In front of the dining table were Gongsun's family of three. They all look different from now, maintaining the same appearance as they did nearly ten years ago.
Gongsun Ce's mother was only in her early thirties at this time and still looked young. She was holding him and sobbing softly. His father had just turned thirty-five. He wore square glasses and had a particularly serious expression on his face, with his brows furrowed tightly.
The young Gongsun Ce was sitting on a chair, being held by his mother, with a blank and empty expression on his face.
"I'm sorry, kid." Mom couldn't help wiping her tears. "Mom shouldn't look at you like that. Mom is just a little surprised. We have always loved you... Forgive mom, okay?"
The child on the seat replied blankly: "Mom? I'm not sad, why are you crying..."
Gongsun Ce struck the clock, the hands trembled slightly, and all activities in the room stopped. He picked up a building block from the small square table and examined it in his hand.
He remembered when this happened. This scene happened when Gongsun Ce turned ten, at the end of the fourth month after the turn of the century. At the beginning of that year, the disaster of the sky came to the empire, and people everywhere in Yongguang were panicked. Soon after, a phenomenon called the Super Power Explosion occurred, and children with supernatural abilities appeared all over the world.
The young man put down the blocks, looked at the three people who were still, and spoke slowly.
"I was one of the first children to awaken to superpowers. I have been quite smart since I was a child, really, but I didn't think too much about it at that time. I just thought I could control things to fly, which was so awesome, and I wanted to show it to my mother. look."
"My mother just came in and saw me controlling the toy to take off. She was so frightened that she dropped her handbag on the ground. The look in her eyes was quite scary..." He shrugged, "But my mother is a simple and kind-hearted office worker. She even dropped her handbag on the ground." The kind of people who dare not even mention the word "dragon" in "dragon disaster". To be honest, what ordinary person wouldn't be frightened when they see their child doing such a thing when they come home?"
Alandia pointed out: "You're hurt."
"I was quite hurt at the time," Gongsun Ce corrected, "but then my mother hugged me and burst into tears, so I forgave her."
When he grew up, he finally understood why his mother had such panic look in her eyes. She was afraid that her child would turn into a monster, but she was even more afraid that her son would stay away from her.
Gongsun Ce took off his glasses, closed his eyes hard, and moved the pointer again.
"Let's see what happens next."
Another half hour passed, and this time it was Father Gongsun who spoke.
"We have to go with Ace." His father's words were firm.
"He is less than ten years old!" My mother was still crying when she spoke, "How can they bear it..."
"There is nothing we can do. Children with special powers appear just a short time after the disaster in the sky. No country can just sit back and watch." The father sighed repeatedly, "We don't have much time."
"We have to think about what to bring with us. Who knows how many years we will have to live there, and where my parents are..."
"I heard that the children will be managed centrally until the city is initially built. I don't know if we parents can accompany us throughout the whole process..."
Gongsun Ce's parents were too anxious. They should have let their child avoid these discussions first, but they did not dare to let the child who had just awakened his abilities leave their sight.
The young Gongsun Ce sat on a stool and listened to his parents discussing the moving matter. Listening to them talk about jobs, houses, savings, mortgages, parents in their hometown, current policies, possible safety issues... My mother, who has always been gentle, even suggested that she find ways to buy some weapons to take with her. The steady father rarely said anything. be opposed to……
The conversation between the parents became more and more dull, and neither of them asked their children's opinions. Gongsun Ce's parents were traditional imperial civilians, and they believed that they had to follow him to take care of their children. This is a fundamental issue of principle that cannot be compromised as a parent.
The young Gongsun Ce listened for a long time and blinked.
"Mom and Dad, you can't come with me."
The child said in a childish voice.
"You have your own things to do. Besides, kids like me will be in a lot of trouble. It's too dangerous to go to the sky."
The parents looked at their children blankly, and the children smiled hard.
"You heard me right. I'm so smart!"
Everything in the room stopped again. The real Gongsun Ce rubbed his hair and whispered: "You know, I have never been stupid."
Alandia was noncommittal.
"Did your parents follow your advice?"
"How is that possible? Your parents would have listened to your advice when you were ten years old... Oh, I was not yet ten years old at that time. After all, I was a primary school student. Would your parents have listened to your advice when you were in primary school?"
"Won't."
So Gongsun Ce moved the pointer again, and time fast forwarded to the moment when he was taken away.
