Whose ending?
“The three ‘truth links’ should be in a progressive relationship.”
On the rooftop, Igula was sitting on the coffin lid, thinking about the third link, when Gwen whispered something beside him.
Yes, it should be a progressive relationship.
The first link points out the truth of the world.
The second link points out the interference of Senluo Zhanzhu in reality.
The target of the third link should be...
At this time, Harvey flew over and said, "Some psychics have discovered that the souls of green beasts do not disappear after death, but are attached to the crystal fragments, and even retain a certain degree of perception and thinking ability..."
Gwen quickly engraved this information, and Harvey looked at Igula on the coffin and said, "Come down."
Igula stood up and saw that Yashu was about to fly back to collect information, so he spread his wings and flew to the other side, saying, "Come here."
In fact, the relationship between the necromancer and the fraudster is quite subtle: Igula always looked down on Harvey's aesthetic of death, and Harvey was not interested in the living Igula, and they usually didn't talk much.
Friends, companions, fellow travelers... these words are difficult to summarize their relationship. If we have to say, they are just two freshwater fish in the sea, who just encountered the same torrent and so wandered together.
Igula flew to the shadow of a ruin, glanced at the black crow stationed on the tower, and said, "Ash only knows how to cause trouble for me..."
Harvey sat on the rock. "Aren't you used to this yet?"
"Don't talk like you're not causing any trouble."
"I don't need you to wipe my ass."
Igula stopped talking to him: "If I'm not mistaken, the third link of truth is likely to point to the secret of the Silver Lamp. To put it more directly, it will wash away everything that the Silver Lamp did before."
"That's unlikely." The necromancer shook his head. "Even according to my values, I can't think of any reason that can justify Silver Lantern. Even if it's true as she said, that when people die they enter eternity, and she uses this to whitewash her behavior... I naturally don't mind, but Ash obviously can't help but mind."
"But Yindeng believes it is possible." Igula said: "She may have other purposes, but her main goal in coming to the Dead City is probably to make us - or let Ash - understand what she did. Based on her current IQ, I don't think this is her wishful thinking or self-deception. Maybe she knows some mental loopholes of Ash..."
As early as before, Ash mentioned that it was very abnormal for Silver Lantern to be trapped by the Four Pillars until dark without moving. After breaking the first "Truth Link", Igula also vaguely understood the woman's intentions.
I'm afraid she's somewhere in the city right now, waiting for them to uncover the final secret.
Harvey said lazily, "So why did you call me over here? I'm not interested in understanding the intrigues of your highly intelligent people."
"Tamahi Crowkiller."
Igula whispered the name. "No matter what truth we find out, this stubborn Black Crow will never give up his hostility towards Silver Lantern, because this is not only about his faith, but also about his revenge. As long as he wants revenge on Mercury Trojan, he cannot be soft-hearted towards any villain, otherwise Mercury Trojan will be able to find a loophole and defeat his defenses."
"Why did you only target me and let Silver Lantern go?" Normal people would just laugh it off, but that stinky crow couldn't accept such an accusation. "
"I had already broken down his mental defenses and turned him into a useless crow, which would make it easier to deal with him after he lost his principles. But Ash was meddling in my business..."
"I'm not surprised at all." Harvey said slowly, "I even want to laugh at your recklessness - you actually dared to ignore the variable Ash."
"In short, if the time comes, I need you and your new servant to take Black Crow away." Igula said, "Two Sanctuary Warlocks and a dead spirit, kidnapping an ordinary person who is not even a warlock, is that a problem?"
"Although I have objections to the term 'ordinary people', it's okay." Harvey said: "So, you hope to give up the hostility with Silver Lantern?"
"It's already difficult for us to deal with Silver Lantern." Igula said, "Although the blood curse is troublesome, it's not wise to go against an enemy like Silver Lantern just for the blood."
"Now that we have broken with the Four Pillars, we have actually lost the capital to hunt down Silver Lantern, unless we are willing to cooperate with Mercury Trojan Horse - I have no problem with that, but can you, Ash and Tamashi tolerate this?"
"And the main reason we're hunting down Silver Lantern is actually to solve Ash's half-touch problem. As long as we give up our hostility, we can free up our hands to look for the legacy that leads to other kingdoms; as long as we leave Senluo, the problem of half-touch will naturally be solved."
"and……"
Igula's face was hidden in the shadows: "There's no need to embarrass him."
