When Milmina finished speaking, Gao Wen fell into thinking for a long time.

What he was thinking about is not only the thoughts raised by Milmina at this moment, but also a problem that may appear in all the "former gods" in the future: these have left the gods and completely or partially lifted the shackles of faith, but the mortal believers under his name still remember their "former gods". They cannot always be trapped in places like being under house arrest. They are also qualified to operate in the world, but how should they act? How can they participate in the world? How to control the process of their contact with mortals to prevent the re-establishment of the shackles of faith? These are all issues that must be considered.

As for the current situation, the war between the wasteland and the civilized world is becoming increasingly fierce. Amoen and Milmina, as native gods of the Loren continent, can play a huge role in this war, which is also something he must consider.

"The birth of the gods comes from the mortals' imagination and firm belief in a concept of nothingness. The nature of the trend of thought is based on the mortal cognition. On the other hand, as long as the most basic problem of 'cognition' is solved, the activities of the gods in the human world are actually not a problem," while Gao Wen's thinking, Veronica, who suddenly broke the silence and said, "Of course, the premise is that gods who have solved the problem of mental pollution like Amoen, Milmina or Enya, or have supporting protection and sealing methods."

As he spoke, the former disobedient leader raised his head and faced Milmina's top-down look.

"As long as sentient beings do not know and do not think you are God, as long as they do not rekindle their awe and faith in you, the divine power will not return. In contrast, as long as ignorance comes back, the people abandon rational thinking and regain superstition and blind awe of the unknown, then even if you do nothing, they will sooner or later be dragged back to the altar. So the key to the problem is not what you did in detail, but what ordinary people think you did and what they will do, lies in whether reason can expel ignorance."

Listening to Veronica's words, Gao Wen couldn't help but nodded slightly, looking at Milmina and said: "The reason why we need the Theocratic Council is to large-scale educational projects and spiritual construction and strict restrictions on your actions is because many people do not take the initiative to think rationally, and the cognition and thinking modes of most people in our era also need to guide the many existing 'rules' of the Theocratic Council to serve this goal."

The difference between "purpose" and "means" should be distinguished, which is the consensus between Gao Wen and Veronica.

"I understand what you mean," Milmina seemed to smile, and said in a gentle tone. "A 'mortal researcher' who set up a frontline institute on the edge of the wasteland will not be a problem. Amoen and I have passed the 'most dangerous stage'. Perhaps from now on, what we should consider more is how to move around the world in a more mortal way... I will create an incarnation to go to the wasteland area without any problems."

As soon as Milmina finished speaking, footsteps came from nearby. Amoen was interested in the movement here at some point, so he came over and said, "Don't talk about whether there is any problem or not. You can first find a way to adjust your incarnation. After compressing it for a long time, it is more than three meters high. You can't even get through the door frame. You have the nerve to say that you are a mortal."

Listening to Amoen's unceremonious comment, Milmina suddenly glared: "At least, it's like you! No matter how I say it, I'm walking upright!"

"The 'human' who stands upright and the huge white deer, I think mortals would rather believe that the latter is a product of nature. At least I can say that I am a forest holy beast born near the Ancestor Peak," Amoen shook his head, showing his huge body that was no longer so exaggerated after repeated control and "compression". "It's hard for you to explain it to others..."

Gao Wen listened to the exchanges between the two retired gods, and couldn't help but say in a daze: "You usually argue about these things all day long when you are idle?"

"It's not like this every day," Milmina thought for a while and replied seriously, "mainly because Ms. Enya doesn't show up frequently recently, Naritiel is very busy, and Lao Lu and I do have differences in some areas..."

Gao Wen touched his nose awkwardly and decided not to continue discussing this topic. Amoen next to him casually said: "If you want me, don't use incarnation. It's not that easy to stuff your huge magic power into a body, so it's better to create a projection directly. The function is less, but at least it's easier to control, and you can do whatever you want."

Amber blinked his eyes and listened to each other for a long time. At this time, he finally couldn't help asking: "I've heard you talk for a long time. What is the difference between the original body of the god, incarnation and projection? Especially the latter two, I always thought that incarnation and projection are the same..."

