The "leader" is a woman who looks mature and beautiful. I was deeply surprised when I saw it through my spiritual vision before. However, this slightly "prejudicial" surprise was immediately met by Her Majesty Queen Sandora in all directions.
The basic meaning of the complaint is what's wrong with women, why can't women take charge of the overall situation, why can't women be leaders, etc. Of course Sandora knows that I don't mean that much, she is just free.
The psychological panic caused by the "terrorist disaster" almost destroyed the minds of everyone in the underground stronghold. If Shandora hadn't stopped in time, there wouldn't be a single living person left here, and even if Shandora didn't kill her, the "leader"
When she woke up, she was so groggy that she almost didn't know where she was. The slightest movement around her made her panic and inexplicable, but this also brought us great convenience: the other party's spiritual defense has been crushed by fear, and now even if it is...
If a child came to interrogate her, she would kill them all.
Shandora was in charge of questioning. She could more accurately control the remaining fear in the other person's heart and ask for more things. I took advantage of this moment to wander around the underground palace: this place seemed a bit interesting.
There are messy technological products everywhere in the underground palace. It uses electric lighting, simple closed-circuit monitoring, and communication equipment. Obviously this does not comply with the technical control rules of the Lost God Religion, and I don’t know how they control the entire world in the Lost God Religion.
If you get these things under such circumstances, it seems that the technological blockade of the Lost God Religion is not as high as imagined. You must know that many technological products cannot be used just by digging them out from the ruins. If you want to use technological products to decorate
A base is so large, so you need to know how to keep them running, you need to know how to repair them, and be able to make the minimum replacement parts. Understand the principles of most equipment and be able to modify them with the materials on hand (because most of the relics
It cannot be used if dug out), and you even need a matching production line to manufacture basic parts - this production line must exist, and of course it will be somewhere else.
It seems that the Lost God Cult does not completely control the world... Perhaps the limit they can do is to delay the technological recovery of this world as much as possible. Once a civilization exists, it is not easy to completely "freeze" in a certain state, even if
The Lost God Cult may have been originally established by a group of tree elves with a lifespan of tens of thousands of years. It may not be able to completely control the technological renaissance of short-lived races.
In some small rooms in the underground palace, I found a lot of "gadgets" that looked like antiques dug out of the ground: fragments of equipment, alloy blocks of unknown purpose, deformed mechanical parts, etc., these gadgets
They were placed on shelves in categories. Some fragments were placed on clean workbench, seemingly being processed and studied. This reminded me of Celine's workbench in the church, what this mysterious organization was doing.
Apparently it's similar to part of what the Lost Gods do: collect ancient relics and then study them.
The difference is that they seem to intend to reproduce these technologies and use them to establish a new "order."
In a brightly lit small room, I found a lot of neatly arranged books. Next to this small room was a neat room with a strong feminine atmosphere, so I guessed that this was the study room of the "chief". The most noticeable thing about these books
That is: half of them are very good quality accurate prints!
Basically, they are all technical books: electricity, physics, chemistry, nature textbooks, and of course there are also mysterious "textbooks" such as alchemy and magic theory. These books are carefully annotated and marked.
There are also study cards sandwiched between the pages of the book. The beautiful handwriting on them is undoubtedly from the "leader". Moreover, I also found several thick notebooks on the desk in the corner, which not only contain carefully recorded learning experiences, but also
The owner of the notebook tried to design a small machine, and even... a model of a radio equipment. Although simple, it was obviously designed independently by the owner of the notebook based on the knowledge he had learned.
"A female leader of a terrorist organization who is studious and inquisitive..." Looking at the books and notes in front of me, I said to myself with a strange expression, "This spirit of learning...if she was born in a normal world, she might have a master's degree."
Read it.”
The traces of study all over the room made me feel more and more stressed the more I looked at them. At the end, I couldn't help but think of my guilt-filled junior and high school career: If only I had that sister who worked a third of the way, maybe...
...Oh, it seems to be of no use. Before I could show my strength on the college entrance examination battlefield, I was fooled by the empire that descended from the sky.
Of course, I also found some information related to the "organization" in these notes, which are basically communication records and diaries. I don't know why the leaders of every secret organization are used to mentioning such things.
I kept the things that I wanted to kill at hand, as if I was afraid that someone would not be able to find evidence after the accident. Maybe the leader of the Royal Sister did not have time to destroy these things? In short, based on these things, I completely determined the nature of the "organization", just like
Exactly what I imagined: a tech revivalist.
Most of them hide in the wild mountains and forests far away from human habitation, and a small number of them are hidden under the nose of the Lost God Cult as secret societies (letters from some "diocese sentinels" were found in the address book). They dig out knowledge and study hard to learn the ancients' teachings.
They are researchers, warriors, archaeologists, professional tomb robbers, and "social progressive elements". Of course, they also serve as terrorists when necessary. Their size is unknown, but it is estimated that it will be large.
, and they refer to the Lost Gods as "heretics" and "zombie idiots" with a contemptuous attitude - obviously these technological revivalists firmly believe that they are the party that masters the truth and is progressive.
