Chapter 1717: Vision Across Time and Space

This is a twisting and dark tunnel, dug by humans with steel tools. The rough rock walls have the same low temperature as the blizzard rising from the outside world. The night in the Himalayas is extremely cold. The cold claws cling to the air tightly and slowly sneak into the cave with each breath. Agamotto walked in front holding a torch. The gravel rubbed and rolled under his feet, sliding deeper into the tunnel. The rosin torch embedded in the rock cracks releases the charred smell of burning resin. The thin light gray smoke rises lightly and gathers on the rock wall above the head. It drifts precariously towards the entrance of the cave and is finally wrapped in dense pure white snow. The flowers disappeared.

As the fire gradually spread forward, thousands of bones decorated with rough gems and precious metals on both sides of the tunnel gradually came into view. The remaining rust on the rock wall fell off in the flowing air brought by the visitors, adding a little bit of unnoticeable bloody smell to the already bad air, but Inanna insisted that the bloody smell should come from the bones placed on both sides of the tunnel. , although these bones are quite clean - these bones once belonged to the workers who dug this tunnel, and the descendants of the workers are the aborigines in the low-altitude areas hundreds of kilometers away. The temperature here is too low, which is not conducive to the decomposition of corpses. If it is in a lower altitude area, the body can be given to falcons and wild wolves to re-enter the ecological cycle - but here, Agamotto can only put the body into boiled snow water to peel off the skin, apply grease, and After inlaying gems, it was made into a relic similar to that of the future Catholic Church to commemorate the contribution of this group of people to this planet, even if they knew nothing about it, they did not know what was sealed here.

The descendants of these pioneers have long lost the knowledge that Agamotto once gave to the tribe. They no longer know how to smelt metals and mine mineral veins, but they know how to survive in this land of only ice, snow and rocks. Their masters once showed them The power has also become a myth and legend. In the future, some kind of religious culture and national customs will be formed, until the final truth disappears.

The Supreme Mage did not follow Agamotto here because she already knew the secrets here. The Emperor also knew that he had explored this place following the footsteps of the Supreme Mage. What was hidden in the deepest part of the dungeon was the reason why Agamotto interrupted his hundreds of thousands of years of roaming the universe and stayed on Earth. In the future, this place will become Kama Taj's dungeon, where sinners who blinded their eyes and cut out their tongues will guard the entrances and exits, and many enemies who cannot be accepted and fought by the rationality of intelligent creatures will be imprisoned.

He once stood in the deepest part of the dungeon, facing the huge empty dark cave and the giant obelisk erected in the cave. The three most powerful gods who have appeared in the physical universe in the past million years and belong to different crazy gods. The extradimensional spiritual entity is bound to this obelisk. Each of these spiritual entities has ten million names, each name symbolizing the civilization they destroyed in the universe and which now leaves only ruins.

Even though the marble obelisk is engraved with countless psychic runes, standing in front of it can still feel the vague whispers of madness seeping out of the rock, and unclean fanaticism rubbing at the edges of thoughts. The air smelled of decay and burnt flesh. Every heartbeat close to here is a test. Only the saneest, dullest and most stubborn people can remain calm in the face of this crazy and twisted intellect.

He didn't want to come here, there was no secret here from him, but Agamotto kept insisting.

"For us, death is not about stopping the heartbeat, but about stopping thinking. Your teacher gained true freedom from death, which is a treasure that I can never obtain." Agamotto's tone revealed envy, "I Destined to become Weishan Emperor, try to fight against the ultimate enemy of intelligent creatures from the origin of the universe. Becoming Weishan Emperor means losing yourself. The individual named Agamotto no longer has the freedom of soul and thinking compared to your teacher. , I am closer to death. This is not to gain your sympathy, you are just my product, it is my act of desperation, and I do not ask for your forgiveness.”