"For gods, avatar is the most similar form to the ontology, which is a direct extension of our power. To use a new word in the neural network to describe it, it is almost equivalent to a 'low version of the ontology'. Therefore, the integrator has a stronger power and is more affected by the ontology and presents an image similar to the mythical form," Milmina explained patiently. "Usually, we prefer to use avatar to do things, which is as convenient as using our own body..."

"Projection is another thing," Amoen next to him said, "That thing is usually a pure 'creature', under our control, but there is no direct connection with the ontology, nor is it affected by mythological forms. The convenience is that we can do whatever we want to do, and the inconvenience is that the projection can only carry very little power of the ontology and has great obstacles in transmitting information. The formation of projections is diverse, either by consciously shaped individuals or by 'ideas' we unconsciously release. Even if a powerful enough god has an uncontrolled dream, then this dream may form a projection in reality...

"These projections usually have little impact on the present world and do not have any mental pollution, but as I said, their connection with the body is weak, and it is not convenient to control, and it is not easy to use when used, especially the kind released in dreams.

"Of course, this is just theoretical. I have never done anything like that. I have been sleeping well in those years as a god..."

"Who asked you this? We are not interested in your baby sleep," Milmina waved her hand and then thought for a moment, "I still have to send an incarnation over there. Projection can't cause that kind of detailed research work. But this mythical form tendency does need to be solved... By the way, do there really be no female humans in this world who are more than three meters and five?"

After the magic goddess finished speaking, several eyes around her immediately focused on her. The next second she waved her hand: "Okay, you don't need to answer, I don't think there is no..."

A moment later, Gao Wen and others returned to the lush garden covered with golden oak trees. The latter slowly walked under the tree, leaning down in the grass while looking back at the direction of the "experimental field". Milmina's tall figure was still busy among the experimental tables. She had begun to conduct a series of tests on the captured aberrant, without responding to the sight that Ameron cast: "Let her study there, she likes to study."

"Her guesses about the truth behind the wasteland... are of great significance," Gao Wen said in a deep voice. "For hundreds of years, we have known very little about the various strange phenomena in that polluted land. The only information comes from clues that the pioneering expeditionary forces witnessed during the breakout. Since the magnificent wall closed, the research on wasteland by various countries has actually stopped in essence... No one expected that the breakthrough point would appear today."

"Do you think of the unification of the waves..." Veronica said softly as if she was talking to herself, "This is an area we have never touched, but if the truth is true, then our persistence over the years will not be in vain..."

Gao Wen looked at the "saint princess" quietly, and after a little silence, he asked, "What is the situation in the depths of the wasteland now? Can you confirm the actions of those dark priests?"

"They hid outside my sight. The wasteland of Gondor is extremely vast, and my Iron Man Corps can only move around the Deep Blue Well. Those dark priests actually control most of the land in the wasteland," Veronica shook her head. "But I can confirm some indirect information. In the past few days, a large number of distortions and mutant creatures that were originally wandering around the wasteland have gathered to the northeast of Gondor. Moreover, the sensors I set up deep underground have also discovered that there have been several high-energy reactions in the northeast of Gondor. I suspect that their real nest is in that direction... Now I have increased the number and power of the sensors, hoping to complete the positioning as soon as possible."

Gao Wen's expression became serious and he frowned slightly: "They did not clash with your Iron Man Corps or attack the Deep Blue Well?"

"Yes, those distorted actions bypassed the Deep Blue Well. They didn't seem to want to start a war with the Iron Man Corps while attacking the civilized world. This is probably to avoid unnecessary consumption," Veronica nodded slightly. "They obviously have figured out the restrictions of the Iron Man Corps over the past few hundred years, and know that I am not an 'active threat', but..."

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "But?"

"But I suspect that this 'balance' will not last forever," Veronica said with a plain expression. "No one will allow a nail belonging to foreign enemies to be inserted in his base camp. The same is true for those dark priests. My corps and I have always been a hidden danger to them, and I have always felt that their plans for Deep Blue Network are still continuing. Deep Blue Well... They cannot always leave this largest network node. They have not taken action against Deep Blue Well now, which only means that there is no need for this for the time being, or they think that the accumulated power is not enough and the cost of taking action is too high."

