Cataclysm King.

Chapter 559 The reason why the emperor took the witch path

Does time flow in this relic space?

Ji Xun always thought there was.

Because Reni told him that the elders of their opera **** family had warned him orally that they should not stay in there for more than an hour at most.

After leaving, an hour passed in the outside world.

So, time flows.

But now, the witch Lanlingst in front of him raised a difficult problem for himself.

Since she asked this, she must have a deeper meaning.

Ji Xun looked at his pocket watch again. The hands were still ticking, but he still didn't find any problems.

The witch Lanlingst opposite looked at him thinking hard, smiled and shook her head, interrupting his thoughts: "What you are thinking about and what I am asking are not the same question. In your logic, time is No problem. But in my case, you don’t even understand what time is pointing to.”

"Um."

It's rare to meet such a powerful person. Ji Xun doesn't pretend to understand.

He admitted his ignorance and humbly asked for advice: "Then you mean that time in this space does not flow?"

Witch Lanlingst did not answer, but asked: "Before answering this question, I want to hear, what do you think the essence of time is?"

Time is one of the supreme laws of the universe.

Even though Ji Xun had touched a little bit of it now, he couldn't tell what it was.

Ji Xun thought for a while and expressed his feelings in an uncertain tone, saying, "Is time an illusion of perception?"

"Yeah, that's interesting."

As the witch Lanlingster listened, a charming smile appeared on her beautiful face.

She added another sentence: "Your level should not be able to reach this understanding at present. Could it be that someone from the divine level has given you guidance?"

Of course, Ji Xun, an eighth-level card master, is really nothing.

The higher the rank, the more things one knows, and the stronger the feeling of knowing nothing about the universe.

He said truthfully: "I was once in the disaster realm of the Netherworld Train. A senior named Xu gave me guidance."

Once at the ruins of Xia Mu City, he, Catalina, and Old Man Xu and his grandson took the train with the time domain.

Thinking about it now, it was Old Man Xu's guidance that allowed me to survive.

"Oh? Have you met [Bazquez's Nether Train]?"

Hearing this, Witch Lanlingst seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly said: "It's a good opportunity. In that case, that's right. But before answering this question, you have to know what this relic is."

"Ah, isn't this the inherited treasure of the Opera God clan?"

Ji Xun looked at that beautiful face and cast a curious gaze.

After drinking that glass of wine just now, he knew that this [Grey Mist Relic] was not as simple as he thought.

Its real value is not just those fragments of consciousness, nor the magical soul wine in this tavern, nor even the fragments of the Emperor's consciousness in front of him.

At least not entirely.

"Yes. But they used it wrong."

The witch Lanlingster lazily shook the wine in the goblet and talked about the origin of this relic, saying: "This relic is indeed the inherited secret treasure of the drama **** clan. They originally had a way to get in. But before The soul of the inheritor who came in was too weak, so he didn't dare to come in just outside the fog, and you came to the Rose Tavern so recklessly, thinking that the inheritance of the Xishen family was broken, and no one told you any taboos."

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Hearing this, Ji Xun's thoughts turned out to be true.

He was sure that Reni had nothing to hide from him. The only explanation was that the inheritance of the drama **** family had been discontinued.

Much of what was passed down by word of mouth is lost or incomplete.

Just like the correct way to use this relic.

And the fact that he came to the Rose Tavern was most likely due to the guidance of the person in front of him.

After a pause, the Witch Emperor then continued: "This relic is not only for the card master to strip away the distorted consciousness, nor is it used as a carrier of inheritance. The current heir of the Xishen family has really put the cart before the horse."

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Ji Xun could hear the sigh in her tone about the decline of the inheritance of the drama **** family.

She continued: "This relic is a treasure about the 'world'. It is also one of the few items left to future generations by 'JOKER' besides the fifty-four demon sequences."

"Kahuang?"

Ji Xun didn't understand what that "world" was.

But when he heard the word "Ka Huang", he immediately realized that the background of this [Grey Mist Relic] was probably very serious.

"Um."

