Chapter 1562 Two Gods

Celine suddenly whispered a prayer that made me prick up my ears: "May the God of Technology bless Ellu."

"The God of Technology?" I asked subconsciously, and then I felt that it was inappropriate to ask: If this is a globally popular religion, then it would be a bit strange for me to be so surprised. However, Celine seemed not to have thought too much, or most people would not have imagined that there would be such things as extraterrestrial visitors. She just nodded: "I believe in the God of Technology, and I used to be a priest of the theocratic religion... Although I couldn't help it religiously later. So Jingjin left the archdiocese, but his religious membership is still there, so he can be considered a priest in the town. By the way, if you want to perform a blessing ceremony when you set out for the ruins, you can come to me, although the God of Technology is not as good at blessing ceremonies. The God of Magic is effective, but there are no other priests in this town, and the nearest priest of the God of Magic is still in another town dozens of miles away."

I was stunned again: There is also a God of Magic? And judging from Celine’s attitude, these two beliefs don’t conflict?

Celine looked at my expression and clearly had a misunderstanding. She waved her hands indifferently: "Of course it doesn't matter if you don't want to. Most people who go out for adventure don't believe in this ritual. Even foreigners from the east think that it is unlucky to accept this ritual before going out." , just pretend I didn’t mention it.”

I quickly said: "Oh... Actually, I don't have any ideas. It depends on the situation. If I feel uneasy when I leave, I will find you. By the way, I just saw you reading there. You are preparing to reopen the hotel, so I am sorting it out. Accounts?”

Hearing the words "God of Technology" brought up a lot of associations, and I finally couldn't help but bring the topic to that strange, anachronistic fine print. At the same time, I was thinking rapidly about what Celine said. What is going on with the sect here?

"It's not an account, it's just looking through the classics handed out by the church," Celine said with a smile. "Anyway, the teaching books are still there. The books handed out every month are what I use to kill time on a daily basis. What, Mr. Scholar? Are you also interested in the teachings of the God of Technology?"

"Um. I just wanted to say it, don't use 'you' so politely. I'm not used to it." I waved my hands and then put my eyes on the table in the distance intentionally or unintentionally. "It turns out that it was issued by the church. , to be honest, I’m a little interested...can I take a look?”

I thought this was just a very ordinary request, but Celine frowned: "Mr. Scholar, please don't make it difficult for me. Only clergy can read church books. Printed books are also prohibited from circulation. If you are just interested in If you are interested in the teachings of the God of Technology, I can help, but if you are interested in books... I still hope you can find a mimeographed version that can be bought on the market, the content is actually the same."

I suppressed the surprise and surprise deep in my heart, and made my face look as if I was just joking, while pointing to the table in the distance: "Then you can just put the printed book on the table so carelessly, and you are not afraid of Elu secretly taking it. Get out."

"Printed books are sacred and bright objects. Of course they can be placed anywhere. They are not contraband. They are just too sacred and solemn to be circulated." Celine's expression became serious. "As for Elu... Although the child is naughty, he is also You have common sense. And most people would not take action against printed books. After all, apart from the printing marks left by divine power, the contents of the books can also be seen in other places."

I found that Celine's expression was a little too serious, so I laughed and dismissed the current topic: "Ah ha. Don't mind. Don't mind. As a scholar, sometimes I can't control my curiosity. Since the content is the same. Then. Can you lend me some mimeographed books to read? Otherwise, I’m really bored at night—I haven’t found the bookseller in town yet, so I was dragged around by Ellu for a long time, looking for taverns and grocery stores.”

Mentioning the glorious achievements of the naughty child Ellu, Celine's face suddenly softened. She stood up and walked to the desk and said: "Of course, you can watch it as long as you want. It is also very gratifying to have someone so keen on pursuing knowledge. "

In the end, I got three crude books that still exude the fragrance of ink. The text density of the mimeographed books is of course sparser than that of refined publications printed by laser, so these three books plus one are the contents of a church classic of the same thickness. , but I’m just curious about the content inside it, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s refined or not. When you get back, scan the book and upload it to the Imperial Admiral, and let the host help translate it.

It was completely dark by this time. As a low-tech area still in the feudal farming era, the locals here did not have much nightlife. The streets in the town were therefore deserted, and even the strangers who came to take risks could no longer be seen. , the roadside lampposts lit with some kind of vegetable oil emit a flickering dim light, outlining a quiet night scene of a classical town.

Celine stood up to close the door. When she saw the quiet street outside, she said to me: "There are actually other hotels in the town. It seems that the adventurers who come here have a place to stay, but the local hotel should be full in a few days." Every time a new ruins are opened, the adventure craze lasts for several years or several months. Maybe our hotel will really have a chance to reopen... If you are still in town then, you must come to support us. "

"If I were still here at that time." As I said this, I glanced at the single mother again. From her face, I could see an inextricable tiredness and a lingering coldness, which started just now. You can feel that her temperament is so special: she is tired, lonely, and seems to have lost motivation for many things. There is also a sense of lifelessness revealed in the conversation, but it is obvious that she is also fighting against herself. With this depressed trend, she seemed to want to be more energetic and try to find something to do - but this effort seemed to have little effect.

