"Wake up, from your waking dream..."
With Duo Duo Disar's murmur, Li Liang opened his eyes and saw the jagged roof of the cave.
Everything in the dream seemed to have just disappeared, but became out of reach in the blink of an eye. He wanted to remember certain details, such as his father's face, his brother's demeanor, and the crowd surrounding the villa cemetery. Finally, he found that all the details in the dream were gone. It became blurry, and he couldn't even remember whether it was Cain or Zero-One lying in his arms on the beach.
This is a dream, no matter how real it appears in your deep or restless sleep, when you wake up, everything quickly fades away, leaving only a vague outline.
However, Li Liang clearly remembered every word of Dododisar's words.
He had figured out a lot of things, and he still had no clue about some puzzles, but no matter what, the enemy had revealed his clues, and he finally found the direction.
Climbing up from the cold ground, he looked up at the huge thing in front of him.
A slender tentacle stretched out from Dodo Disal's long mouthparts and stuck to his chest. A voice rang in his mind: "Time observers are the most dangerous enemies, and what you have mastered about yourself is I don’t know anything about power. Perhaps, you coming to me is the key variable. I will help you understand what the real heavenly spirit is..."
The true heavenly spirit...
No one knows the heavenly spirit better than Dododisar. At the same time, he is also a knowledgeable magic theorist. He has lived in Duyujing all year round and has wide fans among magicians.
Dodo Disal is the best teacher.
However.
Li Liang thought for a while and asked softly: "Mr. Disal, I would like to know whether the magical characteristics of Machisas can be changed? How can the goblin's 'Heaven Spirit' experiment be stopped?"
Dodo Disar was silent for a moment and said slowly: "I'm sorry, Li Liang, the Hidden Tower High Priest didn't lie to you. Machisas's magical characteristics cannot be changed, and the elves' 'forced closed loop' experiment... cannot be stopped."
Li Liang was stunned for a moment: "Cain..."
"Cain deceived you."
"What?" Li Liang's face instantly turned pale and he said in disbelief, "Impossible, why would she lie to me?"
"Machisas's magic talisman is far more complicated than you think. The state you see is not 'paused', but on the verge of complete collapse," Dodo Disal's voice was extremely heavy.
"impossible……"
"Most of what she said is correct, but she lied on this point. I think her purpose is just to get you to the spiritual world as quickly as possible."
Li Liang said tremblingly: "She has no reason to do this."
Dodo Disal sighed: "Believe me, there is no possibility of 'pausing' that magic talisman array. The reason why I am so sure is because its application in the closed loop of heaven and spirit is the result of my research."
"The goblin...looked for you..."
"Shortly after the 'Tian Ling Conjecture' was proposed, the elf messenger came to me and discussed the nature of 'Tian Ling' with me. Only then did I discover that the elves had a very thorough understanding of 'Tian Ling', and I was very interested. I introduced to them the latest progress in my research on 'Celestial Spirit', including the magic talisman array called 'Echo of Sorrow'.
Later, they described to me a feasible solution to force a closed loop and hoped that I could participate in it. I refused, not only because of the crudeness and cruelty of the experimental process, but more importantly, the elves wanted to attach Elune's divine power to Seed of spiritual fantasy to control the newly born 'Heavenly Spirit'.
It was also at that time that I realized that 'Heavenly Spirit' was not just a magic theory, but also a weapon for some ambitious civilizations.
After that meeting, I stopped publishing research results on heavenly spirits. Therefore, the 'celestial spirit conjecture' was considered by the magic circle to be a hypothesis based on thought experiments and had no practical significance.
For many years, I never heard of the elves performing that experiment, and I thought they had finally given up on greed, until... you came here and mentioned Machathas again. "
Li Liang asked in confusion: "Is there no way at all?"
Dodo Disal fell silent.
"Mr. Disal," Li Liang murmured, "do you know how many people will die? Human civilization, the entire civilization..."
"At least you survived."
"Me?" Li Liang smiled, "Yes, I survived."
He suddenly remembered the creature he encountered while queuing to enter Makosik. He held up the locator in vain and ran wildly shouting "Save my base world" and "Please, save my home."
Bond said it happens every day and no one takes it seriously, no one.
