8. Kama Taj in the mountains

The higher the altitude, the thinner the air, the colder the air, and the worse the climate.

For ordinary people, when crossing the Himalayas, entering the place above 6,000 meters above sea level, they need to wear professional mountaineering equipment, including oxygen cylinders, etc., without these things, with human physical fitness, there is no way to conquer the world's highest peak.

But for others, it's not so difficult, and in fact, they find it not difficult at all.

"Hum Hum Hum"

Dressed in a long black trench coat, carrying a wooden box and a cigar in his mouth, Cyber scurried through the white peaks, humming strange songs, stopping and stopping along the way, occasionally catching some small animals that lived in the place to satisfy his hunger.

The night before yesterday, the drama of the Heavenly Sword Bureau VS Shadow Warrior came to an end 15 minutes after the opening, and the seventh action group led by Mr. Quan lost their companions, so they were extremely ruthless, almost all the way forward, the warriors of the Shadow Warriors may face ordinary people are the Grim Reaper who can't fight, but in the face of these real evil stars, they are no different from ordinary people.

But Cyber noticed something odd.

"Speaking of which, how is it possible that the Shadow Warrior Alliance doesn't even have a single one that can fight?"

Cyber snorted to himself, "It must have been transferred early, what they destroyed was just an empty shell... Tsk, a one-time loss of more than 500 people, a big deal. ”

He looked around, it was all white, he was already in the deepest part of the snow-capped mountain, but the ancient one certainly didn't mean to let him climb all the way to the top of this mountain, and Kama Taj couldn't be located at the top of the mountain, so he had to find it.

But how difficult is it to find a hidden spot in a place where you don't know well?

He had been in this valley for two days and had not seen anything.

"Well, it seems that we have to use some unconventional means!"

He threw away the cigarette butt casually, took out a dagger from his boot, and threw it into the sky, and when he smashed it down, the blade of the dagger pointed in a direction, "Well... Great, let's go that way. ”

Cyber continued on his way, and there was no sound along the way except the whirring of the wind, and the footprints he left were covered in snowflakes in less than 2 minutes, as if no one had ever been here.

While Cyber was wandering around the mountains, Strange was actually in the same situation.

The poor surgeon had his bag on his back, and had also trudged through the cold snow, but he was much happier with Gamer, and Mordo gave him a map, or at least a direction to go.

Strange didn't have the perverted physical fitness of Cyber, he wore almost all the warm clothes on his body, and in the howling wind and snow, he made a difficult, step-by-step progress towards the most dense place of the wind and snow.

"The soul... The soul is unbelievable. ”

The former surgeon's face was a little bad, ordinary people's souls separated from the body meant death, and with the "help" of the ancient one, Strange also experienced a feeling after death, when the soul was floating in the air, he could feel everything around him, the changes in everything, and those details that he would never notice.

Of course, the experience of being sucked into the passage of the spirit world is anything but friendly.

Probably arranged by the Ancient One Mage, in short, Strange's soul traveled around at least 7 different dimensions in 10 minutes, in addition to the endless starry sky of the material world, he also went to the colorful origin dimension, a dead realm of death and despair, the nine kingdoms that shone with light and glory, the endless hell full of fire and torment, and the heavenly mountain surrounded by warm holy light.

It is no exaggeration to say that the 10-minute experience is already something that 99% of ordinary people cannot see in life or after death, and in this regard, Strange is indeed one of the few people who are gifted, at least his soul is tough enough to withstand the pain of leaving his body.

Strange's mind is in turmoil right now, it's normal, he's going through the process of rebuilding after the disaster, it's understandable to be fragile, and all he's thinking about is the words that the ancient one said after his soul returned.

"The material world is only the most basic of real existence, all your cognition is based on a superficial understanding of the material world, what is true, what is real existence? These need to be discovered slowly, and the basis of all this is that you first understand the existence of soul power..."

The surgeon couldn't help but reach out and look at his trembling hands, wrapping strips of cloth around them to make sure they wouldn't get frostbitten, the slightest hint of obscurity reminding him that they were badly wounded, and that he had tried almost all the treatments in the world, both mature and immature, before pursuing Kama Taj, but to no avail.

In fact, there is another option for Strange besides Kama Taj, and that is a mysterious invitation from an even more mysterious organization that declares that they can treat Strange's hands with the technology of cell regeneration, on the condition that Strange must serve them until the end of his life.

From that strong self-confidence, Strange felt their confidence, but the inner voice was telling him that those people could not be trusted. M's organization is not credible, not to mention the fact that he has to give up his own freedom, which is simply intolerable for a person like Strange.

So he ended up here, pursuing the location of Kama Taj, even if he preferred to use technology rather than the occult.

"You must first believe in the existence of soul power before you can heal yourself, Strange, the moment you believe in the existence of souls, Kama Taj will open the door for you. ”

That's what the Ancient One mage said to him, after that unimaginable and wonderful journey, Strange had to believe it all, he raised his head, took a deep breath, he thought of his past self, the person who was the one who would not bow down to any power in this world.

It's like the silhouette of the previous life.

