In the Battle of Winter Castle, the impact of human beings's god-killing feat... may be more profound than imagined.

Gao Wen stared deeply at the fragments of the God of War placed on the platform not far away. The sample of the wreckage from the gods was shining with an iron-gray luster under the illumination of the laboratory light. It looked just a piece of broken and twisted metal, but there was a kind of breath that had not yet dissipated, as if the breath of living was lingering on it.

This thing that seems to be a "armor fragment" is essentially the "body structure" of the God of War itself.

Gods are completely different from the material creatures in human cognition. According to the different tendencies of thoughts in the process of forming gods, they will also show various postures - the god of nature Amoen is a holy deer with flesh and blood, the goddess of magic is a lady's phantom formed by arcane energy and clouds, and the god of war is an armor made of steel and unknown matter. According to Veronica's description, the form of the God of Holy Light is a huge crystal with an amorphous reflection surface that will change its optical properties at any time. These strange images reflect the depictions made by the original mortals when they imagined these gods, and this "description" also becomes the source of power of the gods, which is completely integrated with its "mythical image". Even after they die, this power will remain in their wreckage for a long time, and can even last for thousands of years.

The flesh and blood samples from Amoen, who were sealed in the fortress of disobedience, experienced a long decay of three thousand years, and when they were discovered, they still tended to be fatal mental pollution.

However, these fragments from the God of War... are completely "harmless" at this moment, and even the tester will not suffer any damage when making unprotected contact.

In contemplation, Gao Wen slowly said: "Apart from the changes observed here, are there any other progress?"

"Yes," Veronica nodded, "According to the confirmation of another experimental team, after the fall of the God of War, the original God of War's magic has changed, and the prayer ritual is no longer responded, but the corresponding magic runes left behind can still work and can be controlled and studied by ordinary people at will. Some of the "tag actions" that once caused the magic to lose control or even backlash are no longer dangerous. In addition, we also received news from the Agule Tribe State that similar things have happened in some scattered God of War Clans over there, which proves that this change covers the whole world and is consistent with what we expected at the beginning."

"Yes... the divine art is lifted, the divine punishment is invalid, and the prayer ceremony is no longer responded... These are all things we expected at the beginning, but the wreckage left by the gods no longer pollutes mortals is a phenomenon we have never thought about," Gao Wen said slowly, "So this is really breaking free from the shackles of the gods..."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but think of the other two gods who had also "fallen", and said as if he was talking to himself: "The God of Nature Amoen and the Goddess of Magic Milmina have also "fallen". At least their throne has indeed disappeared. However, some of the 'relics' they left behind are still very spiritually polluting. What do you think is the reason behind this?"

"Perhaps the reason is in the 'symbolic process'," Veronica had obviously thought about this issue before Gowen came, and she immediately expressed her thoughts, "The God of War was killed by mortals, while the God of Magic and the God of Nature were separated by themselves. In this process of separation, the latter believers always maintained their faith and did not cut off, which was probably the key to the problem."

After she finished speaking, Carmier continued to say, "On the battlefield of the Winter Fort, the soldiers participating in the battle not only defeated the crazy gods, but also defeated the mortals' awe-instinct for the gods - now it seems that this is a very critical 'factor'. Of course, most of the people who participated in the war at that time were mages or magic soldiers who did not believe in the God of War, but perhaps their 'mortal' identity was the key compared to their specific beliefs."

"Does it take an element of 'confrontational faith'?" Gao Wen frowned deeply. What Carmier said was the direction he had vaguely caught before but had not seriously thought about it. "If it is indeed as you said, then we may really explain why what happened to God of Nature and God of Magic is completely different from the God of War. When they were two of them left the throne, the thoughts and actions of mortals were not involved at all, and naturally there was no process of confrontational faith and overcoming awe."

Amber widened her eyes and listened for a long time. In fact, she basically didn't understand the part involved in the professional field. However, she reacted to the last part, so she was shocked: "Hey, can we still pull Amoen and Milmina out and kill him? This is not appropriate. They have already left the throne on their own initiative, and Milmina has hidden in a place that no one can find..."

"Of course we won't do this," Gao Wen waved his hand immediately. "The two of them have left the divine position and their restraints on mortals have disappeared. The power of natural divine arts or magic rituals is no longer restricted by divine nature, which has met our expectations. As for some of their relics, heritage and bodies, they are secondary issues, and at most they are equivalent to poisonous dangerous goods that need to be treated with caution - we cannot attack them for this reason."

Veronica nodded beside her, obviously agreeing with Gao Wen's statement: "It is true. We are now just inferring the connection between mortal belief and spiritual pollution based on the polluting changes in the wreckage of the gods, but this spiritual pollution has nothing to do with the reason of the gods. Amoen and Milmina will not become "crazy gods" because of this. We don't have to worry about this."

"And on the other hand, the pollution carried by Amoen and Milmina's 'divine products' is actually fading, but its disappearance speed is much slower than the wreckage of the God of War here," Carmier said while thinking. "The pollution carried by Amoen's flesh and blood samples has disappeared more than half of the pollution carried by Amoen a thousand years ago. The decline in recent times has been particularly obvious. Although Milmina has not left any 'fragments', Naretire once stripped many 'ashes' from her, and the pollution of those ashes is also weakening. Overall, these pollutions can obviously disappear on their own, but it only takes longer."

