The conversation between Daniel and others made Gao Wen have some uncontrollable associations.

Since he learned that the concept of "upper narrator" and its related beliefs were produced in Sandbox No. 1, he has been thinking about the nature of gods in this world and the process of the generation of various concepts related to gods. He is most concerned about two issues:

First, how did the gods in this world come from? Second, what role does the "precept system" that comes from around these gods play in the entire belief system?

In this world, many beliefs and concepts corresponding to gods all originated from "eternal stone slabs". According to Gao Wen's judgment, the effect of eternal stone slabs on mortals in the world should be just a kind of "guiding medium". It comes from the God-killing fleet that was not clear at the time. For some reason, it carries the breath of gods that were destroyed by it. Ordinary people in this world cannot read the war report records of the God-killing fleet from those ancient metals like him, but can only sense some remaining powers of those gods - because the power of gods often also means the knowledge of gods, the mortals who first came into contact with the Eternal stone slabs are indirectly equivalent to learning the knowledge of gods from it.

The knowledge of the gods has an irresistible erosion and assimilation effect on the minds of mortals.

Under this foundation, many religious beliefs in the world have been inspired and gradually developed. This is obviously different from the "upper narrator belief" that has emerged completely from scratch in the sandbox No. 1.

Gao Wen has always been confused about this - in the real history of this world, this season of mortal civilization was caused by many religions that were only exposed to the fragments of information left by ancient gods. Then mortals believed and worshiped according to their understanding of this information, and formed a religious system belonging to this season of civilization in this process, and received feedback from the gods. In this process, where are the ancient gods and what state are they in?

Perhaps it is possible to guess boldly that they have recovered from the beliefs and behaviors of civilization in the new season - and because of the customs, historical trajectories, and even the races of civilizations in each season are very different, these resurrected gods have long become completely different individuals from the gods of the ancient times. However, because of the information carried by the eternal stone slabs as "basic guidance", these "resurrected gods" are definitely closely related to the "original gods" of the ancient times.

Do the gods themselves know this? Do they care about this?

Leaving fragments of their own information in the eternal stone slab may be the self-protection method they deliberately left behind when they were on the verge of destruction? Something is not a solution, some "resurrection" with huge defects?

If all the above speculations are true, what is the "precept system" established around the gods that occupies an important position in the behavior of faith?

The precept system can also be regarded as the "doctrine" of various religions. "Qing Rules" is a combination of a series of rules used to regulate the daily words and deeds of believers. In this world where gods really exist, the Qing Rules and Rules are not only a constraint on words and deeds, but also means the acquisition of divine power, the effect of prayer, and even closely related to "God's punishment". Every mortal who believes in a specific god needs to carefully follow the numerous precepts to maintain the connection between himself and the gods. From this point of view, the precept system seems to be a constraint formed by God on man.

But if the God of this world is really born from faith or resurrected from faith, then is the precept system really just a "one-way constraint" of God on man?

The Sleepers Team began to explore this Phantom Town. Headed by Archbishops such as Selena and Daniel, the Ten-People Team first began to explore this quiet square. Gao Wen followed them silently, with his thoughts fluctuating in his mind.

In the belief of "upper narrator", there is a "rule" like "the day when the bell rings, you should not stay in the street, otherwise you will encounter 'deletion'". This is a very typical "precept". According to the clues revealed by Archbishop Yuri, the origin of this precept is most likely because of the early "regular reset" operation of the No. 1 sandbox.

An ordinary technical operation evolved into a part of the later rules and regulations in the closed sandbox No. 1. The residents in the sandbox have completely forgotten the original reason for this "rule", or have no idea of ​​the real reason for this rule, but since it is part of the "dogma", they will abide by it devoutly.

Even though, the number one sandbox has no longer been reset every ten days...

Two priests wearing owl masks completed their exploration of nearby streets and alleys. They returned to Daniel and bowed: "No discovery, Archbishop - this place now looks just an ordinary unmanned town."

Daniel nodded, and Archbishop Yuri next to him said, "The same is true in the nearby houses. Everything has returned to the 'normal'. And this time there is no bell ringing, and there is no sudden light."

"Normal..." The red-haired Archbishop Magnan muttered, "The more normal the place is, the more weird it is."

Archbishop Yuri frowned slightly and said as if he was talking to himself: "I have a feeling that this town seems to have its own mind. This mind tried to influence us last time and tried to break through the blockade, but it failed, so this time it chose to close itself, close the deep 'reality' of the town, and no longer reveal any information to us..."

"You mean, is this town 'living'?" Archbishop Magnan raised his eyelids and suddenly showed an interesting look. "Then will I jump up if I give it a spiritual storm?"

Yuri glanced at the irritable archbishop: "You can give it a try."

Magnan was stunned for a moment and shrugged: "...It's so boring."

Gao Wen listened to the conversations of these eternal sleepers and walked around casually to the center of the small square.

This was once the site of the small church, but now the church has disappeared, leaving only a slightly bumpy, old stone floor and several water accumulations on the ground.

He stopped beside one of the accumulated waters, his eyes swept across it casually, and landed on the accumulated waters.

