"Shinzo?"

Mercury Horse suddenly took out a knife, and when Tamashi looked over, she cut off her palm and threw it into the bonfire. The flesh and blood melted in the flames like snow, and as the flames rose, the speed of the night's advance seemed to stagnate.

"That is the treasure of the gods." She said calmly: "You have just been here for a day. What is your impression of Senluo?"

Harvey: "A bunch of maggots grew out of a rotting corpse. To put it nicely, it's like new shoots sprouting from an old, dead branch."

Igula: "The environment here is very bad. There are threats from the outside world - the night of the Green; there are also internal struggles - the clash of different Dafa philosophies."

"A chaotic wasteland kingdom." Ash said, "You seem to have had a glorious era in the past. I don't understand why you are in such a state. It's already 1668 and you are still in a chaotic era."

"That's a very accurate assessment." Mercury Trojan said, "For Senluo, a jihad is inevitable, because the ideals of the great masters are often extremely grand, and some even target all Senluo people, such as the Fire Cat's 'Let ordinary people also drive magic spirits', so the sect must first unify Senluo, and then gather everyone's strength to overcome difficulties."

"There were four generations of gods in the past. Starting from the Fire Cat God Era, the magicians realized that holy war was a very cruel and inefficient way of competition. In order to solve this problem, they used the Spiral of Silence to create a new competition system: the Divine Fire."

"Using the Divine Fire System, we can select the next era's great method under the lowest intensity conditions. Therefore, the Fire Cat Age smoothly transitioned to the Gray Fox Age, until the Gray Fox Age encountered the 'Great Cataclysm' and the Divine Fire System was scattered. That's why Senluo regressed to the period of the sect's holy war."

She paused and said, "The divine treasure that the new sense of touch is looking for is the divine fire system."

Ash blinked, "Didn't they say the Divine Fire System was scattered?"

"Once they are scattered, they can naturally be picked up and reassembled. Many sects are secretly collecting information about the Divine Fire System, but the technology of the Divine Fire System is too profound. Even if a sect finds parts, they don't know how to reconstruct it," said Mercury Trojan. "The Tribulation Fire Temple is the sect that has collected the most parts. When the New Touch destroyed the Tribulation Fire Temple, they also took those parts away."

"Moreover, no matter how complex the system is, it was created by the magician himself. The later generations are not necessarily inferior to the ancients. She believes that she has the ability to reproduce the Divine Fire System."

Igula said: "But she is not a Dafa... Even if she commits suicide immediately after reorganizing the Divine Fire System and becomes a Dafa, what good will it do her?"

"First, every Candle Lord values ​​his ideals more than his own life. If he is sure that his ideals can be realized after his death, no Candle Lord will hesitate." Mercury Trojan said: "Second... the 'Great Cataclysm' of the Gray Fox God Era is said to be caused by Dafa."

Igula frowned: "The ideals of Dafa lead to a catastrophe?"

“No,” Mercury Trojan said, “It is Dafa. Only Dafa.”

Harvey asked, "Dafa has developed self-awareness?"

"Dafa has self-awareness, otherwise it wouldn't have ideals." Mercury Trojan said, "But ordinary Dafa only has 'instincts', while Dafa recognized by the Divine Fire System seems to be able to retain its memories and thoughts from before death, which means it has personality... or in other words, godhood."

"So that woman wants to use the Divine Fire System to transform herself into a Dafa with personality?" Yaxiu said, "Although it is infuriating to see the person who hurt us so badly become successful, it will not harm us, except for raising our blood pressure."

"First of all, once a great method is recognized by the Divine Fire System, all other great methods in Senro will be directly destroyed." Mercury Trojan said: "I don't know how many miracles of destruction the magicians of the Fire Cat God Era have sealed in the virtual realm."

"Secondly," she smiled, "do you know what her ideal is?"

Ash said, "I don't think it can be worse than turning the whole world into undead."

"I'm not interested in turning the entire world into the dead." Harvey said calmly: "I emphasize again that the goal of the dead faction is not to create death, but to turn things that the living value into immortality."

