Analysis of Chapter 2011
At night, Dorothy sat at her desk and stared at the world map hanging on the wall. This map showed the whole picture of the world.
This world mainly has three continents. The one located in the center of the map is the main continent, also known as the Lightland Continent. It is where most of the modern countries in this world are located, including Farano, Odysseus, Credosas... and Putt, which is not far from the continent. These are all countries in the main continent. The Industrial Revolution originated here, and it has the most advanced civilization.
In the myth, the place where the Glorious Savior descended was the Holy Landing Mountain located in the center of the main continent. This was also the main battlefield where the Glorious Savior fought against the evil gods and saved the world. Therefore, it was also called the Land of Light. The Holy Landing Mountain was also the center of the church today. The entire continent was crisscrossed with mountains and rivers, and the plains were vast. Most areas had a suitable climate for living. Only a part of the eastern part lacked precipitation and was covered with grasslands and deserts.
To the south of the main continent is the Wufei Continent, also known as the Southern Continent and the Hot Sand Continent. The northern part of the Wufei Continent is a desert, where it is said that a once-thriving civilization fell, leaving a large number of ruins buried under the yellow sand. The southern part is a dense rainforest with many primitive countries and tribes.
There has been communication between the Wufei Continent and the Main Continent since ancient times. There is a small and narrow serpentine isthmus between them, and the Conquest Sea in the middle is not too large, so there has been a certain flow between the two continents since ancient times.
In contrast, to the west of the main continent is the New World, which was only discovered in recent decades. It is also known as the Western Continent or the Starfall Continent. It is separated from the main continent by an ocean that is much wider than the Sea of Conquest.
The New World, like the Ufei Continent, is currently being colonized and plundered by colonists from various countries on the Main Continent, and the secular regimes there are unable to resist the pace of the Main Continent's industrial powers.
In addition, there is actually a northern continent to the north of the main continent. However, this continent is located in the polar region and is covered by thick ice all year round. It is called the Arctic Ice Continent. However, it is sparsely populated, not to mention people, there are not many living things, so ordinary people do not take it into consideration when talking about the situation of various continents.
Dorothy stared at the map in front of her, her eyes fixed on the main continent, which was arguably the largest in area. If her previous guess was correct, then the empire once created by King Guangxu had an incredibly large territory. A country ruled the largest continent in the world. How powerful it was! Even the languages currently used by countries on the main continent evolved from the Imperial language. The Imperial language might be the common ancestor of the writing of various countries on the main continent, and the evolutionary differences were caused by regional differences.
Dorothy had read some history books about Putt and other countries on the main continent in the library, and found that the history of these countries became more and more vague and hazy as the records went back in time. If you traced it back to the beginning, you would find that it all goes back to the salvation myth of the Glowing Church. In other words, all secular history books on the main continent begin with the salvation myth of the Glowing Savior. The history of each country begins with the salvation myth, and then gradually becomes clearer from vague.
As for the history before the salvation myth, there is no record of it in any secular history books, and only clues can be found in secret legends. There is no trace of the huge empire that once ruled the entire continent in the history of various countries.
For example, Dorothy once learned about the existence of the King of Light from a secret biography. According to the secret biography, it was the King of Light and his allies who drove away evil gods and demons, and eventually he established an empire.
The secret history is obviously different from the myth of the Glowing Cult, but the image of the King of Light and the Glowing Savior are somewhat similar.
According to the Shining Light mythology, the Savior is a god who descended from heaven out of pity for the world. However, in the secret history, King Guang is an emperor who gained the power as powerful as a god, and he turned from a human into a god.
"It seems that the Glorious Church has hidden a lot of history..."
Looking at the pile of books on the desk, Dorothy murmured that it was obvious that the current history of the secular world was dominated by the Church of Light, and the true history was probably hidden.
'Based on the information we have obtained so far, it is certain that there once existed a huge empire on the main continent. The myth of the Glowing Savior may have some connection with the founder of the empire, King Guangyu, and the Glowing Religion may have originated in the imperial period.
'The message next to the Mirror Moon Statue in the ruins below the school is in the Imperial language, so this Mirror Moon Statue may have been built by the Glorious Light Cult during the Imperial period. The goddess symbolized by the Mirror Moon Statue may be a heretic of the Glorious Light Cult during the Imperial period... or, perhaps, it was the orthodox belief at the time, but it was abolished for some unknown reason. The activity and demise of the Xingshu Xiushu Society may also be a phenomenon during the Imperial period.'
Dorothy thought so in her heart. She tried her best to summarize all the information she had obtained, attempting to restore the true history of this world, but at present she could only restore it to this extent at most.
After finishing her thoughts on the true history of this world, Dorothy turned her attention back to the secret book in front of her. This secret book obtained from Cork was written in a transitional language between Putt and Imperial. Dorothy did not understand Imperial very well, so it was difficult for her to read.
At present, Dorothy could only vaguely tell that the secret book in front of her was a secret book that recorded the early holy sacrificial ceremonies. Although there were many parts that she couldn't understand, the parts that she understood surprised Dorothy.
This secret book recording the ancient Radiant Cult's holy sacrificial rituals recorded the prayers used in the rituals and their processes. In the records of the ritual processes, the term blood sacrifice appeared quite frequently. Although in the column about sacrifices, Dorothy could barely identify that most of the sacrifices were livestock such as cattle and sheep, and no people were seen, she was still surprised, because the current Radiant Cult did not even perform blood sacrifices on livestock.
And after having difficulty identifying some of the words above, Dorothy discovered that there were times in this secret book where the Holy Father directly referred to her as "Dear Father", which would not happen now. Dorothy had believed in the Holy Father since she was a child, and knew the various titles to pay attention to when praying to the Holy Father.
"It seems that there is a big difference between the previous Glowing Church and the current Glowing Church..."
Looking at the secret book in front of her, Dorothy murmured that due to language problems, she could only decipher very little of the secret book. If she wanted to fully decipher it, she would at least need to fully master the Imperial language.
"But I promised Vanya that I would return the book to the church after I finished reading it. It seems that I can't finish it all at once. I can only memorize it all at once and slowly interpret it after I learn the Imperial language."
Dorothy thought to herself that since Vanya did not want the church's property to be damaged, Dorothy promised to return the secret book after reading it. However, Dorothy's ability as a scholar was enough for her to memorize the images of every page of the secret book, so it didn't matter even if she returned it.
"Today, please ask Beverly to send this secret message to the church. After learning the Imperial language, I will fully decipher it. Now we can extract some spiritual energy from here."
Thinking of this, Dorothy carried out spiritual extraction on the part of the secret book that had already been deciphered, and as a result, she obtained 2 points of "Cups", 2 points of "Lights" and 1 point of "Enlightenment", and the spiritual power she obtained was much more than she had imagined.
'This secret book of holy priests has a lot of spirituality, 2 cups, 2 lamps, 1 enlightenment... Some other secret books that cost three or four thousand pounds have about the same spirituality after extracting the whole book. This book only extracts a small part of it, but it has so much. If it is completely extracted in the future, there will definitely be more. This secret book is quite spiritual overall.
'And one thing worth noting is that among the three holy figures, the connection between the holy figure and the 'cup' figure... According to the contents of this secret book, the early worship of the holy figure did seem to involve flesh and blood sacrifices, and there was also a great connection between the holy figure and the spirit, flesh and blood and the spirit... Such a combination cannot help but remind people of the cup and the figure. As long as the 'cup' spirituality is involved, is it inevitable that such characteristics will appear?'
Dorothy thought so, but in the end she didn't think too much about it. She just looked out the window at the darkening night and breathed a sigh of relief.
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