Chapter 156: The Borderline Man
It was dark and white, both dull and dazzling, as if it were empty and as if it contained thousands of thousands.
The grass under the stars, the waves in front of the reef, the carvings on the palace walls, the ruins in the deep sea...... Countless scenes flashed before my eyes.
His mind stalled slightly, then turned slowly.
He's been here.
As always, he forgot something, but he remembered something.
Forget about the minor, innocuous burdens.
Remember those magical, real and important beings.
But that's not the most important thing.
The important thing is that he is here.
He.
As his mind turned, the end of the world, the power of nature, the heat of the sun, the undercurrent of the earth, the activity of life, the silence of death, everything unfolded before his eyes, without reservation.
It's very comfortable and free.
It's like letting go of all shackles, getting rid of all shackles, and unloading all heaviness.
No gravity, no time, no other.
Nothing could limit his thoughts.
He is the only one who exists here, like a wild horse galloping freely, a bird flying in the sky, and a lone fish in the deep sea swimming freely.
Wander the world.
Omnipresence.
Stop at nothing.
Until he himself becomes the whole world.
【World ...... Boundary ......]
A slight discomfort flashed through him.
But it didn't matter, like in the face of all other unimportant things, he didn't care.
There is only one feeling, and it is still tenaciously accompanying him.
Impulse.
Inadequate.
This impulse abruptly abrupt and uncontrollable.
It's not enough.
A faint impatience rose in his feelings.
Far from enough!
He wanted more.
Want to know more, learn more, get more!
As the thought came to him, he began to rise.
It's magical.
He is like the rising sun, with infinite light and heat, rising to the endless sky.
Getting higher and higher.
Faster and faster.
And what you see, what you hear, what you see, what you feel...... More and more.
Faster and faster!
Until the edge of his senses, that endless deep space appeared.
Dark, silent, bleak.
So beautiful, magical, indescribable, as if at the center of everything.
Let him intoxicate.
But that's not what appealed to him the most.
At that moment, he saw a mist in the deep sky, the fog was gray and misty, and it was heavily obscured, but countless dazzling white lights seeped out, and the light flowed like water, flickering slightly.
What is that?
As soon as he had this thought, the mist permeated with white light moved slightly!
They are like life, and they spread to him.
Odd.
He looked at the fog in the dark depths of space, feeling the distance between them slowly shrink.
Why...... So gracious?
It was like—he looked at the mist that flowed toward him, and suddenly there was a faint excitement—like they were calling me.
He wants.
I want to pass through that layer of white light, enter that layer of fog, and discover what is inside.
When this thought came to him, his heart suddenly scratched like an ant, and he couldn't help but approach there, plunge into the darkness, into the mist, the white light.
It's as if there is the biggest loot there.
The magical feeling reappeared: as he approached the mist, his sense of the world became clearer and his heart for himself became more and more determined.
He lowered his vision and found that everything in front of him had sunk from the sea to the droplets, from the forest to the veins of the leaves, from the earth to the soil, from the perspective of life to existence.
He is commanding the world to appear to him again in a new way.
Deep space is getting closer, and the fog is getting closer.
And he ...... Getting...... Perfect?
He wanted to laugh, but found that laughter was far from summing up his feelings, and he wanted to sigh, but he was no longer in the trap of emotion, and he wanted to open his arms, but here, even his body was no longer important.
He wants.
Want!
A few eyes opened from behind the dark depths of space, and were cast far away on him as he was anxiously walking.
But that doesn't matter, does it?
At this moment, all he had in his eyes was the fog in the deep space!
Just want to get out of it and into it!
As for everything else, it doesn't matter anymore!
He's getting closer.
The deep space is becoming more and more real, and the fog is becoming more and more intimate.
He believed that there was only a stone's throw between them!
Get it, discover it, and become more ...... yourself Perfect.
It's a stone's throw away, it's almost there.
Ha ha.
He's long overdue, isn't he?
Why did you wait so long?
He should have been here early, entering that dark deep space, clearing the fog of light and facing a better version of himself.
A stronger, higher, more versatile, more perfect self!
He was about to reach that deep space, and his gaze in the darkness was getting sharper, but he didn't care!
