The information Melita revealed and the possibility behind it made Gawain's breathing stop for a moment.
This brief reaction was noticed by Melita.
"Can you tell me specifically?" Gawain suppressed the ups and downs in his heart, leaned over and asked with a serious expression, "How and where did they steal knowledge? And why did this knowledge almost destroy the world?" s future?"
"The history of the Rebellion against the Tide is a very sensitive topic among the Dragon Clan. Although it is not an absolute taboo, we almost never disclose it to outsiders." Melita narrowed her eyes slightly, as if observing Watching Gao Wen's reaction, "Let's not mention this for now, you seem to be quite concerned about this matter?"
Gao Wen knew that his reaction just now might have been a bit harsh, but he controlled his expression well at the moment, and responded frankly: "Of course I care—the death of all things will use this book to create a situation that nearly destroys Ansu. disaster, and now this book is in my hands—if this thing has some ancient curse or power to induce madness, then we are not dealing with the loss of one or two people, but you Dragon's nervousness about the book... made me even more wary."
"You can rest assured about this. It has nothing to do with powers such as curses. The most dangerous thing about it is knowledge itself." Melita shook her head. Confess the specific content and source of that knowledge, but about the Rebellion against the Tide... I can remind you a word."
"What words?"
"Races that are spiritually ignorant must not be able to master material technology beyond their capabilities," Melita said in a deep voice, "because they are both spiritual and material slaves."
Gawain was silent for two seconds.
For a soul who has traveled from the earth, has been exposed to massive amounts of information, and has been impacted by various trends of thought, Melita's words are actually quite simple to understand.
It is nothing more than a technological crisis caused by the advanced technology dug from the ancestral graves of aliens.
But his intuition and Melita's eyes when he said this told him that this "crisis" might not be that simple.
Melita mentioned "almost destroying the future of the entire world", this sentence should not be said casually, but why would a spiritually ignorant race destroy the "future" of the entire world after mastering advanced technology
"Destroying the future of the entire world", in Gao Wen's understanding, should mean that the expected development potential will be lost, that the whole world will fall into a certain irreversible and pessimistic state, that it will not move forward, that it will not Further development, no turning point, means eternal sinking...
If the "Backtide Empire" just stole some technologies from the "Ancient Fleet" and used these technologies to develop advanced weapons, then they might destroy themselves in the flames of war, and might use these weapons to destroy the Dragon Clan, but in Gawain It seems that this does not mean that the future of the entire world has been destroyed—because this world has actually developed civilizations for more than one season, and there is a shuffling mechanism such as "Magic Tide". Any race in such a world They are all just one of the passers-by. When the Reverse Tide Empire destroys itself, a new country will replace it. When the Dragon Clan is destroyed, a new race will be born.
Such a world is still developing and changing, the future is not destroyed, what is destroyed is only a reincarnation.
Of course, what Melita is referring to is just the crisis that the dragons themselves faced in the war, and those considerations about the macro-historical process of the world are just Gawain's own divergent thinking, but Gawain believes that people like the dragons who are on the sidelines The ancient race that has changed from era to era should not be so short-sighted.
He spoke his mind frankly.
"The serious consequences you are talking about should not be as simple as the forbidden knowledge that the Reverse Tide Empire used to create a certain weapon?" He looked into Melita's eyes, "What did they do so that they almost Destroy the future of the world—can you say that?"
"...I can't." Melita shook her head, her eyes hinting wildly.
Gao Wen successfully received the hint from the other party: "Oh, it seems to be related to black traps and gods again."
After several conversations, he has already grasped the rules of some of Melita's "unspeakable secrets", and deduced from this the current predicament that the dragons are facing-they should be bound by the gods, which prevents them from To confide in any god-related secrets, but in other words...
As long as they can't say anything with all their might, it must have something to do with God.
After all, this gang of ultimate creatures is a strong stroke. It burns the sky and the earth with one breath, and can plow eighteen acres of land with a roll. There are not many things they dare not say.
The information he obtained by insinuating on the sidelines made Gao Wen think deeply—
The Reverse Tide Empire, an ancient civilization that once wrestled with the Dragon Clan in the ancient times and almost won, according to Melita, is actually a "race in a state of spiritual ignorance". This ignorance should be relatively Yes—after all, they have been able to create "hotlinking devices" that can steal data from satellite groups, and they should have a fairly high level of technology. Their ignorance should mean that their spiritual civilization cannot match the technology from satellite groups. Or in other words, can't match the technology from that ancient fleet.
And this "mismatch" situation caused them to trigger some kind of crisis related to gods and black traps.
Melita has no way to say the specific content of this crisis, but Gao Wen can speculate...
If the so-called "spiritual ignorance" refers to failure to get rid of theocracy, then... Is the Reverse Tide Empire using super weapons to fight religious wars? Use black technology to pursue the path of the gods? Trying to transform the real world into a kingdom of God? or…
These black technologies have fallen into the hands of God...
Gao Wen's eyes flickered, and suddenly there was a hint of vigilance.
Advanced technology will lead to "mismatch", so Cecil's magic industry is developing so fast... Has it also entered this "dangerous zone"? Will this technology turn into a crisis someday in the future
In the crisis created by the Reverse Tide Empire, is there any hard standard, or is there any "boundary" that can be avoided
He looked at Melita: "Advanced technology will definitely lead to a crisis like the Rebellion? What kind of advanced technology belongs to 'advanced technology'?"
Melita obviously knew what Gao Wen was worried about. She smiled slightly: "Is magic technology researched by human researchers? Did it originate from humans and belong to humans? Ordinary people in your empire will Is this technology a tool, or is it a miracle?"
