Chapter 979: A blank slate
Liu Xing frowned, and asked, "Uncle, where does that Master Lu live now?" I'm actually the son of one of his deceased people, so I'm going to pay him a visit. ”
The old man nodded, pointed to the mountain behind him and said: "You only need to climb over this mountain to see Songshi City, now Master Lu lives in Songshi City, and you should be able to find the specific location of the mansion by asking passers-by." ”
Without further ado, Liu Xing called Dogo Aiger, who was still eating and drinking, and said goodbye to the old man.
On the way, Dogo Iger burped and said, "One thing to say, the things in this illusion space are quite delicious, but the wine is a little unpleasant. ”
Liu Xing glanced at Dogo Egger and said helplessly: "Aren't you worried that there are problems with these food and drinks?" Or when we get out of this illusionary space, aren't you afraid that a dirt pit will be dug out in front of you, and all the dirt will go into your stomach? ”
Hearing Liu Xing say this, Dogo Iger shuddered and said: "I don't think this will happen, because even if this phantom space can deceive our vision, hearing and sense of space, it shouldn't be able to deceive our sense of taste, after all, the tongue grows on us." ”
Liu Xing shook his head and said seriously: "That's not necessarily, the sense of taste is to put it bluntly, or after the taste buds on the tongue perceive the corresponding taste, they release a signal to be transmitted to your brain, and then your brain will let you know what this thing tastes like, so this phantom space only needs to deceive your brain and send corresponding false signals to your brain, and there is a chance to make your brain mistakenly think that you have eaten the corresponding thing." ”
Speaking of this, Liu Xing suddenly remembered that he had heard a teacher say when he was in college - the most powerful liar in the world, that is your brain.
Even Liu Xing has heard of such a conspiracy theory, that is, human beings no longer have real brains, because the current "human brain" is actually a parasitic organism, because it has not evolved limbs and bodies, so it can only stay on human bodies, and take over human bodies after devouring the original human brains, which explains the reason why sometimes the brain can't keep up with the body, because the brain is not the "original match" of the body, so it takes a certain amount of reaction time to process various information.
And then there is an advanced version of this conspiracy theory - the brain is actually parasitic creatures from aliens, and after they were forced to come to Earth, they chose to parasitize ancient humans in order to survive, or it can be said that it was on apes, and then began to guide these apes to evolve into humans, which can be regarded as explaining that some apes can evolve into humans, while others with similar conditions have spent so much more time and have not begun to evolve.
Of course, these conspiracy theories are untenable if they are carefully scrutinized... But in this parallel world with the Cthulhu Mythos as the background, Liu Xing estimates that these conspiracy theories are still quite possible, after all, all kinds of demons and monsters have emerged in this parallel world, and even human beings want to become mythical creatures It is very simple, such as Dogo Iger next to Liu Xing, who almost seamlessly changed from a human to a deep diver, and it can be said that there is no rejection reaction at all.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help but ask: "Dogo Egg, it's boring to travel now, so tell me how you feel after you become a deep diver, after all, you have changed from a human to another species." ”
Dogo Iger touched his head and thought for a while before he spoke: "Personally, I don't think there's much difference, or I feel like one of those mutated superheroes or supervillains in Marvel movies, and I don't feel any discomfort after getting familiar with my new body, but I feel that it is much easier to use than my previous body, and I can easily do things that my original body can't do, in short, it's a great feeling, not to mention that I can now turn back into a human at any time to live." ”
Saying that, Dogo Iger also performed, and in a few jumps, he came to a place more than ten meters away, and this movement speed was not comparable to Liu Xing.
"By the way, Liu Xing, why are you in such a hurry to see that Master Lu? Do you really know that Master Lu? Isn't he an ancient? Dogo Iger asked, confused.
Liu Xing sighed and said seriously: "I do know that Master Lu, or all Chinese people know the name Lu You, because he is one of the most famous poets in Chinese history, so there are many poems written by him in our textbooks, such as the place where we are now, it should be the first sentence of one of the poems he wrote - "Visiting Shanxi Village": Mo Xiao Farmhouse is full of wine, and the guests are full of chickens and dolphins in the harvest year. ”
"Oh, no wonder the village will keep us down for dinner, that's what the poem says... Wait, Liu Xing, do you mean we're in another poem now? Dogo Egger said with wide eyes.
Liu Xing nodded, looked at the old tree that was faintly visible in the distance and said: "That's right, we are now on the territory of another poem, I didn't expect this illusion space to be so interesting, and it actually put two poems together to form one... ”
Before Liu Xing's words were finished, Dogo Egger slapped his thigh and said, "I understand, we are not in the illusion space now, but in the legendary poetry and songs!" ”
Poetry and songs?
Liu Xing looked at Dogo Egger blankly.
Duo Ge Aige looked at Liu Xing and said seriously: "Although for ordinary people, poetry and poetry are a general term for ancient Chinese literature, but for us mythical creatures, these four words represent a powerful treasure, it is said that this treasure was left by the two most powerful ancient gods in China, Nuwa and Fuxi; As for the ability of this treasure, I believe Liu Xing can also guess it, that is, to embody the classic poems and songs of China in a new world, whether it is the scenery or the characters, they are vivid, or true. ”
"But the most important thing is that all the creatures in the world of poetry and poetry will not die, after all, they are all real creatures, but the authors of the Chinese dynasties used pen and ink, so even if the old rulers are in the world of poetry and poetry, they can't do anything with these creatures, so the ability of this treasure is very terrifying, but I heard that if the user's strength is strong enough, the world of poetry and poetry can be integrated with the real world, and then the humans and mythical creatures in the real world will be unluckyAfter all, no one wants to be neighbors with a group of people who can't be killed, right? Even if they don't have any ill will. ”
Liu Xing thought about it carefully and felt that what Doggo Iger said was very reasonable, if there was such an immortal by his side, even if he looked exactly the same as an ordinary human, he would not do anything to hurt himself, and he would instinctively reject him, because he was "different" from himself.
