Although Gawain still knew very little about the deepest secrets behind the gods, the tireless efforts of several research teams over recent years had at least allowed him to confirm several highly effective methods of combating Divine Corruption. From the earliest Sea Monster Runes, to the later Song of the Deep Sea and Humanity Barrier, and then to the Anti-Divinity defense technology currently under verification with the Non-directional Thought Tide at its core, these technologies had progressed layer by layer, gradually revealing a viable path forward—
The sea monsters' runes and songs ultimately came from another race, and much about their workings remained a black box. The Non-directional Thought Tide, however, had originated within Cecil itself, and its technical path was clearly understood. The development potential of the two naturally needed no further explanation. The most important foundation behind the Non-directional Thought Tide was the Narrator Neural Network. The essence of the Neural Network was a vast structure formed by connecting sufficient mortal minds together, using the chaotic subconsciousness of countless mortals to resist the gods' divine erosion. This meant that the larger the Neural Network became, the stronger its resistance to divinity would be—based on this theory, building a Neural Network spanning the entire world and incorporating more mortal minds into it was practically inevitable.
This was also an important reason Gawain had been so unwavering in his determination to establish a "united front" and draw every nation on the continent, large and small, into an alliance: even the weakest kingdoms could form an effective force within the Neural Network.
Nations varied in strength, people in wisdom, and even civilizations in different regions had distinctions between advancement and backwardness. Therefore, many people could not understand Gawain's motive for bringing even those inconspicuous, backward little countries aboard. In their eyes,