"What is the purpose of our trip?"

"Understand the mental condition of the hanged man through dreams."

"What should he do if his spirit fluctuates dramatically?"

"Retreat immediately."

Seeing that Thoth's eyes narrowed slightly, Amon reluctantly added, "Don't try to get through by looking for loopholes in the rules, and quit honestly." ”

The word "honest" doesn't quite fit in with "the embodiment of deception and mischief," so much so that it is said with a sense of gnashing of teeth.

"I hope you'll be so good for a while."

Amon snorted, "Describe me with that word, and you'll regret it." ”

"Well, I beg you."

Thoth sighed helplessly, and then his body turned into thousands of butterflies. He doesn't have the power of the dream realm, and if he wants to sneak into the dream realm of the hanged man, it will be more convenient to use the mythical magic of "Zhuang Zhou Dream Butterfly". The Angel of Time picked out the extraordinary ability of an unfortunate "nightmare" from his many collections, the scarlet eyes of the upside-down hanged man gradually closed, and the sound of gentle breathing replaced the crazy whispering, and they held their breath and dived into the dream that might be turned upside down in the next second.

What greeted the eye was a sea of blood, and the smell of the fish almost made people cry - it was the embodiment of the extreme emotions of the hanged man. And among the scarlet waves floated a leaf "small boat, big and small, shimmering—a fragment of the memory of the true Creator."

"Look at this."

The butterfly flock reunited into Thoth's human body, and he touched a larger, more intact memory fragment, activating the scene in it: it was in the era of strife, on the eve of Solomon's unification of the northern continent, the Red of War defeated the Storm Believers on the north shore of the Sea, and the Storm Believers who had escaped the flames and sword light fled to the depths of the sea, Medici sneered, plunged his sword into the sea, and mobilized the power of the weather warlock - the sea quickly condensed into ice, and from the sky it looked like a big pale hand, holding the storm believers tightly, They are like worms in amber and unable to move, waiting in despair for the oxygen to run out and suffocate to death. Thunder and lightning roared through the clouds, such a fiasco was undoubtedly a disgrace to the Lord of the Storm, but the shadow of order also took over half of the sky, and he could only leave with the remnants of the defeated army to recuperate on the island of Passu.

"Look at this again."

Another memory fragment of about the same size is triggered, this time in the Epoch, where the Black Emperor leads a group of angels to ascend the sword-like tower, including Thoth.

Off-screen, Amon commented, "You look a little absent-minded. ”

Thoth said sincerely, "Because I don't like to climb stairs, but our Emperor Majesty needs a little ...... Well, a sense of ritual. ”

"Thoth, you are well-informed, what do you think should be called for this symbol of the empire?"

Solomon in the memory fragment suddenly spoke, and the hidden sage, who was suddenly named, thought for a moment, and then spat out a strange word.

“Babel.”

The Black Emperor asked what to mean by this word, so the Hidden Sage told the secret that no one knew.

"A long time ago, the mortals of the earth wanted to go to the kingdom of God in the clouds, so they built a high tower out of stone, day after day, year after year, the ancestors went into the ground, and the descendants were on top, and the gods laughed at the foolishness and stubbornness of mortals, but in the end they were horrified to find that the tower was about to touch the clouds, and it was going to touch the foundation of the kingdom of God."

The subtle blasphemy in the story aroused their vigilance, and the emperor's gaze deepened, and only Duke Abraham asked with great interest, "And then?" Don't sell it at this time. ”

Thoth smiled lightly, "The gods immediately exerted their power to make the people of the whole world speak different languages, and the tribes could not communicate with each other, and naturally they could not discuss the construction of the tower, and the plan for Tongtian was aborted—and this is the end of the story." ”

Daring! How could he compare a half-abandoned building to the brand-new landmark of the Empire, the symbol of His Majesty's authority?!

Although no one dared to speak out at this moment, the thieves, who had always been perceptive to people's hearts, easily saw through their thoughts. Trensost's face turned even paler as marble, his lips twitched, and he was about to say something, but Thoth sighed leisurely: "It is the end of history that has left regrets, and the tower at my feet makes me feel extremely happy." ”

"Why rejoice?"

The shadow of order was gathering momentum under Solomon's majestic command, and every move was full of divine might, but Thoth always smiled faintly, as if he were just saying something commonplace.

"Because Your Majesty subverted the end of this story, didn't you? The Old Gods were so reluctant for the latecomers to touch their realm, but His Majesty led his colleagues to slap them in the face. ”

The tense atmosphere relaxed, and even Zarathu, who had always been silent, breathed a sigh of relief.

