Chapter 2973 The Morning That Will Never Return (Forty-eight)
Chapter 2973 The morning that never returns (48)
Just like when the barrier was broken, after the gray shark was killed, the surrounding space began to change. In other words, this space was distorting.
How the originally dark space was distorted, and how this distortion was detected by Albert, even Albert himself could not explain clearly. But he could feel this distortion personally, because there was a strange
The force was pulling back and forth around his body, pulling his skin and flesh, and it was pulling back and forth in random directions.
The traction force was not strong, at least not so strong that it could tear Albert into pieces. But the discomfort of being pulled in different directions all over his body still made Albert feel nauseous.
Mutt was on the good side. He had not opened his eyes since he was eroded by the crystal and fell into a death-like sleep. Albert could only hold the cat boy carefully and protect him as much as possible in this chaos.
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The distortion lasted for several minutes and finally stopped.
Then Albert felt weightless. He was descending. Different from the previous feeling, the gravity disturbance in this space seemed to have finally been repaired.
After a few more minutes, Albert felt his feet touch the ground. The solid ground felt so reassuring.
The original darkness gradually took shape. There seemed to be a forest around it, and even a village in the distance. Even further away was a spiral, majestic building like a fighting arena. These things were all hidden in the darkness, Al.
It was impossible for Bert to see them originally. But they all had a slightly luminous outline, which allowed the young tiger man to vaguely recognize them.
Anyway...very strange.
Albert walked into the woods, trying to see clearly what kind of trees were in the woods. The flaming Luna steel scimitar in his hand was originally used for lighting, but in this case, it could not even illuminate those "trees"
------Their surface seems to have a perfect layer of light-absorbing material, which completely absorbs the firelight. There is no diffuse reflection, just pitch black. Albert can only see through the shimmering light of these "trees"
Identify them by their outline. Judging from the species, they should be some kind of pine trees?
The tiger man young man tried to touch it, but the so-called "tree" he touched was as cold as a rock, not like a plant at all, or even a living thing.
This is simply like the setting of a certain scene - an inorganic, cold, object that exists only for display.
What about the "village" in the distance? Albert looked around and couldn't help but wonder. Those things that were similar to the village houses where the orcs often lived in the Dawn Region, could they be some kind of background?
In any case, Albert is now in a strange place, and he is holding a sleeping cat boy. He really has no energy left to fight the enemy. He urgently needs to find a place to stay and avoid the enemy, so he can
Mutt settled down. Even if the village house ahead was some kind of trap, he had to go and check it out. ------ It was better than camping in this kind of forest. The terrain here was open and it was too easy to be attacked by monsters.
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Although only an outline of the village can be seen, it looks particularly familiar upon closer inspection. This outline is very similar to the village of the Fierce Fang tribe where Albert lived when he was a child. The tiger man youth even suspected that this scene was shaped by his memory.
Something came out.
And at the entrance of the village, a figure whose outline could only be seen was waiting.
The man couldn't see his face, but judging from his shimmering outline, he should be a tiger man. Why did Albert think that the person was a tiger and not other big cats just by looking at one outline? Albert
There is no way to explain it.
"Welcome, Mr. Albert." The figure spoke as soon as Albert walked in.
"What do you want, meow?" Albert asked with hostility: "Could this be another trap, a phantom to lure me in?"
"No. This is a shadow created from your memory. It is harmless, please don't worry." The tiger figure replied. The voice sounded a bit familiar, but Albert just couldn't remember it.
Whose voice is it?
"Give me a reason why I should believe you, meow." asked the young tiger man.
"Because you are at the intersection between the display and the abyss, and the abyss is staring at you." The other party replied.
"ha?"
"The purpose of Your Excellency coming here, Abyss is very clear." The shadow of the tiger man said: "Judging from Your previous behavior, Abyss even supports Your actions."
"Stop joking, what kind of [support] is this." Albert couldn't help but laugh.
Before this, he had been blocked by the forces of the abyss. Whether it was the replicas of the Warcraft hunters who fought with him on the Guardian Tower, or the gray shark full of hostility and even murderous intent that he just encountered, they all wanted to
Killing Albert, all want to stop Albert from moving forward. Where in the abyss is the "action to support Albert"?
"No, please don't get me wrong, Abyss does support your actions." The other party said: "But Abyss has had a deal with another force before, that is, your creator, the ancient people. Therefore, even if Abyss supports your actions,
Actions, they must also play their cards according to the rules and support your actions without violating the trading principles."
