The panic was only a matter of moments, and by the next breath, the old man had regained his composure.

"Well, it's a fun aftershow. ”

The old man clapped his hands and smiled kindly, like an old man who had to smile bitterly when he met his grandson's prank.

"Are you trying to ease the awkward atmosphere caused by my criticism? But you're making up a story that's a bit too much. There has to be a limit to jokes, otherwise someone will take it seriously. ”

With a natural attitude, a natural smile, the onlooker almost has to believe that the story is as the Pope said, and what the Rapunch said was all "jokes" and "storytelling".

That's right, those things are beyond the scope of human common sense and understanding, and the more you talk about them, the more people will believe them. Rather than denying them one by one, it is better to let the other side leak information, and as long as they intervene at a certain point in time, carry out intelligence operations, and reinforce people's "this is nonsense" and "unrealistic delusions", no one will believe it in the end.

But there's no need to deny it at this point.

The slightly trembling voice, the trembling hands, and the sweat in the palms of the hands prove that-

Everything the enchantress said was true.

"All human wisdom revolves around two great propositions. ”

Ignoring the Pope's stiff smile, the enchantress once again lightly opened her lips and said:

"'Where did humanity come from and where it is going?' and 'where the world came from and where it is going.'" ”

In short, the search for and knowledge of oneself and the world is the ultimate proposition that all intelligent beings tirelessly pursue. And both of these ultimate propositions will eventually extend in one direction.

"All causes, all effects, the ultimate truth and knowledge—the 'vortex of roots'. ”

Where it comes from is the "cause".

Where to go is for the "fruit".

Everything is the product of the interconnectedness and mutual influence of the cycle of cause and effect, and it is also part of the great cycle of the torrent" traces the beginning and end of all cause and effect, and eventually points to the "vortex of roots", which is what is called the "Akshire Record" in the occult.

The vortex of roots is the beginning of all "causes", phenomena. At the same time, it is also all the "effects", and the countless branch lines diverging from the root will eventually return to the ocean of the root, and the so-called cause and effect are actually two sides of the same body that are on the surface of each other. Thus, in terms of existence, to reach the "vortex of roots" is to obtain "ultimate knowledge". But even the ultimate existence is still limited, so this is just a statement that was created for the sake of understanding.

The person who reaches the root vortex will thus grasp the fundamental cause and effect of everything in the world, and he will be omniscient and omnipotent, and he will know the past and the future, and as long as he has that meaning, he will be able to modify the pattern and order of the world according to his own ideas at any time and place, in other words, to create a new world and destroy the old world.

"It's like a god, no, it's above the gods. You know, the gods are really just a safety device to ensure that the 'Vortex of Roots' can function properly. ”

the will of the planet itself to prolong life;

intelligent life in order to avoid the collective unconscious of perdition;

The ultimate goal of both is to prolong the present world and avoid its own destruction. Therefore, when there are factors that try to reach the root cause and that could lead to the end of the present world, both will eliminate or block them. Sometimes it's a monster sent by the will of the planet, sometimes it's a hero who gathers everyone's wishes to achieve great things, sometimes it's an accident after a series of unexpected factors, in short, if you want to reach the vortex of the root, you must first break through these two major suppression mechanisms.

"The Church first noticed this mechanism five hundred years ago, when it was already dissatisfied with its second-seat situation, suffering from a lack of strength to stand up to the gods, and they only complained to the extent of complaining. Under the command of the Mother Goddess, the Church continues to do its best to assist the agents of the divine will of the past, including political, economic, and military support, as well as technical support. Luna Eustissa, a saint at the time, a once-in-a-century woman by my standards, was the research leader responsible for the development of the technology. Through her research, the Church began to understand the principles of miraculous power and began to try to reach the 'Vortex of Roots'. ”

Luna Justisa. A chivalrous woman since the founding of the Church. Needless to say, she is also proficient in mechanical engineering, mathematics, and psychology. Her legacy can be seen everywhere in the church today.

For example, the basal design of the priesthood garment;

For example, the conditions for eligibility users of priesthood vestments are analyzed;

For example, the development of large-scale strategic offensive concepts;

The genius didn't do it all on her own, but she did play a significant role in it.

Among them, the most far-reaching impact on future generations is the analysis of the "principle of miracles" and the study of the "collective unconscious".

Originally, Luna Eustisa was just trying to come up with a technical architecture similar to the Bulletin Support System.

Her Excellency was keenly aware of the impact of the speed of information transmission on the direction of battle, and the traditional relay information transmission was time-consuming and laborious, and the information that was often transmitted to the front had long since become obsolete. Due to the organizational structure and technical level, even if you want to improve the speed of information transmission, there is nowhere to start.

In order to change this unfavorable situation, the Holy Maiden tried to build a new and convenient communication system that did not require the use of pen and paper, and did not even require communication techniques. However, unlike Marconi who invented the radio and Bale who invented the telephone, Luna Eustisa did not rely on pulse signals, but focused on telepathy.

Twins often have magical sensing abilities between them, such as when one person is injured, the other person will also have a scar in the same location. Cases of being able to sense each other's thoughts and emotions are not uncommon.

The genius saintess tried to parse this strange phenomenon, and then made it universally realized through the form of magic, and finally created an efficient instant messaging network, so that the front line and the rear could share all the information in real time, and even realize the sharing of perception, so that they could directly obtain first-hand information on the battlefield.

"After continuous research, Luna Eustisa proposed a hypothesis that the spirit of all human beings is connected in the deepest part, and that this fundamental and deepest spiritual aggregate is like a giant plant bulb, and that the will and spirit of the individual are actually the tentacles of this bulb that extend to the outside world, and when the individual dies, the tentacles return to the bulb. And this bulb is the collection of the spirit and wisdom of all mankind. And the miracle caused by the agent of divine will is a phenomenon that is triggered and extended through this bulb formed by the deep consciousness of all mankind. ”

Strictly speaking, this is not a theory, at best an approximate metaphysical insight. Compared with the famous psychologist Carl Jung's exposition of the collective unconscious, the gap between the two sides is simply incomprehensible. But even this unproven assumption had an irresistible appeal to the church, which was desperate for the power to break the status quo. Like archaeologists who believe hearsay and go to dig up the ruins, they go straight to the human experiments, and the results of the experiments are really encouraging to the church.

It was then that the Church began to develop the priesthood garments. At the same time, the encouraged church began to move towards a higher goal, which was to test another hypothesis of Luna Eustisa, the Vortex of Roots. ”

Unable to hide the panicked Pope any longer, the enchantress twisted her lips with great pleasure.

It was then that the farce and tragedy began. ”