Magical Technology Research Institute, underground two, secret conference room.   魔导技术研究所,地下二层,机密会议室。     wears Gawain of dark blue coat to walk into the room, in this by strict protection, and never in the conference room of opening to the outside world, he noticed that all people who are who attended have waited here.   身穿暗蓝色外套的高文步入房间,在这间被严密保护且从不对外开放的会议室内,他看到所有参加会议的人都已在此等候。     Wright and Veronica are talking in a low voice, Pittman somewhat picks up own beard absent-mindedly, Carmel is floating at the board, arcane brilliance tranquil deep blue, Hetty sees Gawain to appear, first standing up, bows to salute: „Ancestor.”   莱特与维罗妮卡正在低声交谈,皮特曼有些心不在焉地拈着自己的胡子,卡迈尔漂浮在会议桌旁,身上的奥术光辉平静蔚蓝,赫蒂看到高文出现,第一个站起身,躬身行礼:“先祖。” Other     people also stop the respective matter, sets out to salute to salute in abundance.   其他人也停下各自的事情,纷纷起身行礼致敬。     Gawain looked , some of line of sight on by the long table is emptying the seat stayed slightly: „At this time on the need not stealth.”   高文看了现场一圈,视线在长桌旁某个空着的座位上微微停留:“这时候就不用隐身了。” The     Amber form appears immediately: „Be used to it, was used to it......”   琥珀的身影随即浮现出来:“习惯了,习惯了……”     Gawain shakes the head, arrives on the board the head, taking a seat at the same time opens the mouth saying: „Internal conference, does not need to stand on ceremony, today is to mainly exchange some intelligence, as well as...... I need on -the-spot several professionals to provide the suggestion.”   高文摇摇头,来到会议桌上首,落座的同时开口道:“内部会议,不必拘礼,今天主要是交流一些情报,以及……我需要现场的几位专业人士提供一些建议。”     Veronica raised the head, looks at the person, in the heart had understood clearly: „Related with the Gods knowledge?”   维罗妮卡抬起头,看了看现场的人,心中已经了然:“与神明的知识有关？”     „right,” the Gawain nod said, „the mind network about Eternal Sleepers recently presented the unusual incident, Amber should tell you before the conference?”   “没错,”高文点头说道,“关于永眠者的心灵网络最近出现异常一事,琥珀在会议前应该已经跟你们说过了吧？”     „before half an hour, just said that” Wright replied, „before me, does not know that our infiltration to the Repose of Eternity Order had been in this degree.”   “半个钟头前刚说的,”莱特答道,“我之前都不知道我们对永眠教团的渗透原来已经到了这种程度。”     „the security degree of this matter has been very high, and has not intersected with Church that side, you do not know also normally,” Gawain is saying, while kept a serious look, „, but the present matter had some changes, some intelligence have to publicize.   “这件事的保密程度一直很高,而且和教会那边没有交叉,你不知道也正常,”高文一边说着,一边表情严肃起来,“但现在事情发生了一些变化,部分情报不得不公开了。     „in brief, according to intelligence that me just obtained, Eternal Sleepers in a secret plan that in the mind network carries out may not touch Gods domain extremely carefully, moreover...... they possibly contact the secret that Gods was born.”   “简而言之,根据我这边刚刚得到的情报,永眠者在心灵网络中执行的一个隐秘计划极有可能不小心触及了神明领域,而且……他们可能接触到了神明诞生的秘密。”     Gawain comes straight to the point, in the conference room is instantaneously peaceful, the breath of everyone is half beat behind probably, need not breath Carmel gloomy flash, after several seconds of type, Pittman corner of the mouth shakes, breaks silent: „I said that this type is urgent and secret conference definitely has the important matter to happen, but this...... was a little also exciting.”   