No.161 Randolph Carter
Under the cover of everyone, Ye Yifan finally passed through that gate and came to some unknown space.
What is happening here is almost impossible to describe in words. It is full of paradoxes, contradictions, and anomalies that never happen in the waking world. Ye Yifan wanted to avoid those seemingly frivolous, childish and exaggerated, but he felt that it was becoming more and more difficult. Unconsciously, location, time, and space seem to have no meaning, as if they have crossed the chasm of time and space.
glanced at Yu Mengling beside her, and she didn't know when she had fallen asleep. Ye Yifan felt that it might be from the dream-like feeling brought by passing through the gate, but at this moment, Ye Yifan felt more awake than ever, this was the first time he felt so relaxed since he lost the ability to dream.
But for how long? Ye Yifan doesn't know......
What lies behind the door may only be known to the great beings, and Randolph Carter, who has passed through the door of the silver key. Ye Yifan only knew one thing, that is, he was about to spy on the great truth that did not belong to all the universes, and the existence that ordinary people could not understand.
But no matter what he has to face in the future, Ye Yifan will face it bravely with human reason. In order to successfully close the gates, and to make the unspeakable evil disappear from this world once and for all, he needs to face the all-knowing and all-powerful god - Yogsothoth!
That's crazy, but it's also great, and maybe he'll be like the legendary Randolph Carter, and he'll end up being an Ancient. But even if he is not a human being, Ye Yifan has to save everything!
I don't know how long it took, Ye Yifan and Yu Mengling seemed to have come to a place on the earth that could not be located, and at the same time, they were also in an era that could not be located in time. It's like.... Not behind the gate, but a place beyond time.
Memories and imaginations have become a series of vague, picture-like scenes, which have lost their definite edges and contours in the tumbling chaos. This is Ye Yifan's imagination, but it is some kind of larger reality.
The transcendent and indescribable surround Ye Yifan, striving to transform himself into a symbol and symbol that he can understand.
Floating on Ye Yifan at this time is a blurry picture composed of shapes and scenes. For some reason, he associated the horrors he had experienced with the images, something horrific moving freely through the scene of this wonderful creation.
He saw himself seeking a summoning to come to the cave of Luoguang Mountain, and fighting the spherical demon in order to save his loved ones. Then it is to find the ghouls that have been faced by the high winds, the Yafmza from the depths of the North Pole, the blooming Zigera flowers, and the unspeakable outer god Ipozter.
After reading these, Ye Yifan sighed a little that he had experienced so much extraordinary. With the ecstasy of those scenes, he didn't know what to pursue, and thoughts of blasphemy began to grow in his mind, and he knew that he would face the terrible "omniscient and omnipotent only" without fear and ask it about the horrors related to him.
At this time, Yu Mengling, who was beside him, woke up, he was a little surprised at the first sight of Ye Yifan, and then seemed to feel the wonder of this piece beyond time, and asked Ye Yifan vigilantly: "Where did you bring me here?" ”
Hearing this, Ye Yifan was a little puzzled: "Didn't you bring me here?" ”
A trace of doubt appeared on Yu Mengling's better face, and then she seemed to feel a familiar aura, and asked, "Where is this?" ”
Looking at Yu Mengling's expression, Ye Yifan understood. It was not Yu Mengling in front of him who led him through the door, but the existence that disgusted him the most! This also explains why Yu Mengling, who is a living person, holds the silver key.
That guy was really funny, saying that he wouldn't help him again this time, but he used Yu Mengling's body to send him a silver key...... In other words, the purpose of sending the silver key was not to help Ye Yifan, but to let him face the all-knowing and all-powerful God, and to see what kind of interesting scene it would be when human reason and unspeakable truth met.
At this time, Ye Yifan held the silver key in his hand tightly, and the picture in front of him was also stabilizing. Huge blocks of stone stood here, carved with strange patterns and arranged according to some strange geometric law.
Light poured down from an indescribable color of the sky, from all directions, and stopped as if sentient on a huge pedestal lined in an arc. These massive pedestals carved with hieroglyphs are nearly hexagonal in appearance, and on top of them are a number of shapes that are obscured and the outlines are invisible.
