Sword of Daybreaker

Finally, Gao Wen asked the most important and important question he came to Tallond on this trip.

About the chain that connects mortals and gods.

If he had only one-sided concepts and rough guesses about this "chain" when he was on the Loren mainland, then since he came to Tallond, he has seen more and more of this dragon kingdom "The real side", his impression of this chain has become more and more clear.

This is an "intra-planet civilization" that has developed to the extreme. It is a stagnation that seems to have no longer progressed at all. From the social system to the specific technology tree, Tallund has been heavily chained, and these chains look completely They are all made by "people". Reminiscent of the operating rules of the gods, Gao Wen is not difficult to imagine that the birth of these "civilized locks" has an inseparable relationship with the Dragon God.

In Xiacheng District, he saw what a civilized civilization would look like, at least a part of its truth, and he believed that this was what the Dragon God took the initiative to show him-it was this "active" It feels very strange.

Because he can feel the details of the Dragon God’s words and deeds, this **** does not want to lock his people-but he must do so, because there is a supreme rule that is more irreversible than the god. Restraining Him.

Gao Wen and his experts and scholars have tried to analyze and prove this rule, and they think they have summarized at least a part of this rule, but there are still some details that need to be added. Now Gao Wen believes that this "God" "This is the last piece of the puzzle.

Hearing Gao Wen’s question, Dragon God was silent for a moment. It seemed that even He needed to sort out his thoughts and answer carefully before this ultimate question, and Gao Wen said after a short pause: “I actually know that God is also 'You can't help yourself.' There is a higher rule that binds you, mortal thoughts are affecting your state, and too drastic changes in thoughts will cause the gods to fall toward madness, so I guess you are to prevent yourself from falling into madness. Had to impose heavy restrictions on the Dragon Race..."

"Wanderer outside the territory, you are only right." At this moment, Dragon God suddenly spoke, interrupting Gao Wen's words.

Gao Wen frowned slightly: "Only part of it right?"

"God is really involuntary...but you underestimated the degree of our "involuntary self"," Dragon God said slowly, his voice low, "I really don't want to fall into madness, and I am indeed the yoke of the dragon family. , But all this...I didn't do it on my own initiative."

The pale golden glow descended from the top of the hall of the temple, as if forming a hazy halo around this "god", and the low roar from outside the temple seemed to weaken a bit, becoming like Without the illusion, a thoughtful look appeared on Gao Wen's face, but before he opened the question, Dragon God took the initiative to continue, "Do you want to hear the story?"

"Story?" Gao Wen froze for a moment, but then nodded. "Of course-I am very interested."

Dragon God smiled and gently shook the exquisite cup in his hand: "There are three stories in total.

"The first story is about a mother and her children.

"A long time ago, long ago, in a time when there were no people in this world, a mother and her children lived on the earth. It was an ancient barbarous age, and all knowledge has not been summed up, all wisdom They are still hidden in the children’s still young minds. At that time, the children were ignorant and ignorant, not even their mothers.

"The world at that time was very dangerous, and the children were still very fragile. In order to survive in the dangerous world, mothers and children must live cautiously and be careful not to make mistakes at all. There are biting fish in the river, Therefore, the mother forbids the children to go to the river, and there are human-eating beasts in the woods, so the mother forbids the children to go to the woods, and the fire will burn the body, so the mother forbids the children to play with fire. Instead, the mother uses her own power to protect Children, help children do many things... In the primitive era, this was enough to maintain the survival of the entire family.

"However, as time goes by, the children will gradually grow up, and wisdom begins to burst out of their minds. They have mastered more and more knowledge and can do more and more things-originally biting people in the river The fish can now be caught with a harpoon, and cannibal beasts can't beat the sticks in the children's hands. The grown children need more food, so they start to take risks, go to the river, to the forest, To make a fire...

"But the mother's thinking is dull. The children in her eyes are always children. She only feels that the actions are extremely dangerous, and she starts to discourage the children who are more courageous. She repeats the teachings of many years ago- Don't go to the river, don't go to the forest, don't touch the fire...

