Chapter 27: The Bronze Tripod
If fear is a black pyramid, then at the bottom may be the evil spirits and demons I know all kinds of wrongs.
On a higher level, it is actually something of another life level, such as Beigong, a first-class old creature.
Don't look at their weak combat effectiveness, in the eyes of ordinary people, these things are definitely things that can affect the worldview, not that they look scary, but mainly the impact, as if it suddenly awakened the fear deep in your genes, recalling the panic that was used as food in ancient times.......
One level above them should be the kings of the old days.
It is no exaggeration to say that if I, including myself, suddenly looked directly at the essence of the old king in a cold state, I deeply suspected that my spirit would collapse in an instant.
This is not an exaggeration, the Immortal King told me in the memory of the inheritance.
The more powerful the creature, the greater the fear it brings to the next life class.
Let's explain it this way, human beings are three-dimensional creatures, and if they are witnessed by a group of two-dimensional creatures without warning, that is, they see our three-dimensional body from their two-dimensional perspective, and they see it from head to toe.......
In their eyes, we are an incomprehensible being, and our presence from their perspective is likely to shatter all of their previous perceptions in an instant.
That's right.
Those creatures that are as powerful as the kings of the old days feel like this.
Why do people go crazy shortly after joining the Old Church?
The answer is simple, they have come into contact with something similar to the old creatures, or they have come into contact with knowledge that is not understandable and acceptable to humans.
When they fall into madness, for those creatures, that's the most sane, the real madmen, only us ordinary people who think we are normal.
Only after seeing the real world will this be crazy, and after seeing the boundless river of life, this will collapse.
Isn't it ridiculous enough that we have never seen anything compared to those madmen, and that we claim to be the best of the pyramid of life, the primate of all things?
"Have you ever seen an ancient god?" I looked at my ancestor with a pale face, and did my best to control my tone and make myself as little scared as possible.
When the old ancestor heard this question, he fell silent in an instant, and after about a minute, he slowly spoke.
"Do you know why I'm dying?" The old ancestor asked me such a question without warning.
"This ......" I frowned, looking at the old ancestor's serious expression, only remembering that he had told me about this before, as if he was about to die?
Seeing that I didn't speak, the old ancestor couldn't help laughing, his expression was very calm, as if he was talking about the life and death of others.
"When manpower is poor, even if we have gone beyond the scope of human beings and have entered another level of life, in the final analysis, we are still human ......" said the old ancestor and sighed: "I am too old, too big to imagine, but one thing, I will die soon, not just because of my death. ”
"More than just the end of life?" I was stunned: "Is there any other reason?" ”
The old ancestor snorted and said, "Ancient gods."
According to him, many years ago...... It should be the period of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and there was a group of pagans in the country.
These people, like the old religions of modern times, only came into contact with those forbidden knowledge after entering the industry, and thus became insane, always chasing and sacrificing some old gods.
Unlike the old religions, what they respected most was not the Black Robe King, but the one that far exceeded the Black Robe King's life level...... Ancient gods.
"I don't know where they got this knowledge about the ancient gods, all in all, they have a lot of secret arts, and they are much more powerful than the modern old sect masters......." The old ancestor said this, his eyes also became solemn, and his voice was extremely heavy: "They are different from the old religions, they are low-key from beginning to end as if they don't exist, and they don't look for living sacrifices outside, they all breed by themselves. ”
"Breed yourself?" I was stunned for a moment.
"Before they join the cult, most of them will be instructed by some well-intentioned people to go to the outside world to find women or men, so as to form a husband and wife, and then they can join this cult." The old ancestor said, with an unconcealable disgust in his eyes: "Since joining the cult, everyone, including their leaders, will keep multiplying, using their own offspring as sacrifices to the ancient gods who are sleeping in the deep sky and the sea of stars. ”
Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, and said what happened to these people?
Coming into contact with those alien creatures is at most to make yourself stronger and jump from life level to life, but in any case, these are not as important as your own life...... Or am I different from them, so I can't understand them?
"How did you find them?" I asked.
"I have a lot of eyeliner." The old ancestor said quietly: "From ancient times to the present, I don't like to live in the outside world, but I can't be completely independent, I need a lot of information in order for me to control the situation in the outside world, there are many people in the clan who need my protection, so ......"
"I understand." I smiled, looking at the embarrassed expression of the old ancestor, I only felt that this patriarch was really competent, no matter how lonely he was, no matter how much he hated the outside world, he would always pay attention to the news of the outside world for the safety of the clan.
"It's certainly impossible to say that no one from the outside world has discovered them." The old ancestor continued, recalling with a face: "It's just that those people are dead, and there are also eyeliners belonging to this group of cultists in the court, and over time, they have not done anything to harm outsiders, so no one wants to care about them, and they are all afraid of getting into trouble......."
At this time, everyone had already gathered around, sitting cross-legged on the ground like me, listening to the old ancestor recount these past events.
"Others are afraid, but I'm really not afraid, even now, the future generations that can make me afraid have not been born, except for those old existences, the rest of the people ......." The old ancestor smiled, and then said: "Just because the old creatures they follow are ancient gods, I can't sit idly by, from the time I can remember until then, the only people who have followed and worshipped the ancient gods are them." ”
I looked at the ancestor and asked curiously, so you made a move? Ready to destroy these infidels?
"That's right." The Old Ancestor nodded, and replied very calmly: "Other Old Kings have followers, and I can accept this, because I have seen too many...... They weren't enough for me to make a move, so naturally someone would clean them up, but following the ancient gods was a taboo for me, and I had seen it in the memories of the ancients from generation to generation, and I would never forget how terrible that monster was......."
As soon as the words fell, the old ancestor suddenly paused, and the expression on his face changed slightly.
It seemed that I was a little afraid, the fear that flickered vaguely in my eyes, and I couldn't help but get nervous.
"I thought my enemies were just infidels, and I could get rid of them without even the slightest risk." The old ancestor muttered: "But I never imagined that the countdown of my life would start from that time...... Since then, the countdown has begun......."
Regarding this period of the past, it seems that the mermaid and others have heard it for the first time, and like us, everyone's face is full of surprise.
"Countdown to life......." I looked at my ancestor and asked tentatively, "Have you met an ancient god?" ”
The old ancestor was silent for a while, then looked at me with a wry smile: "If I meet it, do you think I still have the life to come back?" ”
"Then you are ......."
"It's a huge bronze tripod."
The old ancestor said, his voice gradually trembling: "Those pagans don't know where they got the method, but they were able to use a bronze tripod to open the star gate for a short time...... No, it should just be a stargate-like existence. ”
"A stargate-like existence?" I frowned, and couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "You mean, they made something similar to the Star Gate through a bronze tripod, and at the other end of the Star Gate, it was the Ancient Gods?" ”
"You know what?"
As the old ancestor spoke, he suddenly lowered his head to look at me, his eyes were full of fear, and he seemed to be unable to control his emotions at all, and his body was shaking constantly when he spoke.
"I was standing next to the bronze tripod, and through the black water inside the tripod, I saw the deep sky, and I also saw the group of old kings who pilgrimage around the ancient gods......"