Speaking of this kind of civilization that has not encountered war at all, and has no other natural disasters and man-made disasters, it seems that there are similar ancient city-states on the earth
The ruins of the entire city-state are intact, and there are no traces of earthquakes and floods in the surrounding geological records, but even if the people are gone, the history is suddenly broken. It seems that this kind of thing that makes the spine chill has been heard somewhere. However, what happened on this planet is obviously larger in scale and has more serious consequences: it is not one or two city-states that disappear, but all the technological cities on the entire planet, and it is not a primitive civilization that has suffered a generational breakdown, but a group of people who have been able to Drive the spaceship to the high-tech aliens outside the solar system!
What happened back then that caused these people to withdraw from the city and willingly return to the primitive society, and slowly gave birth to such a twisted thing as the "Lost God Cult"
It was also when we suddenly discovered that the situation might be even weirder than we had imagined. Sandora and I decided to get as much information from other sources as possible before we had direct contact with the Pope of the Lost God Cult. The experience left by both of us: Many things that have been honed over the years will be wrapped in layers of fog. Even if you feel that you are about to see through everything, you can't easily believe in what you have imagined, the final truth The peaks often turn around. The more conclusions you can make up in advance, the easier it is to fail at the last minute.
Reality is a crappy novel, it never plays its cards according to common sense, and sometimes the super-expansion is bigger than shallow brain holes.
"If the ancient civilization was not destroyed by violence, but the ancient people gave up on their own initiative... then something more terrible than natural disasters and man-made disasters must have happened, making people at that time think that only by giving up technology can they protect themselves," I slowly said my guess, "Of course there is another reason, that is, the ancient people at that time were brainwashed by some powerful thing. They decided to organize a group to go to the wilderness for tens of thousands of years of picnic activities. The person who brainwashed them may be Ke Sulu, it may also be a passing soul spark... "
Sandora Ball gave me a crisp on the back of my head: bang!
"With this energy, you might as well think of something reliable," Sandora Ball was a little annoyed, "I would like to believe that people at that time encountered a threat greater than war, and this threat is closely related to their technical level."
The female leader looked at me and Sandora tremblingly while rebuilding her three views after the disaster: "Could it be that there is a so-called curse of technology as those crazy little sects guessed? When the world's technology develops to a certain level Will there be a group of extraterrestrial demons to destroy everything and let civilization reshuffle and start all over again?"
"Technical curse? Outer demons?" The female leader just said casually, but I immediately stared, "Tell me specifically what's going on."
"It's just some crazy small sects talking crazy, they don't even have complete teachings and historical inheritance, and the whimsical heretics gather together to make up stories to scare themselves," the female leader seemed very disdainful, "Some people speculate that in the world of mortals and gods There are also so-called extraterrestrial demons. These demons feed on 'knowledge'. The gods created mortals, but demons created knowledge. Demons taught knowledge to mortals to make civilization develop and prosper. In fact, they regard the earth as their own nursery. When mortals develop to a certain height, it is the moment when "knowledge" matures, and the extraterrestrial demons will run out from the cracks in space to pick the fruits. They will drain the souls of mortals, destroy the entire world, and then sow new seeds among the surviving humans. Knowledge' waits to be matured next time - they believe it is this cycle that caused the destruction of ancient civilizations, and feel that as long as the mortal world is kept in ignorance forever, it will be peaceful for a long time, because it will make mortals more 'unpalatable' and demons will not come it's..."
At the end, the female leader couldn't help showing a funny look: "It's funny, isn't it? This small sect has appeared several times, and people who like to scare themselves always make up these stories. These small groups are very interested in technology. The attitude of the blockade is more positive than that of the Lost God Sect, but because they are too deviant, this group of people will be wiped out by everyone as soon as they show up, so it has not been successful so far."
"Actually, their idea of 'the devil from the sky' is quite creative," I chuckled dryly. "Although it is unreliable, it may explain a little why civilization is still broken in the absence of natural and man-made disasters."
