Chapter 1204 Amber Egg
The scale of Paradise City is almost one of the largest among the ancient Parthian Empire.
Apart from the largest Holy Spring City, the second largest city now is Paradise City... although the cities from the second to the fifth combined may not be as big as Holy Spring City.
With such immense power, yet possessing a fifth-level devotion, he must be practicing asceticism. After all, asceticism in this world is also subjective. As long as he believes he is practicing asceticism, then it is asceticism.
Fish sauce was a daily staple for Aiwass. It was just like soy sauce to him. It was only because Anxi was so far from the sea that this coastal specialty became a luxury more valuable than gold.
...If nothing unexpected happens, this bottle of blood sauce might even be produced in Lloyd's District.
This made Aihua look embarrassed.
——It’s a complicated experience, just like eating at Haidilao, which is much more expensive when traveling abroad.
Although after arriving at Adil's bedroom, Aiwass had a different opinion of this kind master - he was not just a hypocrite, nor was he an ambitious person who manipulated people's hearts.
He wanted to do something good from the bottom of his heart.
But Aiwass also understood more and more clearly that he was indeed not the same kind of people as these people -
Even if Adil truly practiced asceticism and good deeds, and possessed a morality and kindness that was worlds apart from other good people, he was still so barbaric and cruel to Aiwass... hopeless.
Because he cannot transcend his origin, culture and beliefs.
Every polite and gentle word he spoke revealed to Aiwass the upper limit of the group of "good masters".
For some reason, Aiwass also sensed a faint aura of death from him. This wasn't to say that he was in poor health, or that he had some disease or curse. Rather, it was like someone who knew they had a terminal illness.
Unlike ordinary people who feel that "the future is infinite," he clearly knows the time of his own end. Because of this, all his plans and arrangements have an unbreakable deadline. It's a unique feeling of indifference, as if nothing matters anymore, mixed with the persistence and anxiety of "at least completing something."
Therefore, Aiwass didn't bother to argue with him for the time being, but directly asked the question that concerned him the most: "What is the amber egg you mentioned?"
Upon hearing this, Adil did not give any instructions or orders.
He just lowered his eyes, and the slaves in the palace walked up silently and handed him the amber egg in the sealed container.
As Adil said, they understood each other's minds. No words or communication were needed, so there were no mistakes or reprimands.
Is this also what pastoral care does?
Aiwass thought about it and looked carefully.
——It was something placed in a black container.
The outer container is a giant egg, made of "Thirst Stone." Apparently, it's the same material as the Thirst Stone Bell that the Good Lord used to summon the inhabitants... It looks like cloudy black crystal.
Just by staring at it, Aiwass could vaguely hear the faint sound of waves.
It's like white noise that helps you sleep.
But if Aiwass looked away, the sound disappeared.
That kind of light transmittance is a bit like the anti-peep glass in a car. If you look through it, you can hardly see anything.
It was as if he had guessed what Aiwass was thinking, or as if the good master had observed his gaze.
Then another slave brought over, placed a candle, and lit it. It was another specialty that Aiwass was quite familiar with—the holy candle used by the bishops of the Theocracy. The flame of this candle had a faint calming and healing effect, and could dispel many weaker diseases.
Through the light of the candle, I can vaguely see some outlines inside.
There seemed to be something floating in it...but no matter how Aiwass looked at it, it was not a smooth egg, but more like some strange tentacle-like things.
"...That doesn't seem to be an egg?" Aiwass murmured.
For some reason, just looking at it, I felt an inexplicable sadness.
But Aiwass just couldn't remember anything.
That confusing sense of contradiction makes people uneasy and even a little upset.
It was as if he had forgotten someone important - and she was still in front of him, staring at him silently with tears in her eyes.
"Yes and no."
Adil looked at Aiwas with a sad look in his eyes: "My brother... do you think this is the offspring left by the Pillar God Amber?"
"That's right."
Aiwass nodded slightly, unable to take his eyes off the "egg".
He already knew that Huan Tiansi had been in love with Amber and was killed by her. Yuan Tiansi was Huan Tiansi's former corpse, which fell into the sea and became a spirit... The fact that this amber egg could be sealed by seawater inevitably reminded Aiwas of the secret knowledge in the Sea Burial Tantra.
"It seems you know a lot of secrets."
Seeing Aiwass's reaction, Adil smiled with expectation and recognition: "You even know the deep relationship between my Lord and the Amber Pillar."
