(5) The Road to the Hunter (11)
The enraged black dragon opened its huge bat wings and flapped violently, spitting out long flames and roaring in the sky, looking at the formation, the flames were about to spread and erupt.
The brown-haired and blue-eyed cat-eared boy who had just saved Clear Sky didn't care about the pain in his shoulder, got up and protected Clear Sky's body, trying to resist the impact of the flames for her.
Fortunately, Langdon arrived just in time-
"Thunderball!! - " He shouted, and a heavy hammer flashed with a flash of lightning, knocking the black dragon's head sideways, and spitting flames swept to the side, sparing the misery of the burning and clear sky and the boy's side.
Philo also rushed over at this moment, and shot sharp arrows at the wyverns around him - "Ten thousand arrows pierce the heart!" Soul Song!! - "The golden light fell with a rain of arrows, repelling the black dragon's attempt to pounce again. "Are you alright? Cloudless sky. The boy who was covering Qingtian's body with his arms flashed his clear blue eyes and looked at her with concern.
"How do you know I'm Clear Sky?" Clear Sky looked at this unfamiliar face and muttered puzzled.
"I heard your cries in the fog, and here I am." The cat-eared boy said, "I can make out your voice, I am silent." ”
There was no time to reminisce more, and the earth suddenly shook violently, and it seemed that the previous tremors were not only caused by the trampling and shaking of these ancient dragons, but by greater force.
"Quick! Run in the direction of the Rainbow Moon Stone! Run in the direction of the fortress!! Langdon quickly rushed to the side of Clear Sky and Void, helped them up, pointed to the most conspicuous main tower in his sight, and loudly asked, "The Rainbow Moon Stone is a sacred stone that can defend against evil things, and it should be safe within its light range, no matter how these monsters rush into the barrier, they should run in the direction of the holy stone!" ……”
"The Rainbow Moon Stone, the Rainbow Moon Stone have been robbed!" Before he could finish his words, they heard someone shouting at him, and they did not know whether it was true or not.
"This can't ......," Langdon and Philo exclaimed almost at the same time, "How is it possible that Lord Ace, the Guardian Prophet, and Rafal's personal guard should do everything in their power to protect the Sacred Stone?" ”
Before he had time to delve into it, a warm light swept through the cells of the whole body again, but this time it was different, Qingtian only felt a burst of pain in his heart, and then his whole body couldn't move.
The world in front of me shook and trembled, then tore apart, and then top-heavy and spinning......
The calm sandalwood fragrance in the room soothed Qingtian's faintly aching head, Qingtian covered his forehead and slowly opened his eyes, and the scene in front of him returned to the indoor layout of the Japanese-style meditation center, but the old monk, Nolan, and Witt, who were supposed to sit in the middle of the room and nap, were gone.
"It seems like I had a very strange dream...... "Silence covered his head and muttered to open his eyes.
"Me too." Clear Sky looked at him with concern and said unconsciously, "Thank you, Silence. ”
"No thanks......" Silent was still buried in a state of wanting to clean up the chaos of his head, reflexively responded, and then suddenly froze, looked up and asked her, "Is it ...... Clear sky, did we really just meet in a dream? ”
"Seems so." Qingtian smiled silently with a complicated expression on his face, "But what about the others?" Why are Witt and Nolan, as well as the old monk from before, gone? ”
As she spoke, she stood up and looked around, the quiet atmosphere showing an inexplicable weirdness at this moment.
Silence also stood up from the futon, looked around, and called "Nolan" softly, but unfortunately no one responded.
Finally, the two of them stopped at the same time on the banner hanging in the middle of the main wall.
"Ten Thousand Laws and Idealistic ......" clear sky whispering banner four words.
"Born from the heart? ......" the silence then said the next sentence.
After speaking, the two glanced at each other, and there seemed to be an answer in their minds, more questions......
Silence was the first to speak: "If we are in a virtual situation, what are the conditions for liberation?" ……”
"First of all, the consciousness body needs to recognize its virtual identity, and then it is necessary to produce an irresistible virtual death event and destroy its phantom body in the virtual world in order to free itself from the illusory world." Clear Sky replied.
