The moment His words fell.

Xia Lian's mind suddenly cleared up, and he returned to the grassland again. The warm power seemed to recognize him and was stored in his soul. He could communicate with it and provide him with it.

He seems to be connected to a strange universe. In that universe, there are a large number of numbers, but most of them are negative numbers, and there is a large amount of the same power flowing in his soul, which is almost endless, but he cannot use it.

these forces.

Because these energies do not belong to him.

"If it weren't for the wisdom given by Athena, you might have gone crazy now." Alaya's voice appeared in his mind, "No human being can remain sane in such death and resurrection."

"Isn't that true?" Xia Lian said with a smile.

Xia Lian looked at his hands.

"Now I have the divine factor?"

"It looks like yes, you can try using the fifth element."

"how to use?"

"Imagine."

Xia Lian raised his hand and began to try to imagine the flame, and in his hand, a small flame slowly appeared and burned quietly.

He looked at the flames, but there was no excitement on his face, but he frowned slightly.

"Why is it so expensive?"

Although this was his first time using this power, the wisdom given to him by Athena in his mind told him that this was not a normal consumption.

"Because this is no longer the age of the gods."

Alaya's voice appeared in his mind again, "The rules of the universe have been basically determined. The fifth overhead element has become the cornerstone of maintaining the rules and settled in the dimensional space on the back of the universe.

It’s very difficult to think outside the rules.”

"What rules?"

"Everything you are familiar with, planets have gravity. People standing on the planet will be attracted by gravity and will not float up to the sky. Sound propagates by vibrating air, so sound cannot be transmitted in space.

Everything is made of atoms, and atoms have nuclei and electrons.”

"I understand, what you mean is that the current universe is composed of scientific rules called physics and chemistry, and these rules are locked and cannot be changed.

Everything in the world must follow these rules.

Therefore, it becomes very difficult to use the fifth overhead element to use something that was called "magic" in the past and violates these rules, right?"

"almost."

Xia Lian's eyes flashed with light for a moment.

"What if, without violating the rules, we use force within the framework of the rules?"

"what do you mean?"

"The formation of flame requires three elements, combustibles, combustion-supporting materials and sparks."

Xia Lian raised his hand and whispered softly.

"There are already combustible materials around here. Helios is an oxygen-rich planet, so I just need to remove some combustible materials and add a little Mars..."

"Huh~"

Following the roar of the flames as they burned, a flame that was larger than the previous one appeared in his hand.

Xia Lian quietly stared at the flame in his hand. The orange-red flame reflected in his pupils, making his face turn red.

The energy consumed by this flame is less than the energy consumed by the flame he just created.

It is even more economical than summoning flames in an era without rule restrictions.

"Alaya, this power may not be opposed to technology..."

"I never said that the two of them are in opposition. The rules by which technology can operate are created by this power.

It constitutes all the common sense you know and the truth that only technology can use."

"However, I still don't quite understand." Xia Lian continued, "Are these physical rules created by the gods?"

"Yes, but no, they just created a prototype and deified these rules themselves. What really stabilized these rules and became the physical rules they are today was the emergence of civilization.

In the process of civilization understanding the world, its rules also become stable."

"But this will affect the divine rights of the gods, right?" Xia Lian said, "This is also the reason why the gods disappear. The rules are locked, and the gods are no longer omnipotent."

"yes."

"Why don't the gods prevent the birth of civilization? Wouldn't these things disappear if we just wipe out humans?"

"Because the power of the gods also comes from humans. Otherwise, why do you think humans worship gods and why do they leave those legends?"

Xia Lian seemed to realize something: "You mean, gods can obtain some kind of power bonus through human worship?"

"Human beings are also composed of the fifth overhead element. They establish links with the gods through faith and deliver this element to the gods.

The gods use this divine power to protect humans. In this way, the two coexist and even rely on each other."

"No wonder in many legends, those gods care so much about human beings' submission.

But when humans develop and no longer need gods, gods will withdraw from the stage of history, right?”

"Yes."

"It feels like the gods were created to be human nannies." Xia Lian said, "Is there anything special about humans?"

"What you said is neither accurate nor responsible."

Alaya denied what he said, "Humanity has developed so far not because of the favor of some existence.

Instead, he relied on his own strength to reach where he is today step by step.

The gods need humans, but their arrogance never takes humans into consideration. They only regard humans as a kind of food and a kind of captive livestock.

In Greek mythology, if it weren't for Prometheus, humans wouldn't even be able to use fire.

In some other pantheon realms, there is not even Prometheus.

But they relied on their own strength to create flames, and faced various monsters by themselves. In the face of floods, people worked together to dredge the rivers and tame the rivers.

In the face of disease, people devote themselves to research, try various herbs, and declare war on the disease.

Human power is very weak, but everyone can do it just by building a brick.

When everyone lays a brick, a city wall appears, and a city appears.

Everyone does their own thing well, unites as one, and the civilization grows stronger.

Gods and humans could have coexisted, and the world was fair to everything.

But the gods were destroyed by their own arrogance, while humans rose by their own unyieldingness.”


Chapter completed!