"If there is a 'starting point' in our universe, then it will definitely have a 'first ripple', that is, there is an initial... 'oscillation'."

The initial shock...

Milmina's speech ended, but Gao Wen did not speak. He just thought about what he had heard just now and compared and reasoned with the knowledge he had already mastered. Of course, he knew that the "initial oscillation" referred to here is not a thing that people know in general common sense, and cannot be simply understood in terms of literal meaning. According to Milmina, if the entire universe is regarded as a "field", then its initial "oscillation" should be an unprecedentedly huge scale, containing a huge amount of information fluctuations and collapses - an information singularity, and an "ups and downs" that caused the universe to lose its "flatness".

Milmina thought that was the first "magic glow" in this universe.

This description clearly reflects the information provided by Bethleme: in the knowledge gained by the group of dark priests from the "sentinels", the "oscillation that swept through all the stars" is also called the "baseline frequency band" of worldly magic.

"Do you think the 'oscillation' mentioned by Bethlem is the 'initial ripples' you have been looking for in the unified wave model?" Carmier, who had been listening quietly on the side, suddenly broke his silence. He looked at the former magic god opposite the round table, his voice low and trembling, "and this 'initial ripples' still echo in the universe until today, with no sign of dissipation. At the same time, it is the direct reason for the 'demon tide' appearing on various celestial bodies..."

"This ripple appeared with the birth of our universe and is the 'starting point' for the existence of all things in the world today. It may never disappear until the end of our universe's life. At least in my theoretical model, no factor can cause the dissipation of this ripple," Milmina said calmly, "And if this ripple really disappears one day, it may be the real disaster of the whole world - as for the 'demon tide' it brings... under the scale of stars, it can only be regarded as a breeze in the universe, some normal natural phenomena."

"Background wave..." Gao Wen was thinking, "The magic tide phenomenon that has been repeated on various planets last week is just because the background waves in the universe are periodically amplifying the 'observer effect' of intelligent creatures on the surface of the planet..."

"Background wave? A very accurate description," Milmina raised her eyebrows slightly and expressed her agreement with Gao Wen's summary. "Maybe the original source of the magic wave is like you said, because the intelligent race periodically falls into madness under the influence of the background waves that spread across the universe."

Milmina used the "intelligent race periodically to madness" to describe the planetary "observer effect amplification and deviation" phenomenon. It has to be said that this is a very consistent with the traditional worldview of the wizards, and Gao Wen also agrees with her description. After all... they live in a world with blurred boundaries between entities and non-entities, and the collective madness of the intelligent race means "the world collapses in their eyes", which is the result of the out-of-control observation effect.

"A natural phenomenon..." Hetty slowly spoke in his thoughts, "Now we know that the tide of demons originated from the 'ripples among the stars', but how should we fight against such ripples? Those dark believers tried to manually guide the explosion of the deep blue network to create a 'barrier' that shrouded the planet. Of course, this method is not advisable - but is there any place for their ideas to refer to?"

"This is exactly what I want to say," Gao Wen said in a deep voice. "We cannot end the 'background wave' in the universe. This 'monsoon between the stars' will definitely come as scheduled, so our choice is to find a way to survive this monsoon. Perhaps we do need a barrier to resist the impact of 'background wave' on our minds - the principle of the devil tide' is the amplification and loss of control of the observer effect, so the only thing we need to defend is 'cognition', but we obviously cannot take the same measures as those dark cultists..."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment before frowning and continued: "In fact, I seriously doubt whether the plans of the Dark Cultists are feasible. It seems logical to convert the Deep Blue Net Channel into a planetary barrier to resist the background waves in the universe. This sounds logical and is also in line with a fact we know, that the energy released when the Deep Blue Well exploded resisted the 'demon tide' seven hundred years ago, but the Deep Blue Well explosion that year only resisted a 'forward tremor'... It simply and roughly used a super-power magic field to cover the planet, which can really block the 'star monsoon' sweeping the stars? I am skeptical of this."

"There is a certain effect in theory," Just then, Enya, who had been listening quietly and not speaking much, suddenly spoke and broke the silence. The god of the dragon clan noticed that his surroundings were all on him, and nodded and continued, "Although Tarlond took the wrong route, choosing to use the gods' coverage of cognition and dominance to build a protection system against the demon tide, we have survived many baptisms of the demon tide after all. In long-term observation... the dragons still have some research results.

"A magic barrier of a certain intensity can indeed isolate the impact of the magic tide on the mind of mortals. This is a simple and crude method, but it has effect. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a relatively powerful mortal kingdom appeared in the northern part of the Loren continent. They knew how to extract the energy from the deep blue net to build a huge national shield. Although the shield they finally built should be orders of magnitude worse than the "planetary shield" that the group of dark priests wanted to build today, in terms of principle and nature, the two should not be much different.

"But in the end, this country still failed to survive the demon tide. The shield built by powerful magic can only weaken the demon tide but cannot completely resist it. For the fragile mortal mind, this little change in the "dose" is meaningless. Whether it is a city-level shield, a national-level shield, or even a planetary shield - as long as it cannot completely protect the mortal mind, a civilization can only survive in the mortal tide.

"Of course, in the long history, there are other mortal races that rely on their own methods to survive the tide of devils, but many of them follow the 'wrong route' similar to Tallond - to hand over the minds of the tribe to the gods and survive the tide of devils by relying on the protection of the gods. This should be the easiest and easiest way, but in the end... they will all pay the price of all the 'shortcuts' on the day of the coming-of-age ceremony."

