Falsifying history is good business

Whether in terms of personality or age, Xili is now in a stage where she is more resistant to "deliberate thinking". To put it nicely, it is called impetuous, and to put it bluntly, it is called "taking the head but not the butt". If Lin You dared to stretch out his arm, she dared to take people through time and space, and then she almost fainted on the spot.

A world with the will of the Supreme God has an instinctive rejection of outsiders; the stronger the outsider, the stronger the rejection. To make an inappropriate analogy: Ciri wants to pull Lin You back to the Yaruga River, which is as difficult as throwing one of the eight planets out of the solar system.

Fortunately, Lin You's original intention was only to use Ciri to confirm the coordinates of time travel, and he immediately stopped the girl's reckless behavior as soon as he found something wrong.

"This is so fierce, it doesn't look like the fighting style of the Wolf School at all? I remember that this school is the most particular about pre-war reconnaissance, and likes to fully collect clues and make careful plans before taking action?"

Lin You looked at Xili, who suddenly felt dizzy and almost couldn't stand, and couldn't help but complain silently in his heart.

"Why are you so heavy? For a moment just now, I thought I was carrying the entire Blue Mountains on my shoulders." Xili is not like Lin You. The other person complains directly from his mouth.

"The stronger the individual's power, the more energy it consumes to travel through time and space. When teleporting someone in the future, be sure to ask about their origins first; don't be foolish and want to teleport someone like the Lady of the Lake or Lady Esna."

The didactic tone made Ciri very angry. She felt like she was being treated as a fool and was being taught by the teacher. However, Lin You seemed unaware of it and instead opened a dimensional door on his own. The destination was exactly the coordinates obtained from Ciri's reckless action.

On the other side of the door, the bard Dandelion, dressed in exaggerated clothes, came to greet them personally.

"I really don't understand, how can you stand Dandelion's flamboyant and gaudy aesthetic?" The confusion on Lin You's face was by no means fake. He really couldn't understand how the Supreme God of Destiny, who had seen all kinds of life and could even see the past and the future to a certain extent, could be content with such a gaudy way of dressing?

After walking out of the dimension gate, the author found himself in a river beach; not far away was the broad Yaruga River, which was also the de facto boundary river between the Nilfgaard Empire and the Northern Alliance for a long time. The misty water vapor made people feel moist and cool.

The farthest point within sight is a stretch of not-too-high mountains, which should be the southern end of the Mahakam Mountains.

Facing Lin You's question, Dandelion replied: "Perhaps it's because I am Dandelion in a sense. Besides, long time no see, my brother."

Ciri, who was standing by, couldn't help but mutter when she heard this: "I still think Dandelion is playing tricks on me, deliberately speaking in two different tones."

"Dandelion" smiled and said, "Yes, Dandelion does have this idea. He has been imitating my tone and wording recently, so he wants to find an opportunity to suddenly speak in my tone and make you think it's not him. In this way, he can take the opportunity to say something that he dare not say, and make people feel that these words are particularly reasonable and authoritative."

Ciri's eyes widened, she was surprised and excited, and pretended to be dissatisfied: "Then how can we distinguish the truth from the false? By then, he will definitely take the opportunity to talk nonsense, and even dare to use your identity to quarrel with those he couldn't beat."

"Haven't you already told me how to tell the difference? Those nonsense words must have been said by Dandelion. A person's tone and words can be imitated and disguised, but it is difficult to perfectly conceal their true thoughts. There will always be some flaws."

"That's right!" Ciri clapped her hands and said, "Dandelion's mind is full of beauties, poetry, and drama, and he can't think of anything else useful."

Dandelion nodded and smiled, "That's right... By the way, Geralt and Yennefer already know that you are back, and they are coming here right after me. And I need to talk to Mr. Forrest alone."

"I understand. See you later, Dandelion." Ciri's light figure was like a happy swift, running away along the road behind Dandelion.

It was not until Ciri's back disappeared around the corner that Lin You spoke again: "You have always shared the same name with the bard? I heard Ciri call you Dandelion from beginning to end; but how can you tell which Dandelion they are calling?"

"Didn't you hear it? That's right, maybe they themselves didn't notice the difference. If you get to know them for a long time, you'll find that when they call me, they lower the tone and soften the voice from the first note. When they call the bard, they're not as polite as they are to me."

Lin You was curious: "You've never thought about giving yourself a name. Do you have to share it?"

"That's for Mr. Dandelion's own good. After all, only a few of his friends know of my existence. If I have a name, outsiders will hear others calling out a strange name when facing Dandelion, which will inevitably cause trouble to Mr. Poet."

