Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 403 Rational selfishness
In the depths of the Land Abandoned by God, on the top of a mountain, stands a huge cross between reality and illusion.

There was a vague figure hanging upside down, and many ancient wooden stakes passed through his body, stained with blood that was still flowing but not dripping down, and nailed to the frame.

At the bottom of the cross, the 'Angel of Destiny' Ouroleus, wearing a simple linen robe and with silver waist-length hair, sat there with his eyes closed and praying softly and devoutly.

After an unknown amount of time, the figure hanging upside down on the huge cross suddenly faded, spreading into a curtain of shadows connecting the sky above and the earth below. Behind the curtain, there seemed to be a pair of indifferent eyes watching the whole world.

If someone could see this scene, they would be frightened by the gaze of those cold eyes, thus ignoring what is really important - in that shadow curtain, there is a strange stone, its vaguely exposed surface is mottled with vicissitudes of life. , engraved with some kind of words that I have never learned but can be understood at a glance.

This script appears to be the source of all current languages, including but not limited to Giant, Hermetic, Ancient Fusac, and Tutanese in the Southern Continent.

That was the first slab of blasphemy!
Under the shadow, the viscous but illusory black liquid rushed and dispersed, and an infinite sea that seemed to contain all colors and possibilities emerged. It seemed to be within reach, and vaguely echoed with the sound of illusory tides.

This means that the 'True Creator' has completed initial control over the first blasphemous slate and the Sea of ​​Chaos.

Although it is still far from fully accommodating the Sea of ​​Chaos, it is still enough for the 'True Creator' to have the power to surpass the dual-path True God with the blessing of the first blasphemous stone tablet.

This kind of strength was enough for Him to compete with Adam.

In addition, He has the natural advantage of the source material, which is enough to stabilize Adam's head during the competition.

And if they want to unite, both he and Adam must make sacrifices:

Either one of the egos dies completely, or both parties give up some of themselves.

Therefore, both Adam and the true Creator have been competing for who can obtain the dominance after 'fusion'.

Adam hopes to use the 'Sea of ​​Chaos' as the source and himself as the pillar to 'imagine' three uniqueities and incorporate them into this system!

Under this premise, the new ones will transcend the limitations of the sequence and become half of the old ones.By then, they will be able to crush the 'Storm Lord' and other gods with their own strength, and take back their authority one by one.

The pie is painted well, but the 'True Creator' does not eat it.

Because He doesn't need to use "utopia" as a pillar, he can also achieve it by using "The Hanged Man" as a pillar.

Rather, using the 'Hanged Man' as the 'pillar' is the optimal solution.

Because the Old One corresponding to the 'Sea of ​​Chaos' is God, the Creator, the Creator, the Omniscient and Almighty, and the Lord of the Star World.

The key point here is 'omniscient and omnipotent'. Only the omniscient and omnipotent is God, the Creator, the Creator and the Lord of the Star Realm!

In other words, it was destined from the beginning that 'omniscient and omnipotent' is the best cornerstone - 'White Tower' corresponds to omniscience, and 'The Hanged Man' corresponds to omnipotence.And these two paths already have a certain corresponding relationship, because they are omniscient, they are omnipotent, and because they are omnipotent, they are omniscient.

And whether it is the 'sun', the 'tyrant' or the 'ideologue', they are only supplements to the omniscience and omnipotence!
Just like the 'God' of the past, He takes 'omniscience' as the cornerstone and 'omnipotence' as a supplement.

So when the 'Ancient Sun God' fell, his plan was to use the 'Dark Angel' Sasril as the cornerstone to accommodate other pathways.In comparison, although the 'Utopian Angel' Adam was also part of the resurrection plan, he was nothing more than a casual move arranged by the 'Ancient Sun God' in this world.

For thousands of years, the focus of the competition between the 'True Creator' and Adam has been on the first 'blasphemous slate'. Whoever can obtain the first 'blasphemous slate' will be able to master the 'Sea of ​​Chaos' and obtain initiative.

In other words, when the 'True Creator' obtained the first blasphemous tablet, this competition was actually over.

Because the initiative is already in the hands of the 'True Creator', it is undoubtedly appropriate for Him to gain the leadership of the integration.

