Chapter 2785 A Little Red Flower

Laplace: "The first memory related to the Panic World I saw was a memory reflected by a blood light."

Dox was stunned for a moment: "A memory reflected by a blood light? ... Blood light?"

Laplace didn't want to answer Dox's words, but seeing the doubt in Angel's eyes, he pondered for a moment and explained the reason a little: "This involves the rules of the Sea of ​​Mirrors..."

The rules in the Sea of ​​Mirrors can be roughly divided into: birth and death.

Birth represents the memories reflected by all "mirrors". Pan-planes and countless worlds, as long as there are "mirrors", can flow the pictures recorded in them to the Sea of ​​Mirrors in the form of "memory".

This kind of mirror can be a water surface, a glazed surface, or even a distorted surface reflected by firelight. As long as it can reflect an image, it can be accommodated by the Sea of ​​Mirrors. Among them, the picture reflected by the water surface is the clearest and longest; the picture reflected by light is the shortest.

Blood light belongs to the latter. It may be the reflection of some sharp weapon during the battle. It is only a moment, but it is still recorded by the Sea of ​​Mirrors.

The above is life.

Speaking of "life", it seems that as long as you stay near the "mirror", you have no privacy.

But it is not so, for two reasons.

First, the Sea of ​​Mirrors is very large. Even though many places are broken, it still connects countless worlds with mirrors.

What you do in front of the mirror may flow into the distant Sea of ​​Mirrors, or directly flow into the broken Sea of ​​Mirrors, turning into bubbles and dissipating.

Second, in the rules of the Sea of ​​Mirrors, in addition to "life", don't forget that there is also "death"!

The so-called "death" is to "eliminate" the memory flowing into the Sea of ​​Mirrors from the outside world.

This is like the Quest world. Every once in a while, there will be a soul tide, bringing the residual souls and undead souls left in the world of the living into the world of the dead.

This is a rule, a rule under the great will.

The Sea of ​​Mirrors also has such rules, but it is more brutal. The Soul Tide will at least give other intelligent souls, except the dead, a certain right to choose. They can go to the Quest world or continue to stay in the world of the living.

But the Sea of ​​Mirrors cannot do that. The waves and tides it overturns will directly destroy all memories within the range.

And the tides of the Sea of ​​Mirrors... are everywhere and all the time.

In other words, many memories that flow into the Sea of ​​Mirrors from the outside world may not even stay for a second and will dissipate directly.

So, there is no need to worry about the issue of "privacy".

Even if you pose in front of the mirror, the Sea of ​​Mirrors will treat you equally.

What's more, living people who enter the Sea of ​​Mirrors will only become "hollow people" without memories. If Zhenyi accidentally sees some memories, he will forget them after a while.

And there are not many "mirror creatures" in the Sea of ​​Mirrors that are interested in human memories.

Laplace can be said to be an exception.

But if you really look into it, Laplace is not interested in human memory. She looks at whatever memory she has, and she is neither sad nor happy about things. The only thing that makes her care a little bit is the shadow memory in the two faces of the shepherd.

But even if she cares a little bit, she said she would give it away and gave it away directly. From this, it can be seen that she doesn't care about gains and losses at all.

Let's get back to the point. Because the memories reflected by the Sea of ​​​​Empty Mirror are not limited to the front of the mirror, the "blood light" she mentioned can still record the picture... even if it is only for a moment.

The picture recorded by the blood light flowed into the Sea of ​​​​Empty Mirror, and was captured by Laplace before it was washed away by the tide.

This is all the cause and effect.

After roughly explaining it, Laplace continued: "The picture reflected in the blood light is a girl kneeling on the top of the pile of corpses."

As Laplace spoke, he stretched out his white finger and tapped the mirror in front of him.

In an instant, the mirror seemed to have turned into a light screen produced by the Sky Mechanical City, with a panoramic light and shadow picture.

The upper part of the picture was a red sky, with a huge vortex of blood cloud circling continuously.

The lower part of the picture was a dark forest and distant undulating mountains. In the near distance, there were countless corpses, some of which were human-like, some were demon-like, and they were all fresh corpses. A stream of blood was flowing on the ground.

In the center of the pile of corpses, there was a "hill" made entirely of corpses. At the top of the hill, a girl knelt on the corpses, looking around blankly. Next to her, there was a bloody sword inserted into the corpse.