This time, the events reenacted in the room had no sound, only movement.
Large and small bags of luggage were piled beside the door. Gongsun's parents were staying in the living room, obviously ready to go, but they stood motionless.
My father's face was full of anger, and my mother was in tears. The black-haired child stood at the door, carrying a small child on his back, an ugly smile on his face, and waving to his parents.
"My parents can't do it either, so I used my superpowers to immobilize my parents."
Gongsun Ce said with some embarrassment: "When the government people came to escort me, I told them that I promise not to cause trouble on the road, but you have to sign a document promising me not to let my parents follow me."
"They agreed."
"That's great. It also saves them trouble. There are not many children who are willing to cooperate like me." Gongsun Ce sat on the sofa and whispered, "My father scolded me for being
Dear, this chapter is not over yet, there is still another page. ^0^ You are an unfilial son, my mother begged me to remove my ability... Damn, I don’t want to talk anymore, that’s it. "
Looking back now, Gongsun Ce thinks this was the most correct decision he has ever made in his life, probably no other. The Sky City was a garbage place at the beginning. His parents, who were ordinary people, had little chance of surviving. Even he himself almost died several times.
But rationality belongs to reason, and emotion belongs to emotion. No matter how correct it is in hindsight, it will not ease the pain of the moment. Gongsun Ce remembered that he cried all the way after he left, and the brother who escorted him couldn't help but say that he was a very good boy. He said, "Go away, you bad guy. I'm fine. Can you let me go?"
The "bad guy" will naturally not let him go. He also knows that others are not bad, but he is the one who is really bad.
Gongsun Ce withdrew from the memories of the past and found that his parents had disappeared without realizing it. As a child, he didn't leave, but looked up at his grown-up self.
The dark-haired child looked sad.
"It would be nice if I wasn't here."
The black-haired young man replied nonchalantly: "Indeed. You made your parents sad and worked hard, brought trouble to the country and society, made everyone unhappy on the ship, and did not do anything good for a long time after arriving in the Sky Capital. "
"That's terrible..." The child muttered a few words, and then asked with a hint of hope, "But if I really die, will my parents be sad?"
Gongsun Ce replied seriously.
"Definitely. One hundred percent. Heartbreaking."
The child rubbed his hair like he is now and said a little embarrassedly.
"Then we can't make them sad, right? I have to do something for them when I have the chance."
"I still...can't die."
The young Gongsun Ce disappeared, and a little moving light appeared where he originally stood.
This light floated to the cover of the wordless book and blended into the book, giving the book finally a name.
——"Self-disgust".
Gongsun Ce flipped through the books again, and not surprisingly found that the pages were still blank. He shrugged and put the books away.
There were overwhelming noises all around, and the old apartment building began to shake. The wall skin peeled off, exposing the bricks and tiles behind it, and dust fell one after another, covering the furniture with a layer of gray.
The building was about to collapse, but Gongsun Ce was in no hurry to leave. He knew it would not endanger him. The scenes in dreams can only be understood through feeling, and that feeling is evidence that one can trust it.
Silver-haired Arlandia stood beside him. Gongsun Ce took a picture of the hardcover book with the title and asked: "Is this my aura? It's quite real, but... I thought it would be a bigger scene, such as when we were in Superbia."
"What is aura?" Dawn Knight asked.
"The spirituality born from the heart is used to activate the power of impermanence."
Yan Qi also taught some ancient texts on metaphysics, but he said those things were of little significance, and Gongsun Ce himself felt the same way.
"Aura is power, and it is also the wisdom and intelligence unique to human beings. It is consistent with but contrary to nature, just like the mind with two sides of one body."
In the collapsing living room, the Dawn Knight stated: "On the day you awakened your superpower, you discovered your true nature for the first time. You felt disgusted with yourself and despaired of the meaningless life."
"But you didn't blindly succumb to the impulse of self-loathing and self-destruction. Instead, you made a decision based on your own thinking for the first time - you decided to protect your parents and deal with the suffering alone."
Alandia reached out to him: "This is the moment when you light up."
"……oh."
Gongsun Ce was a little embarrassed.
He squeezed his slender hand lightly, then quickly let go, looking sideways: "Thank you."
"Don't mind, Ce." The Dawn Knight looked at the top of his head, "I'm here to get my hat back."
