Volume 1: The Beginning of the Calamity, Chapter 13: The Helper
"I thought they would wait and see what happened, but I didn't expect to start faster than us. "Day and night's right leg is tightly bandaged, hanging in the air by a white bandage," maybe other organizations have already been poisoned by them. β
The room was still empty, because it was late at night, and he was talking to himself. Even if such a thing happened, he did not increase the number of bodyguards, and the surrounding alarm procedures would always remind him of his safety.
"Looks like we're going to have to act now. β
The psychology of the Kokage Sect really worked, and the number of people who were attracted when Amaterasu sent Temi back to the dormitory was significantly reduced. As he walked back to his bedroom, he stretched out his hand to say hello to the tree by the roadside. He did the same when he was out of school in his hometown, walking alone on the way home, caressing the hanging branches and leaves on the side of the road, and when the night was getting dark, those silent green friends would use their dense hands, pinching the street lamps to light the way forward for him...... At least in Amaterasu's mind. And the occasional glimpse of him caressing the leaves of a tree by a speeding car on the side of the road will dismiss him as a sentimental liberal arts student, or an autistic person with no friends, or a simple silly child.
He walked downstairs to the dormitory, it seemed to be empty, maybe they were all going out, but there were only more than ten people living in the whole building, and it was normal to be bleak. He walked to the door of his dormitory, took the key from the edge of the door, stabbed it through the keyhole, and turned.
"Hey!" something popped out of the door.
"Ahhhh
Amaterasu jumped up like a frightened cat and closed the door with his hand. How many times has this scared someone? What should I do if I scare someone to death?
The door was pulled open from the inside, and standing in front of him was a girl, smaller than Amaterasu, but very cute. She smiled and shook her hand to greet Amaterasu.
Amaterasu shook his hand and said hello back. The girl is the kind of self-cooked character who is also easy to bring the atmosphere up. Amaterasu ate this, so he didn't care about what scared him just now, although his heartbeat had been stimulated much higher than normal, and the accelerated flow of blood made him a little dizzy.
"Come in, come in!" the girl took his hand and led him through the door. The warm and white delicate little hands stimulated his palms, and all at once his thoughts fell into confusion. Amaterasu is a lonely person, and the last time he held a girl's hand was probably when he was a child and his mother were shopping for dinner in the downtown area.
Neither can it be put or held, Amaterasu can only block his control over that hand, and let himself carry it like a sack.
Centuries passed, and he finally regained his freedom. He habitually closed the door and asked, "...... are you?"
"Am I?" she was stunned for a moment, as if it was a worried look, "My cousin who studied abroad has been forgotten!
"Oh! remember, how can you forget!" Amaterasu said when this happened? He couldn't find these memories when he rummaged through the cabinets in the memory center!
The girl in my memory had short, wool-soft hair that curled slightly inward, and she had a docile and cheerful personality, and her rare pair of green eyes were even more memorable, but Amaterasu forgot about it.
It was probably when he was very young, and his sister, who lived next door, would often come to him to play, but suddenly one day, he couldn't find her. For some reason, the young girl was favored by overseas higher education institutions, and directly took the direct train to a successful life and got a pass to a better future. As soon as he left, he never came back. But these things have long been forgotten by Amaterasu when he was a child, and he only remembers that he had a playmate when he was a child and gave him the only effective rescue when he was seriously ill.
At this moment, the childhood playmate was kneeling in his seat, and on the computer screen was the window of Minecraft, which was the map of the Red Lotus Pavilion. She manipulated the character around in an unfamiliar way, while exclaiming "it seems, sees, ahs".
"It's exactly the same as here!"
"Reality is the side of imitation, right?"
"Huh? Shen Yijing replied a little absent-mindedly. She fumbled around the game's various features, changing the mode to create and moving her hands and feet around the map.
Amaterasu didn't mind that, and every time he put something new, he kept a backup of the map. It's just that he has a lot of doubts about the current inexplicable situation. He was still sorting out and thinking about how to speak appropriately, but the other party took the lead in opening the topic.
"There's a lot I want to ask, right? When did I come, what did I come for, how did I know the password to your laptop, why did I bring you to this world, why did I know your news, there are many, many doubts, right?"
"Well, why are you in the boys' dorm?" those were indeed what Amaterasu wanted to ask, but he added a question that sounded like he was not emotionally intelligent.
"Haven't you ever been in a girls' dormitory too? β
"Even though it's going abroad...... How do you know that?" Amaterasu thought that others had many more ways to obtain information than he did, so he re-asked, "What are you doing here for the beginning? β
Shen Yi quietly got out of his chair, jumped over in two or three steps, sat on the edge of the bed with Amaterasu, and looked up at the rotating blades of the fan, "Do you remember what happened when you were a child? Maybe you have forgotten it all a long time ago, but I remember it clearly." We were lying on the lawn counting the stars, and you said there was no way there would be anyone in the world who would be liked by the whole world. β
Amaterasu didn't understand what she meant by mentioning the past, and he continued to listen.
