Neither Longjing Cha nor Annan are the kind of people who like to dawdle.
After Longjing Cha inquired about the situation from Lord Yin, he directly sent the video to Annan.
After Annan had a showdown with the players before, Annan also "added friends" with many more active and close players.
In this way, if Annan needs to find someone, he doesn't have to spend a long time finding a player, and then asking them to call one by one to pass on the message... Even if they are not online, Annan can talk to them directly.
After receiving such important information from Longjing Tea.
Annan did not hesitate for long and made his decision immediately.
He decided to welcome "Black Annan" back.
Because Annan himself knew very well that when he cut off his old self, he was actually trying to "reawaken his righteous heart", not because his past self was evil.
What he really needs is to "get a new Annan" rather than "get rid of an old Annan". The means cannot be regarded as the end. Now that this goal has been achieved, it is time to make himself whole again.
What really makes Annan unable to ignore is not that he may gradually lose his humanity and his personality will be filled with divinity...
Although Annan has always felt that he is an ordinary person, he has never felt that he is normal. From a long time ago, even when he was on earth, he has been forcibly restraining himself with "morals" and "rules" made by himself.
Behavior. If not, he might even become a pleasure offender.
Annan certainly does not believe that this kind of behavior has anything to do with "human nature."
If we can achieve better results and make people all over the world happier, it doesn't matter even if we give up our own humanity.
This is a simple utilitarian philosophy that pursues "the greatest good". It does not consider motives and means, but only considers the impact of results.
It is the same as the [good path] that the elves believe in, pursuing "the best life" and "the best death".
What really moved Annan's heart and decided to make himself whole again was that Annan suddenly thought of a possibility.
Annan and Worm met before because of Paper Princess. Worm stole all of Annan's talents and created a "replica of Annan" as his human form.
Objectively speaking, it is impossible for Annan to defeat an enemy who is exactly the same as himself, has the same thinking mode, the same wisdom and strength, but at the same time has an extra part of the power that belongs to the "worm".
Because any of Annan's thoughts are part of the other's calculations. They are too similar, so they can guess what the other plans to do... In this case, neither resourcefulness nor desperate efforts have any meaning.
But if you find yourself that has been forgotten, the situation will be different.
In this case, Annan and the worm are half similar and half different. Annan and the worm are back on the same level!
This may be the only chance to defeat the worm.
As for the Heart of Justice, it is different from what Yin Jue and the players think.
Annan has absolute confidence.
This confidence comes from Annan's understanding of himself.
Even if he holds the Heart of Winter and has survived in this world for more than ten years...if it is Annan, he will never fall. Even if he regains the part of "Black Annan", it will not change Annan's current situation.
determination.
That's a very simple, heartfelt thought.
Just like other gods...
He wants to make the world a better place and make people happy and healthy.
He wants to maintain justice so that good people will be rewarded with good things and evil people will be punished with evil things.
But at the same time, Annan does not intend to take away "people's ability to do evil" and turn the world into a utopia. Because people also have the right to atone and regret, and they also have the ability to correct mistakes and learn from their mistakes. That is what humans are.
The only thing that made Annan hesitate was about the Three Sirens.
According to Professor Bai Chiron.
At the peak of the Elf Empire, the Elf Emperor without the Heart of Winter could forcibly hold the Three Sirens with his own will. This shows that it is indeed possible for a complete personality to control the Three Sirens.
Ren's.
Annan actually feels that his willpower is not weak.
But he was unable to hold the Three Sirens in the form of the "Faint Lord"... Even if the Three Sirens now had become the "Two Sirens" and one-third of the curse wrapped around them was missing, this was still the case.
.
The graysmith raised a possibility:
"This may be due to an imbalance in your personality."
"Out of balance?"
"Yes. Because of the influence of the Heart of Winter, regardless of whether it is reversed or not, the Heart of Winter makes you extreme and incomplete.
“You are either unable to feel happiness and joy, or you are unable to feel fear and pain, just like the human body has lost its ability to regulate balance.
"The so-called strong will is not a cold and heartless heart like steel, but the ability to overcome fear and suppress joy."
"That is to say... Do you have to wait until I dig out the Heart of Winter and transplant the Heart of Justice to achieve two-in-one?"
Annan asked.
The graysmith shook his head: "That's not necessary. Because what you once forgot is a complete personality... Even if he is in your body for a period of time, as long as it is not too long, he will not be reversed and assimilated by you today.
.And in this case, it is very simple and I can put the 'past you' back into this body without any rituals.
"But I think what you really need is not to have two completely different personalities exist in the same body, but to completely integrate them, right?"
"Yes."
Annan nodded: "If you just find the past me, then it is meaningless. Because 'I' chose self-sacrifice back then, then there is no hope that I can be rescued by the future 'me'. Resurrection must have its meaning."
"
It's like the senior and the senior have completed the integration.
Annan also hopes to complete that level of integration with "Black Annan".
"In this case...you need a more complete ceremony."
The graysmith thought for a while, opened a secret door, and entered a secret room. Annan waited outside politely and did not follow him in.
It seems that after a series of complicated identity authentication, the graysmith took out a book from inside.
It was a thin, yellow book with pages that felt like dusty moth wings.
"This is……"
"The Egg of Meng Ning. Its full name is "The Egg of Meng Ning: The Sun Never Sets", a puzzle-type alien-level nightmare," the graysmith sighed, "Trissino once hoped to use it to complete the sublimation.
Ritual, take the Sky Train into the Merkabah Hall to kill me completely.
"And your act of killing him...or in other words, dissolving him really saved me. At the same time, it also prevented Trissino from using this Dream Egg to complete the sublimation ceremony.
"This also just allows it to be preserved. It has one last chance to use it. Now I will give it to you."
The graysmith said gently: "I have the memory of Trissino's previous use of this Dream Egg. I can start the ritual, modify the contents, and deform this nightmare...
"To be precise, it is to turn the 'past you' into a part of this otherworldly nightmare and the final reward. When you successfully clear the nightmare and come out, it will be equivalent to 'digesting' your past self and completing your personality.
of unity.
"But similarly, if you die from the inside, then the past you will occupy your current body and be reborn... Although there is no hatred between the past you and the present you, I think that is not what you want to see.
The ending reached.”
“In other words,” Annan repeated, “it only takes one life to clear the level, right?
"In addition, I remember that Professor Gray's improved holy bone transplantation ritual also requires entering the nightmare... and Zhi Ji has already helped me find the Heart of Justice.
"Otherwise, after my holy bones arrive by express delivery, we merge the two rituals? Will this affect the effect of the ritual?"
"No. It doesn't matter, because these two rituals belong to my domain. Rather, if you can successfully purify the nightmare, it may be even smoother."
The graysmith thought for a while and emphasized: "But the premise is that you can come out of the nightmare alive. Otherwise, if it is the past you who comes out, I cannot guarantee that the heart of justice will recognize him.
"Besides, I can't tell you the plot, otherwise it will ruin the ceremony."
"Ah, these are all details. It doesn't matter."
Annan smiled and said: "It's just a nightmare puzzle... I'm the best at this."