Schiller had previously transformed into the mysterious black sun deep within the stars, listened to the Ancient One's emotions about that dream world, and wrote a book about the worldview related to the Old Ones and gave it to the Ancient One.
The title of this book is borrowed from the name of a fictional book "The Necronomicon" written by the crazy poet Abdullah in the Cthulhu mythology system.
The "Necronomicon" does not exist in reality, but in the Cthulhu mythology system, this book is described as recording all the knowledge related to the old gods in the world, and any investigator can find what he wants from it. taboo knowledge.
The "Necronomicon" written by Schiller is not that magical, but its content does contain all the knowledge he knows in the Cthulhu mythology system.
There is a Cthulhu Mythos setting in the Marvel Universe. Although it is not very fundamental and closer to a background with a superhero villain flavor, there is still a group of blind and ignorant mysterious beings waiting for their return deep in the stars. .
When Schiller gave this book to Ancient One, he actually just hoped to help the Supreme Mage understand the power system of her old enemies such as the Beholder, so as to prevent Ancient One from being plotted.
But what is a bit embarrassing is that Eternity later restarted the universe, and Ancient One lost this part of his memory. However, because Eternity did not dare to restart things related to Schiller at that time, this book stayed. It is estimated that Ancient One is now I wonder what happened to this book that suddenly appeared on me.
But now Strange is even more puzzled than Gu Yi. His teacher was studying a very dangerous-looking book behind his back, and he was caught by people from other universes present. Isn't this what he described before? The style of the universe he lives in that uses more fists and less brains has become a joke?
Gu Yi had been swinging his fists all his life, so why did he start to care about the art of war?
Strange now wanted to rush into the screen and open the book to see what was written in it, but the pride of the Supreme Mage prevented him from leaving the room now, especially since he had just told the wizard of this universe about the ancient times. With such a glorious combat experience, he couldn't run away in a hurry, otherwise it would look very much like he lied and failed and ran away.
"Have you seen it?" Harley asked.
Helen shook her head gently, raised her eyes and looked into Harley's eyes and said, "I have plenty of curiosity, but I'm not stupid. Just because the Supreme Mage can see things doesn't mean I can see them."
"Then why did you take it away?"
"In order to prevent the Supreme Mage from continuing to watch."
Harley paused, glanced down at the weird-looking book, pursed her lips slightly and said, "Are you so sure it's harmful?"
"I can feel a kind of vitality... There is a kind of vitality in this book. It does not mean that it is some kind of life, but it is not an ordinary dead thing. I am not sure whether I will be controlled by it. It’s even less certain whether Ancient One has been controlled by it.”
Strange now had no time to worry about whether the facts were contrary to what he said. He realized the seriousness of the matter, so he turned around and stared at the screen closely.
And Schiller was communicating with the gray fog in his mind. "Did you do it?"
"Greed made me leave a trace of consciousness on that book. The original intention was to prevent Ancient One from being deceived by the old gods." "Will this work?"
"Of course, you can only be a believer in one of the stars. If the Ancient One carries this book with her, no other Old One will be able to drive her mad."
"Because you're above them?"
"No, because they know that the fragile human mind can only bear one kind of madness, and there is no point in any more, so they will hardly touch other believers.
"In other words, greed made you use this book to mark the Ancient One as your believer, so that you can avoid her being plotted by other old gods?"
"You can say that." Gray fog paused for a moment, but still said: "Greed is very worried that the character he likes will lead to a tragic ending in the plot, so he does his best to take precautions, and the same is true for Gu Yi."
"Originally, he didn't need to be so careful, but Azatos's dream had a glimpse before, which means that the existence deep in the stars in the universe may be more dangerous and mysterious than you have ever seen, and Ancient One And it’s very important to humans, so no amount of protection is too much.”
Arrogance conveyed a certain emotion in his heart. He had discussed this experience with Greed, and the answer he came to was that the position of Azathoth, the head of the gods in the Cthulhu mythology system, in the Marvel universe His character should be second only to OAA. After all, one of his dreams got the Scarlet Witch deeply involved. It can be said that he is not unpowerful.
But because of Azathoth's setting, that is, the eternal sleeper and the builder of the world, he has almost no subjective initiative and can be regarded as a background board.
But this was not the case with the gods calling and dancing around him in his dreams. The danger they posed was real.
The Ancient One in the comics died at the hands of the beholder, and the setting of the beholder comes from "The Curse of the Golden Skull" by the same author as "Conan the Barbarian", which is also a work related to the Cthulhu mythology system, so for this On the one hand, it is necessary to take precautions.
In fact, Gray Mist has been able to split off a part of himself from a long time ago, but he will not create independent offspring like other symbionts. When he realized his true identity, every strand of his thoughts was connected to the depths of the stars. The call echoes from afar, which is inevitably weird and terrifying to humans. ???.biQuPai
"Can you still operate this book now? Even though it's a world away?" Schiller asked the gray fog. "Yes, when I look at it." Schiller guessed that this may be one of the manifestations of the observer effect Bruce said. When he stared at the universe from this end, the distance between the two universes It is not so important about their own position, but more about the understanding brought by their observation.
