musicians of old

Chapter 175 The Tower of Symbolism (4K [-]-in-[-])

"The highest point that a mortal creature can reach?" Fanning was stunned.

Plants, animals, human beings... Whether they are ignorant or wise, in the final analysis, they are still ordinary creatures.

No matter how rich the hidden knowledge is, no matter how powerful the inspiration is, the cognition of ordinary creatures is still limited to the surface of the world. People with knowledge often think that they are "people who see the truth", but in fact they don't even know where they are.

dream? …Even after practicing dream control and mastering the mysteries of experiencing lucid dreams, Fan Ning knows that the sense of self-knowledge is still different from the waking world…Many feelings in dreams are narrow and abstracted, the elements that make up dreams They can only be regarded as bizarre, they are far less three-dimensional and complex than the waking world, and there is no sense of historical thickness throughout the ages. Most of the experience of controlling dreams is like floating in a higher perspective, like manipulating a marionette , barely changing its own actions and environmental changes.

Fan Ning thought to himself: "...So the one who can climb up to the Hui Tower is the most powerful understanding person? Or is it a higher-level existence?"

Joan recalled and said: "The gate of the dome is also called the gate of glass, the gate of dawn, and the gate of powder in many esoteric literature. The gate of flat border', 'the gate without key', 'the gate that cannot be opened'... a few ancient scholars claim that the word 'reach' is also fallacious, and that mortal creatures can only 'approach' the gate of the dome infinitely...near it All the concepts in the world are either smooth as a mirror, or shattered like powder, and any limited mind and cognition will collapse after reaching this point..."

"Wait." Sheeran listened, and interrupted her eloquent narration: "Joan, what you said is so mysterious and supreme, but...why did it appear in the cave at the bottom of this deep well?"

"...Could it be that this building collapsed?"

Joan opened her small mouth slightly, made an "uh" expression, and then used her fingers to curl her hair, her eyes flickering as if thinking.

That's right...According to the descriptions in these documents, shouldn't the "Gate of the Dome" be the door at the highest point of Hui Tower?

Illogical...

"No, I don't think there is any problem." Fanning said suddenly.

"Ok?"

"Let me ask you, what's in the halls on the top two floors just now?"

"There is nothing...only bricks." Joan said, "Uh, no... there are some symbols of the Lord of Witnesses. On the top floor, we have confirmed that there are at least four Lords of Witnesses. Go down to the second floor, and inspiration and intuition tell I may also have some extremely secretive sources, the Lord of Witnesses that are unknown to the world.”

"Then let me ask you again, according to the prevailing view of contemporary mystical theory, where is the residence of the Lord of Witness?"

"The will of the world, the core tower, under the radiance, above the dome..." Joan blurted out subconsciously, and then covered her mouth.

The door of the dome... above the dome... From the literal meaning, the relative position of the two, one below and one above, is indeed no problem!

"Actually, during the boring time of climbing down just now, I was wondering if the underground building next to the wall of the well could be a symbolic tower..."

As he spoke, the flashlight in Fanning's hand went out due to exhaustion of battery.

He circled around the cave: "Despite the different cultural inheritance and religious teachings in different parts of the world, the tower, a mysterious architectural form, has always been favored by people in different historical periods and frequently appears in various places. In artistic inspiration, literary imagery or philosophical metaphors... some people think that 'the tower is a shortcut for humans to get close to the gods', some people think that 'the tower's upper and lower layered structure is like a path of climbing and seeking', and some people think that 'the tower symbolizes the establishment of human civilization order And the cycle of collapse', many mystics also believe that 'the behavior of climbing the tower is the behavior that human beings can do in the appearance of the world, the closest behavior to explore the will'..."

"...Actually, I noticed this interesting phenomenon about the 'tower' shortly after I entered the freshman year when I was researching music-related books. At that time, I discussed the reason with Mr. Anton and made a A lot of complicated conjectures and inferences have been made... Now from the perspective of mysticism, the reason is actually not so complicated. The root of this religious or cultural phenomenon of human beings, in the final analysis, comes from the yearning or worship of the Hui Tower."

"This underground building during the Turangalia Dynasty naturally cannot escape from this category. They imitated the mysterious image of the Hui Tower to build this symbolic tower, and made the highest point that ordinary creatures can reach - the 'dome The Gate' is drawn on the bottom floor..."

Fanning stepped on a stone and looked up at the deep well above: "...in this painting, the parts above the whole tower are separated from the mundane category and become sacred and transcendent. ', the symbol of the abode of the Lords of Witness!!"

The two little girls nodded again and again, and Sheeran said, "Caroun, when you said that, I suddenly thought of two details..."

