Eternal Night

Chapter 106: No Return to Demon City

The priest looked at the people who were full of disbelief. He was not annoyed, but continued softly, "God said that in the beginning everything was pure. There was no chaos, no pollution, no spirituality, no transcendence. Everything in the world climbed according to the perfect tree of life array designated by God... By the way, I am talking about the original text, the original text of the forbidden book."

At this time, some interested villagers had gathered around.

Wu Xianxiao also keenly discovered that although the villagers of the same era gathered together in a chaotic manner, there was actually a pattern.

For example, there are a dozen villagers who look timid, they should be from ancient times or the Middle Ages. There are another dozen who look confident and confident, they are either from the Renaissance or later times. There are also some who are talking loudly and are discussing how to transform the village. These are the modern and future people.

Although they seem to be mixed together, they actually have their own small circles.

The priest continued, "But when life evolves and technology develops to a critical point, those in power will gain power that does not belong to them. This power exceeds the limits of what most mortals can understand, just like the event horizon caused by a black hole. It cannot be observed or perceived. This is singularity technology."

When Wu Xianxiao heard about Singularity Technology, his mind buzzed and he immediately asked, "Father, are you talking about theology? Or are you talking about technology?"

The priest smiled cheerfully and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp. He did not directly answer Wu Xianxiao's question, but looked at Yi Shanjiu and said, "You must be confused, right? The last time you came in, only the three slave owners targeted you, but this time when you appeared in a mecha, even the blacksmith took the initiative to attack you."

Yishanjiu nodded repeatedly. He shouted, "Yes, you and the blacksmith sell your labor to earn food. You are not slave owners. Why do you want to target me?"

The priest still did not answer directly. He said quietly, "I came from the middle of the 3255rd century. To be exact, I entered Demon City in . The rd century is called the End Century. At the end of that century, a chaos giant came from the sky and devoured everything in the world. The spiritual sea transmitted this scene upstream of time, so the Church opened the forbidden book in the middle of the rd century."

At this time, the sub-giant sitting a little further away also said: "I don't know what the end is, nor do I know what the Chaos Giant is, but when I came to the end of the Age of Gods in the Demon City area, there was indeed a shock in the spiritual sea, but the information and meaning were unclear. The puppet called mecha just made me feel nauseous, uncomfortable, and hateful, which was stronger than facing the dark life."

The priest immediately said, "This is due to the time diffusion rules of the Spiritual Sea. Although the Spiritual Sea transcends time and space and has existed since the moment it was born, it is still there in the past, present and future. However, just like ripples on the water, the first ripples are generated where the rocks fall. The farther away, the weaker the ripples are and the longer they last. Therefore, in the early days of the Spiritual Sea, that is, the Age of Gods, the information you could receive was limited, and you were left with only the defense against the mechas."

The priest's words became increasingly sophisticated and professional. Not only did the sub-giant not understand, but everyone around him also did not understand.

At this moment, the four words "Singularity Technology" were still echoing in Wu Xianxiao's mind.

Singularity Technology!
In the baseline reality point zero world, that is, the main world, there is Singularity Technology. On the eve of the Fourth World War, the ones who controlled the authority of the entire human world were actually thirteen Singularity Technology companies. Their authority and power even surpassed the unified human government. For example, the Death Resurrection that Xu Shilan had before was the masterpiece of the sixth Singularity Technology Company.

This is the process of using technology to interfere with death, and even the afterlife seems to be involved!
There are thirteen such companies in total.

At this moment, Wu Xianxiao was filled with doubts. Singularity technology, spirituality, pollution... This series of information seemed to have a main thread connecting them all, but it was hazy and vague. Wu Xianxiao couldn't figure out the cause and effect relationship at all. Moreover, these cause and effect relationships didn't seem to be limited to this dream world, but involved the real world and all the drastic changes, including the reasons for the formation of the dream world.

At this time, the priest continued, "According to the description in the forbidden code, God said that in the beginning there was no chaos, no pollution, and everything in the world operated according to the tree of life. Intellectual life gradually became stronger and mastered the power of reason, thus exploring the mysteries of all things in the world. Until they mastered the power called 'Singularity Technology', greed began to be born and became strong. These intellectual lives full of greed eventually stepped into the taboo and brought about the initial chaos with the help of Singularity Technology."

"Chaos is pollution, but it is also the original source of transcendence."

"When they come into contact with chaos, the intelligence of sentient beings will be their only power to fight against chaos. If they can bear the intelligence of chaos, the combination of chaos and intelligence will turn into spirituality, thus giving rise to the extraordinary. If they cannot bear the intelligence of chaos, the combination of chaos and intelligence will turn into pollution, thus leading to all kinds of curses, distortions, pollution, and terror."

"God says, Chaos is pollution, Spirit is chaos, Spirit is pollution, so it is."

