Chapter nine hundred and twenty fifth no tendency of thought
Gao Wen never expected that the reason why the God of War belief system first came into trouble would eventually point to the "economic war" between Cecil and Tifeng. On this basis, many things exceeded his expectations-
He did not expect that different gods would have different "inclinations", nor did he think about how to predict the tendency of gods from the direction of "thoughts"; he did not expect that some changes in human society would have such direct influence on the corresponding gods, nor did he expect that some gods with "weak tolerance" would have such a big reaction...
At this moment, he was a little doubtful whether his development plans were too advanced or had entered areas that should not have been involved.
But there was another voice in his heart making a clear judgment: the desire of mortals to pursue a better life is definitely not an original sin itself. Gods will gradually fall into madness due to the development of mortal civilization. He knew this a long time ago, but now this influence has finally begun to appear before him.
After carefully sorting out everything Cecil experienced along the rise, he realized that those development plans had no choice. Without all this, Cecil would have been completely destroyed before the rise. The southern border would be seriously injured when the magnificent wall first leaked. The weak Ansu Kingdom was unable to repair the loopholes on the edge of Gondor's wasteland. The civil war and the subsequent divine disasters would completely destroy Ansu. The war of annexation was followed by Tifeng's war...
By then, the killing efficiency of people may even be far better than a divine disaster.
But he shook his head and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that our unconscious behavior would lead to the God of War to go crazy..."
The next second he heard Amoen's voice ringing in his mind with a gentle chuckle: "Ah... although all this is indeed related to you, you may also overestimate the impact of what you have done in these few short years on a god.
"It is indeed a recent incident that the God of War's situation deteriorates rapidly, but He is not just driven crazy by the kind of 'war' you mentioned just now - at best, you just pushed a little on the edge of the cliff and made an overall insignificant acceleration. As far as I know... or guess, the God of War's madness overpowered reason should have started a long time ago."
Gao Wen's expression changed instantly. He heard that the former god in front of him seemed to have some inside information, and immediately asked: "Why do you say that?"
"I have said that the tendency of the God of War determines that He is one of the easiest gods to enter into madness, and you mortals... You mortals are really good at changing, especially at changing their bottom line in the face of war. From the beginning of you throwing stones at each other, the 'contract' you ask the God of War to witness is more than any god has witnessed. However, there are countless agreements you tore through various excuses and power, and even without even finding excuses..."
Amoen said slowly, as if a cold bystander was judging the script on the stage of the world, without disgust in his tone, without any protection and enlightenment—
"The merchants still need to be honest in the face of interests, but the king and the lord can try their best to break the contract - yes, they asked the God of War to witness those contracts, but they had already thought of a suitable way to break the contract before praying, so that everything seemed fair and reasonable, and could even deceive and move themselves...
"So, mortals are almost 'schizophrenia' in the matter of war - then, the God of War is also schizophrenia, and even if it was not at the beginning, He would quickly slide into this abyss."
Gao Wen couldn't help but look at Veronica, and they all saw complicated expressions from each other's eyes.
"As a member of the mortal, I don't seem to have anything to justify," Veronica whispered. "The mortal race... is indeed mostly full of contradictions and flaws."
"Yes, so the civilization of mortals is full of contradictions and defects, and the gods of mortals believe in are full of contradictions and defects. This is a closed ring, and all of us and God are in this ring," Amoen said calmly, "but I can still see the place where the light is shining - at least in any era, in any situation, there are 'man's' trying to break this ring, sometimes mortals, sometimes God, which means we are not willing to accept all of this."
Gao Wen stared at Amoen with a thoughtful expression. At this moment, he suddenly realized that this "God of Nature" was closer to human beings than when he saw it last time, which made him inexplicably have a thought: the growth of human nature.
Perhaps, after a long three thousand years of fake death and recent "change", the waiting of this former god is finally coming to fruition. He is losing the last shackles of divine nature, and human nature is growing. Moreover, this is no longer the human nature given to him by countless mortal thoughts, but the "human nature" that truly belongs to Amoen's own...
Did Amoen notice this change himself?
Some speculation appeared in Gao Wen's mind, but he finally said nothing, just shook his head slightly: "Let's go back to the goddess of magic...Amoen, do you know where He... she is now?"
"I'm sorry, I can't help with this," said Amoen. "The Shadow World is a more complex place than you think. It has no continuous space in the conventional sense. It will appear disordered and chaotic in a deeper place than here. Every mind moving to the deepest will go on a different path, so no one except the Magic Goddess herself will know where she has been, and it is impossible to track her."
"So there is such a nature in the shadow world?" Gao Wen said in surprise, then he frowned, "So, we can give up the idea of finding the magic goddess..."
"Why are you obsessed with finding her?" Amoen asked back, "Her escape has caused great damage to you or your kingdom? Or do you want to get from a god who has left the throne?"
As he said that, the former god paused and suddenly chuckled: "Oh, you seem to have been in contact with things related to God, and you also hold many heritages and even remains related to God... Do you think you have any hobbies in this regard?"
"No...of course not," Gaowen was a little embarrassed. He had seen the "humor" that Amoen occasionally appeared last time, but he was not very adaptable to this point until this time. "It's just that a god has done such a big thing under his nose, and I can't help but care a little."