"You are really considerate. The bard must be very touched." Lin You teased.

"Dandelion" was somewhat helpless and indifferent. "I can only say that Mr. Poet and I have gotten along well over the years, and he has completely accepted my existence. Of course, this is mainly due to the fact that I usually don't show up to interfere with his life." "But now I have to show up, and I have taken over his body for a long time." Lin You couldn't hide his curiosity and doubts. "What's going on? Why can Sauron send troops to this world without any hindrance? As the Supreme God of Destiny, shouldn't you be monitoring the world and preventing foreign forces from invading? That's why the Lady of the Lake insisted on asking me to wake you up. Why can't you stop Sauron in your own home court?"

Dandelion's face was solemn. "Someone interfered with me. Not only was my strength weakened, my vision was obscured, and even my thinking was temporarily confused. It happened on the eve of the celestial conjunction that led to the invasion of the orc army."

The Yaruga River is flowing vigorously, like the world's endlessly rushing river of destiny; at this moment, the surprise in the writer's heart is a hundred times more turbulent than the rapids in the river.

"Who can easily interfere with the Supreme God of a world?"

"I don't know, but I can be sure that it was an external force." Dandelion flipped through his memories and told the writer what happened. "At that time, I was facing a force of destiny with completely different attributes. The moment it descended, it competed with me for the dominance of the fate of this world. And precisely because it also belonged to destiny, the impact it had on me was unexpectedly great, so that I was unable to monitor the changes in the world in a short period of time. Therefore, when the celestial conjunction unexpectedly occurred, I was caught off guard."

Lin You asked: "You mean, even this celestial conjunction was unexpected?"

"Of course! The so-called great power of destiny, not only is the fate of all creatures in this world under my control, but even the fate of the world itself cannot escape my sight; when and with which foreign land it will intersect with the celestial sphere, I should have known it in advance. But this time, the space-time rift that appeared in Mahakam had no signs at all, and it opened in such a regular manner that I have never seen before."

"What about the power that competes with you for the control of your destiny? Is it still there?" Lin You asked again.

"No, it's gone. When the celestial conjunction occurred, that force also disappeared. It feels like the other party's appearance was a preparation for the celestial conjunction. It's even possible that this force opened the gap in time and space."

"Okay, let me sort it out... First, an external force of destiny appeared unexpectedly, then because of the struggle, you accidentally failed to notice the conjunction of the celestial spheres in time, and finally this force disappeared unexpectedly when the celestial spheres met?" Lin You couldn't help but sneer, "Such an unexpected appearance in a concentrated manner can only mean that they are definitely not accidents."

“That’s why I sent Ciri to you for help,” Dandelion said.

Lin You looked Dandelion up and down, and suddenly asked: "Have you encountered any other difficulties? Otherwise, you can contact me directly, instead of letting Ciri run around in various worlds like a lucky gambler."

"You should have guessed that the world on the other side of the celestial conjunction - the home of those orc armies - has very different attributes from our world. In this celestial conjunction, not only did the army come over, but the power of the world's attributes was also infiltrating this way. I had to use all my strength to block the other side's infiltration, and even asked for help from all the gods and even demons in the world; otherwise, it wouldn't be long before our worldview logic would evolve in the direction of 'absolute opposition between good and evil'. This evolution is likely to be irreversible, and I must not let it happen."

Lin Youxin understood.

In the worldview of The Lord of the Rings, good and evil are not two concepts, but two forces that are directly embodied in the material level; strictly speaking, this worldview is very strange and unique among many civilization systems, and it is not an exaggeration to even call it unique.

Looking at other civilizations, at least in the civilization system created and recognized by human beings on Earth, everything in the world is full of two sides; the good and evil in human nature have always been opposite and unified - even people who have not studied dialectics can easily understand this.

The Demon Hunter World, from the original novel to the adapted game, embodies the contradictions and conflicts brought about by this unity of opposites everywhere.

If the worldview of the Lord of the Rings were allowed to erode and transform the world of witchers, it would be a catastrophe for all life in this world - regardless of race or strength; the result would inevitably be worse than a large-scale invasion by the Wild Hunt or the Descent of the Frost.

Lin You was deeply aware of the danger.

"There is another question, when did all this happen? You know, I am not asking about the time in this world or the big world, but the time in the real dimension."

The speed of time flow in different worlds is different, and the only time in the real dimension can be used as a reference.

Dandelion said without hesitation: "According to the real dimension, it was less than two days ago; strictly speaking, it was a day and a half ago."

Lin You couldn't help but frown when he heard this.

That was when Lucifer lost to the Sandman and hid in the palace to sulk. (End of this chapter)