"This is what you'd expect, behind the door."
Ye Yifan replied to Yu Mengling lightly, he looked at the stone pedestal, which was similar to a human, but it was half a time larger than an ordinary human. With a long clawed body and a very long nose, even though it is close to a human, it is more like a monster to a human.
Soon, the monster's form blurred and changed to a real human form. It was a dark-skinned, turbaned, bushy beard. He had a wooden face, strangely expressionless, and white mittens on his hands.
The first time he saw that man, Ye Yifan's pupils contracted unconsciously. Because there is a statue of him on the campus of Miskatonic University, and even many books have his picture printed on them. This made Ye Yifan subconsciously say the name of that person.
"Randolph Carter?"
Yes, that man was none other than Randolph Carter, a legendary student at Miskatonik University. I don't know if the statue was carved too perfectly, or if Randolph Carter's skin shrank after becoming an Ancient, and his appearance was much uglier than the statue of the university.
It's just that Ye Yifan doesn't know, why Randolph Carter, who became an ancient person, appeared inside the door? Was he Randolph Carter himself? It's just an outlier in Randolph Carter's skin.
A moment later, Randolph Carter spoke to Ye Yifan. Even though he didn't make any sound, let alone use any language, his words echoed in Ye Yifan's mind. Although the words he said were terrifying, Ye Yifan did not retreat in fear.
"I am the Randolph Carter you know, but I can say no. As an Ancient, I await your arrival. You are welcome to enter the first gate, you have successfully obtained the silver key, and you are eligible to enter the ultimate gate. ”
Just as Ye Yifan knew Randolph Carter, Randolph Carter also knew Ye Yifan's arrival, knew what he was pursuing, and knew that this human being was fearless in front of him. He didn't show any terror, nor did he show the slightest malice.
After hearing Randolph Carter's words, Ye Yifan understood that as an ancient, he knew everything about himself, and the same Ye Yifan wanted to understand him more deeply. The other party's words may determine whether Ye Yifan will choose to enter the ultimate gate.
"What exactly is the primeval one? Why are you here? Ye Yifan asked, but Yu Mengling beside him was silent.
Without hesitation, Randolph Carter raised one arm and made one gesture, followed by a second. As he moved, the light changed to another indescribable color, and the things that stood on the stone pedestals became clearer. Their silhouettes looked like they were humans, but Ye Yifan understood that they couldn't be humans.
If anything, they are just as incarnate as Randolph Carter, giving people a strange and ancient mystery.
At this time, Ye Yifan saw that one of the pedestals was empty, and it was taller than the others, and Randolph Carter told Ye Yifan that it was reserved for him.
"The true man transcends good and evil, and the true man comes to the One who is one of all things. The man of truth learns that illusion is the only truth, and that material is deception. ”
Randolph Carter said something of unknown significance, but Ye Yifan seemed to understand that he wanted to put himself on the pedestal, so that Ye Yifan could see everything.
It's just that Ye Yifan is a little scared, and if he ascends to the pedestal, he may become an ancient like Randolph Carter, or even imprisoned in this special space forever, but Randolph Carter said: "If you don't agree to enter the ultimate gate, you won't see it, so you can rest assured that you can climb up, I can let you see the truth that all things are one, and you can also return with a human body." ”
Having said that, Ye Yifan was still a little worried, but at this time, Yu Mengling offered to stand up instead of herself. Ye Yifan agreed, and Yu Mengling jumped briskly on the strange stone-shaped pedestal.
Suddenly, the strange light seemed to be covered with an extremely incredible darkness, and the accumulated darkness also surrounded Yu Mengling, tightly covering the hexagonal pedestal.
Suddenly, things around me felt distantly distant. Yu Mengling felt that she had floated into an unfathomable abyss, and a scented warmth kept gently patting her face.
