In the middle of the night, while Zach was counting the stars, Moon came to visit. First, she thanked Zach for helping her bring Andrew back, and then said, "I just came back from Sibella, and she has already chosen what kind of offerings she will accept."
During the long night, Zach also needed something to kill time, "What is it?"
"Federal TV movies have republican subtitles."
"WTF?"
"That's what I'm talking about. Sibella chose to become the 'god' who fulfills the wish of the republicans." Mu En did not mean to joke, "If the republicans in the southeast want to watch a federal film but can't understand it, just Pray to Sibera, and Sibera will realize this wish for them and turn it into subtitles that the republicans can understand, and then exchange it for offerings."
Zach was stunned for a long time with his mouth open, "What kind of world truth is this? Is Sibella sure that this kind of sacrifice can make her stronger?"
"This truth is that anything put on the screen should be seen by everyone." Mu En had a feeling that she didn't quite understand, and gave a somewhat rigid explanation: "First it was words written on paper, and then It is a picture printed on the page, and now it is an audio-visual product that moves on the screen." It seems that Mu En has just memorized the lines and is repeating, "The communication at any stage of civilization is its own creation. Now, the media that carries it , those TV shows and movies. Sibella will become the 'god' of cultural communication in this era."
Zach heard something that he cared about, and asked Moon to sit down on the bench in the back porch, "Who did you hear this?"
Mu En sat down and looked at Zach, "Rui Wenqi."
"Rui Wenqi came to see you? At Parker Elementary School?"
"Well, he knew that Si Bella was looking for the correct way to accept the offerings from the Republic, but he didn't want to tell Si Bella himself, so he found me and asked me to tell Si Bella this."
Zach's instant reaction was, "Why you?"
Do Rui Wenqi and Mu En have any intersection? no.
The rigidity on Mu En's face disappeared and she smiled, "I also asked this question, and he answered. He said that I am a wizard and it is easier to understand such things." This smile was self-deprecating, "Haha, but in fact, I don't understand anything at all. I didn’t understand, so I memorized this passage, ran to tell Sibella, and then came to you to memorize it again.”
Zach suddenly understood the reason why Moon came here in the middle of the night.
Lily and Logan haven't returned to Grande yet, which means Pochquin is still in Newton. Mu En is Boqi's wife. If she encounters any puzzling situation in her daily life, of course, she will turn to her husband for help. But this husband is obviously unable to complete the work now, so Moon En can only rely on Zach, the 'helpful' neighbor... Well, it's weird how to describe it. Zach probably shouldn't have picked Andrew up during the day...
Zach pursed his lips and thought, forget it, this is more interesting than counting stars anyway. Zach sat next to Moon and thought for a while, "Does Sibella understand?"
"If she understood, I wouldn't have come back so late." Mu En shook her head. It sounded like even Sibella didn't understand what this suggestion from Rui Wenqi meant. However, Moon looked sideways at Zach, "Sibella and John told me that Papa once placed a beacon in Grande at midnight."
Zach remembered this incident and finished for Moon, "Yes, Papa appeared on TV at midnight, hidden in Alice's "Cook's Kitchen" video." Zach said, frowning , "But this is witchcraft. Although no one knows what kind of witchcraft can make Papa Midnight appear on TV, but he is Papa Midnight." Zach shrugged, "If the god of witchcraft doesn't It would be strange if he could use some bizarre witchcraft."
What Zach means is that audio and video products combined with what Mu En said just now are the cultural carriers of the current stage of civilization. Papa Midnight has the ability to make himself appear in such a carrier and run to Grande's TV screen. That is the witchcraft of witchcraft belief, not the world truth of the Republican God.
Mu En: "This is how John persuaded Sibella." Mu En looked at her hands, as if thinking about something, "Witchcraft was originally a technology to simplify some complicated affairs in this world. In the Indian civilization, it was still quite barbaric. At that time, the greatest use of witchcraft was to allow crops to skip the waiting time and grow rapidly. The reason why Papa Midnight became a god..." Mu En glanced at Zach, "Have you heard of the legend of Papa Midnight's origin? The story about Papa Midnight’s sister leaking witchcraft, causing Papa Midnight’s tribe to be attacked and exterminated, and then the brother and sister resented each other and cursed each other?”
"I've heard of it." Zach curled his lips.
Mu En continued, "But Papa Midnight did not become the God of Crops." Blinking, "The witchcraft he created was not limited to a simple need. When he helped the Indian tribes establish a wizard system, he taught The witchcraft given to wizards is not only the witchcraft to make crops grow, but also to predict the climate, find water sources, defend against wild beasts... and even contact the dead souls. Papa became the god of witchcraft at midnight."