"We will not choose the direction of protecting the gods, and relying on the dark blue magic to create shields is not a reliable choice now," Gao Wen shook his head after hearing Enya's words and said slowly, "A truly effective means of protection may still start from the perspective of the mortal thoughts themselves and the control of the observer effect... This is also our research direction."

Opposite Gao Wen, Veronica, holding a platinum scepter, suddenly raised her eyes and said with a slightly pondering expression: "But those dark priests seem to believe that a planetary energy shield can permanently isolate the impact of the demon tide on this planet, and can even be used to block the connection between the mortal world and the gods... Don't you think this is strange?"

"What's strange about this?" Amoen said casually, "They're not clear-headed. Isn't it normal for them to get stuck in a dead end?"

"No," Gao Wen suddenly understood the profound meaning of Veronica's words. "There is a problem here-the cultists' knowledge of the 'star monsoon' and 'domestic planets' are obtained from the sentinels. They themselves believe that the theory of domesticating planets to build barriers to resist the demon tide is normal, but the sentinels will not make such mistakes. It is the creation of the setter. Will the setter not know the real and effective means to resist the demon tide?"

After Gao Wen finished speaking, several people around the round table immediately woke up in surprise. Hetty took a breath and said with a strange look and tone: "...In other words, the sentry deceived the dark priests including Bolken and Bertleme..."

"From the beginning, I was doubting that as the advanced creature left by the sailor, as an ancient mind that was corrupted by the tide and lost control, what reason did the Sentinel have to cooperate with a group of cultists trapped in the depths of the wasteland? Does it really require the loyalty and friendship provided by a group of allies who are losers among mortals?" Gao Wen frowned and shook his head. "I have heard from Rosetta that the 'Elf Gemini' disguised as the Sentinel had come to him for cooperation after the failure of the Crystal Cluster War, but was rejected by him. The group of cultists in the wasteland were just a 'bad strategy' after the Sentinel had no choice..."

"So, building a planetary shield to resist the demon tide is just the wishful thinking of the group of dark priests. The real purpose of the sentry is not at all," Hetty looked at the people on both sides, "What exactly does the sentry want to do?"

"No matter what it wants to do, the 'drop of rune stone' is definitely the most important means for it to realize its plan. This goal must be related to Deep Blue Net," Gao Wen said with a solemn expression. "We should feel glad that if Rosetta Augustus accepted the invitation from the Elf Gemini, the latter would have used a more perfect set of lies to trick Tifeng into putting those rune stones. With Tifeng's industrial ability and his identity advantage in moving freely on the mainland as a mortal kingdom, we may be kept in the dark until the end of the world."

Perhaps because of imagination of the future described by Gawain, the muscles on Hetty's face subconsciously shook: "This is really a blessing..."

Gao Wen did not speak for a moment, but fell into a short period of thinking. After realizing that the true purpose of the sentry was probably not consistent with the wishful thinking of the group of dark priests, he couldn't help but start thinking about what the out-of-control ancient mind wanted to do. After thinking about it, this terrible ancient mind could not be viewing the current world with the purpose of love and peace.

Everything it did in the Crystal Cluster War and the current actions of planning the Wasteland War are enough to illustrate its attitude towards mortals.

"Think about it, if you were sentinels, what would you want to do?" At this moment, Enya suddenly broke the silence, and she looked around the figures by the round table. "If you had an unshakable mind as steel as it was, under the control of a noble command, performed your duties for millions of years, and would never complain, but suddenly, you gained the "heart", began to have feelings and likes and dislikes, began to understand fear, anger and hatred, and began to seek some of your own goals, what would you do?"

Everyone showed a thoughtful look, and Enya continued to say slowly: "In Tallond, the 'Omega' created by the dragons had also faced similar changes. It suddenly had a 'heart' and began to think like a free mortal. The experience accumulated over the past million years made it make a decision in a very short time - to leave this planet, terminate the mission that has lost its meaning, and to satisfy its curiosity."

"… The sentry also wants to terminate his mission?" Gao Wen understood Enya's meaning, "because it suddenly had free will, so he was tired of his endless watch and patrol for the past million years?"

"I'm not sure, this is just a guess. After all, Omega and sentry are not comparable," Enya shrugged, "but one thing is certain. If an artificial intelligence suddenly realizes that its work is meaningless, it will definitely try to end this "meaningless". Sentinel...its mission is to observe and record the civilization process on our planet, waiting for the emergence of "adult individuals" in the cycle of civilization. But what about after the adult individual appears? It does not have the qualifications to stop working. It is just a sentry. After the adult individual leaves, it will continue to observe and record the subsequent new civilization process...it is a work that will not end at all."

"There is only one way to end the work," Veronica said in a low voice. "All civilizations on this planet are extinct, so it doesn't need to be observed or recorded."

"No," Gao Wen's face turned gloomy. "Even if the civilization on this planet is extinct, new intelligent creatures may be born from the planet after a long period of time. As long as this planet has the basic conditions for nurturing life, the work of the sentry will never end, so..."

Milmina's voice sounded and she took over the second half of Gao Wen's sentence: "It must be eliminated forever - it will not have the conditions for our planet to reproduce life."

A chill surged into everyone's hearts, even the gods present.

After more than ten seconds, Belltila's voice finally broke the silence of the scene: "Fortunately, we have now obtained the subsequent 'discharge coordinates' of the dark priests, and a further counterattack plan has begun. No matter what the sentry wants to use the Deep Blue Internet Channel, as long as we guard all the Internet Channel nodes and eliminate all wasteland legions, its conspiracy will naturally be shattered..."
Chapter completed!