Just like when facing people with disabilities, even if most people don't know what to say verbally, they still murmur a little in their hearts, treating these disabled people separately from themselves as normal people.
Therefore, in many film and television dramas and animations, as long as there are mutants in the world, most ordinary people will regard them as flood beasts and subconsciously classify them as "humans"... In addition, there are clones, new humans who have been genetically re-edited and will be better in every way, and so on.
This brings about self-recognition.
Liu Xing shook his head and pulled back his deviated thinking, "This shouldn't be, how could a treasure like this world-class artifact fall into the hands of an ordinary Deep Diver pirate like MacIntyre?" ”
Dogo Iger nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, an ultimate treasure like poetry and poetry that can form a world of its own is rare in the entire universe, even if it is the old ruler Cthulhu that Matsui Yui and they believe in, there is no such magical treasure in the hands, but poetry and poetry disappeared without a trace a long time ago, and then from time to time there will be a fragment of a page in the world through various ways, such as a fragment of poetry and poetry more than ten years ago. The fragment turned into a supermarket flyer and fell to the ground. ”
"And this kind of operation?"
Looking at Liu Xing with a surprised face, Duo Ge Iger nodded and said: "There is such an operation, I heard that the fragment was fortunately discovered by the Huaxia Daomen at the first time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, because the fragments of these poems and songs will be activated when they reach certain conditions, and all the creatures in a certain range of the vicinity will be sucked into it, and the fragment of the page happens to record a side poem, so the person who enters it will be directly on a battlefield, and the danger factor is not comparable to us now." ”
Liu Xing looked at the harmonious scenery around him, and couldn't help but start to congratulate himself that he was lucky and didn't be thrown into the world of Biansai Shi, otherwise he would be an ordinary person mixed up in the battle of a group of immortals, then he would definitely be the only dead person on the battlefield.
But now the question is, how can I leave the world created by poetry and songs?
Before Liu Xing could speak, Dogo Iger said a little helplessly: "I know what Liu Xing wants to ask, but I don't know, because even if it is a fragment of poetry and songs, the entire island country can't see half of it, so Yui and they just heard some gossip, and I listened to it as a story at the time, so Liu Xing, if you want to ask me how to get out of here, then I can only say that I don't know... ”
Looking at Dogo Egg, who suddenly dropped the chain, Liu Xing shook his head helplessly, "If nothing else, this fragment of poetry and poetry should have become the rice paper used by MacIntyre when he painted, but McIntyre did not activate this fragment at that time, but it was suddenly activated after McIntyre closed this treasure spot, and before we entered the treasure spot... I think it was the black mist that appeared after the spear was broken, and the black mist that dispersed was likely to touch the fragment and then leave the fragment semi-active, so we only saw a small bridge of water at the beginning. ”
"As time went on, the fragment was completely activated, and we who came back to check on it were swept up in the fragment, and that's the only explanation I can think of now; But the biggest problem now is that the world in this fragment may not be as safe as we think, because those eight-eyed crows are probably not the natives in this fragment, so it is very likely that this fragment has entered a group of mythical creatures a long time ago, so it is these mythical creatures that we need to be careful with now. ”
Liu Xing said as he walked to the top of the mountain... Then I was stunned by the scenery in front of me.
"Liu Xing, what are you doing there?"
Dogo Egg, who was a few steps behind Liu Xing, was a little puzzled, but when he walked to Liu Xing's side, he was also stunned by the scene in front of him.
The reason is very simple, there is nothing in front of Liu Xing and Dogo Egger!
It's a blank slate.
After a while, Liu Xing took a deep breath and said, "It seems that this fragment only contains the first sentence of "Traveling to Shanxi Village", and the last three sentences are all on another fragment, so there is nothing from here on. ”
At this time, Dogo Iger couldn't help but want to reach out into the blank space in front of him, but Liu Xing immediately grabbed him, "Don't you want to die, Dogo Egger?" This blank space is obviously a real blank, so anything that goes into it will become a blank! ”
As he spoke, Liu Xing kicked a small stone at his feet into the blank space in front of him, and the small stone disappeared immediately.
However, this time, Liu Xing and Duogo Aige could clearly see that this small stone did not disappear out of thin air, but instantly decomposed into smaller stones, and then continued to decompose, turning into molecules invisible to the naked eye.
And a moment later, there was another small stone at Liu Xing's feet, and this small stone was exactly the same as the previous small stone... Of course, this was just Liu Xing's speculation, because Liu Xing didn't pay attention to the appearance of this small stone just now.
"I don't think you're part of this fragment, so you don't think you're going to be disassembled and reorganized, right?" Liu Xing looked at Dogo Iger and said.
At this time, Dogo Iger had already taken two steps back, put his hands behind his back and said, "Hey, hey, hey." ”
Liu Xing sighed, turned around and said, "It seems that we have to go back to find those eight-eyed crows now, I hope they can show me a clear way." ”
Dogo Iger nodded and followed Liu Xing down the mountain.