Sword of Daybreaker

Do you like this eternal cradle?

Gao Wen suddenly thought of the young dragon who had just woken up from the hatching sac, and the joyful cry made by the other party at himself; he thought of those who were already in the addiction of synergists and hallucinogens in Xiacheng District, and became completely The "inferior citizen" of the gods and nutrients; I thought of the confused and crazy arena, the dragons fighting on the field...that is a dozen cold steel machines fighting, the machines are **** and immersed in synergy Brain and ganglia in the illusion of drugs.

These dragons are indeed alive-but Talund is already dead.

"It's terrible," he said quietly suddenly, "both life and death are worthless."

Then he paused and asked again: "Can the eternal cradle be broken?"

"That costs a lot of money," said Dragon God quietly. "The chance of success is very slim-in the final analysis, the cradle itself is already the price of failure, and the laws of nature are never tolerant of losers, any race-even It’s a powerful dragon, and it’s hard to qualify twice.”

Speaking of which, He suddenly raised his eyes and his gaze fell on Gavin's face: "So, do you want to help Tallond break this'eternal cradle'?"

"Me?" Gao Wen pointed at himself and couldn't help laughing, "How can I have this skill?"

"You can even destroy it with a command," Dragon God smiled faintly. "Why not assume that you are also capable of breaking the'cradle' on this continent?"

This seemed to be a joke, but Gao Wen couldn't help but think about it seriously. After a few seconds of thinking, he still shook his head: "No, at least now I can't."

"Why?" Dragon God showed a hint of curiosity. "Don't you feel that this cradle is terrible?"

"I'm not the savior of the dragon race-there has never been a savior," Gao Wen said seriously. "And as you said, breaking the eternal cradle will cost a lot-I can imagine what these costs are, and I can Imagine who will pay for these costs. No one is qualified to sacrifice others' things to satisfy their own'rescue' drama, so I am not qualified to make decisions for the dragons, nor to choose sacrifice or survival for them.

"So, whether it is to sink to death in the cradle of eternity, or to fight for the future of the entire race, this is the dragon's own business. They should make their own decisions and choose whether to pay the price.

"Cecile does not interfere in other domestic affairs-this is my rule."

Gao Wen finished his thoughts, but the gods in front of him looked at him with strange eyes for a few seconds, and then he said with a smile: "These words are really true from the mouth of a "hero" recognized in the human world. Unbelievable. I thought you had positioned yourself as the'savior' of the human world, but now it seems that this is not the case."

Gao Wen spread his hands: "I didn't save anyone, all of us are saving ourselves."

"... You seem to have completely regarded yourself as a member of humanity, as a member of this world, wandering outside the territory," the Dragon God looked at Gao Wen curiously, "I was suddenly curious-in In your hometown, will people also face the same problems as this world? For example... when you encounter huge social changes, when your social groups also encounter huge changes in thinking, when your faith encounters When it comes to the test, when you also have to abandon traditions and dogmas, and face the great changes in the environment... how do you deal with all this?

"Ah, or should I confirm first-do you also have race, society, faith, and country?"

"Of course we also have concepts such as society and country," Gao Wen laughed, but soon some complex emotions were added to his smile. "Of course we will also face the ones you mentioned...'challenges.' To be honest, when people in my hometown face changes from traditions, reality, beliefs and ideas, they will also have turbulence and anxiety. The whole transformation process is often painful and dangerous, but it is different from this world-those traditions It’s just tradition, and people’s thinking is just thinking, they do have huge constraints, but... they will not become any “entity” with actual deterrence, nor will they produce “power” beyond reality. ."

Speaking of which, Gao Wen suddenly discovered that these things that people on earth would deserve to say in this world are likely to be unthinkable, and even a **** like Enya felt incomprehensible, and he had to consider his vocabulary One side explained: "To give a simple example-when a generation living in a deep mountain and deciding to move the mountain as a **** racial decision to move out of the deep mountain, they only need to face the opposition of the old people in the tribe, without worrying about the real Was punished by the mountain god."