If reaching the upper limit of embarrassment can make one stronger, then Gongsun Ce should have completed three super transformations at this moment. He quickly took off his deerstalker hat and put it back in the woman's hands.
Then the old apartment building completely collapsed. Gongsun Ce's eyes flashed, and he found himself standing in a darkness with no end in sight.
Alandia still didn't leave, she asked: "How will you interpret the dream now?"
Gongsun Ce held his aura and found that his emotions were no longer as intense as they were in the room. He seemed to be gradually returning to his usual state, back to his self who could make wisecracks and nonsense.
Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses and said with a smile: "You want to hear it? Why don't we exchange words and you can help me interpret a dream after I finish speaking."
"Can."
Gongsun Ce took out the book "Self-Loathing" and said with a relaxed expression: "This book is empty inside, symbolizing a meaningless life; the title is Self-Loathing, which is my negative aura; but -" He changed the topic, "Unlike the wordless pages, the appearance of this book is beautifully made, and the layers of book covers that protect it are also decent. This symbolizes what I have outside of my own nature and what I have acquired from the day after tomorrow. Things. Such as wisdom, character, ability, goals, or other meanings..."
"I just dressed up a pile of blank paper like this. It seems that I am very good at self-torture." He concluded, "And I will continue to walk like this with many contradictions."
Alandia commented: "A reasonable guess."
This is again a reasonable but not correct conjecture. Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows, but did not ask further questions. Instead, he smiled like a naughty boy and said, "I'm done. Can you help me interpret a dream?"
"Please say."
The black-haired young man walked around the woman twice, shook his head and said, "Alan
Dear, this chapter is not finished yet, there is still the next page^0^ Miss Dia, I dreamed that the Knight of Dawn was sitting in my childhood room, leading me to find spiritual light. This is what this room looks like..."
After describing his childhood bedroom in detail, he asked, "Can you tell me the meaning of this dream?"
The Knight of Dawn put on his hat and spoke slowly and began to interpret the dream. This time, she rarely spoke at length.
"The depth of your dream is your childhood room, which symbolizes your homesickness and nostalgia for the past; the fact that you placed me in the most private room symbolizes that you trust me as much as you trust yourself."
He got the reason for Alandia's appearance. Of course, Gongsun Ce thought with a wry smile, who else could open that door besides himself.
"The fact that I am dressed as I was when I went out to investigate symbolizes that you expect me to answer your questions. The fact that I am sitting at your desk and freely flipping through your nature in the form of books symbolizes that you expect me to know more about you."
At this time, the more Gongsun Ce listened, the more he felt that the situation was not good, but Alandia was still talking calmly.
"Finally, the desk is very close to your bed. You sit on the bed most of the time and hint to me several times to be close to you, which symbolizes that you are sexually attracted to me..."
Gongsun Ce's face turned red, he jumped on his feet and shouted: "Stop! You have no evidence, it's all speculation!"
Arlandia smiled again.
"Yes, just speculation."
She stood face to face with Gongsun Ce, reaching out to touch the young man's face.
"There are countless reasonable speculations about the symbolism of dreams, and the only trustworthy evidence is your feelings. Remember, only you can determine the correct interpretation."
The Dawn Knight turned his back and walked into the darkness, leaving only a brief goodbye.
"See you next time, Ce."
Gongsun Ce stared at her back until the other party completely disappeared, then spoke softly.
"Goodbye, Alandia."
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Now it was time for him to get down to business and complete the final steps of this dream.
Gongsun Ce held the book in his hands. The book in the deepest part of the dream emits a warm light, and the outer cover and inner pages melt their shapes and form an amorphous light.
The recovered spiritual light rose from his hands, changing the appearance of his dark heart. Gongsun Ce silently recited the formula and tried to control the light.
He found that it was very simple, just like how he usually controlled telekinesis.
"It is common sense in the world that the mind is impermanent. The nature is fixed and the aura is obscure. The unity of nature and spirit is the original mind."
The spiritual light flickered more and more, illuminating a small area under his feet. With a thought in his mind, Gongsun Ce formed a formation at his feet that he had seen before: seven curves with a hollow circle as the center, and a unique symbol at each end, symbolizing the seven phases of impermanence: silence, emptiness, spirit, and Brahma, famine, misfortune, wonder.
This is the formation used by Yan Qi to determine his qualifications, and it is also the general outline for all impermanent magicians when they first start.
