A Thousand Wishes Heaven.
In the wishing pool, Xiao Meng was lying on a swimming ring, floating in the water.
She looked at the sky that was divided into three colors, opened her mouth and yawned, her five tails wagging back and forth: "When will the masters come back..."
In fact, she is not as boring as she looks, as the dream-awakening deity of the dream faction, all the knowledge about dreams in the world may flow through her domain. Except for a few gods related to the dream faction who can share this benefit, she almost accounts for the bulk of the development of the dream faction and is increasing in value all the time.
The most interesting thing is that although the Dream Faction is not as widely applicable as the Gluttony Faction, and the magicians rarely sleep, most ordinary people still dream. When they dream, it is equivalent to promoting the development of the Dream Faction. Even if it is subtle and slow, it wins in terms of quantity and duration. Therefore, even if no one practices the Dream Faction in the future, there are Dream Awakening Spirits to summarize the knowledge, and the Dream Faction will continue to develop.
The development of gods and magic is closely related. If magic is not developed properly, gods cannot be born; as magic grows stronger and more popular, the power of gods will also grow. However, even demigod magicians rarely know this, let alone ordinary people.
Xiao Meng was looking forward to the return of her masters because she was a little greedy. Although she was not so hungry that her performance was affected, she would be unhappy if she had not eaten for such a long time.
Even if it’s the dream of a wild animal or a plant, it’s fine!
But there are only spirits in the Heaven of a Thousand Wishes, and spirits cannot dream, and neither do gods.
Just when Xiao Meng was feeling unhappy, she suddenly noticed a huge light gate appeared not far away. Then the familiar breath that appeared inside made her fly up directly, and she embraced it like a young swallow throwing itself into his arms——
"The master is back!"
Facing the slightly questioning looks from Igula and Tamashi, Ash calmly fed Xiao Meng two source crystals and asked, "Have you finished the homework I assigned to you before?"
"Done!" Xiao Meng waved her hand and stuffed the source crystal into her staff: "It's too easy for me!"
"Then use it once on each of these two guys." Ash pointed at Igula and Harvey.
Xiao Meng nodded. Although she would not leave with any master unless all four masters took her away together, she would obey the orders of any master if she was only allowed to cast spells in the Kingdom of Heaven.
She just let out a "hey" and hit the trickster and necromancer on the head with her staff.
"..." Igula pondered, "Is this using the gods to intimidate us? What effect will it have?"
"You will know later." Ash said.
At this moment, the light gate flickered, and a woman flew out from it, rolling on the ground for a few rounds before stopping. Ash immediately gave her a sword of music, went over to check her out, and said, "She fainted too."
She was not the first visitor. A young man wearing the uniform of the Gemini Cult came in with Ash and the others. But they were all the same. Even after arriving at the safe Thousand Wishes Heaven, they were still unconscious. Their bodies were not seriously injured, except for some scratches.
"The air concentration is normal, suitable for human survival." Harvey squatted down and crushed the mud. "It's almost the same as in reality."
"They have been washed by the torrent of fate for too long, and their bodies are on the verge of collapse, so there is no need for them to fall to the ground. Just reaching the eighteenth floor will cause their souls to disperse, and they will need a period of rest to recover." Tamashi hesitated: "They can't even serve as labor for the time being, so I can only trouble you..."
"No trouble!" Before Ash could say anything, Xiao Meng looked at the two people sleeping on the ground eagerly: "The sleeping people are really great! We should all sleep together!"
"We should be able to provide some seeds for food, but you still have to rely on yourselves to use earth and wood magic to be self-sufficient. At worst, you can move after a portal to the Gospel Kingdom is created." Ash said, "The management issue is a bit troublesome. I can ask the Dream Awakening Spirit to help, but she is not suitable for administration."
"Only one in ten of the people we rescued survived, and their sect naturally fell apart." Tamashi said, "If you are afraid of trouble, I will take care of them, I promise."
Ash nodded, signaling Xiao Meng to take care of the next person coming through, and then the four of them turned back and walked towards the light gate. Xiao Meng hurried over and grabbed Ash's sleeve, and asked pitifully, "Master, are you leaving again?"
"I'll be back soon." Ash said, "Maybe I can bring you a little sister."
Xiao Meng blinked her eyes, and immediately she felt a surge of crisis - the Thousand Wishes Paradise only had one facility, the wishing well! If there were new sisters, who would take care of the wishing well! ?
No, no, I have to squeeze the spirits in the wishing well and make them work overtime, so that the master can see my contribution!