But Adam didn't want to give in so easily, so after he became the 'Imaginary', he did not immediately come to the 'True Creator' to fuse with him. Instead, he went to hunt the 'Eternal Fierce Sun' privately and seize his authority to become a dual-path true god. .

In this way, Adam would have enough strength to continue to compete with the true Creator, instead of taking the initiative to 'fuse' with him.

Because Adam represents the pure divinity of the 'ancient sun god', and the 'true creator' is the embodiment of negative personality and extreme emotions.Although this also allowed the 'True Creator' to inherit human nature, in Adam's eyes, this was the fact that the 'True Creator' went crazy.

Divinity often also means absolute rationality. Under this kind of rational thinking, Adam actually does not care about his own survival.So He doesn't care who will be the leader after the fusion, even if the fused 'Adam' dies because of this, it doesn't matter.

However, Adam's reason kept telling him that the True Creator has gone crazy, and it is definitely not a good thing to let a crazy 'True Creator' gain dominance.In terms of the integration of the two parties, the most perfect choice is to let Him, who is absolutely rational, take the lead.

That's why He still insists that using 'Imaginary' as the cornerstone is the best solution even though he knows that 'omniscience and omnipotence' is the best cornerstone.Because the 'omniscience' is not in their hands, and the 'omnipotence' has gone crazy, only the absolutely rational 'utopia' is qualified to inherit everything.

From the perspective of the true Creator, Adam's behavior was somewhat of a sore loser, and He was unwilling to admit his failure.

But in Adam's eyes, he has not failed yet, and obtaining the 'Sun' path is the best proof - he is still competitive enough.

But the more He behaves like this, the more the True Creator feels that He cannot afford to lose.

The former 'ancient sun god' had already studied and understood one thing——

That is, there is no ritual for becoming the old days, because no ritual can change the awakening of the original will.

But the order of accommodation can improve self-awareness to a certain extent and enhance the success rate of things!
It is the optimal sequence to first become Sequence 0 of a pathway, then to control and integrate the essence, and finally to accommodate other uniqueness.

Becoming a dual-path true god, controlling the fusion source, and then accommodating the remaining uniqueness is neither a good nor a bad sequence.

Not fusing the source material until the last step is the worst choice.

The 'True Creator' is the optimal solution. He is Sequence 0 of the 'Hanged Man' pathway, and he has also completed control of the source of matter.Under this premise, He can easily integrate the 'Imaginary' and other paths to return to the 'old days'.

And 'Adam' is already a dual-path true god, and he can only take the second path.

Even since neither He nor the True Creator is willing to give in, He is likely to choose to take the third path - first find a way to accommodate the 'tyrant' pathway, and then use the strength of the three-path True God to force the True Creator to compromise.

However, the true Creator represents human nature, even the human form that Adam viewed as 'fallen' and 'crazy'.Therefore, He could not think rationally like Adam, nor could He give up himself and take the initiative to make Adam's wedding dress while having an advantage.Therefore, the more 'rational' Adam was, the more angry he made the True Creator, and the more unacceptable Adam was as the leader.

That's why He ignored the 'initial' erosion and strengthened his control over the source material again and again, thereby completely overpowering Adam in the future.

This is an endless loop.

And Adam, of course he knew this.

And he knew very well that although he was lucky enough to obtain the 'Sun' path, it was because the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' was too stupid. He didn't even know which side he should be on - the God of War and the Lord of Steam were on the same side because There was Adam doing the matchmaking.

Adam promised to help the 'God of War' hunt the 'Night Goddess' and to help the 'Lord of Steam' hunt the 'Hidden Sage'.

Regardless of whether He did it or not, at least He fulfilled his promise, and both the God of War and the Lord of Steam believed in His promise.

The only exception is the 'Eternal Blazing Sun'. He naively thought that he had the right to dominate the battle between gods, and thought that the 'Lord of Steam' would help him hunt the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom'.But he never thought that the allies he thought were actually his enemies were the reasons why he fell at the hands of Adam.

Compared with the 'Eternal Fierce Sun', whether it is the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom' or the 'Lord of Storms', they all have a common backer.And this backing is too strong. Even if Adam merges with the true Creator, there is no complete certainty that he can kill the 'Storm Lord' under the protection of that backing, even if they also have corresponding allies.

