Blacksmith Zhang shook his head and said, "According to the records of the ancestors, as we learned more and more about other worlds, some things that should not have appeared at that level of civilization appeared in the world at that time, and some behaviors such as god worship and blood sacrifices began to prevail everywhere!"

"My ancestors didn't know how these things came about, but when the most famous rune technician in the city put down his work and began to practice and preach some theology and occult arts, my ancestors felt completely incomprehensible and left the city to live in seclusion by the sea."

The more He Ming listened, the more confused he became: "However, when civilization has really developed to the point that even those alien invaders who are capable of destroying the world will become prey and slaves, what mysterious things can they worship and sacrifice blood?" This is completely unreasonable! ”

Blacksmith Zhang said: "It's not just that you think it's unreasonable, He Ming, in fact, my ancestors are also puzzled, but not long after, suddenly the sky and the earth are surging, and the entire Marfa Continent is in a sea of fire overnight, except for some truly ingenious and incomparably solid buildings, the entire civilization has become a thing of the past."

"I can't say for sure if there were survivors anywhere else, but a handful of hermits, including my ancestors, survived the cataclysm and were able to retain the skills of the era in which they excelled."

He Ming was still a little foggy, and couldn't help but ask a series of questions: "Then your sword-forging techniques and skills that far surpass our era here have been handed down from that era?" Thousands of years have passed, are we not the descendants of your ancestors? Also, how did you come to the conclusion that the catastrophe originated from the consciousness of the world itself? ”

Blacksmith Zhang said: "Your brain is indeed turning very fast, so easy to find out so many doubts, of course, these conclusions can't be reached by us casually, let me answer them for you one by one." ”

"In fact, after the disaster, my ancestors did their best to preserve all the skills they knew, and many of the technical drawings are still in my hands!"

He Ming still felt at a loss, so he had to casually change the topic and ask, "So, will you know that this Wind Talisman is an ancient work, and that's where you learned about it?" But why is it that these have been preserved, but no one has learned them? ”

"This is the next answer I want to tell you, from the moment civilization was completely destroyed, the world is slowly recovering to life, my ancestors were lonely and strong to witness, all things evolved, from zero to something, vicissitudes of life, all kinds of life emerged from the scorched earth, species became more and more abundant, and finally human beings appeared again."

"The ancestors can't intervene in all this, everything in evolution is like chaos, vague, inaccessible, not the ability to summon food and water with magic still exists, and they have long since disappeared from time.

"Two thousand years later, humanity has developed to a certain extent, and they suddenly find that they can communicate with those humans! But no matter how many generations have passed, there are only about a dozen of them, and they try to intermarry with the humans of the new era, but as long as they are stained with their blood, the number is so small, and no one will die before a new life will be born.

"And after the strengthening of highly developed civilization, our lifespan is several times longer than that of current humans, and our appearance will not age easily, so we have been mixed in the new human world, but we can only live a life of seclusion and wandering, otherwise it is easy to find out that there is a problem."

He Ming said: "Now you are not alone, you said that Shabak's current blacksmith is your son, that is, his birth means that a senior passed away at that time?" ”

"Alas, it must be so," said Blacksmith Zhang, "for thousands of years we have been scattered all over the world, wandering and living in seclusion, and except for me who is conspicuous, everyone else has never met and never met.

"Everyone inherits different skills, but although our drawings record the most advanced civilization, what can be manufactured and used will not be much higher than that of contemporary civilization, such as this sword casting, with our history and the records of the drawings, this level of high temperature can be reached within ten minutes of opening the furnace, but we have been tossing for so long."

