Chapter 1708: Bruce Wayne and the Chamber of Secrets (5)
Schiller had previously transformed into a mysterious black sun in the depths of the stars, listened to the ancient one's feelings about that dream world, and wrote a book about all the worldviews related to the old ruler and gave it to the ancient one.
The title of the book is borrowed from the name of a fictional book written by Abdullah, a mad poet from the Cthulhu Mythos system.
The Necronomicon does not exist in reality, but in the Cthulhu Mythos system, it is portrayed as a record of all the knowledge of the Old Gods in the world, and any investigator can find the forbidden knowledge he wants.
Schiller's Book of Dead Souls isn't all that magical, but it does contain everything he knows about the Cthulhu Mythos.
The Marvel Universe is set in the Cthulhu Mythos, although it is not very fundamentalistic, closer to the background board with the flavor of superhero villains, but there is still a group of blind and stupid mysterious beings waiting to return in the depths of the stars.
When Schiller gave the Ancient One this book, he actually only hoped to help the Supreme Mage understand the power system of her old adversaries such as the Eye Demon, so as to prevent the Ancient One from being plotted.
But what is a little embarrassing is that later Eternity restarted the universe, and the Ancient One lost this part of his memory, but because Eternity didn't dare to restart something related to Schiller at that time, the book stayed, and it is estimated that now the Ancient One is wondering what happened to the book that suddenly appeared on him.
But now Strange is even more puzzled than the ancient one, his teacher is studying a book that looks very dangerous behind his back, and he has been caught by people from other universes present, doesn't this make the style of his universe described before that he is in a joke with more fists and less brains?
Gu Yi has been squeezing his fist all his life, why did he start to look at the art of war?
Strange wanted to rush into the screen and open the book to see what was written inside, but the pride of the Supreme Mage made it impossible for him to leave this room now, especially since he had just told the mage of this universe about the ancient one's glorious combat history, and he couldn't rush away, otherwise it would look very much like lying and running away.
"Have you seen it?" Hallie asked.
Helen shook her head slightly, looked up into Harley's eyes and said, "I'm full of curiosity, but I'm not stupid, what the Supreme Mage can see doesn't mean I can." ”
"Then why did you take it away?"
"In order not to let the Supreme Mage continue to watch."
Hallie paused, she glanced down at the weird-looking book, pursed her lips and said, "Are you so sure it's harmful?" ”
"I could feel a sense of energy······ There's a vitality in this book, not that it's some kind of life, but it's not an ordinary dead thing, and I'm not sure if I'm going to be controlled by it, and I'm not sure if the Ancient One is already under it. ”
Strange didn't have time to dwell on whether the facts were contrary to what he said, and he realized the gravity of the matter, so he turned and stared at the screen.
And Schiller was communicating with the gray mist in his head. "Did you do it?"
"Greed made me leave a wisp of consciousness in that book, originally intended to prevent the ancient one from being confused by the old gods." "Will this work?"
"Of course, you can only be a believer in one of the stars, and if the Ancient One takes this book with him, any other Old Ruler will no longer be able to drive her insane."
"Because you're above them?"
"No, because they know that the fragile minds of human beings can only withstand one madness, and that there is no point in any more, so they hardly touch other people's believers.
"That is, greed made you mark the Ancient One as your follower with this book, so that she would be protected from the plots of the other Old Gods?"
"So to speak." Gray Mist paused slightly, but still said, "Greed is very worried about the tragic ending of his favorite character leading to the plot, so he does everything he can to take precautions, and the same is true for the Ancient One." ”
"Originally, he didn't need to be so meticulous and careful, but Asartos's dream had a glimpse before, which means that the existence of the stars in the depths of the universe is probably more dangerous and mysterious than what you have ever seen, and the ancient one is very important to humans, so no amount of protection can be overstated."
Arrogance conveyed a positive emotion in his heart, and he had discussed this experience with Greed, and the answer was that Athathos, the head of the gods in the Cthulhu Mythos, should be second only to OAA in the Marvel Universe, after all, one of his dreams made the Scarlet Witch deeply involved, which is not unpowerful.
But because of Assatos's setting, that is, the eternal sleeper and the constructor of the world, he has almost no subjective agency, which can be seen as a background board.
But this is not the case with the gods who call and dance around him in dreams, and the danger they pose is real.
In the comics, the Ancient One died at the hands of the Beholder, and the setting of the Beholder comes from "The Curse of the Golden Skull" by the co-author of "Conan the Barbarian", which is also related to the Cthulhu Mythos system, so it is necessary to take precautions against this aspect.
