This was the 'lock' that connected the humans and the gods.
The rules of this world were crueler than Gwen had imagined.
Now, he finally knew why Melita had such a painful reaction to the verge of losing control after she told him about the secrets of the tide-reversal and the gods several times. He also knew what the real mechanism behind this was. He once thought that it was the punishment of the Dragons' gods for every Dragon, but now he realized that even the high and mighty Dragon God was just a prisoner under this set of rules.
The gods were both chains, prisoners, and even executioners at the same time. And this whole 'prison' was built by the beliefs of the mortals.
The Dragon God saw that Gwen was silent for a long time and asked with a hint of curiosity, "What are you thinking about?"
"I just thought of Melita. She told me some ancient things. Now I know how much risk she took at that time."
"Ah, Melita … She is a child who left a deep impression on me." The Dragon God nodded. "It's hard to see such complex characteristics in the younger Dragons. She has a strong curiosity, strong creativity, keen on action and exploration. She grew up in the Eternal Cradle, but she is as fresh as the creatures' outside. 'The Council is an ancient and closed organization, but its young members have such changes. It's really … interesting."
There are young members who are eager to make progress in the ancient and closed Council …
Gawain, however, suddenly recalled Melita's background. He remembered that she and her 'colleagues' were all born in factories and laboratories. They were all employees of the company.
He gathered his wandering thoughts and brought the topic back to the Tide-Reversal Empire. "So, since the Tide-Reversal Empire, the Dragons have not intervened in the affairs of the outside world. But the aftermath of that incident seems to have continued to this day? What is the situation with the giant tower in the northwest of Tarlonde? "
"You already know a lot about the birth and operation of the gods. Then you must have realized that in this world, a strong group of ideas can be 'projected' on some things and cause a 'deification' phenomenon," the Dragon God said slowly. "The giant tower in the northwest of Tarlonde … It was originally the legacy of the Voyager. It was also the place where the Dragons let the 'first Enlightener' in the Tide-Reversal Empire accept the 'inheritance'."
"Accept the inheritance?" Gwen immediately caught the word. "You mean to use the unique characteristics of the Voyager's legacy …"
The Dragon God nodded. "Yes. The Voyager's legacy has the power to record data, instill knowledge and experience, and influence the thinking ability of creatures. Under the right guidance, it can roughly choose what kind of knowledge and experience to let them inherit. The Dragons took a while to do this, and then brought the best scholars and thinkers of the Tide-Reversal Empire into the tower.
"The experiment was fruitful. They created a group of intelligent individuals. Although the mortals could only get a small part of the knowledge from the Voyager's legacy, the knowledge was enough to change the development of a civilization."
Gwen had already guessed what happened next. "So the Tide-Reversal Empire then used the tower as a sanctuary bestowed by the gods?"
"… The Dragons did not expect the fickleness and shortsightedness of the short-lived species, and also misjudged the greed of the civilization at that time." The Dragon God sighed. "The individuals who returned from the tower did use the knowledge they inherited to make the Tide-Reversal Empire grow rapidly, but at the same time, they also made themselves absolute theocratic leaders. The out of control and terrible faith was built with them as the source.
"In a series of propaganda, the tower in the North Pole became a sacred place for the gods to bestow their blessings. Gradually, it was even said to be the abode of the gods on earth. In just a few hundred years, which was just a blink of an eye for the Dragons, many generations of the Tide-Reversal Empire had passed. They began to worship the tower and built a complete mythology and worship system around the tower. When the Tide-Reversal Rebellion broke out, the fanatics of the Tide-Reversal Empire even shouted the slogan of 'take back the holy land'. They believed that the tower was their holy land, and the Dragons were heretics who stole the gifts of the gods …
"So, in a sense, the tower was the root of the outbreak of the Tide-Reversal War. Once the fanatics of the Tide-Reversal Empire succeeded in polluting the Voyager's legacy into a real 'god', the whole world would have no future."
