Chapter 13: Here Are the Demons?
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The medicine of Penglai, the legendary elixir of immortality, tops the list of the "Lord God" Light Sphere's series of exchange lists for the entire "Oriental Project".
The physical state of the person taking the medicine will always be fixed at the moment of taking the medicine, or to be precise, the time should be completely constant, so as to achieve conceptual immortality.
From then on, no matter how type or severity of the injury, the user will return to the recorded constant state at a relatively rapid rate in a variable period of time.
And because the effect of the medicine is engraved on the soul, there is almost no way to directly destroy it by external force, but only to indirectly wear it out by other means—just like the nature of the light of the mind.
Although it does not require any consumption, as long as the will is relaxed, then there is an opportunity.
However, on the other hand, it can be argued that if the will to survive is so strong that the person who takes the drug does not want to die no matter what, it seems that there is really no way to be eliminated.
Of course, the good things in the world can't be monopolized by a Penglai medicine, so it also has other relative weaknesses.
Or it can't be said to be a "weakness", it's just that like all S-level enhancements or skills, it has the effect of being strong enough to involve the law level in some aspects, but it is impossible to take care of all aspects after all.
For example, it seems to be a sleeping pill, the effect is mainly sedative and hypnotic, but it cannot reduce inflammation and relieve pain, treat colds and prevent stroke. Therefore, at most, we can only regret that it is not a "cure-all" and "a cure for all kinds of dissatisfaction", but it cannot be said to be a defect.
The same is true of Penglai's medicine-
For example, the more serious the damage received, the longer the recovery time required, and after being executed on the moon, Mt. Penglai was executed on the moon and then wandered to the earth, and although he did not die, it took three months to barely recover......
It is foreseeable that if it is sealed, or if the damage is too heavy, it will lead to an infinite long period of sleep, then it is not much different from death.
For example, if the state of the body is completely solidified, no matter what, there will be no growth in the slightest, and the strengthening of the "Lord God" will not be able to work......
It's okay if he was already taking the route of spiritual power or soul ability, otherwise the person taking the medicine would simply have the heart exploding on the spot, and then it is not surprising that he would need to go through an extremely painful transition period.
However, these are all normal, even if it is the bloodline of the same S-level vampire True Ancestor, it is impossible to reach this level of immortality. It's just that to achieve this conceptual immortality, the side effects are too great, and you must know that vampires do not have the punishment to completely stop their physical growth.
Therefore, Mu Xiu was only amazed at the high level of immortality that this immortal elixir could give to people, but he didn't have much intention of taking it himself.
After all, for him, the disadvantages of the side effects of the so-called immortal elixir were far greater than the effects of the main effect, perhaps at most it was used to prevent the danger of being wiped out by the Great Light Ball before the fourth-order intermediate level?
- But it's more likely that I'll give it to someone else, right?
When he put the medicine pot properly into his storage space, he just saw the chocolates in it, Mu Xiu couldn't help but be stunned, and then such a thought involuntarily flashed through his mind.
It's just that there is only one elixir of immortality after all, who do you want to give it to?
Wait, wait! This idea seems dangerous, and I feel that if I dig deeper, I will not be able to face it at all. Mu Xiu shook his head vigorously, wanting to expel this dangerous thought from his mind, not wanting to think further at all.
But don't think about elephants, what will go through people's heads? Elephant...... This is subconscious instinct, common sense in psychology.
Because it involves the issue of Penglai's medicine, it is not a simple emotional choice at all, but a question of who you want to continue to live and live in your own world forever.
But relatively speaking, when you make a choice, you have to make a trade-off......
It was already cold and hot in the morning, but at this moment, Mu Xiu suddenly felt a chill all over his body.
He didn't seem to realize that the precious "routines" he cherished the most had to change gradually over time until they were completely lost.
Even if the so-called Overworld is good for him, time has never stopped, and it has been flowing from the known past to the unknown future.
At this time, Princess Hei Changzhi on the side originally watched with interest as he put away Penglai's medicine.
"Then again, didn't you say you couldn't wait three years? Why did you promise Yonglin again this time? ”
But after finding that he suddenly began to be in a daze, his eyes slowly became more and more dazed, and the aura around his body gradually became disordered, she couldn't help frowning, and then asked coldly.
“……”
“……”
However, Mu Xiu shook his head directly after coming back to his senses, as if he didn't feel at all at the feeling of being caught off guard by a sudden attack.
He just stretched out his hand to support the floor beside him, concentrating for a moment, and then said very calmly: "It's just that for some special reason, I think I seem to have the possibility to complete this......
The special reason is that the phased main quest released by the big light ball only a few days ago gave Mu Xiu a certain degree of room to operate. After all, since it is a main quest, it must take enough time to complete, for example, the main quest of the first stage is close to three months by default.
