Bernice had already returned to the Lantern Dream’s camp.
In the subsequent conversation, Bernice subtly asked Lind many questions, including those regarding future cooperation.
The Lantern Dream follows the Goddess’s will, consistently making the continuity of human civilization its top priority. However, under such circumstances, Lantern Dream inevitably took extreme measures and developed some rather sinister techniques by utilizing the divine power contained in the Goddess’s divine revelations.
For example, there is the technique of dreaming in tandem.
Lind had always been very interested in this technique, but the Lantern Dream had been unwilling to fully disclose this technology to him. Moreover, this technique requires many brain servants, that is, living people, to turn these brain servants into tools that lack self-awareness and can only provide computational power.
Therefore, after much consideration, Lind had temporarily abandoned this technique.
However, the situation is different now. After the research on Supremacy Magic commenced, the Graythorn Territory experienced its seventh technological explosion. Although many technologies are still in research and have not yet been implemented, Lind felt that in the future, brain servants could possibly find alternatives.
At the same time, the Lantern Dream needed to reevaluate Lind, and this collaboration was brought back to the agenda.
Bernice came to a secret resting place in the camp, and not long after lying down, she fell asleep. In her dream, she recounted her conversation with Lind word for word to the cardinals of the Lantern Dream and to the Lady Saintess.
In fact, within her dream, scenes could even be recreated based on Bernice’s imagination.
The Lantern Dream was no longer capturing brain servants from the Northern Border, but wars were still ongoing across many other regions of the continent. Most notably, the southwestern border between An Zhu and Cape had recently escalated, and other small kingdoms began to stir restlessly.
This provided ample sources for the Lantern Dream’s brain servants, and even computational power was gradually increasing.
However, the scene reproduction in the dream contained many of Bernice’s subjective thoughts. For instance, in Bernice’s reenactment, although Lind could not be considered overly amiable, at most he could only be described as serious and solemn; he became high and mysterious.
After hearing Bernice’s description, the cardinals and the leading Lady Saintess fell silent.
Finally, the Lady Saintess, whose body was shrouded in black fog, spoke first: “So, Sister Lantern, do you suspect that the heir of the Golden Age can understand the Goddess’s divine revelations and even communicate directly with the Goddess?”
Bernice nodded and replied, “Lady Saintess, it is very possible. I believe this individual may possess the legendary Holy Word Technique, and we need to reevaluate this heir of the Golden Age.”
At the same time, Bernice also recreated the scene of Lind teaching in Chinese within the dream.
“This might be the language of the Golden Age, and it could even be a form of Holy Word Technique.”
Bernice didn’t have to emphasize this point, for Lind himself had already acknowledged it in the dream. Many cardinals had begun to pray internally based on the phrases Lind had taught, and although the projection did not show their expressions, one could already gauge the outcome from the unsettled dreams surrounding the cardinals.
The Lady Saintess at the forefront was even more aware that the pronunciation of this voice was very similar to the opening part of the Goddess’s divine revelations.
This further confirmed the Lady Saintess’s suspicion that the Goddess’s latest revelation might consist of not just one sentence, but three sentences.
“Can it be deciphered?”
The leading Lady Saintess looked toward the other cardinals.
“It is difficult,” a cardinal stepped forward and said. “Not to mention that the other party did not explain the meaning of this sentence to Sister Lantern; even if this sentence only has pronunciation and lacks corresponding text, it is almost impossible to decipher.”
Many cardinals lowered their heads in disappointment. Even the cardinal stationed in the academic city said the chances of deciphering it are close to none.
“And even if it is deciphered, can we truly use it?”
The cardinal stationed in the academic city continued, “A language that can communicate with the Goddess is already the legendary Holy Word Technique. The language itself carries divine power, and for those who are not closely connected to the Goddess, even if they learn it, they cannot exert the language’s original strength and may even face a backlash.”
However, this cardinal then shifted his tone, saying, “Despite this, I believe it is necessary for us to communicate with them. The Holy Word Technique has already been shared; the heirs of the Golden Age are our only hope to once again learn the Holy Word Technique.”
Upon hearing this, the cardinals nodded in agreement. If they could learn the Holy Word Technique from the heirs of the Golden Age, then perhaps the Lantern Dream could indeed return to the sunlight.
At this moment, the leading Lady Saintess spoke again, asking, “Is it worth exchanging this language for our technology?”
This was not questioning whether the Holy Word Technique was comparable to the technology now held by the Lantern Dream, but rather the opposite: Is the technology that the Lantern Dream possesses truly worth exchanging for the Holy Word Technique?
Would this heir of the Golden Age consider the Lantern Dream’s technology valuable? Lind had previously exhibited great interest in the Lantern Dream’s technology, but that was all; otherwise, both sides would have already engaged in deeper cooperation.
Furthermore, for these zealots, how could a language capable of communicating with their worshipped Goddess possibly compare to the technology derived from wielding the Goddess’s authority?
Even if Lind was willing to barter, this group of zealots felt it would demean their faith and disrespect the Goddess’s majesty, and they absolutely would not agree.
So, what else did the Lantern Dream possess that Lind might be interested in?
The leading Lady Saintess glanced at the lantern on the table. Clearly, only the Goddess’s authority could compare with the language that could communicate with the Goddess.
But this was the foundation of the Lantern Dream’s existence; if they were to relinquish this authority, then the relationship between Lind and the Lantern Dream would no longer be cooperation but rather a master-servant relationship.
Everyone also contemplated this aspect and fell silent. Many had once opposed making contact with this heir of the Golden Age, as the exchanges had only remained superficial, with most of the time being an exchange of interests between zealots and a lord, lacking any substance.
Furthermore, they had never exchanged any technology from the Golden Age, with most of the time being one-sided contributions from the Lantern Dream.
But all of that seemed irrelevant now. No one questioned the necessity of interacting with this heir of the Golden Age anymore, even if the other party knew less about the secrets than they did.
The language of the Golden Age could directly communicate with the Goddess and possibly be the prototype of the Holy Word Technique. The mere discovery of this fact was enough to keep many people awake at night, not to mention that the people of the Golden Age were standing alive right before them.
The leading Lady Saintess looked around, saying, “Since no one has a better plan, I will awaken my physical body and personally meet this heir of the Golden Age.”
Hearing this, Bernice knelt and said, “But Lady Saintess, every moment you act in your physical form is exceedingly precious. Moreover, once you begin to act, the eyes of various churches will start to be alert.”
The leading Lady Saintess shook her head, saying, “I put my body into a deep sleep for this very moment.”
“As for the so-called churches of the false gods, they haven’t even interfered with that Demon God from the Demon Clan and have long lost the courage to fight for their deity. What is there to fear from such churches?”