He guessed what Aiwass was thinking, knowing that Aiwass must have thought that this was Huan Tiansi and Amber's child. This vague statement was precisely his deliberate misleading move.
"...I find you to be something of a philosopher, Adil."
Aiwass raised his head and looked at the Good Lord: "You like puns very much."
Just like the saying "Amber is never a fetus in an egg" actually has two completely different meanings.
One explanation is based on the idea that Amber is the "goddess of the unborn"—according to current theological research, Amber is a child yet to be born. She is the eye, the door, the egg, the light, the amber... Born in the future, growing in the past, she is a paradox that cannot exist, an unsolvable error.
Therefore, if one denies the "god who is about to be born" and mentions "never a fetus in an egg", it will give people an illusion... He seems to be saying that amber is not an unborn "embryo in an egg", but an existence that has already been born.
And Aiwass happened to know this secret.
Amber is the beloved of Huan Tianshi—or rather, the Heavenly Master of Reincarnation. Before the world's destruction, Ai Shiping entrusted his authority over reincarnation to the one he trusted most, permanently sealing Amber and making her the final mechanism for restarting the world. So, she's certainly not a "fetus in an egg," but rather an adult trapped within the "egg," curled up and sleeping like a baby!
But at the same time... Adil's words actually have another meaning.
Aiwass now came to his senses - this really couldn't be the child of Amber and Huan Tiansi.
Because judging from Adil's devotion to Huantiansi, if this is really Huantiansi's first-generation descendant, wouldn't he be worshipped like a god?
How could it be stolen? And how could he seal it without caring?
Rather than considering it as some kind of belief...it was more like he regarded it as some kind of difficult to deal with trouble.
One could even say that Adil still harbors some kind of hostility towards Amber...
...As expected, toxic fans only break down when it comes to real sisters-in-law. You're not a fan of Ai Shiping's girlfriend, are you?
Once he thought of this possibility, Aiwass felt a little creepy.
"How much do you know about... 'reincarnation'?"
Adil asked seriously and earnestly.
Aiwass thought for a moment and replied, "While the world changes and cycles, the world remains eternal.
"The righteous will remain righteous, and the filthy will remain filthy. The king will remain king, and the slave will remain a slave.
"No one ascends, no one descends, nothing changes. The universe is frozen, like an amber egg; the worlds cycle in perpetual cycles, like a chain."
Those were the words spoken by Huan Tiansi when he appeared in the light of divine power.
Hearing this, Adil suddenly became excited.
"well!"
His eyes lit up immediately, and he didn't even bother to maintain his philosopher's airs. He nodded repeatedly, almost fanatically, his voice more than doubled in volume: "My brother, you are indeed someone who has seen miracles! We are on the same side, both people with responsibilities!"
He almost wanted to hug Aiwass, and finally calmed down.
……What's the meaning?
Aiwass raised his eyebrows, realizing something.
He had seen the descending Heavenly Ring? But...how was that possible?
Mistakenly believing Aiwass to be one of his own, Adil revealed his biggest secret without reservation:
"I built the city of Heaven for this palace. I constructed this palace because it is my duty. And my duty is to guard its seal—until it is broken at some point in the future. I will eventually die because of this. This is my destiny.
"It must be broken, it must be broken. For it is the son of paradox, the god that does not exist.
“It’s not the son of Huan Tiansi and Amber, but Amber itself.
"The world is in an eternal cycle... Today's amber was born in the future. And the 'egg' that existed in the past, about to hatch into amber, was transformed into a twisted monster."
Hearing this, Aiwass was in a trance for a moment.
Inspired by some mysterious power, he could not help but recite the knowledge from the Sea Burial Tantra in an ancient language he did not speak, as if the knowledge was alive:
A flying snake flew into a bird's nest, swallowed the bird's eggs, and hatched a baby bird from its body.
The bird burst out of the snake's belly and saw the snake that swallowed it at first sight and fell in love with it.
The next moment, Aiwas suddenly woke up.
He looked at the egg and widened his eyes slightly.
There was no doubt that this was the egg.
Because amber has become the god among gods who transcends the future and the past, the ultimate god, the perfect and eternal god...so the amber egg will never be born!
——It is the amber that was supposed to hatch in this time and space, in this reincarnation!
In the true sense, the stillbirth of the Pillar God!
Update completed meow!
Yesterday was supposed to be my lunar birthday, but I ended up typing until I passed out, then woke up and finished the deadline until the early hours of the next morning. It was incredible...
Is it the Gregorian calendar birthday this year?
(End of this chapter)
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