Rick slept in the car for the night, wrapped in a light blue grass-scented blanket and slept on the floor, and the next day the lizard car stopped in a certain city, saying that there were children to get off and children to get on. Rick felt that there was one less person in the car, and two more, but he was completely unimpressed. When the lizard cart stopped on the ground, he looked out the window and felt like he was blind and couldn't see anything.

He began to think about what he knew about the magical theories that could have this effect, and how to avoid it. He really wanted to know the name of the little boy with white blonde hair. A name is just an add-on to something, it doesn't mean anything in itself, and it can't express the essence, knowing a person's name is completely different from knowing a person. But humans need names to connect, and he wants to connect with the little boy, so he wants to know his name.

Ami was seeing him off outside, and when he saw Xike lying on the table with a pile of paper and drawing a circle, he came up to him and said, "Even if you solve the secret, you won't use it. 」

"Well, I'd still like to try—"

Ah Sa glanced at Xi Ke's circle, "It's not the environment that blocks those messages from you, it's you who reject those messages. You deliberately left it out to protect yourself. When you find a way to remember, you'll also know why you have to protect yourself that way. So even if you know the method, you won't use it. 」

"Then let's wait until we know. Rick said earnestly. It sounds like he'll have a chance to choose whether to take the risk or not when he knows the method, but of course he'll have to wait until then. He put the paper he had drawn aside, pulled another piece of white paper, and redrew the circle in the direction that Ah Sa had just suggested.

Ah Sa raised an eyebrow: "Will you fall into the cracked world one day?"

"Don't worry, my name is Mage, and I can get back wherever I fall—usually. 」

"I'll ask Mr. Ekinava to save you. Ah Sa said very seriously.

"That's very much appreciated. Xi Ke also said very seriously. He wasn't sure he wouldn't cast a spell to blow himself into the crack world one day. In the past, he still felt that he was a person who knew how to avoid danger, but because of his strength, it was a risky thing for ordinary people, and he did not do it dangerously, and after the lesson of the Demon Realm Wine, he no longer held this false illusion about himself.

Ami went back to the carriage and said, "Let's go. The governor said that the road to the Valley of the Kings was opened. 」

"Do you want to see the valley open the door?" Asa asked Rick.

"Yes!" replied in a second.

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Cheek walked to the driver's seat, and as he passed through the door, he felt that the upper edge of the door frame was still far from his head, and when he stood out, the upper edge of the door frame was about to touch his head.

There was nothing to see around. They seemed to be floating in the middle of nowhere. Before, even if they couldn't see the view, Rick at least knew that they were flying above the earth and in the air, but now they had no relationship with anything, nothing but them.

Nick tried to see and feel something, but it made him feel as if he was about to disappear. Nick was sure that something must be there, or he couldn't feel threatened his existence. Perhaps unrelated to his mind, in modern Ethalan usage, there are words "none" and "none" to explain the same situation. But he had read a lot of ancient texts in the Dragon's Magic Library, and in the extremely old ancient texts, comparing the texts before and after, Xi Ke felt that in that era, the word seemed to have a meaning that "nothing" could not contain. It's a different kind of environment that only emerges after all kinds of "nos" have been stacked to the extreme.

Just like now.

There is nothing left in this world, so what will there be? There is still the principle by which the world works. Even the current situation is reasonable.

Obviously there was nothing, but Xi Ke felt that it was very spectacular, and it was this emptiness that made him understand what "infinity" is. He wanted to explore the world, so he leaned forward more and more, and suddenly Ah Sa grabbed his shirt from behind and pulled him back, "Be temperate, Master Ataro is like this, if I hadn't seen a lot of such guys, I might not have had time to catch you back." It's too early to go down when you have the ability to get here. 」

"I think any mage would want to jump. Nick tried to justify it with "I'm not a special case."

"No, Master Duozhou will be too frightened to open his eyes, and he will clung to the car. They say it's the "end of the world" or something. Ah Sa said, "Attaro is only frightened by those who are particularly useless, and only strange people in Battlement Island will like this feeling. 」

"Why?" asked Ricke, sitting upright.

"I don't know. I can only tell you not to bring him here if you make a friend of Duozhou. 」

Rick nodded. Although he didn't understand it very well, he thought of an artistic difference that he had heard Xiao Ballast talk about. In his paintings, calligraphy, and writings, he pays attention to "blank space". Not painting or depicting is an important means of expression for the Ethara, and the ability to use blank space is a testament to the master. But the people of Duozhou could not understand it. They will feel very powerful when they look at the Chinese paintings of Ethero, but they can't appreciate the blank space. Their canvases are always stuffed, leaving no blank spaces. He now feels that this artistic difference may reflect to a considerable extent the fundamental differences between the two cultures.

Ah Sa added, "Unless he's a weirdo. 」

"What is the standard of a weirdo?"

"You'll know when you hand it in. 」

"Okay. Rick sat up straight and nodded.

"The world hasn't even begun, so where is the end of the world?" said Asa.

"Hasn't the world started yet?" asked Rick in surprise.

