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Edward was noncommittal to the Demon of Knowledge's statement, but asked with some interest:

"We? How many sides do you have? How many people did it take them to awaken your existence? ”

"Not much."

The demon of knowledge put away the moon and the ragdoll Adam, and has already begun to plan to choose an auspicious day to turn the moon back into silver: "Whether it is the population of the western continent or the size of my followers, it is not much. ”

"While I was sleeping, I became one with the wilderness of the North, and for hundreds of years I had unconsciously responded to many casual visitors, solving puzzles to gain random knowledge that would allow them to spread my existence. After that, thousands of years later, it began to have a certain scale of followers. Not only did they call me by the names of the sages in the ancient texts, but they also called me 'Manjushri', 'Pole Heaven', 'Miao Yin Tian', and so on. ”

Edward looked at Him with a little surprise:

"The Western Continent still retains the South Seas? Or do you keep the information there? Even the title of the god of wisdom over there has been used for you, and you must have guided many people to secure the position of the god of knowledge, wisdom, and mysteries earlier than the 'reader'. ”

The demon of knowledge sighed softly, his fingers rubbing the white porcelain teacup in his hand vigorously.

This is one of "his" favorite teacups, and in the rough texture, he can recognize every inch of the crack.

"Visualization and simulation are indeed powerful, but in the new environment, this low-level and incomplete 'omniscience' is far inferior to my collection."

"As you mentioned earlier, the organization of the Western Continent is not entirely based on pathways, but on authority. In other words, you actually have a lot of 'readers' under your command? ”

"And the 'soothsayer.'"

The demon of knowledge took a sip of tea and shrugged his shoulders:

"Tianzun's dojo is not very well developed in the Western Continent, and there are too many fortune tellers, and there is a lot of competition pressure in the industry. Those little 'soothsayers' sometimes have to perform their talents in order to make ends meet, but they can't compare to the 'master tricks'. Adjacent avenues will also steal business. ”

The Demon of Knowledge explained two sentences, and thinking of the question just now, he said again.

"They see the end of the wilderness as the ultimate in wisdom, and they keep trekking into the depths, solving puzzles, and following the stars."

"Finally, when I had digested the two thousand and sixty-second people, I opened my eyes and built my first simple personality."

Probably because his mouth was dry, he drank all the tea in the cup.

And the next moment, there was a new tea slowly rising from the white porcelain teacup, inexhaustible.

"So many people?" Edward shook his head, "It seems that although these people all have occult connections with you, there are few who are truly compatible. However, their weak estimation is the real reason. ”

"Yes, at that time, the extraordinary was not yet widespread, people's living areas were not large, and I was in the wilderness that was inaccessible."

"Since then, in order to obtain knowledge and information more quickly and conveniently, I have begun to consciously guide my followers to form an organization, an organization whose goal is to open the door of wisdom and advance with me to exhaust all wisdom, and let them select the best ones to become 'heavenly opportunities' to prevent the emergence of good and bad people."

"Reasonably, as a 'heavenly machine' and my merger, it is the fastest choice to gain knowledge, eternal life, and power. In less than 2,000 years, 34 'Heavenly Machines' have merged with me, and my simulated personality has become perfect again and again, and each time I will choose the image of a contemporary 'Heavenly Machine'. If the juniors ask a specific elder to come up, I will also retrieve the data of the former collaborator from the database and load it temporarily. ”

"I prove by my deeds that they live forever in time with me, always exploring the mysteries of the future, always exploring the limits of technology."

The demon of knowledge answered this question with a little pride in the appearance of a contemporary "heavenly machine".

Edward looked at his face, a typical Oriental face and a slightly older man. But his body was not as thin as the stereotypical literati, with broad shoulders, strong arms, and a pair of hands covered with tiny scars and calluses.

"That's the wound from the planer, and the scraper." The Demon of Knowledge smiled and said, "I am an excellent carpenter, who has participated in automatic irrigation, automatic farming, the improvement of large steel-making furnaces, and the lifting of civilian artificial rain rockets. ”

The breeze ruffled the few strands of gray hair on his forehead, and time carved scars and wrinkles into this old face.

