While reading the story titled "The Mountaineer", Fisher's consciousness seemed to have entered a dark and deep universe.
When he read it carefully, every word of this long poem seemed to contain countless profound meanings, which completely filled his brain.
But at this moment, he was immersed in it and didn't realize it at all. His eyes moved just a little and looked at the note-like handwriting left by Erwind next to him, which was filled with the former Minister of Life's comments on this long poem.
Enlightenment.
In Erwind's view, the first poem actually contains the secret of the concept of "rank". If an individual wants to improve his rank, he must climb up the mountain like the mountaineer.
"The name of the first mountain is [Humanoid]. The journey traveled by the climber actually represents the exploration and control of the inward body. The journey he travels step by step is a new understanding of his own body until he completely understands it.
Understand and reach the limits of life that humans can reach.
"The name of the second mountain is [Super], which symbolizes the power that ordinary people cannot imagine, is beyond the ordinary rules of human beings, and also means that it is far away from the essence of human beings.
"The name of the third mountain is [Mythology]. Those places that are too powerful, cannot be seen, and hide secrets are all shelved by human beings' imagination, and even the gaze is difficult to match. Angels who are otherworldly are stationed here.
, conveying the meaning of rejection to the climbers who arrive here.”
"Ordinary methods cannot pass through the door of myth. God refuses the humans at the foot of the mountain to reach here. The only way to pass is to [bribe] the angels. This method that does not comply with the rules is very similar to the power contained in this supplementary manual, that is,'
Chaos'. The only way for human beings to reach the myth is to use [chaos], but the specific concept [treasure] it seeks is worth pondering."
Erwinde's annotations next to him were cold and stern, peeling away the danger of chaos contained in those words bit by bit from Fisher's eyes. He seemed to have walked on a convenient road trodden by his predecessors, and revealed the hidden answers.
Step out.
Mountain peaks have special meanings. They represent part of one's own body, so the mountain peak that the climber found was not somewhere in the world, but in his sleep at night.
Erwind and the original contributors to the Life Completion Manual actually discussed a question through the mouth of angels here. If the essence of human beings is a species living at the foot of the mountain, after climbing the second mountain in a row, if
He doesn't even have a human form, and even his structure has changed, so can he still be called a "human"?
Towards the second half of this long poem, as the risk of climbing becomes greater and greater, the appearance of the climber also undergoes more changes.
Unconsciously, the hiker's thoughts began to change.
"The body structure of human beings determines their thoughts and cognition, and the body structure of subhuman species also determines their culture and connotation. A mythical species with a high enough life level must also have a way of cognizing the world that is different from those of low-level people.
Creatures of different levels are different. When a human being climbs up the level and undergoes various changes to adapt to the level, his cognitive structure will also inevitably change."
"If they are as powerful as gods, those creators of this world who are hidden in unknown corners of the world, how do they view this world and us creatures?"
"Perhaps their perspective on the world is far beyond the imagination of ordinary life, but it does not prevent them from creating the laws of life in this world. Just like how humans cultivate ants, ants may not be able to imagine the perspective from which humans view them, but they
It does not prevent humans from punishing them or easily creating nests for them, providing materials, and changing the rules for the operation of ant nests..."
"Similarly, if human climbing is regarded as a god, then the suffering in the world can be easily solved."
Through these words left by the other party, Fisher finally got a glimpse of what Erwind was thinking.
She actually doesn't want to change the nature of human beings, she just wants to climb, from ants to humans, and then turn back and use human power to solve various problems encountered by ants.
This is a very ideal thing. From Fisher's objective point of view, she cannot guarantee that she will succeed. Or even if she succeeds in the end and advances to become a god-like existence, how can she guarantee that she will succeed?
Can I still be like an ant, thinking what an ant thinks and worrying about what an ant worries?
This in itself is a difficult problem with no standard answer. In any case, there are refutations and arguments, but Erwind finally fell into practice. Although Fisher had to stop her from a position, this did not hinder Fisher at all.
Respect her ideals.
Erwind is indeed worthy of being the genius who ended a disaster a hundred years ago. At this moment, Fisher is like a student guided by a famous teacher. With the records and thoughts accumulated by Erwind, his
The progress was rapid, step by step, following the path she had taken at that time.
This long poem actually provides those who read the supplementary manual with a way to climb the ladder of life, and unlike such a direct method of cheating, it is not subject to changes in rules and is full of chaos.
Although Fisher was given a stronger physique, Fisher's appearance has always maintained a human appearance. This species living at the "foot of the mountain" is not theoretically designed for a higher level.
So even though Fisher's rank is theoretically very high, he has not reached the limit represented by this rank.
