The information revealed by Melita and the possibility behind the information made Gwen hold his breath for a moment.
Melita noticed his momentary reaction.
"Can you be more specific?" Gwen suppressed his emotions, leaned forward, and asked seriously, "How and where did they steal the knowledge? And why did this knowledge almost destroy the future of the world? "
"The history of the Rebellion of the Reverse Tide is a very sensitive topic among the Dragons. While it is not an absolute taboo, we almost never reveal it to outsiders." Melita narrowed her eyes slightly as if she was observing Gwen's reaction. "Let's not talk about this for now. You seem to be very concerned about this matter?"
Gwen knew that his reaction may have been a little exaggerated, but he controlled his expression well and calmly replied, "Of course I am concerned. The Cult of All Things Dragons used this book to create a disaster that almost destroyed the Ansu, and now this book is in my hands. If this thing has some kind of ancient curse or power to cause madness, then we are not just facing one or two casualties. And you Dragons are nervous about this book … which makes me even more vigilant."
"You don't have to worry about this. It has nothing to do with the power of a curse. The most dangerous thing about it is the knowledge itself." Melita shook her head. "For some reason, the Dragons on missions are forbidden to reveal the specific content and source of the knowledge to outsiders. But regarding the Rebellion of the Reverse Tide … I can give you a hint."
"What is it?"
"A race in a state of spiritual ignorance must never master material technology beyond their ability," Melita said in a low voice. "Because they are slaves to both the mind and material."
Gwen was silent for two seconds.
For a soul that came from Earth, had been exposed to a huge amount of information, and had been impacted by various ideas, Melita's words were actually quite easy to understand.
It was nothing more than a technological crisis caused by digging out advanced technology from the ancestral graves of the aliens.
But his intuition and the look in Melita's eyes when she said this told him that this' crisis' may not be so simple.
Melita mentioned 'almost destroyed the future of the world'. This sentence should not be said casually, but why would a race in a state of spiritual ignorance destroy the 'future' of the world after mastering advanced technology?
"Destroying the future of the world", in Gwen's understanding, should mean that the world would lose its promising development potential, that the world would fall into an irreversible and pessimistic state, that it would no longer move forward, no development, no turnaround, and that it would sink forever.
If the Rebellion of the Tide Empire had only stolen some of the technology of the Ancient Fleet and used these technologies to develop advanced weapons, then they might have been destroyed in the war and used these weapons to destroy the Dragons. But in Gwen's view, this was not considered as destroying the future of the world because the world had developed more than one civilization. With the reshuffling mechanism of the Demonic Tide, any race was just a passerby in such a world. When the Rebellion of the Tide Empire self-destructed, a new kingdom would replace it. When the Dragons were destroyed, a new race would be born.
Such a world was still developing and changing. The future was not destroyed, it was only a cycle that was destroyed.
Of course, perhaps Melita was just referring to the crisis that the Dragons faced in the war, and the consideration of the macroscopic historical process of the world was just Gwen's own divergent thinking. But Gwen believed that ancient races like the Dragons, who had watched the Turn of the Eras, should not be so short-sighted.
He frankly said his thoughts.
"The serious consequences you mentioned should not be as simple as the Rebellion of the Tide Empire using some taboo knowledge to create some kind of weapon, right?" He looked into Melita's eyes. "What did they do to almost destroy the future of the world? Can you tell me about this?"
"… No." Melita shook her head, and her eyes were hinting wildly.
Gwen smoothly received the hint. "Oh, then it seems to have something to do with the Black Trap and the gods."
After a few conversations, he had already grasped the pattern of some of Melita's "unspeakable secrets" and deduced the current predicament that the Dragons were in. They should be bound by the gods, and this binding layer prevented them from revealing any secrets related to the gods. But in other words …
As long as they could not say it out loud, it must be related to the gods.
After all, these ultimate creatures were very powerful. Their breath could burn the sky and the earth, and they could plough 18 acres of land with just a roll. There were not many things that they dared not say out loud.
The information obtained by beating around the bush made Gwen calm down and think.
The Rebellion of the Tide Empire, an ancient civilization that once wrestled with the Dragons in ancient times and almost won. According to Melita, it was actually a "spiritually ignorant race". This ignorance should be relative. After all, they had been able to create a "pirate chain device" that could steal the data of the satellite cluster, so they should have a very high level of technology. Their ignorance should refer to their civilization not matching the technology from the satellite cluster, or in other words, not matching the technology from the ancient fleet.
And this "mismatch" caused them to trigger a crisis related to the gods and the Black Trap.
Melita could not tell the specific content of this crisis, but Gwen could speculate …
If the so-called "spiritually ignorant state" referred to the inability to get rid of the divine right, then … was the Rebellion of the Tide Empire using superweapons to fight a religious war? Using black technology to pursue the path of the gods? Trying to transform the real world into a kingdom of the gods? Or …
These black technologies fell into the hands of the gods …
Gwen's eyes flashed, and suddenly there was a hint of vigilance.
Advanced technology would lead to a "mismatch", so Cecil's magic engineering industry was developing so fast … Had it also entered this "danger zone"? Would this technology turn into a crisis one day in the future?
Was there any hard and fast standard for the crisis created by the Rebellion of the Tide Empire, or was there any "boundary" that could be avoided?
He looked at Melita and asked, "Will advanced technology lead to a crisis like the Rebellion of the Tide Empire? What kind of technology is' advanced technology '? "
Melita obviously knew what Gwen was worried about. She smiled and said, "Is magic engineering technology developed by human researchers? Does it originate from humans and belong to humans? Do the ordinary people in your empire see this technology as a tool or a miracle? "
Gwen vaguely understood the key.
