Chapter 1529： One Story, Two Tellers

In front of the shadowy throne as tall as a mountain, Wilder at the top of the stone pillar suddenly became silent, and it was not until nearly a minute later that he said: "Your joke is not funny at all - madam, if you are an ancient If gods can call themselves 'mortals', then are there gods in this world?"

"The key to gods is not their strength, but also whether they are ancient or not - the history of giant dragons is more than two million years old, and the oldest giant dragons in existence are even of the same age as me, but they are still mortals. Just because they have the minds of mortals and live according to the 'trajectories' of mortals," Ms. Ye said in a leisurely tone, as if she was just chatting with an old friend about the passage of time, "Everything in the world has its own trajectory, God goes On the path of God, man walks on the path of man, but these trajectories are not insurmountable.

"Mr. Great Adventurer, I have crossed the line many, many years ago - although I received a little help from the sailors at that time, but from the results, I have long been out of line with the world's positioning of 'gods'. "

"Crossing the line... You occasionally mention this word," Wilder said vaguely, and then he seemed to think of something, "Wait, then, according to this, you can actually help the mortals of this era..."

"No," Ms. Ye interrupted the great adventurer, "as for the reason, you just said it yourself - 'this era'. I do not belong to this era, Mr. Great Adventurer, I am a person who has lived from the ancient times to the present. Ghost, even if this ghost is no longer a god, I can't replace the mortals of this era to complete what they should do. Now that I can take action to this extent is actually a loophole, just because I found it in the world of this era. It took a little bit of 'connection' for me to intervene in the current state of affairs."

"I found a 'connection' in the world of this era..." Wilder thought thoughtfully, "I don't quite understand, do you mean the connection..."

"I don't understand if you don't understand, it's not a big deal," Ms. Ye shook her head lightly. He seemed to have lost interest in this topic, and it might be suggesting that the great adventurer should not continue to ask questions. The scepter placed next to the throne, summoned a shadow fissure and gently wiped the top of the scepter, with a low voice, "Now I have done my best to help them pave the way, but the biggest challenge... still depends on them. Step over by yourself, and that's what a ghost can do."

Wilder quietly watched the ancient **** who was carrying a heavy burden of years and fulfilled an ancient oath in an almost eternal time, and couldn't help but say after a long time: "Are you wiping the blood on the stick?"

"As I said, this is first of all a scepter." Ms. Ye immediately corrected with a serious look on her face.

Wilder thought for a while, pondering that the other party did not seem to deny the fact that there was blood on the stick, and emphasized that "this is a scepter first," which means that the scepter can also be a sap second, right? …

But he was not interested in quarreling with an ancient **** repeatedly, watching the lady in front of him humming some ancient song while wiping her weapon, as if she was in a good mood, of course he chose to take this opportunity to ask more questions What interests me: "That exploration team... Can they find the City of Thousand Pagodas smoothly?"

"Since the invitation has been issued, of course I will let them find the city," Ms. Ye responded casually, "Why, are you looking forward to it?"

"It seems like hundreds of years ago that I looked forward to something so much," Wilder said in a sullen voice, "sometimes I think it's incredible when I think about it myself—I call myself a great adventurer, I think my whole life They are all adventures, but the reality is that I have been lying quietly in front of your throne for hundreds of years, and I have not left this desert for hundreds of years, and I have not visited any unknown land. , the only thing I do is to tell you stories, stories that have long been yellowed and blurred.

"Ma'am, you actually knew from the beginning, this is not the state of 'Great Adventurer Wilder' at all, I have been stuck here for too long, and from my own perspective, I have even spent most of my life. It's this stagnation."

"It's because you can't move or leave," Ms. Ye stopped wiping the scepter and lowered her eyes slightly, "Even not long ago, when my cage in the gap was slightly closer to the border of reality, you just A chance to briefly leave the throne and go to the edge of the dream, isn't it?"

"It's one thing to be unable to leave the body, it's another thing to accept the status quo in your heart," Wilder did not give up because of Ms. Ye's change of the subject, "I lay here quietly until the pages turned yellow, saying yes Trapped here, but actually I've been taking it easy because the adventure-hungry part of me isn't here... the urge is on the 'other side', his name is 'Modir', and he's traveled the world for hundreds of years Over the years, he has witnessed countless wonders that have not been recorded in my pages, and until now, he is still on the journey and never stops.

