Overturned Tower

he murmured in a low voice.

Russell keenly captured this keyword.

Because until now, he didn't really realize one thing...a thing that he had neglected for a long time.

It seems that in all the official documents, papers and books that Russell has seen so far, there is no knowledge about the "planet".

Russell didn't realize there was a problem here before, because he took it for granted as an "alien world".

——Look, the sky has always been gray, not blue; the stars at night are so sparse that no constellations can be formed at all; there are "beast ear mothers" of various soul relatives in this world , as well as miraculous spiritual powers, holy ranks, spells...even legendary elves, and that incredible floating island.

If the existence of these settings is accepted, then it is very reasonable that there is no concept of planets in other worlds, right?

In this way, it makes sense why this world has developed enough technology to build a floating city that can accommodate tens of millions of people, but has not developed aerospace technology at all—because this world does not exist in the form of a planet.

What made Russell's world view collapse was the sculpture he saw in Tongshen Island before.

"The Knotted Pistol".

Its existence proved that this world was still on the earth... and it was an era that he did not know how many years after the earth civilization he knew.

Since he was born on the floating island, Russell didn't even have access to the "shape of the land"; the history, books and texts of the old era were all discarded, obviously because he didn't want today's human beings to recall the past culture.

And it is said that in the "Land Age", there were still different kingdoms, nations and wars.There have also been battles among various spiritual relatives, hunting and predation... Alice's "killing heart" is the proof.

For example, when a fox jumps into a chicken coop and a wolf jumps into a sheep pen, it doesn't necessarily hunt the "one" that fully meets its own survival needs, and keeps the rest as food reserves.Instead, they will kill all the prey...even if they are full or cannot take it away at all, they will kill meaninglessly and without reason-this is the behavior of "killing".

Even in today's sky age, it is very difficult to heal the killing heart.Not to mention the land era with more backward technology...

Because of this characteristic that only appears in carnivorous animal relatives, there is bound to be a war between meat-eating relatives and vegetarian relatives.

This is especially true for aquatic relatives—whether killer whales, great white sharks, or sperm whales all belong to the chordate phylum, they will still give birth to their spiritual relatives.And the living environment they need is completely different from that of terrestrial relatives... This will give birth to wars of different positions.Today's sky age is not so much a peace as a kind of compromise... The Islamic war is the last war, but it is by no means the only war.

And the deer-headed elves, who are famous, even have the knowledge of "planets", and at the beginning they have the concept of "enemies of alien planets"-because she just specifically stated that these bans did not come from aliens.But in theory, Russell has no knowledge of "planets" at all, and there is no need to talk about "alien".

This means that this planet may have reached, or at least touched, the technology of the "interstellar" era.

Those "ancient technologies" that seem extremely magical today are knowledge from that era!

That is the ancient for modern man, the future for Russell. The concept of "spiritual relatives" should have been born at that time.

That is to say...

After the earth civilization has developed into the interstellar era, it was forced back to the feudal era for some reason. Although various technologies existed, the system was emptied and restarted.Until now, this world is still banning all aerospace technologies, giant dragons no longer even allow humans to touch the sky, so this world has long been able to manufacture airplanes, but it can only use airships... and it is not that kind of high-altitude airship.

This extremely critical information, which Russell would not be able to deduce anyway if the head deer did not tell him, is just like an extremely critical key.Opened the door of cognition that had been delayed for a long time.

Many thoughts, guesses, and ideas in Russell's mind gathered quickly, like invisible threads, weaving unbelievable truths one after another.

But at this moment, an extremely strong question, like strong wine, suddenly popped up in Russell's mind.

"...You mean, the ban on 'Alien Planet'?"

Russell raised his head and stared at the head portrait of the deer: "Why do you have to explain this specially?

"Or, when have I ever said or heard the word 'planet'?"

"'You did hear it'."

The deer head replied calmly.

"When?"

Russell asked back.

But the answer given by the deer head gave Russell a chill: "'When you and Tovatus first met, he said this word in front of you. But you didn't have any surprises about it. Doubt. From that time on, I knew that the concept of 'star' existed in your memory.'”

...It seems that there is indeed such a thing.

Russell recalled the incident.

That's what Torvatos said when he recruited Russell.

"...The key you promised to the caged bird is another cage? Do you treat me as a pet?"

Russell asked so at the time.