"If the technology is developed by us and applied to society as a whole, and ordinary people know that the source of the technology is humans and not gods, then it is safe. No matter how fast it develops, it is safe. Otherwise … it will lead to a 'crisis' like the Rebellion of the Tide Empire. Is that what you mean?"
"As you say."
Gwen paid attention to the changes in Melita's expression and did not continue to ask the detailed reasons and what it had to do with the gods.
Because experience told him that if he continued to ask, it should be this blue dragon lady with 200 + blood pressure and SAN
Pressure of the failure of the check and the "more questions" segment.
Although every time My
Miss Pony seemed to be in danger, Gwen was really afraid that she would lose control and die on the spot in front of him …
But even if Melita could not give an answer, it did not prevent him from speculating along the current line of thought:
What was the difference between a technology tree with a complete research and development process and a technology tree that "fell from the sky"? Why was one safe, and the other could lead to a crisis related to the gods? According to Melita's words, there seemed to be a subtle matching relationship between "spiritual civilization" and "material technology." This matching … What exactly did it affect?
When all the questions ran through his mind, Gwen suddenly felt that he had grasped a key point: What changes had happened to society in the process of research and development and promotion of technology?
He looked at Melita and said word by word, "The process of technological development is to turn what once belonged to the gods into humans one by one — the stolen advanced technology, is this missing link?"
Melita smiled, but it was not the usual professional and precise smile.
Her smile came from the bottom of her heart.
"If you can understand this by yourself, then it seems that you will not go astray."
Gwen exhaled softly.
In fact, he almost went astray.
He almost took the shortcut that almost all transmigrators would choose.
Fortunately, in this world with strange laws of physics, there were no shortcuts.
He raised his head and looked at the Book of Ultimate in the center of the lab table. "What will the Dragons do with this book?"
"According to the rules, this is an item related to the Tidetide Empire and must be recovered," Melita said seriously. "It is very dangerous to leave it 'outside.'"
"But there are exceptions to everything." Gwen looked at her. "You should know that it is difficult for me to give this book to you just because of a few words."
Melita blinked. "Yes … So you can keep it."
Gwen thought that he would need to spend some time on this matter, but he did not expect her to agree so readily. He could not help but be a little surprised. "Really?"
"As you can see, it is broken and can't be repaired. It can no longer steal any knowledge from anywhere. The biggest risk has disappeared," Melita said slowly. "And more importantly, you have just realized the 'key point'. I think … you will not go astray."
"You have a lot of trust in me."
"Just think of it as a show of friendship." Melita chuckled. "Taking someone's treasure is a kind of destruction to friendship. Since there is no need to recover it, why should I not be considerate?"
Gawain smirked at the mention of "friendship." And you said you weren't my friend. "
pony？
Unfortunately, Melita had no idea what the old man was thinking when he curled up his lips. She only felt that her words were clever, and her friendliness with the human leader had improved.
The Book of Ultimate was placed back on the lab table. The alloy fence rose again, and the protective shield was activated again.
Melita quietly looked at the book for a while before she turned back. She said in a formal tone, but there was a bright smile at the corner of her eyes. "Then, this is the end of the service. I hope you are satisfied with this consultation."
"It's more than worth it." Gwen nodded. But just as Melita was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something. "By the way, I have a small question to ask you."
The smile at the corner of Melita's eyes stiffened, and her tone became subtle. "Don't tell me …"
To be honest, she was a little traumatized. Whenever the human in front of her wanted to add a small question, nine times out of ten, he would mention the Black Trap and the gods. She would lose half her life if she answered a word. She thought she could finally end it peacefully this time. Why did he have to add a few sentences at the end?
Gwen saw Melita's reaction and was a little embarrassed. He quickly waved his hand. "Don't be nervous. It's really a small question. I'm just trying to satisfy my curiosity. I'm curious, how do you Dragons feel about the stories of the dragon slayer and the legend of the dragon Knight?"
Melita blinked, obviously a little surprised by the question. But her professionalism allowed her to react quickly. With a smile on her face, she said, "Dragon-slaying stories … Speaking of which, have you heard of the story 'The Dragon in the Black Mountain Castle'?"
Gwen thought for a moment and nodded. "Yes, it's a famous poem popular among the bards during the Gondor era. It's about a fictitious dragon that threatened the town and caused natural disasters. Then, a veteran who survived the war picked up the sword of Knight, which was given to him by his commanding officer. He challenged the monster step by step and finally fought with the dragon in the Black Mountain. Both of them went missing. It seems that today, after 700 years, some variants and fragments of this story are still circulating in the North and West. It's regarded as one of the early classic works to describe the evil image of the Giant Dragon."
"I wrote it."
"Oh … Huh?"
"I wrote it." Melita pointed to herself. "It's based on a friend of mine. But she doesn't know about it yet."
Gwen was speechless.
After half a minute of shock, he finally asked hesitantly, "So … What's your main purpose of doing this?"
"Recently, villainous novels have become popular in Tarlonde. I'm talking about the last ten centuries."
Gwen was speechless.
What the hell is going on in Tarlund? Are those dragons so bored that they've gone crazy?
"You see, this is the attitude of us Dragons towards such stories." Melita did not care how much impact her words had on Gwen. She just smiled lightly. "Don't use human logic to consider a race that can live for centuries. So, do you have any other questions?"
"No …"
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