Uplifting Journey

Although it is unguarded and claims to be a library, the Tower of Knowledge is, after all, a temple of a true god. People who come here consciously restrict their words and deeds in this place close to the gods.

Cheng Bin crossed the crowd of all races standing neatly in front of the bard, and came to the time-space magic circle in the shape of a whirlpool emitting soft light from the tower.

Next to the door-like vortex, there are some dynamically changing runes floating. The magic formed by them can accurately identify all the lives watching it, and display a large amount of information to the watchers through the language of the soul without hindrance.

The preceding is the official introduction to the God of Knowledge and its church teachings.

However, apart from declaring its position of absolute neutrality, the whole introduction only mentions a few words about the priesthood of Oghma, the God of Knowledge, indicating that its priests and believers only focus on the collection of knowledge, and there is no mention of knowledge dissemination This type of behavior interferes with other forces.

The latter is about the precautions for entering the tower of knowledge.

The Tower of Knowledge is just like its name. It contains the knowledge collected by the Church of the God of Knowledge, and even its core area has a direct link to the Kingdom of Oghma, the God of Knowledge. Therefore, this tower theoretically contains All known knowledge of the entire world.

However, tourists who are not believers of the God of Knowledge cannot enter this tower. Even when they look at the content displayed by the rune circle, they will feel awe in their hearts, and they will give up under the implanted idea. Attempt to enter the tower.

Only those who can break through this layer of spiritual interference from divine magic—generally referring to legends—and devout followers of the God of Knowledge who have a clear line of faith can enter this high place from the vortex circle that folds and distorts time and space. tower.

Cheng Bin, who dissected all the structures of this rune circle in a blink of an eye, and saw the information hidden in its internal hierarchy, intends to try to simulate a Holy Spirit-level belief to trick the detection mechanism into it, and maybe it can directly touch it. Contact the God of Knowledge——

Ordinary chanting of the name of the gods is like what Morrigan has shown. The general gods cannot subjectively distinguish and analyze the complex and complex information from the feedback of the name of the gods. They rely on the godhead to process the feedback of the name of the priesthood, and usually they can only be aware of it passively. Some special caveats.

A mortal being who is not even a believer is chanting the name of a god, saying that there are some god-level matters to be discussed. It is estimated that the passive feedback of the gods will only be ignored as crazy words. The feedback mechanism is designed to be violent, saying Maybe just throw a divine punishment in the past.

But after Cheng Bin thought about it carefully, he still didn't choose the method of pretending to be a high-level believer to enter——

Judging from Morrigan's reaction to seeing him distort his soul and forge a belief connection in the blink of an eye, this is a rather provocative behavior. There is probably not much difference in nature between using this method to enter the door and directly knocking on the door to demolish the house.

So the demigod red dragon, who specializes in soul magic, ignored the mental interference of the rune circle and directly stepped into the whirlpool-shaped door.

Cheng Bin, who had already observed from the outside, was not surprised by the suddenly distorted time and space in front of him after stepping into the vortex——

Naturally, the main temple of the gods cannot be as big as the simple appearance. The secrets hidden inside the knowledge tower that does not need to be guarded are obviously far more terrifying than the magic tower of the legendary mage.

During the extremely short teleportation gap, Cheng Bin carefully looked at the rapidly changing rune array around him. Through these runes that almost twisted into a colored light curtain, although he could not directly see through its inner operating mechanism, he could at least see Show the creator's design ideas and writing habits on the rune circle.

"It is said that this tower of knowledge was built by the God of Knowledge himself."

The fleeting teleportation process was soon over. Cheng Bin summarized and sorted out the data he hastily scanned, and then came to a conclusion——

"Judging from the details observed so far, the God of Knowledge's understanding of the language of runes is indeed much deeper than mine. If it weren't for my special algorithm to control my soul, I'm afraid I can't even keep up with the fine-grained control of magic."

Standing in the dark void similar to the star world, Cheng Bin looked at the pale yellow ancient scroll that emerged in front of him and was slowly unfolding, with a subtle expression on his face: "In the thinking command mechanism of elements, magic power, and runes Under the circumstances, it is not easy for ordinary people to maintain normal thinking ability and reach this level of control.”

The wordless ancient scroll that showed the only light in the boundless darkness was completely unfolded, and then a thought without any emotion was passed from the ancient scroll to Cheng Bin-"Wisdom, an existence close to the gods, you are qualified to view the ancient scroll of knowledge , but you have to pay for an answer to every question you ask yourself.”