The female leader immediately sneered: "Oh, how is it possible, such an abstract thing as 'knowledge'... How can there be monsters that feed on memory and spirit in the world?"
I couldn't help squinting at Sandora Ball, and then curled my lip at the female leader: "Be careful, you've killed yourself for the second time today."
Female leader: "?"
"Hmm!" Sandora Ball snorted hard to interrupt this meaningless topic, "In short, let's put aside these things that can't be proven or falsified. Why do you think the Lost God Sect seals knowledge?"
The female leader thought about it seriously: "... I dare not say anything else, but one thing is certain: if ordinary people master higher technology, I am afraid that it will really attract disasters. It is not 'knowledge' itself that attracts disasters, but... Certain actions after mastering knowledge invite disaster."
The other party really has unique insights in this regard!
Sandora ball waved encouragingly in front of the female leader: "Go on, your opinion is very helpful."
"This was just a very immature idea, and I have never mentioned it to anyone else," the female leader took a breath, and then slowly exhaled, "But just now you mentioned that ancient civilizations did not encounter disasters, but My idea of suddenly abandoning my city under normal circumstances is more convincing: the ancient civilization has developed to such a high level without encountering disasters, which shows that the disasters are not attracted by technology and knowledge itself. It may be that certain actions that humans 'may take' after mastering this knowledge will attract disasters. Ancient civilizations must have foreseen this kind of action, but they cannot guarantee that all human beings will always be vigilant. In order to prevent someone... to prevent someone... "
I saw that the other party couldn't sum up suitable words for a long time, so I reminded: "Preventing someone from committing suicide is an upgraded version of courting death."
"Death? Oh, this word seems to be very useful, just to prevent someone from committing death," the female leader nodded, "Humans will have many unpredictable behaviors after they have mastered enough technology and knowledge. One of the behaviors is Maybe it will kill everyone, the ancients must have noticed this, but mortals are too complicated and changeable, and there will always be bold guys appearing, so in order to fundamentally prevent this kind of crisis... the ancients decided to abolish it altogether. All technology. That kind of "dangerous behavior" must not be done by individual people. It may require a certain technological foundation, so as long as the entire civilization stops, even if a few people want to "kill" it, they will not be able to complete the relevant Research. This is my guess—I have never told anyone before, I am afraid that I will be regarded as a lunatic, after all, once this guess is established...then there is no such thing as a god of technology and a god of magic."
I looked at the leader in amazement: "Sister, you have a lot of ideas, learn from me... Ahem, don't mind me saying that your idea is quite novel, but don't you have any clear evidence?"
"No, only speculation," the female leader shook her head, "The most reliable evidence is what you just told me: ancient civilizations were not destroyed by disasters, and it is precisely because of this that I believe more and more that 'knowledge' and 'technology' are not disasters." The immediate cause should be some mortal 'possibility'."
I looked at Sandora Ball: "What will humans do after mastering high enough technology to lead to the end of the world?"
"Means of death? That's too much," Sandoraball's voice was a bit joking, "I've seen death-defying civilizations in my life with as many as five or six figures, ranging from self-destruction on a planet to declaring war on an empire." , almost everything you need. Ordinary people want to die, and gods can't stop them. People on earth have been among the ranks of death reserve players since they knew E=MC2. You know how high the level of death is for mortals. And to be honest... Hope Didn't the spirit apostle almost succeed in dying before he became a god? In the end, there was only one breath left."
I twisted my lips: "But I didn't see that you killed all the scientists in order to prevent the people of your tribe from dying, so the ancient people on this planet must have noticed a more dangerous way to die, so dangerous that they will definitely die, and Once the technology is mature, it may be so easy that any human being can try it at any time—they decide to kill their own civilization as a last resort.”
"For example... external communication? High-power broadcasting?" Sandora suddenly remembered something, "Jun, do you still remember that metal plate? 'Silence, silence, don't make a sound!', the metal plate repeatedly emphasized this, Is someone monitoring the communications of this universe?!"