It would be better if the approach was gentler.
Yes, the behavior of these technological revivalists is not very pleasing. Just like what Sandora said, the deviant minority can always feel comfortable that they are excluded because they master the truth, so they can use justice and truth
In the name of violence against the majority, the unreasonable thing about this world is that the minority can actually carry out such violence against the majority: the technological revival organization that calls itself the "Awakened Ones" uses various methods to attack the Lost Religion.
Every attack always inevitably injures civilians. Although it seems that their leader has made efforts to control this behavior (it can be seen from some handbooks and briefings), this is what a leader of a large organization must have. This is not rational at all.
Delay lower-level cadres in the organization from causing trouble outside.
Just like what the man in black did: letting the giant beacon antenna go out of control and irradiating innocent villages and towns with deadly high-power microwaves, just to trap the adventurers under the town's protective shield (although Celine's bold style and rich experience
Let his plan fail), the other party must firmly believe that he is doing it for "intellectual justice." You can hang this lunatic on a ceiling fan with a charcoal fire underneath. Turn on high gear for a day, and he will still firmly believe that he is doing it for justice.
The scale of this underground palace is not too big. Although there is a deep corridor underground, there are basically not many branch roads. After leaving the leader's study, I quickly found a place similar to a warehouse, where I discovered more and larger ancient artifacts.
equipment, as well as mechanical devices that are obviously newly manufactured. This confirms a conjecture: the technological revivalists have the ability to delve into some ancient technologies, and they have production lines.
These mechanical devices should not be manufactured by this small stronghold itself. They require relatively large machine tools and metal smelting equipment. However, I have no interest in paying attention to the size of this organization now. This planet is using limited resources and population.
It is wasted on meaningless things, and it also involves the "historical issues" of the old empire. I and Sandora should solve these troubles as soon as possible. Of course, we must first understand the real reason for the lost religion's sealing technology, and find another way
Contact the Imperial District.
Just as I was about to leave the warehouse to meet Sandora, a metal plate on the wall of the warehouse suddenly caught my attention.
This metal plate looks to be old, but judging from its forging process and exquisiteness, it is obviously not an ancient relic. It should be a "modern antique" from tens or hundreds of years ago. I don't know why such a metal plate is so popular.
Placed in this warehouse full of ancient equipment, it is probably some kind of decoration or has some other meaning? In short, it has a few lines of inexplicable text written on it:
"Silence. Silence, don't make a sound, let civilization fall into silence and technology enter the harsh winter.
No one can hear where we are, and the cage will become a barrier from now on.
The Forge of the Gods burns brightly, and its flames bring favor to all things. If the flames of the Forge of the Gods are not extinguished, the sanctuary will protect peace.
Waiting for the God's Forge to reopen, the cage and barrier will collapse together, and the harsh winter will finally end. Civilization will embark on a journey again.
But until then—silence, silence, don’t make a sound!”
Shandora's voice suddenly came from outside: "Arjun! Arjun, are you in there?"
Before I could make a sound, I saw a golden ball of light floating in, followed by several figures who seemed to be wandering and confused: Sandora used mental control to control the "leader" and several others.
Organization members were brought in.
"I just found something," I pointed at the metal plate on the wall. "Look at this. I think this is about the Lost God Religion's technical blockade. It seems to mention the reason."
"Don't make a sound?" Sandra circled around the metal sign, "Are you really being chased by something?"
"These words vaguely indicate that the purpose of 'technical blockade' is to hide oneself, but what exactly will be exposed when technology develops?" I muttered while putting the metal plate into my portable space, "Or...why does technology develop?
Will they be discovered when they get up? Is there anything specifically done to track other civilizations by detecting 'technical values'?"
"Maybe there is, but I'm more interested in the God's Forge mentioned in it," Shandora Ball seemed to be thinking, "Is this a symbol of worship imagined by the Lost God Religion or is it something that actually exists? Hello.
, who of you knows what the God Forge is?"
The second half of Shandora's words was addressed to the several prisoners behind her. The leader, who had already entered a mental breakdown + brainwashing state, spoke in a daze: "The Forge of the God... Everyone knows that it is the god of technology.
The great furnace built by the Supreme God, who is as ancient as the God of Magic, forged the first technological and magical products for this world. The fire in the God's forge fell on the earth, and mortals gained sacred knowledge."
"A bunch of gods and gods are talking about useless information," a voice of dissatisfaction came from Sandora's ball, "What is the use of this God's Forge? Is it related to the sealing technology of the Lost God Religion?"
"Ever since mortals abused knowledge and caused disaster, the gods have sealed the forge. Mortals can no longer approach it, nor can they get the sparks in the forge, but there is still a flame burning in the furnace, and the power of the gods continues to be burned there.
Some taboo things purify the sins in the universe. But this process has nothing to do with mortals," the "leader" said slowly. The sequelae of the fear of disaster made her hardly know what she was talking about, and she didn't know why she wanted to deal with it.