"Her obstruction has some uses and occasionally slows down the children's actions, but overall it is useless because the children's mobility is getting stronger and stronger, and they... must survive.

"In the beginning, this dull mother could barely keep up, she could slowly accept the growth of her children, and she could let go of her hands and feet a little bit to adapt to the new changes in the order in the family, but... with the increasing number of children The more, she finally couldn't keep up. The children's changes are faster than the day, once they need many years to master the fishing skills, but slowly, they can tame the new beast in just a few days In the new land, they even started to create a variety of languages, and even the communication between siblings changed rapidly.

"Mother was at a loss-she tried to adapt, but her dull mind finally couldn't keep up.

"She can only repeat the old dogma over and over again, continue to restrain the children's various actions, prohibit them from leaving their home too far, and prohibit them from touching dangerous new things. In her eyes, the children are still growing up. Very early-but in fact, her restraint can no longer protect children, but only makes them irritable and uneasy, and even gradually becomes a yoke that threatens their survival-children try to resist, but resist Is futile because when they grow up, their mothers become stronger and stronger.

"Now that her mother has built a fence at home, she finally can no longer tell what the children are like, she just circled everything and rejected everything she thought was "dangerous". Even if those things are actually the food the children badly need-the fence is completed, covered with the mother’s teachings, all kinds of things that are not allowed to be touched and not allowed to be tried, and the children... will starve to death Inside this little fence."

Gao Wen showed a thoughtful expression. He felt that he seemed to be able to easily understand this simple and straightforward story. The meanings of the mother and child in each of them were also obvious, but the details disclosed therein were worth considering.

But when he wanted to ask something, the next story had already begun--

"The second story is about a prophet.

"It was also a long time ago, in a barbaric age of the world, a prophet appeared in an ancient kingdom. This prophet has no specific name, and no one knows where he came from. People only know the prophet. Full of wisdom, as if he knew all the knowledge in the world, he taught many things to the local people, so he was loved by everyone.

"In that ancient age, the world was still very dangerous to people, and the power of the world was particularly weak in front of nature-even weak enough to kill the most common diseases. At that time The world knows little, neither how to treat disease, nor how to relieve danger, so when the Prophet arrived, he used his wisdom to formulate many rules for people to survive safely.

"Do not eat the wild animals that live near the swamp, because most of the meat of these wild animals is poisonous; do not drink the water on a certain mountain, because it will cause gastrointestinal infections; do not cross a river, because Poisonous grass grows across the river, and humans can't make a detoxifying ointment...

"After leaving these admonitions, the prophet rested and returned to his reclusive place, and the world took the prophet's wise teachings with gratitude and began to plan his life according to these admonitions.

"Soon, people benefited from these admonitions. They found that their relatives and friends no longer easily fell ill and died. They found that these admonitions could help everyone avoid disasters. So they followed the rules of the admonition more carefully. And things... gradually changed.

"People pay more and more attention to these admonitions, and even regard them as more important than the law. After generations have passed, people have even forgotten the original purpose of these admonitions, but they are still observing them cautiously. It became a dogma; people became more and more respectful of the prophet who left the admonition, and even felt that it was peeping into the truth of the world, possessing supreme wisdom, and even began to build statues for the prophet-using what they imagined , The glorious perfect image of the prophet.

"After so many years, the prophet returned to this land. He saw that the original weak kingdom had prospered. There were many, many times more people on the earth than many years ago. People became more intelligent, They are more knowledgeable and more powerful, and the land and mountains and rivers of the entire country have also undergone tremendous changes during the long years.

"Everything has changed, it has become more prosperous and beautiful than the barren world.

"Then the Prophet was very happy. He observed the people's way of life again and ran to the street, telling everyone loudly-the beasts living near the swamp are also edible, as long as they are cooked in a suitable cooking method; The water on a certain mountain is drinkable because it is already non-toxic; the land opposite the river is already safe, and there are now fertile fields..."

