Holding the camera, Li Liang felt absurd.
One second he was immersed in the mysterious atmosphere of magic, seriously discussing Ragnarok, Advent and Demigods with the river frog in front of him, but the next second he was pulled back to modern times.
Tam actually hid a camera!
Even if his acting skills are good, his thinking circuit is too out of the ordinary.
He sat back opposite Tam, lowered his head and played with the camera: "If it really has something to do with God, these two trials are very risky."
"Oh, actually the level of danger is not high." Tam rubbed the beard on his lips. "The purpose of the restraining grip, including my entrustment to Mr. Saron, is mainly to mislead your memory."
Li Liang raised his head: "Huh? If it is verified for the first time that the magic circle summoned is really a cunning god, it will most likely kill you."
"Oh, do you remember the stone tablet you saw in the abyss? There is my portrait on it, so I think that in this secret plan promoted by Him, the existence of me, Mr. K, and even everyone is necessary. Part of the plan, of course, is that there are always risks when testing a god, but I am not afraid of death.”
Listening to Tam's calm and composed voice, Li Liang admired this river toad man from the bottom of his heart.
It is this kind of "goodwill" without any utilitarian color from beginning to end that makes him not depressed at all. More importantly, Tam's kindness is never pedantic, which is reassuring.
"Oh, the results of the first verification confirmed this. I just had my memory erased. So, I conducted a second verification, and the results were unexpected. Perhaps you can give more explanations."
"Um."
Li Liang nodded, took a deep breath, and pressed the switch of the camera.
Due to the needs of professional shooting, this kind of camera reduces a lot of "point-and-shoot" intelligent assistance, and most functions require manual settings.
The black rectangular shell has smooth lines and fits the palm of your right hand. When you press the switch above, two small holographic interfaces pop up on the body.
One is located above, showing the picture captured by the lens, and the other is located on the side, showing complex parameter settings.
Li Liang rummaged in the settings interface for a moment and found the playback option.
With a single click, an A4 paper-sized screen is projected directly in front of you, displaying dynamic thumbnails of more than a dozen different videos.
The latest video was apparently filmed in this room, and the others are a mess of outtakes from Hansel and Friends.
When I clicked on the latest video, the picture looked a little hazy, as if there was a film in front of the camera.
"Well, Mr. Salon's body obscured the camera," Tam explained.
Li Liang suddenly realized.
Saron must be able to make part of his body thin and impermeable.
The screen shook for a moment and then became stable.
Soon, the door opened and he appeared next to the magic talisman array.
He was still awake during this period, so he naturally remembered it very clearly. Looking back now, the look on Tam's face still showed a look of death, and his acting skills were second to none.
Then, the talisman array lit up, much like the CG special effects of a fantasy movie.
A laugh came from the camera's built-in speaker.
The speaker sound is mediocre and I can't hear any emotions.
The next moment, he heard his own voice: "Nalu is not only the faith of the Heto people, but also the foundation of the existence of the He Too people..."
The voice sounded so unfamiliar that if he heard it blindly in another scene, he would not believe it was his own voice.
"...Yes, it fits Naru's character very well."
After listening to this conversation, Li Liang had a deeper understanding of Tam.
It turns out that the river toad people are divided into two types, one is selfless dedication, and the other is a fool. The guy he met with the Eredar at the Gate of Spiritual Reason, Kenmu, is obviously the second type.
The Toads are like two extremes of a scale, and Tam has certainly found a way to balance them.
As for his own last sentence, "It fits Naru's character very well"...
Really good at showing off.
He said it as if Naru was his buddy.
Li Liang shook his head and continued listening.
"...Answer me, Li Liang, who are you!" Tam shouted in the screen.
"Tam, all I can tell you is a story..."
A few minutes later.
After finishing the story, Tam reached out and pressed pause.
"Oh, do you remember this story?"
"I can't remember clearly," Li Liang shook his head, "I do remember this incident, but I forgot how I felt at the time, and he lied."
"oh?"