"Even if there is no 'confrontation of faith' process, as the gods of nature and the goddess of magic disappear, the corresponding religions gradually decline, will the spiritual pollution they cause to mortals gradually weaken..." Gao Wen touched his chin and his thoughts gradually became clear, "So, this is essentially a process of faith decline, and the battle in Winter Castle is the most intense and extreme form of faith decline..."

Amber blinked and suddenly said, "As far as I know, Rosetta Augustus executed tens of thousands of war gods on that day - he obviously had already obtained this knowledge from that 'Eye of God'."

She looked a little complicated when she talked about this. Obviously, even the intelligence leader who often deals with dark things could not help but feel shocked when talking about Rosetta Augustus' bloody tricks.

Of course, Gao Wen also knew what happened on the Tifeng defense line during the Winter Castle - even if he didn't know at the time, Amber also investigated many shocking truths. As one of the witnesses of the Great Decisive Battle that day, he had to admit that Rosetta Augustus's iron-fisted execution at that time shocked him, but he also knew that such a way of dealing with it must not be regarded as normal: "What Rosetta does cannot be repeated... We must finally find a more reliable and reasonable way to control the process of 'decency'..."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but look up at Veronica and said thoughtfully: "The gradient reform carried out by the Holy Light Church should provide a great reference."

"But it's not enough to have our technical reference alone," Veronica said softly, "this requires more cooperation from a larger population, as well as reliable data from other churches and from different gods - there are so many gods in our world, and the faith of the Holy Light is just one of them."

Listening to Veronica's words slowly, Amber subconsciously looked at Gao Wen. Somehow, she suddenly recalled the string of words she saw on the other person's desk just now, the thing she hadn't understood yet-

Theocratic Council.

It was vaguely, she felt that the "trailblazer" in front of her, who always thought one step or even several steps more than others, seemed to be considering this issue.

Gao Wen didn't know what Amber was thinking. His thinking changed quickly. At this time, he had already begun to pay attention to another question: "Talk about the test you conducted - the testers should not have participated in the battle in the Winter Castle, right?"

"Of course, he is a technician in the rear," Carmier said immediately, not understanding the intention of Gao Wen's question, "Why did you ask this?"

"The soldiers on the front line of the Winter Castle eliminated the out-of-control God of War through frontal combat, resulting in the largest decline in faith. A technician far behind was no longer spiritually polluted by the God of War. At the same time, in the small church of the God of War in the Ogure Tribe, the priests and believers who were still believing in the God of War were also separated from the influence of the seal of the soul - they may not even know what happened on the front line of the Winter Castle. Don't you think there are some problems in it?"

The ventilation device in the room was buzzing, and fresh air from the surface slowly blew through the laboratory. Gao Wen's voice had fallen, while Carmele, Veronica and others fell into deep thought.

"We did discuss this issue," Kamier took the lead in breaking the silence. The light on the ancient magician's body fluctuated slightly, indicating that he was thinking. "As you said, the battle of Gods on the battlefield of the Winter Castle is a feat, but in the end, the battle is only a small part of the mortals. In most parts of this world, most people may not even know that the God of War has fallen. They still maintain the instinct of awe for the God of War. They have never thought about it, and dare not imagine the "big rebellious" thing of relying on the power of mortals to kill Gods...

"These people obviously have never fought against faith, and the power of faith has never declined in them. However, with the end of the Battle of Winter Castle, a technician who was far behind and had never been on the battlefield could be 'immunized' from the spiritual pollution from the God of War..."

"Maybe you will be interested in certain religious concepts," Veronica suddenly said, "that is the 'symbol' and 'ritual'."

"Symbols and rituals?" Gao Wen suddenly realized something when he listened to the words of the saint princess. "What do you mean is that the battle in the Winter Castle had a ritual effect - and in the process of fighting against the gods, will the symbolic ritual behavior have a very huge impact?"

"Symbols and rituals are important parts of religion, and gods are born in the 'symbols' conceived by mortals and repeated 'rituals'. Then, in turn, ritual behavior can have a huge effect on them," Veronica said seriously. "We can even boldly assume that perhaps in a battlefield against gods, as long as two or three people successfully realize their resistance to gods, the entire mortal group will be free from the constraints of gods. This assumption may sound a bit fantastic, but from the principle of symbols and rituals, it is valid..."

Listening to the example given by Veronica, Gao Wen frowned at first, but he quickly sorted out the key points and shook his head with sighs: "If there really is a day when the success of those two or three people will probably rely on the promotion of countless people - in the final analysis, the power of gods is far superior to mortals, and our world is not as beautiful as a hero who can rely on several battlefields to break through to save everything."

Gao Wen's emotion also touched Carmier's thoughts. The great magician sighed in his body, and Veronica, who was standing beside him, returned to her calm and peaceful expression. She looked at the samples of the God of War on the platform and said, "Anyway, we need more tests."

"Yes, more tests - no matter how logical the things we just discussed seem, there is still a lack of key evidence," Gao Wen nodded, "Let's expand the scope of the test, first confirm whether the testers of various identities in each region are no longer affected by the spiritual pollution of the God of War, and then... expand the race and gather testers of other races to see if they are not affected by the spiritual pollution of the God of War."

"Other race?" Carmier asked in surprise. Apparently he had never thought about this direction before. "Are you talking about alien races like elves or dwarves?"

"Don't forget, they are also mortals - and they also have the belief in God of War. Although they are independent of the human God of War Church, everyone believes in the same god," Gao Wen nodded and said, "What we want to verify now is a very, very important concept... whether the souls of mortals are connected at the bottom of this world, and..."

"And?" Carmire asked curiously.
Chapter completed!