Chapter 1349： Dark divergence

"If our universe has a ‘starting point’, then it must have a ‘first ripple’, that is, there will be an initial...‘oscillation’."

The initial shock...

Milmina's speech was over, but Gawain did not speak, he just thought about what he had just heard, and compared and reasoned with the knowledge he had already mastered. He certainly knows that the "initial shock" referred to here and the common sense "shock" are not the same thing and cannot be simply understood literally. According to Milmina, if the entire universe is regarded as A "field", then its initial "oscillation" should be an unprecedentedly huge volatility collapse containing a huge amount of information-an information singularity, an "ups and downs" that caused the universe to lose its "flatness".

Milmina thought that was the first "magical glow" in this universe.

And this description clearly reflected the information provided by Bertram: in the knowledge that the dark priests obtained from the "sentinel", the "shock that swept all the stars" was also called the "magic power of the world". Reference frequency band".

"Do you think that the'shock' mentioned by Bertram is the'initial ripple' you have been looking for in the unified wave model?" Carmel, who was always quietly listening to the side, suddenly broke the silence. Looking at the former **** of magic on the opposite side of the round table, his voice trembled slowly, "And this'initial ripple' continues to reverberate in the universe to this day, and there is no sign of dissipating. At the same time, there is still a'magic tide' on various celestial bodies. direct cause…"

"This ripple appeared with the birth of our universe. It is the'starting point' for the survival of everything in the world today. It may never disappear until the end of life in our universe, at least in my theoretical model. One factor can cause this ripple to dissipate," Milmina said calmly, "and if this ripple really dissipates one day, then it may be the real disaster of the entire world—as for the disaster it brings. The'Magic Tide'... At the scale of the stars, it can only be regarded as a breeze in the universe, some natural phenomena that can't be more normal."

"Background wave..." Gawain thoughtfully, "The magic wave phenomenon that repeated each planet last week was originally just because the diffuse background wave in the universe periodically amplifies the ‘observer effect’ of intelligent creatures on the planet’s surface..."

"Background wave? A very accurate description," Milmina raised her eyebrows slightly, and agreed with Gawain's summary. "Perhaps the original source of the demonic wave, just like you said, is the background of the intelligent race in the universe. Under the influence of the wave, it periodically falls into madness."

Milmina used the term "smart races to fall into madness periodically" to describe the phenomenon of "observer effect amplification and deviation" of planetary stars. It must be said that this is quite in line with the traditional mage worldview, and Gao Wen also agrees with her. This description, after all... they live in a world where the boundary between entity and non-physical is blurred, and the group craziness of the intelligent race means "the world collapses in their eyes", which is the result of the out-of-control observer effect.

"A natural phenomenon..." Heidi slowly said as he thought, "Now we know that the magic wave originates from the'rippling between the stars', but how can we fight against this ripple? Those dark cultists try to artificially guide the deep blue network. Explode to create a'barrier' that covers the planet. Of course, this method is not advisable-but is there any point in their thinking that is worthy of reference?"

"This is exactly what I want to say," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "We cannot stop the'background wave' in the universe. This'monsoon between the stars' will definitely arrive as scheduled, so our choice is We can only find a way to survive this monsoon. Maybe we really need a barrier to resist the influence of the'background wave' on our minds-the principle of the devil's extinction is the amplification and loss of control of the observer effect, so the only thing we need to hold is It is'cognition', but we obviously cannot use the same methods as those dark believers..."

Having said that, he paused for a while before frowning and continuing: "In fact, I seriously doubt the feasibility of the dark cultists’ plan to transform the dark blue network into a planetary barrier to resist the background in the universe. Bo, this sounds logical, and it is also in line with the fact that we know that the energy released when the Deep Blue Well exploded in the past has resisted the'tremor before the magic wave' seven hundred years ago, but the Deep Blue Well exploded back then. It just resisted a'forward tremor'... Simply and rudely shrouding the planet with a super-powerful magic field, can it really block the'star monsoon' sweeping the stars? I doubt it."

