In a splendid golden palace.

Richard and the old man sat opposite each other, and there was silence around them, and they remained in this state for a long time.

Eventually, Richard spoke, looked at the old man and asked, "The white light in the image...... What exactly?"

"You have a good question. The old man said, "This question has been raised by countless people, but ...... Unfortunately, there was no answer. Seriously, it's impossible to know for sure whether the white light is life or not. The unknown is the most terrifying, and this is where white light is terrifying. ”

After a pause, the old man continued, "The image you just looked at is that of a ruling wizard from the Nolan plane, who used the 'Eye of the Upper Realm' spell to observe and send back to the core plane. After this image was returned, the Nolan plane lost all contact.

But this is not the most terrifying, the most terrifying thing is that as the Nolan plane fell in the white light, other planes adjacent to the Nolan plane also sent out signals and images for help. The content of the image is very similar to that of the Nolan plane, the only difference is that one is active and the other is passive - these planes do nothing, and there is white light pouring out along the spatial channel connected to the Nolan plane, rapidly expanding and devouring everything. ”

"One plane, one plane, another plane, like the reverse development of the Great Exploration Era, there are constantly planes that fall and lose contact, and those that are still very peripheral at the beginning, and when they spread to the core area of the ancient wizard civilization world, the entire civilization has lost its composure, after all, if it continues, the civilization will cease to exist.

They discovered that the white light spread from one plane to another adjacent plane along the spatial channel, so they started a discussion, proposing that each plane cut off the outward spatial channel and seal itself off, so that they could take refuge and be destroyed. ”

"That's how the original Truth Society came from?" asked Richard.

"In a sense, sort of. The old man nodded.

"Is there no one to try to figure out the cause of this catastrophe?" asked Richard again.

"Why not?" the old man laughed, "The ancient wizard civilization is an extremely curious civilization, otherwise it would not have explored wildly. When some people put forward the proposal of self-lockdown, they did not get much approval, but were criticized as cowardly by mainstream thought. After that, in the ancient wizarding civilization, countless powerful people went to the fallen plane to investigate, trying to figure out what was going on.

But without exception, no matter how powerful the people who went to investigate, they were gone. With their disappearance, more planes have fallen, and the map of the ancient wizarding civilization has shrunk dramatically.

It wasn't until the ancient wizarding civilization shrunk to one-tenth of its peak that the proposal for self-lockdown was approved at the fateful ruling council, and full implementation began.

The surviving planes, in the instructions, cut off all spatial passages with other planes in turn, and almost cut off external contact, turning into 'islands'. In this way, the ancient wizarding civilization world was dismantled into tiny systems composed of planes and semi-planes, losing its former glory, but at least preserved. ”

The old man continued, "After preserving, the wizards who remained in this Tysco plane, including me, established the Guardian Council, the predecessor of the Order of Truth, with the aim of protecting this small spark of civilization in every possible way.

At that time, everyone in the Council of the Guardians was panicking, partly because of the great change in civilization, and partly because they were not sure if the self-lockdown would be 100% protected against the White Light Devouring.

For this reason, the members of the council are constantly discussing and thinking about what kind of existence and why white light exists. In the beginning, the discussion was relatively normal, but slowly, a somewhat bizarre speculation spread.

This speculation, known as 'divine punishment', means that the ancient wizarding civilization experienced such a catastrophe entirely because of itself. The ancient wizard civilization developed too fast and crazy, and even did not hesitate to change the essence of life in order to develop, which was a contempt for the God who created the world.

When the 'Great Exploration Plan' was implemented, the leapfrog exploration reached the end of the void, and it even touched the forbidden area set by the gods, and the gods could not bear it before they descended divine punishment, that is, white light. ”

"Huh. The old man smiled when he said this, glanced at Richard and said, "Do you know that about creation and about gods, at the peak of ancient wizarding civilization, they were a small minority of the minority, and almost no one believed in it.

But life is like this, the stronger you are, the more confident you are, the more you think that nothing in the world is invincible. When you encounter a major setback and become weak, you will inevitably feel inferior, begin to doubt everything, and begin to think that there is a god who is above everything in the world to determine your destiny.

The talk of 'divine punishment' became more and more widespread among the Council of the Guardians over time, especially after a later incident, when 'divine punishment' was almost accepted as the truth. ”

"What's the matter?" asked Richard.

"That is the destruction of the first face. The old man's voice became lower, "The first plane is the first plane that the ancient wizard civilization explored from the mainland and discovered, and the resources are extremely rich and the area is extremely huge, far better than the mainland, so it later developed into the core of the core.

When the self-containment began, the wizards who went to the first plane were the most numerous, and they had as many discussions as the Council of the Guardians. Although they did not discuss what came out, positive thinking has always been the mainstream, trying to maintain the status quo before civilization and trying to make new breakthroughs.