"At that age, I had already thought about philosophical propositions such as the universe, life and death, soul and eternity, I would find the essence through phenomena, I would win people's hearts, I would disguise myself as a likable child, and I was a recognized prodigy. It's just that in front of you, I have turned back into a stinky little ghost with a strong temper. You said that no one in the world will be liked by the whole world, and I just want to be like that, just to break your pessimistic conclusion. This is our promise, and I continue to work on it even today. β
"People's preferences are mostly contradictory, one person likes your trait, and another person may hate it. You can't change their likes and dislikes, you can only change yourself. Luckily, I have been good at disguise and observation since I was a child, so I have the ability to disguise myself as others like. I never show up in public because I can't show myself differently. β
"The Empire has brought in all the people on Earth who might inspire 'reason' in advance, and I am one of them, and you are one of them. Since coming here, I've really been exposed to a lot of new knowledge, like the creatures of the deep sea that have come to land. But the empire has a bad plan and wants to rely on my reason to control the world. β
"By the way, I haven't told you yet. My reason can judge the likes and dislikes of the other person, and I can make the most favorable communication based on it. Even if it is a heinous criminal, it is still a mentally disturbed patient. Since I came here, I've been wandering all over the world, and I've crossed paths with about 70 percent of the people. Their 'future' can be deduced from their personalities, character relationships, surroundings, etc. This is exactly what the Empire wants, the eternal principle. β
Eternal Principles...... Amaterasu had read in the book that it was one of the three mysteries, a new continent that humans could not explore.
"My dealings with them are limited to 'the future'. I told some of them about the future, and they gave me resources in all directions. But they've been doing bad things lately, and it's not convenient for me to continue wandering outside, so I'll have to find a place to get out of the limelight. β
"That's why I came to the Red Lotus Pavilion. Amaterasu finally picked up the conversation, "But this isn't a safe haven either, and the Pavilion Master even plans to be a bird." β
But Shen Yijing laughed heartily, and didn't seem surprised by this.
"Isn't that good!"
"Where's the fire!
There was a slight pause in the conversation. Ideals and reality are colliding fiercely, just like the fatal multiple-choice question of 'do you want to be a coward for life or a hero for a minute', actions in reality are always contrary to decisions.
Shen Yijing swayed her feet back and forth, obviously the bed board was still too high. If she had grown a little longer, her legs would have touched the ground. But such a girl who is still an underage has long been more profound in her thinking than some philosophers.
"Indeed, in such a situation, no one who rushes forward will end well...... But I saw it, and this decision led to a 1 in 10,000 miracle that averted the tragic future. People are interconnected, influencing each other, and ultimately rewriting their fate. β
"That's ...... Abstract. Amaterasu touched his head, "Rewrite fate...... Avoid the future, can the future really be changed?"
"The future I foresee is never wrong, but it can be changed. Those tiny, insignificant wills can be amplified by the network of relationships between people, and can ultimately affect the entire future. You know the composition of reason, right? Ideas produce elements, which are amplified by something like a butterfly effect, and finally form reason. Therefore, it can also be said that the future is rewritten by the reason created by this weak will, and when you think about it, do you suddenly feel that we have become great?"
"A weak will can summon a ...... that changes the future," Amaterasu muttered.
"Exactly. So in order for us to win, you have to get stronger!"
I'm getting stronger? Amakasu was immediately stunned, what did this suddenly matter to him? In two or three days, he was going to give the order to act, and the best he could do now was better than to change his magic.
"Show me what you've learned in the past few days!" she said, expectantly, as if Amaterasu was the turning point.
ββ¦β¦ Do you really want to see it?"
"Uh-huh. β
"Well, look there. Amaterasu pointed out on the balcony. Outside the window, there is a tall sycamore whose dense leaves will shred the sunlight shining indoors. "A total of seven leaves were dropped, and the last one fell about 40% of the time I used reason. β
It's also wonderful to think about, if it were in the original world, it would have been enough to make him happy and satisfied, but in the end he didn't have the excitement he deservedβbecause such a reason was useless.
When I was a child, I watched the heroes on TV fight with the bad guys, and I longed for it, and now I really rushed into the TV and became a friend of the heroes, but I ...... Still mundane and incompetent.
Shen Yijing watched the leaves outside the window scatter with the wind. The wind gently lifted the veil of leaves, and the sunlight shone through the gaps in her bright green pupils.
"Isn't that quite capable!" she seemed to be happy, and Amaterasu couldn't tell for a moment whether she was sincere or comforted, only that she was as warm and soft as the afterglow hidden in her eyes.
She recognized Amaterasu's useless reasoning and his efforts in the past few days. Amaterasu was grateful for this, as he had thought he had zero talent in this area.
As if a teacher saw that his students had finally made progress, Shen Yijing breathed a sigh of relief and said with relief: "People on Earth can't believe that they have superpowers, which is why they can't use reason. But you overcame, really, did a great job. β
"Uh, thanks. Amaterasu was a little embarrassed, "But I'm wondering if the Empire has brought over all the people on Earth who might use reason, and they will still be convinced of the fact that they have superpowers under that kind ......of education?" It's a mess, wait for me to think about it. Or let's put it this way, what are the conditions that a native earthling can meet to use reason?"