"Make sure it doesn't hurt the students." "I will."
At this time, Harley, who was sitting at the desk, had already begun to speculate on the origin of this book with her naturally suspicious thinking coming from Gotham.
"If as you said, Gu Yi was still studying this book before you came, it means that there must be something she wants in this book. This is the only way we can do it without opening this book. Clues to get to the bottom of her behavior, what do you say the Ancient One, the most powerful mage supreme, wants?"
Helen frowned and was also lost in thought. She felt that some parts of her thinking were gradually being developed. She had not thought about conspiracy theories like this before, but now she could gradually grasp some clues. Maybe it was Doomsday's powerful ability to learn and evolve has brought her another evolution in thinking.
"Master Gu Yi is not a person who blindly pursues power. You may not believe it, but she never takes the initiative to stir up trouble. It was the demon gods who came to her to lend her power. Gu Yi had to fight back against them in order to settle the score. .”
"She is not thirsty for knowledge. She has reached a perfect state of mind many years ago. She has nothing else to ask for. She will no longer struggle with the answers to certain questions. She has long found information about herself and her own answers to everything in the universe. The answer."
"So what's going on?"
Harry and Helen's eyes fell on the cover of the book at the same time. They had to admit that the idea of opening the book and taking a look was surprisingly tempting, and the two of them were not Zen masters who had practiced for many years. Generally speaking, They are still two little girls who have no experience in the world.
"If I were you, I would choose to go back and stop them now." Constantine frowned and said with a serious expression: "We can all understand that accidents always happen, and nothing can be better than what you have carefully crafted. A good situation deserves your protection."
Constantine was actually reminding Strange that there was no need to put his universe in danger for the sake of face, but Strange seemed to have suddenly figured out something. His frown relaxed and he looked around. He passed the coffee table and sat back on the sofa, even leisurely picking up the wine glass and taking a sip.
Bruce, Constantine and Zatanna all turned to look at him, and then Strange shook his head and said: "If the Ancient One is really bewitched by this book, or wants to explore something in it, Secret, then why the study room at Karma Taj College?”
There was silence in the room, and Strange sighed softly and said: "If the possession of mysterious knowledge eroded her, she would never choose to study this kind of knowledge in a school study room. There are no conditions here. It’s not quiet enough, she left this book behind on purpose.”
"In order for this little girl to get it?" Zatanna said with some disbelief: "I have absolutely no intention of questioning your teacher's ability, but wouldn't this be a bit... I mean, isn't it? A little adventurous?”
"Helen Stark is special." When Schiller's voice sounded, everyone turned to look at him, and Schiller's fingers gently rubbed the wine glass, as if he was doing two things at once, and his voice was light and thin. Then he said vaguely: "She is not a native of that universe, and her background is quite bizarre."
"As bizarre as you?" Strange asked.
Schiller remained silent and did not answer, but Bruce's eyes suddenly focused on Strange.
The two girls in the dormitory did not make a rash decision in the end. They made an appointment to go to the college library together after class tomorrow to search for information about the name of the Necronomicon. At least they first understood what they might face. , and then take action.
Soon the lights in the two bedrooms dimmed, but the room where Bruce and Barry were located was still brightly lit. The reason was that the dormitory they used was not brand new. The previous owner left some Chinese books on the bookshelf, and the room where Bruce and Barry were staying was still brightly lit. Bruce is planning to teach himself this ancient and complex language through the few books he has.
"Are you serious?" Barry said as if he couldn't stand it anymore: "Before this, you didn't even know any Chinese characters, but you plan to learn a language just by reading books? Isn't this a bit too much? Is it ridiculous?"
"It's not that I haven't heard of Chinese at all." Little Bruce rolled his eyes very slightly. Even though he was sitting cross-legged on the mat, his back was straight. He was looking at the content of the book intently and said: " If you think of it as cracking a code, it becomes easier and more fun." "Never."
"Bang bang bang", the door was knocked.
Little Bruce and Barry looked up together. Barry glanced at the darkening sky outside the window and said with some confusion: "It's so late, who else will come?"
"Maybe it's Harley." Little Bruce gave Barry a wink, and Barry had no choice but to stand up from the bed and open the door.
Standing outside the door was a little girl about their age, with blond hair and brown eyes. She was not very beautiful, but had some childish cuteness. She stared at Barry, who was taller than her, with wide eyes and said, "My Roommate Sirila asked me to send you something."
After saying that, she took out a wand and pointed at the empty space in the room, and trivial daily necessities such as trash cans, garbage bags, hot water bottles, toilet paper, tea sets, etc. appeared on the ground.
"Oh, thank you, are you a first grader too? My name is Barry Allen, this is Bruce Wayne, what's your name?
