Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 345 Ambush in the Dream

It is not difficult to get in touch with the will of the big world, and it can even be said that any true God can do it; because the main framework of the big world was built by these true gods, and even the mythological small worlds of various pantheons are the main "building materials" of the big world.

Therefore, Lin You was often curious at the beginning: Why did the gods keep the will of the big world secret for a long time, and their attitude towards "unknown" events is hard to describe; some are excited, some are terrified, they like the benefits but hate the harm, and they are worried about gains and losses. The so-called advantages and disadvantages are intertwined and it is difficult to choose.

Later, after some indirect hints and a long time, the writer finally figured out the whole story.

The gods are worried that the will of the world has no brains - this sentence is not a metaphor, but the literal meaning.

In human psychology, there are three categories: "id, ego, and superego." If one only has the "id" but no "ego," he is just a beast driven by instinct and cannot be called a "human." A real person must be able to suppress the "id" with the "ego."

From a certain perspective, only when you have a "self" can you truly have the consciousness of being a "human being".

The same logic applies to gods, because the gods here were created by humans in the real dimension.

Although the complete theory of "id, ego, and superego" was not formally proposed until the 20th century, humans actually had some understanding of these concepts earlier; an obvious evidence is that in many mythological origin stories, the original form of the world was nothingness or chaos.

The starting point of Norse mythology is the Grimm Gap, where the first gods and giants were born from water droplets and ice particles mixed with ice and fire.

The starting point of ancient Egyptian mythology is the primordial water, from which the first eight gods were born.

As for Chinese mythology, it is even more well-known. The world's first god, Pangu, was born in a sphere of chaos. What he created was chaos. After opening up the chaos, all things in the heavens, including gods, were born.

Nothingness and chaos represent the "self". The process of the birth of the gods of creation from nothingness and chaos is like the birth process of the "self"; the birth of the gods of creation symbolizes the world's transition from chaos to order, and also symbolizes the transition from "self" to "self".

Nowadays, what the true gods are most worried about is that the will of the world has not become the creator god in various myths - such as Chronos, Chaos, God and other personified existences; instead, it has become the mother body for the birth of the creator god - such as the ice and fire in the Jinlunga Chasm, the primordial water in the vast void, the chaotic sphere before it was split by Pangu, or the so-called "Heavenly Way" formed after the creation of the world.

The personified Pangu can be communicated with, but the intangible "Way of Heaven" is elusive.

As a Chinese in his previous life, Lin You was very familiar with a saying: "The way of Heaven is constant. It does not exist for the sake of Yao or die for the sake of Jie." From a purely scientific perspective, "the way of Heaven" refers to the laws of nature. From a theological perspective, "the way of Heaven" is "the Way of Heaven," which is the "supreme" in traditional Chinese culture.

It is also said that "the Way of Heaven bears the responsibility, cause and effect are real, and karma is self-responsible". "The Way of Heaven" is the rules. The rules are there, and you decide how to act and what to do, and you bear the consequences yourself. "The Way of Heaven" is like an automatically running program, and it does not make friends with anyone.

What should we do if the will of the big world also behaves in this way?
If it is more serious, and the "self" of the big world's will still has a strong sense of territory and regards all gods as enemies coming to seize territory, what should we do?
It's like a tiger that rules the mountain. When it sees small animals like rabbits and foxes entering its territory, it may remain indifferent and just treat them as a snack. But if it sees another tiger coming in...

For the will of the great world, discovering that there are so many true gods - especially the supreme gods of various pantheons - is no different from the encounter between two or more tigers of the same sex.

"It's inconvenient for you to communicate directly with the will of the great world, but it's convenient for me!" Lin You took on a lot of responsibilities. He would do his best to seize any opportunity that could consolidate his position as the author. "I will try to communicate with Him first. If we can communicate normally, you and Him will have something to talk about. If we can't communicate normally, I won't make Him feel threatened, and both sides won't immediately become hostile."

God thought about the writer's suggestion for a long time, but did not say yes or no, but waved to Chronos to come back. The God of Time who appeared in the Garden of Eden still maintained the image of a three-headed dragon. When he saw Lin You, he was stunned, and then he remembered to change into a human body.

The image of a wise old man, with a golden light in his palms; He clapped his hands, and a thin layer of golden dust fell.