Therefore, this is almost the limit now.

Adam's own limit is the dual-path true god, and it is no longer possible to go further.

Therefore, if He wants to gain an advantage in the future competition with the 'True Creator', He must start from other directions.

For example--

flame.

Under the huge cross, Ourolius suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance.

Due to the divine war that once broke out, the land abandoned by the gods was almost reduced to a scorched earth, shrouded in darkness all day long. Only the occasional lightning across the sky could bring some light to this world.The time period when lightning is frequent is also considered to be daytime by the people in the Land Abandoned by God.

Such a situation, not to mention Ourolius, not even the True Creator can solve it.

It's not that you don't want to, it's that you can't.

For the True Creator, who is rejected by the Seven Gods, the number of believers is crucial.

The vast area of ​​the God's Abandoned Land is undoubtedly a blue ocean for the development of believers, but the premise is that the God's Abandoned Land must first be transformed back to the 'Eastern Continent'.

However, the current situation in the Land Abandoned by the Gods is entirely caused by the joint efforts of six of the Seven Gods.Therefore, if we want to solve the dilemma here, the six of them must personally take action.

But since the Seven Gods have joined forces to seal the true Creator in the land abandoned by the gods, how can they leave a prosperous Eastern Continent for Him?

And such a continent shrouded in pollution from the power of the Six Gods has no development value no matter how vast it is.There are even fewer living people among them, and Silver City and Moon City combined only have tens of thousands of people.

The True Creator looks down upon such a small number of people. Instead of developing a pitiful number of believers in the land of Kanzaki, it would be better to let organizations such as the Aurora Society secretly preach in the Northern Continent.And if you meet the opportunity, you can also make a big demographic dividend through the 'Painting World' - for example, during the war, he used various unknown means to add 10,000+ permanent residents to the Painting World.

But now, things have changed.

Because Ourolius saw the 'sun'!
A 'sun' rises slowly in the land abandoned by the gods, and its blazing light almost completely illuminates the entire magical place.

The dense, indistinct darkness was also invisibly burned and evaporated. Countless monsters conceived in the darkness all died miserably under the rays of the 'sun'!
"host!"

Ourolius looked indifferent, but his eyes became serious.

The 'sun' path has been obtained by Adam, could it be that he came over?
"That's not the sun, it's the fire."

The same indifferent voice sounded in Ouroleus's mind, and the tall shadow stared at the cross also raised its head and looked at the sky.But what he saw was more than Ourolius. That 'sun' was actually a group of 'flames' that radiated light.

That was not an ember, but the 'first fire' that worked with Adam.

The question is, what did He want to do when He came to the God-forsaken land?
It couldn't be someone who specifically helped him purify the pollution in the land abandoned by God, right?

This is of course of great benefit to the True Creator. As long as the pollution in the Eastern Continent is eliminated, He can develop hundreds of millions of believers and his status will be further stabilized.

However, the True Creator did not think Adam had such good intentions.

'First Fire' must have another purpose for coming here...

Suddenly, the eyes under the shadow curtain seemed to think of something, and their eyelids drooped slightly:

"Western Continent!"

The direction of the 'First Fire' is the easternmost part of the continent, where there is an area shrouded in gray fog.Both the sky and the earth were shrouded in a gray fog that was so thick that it could not be broken away. Even when he was at his peak, he could not break through the obstruction of the gray fog.

Just like the barrier outside the world was set up by the 'original' for his resurrection, the gray fog that enveloped the 'Western Continent' was also set up by the 'Tianzun' for his resurrection.

'Initially' attracted the nine elements to the earth, and wanted to use these nine elements to return to the One.

To exclude influence, He excluded the other Old Ones from the Earth.

In order that his resurrection would not be affected, the 'Tianzun' sealed the other sources of matter in the Western Continent, leaving only the 'Origin Castle' and the 'Sea of ​​Chaos'.The former is the cornerstone of the resurrection of 'Tianzun', and the latter is because the 'Sea of ​​Chaos' is also one of the symbols of the 'pillars', and Tianzun cannot seal it.

And the purpose of the 'First Fire' appearing there is obvious - He wants to release the sealed source matter!
(End of this chapter)