Inanna blinked quickly and turned to look at the emperor. Her eyes revealed her dissatisfaction with the emperor's attitude. She seemed to think that the emperor's indifference towards Agamotto was a little too much. The emperor rolled his eyes at her. He didn't care at all. To think that Inanna would be so soft-hearted. When she first arrived in the Himalayas, she was still frightened by Agamotto's power. Now this emotional goddess wanted to persuade the emperor to accept this "family relationship" - this was certainly not because she was easily deceived. At least not entirely. As a demigod from the wilderness who transformed into a deity of human civilization, Inanna knew very well what it meant to accept prayers to change herself. She once used stags and birds as symbols. Now she wears lion skins and holds spears and poisonous snakes. She has changed from human beings. Draw strength from civilization, war and reproduction.

She became powerful as a result, but she also lost a lot of the power she once had. If she hadn't taken the flesh at the right time, she would have ended up like the other wild gods, becoming the purest spiritual energy that completely dissipated, or she would have returned to this planet. Next to the great consciousness of the planet, I completely lost myself.

What price will the powerful demigod Agamotto pay to become Emperor Weishan?

"I have only one question." The emperor remained expressionless, "What are the selection criteria for a pregnant mother to receive a soul?"

"Completely random, I don't even know in which era your soul will appear, I can only rely on Vishanti's hint. This is also the purpose of my design of the Tianyuan Head Ring." Agamotto smiled meaningfully, "Do you have feelings for the mortal mother who gave birth to your body? I assure you that I have paid her. Her soul is affected by your power, and the sea of ​​souls cannot disturb her peace. She entered the natural cycle of the sea of ​​souls."

The emperor knew that Agamotto was lying, at least concealing part of the facts.

Agamotto stared into his eyes and sighed. The emperor was too smart, and he guessed part of the truth just by relying on his hesitation-it was not Agamotto who chose the mother of conception, but the emperor's soul. Jezebel was chosen because she was fanatical enough. She sacrificed her soul to the outer dimension. The emperor's soul, Agamotto's product, accepted this sacrifice, and Jezebel became the bridge for the emperor's soul to deeply combine with the material universe. However, mortals are fragile, and she cannot withstand such power.

"It's not your fault," Agamotto said. "You had no choice."

"I'm not as fragile as you think, Agamotto." The emperor waved his hand impatiently. Inanna had never seen him so emotional. The emperor took a deep breath, then looked up at the black obelisk in front of him, and put the news he had just learned behind his mind - since the destined sacrifice could not be changed, he would do better - at least he should be worthy of Jezebel's sacrifice.

Inanna quietly breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the obelisk and changed the subject abruptly, "What is this."

"Magic." Agamotto glanced at the emperor for the last time, "It's not the power of the gods, but magic."

In the era when superstition and gods still wandered on the earth, there was no difference between so-called magic and the power of gods. Inanna did not need spells and rituals to fly, to create love and sexual desire between two individuals, and to ensure the smooth delivery of pregnant women, but she did not know how to teach others to have her power. Inanna did not know what magic was. To her, it was instinctive, something she could do by nature, as simple as humans being able to bend their fingers. For Agamotto, so is magic. What is unimaginable to humans is just instinct for Agamotto.

Magic is not science. It is not a power that can be understood by reason. The logic of human cognition cannot be used to understand the sea of ​​souls. The priestesses of the temple can only clumsily imitate her power with aphrodisiacs, copper forceps and rituals, and call this imitation magic. This is the initial attempt of humans (especially those without talent) to master magic. This idea even affects the etymology of the word magic.

Kamar-Taj is built on a psychic knowledge system that can be learned by mortals with talent. Much of this knowledge comes from the knowledge collected from different psychic races when Agamotto, Oshutu and Hogoth wandered the universe. Part of the knowledge about protection and binding is engraved on this obelisk, which is used to forever imprison the extradimensional spiritual entities arrested by them. But whether it is the clumsy imitation of the priests of Inanna or the asceticism that Kamar-Taj uses that humans can understand, it is like dipping a drop of water from the surface of the vast sea of ​​souls. Although this method is relatively safe, even if the power of the Sea of ​​Souls is used sparingly, corruption and madness are still everywhere - a drop of sea water can never be used to quench thirst, but will poison the drinker because of its bitterness - there are many corrupted people who pursue power madly in the history of Kamar-Taj, which is also the first lesson of Kamar-Taj, which is always self-control rather than knowledge.

