Chapter 961 The Power of Ants
Lu Yao looked intently at the words on the screen.
"There is no such thing as an extraordinary person in Norse mythology, and there are very few relevant records."
Hela said, “However, deep in the Kinlunga Chasm, the conversation between Ymir, the source of Norse mythology, and an outsider has been preserved. I heard it there in ancient times.”
“The voice said, there is no sand, no sea, the earth is nowhere to be found, and the sky is not above. Follow me to the place where wisdom and life originated.
Ymir replied, I want you to tell the stories of the beings outside, those big and small, and the ways of creation.
"The other party said that everything you created will be destroyed, and the oldest stories you remember will disappear. You are the god responsible for the creation of the world, and you are also a prisoner locked in the rules. Come with me and embrace freedom and omniscience."
"Ymir's answer was - the sun does not know where her palace is, and the stars do not know where they reside. The sun shines from the south to the stone palace, and the stars cover the sky. I have nothing, my guest from afar, and I have everything."
"The person who spoke to Him also said that the powerful force of the Creator has become the foundation and dust of life. This is the curse of truth. I saw you bleeding, your glory and reputation were tarnished by those who came after you, and I saw your death..."
The two debated and discussed the identity of God.
Ymir is a determined creator. The reason why he created the world is simple, just to follow the voice of his heart. However, the visitor wants to persuade him to give up the invisible temptation and fight against the instinct of God.
The interviewer claimed to be an exception.
The conversation ended here.
Hela said: "In other words, the Breakers are gods who have abandoned their people and their identities. Since they no longer possess godhood, neither the laws of the relevant gods nor the Pantheon can find any trace of them."
Lu Yao understood.
Gods are the bosses of civilization, and those who break the rules are those who cash out after receiving the faith funds and resign as bosses. In this way, as the most fundamental law of the virtual universe, they cannot be held accountable.
Hela continued, “The Exceptional rarely appear in public, and there is little information about them. But rumors say that this is a path to becoming a Transcendent.”
"In Norse mythology, the one who knows the secret best is Odin, the King of the Gods. It was also he who killed Ymir. But after Ragnarok, Odin also fell."
Lu Yao typing.
——What is the relationship between Cedilia and the curse of the old gods in this world? Hela pondered for a moment: "The power of my title is related to disease and aging, so I can see the changes in the rules behind the phenomenon. The locals of Volut are not ordinary humans. Under normal circumstances, they would have been extinct in hunger and various infectious diseases long ago, and it is impossible for them to survive until now."
After he said this, Lu Yao came back to his senses.
really.
He recalled that the Yao people were in a terrible state when facing the storm, and that poor harvests, floods and droughts had caused many deaths.
The ant-herders live in scattered villages, have low productivity, and their science and technology and culture are relatively primitive and simple.
Can villages like this really withstand the torture of incurable diseases and disease environment?
"I observed the people here through their illnesses, but still couldn't figure out the exact reason. It wasn't until I compared the death symbols they formed when they were dying that I finally knew the reason."
Hela raised her left hand and a cloud of black smoke rose from it.
The black smoke formed a huge word "death".
The word "death" is woven from many black and red symbols and has a round frame outside.
Lu Yao observed carefully and found that the symbol structure contained smaller death characters, and there seemed to be smaller basic units, like some kind of nesting dolls.
"Mr. Yaoshen, this is the death symbol of an ordinary lizard in the world of Traveler. I simplified it a bit. Red represents the node of injury and life loss, so it looks like there are red mottled marks."
Hela raised her right hand and condensed another death symbol.
What’s different from the previous one is that this word “death” has some small green dots in it. They are concentrated around the red nodes, as if it is a kind of encirclement and containment.
"And this is the death symbol of the Ant-Man."
Hela added: "Green represents divine might, or more precisely, the power brought by the divine nature. So even though the lifespan of the ant keepers has been shortened, they have still survived to this day."
Lu Yao reacted immediately.
——Are the ant keepers descendants of gods? "Mr. Yaoshen, the blood of the descendants of gods in their bodies is barely visible. Usually the descendants of gods can only last for three to five generations, and then the remaining power of gods will be completely ineffective. But the ant keepers have lived in the area for at least thousands of years."
"Based on their average lifespan of 30 years, this is far beyond the limit of what the God's power can sustain, but the power of God's might is still in effect. So there is only one possibility."
Hela said: "There are other external forces that continue to supply them, adjust and stabilize their symbols of death, and the source of this external force is [Cedilia's Stone Statue Array], which is closely connected with the rules of the world.
"This is a special power that will continue to act on the Ant-Hunters. Even if they are weak, they will be assisted by the power of rules to maintain the continuation of this race."
"The stone statue formation serves this group. Cydiliya transformed this world so that the ant keepers could survive forever. The ant keepers are most likely Cydiliya's former descendants of the gods."