高文这边开门见山,会议室中瞬间便安静下来,每个人的呼吸都好像慢了半拍,就连不用呼吸的卡迈尔都暗淡了一瞬间,几秒种后,皮特曼才嘴角一抖,打破沉默:“我就说这种又紧急又机密的会议肯定有大事发生,但这个……也有点过于刺激了。”     is saying, he while lowers the head, quite somewhat loved dearly looks at a moment ago by several beards that oneself did not clutch carefully, the hesitant half of the day rubbed the beard on the chin, reconnected cautiously with magic spell.   一边说着,他一边低下头,颇有些心疼地看着刚才被自己不小心揪下来的好几根胡子,犹豫半天还是把胡子重新揉在下巴上,小心翼翼地用法术重新连接起来。     Gawain has not cared about muttering of Pittman, saw that after own blockbuster news successfully lets everyone raised spirit, before he then , the experience in mind network, „Illusory township” exploration described in that in detail.   高文这边则没有在意皮特曼的咕哝,看到自己的重磅消息成功让所有人提起精神之后,他便将自己之前在心灵网络中的经历,在那座“幻影小镇”中的探索详细地描述了出来。     everyone is listening earnestly, met to doze off each time or spacing out Amber this time raised up the ear, heard to be especially dedicated.   现场的每一个人都认真听着,就连每次开会都会打瞌睡或神游天外的琥珀这次都竖起了耳朵,听得格外专注。     „...... this is the complete process, after” nearly 20 minutes of narration, Gawain shouted the tone, the summary said, „according to my guess, ’ had the worship to ‚Higher Level Narrator, principal factor that should the sandbox lose control, but this ‚ Higher Level Narrator Church’ fermented anything in Dreamland specifically, this ‚thing’ whether will be the concept product in Dreamland world merely...... is the key of issue.”   “……这就是全部经过,”近二十分钟的叙述之后,高文才呼了口气,总结般说道,“根据我的猜测,对‘上层叙事者’产生崇拜,应该沙箱失控的主因,而这个‘上层叙事者教会’在梦境中具体酝酿出了什么东西,这个‘东西’是否仅仅属于梦境世界中的概念产物……将是问题的关键。”     his voice just fell, sits Veronica of second position then broke silent near the left hand: „You are the suspicion...... that to so-called ‚Higher Level Narrator’ did the belief behavior,...... really accomplish Gods in the No. 1 sandbox of mind network?”   他话音刚刚落下,坐在左手边第二个位置的维罗妮卡便打破了沉默:“您是怀疑……那对所谓‘上层叙事者’的信仰行为,在心灵网络的一号沙箱里……真的造就了一个神明？”     „the present did not have the evidence, but I truly suspected that” Gawain nods, „Eternal Sleepers had not found the Gods contamination No. 1 sandbox ‚way’, does not have any evidence or the clue can show that is which Gods, with what way, when bypassed the numerous protections of No. 1 sandbox, entered the sandbox- we know, three big dark Religion are knows deepest Religion about Gods, but in them top researcher could not even find the Gods invasion sandbox system the trace...... that we to come up with a bolder hypothesis would rather: contamination, at all not from the exterior invasion......”   “现在还没有证据,但我确实是这么怀疑的,”高文点点头,“永眠者至今没有找到神明污染一号沙箱的‘途径’,没有任何证据或线索可以说明是哪一个神明,用什么方式,在什么时候绕过了一号沙箱的重重防护,进入了沙箱内部-我们都知道,三大黑暗教派都是对神明了解最深的教派,可是连他们中的顶级研究者们都找不到神明入侵沙箱系统的痕迹……那我们倒不如做出更大胆的假设:污染,根本不是从外部入侵的……”    ......   …… The     mind network, in secret jurisdiction highest central Shrine, Archbishop sit in a circle, in describing various types by round tables that symbolize symbol.   心灵网络,机密权限最高的中央神殿内,大主教们围坐在描绘着各种象征符号的圆桌旁。     