It was exactly all the time that Mu Xiu had redeemed this time.
But what if the second stage of the mission is opened, and Mu Xiu's redemption time is gone, or is he simply no longer in this world? It is obviously unlikely that the "Lord God" will continue to post the mission, and then let time pass, and finally judge that his mission has failed.
The most likely thing is that after he leaves the current world, the next time he comes in again, it will be the same time and place, and the mission will continue to start.
In this way, there is naturally room for maneuver, but it also needs to grasp the problem of degree.
"Is that so?" Penglai Mountain Huiye stared at his face for a long time, and then said softly with a smile: "Na, the concubine has a question for you." ”
"Didn't you say you had no problem before?" Mu Xiu lowered his head and rubbed the center of his eyebrows, "And I don't know why, I'm suddenly a little sleepy now......"
"It's not the previous question, but I want to ask you - you said that you are from the future, but you are not the people of the moon, which means that the future concubine body has not returned to it, right?" Penglai Mountain Kaguya tilted his head and asked.
She seemed to be in high spirits, as if she had suddenly reverted from her previous exile mentality to a carefree personality, and even her curiosity had begun to flourish.
I can't tell if it's because of my familiar personality or because of the endorsement of Bayi Yonglin, so I don't feel that I need to be vigilant anymore to guard against Mu Xiu.
"No, eight...... Well, when Yonglin came to pick you up, you didn't want to go back......"
Mu Xiu tried hard to think about the chaotic memory, he only felt a wave of sleepiness coming from the deepest part of his consciousness, and even the girl's beautiful voice became erratic.
"So she killed the other messengers who had come with her to bring you back, and then lived in seclusion with you on earth for a long time, and finally entered Gensokyo."
"Is that so...... Princess Hei Changzhi was stunned for a moment, and then her expression was a little complicated, "What is Gensokyo?" ”
There was also a vague premonition that something bad was wrong, and Mu Xiu also bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, and forced himself to cheer up: "In the deep mountain border of the extreme east, there is a barren and uninhabited area...... But now is not the time, we have to wait until Purple, Purple her...... Hmm——!! ”
…… Why is he so sleepy all of a sudden, could it be that the demons in his heart have started to attack?
Wait, this kind of thing has always been associated with negative emotions, is it possible to say that I just subconsciously lost a little, and immediately gave it a chance? Then again, it doesn't seem to need time to prepare!
hatred, greed, delusions, obsessions, resentments...... And so on, spiritual defects, bottlenecks in cultivation, as long as there is an opportunity, it will immediately erode the mind, so it is the inner demon.
How could it possibly say hello to you first – "Hey, I'm coming, are you ready?" ”
A hint of vigilance is born from the depths of the heart, but just like a person who has stayed up for a few days and finally has time to rest, no matter how rational he is, he can't resist the feeling of drowsiness coming up.
Mu Xiu only felt that the real world was rapidly moving away from him, and finally his mind was in a trance, and he didn't know where he was.
Slowly, I fell into a strange state of half-dreaming and half-awake.
……
……
It was as if it was falling in the dark and lightless ocean.
Keep sinking.
No, maybe it wasn't falling from the beginning. - because here, there is nothing. Not only is there no light, but there is no darkness. Because there is nothing, there is nothing to see, not even the meaning of falling.
There is no up and down, no quartet, no past, and no future.
Even the concept of "nothing" probably does not exist.
Only the pure spirit that transcended the flesh and body allowed Mu Xiu to maintain the last trace of self-obsession, and was not assimilated by this complete nothingness. But just to keep it that way, he was going almost insane, because it was closer to the intensity of the battle than to observe.
This is not some violent and painful grinding, but simply a place where there is nothing and one loses even the meaning of existence.
A world that only the dead can reach, and the living cannot observe.
Since there is no time here, he can observe something similar to time, but because there is no reference for comparison, he cannot be sure how short or how long time has passed.
Maybe it's a moment, maybe it's billions of years.
Mu Xiu couldn't wake up with his own will, but he didn't sink until he disappeared completely, he miraculously maintained his perception here, but he could only be quietly suspended in this sea of nothingness that was as natural as flow and as ugly as corruption.
Even though I kept staring into the distance, I couldn't see anything.
I waited for something and waited for it, but I couldn't see anything.
He always felt that he had been here, but he had no impression in any case, and there was no familiarity, just an inexplicable intuition.
"Yes, you've been here......"
The murmuring sound, like a dream, is very abrupt and very natural.
In this incomparably deep, incomparably dark, empty sea of nothingness, the self named Mu Xiu "looked" at the past, and then he really saw it exactly-
Her own real fears, she was there.
A strange girl in a white kimono seems to have known her for a long time, and a soft smile appears.
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