Cheng Bin, who looked at the ancient scroll, knew it in his heart—is there a similar intelligent program based on the language of runes? No wonder the magic control here is so fine. Take a closer look at this ancient scroll. There is still a lot of divinity.

In the high-level information hidden in the magic circle outside the tower, Cheng Bin already knew about the mechanism of this ancient knowledge scroll that will only be displayed in front of special people-for non-believers, it will ask a question , After the visitor answers this question, he can ask questions to it in turn, and this cycle conducts alternative information transactions.

The ancient scroll of knowledge will weigh the authenticity and relative value of the answer, and provide detailed or vague answers in the subsequent question feedback depending on the situation. In short, let the transaction of knowledge information be as equal and harmonious as possible.

The God of Knowledge is theoretically proficient in all the knowledge of the world, but the definition of this "knowledge" depends on the specific form of the priesthood. In any case, the God of Knowledge cannot be a real "omniscient". Therefore, the Ancient Scroll of Knowledge It is not surprising that Cheng Bin has questions that he wants to know, but

The first question posed by the Ancient Knowledge Scroll made Cheng Bin feel extremely strange——

"Excuse me, are you male? Female? Male? Female? Asexual? Or something else?"

What the hell kind of question is this? The surprised silver-haired elf glanced down at his lower body. After pondering the meaning of the question for a while, he raised his head and smiled, "Sexless."

——This question is not to confirm the situation of my outsider body, is it? With the magical ability embodied in the tower of knowledge, it is not difficult to decipher my transfiguration to detect the gender of the red dragon's body. I deliberately separate male and female from male and female according to the meaning of the common language, and even racial recognition is within the scope of exploration?

A string of ever-changing rune words emerged on the paper of the ancient scroll of knowledge, and at the same time, the power at the level of the real name was constantly surging, as if it was testing the answer through a method at the level of a god.

Not long after, another voice of the soul sounded from Cheng Bin's side: "Please ask."

Cheng Bin, who originally planned to ask about all the priesthood rules, changed his mind because of the weird question about the ancient knowledge scroll. He said thoughtfully, "Is the god of knowledge Oghma talking to me here?"

The opportunity to ask questions to the ancient scrolls of knowledge is actually quite precious. Most people who see the ancient scrolls are basically limited in the number and scope of questions. If they see Cheng Bin's treatment and the questions he asks, they will probably be so angry that they will flip the table.

Hearing Cheng Bin's question, the rune brilliance circulating on the ancient scroll of knowledge suddenly changed for a while, and then he replied: "It is the 'God of Knowledge', not 'Oghma, the God of Knowledge'."

Cheng Bin was taken aback for a moment—the names of the gods will never be recorded incorrectly, right? So, is AI hosting Godhead? Or is this tome of lore some sort of simulation of the essence of the god Oghma? Oghma actually maintains a state of disconnection from the god's own job? No wonder it is always so low-key.

While Cheng Bin was deep in thought, the ancient scroll of knowledge flickered and raised the next question: "What behavior do you get fun in? Enjoying food? Improving your strength? Controlling power? Adding spouses? Or something else?"

——Will other people who see the ancient scrolls be asked such weird questions?

Cheng Bin, who felt that he couldn't figure out the thinking circuit of the ancient scroll of knowledge, sighed silently - the enjoyment of life, such as food and spouse, is really far away for an existence like him.

Happiness is nothing more than a stress response of the soul, an indirect stimulation of changes in the material level, how can it be as convenient as manipulating one's own soul manually? It's just a joy that is far deeper than the material level, too much indulging will destroy the algorithm of the soul.

Cheng Bin does not intend to split the emotional part of the soul algorithm, but he also does not want to increase the emotional response linked to material changes without incident.

After reviewing his own experience in this world, Cheng Bin replied to the ancient knowledge scroll: "Find out the unknown."

This time, the response speed of the knowledge scroll was much faster, and Cheng Bin responded almost instantly: "Please ask."

Cheng Bin chuckled: "My question is, please verify whether the conjectures in this document are correct——"Clerical Structure and Interface Protocol""

The high-level general language of the soul can convey extremely complex and huge information. Cheng Bin followed the external perception channels of the ancient knowledge scrolls he had observed and deciphered, and forced the document he edited into it as a question.