all Archbishop that is who attended removed the camouflage here, with the real appearance of real world- according to the mission in stipulated, this means this conference security classification is extremely high, the specification is extremely also high.   所有参加会议的大主教们在这里都褪去了伪装,用上了现实世界的真实样貌-按照教团内部规定,这意味着这场会议保密等级极高,规格也极高。     wears Archbishop Yuri of white robe to stand at the round table, the tone is serious: „...... According to me and speculation of Selena Archbishop, contamination...... perhaps from No. 1 sandbox, but so-called ‚the Gods corrosion’, should all be stems from that worship ‚Higher Level Narrator’ Religion.”   身披白袍的尤里大主教站在圆桌旁,语气严肃:“……根据我和赛琳娜大主教的推测,污染……或许来自一号沙箱内部,而所谓的‘神明侵蚀’,应该皆是源于那个崇拜‘上层叙事者’的教派。”     opposite of Yuri, wore the black robe and stature is quite diminutive, the red roots of the hair root to raise up, the voice quite loud and clear male to stand, said loudly: „This matter is really unthinkable, the residents in Dreamland world suddenly starts to suspect that their world authenticity, then start Higher Level Narrator that worships them to fictionalize ‚’, then really produced Gods? Moreover this did Gods also cause No. 1 sandbox to lose control? Can't this really really find out the reason of the reason in the situation compiling?”   在尤里对面,一位身披黑袍、身材较为矮小、红色头发根根竖起、嗓门颇为洪亮的男性站了起来,大声说道:“这事情实在匪夷所思,在梦境世界里的居民突然开始怀疑他们的世界真实性,然后开始崇拜一个他们虚构出来的‘上层叙事者’,便真的产生了一个神明？而且这个神明还导致了一号沙箱失控？这真不是实在查不出原因的情况下编造出来的理由？”     Yuri somewhat reluctantly looks at opposite red hair man- that is Magnum Archbishop, has big voice that the irritable temperament and becomes famous, but he also knows, this big voice mister loud question here is harmless, not stemming from somebody's opinion, this is its character makes it so- in his brain emitted this thought that also said naturally.   尤里有些无奈地看着对面的红发男人-那是马格南大主教,有着火爆的脾气和出了名的大嗓门,但他也知道,这位大嗓门先生在这里的高声质疑并无恶意,也不是出于对某个人的意见,这是其性格使然-他脑子里冒出这个念头了,自然而然也就说出来了。     is only this mister voice is really loud and clear, making people very difficult to adapt, moreover on the other hand...... in such mind space, he cannot own „does volume” move slightly slightly?   只是这位先生的嗓门实在洪亮,让人很难适应,而且话又说回来……在这么个心灵空间里,他就不能把自己的“音量”稍微调小一点么？     „Magnum Archbishop,” Yuri shakes the head slightly, „all that I said that truly guessed, moreover I also know that this matter is unthinkable, but do not forget, we ’ are having to do with ‚ god, but the god...... it is unthinkable.”   “马格南大主教,”尤里微微摇了摇头,“我所说的一切,确实都只是猜测,而且我也知道这件事匪夷所思,但不要忘了,我们是在和‘神’打交道,而神……本身就是匪夷所思的。” A     cluster photopolymer floats sky over the magnificent round table, the sound that it makes spreads to everyone ear: „Now has any evidence to show that Higher Level Narrator that is born Religion that believes in the Dreamland world ‚’ to have certain Gods special characteristics?”   一团星光聚合物漂浮在华丽的圆桌上空,它发出的声音传入现场每一个人耳中:“现在有任何证据能证明那个在梦境世界里诞生的教派所信仰的‘上层叙事者’已经具备某些神明特质么？”     „Pope Your Excellency,” Archbishop Yuri lowers the head immediately, „temporarily did not have the evidence, intelligence that we grasp are too few, at present can only determine that in No. 1 sandbox truly presented such Religion, moreover its activity and No. 1 sandbox lose control in the time have corresponded.”   “教皇冕下,”尤里大主教立刻低下头,“暂时还没有证据,我们所掌握的情报还太少,目前只能确定一号沙箱内确实出现了这么个教派,而且它的活动和一号沙箱失控在时间上有所对应。” The     star light polymer rises to shrink in the midair flashes on and off: „So long as that has the evidence to prove in No. 1 sandbox ‚the Higher Level Narrator belief’ really produced Gods, or with god similar ‚thing’, all answers came to light.”     Yuri brow tight wrinkle: „But......, if that thing is really a god, how we should cope with it?”   星光聚合物在半空中涨缩明灭:“那么只要有证据能证明一号沙箱内的‘上层叙事者信仰’真的产生了一个神明,或者和神类似的‘东西’,一切答案就水落石出了。”  尤里眉头紧皱:“但是……如果那东西真的是个神,我们该如何对付它？”     „we also remained unknown temporarily, but is this not just we until now in the answer and secret of tracking down?” The Pope Meguir III sound is reverberating in the everyone mind temperately, „we have been attempting to dig out the Myriad Gods secret, discovers truth that they are born, but now, our perhaps has been close to this truth infinitely......”   “我们暂时还无从得知,但这不正是我们一直以来在追寻的答案和秘密么？”教皇梅高尔三世的声音温和地在每个人脑海中回荡着,“我们一直在尝试挖出众神的秘密,找出祂们诞生的真相,而现在,我们或许已经无限接近这个真相了……”    ......   …… „Secret that     Gods is born...... perhaps on conceals in No. 1 sandbox,” Gawain sinking sound said that „, if ‚Higher Level Narrator Church’ behind really presented the Strength of Gods shadow, then Gods this concept...... will obtain thoroughest subversion.”   “神明诞生的秘密……或许就藏在一号沙箱里,”高文沉声说道,“如果‘上层叙事者教会’背后真的出现了神明之力的影子,那么神明这个概念……将得到最彻底的颠覆。”     „was not Gods created Human Race, but was Human Race creates Gods......” Pittman to mutter, in the hand shook suddenly, several beards were entrained by him again.   “并非神明创造了人类,而是人类创造了神明……”皮特曼喃喃自语着,手中突然一抖,几根胡须再次被他拽了下来。     holds the platinum scepter, the side lingered light Holy Light Veronica from start a moment ago then in silent, as if fell into the long-time thinking, at this time raised the head suddenly: „This...... actually was also initially one of the Project Defiance suppositions.”   手执白金权杖,身边萦绕着淡淡圣光的维罗妮卡从刚才开始便在沉默不语,似乎陷入了长久的思索,这时候才突然抬起头来:“这……其实也是当初忤逆计划的假设之一。”     „had you guessed this direction?” Gawain looks surprisedly to Veronica, „you had guessed Gods is actually born in the Human Race belief process?”   “你们曾经猜测过这个方向？”高文惊讶地看向维罗妮卡,“你们猜测过神明其实是在人类的信仰过程中诞生的？” Thorough that such     „we have not guessed, such directly, but we had guessed belief of Human Race- or the massive mortal common ideological trends of- will affect the activity of Gods to a certain extent. But this guess universally shocking, moreover is unable to confirm that is unable to attest to falsity, or confirmed the difficulty of attesting to falsity of arrives at nearly not possible achieve high, until Gondor Empire collapses, this suspicion was still only a suspicion.”   “我们并没猜测的这么深入,这么直接,但我们猜测过人类的信仰-或者说大量凡人共同的思潮-会在一定程度上影响神明的活动。但这个猜测过于惊世骇俗,而且既无法证实也无法证伪,或者说证实证伪的难度都高到近乎不可能实现,所以直到刚铎帝国崩溃,这个猜想也仍然只是个猜想。”     „perhaps, but the bold attempt of present Eternal Sleepers must show that the suspicion of your during that time......” Wright had the sigh saying that „is not really able to imagine, that made mortal frightened awe Gods, essentially unexpectedly was the thing that the mortal created?”   “但现在永眠者的大胆尝试恐怕就要证明你们当年的猜想了……”莱特带着感叹说道,“真的无法想象,那令凡人恐惧敬畏的神明,本质上竟然是凡人创造出来的东西？”     „therefore do not draw the conclusion, therefore blind self-confident, underestimated ‚Gods’,” Veronica said temperately, „the belief projections of trillion lives in the dimension that in some we are unable to understand turned into Gods, during this , the change that had has surpassed us to understand, the perhaps god really believed because of the mortal produces, but we did not have the qualifications and strength call them for our ‚creation’...... perhaps, we should regard as a terrifying it, inevitably out-of-control, actually happened ‚natural phenomenon’.”   “不要因此就下定论,更不要因此就盲目自信,小看了‘神明’,”维罗妮卡温和地说道,“亿万生灵的信仰投影在某个我们无法理解的维度内变成神明,这期间所产生的变化已经超出我们理解,或许神真的是因凡人信仰才产生的,但我们还没有资格和实力去称呼他们为我们的‘造物’……也许,我们更应该将其视作一种恐怖的,失控的,却又必然发生的‘自然现象’。”     „natural phenomenon......” Gawain could not bear in the mind repeated this phrase, in the heart looking pensive.   “自然现象……”高文忍不住在脑海中重复了这个字眼,心中若有所思。     he nods later: „If truly Veronica said, perhaps is some natural phenomenon, moreover natural phenomenon that...... has inevitably.”   随后他点点头:“确实如维罗妮卡所说,或许是某种自然现象,而且……是必然发生的自然现象。”     belief and Religion, almost it can be said that one inevitable stage of social activity.   信仰和宗教,几乎可以说是社会活动的一种必然阶段。     civilization will always have the emaciated weak period, the mortal walks from uncivilized, facing this mysterious unknown crisis on top of crisis world, facing being hard to understand the nature that heavenly prestige is difficult to predict, as a wisdom lifeform of having mystical powers wisdom, they will have the awe to the nature unavoidably, is hard to explain the natural phenomenon that to have the psychology of fear or worship to these.   文明总是会有羸弱无力的时期,凡人自蒙昧中走来,面对这个神秘未知又危机重重的世界,面对难以理解又天威难测的自然,作为一种有灵智的智慧生物,他们难免会对大自然产生敬畏,对那些难以解释的自然现象产生恐惧或崇拜的心理。 But     from unknown moves toward in the known process, in the process of attempt cognition world myriad things, the mortals will certainly attempt to make them awe and make their frightened things for these give the explanation.   而在从未知走向已知的过程中,在尝试认知世间万物的过程中,凡人们一定会尝试为那些令他们敬畏、令他们恐惧的东西做出解释。     is insufficient in the knowledge, the strength is emaciated, civilization was still in the period of swaddling clothes, these explanations...... will aim at Gods finally inevitably, or other similar concept.   在知识不足,力量羸弱,文明尚处于襁褓的时期,这些解释……最终将不可避免地指向神明,或者别的类似概念。     in that close No. 1 sandbox, that revolved continually in a lot of years of man-made world, inside residents also faced certainly such an issue: Where do we from come? This world is who creates?   在那个封闭的一号沙箱内,那个持续运转了千百年的人造世界中,里面的居民们一定也面临了这样一个问题:我们是从哪来的？这个世界是谁创造的？     perhaps had some „prophet” not to sneak a peek at behind the world data stream carefully, perhaps had some adventurer not to arrive at the boundary of sandbox carefully, they outside that broad chaos the sea of mind to the world were panic-stricken, and saw revolved the instruction record that behind the world the script that and operators provided.   