Gawain sighed. "I'm not surprised. For the short-lived species, a few hundred years is enough for them to completely reinvent and redecorate the real history, not to mention the need for divine authority. So, the Tide-Reversal Empire's deification of the tower led to the birth of … what is it? "
"Perhaps we can call it the 'god' of the Tide-Reversal Empire," the Dragon God said faintly. "Hundreds of millions of people in the Tide-Reversal Empire believed that there was a god who had blessed the tower, so the god was born in response to the thought, and the tower left by the Voyager was contaminated by divinity … I have to say, it is quite ironic.
"In the whole incident, the only thing we can be thankful for is that the 'god' born in the tower was not fully formed. Before the situation could be reversed, the Tide-Reversal Empire was destroyed, and the process of 'breeding' in the tower failed at the last step. So, although the tower was mutated and contaminated, it did not produce a real intelligence, nor did it have the ability to take action. Otherwise, the Tarlonde today would be a hundred times worse than what you see now. "
"So, the resistance of the Voyager's legacy to the gods is not so absolute and perfect." Gwen laughed. "At least now we know that it is not so effective against the internal contamination."
"Perhaps … Until today, we still have no way of knowing what happened in the tower, and the state of the 'god of the Tide-Reversal' born in the tower. We only know that the tower has mutated and become very dangerous, but there is nothing we can do about it."
Gwen frowned. "Even you can't remove the divine contamination in the tower?"
"I can't get close to the Voyager's legacy." The Dragon God shook his head. "And the Dragons can't fight against the gods, even if it is an external god, even if it is the God of the Tide-Reversal."
"This is also a 'lock'?!"
"This is also a 'lock'."
"Hiss …" Gwen suddenly had a toothache. Since he learned the truth about Tarlonde, this was not the first time he had this feeling. "So, you have been putting the tower in front of your door? Just leaving it there? "
"We have no choice," the Dragon God said frankly. "At least we can monitor it at all times. If the tower is in other parts of the world, it will be the real danger. The faith of the Tide-Reversal Empire has made the tower have a strong tendency to spread knowledge. If it is left alone to come into contact with other mortal civilizations, it will give birth to countless Tide-Reversal Empires and countless uncontrollable divine disasters that worship the Voyager."
At this point, the Dragon God suddenly looked at Gwen. "Why, are you interested in taking a look at the tower? Maybe you will not be affected by it — "
"No, thank you," Gwen said without hesitation. "At least for now, I am not interested in it."
What a joke. The tower was a legacy of the Voyager that had mutated due to divinity pollution. Divinity, mutation, and the Voyager were basically the biggest dangerous factors in the world. Going in there would be no different than going back to the coffin. Gwen thought that he had a certain resistance to divinity pollution, but he knew that his resistance came from the Voyager, and the tower was the legacy of the Voyager after divinity pollution. Whether his resistance would work in front of the tower was completely unknown.
More importantly, he could use the 'Abdication Protocol' to deter a rational Dragon God, but it could not deter a 'Tide-Reversal God' who did not even seem to have developed a brain. There was no way to fight or negotiate with such a thing, and for Gwen, there was not much research value. Why would he risk his life to test it?
After all, the curiosity about the Tide-Reversal Empire was just a pastime for Gwen, not a necessity. In his opinion, the necessity was not even comparable to the coke in the cup.
He picked up the oak cup full of 'reflections', took a sip, and calmed himself down.
At a certain moment just now, he actually had another idea. If he set the "falling coordinates" of some satellites and space stations in the sky on that tower, would he be able to directly destroy it once and for all?
But this idea only came to Gwen for a moment before he rejected it.
Because he was not sure. He was not sure if he could make those space facilities accurately crash on the tower, and he was not sure how effective it would be to smash the Voyager's legacy with the Voyager's legacy.