"I heard that you have improved my knowledge." Agamotto stuck the torch on the rock wall. Under his power, the obelisk became completely quiet. He pointed to several rocks with straw mats and motioned the emperor and Inanna to sit down. "Protection and prophecy, your knowledge of protective magic makes me very satisfied, so what about prophecy?"

"What do you mean?"

"I heard that before the time jump, you launched a war at the edge of the solar system."

"Raid war, I must get the army used to fighting outside the earth."

The emperor was not surprised that Agamotto knew this information. Although Agamotto could not interfere with reality after becoming Vishanti, he was also one of the few spiritual entities in the Sea of ​​Souls that could be omniscient. Before he became Vishanti, he had written all the knowledge about prophecy in a book for people to learn.

"In my time, the scale of psychic events could be controlled, and the enemies of mankind were more aliens."

"Just like what the army you are forming now is doing. You can control the army of this era, but what about the future? Do you want to know the situation of the army sent to attack the space station on the edge of the solar system?" Agamotto kneaded the dried herbs into a ball, put it into the ceramic bowl in front of him, and then picked up the fire next to it and lit it. The choking smoke immediately rose, and the sweet fragrance that made people sleepy enveloped the entire cave. "This drug can allow the mortal body to slightly release our souls and bring us closer to the sea of ​​souls. I don't need this drug, but I can't use too much power now, otherwise Vishanti will get closer and closer, and I will have less and less time to carry out my plan."

The emperor suspected that this was some kind of hallucinogenic herb.

"I will guide your eyes across the sea of ​​souls and set your eyes on the right point in time. I will guide you to witness the battle that you should not have witnessed, and even take the initiative to intervene across time and space. But I need you to remember Live, when you immerse your thoughts in the sea of ​​soul, the most important thing is-"

"--Distinguish lies."

"The sea of ​​souls is the collection of all possibilities, and no matter what kind of absurdity will happen. You must protect your mind from endless lies, and I believe you have had similar experiences. But to take it a step further, you Will discern these possibilities personally rather than relying on the cauldron of the universe to sift through them.”

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"Look for cover!" Tita yelled and dropped the shield full of craters. The electromagnetic deflection shield generator behind the shield had been completely damaged. In the dark passage where the power was cut off, apart from the emergency lights, there was only the intense electric light released by the weapon's force field.

It is now the 76th minute of the attack.

As the advantage caused by the sudden attack continues to weaken, the alien aliens in the space station have also begun to organize effective defenses. There are many alien alien defense teams trying to recapture important logistics channels, especially in the core area of ​​​​the space station. There is no No defense measures are deployed, but almost all the alien alliance's troops are concentrated here.

In order to stop the gang jumping team, the alien army did not hesitate to use all means. Lasers, plasma and physical ammunition attacked the gang jumping team with unprecedented density. They were so crazy that they directly used individual anti-vehicle heavy firepower without any scruples. Damage to the space station. The artificial gravity field of the space station can barely be maintained, but the damaged pipes and protective layers have caused the temperature here to drop sharply, the gas for survival is leaking, and the warnings broadcast in alien languages ​​are sharp and harsh.

Tita saw a blue-skinned Kree man in rich robes standing behind a man-made bunker, shouting.

That was a Kree noble, maybe the owner of this space station!

The constant loss of tactical advantage over time means that casualties on her side are increasing, and worse, she may face a humiliating defeat. She couldn't imagine how she would face the emperor's disappointed eyes. Death was easier for her to accept. Now that the hope of quick victory was right in front of her, she couldn't restrain the desire to end the battle quickly - without any hesitation, she immediately fired in that direction, but the shield shining with immaterial oily light suddenly appeared to swallow up the bomb, and the flash in front of her The light also made the Kree nobles notice her - the alien alien smiled tauntingly at her, and said something to the guard beside it, who half-knelt down and swallowed it in a glass bottle. of black greasy liquid, the Cree noble patted the guard on the shoulder, and then ordered the other guards to evacuate backwards and close the airtight door.

The Kree who swallowed the drug raised his shield and shouted a few words at the dozens of other Kree soldiers who were also abandoned. In response, the Kree soldiers swallowed a similar drug, unleashing an astonishing surge of morale. They all raised their shields and attacked the android team at the end of the passage.

