Celine suddenly whispered a prayer that made me prick up my ears: "May the god of technology bless Elle."
"God of technology?" I asked subconsciously, and then felt that it was not appropriate to ask: if this is a religion that is popular all over the world, it is a bit strange that I am so surprised. However, Celine didn't seem to think too much about it, or ordinary people would not expect such a thing as an extraterrestrial visitor, she just nodded: "I believe in the god of technology, and I used to be a god priest... Although I couldn't improve my religion later on. So I left the archdiocese, but my religious membership is still there, so I can be regarded as the priest of the town. By the way, if you want to perform a blessing ceremony when you leave for the ruins, you can also come to me, although the god of technology is not as good as magic in terms of blessing ceremony The god of magic is effective, but there are no other priests in this town, and the nearest priest of the god of magic is still in another town dozens of miles away."
I was stunned again: Is there a god of magic? And judging by Celine's attitude, the two beliefs don't conflict yet
Celine obviously misunderstood my expression, she waved her hand indifferently: "Of course it doesn't matter if you don't want to, most people who go out on adventures don't believe in this kind of ritual, and even foreigners from the east think it's unlucky to accept this ritual before going out , just pretend I didn’t mention it.”
I hurriedly said: "Oh... Actually, I don't have any ideas. Let's see what happens. If I feel uneasy when I leave, I will call you. By the way, I just saw you reading a book over there. You are preparing to reopen the hotel, so you are sorting out the accounts ?”
Hearing the words "God of Science and Technology" made people have a lot of associations. I finally couldn't help but bring the topic to that strange and out-of-date exquisite print, and at the same time, I was thinking about what Celine said. What the hell is going on with the sect here.
"It's not the accounts, it's just looking through the books sent by the church," Celine said with a smile, "Anyway, the books are still there, and the books sent out every month are what I usually pass the time. Why, Mr. Scholar Are you also interested in the teachings of the God of Technology?"
"Uh, I just wanted to say, don't be so polite to use 'you' or something, I'm not used to it," I waved my hands, and then looked at the table in the distance intentionally or unintentionally, "So it was issued by the church , to be honest, I'm a little interested...can I take a look?"
I thought it was just a very common request, but Celine frowned unexpectedly: "Mr. Scholar, please don't embarrass me. Only clergy can read church books, and printed books are also forbidden to circulate. If you just want to If you are interested in the teachings of the God of Technology, I can help, but if you are interested in books...I hope you can find mimeographs that are available in the market, the content is actually the same."
I suppressed the surprise and surprise deep in my heart, made my face look like I was just joking, and pointed to the table in the distance: "Then you can put the printed book on the table so carelessly, and you won't be afraid that Ailu will steal it. Get out."
"Printed books are sacred and bright things. Of course they can be placed anywhere. They are not contraband, but they are too sacred and solemn to be circulated." Celine's expression became serious. It’s common sense, and most people wouldn’t take action on printed books, after all, apart from the printed traces left by divine power, the contents of the books can also be seen in other places.”
I found that Celine's expression was a bit too serious, so I put aside the current topic with a smile: "Aha, don't mind, don't mind, as a researcher, sometimes I can't control my curiosity. Since the content is the same, then Can you lend me a few mimeographs? Or is it really boring at night—I haven’t found the bookseller in the town yet, and I was dragged around by Elle for a long time looking for taverns and grocery stores.”
When mentioning the glorious achievements of the bear child Ailu, Celine's face suddenly softened, she got up and walked to the desk and said: "Of course, you can watch it for as long as you want, and it is very gratifying that someone is so keen on pursuing knowledge. "
In the end, I got three crude books that still smelled like ink. Of course, the text density of mimeographs is thinner than that of refined publications printed by lasers, so the addition of these three books is the content of a church book of the same thickness. , but I'm just curious about the content in it, so it doesn't matter if it's exquisite or not. After returning, scan the book and upload it to the Admiral of the Empire, and let the host translate it.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, and as a low-tech area still in the feudal farming era, the locals here would not have much nightlife, so the streets in the town were deserted, and even those foreigners who came to venture could no longer see , the roadside lampposts lit with some kind of vegetable oil exude swaying dim light, outlining a quiet night scene of a classical town.
Celine got up to close the gate, and when she saw the quiet street outside, she said to me: "There are actually other hotels in the town, and the adventurers who come here seem to have places to stay, but the local hotels should be full in a few days." Yes. Every time a new relic is opened, the adventure craze can last for a few years, or even a few months, maybe our hotel really has a chance to reopen... If you are still in town, you must come and join us."
"If I were still here at that time." As I spoke, I glanced at the single mother again, and I could see a kind of tiredness and coldness that could not be dispelled from her face. You can feel that her temperament is so special: she is tired, lonely, seems to have lost motivation for many things, and there is also a feeling of lifelessness in the conversation, but it is obvious that she is fighting against herself In this depression trend, she also seems to want to show herself a little more energetic, and try to find something to do - but this effort seems to have little effect.