A why always contains more whys. The ancient scrolls of knowledge cannot fully answer Cheng Bin’s horrifyingly detailed questions. After all, the priesthood that connects reality and the kingdom of God involves a lot of secrets about gods, but just observing Cheng Bin was able to learn a lot of things that he was interested in through the process of analyzing and processing this issue in the knowledge scroll.

Because of the existence of the knowledge scroll, which is similar to an intelligent program, its structure is very similar to some god-level things in Cheng Bin's theoretical conjecture.

However, the reaction of the Ancient Knowledge Scroll was somewhat beyond Cheng Bin's expectations—he thought that the other party would be vague because the question was too complicated, but what he didn't expect was that the Ancient Knowledge Scroll added notes to the information bit by bit. Feedback in original format.

Looking at the detailed answers in the information document that did not even avoid the operation of the ancient scroll itself, Cheng Bin slightly parted his lips and said, "This is all right? Isn't it too generous?"

Although it is impossible to verify it directly without becoming a god, Cheng Bin can confirm that the annotations and answers about the details of the priesthood in this document are quite logical and very large only through the various characteristics and interfaces of the real name and divinity that he has mastered so far. is true to an extent.

However, even for the existence of the ancient knowledge scroll, the cognition of the gods does not exceed the painting style of this world, which leads to the fact that many terms in the feedback notes are based on a somewhat fantasy and idealistic cognitive perspective. It took Cheng Bin a little effort to understand Translated into the format you are used to, incorporated into your own knowledge system.

For example, about how to prepare for ascension to the priesthood by purifying thoughts and regulating the divine realm, the feedback information from the ancient knowledge scrolls expresses a set of mental state carving and will training methods from human nature to divinity, replaced by Cheng Bin's method , is a series of soul algorithm adjustments based on the interference of material carriers.

It cannot be said that the law recognized by the other party is wrong, after all, the success of the other party can be achieved without compromise, but Cheng Bin will naturally think that his cognitive perspective is deeper, more objective and more real——

Even this kind of firm materialistic world view was once spat out by Samael in the time cage to grasp the logical contradiction of the concept itself.

According to the translated clergy knowledge, Cheng Bin adjusted the information contained in the divinity in his body, and indirectly confirmed the specific form and content of the clergy domain of the God of Knowledge Oghma by observing the divine response in the knowledge scroll.

"Is Oghma's definition of knowledge like this?" After understanding the divinity of the God of Knowledge, Cheng Bin understood what the material changes and information structure corresponded to the other party's priesthood. "In terms of the induction standard of priesthood , Oghma is far more complex and profound than Morrigan."

In addition to the control of existing knowledge and the definition of the concept of things, in all planes in this world, all intelligent life that has not touched the realm of God will have inspiration and ideas based on the understanding of specific things in their thinking activities. Touch the priesthood of Oghma, the god of knowledge, to induce it and gain a certain amount of divine power.

Oghma can even cast divine power to participate in this process based on induction—he can even generate induction and interfere before some inspiration is born, thereby preventing the corresponding knowledge from appearing in this world.

If the clergy of the God of Knowledge is a little wider, and has enough power to feed back all the senses, all intelligent beings in this world will not be able to escape the fate of being interfered with by him.

The power of gods is indeed far stronger than that of mortals. Even the weakest gods are far more terrifying than the most powerful demigods in their priesthood.

"This kind of induction and feedback at the priesthood level covers all the planes of the astral world." Cheng Bin couldn't help but sigh with emotion at the terrifying potential of the priesthood of knowledge, "Fortunately, when I entered the world from the very beginning, I maintained a super high complexity. The soul algorithm of the God of Knowledge cannot recognize my soul activity based on the judgment standard of the soul form of a normal life.”

It is not surprising that Cheng Bin is immune to the influence of priesthood based on the soul of ordinary intelligent life. After all, life with strange soul algorithms like demons is not within the sensing range of Oghma, the god of knowledge. To some extent, it is much weirder and more complicated than demons.

Just as Cheng Bin was verifying and sorting out the knowledge about priesthood in his heart, the knowledge scroll asked again

I didn't want to post it at first, I wanted to save a manuscript, because there was a recommendation on the 16th, but I will go out and run around in the next two days.

But when I saved it, I saw 23:59, so I didn’t have time to think about it, so I just sent it out. I regret it, it’s obviously impossible to do it all, why should I be lucky?

Well, this passage was edited and added at 0:5.