The water surface reflects the scene that looks as normal: the empty square, the extinguished street lights, the dark houses, and the calm and calm face of Gao Wen.

The "mirror" in the dream world often has a special meaning, so Gao Wen also became a little curious about the reflections that may appear in the water surface, but after watching for a few seconds, he did not see "classic" visions such as the strange blinking of himself in the reflection and the appearance of additional human figures.

This made him smile and shake his head, feeling that he was thinking too much, and the supernatural he had seen in his previous life was deeply rooted in his mind.

But just as he was about to look away, the reflection in the water actually changed—

In the reflection of the town, street lights suddenly began to light up, and warm and soft lights suddenly appeared in those black houses!

Gao Wen was a little stunned, and while the town almost changed in the reflection of the water surface, he heard a melodious sound, as if the bell from the horizon suddenly rang in the town!

The sudden sound of the bell made him subconsciously look up and look around. Daniel and others near him also responded the same time almost at the same time - obviously, it was not only Gao Wen who heard the bell.

"It's the bell..." Selena frowned, and the light of the lantern in her hand became faintly brighter, "I still don't know where it comes..."

"I just said that there was no bell ringing," Yuri said with a hint of self-deprecation, and at the same time there was a hint of confusion. "But there was only the bell ringing, and no lights were on, which was different from last time."

As he said, in the quiet and uninhabited town, only strange and melodious bells rang, but the street lights around and the doors of the houses did not light up the warm and soft lights like last time.

However, Gao Wen's gaze swept through the water in the square, and he clearly saw that in the reflection of the town, the lights were lit one by one, spreading quickly toward this side!

Suddenly, he seemed to guess what the malicious mind hidden in the town wanted to do, but before he could speak, he saw Archbishop Yuri who was still talking just now disappeared in front of him.

What disappeared immediately afterwards were those high-level priests wearing owl masks who hadn't seemed to have reacted, followed by Daniel and Archbishop Magnan who had just reacted and were trying to cast spells to protect their own minds. Finally, they raised the lantern, as if they wanted to dispel the darkness and illuminate Selena Gerfen, who was hiding his mind nearby.

Everyone disappeared in front of Gao Wen in just one moment, as if they were "deleted".

They were deleted because they violated the precept of "no staying on the streets during the day when the bells ring", and were deleted by the "rules of gods" believed in by the "upper narrator" sect!

Gao Wen stood quietly in the middle of the square, looking at the still empty Phantom Town, with a calm expression.

Actually, I feel a little panicked.

He seemed to have not been affected, but... he was not sure if he had been "deleted" too.

After all, he was not clear about the nature of this "deletion" and could not find an additional observer to confirm his current status.

However, these changes in mentality did not affect Gao Wen's subsequent actions. He quickly calmed down his mood, and in a state of soberness and calmness, he first weakened the "strength" of his access to the spiritual network, and confirmed that he was still in a state where he could interrupt the network connection at any time and return to the real world.

This seems to show that he was not affected by the strange power of the town, and his own mind was still free to come and go on the Internet.

Then, he began to try to sense Daniel's mental frequency and try to use a "secret port" to establish contact with the other party.

Daniel disappeared with other priests, but Gao Wen did not think that this weird town could "eliminate" so many powerful extraordinary people so simply. After all, it was just a projection of the sandbox No. 1. Even if it really had some weird power, it should be limited.

As early as when they were secretly transforming the spiritual network, Gao Wen and Daniel considered what to do if an unexpected situation occurs, the main network ports are blocked and blocked. For this reason, they set up a large number of secret ports and "blind lines" that are not monitored in the network for emergency contact.

However, the unexpected situation that Gao Wen originally envisioned was that the Pope of the Eternal Sleeper and the Supreme Bishops noticed the invasion of the "outsider wanderers" and blocked the network, but did not expect that these secret links would come in handy. This is the case now.

Consciousness precipitated, spiritual condensed, and secret spiritual connections were established in an instant. Gao Wen quickly sensed the familiar fluctuations coming from the depths of consciousness, and heard Daniel's voice ringing in his mind: "My Lord, how is your situation there?"

Gao Wen suddenly felt relieved.

"I'm not affected," Gao Wen said in a deep voice after a little calmer, "Where are you now?"

Hearing that Gao Wen was not affected, Daniel seemed to be without any surprise, as if he felt that this was the performance of the wanderers outside the territory. Then he reported on the situation around him: "My Lord, I don't know where this is - I was dark around me, and I could only see shadows of mist churning, which seemed to block my senses and block my mind."

Gao Wen frowned slightly. From Daniel's description, he had no way to judge what kind of state the other party was in now.

But there is one thing he can be sure of--it seems to be really not affected by the weird power of this Phantom Town.

Daniel is currently in a dim and hazy environment, surrounded by mist that blocks perception, while Gao Wen is in his sight, a normal Phantom Town, and his mind can sense the surroundings normally and be able to get out of here at any time. The situations of the two are obviously different.

Why are you not affected?

Because sandbox No. 1 cannot recognize the soul of itself, the "outdoor wanderer", or is it because it does not use the standard port of the Eternal Sleeper when accessing the spiritual network, but uses the "vulnerable port"?
Chapter completed!