Staring at the huge black sun, the center of the black hole-like sun is bottomless, but there are countless mysterious patterns, and the light emitted around it has no color, as if black paint is used to paint the world. An ethereal and light outline is outlined on the canvas.
The dance of particles is like a rising flame, making it impossible to look away from the elusive laws of movement. Xu Shangqi feels that his soul is about to be sucked in by the endless mysterious patterns, so terrifying, majestic and magnificent.
Xu Shangqi unconsciously walked in that direction. He stretched out a hand, as if he wanted to touch the sun's rays, but he just hung there quietly, not responding to anything.
Xu Shangqi originally thought that he would communicate with the gods deep in the stars, but when he actually stood here, he discovered that they were incommunicable. They themselves represented knowledge and truth.
At the moment of staring at them, endless knowledge flows into the brain. It is not some energy, some skill, some kind of strengthening. These truths that cannot be described by any cumbersome words or languages are the real power they give to their dependents.
Scenes after scenes flooded into Xu Shangqi's mind, the man lying on the hospital bed groaning in pain, the Avengers surrounding him, the madness conveyed by the folded hands, endless proliferation, killing, chaos, assimilation, invasion... …
Then there is an extremely complex system. Starting from the center of the universe, countless monsters continue to spread out according to their seats, each with their image, name, personality, and hobbies...
All the stories were preserved in his memory in the form of pictures, and Xu Shangqi had never perceived his memory space so clearly before, as if everything had suddenly been straightened out, and he could even turn out certain words with extreme accuracy. A certain memory at a point in time.
And the knowledge and truth he gained when he only stared at the black sun turned into a black notebook with a black sun pattern on the cover, and fell quietly into the empty memory space. Xu Shangqi stepped forward and picked it up. I picked it up and started looking through it.
Soon, he was immersed in this story called "Cancer Universe". I don't know how much time passed. When he finally finished reading the whole story, he gently opened his eyes and left his memory space. Taking away any power they prayed for, but also taking away the key to victory.
Xu Shang exhaled angrily and found that Riley had opened his eyes. A few seconds later, Quil also woke up. They exchanged a look and both understood what each other had gained.
"This is really amazing, isn't it?" Quill showed a sneer and said: "The god of life called endless proliferation is actually one of them. It's a pity that we can't call him by his real name, but I think You should already know what he has done to this universe."
Riley's eyes were full of anger. It was obvious that this story made him extremely angry. He hammered the ground with his hand and roared: "Mar-Vell abandoned his honor, he chose to live in idly existence, and he also destroyed the universe!"
Suddenly, a shadow enveloped him. Jessica stood behind Riley, looking at the three of them with some curiosity. She hugged the gun in her hand tightly and said with some uncertainty: "You, did you succeed?"
Xu Shangqi sighed and said: "Don't worry, we are not crazy. The ancient one who responded to our call does not seem to spread madness and chaos. He is the carrier of knowledge, truth and prophecy, so we got the truth from him .”
"What truth?" Jessica was a little confused.
"The truth about this universe."
Quil patted the ground beside him and motioned for Jessica to sit down. Jessica was still a little wary, but she didn't see any changes in Xu Shangqi and Riley. Their bodies didn't grow tentacles, and their eyes didn't change. crazy.
Well, she thought, so what if they were crazy? The worst case scenario is to kill himself, as he has long wanted to die.
With such an indifferent and self-destructive mentality, Jessica sat in front of the campfire and began to listen to the three people telling the story of the universe.
"Captain Marvel Mar-Vell, a Kree hero who once helped the Earth, spent his life fighting for the peace of the universe. He won the respect of the Avengers and many human heroes. Therefore, when he was seriously ill and died soon, They all went to visit him and comfort him."
Xu Shangqi opened the conversation, gave some examples to describe Mar-Vell, and outlined a great interstellar hero image for Jessica.
"But what the human heroes don't know is that Mar-Vell has already succumbed to disease. He abandoned his past glory just to survive." Riley gritted his teeth and said: "When he felt pain and helplessness, he stared at The stars, heard the call of the stars, and in order to survive, he answered the call.”
"You too." Jessica was not infected by the sadness and anger in Riley's tone. She just commented very objectively: "Everyone wants to live. I don't think it is despicable to do whatever it takes to do so."
"Yes, of course he can sell his body and soul in order to survive. No one can blame him. He can choose to follow his gods to the depths of the stars, completely blending into unconscious ignorance and becoming an ignorant person. eternal."
"But he didn't do that." Quill sighed softly: "Mar-Vell may have just wanted to survive at first, but when he saw what was deep in the stars, he realized that he could gain powerful power. He used this power to conquer and destroy and gain power, and then he went completely crazy."
Jessica pursed her lips. She had a desire to refute, but in the end it turned into a tentative inquiry: "Won't you do this?"
"Never." Riley looked into Jessica's eyes, and Jessica saw the heavy power in his eyes. Riley repeated again: "I will never sacrifice my friends for anything at any time. I will never, ever get any ill-gotten gains myself."
Jessica was moved for a moment, but she was not used to expressing such emotions, so she just shrugged with pretense of disdain and said, "Well, you are so great."
"If it were me, I wouldn't choose to survive in this way." Xu Shangqi frowned and said, "The pain of death is very short-lived. No matter what imagination people have about hell, it is actually all imagination. If you're dead, you're dead, and you can't feel anything anymore."
