Gawain had always been interested in the vast "disobedience plan" of the ancient Gondor Empire - in a sense, it seemed to him that it could no longer be described in terms of mere enormity, it ...... It can even be described as great.

This is a plan for human beings to confirm the existence of gods, on the basis of the reality that supernatural forces dominate the world, and take the initiative to fight against the gods as a means of survival - in modern times a thousand years later, human civilization has declined, and all races outside of humans seem to be trapped in the quagmire, Gawain has seen too much rigidity, backwardness, ignorance and decline in this era, but some sparks of rebellion plan are still continuing in this dark chaos, even if it is only a star and a half, it is proving one thing to Gawain:

Human beings in this world have the factor of resistance and survival in their bones.

But if you look carefully and think about it, Gawain finds that there are too many doubts in the disobedience plan - this huge plan seems to revolve around the "disobedience gods" from beginning to end, although its ultimate goal seems to be to fight against the demon tide, but is it just to let humans survive the demon tide?

The Gondor Empire tried to confront the gods with such a decisive attitude, and even after the end of the Demon Tide, after the emergence of a new kingdom, there were disobedient people like Ophelia who continued their research on the Old Empire, and the focus of these studies seemed to have completely shifted to simply analyzing the gods and fighting the Demon Tide...... Rather, it's more like an adjunct to this series of plans.

And even if these doubts aside, with the existence of such a living disobedient person as Ophelia, Gawain will inevitably want to find out those ancient secrets from the mouth of this "party", after all...... Gossip is one of the human natures, and it is the same to become a satellite spirit.

"Plan of Disobedience...... I thought you'd at least discuss this with me once the situation was completely stable," Ophelia smiled slightly, "and the subject is not something that can be explained in a few words. ”

"Just a casual chat, to satisfy my personal curiosity," Gawain said, "you don't have to answer my question entirely, and if you think there's some secret that must be kept, then we can keep it until we build more trust between the two of us—it's just casual chatter, after all." ”

Ophelia sat in a high-backed chair beside the high desk, her head tilted slightly, her cheeks seemed to be soaked in a faint layer of holy light: "Rest assured, I am glad to tell you about this, the disobedient never refuse fellow travelers, and our cause is not unseemly except for the necessary secrecy from the public. ”

Gawain nodded, "That's good—I already know that the Disobedience Project is actually divided into many project groups, and the 'Divine Sin' project that Kamel is working on is actually just one of them. I'm curious how many projects it has, and which part are you responsible for? ”

Ophelia groaned slightly: "How many projects are there...... I'm afraid I can't really tell you this, not because I mean to keep it secret, but because ...... For God may hear. ”

Gawain frowned: "God will hear?" ”

"I'm not sure if you can understand this overly abstract knowledge, but I'll just tell you what I know as it is: there are some projects...... The Rebels have gone too far into the realm of chaos between the mortal world and the world of the gods, where you know the gods, and the gods know you—we have put in place some security measures to make sure that we can mislead the gods and make them look away as we do our research, but if they are mentioned at the wrong time, especially through the mouths of the disobedients, these misleading measures will be broken down immediately......"

"Gods have a conceptual quality that attracts their attention at the mere mention of knowledge in certain areas?"

“…… You have excellent comprehension," Ophelia glanced at Gawain with some surprise, "a sincere compliment. ”

"After a life and death, I have also been exposed to some secret knowledge," Gawain said casually, "and since the gods have such qualities, how on earth do you manage to study items that you can't even mention?" ”

“…… I can't even mention that," Ophelia shook her head helplessly—this was the first time Gawain had seen a helpless expression on her face, "The security measures that were set up back then are now ineffective, and I can't discuss anything related to them with you in the real world, in a sense, these secret items have been 'stuck' at the edge of the God's Domain, and I'm sorry, I haven't found a way to break the situation yet." ”

“…… It's okay, you can't force everything," Gawain exhaled, "Then talk about the projects you're responsible for, and pick the ones that can be said." ”

"Studying the nature of the gods and their many laws, and trying to find loopholes in them, is my main task," Ophelia nodded, "In addition to this, I am also responsible for managing several disobedience bases, including the one you know. ”

"Several bases...... Gawain suddenly raised his eyelids and looked surprised, "There are still many bases like the Fortress of Disobedience?" ”

"How can you put all the projects in one place with such a dangerous plan?" Ophelia said lightly, "The Fortress of Disobedience that you know of is only one of many bases. It's just that as far as I know, the Fort of Disobedience is indeed the largest and earliest of all the bases - it connects to the fall of the giant deer Amon, and it is from there that our original project began, and it is for this reason that it deserves the word 'disobedience'. ”

Gawain couldn't help but ask: "What about the other disobedient bases......"

Ophelia's next answer dispelled all thoughts for a moment: "In the Gondor Wasteland." ”

“…… Alright," Gawain sighed, "that's something we can't solve for the time being. ”

Ophelia looked at Gawain, "What else do you want to know about the Disobedience Plan?" ”

Gao Wen pondered, and tapped his fingers lightly on the desktop in front of him: "The goal of the disobedience plan is just to fight against the demon tide?" In order to fight against the demon tide, you must disobey the gods? Or to put it another way...... Why do humans have to fight against the gods in order for humans to survive? Is it because only stealing the power of the gods can make people resist the demon tide, or is it because it is the gods who cause the demon tide? ”

This is exactly the question that Gawain has been thinking about for some time now: what was the original reason and motivation for the rebels to fight the gods?

As a former atheist, coupled with the thinking habits of his previous life, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the plan when he first knew about the disobedience plan, and in his opinion, mortals trying to break free from the shackles of the gods can be said to be a kind of "innate rightness": the pursuit of freedom, the defeat of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and the oppression of the world, isn't that what is going on?