At that moment, the long-lost madness and joy, impulse and pleasure surged at the same time.
As if his once wandering and confused mind had found the center, he approached the deep space at a faster pace.
It was as if his wishes were constantly being fulfilled, approaching the ultimate step he hoped for step by step.
It seems that the reason why he appeared here, and he came here, was for this moment!
He'd felt the magic, hadn't he?
It wasn't that long ago.
The state of being unstoppable, the power that overrides everything, as if he is the god of the world, the master of all things in the universe, the supreme—
【Divine ......】
Suddenly, a strange and familiar male voice sounded from the bottom of my heart.
Elegant, self-satisfied and relaxed.
But it was like a basin of cold water, pouring all over his body!
He moved forward with a slight slowdown.
The deep space and fog in the palm of your hand, which were already determined to be obtained, seemed to swim out in an instant, from a short distance to the end of the world again.
No, don't.
There was a lament of disappointment in his heart.
Don't stop.
Don't stop.
He really ...... Still want ......
If he had arms, he would have stretched out as hard as he could, reaching out into the fog of deep space.
【What are the gods......】
The male voice rang out again.
It's like a ghost's whisper, looming, coming and going.
He was trying his best to "reach out", and he was slightly stunned.
Miscellaneous...... What the?
He suddenly panicked.
And the fact that this panic came from nowhere made him even more overwhelmed.
【World ......】
Again, the graceful male voice sounded faintly, as if muttering to himself.
What is the world......
At that moment, he felt like he had been hit hard!
His vision trembled violently, his senses shattered, and the picture in front of him flashed rapidly, and the omnipotence that knew everything suddenly disappeared from his consciousness!
Even the dark deep space far away in the sky has become blurred.
With his strange appearance, shooting out of the deep sky, the gaze cast on him revealed a doubt.
Just as he wondered.
What is that?
Doubts, incomprehension, confusion, déjà vu dissonance and inappropriateness, confusion and fear of losing possessions, instantly hit my heart.
Jinni.
Dominate.
World.
Everything.
More and more words invaded his mind, flashing back and forth.
What is it......
He was distressed and uncomfortable.
Sounds familiar?
Until—
[When you think of gods, what is the first thing that comes to mind?]
It was the male voice, and it sounded so clearly again, to him, it was like thunder in the night!
At that moment, his unrestrained thoughts suddenly fell hard!
Ahhh
If he had a voice, he would be screaming.
What are the gods?
He didn't know.
But there was already another voice in his heart, silently answering for him.
[An existence that is alien to us and far away. 】
The voice was slightly rough and dry, like a duck's voice, with a faint impatience, like an immature teenager.
Between the inexplicable questions and answers, he suddenly panicked.
No, it's not like that!
The gods, the gods he expected, the gods that this state told him, were obviously ...... It's obviously ......
[Merciful Creator?, or the All-Knowing and All-Powerful Ruthless?hehe, nothing, I just think...... That, the statue of the goddess of the sunset looks quite cold, but Haoyue is ......]
By the way, I want to ask, do all magicians like to peep as much as you do...... Ahem, I mean secretly observing......]
[Maybe they're high-level creatures from another world?, Ahida, are you sure you're born from a native human?, I mean, your mother might have come across a flying saucer one day when she was out for a walk, and the saucer had a handsome and dashing ...... on it Ahh......h Uh, empty, air, I need, air......]
[The meaning of the Haoyue sacrifice seems to be that the goddess sometimes responds to the prayers of mortals, and sometimes not, so I wonder if the gods are a group of experimenters......?
The nasty, ignorant, and self-righteous bull was louding more and more often.
Jinni......
What is it?
He shuddered slightly, and suddenly discovered in horror:
He didn't know.
This discovery was like a stumbling hoove, causing him to fall from the edge of a cliff into the abyss.
The Q&A is not over yet.
What is the world to you?]
......
The voices in my ears became louder and louder, more and more numerous, and the back and forth between the elegant male voice and the disgusting male duck voice became more and more frequent.
But he was not good.
At that moment, it was like he suddenly boarded a carriage with a sharp increase in speed, climbed the clouds that escaped out of control, and sat in a flat boat that floated and sank with the torrent!
