Hogwarts Summoning Guide

With the Yellow Robe Bishop dealt with, the ancient god's power in Songjiang was greatly weakened. Yan Nishuang's side also quickly cleared out the strange insects in the city. In just one afternoon, Songjiang City was basically recovered.

"Did Fujiwara Eiko hack into our squad channel?" Yuuka asked.

Although Bai Lin was the main force in the battle, the other mages needed to rest more, so they settled down in the military control zone west of Songjiang. Bai Lin immediately convened a battle meeting.

"That woman is untrustworthy!" Kiki said decisively. "I think it's a trap!"

"Brother Lin, the Supreme Committee is very satisfied with our quick resolution of the Songjiang battle. Facts have proven that your Tower of Babel upgrade has greatly improved the overall strength of Eastern mages, and you have been highly commended." Zhao Yu said very respectfully. Although he still called Bai Lin "brother," he already regarded him as his idol.

Zhao Yu paused, hesitated for a moment, then took out a spell scroll and continued, "However, the Supreme Council's intention is to have you lead the team to recapture Tongcheng, Ningcheng, and Hangcheng, and then take advantage of the momentum to head south and eliminate all the ancient god threats in the eastern and southern regions."

His implication was the same as Qiqi's: he did not support Bai Lin's decision to go to Japan to carry out the operation based on the received distress call, all for the sake of the Sun God's secret.

Yan Nishuang's expression didn't change much, but it was clear that she was deep in thought and offered her own opinion.

"Based on your previous experiences in the historical fragment illusion, the structure of the entire world differs greatly from recorded human history and materialistic scientific deductions. Combining ancient Eastern myths and legends, the remnants of the Investiture of the Gods war, and the inheritances of various schools, the sun god, or rather the guardian deity of the earth, may indeed exist, but it is very different from our previous understanding of gods."

"That's right." Bai Lin continued, "There's a saying that goes, history is written by the victors. If the minions of the ancient gods were to take over the entire Earth, then alien monsters like Hastur or Cthulhu would undoubtedly become gods of the Earth."

"To get back to the point, when it comes to the gods of the earth, whether it's from Eastern legends, or Indian, Greek, Norse, African, South American, or various religions, those images are actually all recorded by humans. It's not that humans deliberately fabricated them when recording them, but rather that they all made a serious mistake by giving the gods human characteristics."

"I can understand that. For example, the gods in Egypt are creations of the pharaoh himself. They not only have human emotions, but also directly manage the country," Qiqi interjected.

"The Olympian gods in Greek mythology are even more absurd, a complete example of a debauched human court," Yuuki asked. "But what does that have to do with Fujiwara Eiko's plea for help?"

Bai Lin smiled at her and said, "Based on my experiences in the fragments of history, I have a few speculations."

"The first question is, what is a god? I believe there are at least three levels. The first level is the creator god, who can create life, create planets, and even create an entire parallel universe. We can regard him as the will of the universe itself, or the collection of all the laws governing the universe. He does not need a name or a specific image, nor does he care about what happens in the universe. He will neither help humanity nor help the ancient gods, just as in Eastern philosophy, 'Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs.'"

Before anyone could give a response, Bai Lin continued, "The second level is the God of Rules. They may be the first group in the universe to awaken intelligence, and they may also be the first race to understand how to use the rules of the universe. They take it upon themselves to spread the rules of the universe that they believe in to all parts of the universe."

"For example, the forces of order and chaos?" Yan Nishuang asked, wrinkling her pretty nose.

"Bingo!" Bai Lin gave her a thumbs up and said, "Actually, the corruption of the ancient gods is also a kind of cosmic rule. It's just that the forces of chaos and order benefit life on other planets to some extent, while corruption is nothing more than invasion, occupation, and assimilation."

"I don't want to become a minion of the ancient gods, no matter how much power you give me," Zhao Yu muttered. In fact, ordinary people like him who often come into contact with mages have a deep-seated inferiority complex and hope that they can also have magical power or other extraordinary power. However, only a small number of people can resist the temptation of the ancient gods or other evil forces.

"So our Earth gods are actually aliens who have comprehended the power of order?" Kiki asked.

"You're half right. Actually, there are also many controllers of chaotic forces. Order and chaos are two sides of the same coin, and neither can be missing. Pure order will pursue the perfect solution too much, and eventually life forms will be reduced to one form, such as tireless machine life. Chaotic forces, on the other hand, are a collection of variables. Only when combined with the forces of order can so many diverse planets and life forms be born. Look at the amazing creatures in this world. Without them, how lonely we humans would be."

Although the crowd didn't fully understand, they all nodded.

"Some of the deities we are familiar with are more like extraordinary humans who help the gods of the rules manage the planet. That's why they have human emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and that's why there was the War of the Gods."

Yan Nishuang seemed to be deep in thought, but then she seemed to have a sudden realization and said, "According to this theory, many things do make sense. For example, ancient gods like Nuwa, Fuxi, and Pangu should be the rule gods you mentioned, and those who were conferred the title of gods in the Investiture of the Gods were all extraordinary humans."

"That's right. The human superhuman powers in the Church of the Rules of Gods have several motives: first, to spread the power of order and chaos; and second, to recruit soldiers to fight against other rules of gods, such as the ancient gods," Bai Lin said.

"The War of the Gods was essentially a recruitment process. The gods of the rules clearly taught humanity the consequences of extraordinary power. The struggle for power and the lust for profit are inherent in human nature. Therefore, they used ground warfare as a selection mechanism. High-quality souls could be used as pawns in the battle against the ancient gods or other gods of the rules. In this respect, it is similar to the legend of Valhalla in Norse mythology," Bai Lin continued to explain.

"Of course, there is another kind of special god." Bai Lin said mysteriously, "For example, the Silent Ones I encountered in the fragments of history, such as Orisaga, Amaterasu, and Tsukuyomi, are more like insurance for the rule gods on Earth, or antivirus software. Once there is a corrupting force on Earth that exceeds the threshold, this antivirus software will be activated to cleanse the Earth."

"After saying so much, you still haven't explained what this has to do with Fujiwara Eiko?" Yuuki asked, pouting.

Bai Lin gave her a reassuring look and said, "My summoning encyclopedia is a gift from the Sun God. In other words, it's a supernatural power bestowed upon humanity by the gods of rules. What I need to figure out now is whether to activate antivirus software like Orisaga, or to be conscripted by the Sun God!"