The Kree noble bodyguards rushed towards the angry Tita.

This heavily armored alien has a body shape that is obviously larger than that of a Kree. Tita believes that it must have undergone biochemical modification, and at least artificial muscle fibers have been implanted, because its size is at least three times that of an ordinary Kree. The large, dark armor did not carry any weapons, but it had some kind of emblem painted on it. It held a warhammer full of electricity and a shield, led the escort of alien nobles, squeezed through the hail of bullets in the passage, and rushed to Tita. The individual laser, which was powerful enough to cut through the outer protective metal of the space station, could only leave red hot spots on the soldier's shield, and the blocking force of the explosive bomb could only briefly stop him.

Tita walked towards the Kree guard, raised her sword, and turned away.

A precise shot from behind struck the shield bearer of the Kree guard. While Tita guessed who fired the crucial shot, she took a stance with the sword tip facing forward. In true close combat, it only takes a few seconds to decide the outcome.

【Only victory on the battlefield】

The idea came to him suddenly, like the emperor's motto during the training of the android squad.

"I have killed a hundred disgusting aliens today." She blinked, sweat flowing down her eyelids. The non-stop fighting made her body temperature rise, and the constant temperature system of the power armor could not completely relieve her fatigue. . Her armor is riddled with craters and scorch marks - compared to the assault team composed of mortals, the android team is faster and therefore undertakes more combat missions - even though she is an android made by the emperor, even though the alchemy Even though her heart keeps providing her with strength, she still feels tired. "After killing you, your master's head will be placed in the emperor's warehouse. This is the most glorious moment for your pathetic race."

She was sure the Kree understood human speech, but it didn't respond to her provocation.

The silent beast growled.

[Aliens have no honor]

Tita took a deep breath and prepared herself for the challenge.

The enemy took the lead in swinging the warhammer, and the heavy metal filled with electricity fell from less than ten centimeters in front of her. She nimbly stood on tiptoe and turned half her body with a sense of balance and speed far beyond that of ordinary people, swinging the sword forward - in the eyes of others, her movements were fast and graceful like ballet. But Tita knew that her physical strength was almost at its limit. She couldn't even stay stable after the sideways forward step, and needed to rely on the gyroscope of the power armor to maintain balance - this was an extremely dangerous skill, and the benefits were equally considerable. The long sword forged by the emperor easily pierced the thigh armor of the alien warrior. The pain seemed to stimulate the captain of the Kree Guard. It roared in anger and rushed towards Tita under the stimulation of some kind of combat potion.

Tita was sure that the long sword pierced the thigh bone of the Kree guard, but it maintained its balance, as if the huge wound that cut off the armor and bones and emitted blood steam did not cause it any trouble. She immediately drew back her sword to avoid the impact, but the heavy hammer that followed could not be avoided. She could only raise her sword to try to block the attack.

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Agamoto did not speak. His thoughts were expressed in metaphors that were difficult for ordinary people to understand, like a cloud of high-temperature radiation dust burning violently in the universe. The Sea of ​​Souls cannot be expressed in words that any intelligent creature can understand. The way of transmitting information through sound, text and pictures is not enough to accurately describe this dimension. Anything that can be understood does not exist here.

The emperor knows this place. He has immersed his thoughts in this dimension more than once under the guidance of the Supreme Mage, digging out all knowledge from the past and the future-only here can his powerful power be fully exerted. The power he displayed in the real plane is like the projection of a four-dimensional object in the three-dimensional world. It is a cross-section limited by the flesh-he has witnessed the burning embers after the collapse of the most glorious civilization in the universe, and countless powerful souls fell into the hands of the indescribable god and suffered torture. But there are still many secrets in this dimension that he cannot understand, unless he is willing to abandon his body and deeply integrate with this dimension, just like the path that Agamotto is about to embark on.

No predators from the Sea of ​​Souls feel close to here, and the souls that release scorching spiritual heat like stars are enough to evaporate any weak thoughts in the Sea of ​​Souls. Agamotto floats in front. Strictly speaking, this word to describe the direction is not accurate enough. At this moment, they set their sights on the long and tortuous river of time, and Agamotto's thoughts are ahead of the emperor.