But Tovatus's casual answer contained the world's biggest secret: "Your words are a joke. How is this floating island, or even this planet, different from a huge birdcage? If it weren't for Work needs, I’m afraid you will never be far away from your hometown in your life, so what does the size of this world matter to you? The places you will never go are just the scenery maps of the game.”

—even this planet.

He made it clear.

This planet is the "Birdcage", no different from the floating island.

As the rebel among the elf directors, Tovatus cared the least about those rules and traditions.He even wanted to tear it all to pieces.

The secret that others regarded as a treasure, but he casually revealed it to the people he met for the first time in public.

It's just that all Russell's attention was focused on the phrase "eternal life like a dragon".Didn't pay attention to the weirdest word "planet" at all.

"So it was his temptation to me..."

"'It's a temptation and a test. It's a test of your value and potential. Because he wants to know, when he deliberately shows some flaws...whether you can grasp the most unreasonable details in the first place.'"

The synthesized voice of the deer head came out flat: "'It's a kind of luck that you didn't pass his test. Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing here and talking to me now...you would have been taken away by him directly.'

Chapter 38 The Tower Doomed to Fall

Listening to the words of the first deer, Russell caught a detail.

"...You are never surprised that I know so many things you shouldn't know."

"'Because I know you are a person born to know. 'Born to know' is not particularly rare, and the memories they awaken are not rootless duckweed... usually great people born in the age of the earth. Because of this The phenomenon comes from the occasional violent waves in the sea of ​​group subconsciousness, and can also be understood as the occasional 'BUG' in the operation of the world.'”

"I think this shouldn't be something like 'past life and present life'."

"'certainly.'"

The deer head replied without hesitation: "'There are not so many unscientific things in this world.'"

For some reason, Russell felt like laughing when he heard this sentence.

Because in fact, in his cognition, whether it is soul, psionic power or spells, they are all "absolutely unscientific" things...

And what the deer head said next made Russell frown slightly——

"'This kind of phenomenon occurs because some too tenacious and pure souls can transcend life and death to a certain extent... To be more specific, it is the awakening of spiritual powers above the eighth redshift, and they will not die until death. There are no out-of-control psykers. If they die, their demons, like other psykers, sink to sleep in the sea of ​​the group's subconscious."

"'However, after crossing the wall of Leviathan, their memory, personality and intelligence will merge with the demon. The so-called 'Leviathan' is a sea monster in ancient mythology. The reason why psionics is the last The barrier is called Leviathan's Wall, because the 'sea' here does not refer to the physical ocean, but the sea of ​​group subconscious. The monster that devours all memories in the sea of ​​group subconscious-of course, does not actually exist Such a monster. However, the researchers of psionics took this phenomenon of "the memory of the psyker in the demon's body after death will be cleared" and called it "Leviathan The wall '.'

"'If a person dies without losing his memory, he will become extremely powerful after countless reincarnations. His will will be extremely tenacious, and his psychic energy will become the purest... and the reason that prevents this evolution If possible, it can be called a 'wall'. Here, 'wall' also means 'obstacle'. The Wall of Behemoth and the Wall of the Zodiac also refer to similar 'obstacles'.

"'And if the wall of Leviathan is crossed, then the memory of the psyker will not be emptied immediately due to death. Instead, it will gradually wear out over time, even if it has been integrated into the sea of ​​group subconscious for tens or hundreds of years It will not dissipate completely. At this time, if there is a newborn who can attract the sleeping demon, when the demon possesses it, it will also inherit the memory that has not been worn out. This phenomenon is called "birth The one who knows'.'"

...But if this is the case, everything will not be right again.

Listening to what the deer head portrait meant, they didn't seem to have any doubts about the existence of "spiritual energy".It is as if it is the truth that accompanies the world.

But Russell is very sure - he was definitely not a psychic in his previous life.

He's just a white-collar worker...just a public relations manager in a game company that hasn't been listed yet and doesn't have any well-known works!

And judging from the meaning of "mentor", she came to this world because of her direct reason... That is to say, the mentor also acquiesced that this was not Russell's original world.His mentor is most likely his boss in his previous life.

But the "people born with knowledge" in this world should all have awakened high-level psychic powers in this world.

Reminiscent of Thrall having seen his own birth...

Russell finally understood everything—

Most likely, his soul did not arrive in this world when the baby "Russell" was born.

—He's already in!

But because he had no body, his soul was shattered immediately upon arrival.And his talent and knowledge made him awaken the original demon of "God's Vessel" immediately after entering this world, and it inherited all of Russell's memories, and then sank into the sea of ​​group subconscious.

