Alice.

This is a name that Chen Qing is somewhat familiar with, but it is quite unfamiliar in this era.

He had met two Alices in the past, the first of whom was in the "Dark Ages", falling from a fairyland and ending up with an intricate relationship with Yamashita.

The other is the "witch".

To be honest, until now, Chen Qing didn't know what the witch looked like.

Alice of Wonderland knew it, after all, he had seen it outside the mirror when he used his out-of-body ability before.

So he didn't know if the child in front of him, also named Alice, had the same appearance as the future Alices.

Well, if that's the case, then maybe we'll be able to figure out the connection between these Alices.

Although there may not be any important connections, Chen Qing will not let go of any possible special features.

This is also for this reason that the blonde girl was specially called over.

"I took a look at your records," Chen Qing looked at the information in his hand, "You didn't seem to have a good time before you came here?" ”

Alice didn't look inhibited in front of him.

She behaved very down-and-out: "Yes, our family lived in a slum before that. My mother was a sex worker, and I didn't know who my father was from a very young age, and it was my mother who raised me. ”

This is similar to what is described in the information above.

Through a few thin pieces of paper, Chen Qing took in the life of the girl in front of him.

Her family was poor, her mother was a dusty woman, and because of some love and love reasons, she became pregnant with Alice at a very young age, and finally had to be reduced to working in the slums.

But she was very good to Alice, and basically did everything she could to provide the girl with everything, including education, environment, and all kinds of conveniences.

Judging from the records on paper, this is a humble but loving mother for her children.

There is no bitterness or hatred, there is just pure dedication.

This saved Chen Qing a lot of effort.

No matter how good a child with problems in the original family is, sometimes there will be a lot of mental problems. And this kind of problem can become very difficult when faced with pollution.

Especially in the early stages of pollution caused by cataclysms, this mental problem can be even more dangerous.

And now the girl looks normal.

I just don't know if it's because of the special force in her body, or if it's because her mother taught her better.

Putting away the papers, Chen Qing looked at Alice: "Why do you want to come to this place?" ”

Hearing this question, Alice clasped her hands together and then smiled at Chen Qing.

"Is this question just for me, or will everyone else have it then?"

Instead of responding immediately, she threw out a question.

And this question made Chen Qing have some new impressions of her.

is a relatively intelligent child.

Therefore, he did not shy away from it: "It's specifically for you, and because of some things, I can't spend most of my efforts on you." So I'm just going to teach you what is necessary and then let you do something. ”

"To put it simply, to each according to his needs."

Children from poor families tend to be more sensible.

So even if Chen Qing said it so purely, Alice just nodded: "Well, I understand, it's equivalent to 'hiring'!" Before we came, we were told by many people that there would be such a situation. ”

"As for the reason you ask, on the one hand, of course, it's because of 'money'. The money you have provided for us 'students' is so good that it will allow my mother to not have to work for the rest of her life. ”

"As for the second reason......

Alice stepped forward.

She looked at Chen Qing directly: "The second reason is to look for ...... 'same kind'!" ”

"I heard them say that you are extraordinary, and I didn't quite understand what that word meant, and I didn't understand what they were talking about. But at least one thing is certain, and that is that you have strange powers beyond the ordinary. ”

"And I, on the other hand, have similar powers. So I've been looking for the 'same kind' that looks like me! ”

Accompanied by her voice.

Chen Qing could clearly see that there was a bright white light flashing in Alice's eyes.

The light took over Alice's pupils for a split second, giving her an eerie whiteness. It was as if a crescent moon was falling on the water, casting a fragmentary phantom.

You can't go wrong.

Chen Qing agreed.

This is "spiritual power".

Before that, he only had a little knowledge of spiritual power, but he didn't know much about the specific situation. But at this moment, after real contact with Alice, he can feel the special thing about this power.

Alice's insignificant strength alone made Chen Qing feel that the pollution in his body had been pulled by some kind of traction, and he began to become restless.

And the progress of the sequence in his body, which had been silent for a while, slowly began to rise at this moment.

Gently pressing his chest, Chen Qing had a premonition.

I'm afraid it won't be long before he becomes Sequence Eight.

Sounds easy and simple.

But it's still very difficult.

Compared to Sequence 9, the promotion of Sequence 8 is much more troublesome. This kind of trouble is not only reflected in the familiarity of the realm, but also in the cognition of "knowledge".

A transcendent system built on top of the wasteland, where "pollution" and "knowledge" are indispensable.

Every level that is difficult to promote often requires complete knowledge of taboos.

Compared with the human race after the cataclysm, Chen Qing is undoubtedly lucky. Because he doesn't need to pay too much, he can find a path that suits him.

But he was also unlucky.

Because during this time period, most of the knowledge is not taboo, and there is no way to fill in his transcendent sequence.

So all he can do is hold the stone slab of the Qi family unshaken, and go all the way to the dark.

But the Qi family themselves didn't figure out the higher-level knowledge, so they naturally blocked the way to rise.

But it's different now.

"In the final analysis, the Qi family's stone slab is adapted from the nameless immortal method of the past, and it is a polluted transcendent system suitable for the future catastrophic era."

Looking at Alice, a trace of thought flashed in Chen Qing's eyes: "But no matter how it is adapted, some kind of foundation still hasn't changed." For example, 'spiritual power', the Qi family is to transform pollution into a spiritual power-like existence. ”

And now, a genuine spiritual power appeared in front of him.

This means that he is able to take advantage of the properties of this energy, parse it step by step, and finally refine it.

In this way, he would be able to understand the key points of those cultivation methods on the Qi family's stone slab to a greater extent.

And this is the point of Sequence 9 to be promoted to Sequence 8.

