The Forging Master suddenly changed tack and said, "If we apply the concepts of Instinct Person, Experience Person, and Technology Person to the gods, what will we see?"
A god suddenly said, "The gods who created the world were Instinct Gods, while the first- and second-generation divine systems were more like Experience Gods. The current new-generation divine systems are somewhat like Technology Gods, but not entirely. They seem more like a transitional period from Experience Gods to Technology Gods."
"Wait, what does that mean? Doesn't that imply that the progress of the gods has already fallen behind that of humanity? How is that possible?"
"What's impossible about it? Suye said before—what did he call it? Path Dependence. The stronger we became in the past, the more dependent we grew on our old powers. Why can humans advance so quickly? Because they had nothing in the past. They had no burdens and no dependence, so they could only move forward. It's normal that they surpassed us."
"I object! I think humanity's progress was accidental."
The gods nodded.
Vulcan sighed and said, "Have you all forgotten the human growth curve Suye drew, stretching across several million years? Across those millions of years of growth, there were so many similarities and so many laws and pieces of information worth extracting, yet all you see is coincidence? Didn't you see how Instinct People extracted all kinds of coincidences, summarized them into inevitabilities, and advanced into Experience People? Didn't you see how Experience People extracted all kinds of coincidences, summarized them into inevitabilities, and advanced into Technology People? Have all your craftsmen's experience gone into the belly of a dog? And now you're telling me—who among you makes an artifact through coincidence?"
The Master of the Magic Furnace suddenly said, "Haven't you noticed that Suye's