"To be honest," Amber couldn't help but let out a mouth, "If they really concentrate their forces to attack you now, can your Iron Lots Corps fight?"

"It's the Iron Man Corps, Miss Amber," Veronica immediately corrected it seriously, and then slowly shook her head. "If they sent troops to attack a year or two ago, I would be confident that I would defeat all the enemies, but now their root network has been activated, and the control technology of the aberrations has matured. All monsters in the entire wasteland are affected by those dark priests... it would be hard to say."

"That's just that I can't beat it," Amber waved his hand, "Then you are really in danger. If they really react suddenly and decide to pull out your nail first, you will be gone in one wave."

"It's not so. Relying on the defense nodes near the Deep Blue Well, I can hold on at least..." Veronica immediately wanted to refute a few words seriously, but then she sighed and showed a helpless look, "Forget it, I won't be serious with you."

Gao Wen looked at this scene in a daze and saw that Veronica, who had always been calm under any circumstances, also showed her helpless appearance. It has to be said that Amber is really talented in being angry, but soon he shook his head: "At least now, those cultists will not attack the Deep Blue Well."

Amber looked at Gao Wen in surprise: "Why are you so sure? They have the advantage now. What if they really lose the Iron Man Corps in one wave..."

Gao Wen spread his hands: "If they really concentrate their forces to attack the wasteland center, then we and Tifeng will join forces directly to fight a general attack from north to south. Wouldn't they be gone?"

“…It’s true.”

Gao Wen ignored Amber, but was just a man who was thinking. After pondering for a moment, he slowly said: "The Deep Blue Well is temporarily safe, the North and East Lines are temporarily worry-free, and there are many areas in the Western Line that fall, but the situation has begun to improve. The biggest problem now is the southern battlefield... What is most worrying is not whether the Silver Empire can be defended, but how much loss will be from the Gaoling Kingdom in this bloody battle."

Amber blinked: "Didn't you have great confidence in the Silver Elves' 'Millennium Legion' when you were in the meeting?"

"I do have great confidence in the Millennium Legion, but after all, they have lost the Temple of Stars and no only air suppression advantage. The Millennium Legion, which is purely ground troops, will have a great discount on the performance of the front battlefield," Gao Wen shook his head and said, "The coalition forces of the Silver Empire and the Kaoling Kingdom may eventually be able to defeat the enemy tenaciously, but this battle will definitely not be easy... And now the north and south of the mainland have been cut into two battlefields, and the troops of each country are not sufficient, so they are destined to find it difficult to get assistance from other regions..."

Amoen on the side couldn't help but lower his head: "It really doesn't work, I'll go and help them fight... Don't worry, I'm responsible..."

"No, you can't go south anymore," Gao Wen immediately interrupted the other party, "It's not that I don't believe in your 'properity', but mainly because the situation between you and Milmina is different after all. Milmina has almost no devout believers, and you... As Belsetia said, silver elves have a long lifespan and a special way of thinking with a long lifespan. Their thoughts are far more 'strength' and 'stubborn' than the thoughts of other mortal races, so that even if you don't show up directly in front of the elves, their subconscious memories and impressions of you will gradually be affected in this world."

Amoen was silent for a moment and sighed: "Then... OK."

"You can continue to take on the work of the 'messenger', and occasionally use the connection of the shadow world to convey information from the north and south of the mainland to us," Gao Wen thought for a while, and added, "When communication is difficult, the role you play in this area is worth thousands of troops."

When he said this, his expression was very serious.

Because the fact is that when the Sentinel data link collapses and the entire continent is cut into two battlefields, the alliance really needs such a "messenger" who can travel between the north and the south and is not afraid of enemy fire intercepting.

This is the necessity of the deer router (not mistaken).

Listening to Gao Wen's words, Amoen's mood seemed to have finally improved a little. He raised his head slightly, and the two pink and white flowers wrapped around the antlers shook gently in the glimmer of light.
Chapter completed!