The Dragon God listened with some surprise, and finally he finally understood what kind of world rules Gao Wen described. The god's face showed some trance expression. It was only a few seconds later, he said softly: "It's beautiful ."

"In fact, it is not easy," Gao Wen couldn't help but want to explain a few more words, "Even if the trend of thought will not form a real force, rebelling against tradition will not bring direct punishment. It is still difficult, and the resistance created by the old forces is sometimes not as great as that...

He was only halfway through and hesitated to stop.

The dragon **** was sitting opposite him, with an uncountable black chain wrapped around him. The "disorganized dragon" at the other end of the chain floated over Tallond, like a time bomb that could destroy the entire dragon civilization at any time. The country is locked in this deadly balance, and has been panting for millions of years.

"Yeah, it's beautiful," he sighed, "compared to here."

Then he suddenly remembered something, and his eyes fell on the Dragon God: "Yes, you just said that there are three stories in total, but you only told two-there is another story?"

Dragon God looked at Gao Wen and suddenly showed a trace-Gao Wen didn't know if he had read it wrong-a cunning smile: "The third story has not happened yet."

Gao Wen: "?"

"It's boring to finish telling all the stories, just let me be appetizing, let's leave a suspense in the third story," the "spirit" said unhurriedly, "I am also very Curious about how the third story will develop-if there is a chance in the future, I will tell you again."

The faint roar and whistle outside the shrine weakened. It seemed that a rapid but brief storm was gradually stopping. Gao Wen glanced toward the distant terrace, but only saw that it was not as big as before. Different starlight and night.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Dragon God's voice came from the opposite side. "It's still early, we can talk more."

Gao Wen thought about it and sorted out a few questions he had thought before coming to Tallond, and asked: "About the'tide chaos' in the ancient times and the tower northwest of Tallond" , Can you tell me about it?"

"It depends on which aspect you want to listen to," Dragon God nodded. "I will try my best to answer."

"As far as I know, the counter-tide empire went astray because of the wrong contact with the knowledge left by them-according to the clues we have found so far, the main problem at the time was the "classifying knowledge as a miracle" . Is the Infernal Tide Empire deified the legacy of the person? Is it because of the war between the Dragon Clan and the Infernal Tide Empire?"

"Roughly true," the Dragon God nodded. "The Legacy of the... It's something that is too advanced for the race still trapped in the earth, especially a million years ago, a lot of "legacy" still The age of powerful power. That mortal civilization suddenly gained knowledge and power far beyond their understanding, and their rulers could not explain the principles behind those things to the people, nor could their scholars reproduce the logic behind those heritages. So it became necessary to deified it.

"People blame miracles on things that are far beyond their understanding. This is a trap that many mortal civilizations can easily enter.

"The war between the dragon and the counter-tide empire... it is because of their "deification" that they are creating new, uncontrollable ideological products, and the war itself... is actually disgraceful to both parties."

"It's disgraceful to both parties?" Gao Wen instantly smelled the gossip and subconsciously leaned forward. "What does that mean?"

Dragon God glanced at Gao Wen, and said without hesitation: "It's very simple, because it was the Dragons themselves who first cultivated the tide empire and guided the heritage of their contacts..."

Gao Wen: "...Dragons themselves?!"

"That was an unsuccessful attempt, a reckless and bold "breakthrough plan"," Dragon God said lightly. "It happened many, many years ago-at that time, the'Eternal Cradle' has not been completely stabilized, Tal It hasn’t been long since Lund put on the chain. Many dragons still maintain a strong free will and look forward to the future. Under this impulse, the dragons began to seek ways to break the situation from the outside."

Gao Wen frowned: "Raise a mortal force independent of Tallond, let them absorb the power left by the absorber, quickly become stronger, and then break Tallond's...'cradle'?"