"It's getting harder and harder." Chronos complained to the old and young people present, "It was supposed to be cleaned up in another week, but now it seems that one or two months may not be enough."

“The good thing is that this big world is becoming more and more real.”

"It's so real that it's scary. What we want is a stable and mature world. It's best to maintain the current operating mode. We don't want any unexpected changes, such as the creation of the world." Chronos shook his head. "I know what you think, writer. If you want to ask for my opinion, then I think we can give it a try."

The last words of the God of Time were addressed to God.

"I think he can go too." God did not object, "But it's risky. We have to keep an eye on him all the time, and we have to go together."

Chronos nodded without saying anything.

Lin You looked at the two supreme gods and became suspicious again. He wanted to ask, "Are you keeping an eye on my safety, or are you keeping an eye on my little movements?" But he held back the words and changed the subject when he spoke.

"Communication with the will of the great world is of great importance. Shouldn't we inform other pantheons? At least, the other two major religions should be informed, right?"

God and Chronos looked at each other, shook their heads at the same time, and smiled bitterly. It was rare to see such an expression on the faces of the two supreme gods at the same time.

Lin You was very curious: "Why, they don't agree?"

"It's not that they disagree. It's just that one of them is untouchable and the other doesn't care." Chronos said, "So, they rarely ask about the specific matters of the Great World Plan."

"I can understand the meaning of untouchable..." Lin You quickly thought of the teachings of the world's second largest religion.

Unlike the large-scale secularization of Christian civilization, God has appeared in various modern art works in different images such as men, women, old people, children, white people, black people, etc.; the doctrines of the world's second largest religion are very strict. Not to mention the Supreme God, even the prophets are never allowed to appear in specific images - not in pictures, movies and TV dramas.

Therefore, in the virtual dimension, the Supreme God of the second largest religion has never been heard or seen; except for beings of the same level as God, no one knows whether He has come or what He has done.

"What's going on over in Paradise? Does 'not caring' refer to them?"

"That's them." God explained, "It might be a bit too much to say that they don't care at all, but Shakyamuni is indeed not very concerned about the Great World Plan."

"Why?" Lin You was stunned.

"How should I put it?" God carefully considered his words. "His attitude is probably 'success is good, but failure also provides other options', so he just lets everything go with the flow."

Lin You almost laughed: "The word 'follow fate' is used very well! But why should they follow fate? Where does He get 'other choices'?"

"You are Chinese, shouldn't you know this very well?" God asked back, "You should know that there is a branch of Buddhism called Chinese Buddhism. When the Great World Plan was first promoted, Sakyamuni took the initiative to separate the Chinese Buddhist branch and exclude it from the Great World Plan."

"Are you trying to say that Chinese Buddhism has been integrated into the great world that was spontaneously formed by the Eastern pantheon?" The writer's mind was spinning rapidly. "You guessed it right," Chronos replied, with a hint of imperceptible envy in his smile. "Chinese Buddhism is closely related to many local myths and legends, and is naturally integrated into the real dimension. In the words of Sakyamuni himself, 'As long as the Chinese remember the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the Great Thunder Sound Temple in the Western Heaven will remain standing'; well... these are his original words."

Lin You felt that his face was very bright, but he said calmly: "Maybe this is everyone's destiny. There are some things you can't envy."

Compared to the patchwork and twists and turns of the Great World Plan, the naturally formed Great World of the Eastern God System has unimaginable stability; it is impossible for others not to envy it. But envy is useless! It is the product of four or five thousand years of continuous integration and repair, and there are also fundamental differences in civilization characteristics. No matter how much you envy it, you can't learn or do it.

"By the way, has the world will been born in that big world in the East?"

"Never heard of it."

"What a pity; if they have already given birth to the world will, perhaps we can learn from their advanced experience and see how they communicate with the world will." Lin You sighed helplessly and clenched the quill in his hand.

The writer is not a god, and must use a quill to allow his consciousness to penetrate deep into the world.

Lin You not only wants to enter the bottom of the world, but also wants to go further to the consciousness level of the big world; this is a journey without distance, direction, and time. In front of him is a fog that changes at any time; he may step on the top of a mountain with one foot, but sink into the vast yellow sand with the next foot.