"Communication!" I almost jumped up suddenly, because a key point seemed to be punctured, "This universe is 'wrapped' by the interference layer, and it cannot communicate with the outside world! Think about it from another angle, the interference layer's The function is probably to prevent the people inside from communicating with the outside world!"
Seeing the excitement of one person and one ball, the female leader couldn't help showing curiosity on her face: "What... are you talking about?"
"Study about the end of the world," I said casually, and realized that this is not a topic for her to joke when I saw the other person's face turn blue, "Uh, don't mind, I'm just joking. Anyway We probably guessed what was going on with the technical blockade, but we have to confront the Pope of the Lost God Cult to find out the real situation. In addition, we have to go to another place... Well, let me ask you, do you know the Pope of the Lost God Cult? How old are you this year?"
Jumping from world peace to the Pope's age, it may be that this question is so jumpy that the female leader didn't get over it for a long time. She looked at this side blankly: "Huh?"
"How old is the pope this year? We know it's a tree elf, but we don't know how many years he has lived." Sandora floated in front of the other party. "We have investigated from other sources, including various religious files and folklore, But the age of the pope is a mystery, and any records related to the pope are deliberately ignored in any religious records. There is no record of his coronation or replacement. We don't even know how many popes the Lost God has had so far. It's strange. In fact, we probably know a "number of years", about 70,000 years, which is the longest possible number of years for tree elves to appear on this planet. If the pope was the first generation of tree elves back then... you know of."
"Do you suspect that the current Pope is the Pope who founded the Church of God when the ancient civilization collapsed?" The female leader looked over with a strange expression, "Oh, this is normal, you are 'outsiders', elves have a long life span, you think so It’s not surprising, but I can tell you with certainty: the current Pope is definitely not the original one, the original Pope died long ago, and there have been many generations since then.”
I was surprised: "Huh?"
"The Cult of the Lost Gods has never announced this matter to the public, but we can know some of their secrets through secret channels," the female leader smiled, seeming a little complacent, "The predecessor of the Technological Revivalism is actually a part of the radical sect of the Lost Gods. Priests, um, are all short-lived species. Because they don’t have the long lifespan of elves, they can’t master too core and ancient knowledge, and they are not so close to elves. These radical priests later differentiated and became technology revivalists. , so we know some secrets about the church—the pope has a short lifespan, and the lifespan of every pope is exactly the same: a hundred years with unrivaled precision."
"What's going on here!?" I exclaimed, it was a complete accident!
"No one can explain it clearly. Although many high-level priests know about this, no one knows the reason. This 'reason' seems to involve the initial secret of the church when it was established. Only the most core cardinals and the Pope himself can access this secret. "," the female leader shook her head, "Some people say that mortals cannot bear the power of the gods of technology and magic, some say that the pope bears the sin of knowledge on behalf of other mortals, some say that the ancient supreme god left a curse, in short, regardless of technology Both the pope and the magical pope can only live to be a hundred years old, and it has nothing to do with when they are crowned. The pope is an elf baby who was chosen by "God's Revelation" from birth. From the day they are chosen, they are destined to live only one year. It is a hundred years old, and the growth rate will be accelerated to be similar to that of humans. When the previous pope died, the new pope was just eighteen years old, and they have been passed on in such a precise order for tens of thousands of years. But the outside world does not know this, because they are lost. The church never publishes information related to the pope, so there are folk legends. Some say that the two popes have lived for 100,000 years, and some say that the pope is immortal. Some people speculate that the current two popes are the first Seventh and sixth generations—unfounded speculation."
"The church's blockade of news in this regard shows that the Pope's short life is also an 'important information', but it may not be related to the issues we are concerned about." Sandoraball and I exchanged glances, and then turned to the female leader, "In this way, even Ordinary people among the tree elves don't know about the Pope's short life?"
