Chapter 112 'Praise the Name of the Heavenly Chariot'
Just looking at the pages, which were as textured as stone and jade, Annan confirmed that this should be an original classic.
Just looking at its cover, Annan felt a heavy weight in his brain. It was like sore muscles after exercise...
Annan has certainly experienced this feeling.
Some time after his original work, I would have a similar feeling.
Just like after eating too much, you may even feel a little nauseous when you see delicious food. This is actually a warning from the brain to the body, indicating "no more food"... otherwise, you will be like a goldfish and be starved to death by food.
This can also be understood as the "cooling time" of the original code.
Frederic must have read the book "The Law of Similarity and Predictive Dreams" before, and then fell into a coma and entered a nightmare?
Could it be that the previous one was his precognitive dream?
Annan thought.
At this moment, a new introduction plot flashed before Annan's eyes:
[Frederick fell into a nightmare after reading the original book "The Law of Similarity and Predictive Dreams"]
【——A deserted street】
【——Severed friendship】
【——The Conspiracy of the Gods】
【——The lost lover】
【Did he foresee the future in the past? 】
[Or maybe the future is remembering the past before dying? 】
[There is only one thing that Frederick knows...]
[According to the development in the "prophecy", Ingrid is about to face misfortune]
[And he will do everything he can to prevent that unfortunate future from coming]
After reading the introduction plot in front of him, Annan finally unfolded a large data flow in front of him:
[Main mission: Change destiny]
[Prevent Ingrid from acting alone]
Below a main task, there is a side task that serves as a reminder.
Annan finally remembered.
Why did he feel an inexplicable sense of disobedience before...
It's not because of the deserted streets.
It's not because there are any foreign objects around.
Or he realized that he was in a dream...
Just because he has come into contact with the most critical character "Justus"... But what about his main mission?
Why didn't it come out?
Annan has indeed seen this kind of situation, that is, in "Nightmare: Gallery", the external part is just a location for selecting levels.
Now it seems that maybe it was just Frederick's precognitive dream - probably.
But if it was just his precognitive dream, it seems impossible to explain why the prompts when entering included both Frederick and Justus...
"Ahem."
At this moment, Annan heard a slight cough.
He noticed that the expressions of Justus and Ingrid suddenly became serious and nervous. So if he realized something, he immediately stood up and looked in the direction of the sound.
What came face to face was an old man with light steps.
His long gray messy hair is spread down to his shoulders, and he wears purple clothing similar to the togas of ancient Romans. His gray pupils are as leisurely and calm as water. He wears gray cloth shoes and a dark gray t-shirt from his left shoulder to his right waist.
Wearing a lace belt, her face was filled with a smile, and her body exuded a faint smell of alcohol.
"--professor."
The three of them responded in unison.
When the old man saw the three of them, he couldn't help but smile.
The moment he laughed, Annan smelled a hint of intoxicating alcohol. It was not considered the smell of alcohol. It was obviously pouring out of his mouth, but it was so intoxicating... that even the slightest smell made Annan's mind a little confused.
, cheeks feel a little hot.
"——I just said, why do you feel that the spinning thread is being touched? It's actually a distinguished guest coming..."
Like a drunken old man, he showed a genuine and cheerful smile to the three of them. Like an exaggerated dramatic actor, he put the middle finger and ring finger of his right hand against his chest and leaned forward slightly.
Seeing this, Justus and Ingrid were a little at a loss.
But Annan's heart suddenly tightened.
Because he saw the gold rings on the old man's fingers.
He realized the true identity of the drunken old man in front of him.
——Professor Gray, Seti.
In this era, he should be the second most iconic wizard in the world.
He seemed to have figured out Annan's true identity at the same time... so he called him "distinguished guest" with some intention and saluted him funny like a clown.
"So wonderful."
Old Seti circled around them and sniffed their scent, as if savoring delicious food, and narrowed his eyes happily: "It's the fragrance emitted by insects escaping from cobwebs.
"Is he an escapee? A savior? A betrayer? Or a self-paralyzed 'saint'?"
The old man had something to say.
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Justus and the others could not understand it completely, they could only understand a small part.