"Everything you have experienced has brought you to me." Several tentacles came out of Dodo Disal's long mouthparts and gently wrapped around Li Liang's shoulders. "I will make you a real demigod." With Fengjian Kingo, only in this way can you be qualified to face the time observer."
"A true demigod..." Li Liang shook his shoulders and chuckled.
"The governing power of the seven kinds of essence allows you to learn all the magic paths under the seven kinds of essence in a short time, and the characteristics of the heavenly spirit allow you to clearly see the structure of the spirit, any way. There are no secrets to you in this art," Dodo Disal's voice became excited. "It won't be long before you become the most powerful creature in the entire spiritual world, and the elves will pay a heavy price for their stupid actions. , and you will not stop here, you will uncover the secrets of the Time Observer, and even... rival the gods."
"Very good," Li Liang said with a smile, "Mr. Disal, I want to be that kind of person, but I'm a little curious, can my inspiration continue to improve? For example, will another goblin experiment have any effect? ?”
Dodo Disar seemed relieved and explained: "The essence of inspiration is the resonance ability of intelligent creatures and Axia. Theoretically, after the closed loop, the heavenly spirit increases the inspiration again, and it is possible to break through Aqilu and Axia. Asian boundaries.”
"What's the meaning?"
"You will get rid of the shackles of Aqilu and enter the realm of God, which means that your self-consciousness has entered a higher level of existence," Dodo Disal said in a serious voice, "This is just a theory, the heavenly spirit in a closed-loop state It has exceeded the upper limit of inspiration. There is no need to make such a dangerous attempt until you learn magic and Taoism and have a deeper understanding of Axia."
"Understood, I'm just asking, no one with a normal IQ would leave a demigod alone and seek death," Li Liang waved his hand and said in a relaxed tone, "Having said that, in other words, it can actually be improved, right?"
"Theoretically yes."
"There's one more thing I don't understand. That talisman formation, um, Echoing Sorrow, how did the heroic spirit get in? Why couldn't I get in at that time?"
"Relying on the Psychic Seed, the Psychic Seed not only helps him devour the consciousness of countless humans, but is also a medium that allows him to connect with the 'Sorrow of Echoes' and use Machisas' power to control chaos."
Li Liang curled his lips as if he had a sudden realization, lowered his head and smiled, and asked casually: "I see, hey, do you still have phantom species here?"
"Of course, I will explain the theory of heavenly spirits to you in detail later. The study of phantom species is the cornerstone of this theory. It..." At this point, Dodo Disal's voice stopped abruptly.
Li Liang slowly raised his head, without a trace of smile on his face.
for a long time.
Dodo Disal's voice came into his mind again: "Li Liang, power never comes out of thin air, nor can it go away. Gaining power means that you must bear the risks it brings, and you will also bear the burden." The mission it gives.”
Li Liang said softly: "Mr. Disar, if the other 'me' traveled across time and worked hard to get me to where I am today, just to let me become the strongest person in the spiritual world at the expense of the extinction of my kind. , then 'my' purpose must be darker than that of the goblin, what do you think?"
"No, you came to me not because of greed for power, but to save your homeland. This is the change that another 'you' wants to make. You are no longer an ambitious person who sold your soul to the time observer. But a person who is willing to sacrifice himself. Perhaps, only in this way will you not be blinded by powerful power.
I remember you mentioned in your narration that Tam used the Dream of Hermes to awaken another 'Li Liang', and he said, 'No matter what I become, you must believe in me.' Have you ever thought about this? What does the sentence mean? "
Li Liang remained silent.
"If it is 'your' plan to sacrifice human civilization, are you willing to believe in another 'you' and believe that this plan is for a goal that is more important than the survival of a single civilization?"
The dark cave fell into dead silence.
Sudden.
A slight vibration sounded.
Buzz~buzz~
It took Li Liang a few seconds to come back to his senses. The communicator in his ear was vibrating, and someone sent him a communication request.
He subconsciously touched the communicator, and a light screen appeared in front of him, showing that the communication came from Leah.
However, after being connected, the voice from the communicator was Lao Yang's voice, which sounded extremely panicked: "Li Liang, Li Liang, where are you? It's over, it's over, the earth is over..."
"What?" Li Liang's heart skipped a beat, "What did you say?"
