Chapter 413: The Black Scripture of the Undead
Huang Chao didn't dare to underestimate the overdistance rule in it: "If it weren't for Immorton being put away, the curse might have been activated in an instant, even if Immorton was on the other side of the earth!" ”
Spells, as a kind of fantasy power, belong to the spiritual realm, and although they cause various physical phenomena, they cannot be explained by the scientific principles of the real world. All specious explanations are only far-fetched and most cannot be justified. Just ask a few more details and find that they don't correspond to inherent physical principles at all.
There are two phenomena that are quite prominent, Huang Chao has seen them in both the Sun Golden Sutra and the Black Sutra of the Undead, which are related to the super-distance effect and similarity. The powers of spells do not obey the rules of physical space, their effect is not limited by distance, there is no need for a medium between reactants, only a conceptual connection. As for the speed of fireballs or ice arrows, it is that they have caused physical phenomena. For example, for curses that are closer to "law", the effect of the spell has nothing to do with physical distance, once the conceptual connection is established, it is spiritually related, physical masking has no effect, and distance does not affect the effective time.
As for the similarity, it fully shows the illogic of spells, after all, spells come from people's fantasies, and people intuitively feel that two things are similar, and they will think that they will be related. The simplest example is the stabbing villain. There are also some things in the Black Sutra of the Dead that require prop rituals, and many things embody this characteristic. So explaining magic with realistic science is a complete waste of time.
Huang Chao is in the fantasy world, where all kinds of fantasy forces really exist, and many illogical explanations have also become real things. As long as the existence of the independent and material spirit is recognized, everything is understandable. Each system has its own set of unique descriptions, but Huang Chao will not be confused by these "nouns", everything can be unified under the "spiritual interference matter".
There is a lot of black magic in the Book of the Dead, the most famous of which is, of course, the spell that brings the dead back to life. There are two types of spells, one is the one that resurrects Ansuna, who not only reads books, but also begs Anubis to put her soul back. The pool in the tomb is said to lead to the underworld, and Ansuna's soul will emerge from it. The other is to recite it once, and you can resurrect the dead, Eve casually recited a few words and Immorton came to life, and in the second part, her son also recited a few words, and Eve was resurrected...... There is no need for rituals and prostrations at all.
However, these people are dead after all, and there are corresponding spells in the Sun Golden Sutra to restrain them. It's also funny to say, the Black Sutra of the Undead can bring the dead back to life, but the Golden Sutra of the Sun sends the people who come back to life again. It can be seen that in the impression of ancient Egypt, the resurrected people also belonged to the undead.
When Immorton was alive, he didn't show extraordinary strength, and he couldn't even keep his concubine, but after he was resurrected, he was gone*! Huang Chao also saw the explanation in the Black Sutra of the Undead, he laughed helplessly and scolded: "It's really funny." ”
Because he was devoured by insects, this criminal law is too cruel, so he can have great power when he comes back to life...... Huang Chao said that he couldn't understand this logic, which once again proved that there was no logic in spells, and it was completely set by others. If Huang Chao wants to explain forcibly, he can only start with the Egyptian gods: "Probably Immorton is so miserable, please the Egyptian gods, give him a chance to counterattack." ”
Immorton's power was prescribed, and the Ten Tribulations were taken from the Bible story, which was originally Yahweh's method of dealing with Pharaoh, and in the end Egypt suffered heavy casualties, and Moses fled with his people. In reality, they are borrowed from Egypt's natural phenomena, such as the Nile algae flooding and turning red, mosquito and fly breeding, locust plagues, infectious diseases, sandstorms, meteors, hailstorms, etc......
To unleash a spell, one must read the words of the scriptures, the caster has no supernatural powers, and the scriptures contain the power of the gods. This can be regarded as a gift from the gods, Huang Chao believes that this kind of power is not as powerful as the power obtained by his own cultivation.
"Well, that's the difference between cultures. The West is probably this mode of seeking God, because they have always been informed by religion that those people are not self-cultivating, but the more devout they are to the gods, the stronger their own power becomes, and in the end they are still slaves of the gods. China's Taoism is self-cultivation, becoming immortal detachment, even if Taoism worships the ancestors, there is no denial of the possibility of becoming an immortal. The power of Taoist priests comes from their own cultivation, but later there were also people who were opportunistic, knowing that people couldn't cultivate things, and raised the banner of borrowing the Fa from the ancestors. But in general, the power of cultivation in the Huaxia inheritance belongs to oneself, and oneself can become stronger and seek transcendence. ”
"The more complex the Taoist rituals, the more elements of praying to the gods, this is actually a practical factor, because they don't actually have much ability, so they have to pull the banner to show that they are powerful. Those who dance the great gods always have to borrow the help of various gods. When it came to the fantasy world, the cultivation methods such as the Taoist Outer Dan Technique and the Inner Dan Technique immediately turned over, and they became something that could be realized, and it was true that they became immortals, so that it created a powerful self-cultivation path. ”
Huang Chao knocked on the thick pages of the Black Sutra of the Undead, he would definitely not follow the path of Egyptian sacrifice. There is no way to become a god here, this kind of book for mortals to read, just let them revere the gods, how can it be possible to reveal the secrets of the gods. The gods are not comics!
But it is still meaningful to have two scriptures, now the gods can no longer interfere with the world, the power in the book is no longer exclusive to sacrifices, mortals can also have an effect when they read spells, he only needs to learn ancient Egyptian! Huang Chao had learned it before.
"I'm going to cast spells with the help of two books to observe the process of magic changing reality, so as to get a glimpse of the rules of the world." Huang Chao put down the Black Scripture of the Undead, stood up, and looked at the box in the middle of the room.
The bottle under the box was supposed to contain Ansuna's internal organs and brains, as Immorton was put into the coffin alive. Huang Chao didn't have the idea of opening them, and took the box back into the storage space.
His thoughts moved, and Benny, who had been killed by him, was taken out. Benny didn't have any injuries on the surface of his body, Huang Chao hit his death X, and even if he sent it to the forensic doctor now, he couldn't find the cause of death.
Huang Chao picked up the Black Sutra of the Undead, found the relevant chapters, recited the resurrection spell, the wind howled in the house, and the invisible force entered Benny's body, and the thin man on the ground suddenly struggled and opened his eyes!
Huang Chao opened his eyes in surprise: "Life and soul!" The Black Sutra of the Undead actually contacted these two! Benny was a corpse, and I could have healed his injuries myself, but he would still turn into a dead corpse, and the process of his death was irreversible. However, the Black Sutra of the Undead, as a complete life restart, his spiritual activities began again. He restored the soul. ”