Chapter Thirteen: 'Magic'
It's magic - that's what you hear a lot when you're dealing with the denizens of the Yoruverse. However, the truth is that just like Baita sauce does not come from Baita, green beetle cake does not contain any green beetle ingredients, and most natives never use the word "magic" in their daily lives. They use their own unique language (or writing) system to summarize all the phenomena happening around them, and regard it as an integral part of the laws of nature.
Ancient laws often use the following images to describe situations that we regard as supernatural—songs, waves, water, dreams, tree roots, destiny, abyss, moon, wind, etc. Given the ambiguity of these images, it is often difficult for travelers to properly understand what they are saying on first contact.
Relatively speaking, general laws that communicate closely with the rational area are easier to communicate. The words they commonly use include secret source, secret ritual, thaumaturgy, aura, mana, element, source material, essence, ether, phlogiston, mystery, qi... Such words are no longer unfamiliar to us today. Quantitative research findings based on such concepts are being widely used in many areas of the alliance. If you have come into contact with the White Tower, it will be much easier to communicate with general laws.
Despite this, all conventions have traditionally disliked the use of the word 'magic'. Theorists have never understood the clear distinction between physical laws and the supernatural, while pantheon groups (such as the White Tower, the sponsoring organization of this book) regard 'magic' as an imprecise and unprofessional folk saying. It would be wise to avoid this word if you desire an intimate relationship or in-depth academic discussion with them. And if your first meeting is not pleasant, causing these residents living in an irrational world to think that communicating with you is very difficult, distressing, and unnecessary, they will be lazy to give any conceptual explanations and use the The most widespread statement in our world.
"It's magic." - This is how they will answer all your questions.
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Luo Binhan silently put down "Where Does the Water Go".
He sat in the rotunda. Keore was reading the book "How to Die Calmly in a Type II Civilized World" on the bookshelf opposite him.
"The mountain turned over!" he exclaimed, "How is this possible? What does it use as a brain to think? What does it use to support body movement? Didn't they really regard some giant creature as a mountain?"
Momolo sat next to him with a friendly expression. "Mr. Keore, this is magic," he replied with a wink.
Luo Binhan calmly saved the position where he had just read, and then placed the book face up closest to Kaiore. This was his last concern for his own kind as the only pan-sapien on the ship.
Unfortunately Keore didn't notice. Most of his time on the ship was spent asking, marveling, questioning, and marveling with such frequency that even the light on Momolo's body no longer shined so brightly.
Despite this, Keore was allowed to stay on board. They later learned that Keore's status on the ship was not very high, but because he happened to be in charge of observation room four (the one where the Silence was discovered), he was sent by the commander to negotiate with " Those primitive people who drove wooden boats" negotiated.
At the time, Keore obviously didn't realize how troublesome and crucial the mission was, but because he was the only person in the spaceship who was familiar to the members of the Silence, he was designated by Yaleriga as the refugee of the Silence and the spaceship. liaison between them. While more than a thousand people crowded on the buoyancy frame and followed the Silence drifting on the phlogiston tide with great anxiety, this lucky man was able to stay in the cabin and ask questions.
However, those questions were obviously not purely his own. The commander of the stricken ship gave him a large piece of paper filled with densely written words. The questions on that piece of paper were answered within the first two hours of Keore and Momolo's chat, and generated ten times more questions.
Luo Binhan watched helplessly as Momoluo's figure gradually lost its luster, and he did not even invite him to become his human body. And Jing Huang never appeared again after slipping away from the deck.
Keore has finished reading "How to Die Calmly in a Type II Civilized World" (it is said to be a best-selling novel based on a true story). He quickly asked a question that Luo Binhan was also curious about.
"In short, this is a world full of incredible things." Kaiore said, "Heaven, fairyland, demon world and hell. I never expected to see this when I came out of the wormhole. The scientists on the ship are now pointing at me. That’s the answer, actually I personally think it’s quite interesting – but then again, where are we now?”
Momolo started blinking again. Probably because he felt that this problem could not be solved with "magic", he finally said gently: "We are in the universe, Mr. Caiore."
"I know, I know. A magical universe, a place completely different from my hometown." Kaiore nodded and said, "But we are on a sea now, aren't we? This sea of flames, and this ship , where are we sailing now? Which star's corona is it?"
"We are traveling in the universe, Mr. Keore." Momolo said, "Not on any planet. This is the void in a certain part of the regular universe, but unlike your birthplace, this part of the void is filled with Instead of ether and phlogiston, they are the building blocks and masters of the universe. You have to navigate under the rules they specify."
Keore opened his mouth.
"But there are stars above us!" he shouted excitedly, "Are those all fake? The universe is so small that it can't even accommodate a single star!"
He suddenly paused and looked at Momo Luo and Luo Binhan in confusion.
"But you have a boat. Where did you find the materials to build the boat? Do you all live in this horrible sea of fire?"
"We are also from other worlds, Mr. Kaiore." Momolo said gently, "You will get used to this kind of thing after you join the alliance. But there are aboriginal people in this star layer, I think it's probably There are stars too.”
Kaiore's eyes lit up.
"Where? I really want to see how they live!"
Momolo thought about it. "Some...should be in the sea." He said slowly, "And some will be floating in mid-air. Not every world has civilization, but usually a complete sky wall can brew some life."
"Sky wall?"
"The membrane that separates the void and the planet." Momolo said. He picked up "The Astral Realm" from the bookshelf, turned to a certain page and showed it. The illustration on that page showed a turtle with a ring of stars under its feet and a ball on its back on its back, with a planet suspended in the center.
"The sky wall, the dividing line between the void and the planet, allows different physical rules to exist inside and outside. They are distributed on the ether wave and phlogiston ocean, and their interior contains independent galaxies or planets. Crossing the sky wall means entering a completely different world from the outer void. World. Some void creatures have a special symbiosis and parasitic relationship with the sky wall, so they like to carry the sky wall with them or live near it. Once the parasitic relationship is formed, their concepts will quickly flow into the sky wall and form the beast of the sky wall. ' type of legendary myth."
Now even Luo Binhan was interested in this topic. He sat up straight, and Kaiore asked before him: "Are all the planets here contained in the sky wall?"
"Mostly," Momolo said.
"Can I see it?" Keore asked eagerly, "How big is it? What does it look like? Oh my God, will there be elves and beast kings living there? When I was a child, I always dreamed of riding with the elves. The crested lizard galloped across the entire battlefield! Brandishing the magic forked sword hammered by the beast kings! Can I take one back as a souvenir?"
Luo Binhan twisted his body strangely. He thought that either Yaleriga had not installed a language pack for him, or else the popular culture of the parallel country of Holy Senlando was slightly similar to his hometown. As a civilization that can travel across the universe, that's really sad. Besides, he still prefers the monster type.
Momolo seemed to be looking at the two of them with some distress.
"We will encounter a sky wall later." He said word by word, as if he was in embarrassment, "We are going to enter the sky wall. Mr. Xuanhong will open a passage on the inside of the sky wall and send Mr. Keore back. My hometown. But there is one thing you must pay attention to."
Keore was already panting with excitement.
"You can't take anything away from there." Momolo said, "There is no problem with dust and bacteria on your body, but Mr. Keore, please don't take anything away intentionally. That may give you The universe brings great conceptual catastrophe.”
