Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Chapter 342 The History of the Tower

To be honest, Lind's understanding of the collective subconscious only goes to this extent, because this thing has in a sense reached the level of philosophy or metaphysics.

There have been many works in the past that have described the collective subconscious, such as "Lord of the Secrets of X" and "Attack on Titan".

“Do you know the Golden Age?”

Deborah did not continue to explain the ocean of consciousness, but instead brought the topic to the golden age.

Linde shook his head modestly, and seeing Linde shaking his head, Deborah finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Deborah was really afraid that Lind would nod.

If Lind knew what the Golden Age was, Deborah would probably really have to doubt Lind's identity.

"The Tower is a product of the Golden Age, but the duties of the Tower back then were different from what they are now."

"The tower at that time was a true tower that connected the earth and the sky, and was called the Stairway to the Sky."

Hearing this, Lind suddenly asked, "The original name of the tower couldn't be the Tower of Babel, right?"

Deborah, who had just gathered her emotions, opened her eyes again and stared at Lind in a daze.

After looking at each other, they were speechless for a moment.

"How about...you take this seat and explain it to me?"

Deborah stood up and gave her seat to Lind.

"No, no, no, please sit down."

Lind quickly waved his hand, motioning Deborah to sit down.

Deborah looked skeptical, but she sat down.

"Just after the Golden Age ended, humans and ancient elves gathered at the Tower of Babel and built the prototype of the tower at that time."

At this point, Linde was about to interrupt when he saw Deborah's butt slowly leaving the seat as Linde raised his hand. As soon as Linde put his hand down, Deborah's butt sat back down obediently.

"Please continue."

In the end, Lind was helpless and motioned for Deborah to continue.

"According to Lady Anastasia, it was a helpless move at the time. Although the Tower of Babel has lost its original function, as one of the most important things in the Golden Age, it still retains many technologies of the Golden Age."

"This allows us to use the technology left over from the Golden Age in the tower to monitor the collective subconscious that was invaded and polluted by the foreign gods during the Golden Age. The era at that time was called the Post-Golden Age, and it was also the era when most gods and beliefs were gradually born. The tower was also consciously promoting the birth of gods. In the words of Lady Anastasia, these gods are the defense against pollution... what is it that is being defended against."

The word seemed to be a relic from the Golden Age, so much so that Deborah had always found it difficult to pronounce and unclear.

"Firewall."

"Yes, firewall..."

Deborah looked up at Lind again.

"Sir, why do you call the barrier against contamination by the Outer Gods a firewall? Is this wall really fireproof?"

After giving the answer, Lind turned his head away guiltily, whistled, and looked like he was saying "I don't know".

After looking at Lind with suspicion again, Deborah continued, "It turns out that the speculation of the tower ancestors in the post-golden age is very correct. Faith is the best way to face fear and despair, and it is also the simplest way to stabilize people's hearts."

"The gods that were born at that time not only led the believers to resist the gradually descending foreign gods, but also successfully sealed the pollution caused by the foreign gods to the collective subconscious."

"From then on, the humans and elves at the Tower of Babel took on the responsibility of clearing pollution, monitoring the ocean of consciousness, and preventing the pollution of the Outer Gods from reviving again. This is the origin of the tower."

"In this post-Golden Age continent, the Outer Gods are still wreaking havoc. The survivors of the Golden Age outside rely on the gods born from the Ocean of Consciousness to fight against the Outer Gods. In order to avoid being affected by the war, the Tower completely closed itself off and focused on monitoring the Ocean of Consciousness."

Deborah paused and said, "However, after the tower was sealed off, the outside world has changed dramatically. There is no survivor of the old era on the continent, and the few traces of the golden age that were left have disappeared. Fortunately, the Outer Gods seem to have disappeared along with the traces of the golden age."

"According to Lady Anastasia, civilization has suffered a serious setback, and the war with the Outer Gods has even become a legend recorded in religious texts."

"It's a pity that because the time is too long, the first batch of members of the tower could not cross the limit of their lifespan. Many technologies and knowledge have been lost. The only thing left is Lady Anastasia and the research on the ocean of consciousness. We are still looking for a way to completely remove the pollution. It is difficult to restore civilization with only the tower."

Deborah sighed. How long had the Tower fought against pollution? Even the first batch of Tower members didn't remember. According to Lady Anastasia, when the Tower re-entered the world's vision, a lot had changed. The world at that time had almost completely forgotten this period of history, and could only find clues from some religious texts.

What happened on the continent after the Golden Age? How did the survivors of the Golden Age defeat the Outer Gods? Before Lind could speak, Deborah asked, "Governor, do you know that the damage caused by super-level magic to the magic environment is not irreversible? It's just that the time span is too long and it is difficult for humans to observe it."

"The reason we banned super-level magic is not simply because it would damage the magic environment."

At this point, Lind actually had a guess in his mind: "You mean, in the post-Golden Age, in order to fight against the Outer Gods, humans used technology similar to super-level magic and almost razed the entire continent, causing themselves to be blown up?"

"This is just a guess, but judging by the circumstances at the time, this inference is the most likely."

At that time, with the decline of civilization, the gods born in the ocean of consciousness gradually turned into secular gods.

It is hard to say whether these gods can still take on the responsibility of firewalls, so the tower later designed a god of contract, which has a smaller scope of belief. While restricting the professionals who join the tower, it can also act as a dam when pollution invades, serving as the first layer of protection.

Afterwards, more and more high-level professionals appeared, and with the emergence of these professionals, super-level magic, a dangerous thing that should have been lost, was created again by a genius spellcaster.

Afterwards, these high-level professionals began to plunder resources frantically for their own research, for rarer materials, and for more powerful super-level magic, which triggered a war between the Old Empire and the predecessor of the Avar Kingdom. This war can be called the First Continental War.

All races and all creatures became one in the physical sense, and took advantage of the human civil strife to expand madly, so that after the civil strife ended, the old empire began its bloody revenge on non-human creatures.

If the humans of the Old Golden Age used super-level magic to perish together in order to fight against the Outer Gods, then it would be too abstract to say that the humans of the First Continental War used super-level magic for war and internal strife, and blew back the human civilization that had been developed with great difficulty.

So at that time, the Tower finally joined the war and established new rules that are still in use today.

"Back to your original question, the tower is originally a ghost of the old times... No, it's not even a ghost. After all, there is no one in the tower who has the authority to enter the ocean of consciousness. Such a remaining lonely soul has done its best just to keep the secrets of the old world and prevent pollution and erosion. For us, most of the non-staff professionals who do not believe in the God of Contract are a burden. Where do we get the strength to rule the world through those non-staff professionals?"

But Deborah added: "What's more, the Tower has already ruled this continent in a sense. All races on this continent have been abiding by the rules set by the Tower in the past hundred years, right?"

"And I have a feeling that the Second Continental War is about to begin. Governor, I hope you can save this world and the tower just like the founding emperor of the old empire did."

After that, Deborah seemed to have made up her mind. She took out a tablet from her bosom and handed it to Lind, saying, "This is the Holy Grail Terminal left by Lady Anastasia. It contains the technological crystallization of the Golden Age and can provide you with a lot of help. I will slowly teach you how to use this Holy Grail Terminal..."

As soon as Deborah finished speaking, Lind unlocked the tablet.

"..."

"...Sorry, I'm used to it."