He Ming said: "If you say this, it is reasonable to infer that the limited number of people, the skill of being restrained by mysterious forces, is controlled by the consciousness of the world. But why? If civilization is evolving again, why destroy an extremely developed civilization? Is it just because the resource is already close to its limit? ”

Blacksmith Zhang shook his head and said: "Even if we mortals are completely destroyed by our own desires and actions, it will not make the world consciousness half moved, after countless years of travel and exploration in the ashes and scorched earth, the ancestors have reached a consensus, that is, the people at that time were contaminated with a more powerful existence than the world consciousness. ”

He Ming asked, "So in the days when civilization was highly developed, there was that kind of unreasonable god worship and blood sacrifice, which are now stupid behaviors?" Have they really found something so powerful that threatens our world itself? ”

Blacksmith Zhang said: "I know that I am not tired of talking to you, and countless ruins have brought them the same conclusion, an existence that is penetrating to the heavens and the earth, omnipotent, and the whole world can be erased with just a flick of a finger in its eyes, trying to descend on our world through the connection of those people!" ”

He Ming was a little puzzled and asked, "But, why is such a powerful being so interested in our world?" If He is really omnipotent and can easily destroy us, why bother so much? It's illogical. ”

Blacksmith Zhang said: "This point, for thousands of years, is really a mystery, but what is certain is that no matter how powerful an existence is, once it really enters our world in the way of advent, it will be the same as the sword in your hand, before the world is completely destroyed, you still have to abide by the laws here, and this whole world is just a piece of divine iron in your hand." ”

He Ming still didn't understand: "If there is such a big limit, why should He be so bored that he comes?" If our world has what it needs, it would be right to just forcibly destroy it and break in. ”

Blacksmith Zhang said: "That's right, the ancestors also thought so, but this question, maybe we can't find the answer, maybe there is something that he can't get if he destroys the world, we can't delve into this, but the matter doesn't end here."

"Because at first, the ancestors thought that they could survive because of the benevolence of the world consciousness and the fact that they were not contaminated with the cult, but later after exploring the ruins of the entire Marfa continent, they learned that this was not the case!"

He Ming felt that the cold hairs stood up, and he couldn't explain why he had a chill down his spine, and suddenly said:

"Could it be that the world consciousness directly erases all living beings without liking or disliking, but it fails to achieve its goal, that is, the existence that is so powerful that the world consciousness is afraid has the ability to directly intervene in our world!"

The terrifying overlap of some of his memories gave him a very clear view of the terrible truth, and if his guess was correct, this terrible enemy was afraid that he had already crossed the threshold of the Marfa continent.

Blacksmith Zhang sighed: "Sometimes I doubt the authenticity, you are a modern young man, and you can actually deduce the results of the world that the ancestors spent countless generations to launch based on my few words.

"Only the area where the ancestors lived was not devastated, and it was not just that their location was protected from disaster, because compared to that land, even the unintelligent beings in the other areas were completely wiped out.

"And when the ancestors returned to their original place, they found that there was a group of humans who were not affected by this disaster, and these people worshipped that enemy far more than the people in any other city."

He Ming said: "So these people who have been brainwashed the most have been blessed by that existence? So, a long time ago, He could have intervened in our world, and if these people had escaped that destruction, they should now be far more powerful than we were in our time, then where are they now? What the hell is going on? ”

Blacksmith Zhang closed his eyes and replied to him: "Alas, in the era of highly developed technology, this group of idiots lived like primitive people because of their beliefs, and after avoiding the catastrophe of the extinction of the world, they degraded and changed at an extremely exaggerated rate.

"The ancestors had explored the wasteland, and returned to the land that had apparently been spared the calamity, and found that it had been completely degraded, that the land had become barren and depleted, and that the people who were still alive had become very much like animals that had long since been eliminated, and that there would probably be no technology to pass on.

"Only all kinds of ignorant and mysterious altars and sacrificial rituals have been handed down, and the items left over from the developed era, one less is used up, and these ignorant people have been rejected and abandoned by the whole world."

He Ming asked: "In this way, in our world, His power is not free to use, at least it protects believers from destruction, but it cannot interfere with their rejection and degradation." ”

"This is only a conjecture," said Blacksmith Zhang, "or it may be that He has made it easy to exploit his own followers by degrading them, so that only the most primitive and ignorant can believe in a goal without doubt."

"In short, the ancestors have been studying these survivors for a long time, and have taken advantage of the generational difference in strength to destroy everything that is suspected to be magic weapons and altars there."