Speaking of this kind of civilization that has not encountered any wars or other natural disasters, and the world is peaceful and peaceful, but it inexplicably disappears overnight, I always feel a sense of desperation... It seems that there are similar ancient city-states on the earth?
The ruins of the entire city-state were intact, and there were no traces of earthquakes or floods in the surrounding geological records. But even the people were gone, and history was suddenly cut off. This kind of thing that makes one's spine chill seems to have been heard somewhere.
However, what happened on this planet was obviously on a larger scale, and the consequences were more serious: it was not one or two city-states that disappeared, but all the technological cities on the entire planet. What suffered was not a primitive civilization, but a group of people who had been able to
High-tech aliens who drive spaceships outside the solar system!
What happened back then that caused all these people to withdraw from the city at once and return to primitive society, and a twisted thing like the "Lost God Religion" was slowly born?
It was precisely because we suddenly discovered that the situation might be stranger than we imagined that Sandora and I decided to get as much information as possible from other channels before directly contacting the Pope of the Lost Religion. This was done after dealing with various "historical legacies" for many years.
The experience left to both of us: Many things that have been polished over the years will be wrapped in layers of fog. Even if you feel that you are about to see through everything at a glance, you cannot easily believe what you have made up in your head. The final truth
There are often twists and turns, and the more conclusions you make up in advance, the easier it is to make mistakes at the last moment.
Reality is like a bad novel, it never follows common sense, and sometimes its expansion is bigger than the shallow imagination.
"If ancient civilization was not destroyed by violence, but ancient people gave up on their own initiative... then something more terrifying than natural disasters must have happened, which made people at that time think that only by giving up technology can they protect themselves," I said slowly.
Guess, "Of course there is another reason, that is, the ancient people at that time were brainwashed by some powerful thing. They went crazy and decided to form a group to go to the wilderness for tens of thousands of years of picnic activities. It is possible to brainwash them
It’s Cthulhu, or it could be a passing spiritual spark…”
Shandora Ball gave me a crisp slap on the back of my head: Bang!
"If you have such energy, you might as well think of something reliable," Sandra Ball was a little annoyed, "I want to believe that people at that time encountered a greater threat than war, and this threat was closely related to their technical level."
The female leader looked at me and Sandora with trepidation while rebuilding her three views after the disaster: "Could it be that there is a so-called technological curse as those crazy small sects have guessed? When the technology of this world reaches a certain level,
Will there be a group of extraterrestrial demons coming to destroy everything and reshuffle civilization to start over?"
"Technical curse? An alien demon?" the female leader just said casually, but I immediately glared, "Tell me specifically what's going on."
"It's just some crazy small sects talking crazy words without even complete teachings and historical inheritance. The whimsical pagans get together to make up stories to scare themselves," the female leader seemed very disdainful. "Some people speculate that in the world of mortals and gods
There are also so-called extraterrestrial demons. These demons feed on 'knowledge'. Gods created mortals, but demons created knowledge. Demons teach knowledge to mortals and allow civilization to develop and prosper. In fact, they use the earth as their own nursery.
When mortals develop to a certain height, it is the time when 'knowledge' matures. Demons from the outside will come out from the cracks in space to pick fruits. They will drain the souls of mortals, destroy the entire world, and then sow new knowledge among the surviving humans.
Knowledge is waiting to mature next time - they believe that it is this cycle that led to the destruction of ancient civilizations. They feel that as long as the mortal world remains ignorant forever, peace will last long, because this will make mortals more "unpalatable" and demons will not
Coming..."
At the end, the female leader couldn't help showing a funny look: "It's quite dumbfounding, isn't it? This kind of small sect has appeared several times. There are always people who like to scare themselves and make up these stories. These small groups are very interested in technology.
The attitude of the blockade is more positive than that of the Lost God Cult, but because they are so deviant, everyone will join forces to annihilate this group of people as soon as they show up. So it has not been successful so far."