"I just heard that you divided elves into tree elves, white elves, and high elves? It's strange, such a distinction is meaningless. They live together, and their blood has long been mixed." The female leader smacked her lips. "Indeed, Although elf civilians are also long-lived species, they are still not qualified to touch these secrets, because the two popes are born from the group that has been "divineized". Every year, many elf babies are selected into the sequence of saints. When they were born, they were deified, and since then they have nothing to do with the mortal world, even their parents are not allowed to meet, the pope chooses these babies, and no one among the common people knows about this process."
I raised two fingers: "The last two questions, the first one: Since you know such important information, why have you never thought of publishing it? Since the church takes this issue very seriously, then you must release the news." It will cause a lot of trouble, don’t you think the church is not pleasing to your eyes?”
"Because it's meaningless, there are countless speculations about the high-level church. Although the church's rule is very stable, there has never been less gossip about it. If you go to the southern city-state, you will know. There are even rumors that the pope can only live. Ten years," the female leader shook her head helplessly, "the church doesn't care about this, and the common people will only treat this kind of news as a chat after dinner. The Pope is short-lived? Does this affect the world? Does it affect the harvest of crops? No, So no one cares."
The churches in this world only pay attention to the matter of "technical storage". This kind of "simplicity" makes them not afraid of these rumors against the Pope himself. Although they will not take the initiative to announce it, they are also not worried about others' speculation. This is interesting.
"Okay, this question doesn't seem to be important, then the second one," I looked at the female leader curiously, "Since you guessed that the church sealed the technology to prevent human beings from dying and causing the doomsday, why did you and your subordinates still ask for help?" Are you excited about reviving technology? Aren't you worried that you will 'die' too?"
"Some things... can't be avoided," the female leader's bland and slightly sad expression was wiped away, and it was replaced by enthusiasm at the moment, "Maybe the church really wants to protect this world, but they are stubborn Stupid, and cowardly as a mouse! Those elves live too long and are too afraid of death. They have forgotten what is the most important thing to be a wise soul. They blindly freeze their skills and escape blindly. It can’t solve the problem! Disasters may not be summoned by humans, but what should we do when it comes to us? Technology and knowledge are the only weapons that mortals have, but the church has sealed them up because they are worried that the weapons are too sharp! Then When disaster strikes, we have no room to resist! The Technological Revivalists are here to create this weapon for the human beings in the world, and mortals shouldn’t run away like this, we have to find a way to solve the problem!”
The Sandora ball suddenly became brighter, and Her Majesty the Queen seemed very happy: "Oh, that's right—as a human being with limited knowledge, it's really good that you have this awareness, I appreciate you very much, um, my husband should be the same look."
"Are you... willing to help us revive technology?"
"Unfortunately, I'm afraid not for the time being."
The female leader was stunned: "Why?!"
Sandora and I looked at each other, and looked at the female leader seriously: "Because the 'threat' you have to face may not be able to deal with that little ancient technology. The Lost God Cult is indeed too conservative, but We'll have to investigate before we're sure what the 'catastrophe' they're trying to avoid is."
The female leader has lofty ambitions and is a nice person, but obviously she has never been in contact with the wider world, so she doesn't know the real danger. Sandora and I know more, so we know better that we need to be careful at this moment:
Considering the escape experience of the tree elves, it is easy to speculate that the threat to this world may be the abyss, or the fleet of the fallen apostles! If it’s the latter, it’s okay to say that the Fallen Apostles have basically been dealt with now, and the rest are also the troops of Abyss Xiling, who can communicate, but if it’s Abyss... we only have one Empire Admiral on hand!
It can be traced through information overflow (that is, communication of certain specific frequencies), which looks like the way of abyssal infection.
(Recommend a book, "The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich", although it is not very fat, but the quality is good, the creative dungeon story is very new, it abandons the vulgar route of fighting monsters and upgrading, it is very happy and unconventional, The point is that the brain hole is relatively big, that's it.) RS