"The first one is what you just mentioned. The secret organization 'Transcendence Club' has a very serious theory of the origin of the Lord of Witnesses. They believe that the 'watching death' and 'flow' they worship are completely different. The Lord of Witnesses who was born in the 'Secret History that Doesn't Exist'..."

"That's right." Fan Ning said, "In addition, when I was in the watch factory later, when I had no intention of touching the frame-shaped hidden knowledge carrier, the enlightenment it gave me was 'born from a lost and unknown source', which is the same as 'unknown'. 'The Secret History of Existence' has similarities."

"The second one is that the Turangalia dynasty controls a powerful organization of the wise, called the 'Great Court School'..." The little girl looked at Fan Ning who was standing on the stone, "It is what we studied in the office last year. We chatted in Turangalian...do you remember?"

"I have the impression." Fan Ning's eyes lit up, "You said that this 'Grand Court School' has a wide range of research on the Lord of Witnesses, but the most profound and dedicated pursuit is a type of witness that is different from the type we are currently familiar with." Lord... If this underground building is indeed from the period of Turangalia, it can be basically determined that it was built by the 'Great Court School', because the issue related to the origin of the Lord of Witness is extremely secret knowledge."

Sheeran gave a "hmm": "These two organizations are in completely different historical periods, but they agree that the Lord of Witness has an origin classification, which is not like a coincidence made up out of thin air... You say, the Witness Lord followed by the 'Great Court School' Lord, wouldn't it be in the same category as 'watching death' and 'heart flow'?"

"Let me add a detail." Joan raised her small hand, "Do you remember that Benjamin who was kicked into the river by Carlon, had been sitting in the car talking about it before, saying that the Special Inspection Office was looking for the wreckage of the source god... "

"Qiyuanshen... Yes, this is also a piece of information." Joan's words reminded Sheeran, "But I think this title, at least in its literal meaning, is different from the 'born from a lost and unknown source' recorded by the 'Transcendence Club'. 'It's not the same thing..." Sheeran covered her mouth and sneezed while talking, "It is estimated that the origin of the Lord of Witness is probably not only two types, but at least three or more..."

"Go up, it's too cold in this damn place." Fanning immediately jumped off the rock, "Don't use the flashlight, mine is out of battery."

After checking their backpacks, everyone climbed up the escalator again, and their figures gradually disappeared into the cave at the bottom, leaving only the continuous sound of running water.

It stands to reason that the physical exertion of going up is much greater than going down. According to Fan Ning's previous count of more than [-] steps, which is close to [-] meters, this will be a process that can exhaust people. I feel that the process of finding knowledge step by step is very fascinating. After a short rest in the cave, the fatigue has disappeared without a trace.

"I have a guess." Fan Ning said while climbing, "If there is a substantive core place in the underground building of the 'Grand Court School', it is probably the third door from the bottom that we haven't entered yet. "

"Are you so sure?" Joan asked from above.

"Symbolic thinking plus a simple method of elimination." Fanning said, "The hall on the first floor at the top is the four elements that symbolize the origin of the world, that is, the masters of a group of witnesses who were 'born together with the original world'; It looks full of doubts and confusion, and my intuition tells me that there are "watching death" and "flow" in there, and some unknown strange emotions, which are likely to be "born from the source of the lost and unknown" that the Transcendental Club believes. A group of Lords of Witness... But these two floors are small and empty, without any substantial things..."

"Because these two floors are just a symbol, the motivation of the builders is to use the tower-shaped layout as a metaphor for their origin, so they are so small and empty... As for the 'Great Court School' following a different kind of Lord of Witness, we don't know Which type is it specifically, but in short, there is such a type. The core functional parts of the building should naturally be built on the floor representing the Lord of Witness they follow. Since it is not the first two floors, the possibility of the third floor is It's very big... We may see more things in it, of course, the possibility that it has been looted in advance cannot be ruled out..."

"If that's the case, the Lord of Witnesses followed by the 'Grand Court School' is quite likely to be what Benjamin called the 'God of Artifact Source'..." Sheeran, who climbed to the top, accepted Fanning's analysis.

"Huh?" Fanning was a little curious about this conclusion.

"An associative guess." She glanced at the darkness above the deep well, "Because the third history is over and the Turangalian Dynasty has perished, this may correspond to the so-called 'Warrior God Remains' collected by the Special Inspection Office '...Speaking of which, if I follow the habit of historical research and the existing naming pattern, I might call the Lord of the first type of witness recorded in the halls on the upper two floors the 'Jieyuan God', and the Lord of the second type of witness Known as the 'God of Lost Origin'..."