"Actually, their idea of 'extraterrestrial demons' is quite creative," I chuckled. "Although it's unreliable, it may explain a little bit why civilization has been eradicated even without natural disasters."
The female leader suddenly sneered: "Oh, how is it possible, such an abstract thing as 'knowledge'... How is it possible that there are monsters that feed on memory and spirit in the world?"
I couldn't help but squint at Sandora Ball, and then curled my lips at the female leader: "Pay attention, you are seeking death for the second time today."
Female leader: "?"
"Uh-huh!" Sandolaqiu interrupted this useless topic with a loud snort, "Anyway, let's put aside these things that cannot be verified or falsified. Why do you think the Lost Religion seals away knowledge?"
The female leader thought about it seriously: "...I dare not say anything else, but one thing is for sure: if mortals master higher technologies, I am afraid it will really cause disasters. It is not the 'knowledge' itself that causes disasters, but
… Certain actions after mastering knowledge will lead to disaster.”
As expected, the other party has unique insights in this regard!
Sandora ball shook in front of the female leader encouragingly: "Keep talking, your opinion is very helpful."
"This was originally just a very immature idea. I have never mentioned it to anyone else," the female leader took a breath, and then slowly exhaled, "But just now you mentioned that ancient civilizations did not encounter disasters, but in
My idea of suddenly abandoning my city when everything is normal is more convincing: ancient civilization has developed to such a high level without encountering disasters. This shows that disasters are not attracted by technology and knowledge itself. It is very
It may be that certain actions that humans may take after mastering this knowledge will cause disasters. Ancient civilizations must have predicted such actions, but they cannot guarantee that all humans will always remain alert. In order to prevent someone... to prevent someone...
…”
I saw that the other party couldn't sum up the suitable words for a long time, so I reminded him: "Preventing someone from seeking death is an upgraded version of seeking death."
"Seeking death? Oh, this word seems to be very useful, just to prevent someone from seeking death," the female leader nodded, "Humans will have many unpredictable behaviors after mastering high enough technology and knowledge. One of the behaviors
It might kill everyone. The ancients must have noticed this, but mortals are too complicated and changeable, and there will always be daring guys. So in order to fundamentally prevent this crisis... the ancients decided to simply abolish
Remove all technology. That kind of 'dangerous behavior' must not be accomplished by an individual. It may require a certain technological foundation, so as long as the entire civilization comes to a standstill, even if a few people want to 'suicide', they will not be able to complete it.
Related research. This is my guess - I have never told anyone else before, and I am afraid that I will be regarded as a madman. After all, once this guess is established... then there will be no problem with the God of Technology and the God of Magic."
I looked at the elder sister of the leader in surprise: "Sister, you have a lot of ideas, learn from me... ahem, don't mind me saying that your idea is quite novel, but don't you have any clearer evidence?"
"No, there are only guesses," the female leader shook her head. "The most reliable evidence is what you just told me: ancient civilizations were not destroyed by disasters. It is precisely because of this that I become more convinced that neither 'knowledge' nor 'technology' are disasters."
The direct inducement. The direct inducement should be some kind of mortal 'possibility'."
I looked at Sandora Ball: "What can humans do after mastering high enough technology to cause the end of the world?"
"Meanings of seeking death? That's too many," Shandola Qiu's voice was quite joking, "The number of death-seeking civilizations I've seen in my life ranges from five to six figures, ranging from planets to self-destruction to declarations of war with the empire.
, almost everything. If mortals want to commit suicide, God cannot stop them. People on earth have been among the ranks of suicide seekers since they knew e=mc2. Do you know how high the level of suicide is among mortals? And to be honest...
Didn't Apostle Xiling almost succeed in trying to commit suicide before he became a god? In the end, he only had one breath left."
I twitched my lips: "But I haven't seen you kill all the scientists just to prevent your people from seeking death. So the ancient people on this planet must have discovered more dangerous methods of committing suicide, which were so dangerous that they would definitely die. And
Once the technology matures, it may be so easy that anyone in the human race can try it at any time - and they will only decide to kill their own civilization as a last resort."
