The book we and Sandora got from Celine is not an important religious book, in fact, it is just something like a periodical, which records some things around the world and the latest instructions of the "Lost God", but it All the content revolves more or less around one's own religion, so it can be regarded as a special issue of the church.
Therefore, it is impossible for us to fully understand the "Lost God Cult" from such a journal, but we can still know a lot from the side.
First of all, it can be determined that the Lost God religion occupies a very high position on this planet. According to the information in the publication, this sect spreads all over the planet, and there are a large number of believers in all races. At the same time, the church has a church in any area with a church. Supreme authority: This authority can even make the ruler of a city-state obey by order.
Secondly, the Lost God religion has two gods at the same time (at least two, it is not ruled out that there are more "little gods" not mentioned in the publication), these two gods are very interesting, they are called "gods of technology" " and "God of Magic"—at least in the true god system known to the empire, there are no these two priesthoods, because technology and magic are both "processes" leading to truth, they cannot represent truth itself, so they cannot be true gods title. Both Sandora and I think that these two gods represent the lost technology of this planet. For example, the "God of Technology" corresponds to the inexplicably standby space stations in the sky, but what the "God of Magic" corresponds to is unknown. What, the space stations we found in space may not be all the ancient civilizations on this planet.
The god of technology and the god of magic belong to the same sect, and each has a pope as the spokesperson, and each has a group of believers of similar size under their names, and the relationship between the two groups of people seems to be pretty good—this situation is quite surprising , apart from the empire, there is really a rare world that can develop simultaneously with science and magic without playing a dog's brain. It is not clear how this "peaceful coexistence" situation came into being, maybe it has something to do with the ancient disaster mentioned in the church decree? After a big battle, the two sides of science and magic suddenly opened up and shook hands to make peace
In short, it is better not to make up too much before you have definite evidence.
The last message, and the most important one: the church seems to control "knowledge". Regardless of whether it is technological knowledge or magical knowledge, all activities such as its inheritance and research are strictly restricted.
We now speculate that this "Lost God Religion" is related to the ancient advanced civilization on this planet, and may even be inherited from the ancient advanced civilization, and the relics left by the ancient civilization are likely to spread all over the entire planet (and also covered with Space), the church forces seem to have not yet reached the level of controlling all the relics, so they control the revival of knowledge by controlling adventurers and various learning methods. The adventurer mentioned by Ai Lu and Celine now seems to be a four-round all-around big bully who combines explorers, archaeologists, tomb diggers, and ancient culture scholars. Throwing it on the earth probably belongs to the Dead figures are spoken at major academic summits, and it's the job of these all-rounders to scour the world for ancient ruins and report them to the Church (which rewards them with some money in the process) before commoners discover them. At the same time, the church has sealed up and monitored most of the relics, but a small part of them will be reopened. Let the adventurers explore freely, and the adventurers search for ancient equipment or documents from the ruins (in the process, they may have to fight the out-of-control security system by the way, so they are still a group of fierce men with several plus points), they They had to rely on their own knowledge to identify these ancient relics, and at the same time prevent those sophisticated equipment from being accidentally damaged, and most of the things they found in the end had to be handed over to the church (of course, this could still be exchanged for money).
The book that Celine lent me mentions that adventurers trade ancient relics with other non-governmental organizations. This kind of trading seems to be allowed within a certain range, but the things that are allowed to trade are limited to ancient alloys and arts without knowledge content. Artifacts, discarded containers, and other strange and non-technical things, a form is attached at the end of the third mimeograph. The latest version of the "National Exchange Licensing List" is listed above. There may seem to be a lot of things on this list, but the restrictions are very obvious, that is: things that can pass on knowledge or can be used directly are prohibited from private possession. In addition to ancient equipment, which is absolutely prohibited, all types of ancient books and certain "recording supplies" are also prohibited from private possession. I guess the latter refers to the USB flash drive of the different world.
Generally speaking, being an adventurer is indeed a demanding profession, but at the same time, it also has a huge income and a very high status. Unlike the folk life-threatening adventurers seen in other worlds, the adventurers on this planet can even be regarded as "no-honored nobles". They delve into things that ordinary people can't figure out for a lifetime, and they work for the largest authority on the planet. Their main source of income is the church, and every gold coin is "shining with the light given by God". Respect these all-powerful warriors, and the Pope also clearly declared in the Bible that adventurers are "the founders of the new era". When the gods return their grace, they can be listed with the saints—of course, the premise is that the rules must be followed.
Adventurers who do not obey the rules, such as privately revealing forbidden knowledge, will still be wanted by the church, but they can be forgiven as long as they are willing to repent and swear not to commit the crime again, which further shows their special status.