As for the former, when Gwen used the Firmament Station's system to simulate the falling process of the on-orbit facilities, he found that the falling error of those old antiques was actually frightening. The excessively old system and the power deviation caused by the shortage of energy affected the accuracy of their fall. Although the base of the tower might be the size of an island, the falling error of the on-orbit facilities might directly deviate to the Tarlonde next to it.
This was also why Gwen used the abandoned satellites and space stations as a deterrent to the Dragon God, but he did not think of using them on the situation of the Lolun Continent. There were too many uncontrollable factors. Of course, using the satellite to smash Tarlonde didn't have to worry too much. After all, the Giant Dragon Kingdom was so big that it would definitely have an effect wherever it landed. However, in the Lolun Continent, there were too many countries and too many forces. If the satellite's booster engine went wrong, it might hit him. Besides, the satellite was so powerful that it could not be used in a conventional war.
As for the latter … it was more worrying.
If he used the Voyager's satellite to smash the Voyager's tower, it would be fine if it smashed into ashes. But what if it did not work? Or if the tower was smashed open and the "thing" inside was released? Who would be responsible for that?
After thinking and weighing the pros and cons, Gwen finally suppressed the impulse to "pull the satellite down and listen to the noise" in his heart. He tried to keep a straight face and calm down. With a serious and thoughtful expression, he continued to drink Coke.
The Dragon God quietly glanced at Gwen. Perhaps he was aware of the latter's thoughts, or perhaps he was also thinking about the possibility of letting this "extraterrestrial wanderer" help to destroy the tower. But in the end, he said nothing.
The topic of the Tide-Defying Empire and the tower seemed to have passed.
This seemingly slightly awkward silence lasted for a full two minutes before Gwen suddenly broke the silence. "What is the Voyager?"
"I thought you knew it very well." The Dragon God looked up. "After all, you have a deep connection with those legacies …"
"I just accidentally established a connection with those legacies when I came to this world," Gawain said frankly. He had been in this world for so many years, and it was rare for him to encounter such a situation where he could speak frankly. He did not expect that the first person he could talk to would be a 'god'. "I've lived with them for many years, but I couldn't find any description of the Voyager from the incomplete database."
The Dragon God's eyes stayed on Gwen for a few seconds as if to judge whether what he said was true or not. Then he smiled faintly. "The Voyager … is also a mortal."
"Mortal?" Gwen's eyes widened in surprise.
"Yes, mortal. Even if they are incredibly powerful, even if they can destroy the gods …" the Dragon God said calmly. "They still call themselves mortal and insist on it."
"Well … a race that insists on calling themselves mortal no matter how powerful they are …" Gwen nodded. "Then what? How did they appear? "
"That is an even older era. So old that the Dragons are just one of the mortal races on this planet. So old that there are still several civilizations and different pantheons on this planet …" The Dragon God's voice sounded as if it came from the other side of the long river of history, with vicissitudes and memories. "The Voyager came from the depths of the universe and set up an observation station and outpost on this planet …"
"They came from the depths of the universe?" Gwen was surprised again. "They did not develop on this planet?"
"Of course not." The Dragon God shook his head. "Their hometown is in a more distant place, an ancient galaxy they call the 'Exile Land'."
"Exile Land?" Gwen could not help but frown. "That is a strange name … Then why did they set up an observation station and outpost on this planet? Is it for supplies? Or scientific research? At that time, there were already several civilizations on this planet, including the Giant Dragon. Did those civilizations come in contact with the Voyager? Where are they now? "
"They all left with the Voyager. Only the Dragons stayed."
"Why? I … don't understand. "
"Because at that time, the Dragons had developed too much on the wrong path and no longer had the conditions to leave. And the Voyager … had to continue to sail. They had their own mission and could not stay and wait for the Dragons."
Noticing that Gwen was even more confused, the Dragon God smiled faintly and refilled the cup on the table.
"We still have some time. I have not discussed the Voyager with anyone for a long time," he said softly. "Let me tell you about them from the beginning. They are a group of incredible 'mortals.'"
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