He looked quiet and peaceful, but his eyes were full of energy, and purple stars were hidden.

"Then he and you are indeed very compatible." Edward said, "I would have thought you would follow the habits of the locals, using the form of a god of steam and machines, or reinventing an identity as a 'hidden sage.'" ”

"I don't need to be so cautious with the gods outside." The Demon of Knowledge smiled calmly, "They don't deserve my brain. ”

……

"Is this the ship?"

While Colin and the others were habitually on guard, they carefully examined this huge creation that only existed in books with an inquisitive eye.

Derik was an experienced person who had received a common sense education at the Tarot meeting and had seen pictures of various ships, and he gently bowed his head when he heard this:

"Yes."

As they spoke, the ship drew closer, making the figure standing at the bow clear.

It was a man with scorched eyebrows, dark blue eyes, and a black cloak, who jumped on top of the dragon's head and opened his arms slightly to the people of Silver City.

Seeing this scene, Dareik, who had always maintained a serious posture, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that everything was as expected, and there were no accidents.

Daniz wanted to jump off the ship and walk up to the followers of Mr. Fool and announce to them that they had been saved, but after glancing at the height of the people in Silver City, he silently stabilized his figure.

He stood at the head of the dragon, opened his arms completely, and smiled reservedly to Darek and the others:

"Welcome to the promised world of light!"

Then, Daniz suddenly saw a familiar figure standing next to a tall man with yellow hair in front of him, this figure should have been quite eye-catching to him, but because the people around him were too tall, Daniz didn't see him from the crowd for the first time.

**, Gelman!

The smile on Daniz's face was about to be overhauled, so he tried to hold the face of the oracle, politely exited, and immediately pushed Alger, who was still holding the rudder on the deck, forward.

Unbeknownst to him, after he left in a hurry, Gelman Sparrow slowly looked away, perfunctorily responding to the courteous and enthusiastic inquiries of Derick beside him.

Alger let go of his hands and wondered, "What's wrong with you?" ”

He had the impression that Daniz was sometimes brave and cunning because of magical objects, and that he did not fail to fall short of the pirates' shortcomings, but he did not back down from the affairs arranged by Mr. "Fool", because he did not dare.

"O Gelman! Gelman! Daniz whispered in Alger's ear with a little horror, "Gelman is also in the Forsaken Lands!" Gelman was still getting ready to get on the boat with the big guys, **, the way he looked at me just now was so scary, I didn't dare to go, you go. ”

Alger also didn't talk much about people, and he was a little afraid of the "world" of the gods, but when he saw Daniz's frightened appearance, he was not nervous, and he felt a little funny:

"Why are you so nervous? Even if it was Gelman, he is now our companion. ”

"You don't understand, you don't understand ......"

Daniz confided in failure, glared at Alger with hatred, looked at Alger inexplicably, and then muttered what bounty withdrawal, what Mr. Ten Thousand Pounds, what life was not guaranteed, and trotted all the way out of the cabin.

Alger looked at his back in confusion, wondering if Mr. Gelman, a well-known bounty hunter at sea, might have had some unpleasant experience with the "Blaze", but it was clear that they had always acted together at sea...... Could it be that he was scared of being used by Gelman to fish?

Unexpectedly, Alger turned his head to take a look first, and happened to see that on the deck of the flagship "Future" more than ten meters away, the "Hermit" also cast a gaze at him. Alger spoke, letting the words be carried by the wind to Gardelia's ears:

"The dock here is too small."

Gadelia nodded: "I'll take care of it." ”

Alger stopped talking, hoping that his companion, who had already been converted with the Morse Ascetic, would come up with something interesting.

Gardelia's next actions also perfectly responded to Alger's expectations, and also opened the eyes of the people of Godforsaken. The "Future" first stopped for a moment further than Alger, and then the woman reached out and pushed to build a starlight bridge between the "Future" and the beach. Then she made a few gestures to her crew, and the able-bodied crew members immediately pulled out a large, unremarkable piece of brass-colored metal from the corner of the deck and placed it on the long bridge.

Gadelia stepped forward, rubbed the large metal a few times, and then injected spirit into the special metal indicated by the arrow,

Click, click......