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…
Back in the Senluo Kingdom, the blowing wind of doomsday made Ash and the others feel a little uncomfortable: if the Thousand Wishes Kingdom was the ruins after the collapse, then Senluo was the building in the process of collapse, the former was desolate, and the latter was dangerous.
"How is it?" Ash asked.
“Administrative authority is back,” Tamashi said.
Ash's heart moved. The container ran away, but the management authority was not transferred out. This means...
"I am probably the only vessel for the Lord of Zhan." Tamashi shrugged, "But even so, I still have to leave."
He looked down at the light gate below and said calmly: "At least, I have to find a way to keep the remaining Senluo people alive."
Igula asked: "Have the light gate rules been set up?"
"Once the Empty Gate ends, the Wish Center and the Empty Gate Spirit will automatically bounce to the other side of the Empty Gate, which is the Thousand Wishes Heaven." Tamashi said, "We can go directly to the Thousand Wishes Heaven and wait. There is no need to stay in this dangerous place."
Harvey said: "Then there is only one problem left for us to solve."
Everyone turned their heads and looked at the little silver lamp floating in the air, holding a doll and a watercolor pen, and reading a book.
"Silver Lantern." Ash flew in front of her, "You really can't enter the light gate?"
The little silver lamp closed the book and fell straight down to the top of the light gate. Her short legs couldn't step on it at all. She looked up at Ash and shook her head.
"If she really ascended from the Silver Lantern, then it is normal for her to be inseparable from Senluo, because she is not a true deity."
Tamashi rubbed his temples, as if trying to extract knowledge from them: "The path from magician to great law to deity requires the deep involvement of dream rules at every step. Therefore, the ascended deities are deeply bound to the Senluo dream. Only in the dream can the ascended deities possess the power of deities."
"They are like plants grafted onto each other. The ascended gods cannot escape from the dreamland at all. You cannot take her away."
Hearing this, Ash's heart moved. He vaguely felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it.
"Ash, give up."
If we were to say who here understands the peculiar relationship between Ash and Silver Lantern best, it would probably be Igula.
The Trickster said: "She lived for her ideals, and died for her ideals. In this case, let her be buried with the world."
Ash stared at the little silver lamp, who had a calm expression, as if he didn't care about anything. Perhaps this was fate. Although Ash still fantasized about digging out some treasure from the silver light, Weisser had always been decisive in doing things, even at funerals. She gave up all thoughts and told him not to pursue.
"Is it possible to leave her behind in this world..." Ash muttered.
Tamashi showed a hesitant look on his face, which was immediately caught by Igula: "What does our Lord God Experience Officer have to say?"
"The world is collapsing too fast." Tamashi looked up: "There are still many people on the way, but before that, I'm afraid the sky will collapse and destroy everything."
Igula said: "There is nothing we can do about it. We can't save everyone."
"Yes, but now there is a way to slow down the world's collapse." Tamashi said, "Master Zhan mentioned in his memory that the original rules of Senluo were formulated with the help of gods, because gods represent the essence of the rules. Compared to creating things out of thin air, it only takes a little effort to brand with gods."
"So, we can use the Silver Lamp Spirit to formulate new rules to delay the collapse of the world." Yashajin said: "Also, if the Silver Lamp can really purify the green beast, maybe it can also... allow the Senluo Kingdom to be reborn."
Ash asked, "So, what's the price?"
"Herself." Tamashi said, "It's different from fusing the Kongmen magic spirit with the wish center. Supporting the world consumes too much energy, and the Senluo dream is definitely not able to support it. So only by exhausting her divine essence can new dream rules be formulated."
After Tamashi explained the pros and cons, she said nothing more, without any intention of urging anyone to move forward.
Ash was silent for a while, then he squatted down and looked at the small silver lamp.
Although he knew there would be no response, Ash still subconsciously asked, "Are you willing?"
The little silver lamp took her eyes off the book, looked at him, then reached out and touched Ash's face.
"Don't cry, don't cry," she said.
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After finishing the final business, Ash and the other three flew into the Spiral of Silence, preparing to return to the Thousand Wishes Heaven.
"Are you going to tell Liz about the Thousand Wishes?" Igula asked, "The one standing behind her is the All-Knowing Weaver."
Ash hasn't thought it through yet: "Let's take it one step at a time."
