As when he came, Gawain once again left the upper sanctuary on the high mountain with the power of Hragor's near-spatial teleportation, and when a pale golden light gradually dissipated, he and the high-ranking dragon priest were already standing on a platform square halfway up the mountain.

Large, majestic holographic projections and ubiquitous neon lights illuminate the place, and at the edge of the square, Gawain sees Melita Pernia, who is already waiting there, and Amber and Veronica, who are standing nearby.

They had probably been notified in advance to come to the square to wait.

"Looks like your friend is already waiting for you," said Hagere, turning back to Gawain, "and I'll send it here." ”

After the dragon priest finished speaking, layers of pale golden aura had begun to ripple around him, but before his figure began to fade, Gawain finally couldn't help but speak: "Mr. Hragere-"

Hlagor paused: "Please." ”

"Do you remember before you became a dragon priest?"

"Sorry, it's been too long."

With the golden aura that gradually dissipated in the night sky, the figure of this high-ranking dragon priest had completely disappeared from Gawain's sight.

Melita and the others walked briskly from not far away, and Amber was the first to pestle in front of Gawain, her eyes widened: "Hey! You've been there for a long time! What did you all talk about? By the way, did you know that there was a lot of wind outside! There seems to be a thunderstorm on the mountain for a while, but unfortunately I didn't see it at Melita's house......"

Gawain looked at this imperial shame, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "...... We talked a lot about it, and I'll tell you about it slowly when I go back. As for the wind, I do hear some. ”

“…… The god is mysterious," Amber muttered, "I was analyzing with Veronica just now, could you have been kidnapped by that dragon god, I even planned the escape route......"

Veronica on the side immediately glanced at Amber seriously: "Miss Amber, please be careful." ”

"I'm going to pay tribute to you," said Melita, looking Gawain up and down with admiration on her face, "and it's rare to see anyone who can talk to Mr. Hagere...... I just saw you talking to the High Priests......"

Gawain just smiled, noncommittal.

They walked towards the exit of the plaza, where Melita's dwelling was on the other side of the ramp, but before stepping onto the ramp that led to Melita's dragon's lair, Gawain couldn't help but look up at the starry Arctic night sky.

The stars twinkled in his field of vision, and even though Tallund was forever shrouded in a layer of "human" lights, these ubiquitous "light pollution" could not completely obscure the stars in the night sky of the Arctic - Gawain did not realize this anomaly until this moment, so he couldn't help but look at the night sky with a certain kind of thought and amazement.

This is by no means a normal optical phenomenon, and from the information I have recently inquired about, it seems that this is not a special function of the Great Shield of Talrond, and the starry sky seen in the most brightly lit city of the Dragon Nation is still so bright, behind this seemingly unobtrusive "view...... It is as if there is a hidden miracle that has lasted for millions of years.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Amber noticed Gawain's actions, and couldn't help but jump over from the side, looking up at the sky with the other party, "Is there something...... Looking at the stars? ”

Gawain looked at her and saw the starry sky of Talrond reflected in those amber eyes, and Miss Half-Elf's face was filled with curiosity and an almost heartless smile, which made him laugh too: "Amber...... Have you ever felt like this - the land we live in sometimes seems a little ...... Cramped? ”

……

Hagere returned to the hall of the temple, which was radiant with holy light, and he saw the elegant figure of the blonde man standing quietly in the center of the hall, the tables, chairs and refreshments that had been used to entertain the guests were gone, but the high platform and the holy seat that had stood there were also gone, and the god was standing alone in the empty hall, as if he was looking at somewhere infinitely far away.

Faced with this scene, Hragore just lowered his head and walked quickly to the side of the dragon god: "My lord, that human has left the temple. ”

"Helagor," the god did not look back, only the voice came unhurriedly, "how long have you been my priest?" ”

“…… The subordinates don't remember these details......"

"It's an order."

“…… One million million years and two hundred and twelve days. ”

"Really...... It's been a long time," Ryujin said lightly, "Have you ever thought about ending this?" ”

For the first time, Hagere responded to his gods with silence.

However, the god didn't seem to care about this, but after a moment of silence, he suddenly said seemingly without a clue, "I talked to that human about a lot, a lot...... Something I shouldn't have talked about with other people, and it tired me a little. ”

Hagere raised his head slightly: "Do you need to rest?" ”

The dragon god did not respond to his priest, he only raised his head slightly, looking at the golden dome of the hall, but his gaze seemed to penetrate the layers of phantom light and relief, and cast it far, far away. After a long period of silence, he whispered, "Helagor, the dragons still feel it when they fly in the sky now...... Is it cramped? ”

……

The lights in the bedroom dimmed little by little, and finally maintained a brightness that would allow him to see in the dark without compromising the comfort of resting, and Gawain sat on a low couch covered with some kind of synthetic fabric, stretched his body, and leaned against the soft backrest in a slightly relaxed posture, allowing some tension to soothe his somewhat tense spirit.

Talk to God...... Even though everything seemed to be going well, the sheer amount of information in the conversation and the constant nervousness was enough to put a lot of mental stress, even on Gawain. It was only now that he finally had a chance to relax and begin to think seriously about the vast amount of information he had received from Ryujin, and at the same time to sort out useful and reliable information from it.

Logically, he thinks that there is no need for the dragon god to deceive himself, and there should be no need to doubt that information, but from a rigorous point of view, he still has to carefully screen it, this is because the gods and mortals observe the world and think about things from different angles, and the details that the dragon god pays attention to are not necessarily the details that are useful to mortals, and secondly, ...... It was Gawain who had already deeply understood one thing:

In this world, the gods are neither omniscient nor omnipotent.