It's like a carriage that looks extremely luxurious but is pulled by an old mule. No matter how beautiful it is, it can't run fast.
If he really wants to exert the power corresponding to the intensity of his life stage, then he must change his form like Erwind and the climber in the poem.
His eyes continued to read backwards, and his strong desire for knowledge made him eager to open the next few poems.
The next "Left Hand" tells a very interesting story about a bodybuilding genius who is keen on exercising and is proud of his extremely conspicuous and beautiful muscles. However, due to a congenital defect, the biceps on his left hand are larger than those on the right.
It is much smaller, which makes him very concerned.
So, he began to exercise his left hand day after day, hoping to make it as strong as his right hand.
Until one day, the left hand that had been trained for a long time became conscious and began to question its owner's idea of over-exercising his body.
This bodybuilding genius and his highly developed left hand generated heated debates, starting from exercise-related topics and later to history, science and esoteric philosophy...
The left hand was very slow at first. It couldn't refute anything the bodybuilding genius said, so it had no choice but to follow his instructions and start exercising.
But as it became more and more developed, even more developed than human beings, comparable to steel and the sun, its left hand's thinking became more and more profound, gradually refuting the owner of the left hand until he had nothing to say, and even began to
Feeling that life was meaningless, he finally decided to commit suicide under the instigation of his left hand.
After the bodybuilding genius died, his still-living left hand still screamed that his suicide method was wrong and not the best way to commit suicide.
An absurd long poem ended like this, leaving an aftertaste like a black hole.
The third poem "Daughter" also tells a story about a mother who had high hopes for her daughter. She hoped that her daughter would become excellent, so she desperately instilled knowledge into her daughter.
With long-term study, her daughter has become better and better, but she is still not satisfied.
She felt that her daughter was not pretty enough, her eyes were not good enough, she was not tall enough, she could not jump far enough, she could not run fast enough...
She didn't even know how she could give birth to such an embarrassing daughter, who had nothing but a pretty smart mind.
So, she replaced her daughter with her own face, the eyes of an eagle, the neck of a giraffe, the legs of a kangaroo, and the hind limbs of a cheetah...
Then, such a perfect daughter was born.
Countless unexplainable thoughts shuttled through Fisher's mind as the long poem entered his mind, but he didn't have time to discern their specific meaning. He couldn't wait to turn back, wanting to read the next poem.
But what caught my eye was not the last poem, but the vast expanse of Earlwind's annotations and thoughts.
"I have completely digested and applied all the previous knowledge. I have reached the end of the second mountain range. But what puzzles me is that it is obviously a supplementary manual titled [Life], but it makes me in the "Life"
I was struggling with the level of things, and I was never able to go any further, unable to bribe the angels to finally reach the mountain of myth.
"What exactly is the so-called [Ultimate Treasure] in the poem? If there is no treasure, I will not be able to read the entire content of the supplementary manual; if there is no treasure, I will not be able to enter the mythical level, and I will not be able to find a way to climb the mythical mountain."
This is the beginning, and it seems that all Erwind's doubts and confusions have been written out.
Below this line of text, some distance later, she wrote another line of text that she recorded:
"Perhaps the creatures that have entered the mythical level can help me with the dilemma I am thinking about. The little girl named [Destiny] once said that the only mythical species left in the world are demons hidden in the abyss and sealed by the Mother Goddess.
I should find the location of the Demonic Abyss and study the identities of these demons to find the answer."
...
Another blank paragraph, Goodbye Erwind wrote,
"I temporarily lived in the devil's dream cradle in the abyss. The devil attendants and little devils who lived here were not a threat to me. During this period, I sampled two of the demon gods sleeping in the devil pillars.
Seventeen times, one hundred and thirty times. The demon's power seemed to echo the completion manual in my hand, and I quickly found her sleeping body. I was quite curious about this, so I
I began to research this demon named 'Agares'. After research, I seem to have found some clues about the so-called 'treasure'..."
…
"When I decided to take the final step and decided to abandon sampling and directly dissect Agares' body, the research happened. Her long-sleeping consciousness gradually awakened, and she discovered that I was studying her and stealing part of her body's power.
, even though she was sealed, the anger she generated still made it difficult to survive in the abyss. I had to give up, give up further research, and leave the abyss. But she did provide me with interesting samples and knowledge, and also revealed for me the steps into the myth.
The key to rank may be used to deduce the meaning of the treasure."