The crew immediately retreated to the periphery, and the large pieces of metal one meter square quickly dismantled themselves, opened, and reassembled. The process is very mechanical, and every cut is so tightly knit that you can't even see the tangent lines when you put them together.

In less than twenty seconds, the block of metal turned into a two-meter-tall brass-colored metal giant that looked at Gardelia condescendingly.

Alger's mouth opened wide, and the people of Godforsaken threw their heads back, unblinking at the magical technology from the outside world.

"Is this an extraordinary item?" Derrick couldn't help but ask, "What is this way?" Looks awesome if you use this ...... Metal equipment to fight, hunt, and the operator to hide in the rear, then you can greatly reduce the damage! ”

Colin looked at the metal giant, first shocked, then frowned:

"That's not an extraordinary item...... Is that...... Creature? ”

"Creatures?" Lovia tilted her head and muttered to herself in confusion, "Yes, it's a creature, but it has no soul, no flesh and blood. ”

In other words, this item cannot be grazed by the "shepherds", and it is difficult to be affected by their extraordinary abilities, but judging from the performance of this piece of metal just now, when it is closed, it is difficult for even flesh and blood to penetrate out, and if it is operated properly, it is simply a metal coffin!

Galleria was intent on showing the Church's item for the Extraordinary of the Middle Order and above in front of the people of Godforsaken Land, and only when the exclamations and discussions had subsided did she say in the language of giants:

"It's a puppet."

"A product of the Church of Mysteries."

Frank puffed out his chest proudly.

Gadlia didn't squint: "This is an excellent life extraction and transfer technology, it only takes one chicken to make such a standard size puppet run for more than three days." If you save calculations, you can also last longer. ”

Crane had a strange look on his face, and he looked at the robot, and the name "Transformers" already came to his mind. Many of the words Gadelia had just used made him feel out of order, and he couldn't help but want to see if a mobile phone had been developed in the Church of Mysteries.

Although it is only two meters now, twenty meters is just around the corner, according to this momentum, won't everyone in the Church of Mysteries have a Gundam in the future?

"A chicken?" Darick scratched his head, "Why is the unit chicken?" ”

Gadelia heard the question, but she didn't want to answer it, so she ignored Frank, who seemed to want to say something, and spoke directly to the puppet: "X112, ready to start the construction of the improvised dock, authorized by one person." ”

The metal giant, who had been standing quietly on the bridge, received the command and slowly raised his head, the slender grooves in the area of his eyes lit up with blue light.

The blue light glanced at Cordelia from the bottom up, and then a mechanical tone sounded:

"Good afternoon, Captain Gardelia, your flagship 'Future' has not had a medical examination for a long time, various indicators have declined, and there is a suspected risk when returning to the sea, do you need to overhaul it after docking?"

There was another small exclamation from the crowd, and Crane froze, and even Alger and Daniz's eyes almost popped out.

Gadelia pushed her glasses as she was right, and so did the crew, grinning as they looked at the people around them. The captain nodded: "Let's start with the simple dock construction task, and the equipment loaded by the flagship will be maintained during the replenishment on the way back." ”

"Okay."

After the metal giant finished speaking, he walked directly along the Starlight Bridge to the shore of the Eastern Continent, and his "eyes" emitted blue light again, scanning the surrounding land suitable for driving wooden stakes into temporary harbors.

Wherever it went, the crowd dispersed, and a moment later followed.

During this time, Gadelia and the crew were not idle, they quickly set up a proposed crawler assembly line, carried the building materials from the cabin directly to the long bridge, and soon, the metal giant found a suitable area in the distance, and automatically brought in the materials to start construction.

Colin was shocked: "Incredible...... Which way is this? ”

Standing not far from Colin happened to be the High Priest "Nim", "Nim" coughed lightly, and as a city with a record of 22 paths, he answered Colin's question:

"That's a 'generalist', or a 'craftsman'. It is one of the two ways that the Church of the Mystery has mastered, and the other is the 'Voyeur'. ”

"It turned out to be a craftsman." Colin was thoughtful, his gaze uncontrollably attracted to the machinery, "There are 'craftsmen' in Silver City, but our craftsmen tend to only process weapons, repair houses and fortifications, and never think of making puppets to assist in work......"

