Chapter 972 The last question of the Dragon God
A sudden magic fluctuation nearby interrupted Gao Wen's thoughts. He quickly followed his perception and saw layers of light golden auras suddenly appearing from the air. In the center of the aura, the figure of the high-level dragon priest Hragore was gradually turning from virtual to real.
The dragon priest completed the teleportation, then stepped onto the terrace from mid-air and came to Gaowen.
"Mr. Hragor," Gao Wen looked at the Dragon Clan Priest who suddenly visited, "We only met yesterday - it seems that the Dragon God has something to talk to me today?"
"He hopes to meet you now," Hragor said bluntly, "If we can, we will set out now."
Gao Wen was waiting for a response, and Amber and Veronica happened to come to the terrace. They also saw the high-level priests who appeared here. Amber seemed a little surprised: "Hey? Isn't this the great priest?"
"It's another invitation," Gao Wen nodded to the two with a smile, "You guys and Melita wait for me, I'll come when I go."
Then he gave Amber and Veronica a few simple words and returned to Heragore. The uneasiness in his heart kept him from wasting time. He soon left the terrace with Heragore's teleportation spell.
After the familiar sense of time and space exchange, the light and shadow in front of Gao Wen gradually dissipated. He arrived at the upper temple on the top of the mountain. Hragor stood beside him, and the corridor leading to the hall extended straight forward.
At the end of the corridor, the wide, gorgeous but empty hall did not seem to have changed much. The round table and refreshments used to entertain guests were still arranged in the center of the hall, while the golden venting place Long Shen Eunya stood quietly by the round table, looking at this side with a gentle and quiet look.
This time, Hragore did not wait in the corridor outside the hall, but followed Gao Wen into the hall, and naturally stood behind the Dragon God, standing by like a servant.
Gao Wen came to the round table, nodded slightly to the god in front of him, and then sat down naturally, but before he asked about the situation, the Dragon God had already taken the initiative to break the silence: "It's time for you to return to Loren Continent."
Gao Wen was stunned for a moment. The other party's words sounded like a sudden and ruthless order to expel guests, but soon he realized something: "What happened?"
However, the Dragon God did not answer positively, but said lightly: "You have what you should do...you are needed now."
Almost instantly, Gao Wen felt that his uneasiness from last night had finally been confirmed. He had the urge to set off immediately and leave Tallond immediately. Obviously, the god sitting opposite him had already expected this. The other party smiled lightly and said, "I will arrange for Melita to send you back to Loren, but you don't have to worry - we still have some time, at least, can talk a few more."
Gao Wen had suppressed his impulse, and at the same time he had thought that if the situation in the Loren continent had changed drastically, the Dragon God would definitely not invite him to chat so slowly. Since he "throwed" himself back to the Loren continent instead of a teleportation magic, it means that the situation is still a little more abundant.
Thinking of this, he felt a little curious: "What are we talking about today?"
"Just talk about one thing," the Dragon God's eyes fell on Gao Wen, "I want to talk to you about the final end of mortals and gods."
"The final end of mortals and gods?" Gao Wen looked at the opposite side with some confusion, "You mean..."
The Dragon God's eyes were serious, and He looked at Gao Wen's eyes: "We have known several futures of man and gods on this planet - those who choose to destroy all out-of-control gods, the civilization that died in the black trap was destroyed by their own gods, and the unfortunate civilization could not even resist natural disasters like the demon tide. In the process of development, they walked towards the end with their own gods, and the last... Tallond's eternal cradle.
"Gowen Cecil, an extraterritorial wanderer, the above is everything I have seen in this one hundred and eighty-seven thousand years, all the development trajectories of mortals and gods on this spiral spiral that is constantly tangled. But I want to hear your opinion now. In your opinion... Is there another future between mortals and gods, a future that has never been before?"
Gao Wen couldn't help but stop by reaching the oak cup on the table.
This was a question that he unexpectedly thought, and it was a question that seemed extremely difficult to answer in his opinion - he didn't even think that there would be an answer to this question, because even the gods could not predict the development trajectory of civilization, so how could he accurately describe it?
But the Dragon God was still looking at him very seriously. As for a god, He even expressed his surprising expectations at this moment.
Perhaps... the other party really thinks that Gao Wen, the "outsider wanderer", can bring him some answers beyond the cruel rules of this world.
Gao Wen still picked up the oak cup and tasted the liquid in the cup. His mind was gradually relaxing - he wanted to answer this question seriously, and while thinking, he finally gradually got an answer.
"No gods can do omniscience and omnipotence, and I can't do it, so I can't accurately draw or predict a future picture to you," he looked at the Dragon God and said his answer, "But in my opinion, maybe we shouldn't stuff all this into a tight 'frame'. The relationship between gods and mortals, the future of gods and mortals, all of this... should not be 'destined', and there should be no preset position and 'standard solution'."
The Dragon God looked at him: "I don't understand what you mean."
"Specific examples, specific analysis, emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts - respect objective facts and follow objective laws," Gao Wen said in one breath that he had been thinking about since a long time ago, and was only a vague thinking direction just now. "In my opinion, since the existence of gods is an objective fact, and your birth and operation are also an objective fact, then we cannot look at this matter in a dogmatic way, but should respect all these objective laws.
"The person chooses to destroy all the out-of-control gods. This is determined by the situation at that time. The civilization in the black trap will die with the gods. This is determined by the laws of nature, but there is no natural law that stipulates that all gods can only walk one way, and there is no evidence that the laws of nature that we know are the "all" rules of this world.