"The newspapers said there was a war, there was a fight. Sieshe said he didn't know anything. I don't know what to do. What to do now..."
Lao Yang was already incoherent.
"Calm down the fuck!" Li Liang yelled, "What started a war?"
Heavy breathing came from the earphones, and then Lao Yang said in a trembling voice: "The three armies of the alliance were ambushed by goblins as soon as they came out of the jump point closest to the gate of spiritual wisdom on the earth. They suffered heavy casualties. The top leaders of the alliance immediately Declare war on the goblins, withdraw the other three legions from the Ikan Defense Line, send two to Earth, and one to march directly to Avalon City.”
"When did you encounter the ambush?"
"Six hours ago."
"Six hours..."
The Makosik Holy Knights went to the Dark Spirit General Territory in the name of exterminating scavengers, and Du Yujing's Longwu Army was also sent to the Dark Spirit General Territory...
Li Liang's hands and feet suddenly became cold: "Where did you read the news?"
"Newspaper, newspaper, Sieshe came out a little earlier than me and bought a newspaper, Makosik!"
He looked up at Dodo Disal: "Mr. Disal, do you have the latest newspaper here?"
Countless tentacles emerged from Dododisar's long mouthparts, extending to the entrance of the cave and sticking to the chest of the "fur ball" who was responsible for leading the way and doing chores.
After a moment, "Maoqiu" muttered: "Okay, sir," then turned around and ran out.
Li Liang pressed the communicator and said, "Are you sure Siexie doesn't know anything?"
"He, he is contacting the infantry regiment, and he is going crazy," Lao Yang said nervously, "Do you think he was acting the whole time? It doesn't look like it..."
"Keep an eye on him," Li Liang pinched his eyebrows, "Any other news?"
"It's gone for the time being. The Makosik Times said it will publish an additional issue every fifteen minutes. There are still five minutes left..."
five minutes later.
"Maoqiu" actually carried the newspaper selling equipment back and smashed it to the ground with a loud bang.
Li Liang stepped forward quickly, and the trash can-shaped device spit out a newspaper.
He unfolded it and took a look.
Front page headline: "Makosik City issued a statement severely condemning the invasion of the elves and gods into the human world."
Next is the content of the statement. The full text is sternly worded. It denounces the goblin's behavior as a flagrant violation of the "Makosik Convention" and a blatant provocation to the coalition of law and order. At the end of the full text, it is mentioned that Harlan Potter signed the city master's order and ordered The Holy Knights rushed to the battlefield immediately.
Harlan Potter... scolding goblins? Isn't this city lord the boss behind the rumored "Nordrassil Council"? How could he be on the opposite side of the goblin?
Looking at the entire statement, there is no hint of conciliation, and it is completely equivalent to a "declaration of war."
Are the rumors false?
Li Liang continued to read other sections. This supplement was all about "Fairy Invasion", analyzing the frontline battle situation from different angles.
The alliance could no longer be described as suffering heavy casualties. The 3rd Infantry Regiment was almost completely wiped out, and the 2nd Infantry Regiment was beaten down to only two divisions. The Terence Guards had to enter the frontal battlefield, and the battle had completely heated up.
Looking through the newspapers, he didn't see any news related to humans.
Fifteen minutes passed.
Another newspaper spat out.
The headline on the front page: "Emperor's decree, command the left and right Longwu armies to attack it quickly."
The text is a "declaration of war" statement similar to Makosik's, except that Emperor Haotian is "furious" and wants to fight not only the goblins invading the earth, but also Avalon.
Other sections explain the recent battle situation. When the Terensa Guards were about to be defeated, the Alliance's First Legion, which had withdrawn from the Ikan Defense Line, crossed the Dark Spirit Sea at lightning speed and arrived at the battlefield.
There is no news about humans.
Fifteen minutes later.
"The Holy Knights Arrive - Magical Battle."
No news from humans.
fifteen minutes.
"The left and right Longwu Army: invincible."
No news from humans.
Another fifteen minutes.
Li Liang opened the newspaper numbly.
"The remnants of the goblins retreated into the human world, and the earth became a new battlefield."
Lao Yang's crying voice came from the earphones: "The earth is over."
Dododisar slowly withdrew his tentacles, leaving only a sigh in Li Liang's mind: "Fate..."