As a result, just as they were finishing a new study of life, a white light suddenly appeared in the laboratory, instantly destroying all the results of the research, followed by swallowing the entire world, and destroying the first face. ”

Speaking of this, the old man was silent for a few seconds and sighed: "Alas, you should be able to imagine how much shock the destruction of the first plane will bring to the rest of the planes. Almost everyone wants to figure out what the first person has done wrong, is it just because he is still persisting in development, and is it possible that development will lead to bad consequences?

Originally, it was just speculation, but after several disasters occurred one after another in which several planes were suddenly swallowed by white light, speculation immediately became a consensus - everyone believed that development would really lead to destruction, on the contrary, it would not be destroyed without development, and it would be possible to survive without development. The disaster proved that the ancient wizard civilization had come to an end all the way, to the edge of the cliff, and even if it took another step, it would fall and fall to pieces, so it must not continue to move forward along this road.

Because of this consensus, 'Divine Punishment' was accepted by everyone in the Council of the Guardians, and they all regarded it as the only explanation for the truth, and they all believed that the ancient wizarding civilization had indeed taken the wrong path. In order to avoid the complete destruction of civilization, it is necessary to stop, turn around, and find a new path.

In this way, the True Truth Society, founded on the Tysco plane, set out to change the entire world. Because they only know what is wrong and what is right, in order to avoid risks to the greatest extent, the members of the Truth Society choose to make efforts to make the original things become opposites, and strive to eliminate all sources of crisis.

This is obviously a tremendous undertaking that cannot be completed in a short period of time, and for this reason all the members of the Truth Society have made unimaginable sacrifices over a long period of time. One by one, they died in their efforts and at the end of their lives, and the plane kept changing, and when I woke up from the ice as the last member of the team, and worked hard until I was aging, the plane finally became what I expected.

Expectedly, the plane is extremely safe, and it is a new starting point. As long as we start from this starting point and try to develop carefully, we will one day embark on a truly correct development path. But alas, because of your presence, this starting point suddenly became a little out of control, and it took a big step back from the old path. ”

"You really were a big accident and almost made countless people's efforts in vain. The old man looked at Richard, "But then again, you didn't know the truth of the world to get this far." I think that after you have heard all this, you should understand that everything is a misunderstanding, and you will change your mind and make the most correct choice.

Also, as I said, I'm old and I don't have much to live on. And the correct development of this plane in the future requires a new controller to guide the direction. If you wish, I would like to invite you to become a new member of the Truth Society, to take my place and lead the way for this plane. What do you think?"

At the end, the old man looked at Richard with a sincere gaze.

Richard was slightly stunned, his eyes narrowed, and thoughts swirled rapidly in his mind.

What kind of situation is this? The other party can't beat him, so they just try to buy him? More accurately, is it to surrender him?

Forcibly turning enemies into friends?

This method is somewhat familiar, and at least two of the four famous books on the earth have talked about it.

But here's the problem...... That's not what he wants......

He wants a lot more than that......

That......

"Whew-"

Taking a deep breath, Richard looked at the old man and said, "Thank you very much for the invitation, Mr. Gog, but rather than staying in this plane to take your place, I would rather see the rest of the planes and find out what the rest of the planes are like." ”

"I'm afraid, it's hard. When the old man heard this, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Too much time has passed, the ancient wizard civilization has really become an ancient civilization, and the various planes that are separated from each other have some simple exchanges in the early days, but then they have completely cut off contact and become a completely independent world." Until now, even if you want to, you can't get in touch.

The spatial passages have been completely destroyed, and you have no way to get to the rest of the planes, unless you risk getting lost and exploring the void, which has a very small chance of coming into contact with the rest of the planes. ”

After listening to the old man's words, Richard's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he said, "As far as I know, what you said, Mr. Goge, there is actually an omission. I learned through some ancient wizard civilization materials that the destruction of all the spatial passages is not completely severed, because when the spatial passages were not established at the beginning, the planes and planes relied on spatial jump points to communicate with each other.

Spatial passages certainly provide a more stable mode of transportation, but spatial hopping points are the foundation - passages are built according to the hop points, and the passages can be destroyed without losing the jump points.

If I'm not mistaken, head to the space jump point in the adjacent plane, somewhere in Heaven. So Mr. Gog, we might as well make a deal - if you tell me the location of the space hop point, I'll leave Heaven, leave here, and don't bother you anymore, how about that?"

The old man listened to Richard's words, his wry expression suddenly froze on his face, he turned his head a little, looked at Richard, and looked at it for several seconds.

Then his lips pursed, he leaned back, his whole back resting on the back of his chair, his eyes continued to stare at Richard, and he let out a long breath.

"That maybe......," the old man began, in a hoarse voice, to Richard, word for word, "that maybe...... You can't live without it. ”

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