The "understanding" of one's own knowledge is one of the cores of promotion!

Thinking so, Chen Qing began to wonder how he should figure out the basic composition of spiritual power from Alice.

In fact, if he could, he still hoped to find someone with more spiritual power.

But unfortunately, since that old Taoist priest, there has been no other guy who can use spiritual power.

Alice was "excavated" by Chen Qing and was the product of his luck. If you really want to find another one, the ghost knows that it will be the year of the monkey.

Therefore, Chen Qing finally nodded: "I understand." ”

"You've guessed right," he said, looking at Alice calmly, "I do have similarities with you in some ways, but there are also things that are very different. ”

Alice didn't really care about his social rhetoric.

She just looked a little happy, and even the white light in her eyes became brighter: "Huh? I had a feeling before I came, and I'm in good luck here! ”

"You don't know, I was shocked when I was a kid and found out that I was different from everyone else! If it weren't for my mom, I'm afraid I'd have some mental problems! Speaking of which, did you ever have the experience of unknowingly bringing ragdolls to life and accelerating plant growth when you were a child? ”

Alive?

Chen Qing was thoughtful.

He listened to Alice's gushing voice, and gradually understood the specificity of the power of spiritual power.

First of all, it seems to be able to "enhance" something, just like pollution.

It's just that pollution is running wild in the twisted direction of the wind, while spiritual power is blossoming and bearing fruit on the positive path.

Just like facing a tree that is about to die, the spiritual power will gradually restore its vitality and eventually flourish again. Contamination only renders the tree indescribable, and eventually twists into a rotting crimson structure.

The second is that the focus of spiritual power enhancement on human beings is not on the human body itself, but on other aspects.

This is a bit like Chen Qing's Qi release after reaching Sequence 9, and the spiritual power is also biased outward, unlike the pollution from the inside out.

This is the most critical divergence between the two forces.

I have to say that when he heard these things, Chen Qing felt that these two forces were like mirror twins, opposing each other.

However, he soon realized that compared to spiritual power, pollution was obviously much stronger.

Because pollution can also distort knowledge, and spiritual power has no way to deal with such abstract, conceptual things.

So, it's not so much pollution as a force.

Rather, it is a distortion at the level of some kind of "concept", and power is only one manifestation of it.

In this moment.

Chen Qing thought of a lot of things.

He pondered: "If pollution is a concept, does it mean that pollution also has its roots?" ”

"Is it because the concept of pollution has been destroyed, or is it because the concept itself is harmful to humanity that it is so aimed at the abstract realm of knowledge and spirituality?"

But then the authority held by the great beings should also be concepts. And they were born because of pollution, so pollution overrides all concepts? ”

"And what is my time? I'm able to move pollution from downstream to upstream, even out of nothing......"

Matter does not appear out of thin air.

The taboos that Chen Qing has obtained so far, even the ancient mirror itself, should have their origins.

Even if there is such a setting as a time loop, there should be a starting point as the beginning of the cycle.

So, does it have something to do with the concept of symbolizing pollution?

What does this concept of pollution have to do with time? Why can the ancient mirror fish out of thin air a taboo?

Why should the great beings of the Apocalypse be hostile to time? If it's just because of the restrictions you have set, it's a bit too far-fetched.

And the most important thing is.

From the next second from the beginning of "this moment", what are you doing in those times that do not belong to the "now"?

What about the Lord of Truth hundreds of years later, the Lord of Truth thousands of years later, and tens of thousands or even countless years later?

"Even if the Great Being is unique, then why is it the 'root' of me at this point in time?"

Chen Qing thought a lot at this moment.

He had a vague feeling.

He seems to have touched the ancient mirror and the secret of his identity.

But it is clear that this problem is not something that he can solve now.

The only thing he can be sure of is that, as Descartes thought, the current "Chen Qing" is an objective existence.

As for the rest, I'm afraid he still needs to wait until he knows more about the secrets of the ancient mirror.

"Looks like I need to go back to my hometown."

Chen Qing sighed.

The ancient mirror was found in his hometown, and it was placed on the corner of the table in his family's warehouse.

This also means that the ancient mirror has a certain relationship with their family.

I thought of the genealogy that was put in the corner of the table by myself before, as well as the records of "cutting the white snake" and the Yellow Emperor recorded on the genealogy.

Chen Qing feels that if he goes back and uses the pollution now, he will probably be able to find more information.

And he now has a rather important factor.

Glancing at the Kunpeng tattoo on the back of his hand, Chen Qing was thoughtful.

I guess I'll be able to surprise myself when I go home with this thing.

Just when Chen Qing thought so.

The next second, Alice's voice sounded in his ears: "Oh, what a beautiful tattoo!" ”

Alice glanced at Kunpeng on the back of Chen Qing's hand, and her eyes widened: "And it always feels a little familiar, well, it seems to have seen it somewhere!" ”

Hearing this, Chen Qing's hand moved slightly.

Soon, he looked at Alice: "Can you remember where you saw it?" ”

Facing his gaze, Alice was not stage frightened at all.

She just thought for a moment, and then gave an answer: "It seems to be over there in my house, I remember that someone used to tattoo this thing!" ”

Hear the words.

Chen Qing nodded.

He got up straight and walked out the door.

Then the dazed voice of the Holy Envoy sounded: "Huh? What slums? What holidays? Wait, what are you going to do?! ”

Soon, in Alice's sight.

Chen Qing pulled a person into the room.

"I'm sorry for you," Chen Qing dragged the holy envoy with a calm expression, "Please take me to the place you saw before." ”

looked at Chen Qing with an expressionless face.

Alice swallowed subconsciously.

I always feel ...... Feeling like you're in trouble?

(End of chapter)