“要不干脆就借助森罗人发展出你的国度？”欺诈师笑道：“想好你的神主尊号了吗？”
“亚修的国度？”哈维也来了精神：“遗体处理科可以直接交给我负责吧？”
“等你们什么时候当上半神天使，我就当国度神主。”亚修随口说道：“我们在千愿天国连吃的都还没解决，你们倒是在思考怎么管理国度了，术师的思维发散能力唯独在贪得无厌方面才会如此跃进……”
轰！
忽然，一团火焰在沉默螺旋爆开！
术师们近乎本能展开圣域保护自己，但他们立刻发现火焰并非想伤害自己，而是想要在沉默螺旋的断裂层里蔓延！
熊熊烈焰的灼热光辉，仿佛穿透他们的皮肤，照亮他们的内脏、骨髓、血管以及灵魂！
这古怪的火焰……亚修终于想起自己忘了什么！
此时，一个人影正在急速冲向光门，仿佛想先他们一步进入千愿天国！
幽魂先知·维希！
这家伙还没走！
当塔玛希说飞升神灵无法带走，亚修就隐隐意识到维希可能还在森罗。维希这家伙贪得无厌穷凶恶极，粪车经过都要尝咸淡，好不容易拿到一个珍贵神灵，他怎么可能舍得放弃？肯定是宁愿留下来也要想办法盗走知守火！
而现在维希突然跳出来，目的也很明显：用知守火阻止亚修等人进行空间穿越，然后他进入千愿天国，独占天国与梦醒神灵！
亚修知道自己已经暴露了，维希可是他创造梦醒神灵时的见证者，不见猎心喜才奇怪。
没了知守火，那就抢回一个天国和一个神灵！
不过，维希大概率是没听见亚修与塔玛希的聊天。
如果他听到，他就不可能敢在森罗与亚修等人交锋。
因为现在的森罗，已经是塔玛希肆意妄为的游乐园了！
「避难所」！
时间无限地减缓，维希的人影彻底停滞，在「避难所」的庇护下，亚修三人展开虚翼迅速接近幽魂先知。而塔玛希则是看向周围烈焰，挑选出适合解决这个场合的幻想词缀：「非燃物」！
万物不可燃！
但就在亚修等人接近维希的时候，随着维希身上一声爆响，他们的「避难所」效果忽然解除了——维希居然有针对森罗幻想造物的防御奇迹！
那就以多欺少！
伊古拉双眼浮现幻象，无数个弑神者亚修斩向维希。
奇迹·观想重叠！
哈维来不及发动冰冷流火，所以只好使用货真价实的火焰。他长长的指甲在手臂上刮出五道血痕，血随着指甲**开，化为五道焰箭射出去！
奇卡拉留下来的血焰术灵和焰箭术灵！
亚修握紧口蜜腹剑，发动「情有独钟」，旋即剑上浮现黑色剑光，如同绑着沉重锁链砍向维希！
奇迹·恨剑！
维希后背刹那间爆出十多声声响，赫然是挡住了所有攻势。唯独亚修的剑直接砍到身后，她没有办法，只能转身用衣袖挡住剑光！
“啊！？”
亚修一脸惊愕：“火猫……不对，你是维希！”
现在出现在亚修眼前的人，并不是原先的阴冷青年，而是极类火猫神灵的精灵少女。只是与火猫的元气活泼不一样，她的眼眸每分每秒都在流露深深的怨毒，冷声说道：“都是你们坏了我的好事！”
维希居然抛弃了原先的躯体，借助火猫神灵再次重生？
亚修微微一想，顿时想通前因后果——维希原来的身体，恐怕也是森罗人。是森罗人就会受到灭世术式牵引，如果维希没逃掉，那她在灭世术式里肯定撑不住，再加上知守火神灵又带不走，而她似乎也恰好知道怎么用术灵/神灵转生，所以才会借助神灵转生！
但这些细节都无所谓！
“维希，你今日必死！”亚修死死缠着维希，低声怒吼。
维希抿紧嘴唇，她似乎不是喜欢大喊大叫的人。她看见自己最后的知守火焰被塔玛希轻易驱散，眼里流露出决然神色。
此时他们距离光门已经很近了，然而塔玛希手指轻轻一点，他刚才能让光门扩大，现在自然也能令光门缩小！
只见光门迅速缩小范围，亚修与维希的下方已经不是光门，而是沉默螺旋底层！
就在这时候，维希忽然在自己下方施放制造了一面空门，并且对亚修施展她最后的神迹：白日梦！
就算没有预知梦的辅助，白日梦也能让目标按照目前行动继续进行一段时间！这个过程里，目标受到任何攻击都会醒来，但控制优先性却是半神第一！