Gao Wen vaguely understood the key point.
"If the technology is researched by ourselves and applied to the society as a whole, and ordinary people know that the source of the technology is man and not God, then it is safe, no matter how fast the development speed is, it is safe, otherwise... it will produce reverse Is this what you mean by a 'crisis' like Ushio Rebellion?"
"As you said."
Gao Wen paid attention to the change of Melita's expression, and did not continue to ask about the detailed reasons and the relationship with the gods.
Because experience told him that if he continued to ask, it should be the part where Miss Blue Dragon "asked for more money" under the pressure of 200+ blood pressure and san check failure.
Although every time Miss my little pony seemed safe and sound, Gao Wen was really afraid that one of them would die suddenly in front of him if she didn't control herself well...
But even if Melita can't give an answer, it doesn't prevent him from speculating along the current line of thought:
What is the specific difference between a technology tree with a complete research and development process and a technology tree that "comes from the sky"? Why is one safe, but the other may cause a crisis related to God? According to Melita's words, there seems to be a subtle matching relationship between "spiritual civilization" and "material technology". What does this matching... affect
After running through all the questions in his mind, Gao Wen suddenly felt that he had grasped a key point: How did society change during the process of developing and promoting technology
He looked at Melita, and said word by word: "The process of technological development is to attribute everything that once belonged to God to human beings—isn't this link missing in the advanced technology stolen?"
Melita smiled, not her usual professional, precise smile.
Her smile comes from the heart.
"If you can understand this for yourself, then it seems that you will not go astray."
Gawain exhaled lightly.
In fact, he almost went astray.
Almost took the shortcut that almost all traversers would choose.
Fortunately, in this world of weird physical rules, there are no shortcuts.
He raised his head and looked at the ultimate book in the center of the test bench: "What will the Dragon Clan do with this book?"
"According to the regulations, this is an item related to the Reverse Tide Empire and must be recycled," Melita said seriously, "It is very dangerous to leave it 'outside'."
"But there are exceptions to everything," Gao Wen looked at her, "You should know that it is difficult for me to give you this book just because of a few words."
Melita blinked: "Yeah... so you just keep it."
Gao Wenwen thought that he needed to spend some time talking about this matter, but he didn't expect that the other party promised you so happily, so he couldn't help being a little stunned: "Is it really possible?"
"As you can see, it's broken, it can't be repaired, it can no longer steal any knowledge from anywhere, the biggest risk is gone," Melita said unhurriedly, "and more importantly What is more important is that you have realized the 'critical point' just now, presumably... you will not go astray."
"You really trust me."
"Just take it as a show of friendship," Melita chuckled, "Seizing a treasure is a kind of damage to friendship. Since there is no need to take it back, why should I not show affection?"
As soon as Gao Wen heard the other party mention "friendship", the corners of his mouth turned up - and he said that you are not my little pony
It's a pity that Melita couldn't imagine what the old zongzi was thinking when the corners of his mouth were upturned. She only thought that she was good at speaking, and her friendship with this human leader was considered to be on the rise...
The Ultimate Book was put back on the test bench, the alloy fence was raised again, and the protective shield was activated again.
Melita read the book quietly for a while before turning around, speaking formulaic words, with a smart smile in the corner of her eyes: "Then, this service is over, I hope you will understand this time Satisfied with the consulting business."
"Excellent value for money," Gawain nodded, but just before Melita was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I have a little question to ask you."
The smile at the corners of Melita's eyes visibly froze, and her tone became more subtle: "Could it be..."
To be honest, she is really a bit of a psychological shadow—every time the human being in front of her wants to add a small question, she will take the side of black traps and gods in all likelihood, and she will lose half of her life if she answers a single word. This time I thought it would finally end safely, so why do I have to add two sentences at the end
Gawain was also a little embarrassed when he saw Melita's reaction, and quickly waved his hands: "Don't be nervous, it's really a small problem, just to satisfy my own curiosity—I'm very curious, what do you dragons think about human beings about dragon slaying braves? What is your attitude towards the story of the story and the legend of the dragon knight?"
Melita blinked, obviously a little surprised by this question, but her professionalism made her react quickly, with a smile on her face: "The story of dragon slaying... Speaking of which, you have heard "The Dragon in the Castle of Montenegro" "Is this the story?"
Gawain thought for a while, then nodded: "I've heard, this is a famous poem popular among bards in the Gondor era. It talks about a fictional dragon threatening the town, causing natural disasters, and A veteran who survived the war picked up the knight sword left by his superior, challenged the monsters step by step, and finally fought the dragon in Montenegro. The legendary story of both of them missing—it seems that there is still this story today after seven hundred years have passed Variations and fragments of it circulated in the north and west, and it is regarded as one of the early classics depicting the evil image of the dragon."
"I write."
"Oh ah?"
"I wrote it," Melita pointed at herself. "The prototype is a friend of mine, but she doesn't know about it yet."
Gao Wen: "..."
After half a minute of astonishment, he finally asked hesitantly: "Then what... What is your main purpose for doing this?"
"Recently, villains are more popular in Tarrond—I'm talking about the last ten centuries."
Gao Wen: "..."
What the hell kind of atmosphere is there in Tarrond, are these dragons usually out of their minds
"You see, this is the attitude of our Dragon Clan towards such stories." Melita didn't care how much her words had impacted Gawain, she just smiled calmly, "Don't use human logic habits to Consider a race capable of surviving seasons of civilization—so, do you have any other questions?"
"there is none left… "