450 History of ancient mankind
"It's ..... God?"
When Raven and Nebor arrived at the temple with the knights, and saw the artifact that Maya was praying to, they both made uncertain sounds.
Raven, in particular, said it very directly. "Is God like this?"
No wonder he would say that.
In the modern Akaxia continent, it is not that there is no religious belief, but most of the gods of religious belief have either mighty or sacred images, that is, the so-called human form, no matter how bad it is, it will be a dragon, a snake, a beast and other distinct biological images.
And the god enshrined in this temple is actually just a boxy square, which is indeed very strange in the eyes of Raven and others.
Not to mention them, even Rig didn't expect that the god that Maya kept mentioning before that would be such an existence.
You must know that even in the world of the previous life, the image of the god was basically in the form of a man or a beast, and a certain object was believed or worshiped as the image of the god, at least, Rieg had not seen it with his own eyes in his previous life.
Maya, however, scoffed at the surprise of the crowd.
"If you want me to imagine the image of God as any creature living in this world, it would be nothing but blasphemy against God." Maya said unceremoniously, "God is an otherworldly being, a great individual above any living creature in the world, and it is undoubtedly arrogant to imagine God as a form that he can understand and accept."
With that, Maya finished her prayer, stood up, and turned to the crowd.
"I don't know what is going on out there, but when I was still on earth, there was only one God to believe in and worship."
"Whether it's us or any other race, all human beings believe in only one God."
"From the time God descended to the time when the city disappeared from the face of the earth, a total of 27,000 years, no matter how the times develop and how mankind progresses, we will still not forget the only God who once enlightened us and allowed us to reproduce on the earth."
Listening to this extremely informative statement, regardless of Rige, who had already guessed Maya's identity, Liz, Raven, and Nebernal felt very confused.
「..... Are you really the one who survived from the ancient magical civilization to the present?" Nepot's eyes were full of surprise as he looked at Maya.
Maya was noncommittal about this.
"I don't know what you're talking about as an ancient magical civilization, but I can probably guess that for you, the time when I survived is a long time ago, right?" Maya said: "I can only say that I am indeed not from the same era as you, and you should not look at me with such strange eyes, I have been able to survive until now, not because the life span of human beings has been extended, but just to protect this temple, this city, I have chosen to abandon myself and become an existence other than human beings."
Speaking of which, Maya's expression became complicated for a moment, but then it recovered.
"Don't ask me too much about my time, I don't necessarily know more than you, because when the city was about to be destroyed, in order to protect the city and this temple, I had to sink into the ground with it, and finally was swallowed by the underground monster Yarakulon."
"I don't know what happened on the ground or why it changed its dynasty and became what you call an ancient magical civilization as I and the city sank into the ground."
"As for what happened after sinking into the ground, I can't even know, in order to ensure that the personality in this body does not collapse with the change of time, a protective mechanism has been set up on my body, as long as no one is close to the city, I will fall into a deep sleep and will not wake up, this is something that even I can't control."
Maya is like this, blocking the doubts and curiosity in the hearts of everyone who intends to explore the root of her existence.
Even so, after knowing that Maya was a person who survived from an ancient magical civilization to the present, everyone looked at her with their eyes
It's become different.
Maya didn't care what others thought of her, and said it lightly.
"You can take a tour of the neighborhood and pray at the altar, but don't run around."
"If you want to go out, you can go out through the gate through which you entered."
"But you are not allowed to enter any other door except that one."
The temple was surrounded by several doors that seemed to lead to other places.
"Isn't that okay anyway?"
After hearing Maya's words, Raven's face became a little unpleasant.
If they weren't allowed to go to other places, wouldn't it be the giant guards who had worked so hard for so long, and only got a chance to visit the ancient temple?
Naturally, this is impossible to satisfy Raven and the others. "What? Do you want to take anything from here?" How could Maya not guess the thoughts of Raven and the others? The priestess sneered and raised the scepter in her hand.
"That's not impossible, it's not like you can't take anything away here, it's not a place of treasure, although it does hide some secret treasures and dangerous taboos, but since it's a temple to provide convenience for believers, we do this kind of thing all the time."
This can be seen in Maya's willingness to bring in outsiders who have deceived her.
If the temple was really some kind of treasure house, an important place that she must not enter, then it was impossible for her to bring a group of strangers in.
The temple is a sacred and solemn place, yes, but at the same time, the temple is also the most welcoming place for people to come and pray, and if it wasn't for being deceived before, Maya wouldn't have been so repulsive and resistant to letting people in.
Based on this situation, Maya Shi Shiran spoke.
"In the past, people came to the temple to seek knowledge, hoping to borrow the temple's books and learn magic and various magic techniques."
"In the past, there were people who sought treasures here, hoping to borrow powerful treasures to survive their difficulties and defeat powerful enemies."
"We have always been reluctant to reject these people directly, because our God has also guided mankind and imparted strength and knowledge to mankind, and since we, as believers in God, we naturally do not regard the curiosity and desire of others to become stronger as nothing."
"But it is not possible to get something for nothing, and we will never advocate this, just as God only led human beings to gain strength in the first place, rather than giving it directly."
That's what Maya said.
"If you want to gain knowledge and power, you must pass the trials of the temple."
"As long as you pass the trial, and your demands are reasonable, and there are no forbidden things involved, and no religious secrets are involved, I don't mind if you take some knowledge from here."