When he said this, his eyes were a little weird, because he and Dragon God both knew what it meant to "break the cradle", but the expression on Dragon God's own face was more indifferent than that of Gao Wen, so this strange topic continued. .

"It seems that this is not a mature plan, but they still carried it out hopefully," said Dragon God, shaking his head. "At that time, the counter-tide empire was still very weak, and it was so weak that it became an adult. Dragons can easily guide the extent of their development, so the dragons have lost their caution... they think everything can be controlled, at least for a long time, everything can be controlled by the dragons.

"And what happens afterwards should be easy to imagine-arrogance is the biggest original sin. The dragons believe that the "all in control" counter-tide empire has not been reconciled from the beginning to become a tool of another race, the dragons intervene and guide Instead, they intensified their spirit of resistance and rebellion, and caused the situation to deteriorate much faster than expected. The tide was out of control, they were secretly developing many technologies, secretly developing many denominations, they cracked the secret arsenals left on the ground by the people, jumping Powerfully.

"Before Tallond responded, the'tide tide' had completed its transformation. They quickly became an extreme xenophobia, dragon-eating, powerful military empire, and most importantly, they were a'theocratic empire.'

"Excessive reliance on the heritage of the Ones and the deified behavior directly led to the uncontrollable deification of the entire Counter-Tide Empire. Even if a few of them were aware of the dangers, they could not stop this process. Believers consider themselves to regard the dragon clan of Tallongde as a "heresy" of the betrayal and stolen heritage, and all this...contrary to Tallonde's original plan.

"Therefore, the battle against tide broke out."

Gao Wen opened his mouth and organized the language after a few seconds: "...Is it all your tacit consent?"

"you could put it that way."

"Why?" Gao Wen couldn't help but ask, "Did you not find the risk?"

Dragon God's voice was low: "The dragons of Tallond didn't find it, so I didn't find it--and even if I found the risk, as long as the dragons' cultivation of the counter-tide empire did not violate Tallund's tradition "The trend of thought", without triggering "cross the boundary", I can't stop all this."

Gao Wen thought of the "two stories" that Dragon God had just told himself-at this moment, he had a deeper understanding of the metaphorical rules behind those two stories.

"That war destroyed the entire counter-tide empire, ended a season of civilization before the advent of the Demon Tide, and severely hit Tallond," the Dragon God continued. "The damage caused by the war itself is not terrible. What is terrible is the blow to confidence and belief-the entire Tallond society has been greatly shocked, and this shock was almost immediately reflected in the dragons' group thoughts..."

Gao Wen reacted quickly and his eyes widened: "This also forms a new'lock'?"

"In a normal civilization, this short-lived, lack of accumulation of group emotions is really nothing. However, the gods of the dragon have become one, and the interaction between gods and humans has been unprecedentedly strengthened, so that they have no strong , The group's spiritual fluctuations will quickly produce a wide range of echoes in the trend of thought, and then-the echo becomes a new lock.

"For more than 1 million years since then, the dragon has never interfered in the world outside of Tallond, and even the number of dragons leaving Tallond every year is strictly limited.

"They can't reveal too much information about the tide wars to other civilizations, they can't reveal their secrets at will, when other civilizations contact the heritage of the people, they must first find ways to recover those'dangerous objects'... these are all in the same year The "reflection echoes" produced by the dragon tribes after the tide rebellion, these echoes become mandatory "locks", and any dragon tribe must unconditionally obey the constraints they bring, even after 10,000 years, 100,000 years, hundreds Ten thousand years... Even if the legacy of the people is completely wiped out by time, even if no one remembers what the'tide tide empire' specifically refers to, the dragon family must always abide by it."

Gao Wen listened in amazement, and suddenly couldn't help but say: "But when Melita mentioned to me to recover certain hazardous materials or block certain information, she just said that it was a superior order, it was'enterprise regulations'... …"

"So, at least it sounds better."