"But at the same time, he couldn't completely record any of his adventures. His hundreds of years of adventures were not so much an adventure, but more like wandering in the dark. He had seen many things, but often After a certain dream, it will dissipate in the sun. He said that he still keeps the habit of keeping a journal, but those precious notes are always lost and damaged due to various reasons.

"Ma'am, since my memory began to recover and my thinking became clear during this time, I have been thinking, how the man 'Maudier Wilder' was divided into two halves, and now I seem to have a vague idea of ​​it, and I guess...that's what you did on purpose."

Lady Ye has put the scepter back next to the throne again. He quietly overlooks the small book in front of the throne behind the dark clouds, just like watching a short and inconspicuous splash at the end of the long river of time. If it is a **** who operates strictly according to the rules , He must not pay any extra attention to such a small existence, but humanity finally softened his eyes and broke the silence: "Man is composed of two parts, Mr. Great Adventurer.

"Part of it is called 'curiosity', curiosity points to the unknown future, it is always eager to embark on a journey, and will never stop pursuing; the other part is called 'memory', memory guards the past, it records people's Every scene I witness in my life is the proof that people have existed in the world, and it is precisely because of these two parts that mortals can have the motivation to move forward and the ability to record and summarize history.”

"So, you separated my 'curiosity' and 'memory', so that I was neither going to the future nor trapped in the past, but stuck in the 'present' forever," Wilder vaguely understood, " Because only in the 'now' do I exist?"

Lady Night rarely responded, this silence seemed to be a disguised admission, and Wilder's voice continued to come from the top of the stone pillar: "Modir, who is full of curiosity, is on a never-ending adventure, But he was unable to record any adventures. Wilder, who was full of memories, remembered every adventure in the past, but he never embarked on a new journey. It is no wonder that he is a traveler walking in the world, and I am a book. The ancient book lying in front of the ruins of the throne, now it seems reasonable."

Listening to Wilder's words quietly, Lady Ye didn't speak for a long time, until the throne returned to calm, and after a few minutes, he suddenly spoke to break the silence: "You delivered a message back then, and that' The news is far beyond what a person's reason and body can bear, and dividing and preserving you was the only thing I could do at that time—if it was me now, there might be a better way to remove the contamination from the adverse tide that you have suffered. And repair your soul, but I couldn't do it back then."

"I know that at that time you were fighting against the invading force of the tide, and it was not easy to dedicate some energy to help this tiny mortal like me. I'm not an ungrateful person, so how could I be suffering? After such a big favor, he turned his head and complained that his benefactor did not do well enough," Wilder's voice seemed to have a little smile, "I just suddenly felt a little emotional, I have been stagnant for so long to understand this matter, It seems that the lack of 'curiosity' really has a big impact, if it were another me, I'm afraid it would only take a few years under the same situation to realize my true situation and ask you for a change, right?"

"...Death is also a 'stagnation' in another sense," Ms. Ye said suddenly. "When this journey is over, there will be no new journey."

"No, death is not stagnation, death is the testimony of life," Wilder responded calmly. "Ending is also a part of the journey, just as death is also part of life, perpetually stagnant in the 'now' and completing an adventure can end safely. very different."

The gaze that looked down from the sky stayed on the stone pillar for a long time, and after an unknown amount of time, the sigh of Lady Ye finally came from the sky: "Mr. Great Adventurer, you are a very good friend, if possible, I am indeed Looking forward to an adventure as well, as you say in the story, pack up, drop this stale burden, and head to the end of the world."

"This can't be done, ma'am, at least not now. If you leave suddenly, the world will be very bad," Wilder laughed, "but I can extend my best wishes to you and wish you an early realization of this wish. —This may really be coming, didn't you say? They're very close to the 'perfect model' that the sailors described to you..."

"Then thank you for your blessing, Mr. Great Adventurer," Ms. Ye smiled. He leaned back slightly, leaning on the cold back of the throne, and his amber eyes seemed to be looking at the silhouette at the end of the horizon. City, "I'm a little tired, tell me another story, while there is still some time, I want to listen to a brand new adventure."