This treatment is enough for those adventurers in other worlds who are begging for life with swords and fires and who have been dismissed as barbarians by the upper class, crying faint in the toilets.
But I did see for the first time that "adventurers" can be the second largest intellectual group in the world (the first group is of course the Lost God Cult). Killing people is equivalent to a scientist who knows martial arts or an old hooligan who knows science, so he naturally deserves that kind of treatment.
Of course, the treatment of adventurers and how powerful they are are not the focus of Shandora and I. What we are concerned about is the various weirdness of this "Lost God Cult".
"They must have ancient technology in their hands. You can tell by looking at the laser-printed books they handed out." Sandora ball lay limply on my chest, and even the shape became a soft mochi. "Their purpose should be to suppress the recovery of technology. I have seen many similar examples before. A small group of old and young people who still retain knowledge appear in a race where civilization has been broken. Then use the knowledge at hand to build privileges. By prohibiting the entire The technological revival of races to ensure their own interests or something... It is a short-sighted and stupid behavior, but it is not uncommon. However, this Lost God religion seems a bit weird. They have almost completely sealed up the ancient technology. It has not been found that they use these technology to improve one’s own life, and have not found any city on the planet that is more than seven or eight times more developed than other regions. People in this god religion live in the same houses as ordinary people and eat the same food. Even if they go out, they can only ride horses at most, even if they can use other high-tech gadgets. It really doesn’t reflect their advantage of monopolizing ancient knowledge.”
Sandora's incomprehension is also where I feel strange: what is the benefit of this Lost God Cult collecting and sealing up ancient technology alone? We have seen similar phenomena of civilization dynasties and leftovers in other worlds, but the purpose of the "remnants" in other worlds is to allow themselves to enjoy a transcendent life, such as making a lot of spaceships, rockets, tanks, and cannons, calling themselves gods. Then rule over the former compatriots who have degenerated into primitive people. Even if they are not so extreme, they will use old technology to improve their lives, at least living in a city that is more advanced than others, but the Lost God Cult does not seem to do this.
The Admiral of the Empire is hanging in space, and now it circles the planet every three hours. Therefore, we can be sure that there are no advanced cities above the average level on the entire planet, nor have we found any large-scale, still operating technological facilities. apply to yourself. And in front of us there is a divine priest who is close at hand: Celine as a priest. Live the same life as everyone else.
Well, including the factor of her husband's death, her life was actually even worse.
In addition, we also met the "Wandering Priest" who was an adventurer in the tavern, and the other party didn't seem to enjoy any privileges.
It seems that the Lost God religion is really what they preach. "Prudently" sealed the taboo knowledge, not letting others use it, and not daring to use it casually.
Talking about the "Wandering Priest" I met in the tavern during the day and the muscular young man Leon. I also suddenly remembered something, so I poked the mochi-shaped Sandora ball lying on my chest: "This priest of the Lost God Cult can also come out as an adventurer and act with other adventurers. I'm afraid I know How did Ai Lu's parents know each other?"
Well, by the way, I also know how Celine's distinctive aristocratic temperament comes from: the priests, even if their lives were poor, they still received higher education.
"Let's not worry about other people's housework," Sandora Ball lazily shook, "But Ai Lu is a very interesting little girl, it's really rare to grow up without mental illness in this environment, Celine's ability to make up stories for her own daughter is also amazing...”
Before Sandora finished speaking, I suddenly heard a creaking sound of wood being pressed from outside. Because my room is next to the stairs, I could immediately hear the movement as someone going upstairs. And it sounds creepy
The sound of footsteps passed by the door, and then slowly moved away, as if they were going deep into the corridor. I immediately asked Sandora to quiet down, and then the two of them (or each with a ball?) cautiously opened the door and looked out go.
The brilliance of two rounds of bright moon shines in from a series of high window slits on the outer wall, making the corridor not so dark. In these intermittent moonlight, a slender figure just flashed in the field of vision, walking briskly Enter the penultimate room in the corridor.
Is it Celine? What was she doing on the almost abandoned second floor at this late hour? And it looks sneaky.
Curiosity drove the Sandora ball to bounce around my head vigorously: "Follow me, follow me! I feel that Celine is very nervous, she seems to have some secret."
"Okay, okay, can you stop jumping - you are a queen type, not a cute type?"
As I agreed, I opened the sound barrier and quickly came to the door of the penultimate room at the end of the corridor. The door was not closed, and the scene inside could be clearly seen from the half-open door:
This room is different from other rooms. You can't see the furniture that should be in an ordinary bedroom like a bed. Instead, it is full of large and small wooden boxes and some sundries that are hidden in the shadows and can't be seen. , It feels like an abandoned warehouse.