The feeling of loneliness and lifelessness still permeated her, and eventually filled the whole house. In such a huge house, but there is only a single mother who has lost motivation and purpose and a child who is not yet mature in mind. Imagine how Ai Lu's strange character was developed. In fact, it is a good thing that the little girl was not developed into depression but went to extremes and became ADHD...
The night was getting dark, and I had to hurry up and study the three books at hand, so I said goodnight to Celine, asked where the room was, and went upstairs by myself. Footsteps walking in one direction.
The second floor of this hotel (or it used to be a hotel) is a very classic rental house structure. After going upstairs, there is a narrow corridor with an outer wall on one side and a row of doors on the other. Of course, all the rooms are now closed. empty. I saw that the door at the end of the corridor was even blocked by all kinds of sundries. It can be seen that this hotel has been closed for a long time—but the little girl Ailu really hopes that her hotel can reopen, maybe the child also feels that now life is too dull.
My room is the one closest to the stairs. I pushed the door in and found that the furnishings in the room were very simple: a bed, a chair, a small desk, and a small wooden cabinet that didn’t seem to hold much. All the furnishings That's all. But the room is very clean, Celine and Ai Lu seem to have cleaned it well before, and there is a smell of plant herbs in the air, probably because of the dusty and musty smell left by the room for a long time. The only bed in the room is by the window, with new sheets and quilts on it. I threw three books on it, and then... Then Sandora happily jumped to the bed and began to roll around up.
It seems that this matter has not been mentioned for a long time: Sandora likes to roll in soft places, and most people really don't know her biggest hobby besides eating.
"The preparations are quite complete, and I feel very embarrassed," I looked at the brand-new bed bedding, and found a new set of pajamas and a small note in the small wooden cabinet (temporarily I can't understand what is written on it), I couldn't help scratching my hair, "Twenty copper plates cheated a meal and a house, and the copper plate was made by the two of us in a second..."
"Oh, don't worry about the details, anyway, it's copper plates, whether it's made temporarily or not, it won't affect the circulation on this planet," Sandora ball bounced back and forth on the soft bed, and lifted it while jumping. Invisibility, "The gods of technology and magic on this planet sound quite interesting... The gods of technology are easy to understand, maybe they are something left over from a lost technological civilization, which is quite common in civilizations dating back generations, but Why is there a god of magic at the same time... Except for the empire, I really haven't found a few civilizations that can develop technology and magic at the same time without fighting each other."
"Who knows what's going on, maybe I can find clues in these books." I also ran around all day, and I was still a little tired at this time, so I threw myself into the bed while talking , at this moment, the Sandora ball just landed from the air to the edge of the bed, and the moment it bounced off the side of the bed... the Sandora ball fell out of the window!
There was a suspicious collision sound from outside the window, and then the golden light ball rushed back from the window and hit my face angrily. Yelling: "Ah Jun, there is something wrong with you! Why are you making such a big noise! Why do you behave so strangely after I become a ball! If I had a mouth now, I would definitely bite you!"
It took me a lot of effort to catch the Sandora ball (it was even more difficult than catching the jingle bell), and while I was making amends, I muttered to myself: This place looks very backward, and there are spring pads... Technology after reconnection The tree is really easy to crooked.
Then the two of us finally got down to business: studying the three "religious books" that smelled of ink.
There are unfamiliar characters in the book, but this does not affect our reading. We only need to scan a part of the text and send it to the Admiral of the Empire, and the latter can translate it according to the rules of the characters, although it involves deformed characters, customs, transliteration, etc There will still be some misunderstandings in the vocabulary, but this does not affect the understanding of the text content. In fact, Sandora herself can translate this kind of alien text—but she is lazy.
It seems that Her Majesty the Queen is in a certain state of burnout due to the damage to her mental strength and the inability to eat due to her being turned into a ball of light.
"It looks like it's just an ordinary... storybook?" I leaned against the head of the bed, spread the book on my lap, and the Sandora ball hung limply on my shoulder. After reading some passages in the book, Shandora Dora muttered, "I'm talking about customs and country stories from all over the world, and they are all recent content, without mentioning ancient civilizations or anything."
