Another story?

Liu Mengchao's brows furrowed slightly, he felt a little bored now, let alone listening to the old man in front of him tell stories, so he directly pursed his lips and refused Hoffenheim's suggestion.

"I don't think there's any need to talk about the story or something, right?" Liu Mengchao grinned at the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "The so-called story is nothing more than the constant repetition of history, in other words, what is happening now may be what happened in the past." ”

Pretty smart?

Hearing Liu Mengchao's words, Hoffenheim couldn't help but nod lightly. He does feel this way, or Liu Mengchao's words are indeed true, and there is nothing wrong with that. 、

The past is happening again, and the past is now playing out again. Thinking about what had happened in the past, Hoffenheim couldn't help but nod his head.

"The past...... is a very distant term. Hoffenheim said slowly, straightened up and said to Liu Mengchao, "Do you know the origin of the alchemist? ”

Where did the alchemist come from?

Although Liu Mengchao is not familiar with this world, he has read some books on this subject, about the origin of alchemy. According to ancient legends, there was a man known as the Sage of the West who spread alchemy to the country, and it was only after that that people learned alchemy.

"The story of the Sage of the West?"

Liu Mengchao raised his eyebrows, and then laughed.

"Yes, it's the story of the Sage of the West. If you go all the way east from the center of the country, you will reach a land full of desert. Legend has it that this place turned out to be an extremely developed ancient country called Keselxes. ”

"That's a long name." Liu Mengchao shook his head slightly.

"Yes, the name is long." Hoffenheim nodded, with a mocking smile on his face, "That's how the story was told. ”

"At that time? When that country perished? ”

"Hmm." Hoffenheim nodded slightly. "At that time, the sage of that country...... Or the person who studied alchemy created the first artificial man. No, it's not so much an artificial person as a villain in a bottle. Although this villain can only survive in a glass bottle, he has knowledge that no one can match. ”

Perhaps to strengthen his tone, or perhaps to make himself ponder the narration of the past, Hoffenheim's tone suddenly became low.

"The knowledge of the villain in the bottle can be said to be endless, and no one knows where his limits are, and no one knows how much knowledge he has that others do not know. If anyone has ever seen the door of truth. There is even a suspicion that this villain is the embodiment of the Gate of Truth. ”

Incarnation?

Hearing Hoffenheim's words, Liu Mengchao instantly understood the meaning of these words. If you have knowledge that others don't know, I'm afraid that this knowledge will be able to become your own unique power. The unknown is the source of great power.

"The so-called villain in the bottle should still be alive by now, right?"

The corners of Liu Mengchao's mouth grinned, and he said with a smile.

"It's really alive." Hoffenheim nodded lightly, with a hint of embarrassment on his face, "Time was too far away from now, so far away that people didn't know the history of this country. ”

Faraway?

So how long did you live? Liu Mengchao listened to Hoffenheim's words, and suddenly became a little more interested. A man who can talk eloquently in front of himself. Presumably survived from that era, right?

Liu Mengchao thought so, and Hoffenheim's words rang out.

It is precisely because of the inexhaustible knowledge possessed by the little man in this bottle that people's desires also rise. At that time, the country was still an imperial state, and the king held a single part of the country. Also has this qiē. ”

"Except for eternal life."

Liu Mengchao's reaction was extremely sensitive, and he had already thought of the root of the problem in an instant. If a person has a qiē, then the next thing he wants to do must be to hold this qiē tightly in his hand. Nothing can take away these rights.

And time is the most powerful adversary.

"Yes, the king wants eternal life. This would have been impossible. But because of the villain in the bottle, a qiē becomes possible again. He made his request, and the villain in the bottle agreed to him. ”

"It's the Philosopher's Stone!"

Liu Mengchao said quickly.

"Hmm." Hoffenheim nodded lightly, affirming Liu Mengchao's words, "The Philosopher's Stone." As long as the entire people of the country are turned into philosopher's stones, a person can be immortalized and immortalized. ”

"It seems that such a plan has succeeded in the end, but the immortal is not the king." Liu Mengchao replied with a smile, "This kind of story will never go out of style, because many people always think that they can master a qiē, but in the end, they still have nothing, just make a beautiful wedding dress for others." ”

"Interesting analogy, and that's exactly what it is." Hoffenheim nodded, "But there are still people in that country who have survived, maybe because that person is just an insignificant slave, maybe because there is a small friendship between that person and the villain in the bottle." ”

"And then?"

"Later that slave became the Sage of the West, passing on the art of alchemy to the country, and he traveled around the world, thirsting for more knowledge, and wanted to spend his endless life with it."

"If it's just one person, an endless life is a kind of imprisonment." Liu Mengchao squinted his eyes and said coldly, "You will see your good friends die one after another, see the people you once liked grow old one after another, see your former enemies buried in the loess, and see your past pursuits dry into pieces of gravel with time." ”

"So life is still too cruel." Hoffenheim sighed deeply, raised his head again, and looked at Liu Mengchao warmly, "I think there are many things that don't need me to be too clear with you, and you, who can understand the dark side of this country, should already have the outline of this whole story by now, right?" ”

The outline of the whole story?

The corners of Liu Mengchao's mouth curled, and he nodded lightly. The reality is not an unacceptable story, on the contrary, he even simply makes people a little unbelievable, or such a setting is really impossible for people to think deeper.

"The little man in the bottle is the father of those artificial people."

Hoffenheim listened to Liu Mengchao's words and nodded slightly.

"You're the slave."

Hoffenheim followed suit and nodded his head again, agreeing with Liu Mengchao's words again.

"Then I think I could have added a little bit more to the story." Liu Mengchao said with a smile, "That slave wandered around in this world, and finally got tired of it, no, it should be said that he was influenced by someone and was freed from that state of eternal life." He now longs for death because the one he loves will die too. He no longer wanted eternal life now, because he knew that eternal life meant nothing to him. ”

Yes, without the slightest meaning.

Hoffenheim nodded slightly, but a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. He now misses his wife immensely, but he grieves the reality immensely.

Since there was no point, he naturally wanted to end his life. It's just that human life is not like a door that can be easily ended as long as it is opened, and in the same way, it is not easy to start when it is closed. Every qiē has to wait for time. ”

"I'm the same now." Facing Liu Mengchao's smiling eyes, Hoffenheim smiled and nodded, "Because I still have one more thing to do." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Just like you."

The same thing as Liu Mengchao, hearing Hoffenheim's words, the smile on Liu Mengchao's face could no longer be suppressed. It's a wonderful thing.

Because apart from the enemy, it is the friend who knows himself best.

And the Hoffenheim in front of him is not the enemy and friend of the villain in the bottle? (To be continued......)