"...Speak humanly, don't waste my time." Albert was a little impatient.
"In short," the other party continued: "The ancient people had a wish, hoping to gain eternal life and return to the ground. The Abyss agreed, and the condition was that they continue to sacrifice their lives to the Abyss.
And you also have a wish, hoping to put an end to these selfish behaviors of ancient people and stop this kind of sacrifice. Abyss has seen your dedication and efforts, and Abyss has agreed.
Then there is a problem: the wishes of the ancients and your wishes conflict with each other, and the abyss cannot satisfy both of you at the same time.
How do you think Abyss intends to solve this problem?"
"Let me and the ancient people fight to the death, and finally find a winner?" Albert speculated.
"[Competition], yes. Please don't use such barbaric words as fighting." The other party replied.
"It's a competition... I'm facing all the ancient people alone, meow..." Albert couldn't help but complain.
"Yes. You are the challenger. You must face every warrior selected by the ancients until they give up." The other party said, "But the competition is fair. One-on-one competition. After each competition.
, your injuries will be completely healed, and your sleepiness and hunger will be eliminated. Your opponents will adjust based on your strength, neither stronger nor weaker. Some of your abilities will also be limited.
What Abyss pays attention to is [absolute fairness]. If this [fairness] is lost, everything will be boring."
Yes. Albert had noticed it not long ago. The abyss was observing his every move, watching him fight as if watching a play.
Probably, the abyssal forces are having fun with this.
Whether it's the ancient people or Albert's side, in fact, Abyss can help anyone, and it doesn't matter who they help. Whoever can bring greater benefits to Abyss, Abyss will help him realize his wish, that's all.
"Can I ask a question?" Albert suddenly asked: "What do you... want from me? I can't give you anything, let alone arrange it like the ancients did.
What kind of benefits does this huge sacrifice bring to the abyss? In this case, you still have to pay attention to fairness and give me this opportunity to fight to the death with the ancients?"
"No. It's just the opposite. The [information entropy] you have brought to us is more than the [information entropy] that ancient people have sent through sacrifices over the years. It's much more. It's just that you haven't noticed it yet."
Tiger frowned: "[Information Entropy]?"
"In short, it is [Intelligence]. Rich [Intelligence]." The shadow of the tiger man replied: "Human lives are not equal in nature. Some people work hard all their lives, and the experience they gain is not as good as one
The adventurer has a rich life. The more bizarre your life is, the richer the [entropy] you provide. Your life experience is already more valuable than the life experience of hundreds of thousands of people, so the abyss values you so much.
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"It sounds like you want to squeeze all my life out..." Albert complained: "I'm here to stop the ancient people's plan, but I don't intend to risk my life."
Catch a ride and become a sacrifice to the abyss."
"You don't need it. What the abyss needs is all your memories from birth to now." The other party said: "As long as you sacrifice all your life, this deal can be established, and the Dawn Region can have a true
of peace."
"...That's it? Using my memory in exchange for everyone's stable life? Is there such a cheap thing in the world?"
"The premise is, of course, that you win this competition." The other party said: "You must know that the abyss is fair. The abyss cannot simply terminate the previous transaction with the ancients. What it can do is to make the two of you
Traders [bid] against each other to choose the winner."
[Bidding]. Albert did hear that word. The abyssal forces suddenly gave Albert a very utilitarian feeling.
The young tiger man still doesn't fully understand what Abyss wants from Albert. But he knows that there is something particularly valuable in him that can be used to challenge the ancients on an equal footing.
All of this may be related to [Principles Beyond Strings]. Perhaps Abyss is also interested in [Principles Beyond Strings], because that is where the truth of the universe lies, a truth that even Abyss may not be able to touch.
In this case, Albert felt that he should make full use of this advantage to achieve the goal of liberating the Dawn Region.
"I understand. Then let's have a competition." Albert said, "When will the competition start?"
"You should have noticed that this is a rift in time and space, and the flow of time is meaningless." The shadow said, "The competition can start at any time, as long as you think you are ready."
In front of you is a village replicated based on your memory, where you can rest and reorganize.
When you are ready and ready to compete, go to the fighting arena in the distance. Then your opponent will be ready to meet you."
"Very good, then I'm welcome." Albert left the shadow of the tiger man and walked into the village.