His speculation was very rigorous. First of all, the organizer said that the curse could be killed, but they did not say how. The biggest problem was how to select people.
Now several teams have never met each other. When you don't know who the other party is, how do you choose the target to kill? There has to be a machine to operate it, right?
Secondly, after getting a totem pole fragment, the number is not displayed anywhere. There must be a place to retrieve the fragments you own, right?
Batman himself is a very rigorous and scientific person. His thinking is very rational. He instinctively dislikes all chaotic things and prefers to make more orderly assumptions.
The rules given by the organizer were too vague. From Batman's perspective, it was equivalent to saying nothing. Batman understood all of this as requiring his own exploration, so after discovering and groping for clues, he naturally felt that
This is the complement of the rules.
Batman obviously didn't expect that there really is a person with Schiller's broad thinking in this world.
Schiller speculated on the same thing as Batman, but instead of building a nuclear bomb first, he planned to forge a silo.
In other words, Schiller himself is the kind of person who prefers watching others shove nuclear bombs into fake silos than obtaining nuclear bombs. He is referred to as a psychopath.
The city was not big, and the runners who were not restricted by their strength moved very fast. After a while, Bruce discovered another magic circle.
This time the formation is painted on the wall, and it is more complex and larger. The paint is slightly dry but not completely dry.
Bruce immediately took out the totem pole fragments he obtained. His comparison speed was about the same as Batman's, but his thinking was completely different from Batman's.
Bruce has occult knowledge.
He immediately used the steel pipe in his hand to write and draw on the sand of the ruins nearby. He stopped after a while, walked back to the magic circle and took a look, showing a thoughtful expression.
There is no doubt that the words and patterns above are meaningful and should be some variant of modern writing, and this ancient writing usually represents various symbols of occult meaning.
Bruce initially deduced that the first layer of text in the outer circle should be some kind of prayer, and that the inner layer of text echoed the largest text symbol in the middle, or provided some power for it.
Then the text in the middle is very likely to be the key to the magic circle, and the meaning it represents is likely to be related to the way the totem pole functions.
Just when Bruce thought of this, there was a flash of light behind him. Bruce turned around suddenly and saw a figure changing from transparency to substance.
It was a young man with black hair and green eyes, dressed in a gorgeous prince's robe, holding a shining staff, and there was an unquenched magical light on the gem of the staff.
"The thick fog here has a weakening effect on my spells, but obviously as you can see, I am a mage, you can call me Loki."
"Loki?" Bruce narrowed his eyes slightly, and then he recognized the style of the pattern on Loki's robe at a glance, and said, "Norse god?"
"Prince of Asgard."
"You are different from what is described in the mythology books."
"It sounds like you are very knowledgeable about mythology." Loki smiled at Bruce and said, "You saw this magic circle, what do you think?"
"Why should I tell you?" Bruce crossed his arms and said, "Loki is called the God of Deception in Norse mythology. Who knows if this is your true face?"
Loki lowered his head and laughed again. He gently touched the staff in his hand and said, "I don't have any real face, or I have thousands of faces, but that doesn't matter. I can give you what you want."
"You know what I want?"
"You are breaking this magic circle." Loki turned his head and glanced at the huge magic circle on the wall and said, "And I happen to be a mage."
"But you are not the mage of this universe." Bruce stepped forward and stared at Loki and said: "All the knowledge you have is not worth showing off here, because it is completely two systems."
"But there are always similarities. You also used this to get information, didn't you?" Loki lowered his eyes and looked at the pattern Bruce drew on the sand.
Bruce sighed in his heart. He really didn't expect that among the participating members there would be a mage who could become invisible and follow him all the time. Otherwise, he would not have written down his thinking process.
"It's a little offensive, friend, but I just discovered you and started following you about a minute ago." Loki took out his totem pole fragments, tossed them in his hands and said, "Give me a fragment.
How about I tell you my speculation?"
"Don't treat me like a traitor."
"Well, it seems that you are a smart man." Loki tapped the upper body of the staff with his finger and said: "The location of the next totem pole fragment will not be revealed so soon, but maybe we can join forces to go there.
Steal other people’s.”
Loki looked at Bruce and said, "Your image is very suitable for use as a bait. You attract their attention, and I will hit them from behind."
"Are you a hunter?"
"Of course, as you know, I am the God of Deception, and sneak attacks are my specialty."
"Sorry, me too, but if you wish to cooperate, I can temporarily disguise myself as your priest."
"That's exactly what I meant." Loki nodded and said, "Because of my image, most people will regard me as a sacrifice, so I need a bait that looks more innocent."
"Why not yourself?"
