Three days, three full days, almost every moment, Raven had to endure the ferryman's constant abuse or temptation.
"Isn't it just the soul? This is the necessary shipping fee."
"To advance but not advance, to retreat but not retreat? What do you mean?"
"Are you able to swim there by yourself?"
"Why don't you learn from those shadow dragons and fly there yourself?"
Raven turned a deaf ear to these words. If it were that easy to fly over, then the person who holds the shadow priesthood in this world would not be Mask, but a shadow dragon.
In his previous life, he didn't understand and couldn't bear the temptation of power. He wanted to bring down Tinos. After trying countless methods, he resigned to his fate.
If you admit it, you will become a slave to power.
In this life, Raven has more confidence and more time to think and make prudent judgments.
A more important question is what is a shadow?
If you want to get to the source, you absolutely cannot avoid this problem.
The Sea of Shadows Ferryman is definitely not a good person. I didn’t understand it in my previous life. After careful consideration in this life, I feel that the Ferryman should belong to a collection of evil thoughts of losers who failed to pursue their origins.
Shadows are more often manifested in the form of negative energy. Death, resentment, ghosts, jealousy...all kinds of phenomena and emotions can be transformed into negative energy.
Raven wondered if by transforming himself into the deepest shadow, he could merge with the sea of shadows and pass directly there.
He also thought about whether to turn himself into a ferryman, but he immediately rejected this idea.
The ferryman is destined to be a wage earner and cannot become a master. Think about it, that guy parked his boat on the Sea of Shadows, coerced, lured, and cursed for three days, but never stepped ashore. Use your toes to go there.
As everyone knows, the limitations of this product are definitely very large.
But what will happen if you wait three days?
Lei Wen calmed down and waited at the entrance to this original world where there was almost no concept of space and time. Anyway, he was almost in a soul state now and did not need to eat or drink, so he could afford to wait.
Three days passed and nothing happened.
"Hahaha! Do you think a miracle will happen after three days? You think too much!" the ferryman sneered mercilessly.
Seven days have passed. Still nothing has happened.
"It's been seven days. It's okay. I have plenty of time. I want to spend it with you. Let's see how long your existence can last."
Twelve days have passed and still nothing has happened.
"Idiot, why don't you wait for a month and see? I'd like to see if your woman will run away with someone else after you have exhausted your 'existence' in the main plane."
In fact, on the third day, the ferryman didn't scold him that much. Most of the time, he just looked at Raven sullenly, with the coldness on his face that could almost make ink drip out.
Raven realized that his thinking had once again entered a misunderstanding.
Shadows have no fundamental connection with time.
What creates shadows?
Yes! Light! And there are obstacles that block the light.
Raven stood up suddenly, full of momentum, and with enough energy, he shouted: "I said! There must be light!"
A gust of cold wind blew by, nothing happened.
All it took was a crow flying through the air, croaking and sarcastically calling Raven a fool.
"Haha!" The ferryman expressed his greatest disdain for Raven's foolish behavior in an incisive way.
Raven slapped his forehead: I'm an idiot, this is the origin of shadow, not the origin of light.
If you want to have light, you must not produce it yourself.
Then you can only borrow it.
Where can I borrow it?
Is there any place or situation in the world of Ultron that has the kind of light that can create strong shadows?
A crazy answer comes to mind: the first holy day of dawn on the day when the powerful Lathander, the current god of dawn, was born.
I recalled in my mind the video where the game company introduced Lathander in my previous life.
Lathander, born in the morning, represents the dawn. He is the incarnation of the dawn. He is the symbol of "beginning".
Thinking of his friendly demeanor, his golden face, and his radiant presence...
Suddenly, behind Raven, a sun rose slowly.
The light shines on Raven's back, extending Raven's figure infinitely and stabbing straight into the entire sea of shadows.
The next moment, the entire plane suddenly shook violently, as if an invisible giant hand pushed the entire plane violently, startling the ferryman.
At the same time, in the sun behind Lei Wen, countless mysterious divine inscriptions from the year of Taichu emerged. Those black divine inscriptions were actually engraved on the glorious sun. The golden sun and the black divine inscriptions formed a circle.
A strange but harmonious contrast.
Laws and mysterious auras are intertwined on it, and the sacred golden light emitted seems to melt the entire sea of shadows. All of a sudden, all the black sea water that touches the golden light disappears, as if transported to another world.
"Ah! Impossible!" The ferryman let out a shrill scream.
