The upper storyteller.
After hearing this blunt combination of phrases, Gao Wen was briefly confused for less than a second, and then had some vague guesses from the meaning of the words.
This made him look serious in an instant, and his attitude became serious.
In the No. 1 sandbox... indeed, unexpected changes happened, and this so-called "pollution of the gods"... I am afraid it is much more complicated than everyone guessed! !
What Gao Wen can think of, Selena and other "archbishops" can certainly think of it. The phrase "upper-level narrator" itself contains a lot of information that can be directly understood. Yuri, who is gentle and wearing a monocle, quickly He frowned tightly and looked at the old priest who was being hypnotized by Selina: "What is the specific meaning of the upper-level narrator?"
"He is the creator of the world, he is also the destroyer of the world, he is the watcher of the world, and he is also the guide of the world..." The old man in a gray robe showed a peaceful smile on his face, and said slowly with the joy of preaching, "For our world, He is the all-knowing, omnipotent and irresistible master..."
Listening to these standard missionary speeches, Selena frowned slightly and interrupted: "How was the world born?"
The high-level priests of the dark sect are all experts who have in-depth research on religion. They know how to quickly collect information and grasp the essence when they first come into contact with an unfamiliar belief system-generally speaking, all mature beliefs will inevitably try to interpret the world. Birth, and their interpretation of the birth of the world will show their three views and ways of thinking to the greatest extent, as well as the main dogmas and core myths and legends.
The old man in gray robe was a little confused, and then under the guidance of hypnosis, he said what he kept in mind:
"The world...was woven by the upper-level narrator. He first created the chaotic sky and the gray-white earth from nothingness, and then gave colors and shapes to everything in the world... Afterwards, the upper-level narrator formulated the rules for the operation of everything, and then The original history was written, so the world began to run, and under the power of the law, it was endless... "
"...in line with the start-up process of Sandbox One," Selina whispered to Yuri and Daniel, "the upper storytellers...means us."
"A religion that believes in the 'upper narrator' was born in the sandbox?" Yuri had an unbelievable look on his face, and his voice was low as if he was talking to himself, "This is the trace of the 'God' we observed '? A sect born in a dream...would possess the 'power of the gods'?"
"I don't know, but if this sect born in the dream is really the 'god pollution' we observed..." Selena's voice suddenly became faint, and her tone even trembled a little, "Then...then we are afraid I have unconsciously touched the world's ultimate secret, the ultimate taboo!!"
On the side, Gao Wen also had countless guesses and assumptions in his mind, and suddenly thought of a question, he couldn't help looking at Daniel: "Did this sect that believes in the upper-level narrators be born after the No. 1 sandbox went out of control?" ?The monitors didn't discover the sect before the sandbox got out of hand?"
Daniel immediately turned to Selena, and asked Gao Wen's question without changing.
Selena had no doubt about him, she nodded and answered Daniel's question: "Before the sandbox got out of control, the person in charge of monitoring didn't find such a sect in the sandbox... But due to the limitation of monitoring methods, it is impossible for outsiders to control the sandbox. Every detail of the world can only be controlled by the general situation and the "historical trend", so it cannot be ruled out that there are seeds of religion in some remote corners of the sandbox world... But in general, even if there are some seeds of faith , Before Sandbox No. 1 got out of control, there was absolutely no such a mature sect that could build a church and have a complete creation myth. Such a large-scale abnormal phenomenon will definitely be observed.”
Gao Wen rubbed his chin, and said to himself: "In other words, this church that believes in the 'Upper Narrator' was born after the sandbox got out of control, and before that, there were at most some things that could not be observed by external monitoring personnel. The trend of thought, or the germination of belief... Daniel, I would like to ask another question. Does the "divine pollution" observed by the eternal sleepers refer to the emergence of churches and sacrificial activities? Is there any "magic power" that can affect reality? ?”
Daniel faithfully relayed Gawain's question, and it was Archbishop Yuri standing aside who answered this time: "The 'god pollution' we observed is some chaotic church silhouettes and blurred images of sacrificial activities. Considering the sandbox The world is a complete 'godless domain', and the appearance of such distinctive fragments in the sandbox itself means that it has been polluted by gods. As for the 'magic power' that can affect reality... this has not been observed."
Then the archbishop paused and added: "If a 'magic' that can affect reality escapes from the dream-based sandbox world, the seriousness of the situation will not be what it is now, it will no longer be The pollution of the gods means that the power of the true god has come and has begun to distort the real world! At that time, no matter how big the sacrifice is, we will shut down the entire spiritual network at all costs."
Gao Wen breathed out in deep thought: "There is no problem for now."
Daniel immediately told the other two archbishops that he had no doubts, and Selina began to ask the gray-robed old man about other things to learn more about the world changes in the No. 1 sandbox.
"You mentioned the day when the bells are tolling—what does it mean to be a day when the bells are tolling?"
"The day when the bell rings is the 'Day of Shelter' announced by the 'Upper Narrator'. Once a week, in the evening of this day, the bell will ring at the last minute before the sun sets, and people should return home. Or go back to other shelters, light the lamps, be with your family under the shelter of the lights, never leave the house and come into the street... You come to church on the day when the bells are tolling because you have wandered too far in the street , too late to get home?"