Through this means, he is bleached and registered as a householder in this world.

Afterwards, the container of God was resonated and possessed by the "Russell" of this world, causing the baby Russell to awaken the psionic power at the moment of birth... along with Russell's memory, he was wrapped in the container of God and became Russell of this world The awakened "memories of past lives".

No wonder!

That's why he can be seen by "fate", he can awaken the Holy Order, and he can enter the "dream world" composed of group subconsciousness... because he was not a foreign traveler Heito from the very beginning!Instead, after soaking in the sea of ​​group subconsciousness, they were registered as aborigines with incomparably legitimate household registrations!

It's just that his household registration follows the "vessel of God".

"So, it's the 'container'..."

What it contained was Russell's memory!

In this way, the "God's will", which could never be recognized by the world, was implanted into the aborigines.And kept his possibility of entering the dream world.

And let him enter the dream world, and why?

—for unlocking!

The subconscious psychic potential of this world group is sealed, resulting in the psychic aptitude that everyone originally possessed is only possessed by a few people whose seal leaks.This becomes a "talent".

Others heard the call of "human consciousness" or something and traveled to the dream world.I hope the seal can be lifted... So the ultimate goal of all mages is to go to the "Tower of the End"!

Why can I see that black tower when entering any area?

Because that's not a tower!

It's a crack that can be seen from any space, a vertical keyhole——

If you walk in that direction, of course you will never reach the Black Tower!

Those mages are like donkeys led by carrots and fishing rods.I keep walking in the direction of the carrot, but I can't reach it in my life.

Because they don't even need to go!

As long as you get the key, you can open the lock in any area.

Any mage in the dream world will probably be able to see... "The Tower of the End suddenly collapsed".

But that was not the tower overturning, but the keyhole being tapped and the door being opened.

So, the only question becomes...

Why didn't the elf director and the dragon open the lock?

Russell suddenly raised his head and looked at the deer head: "That's why the Tower of Babel is looking for the real history..."

"'Now, do you understand?'"

The deer head asked rhetorically: "'I have never deceived anyone. As long as we can find the real history, we can save the world.'

"'Because none of our forerunners know the meaning of these two locks. Only the dragon knows all the secrets... But the dragon refuses to answer us. They are cold, inflexible machines, artificial intelligence without emotion .Tell them there will never be an answer.'

"'That is why some elves seek history, and some refuse it. And all dragons forbid history.'

"'That's why, I say 'resource scarcity is not the problem', 'the destruction of the world, people's disputes', everything, just find the right history, the world [could] be saved.'

"'That is why the Tower of Babel was born.'

"'You may not know it, or you may know it. The Tower of Babel is a tower destined to overthrow...and a tower reaching the sky. It is a tower that mankind united to build in the hope of reaching heaven, and finally under the intervention of 'God' collapse under.'

"'What we really want to do is to overthrow the black tower of the dream world and open the sky again. This name was not given to us, but to the black tower. Everything we have done so far is to prove that History, the support of other Forerunners. Even if the dragon will never support us, as long as all the Forerunners are willing, we can open at least one lock. See if it is true or not.'

"'There are times when history has power and truth has weight.'

"'Even if it is destined to be a dark future—but even if it is death, we want to die to understand.'"

Chapter 39 The Rain Is Coming

"So that's how it is..."

Russell took a deep breath.

He finally understood everything.

No wonder, whether it is Sheath or Alice, Bad Day or others, they are all so convinced that as long as they can find the truth of history, it is possible to save the world.

They are not historians who are obsessed with seeking the truth of history, nor are they extremist organizations that commit crimes under the banner of seeking history.

They're fighting the corporation, but not against the corporation; they're assassinating elves, but not exterminating them; they're attacking uncoded organizations, but not exterminating uncoded people.They seem to be fighting against everything, and they are hostile to everything... It seems that the whole world is an enemy, and it seems that there are friends and partners everywhere.

Although they are always killing and destroying something on the Tower of Babel, they are not resisters or opponents... They do not serve any organization or force, but a real salvation organization.

Their actions have always had an extremely clear purpose-rather than fighting each other based on camps and positions.

It's just that this ultimate goal is too high and completely divorced from the masses.This makes their position so high that they cannot be understood and resonated by others... People are always more inclined to solve the imminent disaster, even if it is just drinking poison to quench their thirst.