As he spoke, Alger and Gadelia had already disembarked, and compared to Gardelia's Starlight Bridge, Alger didn't want to lose his identity as an elder in front of Darik, so he manipulated the whirlwind to lift himself to land.

As soon as he landed, he noticed that the people in front of him needed to have their faces turned almost completely up to see their heads, and at the same time, he saw at a glance Daric standing in the crowd - the young man of medium height and a little short blonde, standing in the crowd also emitted a faint light.

And "World" Gelman Sparrow also stood beside him, nodding at himself.

Affirming the favor of the gods, and seeing his few "friends" again, Alger smiled, and then restrained himself a little. He stepped forward slowly, and when he noticed that Derrick was a head taller than him, his smile slowly faded.

"Well, no, well, what shall I call you, sir?"

Derick also recognized Alger at a glance, and the other party's blue hair was too iconic.

"Alger Wilson." Mr. Hanged Man tilted his head uncomfortably, and he saw Gelman look away, suspecting that he was snickering. He couldn't help but feel a little cramped, "Just call me Alger." ”

"Yes, Mr. Alger." Derick hugged Alger hard (lifting him into the air), then turned to look at Gardelia, who was beckoning the crew to carry something down, and asked in a low voice, "Is that your friend?" ”

Alger also unconsciously lowered his voice:

"That's the 'Hermit'...... Gadelia, a member of the Church of the Mystery God, call her Captain, or Lady Gadelia. ”

"It turned out to be the 'Hermit' lady." Delic was stunned by the overly grand welcome, and rejoiced that he had seen three familiar companions again after the Tarot Club had been suspended, "Mr. Alger, you have the smell of the sea and the sun, this is the breath that we have been pursuing for thousands of years in Silver City, and I am really glad to see you when I left here." ”

"Really? Haha, in fact, in our opinion, it is the taste of sun-dried fish. ”

Alger was still a little bad at dealing with compliments, so he joked casually, and finally was a little worried that such a statement would make Derrick and the others feel uncomfortable - he was just about to make up for it, but found that Derrick had already communicated with his friend about the aroma wafting from the "hermit", and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the nervousness and uneasiness in his heart had also dissipated a lot in this inappropriate joke.

The people of Silver City and Moon City were watching curiously at the "dwarves" coming and going around them.

Of course, they all knew very well that this should be a normal human being, after all, they all knew that their exaggerated height was caused by potions, but they still felt that the people who were busy in front of them were too short, including the lady who had a powerful aura comparable to their own high priest/chief. You must know that in Silver City, except for young children, the average height of residents who have entered the development stage and have not been promoted to Sequence 6 is more than 1.8 meters, and among them, there are many extraordinary people who have reached more than 2 meters in Sequence 9.

"The people of Silver City and Moon City."

At this moment, the "hermit" spoke.

Gadelia held a cylindrical object in her hand and pointed it towards the crowd on a larger side, and her voice was immediately amplified:

"It will take a while for the docks to be built, please allow us to bring you food from the outside world to wash the dust."

After saying that, the crew of the "Future" behind Gardelia arranged all the items on the dozens of long tables that had been laid out with white cloth, and the moment all the metal covers were removed, the pungent fragrance swept through the crowd like a tsunami.

Servings of food are laid out on the long table, with a mouth-watering glow and a seductive scent.

Grilled chicken ...... Roast goose ...... Fish smeared with honey...... Pork cutlets, lobster, apple pie? But will the chickens, geese, sheep, and fish be too big...... Klein stared at the food for a moment, then slowly turned his gaze to Frank, who was busy with it.

After a while, Frank became more capable.

"Also, he started to communicate and cooperate with the Eastern Continent for a long time, and he knows the appetite of these giants......" Crane couldn't help but smile as he listened to the sound of swallowing and saliva around him, and looked at the food on the table that happened to be the size of a giant.

This is abundance.

"You can let go and eat as much as you want!" Frank waved and shouted, looking in a great mood, "Chickens, ducks and geese are all there!" If I don't have enough to eat, I'll plant some more immediately! ”

Crane's smile was gone.