The stranger obeyed the words, "The flames in the God's forge are still continuing to drive away the evil forces spying on the world. As long as the flames are still burning, evil forces cannot conquer the world, but mortals have been insulated from divine grace. The God of Technology and Magic
The god is merciful and sets a test for mortals. As long as the mortals pass the test, the furnace of the God's forge will be opened again, and mortals will be able to contact knowledge again. Civilization will continue to move forward. Those ignorant pagans misunderstood the test
meaning, they thought that by completely banning the study of knowledge they would be forgiven by the two gods, but they did not know that the gods wanted to test the rationality of mortals when facing knowledge. We must correct these mistakes and let knowledge return to the world, using
My actual actions prove to the gods the will of mortals! The Forge of the Gods will definitely be opened again after we master the technology of leaving the earth, and the heretics will eventually be eliminated!"
Even though she was trembling under the suppression of the remnant power of the disaster, the leader still looked enthusiastic when she mentioned the technological revival. It seemed that this enthusiasm allowed her to temporarily gain the power to fight against the disaster. Next, Sandora asked her many questions
Regarding the question about the Celestial Forge and the technological revival, the other party’s answer was basically the same: the Celestial Forge is a real “miracle”, and both the Lost God Cult and the Technological Revival Sect firmly believe in the “miracle” in this forge.
"Flame" protects the entire world, and in order to punish mortals, the gods isolated the flames of the forge from the mortal world. From then on, mortals lost the power of technology and knowledge. People looked forward to the day when civilization would survive the cold winter and get back on the road, and
This is where the difference between the Lost God Cult and the Technological Revivalists lies: the former believes that the test of the gods is to seal away technology and "atone" through the primitive lifestyle, so that the forge will be reopened. The latter believes that only through their own
Work hard to remaster ancient techniques in order to pass the Trial of the Gods.
In any case, it seems that this "God's Forge" is quite important.
"But having said that, where is the Forge of the Gods?" I looked into the leader's eyes, and I could see the fear and a little bit of religious fanaticism that had not faded away (these technological revivalists seemed more lost than the others).
The Cult of God is still like a cult), "On the territory of the Lost Cult of God? Or is it buried somewhere else on this planet? Is it an ancient ruins?"
"How can the God's Forge be such a superficial thing!" The leader suddenly raised his voice. Then she was startled by her own voice and shivered again, "Oh my god... the God's Forge is not on the land of mortals, it is in the land of mortals.
Heaven... above us, in the eternal mysterious kingdom where the gods live. Mortals cannot peek into the appearance of this forge. If you are any other small sect, I advise you not to try to decipher the secret of the forge of the gods. It is the lost god.
It’s an area that even teachers dare not venture into easily.”
"It seems that the duration of the 'terrorist disaster' has expired, and she dares to talk to us about the threat," Sandora shook the ball towards the leader, "Ajun, what should we do with these people? Leave it to Celine? It seems like Celine
Lin is the top person in charge here."
The Technological Renaissance Faction must be a class enemy in the eyes of the Lost God Religion. It seems reasonable to hand over the people in this stronghold to Celine. However, I thought about it and shook my head slightly: "No for now. Regardless of the Lost God Religion
The technological revivalists are all in a state of confusion now, and they are absolutely fighting each other to death. Although at least half of these extremists are guilty, the remaining half who are not guilty enough to die will definitely be captured by the Lost God Cult.
Death, this is inappropriate, we cannot let the people on this planet continue to waste the population on stupid things."
"Then send them to the Imperial Admiral and imprison them. Afterwards, let the locals figure out whether they are guilty or not. It is not our business to judge them," Sandora flashed her ball to agree with my opinion. At the same time,
Alaya just happened to emerge from a burst of white light: It took so long for the angel sister to settle down with Leon (can you believe it, several hours?!). Needless to say, she must have almost forgotten that she still needs to come back (not the first time)
times), Shandora Ball was not polite, bumped Alaya's wings and then ordered, "You work hard again, teleport everyone here to the prisoner-of-war camp of the Imperial Admiral, and let the spacecraft
The automatic system has taken good care of these guys. By the way, they have just been attacked by a terrorist disaster, and many of them have brain damage or soul damage. Let the automatic system treat them."
Alaya was still dizzy when he showed up, but he didn't stay in front of me for five seconds before he had to return to the spacecraft...
Then Shandora sighed: "Tsk tsk...life in the empire's prisoner-of-war camps is getting better and better these days. The old empire..."
I couldn't help but roll my eyes at her: "You hardly used prisoner-of-war camps in the old empire. Ninety percent of the prisoners of war died on the spot."
Sandora: "Hehe..."
Don't take such a serious matter lightly, hehe, you can easily be criticized for despising human rights!
"Then we can pass on this underground stronghold to Celine, so that Celine can have a way to communicate. Let's just say that we tracked the mysterious man and found this place." I looked around at the worthless underground palace, every corner here.
Every corner has been holographically scanned, and all the information that needs to be collected has been collected. "As for the whereabouts of the people here, let the Lost God Cult guess. By the way, Sandora, are you interested in looking for the God's Forge?"
"Do you have a clue?"
I chuckled and pointed upward: "It's in space, that's the theory."