The red moon returns

Chapter 441 Forbidden Knowledge
How did she know?
No, I should say, how did old Sven know?
No, in this memory, besides the four of us, there is another person who knows the truth.

Lynch saw a figure standing on a pile of straw, loudly preaching that the end of the world was coming.

The crazy old man in the drying yard.

Damn it, I really shouldn’t have trusted the followers of the evil god too much. This old bastard actually secretly revealed his secrets.

Various thoughts flashed through my mind quickly, and Dr. Swain's questions came one after another.

"Who are you? What do memories and separation mean? What does your era mean? What role do you play in this matter? Why did he trade with you? Why does he know your identity?"

A series of questions came at him, leaving Lynch speechless.

These problems can actually be explained, but the most critical issue cannot be avoided.

Memories, detachment, times.

If this problem is not explained clearly, the persuasiveness of all other explanations will be greatly reduced and it will be difficult to convince people.

The four of them have come all the way from the beginning to now, not only have they turned around their disadvantage, but have also gained a slight upper hand. Their greatest reliance is not their advanced experience and knowledge, but the trust of Dr. Sven, otherwise the situation would have collapsed long ago.

But what now?
Seeing Lin Qi's face changing from gloomy to happy but he never said a word, disappointment and sadness gradually crept onto the female doctor's face, but there was still some expectation in her eyes, as if she was still hoping that he could give an explanation.

Lin Qi wanted to explain it clearly, but he couldn't say it. He couldn't tell the other party that this was just a historical image and that you were all fragments of memories and not the real you. That would be too...

Huh? Wait, why not?
Lynch narrowed his eyes and hesitated for a moment, then pushed the city lord on the bed opposite to a corner, and patted the bed towards Dr. Swen, signaling her to sit down first.

"Let me think about how to explain it to you first. This involves taboo knowledge about the mysticism and the nature of the world. You should know that it is not a good thing to tell you everything indiscriminately. The key is that you may not be able to bear it."

Dr. Swen's expression changed several times, but he finally sat down with a sullen face, his eyes fixed on Lynch.

But Lynch was also in a difficult situation. Even in the era of information explosion in his previous life, if someone came up to him and told him that he was just a memory, existed only in a memory, and would disappear after a day, he probably wouldn't be able to accept it.

It was even more difficult for ancient people to accept. It would be fine if they didn't believe it or think deeply about it, but if they really believed it, they would probably go crazy. Perhaps this is the horror of taboo knowledge.

So you definitely can't just tell her that you are just false memories and don't exist at all. You have to...

[Lin Qi, I must remind you of one thing]

A familiar voice sounded in his mind, which made Lin Qi stunned. His neighbor took the initiative to contact him, which meant that he might have made some fundamental mistakes, but... "Can I understand?"

[Your willpower is now able to withstand this level of forbidden knowledge, and I am only asking you a few questions. Do you think I exist?]

'Of course it does.'

[But I have fallen, why do I still exist? ]

This involves the knowledge of the fallen gods, and Lin Qi has made up a lot of it in the past few months: "Because from ancient times to the present, the memories of all living beings constitute the dreamland, so even though the gods have fallen, the supreme will allows them to still sleep in the depths of the dreamland. In layman's terms, they live in the memory of the world."

[There are so many people from ancient times to the present, why are we the only ones like this?] 'Mortal creatures cannot rely on memories to support their own existence in the dreamland, but you have a supreme will, which is enough to support your own existence in the dreamland, and even... occasionally you can bring an extra soul.'

[Then if the living beings in the mortal world also retain their existence in the dreamland through some special method, do they exist or not? ]

Strange objects.

These people, by chance, rely on strange objects and the support of the fantasy dreamland to exist on the edge of the fantasy dreamland and the real world. Although they can only repeat these limited days over and over again, they still retain their existence. And like those mysterious aliens that penetrated from the fantasy dreamland into the real world, they can appear in front of the living beings in the real world through strange objects.

Therefore, it is not accurate to say that they are just a memory, and it is not appropriate to think that they do not exist. They actually exist, and they are living souls, so they can respond differently to the reactions of outsiders. It's just that they cannot exist independently from strange objects like gods and the Old Ones, so they can only be trapped in a cycle forever and repeat themselves.

Wait, what happened to me in the first place?

I didn't rely on any magical objects, so how could I float in the dreamland until I met my neighbor?

Why can I exist there? And... why do I appear in the dreamland? What memory condensed into me in the dreamland?
Am I not a time traveler?

At this moment, Lynch felt his skin trembling and his pores tightening, his heart was gripped by fear, and all kinds of strange thoughts repeatedly appeared in his mind, constantly attacking his reason and making his mind more and more confused.

【Stop】

It is not so easy to control the tangled thoughts, but... God said, stop, and it happened.

The confused mind suddenly became clear, and Lynch's sanity quickly recovered and he controlled his wandering brain. Only then did cold sweat break out from his back and his heart began to beat wildly.

Shit, I just thought about it, I didn’t do anything or even hear anything, how come I almost went crazy on the spot?
[Why can you think of these? Alas, this is the danger of forbidden knowledge, and it is also one of the reasons why I don't tell you anything. You can't bear the truth now, so you can only approach it step by step, giving yourself a process of adaptation. You shouldn't learn from me, but rely on your own exploration. So, don't think about this problem anymore, it is not the truth you can touch now, maybe one day in the future, you will understand everything]

'I see. ’

His neighbors would not harm him, so he listened to the advice and ate his fill. Lynch was not in the habit of being stubborn, so he immediately turned his gaze back to Dr. Swen who was waiting in front of him. He had already made a decision.

There was nothing to hide. The person in front of him had read the legendary Book of the Dead, even though he had only read part of it. But he couldn't look at her the same way as an ordinary person. Besides, she was a ghoul, a mysterious creature in itself, so there was no need to worry that she couldn't bear it.

Of course, people in that era did not have such a deep understanding of strange objects, and it was too difficult to explain them, so Lynch decided to make some artistic processing.

"We come from Middle-earth in the Fifth Age, a time unknown to you."

"And you are a group of souls trapped in a distorted time. Although history has ended long ago, you are still trapped here, repeating the last five days over and over again."

"The madman in the square is the apostle of Yog-Sothoth, the Lord of Billions of Lights. He knows everything. Your father may have learned our identities from him."

"The thing is like this..."

Lynch did not hide anything and told Dr. Swain the exact history he had speculated. As for whether trust could be rebuilt, it depended on the audience's reaction.

The female doctor listened in silence, her expression changing from anger to suspicion, from suspicion to astonishment, and from astonishment to confusion.

(End of this chapter)