Chapter 371: A Battle of Wits and Courage with the Air

He and his eyes met, and after a long...long time, [the shop owner]'s eyes flashed with appreciation.

[Shopkeeper] looked at Boss Luo and said, "I can't ask for your name."

Boss Luo also smiled slightly at this time and said: "I can't ask about your past either."

The [Shopkeeper] waved his hand, and Miss Eleanor, who was motionless next to her, was sent out of the study, which would make the conversation more comfortable.

[Shopkeeper] smiled at this time and said: "That black soul messenger named Nero, you have planted spiritual seeds in her before, right? With the help of this connection, you can connect another person with this era. Related ordinary people are sent back to stimulate the seeds in Nero's body again, and then the will comes...a very good method, I have never thought of this before."

Boss Luo shook his head, "It was a relatively successful attempt."

[Shopkeeper] nodded, "I have done similar things, but it's a pity that my predecessor didn't seem to be willing to cooperate with me."

In simple terms, Boss Luo knew a lot... He took over the store from the [store owner] in front of him, and the [store owner] also took it over from the previous owner.

"We can't find the source of its inheritance, at present." [Shopkeeper] clasped his hands and said, "Its existence is far more ancient than you imagine."

Boss Luo has many questions and doubts, and hopes to get them from [the shop owner]. This discussion may not be completed in a short time, "Why did you choose me?"

"It seems that I will really choose you later." [Shopkeeper] thought for a while and said: "But I can't answer this question now because I haven't officially met you yet, and I don't know what I will do tomorrow. Naturally, I don’t know the reason for transferring the store to you... Moreover, this is even an inevitable result."

Boss Luo was thoughtful and silent.

This is indeed an inevitable result.

If [the store owner] knew the future events in advance because of his arrival in this era, if the [store owner] did not choose to hand over the store, then he might disappear now... If he failed to become the owner of the store, he would not have the ability. Come to this out of control.

"If the future works like this under the control of the root, then the episode about me meeting you will be erased after you leave." [Shopkeeper] replied: "I will completely forget this matter, But after you return, you won’t…do you know why?”

Luo Qiu thought for a while and said: "Any questions I ask you can eventually be purchased from the altar, so in the future, I will only know the past... In fact, I can't have any knowledge of what the past was like. Impact."

As he said that, Boss Luo waved his hand, but his palm penetrated the table directly. In this era, he could not touch anything. Probably no one could know his arrival except the [shop owner].

"No, it can still have some impact." [Shopkeeper] shook his head and said: "After all, there is a slight disorder in this time and space now, but it is not caused by you... or in other words, it is not caused by you in front of me. brought by you, but it is also brought by you, a you that is more distant than the you in front of me. There is no doubt that you will be more powerful and rich, so you can do it. Know why I asked Athena to hold A war between the Holy Cloth of the Crane?"

Luo Qiu thought for a moment and said, "To cooperate with me?"

"There is a key point in this war." [Shopkeeper] nodded: "It is also the closest coordinate in this era that can allow you to successfully come... After all, what you are doing now, even the so-called gods You can't do it either, and if you succeed, even I can't do it without the cooperation of another person."

Luo Qiu shook his head: "You are richer than me. I am evaporating my time all the time, and I will reach the limit soon."

[Shopkeeper] said: "Theoretically, I won't be much better than you. There are only so many benchmarks for everything. You see, the capacity of this cup is fixed. I have two liters of water and can fill it up. And you only have one liter of water, but you can also fill it up. The effect of what you and I do is the same. This is its benchmark and its limit. Beyond this limit, it is the same. We have no difference. Enemy, no matter how much water you have, you can only fill this glass of water."

"So, it doesn't matter whether I do business or not?" Boss Luo asked curiously.

In his own time, he could achieve near omniscience at any time...but the person in front of him had been a shopkeeper for a longer period of time than he had. In his time, he was also at the same level of omniscience.

Within the store system, there is a continuous lineage, and there are no so-called enemies in the store. The relationship between the previous one and the next one is probably communication at most.

"It's better to be rich than to be poor." [Shopkeeper] smiled casually at this time and said: "For example, when I want to enjoy but don't have enough time on my hands, it will be very embarrassing... Of course , my development direction is a little different from yours, and your material needs may be simpler than mine."

Boss Luo shook his head... His need for material things is actually not high.

[Shopkeeper] said: "What I mean is, I want to be a warrior, and you are like a mage. Our power is equal, but the mage can do many things that the warrior cannot, but it is relatively low. The warrior He is also physically stronger than a mage and has higher security. But the store has an absolute defense mechanism against the store owner... You see, for an eternal body like me, it seems quite embarrassing... Moreover, once I Once I move out of the store, it will all be stripped away from me very quickly.”

"You still have time, you can completely change this direction." Luo Qiu said directly.

"I like your proposal." [Shopkeeper] smiled, a gratified smile, "Because it shows that you have a special ability to think about others, and you are not even afraid that after I change my direction, it will lead to the current situation. Your disappearance, the disappearance of your era, the disappearance of everything you will experience in the future... After becoming a store owner, you are almost omnipotent, but you don’t mind that these disappear. How do you want me to evaluate you? "

"There are many things I can't do." Boss Luo said quietly.

For example, he couldn't have an era when he and his father existed at the same time, and he couldn't even recover the emotions that had been almost deprived of him by the altar.