"The light of the spirit breaks the illusion, and you can see the truth. Knowing my mysterious identity, my heart is centered..."
Gongsun Ce closed his eyes and read out a series of ancient poems. He didn't open his eyes until he finally selected the part about his heart.
"The mind is impermanent and divided into seven phases"
The spiritual light fell into the center of the hollow circle and turned into a sword-like symbol, which was the rune symbolizing the state of silence.
"Eliminate illusion and destruction, become pure and at ease. The mind returns to the state of silence, breaking through boundaries and seeking nothingness."
The Impermanence Array was bright and bright, and one of the curves expanded rapidly, transforming into a spacious and flat dark road. The tip of the sword rune was facing this direction, making Gongsun Ce understand that this was the path he was going to take.
He looked around and found that the other six curves had also turned into roads. Some of them were broken in the middle, more were pure white, more were dark and deep, and the most conspicuous one was a blue road: This road was actually paved with a soft road. The carpet stretched from the vast depths to the intersection, simply inviting him to step into it.
Gongsun Ce glanced at the magic circle at his feet and was very sure that the carpet road came from the direction of Huang Xiang.
"Um, no, thank you very warmly, but I don't plan to leave. It looks scary."
Gongsun Ce muttered a few words to himself, thinking that he had finally entered the Lingzhao realm and it was time to leave.
...How should he leave?
Gongsun Ce scratched his hair. He confirmed that Yan Qi had taught him, but he couldn't remember it at this time. He thought logically and thought he should find a way to get out.
There are seven paths right now. Yan Qi and Alandia both said that he had to take the silent phase...and that road looked easy...
The road was tailor-made for him.
Gongsun Ce was very convinced that he should take this path. All his experiences from birth to now were for this moment. This thought made him happy, and he had a solemn thought similar to that of a martyr. He should go deep, even if he is broken into pieces!
"Yes." Gongsun Ce became more and more convinced of his thoughts, "I have to go into silence."
Going this way may take some time and effort. But he wasn't in a hurry to rest anyway, so it didn't matter if he worked hard.
Gongsun Ce was about to take a step towards the path of silence when he vaguely heard the voices of others.
"...No..."
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real world.
Yan Qi held the writing brush and was ready, even he showed a serious expression at this moment.
"Lingzhao successful. Be prepared!"
Shigure Reiichi was also very nervous. Beginners who have illuminated the aura are very likely to stray into the road. Blindly stepping onto the road without preparation is almost equivalent to a vicious rampage.
Gongsun Ce’s talent is the aspect of silence
Dear, this chapter is not finished yet, there is still another page ^0^-15. His extraordinary affinity with Silence makes straying into the road a definite accident. Now, as helpers, they have to think of something from the outside...?
The young man in a suit couldn't hide his surprise: "Gongsun, are you awake?"
The gray-haired young man snorted twice, his eyelids trembled a few times, and he unexpectedly woke up on his own at this moment.
"I remember...what happened...it seemed like someone advised me not to worry too much..."
He yawned: "Yes, I promised not to give up on myself. Then I remembered that I had to open my eyes and wake up."
Yan Qi rolled his eyes, pinched his chin and said, "Try him!"
Shigurei asked tentatively: "Where do you put your... yandere comics?"
"I went to my elder brother's house. Have you changed your mind? If you want, you can go find him and make a copy. I promise not to tell Caldesia."
The young man in a suit breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this person was probably his best friend.
Gongsun Ce took out his pocket watch. The time was now one o'clock in the afternoon.
"I slept for 13 hours?! You two kept watching?"
The painter sneered.
"What do you think?"
"Oh My God."
This took much longer than he thought. Gongsun Ce thinks that he needs to do a lot of things. He has to make a phone call with his family, which will make him feel more at ease now; he has to write another letter to Alandia, even if it only contains a few words; he also has to talk to the elders. Miss, please say... But now, he has something that he must do as soon as possible.
"Thank you, Master Shiyu." Gongsun Ce put on his glasses, "Thank you, Master Yan Qi."
Yan Qi's hand holding the brush trembled, he stared at his big eyes and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Fuck! This idiot is possessed!!"
"There's something wrong with your brain, right?!" Gongsun Ce yelled back angrily.
Shigurei silently went to the kitchen to heat up the food and said to himself that this time it seemed that there was really no problem.
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^