"But long-term madness means never-ending mental abuse." Xu Shangqi pursed his lips and said: "This is no better than lingering on the hospital bed. If possible, I would rather die."
"I agree with that." Jessica nodded and said, "If the pain of living is too long, then death will be a relief."
"We still have to try to live, but certainly not in this way." Quill continued: "Mar-Vell lied to all the Avengers heroes. He told them that he was going to die and hoped that they would come to see him. He met them one last time and hoped to shake their hands one by one."
Jessica had a bad premonition, and sure enough, Quill said: "For his evil plan of conquest, Mar-Vell infected all superheroes with madness from the depths of the stars."
Jessica swallowed and said, "So this is the truth why they are all crazy. Isn't it some sudden infectious disease?"
The three of them nodded and shook their heads together. Jessica took a deep breath, and her hand holding the barrel of the gun became tighter and tighter, but soon relaxed again. She looked at the three of them and asked: "Then the last one The question is, who brought this madness?”
"'The Thousand-Horned One'."
Riley spit out a name, but it was not as serious and solemn as Jessica thought. Jessica thought it was not the truth, so she continued to stare at Riley's face. Sure enough, Riley then said:
"But this is actually just a pseudonym. In other words, Mar-Vell failed to touch the whole truth. The outer god did not tell him the truth. The real name of the Thousands of Polygons should be 'The Humble Twins - Royger' With Zal’.”
Riley's tone was strange when he called the name. Before Jessica could ask, Riley explained again: "I can't directly say their real name, it will attract their attention, I dilute it with Latin Pronounce it and then translate it into English, it doesn’t matter, you just remember the pronunciation.”
"The question is how do you know?" Jessica asked with some confusion: "Did the god you contacted just now tell you?"
"That's right, and we also know more." Xu Shangqi took out a piece of firewood and drew a strange pattern based on the damp water vapor on the sewer floor.
Xu Shangqi's hands are very steady. His engineering education background in his previous life made him very good at drawing. This picture is very confusing. It seems to be just a series of arcs, but it is also somewhat vivid. Jessica is looking inside. Two ugly creatures arrived.
"In that endless knowledge, I saw part of their appearance, heard their names and origins."
"Roiger and Zal are a pair of brothers from the Old Ones. They are ugly, bloated, and constantly proliferating lumps of flesh, with countless tentacles sprouting from the gaps between the lumps, just like what I drew."
"The difference between them is that Royger has a pair of wings, while Zal does not. There is a pair of extended tentacles between the two that connect them, allowing them to communicate spiritually."
"The Twins live in the ancient city of Arauza, where Arcturus was buried. There is a group of dependents, the 'Jojos', who offer sacrifices to them from time to time in exchange for the ominous wind that sweeps the entire planet."
Xu Shang sighed, looked at his painting, and said: "Perhaps the two of them are not the key issue. The key is that their mother is called the 'Goddess of Darkness and Fertility', the 'Supreme Mother Goddess', and the 'Brother of Breeding'. Shub Nicholas of the Black Goat of the Forest of Thousands of Descendants."
"Oh my god, I have a headache!" Jessica covered her head and said, "Another name that will make my tongue tied. Do these gods intend to use their names to test the loyalty of believers? If you pronounce it incorrectly, Not considered pious?”
"I think our main enemies are still the twins." Quill also took out a finger, lightly tapped Xu Shangqi's painting, and said: "The black sun was vague about the mother of the twins. It is said that she has extremely strong reproductive capacity and is extremely ancient. She often sleeps in the depths of the stars. She rarely calls out except for sending out black goat cubs to receive offerings during sacrifices."
"But Royger and Zal are much more aggressive." Quill drew a circle on the picture and said: "They often urge their followers to offer sacrifices and trap misfortunes with their ominous winds. Or as food, I am afraid that Mar-Vell responded to the call of the ominous wind in his dream and brought the terrible madness into the real world."
Jessica blinked, but became interested in another term in his words, so she said: "Black sun? What is that? Is it the name of the ancient one who communicates with you? This is quite easy to remember. of."
"No, that's just a title, or a description." Riley shook his head and said, "It's just that we saw a black sun. We don't know whether it is His body or incarnation, nor do we know His... The name is just the infinite knowledge that those solar particles bring us."
Jessica showed an interested look. She rubbed her hands nervously and said, "It sounds pretty good. Knowledge and truth are much better than some ominous wind. Then I, I can...my It means...can I summon him?"
The three of you looked at me and I looked at you. They were really undecided. Quil touched his chin and said, "I don't feel this ancient man's intention to develop the family clan. He doesn't seem to want to spread the faith, nor does he want to spread the faith." Needs sacrifices and hasn’t even spoken to us.”
"He just hangs over the city of Carcosa, constantly spreading knowledge, just like a real sun. Whether you pray to him or not, he will always shine."
"Then can I take a look at him?" Jessica's expression became more interested.
Riley showed a troubled look, and Jessica patted him on the back and said, "No, man, I'm not trying to rob anyone. Are you jealous?"
"No, I mean, we don't know how to let you see him, he didn't leave a number... did he?"
The three of them looked at each other again, and then as if they thought of something together at the same time, Riley said with a smile.
"It seems there is."
(End of chapter)