This time because of Pride, he was angry once. I am afraid that next time he encounters the same thing, he will no longer be angry... If his emotions are loopholes, then every time it happens, he will be angry. It will be patched by the altar, and the loopholes will only become fewer and fewer.

"You have to understand that the things you can't do may be the price you pay for having all this." [The store owner] Xu buckled and said: "I don't know what price I will pay in the future to build the store." It’s in your hands, but the price is actually something you can’t afford.”

"What did you pay for?" Boss Luo suddenly asked.

[Shopkeeper] shook his head and said: "I don't know what I paid... After inheriting it, this section has been erased. I have been searching, but what I need to pay has not been enough so far. ...The altar is quite fair. You may only have paid for a trivial memory, but you will always want to know it, and you will also breed desires that you want to understand, and then your desires will be infinitely expanded. This trivial thing Memories will become something you cannot ask for...because you have lost this memory, and you don't know whether this memory is really insignificant, or whether it is more important to you than life...Yes The information asymmetry of customers also applies to shop owners. Shop owners are the biggest and most stable customers in the shop... You should understand this."

"So, you really don't want to think about it and change the direction?" Luo Qiu suddenly asked.

[Shopkeeper] said calmly: "I have said that this encounter will definitely be erased after you leave... Whatever I said or discussed with you will only be "never happened" ], since nothing happened, why do you make me feel that I have taken a wrong path."

"You are too calm." Boss Luo smiled bitterly.

"Same for you." [Shopkeeper] smiled and said: "Even if I can calculate my situation now, I still don't have any anger at all. This is me, our common sorrow."

"But in fact, this kind of sadness does not exist." Luo Qiu suddenly said: "You can always maintain this state, and I can always maintain my state, standing outside the long river of time, watching the flow of time... You Say, we have no enemies at all.”

"That's right." [Shopkeeper] smiled and said: "If I decide to do nothing now, you will not come. I can truly exist forever and watch the birth and destruction of countless civilizations in an infinite cycle... But in fact, you are still in front of me at this moment, which proves that I did something. Do you know what the reason for this is? "

Boss Luo fell into deep thought.

It has no enemies, can exist forever, and stands at the apex of all sentient beings, even the so-called gods. It is truly transcendent and beyond all things... It is a material dimension higher than countless sub-worlds. It can always exist as long as it is willing. Indeed There is no reason to die.

"Because, like you, I am also looking for the few fun." [The store owner] thought for a while and said: "I am thinking that if I transfer the store to you, it may be because I am pursuing my own fun. This is the last bit of fun. If I miss it, I will completely become the representative of the altar. I will no longer be myself...I exist, but at the same time I have been denied my existence. Obviously, even at this stage, When I think about this problem, I still feel scared almost instinctively... Look at me, my fingers are trembling slightly, obviously I am still scared in my heart, but you can't tell it from my expression or my eyes."

"But what if it's not fun?" Luo Qiu suddenly asked.

"Then there is only one possibility." [Shopkeeper] thought for a while and said: "Both I and you may be my predecessor, or my predecessor, a future set in the past. Just like the world of children in the whole world. Under the control of the Raye system, everyone has their own civilization's script... we may also have our own."

"Does it feel like being manipulated..." Luo Qiu lowered his head and pondered.

"Look, I'm just saying this." [Shopkeeper] smiled at this time, like a bad smile: "But you have already fallen into deep thought and started to estimate the correctness of this matter based on the existing conditions. sex."

"Shouldn't it be right?" Boss Luo couldn't help but be startled.

"Why do you think this is necessary?" [The store owner] said bluntly: "Why isn't there another possibility... In fact, as store owners, we never have to pay anything. Maybe the store owner himself is the one chosen by the source who controls everything. The lucky one doesn't need to do anything at all. You can do anything. No one will punish you, let alone the so-called cause and effect. Everything should be under your control. You can destroy it and reorganize it. , you can do whatever you want, you really don’t have to pay anything, are you really the luckiest one unreasonably?”

"This..." Luo Qiu couldn't help but open his mouth... [The shop owner]'s remarks even impacted some of his inherent concepts.

[Shopkeeper] smiled and said: "Anything is possible. What you think shouldn't happen is actually happening in different places every moment. The same goes for those that are impossible, even miracles. Maybe you You have always felt that something is manipulating you, but it is just your illusion... You may have been fighting against the air."

All this time, maybe I was just battling the air... Is it possible?

Maybe it's possible, since anything can happen.

Luo Qiu couldn't help but fell silent.

[Shopkeeper] obviously has more wisdom than him. This is a quantitative accumulation...[Shopkeeper] has a profound accumulation that Boss Luo does not have. It is just something understandable, but they are not walking on the same path.

"Then...why would the future me cause this kind of chaos in this time and space?"

Finally, Boss Luo asked one of the most important questions of the trip.

[Shopkeeper] thought for a while and said: "Perhaps, I just want you to be here with me and understand that you don't need to do anything at all. You see, compared to anyone else, even the black soul messenger in the store itself, Would it be more convincing for me, the previous [store owner] to you, and the [store owner] who personally handed over the store to you, to explain this to you?"

Luo Qiu had to admit this... it was indeed the case.

But is it really that simple?

Maybe it's really just that simple... I'm just used to assuming something like the delusion that there are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me?

Yes... and no.

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ps: As usual.