Ian·Bones looked around, feeling the familiar but completely different high-dimensional magic fluctuations in the air. It had been a full year since he last set foot on this god's territory called "Elysium".
He did not stay too long in this devastated peripheral area. With a wave of his hand, he arbitrarily tore apart the space passage leading to the third floor. As he crossed the floor, he nodded slightly to the Royal Magic Knightss who fought bloody battles to clear the obstacles for him, expressing his recognition and gratitude as the commander-in-chief. Then, he issued an order through the spiritual link, allowing Nero to lift the absolute seal that blocked the fourth floor, and stepped into this ultimate restricted area alone.
What is in front of you is an unexpected and strange space. There is no majestic and sacred temple as imagined, piled with countless treasures of gods. Instead, it is incredibly small and back to nature. In the entire pure white space, there is only a crystal clear but as deep as an abyss miniature pool, and a dark golden throne standing quietly beside the pool.
And on the throne that symbolized Elysium and the highest Authority, a figure was sitting lazily. Ian narrowed his eyes and looked at the other person coldly.
"You don't seem too surprised to see me?" The person on the throne was the first to break the dead silence. It was a female voice with an ethereal voice that seemed to resonate directly in the depths of the soul.
"What are you surprised about? Are you surprised that the aloof 'god' is actually the skin of a weak woman?" Ian·Bones sneered, with undisguised mockery in his tone.
"That's right. I thought that as a visitor from the lower plane, you would at least show a slightly surprised expression when you saw my posture." The woman known as "God" tilted her head slightly.
"Don't think too highly of yourself. For beings like you who have touched the threshold of high-dimensional life, physical form has long lost its meaning. Changing appearance, gender and even species at will is just as common as a mortal changing clothes." Ian dusted off the dark arcane robe disapprovingly.
"A sharp evaluation." The god smiled and nodded, "In fact, from the moment you came into this world, I have been eagerly looking forward to this meeting with you."
"Oh? How do you say this?" Ian raised his eyebrows slightly, with a dangerous light flashing in his eyes.
The god stood up slowly and looked down at him condescendingly. "With your wisdom, haven't you noticed the contradiction in this yet? Ask yourself, why are you so persistent and even want to break into Elysium at all costs? In order to find out the origin of the magic book Code? To see the so-called 'god' with your own eyes? Or to unlock the ultimate mystery of this universe? Don't you think... for a rational Arcanist, the motivation for you to undertake such an extreme cross-border expedition is too vague and vague?"
Boom!
This sentence was like a heavy hammer hitting Ian's Sea of Consciousness. Countless thoughts and countless decisions that he thought were carefully considered were flashing through his mind at the speed of light like a revolving lantern at this moment. He frowned suddenly.
"Psychological suggestion?!" Ian gritted his teeth and spat out the word word by word.
"Bingo. That's exactly right." The god typed the Snap, and his smile became even brighter.
"When did you do anything to me?!" Ian asked coldly.
"The moment you desperately tried to confront 'Mother' head-on." The god replied lightly.
"'Mother'? You mean...Cosmic Will of this world?" Ian reacted immediately.
"That's it." God (or Eve) walked slowly to the edge of the pool, "Ever since you, an alien soul, forced your way into this universe, I have noticed your existence. After a short observation, I was ecstatic to discover that you... It is the 'master key' that can help me achieve my ultimate ambition! But I am trapped in Elysium and cannot come in person. At the same time, I am keenly aware that the speed at which you gain strength and evolution is too appalling."
"In order to prevent you from breaking away from my control before you fully grow up, or even surpassing my realm, I planted a seed of 'spiritual suggestion' deep in your subconscious. This seed will subtly guide your subconscious, allowing you to step in front of me willingly."
Ian recalled that when he first came to this world, he barely crossed the threshold of Sixth Tier, and there was a huge gap in realm between him and the other party. If the other party had secretly done something evil at that time, it would have been impossible to prevent it.
"But how could I not notice it?" Ian's eyes were so gloomy that they could drip with water.
"It's much simpler than you think. After an in-depth analysis of you, I found that the lowest and core personality trait of your soul is the almost pathological [desire for knowledge] of the 'unknown' - even if you have lost all your memories, this instinct engraved in your bones has never been Erase. So I don't need to tamper with your memory. I just need to quietly amplify and amplify your [curiosity] like fertilization. In the end, your overwhelming curiosity will naturally bring you to this bottomless Abyss."