"So, on the first condition, can we agree on it?" Silence looked at the only person in the room who was talking to him, "Clear sky, I think, we must still be in the illusion!" ”
Qingtian was silent, and she did hesitate in her heart...... "Didn't we already come out of that fantastic dream?" ”
"No, no, that's not a dream, how can we be in a dream at the same time, recognize each other, interact with each other? It doesn't make sense. Silence shook his head, and the firmness in his tone gradually warmed up, "It must be a virtual world that allows consciousness to enter, a game world that can put both your and my consciousness into at the same time." ”
"Yes, even if you're right, we're all in the same fantasy world in that fantasy game world, but now? And now - we've come out of that place with dragons and magic, haven't we? Why are you so sure that we are still in another illusory dimension? ”
"Because, I believe, my sister Nolan, she will never disappear so quietly without saying anything to me." Silent looked directly at the clear sky in doubt, "At this point, I am sure that if there is no force majeure event, then we must still be in another illusory world." ”
Clear Sky exhaled heavily.
"If you still have doubts, at least I have met the first condition and recognized that I am in an illusory space. Now, I need you to help me meet the second condition - I can't kill myself, so, clear sky, please kill me. "Hypocrisy, pleading.
"I can't do it!" Sunny Sky replied almost immediately, "What if, what if...... What if we're not in the game? I can hear my own heartbeat, I can feel my breath, I can smell the sandalwood in this room, the world is so real...... If、If none of this is fake...... Am I not murdering?! ”
"Clear sky! If you want to be a qualified Phantom Hunter, then try to kill me! ”
"Nope! I can't!!! Clear Sky covered his head and squatted on the ground.
This time, it was Silence's turn to sigh heavily: "So be it." He pondered for a moment and proposed, "Then let's go together to find evidence that this world is fictional, shall we?" ”
As he spoke, he leaned down and put one hand on her shoulder as a comforting hand, and the other reached out to the clear sky and motioned for her to get up.
Feeling the warmth of the palm on her shoulder, the clear sky slowly calmed her excitement, she slowly raised her head to meet the silent encouraging eyes, and finally slowly reached over to hold the helping hand.
The two walked out of the meditation center together, and walked along the corridor towards the simulation center in a tacit understanding, and they didn't meet a single colleague along the way.
Passing through the blue hallway leading to the glass sphere hall, the door to the simulation center was closed, and the clear sky pushed and pushed, but there was no response.
"Looks like it's still closed?" She muttered.
"Let me try." Silence stepped forward and tried to push it, but there was no response.
Qingtian glanced at him helplessly: "Forget it, let's change places." ”
"Wait a minute." The silent hand had no intention of moving away from the door, and at this moment, the four big characters "Ten Thousand Laws and Idealism" in the center of the meditation room appeared in his mind......
Ten thousand laws are idealistic, and the state is born from the heart.
If it is really as I have confirmed, this world is an illusory test, and the four words "Ten Thousand Laws of Idealism" are the biggest hints provided by the organizers, then ......
Thinking about it, Void closed his eyes and concentrated all his willpower on imagining—the very moment he walked into the simulation center this morning—as if no one was there, he walked into the glass hall and saw the cobweb-like cracks in the glass wall.
Listening to the sound of "click", accompanied by a soft sigh from the clear sky, Void Mo opened his eyes, and the door of the simulation center was completely open.
"Look, that's one of the proofs that the world is just a phantom."
Silently, he walked into the hall first. On the way, he didn't hesitate to pick up a BrainStation game helmet from the ground, and walked all the way towards the crack in the glass wall, and then slammed the helmet on the crack with a wave of his hand, keeping a focused mind in his mind, silently reciting and confirming that this was a wall that would shatter with a few taps.
Just as the clear sky followed the pace, countless cracks began to spread rapidly to every corner of the glass sphere in the entire simulation center with the spider web crack as the origin, and the entire room began to be gradually shrouded in the whiteness before the glass shattered, and then, with a thunderous sound, countless glass shards fell from the sky.
Clear Sky covered his head with a scream and squatted down, and in the process of crouching, the whole world seemed to become a slow-motion process.
A figure was slowly approaching, and she knew it must be silence.
In the flying of glass shards, in the whiteness of the collapse of the world, Void Mo said to himself in his ear: "Come, we should go back." ”
A ray of light rose from the soles of their feet, emitting a blinding light, and together with the flying glass shards around them, they surrounded the two of them, making it impossible to open their eyes.
Clear Sky felt a hand grab her arm holding her head, pulling her deeper into the ground.
She believed, she had fully believed that it was all but an illusory bubble.
So, she did not hesitate to let his strength pull her, and let herself be swallowed by the light. "Jump!"
Following a command, the bodies of the two fell and fell in the center of the white sun......