"The secret technique of illusory human beings?" Fan Ning frowned deeply.
It sounds like something similar to a secret ritual.
But it doesn’t quite look like it?
According to the investigative information Roy brought to him, Teacher Anton was inspired by some radical means, and then when he was promoted to a knowledgeable person, he was deprived of the "light of first acquaintance" and became insane.
"What is its ultimate purpose? Is it used to absorb people's spirits and souls? In the description, are there any strange keywords involved, such as the Lord of Witness, Phase, Ritual Vessel, etc.?" Fan
Ning tried to confirm.
"Not very clear; no; not found in the text yet."
Sheeran shook his head and denied three questions raised by Fan Ning.
"According to the opera singer and spiritual practitioner 'Banshua', the 'Secret Art of Illusion' was acquired by him in a 'hidden corner deep in the dreamland' during his journey. Its principle is to call upon one's own powerful
With his concentration and vivid imagination, he continues to fabricate facts that do not exist at all, and brings something to life that should only exist in the imagination of his mind!"
This sounds a bit strange and cultish.
However, Fan Ning repeatedly compared it with the previous information in his mind, and indeed did not feel that it had any connection with the content of the documents mentioned by the Bologna School.
"What happened later? Did he succeed in his attempt?" Fan Ning continued to ask.
"Well, that's right." Xilan nodded lightly.
"It is recorded in the long poem that the opera singer 'Banchuva' planned to give a name, smell, voice, shape, character, characteristics, and even past experiences to a non-existent thing. According to that acquisition method, he imagined
Practice, but at first nothing came of it, it just felt like setting up a role for my own script.”
"However, he insisted on following this method and continued to experience a series of special meditation, spiritual practices and secret experiences. About half a year later, at dusk, he heard the voice of 'that existence' in his mind for the first time!
"
Is this because I was so immersed in my imagination that I was hallucinating? When Fan Ning heard this, his expression was very strange.
Sheeran turned another page of the translation manuscript and continued:
"The unexpected surprise made 'Banshua' feel refreshed. He tried to talk to the voice in his head. At first, it was just a weak response, making it difficult to communicate effectively. But later it became clearer and more logical. That
The character reflected in the voice is consistent with the characteristics I imagined, and more importantly, it is indeed an independent personality!"
"At this time, 'Banshuwa' was sure that he had really succeeded in initially embodying the 'phantom man' that did not originally exist in the real world. He communicated regularly with the 'phantom man' in his mind, and also worked for
It plays music and the Phantom Man can hear it and give its own feedback."
"But later, 'Ban Shuwa' noticed that this 'phantom man' gradually had some disturbing changes."
Sheeran turned through the pages of his manuscript.
"It began to appear directly in the field of vision as a twisted black shadow, a weird outline or a hazy mist. Its movements began as unconscious squirming and gradually gained personality. It would float, walk, climb, look left and right, and lean down.
It laughed, cried loudly, and what was even more horrifying was that at first its face conformed to its own settings, but later it gradually deviated from imagination and became clear and ugly."
"The final concrete existence began to gradually materialize. It could push down objects, open doors and windows, kick away stones, and leave bruises on itself. It even once appeared as 'a friend' in 'Banshua'
's social occasion."
"The opera artist finally realized the seriousness of the matter. Fortunately, although the 'Phantom Man' showed signs of gradually getting out of control, its behavioral abilities and character motivations were generally still within the framework of the opera artist's original imagination and had not reached the stage of
To the extent that he can do whatever he wants. While using this principle to check and balance, he secretly seeks external help."
"The poem records that 'Banshua' met a secular monk who claimed to be an 'enlightener' in the Western Continent. With his relief, 'Banshua' gave up his plan to open 'a door with a price'
. He spent more than a year meditating, forcibly regressing the materialized 'phantom man' back to the concrete stage, gradually collapsing into thick fog, black shadows, outlines, then back to smells and sounds, and finally completely disappeared from his mind.
inside."
"It sounds like a near-miss experience." Fan Ning sat back on the sofa and commented, "What happens next?"
"Later, he still went crazy." Sheeran's clear voice was filled with fear at this moment.
"His personality and cognition have shifted, and he has gradually regretted it. He feels that he should not personally obliterate the 'personal life' he created. His aesthetics has gradually become distorted, and he believes that all the handsome men and beautiful women around him are filthy illusions.
Only 'illusions' are real and beautiful things..."
"The original words of the poem record, 'With awe and regret, he cut open the hot blood vessels, drowned himself in the blood in the basin, seeking the last glimpse of the real thing...', the final narrative perspective change of the long poem, the tone
It also tends to be heavy-handed. The retired monk "Enlightener" warned of the dangers of pursuing knowledge and senses, pointing out that "some doors are paradoxical traps" and should not be forced to be "opened at a non-specific time period."
After Sheeran finished speaking, he pressed the dozen or so pages of translation manuscripts, sat down next to Fan Ning, and leaned against him: "Caron, to be honest, I'm a little scared."
"It's normal. I feel scared when I hear this." Fan Ning smiled bitterly, "But this is something that knowledgeable people come into contact with day and night. If you really want to enter this mysterious realm in the future, this kind of atmosphere will be with you all day long.
you."
Xilan bit her lip: "Well, I was scared when I was translating alone before. But I got a lot better after you came."
Fan Ning tapped his fingers on the armrest as if playing a piano, with a look of thought in his eyes.
The characteristics of "Banchuva"'s madness and the warning of the monk who returned to secular life in the poem are actually more in line with Dupont's previous explanation of the risks and costs of studying "hidden knowledge".
"Hidden knowledge" is a rule for the use of invisible power, and it is also a shadow that will always shroud the world of those who know. Although through appropriate transmission forms and the protection of corresponding secret rituals, its direct damage to the spirit can be reduced...
But the researcher has finally accepted the "hidden knowledge", and they will always be there. Their changes in cognition, personality and values are subtle and difficult to reverse.
Fan Ning has not heard of any way to fundamentally avoid risks.
He made a decision: "Sheeran, from now on you stop sorting out the appendix, and first teach me to learn Tulungarian and several other common languages in historical research. When the time is right, you may take some protection.
When taking sexual measures, we will translate and sort it out together. Well, Qiong can also join in as a helper, and she can get started directly."
"Language language" Fan Ning repeated this word, and suddenly an idea came to him.
"By the way, you just said that one of the languages used in the appendix is Guchanizi?"