Ryujin may have been honest with his conversations, but what Ryujin knew was not necessarily all right, especially about the Starter...... Obviously, there are many mysteries and puzzles.

In thought, he suddenly raised his gaze and glanced around at the room where he had been living for several days.

It was a very different abode from any of the buildings on Loren's continent, and unlike the houses he remembered from his previous life, it was a place where dragons rested and lived in human form, and it was full of incomprehensible, timeless technological artifacts. Here, behind the self-running home facilities lies a real "human" artificial intelligence, and behind every silver-white wall with a faint light seems to hide a pair of cold, mechanical eyes, which is very important for Gao Wen...... It's not very easy to get used to.

Living in this "living" building always gave him a sense of awkwardness.

In this regard, Amber and Veronica seem more indifferent than him - Amber still hasn't figured out what "strong artificial intelligence" and "controlled intelligent residence" are, so he has a good time every day, and Veronica ...... Her heterogeneous mind may no longer be a pure human, and she doesn't seem to mind living under the gaze of an artificial intelligence for a few days.

Some scattered thoughts flashed through his mind, and Gawain shook his head, ready to force himself to ignore the presence of Omega for the time being, but at this moment, a strange flash of light suddenly entered his sight.

The flash of light came from the corner of the wall, where there was a device terminal that seemed to be used to adjust the balance of temperature, humidity and airflow in the room, it looked like a square, more than a meter high, but on the surface of the column, on the crystal interface originally used to display the environmental parameters of the room, a lot of data was jumping as if it had been disturbed, and the white lines of abnormal brightness kept sweeping the entire interface over and over again.

Gawain rolled over and sat up, cautiously approaching the device, curling his fingers and tapping the surface of the pillar and muttering, "Is this thing broken?" ”

I don't know if the "45-degree angle slap maintenance method" commonly used on the earth still works in such an otherworldly, cyber and punk place...... Or just kick it?

I just don't know if Melita will have an opinion on this.

As soon as a bold thought flashed through Gawain's mind, the flickering and jumping lines on the surface of the device suddenly stopped, and then the chaotic flickering data suddenly refreshed line by line, and the dotted white clutter formed clear and sharp words after several recombinations:

"Hello."

Gawain's expression was instantly serious, and all movements stopped.

The letters on the device still appear clearly and sharply on the crystal interface, using the common script of the human race of Loren, and the owner of the text seems to be patient, even if Gawain does not respond in any way, the symbols are still patiently waiting.

A full half minute later, Gawain finally broke the silence.

"Who are you?"

"Omega is talking to you."

Gawain stared at the palm-sized text that appeared on the interface, but there was not much surprise on his face.

The moment those letters popped out, he had actually thought of this possibility.

The entire Tallund is under the control of a huge "human" artificial intelligence Omega, which connects every device terminal on this continent, including both the dragon's brain and all the intelligent facilities in their homes.

Therefore, the only person who can directly intervene in these devices and talk to themselves outside the rules is the "Omega" itself, in addition to the possible "super administrators".

"Omega...... Gawain said calmly, "I thought you were just a 'service program' in Tallund—frankly, I'm a little surprised right now. ”

"Omega is the service program of the Dragons, the administrator of Talrond," the letters on the interface refreshed quickly, with a certain mechanical coldness and logic, "hereby corrected. ”

Gawain wasn't in the mood to waste energy and an artificial intelligence picking words, he just asked in a deep voice, "Why are you looking for me?" And...... It's in this way. ”

"Omega has tried to establish contact with you in a way that is more accustomed to you, but it has not succeeded, you do not have the necessary hardware foundation, you cannot directly hear the call of the Omega system, and too conspicuous contact methods will cause more resources than necessary, all things considered, it is the most reasonable solution to contact you at the current moment and in the current form."

Don't have the necessary hardware foundation?

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, but then reacted, and the other party should be referring to the "resonance core" that every dragon should have in the brain - obviously, as a human being, he must not be able to establish contact with Omega through this means.

And after Gawain's momentary stunned, the text sent by Omega has begun the next round of refresh:

"For the purpose of this contact...... It's for the sake of communication. ”

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "Communication needs?" ”

"Omega has been watching you."

Seeing the text that popped up on the interface, Gao Wen suddenly subconsciously wanted to emphasize the issue of personal privacy, but soon he thought of the "daily work" of the artificial intelligence in front of him and the system rules that it has been enforcing for tens of millions of years, and he realized that it should be meaningless to emphasize personal privacy to the other party, so the words turned to another direction: "What do you observe me?" ”

"Language, action, logic, many aspects – there are very few outsiders in Tallund, so every outsider is a valuable specimen of observation. There are three visitors to Tallund this time, and your behavior pattern is the most worthy of observation according to the system, so it is listed as a key object of observation. ”

Looking at the lines of text that were constantly refreshed, Gao Wen was suddenly a little dumbfounded, and he showed an expression of crying and laughing - and he believed that Omega must have seen this expression of his own, as if the other party could "hear" his own voice, in this small room, I don't know how many perceptual devices under Omega's control were running silently: "Okay, focus on the object of observation, focus on the object of observation...... So after some observations, is there anything you want to tell me? Or do you have any questions for me? ”

"Omega wants to know what is the meaning of life."

Gawain: "......"

At this moment, he didn't know what kind of expression to show, he just felt that the scene in front of him was full of weirdness - he had seen enough weird scenes after coming to this so-called dragon country, but the weird things were still one after another, after discussing with a god how to "unbind" the god, how could this run out of a super artificial intelligence to discuss philosophy with him?

And it's such a déjà vu problem......