"Maybe it's even worse." Mercury Trojan said, "To put it simply, she believes that all kingdoms are just a dream of the God. The so-called reality is just an illusion when we are imprisoned by the God. The virtual world is our eternity."

Dream?

Ash and the other two were stunned. Even Tamashi couldn't help but turn her head to look at her, but she quickly turned back, tilting her head slightly and watching their movements with her peripheral vision.

"Her superficial ideal is to puncture all illusions, end all suffering, terminate all fate, and release all 'prisoners'." Mercury Trojan said: "She should have a deeper ideal, but I don't know."

"...I didn't expect that I could hear two evil crows' different types of crazy thoughts in one night." Tamashi snorted coldly: "Rotten thoughts can really produce boring excrement."

Igula said: "...Will the Divine Fire System also recognize such an ideal that is bound to fail?"

"Which ideal do you think is bound to succeed: Fire Cat's 'allowing ordinary people to control magical spirits', Fang Yuanchan's 'immortality', or Zhui Guang's 'resurrection of the dead'?" Mercury Trojan: "And..."

"What if she succeeds?"

They looked at Mercury Horse, who responded calmly: "Are you sure that reality is not a dream?"

Igula immediately said: "For a consensus proposition like this, the skeptic should provide evidence to oppose it."

"Why are there no connections between the realms? Why can we only enter the virtual realm with our souls, but the virtual realm channels can connect different realms? Why do we stay in the virtual realm after we die?" Mercury Trojan said: "This is just a random reason I thought of. Since she can stick to her ideals, she must have found more solid evidence."

"But even if reality is just a dream, it is not a reason to destroy it." Mercury Trojan cut off his forearm with a knife and threw it into the bonfire: "Just like you don't want to walk into the night to test whether you are Candle Lord, we don't need to hope for eternity after death. There is no truth or falsehood in life, only happiness and regret."

"Moreover, even if her ideals will not succeed, by then all Dafa will perish, and you can only follow her to survive in Senluo. If you don't follow her, every Senluo person you meet will be your enemy. You can still not believe in Dafa now, but in the Age of Gods, if you don't follow her, you will be an evil heretic."

"Not to mention that if she completely becomes a tactile being, she will be able to control the Four Pillars Divine Religion. By then, can you still find her to solve the problem of the blood race?"

Ash couldn't help but ask, "Since you knew she was so dangerous, why didn't you get rid of her in advance?"

Mercury Trojan showed her mercury neck: "The reason why she defected from the Four Pillars Divine Religion was because I sent people to assassinate her. This body with a broken neck is my hard work. As for why I accepted her in the first place, firstly, I had never seen her in person, and we had always been communicating remotely. Secondly..."

"Everyone has flaws. You are confident that you can control everything, so you are not worried about her madness. You just want to make use of her talents." Igula said calmly: "This is the way to use people. It's just that you messed up this time."

"Wait," Ash suddenly remembered something: "She is both a touch sense and a Dafa?"

"There is no precedent, but I don't rule out this possibility." Mercury Trojan said: "However, when the fifth age of gods arrives, the Four Pillars Divine Religion will inevitably enter a dormant period."

It sounds nice, but it’s still subject to the crackdown on pornography and illegal publications… Ash muttered to himself.

After Mercury Trojan's analysis, they also understood the urgency of these three crises. The most urgent one was the Dark Night. If they didn't solve it, Harvey would hate Alice. The second was the Blood Race. If they didn't solve it, they would be squeezed dry sooner or later. The last was the God's Treasure. If they didn't destroy that person's ideal, they would eventually become sacrifices to her ideal.

but……

"Why can I solve these crises by becoming a sense of touch?" Ash looked confused: "Can the Four Pillars sense three wishes from me?"

Mercury Trojan pointed to the darkness outside: "The reason why this camp was conquered by the darkness is not only because all the people died, but also because the Four Pillars Gods shifted their sights. As long as you become the sense of touch, the statues in the camp will be activated again, and they will naturally continue to resist the darkness."