"That's right," Selena casually replied, and asked again, "What will happen if you still stay on the street after the bell rings?"
"Will be punished by the upper narrator, will suffer the sacred and irresistible 'deletion', and disappear from this world..."
Selena frowned again.
"How many people in the entire world believe in the 'Upper Narrator'?" she asked again.
"How can I count?" The gray-robed old man shook his head, "Everyone in the world believes in Him. As many people as there are in the world, there are as many people who believe in the great upper-level narrator..."
"... It seems that the entire No. 1 sandbox has been completely polluted," Archbishop Yuri sighed softly, and said to Daniel next to him, "A church was born in it... This is something that no one expected. "
"It's not terrible just to have a church, what's terrible is... if this church is behind..." Daniel shook his head halfway through the speech, "From a security point of view, my suggestion is to immediately stop the operation of No. 1 sandbox, no matter what is inside it How many secrets are there—the weirdness of the situation is out of control, and now is not the time to continue research."
Daniel's suggestion is the most reasonable choice under the current circumstances, but he knows that other archbishops must also be aware of this choice. It's not that they haven't tried to stop the No. 1 sandbox—the key is that this dream that has gone out of control cannot be stopped at all.
And for some reason, these supposedly ruthless cultists are quite resistant to "physically cutting off" No. 1 sandbox by killing all the brain servants. This sounds like the most likely way to work.
This confused Gawain and Daniel very much.
Even so, Daniel had to offer his own advice—a role he had to fulfill here as security chief.
Hearing Daniel's words, Selena didn't speak for a while, and her emotions could not be seen in her deep and calm eyes, while Archbishop Yuri sighed: "Of course we understand, in fact, no one is there now. Hope sandbox #1 will be fixed and back to normal, the consensus of the Supreme Bishops Conference is to stop it, but…”
"It's not that easy to stop the No. 1 sandbox," Selena said calmly. "We have tried many methods, but the No. 1 sandbox refuses to execute any instructions, and our methods have failed."
Daniel hesitated for a moment, and after confirming Gawain's expression out of the corner of his eye, he opened his mouth and said, "I heard that there is another method that I have never tried... that is to forcibly cut off the nerve cords of all brain servants."
Selena quietly looked at Daniel standing in front of her in the form of a refined middle-aged man, and asked after a long time, "Do you support this method?"
"...I don't support it," Daniel shook his head, "The loss is too great, and from a technical point of view, I'm not sure whether a large number of brain servants suddenly offline will have unpredictable effects on the normal mental network—too strong information fluctuations may even Destroy the entire network."
Daniel did not explain from the direction of "conscience" and "mercy", but from a technical point of view, this is to prevent his attitude from being suspected-on the one hand, it is a bit weird to talk about conscience and mercy in a dark sect, on the other hand On the one hand, he was a ruthless person when he was tortured and half insane, and the upper echelons of the church should know about him, and he didn't want to show too much arrogance in front of a senior archbishop like Selena. personality changes.
"Half of the archbishops also object to this," Selina said after hearing Daniel's reply, "This includes me, His Holiness the Pope, and Archbishop Yuri."
"I know... so I'm actually a little curious, Archbishop Selena," Daniel nodded, and asked while considering his vocabulary, "If you don't start from a technical point of view, if you can accept a higher price, what's the problem with the No. 1 sandbox?" The destruction of the material base' should be the most effective method, the reason why you and the Pope oppose this... "
Daniel didn't say what he said later, but the meaning was already very clear.
Archbishop Yuri cast his eyes on Selena who was holding a lantern, and the latter stood there calmly, his deep and watery eyes fell on Daniel for a long time.
This gaze didn’t seem to be under any pressure, but it still gave Daniel the illusion that all his secrets had been seen through—if it wasn’t for the safety measures set in advance that didn’t issue warnings, he might have suspected that the other party was reading his deep memory.
After staring for nearly ten seconds, Selena calmly withdrew her gaze, and said slowly: "Some things are about to become secrets.
"There are many reasons why we don't adopt the 'effective means' you mentioned, technical aspects, cost aspects, or... compassion, but these are not the main ones.
"The main reason is that if sandbox #1 is maintained as it is, then the 'stuff' in the sandbox ... can at least stay in the sandbox."
A slight coldness floated in Daniel's heart.
"you mean… "
"Although it is not yet certain what is brewing in the No. 1 sandbox, His Holiness the Pope has already noticed some clues... The thing has undergone a qualitative change, and the No. 1 sandbox itself has undergone a qualitative change. It is no longer simply a Although the dream, the mind matrix formed by the brain servant is the material basis for maintaining the operation of the sandbox, on the other hand, it is also the last shackle of this mutated dream... If you break this shackle, the dream may disappear, but it is also possible... "
Daniel muttered to himself, adding the second half of Selena's unfinished sentence: "It is also possible to wake up in the real world..."
Selena glanced at Daniel and nodded slightly: "You just need to understand."