"Originally, there were some secret treasures here, but those secret treasures have basically been taken away by those hateful deceivers, and even most of the books in the collection have been ........"
Maya gritted her teeth for a moment.
Raven and Nebherd gave each other a look that could make each other understand, and immediately came to Maya, as if ready to accept the so-called trial in Maya's mouth.
The knights of House Mepros stood still, silently waiting for instructions. As for Rige, he had already taken Liz to the surrounding walls.
"Master......" Liz whispered to Rieger with a little worry, "That god ......"
"Hmm." Rig had regained his composure, nodded at Liz, and said expressionlessly, "If there is no mistake, the so-called god should be the one in me."
Rieger is naturally referring to the dimensional Rubik's Cube.
Liz had already learned about the existence of the dimensional cube from Riege's mouth, and knew that this god body believed in by the people of the ancient magical civilization was on Rig's body, so she had such a reaction.
Li Ge himself was quite surprised, he didn't expect that the dimensional Rubik's Cube was actually a god believed in by ancient magical civilizations.
This reminded Rieg of the piece of animal skin that Liz had brought with her.
On the animal skin map, what seems to be a dimensional Rubik's Cube is indeed receiving worship and prayer from the surrounding humanoids.
Now it seems that this is the time when the people of the ancient magical civilization were offering prayers to their "gods".
Rig looked up at the mural in front of him.
These murals depict the whole story of the encounter between "God" and "man". There are six paintings in total.
The first painting depicts a transparent Rubik's Cube descending from the sky like a meteor, and a group of ragged people pointing at the sky on the ground, looking panicked.
The second painting depicts a large number of people gathering around a transparent Rubik's Cube that descends on the earth, treating it as if it were some kind of creature, and putting all kinds of food in front of it.
The third painting depicts a transparent Rubik's Cube dismantled into a long staircase of light, extending into the void, on which a person receiving the salute of the people is walking towards the void at the end of the staircase.
The fourth depicts the man returning from the void and descending the staircase of light, holding a golden sword in his hand and radiating light on his body.
The fifth painting depicts a man with a golden sword in his hand leading a man to fight a group of tall beasts and trample a huge beast under his feet.
The sixth painting depicts the transparent Rubik's Cube enshrined on the altar, worshiped by everyone, prayed for, and worshipped.
There are a total of six paintings, which clearly describe the history of the development of human beings in ancient magical civilizations.
The content of these paintings, combined with Maya's explanation, made it easy for Driger to guess a piece of history.
"Once upon a time, human beings were indeed fragile, and did not have supernatural powers, so they could only be ravaged and eaten by monsters, until the dimensional cube fell from the sky, and all this was changed."
"The Dimensional Rubik's Cube has the power to connect the endless dimensional worlds, and its appearance guided the human beings at that time to travel through the dimension, and gained power from other worlds, so that they could take it
and returned to this world with strength."
"At this point, the humans of this world have the ability to resist monsters, and humans are no longer just pure food, but a race of life that can thrive on this land."
"All of this is brought by the Dimensional Rubik's Cube."
Therefore, the human beings of that era regarded the dimensional Rubik's Cube as a god, believing that the gods had given them knowledge and power.
"The reason why I didn't think of the dimensional Rubik's Cube as a pure prop is because the information that flowed into my brain during dimensional travel was regarded as the voice of God by the humans of that era, right?"
Whether it is when traveling through dimensions or assimilating the special items of a certain world, the dimensional cube will send out a message similar to a sound, which will be received by the human brain.
This phenomenon, which fell on the minds of human beings who were not yet fully civilized at that time, should be no different from divine revelation or divine voice, right?
Rige thought so and began to look through the other drawings.
Liz stared at the fourth and fifth paintings on the wall, looking at the person holding the golden sword and radiating light on his body, and couldn't help but tighten the Moslow sword in his arms.
When Rige saw this, he immediately understood what Liz was thinking.
There is no doubt that the golden sword on the mural is the Moslow Sword that was staying in Liz's arms at this time.
Based on the contents of the fourth and fifth paintings, it can be seen that the person who was initially guided by the dimensional cube and traveled through the dimension not only gained power from the other world, but also brought back the sword of Moslow.
"Could it be, this sword was actually obtained by the people of this world in the process of dimensional travel, and was assimilated by the people who originally traveled to the dimension with dimensional energy and brought back from other worlds, right?"
Rieger
I woke up to this as if I had been dreaming of it.
This can explain why this sword is so miraculous, and it has repeatedly appeared in the murals of ancient magical civilizations.
Just because this is the first weapon with great power that the humans of this world have acquired.
So, why did Liz have this weapon?
"What about what Maya said earlier about 'descendants of that family'?" Rige thought to himself, and his gaze turned to Maya's side.
There, Maya seemed to have negotiated with Raven and Nebend, and was pointing to one of the temple's doors for Raven and Neband to enter.
Raven and Neband entered, leaving the knights in the temple to remain on standby.
Maya spotted Rige's gaze and immediately walked towards it. "What? Any questions?"
Maya asked Rigg.
Rieg thought about it for a moment and decided to ask a question first. "Do you know the Hidden Place?"
Hearing this, Maya was stunned at first, and then said so.
"I don't know any hidden places, only the first ones."