Hearing Klein's question, Dunn looked out the window at the corridor leading to the "Chanis Gate", took out his pipe, stuffed it with tobacco and mint leaves, and then put it to his nose, sniffed deeply, and said in a slightly fluctuating voice:

"Only at home can I enjoy the wonderful taste of tobacco and mint leaves with impunity...... Klein, you know the creation myth, right?"

"Of course, when I was initiated in the Sunday school of the Church, I learned words through the Book of Revelation of the Night, in which the Wisdom Book and the Epistles of the Holy Ones both refer to the creation myth. "The Creator awoke from the chaos, broke the darkness, created the first rays of light, and he completely integrated into the universe, incarnated into all things, his body became the earth, the stars, his eyes turned into the sun, the other into the red moon, and part of his blood rushed into the sea and rivers, nourishing and nurturing life......"

Speaking of this, Klein unconsciously paused, partly because of the vague memory behind him, and partly because this creation myth was a bit similar to the Pangu Kaitian theory of the great foodie people......

The imagination of people from different worlds in myths and legends has something in common!

Seeing that Klein was having a "problem", Dunn smiled and helped him add:

"His lungs are transformed into elves, his heart into giants, his livers into treants, his head into dragons, his kidneys into feathered serpents, his hair into immortal birds, his ears into wolves, his mouths and teeth into xenos, his remaining bodily fluids into sea monsters, the essence of which is the naga, his stomach, his small intestines, and the evil parts of his body into demons, evil spirits, and all sorts of unknown evil beings, and his spirit into the eternal sun, lord of the storm, God of Knowledge and Wisdom ......"

"Out of His wisdom gave birth to humanity, and this is the First Age, the Age of Chaos. Klein uttered the last sentence, amused and ridiculous.

As a keyboard folklorist, it was the first time he had come into contact with the creation myth of "arrangement" in such detail, so detailed that the part of the Creator from which each of the ranked races was derived was listed in detail and in detail.

It's like sitting in a row and eating fruit......

And not only the canonical texts of the goddess of the night say so, but also the church of the Lord of the Storm and the god of steam and machines has a similar description, without exalting itself and belittling the rest of the gods......

This either shows that the creation myth is true, or it vaguely reveals that several major churches finally came to an agreement in prehistory, before the Fifth Age, after a long struggle and compromise......

Thinking of this, Klein suddenly had another question, frowned slightly, and said:

"I think there's something wrong with this, why is it that the gods of the eternal sun, the lord of storms, and the gods of knowledge and wisdom are born directly from the spirit of the Creator, and the goddess is not?"

In the prehistoric record of the Apocalypse of the Night, the goddess of the night did not awaken until the end of the Second Age, and together with the gods such as the Lord of the Storm and the Eternal Sun, she blessed and helped humanity through the Cataclysm, commonly known as the Third Age, the "Age of Cataclysm".

The Earth Mother and the God of War also appeared at the same time, and the "God of Steam and Machines", formerly known as the "God of Craftsmen", was not born until the Fourth Age.

In this way, the status of the gods seems to be self-evident.

Who is older and who is more orthodox, incomparably clear!

This also caused some trouble among the followers of the goddess of the night.

Dunn Smith held his pipe in his other hand and asked without answering:

"You tell the goddess the name in its entirety. ”

Klein suddenly had the feeling that he had stabbed himself, and he was busy racking his brains, trying his best to recall:

"She is the goddess of the night who is exalted above the stars, who is older than eternity, the Lord of Crimson, the Mother of Secrets, the Empress of Doom and Fear, the Lord of Sleep and Silence. ”

Fortunately, Crane's mother was a devout believer in the goddess of the night, and she had to come every evening and dinner when she was alive, even if the memories of the original owner were shattered, they would not all be lost.

"What does the Crimson Lord symbolize?" asked Dunn in a guiding tone.

"Red Moon. As soon as Klein finished speaking, he seemed to understand.

"What part of the Creator did the Red Moon come from?" asked Dunn with a smile.

"One eye alone!" Klein smiled at the other.

This is no worse than the Lord of the Storm formed by the Creator's spirit being divided into three!

As for the churches of Mother Earth God and God of War, there should be similar statements, only the god of steam and machines was "born" too late to find a reason - their churches had been weak for more than a thousand years, until the invention of the steam engine, which took the lead, and then really stood alongside the others.

Dunn rubbed his pipe and said:

"Human beings were born from the wisdom of the Creator, so they have intelligent and extraordinary brains, and lack other magical abilities, but from the creation myth, we can draw a simple and clear conclusion, that is, all things come from the same origin. ”

"Born of the same origin......" Klein repeated the last words.

According to this conclusion, under the protection of the gods, human beings who fought against giants, demons, xenomorphs, etc., gradually found a way to obtain extraordinary powers, that is, to use evil spirits, dragons, monsters, magical trees, flowers or crystals of the corresponding parts, with other materials, to make potions, and then take and absorb them, mastering different abilities, which is the common knowledge of all occult schools. ”

Dunn didn't describe it too much, but only briefly introduced, "In this process, our ancestors relied on the painful lesson to find that if you directly take high-grade, unconventional potions, it is easy to get a tragic end, and there are only three possible outcomes. ”

"Which three?" Klein asked curiously.

