Chapter Ninety-Seven: The End of Russell
..... I see, it's the same ability as the deer head.
Russell realized that this ultra-long-distance teleportation, without warning or reaction, was the power that the fate of the "Door Opener" had given to Sariruth. The familiar "Open Door" teleported them from Sogo Island to Yongquan Island in an instant. And this also happens to be the place where Wolf Yan has been.
Sariruth doesn't need a "door" for teleportation, as she can open the door directly from the Void at any time, or define other concepts as doors.
In other words, cause and effect are the opposite—to be precise, it should be that the deer head has obtained a part of the power of Sariruth in the form of a spell through the "Dream Realm", which is essentially an abandoned network of first psionic energy. As the true "Torkifat", the fate of the deer head is "prophecy and plan". This "plan" also means "diamond", which refers to a sacred and eternal plan.
This means that the ability to open the door at any time must not be the ability she should have.
The deer head statue obviously holds the "power of fate", why hasn't she used it?
Or is it that she's already used it, but they just don't feel it? Or is she unusable?
It was only at this time that Russell suddenly realized that his knowledge of the deer head was now the least among the many secrets he had mastered.
Obviously, the first organization Russell joined was the Tower of Babel, but he has barely come into contact with the other members of the Tower of Babel, and he has not seen the deer head statue take action in person.
Aside from the ability to open doors, the Deer Head didn't tell Russell about the other hole cards she had, and after Russell got the incarnation of "Seron", he didn't tell the Deer Head the secret - after his psionic energy broke through the Leviathan Wall, the Deer Head could no longer keep an eye on him all the time. Since then, the deer statue has been looking for him much less often.
I don't know where to start, Russell's relationship with the deer head is much more estranged.
It probably started with the conversation ..... sheath when he attacked the deer's head and "forcibly shut down" her with his "godkiller" light gun.
In the inheritance of the deer head, a large part of the important memories are missing.
She does not know the nature of the dream, but she knows that it exists, but she only sees it as a "plague of the mind"; She knew the existence of the two keyholes, the nature of the Tower of the End and the Grey Dome, but she didn't know what they sealed; She didn't know the history before the first year, and she didn't know the origin of her spiritual relatives. But they knew that there had been "gods" in this world, and that they had killed them.
Now that Russell had experienced Sallyruth's abilities and knew all the secrets of the world, he looked back and thought... I finally realized one thing.....
The deer head has always promised that as long as you know the "secret", you can save the world, as long as you can see all the truth, you can save the world, as long as you have the support of other pioneers, you can save the world... And what she said about saving the world was just opening the gray dome and solving the problem of lack of resources.
- In her plan, there is no countermeasure for the twilight seed at all.
And among the memories she was missing, there was one thing in common.....
"That is, all the missing memories of the deer head statue are related to [Dreams]."
In Russell's heart, the voice of the blue song robin sounded slowly.
In Russell's vision, he was sitting in the storefront in front of Russell's eyes, looking out with his legs pinned out.
There was a huge hole in her plan, as she had not thought about solving the so-called "psychic plague" at all. It's like being in the psychological dead end of a deer head, unnoticed, unnoticed.
"—The end of the truth is despair. Just like the history that I burned in the church
"—don't look for it, Russell. I came here only to hear that you had joined the Tower of Babel, so I came to warn you not to repeat my mistakes.
"—Don't bear any fate, don't search for the truth, don't dream of saving the world. Don't try to open the lock... The world has come to an end, and now it is only a suspended sentence before the death penalty is carried out. Now the probation is coming
It's over. If you don't know anything, it's easier to do so."
The tired words of the sheath rang in Russell's ears.
Russell had already realized that the sheath was referring to the secret of the "dream".
He specially nailed the deer's head to the ground so that she would not hear these words.
「… I see."
Russell sighed, "I should have thought of it..."
"—We are the agents of the God of Justice, the clowns on the stage, the ones in the shells."
That's what Tovatus said.
The god of justice should be referring to the dragon, and the clown on the stage is probably laughing at the situation of these famous elves. Everyone envies their status, but they can't actually do anything, they can't change anything. It can only attract people's attention and perform a ridiculous drama.
And that "shell" may refer to the gray dome that envelops this world, or it may refer to the spiritual relatives. It is also possible that it refers to these name-raiding elves who have sealed their "fate".
He would say that, apparently knowing about the illusion.
Only the deer head statue doesn't know, this is already obvious.
She probably didn't even realize that she had been infected by the dream.
If the dream is the "dusk seed", then her essence is the "twilight family". She thought that the plan she had made was to save the world, but in fact, if Russell really carried out the "salvation plan" according to her plan, I am afraid that the dream would be released directly.
One of the reasons for Sheath's defection to the Tower of Babel may also have something to do with it.
