The "Ascendance" that lasted for several years is about to end.
The gentleman will also truly break out of his cocoon and go to a wider place.
This was originally something worth being happy about, but Zheng Qing couldn't be happy about it. Because it meant that the husband was really leaving. And there was a high probability that he would be leaving forever.
In a sense, this kind of departure is no different from death.
But when people mention Him in the future, they will say, Oh, that is the first existence beyond the ancients in the wizard world - just like later generations remember their ancestors, they talk about His anecdotes and interesting things, sigh at His greatness, and turn the meaning of His once existence into a few words, gradually dissipating into the vitality of the world.
“You should learn to hide your thoughts.”
The gentleman looked at the young witch with a subtle expression, stretched out his finger, and pointed his head: "For a wizard, death is not a loss of life, but a walk out of time. Besides, I just left, not really died. Besides, you have died once, don't you know that death is not that scary? Just like some of the views on black magic we just talked about, in the early days, people were actually not afraid of death. Death and love, courage and other concepts were born in the early consciousness of human beings, and they were all the same new and full of unknowns.
We treat the concept of "death" enthusiastically and curiously like igniting the first torch or writing the first rune. The stories of "referring to loyalty but recklessly over life and death" in classical heroism are the pinnacle of this enthusiasm.
But gradually, as people know more and more, their desires become bigger and more complicated, they become increasingly unable to face such innocent concepts. This is true for love and death. As the saying goes, the more they know, the more they are afraid of the world... Death has changed from a romantic and mysterious thing to one of the most terrifying concepts in the world."
"Is there anything in this world that can truly defeat death?"
Zheng Qing thought of the gentleman who was about to leave and sighed with emotion: "—I originally thought that legend could defeat death, but now it seems that nothing is immortal."
"You are indeed afraid of death."
The gentleman raised his eyebrows and his expression became a little more vivid: "This is normal. After understanding and realizing that the concept of 'death' ending is nothingness, he will be afraid of death. That is, he is afraid of death, so people will strive to pursue the meaning of life when they are alive... Money, love, ideals, beliefs, etc., these meanings can all become legends when they are piled up to a certain extent, which means that the existence that can defeat death in the eyes of most people."
"Can money defeat death? I remember there is a saying that money can only buy other people's death..."
"Money is the sum of human desires. The reason why legends can defeat death is because there is a more rich concept in this world than death, that is, human desires. All human pursuits are the manifestation of desires."
Speaking of this, the gentleman paused for a moment, and then chanted softly: "——Life is what I want, what I want is more than life, so I do not seek to gain; death is what I hate, what I hate is more than death, so I suffer from something I do not seek to avoid. If you make no one want more than life, then why not use anyone who can get life? The great desires of people are only love and hate. Therefore, love and hate can overcome the fear of death - in a different way, if there is no death, there is no need for love and hate."
"It sounds a little empty." Zheng Qing honestly expressed his thoughts.
Mr. Contemplated for a moment.
"Well, there's a very ready-made example."
He stretched out his hand and the scene above Bouji Island appeared again in the void, which was still red and black and wisps of silver starlight. However, this time, the picture quickly approached and soon concentrated on the body of "Yuanshi": "Since love and hate have the power to defeat death, they naturally have the power to overcome the erosion of demon blood - or in other words, any strong and simple desire has powerful and pure magic power, which can withstand all indescribable horror. Monteria's improved flesh and blood transplant technology uses this kind of extreme emotions as a "big medicine" to curb the erosion of demon flesh and blood. Most of the experimental subjects he selected also have this kind of emotions..."
Zheng Qing subconsciously touched his palm. There had been a crow's spiritual seed there.
"But I..." He felt that he was not the kind of person with extreme emotions.
The gentleman glanced at him: "——You are different... The forbidden spell is a convergence of the world and can accommodate all elements of the world. In other words, when everything you have to do with this spell, the concept of death can no longer accommodate you."
This is one of the few good news Zheng Qing heard tonight.
But before his joy came to his face, the gentleman seemed to regret what he had just said, and immediately remedyed: "Death cannot accommodate you, it does not mean you will not die... You cannot regard self-destruction as a habit."
"That time was just an accident." Zheng Qing defended very well. After saying this, he inexplicably remembered what his husband said on Christmas Day last year and couldn't help but laugh.
"This is not funny." The gentleman looked at him seriously: "Do you remember the risk of 'dam collapse' I told you?"
Zheng Qing nodded honestly: "The result of the collapse of the dam is that this world can no longer accommodate my body and spirit. I will be forever exiled to the deepest part of the starry sky like those external gods."
"I thought this level of warning was enough, but it seems you didn't take it completely to heart."
The gentleman shook his head: "When your concept of 'self' is still very fragile, every death of your life will cause your 'self' to decay to a certain extent. Everyone's self needs a certain amount of time to accumulate to grow slowly. But as I told you last time, your soul will swell after the explosion - this is because part of the concept of the forbidden spell will penetrate deeper into your soul as the 'self' is repaired."
"Don't sound too bad?" Zheng Qing scratched his head.
"Of course it's not bad for the forbidden spell."
The gentleman glanced at him: "But it is not good news for you. To describe it in the simplest words, after each explosion, your soul will be closer to the concept of "world"... Well, old-school wizards prefer to use the word "transformation". After "transformation" to the end, after completely losing the "self", you are the "world" and the "world" is you.
If the world is not kind, treats all things as straw dogs; if a saint is not kind, treats the world as straw dogs. A saint who is cold and lacks "self" is not what I expect of you. I originally thought that after you come into contact with the giant god weapon, you will have some kind of awe of this word, but obviously..."
He shook his head, paused, and finally added: "Magic is an art of balance. A wizard fears death is not a good thing; but being too fearless is not a good thing. If your fear of death completely disappears, you will lose this part of human nature. But human nature is unchanged in the concept of occultism. This means that the part of human nature you lose will be transformed into other desires - to use what someone said at a certain moment to describe "In an infinite life without death, human desires are infinite, and entanglements will become infinite; and when immortality becomes a possibility, the desire to pursue immortality will become infinite, and entanglements and conflicts will be infinite' - the gift of death is to make you no longer feel pain, troubles and hesitation."
Mr. Zheng Qing didn't remember most of the words.
But I really understood the last sentence.
Rounding around, the gentleman chose to leave, probably to get rid of those unknown troubles.
ps, I’m just a few words away from the next charging node, but I’m determined not to be so! I feel like I’m writing a philosophy paper... Damn!