"I'd like to see his expression after he kills Silver Lantern himself." Harvey said, "It will be very interesting."
Igula looked at the necromancer: "Archibald..."
"Just to scare you." Archibald Harvey patted his butt, spread his wings and left: "Don't sit on the coffin next time."
After arranging this matter, Igula also returned to the rooftop. At this time, Gwen had already recorded a lot of information.
"The wasteland has lasted for more than two hundred years..."
"Although we were able to kill them in time, the frequency of deep-sea green beasts appearing is increasing..."
"Because the power of Midnight Gripping Green increases year by year, the frequency of caravans decreases."
"There were two 'big dizziness' incidents in the Fire Cat God Era, where everyone lost consciousness for a minute. It also happened once in the Blue Bird God Era."
"Compared to a hundred years ago, the average daylight hours have decreased by 30 minutes."
"After the Age of Gods began, the green beasts were completely wiped out."
Unlike the first two "truth links", the effective information required for the third truth link is very complicated and has no connection with each other. Igula's deduction process is very difficult, and he can only vaguely deduce that the living environment in the Senluo Wasteland seems to be gradually getting worse. However, with so many sects fighting each other, it would be unfair if it didn't become worse...
It is normal for the number of green beasts to increase. After all, as more people die, there is more despair, and the number of green beasts will naturally increase.
What caught Igula's attention was that the green beast seemed to have no concept of death.
Even if they were destroyed, devoured, or crushed into powder, their souls would still exist in other forms. Igula didn't know if they would feel pain in this state, but just wandering around for eternity without being able to do anything was already an unimaginable torture.
However, this despair is not endless. As long as the Age of Gods appears and the people are united in their support, the green beasts will be completely extinct, ending their fate of eternal wandering.
As the intelligence was gathered, Igula's doubts deepened - these intelligence could not be deduced further, what did it have to do with the ending? It seemed that there was a key puzzle that they had never found, so the logical chain was always broken.
boom!
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the distance, and Igula's first reaction was "Why can they hear sounds when time is slowed down?" But he understood after thinking about it - just like they can exert influence on objects, the sound is equivalent to the vibration they cause to the air, and naturally there will be a certain range of effect.
He looked up and saw the scene he least wanted to see: the ruins of a tall building in the distance and black crows chasing a silver lamp.
That Black Crow doesn't even have a sanctuary, so he's not afraid of being attacked by the Silver Lantern—Oh, he's not afraid, Ash is nearby.
At this time, Harvey was coming back to submit intelligence. When he saw this scene, he knew that things were going to be troublesome, so he slowly told the effective clues he had found: "The gap between the First Age of Gods and the Age of Fire Cat Gods was 30 years, the gap between the Age of Fire Cat Gods and the Age of Blue Bird Gods was 5 years, and the gap between Blue Bird and Gray Fox was 3 years."
Igula's heart moved, and he realized that this was a very important piece of the puzzle. But without the key piece of the puzzle, he still couldn't——
Suddenly, Igula remembered how he explored the distant space.
When ordinary sanctuaries explore the distant sky, they either directly engage in battle like Chikara or try to find affixes like Ash and others, but Igula is different from them -
He will look for the dream master.
The dream master is the owner of the dream bubble. Once the dream master dies, the bubble will be broken.
Sometimes the battle between the magician and the creatures in the virtual world affects the people on the street, and if the dream master is accidentally killed, the dream will be shattered immediately.
But not many people know that the dreamer also knows the affix of bubble, or in other words, the affix is produced because the dreamer has special desires.
It's just that the dream master is no different from most passers-by, and even if the magician knows this, it is difficult to find him. But Igula is different. He can analyze factors such as the bubble environment, the image of passers-by, and the surrounding scenery, gradually narrowing down the scope of the dream master until he finds the dream master, and then uses mental miracles to control the other party.
This method is naturally time-consuming, but as his proficiency increases, Igula can judge the difficulty of the current bubble in finding the dream master within 5 minutes. If it is within 30 minutes, he will continue to search; if it exceeds 30 minutes, he will move on to the next bubble.
He can now explore nearly 10 bubbles a night, which is why he has begun to show combat effectiveness not long after entering the Faraway Space - he does not have Ash's secrets, nor Harvey's Ghost King shackles, it all depends on his own efforts.
During this process, Igula discovered that in addition to the death of the dreamer, there would be other effects. For example, when the dreamer was injured, passers-by would feel pain; when the dreamer was bleeding, the bubble environment would begin to deteriorate; when the dreamer was dying, passers-by would no longer maintain their normal state, but become...
crazy.