Dragon God stopped and looked at Gao Wen with a smile: "Guess what happened?"

Gao Wen took a light breath: "...The Prophet is about to be out of luck."

"Yeah, the Prophet is about to be out of luck-angry crowds came from all directions, they shouted slogans to fight against heretics, because some people insulted their holy springs, holy mountains, and tried to confuse civilians to set foot on the "holy land" across the river. , They surrounded the prophets and killed them with sticks.

"This is the second story."

Gao Wen frowned a little.

At first he thought that he had read through the morals of these two stories, but now, he suddenly had a trace of doubt in his mind-he found that he might think too simple.

He raised his head and looked across: "Mother and Prophet don't just refer to gods, and children and civilians are not necessarily mortals... are they?"

"I'm glad you can think so deeply," Dragon God smiled, and seemed very happy. "If many people hear this story, I'm afraid that they will think about it the first time: mothers and prophets mean God, children, and civilians. It is human, but in the whole story, the identities of these characters are far from simple.

"Everyone-and all gods, are just insignificant characters in the story, and the true protagonist of the story... is the intangible and intangible rule that is difficult to confront. The mother will definitely build a fence, which is in accordance with her personal wishes. No matter, the Prophet will definitely be killed, which has nothing to do with his will, and the children and civilians who are victims and perpetrators... they are only part of the rules from beginning to end.

"Maybe you think that it is not difficult to break the tragedy in the story, as long as the mother can change her way of thinking in time, as long as the prophet can become smoother, as long as people become smarter and sensible, everything can end peacefully, You don’t have to go to such an extreme situation... but unfortunately, things will not be so simple."

The Dragon God's voice became constricted, and his eyes seemed to have fallen into a distant and ancient time and space, and in his narrative, Gao Wen suddenly remembered the scene he saw in the deepest part of the eternal storm.

That static battlefield, the two warring parties are so unreserved and unrelenting, as if they contain bitter hatred, as if only you die and live to end everything-but think about it, the two sides on the battlefield are really Was it because of "hate"?

Enya's voice sounded calmly: "... The group's ideological trend is a powerful and inertial force. When a race has abided by a set of rules for thousands of years, and this set of rules points to religion and gods, then this force It will become...powerful. Many times, you can’t change the concepts accumulated by the ten generations within a generation. This kind of concept hedging will directly act in the trend of thoughts and set off a stormy wave. You call it God 'Crazy'-yet God is not crazy.

"God is just "correcting" your "dangerous behavior" according to the ``tradition'' of the mortals for thousands of years-even if he does not actually want to do it, he must do it."

Gao Wen looked at the other party: "God's "personal will" is separated from the "operational law" that God must perform. In the eyes of mortals, schizophrenia is crazy."

"Indeed, from a mortal point of view... when the **** chooses to destroy all creatures, it makes no difference whether this behavior is "correction" or "crazy"."

Gao Wen was silent for a long time, and Shen Sheng said: "From the perspective of the development of civilization, in a healthy and continuously developing society, the rate of birth of new things and new ideas will always be faster and faster-in a generation of time It is a necessity to change the concepts accumulated by the ten generations here, because productivity must be developed unless..."

Gao Wen said that he paused a little hesitantly here. Although he knew he was telling the truth, here, in the current situation, he always felt that he continued to speak as if with some kind of sophistry, or with " Mortal selfishness", but Enya said for him--

"Unless caught in the cradle of eternity."

His expression was plain.

"The dragon race has failed, the gods have merged into one, and the chains on the mind directly trapped all the members of civilization, so I had to turn Tallonde into such a cradle and let everything stand still to ensure that I don’t They will kill them by mistake, and as a result you have seen-they are still alive, but only alive, Tallond is dead, the machine is running on this land, the lifeless steel and stones I was contaminated with some debris that used to be called'Dragon Race'... Letting these debris remain is already all I can do for them.

"So, wanderers outside the realm, do you like this kind of "cradle of eternity"?"