Chapter 802 The old friend has gone
Just as Gao Wen had guessed before, the "Lantern Saint" in front of him was responsible for sheltering the entire exploration team seven hundred years ago, and had more information than the ordinary members of the team at that time.
Gao Wen frowned and asked seriously: "What did he tell you?"
He was not worried about whether the other party would refuse to answer that since Selena had already brought up these topics, it means that these contents could be expressed, and he had even planned to tell him this "outsider" long ago!
Sure enough, Selena nodded quickly: “He told me that he had been exposed to ancient knowledge inheritance on a tower that was forever shrouded by stars, and had learned the weaknesses and truth of the gods.
“He cannot speak out the knowledge directly in the mortal world, because it will cause the gods to immediately notice it.
“He said he would die in his prime, and his soul was taken away as part of the transaction, but he would still wake up, and by then a powerful being would come to this world with his body.
"That's all he told me."
"No wonder..." Gao Wen finally realized it and sighed softly, "No wonder you didn't follow Gao Wen Cecil into the depths of the continent and found the giant tower, but you still know the details of that 'trade' and know that I will appear."
Then he couldn't help but look at Selena with some confusion: "Since you already knew that I would occupy this body and descend to the world, and you already knew my true identity, why did you choose to remain silent until now? That is, you don't reveal the situation to your compatriots, and you don't come to contact me..."
"I don't trust you," Selena said very directly, "or to be precise, I am full of doubt and fear of an existence that comes from outside the boundaries of civilization that mortals cannot understand, especially after seeing the fragments of the picture related to you, I have to take longer to observe your actions and judge whether you are harmful."
Gao Wen was a little silenced, and after a moment, he shook his head helplessly: "Even if my arrival was initiated by Gao Wen Cecil, even if I am likely to be here to help you in this world?"
"That's right." Selena looked at Gao Wen calmly, with a gentle and calm expression on her face, but her eyes were deep and as if they were invisible. In a trance, Gao Wen felt that this calm and deep eyes were a little familiar. After a moment of recalling, he remembered that Veronica's eyes had also given him a similar feeling.
He understands it.
Selena Gerfen is no longer the pure white lantern saint seven hundred years ago.
If Selena was seven hundred years ago, even in her soul state after death, she had a high trust in Gowen Cecil, and she was full of hope and expectation for human nature and the future. Even if an "outdoor wanderer" suddenly came to the world, as long as she had Gowen Cecil's guarantee, she would maintain the minimum kindness and trust. But if Gowen came to this world, seven hundred years had passed when Gowen Cecil was resurrected with the help of Gowen Cecil's body.
At this time, Selena had no longer had blind optimism about the future and had lost the slightest expectation of strange and kindness. She grew up with the Dark Sect and fought against the powerful power above mortals. She was full of vigilance and doubt about those who were wandering outside the world, indescribable, and suddenly descending. She suspected the "extraterritorial wanderers" and even suspected the Govin Cecil who reached a deal with the extraterritorial wanderers.
Her ability to maintain a cautious observation for several years under this situation is already the result of the combined effect of reason and human feelings.
After all, she maintained a dark sect as an archbishop for seven hundred years, and she could not rely on gentleness, respect, frugality and pride.
"I understand your concerns," Gao Wen breathed a sigh of relief, without any grudges in his heart. "So now it seems that I, an 'outer of the territory', have passed your 'inspection'."
"The word 'inspection' seems arrogant. I can only say that your current actions at least prove that you have no malice towards mortals, which relieves me a lot, and the current situation gives me no choice but to believe."
Gao Wen did not worry about the details in these words anymore, but just smiled calmly, turned his head, and looked at the brightly lit night view of the city through the wide floor-to-ceiling windows.
Selena also calmed down and turned her head, looking at the "magic capital" that is unique in the current era.
"What do you think of this city?" Gao Wen suddenly said.
"I was once uneasy about your arrival, especially when you built an army in a short time, set off wars throughout the southern border, destroyed the rule of the nobles everywhere, and completely stirred up the original order. I even suspected that your purpose was to bring war to this land and end civilization with chaos," Selena said softly, with a little self-deprecating in her tone, "This city may be the best ridicule of my naive view...
"What you end is the old order, the new order has been built on the ruins, but it is difficult for people with old-fashioned vision to understand for a while.
“As for my opinion of the city itself…”
Selena suddenly paused when she said this, as if she was sorting out her ideas and organizing language. After a few seconds, she slowly said: "If we had known that such a city could be created in reality, why would we find a perfect country in our dreams..."
"I'm afraid the old nobles who were defeated by me don't agree much with this sentence," Gao Wen couldn't help but joke. "In their minds, there should be no more chaotic, depraved, and more depressed and uncomfortable city than this Cecil."
Selena thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "That's right."
Gao Wen turned his head slightly and glanced at her and said casually: "Since many things have been explained, you don't have to be too nervous and alert for me. Even if you want, you can treat me as Gao Wen Cecil himself. After all, I have inherited his memory, and during this journey, as part of the transaction, I am happy to take on everything he has."
Selena looked at Gao Wen with a deep look for a moment before slowly saying, "I am not Belltila, I don't have the same mind as hers.
