The "success" of the goddess of magic, Mirmina, seems to be difficult to replicate, at least in Amon's eyes.

But for Gawain, this incident still gave him an idea that the "untendentious currents of thought" created by neural networks could be an unprecedentedly effective "purification" for the gods born from them.

Of course, today's neural networks are still very weak, with a peak size of tens of thousands of nodes that cannot be compared to any current religion in the world, but in Cecil, one of the biggest characteristics of the "magic industry" like the neural network is that it is developing extremely fast - even if it is not large enough now, in a year, two years...... One day it will reach a scale that can shake any divine right in the world.

He didn't explain these details to the former god in front of him, he didn't think it was necessary.

Amon, on the other hand, was clearly still thinking about the Goddess of Magic's escape, and he broke the silence with some exclamation: "I think I'm afraid that more than one god has thought of a similar 'escape plan', and even ...... My 'attempt' three thousand years ago should have inspired some gods, but in the end, the Goddess of Magic was the only one who succeeded in making such a plan come true, and this was actually determined by her 'tendencies'. She was born out of the shallow belief of the magicians, who from the very beginning of this belief system saw her as some kind of 'explanation' and 'sustenance', and the magicians always admired their own wisdom and strength to solve problems, rather than praying for the gifts and salvation of the gods, which led to Mirmina's opportunity to 'ignore' the prayers of the believers.

"It is difficult for the gods in general to 'ignore' the prayers of believers in this way, and they must respond to them to a greater or lesser extent......"

Gawain quickly understood the meaning behind Ammon's words.

Because all the gods in this world are born from the prayers of mortals, and mortals "create" those gods for the purpose of alleviating their own anxieties and fears, in order to find a transcendent individual who can respond to them, so for the gods born under this trend of thought, "response" is one of their innate attributes, and they simply cannot refuse the prayers and supplications from this world.

However, the goddess of magic is different - the mages conceived the existence of the "goddess of magic" not for the sake of power or desire for any guidance, but in the process of conducting academic research, they found that some principles or formulas were missing some key "elements", and when the academic direction could not solve the problem for the time being, they decided to "define" a source for these unexplainable things - the passage of time and the change of group concepts caused this source to gradually deviate from the original concept, She gradually became a god who explained all things black, but the essence of the goddess of magic remained the same:

"He" is the common "Condition X" of the mages' vast array of unsolvable formulas and flaw theories, and the mages' attitudes and expectations towards this god can be summed up in one sentence: You don't move around here, I'll go and cover up the rest of the formula......

Such a weak constraint naturally gave the goddess of magic room to operate freely, and she responded to the believers in the world with a long period of self-isolation and an ambitious escape plan: Uncle Meng, whoever loves to stay with him, anyway, I'm gone!

Gawain shook his head, feeling that the seemingly high gods were actually in shackles like mortals, and that the goddess of magic's willful and decisive escape would cause chaos for an unknown amount of time.

Finally, he retracted the irrelevant associations in his mind and suddenly looked at Amone.

"Now you ...... I guess that can tell us more 'knowledge', right? ”

"Not all," Amone replied slowly, "you should understand that I'm not completely free of bondage right now—the contamination of divinity is still there, so if your question is too related to areas that humanity has not yet touched, or too directed at the gods, then I still can't give you an answer." ”

"That's enough for me," Gawain nodded, then gathered his thoughts and asked the question he had wanted to ask the last time he spoke to Amon, "I want to know the roots of the Tide...... You once said that the occurrence of the demon tide has nothing to do with the gods, it is essentially a natural phenomenon, so what is the principle behind this natural phenomenon? ”

Amone was silent for a moment, and then a pleasant voice sounded in the minds of Gawain and Veronica: "Now you are not able to solve its source, because its source is ...... The sun from above your heads. ”

"Does it really come from the sun?!" Veronica suddenly broke her silence and asked in a hurried tone.

"Ah, looks like you've noticed some evidence."

"Seven hundred years ago, there were records of anomalies in the sun, and when the aftermath of the tide in the wasteland of Gondor changed, the sun always had a corresponding vision," Veronica said in a deep voice, "We always suspected that there was a connection between the tide and some kind of cycle of the sun, but we never thought of it...... Its source is directly from the sun?! ”

Gao Wen, who was standing next to him, instantly thought of another question - the "sun" of this world is not a star in a galaxy, it is just a gas giant!

If this gas giant can cause a magic tide, then what about the real star in this galaxy?

This world is between gas giants and stars...... Is there some kind of similarity, a connection in the composition of matter? If both of these celestial bodies can cause a magic tide, then ...... Does this explain the problem of the origin of the magic?

"Will there be a magic tide on the planet that directly orbits 'Ao'?" In thought, Gawain asked bluntly.

“…… No mortal has ever thought about the connection between celestial bodies and demon tides from this perspective, and your focus is beyond the knowledge of ordinary mortals," Amon's gaze fell on Gawain, but he soon let out a chuckle, "but it's okay, this question can be answered......

"Yes, 'Ao' will also cause a magic tide, any world illuminated by stars or imaginary planets, there will be a magic tide."

"Void planet?" Gao Wen couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, and immediately grabbed an unfamiliar word in the other party's words.

"Their structure is similar to that of stars, their material composition is much the same, but they do not condense into 'fire' like stars, and the light and heat they emit are faint as candlelight in the starry sky, but when they are close enough, their moons can still be born under the faint light of candlelight—the 'sun' in your understanding is an imaginary planet."

Gawain showed a sudden appearance - the so-called virtual planet is actually the name of the gods for "gas giants", and it is obvious that there is no such thing as "gas giants" in this world.

