Listening to Enya's soft exclamation, Gawain knew that what the dragon gods said was from the bottom of his heart, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded slightly: "I thank you for your wishes on behalf of Belsetia, but these things have little to do with you anymore, let them go on their own." ”

"Yes, after all, I'm 'retired'," a chuckle came from the Golden Dome, with a hint of relief, "It's better not to always remember so many things when I'm finally free." ”

Gawain looked at the newly added furnishings in the room, his gaze swept over the magic network terminals and neural connectors that were in standby, and saw that there was still a faint glow on the rune substrates and crystal structures, and subtle magic fluctuations came from the depths of the device, which was the result of a long period of operation, which made him can't help but speak: "It seems that you like our neural network quite a lot?" ”

"The dragons have created larger, more complex networks of Omega, but even Omega grew from humble beginnings," Enya whispered, "Your neural network reminds me of what Omega was like when it was born...... Young, primitive, and imperfect, but it is growing rapidly every minute, as if confirming the vigorous vitality of the entire civilization...... Yes, I like your neural networks. ”

"If the dragons knew that the gods they once feared actually had a hobby of 'surfing the Internet', I don't know what they would be surprised about," Gawain couldn't help but laugh, "After all, this thing is a complete 'technological product'. ”

"As you already know, the instincts and nature of the gods are not aligned," Enya said, the golden runes on her eggshell slowly swimming again, "Even Hlagor doesn't know, in fact, I've been trying out their Omega Network for so many years, looking at it like a normal dragon, writing down my thoughts, and talking to the children normally...... I've been thinking about it, but I can't. ”

"Now you have this opportunity - although our neural network may not be as advanced as the Omega network in your eyes," Gawain nodded, "This network is growing rapidly, and our next plan is to make it work throughout Loren, and if we succeed in establishing communication with the continent of Tallrond, its nodes will definitely be spread over there - and then the dragon will become its user, and you will have the opportunity to fulfill your long-held wishes." ”

The voice from the Golden Dome carried a hint of pleasure: "I am very much looking forward to that day, if you need my help, you can always ask." ”

Gawain nodded with a smile, pulled a chair from the side and sat down, and then suddenly looked at the golden dome in front of him with a little curiosity: "Speaking of which, the first time you used our neural network, did you encounter any interesting people or things?" ”

He didn't need to ask Enya face-to-face like this - the monitoring team at the computing center had been keeping an eye on the data flow of the three "special users" in the neural network, and he could have asked Yuri, Wendy, or Selena what the three retired gods were doing when they went online, but he thought it would be a lot less fun, and it would be more interesting to have a face-to-face conversation like this.

If he had time, he would like to go back and ask Amone and Milmina how their online experience was.

"I spent most of my time wandering around that dream city, and I stopped by the hill of the Monitor outside the city to visit the little spider girl who was resting, and I didn't come into contact with many people," Enya recalled, and said unhurriedly, "That little girl is very interesting, she seems to be very concerned about how I should run when she learns that my real-world body is an egg, and she has a magical theory of judging running speed by the number of legs...... Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out the theory in the end.

"I also visited the 'pyramid' in the heart of Dream City, where I was received by a cyber immortal named Selena Gelfen, but she seemed very nervous about my presence...... I guess she might be one of the 'insiders' behind your 'project'? Ah, no, I'm not dissatisfied, it's a normal arrangement.

"If there's anything else to talk about ...... interesting experience?"

Enya paused at this point, as if she was thinking, and then spoke again with a smile: "In a news report about Tallund, I actually saw a message vaguely related to me, and the person who left the message seemed to know the secret behind the war in Talllund, and also had a certain degree of understanding of my existence...... I guess that's some member of the Theocracy Council? A researcher? Or the administrator of the archives? ”

"And such a thing?" Gao Wenlai listened indifferently, and at this time, his brows suddenly couldn't help frowning, "What's the name of the person who left the message?" ”

"High-speed stag," Enya said casually, "a very peculiar name, and I am very impressed. ”

Gawain: "......"

"What's wrong? Do you know who that is? ”

"No, I'm not sure," Gawain twitched at the corners of his mouth, seventy or eighty thoughts already swirling through his mind, and he quickly deduced something from behind the name - after all, there is only one existence in the whole world that can be associated with this name, "but I guessed who he is, and if all is correct, I can even introduce you to him after a while, he is indeed a member of the Theocratic Council." But then again, it turns out that the old deer's heart is so jumping......"

Enya didn't understand what Gawain meant by the last sentence of her own words, but she vaguely guessed something from the other party's attitude, after all, although the existence of Amon and Mirmina was still confidential to the outside public, within the Theocracy Council, the relevant information had already been publicly disseminated, and as one of the new technical advisors of the Theocracy Council (mainly responsible for acting as a research object), she also had a certain authority to know about those materials.

Perhaps interested in this topic, Gawain suddenly looked at Enyado curiously and asked, "By the way, what name did you name yourself in the neural network?" ”

A voice immediately came from the golden dome: "Tea egg." ”

The hatching room fell silent for a moment, and it took a long time for Gawain's voice to break the silence: "...... Yes? ”

"Tea Eggs," Enya repeated very seriously, "I remember hearing you mention this name once, I guess I didn't misspell it, right?" ”

"Are you serious?" Gawain's eyes widened instantly, and the muscles on his face couldn't help but tremble twice - he never expected that one of his jokes that day would now come out of the dragon god's mouth in this form, which made him, the person who made the meme, not know how to take it for a while, "I mean...... You really take this name as your ......"

"Is that a bad name?" Enya was puzzled by Gawain's reaction, "I didn't receive a system alert when I created it, so it shouldn't involve blocking words, right?" ”

"It's not a matter of blocking words," Gawain touched his chin awkwardly, "The main thing is that this name doesn't match your temperament, I thought you would choose a more elegant and noble style...... After all, you see, you used to be a dragon god......"

