The "success" of the magic goddess Milmina seems to be difficult to replicate, at least in Amoen's eyes.

But for Gao Wen, this incident still gave him a way of thinking - the "uninclined thought" created by neural networks is likely to be an unprecedented "purification method" for the gods born from the thought trend.

Of course, the current neural network is still very weak, and the peak scale of only tens of thousands of nodes cannot be compared with any current religion in the world. However, in Cecil, "magic industrial products" like neural networks have one of the biggest characteristics, that is, their development speed is extremely fast - even if it is not large enough now, one year, two years later... one day its scale will reach the point where it can shake any theocracy in the world.

He did not explain these details to the former god in front of him, and he felt it was unnecessary.

Amoen was obviously still thinking about the escape of the Magic Goddess this time. He broke the silence with some sighs: "I think more than one god thought of a similar 'escape plan', and even... My attempt three thousand years ago should have inspired some gods, but only the Magic Goddess could finally achieve similar plans. This was actually determined by her "inclination". She was born from the shallow belief of the magicians. Since the beginning of this belief system, the magicians have only regarded her as a kind of "explanation" and "suit". The mages have always advocated solving problems with their own wisdom and strength, rather than praying for the gifts and salvation of the gods, which led to Milmina having the opportunity to "ignor" the prayers of believers.

"For ordinary gods, it is difficult for believers to completely ‘ignor’ the prayers of this. They must respond more or less..."

Gao Wen quickly understood the meaning behind Amoen's words.

Because all the gods in this world are born from the prayers of mortals, mortals "create" those gods in order to relieve their anxiety and fears, and to find a transcendent individual who can respond to themselves. Therefore, for the gods born under this trend of thought, "response" is one of their innate attributes, and they cannot refuse prayers and prayers from the present world at all.

However, the magic goddess is different. The mages conceived an existence like "magic goddess" not to seek strength or desire some guidance. Instead, they found that some principles or formulas lacked some key "elements" during the academic research process. When the academic direction cannot solve the problem for the time being, they decided to "define" a source for these unexplainable things. Time and the change of group concepts together led to this source gradually deviating from the initial concept and gradually becoming a god used to explain everything. However, the essence of the magic goddess has not changed:

"He" is the common "condition x" among the mages' many unsolvable formulas and defective theories. The mages' attitudes and expectations towards this god can be summarized in one sentence: Don't go around here, I'll cover up the following formula...

Such weak constraints naturally gave the magic goddess space to operate freely. She used her long self-isolation and an ambitious escape plan to respond to believers in the world: I miss you, whoever loves to be with you, I'm leaving anyway!

Gao Wen shook his head, feeling that the seemingly lofty god was actually wearing shackles like mortals, and also feeling that the willful and decisive escape of the magic goddess would cause for no time.

Finally, he restrained the irrelevant thoughts in his mind and suddenly looked at Amoen.

"You... should be able to tell us more 'knowledge', right?"

"Not all," Amoen replied slowly, "You should understand that I am not completely out of bondage now--the pollution of divineness still exists, so if your question involves too much areas that humans have not yet come into contact with, or point too much to the gods, then I still cannot answer you."

"For me, that's enough," Gao Wen nodded, then sorted out his thoughts and asked the question he wanted to ask when he talked to Amoen last time, "I want to know the root of the demon tide... You once said that the occurrence of the demon tide has nothing to do with the gods. It is essentially a natural phenomenon. So what is the principle behind this natural phenomenon?"

Amoen was silent for a moment, and then a pleasant voice rang in Gowen and Veronica's minds: "You are now unable to solve its source, because its source... comes from the sun above your heads."

"It really comes from the sun?" Veronica suddenly broke the silence and asked in a hurry.

"Ah, it seems you have noticed some evidence."

"When the demon tide occurred seven hundred years ago, there was a record of the sun's mutation. When the aftermath of the demon tide in the wasteland of Gondor changes, the sun will always have corresponding visions," Veronica said in a deep voice. "We always suspect that the demon tide is related to a certain operating cycle of the sun, but never thought that... its source comes directly from the sun?!"

Gao Wen, who was standing next to him, suddenly thought of another question - the "sun" in this world is not a star in the galaxy, it is just a gas giant planet!

If this gas giant planet can trigger a magic wave, what about the real star "Ao" in this galaxy?

Is there some similarity between the gas giant planets and stars in this world, and there is a connection in material components? If both celestial bodies can trigger a magic wave, then... can this explain the source of magic?

"Will there be a demon tide on the planet directly orbiting the 'Ao'?" Gao Wen asked bluntly while thinking.

"...A mortal has never thought about the connection between celestial bodies and demon tides from this perspective. Your focus exceeds the knowledge of ordinary mortals." Amoen's eyes fell on Gao Wen, but soon he chuckled, "But it doesn't matter, this question can be answered...

"Yes, 'Ao' will also trigger a demon tide. Any world illuminated by stars or virtual planets will have a demon tide."

"Virtual Planet?" Gao Wen did not care about the surprise in his heart and immediately grabbed a strange word in the other party's words.

"Their structure is similar to stars, and their material composition is similar, but they cannot condense into 'fire' like stars. The light and heat they emit are faintly like candlelight in the starry sky, but when the distance is close enough, their satellites can still give birth to life under this faint candlelight - the 'sun' in your cognition is the virtual planet."

