"You're so curious about arcane arts that involve cause and effect," Mr. Palamedes narrowed, "you don't have the technology in your hometown. ”

"Xiaowei told me that all prophecy spells in the Cloud Sea Age cannot be used," the girl said, "and I wonder if you can do it." ”

"I can't predict the future," the Black Lord nodded, "I'm just ...... Observe the present. ”

"What does that mean?" The girl asked alertly.

"The connection between ideas." The Lord of the Black said vaguely.

"Wouldn't you say that the essence of this universe and the entire material world are projections of the world of moths?" The girl laughed.

Mr. Palamedes looked surprised.

"That's half true," he said, "no wonder your hometown seems technologically advanced, but it hasn't been able to do anything about the law of cause and effect." It seems that your world itself is purely material. ”

"Answering my question," the girl was dissatisfied, "Does the world of ideas exist here?" Does the world all come from the world of ideas? ”

A platonic view of the universe is easy to understand.

There is an idea world that is different from the material world, and the objects of the material world are only projections of the idea world. For example, if there is the concept of "tree" in the world of ideas, there are many concrete trees in reality. Compared with the "perfect" "tree" in the world of ideas, the tree in reality always has one kind of "inadequacy".

"The world of ideas does exist with us," replied the Lord of the Black, "but not the whole world originates from the world of ideas. Changes in the real world affect the world of ideas, and changing ideas also affects reality. ”

"Can you give an example?"

"Let's say, the concept of a chair. In a time of chaos before the gods were born, there was no idea of a chair. But later, there was wood, stone, all kinds of materials suitable for making chairs, and more importantly, intelligent beings who needed to sit in chairs. So the chair was made, and the idea of the chair was 'born'. More precisely, we 'discovered' it. ”

"It sounds like adding up other concepts."

"The concept of the chair overlaps with other concepts. Connecting specific parts of the concepts of 'material', 'creature', 'sitting', etc., is the concept of a chair for us. If everyone in the world forgets that the chair exists, the chair completely evaporates from the world, and the concepts associated with the chair will still exist, only the concept of the chair itself...... I can't say if it's completely gone, but we can't find it anyway. ”

"Let me sort it out," the girl felt a headache for the first time, "for example, there was a time when there was no one in the world, and naturally there was no concept of people at this time. Later, I don't know why there are people in the world, so there is the concept of people in the world of the concept of what kind of concept you said. People need to breathe, so there is a connection to the concept of air; People need to drink water, so there is a connection with the concept of water. Man as a concept is independent, but it involves a myriad of other ideas. ”

"You understand very quickly." The Lord of Darkness praised.

"Does the idea of wood include chairs? Does the concept of water include people? ”

"There are different hypotheses," said the Lord of the Black, "I think there is. In my school, the idea is one as a whole, and without our observation, it is nothing. However, all the ideas that we observe are always independent of each other and mixed with each other. ”

"I roughly understand," said the girl, "that in this universe, we can partially affect reality by modifying the world of ideas through spells. This so-called world of ideas uses a quirky blockchain system, where each idea is an account, and changes to each account are notified to all. ”

If the idea is natural, it must lead to a God who created all things. But what if it's such a mutually deterministic universe......

It's hard to say whether the creator god exists or not.

"Interesting new term, be sure to give me a good talk about that technique next time," the Black Lord was satisfied with the girl's understanding, "I'll give you another example." I stripped the concept of water from all human beings, and the result was ......"

"All of humanity will become dried corpses without drinking water. I can't do it. ”

"Of course not. Conceptual stripping and building is difficult. For example, in the Age of the Sea of Clouds, many mages wanted to strip themselves of their connection with death to achieve eternal life, but most of them failed, and some made themselves inhuman and ghostly. A very small number of 'successful' people have fallen into a state of immortality, and honestly, I don't think they are better off dead. Traditional methods of immortality don't work...... Except for you. ”

The Lord of the Black gave the girl a meaningful look.

"It doesn't sound like you can go against the sky," the girl said regretfully.

"The more perverse it is, the harder it is to exercise," said the Lord of the Dark gently, "and it's okay to simply strip yourself of a concept like 'sleep'." ”

"It sounds like each individual can be seen as a separate concept." The girl fell into deep thought.

"So," the Black Lord smiled, "do you want to take a look?" ”

"W-"

The garden of the "Deep Dark Dome" is gone.

The girl finds herself in a vast starry sky. He stood above the endless void.

