Chapter 384: Carp: Unsolvable Situation
If it is the song of words that enters the "oath narrative", then this powerful transcendent does not need extra protection at all, and dies all the way to the end as if nothing happened.
But Scotti is just a young girl who has just embarked on the path of transcendence, and even if her will can withstand the pain of death, her physical brain will send wrong signals to her body due to perceptual disorders, which will cause her to fall into a state of high blood pressure, shock, endocrine disorders, etc., and eventually die.
Illusions can kill.
When your brain thinks you're dead, you're really dead.
For those who have not yet mastered their own bodies on a cellular level, this is something that is not subject to volition.
Luckily, Rhythm Song anticipated this in advance, and set out to take some protective measures against Scotty's brain.
So the pain of death that Scotti received from the carp for less than five seconds was much lessened.
Although the feeling still gave her a splitting headache, it seemed to be bearable compared to before.
Simultaneously with the pain decreases is the reality of the perceived totality in the "Narrative of the Vow".
Scotti found that the scene before her was blurred, as if it were a layer of fog, and the meow of the cat seemed to be less clear, as if it were separated by a wall.
If her original perception was IMAX movie-level, now it has become an old black and white TV with flickering snowflakes - distorted overall.
"I'm pulling the brakes." The clear voice of the song sounded in her head, pulling Scotty back a little from the intense discomfort, "I lowered your perception to about 10% of the original.
"Well, you can't go any lower, if you go any lower, you'll automatically get out of the illusion."
Yan Luge didn't ask Shi Curty again if she wanted to leave the illusion.
And Scotti doesn't seem to have considered this option either.
After a brief respite, the ghostly girl raised her head again: "Okay, I see." ”
To be honest, she didn't expect it to be such a dangerous thing to enter the "Oath Narrative...... Well, she didn't know that after choosing to accept the inheritance vow, there would be such an immersive movie waiting for her in the future.
It's so annoying to have a magic weapon without an instruction manual!
Shi Curti narrowed her eyes slightly, staring at the illusion that began to flicker and jump in her blurred vision: "It seems to ...... Started the transition? ”
The word transition is used quite appropriately.
The courtyard in front of Shicotti's eyes was disappearing, and in the blink of an eye, it had been replaced by another scene.
The slightly older teenager Mangula stood in the midst of a huge alchemy circle, being taught the elder's magic.
One of the steps in this procedure requires a large amount of "carp tears", but after Mangura lured the carp, instead of piercing their bodies according to the standard procedure, he traded a shiny diamond for "carp tears" and let them go.
"Why choose trading over extraction?" The elder asked.
"I love carp, so I don't want to kill them." Mangula raised her neck in rebellion, "Can't you? ”
The elder said, "Yes, yes." But for this country, no. ”
"Why?"
The elder continued, "First, 'carp tears' are the cheapest material in the alchemy system. The common people used to catch carp as a part-time job in exchange for remuneration to subsidize their families, while alchemists only needed to pay a meager amount of money to obtain basic alchemy materials. If everyone were like you and exchanged precious gems for the 'Tears of the Carp', then the upper cultivation system and the lower monetary system of the Xize Empire would collapse as a result.
"Second, the carp has a very strong reproductive ability, and can give birth to tens of thousands of offspring at a time, and can evolve hundreds of millions in a few months. A carp is weak, but a flock of carp is quite dangerous. When the carp flock has eaten all the insects it can eat, it will be driven by hunger to pounce on the alien beasts and even humans, slaughtering the entire forest and even the entire city. In order to prevent the 'carp plague', we must control their populations before they destroy everything. ”
Mangula froze.
At that moment, even Scotti felt his mixed feelings.
The god-killer who is still a teenager probably never imagined that his questioning would be given such an irrefutable reason.
Poet Curti, who was listening to the "Narrative of the Oath", sighed faintly: "In this way, I can understand the reason why Konisawa encouraged the people to kill the carp. If you don't usually kill it, this thing can make a 'carp disaster' in minutes. ”
"I can understand that, too." Yan Luge thought deeply, "Speaking of which, I thought of the invincible spirit fish on our island, which also give birth to a litter a day and fill the entire lake in three days, and the canteen can't compare to their reproduction speed when they stir-fry every day."
"I have to say that fish are really talented in terms of reproductive ability."
In the "Oath Narrative", the elder in charge of teaching the crown prince lovingly touches Mangula's head: "So, you can love the carp, you can raise them, you can watch them, but don't try to stop others from killing."
"You are the future Emperor of Nishizawa, and you must understand that flocks of carp are the greatest scourge in the world!"
The scene turns again.
Scotti saw the carp that had been caught by the two-tailed wild cat.
It didn't even die.
It looked slightly larger than the average carp, with one missing one of its four wings, and a long, ugly scar on its abdomen, which made it look less beautiful than the average carp, but rather a little fierce.
Mangula suddenly returned that day, rescued him from the wild cat, and kept him by his side like a pet.
At the moment, it was actually entrenched in the nest that Mangura had built for it, and it contained all kinds of shining gems, all of which Mangula had saved in exchange for the "Carp Tears".
At this moment, Mangula was crouching in front of the carp's nest, glaring at it: "I want 'carp tears'." ”
The carp raised its head at him, as if to say, "What do I want?"
Mangula brought out a large plate with dazzling gems and small bits and pieces.
But the carp only glanced at them, and then buried his head, not at all interested in the contents of the plate.
In addition to emotions such as "not interested" and "bored", there is also a rather clear heart: I want humans to stop killing carp.
Would a carp have such a clear mind?!
Poeti was surprised.
But after a moment, she was relieved - after all, even gold can be refined in the transcendent world, and the carp will think about what's wrong?
Although the wish of this carp seems to be a bit worrying about the country and the people.
And in addition to Scotti, Mangula also seemed to feel the carp's thoughts, and her face showed mixed thoughts: "You know...... That's impossible. ”
The carp just watched him quietly.
"The reason why humans continue to hunt and kill carp birds is to blame, and you can only blame you for being really too capable of life." "Two years ago, 20,000 carp birds devoured all living beings in Beishan and were slaughtered by cultivators when they attacked nearby villages.
"A year ago, 110,000 carp destroyed plantations in the south and flew across the border to devour four Mauryan villages, and finally the other party had to send troops to exterminate them.
"Three months ago, 1.3 million carp birds swam into Beena City through the underground river, forcing 12,000 people in the city to abandon the city and flee, forcing the ninth-order powerhouse to personally take action, cut off the underground river channel, and destroy the entire Beena City, only to stop the disorderly expansion of the carp flock.
"You feel sorry for your people who have been slaughtered and slaughtered, but for us, the carp flock is a plague beast that must be strangled in the cradle."
This is an unsolvable dilemma.
The carp, which had been faintly enlightened, slowly lowered its head.
It said, "Then I don't have anything to want."
(End of chapter)