call.
The lights went out simultaneously, plunging the room into darkness.
The dark purple triangular magic talisman, the "Grapple of Imprisonment", shines brightly. Among the dense lines in the talisman array, creeping mysterious symbols continue to climb up Li Liang's body, spreading and converging until they become dancing lines. The tentacles wrapped around Li Liang's entire body.
Tam looked solemn, and the seeds of the whirling tree were floating on his chest. There was even a small bud that broke out of the shell and emerged with emerald green corners.
The large Saron curled up on one side, his body reflecting the metallic luster.
However.
Li Liang just stood there quietly, letting the talisman array imprison him, and never raised his head.
for a long time.
His deep voice sounded faintly in the magic talisman array:
"The Naaru is not only the belief of the River Toad people, but also the foundation of the River Toad people's existence. The Dark Spirit King has always believed that only balance can bring eternal peace to the spiritual world.
The River Toad people practice the way of balance. Once they have evil thoughts in their hearts, they will lose their power. Therefore, some of the River Toad people spend their lives trapped on the bank of the eternal tide, ferrying for sentient beings, selflessly helping others, and even willing to share the whirling tree with foreign races. Precious pine cones, while the other group of river toads scurry in the dark corners of the city, cunning and cunning, and never care about the rules.
Tahm Kench, you are the most special toadman I have ever seen. You have seen through the hypocrisy of balance, but you have not been abandoned by the naaru. "
"Oh..." Tam slowly sat down, holding the seeds of the Whispering Tree in his hands, and said with a smile, "When the holy priest of Whispering gave me the Horcrux, I heard Naru's voice for a moment, and he said, My child, listen to your heart.
Therefore, after 307 years of ferrying the creatures of the past, I listened to my inner cry, escaped from the shore of the eternal tide, and began a long journey.
I saw the birth and death of countless lives in the basic world, experienced mediocrity and greatness, and witnessed the ebb and flow of light and darkness. One day, I finally understood that what Naaru truly represents is inner balance.
Life itself is a scale, with creation and destruction at both ends. Good and evil are both 'kindness'. "
Li Liang laughed: "Yes, it fits Naru's character very well."
Hearing these words, Tam suddenly said angrily: "With the endless creatures in the spiritual world, and the peace gained through countless wars, will it be shattered again in Ragnarok?"
Li Liang slowly raised his head, his eyes full of pity.
Tam took a step forward: "My memory can be erased, but I am a river toad born under the whirling tree. My spirit will always exist in the root system of the whirling tree. I can feel that dark and cold hand. You once disturbed the order of Aqilu. Now, answer me, Li Liang, who are you?"
Li Liang's eyes became sadder. He took out a photo from his arms and gently touched the father and mother in the photo. He whispered:
"Tam, all I can tell you is one story.
When I was very young, there were many arcades on the street, and I went there every day after school.
I didn't have much pocket money at the time, so I couldn't afford game currency. I remember it was like ten yuan and five, or six? I can’t remember clearly. In short, every time I went there, I just stood aside and watched others play.
The most interesting thing is a roulette video game machine that allows six people to place coins at the same time. Then, the turntable in the middle starts to rotate. Each player can press the stop button at any time, and lights of different colors will mark your stop around the turntable. Those positions correspond to different animal dolls, and each doll represents different points. Until finally, the turntable stops completely. If it happens to stop at the doll you choose, the points you win will be doubled.
At the same time, you can also bet different amounts of game currency to double your bet, and the points you win can be converted into money.
At first, I thought the most important trick in this game was the timing of pressing the stop button.
You have to figure out the rules of the turntable's rotation, master the speed of rotation, and predict where it will stop.
After a long period of observation, I think I understand this technique.
So, I used a month’s breakfast money to buy game currency and invested it all at once.
I trust my own judgment.
Of course, I failed and lost all my game currency.
But I didn't give up, something must have gone wrong.
Soon, I discovered a new pattern.
It turns out that when you press the button, there is a pattern where the roulette wheel will stop. Do you understand, the point is not when you choose the time to press the stop button, but to master its pattern.
So, I started to record, observe, and summarize, and finally figured out its cyclical mechanism. Yes, it has a cyclical mechanism, which ensures that as long as you keep playing, you will win sometimes and lose more, but you will always win less. There is a chance to win.
It took longer to verify this rule. One day, I once again took out a month's breakfast money.
Start waiting in the morning, wait, wait until others have played enough times, the waiting loop is about to run to a certain moment, and the turntable will stop on the doll with the most points next time.
I pushed a guy away and put all my game money in.
Haha, I won.
It stopped exactly where I wanted it.
Not only did I win back two months' breakfast money, but I also won the cheers of everyone present.
I came back with a full load.
The next morning, I came to the arcade early and confidently and exchanged all my money for game currency.
Because I'm sure to win.
However.
When I figured out where it would stop in the same way, betting everything, it changed.
Changed without warning.
The cycle changed in an incomprehensible way, and it stopped in the opposite direction.
When I rushed into the counter angrily and shouted that I was going to burn down the store, the boss at the counter smiled and said calmly: "Go home, kid, this is not the place you should be."
I said, fuck you.
Then I was beaten and thrown out the door.
You know, what makes me really angry is not that I was beaten, but that I failed and the rules I mastered turned out to be wrong.
When I was crying bitterly, a guy who had been hanging out in the arcade all year round patted my head and told me, idiot, do you know that there is a computer in that machine, and you can set it up at any time as to how the roulette spins? It’s like Red Alert. Have you ever played Red Alert? Let me tell you, after you won yesterday, the boss changed the winning rate, so of course you couldn't win.
I am silly.
It turns out that the laws I mastered...are completely manipulated and meaningless.
Next, I didn't go there again for a long time.
Many years later.
No one plays that kind of video game anymore. Children like to dance, drive cars, and catch dolls.
By chance, I once again saw an old, obsolete roulette video game machine.
After removing its motherboard, it is easy to see its program on the computer.
Hahaha, it turns out...
It only has three winning rate settings, Easy, Medium, and Hard.
It turns out that the boss who controls everything only has three choices. "
Li Liang chuckled, but there was no smile in his voice.
"What happened next?" Tam asked softly.
"Later..." Li Liang slowly lowered his head and murmured, "I realized that what I had been pursuing had been obtained a long time ago. In fact, it was the two months of breakfast money I won back for the first time.
that is it. "
