Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 456

[Chapter 454 Pointing to the Gods]

The whirlwind gradually disappeared from Duncan’s vision with pale dust and smoke.

Agatha left.

“I always feel that… she has changed a lot compared to before,” Fanna broke her silence until the last wisp of gray wind disappeared into the air, “especially those words she said at the end—it was by no means like The former ‘gatekeeper’ will say it.”

“Experiences will change a person, especially everything she has experienced,” Duncan said lightly, “On the other hand, the role she now assumes is not only She is the ‘gatekeeper’, so she is destined to change.”

Fanna was a little curious: “You don’t seem to be worried?”

“Because she hasn’t wavered——after enlightenment, people will be more determined,” Duncan said casually Said, “She is sensible, and she will not take any paranoid or even wrong paths because of the pressure of the city-state’s survival. Her last few words may not be so pious, but at least she is sober.” Fanna did not respond for a while,

Duncan Then he turned his head and looked at the young judge meaningfully: “It’s not Agatha that you’re worried about, is it?” “…

my belief doesn’t allow me to lie,” Fanna said after a brief silence Finally sighed softly, “Yes, I am worried about my state. From Agatha, I see myself who is also wavering in faith and rebellious in words and deeds.”

Duncan didn’t speak, just waited quietly The other party continued.

“…I used to think that all the problems could be solved head-on by maintaining a firm belief and an unflinching fighting spirit. The gods have determined the order of the world’s operation, and we are like gears, and we can operate within the framework with peace of mind. But the reality Yes… the order is as fragile as the foam in the sea. Simple faith and fighting spirit cannot save our city-state. Our understanding of the world that we have built for a long time is being tested…

“The ‘sun’ is not eternal, and the ‘boiling gold’ that supports the development of modern civilization may be the product of ancient gods. The gods can’t always protect the city-state. Under the deep sea is an unknown darkness that cannot be described and explained by any religious scriptures. ——Your appearance has subverted my understanding of the subspace in the past twenty years.” “

I suggest that you still take the last point with reservations——you are right about the other points,” Duncan shook Shaking his head, he said unhurriedly, “Humans’ cognition of the world is one-sided. From the very beginning, we should not think that there is a set of simple and eternal ‘logic’ that can roughly explain everything in the world. Perhaps this simple and eternal “truth” itself exists, but it is by no means something that human beings can understand at this stage, so on this basis, “the subversion of the world view” should have been necessary in the progress of civilization The missing link.”

Listening to Duncan’s words, Fan Na subconsciously fell into thinking, her expression gradually became complicated, and after a while she said as if talking to herself: “Then where are the gods?” “I don’t know, because

I I have not dealt with them directly, maybe I have seen them from a distance, but that is not enough for me to make a conclusion about them,” Duncan said frankly, “But I admit two things, first, the four gods are This world does exist, at least as an objective individual, and secondly…they have sheltered and guided the civilized world to a certain extent so far.” The look on Fan Na’s

face She was a little stunned for a while, because in her more than 20 years of life so far, this is the first time she has heard someone evaluate the Four Gods in such a way that does not contain any good, evil and awe, as if judging an object-this is The way of evaluation is without awe, it can be called arrogant, but when a being who returned from the subspace uttered them, Fanna only felt that…

these words were cold and precise, like some kind of ruler to measure the world.

At this moment, Duncan’s voice interrupted Fanna’s thinking: “Fanna, don’t think about it too much, you still believe in Gomona, don’t you?” “Yes, my belief is the same.

” Fan Na said immediately.

“That’s right, your beliefs are the same, and Agatha still believes in Bartok—and your respective gods have not abandoned you because of your changes in thinking, and their blessings are still the same, which shows that your thinking at the moment is also different. Did not deviate from them,” Duncan said seriously, “Thinking does not necessarily lead to heresy, and the same is true for questioning. After thinking and questioning, you still choose to believe. This is a true believer—”Maintain appropriate and healthy beliefs, and at the same

time Maintain appropriate and healthy doubts, try to understand the world, accept that it is not the same as you imagined, accept the narrowness and bias of your own cognition, accept your own wavering-to be honest, Ge Mona can accept you Pray to Him on the Lost Country, what else can you not accept? Fan

Na was startled, but then raised her head subconsciously, looked in the direction of the upper city, and looked at the silent cathedral at the highest point of Frost.