"Of course it hasn't started yet!" said Assa, "and it's still preparing! Like a baby in its mother's womb, would you say that the child has already been born? He thinks he's already in this world, but he'll have to wait a few more months! You'll know when the world begins, and it's too early to tell you. Even if he told the fetus how beautiful the spring flowers and winter snow were, how could he imagine it?"

Rick thought for a moment, then replied, "Okay. 」

"Some mages like to sneak a few steps, which is really not very smart. Isn't it dangerous for a baby to leave its mother's womb before it is ready? Most of them can't come back, and there is a name...... The mage is back, but he is no longer human. 」

Rick couldn't remember the name. He asked, in elven language, "What does it mean to be 'not human'?"

"No, it's not human. 」

Xi Ke thought about it for a while, but he didn't understand, and it seemed impossible to understand it after asking, so he shut up.

With nothing around, Mr. Ekinava kept making the gesture of crawling forward, but Chick didn't feel like he was moving forward.

"It's time to open the door, listen. Asa pointed ahead.

Chick heard the sound of a bell. Mr. Ekinawa kept crawling, and the bell became louder, and if the bell started to get quieter, he would make a turning motion, and then the bell would get louder again.

Something slowly condensed in nothingness. The moment it condensed into a substance, nothing vanished.

By the time Syk noticed, the lizard cart was already in a cave, slowly landing on the ground. Either there was darkness hidden around it, or the walls of the cave illuminated by the lizard cart's chandelier were crawling with roots from which the probe came out. There is no more "nothing". The roots of the tree hung down from the top, almost touching the roof of the car. Xi Ke looked behind the car, and it was very dark behind, and he couldn't tell if there was a cave entrance.

Looking ahead, there are several places covered by things, and I don't know if there is a road behind.

Asa said, "The door is open, and you have to walk through it by yourself." 」

Ami also leaned out and waved, "We're waiting for you on the other side!"

"Where is the road?" asked Ricke.

Asa said, "Just go ahead. 」

Rick slowly climbed out of the car and approached the suspicious places.

There was a place covered by the drooping roots, and through the cracks you could see that it was dark behind, and the roots were not too thick, so they could be cut open. One place is a brick wall, with a lot of defects on it, and it may be opened after a hit, and there are no gaps to see behind. The last place is a thick monolithic metal door, and standing in front of it can feel the wind blowing through the crack in the door below, but there is no doorknob, and it won't open if you push it.

Xi Ke used a sacrificial knife to cut the door with a spell, cutting the first layer, and he used great force to peel off the metal plate, only to find that there was a lattice-like layer inside, and there was a layer of metal behind it. Rick changed his tone, put aside the other two roads that were much easier to drive, and continued to cut the door. Whether he wanted to walk over or not, he wouldn't be happy if he didn't cut through this hateful door and see what the other side looked like!

It took a lot of time, sweat, and finally chiseled through the metal door. On the other side, it appears to be a man-made space, an empty room for civilians that is common in Sarafayido: painted walls and tiled floors, and electric lights on the ceiling.

Nick walked in and saw three passages in different directions.

One passage is a granite floor with carpets, a painted ceiling and numerous decorative round arches, each with a different motif for inlaid glass windows, and the walls on either side are flanked by gilded and ornate lamps. The magnificence is like the exotic palace that Xi Ke saw in the pictures in the book.

One passage was dark and looked a lot like a pit passage, supported by pillars and wood, and the light of the gas lamps flickered. There were shiny stones on the ground, and Rick saw that they might be gold mines, but reason told him that they might just be other minerals that resembled gold.

One of the passages is made of the same material as this room, and there is a green-framed metal bulletin board on the wall for industrial products, which contains many complex mathematical calculations, as well as various statistics such as "the number of polar bear populations" and "the evolution of birds on a certain island". The road looks clean, but it's also lonely.

Syk chooses the last passage.

Rick walked through the passage and out of the cave to the outside. This is a glade surrounded by trees. Judging by the tree species and temperature, the altitude is not high. There are three trails to walk in the woods.

One was a stone path, but it was buried in waist-length grass, and no one should have walked for a long time. One is a dirt road with traces of wheels, the grass on both sides is flattened, and the soil in the middle is so hard that no grass can grow. One is the weird gem staircase that shouldn't have been in this place at all.

Rick took the second path.

After walking for a short time, the surrounding scenery began to change. Some plants appear that Rick doesn't recognize, and Rick suspects that they are magical mutations that are unique to this place. The tree becomes transparent, with a tinge of blue or green. Rick could see the water flowing in it, and he could see the rings layer by layer, transparent and opaque.

As he walked onto a meadow, he saw the lizard cart waiting for him, and the two elves waited in the driver's seat.

"He's coming!" Ami shouted.

"Get in the car, we'll take you into town." Ah Sa said.

"What happens if I make a mistake?" asked Rick as he climbed into the driver's seat.

"Not really. There is no such thing as a mistake for those who go, and there will always be a place to go, only the difference between their own satisfaction and dissatisfaction. 」

Rick shrugged. Asa seems to be suggesting that Syck's choice will reflect his future. But as far as the goblin worldview is concerned, observing a person playing a game is a good way to see a person's future, so it's not a special thing. For example, how to play cards when someone plays, you can see the personality of the person, and the personality can see his choice, know his choice, then his future is not far from ten.