Occasionally, there was the sound of thundering sea waves in my ears, and the next moment it turned into the whistling of ice and snow.

No matter what he saw or heard, Lin You could recognize the sources of most of the scenes - all of them came from the main framework that constituted the big world.

The top of the mountain is the Andes Mountains, the vast yellow sand is the desert of ancient Egypt; the thundering tide is the roar of Poseidon on the Aegean Sea, and the wolf howl of Fenrir can be faintly heard in the whistling of ice and snow.

At the beginning, the topography and landforms in various mythological stories appeared. Not long after, "background pictures" of various fusion stories began to emerge.

The rampaging pirate ships, the dark and deep catacombs, the dirty and noisy London at the end of the 19th century, and the bright and bustling Hong Kong Island at the end of the 20th century.

In addition to the "background picture" of the general environment, various story characters also come one after another.

There is an archaeology professor holding a long whip, a sissy pirate captain, an Asian eagle with a big nose, a western gunslinger riding a tall horse; there is also Sherlock Holmes who can practice Wing Chun, Sherlock Holmes with a head full of curly hair, Sherlock Holmes who is as thin as a skeleton, and so on.

Lin You turned a blind eye to everything that emerged from the fog, knowing that it was just an illusion and not real. The only function of these illusions was to serve as road signs to point him in the right direction.

Want to find the will of the great world? Just head in the direction where the phantoms are most densely packed.

In terms of status, the will of the world today has ended the stage of "existence and non-existence" and is now between "awake and not awake"; just like when a person is about to wake up from sleep, although the eyes are not open yet, various consciousnesses are gradually becoming active, bringing about all kinds of bizarre dreams.

The phantom in the fog is the "dream" of the big world.

People’s dreams come from reality, and the “dreams” of the world’s will come from the various stories that are integrated into it.

Every story was rewritten by Lin You himself before they were integrated, so how could he be wrong?
Look, isn't that the world in front of me, the story world of God of War? The dream actually showed the chasm left when the world was broken. Next to the chasm is Thor, the god of thunder from that world, with a huge beer belly, leaning down to look at the bottom of the chasm.

Hmm, who is the figure behind him? He looks familiar... not like the "gangster godfather version of Odin" I've seen before; so when did this dream scene happen?

The figure standing next to Thor suddenly jumped up and rushed straight towards Lin You.

No! That figure is not an illusion, it does not belong to the dream!

Two sword lights cut through the fog, and flames ignited on the swords; as the swords were swung, it seemed as if a high wall of flames appeared before the eyes.

Lin You was horrified.

Patrick Morgan is here! He actually sneaked into the bottom of the world one step ahead of time, and launched a surprise attack with the cover of the dream of the will of the big world.

In the story world of "Prince of Persia", Lin You once had a battle with Patrick Morgan. They were evenly matched and neither could do anything to the other. In the end, the true god Ares used the "Dagger of Time" to sneak attack and injure Lin You, and the power of the "Sand of Time" caused Lin You's body to grow prematurely.

This time, although the true god Ares is not there, Morgan, the old rival, has obviously gained new power.

The two sword lights that were as fast as lightning and the two walls of fire that came from all directions showed the power of the true God to the fullest.

The small universe deep in the soul burned rapidly, reaching its limit in an instant; sixty or seventy stars of varying brightness gathered into a huge constellation phantom, rushing towards the sword light and fire.

The virtual image is of a man and a snake, which is exactly the image of Ophiuchus constructed by the microcosm.

The constellations collided with the sword light with a loud bang; the shadows disintegrated and the stars scattered - the small universe of the silver level could not withstand the full-strength attack of the true god.

The sword light split the constellations apart. The two walls of fire were no longer obstructed and swept towards the writer.

Lin You held the quill pen tightly in front of him; two walls of fire rushed towards him, but turned into ashes the moment they touched the quill pen.

"Ha, the collective will of the gods!"

"Hmph, Ares's true godhood!"

The two of them exchanged a sarcastic remark. They both relied on external forces, so no one should blame the other.

　I have to tell everyone here that my family has plans to visit the graves tomorrow, so I will most likely have to take a day off tomorrow. There is a small chance that I will be able to catch up with the update in the evening, but even if I do, it will be very late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)