Agatha must have returned to that church through the “Grey Wind” at this moment. Sanctuary – Will she go back to her prayer room and continue to think about the cooperation with the “Shadows of the Warp” in front of Bartok’s icon? Will she continue to think about the future of the city-state and make “blocking Survival is heresy, otherwise everything is allowed” conclusion?

After a long time, she withdrew her gaze from afar and muttered to herself: “…the Lord doesn’t care? “

I don’t know, but if it’s me, I don’t care,” Duncan shrugged, “And from the current indications, the God of Death and the Goddess of Storms really don’t care—what they care about may be something else . Fanna

was lost in thought, and Morris, who was still silent, couldn’t help sighing softly: “I didn’t expect you to have such deep thinking in the field of belief… I thought you were not interested in these things.” “

How come, I’ve always been interested in any theory that tries to explain the world,” Duncan said with a serious expression, “For example, now, I’m going to learn about another ‘faith’ that tries to explain the world. Seeing the blank expressions on Fanna and Morris’s faces (except for Alice, she didn’t understand

), Duncan smiled: “Don’t worry about things in the city-state for the time being, and it’s about time to read the book ‘Profane The book’ is gone. “

…

Shirley fell asleep–while writing the fourth oral math card.

The sound of the chain shaking slightly sounded in the cabin. Agou cautiously supported the black chain next to him with one paw, while standing up his upper body, put the blanket on Shirley’s body with his mouth, and scratched at will with the other paw. Tap the mental arithmetic cards on the table a few times to keep them from getting wet with Shirley’s saliva.

When tidying up, Ah Gou glanced at the cards full of simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and paused slightly: “…and most of them are correct?”

It muttered in surprise, and turned its head subconsciously. , but saw Shirley adjust her prone position again in her sleep, mumbling something in her sleep, with a thin line of saliva dripping from the corner of her mouth.

“…Let’s just do it seriously.”

Agou shook his head and lay down again. Then he collected his mind, seemed to hesitate and weighed it, and then stretched out his paws, and picked up the pile on the floor that belonged to him. He picked up one of his books.

The cover of the book is unremarkable, just a paperback textbook that can be bought in any city-state, with the words “Algebraic Computation” printed on it.

Agou lowered his head, and the bloody red eyes flickered on and off. He quietly stared at the book in front of his paws, and slowly opened its cover after a long time.

But then, it suddenly raised its head and quickly looked around the room.

Everything on the bookshelves stacked with books is normal, and there is peace in the dark corner of the room. The sunlight is pouring into the room through the window, and the sound of the waves outside the window is soft and soothing.

“…Okay, the environment is safe, the interference factors are excluded, the book type is still mathematics…try again…the third test.”

Agou muttered, finally lowered his head, and began to concentrate on reading the contents of the book.

Understand those formulas, memorize those symbols, deduce those numbers, and try to understand the operation of the world from the knowledge and wisdom of the predecessors.

It was difficult at first, because there were always some distracting thoughts and concerns about the surrounding environment that interfered with the thinking process, but soon, Dog’s thoughts calmed down – as always, mathematics always helps him to focus and let him Get lost in thought.   Symbols and numbers are combined in the mind, and the cognition of the world gradually fills the mind. Ah Gou is concentrating on studying, and gradually, he feels as if a… schoolmate

appears in his mind.   Someone is reading with it;   someone is thinking with it;   someone is watching here curiously, a glance without good or evil.   Agou tilted his head.   Under the white book paper, in the gaps between the words, in the city of knowledge outlined by symbols and lines, a red light source is surrounded by countless flickering, matrix-like light spots, watching it like eyes.   Agou was stunned.   It also looked at the red light.   It couldn’t help but stare at the red light.   It even felt that it was moving forward——actively approaching the flickering matrix of light dots.   However, this feeling only appeared for a moment.   In the next second, a sudden force from the symbiotic chain “pulls” it back, making it free from the illusion of being attracted.   ”Damn it…”   Agou suddenly let out an exclamation, and woke up from the short illusion. The next second, he instinctively looked at the black chain around his neck.   At the last moment, it was the force from the chain that pulled it back—Shirley, obviously.   However, the chains still fell loosely on the ground, not taut at all.   At the other end of the chain was Shirley who was still lying on the table and sleeping in the dark.   She never woke up.

(end of this chapter)