"For example...external communication? High-power broadcast?" Sandora suddenly remembered something, "Arjun, do you still remember that metal plate? 'Silence, silence, don't make a sound!', this is emphasized repeatedly on the metal plate.
, is there someone monitoring the communications in this universe?!"
"Communication!" I almost jumped up because a key point seemed to have been exposed, "This universe is 'wrapped' by an interference layer, and it cannot communicate with the outside world! Think about it from another angle, the role of this interference layer
I’m afraid it’s also to prevent people inside from communicating with the outside world!”
The female leader looked at the excitement of each person and the goal, and couldn't help but have a curious look on her face: "What are you... talking about?"
"Researching things about the end of the world," I said casually, and when I saw the other person's face suddenly turn green, I realized that this was not a topic she could joke about, "Well, don't mind, I'm just joking. Anyway.
We can probably guess what the technical blockade is about, but we have to confront the Pope of the Lost God Religion to find out the real situation. In addition, we have to go to another place... Well, let me ask you, do you know about the Lost God Religion?
How old is the Pope?"
The jump from world peace to the age of the Pope may be because the question jumped so much that the female leader was stunned for a long time. She looked here blankly: "Huh?"
"How old is the Pope this year? We know that he is a tree elf, but we don't know how many years he has lived." Sandora floated the ball in front of the other party, "We have investigated from other channels, including various religious documents and folklore.
But the age of the pope is a mystery, and records related to the pope are deliberately ignored in any religious records. There is no record of his coronation or succession. We don’t even know how many popes the Lost Religion has had so far. This is quite
It's strange. In fact, we roughly know a 'year', which is about 70,000 years, which is the longest possible number of years for the tree elves to appear on this planet. If the Pope was still the first generation of tree elves... you
Got it."
"Do you suspect that the current pope is the pope who founded the divine religion when ancient civilization collapsed?" The female leader looked over with a strange expression, "Oh, this is normal. You are 'outsiders'. Elves have a long life span. Do you think so?
It’s not surprising, but I can tell you with certainty: the current pope is definitely not the original one. The original pope died long ago. And it has been replaced by many generations.”
I was surprised: "Huh?"
"The Lost God Cult has never announced this matter to the public, but we can learn some of their secrets through secret channels," the female leader smiled, seeming a little proud, "The predecessor of the Technological Revival Sect is actually a part of the radical group in the Lost God Cult.
Priests, well, they are all short-lived species. Because they do not have as long a life span as elves, they cannot master core or ancient knowledge, and they are not that close to elves. These radical priests later split off and became the technological revivalists.
, so we know some secrets about the church - the life span of the pope is very short, and the life span of all popes is exactly the same: a precise one hundred years."
"What's going on!?" I exclaimed, this was completely unexpected!
"No one can explain it. Although many high-ranking priests know about it, no one knows the reason. This 'reason' seems to involve the original secret when the church was established. Only the most core cardinals and the pope himself have access to this secret.
," the female leader shook her head. "Some say that mortals cannot withstand the power of the God of Technology and the God of Magic, some say that the Pope bears the sin of knowledge on behalf of other mortals, some say that the ancient supreme god left a curse, in short, regardless of technology
Both the pope and the magic pope can only live a hundred years. And it has nothing to do with when they were crowned. The pope is an elf baby selected by "divine revelation" from birth. From the day they are selected, they are destined to live only one year.
He is a hundred years old. And his growth rate will be accelerated to be similar to that of humans. The new pope was just eighteen years old when the last pope passed away. They have been passing on the inheritance accurately for tens of thousands of years. But the outside world does not know this, because the Lost God
The church never publishes information related to the pope. So there are various folk legends. Some say that the two popes have lived for 100,000 years, some say that the pope is immortal, and some people speculate that the current two popes are the first.
Seventh and sixth generations – baseless speculation.”