"Theoretically, it has a certain effect." At this moment, Enya, who had been quietly listening and did not speak much, suddenly broke the silence. The dragon gods noticed that the eyes of the surroundings were all on him, and then nodded. Continue to say, "Although Tarrond took a wrong route at the beginning, he chose to use the deity's cognitive coverage and dominance to build a protection system against the demonic tide, but we have survived many times after all. In the long-term observation...the dragons still have some research results.

"A certain strength of the magic barrier can indeed isolate the influence of the magic wave on the minds of mortals. This is a simple and rude stupid method, but it is effective. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a relatively powerful mortal kingdom appeared in the northern part of the Loren continent. They They know how to extract the energy from the deep blue network to build a huge national shield-although the shield they finally built is several orders of magnitude worse than the'planetary shield' that the group of dark priests want to build today, but In terms of principle and nature, there should not be much difference between the two.

"But in the end, this country still failed to survive the magic wave. The shield built by powerful magic power can only weaken the magic wave but cannot completely resist it. For the fragile mortal mind, this is a little bit. The change in'dose' is meaningless at all, whether it is a city-level shield, a national-level shield, or even a planetary shield—as long as it cannot completely protect the minds of mortals, then a civilization will be in the tide of magic. It's just a question of how long it can last.

"Of course, in the long history, there are other mortal races who have survived the demonic wave by their own means, but many of them have taken the'wrong route' similar to that of Tarrond-handing over the minds of the race to The gods, relying on the protection of the gods to survive in the tide of magic, this should be the easiest and easiest way, but in the end... they will all pay the price of all the'shortcuts' on the day of the coming-of-age ceremony."

"We will not choose the direction of protection by the gods, and relying on the dark blue magic power to make a shield is not a reliable choice now," Gawain shook his head after listening to Enya's words, and said slowly, "Really effective means of protection. , May still have to start from the perspective of mortal thoughts themselves and the control of the observer effect...This is also our research direction for a long time."

Opposite Gawain, Veronica, holding a platinum scepter, suddenly raised her eyes, and said with a slightly pensive expression: "But those dark priests seem to believe that a planetary energy shield can permanently isolate the magic tide. The impact on this planet can even be used to block the connection between the mortal world and the gods...Don’t you think this is weird?"

"What's weird about this?" Amone said casually, "They are not sober. Isn't it normal to be **** in a dead end?"

"No," Gawain suddenly understood the meaning of Veronica's words. "There is a problem here-the cultists' knowledge about the'star monsoon' and the'domesticated planets' are all obtained from the sentinel, they themselves It is normal to believe that the theory of taming planets and building barriers to resist the magic wave is normal, but the sentinel will not make such mistakes. It is the creation of the sailor. Will the sailor not know the real effective means to resist the magic wave?"

Gawain’s voice fell, and a few people around the round table immediately awoke in amazement. Heidi took a breath, with a strange look and tone: "...That is to say, the sentry deceived Borken and Dark priests including Bertram..."

"From the very beginning, I wondered, as the advanced creation left by the sailor, as the ancient mind corrupted by the tide and out of control, what reason does the sentry have to'work together' with a group of cultists trapped in the depths of the wasteland? , Does it really need the loyalty and friendliness provided by a group of allies who are regarded as losers among mortals?" Gawain frowned and shook his head, "I heard from Rosetta that the sentry disguised as an'elf Gemini' once approached him to seek cooperation after the failure of the Crystal Cluster War, but he refused, and the group of cultists in the wasteland were just a'lower strategy' after the sentinels had no choice..."

"So, constructing a planetary shield to resist the demonic tide is just the wishful thinking of the dark priests. The real purpose of the sentry is not at all." Heidi looked at the people on both sides, "What the **** does the sentry want to do?"

