Uplifting Journey

In fact, after getting some information in the symposium, Cheng Bin probably understood why Morrigan, the general god of productivity, only reached the middle level among the gods.

In addition to the lack of godhead level as a rigid basic condition, the subtle contradiction between the teaching content of Morrigan's god church and the world environment is also a major reason.

Because priesthood is not something that can be just a concept, it must be something specific, detailed, and clearly pointed to certain phenomena and processes that are carved out by the gods themselves.

Only such a priesthood can form a bridge from the world of spirits to the material world, allowing the power and will of the gods to be transmitted.

Even the gods who follow the rules and runes are no exception. Just like the gods of the fire element, they must interpret the priesthood of "fire" by themselves, and incorporate all changes in the elements involving fire in the world into the "fire" rune rules. Without this step specific to the change of elements, it is impossible to include things related to fire into the scope of interference out of thin air.

In other words, if someone in the world discovers a brand-new phenomenon of the fire element, the god of the fire element who has not registered this in the priesthood system will not be able to directly perceive and interfere with this thing, and the runes related to fire will not be able to create it. That kind of phenomenon.

Of course, the fire elemental god is naturally ahead of the entire world in research on flames, and this kind of thing is absolutely impossible to happen under normal circumstances.

The same is true for Morrigan, the god of forging and furnaces. The core of his deity is refined to describe the path of transforming nature and improving this transforming ability. Guidance on words and deeds, and integration of the technology tree on productivity progress.

That's where the problem lies.

Through the previous tours and the information about the city of dwarves that Lacey sent over at the same time, Cheng Bin has a certain understanding of the technological level of the city in all aspects.

So he noticed—this dwarf city full of metal machinery encountered the same development obstacles as the elf kingdom.

The world rules discovered and summarized according to the spirit of scientific cognition are hierarchical, or researchers can always discover deeper truths to eliminate old theories.

Just like the jump from classical physics to quantum physics after going deep into the bottom layer of the inner domain, the deep rules must be closer to reality and can interpret all the operation processes of the surface rules. The advancement of productivity and the advancement of technology are bound to pursue deeper and more real rules to dig out.

But in this world, there are insurmountable obstacles ahead of this road——

The exploration of material properties is the first level, the cognition of elemental changes is the second level, the research of magic power and runes is the third level, the excavation of soul and real name is the fourth level, and the fifth level is the deeper and more real laws Exploration directly involves the existence of the gods.

Although the technological level of the Dwarf City and the Elven Kingdom is quite different, most researchers only stay in the research and utilization of the third-level magic and rune laws, and only a few high-end personnel are involved in the fourth-level laws of the legendary field. Research.

On the one hand, the research on the laws involving real names is too idealistic, and it is difficult to summarize. On the other hand, it is also because the risks are somewhat unpredictable if you go deeper——

When Cheng Bin was in the plane of the Elven Kingdom, he cracked and created an ancient tree of magical transformation comparable to legendary species. After conducting experiments on black dragon transformation in this plane, he had a question about how to transform a life so that it can be promoted to the legendary realm. There have been many belly cases.

It is not impossible for Cheng Bin to create a super species that is legendary in the whole family.

Theoretically, only such a legendary civilization has the foundation and ability to continue to explore the laws of the world below the fourth level, and to analyze and study the phenomena and things that are born of the laws of this level-the gods.

But would the gods be willing to see such a civilization born? Would you like to see a group of people drag them down from the altar for anatomical study? Are you willing to lose your superior status and let countless beings reach God's Domain to share their power?

The answer is of course no.

According to some ancient materials disclosed by Morrigan and collected by him, in the history of this world, there have been powerful civilizations that touched this level. It was formed by a group of great arcanists who randomly tore off mountains and turned them over to create floating cities. The kingdom of mages.

The magic net is the terrifying product of this mage civilization's analysis and research on the power of the gods on the basis of the laws of the fifth layer of the world. It has powerful abilities that are similar to the gods and even surpass the gods in some aspects.

Unfortunately, the underlying laws of this world determine that any existence with excessive logical complexity will become a life with a real name, which means that the most powerful power is often directly controlled by a certain will, and a few people can control it beyond the majority human power.

The simple truth of gathering wisdom to crush individuals is rarely reflected in this world where there is no equality except for the authority of real names.

The Magic Web, which gathered all the power of the Mage Kingdom, naturally produced its own consciousness. Although the process of its generation was not beyond the expectations of the great arcanists, they, who were confident that they could control the consciousness of the Magic Web, attracted the hostility and anger of the gods. put one's oar in.