"Actually, it was my brother who analyzed the rules. I just..." Li Liang smiled bitterly, "I remember that I couldn't hold it back at the beginning. I scrimped and spent money to buy money to play the roulette machine, but I lost everything. The only way was to drag Xiaoshuang over. He has always been very smart. It was he who figured out the rules and allowed me to win back some money. The next day I went there by myself and lost all the money. I even talked to the boss. Beep beep, I got a beating."
Tam chuckled and said, "I also felt something was wrong when I heard this story. The version you told is more in line with your previous personality."
"..."
"Oh, I saw you for the first time at Zhenjie Fort, and I learned about your process of rescuing Mesai from your thoughts. Oh..." Tam thought for a while, "Not only was he very reckless, but he was also careless and ignored. A lot of details around me.”
"Well……"
Li Liang looked embarrassed. Looking back on his actions at that time, he was indeed a bit stupid.
If it were him now, when he was in the death row in the south, he would immediately inspect the underground weapons warehouse, control more robots, then kidnap Yuan Zhen, use all means to force him to reveal Messi's location, and arrive at the Defender Finally, the entire submarine will be thoroughly explored and the initiative will be firmly in hand.
But the reality is... At that time, he just wanted to "sneak" into Yuan Zhen's team, wait for Meisai to appear, and then escape back to Zhongjing together. Once the door was closed, everything would be fine.
"There is no need to blame yourself, Li Liang," Tam smiled. "At that time, when you were faced with an unknown situation, you panicked and instinctively refused to seek the truth, because subconsciously, the truth represented danger, so you just avoided it and just wanted to It’s not shameful to end this whole thing quickly, it’s just an ordinary person’s instinctive reaction.”
Li Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Do you have any other questions about this story?" Tam pointed at the screen.
"let me see……"
A few minutes later.
Li Liang affirmed: "In my memory before the kidney transplant surgery, I never reflected on playing the roulette machine. In fact, as I grew older, I already knew that video games are programmed. This is common sense."
"Oh, let me tell you my understanding." Tam waved his wand, "I think this story is a metaphor for determinism."
"Determinism..."
"Most life in the fundamental world believes in determinism. If you understand all the factors involved in an upcoming event, then you can accurately predict this event. On the contrary, if an event occurs, you can predict it accurately." It can be considered that its occurrence is inevitable.
What has its cause must have its effect, and the operation of the world is determined by certain laws. Based on this, civilizations in different fundamental worlds have gradually developed their own 'science', from the macro to the micro, constantly exploring deeper laws. . "
Li Liang nodded.
Indeed, science is a process in which humans constantly ask themselves "why" and seek answers. If the relationship between cause and effect does not exist and determinism is wrong, then "why" itself is meaningless.
If the answer science finally gets is "no reason, that's it, it just happened, no reason", then all scientists will be crazy.
"Going back to the story, for the first time you come to the conclusion that winning or losing depends on the timing of pressing the button, metaphorically you realize determinism. In the second stage, you find that winning or losing has nothing to do with your operation, but depends on the laws of the roulette machine itself. , a metaphor that you begin to explore the laws of how the world operates. In the third stage, you briefly win, just like human beings who think they have mastered the laws of the macro world, but lose again, a metaphor that you realize that there is a deeper level beyond the macro. Patterns, until at the end you see the program of the roulette machine, metaphorically discovering the nature of the world.”
After listening to Tam's explanation, Li Liang frowned.
There seemed to be nothing wrong with this analysis, but he always had a feeling that something was wrong, and asked slowly: "Does the spiritual world believe in determinism?"
"You have discovered the key point," Tam smiled. "First of all, Aqilu strictly follows determinism. There is no doubt that this is true even in the spiritual world. But, Jezila, Belaiya, Aqilu The three ways of existence of Shia do not follow determinism, but exist eternally. It is precisely because of this that the rules of the spiritual world are complex and changeable, and the 'science' of the physical world is difficult to summarize.
For example, even if you die in Achiru, you still exist in Jezila, Belaiah, and Ahiah.
