Chapter 18 Origin and Causes

Hearing Klein's question, Dunn looked out of the window into the corridor leading to the "Channismen", took out his pipe, stuffed it with tobacco and mint leaves, and then put it on his nose, sniffed deeply, and sighed with a slight drift in his voice:

"Only at home can I enjoy the wonderful taste of tobacco and mint leaves... Klein, do you know the creation myth?"

"Of course, when I received the enlightenment in the church Sunday school, I learned the words by the Revelation of the Night, and the two chapters of the 'Wisdom Book' and the 'Letter of the Holy One' mentioned the creation myth." Klein, while recalling the memory of the original Lord as a fragment, slowed down his speech, "The Creator woke up from the chaos, broke the darkness, created the first ray of light, and himself was fully integrated into the universe, incarnated into all things, his body became the earth, became the stars, his eyes became the sun, and his eyes became the red moon, and part of his blood rushed into the sea and rivers, nourishing and breeding life..."

Speaking of this, Klein stopped unconsciously, partly because the relevant memories behind him were vague, partly because the creation myth was a little similar to the Pangu opening story of the big foodie nation

The imaginations of people in different worlds in myths and legends have something in common!

When Klein met the "difficult problem", Dunn smiled and helped him add:

"His lungs evolved into elves, his heart into giants, his liver into tree people, his head into dragons, his kidneys into feathered snakes, his hair into immortal birds, his ears into wolves, his mouth and teeth into aliens, his residual body fluid into sea monsters, of which the essence is Naga, his stomach, his small intestine and large intestine, and the evil parts of his body into demons and evil Spirit and all kinds of unknown evil exist. His spirit turns into the eternal sun, the master of storms, the god of knowledge and wisdom... "

"In his wisdom, human beings were born. This is the first era, the era of chaos." Klein said the last sentence, feeling funny and ridiculous.

As a keyboard folklorist, he was first exposed to such a detailed creation myth of "arrangement" and listed in detail what part of the creator each race ranked first.

It's like eating fruit in a row

And not only do the scriptures of the Night Goddess say so, but the church of the Lord of Storm, the God of Steam and Machinery also has similar descriptions. It does not separately raise itself and lower the other gods

This either shows that the creation myth is true or vaguely reveals that several major churches have reached an agreement after a long struggle and compromise before the fifth century in prehistory

With this in mind, Klein suddenly had another question, frowned slightly, and said:

"I think there are some questions. Why is the eternal sun, the lord of storms, the god of knowledge and wisdom born directly from the spirit of the creator, but the goddess is not?"

In the prehistoric records of the Revelation of the Night, the Night Goddess did not wake up until the end of the second period, and together with the gods such as the Lord of the Storm and the eternal sun, protected and helped mankind survive the Great Cataclysm, which is commonly known as the third period, the "Cataclysm Era".

The Mother Earth God and the God of War appeared at the same time. The "God of Steam and Machinery", formerly known as the "God of Craftsmen", was not born until the Quaternary.

In this way, the status of the gods seems self-evident.

Who is older, who is more orthodox, incomparably clear!

This has also caused some problems among the believers of the Night Goddess.

Dunn Smith held his pipe in his other hand and asked without reply:

"Tell me the name of the goddess completely."

Klein immediately felt that he had stabbed himself. He racked his brains and tried to recall:

"He is the night goddess who is higher than the starry sky and longer than eternity. He is also the Lord of Crimson, the Mother of Secrets, the Queen of Misfortune and Fear, and the Lord of Sleep and Silence."

Fortunately, Klein's mother is a devout Night Goddess believer. When she was alive, she had to come to dinner every evening. Even if the memory of the original Lord had become a fragment, it would not be lost.

"What does the scarlet lord symbolize?" Dunn asked in a leading tone.

"Red moon." As soon as Klein finished, he seemed to understand.

"Which part of the creator evolved the red moon?" Dunn asked again with a smile.

"A single eye!" Klein smiled at each other.

This is no worse than the creator spirit divided into three parts to form the storm master!

As for the churches of Mother Earth and God of War, there should be a similar statement. Only the god of steam and machinery was "born" too late to find a reason - their churches had been weak for more than a thousand years before until the steam engine was invented and took the lead, they really stood side by side with others.

Dunn rubbed his pipe and said:

"Human beings were born from the wisdom of the creator, so they have intelligent and extraordinary brains and lack other magical abilities. However, from the creation myth, we can get a simple and clear conclusion that all things are born from the same origin."

"Born of the same origin..." Klein repeated the last few words.

"According to this conclusion, under the protection of gods, human beings who fight against giants, demons, and aliens have gradually figured out a way to obtain extraordinary power. That is to use evil spirits, giant dragons, monsters, and corresponding parts of magic trees, flowers, or crystals, together with other materials, to make magic potions, and then take absorption to master different abilities. This is the common knowledge of all mystical sects."