"I'm referencing the dragons' habit of naming names in the Omega Network, which is more appropriate for the atmosphere of the anonymous network," Enya said with all seriousness, "and I wanted to liven up my personality a little bit in this way - I wanted to try that a long, long time ago." ”

Gawain blinked, feeling that he had finally figured out the unknown side of this dragon god's personality - the more real side, but this embarrassing atmosphere still made him cough lightly, touched the tip of his nose and said: "If you want to be less serious, the first thing is not to let your tone be so serious when talking about this kind of topic." ”

"Am I serious? I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention," Enya listened, and immediately said very seriously, "Understood, and then I tried to adjust - well, I have a direction to work on again." ”

Have you been working too hard lately?

Gao Wen couldn't help but muttered in his heart, but this time he didn't dare to say everything he thought in his heart - he had roughly explored the character of this dragon god, and at this time, he was afraid that his casual words would make the other party serious, and then she would find a "direction to work towards" for her future life...... There are enough of these directions.

"Ahem," he coughed dryly, finally deciding to stop the topic from continuing in a weird direction, "It's almost the end of the small talk, in fact, I have something to do with you today." ”

"Business?" Enya's tone was curious, "What do you mean?" ”

Gao Wen froze and quickly organized his words in his mind, while trying his best to adjust his emotions back to a serious state, before breaking the silence with a solemn face: "One thing you should already know, we have a long-term 'listening' project, the purpose of this project is to track down a mysterious signal of unknown origin......"

"I know," Enya said at once, whether it was delusional or not, and there was something in her tone that seemed as if she had been waiting for this topic for a long time, "I knew it long before the great battle of Talrond broke out—it was Merita who brought the news back to Tallund in the first place. ”

"Melita?" Gawain was stunned for a moment, but quickly recalled, "Ah, yes, after the earliest confirmation of the existence of the signal, I confirmed the source of the signal to all parties, including Talrond...... But the dragons didn't respond at the time. ”

"They wanted to give you a response," Enya said lightly, "but I stopped you. ”

"Stopped by you?" Gawain's eyes immediately became serious, and his gaze fell on Enya's eggshell, "Why? ”

"Because the dragons were still in a dangerous lockdown at that time, and they were about to reach a critical moment of fate, I had to prevent them from paying too much attention to the starry sky, and lest them tell the aliens about the starry sky - otherwise under the circumstances, I would probably lose control in advance."

"About the starry sky......" Gao Wen blinked, a strange but unexpected feeling couldn't help but welled up from the depths of his heart, he slowly inhaled, "So that signal is really from the starry sky?" Who exactly launched it? How far is it from our planet? How much do you know about its senders? ”

"You have too many questions at once," Enya said calmly, her gentle and indifferent voice also calmed Gao Wen's slightly excited mood quickly, "I may know more about the stars than you do, but not to the level of omniscience, so you'd better lower your expectations before we can continue."

"First of all, your first question, where the signal came from...... That's right, as you've already thought, the signal came from the starry sky, from a planet that is incomparably distant to mortals right now, but not so far away on a cosmic scale.

"But I don't know more than you about that planet and the transmitter of the signal."

"You don't know?" Gawain subconsciously frowned, "As the most powerful god on this planet, can't you see it?" ”

"Because I am a god on this planet, I am destined to not be able to look far away from this planet," Enya said with a smile, "This is the biggest limitation you must know about the gods, I believe you have actually studied this step, but you will always subconsciously ignore it - although the gods are powerful, they can only be powerful in their realm, and the more specific and intense the mortal's imagination of the gods, the more specific and imprisoned the realm of the gods will be.

"The dragons never set foot on this planet until I fell, so my eyes will always be on this planet, and even if I can know everything on this planet, I can't peer into anything outside of this planet...... In this respect, I am very similar to the giant 'Thorin Tree', and our vision is confined to a specific area.

"It is for this reason that the impact of mortals on the gods is so strong, and you must understand the reason for all this from the basic principles."

"God can only be powerful in his own realm...... Gawain said thoughtfully, "this is an important piece of information, and I have written it down." So back to that signal, you don't know anything about where that signal came from and who sent it...... What else do you know? Is there anything else you can tell us? ”

"Although I don't see anything on other planets, I've at least witnessed the voyage of the Voyager, and I've lived through the 'open gates' era," Enya said, "As for you, Wanderer of the Territories, you yourself have come from the stars, so we all know one thing very well: this universe is not dead and silent, and the beings on our planet are by no means the only ones in the starry sky, so it is really a very normal thing for intelligent voices other than us to appear in the universe."

"And such a normal thing, of course, doesn't just happen once.

"Before the signal you received appeared, in my memory alone, this planet captured the 'sounds' from the universe no less than a hundred times, these signals shuttling in the darkness are like fishing lanterns suddenly lit up in the chaotic night, they show that this starry sky is far from being as cold as it seems, under the protection of many stars, there are many intelligent beings who can think, observe, and look at the starry sky like you, and a considerable part of them have developed to a very high level, at least... … They have learned how to leave the earth beneath their feet and cross such a long starry sky. ”

"No...... Hundreds?! Gawain's eyes finally widened in shock, "This planet has received so many alien signals? ”

"It's not a deliberate reception – most of these signals are aimless diffuse releases, undulating like ripples through the universe, and some of them will 'pass by' here, and my memories span millions of years, so it's not surprising to hear some greetings over such a long period of time."

Gawain couldn't help but take a light breath and asked hesitantly, "What about ...... What about these signals? ”

"Most of them are extinguished, like fireflies undulating."