Lu Yao thought about it for a while.
Sadilia was quite nice to the descendants of gods. Even before she was about to leave, she still thought about the future and designed a complex and continuous set of rules in this world in advance to ensure that the ant-keepers would at least not become extinct.
"So I think there is no need to worry about the survival of the local ant keepers. Although they will fluctuate and weaken due to the changes in the world rules and the influence of the curse, they will gradually stabilize. Although the curse of the old gods is a special and difficult to remove force, it still cannot shake the basic framework of the entire carefully transformed world."
"Let me emphasize again that the rules of this world are very ingenious and amazing. Various main rules support and connect each other, forming a structure that ensures that this world will maintain a stable evolution."
"From the logic and results of the operation of rules and symbols, this series of changes ultimately points to a goal that has never changed - to allow the ant-keepers to get close to the stone statue formation and become descendants of gods through the stone statue formation."
Hela presents a viewpoint that is radically different from anyone who has come before.
He believed that the curse of the old gods was just a confusing appearance, and the essence was that this world was trying to guide the locals to become descendants of gods through the stone statue formation.
In theory, the harsher the environment, the more likely the indigenous people would tend to get closer to the stone statues, and overcome difficulties and continue to survive by obtaining the power left by the ancient gods.
However, the designer did not think of a small variable.
That's the local ant.
Hela said: "Because they were abandoned and cursed by the later god [Wind Hum], the locals were extremely disappointed and resistant to the gods, and were even more disgusted with the wonders related to the gods. They allowed these stone statues to collapse and be sunk into the ground by geological movements. This was the cause."
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"Ants do not have hearing in the traditional sense, but they are very sensitive to vibrations, especially when they find strange vibrations, which will make them panic and crawl quickly. But at the same time, the vibrations and mutterings of the stone statues will scare away other predators, and it is actually a shelter for their survival."
"They heard the sound of the stone statues. Although ants are tiny creatures, they have gradually changed over the years."
"It may take thousands of years for a descendant of God to be born among the ants. Then they improve and evolve generation after generation, and gradually evolve into two types of ants with descendants of God, namely fire ants and seed ants."
"Surrounding these two kinds of ants, the locals discovered the value of their abilities and began to raise them. Some people found fire ants that could be disassembled and eaten for poison sacs, while others preferred the strong breeding ants."
A mysterious smile appeared on the head of the goddess of death: "Although they hate to resist the legacy left by the gods, in the end, they still consciously or unconsciously enjoy the gift given by Cydiliya."
"The relationship between gods and their people is sometimes so entangled and contradictory."
"This is the basic situation of Volut that I have investigated."
Lu Yao looked on in awe.
As expected of a goddess who specialized in studying disease and death, the death symbol had exerted strategic power this time. Hela's attainments in the academic field of death were the best among the gods Lu Yao knew.
Hela's well-reasoned judgment also made Lu Yao feel relieved.
--Thanks a lot.
The other party nodded slightly: "I saw some very interesting diseases and ways of death this time, and I also want to thank Mr. Yaoshen for the invitation. I want to stay here for a while, further examine the local death symbols, and communicate with Miss Sekhmet. Is that okay?"
——Of course, please go ahead, just let me know if you need anything.
After Lu Yao settled this place, he began to think about the matter of the exceptions.
He first logged into the committee database.
After a quick search, I found that there is no official description of the breaker. There are two related articles, both of which involve some speculation about the breaker, but not a dedicated study.
Lu Yao called Song Shiyi.
"I don't know about that either... Mr. Huang, how about this, you come to my house. We are having a video conference right now, it will be over in about an hour and a half, you can ask Teacher Zao and the others directly after the meeting."
Forty minutes later, Lu Yao and Isabel arrived at Lu Island where Song Shiyi was.
Song Shiyi was wearing a mask and a furry home dress with rabbit ears. Her face was transparently pale and she kept coughing.
"I caught a cold recently, so I took a leave and worked from home."
Lu Yao was shocked: "Can god players also get sick?"
“Yes.”
Song Shiyi coughed twice, and the corners of her eyes turned red: "The benefits of population to the body are very limited, unless there is a very large population... I am not the type who is good at management."
A video conference was taking place on the TV in the living room. On the right was a pile of square business cards with names on them, and on the left side of the screen was the face of a middle-aged man who looked like a leading cadre.
He said: "my country is a veritable digital economy power. According to statistics, the scale of my country's digital economy will reach 50.2 trillion yuan in 2022..."
“We must speed up the construction of the basic system of the digital economy, strive to promote international cooperation in the digital economy, and conduct digital economy pilot projects in the virtual universe. All departments of the committee must cooperate well and strictly control to ensure the interests of the country and the people…”
Lu Yao became alert.
I seem to have seen some inside information.
Are we going to create a virtual universe for all people?
(End of this chapter)