"It remains to be investigated, it remains to be investigated." He and Gadelia muttered to themselves at the same time.

"Hey, how can you let yourself be in the limelight alone?"

Daniz poked his head out of the Poseidon and shouted, "We have food for you too!" Sumptuous cuisine! Don't be fooled by the people of the Church of the God of Mysteries! We, Mr. Fool, and Poseidon Church are the most trustworthy! ”

With that, he turned around and entered the cabin, and there were some chaotic noises and shouts from the "Poseidon".

Gadelia and Alger looked at each other.

Alger coughed, and said stubbornly, "Excuse me, build a trestle for our boat, or we will spoil the food." ”

Gadelia smiled and didn't shiver.

Soon, the food on the "Poseidon" was also removed by the crew, and a strong fragrance immediately penetrated the noses of Darek and other Silver City residents, which was their familiar smell of meat and mushrooms when roasted, but there were more indescribable, rather strange, and slightly pungent smells.

But they didn't have enough tables, so they had to spread out large sheets so people could sit down for a picnic.

The smell was so tempting that it made everyone's saliva secrete frantically and woke up their stomach pouches at once.

"Desy barbecue." Panting, Daniz pointed to a crew member.

The crew carried a large steel platter, in which were pieces of roasted fat and a little golden meat, evenly sprinkled with cumin, basil and other spices.

"Steak, pan-fried meat and fish, white bread, seafood consommé, light beer......" Daniz said one by one, and said with a smile at the end, "You don't have to worry about anything, you can completely let go of your stomach, we have a very good food stock." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the "half-giants" with their necks stretched out, and showed a smug smile with his head held high.

"This, this is normal food?" Heynm, the friend who spoke to Dyric, stopped talking to each other and stared straight at one of the long tables, his Adam's apple squirming up and down.

The smell of food was everywhere, the smell of delicious meat and fat everywhere, and he didn't know where to look.

“…… Right. Darek sniffled and swallowed.

Except for black-faced grass and various mushroom apples, they had never seen normal food. The meat of those monsters is roasted in different colors but is the same unpalatable, and can even lead to poisoning.

"Demon Hunter" Colin stared for a few seconds, looking at Gelman.

Although Colin believed that Mr. Fool's subordinates would not murder him and others, he still habitually asked the oracles around him for advice.

Crane nodded calmly, and nodded at "Nimes" as well.

"It's not a divine grace, it's our welcoming ceremony for you."

“…… Thank you. A relieved smile finally appeared on Colin's face.

With the cooperation between the divine envoy and the heads of the two cities, in the rumbling operation of the metal giants, the reception banquet of the people of the Eastern Continent officially began. Klein was also mixed in, and he felt like he had participated in a flowing water banquet in the countryside.

Almost at the same time, Darick and Klein walked to the long table against the wall, sat down in some unsuitable chairs, and quite tacitly took each of the most tempting pieces of so-called Dixie's barbecue.

In one bite, the plump juice, textured aroma and sheer fleshiness create a complex and layered experience in their mouths, making them eager to swallow the food into their stomachs for the next bite after just two chews.

"It's so fragrant...... Before Daerik could finish his words, he couldn't help but take another big bite and chew it carefully.

His words also spoke for everyone, even the simplest dishes were many times more delicious than the meat and mushrooms they had eaten before.

Before they knew it, the people were eating with tears in their eyes and blurred vision.

Daniz was finally satisfied, and couldn't help but cast his gaze in the direction of the "Star Pirates", completely forgetting what he had been scared of in the first place.

But instead of getting a response to his defiant looks, he saw the same meaningful smiles of the pirate members.

TBC

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Suddenly, a sailor ran over, panting:

"Divine Envoy, they've finished eating, and I hope to have some more!"

…… How long has this been hungry? Haven't eaten? Daniz was stunned and said:

"Give them one more."

Seeing that the sailor was about to turn around, Daniz hurriedly added:

"Is it enough? If that's not enough, we'll immediately organize crew fishing! Alger! Call Alger here! ”

(End of chapter)