The leaves on the branches continue to sprout and grow, but at this stage it fully understands that it is only a part of the crown, a dispensable embellishment, not the main trunk of the tree. It is no longer qualified to participate in many things, and can only be seen at the edge.
Watch with cold eyes.
Old Els's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, he has accumulated more and more wealth, and has become a legend in people's minds. But he can only watch himself step by step away from the center of the world stage, even if he controls the most important things.
Huge capital can make all the difference in the market and influence the political landscape of most cities, but the core logic of this world is destined to be quickly separated from it.
Even if he, Bai Hao, Abner and others jointly constructed the existence model of the "inner world", so what?
His self-logic gradually failed to affect the most real side of the world.
He had had a chance before.
The filthy bubbles rose up and exploded, revealing the part of old Els that he hated the most: when he was over 90 years old, he finally learned how to stand aside, how to hide behind the scenes and make a fuss, and how to live in this reality.
Maintaining a bright appearance in a cold world.
Then I dragged this old body and watched how the magnificent "Aberration Era" swallowed up heroes and trendsetters one after another, and countless successors of talents rushed to the forefront and tried to dominate the course of the world.
Of course, there is always a layer between them, and there are always some things that are missing the point.
Even if the "young man" with the weird steel-blue hair hasn't appeared for many years, the fact remains.
But so what?
Old Els could still only watch from the sidelines, with envy, jealousy, and of course regret and unwillingness - why did he rush to that moment to make a breakthrough that would determine his life's destiny?
At this time, the only thing that can comfort him is that he can see, at least once, some things that the trend-setters of these times cannot see.
For example, the "black sun", or the sudden and fundamental changes in the world.
Extraordinary species began to appear in the world, but almost no one could spy on such absurd and cruel facts.
The reason why I say "almost" is, of course, that someone can...someone has been able to see it.
In December 2067, on a day that seemed nothing special, Old Els sat in a wheelchair with a thick blanket on his knees and was pushed by service staff to a hidden place in Ai City. In front of him, Anshunji
Staring at him, smiling slightly, but this is just a photo on the tombstone.
This first-generation leader of the Order of Justice was once believed by Old Els to be the person who had the potential to lead the direction of the world. He was also the person he confirmed to be able to spy on the absurd and cruel facts of the world. However, it was precisely such a person.
This guy was in his prime, and he was an extraordinary creature that made people envious and envious, but he died inexplicably.
In fact, if it weren't for Old Els's special status, he wouldn't even be able to find his grave.
Staring at this photo, he recalled Anshunji's crazy and extremely cold assertion:
"This world is false and an unreliable dream! One day, it will suddenly collapse and disappear like a bubble!
"The scale of truth is also false, it is just a projection.
"If there is anything in this world that is a little bit real, it is the 'Gate of Truth'. Only by crossing the 'Gate of Truth' can you reach the other side of reality!"
In a daze, the person on the tombstone seemed to reach out to him again and send an invitation: "It seems that we are the same kind of people. Even if we don't join forces, we should learn from each other to burst the bubbles of this false world."
I won't go to this kind of invitation.
The question is, how confident and sure you were when you talked about it at the time! But why did you waver later?
Oh, wavering is your way to death!
Old Els laughed for a long time, and his figure became even more rickety. He was thinking that even if he was a boring bystander, he must watch those trend-setters dig out the coldest essence of the world, and watch them collapse in front of this fact.
——That is the last few days he may have in the future, his last pleasure.
He has done this a long time ago. For this reason, he has expanded his capital empire and searched for paths in this world that can bring him closer to the core logic of this world, no matter how absurd it seems.
In fact, the more absurd it is, the more interested he is.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to condescend to others. He met and inspected many people, but most of them were thrown into the corner of his memory that was not so easy to find.
After all, it's not easy to pan for gold in the sand...
But at some point, he also forgot what "gold" was.
The bubbles were churning, and there were some familiar faces inside. Old Els tried hard to touch and recall, but he couldn't touch or recall. In fact, as time went by, he forgot many, many things about himself.
My pursuits became narrower and narrower, and in the end I was inexplicably focused on only one thing:
He still wants to live, live as long as possible.
Although he has forgotten what the meaning of such a desperate struggle is, this pursuit itself is the meaning of life...probably.
I was in a daze, not knowing what kind of situation it was, and a certain fragment deep in my memory that didn't seem to be very important kept flashing back.
"Yuandao, are you fifty? Pan De is younger, forty-seven or eighty-eight, which is just the right age."
In the blurry scene, Old Els, acting as an investor and an elder, gave instructions to the juniors in front of him: "You and Pande are both veterans of the Order Club. They are also experts who have devoted themselves to this field and are persistent and accomplished.
.Don't doubt that you are experts, experts who can delve into this field as a bystander - the status of 'bystander' is very important.
"I will admit that being an 'onlooker' rather than an 'experiencer' in this field is the important reason why I chose you. When I came into contact with this field, I was already 83 years old. Now I am a hundred years old, and my energy is getting weaker and weaker.
I can't think completely at all times, as if only by getting rid of this decayed body can I get a clear world. I also admit that investing in your project is to let you think for me. I don't want to interfere with professional research, I just feel that we are thinking
There can be some resonance..."
The tall middle-aged man laughed: "Mr. Ayres, you yearn for a clear and clear world, and so do I. I still prefer a quieter world."
In another trance, the tall middle-aged man's blurry face was distorted and transformed into another clearer and younger face, thin and hard, with well-defined muscles: "Mr. Luo Yuandao and I are the same but different. The same thing is that we are both
I know what I want; the difference is, I know what you need... not what you want.
"Your thoughts are probably worthless; even if they have existed, they can be erased."
Old Els stared blankly at this guy named "Luo Yuan", watching him stretch out his hand and reveal the gray mist in his palm that seemed to collapse at the slightest touch, and felt a strong attraction there for no reason.