?" Milmina was a little surprised, "This is something I didn't expect... I thought that this kind of bold thing was only done by you, Cecil. "

Armon on the side responded to Gawain’s question: “We are more worried-worrying that this too risky move will bring unexpected changes. For this kind of bold plan that has involved the discovery of the secrets of the kingdom of God. , Even a little accident means a catastrophe...To put it bluntly, we dare not bet."

"This is something we are really totally unsure of," Mirmina continued, "Gods can't analyze themselves, so we have no idea what happens when you really step into the God of War Congress. We can do anything else. I tried my best to provide comments and suggestions, but only in this matter...we couldn't think of any helpful answers."

Gawain's expression became a little serious: he had never seen Milmina and Amone show such emotions, these two gods would always give some opinions even if they encountered the most difficult problems. And they themselves never showed the appearance of hesitation and weakness-now their reaction only made Gao Wen aware of one point, that is, the risk of exploring the God of War... may be greater than he thought.

After bowing his head and meditating for a long time, Gawain finally raised his head: "According to your guesses, what will be the most serious consequence of this incident?"

"This is really impossible to guess. This is our blind spot of knowledge as a god," Milmina sighed helplessly, but after a few seconds of thinking, she still gave her own guess, "Worst case It may be worse than the expedition team’s complete destruction on the spot—exploration failure will not only bring death, but also bring back the fallen God of War. After all, the kingdom of God and God are two sides. Although the God of War is dead, it is The kingdom of God of the God of War...In a sense, it is still'living'."

Gao Wen's eyes widened in an instant: "The exploration of mortals may lead to the reactivation of the dying kingdom of God?"

"I just guessed..." Milmina said immediately, "Actually, this is totally groundless..."

Gao Wen sighed slightly: "Well, anyway, I will carefully consider Typhon's plan..."

Halfway through his words, a familiar voice suddenly came from not far away, interrupting his conversation with Amone and Milmina: "In this matter, my attitude is that of these two. The younger generation is the opposite."

Gao Wen immediately followed the prestige. Under the clear sky, he saw a figure shrouded in a pale golden halo quickly becoming clear in the air. He saw the iconic golden length that could be dragged to his ankles. Hair, I saw the pale golden gorgeous long dress and the beautiful but majestic face.

This is a figure who is not unfamiliar, but he still stunned for a moment before reacting.

After all, he is already used to the other party in the form of an egg in the room, reading books, reading newspapers and drinking tea. Suddenly seeing her true form is not used to it...

Enya couldn't guess what Gawain was thinking at this time, she just went straight to the golden oak tree and sat opposite Gawain, between Ammon and Milmina, and then she looked at the two. This "junior" in the true sense repeated what he said just now: "My attitude is completely opposite to these two juniors."

"You mean... explore the kingdom of God of War?" Gao Wen didn't expect Enya to appear suddenly, but after a short accident, he focused on the other party's words, "Do you think the risk of this matter is acceptable? "

"We need to be bold once," Enya said, looking at Milmina on the left hand side, "Mirmina, the goddess of magic...You have both the courage and caution of the casters when they explore the unknown. , But in this matter, the caution of you and Amoen has overwhelmed rationality. I know why this is because you know how difficult it is for this season of civilization to "analyze the gods" to this step. , You don’t want to see the fire of hope that has finally risen so hard to extinguish, but please believe me, I don’t want civilization to fail this season even more than you.

"Because the time I have waited is much longer than you combined.

"Milmina, you are worried that the exploration of mortals will reactivate the kingdom of the God of War, and even lead to the return of the fallen God of War. At this point, I can assure you that the return of the gods is not so simple—especially When the body has fallen and the divinity has dissipated, it is not easy for a'god' to return."

"...Are you so sure?" Milmina still seemed a little hesitant, "After all, we all know that the life form of'God' is very special..."

"I have experience," Enya interrupted Mirmina, with a very positive tone, "I died."