The priest stated the contents of the forbidden code directly. The first person to object was the little wolf girl Daphne. She loudly denied it, "Your forbidden code is totally fake. If according to your statement, there was no so-called extraordinary in the earliest and most ancient times, then what about the Age of Gods? The big guy is still here. Are you going to deny the existence of the Age of Gods?"

The so-called Age of Gods is the age of mythology, when gods still walked the earth. At that time there were gods and various mythological creatures, such as Titans, dragons, phoenixes and so on.

The sub-giant was also puzzled and said: "Although I was born in the last period of the Age of Gods, when I entered the Demon City area, the Age of Gods had ended, but I have indeed seen gods and Titans... I also think that the forbidden code is fake." At this time, even Yishan Jiu, a man from the future, said: "It's strange to infer from the time. You are a member of the Church, right? The Church was founded in the early years of the Common Era, and human civilization had developed for thousands of years before the park. If the mythological age really existed, it means that the extraordinary was far earlier than technology. This forbidden code is completely a case of confusing cause and effect!"

The priest spread his hands and said, "Hey, hey, hey, I am just a humble priest. What I said is also the content of the forbidden book. It is not me who said it, but God who said it. Because the forbidden book directly describes the two words 'God said', which proves that these are the original words of God."

Yi Shanjiu said thoughtfully: "Is it the same as the 'Thus have I heard' in Buddhist scriptures? If there are these four words, it proves that these are the original words spoken by the Buddha... Did the gods of the Church appear in the mythological era?"

The sub-giant and the little wolf girl were both at a loss.

The priest spread his hands and said, "Isn't this explaining what spirituality is? This is the explanation in the forbidden code. Spirituality is the cognition of chaos by intelligent life. As long as one can withstand the impact of chaos and use intelligence to generate cognition, the initial spirituality will appear. Once there is spirituality, the extraordinary will naturally be born. At the same time, under spirituality, all technological weapons will be extremely weakened or even ineffective."

No one spoke. Some believed it, some did not. Some were discussing it. Wu Xianxiao was still thinking about the singularity technology the priest mentioned and how it was related to the singularity technology he knew.

After a while, when the villagers and everyone were drunk, Yishanjiu asked a few villagers: "What are you going to do next? You can't do without power. What if a few more selfish transcendents come later? You will still be enslaved. If you rely on the mountain, the mountain will fall; if you rely on the sea, the sea will dry up. Only the power in your own hands will not betray you!"

The villagers looked at each other. Except for a few who turned their eyes away, most of them looked directly at Yishanjiu. One villager said, "We decided to go to the Demon City!"

"That's right, you must always have the power to protect yourself!"

"Maybe we can go to the Return Period? Then we can temporarily return to our own time and world."

Wu Xianxiao asked Daphne in confusion.

Daphne explained: "Didn't I tell you before? There are only three ways to enter the Demon City area from the outside world. The first is huge greed and desire, power, wealth, strength, and immortality. The second is black magic rituals. The third is cause and effect with the Demon City."

"How do you think you can gain great power, wealth, strength, and immortality? All of this is in the Demon City. As long as you enter it and kill the chaos monsters inside, you can gain power. The more you kill, the stronger the power you gain. Even mortals can become extraordinary people in the Demon City as long as they dare to fight. Once you become an extraordinary person, you will have power, wealth, strength, immortality, and so on."

Wu Xianxiao was stunned. He murmured, "So it's... experience points? Just kill monsters to get experience points? Are there any drops?"

Yi Shanjiu laughed beside him and said, "Yes, experience points. I felt the same way at the time. This Demon City is simply like a holy place for monster spawning."

Daphne snorted in annoyance, and the priest laughed beside her, "There are also drops. When you kill these chaos monsters, tiny concepts will cause their chaos to condense into objects. These are called Chaos Treasures, also known as Fantasy Creations. They can be weapons, armor, or strange objects. Each one has special properties or powerful offensive and defensive properties, and each one is priceless."

It really is a holy place for monster spawning, huh? If that's the case, what about shield openers, various magical shields, and infinite vacuum blades...

As Wu Xianxiao was thinking, he suddenly asked with vigilance: "Since Demon City is such a good place, where you can obtain extraordinary things, fantasy items, and find the node of return, then why are they unwilling to enter Demon City to explore and fight? Is it very dangerous?"

Wu Xianxiao asked this question, but no one answered. Everyone was silent. After a long while, the little wolf girl Daphne said faintly, "It's a very simple reason..."

"Once you enter the Demon Castle, you will never be able to leave unless you find the return node. Even if you want to come back here from the Demon Castle, you can't do it. Moreover, the Chaos City is the entrance to the Chaos of the Demon Realm. Everything there is in chaos, and all the return nodes will move randomly. If you stay there for too long, then what awaits you is..."

"Degenerate, decay, and distort. In the end, you will become one of the countless monsters in the Demon City, wandering there forever and ever, unable to be freed."

(End of this chapter)