The book that Sandora and we got from Celine is not an important religious book. In fact, it is just something like a journal, which records some things around the world and the latest instructions of the "Lost God Religion", but it
All the content is more or less centered on one's own religion, so this can be regarded as a special issue of the church.
Therefore, it is impossible for us to fully understand the "Lost Cult" from such a journal, but we can still learn a lot from the side.
First of all, it can be confirmed that the Lost God Cult occupies a very high position on this planet. According to the information in the publication, this sect is spread across the entire planet and has a large number of believers in all races. At the same time, the church has a strong presence in any area where there is a church.
Supreme authority: This authority can even make the ruler of a city-state obey orders in the form of orders.
Secondly, the Lost God Religion has two gods at the same time (at least two, and it is not ruled out that there are more "little gods" not mentioned in the publication). These two gods are very interesting. They are called the "gods of technology"
" and "God of Magic" - at least in the true god system known to the empire, there are no these two priesthoods, because technology and magic are both "processes" leading to the truth. They cannot represent the truth itself, so they cannot be
The title of true god. Sandora and I both believe that these two gods represent the lost technology of this planet. For example, the "God of Technology" corresponds to the inexplicable standby space stations in the sky, but the "God of Magic" corresponds to
We still don’t know what it is, but those space stations we discovered in space may not be all of this planet’s ancient civilization.
The God of Technology and the God of Magic belong to the same sect, and each has a pope as its spokesman. They also have groups of believers of similar size under their names, and the relationship between the two groups seems to be pretty good - this situation is quite confusing
Surprisingly. Apart from the Empire, there are really few worlds that can develop science and magic simultaneously without making fools of themselves. It is unclear how this situation of "peaceful coexistence" was formed. It may be related to what was mentioned in the church edict.
Is it related to that ancient disaster? After a great war, both science and magic suddenly came to their senses and shook hands to make peace?
In short, it is best not to speculate too much before you have definite evidence.
The last piece of information is also the most important: the church seems to control "knowledge". Whether it is technological knowledge or magical knowledge, all activities such as its inheritance and research are strictly restricted.
We now speculate that this "Lost God Religion" is related to the ancient advanced civilization on this planet, and may even be inherited from the ancient advanced civilization. The relics left by the ancient civilization are likely to be scattered throughout the planet (and also covered with pavements).
Space). The church power seems to have not yet reached the level of controlling all ruins, so they control the revival of knowledge by controlling adventurers and various learned methods. The adventurers mentioned by Ellu and Celine now seem to be the same
An explorer, an archaeologist, a grave digger, and a scholar of ancient culture all in one are four all-around great people. On the face of the earth, they are probably the kind of people who can speak to death at major academic summits. And these all-round talents
Their job is to search for ancient ruins around the world and report them to the church before civilians discover them (the church will give them some monetary rewards in the process). At the same time, the church has sealed and monitored most of the ruins, but a small part of them
Some ruins will be opened again, allowing adventurers to explore freely. Adventurers search for ancient equipment or documents from the ruins (in the process, they may also have to fight to the death with an out-of-control warning system, so they are still a group of combat power with several plus points)
They have to rely on their own knowledge to identify these antiquities, and at the same time prevent them from accidentally damaging the precision equipment. In the end, most of the things they find have to be handed over to the church (of course this can still be exchanged for money
of).
The book Celine lent me mentioned the trading of ancient relics between adventurers and other private organizations. This kind of trading seems to be allowed within a certain range. However, the things allowed to be traded are limited to ancient alloys, and art without intellectual content.
products, discarded containers and other strange things that have nothing to do with technology. At the end of the third mimeographed volume is a table listing the latest version of the "Private Exchange Permit List". The things on this list look like
There are many, but the restrictions are very obvious. That is: anything that can pass on knowledge or can be used directly is prohibited from being held by the public, except for ancient equipment, which is an absolute contraband. This includes all types of ancient books and certain "recording supplies"
It is also prohibited from being held by private individuals. I guess the latter refers to the alternate world version of the USB flash drive.
Generally speaking, adventurers are indeed a very demanding profession, but they also have generous income and high status. Unlike the life-threatening folk adventurers seen in other worlds, adventurers on this planet can even
They are regarded as "honorless aristocrats". They study things that ordinary people can't understand in their lives, and work for the largest authority on the planet. Their main source of income is the church, and every gold coin "gleams with the gift of God".
"Light", although they often need to risk their lives (wielding swords, guns and sticks to dig out the ancestral graves of space civilizations will definitely require risking their lives), but even priests must respect these all-powerful warriors, and the Pope also clearly declares in the Bible that adventurers
They are the "founders of the new era". When the gods show favor again, they can be ranked with the saints - of course, the premise is that they must abide by the rules.
Adventurers who do not abide by the rules, such as secretly leaking forbidden knowledge, will still be wanted by the church, but they can be forgiven as long as they are willing to repent and swear not to do it again, which further illustrates their special status.