It was as if the iceberg in his mind had melted completely. Igula looked at the ground covered with records, and all the joints suddenly became clear, and the deduction process became clear.
First of all, "Senluo is idealistic" and "Senluo Zhanzhu's will can directly interfere with reality" are two major truths that have been deduced.
The reason why "the intervals between previous divine ages were extremely short" is very easy to understand. It means that Senluo Zhanzhu wanted to enter the next divine age as soon as possible and obtain new gods.
"The Wasteland Era lasted for more than two hundred years", which can only point to one conclusion: Senluo Zhanzhu's interference in reality is not as strong as before, and he can't even start the Age of Gods! Otherwise, there is no reason for him to give up this fertile land that can grow gods!
Although "the deterioration of the environment in the Forest" is reasonable from a realistic perspective, it is very unreasonable in the Idealistic Forest - the will of all living beings here can interfere with reality, and everyone is a devout and fervent believer, and their concentrated will can even create miracles. When everyone is pursuing beauty, the natural environment in the Idealistic Forest can only spiral upward, how can it possibly decline?
However, the environment has deteriorated, which only shows that the will of all living beings is overwritten by a greater will.
There are also "Great Dizziness" and "Great Cataclysm", which can affect everyone in the country. Events must be miracles. But the Senluo Kingdom is under the protection of Senluo Zhanzhu. Even if other gods want to make trouble, they should have other supporting actions. Why did they just let all the Senluo people be wiped out, but did not occupy the Senluo land?
Therefore, the "Great Dizziness" and "Great Catastrophe" could only have been caused by Lord Senluo himself.
All these evidences point to two truths: the Senluo Kingdom is an idealistic kingdom, and it is also a fantasy bubble created by the Senluo people and Senluo Zhanzhu.
Because it is a dream, Senluo people can become Dafa, and outrageous fantasy creations can appear; but because the will of Senluo Zhanzhu transcends the will of all living beings, His orders will become the fate of Senluo, and His ontological state is closely related to Senluo.
Lord Senluo Zhan is the master of this illusory dream; everyone else is just a passerby in this illusory dream.
The second truth is that Lord Senluo is on the verge of death!
Only when he was on the verge of death would he be unable to maintain and manage the God-era business of the Senluo Kingdom. Even the "Great Cataclysm" itself was most likely caused by the fatal damage to his body, which led to the annihilation of hundreds of millions of Senluo people!
He is bleeding, so the environment of Senluo is deteriorating year by year; He cannot start the Age of Gods, so the wasteland has only lasted for more than two hundred years!
Therefore, the third "Link of Truth" asks "what is the ending", which refers to "what will happen to the Kingdom of Senluo when Lord Senluo dies."
When a person dies, he or she will involuntarily burst into the most miserable despair due to the instinct of life. Igula does not think that the Lord God can resist the despair of death. In fact, because He is trying to save Himself, He will prolong the moment of death, which will eventually breed extremely cold malice.
He was probably seriously injured and on the verge of death two hundred years ago, but it has been delayed until now, and there is still no sign of improvement.
If the death of Senluo Zhanzhu leads to the destruction of Senluo Kingdom and the extinction of all living beings, it will naturally be an unstoppable end of the world. But Igula thought of Yindeng's behavior and suddenly realized that there was another more terrifying possibility - what would happen if Senluo Zhanzhu died but Senluo Kingdom still existed?
As the dream master of "Ideal Senluo", the despair of Senluo Zhanzhu is enough to pollute the entire earth, turning into a strangler that exists during the day, strangling everyone to death, and then -
Everything will come to the most desperate end.
In a flash, the trickster had completely understood Silver Lantern's idea. Although the most important piece of the puzzle was missing, he was sure that this was the truth that Silver Lantern wanted Ash to know.
He stood up suddenly and grabbed Harvey. The necromancer said, "Okay, okay, I'll let Alice come out with me to stop it--"
"No."
Igula held the necromancer's shoulders tightly, his eyes revealing a cold murderous intent: "We are going to kill Yindeng."
Harvey was slightly startled, his expression did not change, but his eyes were clearly asking, 'This is different from what we agreed on.'
"She's not deceiving herself or being wishful, she's just being selfish."
"Yin Deng must die." Igula said word by word, "There's no need to embarrass him."