"Celine said that the church publishes these things every month. Maybe this is equivalent to a religious internal magazine, which talks about current events in various places for a month." I turned a new page and found that the contents of this page and the following It’s talking about the recent battle experience of a knight order in the southern countries. This is an obvious medieval story, a little exaggerated, but it has nothing to do with lost civilizations, or even “religion”. If you have to say this thing It looks like a transcript sent back by a war reporter. Only at the end of the story is the comment given by the bishop of a certain area. The basic content of the comment is that the knights are brave and good at fighting. A leader is a noble person, a pure person, a moral person, a person who has escaped vulgar interests, a person who is beneficial to the people, a person who can run more than 200 kilometers with seven swords in his chest and catch bandits People, a person who is too fierce to eat people, according to this comment and the previous story of the Knights, the only thing I can conclude is that the bishop of the local diocese has a girl who is waiting to be married, and she is about to marry Commander of the Knights...
Sandora thought I was slow in reading, so she jumped to the bed and used her mental power to control the remaining two books to float up, flipping through the books by herself, I couldn't help but squint at her: "It's not that the spherical body moves Inconvenient, does physical manipulation consume energy, and you are willing to move again at this time?"
"I'm so bored, I'm so bored—who told you to read slowly!" Sandora's voice came from the golden ball of light, and at the same time, she had flipped the two books halfway through (this is amazing speed), Then she finally found something, "Look Ah Jun, I finally mentioned the gods!"
I hurried over and saw that it turned out to be something similar to a text message:
"The god of technology sent down a new oracle and the pope of technology relayed it on his behalf: open two ancient ruins around the city-state of Vasarian, allowing adventurers on the mainland to explore, hoping that adventurers can remember the grace and generosity of the gods, And in the process of exploring the relics, strictly follow the teachings of God, cherish your own life, and treat the intellectual heritage with taboo power with caution, and may the glory of the gods shine on you. The following are the specific locations of the relics that have been opened by God's grace and the scope of surveying allowed... "
"Two types of recycling standards for ancient heritage have been added on the side of God of Technology, and the recycling of ancient device fragments (see the attached table for specifications) as well as ancient symbols and broken chapters will be re-regulated. I hope that adventurers all over the mainland can keep in mind the teachings of the gods and the ancient betrayers The lessons left behind clearly know that mortals cannot directly draw power from ancient devices, nor can they learn any knowledge from the few words left by the gods, because this knowledge was deprived and temporarily sealed by the gods from the ancient betrayers. Before returning the knowledge to the hands of ordinary people, you must not try to interpret it in vain. This will lead to the end of the whole world. I hope that adventurers from all over the continent will strictly abide by the dogma, and send the qualified relics to the church for storage according to the regulations, and wait for the grace of the gods , when mortals are allowed to learn these overly powerful knowledge, all adventurers will become one of the saints who laid the foundation for the new era. At the same time, the church will once again increase the rewards for recycling all kinds of relics that meet the standards (see the attached Table). At the same time, the revelation from the Pope is emphasized again: money cannot measure the grace of God, and monetary rewards are only to record the merits of the founders before the arrival of the new era.”
"The God of Magic issued an oracle, which was relayed by the Pope of Magic: The power of magic is recovering in the twelve island chains in the north. The efforts of the believers make the gods happy, but we must also keep in mind the lessons of the past disasters. The discovery of the power of magic and Sorting must also follow the various dogmas of the Lost God Sect, be cautious and not aggressive. All ancient equipment and ancient runes should be handed over to the local parish for safekeeping. Excavators must not keep them privately, let alone delve into them privately. Excessively developed knowledge It will bring disasters, and the gods have designated a path of progress for mortals, we should follow this path, and wait for the grace of the gods before we can continue to delve into more difficult knowledge, so as to avoid the recurrence of old disasters."
"The Pope of Magic and the Pope of Technology issued a joint statement. The gathering of adventurers in Saint? Category IV), this kind of offensive activity must be stopped immediately, Saint? Anke III has responded to this sacred call to close the assembly hall, and the two popes call on all adventurers who have participated in this illegal exchange to take the initiative to report to the nearest clergy Repent and turn in the ancient items in your possession. As we all know, those who take the initiative to repent will be forgiven by God. This call will last for two months... "
"The illegal academic research organization in St. Ankha City is being further investigated. It has been confirmed that a magic association from the south is involved. They traveled northward and deceived monks in four dioceses in succession. The clergy of each diocese should quote As a warning..."
One-third of one of the mimeographs is composed of newsletters like this, which seems to have a strong sense of current affairs news, and each message has a date and an expiry date, which fully confirms our guess: Lynn read a religious monthly.
And from this "monthly magazine", we finally have a preliminary understanding of the world's sects, which, it must be admitted, is a bit... unexpected.
"Now it seems that the Lost God Sect is the strongest sect even if it is not the only religion in the world," Sandora Ball flew over and leaned against my face lightly, "Their influence extends to the entire planet, and many of the things mentioned above They're from all over the world, where sectarian forces have a near dominance."
"And they also believe in two gods at the same time." I threw the mimeograph in my hand aside, feeling my head was more confused than before, "The god of technology and the god of magic... Tsk, I don't even understand it." RS