Grey Mist has been able to split off from a long time ago, but he doesn't create independent offspring like other symbiotes, and when he realizes his true identity, his every thought echoes the call of the stars, which is inevitably strange and terrifying to humans???. biQuPai
"Can you still work with the book now? Even across a world? Schiller asked at the gray mist. Yes, it is possible when I look at it. Schiller speculated that this might be one of the manifestations of the observer effect that Bruce was talking about, and that when he stared at the universe at this end, the distance between the two universes and their position was less important and more from the knowledge they had observed.
"Make sure it doesn't hurt the students." "I will."
By this time, Hallie, who was sitting at her desk, had already begun to speculate on the origin of the book with her natural suspicion of Gotham.
"If, as you said, the Ancient One was still studying this book before you came, it means that there must be something in this book that she wants, and this is the only clue that we can find out about her behavior without opening this book, what does the most powerful Supreme Mage Ancient One in your mouth want?"
Helen frowned, also lost in thought, she felt that some part of her mind was gradually being developed, she had not thought about conspiracy theories before, but now she was able to grasp some clues, perhaps it was the powerful learning and evolutionary ability of Doom that brought her another evolution in thinking.
"Master Gu Yi is not a person who blindly pursues power, you may not believe it, she never takes the initiative to provoke trouble, it is the demon gods who find her to lend her strength, and Gu Yi has to fight back against them in order to settle the account."
"She is not thirsty for knowledge, she has reached the fullness of mind many years ago, she does not want anything else, she no longer struggles with the answers to certain questions, she has long since found the answers to all the questions about herself and her own solution to this universe."
"So what's going on?"
Harley and Helen's eyes fell on the cover of the book at the same time, and I have to admit that the idea of opening the book and looking at it is surprisingly tempting, and the two of them are not Zen masters who have practiced for many years, but are still two little girls who have not been deeply involved in the world.
"If I were you, I would choose to go back and stop them now." Konstantin frowned, and said with a serious expression: "We can all understand that accidents always happen, and nothing is more worthy of your maintenance than the good situation you have carefully created." ”
Constantine was actually reminding Strange that there was no need to put his universe in danger for the sake of face, but Strange seemed to have suddenly figured out something, his frowning brow loosened, he sat back on the sofa around the coffee table, and even took a sip of his wine glass.
Bruce, Constantine, and Zatanna all turned their heads to look at him, and Strange shook his head and said, "If the Ancient One was really bewitched by this book, or wanted to explore some secrets in it, then why the study of Kama Taj Academy?" ”
There was silence in the room, and Strange sighed softly and said, "If the possessiveness of occult knowledge had eroded her, she would never have chosen to study this knowledge in the study of a school, where there are no conditions and it is not quiet enough, and the book was deliberately left by her." ”
"In order for this little girl to get it?" Zatanna said in disbelief, "I have absolutely no intention of questioning your teacher's abilities, but wouldn't that be a bit ······ I mean, isn't it a bit risky? ”
"Helen Stark is special." When Schiller's voice sounded, everyone turned their heads to look at him, and Schiller's fingers gently touched the wine glass, as if he was trying to do two things, and said in a thin and ethereal voice: "She is not a native of that universe, and her background is quite bizarre. ”
"As bizarre as you?" Strange asked.
Schiller was silent and did not answer, but Bruce's gaze suddenly fell on Strange's body.
In the end, the two girls in the dormitory did not make a rash decision, and they agreed to wait until tomorrow after class to go to the academy's library to find out information about the name Necronomicon first, at least to figure out what they might face before taking action.
Soon the lights in the two bedrooms dimmed, but the room where Bruce and Barry were still lit was because the bedroom they were using was not brand new, and the previous owner had left some Chinese books on the shelves, and Bruce was planning to learn the ancient and complex language by himself with the few books he had.
"You're not here for real, are you?" Barry seemed to be a little overwhelmed and said, "Before that, you didn't even know a single Chinese character, but you plan to learn a language just by reading a book?" Isn't that a bit ridiculous? ”
"It's not like I've never heard Chinese." Bruce rolled his eyes very slightly, his back straight even when he was sitting cross-legged on the mat, he looked intently at the contents of the book, and said, "If you think of this as deciphering a code, it becomes easy and fun." "Never."
"Bang bang", there was a knock on the door.
Bruce and Barry looked up together, Barry glanced at the already dark sky outside the window, and said with some confusion: "It's so late, who else will come?" ”
"Maybe it's Harley." Bruce gave Barry a look, and Barry got up from the bed and opened the door.
Standing outside the door was a little girl about their age, blonde hair, brown eyes, not very pretty, but with some childish cuteness, she stared at Barry, who was a little taller than her, and said, "My roommate Sirila asked me to send you something." ”
With that, she took out a wand and pointed at the open space in the room, and trivial daily necessities such as garbage cans, garbage bags, kettles, toilet paper and tea sets appeared on the ground.
"Oh, thank you, are you a first-year student too? My name is Barry Allen, this is Bruce Wayne, what's your name?