Chapter 1571 The Legend of the Forge of the Gods

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 rejected 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 Sandora hadn't stopped in time, there wouldn't be a single living person left here. And even if Sandora 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 frightened her, 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. Having obtained these things under such circumstances, it seems that the strength of the Lost God Religion’s technical blockade is not as high as imagined. You must know that many technological products cannot be used just by digging them out of ruins. If you want to use technological products to lay out a base as large as a base, then you need to know how to keep them running, you need to know how to repair them, and how to maintain them. Make the minimum replacement parts, understand the principles of most equipment and be able to modify them with the materials on hand (because most relics are unusable when dug out), and you even need to have a matching production line to make basic parts - —This production line must exist, 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 the world as much as possible. Once civilization exists. It is not easy to completely "freeze" in a certain state. Even if the Lost Gods Religion 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 of 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, and some fragments were placed on a clean workbench, seemingly being processed and studied. It reminds me of Céline’s workbench in church. What this mysterious organization is doing is obviously 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 many neatly arranged books. Next to this small room was a neat room with a strong feminine atmosphere, so I guessed that this was the "leader's" study. The most remarkable thing about these volumes is that half of them are accurate prints of very good quality!

Basically, they are all technical books: electricity, physics, chemistry. Natural textbooks, of course, there are also mysterious "textbooks" such as alchemy and magic theory. A large number of annotations and marks were carefully made on these books, and there were study cards sandwiched between the pages of many books. The beautiful handwriting on them undoubtedly came from the "leader". And I also found several thick notebooks on the desk in the corner. There are not only carefully recorded learning experiences on it, but also small machines that the owner tried to design, and even... a model of a radio equipment, although it is simple. But it was obviously designed independently by the owner of the note based on the knowledge he had learned.

"A female leader of a terrorist organization who is studious and inquisitive..." I looked at the books and notes in front of me and said to myself with a strange expression, "This spirit of study...if she was born in a normal world, she might have a master's degree." Read."

The room full of traces of learning made me more and more stressed. When I saw the end, I couldn't help but think of my guilt-filled junior and high school career: If we had worked a third as hard as that sister, maybe... Oh, it seems to be of no use. I haven't even had time to take the college entrance examination. As soon as he showed his strength, he was stunned 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. The death-defying things were kept at hand, as if they were 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", which is exactly what I imagined: a technology 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 Cult as secret societies (letters from some "diocese sentinels" were found in the address book). They discover knowledge and desperately learn from the ancients. They are researchers, warriors, archaeologists, professional tomb robbers and "social progressive elements". Of course, they can also serve as terrorists when necessary. Their size is unknown, but they are estimated to be large, and they refer to the Lost Gods in a contemptuous manner as "heretics" and "zombie idiots" - 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 this kind of violence against the majority: the technological revival organization calling itself "The Awakened" 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 this for "intellectual justice." You can hang this kind of madman on a ceiling fan, put a charcoal fire underneath, and drive it in high gear for a day, and he will still firmly believe that he is 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 I left the leader’s study, I quickly found a place similar to a warehouse, where I discovered more and larger ancient artifacts. The equipment, as well as the mechanical devices that were obviously recently made, confirmed a conjecture: the technological revivalists had the ability to delve into some ancient technologies, and they had production lines.

These mechanical devices should not have been manufactured by this small stronghold itself. They require relatively large machine tools and metal smelting equipment to produce, but I have no interest in paying attention to the size of this organization now. This planet is wasting limited resources and population on meaningless things, and it also involves The "historical problems" of the old empire should be resolved as soon as possible by Sandora and himself. Of course, we must first understand the real reason for the Lost God's Religion's sealing technology, and also find a way to contact the Empire District.

Just as I was about to leave the warehouse to join Sandora, a metal plate on the wall of the warehouse suddenly caught my attention.

This metal plate looks old, but judging from its forging craftsmanship and exquisiteness, it is obvious that it is not an ancient relic. It should be a "modern antique" from decades or hundreds of years ago. I don’t know why such a metal plaque would be placed in this warehouse full of ancient equipment. Maybe it is some kind of decoration or has some other meaning? Anyway, it has a few inexplicable lines written on it:

"Silence, silence, don't make a sound. Let civilization fall into silence and technology into 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 grace to all things. The flames of the God's forge will not be extinguished, and the sanctuary will protect you.

Waiting for the God's Forge to reopen, the cage and barrier collapsed together. The harsh winter will eventually end, and civilization is on the road again.

But before that - silence, silence, don't make a sound! "

Shandora's voice suddenly came from outside: "Arjun! Arjun, are you in there?"

Before I could say anything, I saw a golden ball of light floating in. Behind the ball of light were several figures who seemed to be wandering and delirious: 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 'technological 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’s Forge is?”

The second half of Shandora's words was addressed to the prisoners behind her. The leader, who had already entered a state of mental breakdown + brainwashing, spoke in a daze: "The Forge of the God... Everyone knows that he 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 dissatisfied voice 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. 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 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, the evil forces cannot conquer the world. However, mortals have since been insulated from divine grace. The God of Technology and Magic The God is merciful. He set a test for mortals. As long as the mortals pass the test, the furnace of the God's forge will be opened again, mortals can be in touch with knowledge again, and 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 with 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 to leave the earth. 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, as if this enthusiasm gave her temporary power to fight against the disaster. Sandora then asked her a lot of questions about the God's Forge and the revival of technology, but the other party's answer was basically the same: the God's Forge is a real "miracle". Both the Lost God Cult and the Technological Revivalists firmly believe that the "flame" in this forge 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 look forward to civilization getting through the cold winter. On the day of getting back on the road, this is where the differences between the Lost God Cult and the Technological Revivalists begin: the former believe that the test of the gods is to seal away technology and "atone" through the lifestyle of primitive people. This will allow the forge to be reopened, and the latter believes that only by re-mastering the ancient technology through their own efforts can they pass the test 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 could the God's Forge be such a superficial thing!" The leader suddenly raised his voice, and then she was startled by her own voice, and trembled again, "Oh my god... the God's Forge is not on the land of mortals, it is on the earth. 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 that 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: "Not 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 the 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, and 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, Ah Raye just emerged from a burst of white light: It took so long for the angel sister to settle down with Leon (can you believe it was several hours?!). Needless to say, she must have almost forgotten that she still needs to come back (not the first time) ), 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 automatically The system takes good care of these guys. By the way, they have just been attacked by a terrorist disaster. 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 Sandora 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 died on the spot."

Sandora: "Hehe..."

Don't be casual about such a serious matter, hehe, it's easy to 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 underground palace that had no value anymore. 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." (To be continued...)