This is also the fundamental reason why magic and Taoism dominate. 'Science' is not enough to explain the spiritual world. "
"I understand," Li Liang nodded, "What next?"
"What puzzles me is that if you have indeed participated in the war between the gods, or even been on par with the gods, you should know that determinism is limited to Achilu. This metaphorical story itself has no meaning. At this critical moment Moment, why do you want to tell such a story?”
Li Liang was silent for a moment and said: "I think... this story may not mean that."
"Oh? Tell me what you think."
"It may indeed be divided into these stages, but each stage represents another meaning, simpler and more direct," Li Liang thought for a while, "Probably... In the first stage, I found that I can control the winning or losing of the game. In the second stage, I discovered that winning or losing the game had nothing to do with me. In the third stage, I won money and felt that I had defeated the machine. However, I lost again the next day, only to discover that winning or losing had actually been controlled by the boss. Finally, I discovered... In fact, the boss's There aren’t many choices.”
"Oh, I think I understand," Tam nodded, "This is a metaphor for God. The boss represents God. What you finally discovered is the truth about the gods?"
Li Liang opened his mouth and hesitated: "Maybe..., I don't know."
"That's a good idea," Tam rubbed the beard on his lips and smiled, "Let's continue to see. It was from what happened next that I realized that it was you who regained your memory who woke up."
Li Liang nodded and clicked play.
The progress bar continued, but he lowered his head in the picture, always looking at the photo in his hand.
Tam's voice came from the speaker: "Is this story your metaphor for determinism?"
At this time.
He raised his head suddenly and said expressionlessly: "No matter what I become, you have to believe in me."
The screen remained still for a few seconds.
Tam's voice was calm: "I believe in the Li Liang I know. If you are, then tell me, where is the God of Cunning?"
"Ho ho..." Li Liang in the picture suddenly laughed and pointed at his chest, "Believe me."
Then he slowly placed a finger on his lips.
"Shh..."
Finally, he slowly lowered his head, as if falling into a deep sleep.
A few seconds later.
Tam shouted softly: "Li Liang."
He in the picture raised his head and asked, "Huh? Is it over?"
The video went black and returned to the original scene.
"Oh..." Tam said solemnly, "You repeatedly stressed that I should believe you, and when I asked where the God of Cunning was, you pointed to your chest. I think this is a hint that the God of Cunning was captured by you. Imprisoned in the body.”
Li Liang asked in confusion: "What about 'Shh'?"
"Perhaps it means that for some reason he can't be honest about everything."
"wrong……"
Li Liang shook his head, his heartbeat speeding up inexplicably. There was a feeling vaguely flashing in his mind, but it was difficult to grasp it.
So he played the video again.
This time, he concentrated on the picture, especially on his own expression.
till the end.
When he slowly lowered his head in the picture, his eyes widened suddenly, and he stretched out his thumb and index finger tremblingly to zoom in on the picture and aimed it at his face.
In the picture, his head is lowered, but his eyes are turned towards the camera.
In the dimness, the slanted eyes were dim and unclear.
this moment.
Li Liang's head banged.
"No matter what I become, you have to believe in me."
This sentence is... what he said to himself.
"Tam..." Li Liang fell into inexplicable anger, "Give me the Calypso tulle, wake him up, and tell him, no matter what the hell you do, tell him everything. If you can’t say it, write it down, if you can’t write it, draw it, aren’t you on par with the gods for fun? Are you playing lantern riddles? Damn it!”
Tam was stunned and shook his head for a moment: "I understand how you feel. The truth is right in front of you but you don't know it. It's really painful."
"Let's try again," Li Liang's chest heaved. "I've woken up twice. It probably won't matter if I wake up again."
Tam sighed: "What if you still refuse to reveal the secret?"
Li Liang's eyes were firm.
"Okay," Tam took the camera and turned on the recording, handed it to Saron, and then opened a gap in the metal jug containing "Calypso Tulle" again.
A wisp of gray mist drifted into Li Liang's nose.
At the moment of losing consciousness, Li Liang lowered his head and murmured: "At least... at least tell me, Xiao Shuang... is still alive."