"I've said it before, I'm good at ambush in dark places and sneak attacks. Invisibility is a very useful skill, isn't it?"
Bruce stared at his face for a while, and Loki met his gaze fearlessly. After more than ten seconds, Bruce nodded slightly and said, "The deal is done, tell me what you think."
"In order to show my sincerity, I will tell you the most useful information first." Loki turned around and stared at the text in the center of the huge magic circle and said: "Look there, you should have noticed it, that is the key, I can
Let me tell you that this word means 'curse'."
"How to know?"
"You are right. My universe and your universe are different from the magic system of the universe we are in now, but you have to know that there are also many different magic systems in my universe."
"The text patterns they use, the means of casting spells, and the magic effects are all different, but do you know what they have in common?"
Bruce paused for a moment and then said, "...energy."
Loki looked at Bruce in surprise and said, "Your magical attainments are deeper than I thought. You don't look as young as you look. Are you a god? Or another immortal species?"
"That's right."
Loki didn't care about this somewhat perfunctory answer. He returned his gaze to the magic circle and said: "Energy is the root of science and magic. The principle of the magic circle is similar to that of science-side machines."
"Some magic formations are for doing work, some magic formations are for conduction, some magic formations are for storage, and some magic formations are for output. They can also be combined into a large magic formation to perform some more complex operations.
, like vehicles and spaceships.”
Bruce was a little surprised. He stared at Loki and said, "The gods also talk about science?"
"Humanity's understanding of science is too narrow." Loki said slightly profoundly: "You think that it is not scientific to create energy out of thin air, but that is actually just another level of science. There are fixed principles that can be reproduced.
It can be used reasonably, whether it is called magic or something else, it is the same as the science you understand."
Loki's hand flashed again, and a ball of energy appeared in his hand. He said: "This is called divine power. The gods are naturally able to collect similar energy from the universe and use it, but in the eyes of the gods in Asgard, this
It’s also completely scientific, just like humans have five fingers to grasp.”
"Back to the topic." Loki sighed, stared at the rune and said: "Unlike the gradual simplification and miniaturization in the development of human technology, the development of the magical world usually progresses from simplicity to complexity."
"This is essentially because races that need to use magic technology want to collect as much energy in the universe as efficiently as possible. The more energy collection parts integrated in the magic circle, the more complex the magic circle can be.
There are more things happening, which is a manifestation of the development of magic technology."
"The reason why we cannot use equipment of the same size to output more power as in the development of science and technology is because the power that each rune and pattern can output cannot be determined by humans. It is God who determines them, or the corresponding type.
A regular creature of energy.”
Bruce nodded involuntarily. He understood this very well. After all, he had been cultivating runes in heaven for several months. The meaning and energy provided by each rune were determined by angels and had nothing to do with humans.
"In this case, if the church wants to gain more power, it will have to use more runes. And the more it develops, the more ways it can find ways to combine runes without making mistakes, and the magic circle will naturally become more and more complex.
The more complicated it is.”
"This pattern is obviously like this, it integrates many parts of energy collection and transmission through another part, all gathered on the central most words."
Loki looked down at the totem fragments in his hand again and said: "There are so many parts used to collect energy, and where does the energy come from?"
Bruce also took a look at the fragments in his hand. Anyone who was not blind could see that the totem pole fragments and the magic circle used the same words and patterns.
But the paint hasn't even dried yet.
"This is another piece of ironclad evidence." Loki smiled and said, "Don't forget that this rule exists because we are here, so of course this cannot be a product left over from ancient times."
Then he turned to look at the street in the distance and said: "I guess this totem pole and this magic circle are the relics of an ancient civilization that has been forgotten by this civilization. I'm afraid we will see more of this in the city.
clue."
"Does this have something to do with the dense fog?" Bruce walked to Loki's side, turned to look at him and said, "Don't tell me you didn't expect that the key to victory in the game is probably the danger in the dense fog."
"I also made this speculation, but there are too few clues now." Loki fumbled with the fragments of the totem pole with his thumb and said: "But at least we now know that if we collect the fragments, we will get them to this magic circle.
, only the magic circle can extract the energy from the totem fragments and pour it into the designated contestants."
"Would that kill him?"
"I'm afraid so." Loki looked back at Bruce and said, "But don't tell me you haven't thought about it. Maybe this energy can be used to do other things."
The two of them looked at each other and saw the ambition and desire in each other's eyes. It was never their choice to play the game according to the rules. It was their choice to break the rules and take the initiative in their own hands.
The two people who had determined the direction of exploration turned around without hesitation, and if you slowly looked up along the magic circle, you could see that Schiller standing on the roof of the building looked at the backs of Loki and Bruce who turned to leave, revealing