This kind of treatment is enough to make adventurers from other worlds who struggle to make ends meet and are denounced as barbarians by the upper classes cry fainting in the restrooms.
However, it is indeed the first time that I have seen "adventurers" as the second largest knowledge group in the world (the first group is of course the Lost God's Cult). They can be said to be both powerful and knowledgeable, and can understand astronomy and astronomy.
Killing people is equivalent to a scientist who knows martial arts or an old gangster who understands science, so he naturally deserves that kind of treatment.
Of course, what kind of treatment adventurers receive and how awesome they can be are not the focus of Sandora and I right now. What we focus on is still the various weirdness of this "Lost God Religion".
"They must have ancient technology in their hands. You can tell by looking at the laser-printed books they handed out," the sandora ball lay softly on my chest. Even its shape changed into a soft mochi.
"Their purpose should be to suppress the resurgence of technology. I have seen many similar examples before. A small group of old and young people who still retain knowledge appear in a race that has experienced a civilizational era. Then they use the knowledge at hand to build privileges and ban the entire
The technological revival of the race to ensure their own interests and so on... It is a short-sighted and stupid behavior, but it is not uncommon. However, this Lost God Cult seems a bit weird. They have almost completely sealed up the ancient technology. So far, they have not been found to use it.
These technologies are used to improve one's own life. I haven't found any city on the planet that is more developed than other areas for seven or eight generations. People in this god's religion all live in the same houses and eat the same food as ordinary people.
Even if they go out, they can only ride horses at most. Even if they can use other high-tech gadgets, it really does not reflect their monopoly on ancient knowledge."
Sandora's puzzlement is also what I find strange: What are the benefits of this lost religion collecting and sealing ancient technology alone? We have also seen similar phenomena of civilization chronology and leaving the old and the young in other worlds. But in other worlds,
The purpose of the "remnants" in controlling technology is to enjoy a transcendent life for themselves, such as making a lot of spaceships, rockets, tanks and cannons, calling themselves gods and then ruling over their former compatriots who have degenerated into primitive humans. Even if it is not so extreme, they will still use
In the old days, technology improved one's life, at least living in a city that was more advanced than others. But the Lost Gods Religion didn't seem to do that.
The Imperial Admiral hangs in space and now orbits the planet every three hours. Therefore, we can be sure that there are no advanced cities above average on the entire planet, nor have any large-scale, functioning technological facilities been found.
, even if the Lost Gods control ancient technology. It seems that they have not applied it to themselves on a large scale. And there is a priest of the Gods right in front of us: as a priest, Celine lives the same life as everyone else.
Life.
Hmm. Taking into account the fact that her husband died, her life was actually even worse.
In addition, we also saw the "Wandering Priest" as an adventurer in the tavern, and he didn't seem to enjoy any privileges.
It seems that the Lost God Cult really lives up to their claims, sealing the forbidden knowledge with great care, preventing others from using it, and not even daring to use it casually.
Speaking of the "Wandering Priest" and the muscular hunk Leon I met in the tavern during the day, I suddenly remembered something, so I poked the mochi-shaped sandora ball lying on my chest: "This lost
The clergy of the divine religion can also become adventurers and act together with other adventurers. I'm afraid I know how Ellu's parents met."
Well, by the way, I also learned how Celine’s unique aristocratic temperament came from: clergy, no matter how miserable their life was, they had received higher education.
"Let's not worry about other people's housework," Sandora shook the ball lazily, "but Ellu is a very interesting little girl. It's really rare to grow up in this kind of environment without leaving any mental illness.
Celine’s ability to make up stories for her daughter is amazing..."
Before Sandora finished speaking, I suddenly heard a squeaking sound of wood being pressed from outside. Because my room was next to the stairs, I could immediately tell that the sound was someone going upstairs.
And it sounds very sneaky?
The footsteps passed in front of the door, and then slowly faded away, seeming to be heading deeper into the corridor. I immediately asked Sandora to quiet down, and then the two of them (or should I say one person and one ball?) carefully opened the door and looked outside.
go.
The light of two bright moons shone in from a series of window slits high on the outer wall, making the corridor look less dark. In these intermittent moonlights, a slender figure just flashed in the field of vision, slipping briskly.
Entered the penultimate room in the corridor.
Is it Celine? Why is she running to the almost abandoned second floor so late? And she looks very sneaky.
Curiosity drove the sandora ball to bounce around on my head: "Follow me and have a look, follow me and have a look! I feel that Celine is very nervous. She seems to have some secret."
"Okay, okay, please stop jumping, okay? You are a queen, not a cute one, okay?"
While I agreed, I opened the soundproof barrier and quickly came to the door of the penultimate room at the end of the corridor. The door was not closed, and the scene inside could be clearly seen from the half-open door:
This room is different from other rooms. There is no bed or other furniture that should be found in an ordinary bedroom. Instead, it is filled with large and small wooden boxes and some unidentifiable sundries hidden in the shadows.
