Chapter 1563 Celine’s Strange Actions
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 around one's own religion, so you can think of this as a special issue for the church.
Therefore, it is impossible for us to fully understand the "Lost God Cult" from such a journal, but we can still know a lot from the side.
First of all, it can be confirmed that the Lost God Cult occupies a very high status 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 command the ruler of a city-state to obey orders.
Secondly, the Lost Gods 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 those inexplicably waiting space stations in the sky, but it is not yet known what the "God of Magic" corresponds to. What, those space stations we discovered in space may not be all of the ancient civilization of this planet.
The God of Technology and the God of Magic belong to the same sect, and each has a pope as its spokesman. Each has a group of believers of similar size, and the relationship between the two groups seems to be pretty good - this situation is quite confusing. Surprisingly, apart from the empire, there are few other worlds where science and technology can develop at the same time as magic without being fooled. It is unclear how this situation of "peaceful coexistence" came about. Maybe it has something to do with the ancient disaster mentioned in the church edict? After a big battle, both science and technology suddenly realized and shook hands to make peace?
In short, it is better not to speculate too much before you have definite evidence.
The final message is 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), it seems that the church forces have not yet reached the level of controlling all the ruins, so they control the revival of knowledge by controlling adventurers and various learned methods. The adventurer mentioned by Ellu and Celine now seems to be an all-rounder who is an explorer, archaeologist, gravedigger, and ancient culture scholar. Dead figures speak at major academic summits, and the job of these all-rounders 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 will be reopened. Let the adventurers explore freely. The adventurers search for ancient equipment or documents from the ruins (in the process, they may also have to fight to the death with the out-of-control warning system, so they are still a group of fierce men with several plus numbers in combat effectiveness). They They have to rely on their own knowledge to identify these antiquities, and at the same time prevent the precision equipment from being accidentally damaged. 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).
The book Celine lent me mentioned the trading of ancient relics between adventurers and other civil organizations. This kind of trading seems to be allowed within a certain range, but the things allowed to be traded are limited to ancient alloys and arts without intellectual content. products, discarded containers, and other strange things that have nothing to do with technology. A table is included at the end of the third mimeographed volume. The latest version of the "Private Exchange License List" is listed above. There may seem to be a lot of things on this list, 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 private sector. In addition to the absolute contraband of ancient equipment, all types of ancient books and certain "recording supplies" are also prohibited from private possession. I guess the latter refers to the alternate world version of the USB flash drive.
Generally speaking, being an adventurer is indeed a very demanding profession, but it also has a huge income and a very high status. Unlike the life-threatening adventurers seen in other worlds, the adventurers on this planet can even be regarded as "honorless nobles". They delve into things that ordinary people will never 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 "shines with the light of God". Although they often need to risk their lives (wielding swords, guns and sticks to dig up the ancestral graves of space civilizations will definitely require risking their lives), but even the priests must Respect these all-powerful warriors, and the Pope also clearly declares in the Bible that adventurers are "the founders of the new era." When the gods return their favor, they will be able to rank with the saints - of course, the premise is that they must abide by the rules.
Adventurers who do not follow 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 have struggled to survive through fire and water and are denounced as barbarians by the upper class cry and faint 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 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 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." Sandora ball lay softly on my chest, and even its shape turned 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 people and children who still retain knowledge appear in a race that has experienced an era of civilization. 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...a short-sighted and stupid behavior, but not uncommon. However, this Lost God Religion seems a bit weird. They have almost completely sealed up the ancient technology, and they have not yet 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 regions 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 God's religion collecting and sealing ancient technology alone? We have seen similar phenomena in other worlds, such as the eradication of civilizations and the legacy of the old and the young. However, the purpose of controlling technology by the "remnants" of other worlds is to enjoy a transcendent life for themselves. For example, they make a lot of spaceships, rockets, tanks and cannons, and call themselves gods. Then they rule over their former compatriots who have degenerated into primitive people. Even if they are not so extreme, they will use old technology to improve their lives, at least living in a city that is more advanced than others, but the Lost Gods Religion does not seem to do this.