Dunn didn't give much description, but simply said, "In this process, our ancestors found that if they took high-grade and unconventional magic drugs directly, it would be easy to get a tragic end, with only three possibilities."

"Which three?" Klein asked curiously.

"First, mental death, physical collapse, every piece of flesh and blood becomes a terrible monster, second, the power contained in the magic potion instantly changes the personality, becoming cold, sensitive, irritable, cruel, and indifferent to everything, third..." Dunn put down his pipe, picked up the porcelain cup next to him, and sipped, "The Fermo coffee in the Pas Valley is bitter, but also fragrant, and has a great aftertaste. Would you like a cup?"

"I prefer Feneport's plateau coffee. Of course, I only drank it at Welch's house a few times." Klein politely refused. "What is the third?"

"Being insane, being mad on the spot, being eviler than the devil, is out of control." Dunn stressed the word "out of control".

Before Klein opened his mouth, he placed his coffee cup and continued:

"After a long time of experiment and exploration, and the birth of 'blasphemous slate', human beings have finally perfected the magic medicine system, forming a series of stepwise upgrading and stable growth. The lower the sequence number is, the higher the magic medicine level is. To date, the seven major churches have at least one complete sequence, and there are also hundreds of years and thousands of years of less complete 'paths' collected."

"Blasphemous slate?" Klein keenly caught the term.

In the "party", "upside down" is also mentioned it!

According to the statement of "upside down hanging man", a blasphemy stone slab is the most critical factor for the formation and integrity of the magic medicine system!

This is different from what Dunn said just now.

"This is something made by some evil gods. I don't know exactly when it appeared, what it recorded, and what is special. If you find any clues, you must immediately report them to me. It has the highest response level." Dunn explained vaguely. "Just mentioned one of them is out of control. Now I will talk about the remaining four."

"Hmm." Klein put aside the question of "blasphemy of the slate" and listened attentively.

"Although humans have only intelligent brains and no other special abilities, this is not absolute. There are always lucky people, or unlucky people, who are born with high inspiration, which is also the ability to sense the spirit. They can hear voices that others can't hear, see things that others can't see, and have some special characteristics."

When Dunn spoke, he looked at the emptiness around him, and Klein was horrified. "In other words, they are equal to half of the extraordinary people in sequence 9. They have fixed characteristics. Er, sequence 9 is the lowest grade in the 'chain'... In short, they can only choose the corresponding and fixed sequence path. If they take other magic drugs, they will have a slight mental disorder, serious loss of control, and even more serious, direct death."

"I understand." Klein nodded slowly.

"The third kind of out-of-control is similar to the second kind. Once you have selected the sequence chain, you can only follow this path ', and you can no longer regret it. If you take another path ', the magic potion with the right sequence will have a high probability of acquiring the ability to mix, strange and distorted, but it is almost certain that you are in a semi-crazy state, or sensitive and irritable, or cruel and bloodthirsty, or silent and melancholy."

"There is only one chance. In the future, whether it is taking the potion of the original 'path' or the potion of the current sequence, there is only one result out of control. It depends on the mental death, the physical collapse into a monster, or the evolution into an evil spirit." Dunn said and took a sip of his coffee cup.

Klein, who was a little frightened, kept silent for a few seconds and then said:

"What about the fourth kind of runaway?"

"The fourth, hehe, this is one of the most common problems. We take magic medicine to gain the ability of originally belonging to an extraordinary species, which is an unnatural evolution and will be more or less affected by the residual spirit. Maybe there are no symptoms, and outsiders can't detect them, but there must be hidden in the heart. Before we fully grasp the extraordinary power of magic medicine and eliminate those subtle traces, we take the corresponding magic medicine in a higher sequence It will accumulate madness and lose control... "Dunn suddenly silently.

After a pause, he sighed: "Our internal regulations of the night watchers are that even if the team members have made great contributions, they must take the last magic potion for three years and pass the corresponding examination before they can get promoted. But even so, many people are out of control every year."

It's terrible... Klein took a breath:

"What about the last one?"

Dunn turned his mouth up but did not smile:

"The fifth is also a common reason for losing control. For the extraordinary, inspiration is more or less improved. The smaller the sequence number is, the more the improvement is. Then, you can hear the voices that others can't hear, see the things that others can't see, and encounter the things that others can't encounter. You are always attracted by mysterious temptation and illusory enchantment. Once you have any other stimulation or greedy desire, you will go step by step Out of control. "

As he spoke, Dunn turned to face up, and Klein's figure was reflected in his gray eyes.

His tone became bleak:

"The founder of the modern night watchman system, Archbishop Channis, once said:"

"We are guardians and a group of poor people who are always fighting against danger and madness."