"You have to be afraid of true power... Awe, that's what it means, right?"

Strange muttered to himself in the snowstorm, he fell to his knees, his hands propped in the cold snowflakes, and for the first time in his life he prayed with all his body and soul, but not to a god, but to a higher being.

Only by fading away from the original self can we get a new beginning... The Ancient One never needed mortals to bow down to her, all she needed was Strange's awe of the soul itself, because this person, unlike ordinary people, the thread of fate on his body was too complicated, so complicated that the Ancient One himself sighed.

The moment Strange's forehead touched the cold ground, a glow-like apparition opened up in the snow in front of him, and when he looked up, he saw the path hidden in the mountains, winding upwards and eventually leading to the city on the top of the mountain.

A true city, perched on top of the world, spanning thousands of abysses, the beginning and end of the world's magic and sorcery powers.

It was Kama Taj, the land of the Holy Spirit hidden in this world.

On the other side, Sebo sat blankly in the middle of the snow, in a snow-white earth, this black figure was so conspicuous that people would not forget it at a glance, the wooden box was placed at hand, and he sat cross-legged, letting the snowflakes lap on his shoulders, on top of his head, on his body.

People like him disdain to bow down to certain beings, even the strongest people in the world, which does not conflict with survival, but the bottom line of his heart cannot be crossed, stubborn, and admit death, just like a brute bull.

Cyber was thinking about a very important question at this point.

How the hell is Kama Taj going to go?

He repeatedly recalled the scene of the first meeting between himself and the ancient one, and he could feel that in that conversation, the ancient one had already told him the trick.

"Make good use of your eyes?"

Cyber reached out and touched his eyes, he took a deep breath, his dark red eyes and the ring of fire in his eyes lit up, the world in front of him was separated, clearer and brighter, and even the shape of each snowflake could be seen in his eyes... But other than that, it's exactly the same as the scene I've used so many times before, and there's nothing left.

There was not a single path to Kama Taj, no expected apparitions, no signpost in the sky, nothing!

"!"

Cyber slammed his fist into the ground, smashing the hard frozen soil out of a hole, he grabbed the wooden box, intending to grab something to fill his stomach, but the moment he turned around, a phantom floated through the corner of his eye, causing his body to stop in place, he slowly turned his head, and there was nothing in the snowflakes behind him... No, not nothing.

Cyber's pupils moved rapidly, expanding and shrinking, like a camera lens, trying to capture something, and after 5 minutes of trying, the view in front of him became blurry, but it really allowed him to see clearly the presence of the snowflakes in the air.

There were things there, phantoms floating forward one after another on the ground, their bodies transparent, like jellyfish suspended in the air, and if they were not careful, they would be missed, and they floated in the air at a very fast speed, floating towards the deeper snowfields.

"That's... That's the soul! It looks like the Shadow Warriors!"

Cyber's eyes blinked, and they returned to their original state, and there was a smile on his face,

"So that's it? So, if I can grasp the direction of my soul, I can finally find Kama Taj?

No one answered him, and Seber shrugged his shoulders, put the wooden box behind his back, and put the last cigarette to his mouth, and a flame rose and lit, "Uh... Haha, it seems that simple!"

He happily followed the direction of his soul and galloped all the way to the depths of the snowfield, Cyber is not an ordinary person like Strange, he is a part of the mysterious power of this world, so the Ancient One doesn't need to take him to know the truth of this world, she only needs to guide Cyber to better use her own power.

Cyber Hawke and Stephen Strange, these are two completely different people, representing two completely different choices and paths, manipulation and learning, Kama Taj has never been a place of pure healing, it is a symbol of awe or fear for all the people in the world who come into contact with magic.

At the edge of the valley of the no-existent but ubiquitous Land of the Holy Spirit, a stone bridge spanning the endless abyss below, stands on both sides of the abyss in a ghostly manner, like the only way to enter the mysterious world from this world, and at the end of the bridge, there is a heavy mahogany gate, five meters high, like the gates of a real castle in the Middle Ages.

Sebo strode across the swirling ice mist and saw the steep bridge, and in front of the gate, a man who was almost frozen was lying on the ground, breathing hard, trying to knock on the knocker of the gate, but he was so weak that he didn't even have the strength to stand up, it was Strange.

Crossing the snow fields and icebergs that are simply fatal to ordinary people, his eyebrows, breath and face are covered with heavy frost, this is the ordinary person who has also crossed the obstacles of the present world and the illusion, and really stepped into this world, he is only one step away from the final answer.

Cyber glanced at him, reached out and grabbed the knocker of the door, and with the other hand grabbed Strange's clothes and lifted him up from the ground, who gave him a grateful look and struggled to put his left hand on the knocker.

"Bang"

The door was knocked like a low bell, and after a few moments it spread throughout the sky and the earth, and the door was opened, and a fat man in a black practice uniform and a unique gemstone pendant, with a fleshy face that looked unusually peaceful, opened the door, he glanced at Cyber and Strange, and reached out to make a gesture of "please".

"Welcome to... Kama Taj!"