The snow filled the cave, the night was still quiet, and Garence leaned against the sarcophagus covered in blood, and behind him, the crimson portal gradually closed.

"Is this your new way of committing suicide?" Selene stepped out of the black smoke, "You dare to pay attention to the Crimson Universe, didn't I write the word forbidden on it?"

"Actually, I didn't know it was that serious at first, you have to admit that challenging the taboo is really a blood-pumping thing, and of course the next time you can write the Crimson Universe on it, or Setolak I don't think I'll ever touch it. “

"Why did I explain the Crimson Universe to you when you just learned magic, wait," Selene's tone paused, "How do you know the name of Setolak?!"

"Well," Garence said with a look of indescribability, as he pulled open his clothes and showed Selene the symbol carved on his heart, "Evidently I saw the fat red man. “

"And survived?!" Selene was shocked, she didn't know how strong Setolak was, but she had heard from some mages who were proficient in dimensional magic that Setolak was an existence capable of destroying the multiverse.

"I should be dead according to normal procedures, but no matter how strong a person is, there is always a weakness, isn't it," Garence snorted coldly, "Have you ever thought about where you came from?"

"No, no, it doesn't matter. Selene shook his head.

"It doesn't matter much, it's because we all have a clear matrix, and we're nowhere near to think about 'where I come from?' but Setolac is different, as the embodiment of infinite magic, he is almost at the fixed point of the world, he rules a universe, so what would such a being desire?" asked Gallance.

"Is it greater power," Selene denied his answer, "No, for him, there is no need to pursue too much power, is it knowledge? “

"Yes, freedom, Selene, freedom is one thing that every intelligent being desperately pursues, and I guess he knew it existed before I told him about it, but when I asked him questions he tried his best to refuse, he didn't want to admit it, because he wanted to prove that God and ants are not comparable, and he wanted to prove the difference between us, so he would not kill me in anger, he kept my life so that I could one day see with my own eyes that I was wrong, but all this is contradictory. “

"Why? Is it a hoax?" asked Selene.

"No, just because, that's what happened, Setolac knew the truth, but he didn't dare to think about it, he wanted to prove it all wrong, so that he was free, at least in his imagination, but what was the use? We are actually trapped in a huge cage, the only difference is that Setolak is the eagle that can fly to the top of the cage, he is so close to the border, so he cares more about his identity as a prisoner, but I am just an ant crawling on the ground, although the cage imprisons me, it is too big, maybe I can't walk the boundary for the rest of my life, his sky is my endless sky, so what difference does it make to me whether it is free or not?"

"Hmph, you're really capable of sophistry. Selene turned to leave, since there was no problem, she didn't have to stay in this cold place, and not long after she came out, Selene already missed Babylon's soft bed.

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Plants are everywhere, the mountains are rolling and undulating, this is ancient China.

Near the majestic Kunlun Mountains, a team of twenty modified angel mutants is slowly moving forward, After years of induction by the Apocalypse, they believed that the purpose of the organization was to resist the threat from outside the universe, which was completely consistent with the original intention, but the invisible hand of Gallance could control them at all times, and the Shield would never be Garence's enemy, and one day, the Shield would become their true guardian in the eyes of the world, and the current history would be quietly buried by Gallance.

Immediately after receiving Garence's order, Aegis excluded a team to come to the Kunlun Mountains, and their order was to find a fairyland called Kunlun. In order not to show hostility, Apocalypse ordered that after reaching the vicinity of the Kunlun Mountains, he could only advance on foot, and now the leader of the team was the leader of the angel mutants, Yeudi.

After walking for about five or six hours in this no-man's land, they finally found a small village at the foot of a mountain. Upon approaching, Yeudi left the mutants behind, leaving only a few members of the Brotherhood of Aegis with language changers to the village to ask for clues.

Squeak~ There was a sound of a wooden door opening, and the two members of the Brotherhood discovered this place, compared to other buildings, the structure here is more like a public place, obvious stairs, false gates, and even a sign on the eaves has a word or symbol written on it that they don't recognize.

"Two strangers," said the boss at the counter, the two of the fraternity looked around, and the moment they entered, they attracted everyone's attention, not only because of their strange dress, but also because they were not locals, this place was in the distant frontier of ancient China, and even some of them did not belong to the current imperial court, the materials were scarce, the environment could not be said to be bad but not superior, according to the past, there might not be a single person for decades, but this time there were two at once, and it was not like the Central Plains.

"Wine, food, I still want to find a place to sleep, let's talk in advance, our facilities are not good," the boss motioned for the two to sit down, and filled them two glasses of wine, "It's cold here, this wine is a little strong," When the boss walked out of the counter, the two brothers saw his appearance, with a big round face with a beard, long hair draped over his shoulders, tall, burly, about two meters, standing next to it like a wall of meat, two wine glasses in his big palms, small can only be held with two fingers.

Seeing that the situation was going well, one of the Brotherhood spoke, "We have something to ask you, do you know the legend of Kunlun?" His voice was sent through a language converter, and the voice was resynthesized into Chinese.

"Well, if you really talk to us, I don't have to worry about that, but you ask what that's for. ”

Hearing the word Kunlun, the boss instinctively became cautious, and the two brothers saw this and glanced at each other, they knew that the boss must know something inside.

"We have no ill intentions, we just occasionally heard that there are immortals living in this Kunlun Mountain and want to visit. The two said.

"Visit, then you have to be careful, from the legend of thousands of years ago to the present, there are quite a few dead visitors on this mountain. ”