In the domain of soul and real name, the power of the gods is beyond imagination. Therefore, following a war of destruction that spread to countless planes, the consciousness of the magic net was independently promoted to the god of magic, and the civilization of mages has changed from the long river of history to the god of magic. completely annihilated.

The magic net is the lighthouse in front of the road to explore the world deeply, and it is also the shocking chicken used to frighten monkeys.

Cheng Bin, who was not ready to challenge the gods head-on, temporarily stopped promoting the development of elf civilization after realizing this problem, and the dwarf god Morrigan

It can be seen from his teachings that the past is vague in key places and only focuses on describing the laws of the first three layers of the world, and he himself is well aware of this problem.

Therefore, this god of productivity does not really represent the most advanced productivity, and naturally cannot exert its true power.

Unless the dwarves all imitate the red dragon representing the most advanced productivity to transform their bodies and souls, and start marching towards the heights of the former mage kingdom, otherwise they can only wander around the world laws of the third floor, limited by their intelligence and wisdom. Obstacles to ascension, the advancement and expansion of technology will be difficult.

"From this perspective, Morrigan's intention to contact me, an outsider, is not so pure."

After analyzing and sorting out the information obtained from Morrigan, and pondering for a while, Cheng Bin slightly adjusted his next action plan as if he had realized something.

Looking back at the slightly dark hall in the passage, Cheng Bin thought to himself: "From the history of changes in the content of the priesthood and the attitude of the communication just now, does it mean that Morrigan doesn't want to be a god anymore? The hints inside and outside the words are very It means a lot"

After withdrawing his gaze, Cheng Bin sent a message to Lacey, and then sank into the depths of his soul.

An incomparably bright crystal, whose number of facets could extend infinitely with the depth of observation, took shape in Cheng Bin's mind - that was the godhead he obtained from the demigod vampire Reinhardt.

The level of godhood that can reach the standard of weak divine power is not high, but this does not affect its essence.

Cheng Bin took a look at this thing that touched the deepest laws of the world in his current cognition, or the thing with the highest "mystery", and then activated the destiny soul magic to analyze and split his own thinking operation in a delicate way, and split it one by one. The definite thought instruction is injected into the godhead through the real name interface.

The Godhead, which has been studied by Cheng Bin with many laws, began to operate in accordance with these thinking instructions, allowing Cheng Bin, who has not yet become a true god, to leverage some powers at the level of a true god.

According to the operation template of the power of destiny obtained by Morrigan, Cheng Bin silently began to distort his thinking mode. After the state of mind matched a certain standard, he transformed and accumulated Lacey's power of faith according to the information fed back by the godhead. The little bit of divine power released was released.

In an instant, Cheng Bin's eyes blurred, as if he had ascended to another level along an invisible channel, and his perception was suddenly filled with an endless river.

This river of light, formed by the gathering of countless discrete light points, is the river of destiny in this world.

This huge river with countless branches and veins, which is constantly changing, contains endless power and information. Under tremendous mental pressure, Cheng Bin glanced at a certain point of the river following the instinct given by the godhead, and then Just because of the exhaustion of divine power, he fell back to reality.

Looking at the volcanic shaft and blinking, Cheng Bin gradually gathered back his runaway spirit. After regaining his main consciousness, he moved his mind, and immediately demolished the temporary mental template, and easily relieved his mental exhaustion. And the pain was erased.

"The River of Destiny is very similar to the world line in terms of shape, but after seeing the real appearance of the world line, I can confirm that this thing and the world line are not the same thing. Is it a simulation to some extent?"

Raising his hand and gently pressing his forehead, Cheng Bin suppressed the body and magic reaction caused by the sudden change of soul and slowly recuperated. At the same time, he thought about what he had spied in the River of Destiny.

"Without a destiny-type priesthood, the information you can get is quite limited, but the harvest can be obtained. I didn't expect that there are quite a few guys who make up their minds on me, an outsider."

Cheng Bin, who took a peek at his own destiny, shook his head helplessly—only after taking a look at him did he realize that he was simply too eye-catching in the River of Destiny.

Fortunately, he obtained some useful god-level knowledge and skills from Morrigan. After analyzing and integrating, Cheng Bin worked out a way to cover up his own destiny, and just fixed it with divine magic.

This kind of magical technique can't cover up Cheng Bin's turbulent fate like a whirlpool, but it can make the turbulent flow more chaotic as a whole, making it impossible for other targets to observe and locate his general state from a macro perspective, which is barely covered up.

To make a simple analogy, it turns out that other people who spy on fate can still look at the main body of the typhoon's outer circle to estimate the situation of the typhoon eye whose center is relatively fixed. can fail.

At the same time, Cheng Bin also took the time to deduce the future changes that his next actions would cause, and confirmed whether there were any problems with the future plan.