Ingrid explained in a panic: "Professor! Frederick really entered a nightmare... It's true! It's just that he woke up again -"
When she said this, she gently pulled the little finger of Annan's right hand and whispered in a pleading voice: "Please tell me..."
"That's right, Professor!"
Justus' voice was so loud that he immediately overwhelmed Ingrid.
He shouted: "Frey really fell asleep! It's very dangerous!"
Hearing this, Professor Gray just smiled slightly.
He looked at Annan with a smile: "Did you dream... or did you wake up from a dream?"
"I had a nightmare first and then woke up from the nightmare."
Ingrid on the side quickly waved her hands and explained.
Annan was just silent for a while.
He asked tentatively: "What do you think?"
"I don't think so, I want you to think so."
Professor Gray said slowly.
He stared at Annan's pupils: "You want to block hatred and misfortune. But that is wrong.
"You think so because you have the heart of a dragon. The heart of a dragon is powerful, stronger than a wolf's heart, stronger than a human's heart, and stronger than a lion's heart. But humans don't have such a powerful heart...
Only hatred can give people lasting strength.
"We are only mortals, not dragons."
Annan was silent.
He slowly raised his head and stared at Professor Gray.
He became more and more certain...the gray pupils of "Professor Gray" had penetrated Frederick's body and saw his inner essence.
But Justice and the others obviously didn't understand.
Instead, Justus looked at Professor Gray with shining eyes - Professor Gray's views on the surface did sound "cool" to a young man. But he obviously did not understand what Professor Gray was implying.
This is a cross-border dialogue that transcends the gap between dreams and reality and spans decades.
"What's your opinion?"
After a moment of silence, Annan asked.
Restricted by the restriction that "the person in the dream cannot express that he has realized that this is a nightmare", Professor Gray could not speak directly to Annan. He could only convey his ambiguous will to Annan in a roundabout way of "not speaking human words".
In other words, it is up to Annan himself to realize it.
...The last person who saw that he was the person in the dream seems to be the person in the mirror now.
From this point of view, Professor Gray and Michelangelo don't seem to be much different...
The corners of Professor Gray's mouth raised slightly.
His gray pupils were full of smiles, but no human figure was reflected in them.
He chanted to himself: "Let me go to the grave safely - you just need to pray.
"Unfortunate people will sacrifice themselves in the furnace of misfortune. My hands will be burned and become strong; my feet will be burned and become strong; my pupils will be burned like glass and become strong."
Watch the sky train."
"...This seems to be a poem from Winter?"
In the silence, Ingrid guessed aloud.
Seti looked at her with a smile.
"What about the back? Do you remember, Ingrid?"
"——I gaze at the sun, seeking the light sealed in my eyes."
Annan instead opened his mouth and continued in a cold voice: "But when I look at the sun, all I shed is tears... I know in my heart that I am just a mortal thing.
“In the furnace of the light world, my body was finally burned, my teeth rotted, and my skin and flesh dissolved——
“I weep over this—that I am mortal!”
In "Nightmare: Kiss of the Wolf," he heard fragments of the poem.
Later, with the help of Zhiji, he found the full text of this long poem.
What it tells is the story of a madman who fanatically pursues the "Heavenly Car" and deliberately tortures himself with the pain of the mortal world, hoping to become otherworldly and ascend to the light realm along with the "Heavenly Car".
This knowledge has weight. Therefore, many people believe that this is a hint to those extraordinary people who have no talents but pursue the path to becoming gods.
——Because the sublimation ceremony itself is usually compared to a "celestial carriage". The process of a god's ascension is likened to "being sent into the light realm by a heavenly carriage".
What Professor Gray recited was the content at the beginning of the poem.
The madman bid farewell to his parents... full of confidence and ready to embark on the journey of pursuing pain.
What Annan responded to is close to two-thirds of the way. It tells the story of a madman who, after going through many hardships, realizes that he is still a mortal who cannot ride on the heavenly chariot, so he loses all hope.
This is usually considered by ritual masters, and what it implies is that even if you have a strong desire, if you do not step into the golden stage, you will still be unable to ascend, but will instead self-destruct.
Annan will remember the content of this poem because of its name.