Chapter 1106 — Far from the Gods
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Although Gao Yang still knew very little about the deepest secrets behind the gods, the unremitting efforts of several research teams in recent years had at least allowed him to confirm a few extremely effective means of countering divine contamination—from the most primitive siren runes, to the Song of the Deep and the Human Barrier that appeared later, and on to the anti-divinity defense technology currently under verification, centered on "non-directional thought currents." These techniques progressed layer by layer, and had gradually revealed the direction that would prove effective in the future—
The siren runes and songs ultimately came from an alien race, and their principles contained many black-box elements; non-directional thought currents, by contrast, came from Cecil itself, and their technical pathway was clearly legible. The development potential of the two needed no elaboration. The most important foundation behind non-directional thought currents was the Narrator neural network, and the essence of that neural network was a vast structure formed by the interconnection of a sufficient number of mortal minds—using the disordered subconscious of countless mortals to resist the divine erosion of the gods. This meant that the larger the neural network, the stronger its resistance to divinity—and based on that theory, establishing a neural network spanning the entire world and drawing more mortal minds into it could be called an inevitability.
This was, in fact, an important reason Gao Yang was so unwavering in building a "united front" and pulling every nation, great and small, across the continent into the alliance: even the weakest kingdom could form an effective force within the neural network.
Nations have strengths and weaknesses, people have wisdom and folly, and even the civilizations of different regions differ in advancement and backwardness. Thus many did not quite understand Gao Yang's motive for dragging those inconspicuous, backward little nations onto the war chariot. In their eyes, some regions were like dead weight, and hauling them aboard only added cost—and even within Cecil, such thinking was not rare. But Gao Yang himself knew very well that on the battlefield against divine contamination, mortals truly counted as neither noble nor base; population itself... was wealth.
Rebecca could not grasp certain of her ancestor's overly far-reaching considerations, but at least in this technical domain her thinking was as clear and sharp as Gao Yang's. Noticing the several shifts in Gao Yang's expression, she could not help saying, "If only the elves could directly modify their communications facilities and use our magic-net technology..."
"A fine idea, but unfortunately not very feasible," Gao Yang said with a sigh. "The elves' Sentinel data link is enormous in scale and mature in technology, and it coexists with the Magnificent Wall to a high degree. The cost and risk of large-scale modification would be unimaginably high—even a power like the Silver Empire would not lightly attempt it. In the best case, they will upgrade and modify the interfaces of their national communications network, and at the same time produce immersion pods meeting Silver Empire standards. Troublesome as that is, at least the neural network can be laid across..."
"Isn't Typhon more cooperative than that?" Rebecca scratched at her hair again—it was now a bit messier than before. "You and Luo Yan Augustus seemed to be getting along quite well."