[I have never taught the Kamar-Taj mystics how to do this. For mortal souls, this is a suicidal act. This is a privilege for demigods and gods. You will learn how to respond to the call from the Sea of ​​Souls. ]

It floats in the endless waves of the Sea of ​​Souls, and pure, uncontaminated psychic energy radiates outward.

[You chose a good anchor point. The girl is very pious. ]

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The loud noise like an explosion was close to her helmet, and the violent impact caused Dita to fall into black vision instantly.

The drugs automatically injected by the power armor woke her up from the trance of the collision, and the severe pain in her forehead and shoulders almost made her groan. She blinked hard, squeezed out the tears that oozed out due to physiological reactions, and instinctively tried to stand up straight by holding the wall. When she understood what had just happened, the humiliation of losing the first confrontation made her furious. She breathed in the circulating air with the smell of cleaning disinfectant. Without the need for additional combat stimulants, Tita almost jumped up and left the passage wall that she had leaned on a few seconds ago. Before she changed her hand to hold the sword, the warhammer whistled in front of her again. She could almost smell the ozone released by the weapon.

This is impossible!

She was breathing the circulating air of the power armor, and it was impossible to smell any outside smell! The electric current passed in front of her, and time began to slow down. She even had time to wonder why she could think. She felt that she was in some kind of strange state. She could not feel the fatigue and soreness of her muscles. The power from her heart continued to extend to her fingertips, and even her breathing became hot.

[Kill it, give this beast the death it deserves]

She was surprised to find that the burnt and smelly black blood that the Kree guards splashed on the ground of the passage when she drew out the long sword was now wriggling at a speed visible to the naked eye. She remembered the drugs taken by the Kree guards and other Kree guards. It was definitely not a simple combat potion! She didn't think that the poor biochemical skills of the Kree could be compared with the artificial people created by the emperor himself. That speed and strength must come from that black greasy drug. The information about the Kree nobles mentioned that if failure is inevitable, the traditional Kree people will take a combat potion called the decisive battle wine and burst out with amazing power. As a price, the nobles who took the decisive battle wine after the battle will die. Tita didn't know how long the decisive battle wine would last, and she didn't plan to waste time.

"May the emperor guide my sword." Tita panted and prayed in a low voice.

She saw her sword lifted up and pushed the hammer away. The tip of the sword pierced the hammer, and the force fields of the two weapons collided and rubbed against each other, emitting dazzling arcs of electricity. The long sword pressed down and pierced the Kree warrior's chest, while the hammer also shattered her knees - no, it shouldn't be like this - Tita panted and blinked, everything just now seemed to be just a fantasy in her mind, the embodiment of her unwillingness to admit the fear of failure. The burst of adrenaline made her temporarily ignore the pain, fatigue and unwilling fear, and the long sword flashing with electricity turned in Tita's hand. She didn't see the trajectory of this attack at all, as if a big hand was holding her palm and guiding her body to attack.

She saw the tip of the sword pierce the top of the hammer deftly and squeezed down slightly, just like what she saw in a trance.

The sword body and the hammer rubbed against each other, and the dazzling arc of fire that broke out caused the grating mode of the helmet eyepiece to automatically start. The flash of light that suddenly broke out made it impossible for Tita to fully see the weapons colliding in front of her. She could only feel that her other hand seemed to be raised uncontrollably.

Suddenly she was pushed forward.

When the Kree guard's visor exploded, she realized that she had pulled the trigger.

Her sword had pierced the face of the alien, and the tip of the sword poked out from behind the alien helmet. The steam of boiling blood came out from the gap between the skull and the helmet. The hammer that smashed down towards her knees was now close to her combat boots, burning through the ablative coating on the outermost layer of the armor. Tita subconsciously twisted the sword to cause greater damage. The sword with flashing electric light could no longer support the weight of this biochemically modified body, and the body of the Kree guard fell backwards and hit the ground.

"Your Majesty, watch here!" She conveyed this news to other androids in the communication channel. Tita did not intend to let other teams other than the androids know, this was a secret belonging to the androids. "I feel it, He is right beside us!"

I have been a little crazy lately, always writing and deleting, deleting and writing, but I am never satisfied no matter what.