……

The night sky is dark and starry.

"Is it beautiful?" The Lord of Darkness smiled, "Every star is a living human being. ”

The girl exclaimed.

The starry sky is boundless, as far as the eye can see, there are big and small, there are bright and dark stars flashing with strange light, and you can see the bright Milky Way in the distance.

"Are we in the world of ideas now?" The girl asked excitedly.

"Yes and no," said the Lord of the Black, "we can only see ideas that represent concrete people. Try to concentrate your mental energy. With your blue ocean level, you can easily swim in this sea of stars. ”

The girl focused on a star not far away. She was closer to the star, but to her disappointment, the "star" was only the size of the palm of her hand.

"The bigger and stronger the 'size' and 'brightness' of the star, the greater the person's influence on the world." The Lord of the Black walked over.

"I can feel the stars pulling at each other."

"The greater the influence, the more stars can be pulled."

The girl set her eyes on an even bigger star not far away.

"That's a Blue Ocean Junior Mage." Said the Lord of Darkness.

"That'...... And what about that one? The girl pointed to a star in the distance. The girl narrowed the distance to it, and the giant star radiated light and heat like a real star.

"It's the 'Lord of the Stars' of Elrios." The Lord of the Black said.

"That star seems to be dead." The girl noticed that not far from the star representing the "Lord of the Galaxy", there was a white giant star, which was larger than the "Lord of the Galaxy", but the light was dim and she could not feel the slightest heat.

"It's a legendary mage from the past." The Lord of Darkness seemed to hesitate.

"Sir, where are your stars? And your apostles? Speaker Nicholas? "The girl is no longer obsessed with the star of death.

"No," the Lord of Darkness flatly refused, "I know what you're trying to do!" This is serious academic research, not a power ranking. ”

"Our area is full of stars related to the French state. I see it. It was a small Legendary Mage No. 1, but there were so many stars around it that I could feel its heat here. That's Cliff. ”

The Lord of Black supports his forehead.

"You clearly see the 'Emperor of the Eternal Night' who forms a binary star system with the 'End of the Day'."

The star of the Emperor of the Eternal Night is the same size as the Last Day, but the flames are not the bright gold of the Last Day, but an eerie black and purple color. Other than that, the two stars are almost identical.

There are only two high-level mages with this trait, Cliff.

"I'll guess," the girl said with a happy look, "this star is about the same size as the Lord of the Stars, but it gives me the impression that it is unstable...... No, it's younger? A new legendary mage? And here......"

"That's enough," said the Lord of Darkness, "and we'll go back after we've seen the stars that represent you." ”

The girl felt a powerful spiritual force envelop her. She is like a boat in the sea, and she can only obey the arrangement under the will of the Black Lord.

"Ah......h

Despite her mental preparation, the girl exclaimed in a low voice.

Black hole.

If it weren't for the huge gravitational pull, the girl wouldn't have been able to perceive the existence of the star. With the force that shattered even the light, the stars made room for the black hole, but they still couldn't fully resist its gravitational pull.

"Yes...... Two. The girl noticed.

In that empty starry sky, there were two black holes that were almost identical, pulling each other. The two sides seem to be fighting each other, but neither side can help the other.

"It's you and the 'Eternal Blood'." The Lord of Darkness said calmly.

Black holes exert a gravitational pull on the outside world. But the girl can feel it...... Unless you take the initiative to change, it is difficult for external causal changes to affect the black hole, and it will only be swallowed up in vain.

All the stars retreated, and the two most special stars in the sea of stars.

"Do you understand now?" The Lord of Darkness said, "The fate of you and the 'Eternal Blood'. ”

The girl did not speak for a long time.

Mr. Palamedes had known for a long time, but said nothing.

This man has his own calculations. However, he does not seem to be lying about his relationship with the "eternal blood".

"Tell me," she said, "John?" Did Goth, by manipulating this field, make the world forget about itself? ”

"What do you want to ask?" The Black Lord looked surprised.

"John? Goth is only a junior in the blue ocean," the girl's voice was low, "tell me how he did it." ”

……

Half a day.

The girl left.

Mr. Palamedes was alone in the starry sky.

"How many years...... he said to himself, "I'm upset again because of a junior." ”

He walked through the void, approached a star in the distance, and held out his hand.

This star is larger than the combined size of several legendary mages of the French Realm, but its light is not very strong, and it is slowly weakening.

That was Mr. Palamedes' own star.