Zach raised his eyebrows, feeling that he had touched upon what Mu En wanted to express. No, it was expressed by John, an expert on Papa Midnight. Now Mu En's words were relaying the process of John's persuasion of Sibella.
Zach, "Witchcraft is just a tool, a tool to accomplish something. Is this what John meant? Sibella is a witch. She has the ability to control how the audiovisual products on the screen are seen by the audience like Papa Midnight. The ability of witchcraft, and this is exactly the tool Sibera needs as a 'ghost' to gain the faith of the Republic and grow herself."
Mu En nodded, "John said, they don't need to understand what world truths can be represented by subtitles for republicans. Papa Midnight has done this before, and Papa Midnight is still very active, which means that this behavior does not violate the Republic anyway." God's taboo, then we can do it. Like Papa Midnight, changing oneself into the screen to control the entire screen, probably no wizard in the world can do it, but it is still very easy to change a row of words on the screen. Purpose, It’s just about letting wizards and ghosts grow up, not going to the Heavenly Court of the Republic’s gods to get certified for some position, Sibella and the others don’t need to know everything.”
It sounded reasonable, but Zack was a little concerned about Ravenci's explanation. Obviously, subtitles for The Republic do represent an important world truth. Zack was thinking.
"Are you thinking about Toledo's imaging ability?" Mu En looked at Zach's expression and asked.
No need for Zach to answer, Mu En said: "The reason why I agreed to Ravenci's mission is because I thought of vampires. When we were in the wolf pack, the Alpha at that time was always complaining that vampires, apart from having a human form, were at a disadvantage in human society. So big, but can control the upper class of society, why can't werewolves. I didn't dare to answer at the time, but now I can tell you the answer because of history. The history of vampires is at least a thousand years, and vampires have not been so rich in human cultural carriers as early as The vampires recorded in "Cain of God's Punishment" were the preachers of the Holy Lord faith used to crush the alien races. Then in terms of humans, vampires, whether they are the Secret Alliance or the Sabbat Alliance, know how to With the experience of the colonists, they established their dominance in this country from the very beginning. All the achievements of vampires now are brought to vampires by the history of vampires. And werewolves, first of all, did not have the original intention to write a book for them. God, secondly, failed to embrace the Indians and consolidate his position among humans. All the difficulties the werewolves face now are caused by the werewolves' own history."
Zach tilted his head. After being surprised by Andrew's life realization in the evening, he was now going to be surprised by this mother? Ah~ Yes, Andrew's characteristics always have a source~ The narrowness and distortion are the inheritance of Pochquin, and the understanding naturally comes from Mu En.
Mu En looked at Zach who tilted his head and smiled, "I'm not praising vampires. I am among the wolves. I know that the advantages brought to vampires by the history of vampires are disappearing. The chaos in the middle is the best proof. All those The vampire aliens hiding in the dark are proof of this. Vampires who do not occupy the upper class and do not have the ability to travel by day given to the thirteen clans by the Holy Lord are so incompatible with this world."
Zach was startled, but didn't have time to speak.
Mu En: "I still don't quite understand what Rui Wenqi said. Maybe it's because my level of witchcraft is not good enough. I can't imagine that conjuring a row of subtitles has anything to do with a god who spreads culture. But I can imagine that for a vampire, you Represent the whole race of vampires before the world.”
Mu En suddenly looked at Zach seriously, "Can you imagine? In the past, the aliens' impression of vampires came from "Cain of God's Punishment"; humans' impression of vampires was that of nobles and colonists (Indians). The same is true now. . Vampires are still the most powerful among the local alien races in the Federation; the vampires of the Sabbat still control society in the west. But all this will disappear. In the future, alien races and humans will have the same impression of vampires... "
Zach opened his mouth, "Me."
Mu En nodded heavily, "Yes, you, because of your ability to influence, and because you can appear on the medium of civilized communication."
Zach looked up and found the brightest star in the night sky: "I am the god of vampires~"
vanity? No, no, no, Zach has already personally shouldered the heavy responsibility for the safety of the vampire race. This is truly deserved.
The manic depression of several days disappeared, and a long-lost smile appeared on Zach's face. In Mu En's somewhat confused eyes, "Annabelle."
"Here~"
"You can tell Madison that I am willing to help him deal with Fan Zhuo in the Republic and rescue those angels. Just as a reward for the Holy Lord giving me this gift in the end. After Fan Zhuo passes away, Madison and I will no longer have anything to do with each other."
"Okay~" and a bit pushy, "Does this mean you accept me as a girl..."
"Stop it when it suits you, Countess, quit it when it suits you."
"Yeah~"