…
"Because of what I did, Agares's consciousness in the abyss has been completely awakened. After waking up from her slumber, she seemed to have fallen into a rage and was chasing me personally in some way, or perhaps she sent others
Demon species or demon attendants came to hunt me. For some reason, the pursuit was very slow, allowing me to escape safely. However, I already knew the meaning of the 'Ultimate Treasure', and after returning to the Western Continent, I was ready to start experiments to create the 'Ultimate Treasure'.
Advance to the mythical level"
…
There was a large blank space in the middle. When the writing appeared again, Fisher's excitement at being able to distinguish it had disappeared and turned into an unprecedented disappointment.
"All the experimental samples designed have failed. Only the Saint-Nari sample 'Anna' is still in a stable state at the moment. But the same is true for other samples in the early stage. In the end, they will still breed madness and instability, and they will never be born.
As a stable experimental product, the success rate of 'Anna' is expected to be extremely low... To be honest, I have given up hope for the success of the experiment, and I have unprecedented doubts about the life replenishment manual I have."
"Is there a paradox in the Life Completion Manual? Even a powerful mythical species like Agares, who has similar power to the Completion Manual, cannot complete the 'Ultimate Treasure'. How can I succeed if I haven't reached the Myth? Previously, I
I discovered from the Society of Creation that perhaps each person who completes the manual will achieve a different level of mythology, but in the end they can all be called myths."
"If the Life Completion Manual cannot help me, then can reading other Completion Manuals help me cross the threshold of the 'Treasure of Life', directly reach the mythical level, and finally read the entire Life Completion Manual? Even if,
The president of the Society of Creation has explicitly prohibited members from reading more than one completion manual."
What is left is a large blank. Erwind cherishes words like gold, and is no different from the first generation of life ministers. One actually preserved taboo knowledge in the form of poetry, while the other will not complete it unless he makes a major discovery.
Contents written in the manual.
Until the text below appeared again. This time, Erwinde's text looked particularly new, as if the ink had not dried yet and she had just written it,
"The path to the treasure is no longer advisable. The Society of Creation is on the verge of falling apart after the deaths of Lord Soul and Lord Death. The Soul Completion Manual is now in the hands of others. I have to consider whether this is my unique opportunity to enter the mythical realm and achieve my goal.
.”
Countless knowledge that followed behind him and wanted to pour into Fisher's brain were temporarily forgotten. He just wanted to explore forward desperately to satisfy his desire for knowledge and to see Erwin clearly.
The path Germany has traveled for hundreds of years.
The record here stopped abruptly, and he couldn't wait to turn the pages and look back, entering the fourth poem "Ultimate Treasure".
But surprisingly, nothing was written above.
In other words, it's not that there's nothing written on it, it's just that he can't see it.
The desire for knowledge was interrupted by the sudden blank. Fisher unconsciously felt dissatisfied and wanted to continue exploring backward to find the real reason for the blank...
But at this moment, a cold hand that seemed to come from hell tightly grasped one of his shoulders, and then Erwind's iconic, male-female voice spoke without emotion.
Rings.
She said to Fisher calmly,
"Fisher, you have gone too far."
"I…"
Hearing this, Fisher's thoughts suddenly froze, and his brain, which was driven forward by the desire for knowledge, suddenly stopped at this moment. It was because of this short period of freshness that he read three entire poems of madness and insanity.
The forbidden knowledge suddenly caught up with him at this moment.
Endless knowledge and content about life flooded into his brain like a tsunami, trying to swallow up everything about him.
After he discovered the mystery of the life-replenishing manual, his sanity suffered an unprecedented impact.
"not good!"
…
…
Fisher's ability to step back from the brink was only at the level of consciousness. At this moment, due to the confusing taboo knowledge, his consciousness seemed to have lost the perception of his physical condition, and of course he had no idea what was happening in reality.
In the room, Emhard kept retreating in fear. No matter how he called Fisher, it was of no avail.
So I could only watch helplessly as his human form melted little by little, then changed its shape and expanded little by little, turning into a "viscous substance" with various strange organs.
"Fe... Fisher, don't do this... I... I'm afraid..."
"Gulu gulu..."
But at this moment, Fisher seemed unable to respond to Emhart. He just kept struggling and twisting, and his body kept changing between human form and non-human form.
"winter!"
What can be expected is that even though his body has changed due to being contaminated by chaos, his rank is still the mythical rank.
I saw "Fischer" slam open the door of his room, and rushed out under Emhardt's horrified eyes. His body was sticky, but there was no secretion, just like a smooth mass.
It was sliding like a jelly in the corridor, and at the same time, its one hundred and eighty big eyes were constantly looking in all directions.
"Oh my god, what should I do if Jasmine and Rafael find out? What should I say?! Is this guy your husband?! Fisher! Just wait for me!"