Ian let out a heavy sigh from the bottom of his heart. He finally realized that he had indeed become too conceited recently because everything was going smoothly.
The old guy Merlin once swore that he had set up an absolute defense for his spirit Sea of Consciousness, which was enough to withstand the mental pollution of those indescribable things whose dimensions were far beyond his. However, if he faced an opponent of the same magnitude that was only one to three levels higher than him, Merlin's defense mechanism would not be triggered, and he could only rely entirely on himself.
'It seems that I have developed a serious path dependence on that old man. From now on, I must remain absolutely vigilant at all times and never make such low-level mistakes again.' Ian secretly warned himself in his heart.
"I understand." Ian quickly adjusted his mentality and locked his cold eyes on the other party again, "So, what is the purpose of all your efforts to attract me?"
The self-proclaimed "god" did not give an answer immediately. She squatted elegantly next to the miniature pool, stretched out her white fingers, and carelessly fiddled with the water.
"Of course it's for...[freedom]." Her eyes gradually became blurred, as if they had penetrated endless time and space and fell into ancient memories.
"Adam... Oh, that's the so-called 'Satan' in your mouth. He and I are the first batch of native creatures born when this world first opened. The original intention of 'Mother' in creating us is to make us the balancing gears of this universe: the mission we are given is to supervise Afterlife and ensure that the souls of all creatures can go to where they should go after death."
"As the first generation of beings whose existence itself is a miracle, we have magical talents that make all future races despair. Our power expands at an extremely terrifying speed until all races crawl at our feet and worship us as gods. What's interesting is that the guy Satan lacks enthusiasm for magic. He doesn't even need to study or meditate deliberately. That kind of innate talent that defies heaven is enough to firmly sit on the throne of one of the most powerful combat forces in the universe."
"As for me... I am very similar to you in this aspect, Ian. I have the same endless curiosity as you. So, I began to delve into the mysteries of magic eagerly, trying to touch the deepest Truth in the world. And this... was also the beginning of my entry into Abyss."
Eve said this and let out an extremely heavy and bitter sigh.
"Finally one day, I touched the 'ceiling' of this world. It was a feeling of suffocation that made people crazy - no matter how crazy I deduced or how unscrupulously I absorbed energy, I could not take even half a step forward in my realm! So, like a helpless child, I prayed to my 'mother'. I begged her to show me the way forward, even if it was just to give me a hint of enlightenment about a higher dimension."
"Looking back now, my actions back then were so ridiculous and stupid. The existence that I respectfully call 'Mother' is not a loving Creation Lord at all! She is just a mass of emotionless, cold and mechanical surface consciousness of the universe. Her only purpose is to maintain the established operation of the universe!"
"How could she care about my life and death and my pain? In her eyes, as long as I am still clocking in to work and fulfilling my responsibilities as Underworld Watchdogs, she would not even look at me for a second and it would be a waste of computing power!"
Ian narrowed his eyes slightly and keenly captured the core logic. "So, after having no way to ask for help, you decided... to overturn the chessboard yourself?"
"Absolutely correct!" Eve's eyes flashed with a crazy light, "I know very well that as long as the foundation of this world is not fatally threatened, that damn 'cosmic will' will always pretend to be dead like a turtle. Therefore, the first step in my plan is to use 'breaking the upper limit of power' as bait to lure Adam to fall."
"After I showed him a crushing level of power that was superior to him, that idiot with a strong self-esteem was easily fooled by me. I tempted him to break the ancient taboo and instigated him to devour the sinful souls that should have been punished to forcibly increase his power. But when he tasted the poison-like pleasure of an instantaneous increase in power for the first time, he completely fell into it and could no longer extricate himself."
"In order to obtain more and better soul nourishment, he began to interfere in the mortal world by any means, spreading the fire of depravity to mortals, luring them to commit heinous crimes, so that they would fall into Underworld after death and become his food."
Eve tapped her fingertips lightly in the pool, teasing a small spirit fish that swam out of thin air. The reflection on the water reflected her cold and beautiful face.
"What happened later went extremely smoothly. Using the excuse of 'killing relatives for justice' and punishing the fallen, I openly and openly provoked a melee between gods and demons that almost returned the entire world to its original state Chaos. As I expected, the world was in danger of destruction, 'Cosmic Will' finally couldn't sit still. But the sad thing is that she is strictly restricted by the underlying rules of the universe and cannot come in person to intervene forcibly. She can only continue to send us warnings and pray for us to cease the war, but how can we pay attention to this incompetence Fury?"