Thoth continued: "If Your Majesty had named the tower with the word Babel, the word would no longer mean a monument to failure, but a thorn, a word that kept the old gods awake and sleepless day and night – an interesting reversal, you say? ”

Solomon clapped his hands and laughed, "It's really interesting, so do as you say." ”

Amon straightened his monocle: "You look like a courtier." ”

Thoth shrugged: "Workers always have to make the boss happy." ”

"I see that you still ignored Solomon on the days of the founding of the country, and you didn't see it out of sight and didn't worry about it."

"Ye is in a bad mood, too lazy to pretend, what's wrong?"

Shi Angel was successfully amused, "I really want your followers to see your face like a gangster." ”

Thoth feigned anger and said, "You dare? ”

In the midst of laughter, another piece of debris is triggered, this time in the setting not of the Northern Continent, but of God's forsaken land, where a shepherd who is about to get out of control falls to his knees and weeps bitterly, reciting the name of God in a slurred manner, until finally his tears turn to blood and his body collapses into carrion, merging with the earth full of curses and sorrows. Just when they thought that this fragment was over, the scene in front of them gradually turned red, almost dripping blood, as if the whisper of a wild beast was exploding in their ears, and the sea of blood began to rise waves, and Thoth hurriedly teleported with Amon to a higher place.

"Your face ......"

"It's fine."

He was used to it.

Several eyes split and closed on half of Thoth's cheeks, but left a few laceration-like gaps. Thoth lowered his eyes, and Amon could see that he was grieving.

The reason why the picture just turned red was because of the blood and tears falling from the eyes of the hanged man, and the hysterical whispering...... It was the cry of the gods.

He was grieving that he could not bring salvation.

Out of a wordless tacit understanding, they did not say what they thought in their hearts, but roamed above the sea of blood for a while, and finally found a breadcrumb-like memory fragment that was almost ignored.

They picked up a lot of this "breadcrumb"-like memory fragment like looking for a needle in a haystack, some were simple pictures, huge steel wreckage was shrouded in clouds, some were melodies, Thoth could vaguely hear the tune of "Birch Forest", and some were just a cold message, "Total blockade of Chernobyl".

"Do you feel it?" Thoth sighed, "The older it is, the more fragmented, the more fragmented, the harder it is to decipher, and the harder it is to piece together. ”

"'Hard' means there's hope?"

"If—I mean, if you happen to find two memory fragments that are very close in time, they're going to be attracted to each other and combine with each other." Thoth showed a wry smile, "If luck favors you and allows this kind of coincidence to happen dozens of times, you can make up a relatively complete memory fragment." ”

Obviously, this is a vast undertaking - not to mention that the Hanged Man's dreams are full of extreme emotions and will not be beneficial to stay for a long time, and Thoth himself is responsible for thousands of believers and cannot spend too much time here.

Amon was silent for a moment, "I thought you'd find a smarter way. ”

"There are shortcuts to everything." Thoth smiled tiredly.

I don't know when even the corners of his mouth look like it will take a lot of his strength.

Amon opened his eyes and diverted the subject: "Are you really so sure ...... 'forgetting' is the crux of his madness and pain?" ”

The moment he said this, Amon immediately regretted it, the strong smile on Thoth's face withered in an instant, his eyes were full of shaky sadness, he wanted to turn back time, as if this way he could act as if nothing had happened, but his mind was drowned in those two streams of purple light.

"About five years ago, I chatted with him and sang "On the Shore of Lake Baikal" to him, and he seemed very happy and wanted to sing a song......"

"But before he could hum a melody, he wept."

"He crumbled into a shadow and cried and said to me, 'I don't know how to sing 'Birch Forest.'"

"From that day on, I've been thinking...... We are bent on taking back authority for Him, proclaiming His deeds, His honorable name, trying to bring Him closer to the 'whole' Creator, but we ignore those ...... What He tried so hard to grasp, but which flowed out of His hand like sand. ”

Thoth paused almost every time he said a few words, his voice and breathing trembling, but he kept talking.

"I often wonder if I had found out what the problem was earlier...... Wouldn't it be different? ”

Why?

A dazed fog rises from the heart of the innate mythical creature.

Why does my father never forget who he is as a human being?

Why did my father hold the authority of omniscience and omnipotence, establish the eternal day kingdom of eternal light, sit high on the top of the astral plane, and enjoy the worship of the whole world, but in the end he could not forget the pale snowfield, never forgot a song, and could not forget that ...... What about your little self?

Could it be that the hundred years and thousands of years of becoming a god are not comparable to the decades of being a human being?

He tried to take the hidden sage's hand, wipe away His tears, take His back, and say words of relief to Him, but he remained motionless as if frozen.

I'm scared.

Amon came to this conclusion with hindsight.

The things He took for granted were puzzles I couldn't understand.

I was afraid to expose our natural estrangement, but I could only pretend to be silent and nothing.

"I'm sorry, I haven't been in good spirits lately." Thoth let out a sigh, "Let's get out." ”

"Do they know?" After a long silence, Amon suddenly asked.

"What?"

"Medici and Ulorius."