An indescribable beauty drew all of Laqi's attention.
Many Flowform people had also been drawn here by the "Low-Energy Shadow," but after studying it for a while and finding no sufficient gains, they left.
Many people had spoken with Laqi. They all thought him an oddball, immersed in some nonsensical drivel of uncertain truth.
Those things could not be verified at all, nor could they be applied to reality. They were nothing but elusive castles in the air.
He was regarded as a madman.
One passing Flowform person remarked that he had been cowed by an incomparably powerful force.
That force had fused with the concept of fear in his heart, making Laqi unable to forget the disaster he had suffered.
This showed that Laqi was still afraid. Those ethereal notions always stirred oppressive thoughts within him.
Thus, that Flowform person told Laqi that nothing in this world was more harmful than urging people to believe in some supernatural entity, before which reason had to fall silent, and for which one had to sacrifice everything in the mortal world to become happy.
He urged Laqi to abandon this pursuit of elusive things. It was not worth devoting everything to an imagined "supernatural thing."
He believed that people like Laqi lived in the cracks of the real world, dwelling in meaningless tranquility, heeding no pleas, caring neither for others nor for the world. No one should imitate Laqi.
His remarks won some supporters. Before long, all those around who were studying the shadow concluded that current technology could not investigate it thoroughly, and so they came to persuade Laqi.
When persuasion proved fruitless, everyone left.
Since there were already fanatics willing to die for a god that did not exist in their hearts, how could other rational people stop them no