Gao Wen showed a sudden appearance - the so-called virtual planet is actually the name of "gas giant planet" by gods. Obviously, there is no such thing as "gas giant planet" in this world.

In addition, Amoen's answer also revealed very important information: any planet illuminated by stars or "virtual planets" will have periodic tides of magic.

This information corresponds to the last time he had agreed that "there will be demon tides on other planets." It further explains the source of the demon tide, and also makes Gao Wen suddenly have an idea - if the sun triggers the demon tide, would it be useful to block the sun during the demon tide cycle?

However, he just let this idea flash and quickly dispelled the idea in this regard. The reason is very simple - when the demon tide suddenly broke out seven hundred years ago, it was late at night in the Gondor Empire...

The sun triggered a tide of devils, but the medium was not sunlight.

"Do you know the 'black trap'?" Gao Wen sorted out his thoughts and then asked, "It refers to the phenomenon that whenever the civilization on this planet develops to a certain extent, it will suddenly disappear..."

This time, Amoen was silent for a longer time and finally sighed: "I don't know the word 'black trap', but I know the phenomenon you are talking about. I can't answer you too much... because this question has pointed directly at the gods."

"So, the 'black trap' is indeed caused by gods," Gao Wen had already obtained the answer from the other party's attitude. Some of the speculations in his heart were quickly connected, "Is it because the mortal civilization has developed to a certain extent that all gods fall into madness? Or is it because the gods and humans failed to try to break free from the 'chain'?"

"I can't answer you," Amoen said slowly, and then his tone suddenly became serious, "but I can give you a piece of advice."

"What kind of advice?" Veronica, who was standing beside her, couldn't help asking.

"If you want to avoid stepping into that 'black trap'... you should be disobedient as soon as possible."

Gao Wen and Veronica looked at each other in an instant.

It is really strange to hear the words "rebellion as soon as possible" from a former god.

Veronica subconsciously asked: "What does this sentence mean?"

"As time goes by, as mortals continue to develop, the gods will become stronger and stronger, and eventually be stronger than you think," said Amoen. "For you today, fighting a god requires all the strength of the whole country, and it also requires clever methods and luck. But do you know how easy it is to kill a 'natural god' like me when humans have just learned to drive away wild animals with flames?"

Veronica opened her mouth but couldn't organize her language. Amoen gave her own answer before this:

"At that time, only a few sticks and sharp spears were needed - at most, plus a few ignited oil-soaked stones."

Gowen and Veronica fell into silence after being shocked, but their thoughts were surging like a tide.

He thought of the gods of war who seemed to have begun to enter the madness, and also the gods who seemed to be still rational but would lose control at any time.

"…It seems like we need to re-plan a lot of things." He couldn't help but whisper.

Veronica looked at Amoen with a somewhat complicated and weird look: "As a former god, you really have a disobedient plan toward mortals..."

"This is also a part of the laws of nature," Amoen said gently, "not everything will have a perfect ending. When survival becomes a problem, sometimes we have to treat all means as alternatives - this is the laws of nature. It is neither gentle nor cruel, nor does it matter whether good or evil. It just runs, and ignores your will."

"But we can also look forward to better ways to break the deadlock," said Gao Wen. "You succeeded, and the goddess of magic has succeeded. Although you say that all this is unreplicable, what we are doing now is to reproduce the things that were regarded as miracles by the world in the past. I always believe that development can solve most problems."

"Then I wish you success," Amoen's tone smiled, "but you must hurry up, all of us—and God—have no more time."

"Of course," Gao Wen nodded, "It has all begun since I decided to restart the plan of disobedience. It is destined to be unable to stop, so we can only go on."

Then he said goodbye to Veronica and left here - not without more doubts, but they had been stuck here for too long, Amoen's divinity has not been completely purified, and long conversations here still have some risks.

What's more, there are still a lot of things waiting to be arranged in the outside world.

The dark and chaotic courtyard once again calmed down, and on the broken earth, only a huge deer was left lying quietly.

"Start..." Amoen suddenly muttered to himself in the silence, "It's a pity that you're not accurate... In fact, it's all started since the first time a mortal decided to walk out of the cave."

Then he fell into a long silence, and it was not until more than ten minutes later that he sighed slightly.

"…What did Milmina tell me when she left before?"

...

After returning to Cecil City, Gao Wen did not take a break, but went directly to the main control room of the Empire Computing Center - Carmier and Jenny are here.

The huge control room is brightly lit, and a large number of technicians are checking the neural network that has just experienced a storm in front of each device. Several immersion cabins are set in a corner of the room, and the cabins have all been activated. Several technicians who were once the bishop of the Eternal Sleeper are lying inside - they now have exclusive titles, called "Node Bachelor".

Carmire, who was busy in front of a large terminal, first noticed the arrival of Gowen and Veronica, and immediately stepped forward to salute: "Your Majesty, His Highness Veronica."

——Although Ansu no longer exists, Veronica Moen still retains the title of princess according to tradition, so she also has the title of "His Royal Highness". Of course, from the perspective of the Church of Holy Light, she can also be called "Holy Maiden", but this does not conform to Carmire's habit.

"We learned a lot from Amoen - but we'll talk about this later," Gowen nodded to Carmier, and responded to Jenny's tribute next to him, "Let's look at the situation on the Internet first."
Chapter completed!