Celine was standing among the clutter as she opened a long crate. I took out a colorful +13 limited edition fire unicorn anniversary laser aiming mega particle rifle from it - well, I don't know what it is, the list of names just now are all made up, mainly about that thing It looks like a high-tech gadget at first glance!
It was a weird weapon about one meter long... At least it looked like a weapon. Its whole body was made of black alloy and dark green crystal. It has a streamlined appearance, and its general shape is a bit like the beam rifle used by aliens in many sci-fi movies. One end has a grip and a delicate structure similar to a trigger, and the other end has a launch port. Its overall level of refinement is far from this one. The planet's current industrial level can process it. This thing seems to be lighter than it looks on the surface, at least a slender and weak ordinary woman like Celine can easily carry it, and it feels like it is not much heavier than a wooden stick.
"Look at the enlarged acceleration section and restraining mechanism. It seems to be some kind of relatively primitive particle jet weapon," Sandora commented professionally while observing the strange weapon in Celine's hands. "The particle weapon that is universal in the atmosphere is Those that require some special technology seem to raise the evaluation of the ancient civilizations on this planet again. But why does this thing look different from the style of those space stations in the sky... There are no flashy plant decorations on the surface of this thing, and the interior The mechanism seems to be a bit different as well."
I also noticed this when Sandora said this: the weapon in Celine's hand is a black shell, with a small piece of dark green crystal inlaid at the end, and there is no decoration other than that, while those in space are regarded as ancient relics. The other space stations are all silver shells, covered with plant patterns. We also checked the interior of the space station at the time, and confirmed that their builders are so fond of this kind of plant pattern, as long as the equipment they make must have this kind of decoration.
The weapons in Celine's hands are too different from those of the space stations in style, and Sandora discovered that its internal principles are also special. Could it be from a different civilization system? Or... Could it be that the ancient civilizations on the surface have nothing to do with those things in space? !
I think this planet is really interesting, the mysteries seem to be one after another, and at this time Celine also has a new action:
She put the long black "gun" aside for the time being, and bent down to check other things in the wooden box. After some searching, she found some small cubes that looked like some kind of energy storage device. She put one of the "batteries" into the slot at the end of the spear, and immediately there was a slight sizzle sound from the spear. This shows that this thing can still be used!
At the same time, Celine also prayed in a low voice: "The god of technology blesses this weapon, so that it can activate normally and burn the enemy. May my actions not cause the old disasters, and may my words not cause The enemy of the doomsday. God is above, sheltering the earth, blocking all things, and people below, be grateful for kindness, be cautious in words and deeds. Knowledge is paramount.”
This is a very formal and serious (of course very weird) prayer, and I immediately thought that this was probably the "blessing ceremony before leaving" mentioned by the other party, or at least something related to it. Then Celine took out a lot of things from the box, some seemed to be weapons, some were armor, and some were high-tech equipment that didn’t work. Things, no matter what they are for, at least now Celine is armed like a marine soldier who is ready to fight aliens to the death—although she is wearing a medieval dress and carrying a gun. and.
But after completing so many preparations, Celine didn't immediately wear them to go out to find the aliens and die together, but piled them aside, as if she was going to use them again soon, and then she walked towards the door.
Sandora and I immediately entered the invisible state, watching Celine slowly walk past our eyes, and finally disappeared in the direction of the stairs.
"What was that just now?" After Celine left, I scratched my hair and muttered to Sandora Ball, "Is this single mother going to transform into the Terminator of the TX series in an instant?"
"I don't know, but it seems that we have to re-acquaint the clergy of the Lost God Religion," Sandora said as the ball floated towards the door, "Look at the equipment, or Celine is a believer who violated the canon and detained it privately." There are so many intact ancient equipment, or every clergyman of the Lost God Cult has these things, they don’t really seal up all the ancient technology, they just rarely use it—in private, these clergymen master with high-tech equipment that can arm itself to the teeth."
I don't know what this Lost God Cult wants to do, but so far they don't seem to give a very good impression.
However, Sandora didn't seem to care much about this issue. She just swayed in the air twice, and muttered lazily: "Sleep and sleep, anyway, it has nothing to do with us. Restoring energy is the most important thing now!"
I think so, anyway, sooner or later, I will figure out what is going on with this planet, and Celine's behavior is not necessarily abnormal, so I just don't think about anything, and walk into the house holding the Sandora ball .
"Sandora, discuss something with you..."
"ah?"
"Is it okay to use you as a pillow today? It's so soft..."
"Smash your head!"
"..."
(Guess all you want, you will never know where the world is and what it is
What's going on =. =) (To be continued..) RT