The feeling of loneliness and lifelessness still permeated her body, and eventually filled the entire big house. In such a huge house, there was only a single mother who had lost her motivation and goals, and a child whose mind was not yet mature. I'm afraid I can Imagine how Elu developed that weird personality. In fact, it is a good thing that the little girl was not brought up to be depressed but went to the extreme to develop ADHD...

The night was already dark, and I still had to seize the time to study the three books on hand, so Celine and I said good night, asked where the room was, and then went upstairs. Behind me, Celine slowly walked to the other side. The sound of footsteps walking in one direction.

The second floor of this hotel (or it used to be a hotel) has a very classic rental structure. After going upstairs, there is a narrow corridor. One side of the corridor is an outer wall, and the other side is a row of doors. Of course all rooms are empty now. I saw that the door at the end of the corridor was even blocked by various debris, which showed that the hotel had been closed for a long time - but the little girl Ellu really hoped that her hotel could reopen. Maybe the child also felt that Life is so boring now.

My room was closest to the stairs. I opened the door and found that the furnishings in the room were very simple: a bed, a chair, a small desk, and a small wooden cabinet that didn't seem to hold much. That's all. But the room was very clean. Celine and Ellu seemed to have done a good job cleaning it before, and the air was filled with the smell of plants and herbs. Probably to remove the dusty and musty smell left by the room being vacant for a long time. The only bed in the room was by the window, and it was covered with new sheets and bedding. I threw three books on it, and then... Then Sandora Ball happily jumped on the bed and started rolling around. .

It seems that this matter has not been mentioned for a long time: Sandora likes to roll in soft places, and most people really don't know her biggest hobby besides eating.

"I'm quite prepared, but I feel a little embarrassed." I looked at the brand new bed and quilts, and found a new set of pajamas and a small note in the small wooden cabinet (I couldn't understand what was written on it for the moment), I couldn't help but scratch my hair. "Twenty copper coins bought me a meal and a room, and the copper coins were made by the two of us in just one second..."

"Oh, don't worry about the details. It's just a copper plate anyway. Whether it's made temporarily or not, it doesn't affect the circulation on this planet." Sandora's ball bounced back and forth on the soft bed, and it was lifted while jumping. Invisibility, "Speaking of which, the God of Technology and the God of Magic on this planet sound quite interesting... The God of Technology is easy to understand. Maybe it is something left over from the lost technological civilization. It is quite common in ancient civilizations. But how can there be a God of Magic at the same time... Apart from the Empire, I really haven’t found many civilizations that can develop technology and magic simultaneously without fighting each other.”

"Who knows what's going on. Maybe we can find clues in these books." I had been running around all day, and I was still a little mentally exhausted at this time, so I threw myself on the bed as I spoke. At this moment, the Sandora ball also happened to land on the edge of the bed from the air, so the moment it bounced up on the side of the bed... the Sandora ball went out of the window!

There was a suspicious collision sound from the window, and then the golden ball of light rushed back from the window and hit me angrily in the face. Then there was a 360-degree ping-pong-pong collision, and Sandora hit one side while the other. Yelling: "Ajun, there is something wrong with you! Why are you making such a big noise! ​​Why do many of your actions after I turned into a ball be so strange! If I had a mouth now, I would definitely bite you!"

It took me a lot of effort to catch Sandora Ball (it was even more difficult than catching Ding Dong), and while I was apologizing, I muttered to myself: This place looks quite backward, and there is even a spring cushion... After the break of generations and the reconnection. The technology tree is indeed very prone to distortion.

Then the two of us finally got down to business: studying the three "religious books" that exuded the fragrance of ink.

There are unknown characters in the book, but this does not affect our reading. We only need to scan a part of the text and send it to the Imperial Admiral, which can translate it according to the rules of the text. Although it involves distortions, customs, transliteration, etc. There will still be some misunderstandings of the vocabulary, but this does not affect the understanding of the text. In fact, Sandora herself can translate this kind of alien language - but she is lazy.

It seems that Her Majesty the Queen is in a state of fatigue due to the combination of mental trauma and being unable to eat after turning into a ball of light.

"It looks like it's just an ordinary... storybook?" I leaned on the bedside and spread the book on my legs, with the Sandora ball hanging softly on my shoulders. After reading some passages in the book Shandora muttered, "I'm telling some customs and rural stories from around the world, and they're all recent, and there's no mention of ancient civilizations or anything like that."