The witch Lanlingsi took another sip of wine as she spoke, her red lips slightly parted: "The great being who created the card master system. To be honest, this relic is just a random selfie taken by that person when he was bored. "

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Ji Xun's eyes twitched inexplicably.

How powerful a being can be that a random selfie is a treasure?

He then asked: "What is the 'world' you are talking about?"

Witch Lanlingst did not explain: "When you can see the pattern on the photo, you will understand what it is."

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Ji Xun was thoughtful.

This [Grey Mist Relic] is just like its name, it is a gray photo with no pattern visible on it.

Now I understand after hearing this, it’s not that I don’t have it, it’s that I can’t see it.

"The time in this relic space is different from the time in your perception. If you have not reached that state, even if I say it, you may not be able to understand it."

The witch Lanlingster crossed her legs elegantly, and her tight black gauze skirt outlined her figure more and more gracefully.

She looked at Ji Xun and changed the topic: "But for the sake of buying me a drink, we can have a few words. How much you can understand depends on you."

Ji Xun didn't squint his eyes and said, "I would like to hear the details."

"To understand time, you have to understand a lot of other things that are connected."

When the witch Lanlingster said this, she paused and said, "How to say it? Let's start with life and death."

As if trying to describe a very complicated matter in simple language, a trace of laziness flashed across those extremely charming eyes.

She asked: "When you first entered this space, did you feel as if your soul was immersed in a different world and experienced death?"

"Um."

Ji Xun nodded.

Witch Lanlingst asked again: "How does it feel to experience death?"

Ji Xun recalled the feeling when he came in. The out-of-body experience was still clear: "Yeah. Very good."

The witch Lanlingster smiled when she heard this, and suddenly changed the topic: "So... why do you think you are still alive now?"

"???"

As soon as these words came out, Ji Xun's eyes suddenly widened.

He was vaguely aware of what the other party was about to say.

Witch Lanlingster had a gentle smile with good understanding on her face, and continued: "Or to be more precise, why do you think you are alive in the real world. Not in an alternate dimension, not in a novel, not in some high-level world? In the dream of dimensional consciousness?”

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Ji Xun fell into silence.

Because someone once asked him the same question.

That time, I met Talon's last "Light Chaser" Farlow in the extradimensional space of "Thousands of Armies Siege".

At that time, the other party asked a similar question: How can you be sure that you are alive? And in other words, how can you be sure that the world you are in must be the real world?

This is a question that has troubled Ji Xun for a long time, and he still can't answer it.

Watching Ji Xun fall into deep thought for a long time.

Witch Lanlingst raised her eyebrows and felt that she could answer this question in just a few words.

She asked again from another angle: "Everything in the universe will eventually die due to the flow of time. Do you think this is right?"

Ji Xun affirmed: "Yes."

This is the law of the universe he observed.

If you are not sure about this, then everything you build to understand the universe will collapse.

However, as soon as he said these words, Ji Xun heard a question that made him frown again: "So, do you think I am alive or dead now?"

Turning around, I saw a smile on that perfect face, patient and gentle.

Ji Xun's head hurt again.

His thoughts were tangled together like a mess.

He knew very well that the person in front of him was a fragment of the consciousness stripped off by Emperor Lanlingst.

Then the problem arises.

Since she is conscious and can still talk to herself, is "she" alive or dead?

Ji Xun couldn't describe this kind of cognitive void.

He turned and looked at the person sitting opposite him: "Can I hear the answer first?"

Witch Lanlingst's long eyelashes flashed with a slight smile at this tricky question, but she did not refuse to answer, and directly gave the answer: "I am alive, but I am not alive. Because you are aware of my existence, so, I exist."

I think, therefore you are here?

Ji Xun's expression showed a touch of self-mockery as he listened.

Didn't understand.

"Well, what should I say?"

Witch Lanlingst pondered for a moment, made an analogy, and said: "Oh, that's right. A guy once told me that it's like a storybook. When you read it, the characters in it will change. It follows the reader's thoughts, comes to life, is born, grows, takes risks, gets married and has children, and then leads a wonderful life, and finally dies. The timeline in the book is the time in the low-latitude world. So, what do you think of the time in the book? Does time really exist? Are the characters in the book real? "

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Ji Xun inexplicably felt that this example was very familiar.

