Seeing this, Annan's expression suddenly became a little complicated.
He didn't know if he was overthinking it.
But the choice between "mortal" and "madman" really reminded Annan of himself.
He once lived a mediocre life as a mortal.
Until one day, Annan gave up everything he had and embarked on a journey that he didn't even know the purpose of, let alone the end point, and became a "madman".
...The plot of this original version is even more like a prophecy than the book "In Praise of the Name of the Skywheel".
On the contrary, part of the prophecies in the book "Praise to the Name of the Skywheel" were diluted because of the inclusion of some "private goods".
However, the details of this world are consistent with Annan's initial guess.
It was indeed a "pure white" world.
——Clean, pure and flawless.
Pure white sculptures, pure white city walls, and even people's clothes are all white. That is to say, the cloudless blue sky can be a little more colorful... But it is precisely because of that "cloudless sky"
The brilliant sunlight of "clouds", all "white" can reflect the bright brilliance.
In that dungeon world, the setting is like this - they do not force everyone to walk on "the path that suits them best."
But every time someone chooses to go against their "best choice" and choose their own path, they have to put on a variegated piece of clothing or decoration.
As for this "fanatic", he completely abandoned his white clothes from the beginning and put on a purple and gray gown.
What this madman did was pretty much the same as what was described in that book. It’s just that the dialogue wasn’t as philosophical and didn’t contain as much information.
The madman did not "say goodbye to his parents", but left without saying goodbye.
He was not pursuing the Heavenly Car, but just looking for a way to break the situation - he went to various places, visited saints, met sages, and used various methods to try to complete his ascension.
But in the end, he discovered that he had no talent.
All plans failed - he could never leave this nightmare.
The unyielding fire in the heart of this "madman" was extinguished by this despair.
——Until he met an idiot halfway back.
The idiot asked the madman a question.
This question made the fanatic stop on this island and think about it for a long time:
"I said, why do you live?
"Why do you open your eyes and look at me? What do your ears want to hear? Your arms and legs are on you, what do they want to do - where do they want to go?"
After thinking for a long time, the fanatic gave a clear and rational answer.
It was this answer that saved his personality from despair.
He said:
"I only sing for my own ears, I only listen to songs that make me happy. My tongue only produces powerful words for myself. My hands only paint and work for myself, and my feet are like wild horses.
, running freely in the wilderness according to my own will.
"But only my eyes - my eyes do not belong to me. What I see in my eyes does not belong to my own world."
——The tape ends here.
Annan didn't know what happened next. Whether he really returned to his hometown and fell in love with his childhood sweetheart like the protagonist in the book. This part was not revealed.
But Annan can be sure of one thing - at least in this nightmare, the madman is not seeking the Heavenly Wheel, let alone trying to ascend to the light realm.
The parts related to the crane are actually a kind of modification.
According to Annan's timing, he watched this tape for at least four days. But he didn't feel hungry during the whole process.
"...Since the records of our predecessors can be preserved, the only missing video tape [357] should be the 'dark red' room of mine."
Annan thought to himself: "The question now is, how can I intervene in other people's nightmares?
"I'm locked in this room and I can't get out at all. Or do I have to wait for them to come out on their own?"
——But if that’s the case, how can their “desperate” nightmare end?
Annan remembers it.
All "Dream Eggs" can only be cleared once. If the "crazy" senior finally left after successfully clearing the level, then they would not be able to enter at all now.
In other words, this otherworldly nightmare should have at least one safe exit. This is probably the "emergency exit" controlled by Ingrid.
but……
Annan pursed her lips.
Although I haven’t seen the final ending of “The Outlaw”.
But he always had a bad feeling.
This feeling originally came from Zhiji - not long ago, in the portrait drawn by Zhiji for Annan, Annan came into contact with the "worm" for a moment.
Since then, Annan has had an impact on worms.
It's called "Echoes from the Beginning of Creation: The Crane and the Worm."
——This should be the unique echo produced at the moment Annan comes into contact with the worm. The sky train here should refer to Annan himself.
Based on the interference of this influence, if Annan cannot eliminate or preserve this influence in time, he will fall into an alien-level nightmare with the keyword "worm" at the moment this influence disappears.
That is an alien-level nightmare!
What Annan is worried about is that his current nightmare... will it be deformed due to the existence of this influence?
This is not impossible...
After all, this nightmare itself is related to the crane. The crane and the worm are mortal enemies of each other - and Annan happens to have the influence of "the crane and the worm".
And Annan has not yet completed the sublimation ceremony.
His strength is definitely slightly weaker than that of the worm.
It is not impossible for this nightmare to completely turn from one side of the crane to the worm.
...So, the technique that the senior used back then may not be available to Annan.
With this in mind, Annan put in the last videotape, the one codenamed [123].
——Just as Annan expected.
This last videotape is exactly where Ingrid is!
It was a dark night with no light at all.
There is no sun or moon, but you can vaguely see some dark golden outlines - huge black gears of different sizes that are densely rotating in the sky, covering the entire sky.
When these gears collide with each other, huge sparks will burst out, briefly illuminating a little bit of the night sky. These tiny lights are already the only light in this world.
As for Ingrid…
She was even worse off than Annan thought.
She had already had her limbs sawed off at the beginning, and was lying flat in a dark coffin. Because she lost the curse carrier, she was unable to use her gold-level extraordinary power. It seemed that she was in a dead end right from the beginning.
But soon, Annan realized...
Ingrid's status here... seems to be quite high?
Her eyes were sealed with cloth strips and her limbs were cut off. The foolish primitive people enshrined her in this mysterious coffin and prayed to her for wisdom - the wisdom of survival.
——In this world without light or fire, she is the god of these people.