Chapter 8: Night Talk
"You call them monsters, and that's not wrong. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Professor Gray happily patted the bottle, "Still, for now, you can use a more technical term, 'super-shaped'. β
Teng Yunshen leaned against the warm door panel, shivering, "No," he said, "where are the people?" he waved his hand indiscriminately, as if to drive away the fantasy scenery in front of him, "Has the whole city fallen?"
Hundreds or thousands is not an accurate concept, to be exact, tens of thousands, and the monsters walk around, very conspicuous under the vast starry sky. They were far away, but Teng Yunshen could see the streets in the distance.
"Calm down. We're in the wizarding world, the first world, and I'm showing you the next world, the second world. Professor Ash pondered his words, "You've seen them." He snapped his fingers, and the monsters vanished, leaving only the silent night scene.
Teng Yunshen will put his eyes on the house for a while, and look outside the house for a while.
"I," he rubbed his head, "I don't understand anything. He hoped that someone would give him a slap in the face and wake him up from his ridiculous dreams. However, Professor Gray apparently did not intend to do so, on the contrary, the old man was more interested in his reaction to scratching his ears and cheeks.
"Only wizards can reach this world," Professor Ash continued, "and everyone, including mortals, has another body made of symbols, which we call 'superforms'. Correspondingly, what you want to find is a 'human form'. He gestured to the place where the monsters had been, "Of course, you'll only find 'supershapes' here. β
"Wait," Teng Yunshen had to interrupt him, "what do you mean...... Is this what they are?" he had accepted the speculation, though it was not easy to admit it: everyone was a "monster".
"That's the answer you want," Professor Ash said, "the day you were attacked, the wizard who drove the supershapes had been found, and they turned him into an ATM. And then, today, you're just running into another similar monster. Encountering an out-of-control superform twice, and they still look so alike, is highly unlike, but it does happen. β
Teng Yunshen muttered in confusion, "I recognize what it looks like." β
"The outside of the human form doesn't have much to do with the inside, but the superform is different. The super-shaped look is made up of symbols. The bright yellow satin that covers the whole body and the many silver eyes have their meanings. Observant, taciturn, optimistic by nature β that's who he is. β
"And what about this? He broke in and attacked us, and as you said, the chances of that were slim. β
Professor Ash does not deny: "Yes. Most of the superformers live their lives only as dormant magic, let alone uninvited into other people's rooms. He smiled, "I got him here, it's easy." β
Teng Yunshen closed his mouth, "Okay." He thought, "Whatever you say." Okay, that's it. β
He hung his head, but immediately noticed the strange phenomenon that happened to the old man. Professor Gray's skin was filled with a wet color, shaking violently like a flame.
Teng Yunshen reminded dryly: "You...... You don't look good. β
"Don't worry," Professor Ash wiped his mouth, "this is another mystery in science, but it's not a secret to wizards. He flicked the empty bottle, "You know, we're not the same as animals and plants, I mean, not in essence." β
Teng Yunshen recalled the contents of the elementary school textbook, "Yes," he said hesitantly, "they are different from our construction. β
"There are no human beings to be found on the genealogy of living things," Professor Ash added, as he opened another bottle of wine, "and the only substance we rely on to sustain life, elixir, can be exploited by any creature other than humans. To make matters worse, no matter how much elixir we drink, we don't gain weight, which is a heavy blow to the scientific system.
He stopped, waiting for Teng Yunshen to catch up.
"Imagine that we live in the same world as 200 million creatures, but we are very different from them. It was only when we thirsted for more and more, beyond the necessities of survival, that we began to develop the farming and farming industry, using the complex process of extracting the elixir from plants and animals, which the Christians considered to be transgression. β
The old man observed the young man's facial expression, "Tell me," he said, "Do you believe in the gods?"
Teng Yunshen spread out his hands, "I only believed in what could be confirmed," he stared at his poor hands hesitantly, "now...... I do not know. β
"At least, the gods aren't the ones that are passed down by the word of mouth of mortals," Professor Ash nodded, "Great wizards may be comparable to gods, but they don't want their deeds to be known, which means that enemies have a chance to take advantage of them." He took a few steps, and the colored fountain continued to evaporate, "Now, you know how the elixir works. The elixir flows to this world, and in the process of flowing, energy is formed. β
"Let me think about it, energy, quality...... This is a junior high school curriculum. Teng Yunshen looked uneasily at the place that had been the cash register. Now, there is a quiet table that only a tavern would have. He couldn't find his textbook.
"The human form is very incredible, only the human form can actively absorb the elixir, and what about the other creatures? they are just containers that occasionally stop when the elixir flows. β
"Slow down. Teng Yunshen stopped, "Don't talk to me about weight and quality, I don't know...... What is marked on the product packaging?"
"Quality. β
"What about weight?"
"It's still quality. Professor Ash laughed with interest, "Is there a problem?"
"That's not right," Teng Yunshen pressed his lips with his fist, "There has to be a unit of weight, doesn't it? β
"Because it's 'too complicated,'" Professor Ash said triumphantly, "we usually use units of mass instead of units of weight." β
Teng Yunshen grabbed the heavy wooden wind chimes hanging in front of the door, "What is this now?
"Weight, exactly, you feel its weightβlight or heavy," Professor Ash said deliberately slowly, "and when you leave the earth and rise into the starry sky, most of the time, it gets lighter, and if you approach another planet, it may get heavier. Weight is constantly changing. β
The old man suddenly turned his head, "Good luck, no, maybe bad luck," he said, "The train is coming." β
Teng Yun poked his head out. In the distant sky, a silver railroad track swirled and made a loud roar, setting off a corner of the velvety night.