He was at least clearly aware of the problem with the deer head, which is why he turned off the deer head when he talked about it to Russell. Although the sheath himself has lost the consciousness of resistance and struggle, since he chose to tell Russell this secret in this obscure way, it shows that the sheath has not completely given up the future, but only handed over the possibility and the power to choose to Russell.
- The deer head is not exactly a friendly army, either.
She may have been invisibly used by dreams, or she may have been polluted without knowing it, or she may have completely degenerated...... And this matter, perhaps, is not entirely a secret among the elf directors.
That's why the Tower of Babel is fully wanted by the seven islands.
That ridiculous accusation may be true.
"Mind hackers who steal memories......
Morgan appeared next to the blue song robin and said with interest, "The Tower of Babel is indeed stealing memories, but it is to find out the truth of history. In addition..... deer head is also watching everyone's every move, right?
"She has no eyes and no mouth, so all men are her eyes and mouth; She has no legs and no hands, so all are her legs and hands..."
The entire Tower of Babel is an extension of the will of the deer's head.
What if they don't mean "stealing memories" by Barbeta, but by deer's head?
If you think about it from this point of view, the elven directors who are open to the Tower of Babel...... Maybe it's the other way around.
…… That's why the deer head takes me very seriously, but doesn't allow me to come into contact with other members?
Russell's heart moved.
Looking at the shop of "fried small fish", the surrounding area was noisy and lively, but his heart was as calm as water.
If the Deer Head holds the fate of the Prophecy, then she should have known my true nature as the Egg of Twilight before I awakened.
"—that's not right."
In Russell's heart, he copied the personality of "Seron" and replied elegantly and calmly.
She gave another possible answer: "If she can predict your future as the Twilight Seed, then it is impossible for her not to know that 'Dreams are also Twilight Seeds.'
"In that case, why don't you think of her a little smarter? What if she didn't just know the Twilight Seed, but also knew that only the Twilight Seed could fight the Twilight Seed?"
"But it may also mean that the leader is not being manipulated by dreams
Why..."
Alice's voice rang out.
Russell turned back and followed the prestige. Seeing Alice's serious expression, her brows furrowed and she thought seriously, "Or, rather, the leader, she knows that she is being manipulated by Dusk, but she is trying to break free from this control. And in the future she sees, the one who can fight the twilight is Russell."
"Wouldn't that make anyone else think too well, Alice?"
Blue Song Robin sighed, "I'm still leaning on her to be tainted." "But in that case, that doesn't explain her understanding of Russell's peculiarities."
Seron's mature and cheerful voice rang out, and she appeared behind Russell and wrapped her arms around Russell's shoulder: "As far as the current possibilities are concerned, she has already seen the possibility of the future.
"I don't think the Tower of Babel itself is important. Didn't you pay attention, Russell? Before you joined the Tower of Babel, the Tower of Babel was constantly accepting new ...... Take Mirien, for example. But after you joined the Tower of Babel, there were no other new joiners except for the inferior and the delphinium who were pulled in by you, right? Bad Day didn't go on missions to other empty islands, but stayed with you.
"You haven't seen the old members, maybe it's not because 'the deer head is afraid you'll see them, but because you' don't need to see them at all. From my point of view, since her destiny is 'prophecy and planning,..... then perhaps after she takes over the Tower of Babel, or at least after she foresees you, the purpose of the Tower of Babel's existence is to absorb you and guide you to the truth." "Well, from that point of view...... Indeed, it is more likely that the deer head statue already knows the future."
Lan Ge robin touched her chin and thought, "The extra parts of the plan will only meaninglessly reduce the success rate, so after making sure that the goal is achieved, she will not recruit new ones. This is to prevent more variables. I think the original purpose of the Tower of Babel was indeed a group of people who wanted to find out the truth about the blockade, but not since the deer head became the leader. Because of the false Torkifate, he apparently didn't have any memories of the 'Illusion' - he even planned to create a mother tree system to gain immortality, which directly contributed to the birth of the monkey-faced eagle.
"Then, it should be that the deer head was infected by the dream, and then lost some of the most critical memories. Later, during one of her prophecies, she became aware of your presence. Then he revised his plan, wanting to cultivate Twilight to fight Twilight and save himself. If you think about it from this perspective, then there is a reason why the sheath blocked the deer head but didn't kill her - he realized what the deer head was trying to do, so he did the deer head a favor so that the dream in the head of the deer head did not notice you.
"So after the seal was lifted, the deer head statue didn't ask you repeatedly about what the sheath said to you. Because that's also in the plan."
Paradise Bird's father, the old gentleman, also appeared and asked in a deep voice, "After all, there is not a single airship hijacking incident in ten years. Why did it happen so coincidentally on the same class that Russell was on? Even if someone wants to steal the memories of the elf director..... does that make any sense? Who started this matter? Take a step back, Lord Amirus, why did you have to take that airship?"