Almost the same example.

Back in the different-dimensional space, the "Light Chaser" Farrow also told a similar example.

This allowed Ji Xun to see the shadow of inheritance.

The inheritance of the Light Chasers of the Illuminati Monastery is likely to come from the same source as Emperor Lanlingst!

The witch Lanlingsi saw Ji Xun's expression and continued: "Because of the reader's consciousness, the time of the story in the book has meaning and flows. It is also because of the reader's consciousness that the characters in the book come to life. . You can understand my current state like this. Although this relic space is a bit special, it is essentially the same as the 'storybook' I mentioned."

As she said that, she summarized the somewhat awkward metaphor just now and said: "That's why I asked you just now, is time really flowing in space? You are here, I am 'alive'. You are not here, I'm not dead."

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Ji Xun felt like he understood something.

Schrödinger's Witch?

It was only during observation that her condition was determined.

Witch Lanlingsidong looked at Ji Xun's frowning expression, and seemed to find it rare to find some fun, and asked: "Is it difficult to understand?"

Ji Xun nodded: "Yes."

His mind rejects things he cannot understand.

It's like seeing a high-level devil's language. There is no equivalence between what you recognize and what you see. It's a very torturous feeling.

Obviously, the witch Lanlingst said this with deep meaning.

She turned to another question: "Then, let me ask you another question. Do you think time has a beginning and an end?"

"." Ji Xun didn't know.

He read so many books, but there was nothing that accurately answered this question.

Before he could answer, the great emperor muttered to himself: "Ah, it's really troublesome to explain this problem in terms that humans can understand. Let's put it this way."

After pondering for a moment, he seemed to have organized his words.

She continued: "If I say that the author has finished writing the story, and only the author knows that the protagonist in the story has actually died and the timeline has reached the end. Then, is the protagonist in the book alive or dead? ?”

Ji Xun was guided by this and gradually understood a little bit more.

He expressed his opinion: "When the reader sees the middle of the story, the protagonist is alive, and when he sees the end, he is dead. And when he reads the book again, he comes to life again. When he opens the book Time is the beginning of time, and the last page is the end of time. But this is not real time, but the time in the book."

As soon as these words came out, Witch Lanlingst nodded in approval and said: "Yes. Time is relative. This is a very important rule in the universe."

Ji Xundao: "Are you saying that time in this space is a perceptual illusion?"

As he spoke, he frowned.

After listening to these words, some doubts were indeed explained, but the questions became more and more.

Witch Lanlingst understood his thoughts and asked directly: "Are you doubting the real world?"

Ji Xunru said: "Yeah."

Witch Lanlingst smiled and said: "The frog in the well cannot correctly understand the world at the mouth of the well. In the same way, the humans in the storybook will never be able to understand the world outside the story."

Ji Xun: "."

"Don't worry about whether you are in the real world. Otherwise, even if you confirm that you are not 'in this book', how can you be sure that you are not in another, larger book world?"

Witch Lanlingst: "If you can't figure it out, just do it and follow the experience of your predecessors. Just like if you can't imagine the scenery at a high place, you go climbing a mountain. When you climb to the top, all the doubts will suddenly become clear. This This is the meaning of inheritance. The fifty-four paths to the gods have been laid out. When the card master steps up the steps, he will naturally be able to see the scenery on the top of the mountain. "

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This time Ji Xunting understood.

The Great Witch didn't explain to him what "time" was, but she talked about some higher levels, a realm that Ji Xun himself couldn't describe for the time being.

As long as you can understand that, everything seems to be blurry.

At the same time, while he was thinking, enlightenment kept popping up unknowingly.

"You have an epiphany, 'My heart is the universe' proficiency +22"

"If you have some understanding of the law of time, your affinity with the law of time will be +1."

"You have some understanding of the laws of space, and the number of space spells in the entire system has increased significantly."

"You have touched the faint breath of the 'world'."