In general, although there are some twists and turns, it does not affect the achievement of Cheng Bin's goal.

"Although I am a little interested in the gods who came to Morrigan because of me, it is more important to find the God of Knowledge to discuss the issue of priesthood. The teachings of that god, like Morrigan, are deliberately omitted and vague. .”

Cheng Bin, who pondered for a while, tilted his head and sent a farewell message to the drunken Morrigan incarnation in the hall with the words of the soul, and then the figure disappeared from the outcropping platform in an instant——

After spending some time distractedly studying the defense system of the Dwarf City, and watching Morrigan again open the portal and smash him with a hammer, Cheng Bin has been able to easily enter and exit the normal city defense system by means of space transfer.

In a corner of a certain commercial street in the city of dwarves, a sharp-eared elf with a delicate doll-like life sitting on his shoulder suddenly shut up and stopped arguing with the clerk.

"Do you want to go?" Lacey withdrew her gaze from looking up at the huge statue in the upper city, and poured all the coins on the counter of the store with a clatter, and took away the dwarf who was bargaining with her before, but now was stunned. Fancy metal creations.

Curiously examining the weird weapon with a handle and long barrel, Lacey turned and walked away from the shop.

There is a red dragon that can squeeze out any gemstones and precious metals at will, and the problem of money is not a problem at all. For Lacey, bargaining is just a novelty.

After all, the economic system of the Elven Kingdom is not as rich as that of humans and dwarves in this plane, and there is no general equivalent of currency—only some high-end products use magic crystals as a reference for measuring value, and that is brought by the red dragon. before the change.

While walking and dismantling and reorganizing the metal artifacts called guns, Lacey muttered to Ivy on his shoulder: "This kind of weapon called a musket is very interesting. It uses a tough barrel to contain the power generated by the explosion. , pushing the projectile to fly out at high speed to attack."

Ivy looked at the various parts floating in Lacey's hand, then turned his eyes away and snorted disdainfully: "Those dwarves just regard this as a low-end toy, so they just sell it on the street casually. Magic can crush this humble thing."

"That's right." Lacey clapped his hands together to reassemble the three palm-length muskets, and began to infiltrate the muskets with the soul thread integrated after his promotion to legend.

While using the soul thread to release various spell effects to distort the material of the gun in subtle ways, Lacey carved various runes and magic patterns on the gun, and at the same time she said to Ivy: "What I find interesting is the design of this weapon Thoughts, think about it.

"You don't need magic power, you don't need to know any magic knowledge, and you can send out attacks that are not weaker than basic magic with a single movement of your fingers. It is also very promising to extend this idea to further research?"

Ivy raised his hand and patted Lacey's cheek, shook his head at her and said: "Even legendary magic may give birth to magic life, your gun will become more and more exquisite as it goes deeper, and it may produce it by itself Magic power, if you think about these, you might as well think more about how to make people without magic power have magic and learn magic

"Furthermore, even if the thing obtained through in-depth research retains the rough explosive structure of the current gun, it will not cause problems on its own, but this simple thing based on the change of material properties and elements has no resistance to the interference of magic power and real name.

"I don't care what effect a simple physical attack can have. It's a normal ending to blow up a weapon directly in the face of someone with magic power. A simple field-type magic can abolish all similar weapons."

Lacey, who was magically modifying the gun in hand, nodded speechlessly, and then said with a smile: "However, if the problem of magic pattern inscription is solved, this design should be better than your short bow, I can also try to use this The design idea transforms the soul thread into other types of attacks, at least it can be tried."

Just as Ivy was touching the mini short bow around his waist with an expression of resentment, Cheng Bin's figure suddenly appeared beside Lacey who walked to a corner where there was no one.

The silver-haired elf glanced at the toy in Lacey's hand, smiled and said to her: "The dwarves' exploration of the laws of material elements is indeed farther than the elves who focus on magic and runes. Let's go, let's go." Look at the plane of the trunk of the world tree.

"If things go well, I will directly become a god over there. I have some new knowledge about gods and you accept it. At that time, many places will need the cooperation of you, the only believer."

Is this about to become a god? Is it really good to say so casually? That's a god

Lacey opened her mouth and was about to say something, but the words in her throat were blocked by a large amount of information pouring in from her mind along the faith connection.

The past two days have been very busy, and, in the next four or five days, I have to travel far away and stay outside. It seems that this month's perfect attendance award will not be guaranteed.

It is said that on the 28th there will be an explosion event again, but for a salty fish like me, unless the update is stopped for half a month, it is impossible to save the manuscripts that are needed for the explosion.

emmm, if the full attendance is gone, maybe you can really try it and forget it, it's a big death.