At this time, Ye Yifan saw many pictures around Yu Mengling...... There are also many Yu Mengling! He saw Yu Mengling, who was about five years old, playing with the doll, and saw the newborn Yu Mengling crying.
followed by Yu Mengling, who went to elementary school, and Yu Mengling, who has become a nurse...... But it's very strange that some of them live in places that don't match the earth, and even their faces don't match Yu Mengling, but Ye Yifan always thinks that those people are Yu Mengling!
Now Ye Yifan finally understood that those pictures were not Yu Mengling's growth process, but Yu Mengling in different time and space. They are doing something very similar to Yu Mengling, but they are not on Earth, and they even live in different civilizations.
So is that what Randolph Carter meant when he said he was both Randolph Carter and not Randolph Carter? The Randolph Carter in front of him is a person from a different time and space, and the monster-like body is Zakupa, but he must bear the thoughts of human Randolph Carter, and the real Randolph Carter is afraid of Zakupa's body with long claws and a long nose.
Zakupa was Randolph Carter in the past and will be Carter in the future. Randolph Carter used to be Zakupa and is now Zakupa again.
At this time, Yu Mengling jumped down from the pedestal and said with a complicated expression: "What an unforgettable experience......
"This is the territory of Yogsothoth, where countless planes meet, so it allows us to see ourselves on different planes." Ye Yifan muttered, he suddenly understood Randolph Carter's past, and looked at him in disbelief. "Aren't you .....!"
Randolph Carter nodded and said, "Randolph Carter saw the Great Being after passing through the Gate of Ultimate and became an Ancient One beyond good and evil, but he couldn't let go of his curiosity and ran to see himself in another time and space. It was Zakupa, the wizard of Ardis. ”
"Randolph Carter began to learn about the planet Ardis and managed to escape from Ardis. But after returning to Earth, Carter is already an indescribable existence, and can only operate on Earth and other spaces as Master Chagurapsha, looking for a way to restore his original appearance. ”
Ye Yifan understood, he stared at the great being with the face of Randolph Carter in front of him and said, "So you are here?" But you don't know if you're Randolph Carter or the wizard Zakupa of Ardis. ”
The true man came to the One who was one. The man of truth learns that illusion is the only truth, and that material is deception......
The meaning of this sentence was not finally understood until Randolph Carter told his past. The gods are not particularly malicious towards humans, but rather that the reality they represent is unacceptable to humans and leads to personal destruction......
The so-called primeval ones may be the wisdom that transcends cognition and interpretation, and transcends all the laws and norms that human beings are familiar with. Those on the pedestals are the human beings who have been primeval generations of the primevals, but eventually they are lost in their own reality.
Therefore, God's gift, the great truth, is not something that human beings can bear.
"How small are the worldly gods, and the petty, mortal hobbies, and connections with the world, the hatred, anger, fraternity, and vanity which they display; those praises and sacrifices they desired; How trivial and flashy are the beliefs they need, as opposed to reason and nature itself. ”
Randolph Carter looked at Ye Yifan lightly and said, "I know your purpose for coming here, but if you want to stop it from coming, you must pass through the Ultimate Gate to please it." Maybe you can go back unscathed, or maybe you'll be completely lost in the truth....."
The power of human beings is insignificant, and if you want to stop the gods, you must match them with mortal bodies. Ye Yifan has already come to his senses, he came here with the support of his partners.
"I will keep going and see you as my guide!"
After speaking, Ye Yifan walked towards the stone-shaped pedestal without hesitation, and the moment he stepped on the pedestal, he understood that the former Randolph Carter was the same as himself.
Then a feeling of dizziness hit Ye Yifan, and the sense of loss was gradually amplifying, everything around him could not be seen or heard, only the darkness like a dead silence, he realized for the first time how terrible this complete dead silence was, whether it was mental or physical.
At this moment, the outline of a huge arch appeared in the darkness. There was a strange rhythm all around, even if it was a vague and mysterious rhythm, but at this moment the silence of the abyss seemed to fall on everything.
Ye Yifan could feel his body, but he couldn't hear the sound of breathing. Then, guided by blind determination and instinct, he floated forward through the door, through the unspeakable ultimate door.