Chapter 14: Memory
I didn't know what was happening behind me, and the black and white mist passed by silently. Zeus took a step, passed through the invisible portal, and re-entered the spirit realm.
Vaguely, he felt like he had passed through three barriers, two of which were the ones he had inadvertently broken last time. Eventually, when the chaotic light and shadow returned to normal, he stepped on the bluestone-like ground.
Looking around, it was an unobstructed open space. In the distance, a large complex of buildings of different shapes stretches endlessly, and in the center of their enclosure, an ancient well that seems to be magnified countless times is displayed there.
Zeus did not feel any sense of danger from it, but there was an extremely heavy pressure pressing on his heart.
Just like his father, who once faced him, this has nothing to do with the strength of his strength, but the seemingly insurmountable gap between him and the other party, which makes it difficult for him to have the mind of confrontation.
"That's the [Well of Reincarnation], which is what I was bothering to build when you broke into the spirit realm a few days ago."
"Throughout the end of the Second Age, I didn't pay much attention to it."
A plain and casual voice came, instantly breaking the strong 'sense of existence' of the ancient well in the distance.
Zeus turned, and there, a young-looking god was sitting on a bluestone. His face is not very real, or rather, it is difficult to remember.
Beside him, the black-haired goddess stood silently, a lilac halo swirling around her. It was the goddess of the Stygian, who recognized it at a moment's notice, and although she also rarely walked in this world, she was more or less recorded.
"I take the liberty to visit, Lord of the Spirit Realm, and I apologize to you for my previous intrusion into your realm."
Although he apologized, Zeus did not put himself in the position below.
There may be a gap between the two sides in terms of strength, but the status of the god-king is granted by the world, at least in terms of attitude, he will put on the appearance of equal communication.
"It's okay, it's just a little thing, after all, you have also been taught a lesson."
"Speaking of which, the little guy who inherited some of the golden human memories does have a prejudice against the gods, after all, the gods treated them as dust when they created them."
The tone was flat, unlike the previous generation, if you look at it from the perspective of the God King alone, Ryan actually didn't have anything to say to him.
Most of the forces that can be divided in the world already have masters, and he no longer sleeps in the core of the world most of the time like in the last era, assisting the spirit world to digest the source power. The current god-king is no longer of value to him, and if it weren't for the god in front of him called Zeus, Ryan wouldn't even have the idea of meeting the other party.
Maybe in the original trajectory, the Night Twin Gods were such a mentality. It's just that Ryan can see the corners from the records of later generations, and knows that Zeus can still turn over by faith.
However, it is difficult to say what the specific strength is. In addition to the praise and deification of the ruler by later generations, Zeus and Nyx had two conflicts, but in the end they did not really fight, and I don't know who is better.
"Golden human, no wonder he is so repulsive to the gods, I thought this was what you meant."
Perhaps it was Lane's attitude that seemed calmer, which made Zeus feel a little more relaxed.
"Now the spirit world covers the whole world, and the gods are aware of its presence. Don't you know that there are many lives like the one before in the spirit world? ”
"Not a lot, after all, many years have passed. They were somewhat hostile to the gods, but more of a miss. ”
As if he didn't hear the meaning of Zeus's words, Ryan said lightly:
"Of course, I don't care much about what they think, just as I don't care what they do."
"By the rules I have made, the spirit world will not turn away any visitors. You are free to come and go, and it doesn't matter if you want to kill the malevolent creatures here. Everything you encounter here is your own business. ”
"That couldn't be better."
The God-King nodded. Knowing the attitude of the Lord of the Spirit Realm towards the gods of the world, the trip was strictly over. However, for Zeus, who has just been born for less than a hundred years, he still has a lot of questions to understand.
"Speaking of which, not long ago, because of my father, the Great Sun was hit hard, and the whereabouts of the ancient sun god are unknown. I've heard that the Titan God once had a conflict with the spirit world? ”
Looking up slightly, Ryan saw the other party's thoughts. In fact, what he cared about was not the sun, but the real whereabouts of the former god king who had disappeared inexplicably.