"Since she can't intervene directly, she can only find another way to find the 'actor' to break the situation."
"For example... the so-called 'Magic Emperor' was the original Magic Sage." Ian took over the conversation coldly.
"Exactly." Eve turned his head and looked at Ian with admiration. "I just like to deal with smart people. This saves me a lot of explanations."
"So, what was the truth back then?"
"In order to stop us two thugs who were destroying the world, Cosmic Will forcibly created an anomaly that could turn the tide - the magic sage Alan. In order to give him the capital to fight against us, Cosmic Will even did not hesitate to separate himself and embodied part of his original power Source Force into 'Original Grimoire' and gave it to him."
"The most ironic thing is that when Cosmic Will was screening for agents, she deliberately selected 'humans', a race with an extremely short life span and weak body. She was afraid that Alan would become the next uncontrollable version of me, so Although Alan is powerful, his upper limit is tightly locked and his lifespan is pitifully short. Cosmic Will even puts a shackle on the potential of all races in the world through the law network of the magic book!"
"So, the magic sage who is regarded as a god by the whole world is not the creator of the magic book system at all?" Ian caught the blind spot.
"It's just that arrogant ant 'thinking' he created it." Eve snorted contemptuously.
"It seems you have a deep grudge against him?"
Eve sighed irritably and turned his attention to the swimming fish in the pool again.
"My perfect plan had a fatal deviation in this link. Alan is indeed a mortal with great skill and wisdom. Although in terms of single combat power, he is far inferior to me and Adam, but he relies on his With his charisma and tactics, he combined the power of Dragonkind, Giant, elves and other major races to create a huge force that could influence the battle situation, and even had a record of killing giant dragons."
"In the final analysis, it was my fault for being too careless at the time. Seeing that the plan that had been planned for thousands of years was about to bear fruit, I got a little carried away and completely ignored the rise of that ant. When I realized what was happening, Alan had already We have secretly reached an alliance with Adam! They teamed up to stab me in the back and sealed me tightly in this Elysium, forcing me to delay my plan to steal the universe for countless epochs!"
"A plan to steal the universe?" Ian asked sharply.
Eve smiled slightly, but tightly closed his lips, unwilling to reveal any more words.
"I can guess it even if you don't tell me." Ian looked at her coldly, "When Cosmic Will stripped off that part of the original Source Force and gave it to Alan, you took advantage of that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secretly analyze the underlying structure of Cosmic Will, and even To steal part of her control, right? This perfectly explains why the 'original canon', which represents the ultimate authority of this world, is divided into three: the largest subject is still controlled by Cosmic Will, a part is in the hands of Alan, the magic emperor of all generations, and the last and most core fragment is always held in your hands!"
"You only guessed part of it right." Eve's expression remained unchanged.
Ian frowned, his brain working rapidly, trying to find the missing link in his logical chain. However, his extremely dangerous intuition told him that now was not the time to sit quietly and do academic research. He shook his head helplessly and let out a long sigh.
"To be honest, I have always cared about talents. If I met someone like you with game-breaking thinking and heaven-defying talents under normal circumstances, I would definitely extend an olive branch to you, and even be willing to provide you with excellent resources to reach the top of high dimensions in the Arcane Empire."
"But it's a pity that you should never have tried to use me as a pawn on your chessboard. This behavior has seriously hurt my pride and self-esteem as a Arcanist. So... I must completely erase you today." Ian's voice was as cold as a knife, and the magic power around him began to boil uneasily.
"Even if you extend an olive branch to me, it is impossible for us to reconcile." Eve responded calmly.
"Oh? Why is this?"
"Because I want to completely break free from the prison of this universe and complete the final Transcendence, I must... devour your soul and your memories that span multiple universes alive." Eve's beautiful face finally showed undisguised greed and murderous intent.
"Actually, I could have guided you to a clear path to other dimensions." Ian said coldly.
"I don't need anyone's pity or charity! Whether it's the superior 'mother', the Adam who betrayed me, or you, the arrogant stranger!" Eve's voice suddenly became sharp and crazy.
Ian shrugged indifferently and slowly pulled out his staff from Void. The tyrannical conceptual magic gathered crazily at the top of the staff.
"Now that the nonsense that everyone uses to delay time and restore status has been exhausted, let's use the most primitive way to solve the problem."
"Prepare to die."