The girl was crying, and the expression on her face was full of grief, as if she had encountered the most painful thing in the world.

And above the girl's head was the vortex of blood cloud.

This is a picture with a strong sense of story. Although it is not clear what stories are in it and who the dead person is, the strong atmosphere of sadness conveyed by the picture can be felt by everyone.

"Is she... a demon? Awakened demon? Or, a bee-winged person?" Dox asked.

And this question is also a puzzle for everyone.

Among the other dead people in the picture, we can see butterfly-winged people, bee-winged people and cicada-winged people, as well as demons and awakened demons, but this living girl is different.

She has obvious characteristics of a bee-winged person: there are thin transparent bee wings under her arms.

But she also has the characteristics of an awakened demon. There is an inconspicuous little red flower in her messy black hair.

Five small red round petals, with golden stamens in the middle, and green stems connected to her head.

This little red flower is the most obvious feature of an awakened demon.

But awakened demons will hardly maintain human form. They are cruel, evil, and bloodthirsty... and they will never show such a sad expression.

Therefore, there is a very strange sense of contrast in this girl. Especially when the little red flower sways in the wind and she cries silently, this contrast is felt to the extreme.

"A rational awakened demon?" Angel thought for a moment and said.

Dox: "Are awakened demons rational? How come I have never heard of it?"

Wai said unhappily: "We just saw a picture of a butterfly-winged man and an awakened demon living in harmony, and now a rational awakened demon appears. Isn't this very logical?"

Dox: "But the mural doesn't show that the awakened demon is rational? Maybe the butterfly-winged man is controlling the awakened demon in some way, just like Angel can control Ermi."

When Wai heard it, it seemed to make sense, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

At this time, Angel looked at Laplace behind the mirror and asked softly: "Is this the demon who awakened again?"

Laplace did not reply, but reached out and tapped the mirror again.

The picture changed instantly, the background did not change, but the corpse on the ground disappeared, but there were many more living people around. If you look closely, you will find that these living people are actually the corpses before.

In other words, the current picture is actually the picture when they were alive.

These people who are about to die, they are angry, afraid, resolute, desperate... all emotions, all directed in one direction.

A pure white demon under the swirling blood cloud.

This demon has an extremely flawless pure white shell, and its streamlined body is both beautiful and has an unconcealable sense of power. It stands tall, with a pair of equally white wings behind it.

It is like the legendary snow dragon, but more elegant and flawless than the snow dragon.

But the face of such a flawless body is full of hideousness and brutality, and even the pale golden eyes are full of brutality.

These brutal emotions are all directed at the living people around them and... their own kind, the awakened demons.

These are just the expressiveness of the picture, but the detail that makes everyone feel the most shocked is the little red flower on the head of this pure white demon.

It is exactly the same little red flower as in the previous picture. Because of the different size, this little red flower looks more petite and more inconspicuous.

But it was just such an inconspicuous little red flower that changed everyone's expression suddenly.

"Is it the girl from before?" Angel asked.

Laplace nodded: "Yes. The demon form is in front, and the human form is behind."

In other words, she was still an awakened demon in the previous second, but in the next second, she turned back into a bee-winged person. It is not right to say that she is a pure bee-winged person. She still retains the characteristics of an awakened demon, but her memory may have been restored, and her reason has also been restored, otherwise it would not be possible to cry so sadly.

"Will the awakened demon also wake up one day?" Dox has not recovered from this news, just muttering in a low voice.

Wai beside him: "Maybe?"

Dox sighed: "That's really... a tragedy."

Yes, tragedy.

Even if they are not people in the panic world, but just watching as spectators, they can think of how tragic this human tragedy is.

From ancient times to the present, the humans in the Panic World (let's call the natives of the Panic World "humans") have been shrouded in the clouds of demons.

They are like wild beasts in the forest. Facing demons, they can only tremble and pray that the demons have eaten enough and can let them go.

Such days, year after year, day after day, finally one day, there appeared a person who could resist the demons.

However, when this person who resisted the demons received cheers and glory from everyone, he did not know that he had opened Pandora's box.

He taught humans how to use the flesh and blood of demons, obtain the power of demons, and turn into demons.

In order to defeat demons, batches of demons were born.

At the beginning, it was really effective, but when the first demon used energy beyond the limit and became an awakened demon, the direction of things began to be out of control.