"First, the spirit dies, the body collapses, and every piece of flesh turns into a terrible monster, second, the power contained in the potion instantly changes the personality, becoming cold, sensitive, irritable, cruel, and indifferent to everything, and the third is ......" Dunn put down his pipe, picked up the porcelain cup next to him, took a sip, and said, "The Filmer coffee in the Pas Valley is very bitter but also fragrant, and the aftertaste is great, do you want a cup?"

"I prefer Fenerport's highland coffee, and of course, I've only had it a few times at Welch's house. Klein politely refused, "What's the third?"

"Insane, crazy on the spot, more demonic than demons, this is out of control. Dunn added an accent to the word "out of control."

Without waiting for Klein to speak, he put away his coffee cup and continued:

"After a long period of experimentation and exploration, coupled with the birth of the 'Blasphemy Slate', human beings have finally perfected the potion system, forming some sequence chains that have been gradually improved and steadily grown, the lower the sequence number, the higher the potion level, and to this day, each of the seven major churches has mastered at least one complete sequence, and there are also not so complete 'paths' collected in hundreds or thousands of years. ”

"Desecrate the slate?" Klein keenly captured the term.

In the "party", it is also mentioned by the "hanging man"!

According to the "Hanged Man", the desecration of the slate was the most critical factor in the formation and integrity of the potions system!

This is not quite the same as Dunn's words just now.

"This is something made up by some evil gods, what era it appears in, what is recorded, what is special, I don't know too much, if you find a clue, you must report it to me immediately, it has the highest response level. Dunn vaguely explained, "I just mentioned one of them that is out of control, and now I'm going to talk about the remaining four. ”

"Hmm. Klein put the "blasphemy slate" issue behind him and listened intently.

"Although human beings only have intelligent brains, they have no other extraordinary abilities, but this is not absolute, there are always some lucky people, or unfortunate people, who are born with a high level of inspiration, well, that is, the ability to sense spirits, they can hear voices that others can't hear, see things that others can't see, and have some extraordinary characteristics. ”

As Dunn spoke, he looked at the emptiness around him, and Crane felt creepy, "In other words, they're equal to half of a Sequence 9 Extraordinary, with a fixed trait, uh, Sequence 9 is the lowest rank in the 'chain'...... In short, they can only choose the corresponding and fixed sequence pathway, if they take other potions, mild mental abnormalities, serious loss of control, and more serious, direct death. ”

"Understood. Crane nodded slowly.

"The third type of loss of control is similar to the second, once you have chosen the sequence chain, you can only follow this 'path', and you can never go back, if you take other 'paths', the potion with the right sequence, although there is a high probability that you will gain a blended, bizarre, and distorted ability, but it is almost certain that you are in a state of semi-madness, or sensitive and irritable, or cruel and bloodthirsty, or silent and melancholy. ”

"And there is only one such opportunity, and in the future, whether it is taking the potion of the original 'path' or the potion of the current sequence, there is only one result of losing control, depending on whether the spirit dies, the body collapses into a monster, or it evolves into an evil spirit. Dunn said as he picked up his coffee cup and took another sip.

Crane, who was a little frightened when he heard this, was silent for a few seconds and then said:

"What about the fourth out of control?"

"Fourth, hehe, this is one of the most common problems, we take potions, obtain the ability that originally belonged to the transcendent species, belong to unnatural evolution, more or less will be affected by residual mental influence, maybe there are no symptoms to manifest, outsiders can't detect it, but there must be a latent inside, before fully grasping the extraordinary power brought by the potion and eliminating those subtle traces, rashly taking the corresponding potion of a higher sequence, it will accumulate madness, accumulate out of control......" Dunn was silent suddenly.

After a pause, he sighed: "Our internal rules for night watchers stipulate that even if a team member has made a great contribution, they must take the last potion for three years and pass the corresponding examination before they can be promoted, but even so, many people are out of control every year because of this. ”

It's horrible...... Klein took a breath and said:

"And what about the last one?"

The corners of Dunn's mouth curled up, but there was no smile:

"The fifth and common reason for loss of control, for the extraordinary, the inspiration is more or less improved, the smaller the sequence number, the more it is raised, so that you can hear the voices that others can't hear, see things that others can't see, encounter things that others won't encounter, and always be subject to mysterious temptations and illusory bewitchments, once there is any other stimulus, or greedy desires, it will go out of control step by step. ”

As he spoke, Dunn turned to the front, his gray eyes reflecting Crane's figure.

His tone became sluggish:

"Archbishop Chanis, the founder of the modern system of night watchers, once said:"

"We are Guardians, and we are a bunch of wretched creatures who are always fighting danger and madness. ”

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