8mi Chapter 1159 The truth of time
Chapter 1159 The truth of time
Chapter 1159 The truth of time
The windows on the top floor of the clock tower were closed, and there was an extremely strong smell of mechanical lubricating oil in the air. On the floor illuminated by kerosene lamps, spare parts and maintenance parts of the clock tower machinery were stored.
On the wall on the west side, there is also a complete maintenance operation manual, those black lines outline a simple picture, and describe the details of maintenance operations in as much detail as possible.
"For ring warlocks, knowledge and power are actually the same."
The doctor was still talking, but he had already bent down and put the suitcase on the ground, and opened it carefully, revealing the expensive ritual materials that Shad had prepared for it.
"You are really willing to spend money. Even if you can buy cheap smuggled goods, these materials will not be lower than four-digit gold pounds."
The doctor sighed, and arranged with Xia De.
"Yes, for ring warlocks, knowledge and power can almost be equated."
While Xia De agreed, he put the suitcase he was carrying on the wall with extreme care, because it contained dangerous items.
They squatted on the floor together, and used blue chalk to outline the lines of the ritual matrix. Dr. Schneider was much better at drawing circles with his bare hands than Shad.The matrix of this ceremony is roughly in the shape of complex nested clock dials.
"Those who are addicted to power will be lost, and those who are addicted to knowledge will also be lost. I have heard a saying that for wise men, wisdom is their worst enemy."
said the doctor, and Shad added with a smile:
"I've also heard a saying that knowledge is bait on an ocean of ignorance."
He put down the chalk, and mixed the clock stone heart into powder with the juice extracted from the heart of the two-headed red-eyed demon wolf.After confirming that the color had turned into the blue mentioned in the ceremony records, I dipped it with a small brush made of gray night rabbit tail hair, and then brushed it along the chalk marks drawn by the doctor.
The blue liquid mixed with the blue chalk marks actually formed gray marks.
"But the desire for knowledge is also the most fundamental driving force for human progress."
The doctor is still imparting life experience to Xia De. In his opinion, Xia De, who has just become a ring warlock for half a year and is also the youngest in the group, is far from mature:
"I am older than you, and I have seen with my own eyes how the world has changed in the steam revolution in the past 30 years, so I can understand the importance of knowledge and wisdom. It is a pity that knowledge and wisdom are dead. And people are alive."
He snorted and laughed:
"For you, Lykins Priscia may be the first madman who seeks knowledge. But for me, things like Lykins Priscia have been seen a lot. Ring Warlock's loss of control, if it has nothing to do with the influence of the relic, most of it is due to the inability to control the desire in his heart."
Xia De nodded, stood up and corrected the position of the ritual array:
"So doctor, what do you think knowledge is, and what is wisdom?"
"I'm just helping you with the ceremony tonight, why did you ask such a philosophical topic?"
The doctor stood up, the basic array of the ceremony was simply arranged, and the symbol was placed in the vacant ring, and the "time perception" enhancement ceremony that Shad had been looking forward to for a long time was almost ready.
Shad is not sure whether he is the first person to perform this ritual, so he does not know whether people in history have given a new name to the sublimated thaumaturgy "time perception".
The two took out the five antique pocket watches rented by Shad from the box, and adjusted the time to 21:23, [-]:[-], [-]:[-], [-]:[-], and [-]:[-] ——The pocket watch is still in [-]-hour format, but there are up and down arrows on the side of the dial to indicate whether it is am or pm.After pausing the pocket watch time, he took out eight silver hourglasses of the same size. These are sterling silver antiques that Shad borrowed from Miss Galina's manor.
The candle was lit, the potion to enhance perception was drunk by Shad, the [Youth Leaf of Youth], which was an auxiliary item for the ritual, was held in his mouth by Shad, and the most important item, the suitcase by the wall, was also taken Xia De opened it very carefully.
"However, if you really want to say what knowledge and wisdom are."
The doctor had exited the ceremony grounds, leaning his back against the fence as Shad opened the suitcase.Moonlight shone through the window on the top floor of the clock tower, illuminating the ceremony site and Shad's profile, while the doctor stood completely in the dark.Behind him, huge gears of different sizes drove the chain to rotate, which in turn drove the clock tower dial pointer on the outside of the wall to rotate.
"Knowledge is a tool to gain power; wisdom is the way to use power. Knowledge and wisdom are the methods to help me pass the exam."
"This kind of answer is really pragmatic."
Xia De smiled, because the leaves were in his mouth, so his voice was a little muffled.
He looked at the square stone in the suitcase. On the surface of the stone, the holy emblem and prayers of the righteous god [Mr. Dawn] were engraved on the surface of the stone, and this stone was dug out by the priest from the main auditorium of the church. Brick.
The surface of the stone is nailed with a brass-colored lock. After the lock is opened, the upper part of the stone is removed, and the antique hourglass of art embedded in it can be seen.
Three thin glazed columns surround the main body of the glass hourglass. The fine sand in the glass presents a shining silver color, as if the stars are imprisoned in it.The glazed columns are hollow and filled with dots of golden fine sand, while the upper and lower domes of the hourglass are made of an unknown silver-green stone that feels extremely smooth to the touch.