But the longer he lived in this world, the more he felt a sense of dissonance from the local worldview:

What is the relationship between gods and mortals? They do control the source of the power of divine magic, control the beliefs of mortals, and may even create a "psychic seal" to ensure mortals' faith in them, but other than that, have they really interfered in the operation of the mortal world?

In other words, in fact, those clerical groups composed of mortals are the real exploiters and oppressors, and even the interpreters of theocracy, and Wright also confirmed this after taking over the Holy Light Church: although such a thing exists, in fact, the number of oracles issued by the gods is pitiful, except for the connection in the field of magic, they can be said to be completely outside this world, and the real ones are only the priests......

Of course, Gawain himself still has a full fear and even a certain hostility towards the gods, but this is determined by his personal experience and worldview.

And what about those other than him? What about the natives who were born and raised in this world? What about the disobedient ones of old?

The rebels initially decided to confront the gods, and there had to be a more powerful reason - according to Ophelia's revelations, the disobedience plan could be said to be confronting the gods in all areas, not only stealing their power, but also studying their nature, finding their coordinates, looking for their weaknesses, and then ...... They certainly wouldn't mind killing those gods.

If it was just to keep mortals alive in the Demon Tide, they didn't have to do this, and they definitely needed deeper reasons for doing so, such as ......

The gods themselves are an "absolute threat" to the survival of mortals.

On this point, Kamel, who is only a senior researcher and group leader, can't give Gawain an answer, but Ophelia, who is a member of the royal family of the old empire and a senior manager of the disobedient plan?? Norton, for sure you should know a few.

Gawain's question may have really hit the nail on the head, and the expression on Ophelia's face was faintly solemn, and after a long silence, she spoke faintly:

"As long as the gods exist, humanity will one day be destroyed."

Gawain frowned: "...... So it was they who caused the demon tide? ”

"On the contrary, the gods have never caused a wave of demons, and even according to our research, in the lost civilizations of the ancients—do you know the lost civilizations of the ancients?"

Gao Wen nodded: "I have been in contact with the dragon clan and know some things about ancient civilizations, and it seems that you also know this." ”

"That's a good exchange - according to our research, ancient civilizations have also encountered demon tides, and some of them have survived disasters, and not every civilization that has survived disasters has relied on its own strength......"

"You mean......" Gawain suddenly stopped tapping on the table, with a solemn look in his eyes, "Is it God who helps?" ”

"It's not just a helping hand - the darker it is, the brighter the light, the more terrible the disasters that mortals encounter, the more the gods will spare no effort to protect mortals, there is evidence that in ancient times there may have even been gods who came directly into the world to help mortals resist the tide of demons, although not every time they succeeded in surviving civilization, but those gods did it."

Gawain thought for a moment: "...... Is the information reliable? ”

"We can't be sure of the ancients, but we have more than one clue, including some ancient races revealing what they have seen, as well as some ancient relics we have excavated in the central region of the continent," Ophelia said unhurriedly, "The Demon Tide is not caused by the gods, but the latter will come to help humanity resist the Demon Tide - as a pioneer, you should also know that there were many priests who were active on the front line as an important combat force of the pioneer army during the pioneer era, Isn't the magic in the hands of these priests derived from the gods they believe in? ”

Gawain couldn't help but think in the direction of the conspiracy: "What if it was the gods who caused the demon tide and increased their faith by sending miracles from the sky?" ”

"Do you increase your own number of believers by cutting more than 70 percent of your population? After the Demon Tide, the number of believers in all churches has dropped by half, and many of them have been directly cut off, not to mention that in ancient times, there were civilizations that were directly destroyed by the Demon Tide...... From this point of view, I don't think your guess is valid. ”

"Well, that seems to be too conspiracy theory," Gawain realized that his guess was ill-conceived, "and what is your reason for confronting the gods?" ”

Ophelia took a deep breath and said solemnly, "There was more than one civilization that survived the Demon Tide in Antiquity - but those that survived, where are they now?" ”

In just two or three seconds of silence, Melita popped up in Gawain's mind. A concept that Pernia once told herself-

Black Trap.

"Did God destroy the survivors in the end?"

Ophelia nodded slowly: "I'm afraid so." ”

Gao Wen was stunned, and suddenly spread his hands with a strange expression: "...... Are all gods schizophrenic? ”

"We don't know why—and we didn't initially find any clues or evidence to support the 'end of the gods', we just found a record of the gods protecting humanity in the tide, and the fact that all civilizations that survived the tide eventually became extinct.

"We didn't know what destroyed the survivors at first, until in the process of adjusting the flow of magic in the Deep Blue Well, we accidentally opened a false rift that connected to the 'Divine Boundary', and in that distorted and glorious rift, we witnessed for the first time a little bit of the illusion of the kingdom of the gods......

"The royal family of Gondor at that time had organized a secret expedition of the most powerful priests and scholars, and the purpose of this team was very simple, it was just to take a look at the rift, and if possible, to pay homage to the gods in person, to thank them for their protection of the earthly world—the team would not actually enter the kingdom of God, nor would they do anything offensive.

"However, the moment the 'transgression' occurred, the situation got out of control, and the rift exuded extreme chaos and crazy malice, and the glorious image of heaven instantly became the most terrifying nightmare picture, and under the cover of the brilliance were all distorted 'knowledge' that broke the mind and the 'truth' that the human mind could not understand, and the team that crossed the rift was almost completely wiped out in an instant, and only two half-crazy legendary powerhouses returned to the world with a sigh of relief, and they left only two sentences before they died:

"They want to destroy us.

"It's a countdown."

Ophelia stopped, looked at Gawain quietly, and after a dozen seconds of silence, she broke the silence softly:

These two sentences are the beginning of the disobedience plan.