"Celine said that the church prints and distributes these things every month. Maybe this is equivalent to a religious internal magazine, which talks about current events in various places for a month." I turned over a new page and found the contents of this page and beyond. It is about the recent battle experience of a certain knighthood in the southern countries. It is obviously a medieval story, slightly exaggerated, but it has nothing to do with the lost civilization, or even "religion". If you insist on telling this thing It looks like a transcript sent back by a war correspondent. Only at the very end of the story is there a comment given by the bishop of a certain region. The basic content of the comment is that the knights are brave and good at fighting. They can fight and win wars. The leader of the knights is a noble person, a pure person, and a A moral person, a person who has escaped from vulgar taste, a person who is beneficial to the people, a person who can run more than 200 kilometers to capture bandits with seven swords in his chest, a person who is so fierce that he will not eat human food. Based on this comment and the previous story of the Knights, the only thing I can conclude is that the local bishop’s family has a daughter who is waiting to be married, and she is about to marry the leader of the Knights...

Shandora thought I was slow at reading, so she jumped on the bed and used her mental power to control the remaining two books to float. She flipped through the books there, and I couldn't help but glance at her sideways: "It's not that a spherical body makes it difficult to move. , does physical manipulation consume energy, are you willing to move now?"

"I'm so annoyed, I'm so annoyed - who told you to read slowly!" Sandora's voice came from the golden ball of light, and at the same time, she had already flipped through the two books (at such a speed) . Then she finally made a discovery, "Look, Arjun, God is finally mentioned!"

I quickly walked over and saw that it turned out to be several text messages-like things:

"The God of Technology sent down a new oracle and the Pope of Technology relayed it on his behalf: two ancient ruins around the Vasarian city-state will be opened. Adventurers on the mainland are allowed to explore. I hope the adventurers will remember the grace and generosity of the god. And in the process of exploring the ruins, strictly follow God's teachings and cherish your own life. Be cautious about the knowledge heritage with forbidden power, and may the light of God shine on you. The following are the specific locations of the ruins opened by divine grace and the scope of allowed survey... …”

"On the side of the God of Technology, two new recycling standards for ancient heritage have been added, and the recycling of ancient device fragments (see the attached table for specifications) and ancient symbols and fragments have been re-regulated. I hope adventurers from all over the continent can keep in mind the teachings of the gods and the ancient betrayers. The lessons left behind. It is clear that mortals cannot directly draw power from ancient devices, nor can they learn any knowledge from the few words left by the gods, because this knowledge was taken away from the ancient betrayers and temporarily sealed by the gods. Before returning knowledge to mortal hands, you must not attempt to interpret it, as this will bring about the end of the entire world. I hope that adventurers from all over the continent can strictly abide by the dogma and send qualified relics to the church for sealing in accordance with the regulations, waiting for the grace of God. , when mortals are allowed to learn this overly powerful knowledge, all adventurers will join the ranks of the saints who laid the foundation for the new era. At the same time, the church will once again increase the rewards for recycling various relics that meet the standards (see the attachment for the specific increase) Table). At the same time, he once again emphasized the revelation of His Majesty the Pope: money cannot measure the grace of God, and monetary compensation is only to record the merits of the founders before the arrival of the new era."

"The God of Magic sent down an oracle, and it was relayed by the Pope of Magic: The power of magic is reviving in the twelve northern island chains. The believers' efforts make the gods happy, but they must also keep in mind the lessons of the past disasters. The discovery of magic power and The organization must also follow the various dogmas of the Lost Cult, and be cautious and do not make any rash advances. All ancient equipment and ancient runes should be handed over to the local diocese for safekeeping immediately. The excavators must not keep it privately, let alone delve into it in private. Over-developed knowledge It will bring disaster, and the gods have designated a path of progress for mortals. We should follow this path and wait for the grace of the gods before we can continue to delve into more difficult knowledge, so as to avoid the recurrence of past disasters."

"The Pope of Magic and the Pope of Technology issued a joint statement that the adventurer gathering in San Ankh City is essentially an exchange of forbidden knowledge. The church monks discovered ancient equipment that was circulated among the people without registration (category III and Category iv), this kind of offensive activity must be stopped immediately. Saint Anker III has responded to this sacred call and closed the assembly hall. The two popes called on all adventurers who have participated in this illegal exchange to take the initiative to report to the nearest clergy Repent and turn over privately held ancient items. As we all know, those who take the initiative to repent will be forgiven by God. This call will last for two months..."

"The illegal academic research organization in St. Ankh City is being further investigated. It has been determined that a magic association from the south is involved. They went all the way north and hid the monks from four dioceses in a row. The clergy of each diocese should take this as a warning. As a warning…”

One-third of one of the mimeographed books is filled with brief contents such as this. It seems to have a strong sense of current affairs news, and each piece of information comes with a date and an expiration date, which fully confirms our guess: What Lin read was a religious monthly.

And from this "monthly magazine", we finally have a preliminary understanding of the sects in this world. We must admit that this is a bit... unexpected.

"Now it seems that this Lost God Religion is the most powerful sect, if not the only religion in the world." Shandora Ball flew over lightly and leaned on my face. "Their power extends to the entire planet. Many of the things mentioned above They come from all over the world, and sectarian forces are almost dominant in these areas."

"And they also believe in two gods at the same time." I threw aside the mimeograph book in my hand, feeling that my head was even more confused than before, "The god of technology and the god of magic... Tsk, I can't even figure it out." (To be continued. Please search, the novel will be better and updated faster!