The atmosphere in the study was solemn and solemn, and even Amber, who was the most lively in the past, stood next to her with a serious face at this time, without any joke.

"That's what we're all about." Gawain sat behind his desk, leaning back in his chair in a more comfortable position, and said to the people in front of him, the "Guardian Shield" being placed on the weapon rack not far behind him.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, everything in the study is gilded with a faint orange glow.

"Unbelievable......" The expression on Hetty's face was unprecedentedly solemn, and it was extremely difficult to say a few words, obviously, it was quite difficult for the Archon of the Empire to quickly organize the language after such a big information shock, "Ancestor, if what the God of Nature said is true, then our understanding of this world ......"

"Our perception of the world, our perception of the gods, our knowledge of the tides, our beliefs, and even our knowledge of the stars in the universe—everything has opened a new door," Veronica/Ophelia clutched the platinum scepter in a low and serious tone, "We must re-evaluate the relationship between the gods and mortals, and re-understand the planet we live on and the infinite space beyond it......

"As mortals, we have very little knowledge, but there is not a single part of the limited truth we know that clearly contradicts the claims of the giant deer, Ammon," Carmel said from the perspective of a scholar analyzing how credible the information revealed by the god of nature, "I think most of his words are credible." ”

"Ancestor," Hetty suddenly looked up at Gawain, "do you believe what the 'God of Nature' says?" ”

"What he says may be true, but I will always be skeptical," Gawain said bluntly, "a god who can fake his death for 3,000 years is enough for us to be on guard forever." ”

Gawain's voice fell, and Hetty opened her mouth, as if she still had something to ask, but before she could speak, a wave of breath that seemed to blow through everyone's hearts suddenly appeared in this study, and everyone felt as if they were in a trance in front of them, and a girl with white hair hanging to the ground and wearing a plain white dress stood abruptly in the center of the study.

"It's hard for a god to lie," a soft and pleasant voice sounded in the study, "or rather, lying can have very serious consequences—many lies will try to become the truth, and if it can't become the truth, it will become a 'burden' to the gods." A lie that becomes a burden can take a long time or a painful process to 'digest'. ”

Hetty looked at the figure that appeared in the study with some surprise: "Naretil? ”

"I invited her over." Gawain nodded, and gestured to his desk, where a magic web terminal was running silently, the runes on the base of the terminal flickering, indicating that it was in a state of rapid data exchange, but there were no holograms in the sky above the terminal.

This is because the "data" transmitted through this terminal has been transformed into Naretir standing in the center of the study by her own volition—the former upper-level narrator, who has now faded from the aura of a god, still retains many powers that are incomprehensible to mortals, and can appear in the form of psychological projections wherever the network can cover and where permission permits, as long as the magic web system can support it.

Veronica looked at the former god standing in front of her, her brows furrowed slightly: "You mean, the words of the god of nature are true?" ”

"It's just my experience...... "Naritir thought for a moment and said with a serious face, "In my previous 'world', the rules worked like this, but I don't know if your real world is the same. ”

"In the realm of gods, the rules should be the same," Gawain said, "at least not too much of a deviation — otherwise there wouldn't have been an upper-level narrator in the sandbox in the first place." ”

Naretir thought for a moment and began to nod her head.

A former god affirmed, and the few people in the room dispelled most of their doubts, after all...... This "upper narrator" is an expert in the field of gods, the chief advisor of the Imperial Institute of Theology, and no one knows better how a god works.

"So, what we need to be wary of is not whether Ammon is lying, but whether there are flaws and misleading truths in the truth he tells - there are more than one forms of deception, and the deception made with the truth is the most unguardable thing," Gawain said with a serious expression, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the armrest of the chair, "Of course, all this is premised on the fact that Ammon the giant deer does have some conspiracy or trap waiting for us. It is indeed possible that He is sincere and harmless, but ......"

"It's just that we can't bet on that," Hetty shook her head with a wry smile, "that's a god ...... after all."

"And a ......god who has faked his death in the Shadow Realm for three thousand years, deceived all mortals, deceived the researchers of the Disobedient Fortress, and has infinite patience and wisdom," Kamel said hummingly, a dark blue glow roaming across the surface of the rune armor piece on his body, showing his more depressed and complicated feelings, "A god like this, if he wants to plan something, it will be unimaginable to human intelligence. ”

"This god is in our 'backyard,'" Amber, who had been standing by the window and had not said anything, suddenly broke the silence, "this is the most important thing to consider now." ”

"We can't move the Dark Mountains, we can't move the God of Nature, and it's not a good idea to close the door to the Shadow Realm - not to mention that it's the only Shadow Portal we currently have that can operate stably, and more importantly, we're not sure if the God of Nature still has the strength to reopen the door from the other side of the Shadow Realm," Hetty shook his head and said with a serious expression, "It's impossible for us to move the Imperial Capital for this, first of all, it's not a good choice to escape, and secondly, it's a huge impact to do so, and how to explain it to the outside world is also a problem, Last but not least, it's not clear whether this will work. The Shadow Realm is not like the Shadow Realm, we don't know much about that world, its mapping relationship with the current world is not stable, and what we do in the Shadow Realm may just be in ...... same place."

"There was no need for us to run away in the first place," Gawain nodded, "a 'fallen' god who was imprisoned in the ruins and could not move, and the Cecil people who were not too frightened to move the capital overnight. Now it's a fact that the God of Nature is alive and in the fortress of disobedience, and he won't go, and we won't go, so we'll just have to keep our eyes open—

"Intensify surveillance of the fortress of disobedience by placing more sensors in the portals; Set up more mental protection runes and devices to sense divine power in the disobedient fortress to monitor the personnel stationed in the fortress at any time for abnormalities; Some of the facilities have been relocated from the Fortress of Disobedience to several new towns, and the vicinity of the imperial capital has developed, and some of the production lines that were forced to be set up in the mountains can also be moved out......"