However, Ryan didn't plan to reveal what happened in the abyss. Since the other party asked about the sun on his face, let's respond to him with the sun.
"That's the thing."
Standing up, Ryan gave Zeus a smile that puzzled Zeus.
"Since you're so interested in this, come with me."
"It just so happens that no matter what, you are at least a god king, and since you are here, then I will give you a gift."
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Walking on the bluestone-paved avenue, the three of them walked slowly.
In later Eastern mythology, reincarnation is the center of heaven and earth, the hub of all spirits, but this is not the case in Kaos.
The world instinctively knows that this is a good thing, but like the magic web, he doesn't actually give any extra favor to things that are not in this fate. Even because this is an artifact rather than a corresponding god, no one knows that there is such a thing as 'reincarnation' in the world.
It doesn't matter if others know about it, he distorted the time of the Soul Realm, stretching a day into a week. Today, it has begun its initial operation.
So as he got closer and closer to the [Well of Reincarnation], what caught Zeus's eyes was tens of thousands of souls with no eyes and no gods, slowly moving forward like puppets, leaping into the huge stone well at the end of his sight.
Looking at these stiff movements of the soul, for some reason, a wordless feeling rose in the heart of the God King.
His intuition told him that he would not become like this, but that did not prevent the inexplicable atmosphere from infecting him.
"What's going on, they seem to be a little less active?"
Try to make your voice sound as normal as possible, Zeus asked in a low voice.
"Because they've already gone through a few levels, in fact, it's already the core of reincarnation."
Ryan didn't respond, but Lyanna explained aloud:
"In the outer places, except for those spirits with strong minds and stranded on the surface of the spirit world, those souls that have been absorbed by reincarnation have been washed away by one of the three custodians of the [Ten Thousand Spirits], the goddess of autumn and the end, Erene."
"Although the [Well of Reincarnation] can also do this, but in this way, those memories will be worn out by the power of reincarnation into the most primitive energy and integrated into the spirit world itself. Apparently the memories of living beings are more valuable in themselves than some of the energies. ”
"Wear out the memory?"
Zeus was in his heart. In the past, the world only knew that the souls of the living would return to the spirit world after death, but except for the heroic spirits in the sky who were star gods, few gods knew the fate of other souls.
Most of them think that the soul will continue to live in the spirit world until it is exhausted and returns to nothingness. But today, Zeus felt that he had discovered a big secret, it turned out that after death, the living beings would be deprived of their memories and thrown into this artifact called the [Well of Reincarnation].
In the simple cultural value of Kaos, memory is noble and mysterious, which is also reflected in the mythology of later generations, and even caused many sages to explore. Deprivation of memory, unimaginable punishment for them.
"So they made any mistakes?"
Although it was just some mortal things, Zeus couldn't help but ask. He didn't care what happened to the mortal spirits, he just wanted to know if the lord of the spirit realm took pleasure in torturing living beings.
"No, it's just that they're going to have a new lease of life."
Lyanna's calm voice continued, and that was why she was reluctant to communicate with the gods of the outside world.
There are few secrets in the spirit world from the outside world, but everything in the spirit world is difficult for them to understand.
"We judge their deeds during their lifetimes, and of course, because of their different races, different statuses, and different positions, it is difficult to evaluate them in terms of 'good' or 'evil'."
"In short, with a few exceptions, those who have made extraordinary achievements in their kind, or whose souls have grown stronger, are rated more highly and vice versa."
"And according to the criteria of the judgment, the other two custodians of the [All Souls] will each give them different endowments to determine the place of their birth in the next life."
"In the end, they walked into the Well of Samsara just like that, as you see it." Pointing to the souls, Lyanna said, "They will be separated from the living, born from the dead, and begin a new life." ”
"In order to ensure the separation between the two lifetimes, the memory naturally cannot be preserved. Otherwise, hatred will continue for generations to come, and all living beings will not be able to liberate. ”
(End of chapter)