Emhart's ghost rushed out with "Fischer" in a hurry, but fortunately, as soon as he rushed out, Emhart found that he was rushing outside the prayer tower, or in other words, rushing towards the edge of the Dragon Palace.
.
As long as it’s a place with few people, that’s fine!
The mythical "Fisher-chan" rushed out all the way. In the dark night, he was like a high-speed bowling ball, flying extremely fast without touching the ground. Who knows?
Which way are you going to go?
Emhart's book cover was almost smoking and he could hardly keep up. Not only did he have to chase him, but he also tried to calm him down.
"Look, Fisher! There's your favorite Asian girl on the side of the road!"
"Gululu!"
Fisher didn't stop and just kept flying forward, making a piercing sound in the night sky, attracting the attention of the residents of Longting below. Of course, ordinary people like them couldn't see anything clearly in the night.
"Rafael and Jasmine are still in Longting, where are you going?"
"Gululu..."
Didn't stop.
"Are you going to Valentina and Aragina? Don't go, you are going in the wrong direction, they are in the north!"
"Guluji..."
Didn't stop.
"Lisa Bai Yin is not in this direction either. She is also in the north. Stop! You are going the wrong way!"
"Lulu..."
This is useless?
Emhart was dumbfounded. At this moment, he hesitated for a moment, and then, he seemed to have made some important decision.
No matter how unwilling or reluctant he was, he still shouted to Fisher in front of him,
"Look, your Heller is there! It's Baimon, look!"
"..."
Still doesn’t stop??!
Emhart really had no choice but to burst into tears.
"Stop it quickly, Fisher! Your mother, I told you not to let you read, but you don't listen. Now it's okay, Mud has turned into a ball! What should I do?
Woohoo!”
"Ugh, stop it, Renee... I almost forgot about her... It's Renee who's in front..."
Emhard couldn't fly anymore and didn't hold out much hope anymore, so he looked feebly from behind and shouted as he looked at Fisher's back flying further and further away.
Unexpectedly, after he spoke, Fisher in front of him suddenly stiffened up. He squirmed and trembled and stopped in place, and actually fell straight into the ocean below.
"Damn, it's really useful!"
When Emhard saw this, he was immediately overjoyed and flew after him without even breathing.
At this moment, they had flown out of Longting's coastal defense line and arrived about a few kilometers away from Longting's coastline.
Below, there are a few sparse "islands" of only a dozen square meters, or rocks exposed on the sea surface, and this group of "Fisher" is falling towards that place.
"Boom!"
"Fisher!"
This "Fisher Ball" full of eyeballs hit the reef in the ocean. The huge impact caused the reef to shift slightly and made a huge explosion. Immediately afterwards, Fisher
It was extremely flexible and bounced on the sea several times, accompanied by blinking eyeballs all over its body, before finally stopping awkwardly at the edge of another reef.
"Gululu..."
His whole body was still bubbling, exuding an extremely strong aura of chaos, but for some reason, Emhart always felt that he was still sane, which was different from the chaos he saw in the sky in the Utopia.
"Fisher! Wow, I didn't expect you to actually stop when I lied to you that Renee was here. You value her so much... If I were Renee, to be honest, I would cry to death..."
Emhard quickly flew in front of him, mumbling and looking at his whole body with great concern, trying to make sure he was okay.
"Hey, wait, what is this? A mark?"
After checking, Emhardt realized that something was wrong. He found that there seemed to be some sunken ∞ marks on the Fisher ball. He didn't know where they came from...
Just when he was stunned, a huge full moon in the dark sky had covered half of the sky without knowing it, lighting up the originally dark and vast ocean.
The cold moonlight continued to spread on the sea, completely dispelling the vague darkness.
Emhard raised his head blankly, but suddenly found that at the end of the reef in front of him, the outline of a woman wearing a black dress was already standing there, as if she was coming from another world, or rather
The depths of the world are revealed.
Within a few seconds, the shapeless humanoid shadow gradually became more concrete, revealing a beautiful woman with long black hair who looked like a sister.
A faint fragrance rises from the sky, stopping the tide, and the years are peaceful.
Her eyes were anxious and worried, even more so than Emhart's.
"Renee...Renee? No no, Lady Renee?! You...are you really here?!"
Emhard stared blankly at the figure that appeared, and blinked with one eye. After a second, he realized that he had indeed made a mistake. The person who appeared in front of him was really...
"Get out of the way first and let me see what's wrong with him."
Renee had no time to talk to Emhart for the time being. Under the gaze of the cold moonlight in the sky, she quickly came to Fisher's side and looked at the irregular-shaped "Limited Edition Fisher".