When these words appeared in his ears, Im's heart sank, because in his perceptual world, there was no feedback from the breath behind him.
Fortunately, he can still feel the domineering energy in his body normally.
Im turned around calmly, with a pair of golden pupils as sharp as an eagle's eyes, and looked at the strange thing that appeared in his sight indifferently.
The strange thing is two things.
The first is the appearance. A white sphere roughly the size of a basketball is outlined in the black mist-like outline. On the surface, only a cracked mouth and teeth can be seen.
The second was the breath. It was clearly right in front of him, but his perception was telling him that there was nothing there.
This made Im, who was used to controlling the entire scene and even reading minds at will, a little uncomfortable.
"I think you should be the 'truth' mentioned in the alchemical theory."
Im is also a time traveler after all. After learning about the existence of alchemists and philosopher's stones in the Teigu world, he had already guessed that there might be a 'Gate of Truth'.
"Interesting, you are the first person to ask where this is and who I am without coming up."
"good."
"I am the truth, the world itself, the universe itself, the gods themselves, the whole, or the only one."
After hearing such a powerful statement from the other party, Im frowned slightly and made a soul inquiry.
"No more, I think it would be better to add 'or 伱' or 'I am you' as the end."
"???"
Suddenly, three white question marks with black mist outlines appeared on the head of the white ball with a mouth.
Every time he saw the alchemists who appeared in front of him before, he would indeed add the words "I am you" at the end.
Because they are both people in their own universe, and they can easily see through each other inside and outside, and they can understand each other better than the other person in an instant.
And the reason why it didn’t say that to Im.
It's because Im is not a person in his own universe, and he also finds that he can't read Im's mind, memory and body information at all, which makes him feel a little uncomfortable.
In this case, if you say "I am you", it will be pure nonsense.
"I think the reason why you said 'we finally met' just now was because you were referring to the star gate I control."
"And the reason why you didn't come directly to the star gate when it opened, I guess there are two possibilities."
Im seemed to have no intention of waiting for its answer and continued to analyze on its own.
"Either you decide to wait and see out of caution, or you are unable to contact me directly, or both."
"Thinking about the process of meeting you and me now, I guess you need to activate alchemy to bring the alchemist's consciousness into this space to communicate."
‘Truth’ listened speechlessly, and watched Im speechlessly as he talked.
Is there something wrong with this?
It seems like it took the initiative to bring the other party here. Shouldn’t the initiative be in its ‘hands’?
What Im said was difficult to refute, which made him even more speechless.
"that."
‘Truth’ tried to bring the topic back to what it wanted to say, but Im suddenly asked it a question.
"Now that you have seen me, what are you going to do next? Do you want to use your power to rob me?"
"No, if you are really as powerful as you introduced yourself, or really have the ability to snatch control of my Star Gate, then you should have obtained it by now, and you don't need to listen to what I have to say."
"So you actually don't have the ability to rob, so you are ready to talk to me about cooperation, right?"
People who are familiar with Im should be able to tell by now that his current garrulous behavior is very abnormal.
Because he is very nervous now.
"Ahem, almost, I think."
Seeing that Im finally gave him a chance to speak, 'Truth' quickly wanted to express his thoughts, but who would have thought that Im would steal the conversation again.
"But this is also very strange. The Star Gate is right there, and it is always open. If you want to go through the Star Gate and enter another world, you should be able to do so at any time, or..."
Having said this, Im's eyes flickered, and he looked faintly at the 'truth' floating in mid-air.
"For some reason, you can't come in directly through the Star Gate, so what do you see in front of me now, a clone? A phantom?"
now.
After talking a lot, he relaxed a lot because he saw that the other party didn't seem to have any ill intentions.
at the same time.
The star map manipulated by Im's mind appeared in front of him. He felt that the star map might have some hints that could give him the answer, but this time he miscalculated and found nothing.
"Are you done?"
'Truth' was silent for a long time, and when it saw that Im was no longer talking, it opened its mouth to ask. It was actually a little numb from being interrupted before.
"Um."
Im nodded calmly.
"The general situation is similar to what you said. I really want you to allow me to pass through the star gate and enter another world to gain access to unknown knowledge."
After saying that, 'Truth' felt inexplicably relieved.
At the same time, I feel happy that I can finally speak a complete sentence.
Really ridiculous!
"Why?"
Im asked in confusion: "The star gate is open right there outside. You can come in through it at any time."
"Because that is your stargate. According to the principle of equal exchange, I need to wait for your consent and pay a price of equal value."
‘Truth’ answered him thus.
"I see."
Im understood that what bound the 'truth' was none other than its own core rules.
This time he felt more relieved and a smile appeared on his face.
"Then what are you going to give me?"
"I can let you enter the gate and gain the same knowledge as passing through the star gate. This will also allow you to no longer need to rely on the 'Formation Formation' and the 'Power of Earth's Crust Movement' when using alchemy."
"It makes me become the so-called 'Stigmata Alchemist'."
"That's right."
‘Truth’ smiled with its neat white teeth. It felt that Im would not refuse, after all, no one had ever refused such a good thing.
But Im just glanced at the huge stone door with various lines and patterns carved on the surface behind 'Truth', and uttered three words coldly.
"I reject."
"ha?"
‘Truth’ was stunned for a moment, even wondering if he heard it wrong.
But I heard Im saying calmly: "This is the first time we met, how could I walk into a completely unknown place by myself just because of a few words from you."
'Truth' looked at him helplessly.
"But you already know that I am the truth, and you are now in my space. If I had harmed you, would I still wait until now?"
"My saying that you are the 'truth' is pure speculation. If you say that you are the 'truth', does it mean it is true? I believe you know better than me about how the word lie came about."
Im said nonchalantly: "And I was forced in by you because I couldn't help myself and had no choice. But if I took the initiative to walk through the door just because of a few words, I would be a stupid person who easily trusts others."
As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.
He is currently wearing a pair of gold shoes studded with a large number of diamonds. In this case, how could he walk into the small dark room prepared by the other party just because of a few words that the other party could not confirm?
Furthermore, so what if the other party is really the ‘truth’.
Whoever guarantees that "truth" will not deceive, must not have any intention of harming others?
Isn't deception also a kind of knowledge?
As for the 'stigma' level alchemy, yes, of course it's good, but if there isn't, it's not a big deal. If you need to use it someday, just call Dean Isaac.
"But if you don't enter the 'Gate', how can I let you gain knowledge? Our previous transaction cannot be completed." 'Truth' sighed, and then complained: "You are not the BOSS of the World Government.
No, this is too cowardly!"
Im looked at it calmly.
"It is precisely because of this that I need to be so cautious. As for the transaction, why can't I continue? You can give me another price."
'Truth' replied depressingly after hearing this: "Then tell me what you want!"
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