There is no difference between up and down, left and right, and there is no change in the sky of sunrise and moonset.

Being in it, it's hard to feel the passage of time.

Especially when someone in the chat has endless questions and the answerer has infinite patience. As long as curiosity remains, the process does not stop.

In the gap between the young wizard chick's pecking and nodding, the gentleman reached out for the second time and glanced at the time.

When he looked up, the young wizard threw out a new question:

"What the hell is an outer god, sir?"

As he spoke, he raised his eyelids slightly, as if he wanted to take another look at the illusory starry sky above his head, but he quickly suppressed the urge and forced his eyelids down: "I mean, they don't feel good...... When I saw them outside before, I always felt an inexplicable sense of irritability in my heart. ”

"That's because you're standing too low. Mr.'s answer was very straightforward: "Just like ordinary people looking up at the starry sky at night, they will be anxious, flustered, and self-denial...... As a result, many people will have a sense of 'the emptiness of life', which will even lead to the collapse of their worldview and outlook on life. ”

"The more 'knowledge' people have, the stronger this 'sense of nothingness' will be. ”

"If you ask an old farmer to look up at the stars, the most he will say is that tomorrow is good, but if you ask a philosopher who is rich to look up at the stars, he may go crazy...... The more you know, the easier it is to go crazy. ”

"Wizards looking up at the stars will have similar synaesthesia. It's just that because they see more, the synaesthesia they produce is more intense. This feeling is described in theological terms, 'not to look directly at God.'" ”

What does this have to do with the 'outer gods'?" muttered the young wizard to himself.

The gentleman seemed to hear his heart and smiled: "The 'outer gods' you are talking about are also wizards, but they have broken away from the concept of ordinary wizards...... In terms of modern ranks, most of the 'outer gods' are between 'legendary wizards' and 'ancient wizards', above the legend and not yet in ancient times. ”

"Any road to transcendence is made by predecessors. ”

"The path that the school now teaches you is the widest and most stable of all known transcendent paths. ”

But that doesn't mean there is no otherworldly path other than this one. ”

"For example, many great wizards who are unable to set foot in legends will choose to create a 'transcendent race' to achieve 'ancestral position' to achieve self-transcendence, some great wizards will choose the path of 'becoming a god' by collecting faith and igniting divine fire, and some great wizards will sign contracts with some ancient beings in the universe to become 'substitutes' and break the level with external forces. ”

"The water is deep and clear, and the road is winding and undulating, but as long as you can reach the other side, it is enough for the seeker. ”

"We couldn't ask for more. ”

"Following the path of the widest possible path, after becoming a legendary wizard, the wizard needs to gather enough information to constantly refine the concept of 'self' and resonate with this universe, the more like the better. It's kind of like what we do before we build a forbidden spell, pick a large enough set, and then look for patterns to converge. ”

"The 'Outer Gods' are essentially a group of beings who have surpassed legendary wizards, and their 'self-concept' has been constantly expanding, but they are unable to do subtraction to 'converge', and they have to abandon their physical skins and escape into the depths of the starry sky. ”

"Some people may think they're a bunch of losers, but I don't think so. No one knows if the infinite expansion of self-concept will overlap with the current state of 'me'. Just like the origin of the universe, convergence is a forbidden spell, and divergence is a world. ”

"For individuals, forbidden spells seem to be easier to control than the world. ”

"But no one can tell who is better in the forbidden spell or the world...... After all, they already belong to two different levels, and it is difficult to have a clear indicator to quantitatively compare. ”

"That's why you have a stronger attraction to them, because you have a 'forbidden spell seed' within you, and you have a clear, complete, and correct 'path to convergence'......"

"But in today's fight, the 'gauze nicholas' who appeared behind the big toad didn't seem to be that interested in me that much. Zheng Qing was very sensitive to the malice of the enemy in battle, and compared to the surging malice of Satogua, the outer god who came down on the back of the little goat seemed to completely ignore the existence of the black cat.

"It's His Highness Satogua and His Highness Nikolas. The gentleman corrected, "In the face of the starry sky, you need to maintain enough awe...... As I said before, the concept of 'self' is infinitely expanded, and it is likely that it will reach the state I am in now. And the black goat of the forest, which has given birth to thousands of offspring, is one of the most powerful of the outer gods, and it is likely that she has seen her path clearly, so naturally she will not be interested in your concept of convergence. ”

"In contrast, the younger, weaker the outer gods, the stronger their desire for you. For they are still very little 'inflated', and there is a great possibility that they will tread on the widest of roads. ”

The young wizard sighed deeply.

"It's tiring to be alive. He said with feeling: "I didn't expect that I would also become a Tang monk one day." ”

The gentleman laughed twice: "Luck or misfortune always snuggle up to each other. Just like today's accident, the most unlucky one was Nikolas, who came in response, but suffered a powerful spell in vain. It's like dialing a random number to ask someone for help, and someone just crosses the threshold with their front foot and gets shot head-on and turns into pieces. But who's to say that Nikolai didn't gain anything?"

At least she has confirmed the coordinates of this world, and perhaps after a long time, we will be able to feel his gaze on this world. ”

The young wizard shuddered, trying to erase the horrific images from his mind.

The gentleman stretched, let out a long breath, and concluded, "This is a world full of order, and you are a fruit condensed by order, and you have the power to break it. ”

"The most fascinating thing in the world is the power to break the rules. For mortals, this power represents money, power, beauty, and for wizards, this power is knowledge. ”

"A forbidden spell is knowledge that can subvert order, rewrite rules, and have infinite content. ”

"Now that you know all this, from now on, you have to get your mind right, adjust your state, and face the ubiquitous coveting in the dark jungle anytime and anywhere. ”