"The church's blocking of this information shows that the Pope's short life is also 'important information', but it may have nothing to do with the issues we are concerned about." Sandra Ball and I looked at each other, and then turned to the female leader, "In that case, even
Most people among the tree elves don’t know about the Pope’s short life?”
"I heard it just now. You divided the elves into three types: tree elves, white elves, and high elves? It's really strange. Such a distinction makes no sense. They live together and their bloodlines have long been mixed." The female leader smacked her lips, "Indeed,
Although elven civilians are also long-lived species, they are still not qualified to access these secrets, because the two popes were born from the 'deified' group. Every year, many elven babies are selected into the sequence of saints. After they enter the church,
They were deified when they were young, and they had nothing to do with the mortal world from then on. They could not even meet their parents, so the Pope chose from these babies, and no one among the common people knew about this process."
I raised two fingers: "The last two questions. The first one: Since you know such important information, why have you never thought of announcing it? Since the church takes this issue very seriously, then you must announce the information.
It will cause a big commotion, don’t you dislike the church?”
"Because it is meaningless, there are countless speculations about the church's high-level officials. Although the church's rule is very stable, there has never been a lack of gossip about it. If you go to the southern city-state, you will know. There are even rumors there that the Pope can only survive.
"Ten years," the female leader shook her head helplessly, "the church doesn't care about this, and the people will only treat this kind of news as a chat after dinner. The pope is short-lived? Does this have an impact on the world? Does it have an impact on the harvest of crops? No,
So no one cares."
The churches in this world only focus on the matter of "technical storage". This "simplicity" means that they are not afraid of these rumors against the Pope himself. Although they will not take the initiative to announce it themselves, they are also not worried about others' speculation.
This is interesting.
"Okay, this question doesn't seem to be important. Then the second one," I looked at the female leader curiously, "Since you guessed that the church sealed up technology to prevent mankind from committing suicide and causing the apocalypse, then why are you and your men still...
Are you enthusiastic about reviving technology? Aren't you worried that you will also 'seek death'?"
"Some things...can't be escaped." The dull and somewhat sad expression on the female leader's face disappeared, and now it was replaced by full of fanaticism. "Perhaps the church really wants to protect the world, but they
Stubborn, stupid, and as timid as a mouse! Those elves have been active for too long and are too afraid of death. They have forgotten the most important thing about being a wise spirit. They blindly freeze their technology and blindly escape.
It can't solve the problem at all! Disaster may not be summoned by humans, but what happens when it comes to your door? Technology and knowledge are the only weapons that mortals have, but the church sealed them because they were worried that the weapons were too sharp!
Then when disaster strikes, we won’t even have room to resist! The purpose of the Technological Revival Party is to create this weapon for human beings in the world. Mortals shouldn’t run away like this. We have to find a way to solve the problem!”
Sandora's ball suddenly became brighter, and Her Majesty the Queen seemed very happy: "Oh, that's right - as a human being with limited knowledge, it's great that you have this awareness. I admire you very much. Well, my husband should do the same.
Look at it this way.”
"Are you... willing to help us revive technology?"
"Unfortunately, I'm afraid that's not possible for the time being."
The female leader was stunned for a moment: "Why?!"
Sandora and I looked at each other and looked at the female leader seriously: "Because the 'threat' you have to face is probably not something that can be dealt with by ancient technology. The Lost God Religion is indeed too conservative, but
We need to investigate more before we know for sure what the 'catastrophe' they are trying to avert is."
The female leader has lofty ambitions and is a nice person, but it is obvious that she has not been exposed to the wider world so she does not know the real dangers. Sandora and I know more, so we know better that we need to be careful at this moment:
Considering the escape experience of the tree elves, it is easy to speculate that the threat to the world may be the abyss, or it may be the fleet of the fallen apostles! If it is the latter, it is easy to say, now the fallen apostles have basically been solved, and the rest are also
The troops of Abyss Xiling can communicate, but if it is Abyss... we only have one Imperial Admiral on hand!
It can be traced through information overflow (that is, communication at certain frequencies). This looks like the method of abyss infection.
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