And he suddenly found that he could no longer control the direction he was heading, and he felt the achievement of controlling everything and the world.
The dark deep space in front of him grew farther and farther away, and the fog vanished.
He's falling.
He was horrified to find out.
Just like he was like the rising sun before, now he is like a rolling avalanche, falling thousands of miles with the irreversible trend!
He was powerless to stop it, and he couldn't think about it.
I can only look up in despair.
Looking at the dark deep space that was so far away from him, full of endless secrets, at the alluring mist and wonderful white light that was once within reach......
Gone is no more.
Damn, that damn bull is still chattering......
[Hehe, maybe all things in the world really have their own underworld power, but they must be ignorant and unconscious, lukewarm...... Heaven and earth are not benevolent, matter is material, objective is objective......]
[But I suddenly realized ...... again]
[The world we live in, the world we understand...... It is not a cold substance, nor is it a gray objectivity, it is a painting intertwined with the reflection of our cognition and the outside world...... At this angle, it must have color, it must have temperature. 】
[It will be meaningful to us.] 】
Ahh......h
The duck has a ...... Why didn't he die sooner!
[I see the world, but I don't know how far away what I see from the "facts" - if there really is an objective world there......]
[Or, in other words, the world I see exists because of me...... Hey, Ashida, Mr. Saxon, what's wrong with you? You're a teacher, can the magician get distracted, it's raining, it's eating, and the beautiful woman is passing by...... Ah, don't, don't, I didn't mean to...... That, breathing...... Give me...... Air ......】
As he fell, the gazes that had been locked on him slowly changed.
No more aggressiveness, no more doubts.
Rather, it exudes a lot of anger.
Seems to be extremely dissatisfied with something.
He continued to descend, as if falling straight from a height.
Weightlessness, dizziness, panic, suffocation, instantaneous.
It's like he once fell high from the sky cliff of Longxiao City with the black sword.
Wait a minute?
He was shocked.
Who is Black Sword?
Where is Longxiao City?
Why...... Why would I know?
I......
Who am I?
I......
I am......
In the next moment, Tails suddenly woke up from the strange world!
It was as if a small hole had been cut through the cold ice for breathing.
Let him gasp for breath.
But......
Tails subconsciously looked around.
Where am I?
But as far as his eyes could see, up and down, left and right, there was only a vague scene, as if hidden behind a thick curtain of water.
As far as the eye can see, there seems to be a flow of brilliance, and the secret is hidden, but when you look up, you can't see anything, and there is silence.
I was ...... Where is it?
He asked himself in confusion.
But he couldn't remember.
But Tails was still descending – that was the only feeling he had.
It's getting faster and faster.
What to do......
His heart rate increased dramatically, and the sense of fear and confusion that had been diluted came over him one after another.
What's going on here......
Tails is getting more and more panicked.
He didn't know where he was.
I don't know how I got here.
I don't even know what I'm doing.
He was like an amnesiac patient who woke up in an unfamiliar bed in the hospital.
Damn it...... What is a hospital?
The surrounding scene was still blurry.
He was confused.
It's like how he felt when he walked alone in the desert during the arduous journey.
Wait a minute.
Tails shook his head desperately.
Desert?
That's again...... Where?
At this moment, Tails only felt a chill on his forehead!
Inch by inch silver streamer, like a fluorescent shimmer, overflowed from his body.
A slight tinnitus rang in his ears, followed by a soft whisper, almost inaudible.
【Eternal ......】
Never get lost. 】
Tails a thriller!
This is......
The moment he heard this strange whisper, his downward momentum stopped!
It's like hovering in mid-air.
Tails was so shocked that his mind froze for a moment.
But soon, the silver glow spread out like starlight, and a flash of light flashed in the vague mid-air, leading into the distance.
It's like a road.
Tails stared at the path of light in a daze, and although he was still confused and even memory loss, he knew in the dark:
This is the right way to go.
How do I get there?
As soon as this thought came to him, Tails was shocked!
At that moment, he seemed to have returned to the Path of Shadows, and the already blurred vision in front of him slowly blurred (Damn, what is the Path of Shadows?, why do I think of it so familiar and ...... Impatient?), turning white.