"As for the blood race and the God's possession, it is ultimately a problem caused by that person. You don't need to solve the problem, you just need to solve that person. If you become the touch, you can not only prevent her from controlling the Four Pillars, but also drive the Four Pillars to hunt her down."

"It sounds like a business that is guaranteed to make money." Igula said, "But why did you choose an outsider like Ash instead of your relatives?"

"Not everyone can become a touch sense," said Mercury Trojan, "Including you, I have only seen four people who are suitable to become a touch sense."

"Then why——"

"Because if I let her become a sense of touch, she will definitely not let me go. She holds a grudge." Mercury Trojan said: "But if you guys, I still have a chance to escape."

Although the answers might not be lies, all the important questions have been answered. The campfire suddenly became quiet and everyone was thinking.

"As expected, I still can't let go of such an opportunity." Igula suddenly said: "Becoming a touch sense can not only gain almost miraculous abilities, but also control the sect that will dominate this land... Ash, you don't want to steal my opportunity, do you?"

In a few words, the trickster classified this opportunity as "my thing", as if Ash's any attempt was in a moral trough. However, Ash reluctantly sat up and looked at the black crow behind him.

"Tamahi, did you know her? Before she turned into the Mercury Horse."

"know."

"What kind of person was she before?"

"A cheerful, confident girl who loves to play pranks and laugh."

"And then?"

Tamashi turned and looked at Ash.

"My mentor had his throat pierced by this sharp blade," he pointed to the Gray Fox blade on his elbow, "and many others, including Anoyi, Ye Lu, Qi Xiu..."

Tamashi paused and said, "They were all killed by my own hands."

"When I tried to assassinate Tanomu, my mentor, my friends, my comrades, and my juniors were all controlled by her to surround and kill me."

After saying that, Black Crow turned back and continued looking at the campfire.

Mercury Trojan didn't care about the accusation at all, as if he was just hearing someone else's story.

"It seems that becoming a touch sense may change your personality drastically." Ash said: "Igula, I can't even deal with you now. If you become ten or a hundred times more evil, I don't have the confidence to pull you back. What about you, Harvey?"

Harvey: "I will try to be ten times or a hundred times more evil."

"I forgot that you're not a good person either..." Ash held his forehead and said, "However, if I were ten or a hundred times more evil, it should be easy to deal with, right? After all, Igula, you still hold one of my wishes in your heart, and you're a psychic."

"I'll ask you to protect my future self."

Igula tried to sit up, but Ash pushed him back down with a gentle push.

"…Is it me who makes the wish, or you?"

Ash's lips curled up into a sly smile: "This is called sunk cost, Mr. Fraudster."

"Mercury Trojan, it's decided, let me do it."

"You are the only one who can do this." Mercury Trojan said leisurely, "Tactile perception is not an exam. It's not about just passing. It's about competition."

"If Igula is qualified, then you and that woman are excellent. But each country can only have one touch. In other words, you and that woman have to compete for the favor of the four pillars of gods."

"What a terrible way of putting it," Ash sighed.

Ash resolutely chose to become a touch sense, in addition to some fearless determination, more of a desire to explore the mystery. He is not a fool. Every time he arrives in a country, he first encounters the Four Pillars of God. In addition to the influence of the Eternal Walker, he is most suspicious of Heath.

Heath's past has always been entangled, and this time becoming a touch may be an opportunity to solve this problem. After all, escape is not a solution. He hopes to solve all the troubles of this body before officially meeting Sword Princess.

"What should I do?"

"It's very simple. I will activate your potential. You just need to call the Four Pillars Gods." Mercury Horse said, "You know their names, right? Remember to use honorific titles."

Ash nodded, clasped his hands together and chanted:

"The Supreme Lord of Billions of Glory."

"The king of wind, rain and snow in the clear blue sky."

"The eternally burning heart of the immortal wanderer."

"The omnipresent dreamy free spirit."

"Great Four Pillar Gods," Ash called out loudly, "Please listen to my orders!"