“In my eyes, you are just an outsider who occupies the body of my friend. No matter how much you inherit from this body, you are an ‘outdoor wanderer’.
"But this is the proactive choice of Gowan Cecil, and it is not anyone's fault, so I will still try to treat you as a reliable ally and in the future you will also treat you as a reliable monarch. Of course, when facing outsiders, I will also treat you as Gowan Cecil, and will not disclose anything that should not be disclosed.
"It's just something other than that, please forgive me for being difficult to do."
"Is that... it's good," Gao Wen listened carefully and suddenly smiled while thinking. "When 'Gaven Cecil' has been around for a long time, you can occasionally remind me of my true self... Maybe it's not a bad thing."
Selena caught her eyes unexpectedly and said softly: "You are much more 'human' than I thought."
Gao Wen smiled, not saying anything, after a few seconds of silence, he brought the topic back on track:
"When are you going to take action on Sandbox One? When are you going to formally contact me and announce the news of your cooperation with extraterritorial wanderers to more members of the Order?"
So far, only the Archbishop and Pope Megel III know about the appearance of "outer-domain wanderers" in the mind and mind network, and there was no leakage at all, which effectively avoided more panic within the Eternal Sleeper Order. However, when it was time to take action on the sandbox No. 1, there would be a lot of people involved, and many bishop-level managers or technical senior priests directly participated in more core affairs. At that time, the cooperation between the sleeper and the out-domain wanderers could not be hidden without any leakage, at least it would be spread among the core personnel.
As Gao Wen launched "incorporation" and "transformation" of the entire Eternal Midwich Cult, even the members of the lower-level Cult will soon know this part of the news.
Given the effective imagination and internal publicity of "outsiders" by Eternal Sleepers, Gao Wen believes that after the news is made public, it will definitely cause a wonderful chaos within the Eternal Sleepers' sect. It's a pity that he has limited time recently, otherwise he would have been in the spiritual network and enjoy it for two days.
Selena could only see the stability on Gao Wen's face, and could not guess the other party's heart. She answered very seriously: "In two days, we will hold the Supreme Bishop's meeting again, and I hope you can also participate. At the same time, according to the plan, we will make the news in an orderly manner before that, and keep the chaos in the smallest range.
"As for the formal action on Sandbox No. 1, we hope that the sooner the better, we have completed the transfer and preparation of personnel. We can start at any time after the meeting. I just don't know if you need to prepare anything else, whether we need to cooperate and understand the situation..."
"I have nothing to prepare. I have done everything I need to do," Gao Wen said casually. "If you can take action after the meeting, then I can participate directly. As for understanding the situation... you don't have to worry about this. I have always been very familiar with your situation."
Hearing Gao Wen's last casual words, Selena's expression suddenly seemed a little stiff, but soon returned to normal.
Gao Wen did not care about this details, but continued on his own: "In addition, you should also consider the way out. After the crisis in Sandbox No. 1 was resolved, some troubles had just begun."
“You mean…”
"The identity of the extraterritorial wanderers in the real world is 'Gowen Cecil', and Gowen Cecil is the ruler of the Cecil Empire; the headquarters of the Eternal Sleeper Cecil is located in Tifeng, and some of the middle-level priests are transformed, converted god of war priests and even the aristocrats of Tifeng," said Gaofeng. "I believe that these members are loyal to the Eternal Sleeper, but do they still retain such just the right kind of patriotism and loyalty to the emperor?"
Seeing that Selena did not answer for a moment, Gao Wen continued:
"I believe that the original members of the sect, including you and Megol III, and a considerable number of senior priests, insist on their path for their ideals, but you should also know that as an ancient and dark sect, there is more than the ideal sect among you...
"The cooperation with roamers outside the territory will sooner or later reach the middle and lower classes of believers. These middle and lower classes of believers may only be for money, power, or even for a little knowledge. People like this, don't think they have entered a cult, but if an "evil god" really appears in this cult, they may run faster than anyone else.
"At that time, would you guess these people go to Rosetta Augustus to report that there is really an 'evil god' in the cult he participated in?"
Selena was silent for a moment and nodded slowly.
"We have also considered this," she said. "To date, the members of the sect have become no longer as pure as they were at the beginning. The establishment of cooperation between the sect and the sect will surely cause turmoil among the large number of middle and lower-class believers and priests, and it is not ruled out that the members who are unwilling and overly panicked and surrender to the official forces of Tifeng.
"We have prepared for this hidden danger, and we do not rule out abandoning some of the strongholds, transferring the church headquarters, and conducting them internally..."
"Don't tell me the specific measures," Gao Wen raised one hand and interrupted Selena, "You can handle it yourself, I just want to get the result."
Selena nodded: "...I will pass on your words to the Pope's Coronation."
Then she bowed slightly and took a step back, "If you don't have anything else..."
Before he finished speaking, Gao Wen suddenly stopped her: "Don't rush to leave first, I have something to ask you by the way."
Selena looked at Gao Wen in confusion and blinked: "Would you like to ask."
As the stars and lights intersected, Gao Wen looked at Selena Gerfen's calm eyes, slowly, those eyes and other big eyes overlapped in his mind.
"What is your relationship with Patty?"
Chapter completed!