"Native earthlings? The people in the beginning and end are also earthlings. The two are one world. Shen Yijing felt that Amaterasu's expression was strange, and after thinking about it, she calculated Amaterasu's daily life, and that kind of withdrawn and introverted personality rarely used language to communicate, so she understood it at once. "I understand what you mean, sit down, the teacher will explain it to you. β
Amaterasu immediately sat down and listened intently, trying not to be distracted.
"There are many unknown things in the universe that have been discovered, studied thoroughly, and made available to man. The first is to have the attitude of accepting new things and believing in their existence. In the beginning, it is easier than using theory on earth, because everyone believes in the existence of superpowers and knows their true colors, on the contrary, people on earth do not believe in magic and superpowers, so it is more difficult to use theory on earth. β
"There's also the collective will. To summarize it simply, a person is a grain of sand, and when the sand reaches a certain amount, it becomes a desert. With desert, there will be new terms such as desert-specific ecological environment, oasis, mirage, etc. None of this grain of sand can do. But the sand in the desert can see these new things, and even have them. β
Amaterasu raised his hand to interrupt: "Can I take notes?"
Shen Yijing nodded, and continued: "Second, at least once, at some point, I realized that 'people are controlled by something like puppets', no matter which way you understand it, it is okay to be determined by fate or the future arranged by God or the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods of other universes. This is the same nature as thinking about the formation of the universe and the destiny of the world, and realizing this, it is difficult to put into words, as if the mind is detached from the world, and the mind has untied the shackles of reality. You understand, right?"
"Well, I understand. Amaterasu said, "That is to say, those who only know how to eat, drink, and have fun, who only focus on the quality of life and enjoy life, and those who have not independently thought about the meaning of existence, are eliminated." β
"The same cannot be said for thinking about these issues, because there is no special meaning in thinking about these issues, and if everything is in pursuit of meaning, it will be difficult to even survive. β
"Oh, I see. At least the premise is to think. β
"Yes. Third, under all circumstances, we must ensure that we can calm down quickly, and we must not be unreasonable and stubborn. Be able to recognize your mistakes correctly and make a plan to change them immediately. If you meet the above conditions, you will be qualified to use the theory. β
In fact, to put it simply, it is 'spiritual awakening'. Those who have awakened the spirit have this qualification to stimulate more unknown abilities. Even with such harsh conditions, there are still many people who meet all of them, and the only thing they lack is that someone tells them these facts. What is even rarer is that they themselves discover or become aware of these facts, and such people are the target groups that the Empire wants to capture. Erase their existence under the pretext of disappearance, accidental death, etc., and then take them to their own chassis as the chosen ones, and domesticate them like cattle and sheep.
Amaterasu is an example. He was taken away before he could touch the facts, and it was clear that the empire had other reasons.
"On the third point. Amaterasu raised his hand and asked, "Anyone who can do it will do well on the exam, right?" β
"Uh-huh. "It's really tiring to talk to Amaterasu, and his thinking is out of the box, and his expression skills are not good, so it seems that I have to find a time to arrange a conversation training for him...... Shen Yijing hurriedly glanced at the wrist of his left hand, which he did not have a watch with.
"I've got to go, remember to repeat our conversation a few times, it's going to be something extra. Shen Qijing stood on tiptoe and touched Amaterasu's head, and then left lightly.
"I don't understand...... Amaterasu reached out and touched the top of his head, "It doesn't feel as amazing as everyone describes, is it really a little playmate I know......"
What Amaterasu didn't know was that Shen Qijing's reasoning that could attract people's hearts would not be released to him. There is no need to disguise yourself in the face of the people closest to you.
Shen Yijing ran down the corridor. There is no condition for an elevator in the dormitory, and there is no need for this. Because the minions of the empire were scattered everywhere, she had to stay in the Red Lotus Pavilion for a while. I heard that Amaterasu had brought an extra person with her this time, which was an unexpected situation that she hadn't been able to 'see'. Now she is about to confirm the identity of Temi, so as to recalculate the future and calculate the unexpected factors that will cause the future to change.
Since Ifure came to power, the country seems to have become more motivated. They skillfully and actively use the media to raise the mood of the people, like 'mass hypnosis' to control the direction of the people's consciousness across the country. The scattered minions have snuffed out several signs of resistance, and the biological experiments that have been going on in the shadows have finally reached the point where they can be put on the table for testing. Sitting on the top floor of the building, his body sunk into a comfortable rocking chair, looking through the glass wall at the prosperous world outside, his heart full of pride and conceit. No one knows what he wants to do, not even himself. He just followed his instincts, doing whatever he wanted, doing whatever he wanted, and that was the philosophy he was intent on admiring. And now, it's just one step away.
The only uncertain factor is the hiding Shen Yijing, she can see the little abacus in Yi Fuer's heart, that damn future reason, maybe she has already exposed all her plans. The empire has hidden so many secrets, he doesn't know how much the future can reveal, but even if it is exposed, what does it matter?
It's impossible for your plan to fail. Because, with the strength of her alone, she can't stop the heaven and earth from collapsing.