He finished his commands one by one, and finally exhaled deeply.

"That's basically what we can do now...... Considering that Cecil City has been entrenched here for five years, and the Fort of Disobedience has been entrenched here for even more than a thousand years, and that the giant deer Amone is still quietly 'waiting', then at least in the short term, we can do that. ”

Veronica, who was holding the platinum scepter, looked at her calmly: "So, what about the long term?" ”

"Long-term ......," Gawain smiled, "if after a long time we still have nothing to do with a imprisoned, weak god, then we don't have to think about any plans for disobedience. ”

"I see." Veronica nodded, indicating that she had no doubts.

Gawain sighed softly in his heart.

A imprisoned, weak God......

Not long ago, another god also sent him an invitation to visit the country ruled and protected by the gods, at that time, out of his actual situation, but also out of caution, he refused the invitation, but today, he took the initiative to contact a "god" under his nose...... There was some risk in this bold move, but more importantly, he was more than 90% sure that even if the gods of nature were alive, they would be in a weak state and could not move freely - in this regard, he trusted the power of the "god-killing fleet" very much.

If the giant deer Amon was not in a state of confinement and did not have any debilitating effects, then he would have announced the relocation of the capital overnight just now—it was not a question of cowardice, it was a question of whether he wanted to die or not.

After all, the lessons left by the old imperial capital of the Typhon Empire are still vivid.

As soon as Gawain thought of the lesson of Typhon's old imperial capital, Amber on the side muttered, "Alas...... Before, we joked that the Typhonians built Orlandelle at the gate of the God of Dreams hundreds of years ago, and now we have built the capital at the tomb of the God of Nature......"

This was so subtle that there was silence in the study, except for Herty, who couldn't help but touch Gawain's arm lightly after a few seconds, and whispered, "If it's Rebecca, I've already hung her up......"

Gao Wen didn't speak for a while, but he couldn't help but reflect in his heart: Did he usually teach too much nonsense about the shame of this empire?

After arranging a series of monitoring and guarding of the Dark Mountains and the Fortress of Disobedience, Heti and Amber left the room first, and then Naretir resank into the neural network, leaving only Gawain and the two disobedient from the Gondor era in the vast study.

The conversation quickly turned to the field of technology, and Veronica whispered as if sighing with a hint of emotion: "We have a lot of new things to study now......"

"Ammon mentions something called the 'deep sea,' which, as I understand it, should be part of the underlying order of this world – we never know about it, but everyone is unconsciously exposed to it," Gawain said, "The deep sea is surging in every corner of this world, and it seems to permeate everything, and everything in the world is a reflection of the deep sea, and at the same time, the thoughts of mortals can be reversed into the deep sea, forming a 'unique god'...... That's what Amone said, and I think it's pretty important information. ”

"Could it be that He wants to 'trap' us with a 'knowledge' that is far beyond mortal comprehension, but which is real?" Kamel hesitated, "The 'deep sea' he mentioned may be real, but it sounds too ethereal and mysterious, and we may be trapped in a lot of time and energy for it......"

"However, a researcher cannot refuse this 'temptation,'" Veronica glanced at Carmel, "especially since this field is helping us to unravel the mysteries of the bottom of this world." ”

“…… Indeed," Kamel said after a pause, smiling wryly, "I can't contain my curiosity...... While it may be a trap, I think I can't help but learn about it and study it. ”

"We do need to understand and study it, too," Gawain stood up from behind his desk and looked at the two rebels in front of him, "I have a hunch that this 'deep sea' may be the key to understanding the truth of everything, whether it is the gods or the mechanism behind the demon tide...... Even the nature of magic, I vaguely feel that they are related. Carmel, Veronica, I grant you the right to conduct research in the field and find a way to find traces of this 'deep sea'. In addition, I suggest that we work with the elves in this area, who have a long heritage, and in their ancient treasure trove of knowledge, they may already have a few words about the mysteries of the world.

"In the same way, we can work with the Krakens - they are an alien race, but they have survived in this world longer than we have, and perhaps they have observed some signs in the long process of learning and adapting to this world......"

"I understand that I will arrange a technical exchange as soon as possible in the future," Kamel said immediately, "It just so happens that we have accumulated a lot of problems in the ultra-high-altitude aircraft project recently, and we need to exchange phased results with the elves......"

"Ultra-high-altitude aircraft ......" Gawain was immediately attracted by the project mentioned by Carmel - this project is one of the several key projects he approved this year, and it is as important as high-speed aircraft, star research, and ocean exploration, it is the hope of the next generation of aircraft technology, and it is also related to the dream of the sea of stars in Gawain's heart, "How is it going?" ”

"Everything is going well until we reach the top of the Static Realm of Mana, with more powerful anti-gravity generators, more efficient power ridges, and more rational rune layouts...... With the help of some new technologies, we can easily make the unmanned aerial vehicle rise to a height that even the thunder swallow bird can't reach, but after crossing the static layer of magic is different, the magic environment of the atmospheric turbulence layer is completely different from the vicinity of the surface, the original magic is more powerful, but it is also more difficult to control, the magic net is difficult to operate stably in such a chaotic environment, and the stability of the lift cannot be guaranteed - all the unmanned aerial vehicles have fallen. ”

Kamel said as he spread his hands—or rather, two streams of arcane energy bound in form by pieces of rune armor: "We've recovered all the recording devices carried on the aircraft, and we're going to analyze the data to see if we can find the pattern of the turbulence and see what the elves have to say about it......"