, it feels like an abandoned warehouse.
Celine was standing in the middle of a lot of debris. She opened a long crate and took out a colorful +13 limited edition Fire Kirin Anniversary Laser Aiming Mega Particle Rifle - okay, I
I don’t know what that thing is. The list of names I just mentioned are all made up. The main reason is that the appearance of the thing looks like a high-tech gadget!
It was a weird weapon about one meter long...at least it looked like a weapon. It was made of black alloy and dark green crystal. It had a streamlined appearance. Its general shape looked a bit like many science fiction movies.
The beam rifle used by the aliens has a grip and a delicate trigger-like structure on one end, and a launch port on the other end. Its overall level of sophistication is far beyond what the current industrial level of this planet can produce. This thing seems to be more sophisticated than its surface.
It looks lighter. At least a slender and weak ordinary woman like Celine can pick it up easily. It feels like it is not much heavier than a wooden stick.
"Looking at the enlarged acceleration section and constraint mechanism, it seems to be some kind of relatively primitive particle jet weapon." Sandora commented professionally while observing the strange weapon in Celine's hand, "A particle weapon that is universal in the atmosphere is
It requires some special technology, and it seems to once again improve the evaluation of the ancient civilization on this planet. But why does this thing look different from the style of those space stations in the sky... There are no flashy plant decorations on the surface of this thing.
The internal mechanisms also seem to be a little different."
Sandora said this and I also noticed this: the weapon in Celine's hand is a black shell with small pieces of dark green crystal inlaid at the end. Other than that, there is no decoration. And those in space are regarded as ancient relics.
The space stations are all silver shells with plant patterns on the surface. We also inspected the interior of the space station at that time and confirmed that their builders were crazy about this plant pattern and loved it to the extreme. As long as the equipment they manufactured must have this kind of pattern
decorate.
The style of the weapon in Celine's hand is very different from that of those space stations. Moreover, Sandora discovered that its internal principles are also special. Could it be that it comes from a different civilization system? Or... is the ancient civilization on the surface different from those in space?
It doesn't matter?!
I feel that this planet is really interesting. Mysteries seem to come one after another, and at this time Celine also made a new move:
She put the long black "gun" aside for the time being, then bent down to check other things in the wooden box. After rummaging through it, she found some small squares that looked like some kind of energy storage device.
One of the "batteries" was put into the slot at the end of the spear, and a slight hissing sound immediately came from the spear, which showed that this thing was still working!
At the same time, Celine also prayed in a low voice: "The God of Technology has blessed this weapon, allowing it to activate normally and burn the enemy. May my trip not cause the disasters of the past, and may my words not cause
The enemy of the doomsday. God is above, protecting the earth and sealing off all things. Man is below, be grateful for kindness, be cautious in your words and deeds. Knowledge is supreme."
This was a prayer that sounded very formal and serious (and of course very weird). I immediately thought that this was probably the "blessing ceremony before departure" mentioned by the other party, or at least some ceremony related to it. Then Celine
I took out a lot of things from the box. Some seemed to be weapons, some were armors, and some were high-tech equipment that had no apparent function. I didn't expect that there were so many powerful gadgets hidden so close to me.
No matter what they are used for, at least Celine is now armed like a female Marine ready to fight aliens to the death - although the look of her wearing a medieval costume and carrying a gun is still a bit inconsistent.
After completing so many preparations, Celine did not immediately wear them and go out to find the aliens to die with them. Instead, she piled them aside, as if she was planning to pick them up again soon, and then she walked towards the door.
Shandora and I immediately entered the invisible state, watching Celine slowly walk past our eyes, and finally disappeared in the direction of the stairs.
"What was that just now?" After Celine left, I scratched my hair and muttered to Sandra Ball, "Is this single mother going to transform into a TX series terminator in an instant?"
"I don't know, but it seems that we have to re-understand the clergy of the Lost Religion." Shandora floated the ball towards the door, "Look at those equipments, or Celine is a believer who violates the canon and confiscated them privately.
There are so many intact ancient equipments, or every clergyman of the Lost Religion has these things. They don’t really seal up all the ancient technologies, but they rarely use them. In private, these clergymen
He has high-tech equipment that can arm him to the teeth.”
We still don’t know what this Lost God Cult wants to do, but so far they don’t seem to have a very good impression on people.
However, Sandora didn't seem to care much about this issue. She just swayed in the air twice and muttered lazily: "Sleep, sleep, it has little to do with us anyway, restoring energy is the most important thing now!"
I think about it, sooner or later, I will figure out what is going on on this planet, and Celine's behavior is not necessarily abnormal, so I just didn't think about anything, and walked towards the house with the Sandora ball in my arms.
.
"Shandora, I want to discuss something with you..."
"ah?"
"Can I use you as a pillow today? It's so soft..."
"Bash your head in!"
"..."
(Guess as much as you want, you will never guess where this world is and what it is)