When Ji Xun was thinking, he had no idea that time in the entire tavern seemed to have slowed down.

Five times, ten times. Like a movie in slow motion, the surrounding pictures are playing slowly.

In Ji Xun's eyes, the drinkers' movements became extremely slow. They raised their wine glasses and could not touch them for a long time. Several seconds passed in the blink of an eye. Even the foam splashed from the wine glasses floated in the air for a long time and could not reach the ground.

Ji Xun's sensory time was still normal, but everything around him slowed down.

I don’t know how long it took.

It seemed like just a moment again.

Suddenly I heard a reminder coming from my ear: "However, that is someone else. You are different. You are taking the [JOKER] path, and it is worth my words."

Ji Xun came out of the state where he felt that the flow of time had slowed down. He was still wondering whether it was a perceptual illusion just now, and he could not accurately describe his state just now.

That wonderful feeling was like quicksand passing through the fingers, and at this moment, I heard a voice next to my ear give a precise explanation.

"The flow rate of time in this relic space is directly related to your perception of the law of time. This means that if you master the mystery of time, you can artificially control the flow rate of time. The higher your understanding of the law of time, the higher the time multiplier. The higher it is. An hour in the outside world is several hours or dozens of hours here. Even if you reach a high enough height, you will have almost endless time. This is also one of the most practical uses of this relic - [Time Distortion]. ”

From the shallower to the deeper, you will understand it all at once.

"I see."

After hearing this, Ji Xun finally understood why the Witch Emperor just said that the play **** family's use of relics was putting the cart before the horse.

In Reni's view, this relic is a storage warehouse for soul fragments.

But now I know that the true purpose of this relic is so outrageous.

Warp time?

What a magical skill!

In space, you have ten times or a hundred times the time to comprehend knowledge and laws. How can others compare it to you?

After confirming that this relic had such a magical use, Ji Xun realized that it was no wonder there were so many god-level warriors in the Talun Empire.

It turns out that this is the meaning of heritage and inheritance.

This is just an inherited treasure from one of the king's four knight families.

It is hard to imagine how powerful the empire must have been when the great emperor established the Talon Dynasty, and how many top powerhouses there must have been.

"call"

Ji Xun let out a long breath.

The chaotic thoughts seemed to be sorted out a lot.

Looking over, the beautiful woman across from her still had the most gentle and elegant expression in the world, and the dark crow's eyes shone with a faint charming glow under the light.

Ji Xun stood up, saluted respectfully and said, "Thank you, senior, for your guidance."

The witch Lanlingster didn't care.

Ji Xun saw that the wine in her glass was almost empty, and was about to ask the bartender to give her another drink on credit.

After all, such a great opportunity is worth betting on some outstanding debts.

However, the witch Lanlingster waved her hand, as if she was about to lose her interest: "Forget it, that's all for today."

As she said this, she motioned for Ji Xun to sit down, as if she didn't like to be so polite.

Ji Xun also saw the casualness of the most powerful man from hundreds of thousands of years ago and sat on the stool.

After a moment of silence, the witch Lanlingster suddenly asked: "Do you know why you can come to the 'Rose Tavern'?"

Ji Xundao: "Because of the magical and mysterious method of 'my heart is the universe'."

Witch Lanlingst smiled and praised: "It's quite clever. This is the exclusive secret method left by JOKER. This relic has a lot to do with that secret method."

"Um."

Ji Xun actually had this feeling for a long time.

This relic space is like a person creating a "small world" artificially. This is the top level ability of "my heart is the universe".

At this point in the conversation, the last sip of wine in the goblet was finished.

Ji Xun looked at his pocket watch and saw that the time had come.

He also understood now that the "one hour" that Rennie said was actually just a psychological suggestion. It's a little trick. The consciousness is deliberately anchored in time, and as much as possible, it is prevented from being contaminated by other fragments of consciousness. After all, the soul is not strong enough.

When he comes next time, Ji Xun feels that he should be able to stay longer.

But at this moment he really didn't want to leave.

Being able to see fragments of the legendary emperor's consciousness was a great opportunity that no one wanted to miss.