"Then control your curiosity - I suggest you don't pay attention to this matter anymore," Amoen curled the smile in his tone and advised him seriously, "If you can't find her, she will not have any contact with mortals in the short term. I know that your plan of disobedience, in terms of the result, making a god "harmless" should also meet your expectations, so you should let Milmina properly complete her isolation and self-purification... This is the safest."
"In fact, I have thought so too... I accept your advice," Gao Wen thought for a while and nodded, "But how long does it take for her to isolate and purify her like this? Could it take at least three thousand years like you?"
He knew the time concept of these gods - basically the same as when he was a satellite spirit, so he had to inquire in advance to see if this matter needs to be followed. If the magic goddess really planned to find a place like Amoen to sleep for three thousand years before talking about it... Then after he went back, he could almost throw this matter behind his head. At most, he could find a stronger stone or a mitral board and write a message on it and then put it on the mountain, hoping that a brave man or archaeologist would see it thousands of years later, and then look for the magic goddess' coffin board to see if she has lived...
Of course there is another second solution, that is, he will work hard to remain in power three thousand years later, and then wait for the magic goddess to emerge from a gap in a shadow world and say to her: Madam, guess whether the times have changed...
Of course, the prerequisite for all this is that mortal civilization has withstood the tide of devils and the black trap, otherwise everything will be fantasy.
"I can't give you an answer, but I guess it won't be long, and it may not take long for you mortals," Amoen's voice suddenly came, interrupting Gao Wen's thoughts. "She... although she seems to have taken a similar path to me, her breaking free is obviously much more successful and thorough than me. The breath I perceived in her has almost completely washed away the divinity. I don't know how she did it, but she obviously paid a great price..."
Listening to the information revealed by Amoen, Gao Wen suddenly thought of the "escape route" of the Magic Goddess-
She entered the magic net and then risked being captured by Naretiel to penetrate deeper neural network. According to Duvalt's later report, she also wandered specifically in the chaotic area of the border of the neural network for a long time. It was precisely because of the last "horrow" that she fell into Naretiel's spider web and almost failed to escape...
As a god who is determined to break free from the cycle and has been planning for it for a long time, she cannot do useless things when executing her plan.
That is to say, magic networks and neural networks, especially the "unconscious area" at the edge of neural networks... are very important to the goddess of magic. Some of their properties are the key to her being able to successfully break free from the chains!
Veronica, who was standing beside her, obviously thought about the same thing as Gao Wen, and she was also thinking, and her and Gao Wen's expressions changed without escaping Amon's keen eyes.
"It seems you have some ideas?" Amoen was a little curious, "Can you tell me?"
Gao Wen looked at Amoen, nodded after a brief hesitation.
“We created something called a ‘neural network’,” he said. “It consists of a large number of active human brain nodes and operates on human thinking. In the boundary area of this network, it is a layer called…”
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard Amoen's voice ringing in his mind: "No tendency to think?!"
Gao Wen looked at Amoen unexpectedly, his eyes slightly widened.
"So that's it...so...thrilling and exquisite thinking...first restore yourself to the posture of the beginning of your birth, and then wash away those bonds..." Amoen seemed to be greatly stimulated and actually muttered to himself, "I am really a god in the magic field, so reckless...but so lucky..."
The god of Giant Deer was so excited that the originally constant glimmer of light on his body suddenly accelerated, and a slight tremor appeared at the end of his limbs. The body that had been still for three thousand years had a sign of movement. However, the next second, all the tremors came to an abrupt end: the layers of bondage still trapped him firmly.
Gao Wen was surprised that Amoen thought of the characteristics of the neural network boundary area in an instant, and even the summary of "unintentional thought" is much more accurate than the "unconscious area" proposed by Cecil's technicians, and it is also in line with its role in the previous "whistling event".
He instantly understood a lot of things and subconsciously spoke: "What do you mean is that the goddess of magic washed away her divinity and cut off the 'chain' by 'soaking' herself in the chaotic human thoughts?"
"It should be...it's a great chance," Amoen realized from his own words, "this is an effective idea..."
Veronica couldn't help but step forward, and said in a hurry: "Then this method is used on other gods..."
"The premise is that it can be used on other gods," Amoen seemed to have calmed down from his excitement. His tone also made Gaowen and Veronica calm quickly. "Not every god can enter the magic net - the only god born based on magic is Milmina. And even if you think of a way to make the 'uninclined thoughts' practical... it should not have any effect on other gods."
Gao Wen understood Amoen's first half and agreed with it, but was a little confused about the latter sentence: "Why is it not effective?"
"I want to ask first, how large is the 'neural network' you are talking about? How many consciousnesses are supporting it to operate?"
Gao Wen thought about it and told him frankly: "It is actually still in its infancy... Although we are working hard to promote it, there are currently only tens of thousands of peak operating nodes..."
"This is the key point - the mortal thoughts corresponding to any god, the scale of which is not comparable to tens of thousands of nodes."
Veronica frowned: "Why can that magic goddess?"
"I guess she must have 'hungry' herself for a long time..." Amoen said.
Gao Wen: "…"
He recalled the special features of the magic goddess Milmina, and the "habits" of the god who never responded to believers' prayers, never descended miracles, and only responded to believers' prayers to the lowest extent.
According to him, the goddess has been like this since thousands of years ago.
Chapter completed!