Just when Raven was stunned, the sea of shadows at the end of his sight suddenly set off a stormy wave. It was as if the entire sea was poured into a funnel. The pouring water began to churn crazily, began to squeeze, and moved toward the last shadow in his sight.
Raven's shadow squeezed inside.
Before Raven could come back to his senses, with the sound of rushing water, the entire sea of shadows was instantly submerged in golden light. Whether it was the black water, the ferryman, or the huge and gloomy sky opposite,
All of a sudden they disappeared.
Everything disappeared without a trace, and in the end there was only a golden sky and earth, and the only shadow road.
Raven didn't seem to understand anything, but he seemed to have realized something.
He raised his steps and strode forward, with shadows in front of him, and behind him, there was only monotonous gold.
How long have you been gone? Raven doesn't know.
One minute?
An hour?
Or a whole day?
Anyway, when Raven came to his senses, he found that he had returned to a familiar world, the original world of shadow.
Just like when he entered this place in his previous life, in addition to Raven, there are countless shadow-type strong men here.
They come from all eras and all planes, and in this place where time and space have lost their meaning, they are excitedly discovering treasures that only belong to them.
When I first came in, I simply felt that this place was no different from the things in the shadow plane. There were also black mountains, black rivers, and everything black.
Even if you search here for ten thousand years, you will not find any treasures or artifacts.
Because this is the origin of shadow, the so-called treasure is only the origin of shadow.
Those who can come here are all geniuses who meet once in a hundred years or once in a thousand years. However, even geniuses cannot understand the mysteries of this world at a glance. After all, not everyone is like Raven, who has been born in two lives and knows
The secret here.
When you cross the Sea of Shadows and enter here, you will begin to consume your own 'existence'. The so-called existence is a person's contribution to the entire Ultron world multiverse, the traces left in the entire world. That is, that person can
The time spent in the original world of shadow.
Once this time limit is exceeded, you will be trapped here forever, becoming a part of the origin without even realizing it, and becoming a strange existence that will always wander in the origin, unable to see any other existence, and only thinking.
.And all traces of one's existence in the outside world will be completely swallowed up by the source.
This is the ultimate paradise for those who are strong in the shadow system. Every mountain and water in this world can comprehend different and extremely powerful shadow laws.
Integrate these shadow laws into your own soul and strength, and you will become a unique shadow realm.
Back then, Raven learned a few shadow laws in a full day on a hill. Originally, Raven wanted to get more, but after he learned the law, the system prompted him that he only had half an hour left to learn it, and he had to exit the shadows.
The original world, otherwise it will be swallowed by the shadow origin.
In this life, Raven looked at the system prompts and suddenly laughed out loud.
Without it.
It turned out to be 3600 hours!
This has nothing to do with talent or ability, it's simply that the world's recognition of Raven has reached a level that Raven couldn't even imagine in his previous life. A level that he couldn't even look up to, or even understand.
If it were his previous life, Raven would definitely go crazy with joy.
Because time in the origin is static, even if it takes ten thousand years here, it will only be a short moment to the outside world. The only time Raven was consumed was the 12 days he spent outside the Sea of Shadows.
But now, Raven is worried that 3,600 hours are not enough.
Because there is a very special place in the origin of shadow, which is the only place with light in the origin. There, the closer you are to the center of the light, the faster the time you can stay in the origin will be consumed.
I have always thought that even if you understand good shadow laws outside, you will benefit a lot. Because with any understanding, you can obtain a unique shadow spell, skill, or even a domain-level law.
Now I'm wondering if the real source of shadow is in that damn place.
Raven decided to commit suicide, oh, no, it was an adventure.
Raven didn't know that his entry into the original world of shadows also caused an unexpected accident.
In the God's Domain, in a much shrunk Kingdom of God, Mask suddenly felt that the almost eternal and tightly defended shadow source had opened a gap. Without any hesitation, Mask immediately sent out a fighting avatar, almost
Following in Raven's footsteps, he entered the origin of shadows.
Raven didn't even expect that there was another being, playing the trick of a mantis stalking a cicada and an oriole behind it. When Raven passed by a shadow mountain, there were several shadow-type powerhouses on the mountain who were confused. They had been swallowed by the source of shadow.
It was impossible for them to detect Raven's presence.
However, when a strong man dressed as an assassin waited for Raven to pass by, his eyes suddenly burst out with a fierce light, and his figure suddenly turned sideways, turning into a lich holding a staff.
"Hey hey hey! Raven! I knew you would enter this shadow origin sooner or later." (To be continued...)