But Ji Xun didn't look anxious and just sat quietly.

Thinking that even if it doesn't work this time, I can still come next time.

However, the witch emperor seemed to want to say something else.

She suddenly turned her face and looked at Ji Xun, half-smiling but not smiling: "Are you curious why I took the path of a witch?"

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Ji Xun said nothing.

Of course he was curious.

Why did a majestic god-level emperor transform into a witch and strip himself off? It feels strange and contradictory.

But this is a private matter, and it’s not okay to ask.

But the person in front of me obviously didn't mind.

She took the initiative to tell the answer: "It's an accident, and it's also an attempt."

Ji Xun: "Try?"

The witch Lanlingsi rested her left elbow on the bar, her whole body looked slightly drunk and charming, and nodded: "I said before, time is relative. In the universe, no law exists in isolation. . Even if there is a single element, there must be other elements with opposite attributes nearby. , only in this way can a kind of stability be maintained. In the ancient Card Master civilization, people with extraordinary talents have long observed this law. They call this law "transcendent phase opposition". This is one of the supreme rules of the operation of the universe. The only way for a card master to improve his status after condensing his divine power.”

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Ji Xun vaguely realized that he had come into contact with some of the ultimate mysteries of becoming a god.

The beautiful woman in front of me smiled and said, "So, now you know why I want to take the path of a witch, right?"

Ji Xun confirmed: "For the sake of sexual opposition?"

He'd heard this before.

But hearing it from this great emperor's mouth was inexplicably shocking.

Before, it was just a dim light in the fog, but now I can clearly see a lighthouse, pointing the way forward.

Someone has successfully walked this path.

"That's right."

Witch Lanlingst said: "I tried many methods to achieve the balance of absolute opposites, but they all failed in the end. Until I was contaminated in some accidental events, and later discovered the mystery of the witch's distortion process. The witch's path, It can stably achieve the balance of the extraordinary characteristics in the body."

Hearing this, Ji Xun fell into deep thought.

This great emperor can choose a deformed witch to balance her, so what exactly is the opposite?

Also, is there no other way?

"Forget it. There are a lot of things that you can't understand even now."

Witch Lanlingst has no intention of going deeper.

But she suddenly changed the subject and looked at Ji Xun, with a hint of a smile on her lips: "However, I think it's actually quite good for you to take the path of a witch."

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Ji Xun frowned, looking slightly strange.

It's not that he questioned this, but after an authoritative person said this, he really had an idea in his mind to seriously consider this matter.

However, before he could think about it, the witch Lanlingst denied it first, "Hahaha, just kidding. I think you are more suitable to take the gentleman route."

After speaking, she continued: "There are many ways to balance the opposites in the universe. The witch is just one path I tried. It may not be suitable for other people. Later, after breaking through the personality, I discovered some other ways. method."

"oh?"

Ji Xun instantly became energetic.

He knew that this was the time for the great emperor to teach the real thing.

But after saying that, the Witch Emperor showed a hint of joking on her face, and asked: "Guess, why I left two inheritance sequences [K of Spades - Tyrant] and [Q of Diamonds - White Queen] to future generations. Devil's mark?"

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Ji Xun vaguely guessed something.

Are these two sequences in opposition to each other?

Witch Lanlingst didn't seem to mind saying a few more words, but time didn't allow for it, so she said: "Okay, your partner is calling you. If you don't go out, she's afraid she will come in to find you. And your Your soul has begun to be polluted by the tavern, and it will be of no benefit to you to stay any longer."

Ji Xun knew she was talking about the south mirror outside.

Because it was agreed before that if something unexpected happened, Miss Wanzitou would forcefully call her back when the time came.

Ji Xun stood up and made a gentlemanly salute: "Thank you for your advice."

Witch Lanlingst smiled and waved her hands, not caring.

Just when Ji Xun felt that his consciousness was beginning to blur, he suddenly heard a few murmurs coming from his ears.

"Do you know why I tell you so much?"

"Some words must be said to others."

"Nothing lasts forever. This ray of consciousness I have is going to dissipate."

(End of chapter)