The Imperial Admiral hangs in space, now circling the planet every three hours. Therefore, we can be sure that there are no advanced cities above average on the entire planet, nor have we found any large-scale technological facilities that are still in operation. Even if the Lost God Cult controls ancient technology, it seems that they have not used it on a large scale. Apply to yourself. And there is a priest of the religion right in front of us: Celine as a priest. Live the same life as everyone else.
Well, 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 Cult of the Lost God is really what they preach. The forbidden knowledge was sealed "with caution" so that others could not use it, and he did not dare to use it casually.
Talking about the "Wandering Priest" and the muscular hunk Leon that he met in the tavern during the day. I also suddenly remembered something, so I poked the mochi-shaped sandora ball lying on my chest: "This cleric of the Lost Religion can also become an adventurer and act with other adventurers. I'm afraid I know How did Ellu's parents meet?"
Well, by the way, I also learned how Celine's unique aristocratic temperament came from: clergy, no matter how poor their lives were, 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 also amazing..."
Before Sandora finished speaking, I suddenly heard a squeaking sound of wood being pressed 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 by 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 was she running to the almost abandoned second floor so late? And it looks 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 agreeing, 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 pile of clutter, opening a long crate. I took out a colorful +13 limited edition Fire Qilin Anniversary Laser Aiming Mega Particle Rifle - Okay, I don't know what it is. The list of names just now are all made up, mainly because of that thing Its appearance looks like a high-tech gadget!
It was a strange weapon about one meter long...at least it looked like a weapon. Its entire body was made of black alloy and dark green crystal. It has a streamlined appearance, and its general shape is a bit like the beam rifle used by aliens in many science fiction movies. One end has a grip and a delicate structure similar to a trigger, and the other end has a launch port. Its overall exquisiteness is far from this one. The current industrial level of the planet can process it. This thing seems to be lighter than it looks on the surface. 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.
"Look 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 made of silver shells, and the surface is covered with plant patterns. We also inspected the interior of the space station at that time and confirmed that their builders were extremely obsessed with this plant pattern. All the equipment they manufactured must have this kind of decoration.
The weapons in Celine's hands were very different in style from those of the space stations, and Sandora discovered that there was something special about its internal principles. Could it be that they come from different civilization systems? Or...does the ancient civilization on the surface have nothing to do with those things in space? !
I feel that this planet is really interesting. Mysteries seem to come one after another. At this time, Celine also made a new move:
She put the long black "gun" aside for the time being, and then bent down to check other things in the wooden box. After some rummaging, she found some small cubes that looked like some kind of energy storage device. She put one of the "batteries" into the slot at the end of the spear, and immediately a subtle sizzling sound came from the spear. This shows that this thing can still be used!
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. Human beings are below, be grateful for kindness and 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 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 things hidden so close to me. Toys, no matter what they are used for, at least now Celine is armed like a female Marine warrior who is ready to fight aliens to the death - although she still looks a bit like wearing a medieval costume and carrying a gun. Violation.
After completing so many preparations, Celine did not immediately wear them and go out to find the aliens to die together. 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 did that mean just now?" After Celine left, I scratched my hair and muttered to Sandra Ball, "Is this single mother going to transform into the terminator of the TX series in an instant?"
"I don't know, but it seems that we have to re-understand the clergy of the Lost Religion." Sandora floated the ball towards the door, "Look at those equipments, or Celine is a believer who violates the canon rules and confiscated them privately. There are so many intact ancient equipment, or every clergyman of the Lost Religion has these things. They have not really sealed up all ancient technologies, but they rarely use them. In private, these clergymen Mastering high-tech equipment that can arm you 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 don’t think about anything else, and walk 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!"
"..."
(Take a guess, you will never guess where this world is and what it is)
What's going on = . =) (To be continued...)