“Julu Amoen destroyed his throne through the ‘Fallen Star’ incident, and then used a fake death to continuously reduce his connection with the chain of faith. Now he can be said to have succeeded;
“The magic goddess Milmina has left her divine position and reshaped herself with the indirectional thoughts. She is now close to success;
“There is a new god called the ‘upper narrator’ who has now been out of the chain after a series of complicated events…
"These examples and processes seem to be unreplicated, but their existence itself illustrates one thing: there is indeed another way to go.
"That's what I think - gods and mortals can be enemies, coexist, conflicts for a short time, or balances under specific conditions, and the key is how to achieve them in a rational, logical, rather than dogmatic way.
"I am not, nor is I a disobedient of the Gondor Empire in the past, so I do not think that all gods must be destroyed. On the contrary, after learning more and more truths, I have a certain respect for the gods and even...
"Because no matter what the final direction is, at least in the long history of civilization's ignorance and rise, God always protects mortals - just like your first story, a slow mother is also a mother after all.
"But on the other hand, I must also give priority to the survival of the mortal world, so when facing the gods that cannot coexist and the 'crazy god' that have been out of control, we still have only one choice..."
Gao Wen paused for a while, and the Dragon God showed his thoughts. After a brief thought, He broke his silence: "So, you neither want to end the myth nor maintain it, neither choose opposition nor simply coexist. You want to build a dynamic system that adjusts reality in real time to replace fixed dogmas, and you also believe that even if the coexistence relationship between gods and mortals is maintained, civilization can still develop forward..."
"Amoen is still alive, but the druid technology has developed to almost overturn more than half of the classic dogmas, and Milmina is still alive, and we are studying the use of external nervous systems to break through traditional spell casting elements," said Gao Wen. "Of course, these are just small steps, but since these steps can be taken, it means that this direction is feasible-"
"It is only feasible for the time being," said Dragon God. "Have you ever thought that this balance is actually short and fragile in the eyes of the gods - take what you said as an example. If people rebuild druids or magical beliefs and rebuild the worship system, then these "cross-border moves" that are currently going smoothly will still come to an abrupt end..."
"Even if Amoren and Milmina completely die, as long as mortals rebuild their faith, there will still be new gods of nature and gods of magic," Gao Wen said without hesitation, "So the key to the problem is not God, but actually man."
"… Interesting statement," said Dragon God slowly, "so how do you solve this problem of 'the key lies in people'?"
"Give people's wisdom - what I'm doing," Gao Wen said without hesitation. "Using reason to replace ignorance is the most effective way at this stage. If everyone in the world knows the principle of the chain before it is formed, then the chain cannot be formed."
"This is not as easy as it sounds," Dragon God suddenly laughed, but the smile was not sarcastic. "Do you know? In fact, you are not the first person to think of doing this."
Gao Wen didn't say anything, just looked at the other person quietly.
"The last person who realized that opening up the people's wisdom can fight against the chain was a leader of Shangshen civilization. The person who tried to fight against the chain with the whole nation was a thinker about a million years ago, and there were four... or five amazing mortals who had also realized some 'principles' just like you and tried to trigger changes with actions...
"But unfortunately, none of these great people succeeded."
Gao Wen listened to the calm story of Dragon God. These were secrets that no one knew except for some ancient existences, and were things that mortals in the current era could not imagine. However, in a sense, they did not exceed his expectations.
One hundred and eighty-seven thousand years - there will always be warriors who will continue to appear, and there will always be other wise men and heroes.
Perhaps his overly calm performance surprised the Dragon God. After the story was finished, the latter paused and continued, "So, do you think you can succeed?"
"I want to confirm a problem first - are they failing because there is something wrong with the road itself?"
"...I don't know, because no one came to the end, they started late, so no one could witness what the road would end up with."
"So the road is still there," Gao Wen smiled, "There must be someone who walks around. Maybe there are other roads in the world, but unfortunately, mortals are creatures with limited power and wisdom. We cannot walk every road every time, so we can only choose one way to try. I chose to try this one--if it succeeds, it will be great. If it fails, I just hope that others will have the opportunity to find another way out."
The Dragon God looked at Gao Wen quietly, and the latter also quietly responded to the god's gaze.
"To me," the Dragon God finally smiled and shook his head, "Actually, I thought you would choose the route of the person at first... You are close to those heritages, and you are most likely to dig out the power from those heritages, and may even call on that powerful fleet to come back, but in all your thoughts, those heritages have never appeared."
"The people have left-will not be back or not, I would rather assume that they will not come back," said Gao Wen. "They are... indeed powerful, powerful enough to awe the mortals of this planet, but in my opinion, their route may not be suitable for any race except them.
“I did think about digging some power from those legacy, but after learning about the things about one hundred and eighty-seven thousand years ago, I realized one thing-
"Some things that are missed are missed. After all, what mortals can rely on is only their own strength. After all, they still have to travel their own way."
A faint holy light floated over the hall, and the ethereal echoes came from a seemingly far away.
The Dragon God smiled, without making any comments or asking any questions. He just pointed to the snacks on the table: "Eat some, you can't eat them outside of Tallond."
Gao Wen did not refuse. He tasted a few unknown pastries, and then stood up.
"It's time for me to leave," he said, "thank you for your hospitality."
“I’m glad to have such an opportunity to talk to people,” the elegant and beautiful god also stood up. “I don’t remember the last time I talk to people like this.”
"Actually, it was yesterday," Gao Wen's heart moved and wanted to joke with the gods, "I'll talk to me."
The Dragon God was stunned for the first time.
The next second, He laughed very happily.
Chapter completed!