The stone dome is polished extremely smooth, with patterns of clock dials and giant trees respectively.
The entire hourglass is about the size of two palms. After Xia De grabbed the thin pillars on the side and lifted it up, the streamers of light danced around the three glass thin pillars, and then wrapped around Xia De's hands.At this moment, he had an inexplicable feeling, as if what he mentioned was not an hourglass, but a long river.
The flying light is like a dancing elf, forming an ancient elf inscription in Xia De's eyes, and its meaning is probably:
[Time will treat all creatures fairly. 】
"That's what you said."
The doctor asked in surprise, Xia De nodded:
"Yes, the borrowed angel-level relic."
In fact, it is unknown, but Xia De was afraid of scaring the doctor.
The unknowable relic [Time of Backtracking], since no information can be found, Luvia and Priest Augustus only know that it can go back in time, but they don't know how to start it, nor how to end it normally.But this relic is extremely sensitive to the power of [Mr. Li Ming], and is almost completely suppressed by the power of this righteous god.Therefore, due to being suppressed under the statue for a long time, the whisper element is very weak at this time, and the relic itself does not have to worry about suddenly getting out of control.
It's just that Xia De must return it as soon as possible, otherwise other accidents will definitely occur.When Luvia and Priest Augustus took it in, they only saw the relic itself, and lost all the ability to perceive time in an instant.If Luvia hadn't contained the hourglass in time, the priest's consciousness would have been lost in the turbulent flow of time.
Of course, neither he nor Priest Augustus nor Luvia thought about understanding the characteristics of this relic and using it in daily life.An unknowable relic, which has no possibility of being used by mortals.
If relics of other levels are to be used with caution, only level 0 relics must not be used for anything other than containment. Thirteen-ring warlocks are the only exception to deal with enemies that humans cannot deal with.
"Doctor, you can begin."
As Xia De said, he walked to the center of the ritual array with the very light hourglass in one hand, lay down carefully, and placed the hourglass at his heart.
The doctor nodded silently, then closed his eyes.When it was opened again, a scarlet light flickered in the right eye, and the ancient demon power instantly affected this area. The power that should not exist in this era immediately stimulated the ceremony.
Faint white mist rose from the ground, covering Xia De who was lying on the floor within half a minute.
Shad opened his eyes and watched the thick fog cover his vision, and then heard the clicking sound of the pocket watch stopped by them at the same time.Eight antique hourglasses shimmered in the mist, and the gravel that was originally at the bottom flew upward as if time was reversed, while the [Time of Backtracking] held by Xia De seemed to melt into his body. It sank little by little until it completely disappeared in his chest.
A slight heart tingle came, and the corners of Xia De's mouth trembled, as if he was lying in a flowing river.
Enduring the strange feeling, he silently said in his heart:
"Praise the father of the infinite tree, may the world tree bless me in time."
sand~sand~sand~
He heard the sound of the canopy swaying in the wind, and felt the breeze blowing through his whole body.So following his own feelings, clutching his tingling heart, he sat up in the fog, and saw the giant tree in front of him that seemed to connect the sky and the earth.
The ancient trees record the stories of the years, and every leaf has a song of time.
Xia De is quite familiar with this tree, and even with this fog, because what is in front of him is the shadow left by the ancient god [Father of the Infinite Tree] after he left.
The shadow of the giant tree was reflected in Xia De's eyes, and his stinging heart beat as the treetops trembled when the wind blew past them.The stories of time are all recorded on the annual rings of the World Tree. Looking at this tree, one already knows the stories of the past.
[Outlander, you have come into contact with "miracle". 】
[The breeze of time blows away the curtain of the years and brings the stories of the past to your side.When your soul touches the truth of time in the long river of time, what awaits you at the end is the figure of the father of the infinite tree. 】
[Outlander, the thaumaturgy "time perception" has been sublimated. 】
[You have obtained the thaumaturgy "contact with the father of the infinite tree", and you can perceive the truth of time in more detail. 】
Xia De opened his mouth slightly, looking at the giant tree in front of him:
"The perception of time has become the perception of the shadow of the tree father, which is really reasonable. Then, the time I am in now is"
The truth that was explored finally appeared in his mind at this moment, and the long river of time finally became coherent in Xia De's eyes.
There is no surprise at this moment, only a sudden calm, as if everything has lost the meaning of attracting him.
The white mist gradually dissipated, and the sublimation ceremony of thaumaturgy ended in a short vision.Shade regained his senses, and found that he was still lying on the floor, and the [Time of Backtracking] on his chest was still there.
Holding the relic in one hand, he propped himself up on the floor with the other and sat up.Using the sublimated brand-new thaumaturgy, Shade got the answer after the pleasant sound of the rustling canopy being blown by the wind appeared in his ears:
"The current time is [The current world, the sixth era, 1854 in the universal calendar, the second day of the first month, Thursday, [-]:[-] p.m.]."
"The present world" is the translation of the outsider himself, which corresponds to the [Past World·Sixth Era] that has passed.
"After the end of the Fifth Era of Witches, it was [Past World Sixth Era], then it was [Past World Sixth Era], and then [Past World Sixth Era]. It turns out that this is not the first time."
(End of this chapter)