"Maybe it's because Russell is the 'protagonist,'"
Morgan smiled and said, "It's natural that all kinds of events happen around the protagonist, right?"
"I'd rather believe than that possibility—there are no accidents in this world."
Lan Ge replied calmly, "So, let's think about it...... If the deerhead is going to be infected by the 'dream', then when was she infected? When did you first pass on your memories? Is it the time to enter the dream realm in the middle? Or was Alice later received before the sheath was received into the tissue? Or is it after? Will she be together when she is infected and prophesied?"
"It's impossible to be together. She could only be polluted from the very beginning, otherwise the Tower of Babel would have known everything... There is no need for the sheath to be sent to the church, to the land. But she could only see Russell's future after Alice joined the Tower of Babel."
Without hesitation, Seron replied, "I even think it should be after Russell's birth."
"Yes, indeed."
Alice put her hand on her chin and earnestly recalled, "I joined the Tower of Babel just to eradicate the urge to kill. It's true that I didn't feel the feeling of deliberate indulgence, and I didn't realize my importance...... After that, they didn't even send anyone to protect the unawakened Russell."
"Then I'm afraid there's only one answer."
The Blue Song Robin lowered its head.
Everyone hung their heads.
A smile tugged at the corners of Seron's mouth, and Alice showed sadness.
The next moment, Russell sighed.
It's like a dream... The many illusions of great realism reflected in his mind dissipated at the same time, and "himself and his own brainstorming" came to an end.
Because Russell has already got the answer -
It only takes one need to look at the whereabouts of "Bad Day", the highest-level combat power in the Tower of Babel, to determine the ......
When the future is anchored in the eyes of the deerhead, it begins with the sheath killing the dragon and the Seron curse killing Alice. It was only then that the deer head realized that it had been eroded by a "plague of the mind...... Trying to save herself, she begins to plan and manipulate Russell's future. Let him gradually realize his own essence.
Fight Kamalse, contact with the fake Tokifat, contact with the Flower Touch, contact with the "Saint" Thrall, bring back those artificial people... and guide him to understand the sheath, and then contact or devour Seron, who is Russell's great enemy—this part of the operation is more or less involved in the Tower of Babel. And the deer head, ignoring the outcome of the duel between Russell and Sailun, obviously she also knew for a long time that Russell had devoured her.
Now, Russell finally understands what happened to him.
None of them are coincidences. It's the result of being channeled.
It is basically impossible to reason this conclusion on Russell alone.
Even the deer head himself has been deceived by dreams for a hundred years because he "never noticed". When Russell first thought about this, his own thinking also hit a wall and fell into a dead end many times.
But because Russell was able to switch to a different way of thinking, he was able to complete the "perspective" supplement. That's what brainstorming is all about.
Brainstorming by just one person.
「…… Russell, what are you thinking?"
The call of the delphinium came from the ear.
"I'm just thinking, we'll have something to eat later."
Russell continued to look at the store and calmly responded, "Wolf Yan, I don't think you should have time to eat in the store, right?"
"yes, I'm still hungry."
He said angrily, "Coffee is not hungry. It's quite appetizing...... I'm hungrier."
"Why don't you eat a round first?" Russell suggested with a smile.
"My advice is to go and strangle."
The corners of Wolf Yan's mouth raised slightly: "I saw that his little girlfriend bought a big cake. Most of them can't finish eating, so we can go and fix it for them."
"It's not impossible."
Russell coughed lightly, "Then you lead the way!"
As they laughed and walked away, the apparitions of Blue Song Robin and Morgan resurfaced in the shop.
It wasn't until Russell was far enough away that they fluctuated like a TV with a bad signal and then dissipated.
Their presence is simply invisible to mortal eyes...... However, if you look at the transparent glass at the entrance from the inside of the store, you may be able to see their faint reflection in the mirror.
Only Russell could clearly realize what the "brainstorming" just now meant.
It means that the [container] has been opened—if Russell's psychic energy is out of control again, he will no longer melt his body, because he has turned this melting and reshaping into his own instinct.
Today's Russell is just a wandering mind, and those consciousnesses that have been copied and assimilated by Russell are embodied in the "mirror".
If this continues..... perhaps sooner or later, Russell will be able to "resurrect" them from another world.
If he swallows it himself
All the people in the world have expanded the scale of the "world in the mirror" to the whole world. On the other hand, does it mean that ..... no one has died because of this? All have eternal life, eternal wandering...... It's just that the planet itself turns into a giant mirror.
At that moment, Russell irrepressibly had such an evil thought in his heart.
That was the end of Russell.