As soon as Xilan's hidden reasoning process came out, everyone suddenly felt that the dim color tone in front of them became more vivid, and a series of colorful bubbles popped up in their minds, and then burst into gorgeous fireworks, and the loud and clear sound echoed in their ears.

She successfully raised the inspiration of the three present.

Fan Ning noticed that the two girls stopped climbing at the next moment. They clenched the escalator tightly with their fists and pressed their foreheads against the backs of their hands, as if they suddenly felt uncomfortable.

"Are you okay?" Fan Ning quickly reached out and grabbed Joan's calf to prevent her from falling, but he couldn't care about Xilan who was higher up, and could only stare at that figure with a tense expression.

Fortunately, after a few seconds, their condition seemed to return to normal.

"That voice was very loud just now." Joan let out a long breath.

"Me too, the sharp sound made me feel dizzy, and I just wanted to hold on to the escalator and not let go." Sheeran's tone was filled with lingering fear.

Fan Ning closed his eyes hard. Although he hadn't heard the voice, he could clearly feel the abnormal inspiration just now.

He reminded again with vigilance: "In addition to serving the necessary current investigation, try to reduce the rest of overthinking, and study after more knowledge... There are too many things wrong with this ancient relic. We just receive hidden knowledge. It's very dangerous, be careful, don't spy on some strange things that don't exist at the scene."

Sheeran nodded knowingly.

She didn't know why her thinking became so lively just now, and her inspiration touched a corner of the truth in the fog of history with a single leap.

This fully shows that hidden knowledge and inspiration interact with each other, and we must always be cautious. Knowledge beyond the limit and inspiration that is too high are an unstable bomb for one's own side.

The three continued to climb, but couldn't help but began to discuss whether to return to the ground or enter the third door.

The point of worry is self-evident, but the final result of everyone's discussion is to try to explore first.

After all, they managed to make sufficient preparations this time, and after spending so much time before, they all felt that they might soon be close to the truth about the secret door of the art museum, even if it was only part of it.

Fan Ning said: "Those conjectures just now should be verified after looking at the situation of the third door. Let's be more careful in exploring, and don't delve too deep into the deep place."

And he always had another doubt deep in his heart.

Why does the Transcendence Club believe that among the three Orthodox churches, the origin of the "Unfalling Fire" of the Church of the Holy Sun is different from the other two?

Fanning initially believed that this, along with "category theory", was a self-invented teaching of the shadowy organization.

But later, he found out one after another that his new hidden knowledge not only failed to disprove it, but had more and more places to prove it!

For example, the Transcendence Club believes that "Unfalling Fire" can be listed with "Tower Caster". According to the metaphor of the hall on the first floor, and according to Hiran's naming, "Unfalling Fire" is the source god, "Tower Caster" People", "Northern Wind", and "The Assassin of Mantra" are also impressively listed.

For another example, he believed that "Watching Death" and "Heart Flow" were gods of lost origin, and he was also in the hall full of question marks on the second floor, vaguely aware of their image symbols on the wall.

As for the "Raven" of the Lingyin Discipline Society and the "Fanghui Poet" of the Fanghui Temple, at least I haven't found their image symbols in the first two halls.And they, as the righteous gods surviving in the world today, should not be the so-called "wreckage" gods of Qiyuan.

I have never seen the symbol of "Endless Fugue" from the beginning to the end.

So what is the origin of these Lords of Witness?
"No...I just reminded Sheeran to minimize unnecessary thinking without affecting the investigation...Why did you start again?"

Fan Ning suddenly felt that something invisible was chasing him.

He shook his head violently, forcing himself to focus on the mechanical repetitive climbing motion.

The time seemed to be shorter than expected, and after a while, Sheeran found the candlestick at hand.

This is the previous location, that's right, Fan Ning had put the tallow candle in it in advance, at this moment the temperature was retrograde, and the flames ignited, illuminating the double doors on the wall of the well behind the three of them.

The third door is also made of mercury-gold similar to bronze, with the same complicated pattern, and the raised spherical decorations on both sides of the opposite door, staring at them like a pair of empty eyeballs.

"Go in." Fanning pulled out the crowbar, and prepared to do the same thing, hooking the door first and then tying the rope.

In order to give enough light, Joan temporarily turned on the flashlight. After the light spot moved back and forth several times, she suddenly exclaimed.

"Look there!"

Everyone held their breath and looked at the light.

Under the spherical decoration on one side of the door, there was a red mark similar to paint, as if the liquid from the eyeball had dried up on it!

　Thank you for the monthly tickets of Jiuyan 8, Xuanyoukong, and book friends with the tail number 9 on August 01~Thank you for the rewards from the cool painters~
　　
　
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