Chapter 56: The Soul Born of Books

"Of course, it was born because of books. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info" Cataria didn't hide too much this time, and replied directly: "Books have become the carrier of our stories, the more people who see us, the more people who know us, the more people will like us, and the more people will want us to be real all the time, so we really exist." ”

"This way...... It seems familiar. Panismo rubbed his chin and groaned, "In addition to those ancient primordial gods, it seems that some regular gods were born in this way. ”

"I didn't say that. Kateria squinted her eyes and smiled, her smile tingling with the cunning and mystery peculiar to the clergy: "These are what you said, and you dare to say such things, this is disrespectful to the gods, be careful of being punished by the gods." ”

"Hey, hey, it's too much. Pannis rolled his eyes with a headache and said, "How can anyone shirk responsibility like this." ”

"Hee-hee, just kidding. Kateria pursed her lips and smiled happily: "However, this is indeed the reason for our birth, so although the form of our existence is different from that of the gods, from a certain point of view, we are actually more similar to some of the gods, but we are far weaker than the gods, because what gives us birth is not faith, but affirmation and wish, and the difference between the two is too great, so we cannot reach the height of the gods." ”

"So that means that those of you who originally existed were reawakened by people's affirmation after death?" Pannis asked, a little puzzled, "This is already crossing the line between life and death." ”

"You are wrong, we are not reawakened, and your hope is destined to be disappointed. Cateria shook her head and said: "We are not the person who once existed, we are just based on that person, a new existence reborn from people's affirmation, which has nothing to do with the prototype in essence." Therefore, it is impossible to use this way to awaken the person you want to awaken, and even if she does, she is no longer her. And do you think it's easy? Do you find that every one of our existences was born in books that are thousands of years old, why do you think it is? It's because our birth takes a long time to metamorphose, in addition to a large enough number of affirmations, and in addition, there is a great chance of failure, that is, a certain amount of luck. ”

"I'm not trying to reawaken anyone, I'm just curious. Pannis twisted his head and muttered awkwardly, but continued to ask: "However, when the elven priestess Lady Tifa met Vral before, she once said a string of numbers to her, and that is something that only the real Tifa knows, since he has that part of the memory, how can he say that he is not the original person?"

"Even if she retains her unique memory, it's still not her anymore, because it's just someone who affirms us, 'thinks' she should know about it, and she knows. People's wills are actually very strong, strong enough to create us out of thin air. "Like Diana, she remembers her hometown, and remembers the names of every one of her subordinates, but is that really her memory? No, it's just that people think she should know that, so she knows." But in the real world, do we really remember that? What is our true character? Is Isabella really capable of devouring souls? Is the Blood Maiden really ever eaten the flesh of her enemies? Is it true that I gave my life for the god of light without complaint? No one knows, including us. ”

"That's very problematic. Pannis asked, "Based on your stories or novels, people think you are what you are, right, but what if people have conflicting perceptions......? Forget it, for example, Isabella, some people think that she is only smeared because of political struggles, but some people think that maybe it is not smeared, but she really eats souls, and there can't be two Isabellas. ”

"Do you know how hard it took me to appease her and not let her come out and bite you?, why do you still use all kinds of methods to provoke others to beat you when talking about such serious things?" Let's put it this way, those regular gods born because of people's beliefs also have the same problem, in fact, the answer is also very simple, when we are born, there will be an automatic correction process for all cognitive contradictions, and the cognition of the majority will be taken as the truth, and the cognition of the minority will be automatically discarded. If there is not much difference between the perceptions of the two or several parties, and there is no one side with an absolute majority, then the laws of the world will choose one of them according to some kind of rule that mortals and even gods cannot understand, and thus lead to the birth of gods. ”

"That's right. Pannis nodded, "Theoretically, the gods born from faith are indeed like this. ”

"But we weren't so lucky. Kateria sighed and said, "The first part is that if we have the dominant cognition, we will be born like gods. But the second part, that is, if there is no dominant cognition, and when several cognitions contradict each other, oh, why do you think I just said that our birth has a success rate? We are not gods after all, and the laws of the world will not compromise for us. ”

"I'm sorry. Feeling Catrea's pity for those kinders who had disappeared before they appeared, Pannis could only express his comfort with an apology, Cateria smiled and shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I just feel a little pity." ”

"So what if there are several people who create different personalities and images based on you at the same time?" As soon as Pannis asked, he patted his head with a wry smile and said, "It's really stupid, it must be the dominant one." ”

"Oh, that's right. Kateria smiled and patted Pannis's head like a child: "A stupid boy indeed." ”

"I have a question about your birth. The soul in front of him, who did not know how many thousand years old was treating himself in this way, could not refute it, and could only pretend that nothing had happened with a blank face, and changed the subject: "What if people's perception of the carrier that carries you has changed after you are born? )