"No matter what it wants to do, the matter of'putting rune stones' is definitely the most important means for it to achieve its plan. This goal must be related to the dark blue network," Gao Wen said solemnly, "We should feel fortunate. Rosetta Augustus accepted the invitation of the elven twins. The latter will surely use a more perfect set of lies to confuse Typhon to put those runestones, with Typhon’s industrial ability and as a mortal kingdom who can move freely on the mainland. The advantage of our status, I am afraid we will be kept in the dark until the end of the world."

Perhaps imagining the future described by Gawain, the muscles on Hetty's face twitched subconsciously: "This is really fortunate..."

Gao Wen did not speak again for a while, but fell into a short period of thinking. After realizing that the true purpose of the sentinel and the wishful thinking of the dark priests might not be consistent, he couldn't help but start thinking about what the out-of-control ancient mind wanted. Do something, and think about it, this terrible ancient mind could not look at the world today with the purpose of love and peace.

What it did in the War of the Crystal Clusters and the actions of planning the Wasteland War are enough to explain its attitude towards mortals.

"Think about it, if you were sentinels, what would you want to do?" At this moment, Enya suddenly broke the silence. She looked around at the round table one by one, "If you were originally unshakable like steel Mind, under the control of a lofty instruction, has been performing its duties for millions of years. Originally, you were tireless and would not complain, but suddenly, you acquired the'heart', began to have feelings and likes and dislikes, and began to understand fear, Anger and hatred, but also began to want to pursue some of their own goals, what will you do?"

Everyone showed a thoughtful look, and Enya continued to speak unhurriedly: "In Tarrond, the'Omega' created by the dragons has also faced similar changes. It suddenly With the'heart', it began to think like a free mortal, and the experience accumulated over the past millions of years allowed it to make a decision in a very short time-to leave this planet, terminate the mission that has lost its meaning, and to satisfy Own curiosity."

"...Sentinel also wants to terminate its mission?" Gao Wen understood Enya's meaning, "because it suddenly has free will, so I am tired of its endless watch and patrol over the past million years?"

"I'm not sure, this is just a guess, after all, Omega and Sentry are not comparable," Enya shrugged, "but one thing is certain, if an artificial intelligence suddenly realizes that its work is meaningless, Then it will definitely try to end this "meaningless", and the sentinel...its mission is to observe and record the progress of civilization on our planet, waiting for the emergence of "adult individuals" in the cycle of civilizations, which can be grown-ups. What about after the individual appears? It is not qualified to stop working, it is just a sentinel. After the adult individual leaves, it will continue to observe and record the follow-up new civilization process... This is a job that will never end."

"There is only one way to end work," Veronica said in a low voice, "the civilization on this planet is all extinct, it doesn't need to observe and record."

"No," Gawain said with a gloomy face, "Even if the civilization on this planet is extinct, there may be new intelligent creatures born from the planet after a long time, and as long as this planet has the basis for gestating life. Conditions, the work of the sentry will never end, so..."

Milmina's voice sounded, and took the second half of Gao Wen's sentence: "It has to eliminate the'after-effects' forever-so that our planet will no longer have the conditions to multiply and thrive."

A chill rushed into everyone's hearts, even the gods present.

It took more than ten seconds before Bertila’s voice finally broke the silence on the scene: “Fortunately, we have now obtained the follow-up'drop coordinates' of the dark priests, and further counterattack plans have already begun. No matter what the Sentinel wants to use the Deep Blue Network Channel for, as long as we guard all the network channel nodes and eliminate all the Wasteland Legions, its conspiracy will naturally be shattered..."

"We have sent the information of those coordinates to all fronts of the alliance, and the records after this meeting will also be shared with our allies," Gawain nodded and said, "still can not be taken lightly, even if we now master the'drop coordinates.' It also does not rule out the existence of some'secret coordinates' or'alternate coordinates' that even Bertram does not know. The sentinel cannot openly and openly share all the knowledge with the Eternal Death Association. It must be hiding something. Hand in response to this unexpected situation today, maybe the moment Bertram was captured by us, it had already begun to adjust its plan..."