In addition, Amone's answer revealed a very important message: any planet illuminated by stars or "imaginary planets" will periodically appear in the Magic Tide.

This information corresponds to the last time he had tacitly "there will be magic tides on other planets", and further explained the source of the magic tide, and at the same time, Gawain suddenly had an idea - if the sun caused the magic tide, would it be useful to block the sunlight during the magic tide cycle?

However, he only let this thought flash for a moment, and quickly dispelled this thought, for the simple reason - when the demon tide suddenly broke out seven hundred years ago, it was the middle of the night in the Gondor Empire......

The sun causes a magic tide, but the medium is not sunlight.

"Do you know the 'Black Trap'?" Gawain sorted out his thoughts for a moment, and then asked, "It refers to the phenomenon that the civilization on this planet will suddenly die out every time it develops to a certain extent......

This time, Amone was silent for a longer period of time, and finally sighed: "I don't know the word 'black trap', but I know the phenomenon you are talking about. I can't answer you too much...... Because the question has been directed at the gods. ”

"So, the 'black trap' is really caused by the gods," Gawain had already got the answer from the other party's attitude, and some of the speculations in his heart quickly connected, "Is it because the development of mortal civilization to a certain extent has caused all the gods to fall into madness?" Or is it a backlash caused by the failure of the gods and humans to break free from the 'chains'? ”

"I can't even answer you," Ammon said slowly, and then his tone suddenly became serious, "but I can give you a piece of advice. ”

"What kind of advice?" Veronica on the side couldn't help but ask.

"If you want to avoid stepping into that 'black trap'...... Disobedience should be done as soon as possible. ”

Gawain and Veronica looked at each other for a moment.

It was a rather strange thing to hear the words "disobedience as soon as possible" from the mouth of a former god.

Veronica subconsciously asked, "What does this mean?" ”

"As time goes on, as mortals continue to evolve, the gods will become more and more powerful than you can imagine," said Amorn, "and for you today, it takes a lot of effort to fight a god, and you have to use clever methods and a certain amount of luck, but do you know how easy it was to kill a 'god of nature' like me in much older times, when humans were just learning to use fire to drive away wild beasts?" ”

Veronica opened her mouth, but couldn't organize the words, and Ammon gave her own answer:

"Back then, all you needed was a few clubs big enough and sharp spears — at most, plus a few lit oil-soaked stones."

Gawain and Veronica fell silent at the same time after being shocked, but their thoughts were flooding.

He thought of the gods of war, who seemed to have begun to go crazy, and of the gods who seemed to be maintaining their sanity for now, but who didn't know when they would get out of control.

“…… Looks like we need to reprogram a lot of things. He couldn't help but whisper.

Veronica looked at Amon with a somewhat complicated and strange gaze: "As a former god, you really have a disobedient plan for mortals......

"It's part of the laws of nature," said Amone mildly, "that not everything has a perfect ending, and when survival is a problem, sometimes we have to treat all means as alternatives – and that's what the laws of nature are, it's not gentle, it's not cruel, it's not good or evil, it's just working, and it's just going to do it, and it's just going to do it." ”

"But we can also hope for a better way to break the game," Gawain said, "and you've succeeded, and so has the Goddess of Magic, and even though you say it's all irreproducible, what we're doing now is a technical reproduction of what the world used to think of as miracles – and I've always believed that development can solve most problems." ”

"Then I wish you success," said Ammon, with a smile in his tone, "but you have to hurry, for all of us—and God—we don't have much time. ”

"Of course," Gawain nodded, "it was all started from the time I decided to restart the Disobedience Project, and it was destined to be unstoppable, so we had to go on as well. ”

He and Veronica then took their leave - not without any more doubts, but because they had been here for too long, and Amon's divinity had not yet been fully purified, and a long conversation here was still risky.

What's more, there are still a lot of things to be arranged in the outside world.

The dark and chaotic courtyard fell silent again, and on the shattered earth, only the giant deer lay silently.

"What are you going to ......" In the silence, Amon suddenly whispered to himself, "Unfortunately, what you said is not accurate...... In fact, it all started when mortals first decided to get out of the cave. ”

Then he fell into a long silence, and it was not until ten minutes later that he sighed slightly.

“…… What did Mirmina tell me when she left? ”

……

After returning to Cecil City, Gawain did not take a short rest, but went directly to the main control room of the Imperial Computing Center, where Kamal and Jenny were located.

The large control room was brightly lit, a large number of technicians were checking the neural networks that had just weathered a storm in front of each piece of equipment, and several immersion pods were set up in a corner of the room, all of which were activated, and several technicians who had once been the Bishops of the Eternal Sleepers were lying in it - they now had their own titles, known as "Node Masters".

Carmel, who was busy in front of a large terminal, was the first to notice Gawain and Veronica's arrival, and he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Your Highness Veronica. ”

- Although Ansu no longer exists, Veronica Morn still retains the title of princess according to tradition, hence the title of "Your Highness". Of course, she could also be called a "Holy Maiden" from the perspective of the Church of Light, but this was not in Carmel's custom.

"We've learned a lot from Ammon – but that's more on that later," Gawain nodded to Carmel and responded to Jenny's salute next to him, "Now let's take a look at the network." ”

"Everything has stabilized, we have just successfully activated a distribution station in St. Sunil remotely, and the neural network and magic network are operating at the expected efficiency," Kamal replied immediately, "Miss Jenny and I are transferring the standard template of the Mind Protection Rune to all the nodes, and we happen to have something to report on this." ”