Awakened demons are more terrible than demons. They have completely lost human emotions. They have become a new generation of demons. They kill, they are ruthless, they don't like to eat animals, and only feed on humans.

From this day on, although the demons are still the guardians of every city, they are also put in shackles. From heroes admired by everyone, they have become monsters that cannot be avoided.

But in order to prevent more humans from dying under the attacks of demons, the demons are still fighting on the front line. They are lonely guardians, and they are also lone fighters. They just look for a trace of inner peace in the battle with demons every day... until they awaken, or die.

Awakening a demon is the most terrible ending, but it is also the fate of the demon. The more they fight against powerful demons, the more they have to use power beyond their limits.

After the demon awakened, the former guardian became a nightmare for all mankind. They kill, they devour, even if they encounter former acquaintances, it will not affect the efficiency of the awakened demon's devouring. There is no distinction between acquaintances and strangers. In their eyes, they are all food.

So far, this is the story of the awakened demon known to the wizarding world of the Southern Region.

The story ends here, which is pretty good.

However, the ending of the story is much more than that.

What will it be like when the awakened devil has the opportunity to become a human being again, possessing reason and emotions?

This is illustrated in the first image Laplace shows them.

Indescribable grief, the sorrow that can flow from the picture.

Just imagine, the girl in the picture has regained her intelligence. She should be happy, but what will she think when she discovers the corpses around her?

Among these corpses, the girl saw her past companions, her relatives, and her former lover.

What would she think?

When her memory as an awakened demon was restored, she discovered that she had killed her companions, her lover, and devoured the parents who had given birth to her.

What would she think?

Everyone didn't know, and it was difficult for them to empathize. The only thing they knew was to sigh as a bystander: "This is really...a tragedy."

…

The gloomy atmosphere spread for a long time, and finally Laplace behind the prism broke the silence.

Laplace's eyes were still on Angel: "You are right, this is the second awakening of the awakened demon."

"A second awakening can restore their sanity?" Angel asked.

Although the second awakening seems not bad, from a certain perspective, it is not necessarily good. It may be better to let him live his life in ignorance than to face the cruel truth after waking up.

However, these factors are not considered for now. Although Angel sympathizes with the demons in the panic world, there is no need to worry about others after countless time and space.

But... Earl's fan is around, and Earl's fan has shown some signs of emotion, so Angel still needs to listen carefully to what Laplace has to say.

"Perhaps, or perhaps not." Laplace: "What I saw was just a moment of memory, and what I can interpret is only what I saw from the memory."

After a pause, Laplace suddenly said: "However, you wizards should know this information better than me."

Angel frowned, hadn't the information he knew already been told?

Laplace: "I have received memories from the Panic World twice. You have seen the first memory. As for the second memory... I saw several wizard cities rising in the Panic World. rise."

"The wizard's city?!" Doakes exclaimed.

You know, there are not many wizard cities in the abyss, most of them are just outposts. There is actually a Wizard City in the Panic World. This is really the first time I know about it!

"There are wizards in the city, which means that wizards are stationed all year round, which means that wizards have research on awakening demons..." Angel muttered silently: "The most important thing is that the Panic World is not barren, it has wizards. Resources needed!”

Previously, everyone's perception was that the panic world was very barren. The same goes for the Black Earl. Even though the Black Earl asked them to look at the problem dialectically and not to believe in public opinion, the Black Earl did not deny that the panic world was barren.

But now it seems that they were all wrong.

The world of panic is not barren, it is even rich in resources!

Otherwise, with the wizard's character of being unwilling to do anything early, it would be impossible to set up a wizard city in the panic world!

You must know that the Panic World is a powerful world with an energy level comparable to the Wizarding World. This world is full of dangers and is very far away from the Wizarding World. Under the premise of the above multiple obstacles, if there is no overwhelming benefit, how can wizards spend time and energy to build Wizard City?

Now they finally understand why Laplace said that sentence

“Human beings always think of themselves as smart, but in fact, when prejudices are deep-seated, they are often unaware of them.”

Because from the moment Angel opened his mouth, she knew that Angel's information was fundamentally wrong.

Angel and others' intelligence was based on the poverty of the panic world. In fact, it was all the opposite.

They were deceived, even the Black Earl was deceived.

Is this done by the Frost Moon Alliance?

Or, there is a deeper reason here. Some people don't want them to know the intelligence of the panic world.