所以维希轻而易举摆脱了亚修，脸上露出残酷的笑容，看着这个坏了她好事的家伙径直撞入未知的空门里！
哪怕我只是一位落魄的半神残魂，也不是区区凡人术师能欺！
塔玛希看见这一幕，立刻再次扩大光门，让光门恰好覆盖到亚修前方——这样亚修就会撞入千愿天国，而不是进入未知光门。
只是光门与空门恰好处于同一水平，当光门扩展过来，直接就撞上空门。在此之前，从没有两个空门重叠的情况，哪怕术师想这么做，空门自己也会偏移一两分，绝不会出现交错。
也就是像塔玛希这样拥有世界管理权限，甚至能用幻想肆意修改术灵效果，才能构筑出这奇特的一幕。
只见光门与空门撞到一起，微妙的空间能量开始交错，紧接着就掀起滔天大浪。塔玛希下意识将光门收回来，但空门已经爆碎，炸出来的球形空间乱流，将亚修与维希都吞了进去！
伊古拉、哈维、塔玛希愣愣看着这一幕，一时间都反应不过来。
但下一秒，死灵术师毫无迟疑直接飞入空间乱流里！
塔玛希见状也要下去，但被伊古拉拦在身前：“天国！你要守护他的千愿天国！”
“为什么不是你！”塔玛希咆哮道：“我连术师都不是！”
“因为我比你快。”
塔玛希一怔，伸手一挥，眼前欺诈师的幻影便烟消雨散。
他呆呆停在沉默螺旋半空，双肩颤抖，心里不知道在想什么。
过了好一会儿，他才从腰袋里拿出一副新的乌鸦面具，重新戴上。
……
……
“维希！”
亚修从白日梦里清醒过来，立刻握紧口蜜腹剑准备决一死战。
但出现在他面前的，只有伊古拉和哈维。
“运气不错，空间乱流居然刚好是通往正常地方。”伊古拉观察前后通道：“这里大概是地底通道，从气流来看，距离地面应该不远。”
亚修愣愣问道：“维希呢？”
“不见了。”伊古拉说道：“大概在你还在做梦的时候就已经溜了。”
亚修看了看他们两个，长长叹息一声，收回口蜜腹剑。
“你们还真是纠缠我不放，”他说道：“就不能学塔玛希冷静一点吗……”
伊古拉说道：“你这时候只需要千恩万谢地跪下来叩头就行了，不需要说那么多废话。”
“走吧。”哈维说道：“先出去看看情况。”
三人沿着通道朝着风流方向前进，通道狭窄细长，但又不像是矿洞。
虽然来到未知的国度，但术师们并不是很担心。毕竟有空门术灵，国度穿越已成可能，再加上他们实力都是圣域以上，除非遇到传奇术师，否则他们在陌生国度也能横行无忌。
“会不会是来到福音呢？”亚修猜测道：“如果是的话，那就什么都解决了。”
“血月也可以。”伊古拉说道：“我其实还挺期待跟‘老朋友’们见见面。”
“有没有可能，我们已经死了，这里就是地狱？”哈维提出一个很有创意的猜测。
“不可能，绝对不可能。”
在短暂的讨论声里，他们很快到达洞口。亚修有些惊讶：“外面是白天？”
洞口光线很明亮，但他们的体感告知他们现在已经是夜晚。这里存在两个可能性，一个是人造光源，另一个则是这个国度跟森罗国度的时差有点大……
但等他们走出洞口，发现是第三个可能。
夜空繁星，辰宿列张，银河倒悬，亮如白昼。
这是他们见过最绚烂的星空。
……
……
摇摇欲坠的森罗里，一道银光贯穿天地，成为这片天地最后的支柱，撑起崩落倒塌的国度。
在银光之中，一个小女孩手里抱着玩偶趴在地上，她摊开术师手册，拿出水彩笔在上面写写画画。每当她写完一页，就会有新的一页出现，仿佛术师手册仍在延续。
在她后面，一只仿佛由无数碎裂镜子组成的幻影巨龙，正静静注视她的创作。
在她周围，有上百颗源晶。在这些源晶耗尽之前，她都无需动用自身能量。随着光线牵引，绿晶瓦砾都在流向银灯，但一旦被银光照耀，便化为飞灰解脱，只余下寂然回响。
随着时间流逝，森罗逐渐平静下来，所有颜色悉数褪尽，世界陷入永无止境的幽寂。在漆黑的深夜里，一个稚嫩的声音正在低声呢喃：
“我是幽兰薇瑟……”
In the endless darkness, only a silver lamp remains.