No, it's not that the outside world has turned white.
Instead, a white light occupied his field of vision!
Tails thought blankly.
This strange white light seeped out of his body, carrying Tails towards the path of silver light, weaving through the blurred air.
Tails' eyes widened—he suddenly remembered that he couldn't seem to see his body—and it felt like his brain couldn't handle the current bizarre sight.
As he was held up by the strange white light and slowly moved along the silver glow, his head ached a little.
It wasn't until the silver glow and the white light disappeared together that Tails finally stopped in an equally vague, silent colorless void, neither up nor down, neither forward nor backward.
Tails felt bitter in his heart.
What the hell is ...... here?
"This is the threshold of the first threshold," an indifferent voice suddenly appeared: "One step forward is a knock on the door, entering the true state." ”
"Take a step back and fall back into the entity. ”
Tails was taken aback!
He quickly turned his gaze and discovered the source of the sound.
It was a figure.
A strange figure that was also blurry, lightless, colorless, and only distinguished from this strange space at the edges.
He was like a statue, standing silently behind him, not moving.
It's like......
Like playing a mosaic?
Tails' brain hurts again!
What is a mosaic......?
But the figure with an indifferent voice spoke again:
"From ancient times to the present, very few magicians have been able to stay here," he said lightly.
"Those who come here are like sailing against the current, or following the demonic energy to follow the threshold name, go straight up to the door and knock on the door, or quickly descend the threshold to leave the threshold and return to the entity. ”
Tails froze.
Magician......
These......
Speaking of this, the vague figure took on a hint of seriousness, and Tails inexplicably felt as if he was silently observing himself behind a hazy curtain:
"Until you show up, child. ”
Tails stared at him in confusion, not knowing why.
"What?"
He was like a stupid child, staring blankly at the figure in front of him.
The figure paused, as if observing him closely.
"I can see that Ashida has taught you well," he said in the same indifferent voice:
"He has given you just the right amount of things to protect you, pulling you back from the brink of a hasty knock so that you don't lose yourself and get stuck in it. ”
Ashida?
Tails felt a throbbing, and there seemed to be a cocoon slowly shattering in his heart.
The Wizard of Air, Ashida Sakern.
He suddenly realized that his memories were slowly coming back.
"Who are you?"
Tails looked at the surrounding indistinguishable objects, as if they were still and like a vague void full of brilliance, and subconsciously blurted out, "You are a magician?"
"What's your threshold?"
"Which faction do you belong to?Radicals?Moderates?Confusers?Twin Emperors?"
The figure did not answer directly, but paused slightly.
As if thinking about something.
"Very good, Ashida teaches you a lot and is very realistic. After a while, the figure spoke silently:
"Although it was the first time, in terms of the facilitators. ”
"He's quite competent. ”
Facilitators.
Tails' attention gradually increased, and more and more memories were retrieved.
I was just in ...... In a dark underground ...... A prison cell......
A sense of anxiety slowly rose.
"You, do you know Ashida?" Tails gritted his teeth, holding back his headache.
The figure was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly, as if feeling something.
"He could have been a good teacher, Ashida was already the most promising and talented mage apprentice, and he studied under the most prestigious Master Ggori," the figure shook his head slowly, his words not fast or slow, neither high nor low:
"His achievements are no less than those of many full-fledged mages, and if Ashida continues, he may one day become a master...... The Tower of Souls will also be proud of him. ”
"But it's a pity ......"
He didn't say any more.
Tails frowned fiercely, he couldn't listen to anything, and the inexplicable sense of anxiety had been tormenting him.
It's like...... He still had something important to do, forgetting to do the same.
But what is that exactly?
"So who the hell are you, what's wrong with me?" Tails forced down the anxiety, but his tone grew unceremonious.
Right now.
Boom.
Muffled voice.
Tails seemed to realize something, and hurriedly looked up, but he could still only see a vague void.
Coincidentally, the strange figure also raised its head at this time.
"You feel it too?"
The figure looked into the distance: "The moment you knocked, you fell back and disappeared, making their wishes come to fruition." ”
He paused for a second, his eyes fell from the sky, as if he was sighing helplessly:
"Girls...... Very angry. ”