或许有某个“先知”不小心窥见了世界背后的数据流,或许有某个冒险者不小心来到了沙箱的边界,他们对世界之外那恢弘混沌的心灵之海惊骇莫名,并看到了在世界背后运转的剧本和操作员们留下的指令记录。     therefore, they had to oneself world explained: Was „Higher Level Narrator” created all these.   于是,他们对自己的世界有了解释:是“上层叙事者”创造了这一切。     then, really had „Higher Level Narrator”.   然后,就真的有了“上层叙事者”。     „Eternal Sleepers is one group of outstanding soul study engineers, is outstanding research personnel, but they only paid attention to technology domain pitifully, actually did not understand how the society operates,” Gawain is shaking the head, in the tone somewhat sighed, „, if they had understood the mechanism of social operation, has understood each link of civilization development, then they are unable to expect that even if No. 1 sandbox can lose control, will at least also expect that in No. 1 sandbox presents ‚the Religion activity’ is a necessity, and makes vigilant and plan.”   “永眠者是一群杰出的灵魂学工程师,是优秀的研究人员,但可惜他们只关注了技术领域,却不懂得社会是如何运行的,”高文摇着头,语气中不免有些感叹,“如果他们了解过社会运行的机理,了解过文明发展的各个环节,那么哪怕他们无法预料到一号沙箱会失控,至少也会预料到一号沙箱里出现‘宗教活动’是一种必然,并对此作出警惕和预案。” In the     conference room 1 time is somewhat peaceful.   会议室里一时间有些安静。     here everyone knows Project Defiance although, here everyone more or less participates in Gawain these are challenging Gods, „rebel against orthodoxy” the plan although, matter that but discusses today, attacked to everyone is too big.   尽管这里的每一个人都知道忤逆计划,尽管这里的每一个人都或多或少地参与着高文那些挑战神明、“离经叛道”的计划,但今天讨论的事情,对大家冲击还是太大了。     everyone is digesting earnestly, everyone is confirming each links of these assumptions repeatedly.   每个人都在认真消化,每个人都在反复验证那些假设的各个环节。     Pittman hand according to chin, restores own beard cautiously while said: „If the situation is really this, perhaps in No. 1 sandbox will make ‚god’ to come out...... this matter unable to end. That deer that All Things Finally Die Society makes we can also solve with the fire or Siren legion, should the god but who operates in Dreamland, how cope?”   皮特曼把手按在下巴上,一边小心翼翼地修复自己的胡须一边说道:“那如果情况真的是这样,一号沙箱里造了个‘神’出来……这件事恐怕将无法收场。万物终亡会造的那头鹿我们还能用炮火或者海妖的军团解决掉,可一个在梦境中运行的神,该怎么对付？”     „need not is so first pessimistic,” Gawain said calmly, „, even if that thing is really a god or ‚a kind of god’, it was just also born, moreover was stranded in Dreamland, so long as we can do to understand its mechanism, it not difficult to deal with-, moreover Eternal Sleepers for own survival, will definitely also spell to go all-out to solve this crisis.”   “先不用这么悲观,”高文平静地说道,“哪怕那东西真的是个神或者‘类神’,它也才刚刚诞生,而且还被困在一个梦境里,只要我们能搞明白它的机理,它就不难对付-而且永眠者为了自身的生存,肯定也会拼尽全力去解决这个危机的。”     Pittman anxious look over the face, cannot bear make an effort to twist own beard: „Oh...... I should not listen to Amber initially, old age not peaceful......”   皮特曼愁容满面,忍不住用力捻着自己的胡子:“唉……当初我就不该听琥珀的,晚年一点都不安宁……” The     sigh sound falls, old Druid looks down the beard that in the hand entrained, anxious look over the face gets up.   感叹声落下,老德鲁伊低头看了看手中拽下来的胡须,更加愁容满面起来。     „do not meet,” sits in opposite Wright somewhat cares said, „I thought could not join.”   “就别接了吧,”坐在对面的莱特有些关心地说道,“我觉得接不上了。”     „...... oh......”   “……唉……”