"A brand new adventure? It's a bit difficult...but as you wish." The black book on the stone pillar was silent for a moment, then spoke in a low voice, and he began to tell a story, which was a story he had spent hundreds of years in the past. A story never told in years—

"The great adventurer Modir has led his exploration team to travel in this endless jungle and wilderness for a long time. They wandered around the Violet Island, and unknowingly they have reached the deepest part of the kingdom of mages. In theory, the city of a thousand towers is here, but there is only a barren land in front of them..."

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The great adventurer Modir has led his expedition team to travel in this endless jungle and wilderness for a long time. They wandered around the Violet Island and unknowingly reached the deepest part of the country of mages.

Along the way, they discovered more "stone pile monuments", and learned more about the historical records of the Violet Kingdom from the monuments. The disappearing countries left a lot of traces in the world, including the violet people's messages, images of history and cities, as well as many cultural and artistic materials.

These materials have deeply fascinated and amazed everyone in the exploration team. This "hidden country", which has always been closed to the country in its long history, obviously has a richness far beyond the imagination of outsiders. Things are presented to outsiders for the first time, and even Maggie, a non-professional scholar, can imagine how amazing this part of the information will be in the world once it is released.

The Violet Kingdom may have "didn't exist" from the very beginning, but the information left on this island is real, even if they were born in a dream, they still completely depict the splendid civilization of an ancient kingdom For real scholars, these materials are by no means false. Even for leaders, these "evidences of the whole country" are sociological materials that are enough for them to take seriously, and they are references and witnesses to the history of a country.

In order to maintain the communication between the expedition team in front and the rear command, the Cold Star, which is still moored in the bay, sent a special communication relay aircraft. Uninterrupted communication, and with the help of this convenient communication condition, Wilder and Maggie have been sorting and packaging all kinds of information they found and sending them to the country. Duchess Victoria, who was in command at the rear, was frequently shocked.

The hidden kingdom of Violet, the ancient kingdom has now revealed its mysteries to the world in a way no one expected.

But apart from these stone piles, Modier and the expedition team he led have never found what they were really looking for-they did not find the city of a thousand towers.

On this huge island, there are only dense forests like a barrier, and wild or river valleys and mountain streams that are irregularly distributed in the forest gaps. Although the stone piles found along the way prove that the direction the team is looking for is correct, it is not on the Violet Island. In the deepest part, they went around for several days without finding the legendary "Mage Capital".

On the fourth day of entering the central area of ​​Violet Island, Maggie once again transformed herself into a dragon and scouts the entire area from the air, but like the previous few times, she still found nothing.

Modir stood on the edge of an open wilderness, looking at the horizon that was gradually dyed red by the setting sun in the distance. Maggie, who had just returned to the ground, stood beside him. The black dragon maid still maintained the form of an armed dragon, with the magic guide on her body. The mechanism is releasing the residual heat, and not far behind the two is a dense forest, and the forest is full of shadows, as if there are amorphous things creeping out of those shades at all times - but for those who are already on this island. For the Rangers who have been active for nearly a month, these sights have long been commonplace.

As long as you pay attention to the correct exploration method and avoid those shadowy areas that are obviously abnormal, the island is actually not as dangerous as you think.

"Theoretically, the city of a thousand towers is in this place, but there is only a barren land in front of us..." Maggie broke the silence, her voice was low, and there seemed to be a muffled thunder in her throat, "but the magical intelligence named Bernadette clearly said However, the city of a thousand towers is where it used to be, whether it's the real world or the dream world. Are we looking for the wrong place?"

"No matter how wrong it is, it is impossible to deviate to the extent that it is completely invisible from the air. After all, our general direction is definitely no problem. Several stone pile monuments found before also point out the direction of the city of a thousand towers," Modier said. Shaking his head, "I prefer another guess, a... more 'magical' guess."

Maggie tilted her head slightly, and a curious tone emerged from her sharp teeth: "Oh?"

"Perhaps, we have reached the city of a thousand towers," Modir breathed softly, "it is here, beyond our limited perception."