Chapter 787: The Hermit

Chapter 788 The Hermit

Facing the [Mountain Hermit] in person, the feeling is completely different from the pixel projection of the simulator.

It is just over two meters tall, in the form of a mummy wrapped in cloth strips, but it is not like the previous [Guanling Xiantai] with its arms open to welcome worship.

This [Hermit] sits quietly on a stone, playing a bowed harp. His third hand holds a stone wine glass, and his arm hangs down, as if he is toasting to Lu Yao, the visitor.

There is also a ring behind it.

Only then did Lu Yao see clearly that the hermit's ring is an exoskeleton that grows from the back, perhaps keratin similar to horns and nails. This bone forms a wide-edged ring that looks like the divine light behind the immortals and Buddhas.

The face of the stone statue is also wrapped in bandages, and the outlines of the nose, eyes, mouth and ears can be vaguely seen, similar to humans.

Its arms are long and thin, its palms are wide, and it has five long and powerful fingers. One hand is enough to wrap its own head.

Lu Yao touched the forearm of the Hermit.

It felt rough and cold, no different from ordinary stone, and there was really no sign that it had the power to destroy the world.

Lu Yao looked at the scarab with the body of the pharaoh: "You said that Anubis's divinity came from it?"

The scarab replied: "Yes, Lord Yao. Lord [Hermit] is a very special and ancient existence. He gave Lord Anubis divine power and wisdom. In Lord Anubis' eyes, Lord [Hermit] is like a father."

"But Lord Anubis also said that [Hermit] is not a god, but a pseudo-man, like a human but not a human."

Not the holder of the godhood of God?

Lu Yao asked it: "Is it the Eldar?"

"I don't know. The [Hidden One] existed too long ago, and all I know are the fragments of what Lord Anubis once said."

The scarab thought for a while, and its whiskers twitched: "The most well-known Eldar are the dragons and giants... Maybe [Hidden One] is one of the minority groups."

Lu Yao looked at the three-armed man playing the harp in front of him and activated his [Yesterday Reappearance] ability.

...

In a trance, he suddenly found himself in a stone statue.

[Hidden One] played the harp, and the gentle sound of the harp was right beside his ears.

Lu Yao gained the perspective of the Hermit.

But this is just a kind of possession, which can only see and perceive, but cannot be controlled.

When the Hermit was there, the Dog City was not covered with yellow sand, but dense flowers and plants grew in the soil, and various birds jumped and circled on the towering trees.

There was a scene of vitality everywhere.

[Hidden] looked at a small black jackal at his feet and said in a relaxed tone: "Anubis, I have been targeted by them. It won't be long before they find me... So let me tell you something."

He raised his third hand and tapped the jackal's forehead with his index finger.

A trace of confusion flashed across the jackal's eyes, and then as if he understood something, his eyes became much smarter.

"Death is sometimes not a cessation. Some people live just to complete the moment of death."

"You don't need to understand these, just remember them. If you can't understand them all the time, it may not be a bad thing, because it means you will have fewer troubles."

[Hidden] muttered to himself.

"Do you want this?"

His third hand grabbed in the air as if performing magic, and his index finger and thumb pinched a shiny transparent gem.

Lu Yao could see clearly that it was a godhead.

The jackal suddenly became energetic, with a look of expectation on his face, rubbing around the bandaged legs of the Hermit, wanting to be fed.

"This is fake, just a trick."

The godhead in the hand of [Hidden] disappeared without a trace.

The jackal's ears drooped suddenly, and he looked a little listless.

"Be patient."

He said: "Patience is a virtue, so companionship is so expensive and luxurious... There is probably nothing eternal in this world. Everything will disappear, the stars in the sky will fall, and the rivers on the ground will dry up."

The jackal licked his third hand.

"It's okay, I'm not sad."

[Hidden] said softly: "I raised a dragon. Do you know? Dragons cannot be raised. This is a strictly controlled species and is very dangerous in itself."

"I secretly raised a dragon for many years. One day, I was caught by them, and they exiled me for many years."

Lu Yao immediately thought of hell. Another name for demons is [Exile].

It seems that [Hidden] is very likely a spirit. He dared to raise dragons like pets, which means that he ranks very high among the spirits.

"What makes me sad is not being exiled, but the reason why I was punished is because of my dragon. It deliberately attracted others. It hates me."

"It has been with me for many years. According to the rules of this world, it is about five eras. From the initial vigilance and hostility, to the gradual indifference, and then to the dialogue and recognition later..."

"Unfortunately, even these are fake."

The sound of the piano of [Hidden World] is a little faster.

"The dragon has been waiting, waiting for the most critical moment to give me the most damaging and fatal blow... I captured it on the battlefield, and it has been holding back for revenge. Even if it is strangled and thrown into a cage, it will make me pay the price."

"In fact, I should have known all this long ago. But there is still a kind of fluke in my heart. What if, what if it is more special, what if I am more lucky, what if we are both willing to make some concessions and try?"

"Unfortunately, luck didn't come to me."

He looked at the jackal at his feet: "After being exiled, I left my hometown and fell into this world. Anyway, it doesn't matter if I am missing."

"I am tired of endless construction and expansion. Everyone is full of unstoppable enthusiasm and ambition. Maybe it's because I was born with a disability. I am missing a hand, which makes me always tired and give up easily. Sometimes I always think, forget it, just live casually."

"Then I... Are you tired? Then sleep."

The picture is interrupted here.

...

[Hidden] opened his eyes again, and Lu Yao found that the surrounding scene suddenly changed.

He was in a city.

There are huge buildings in this city. They are all made of equal-sized square stone bricks, connected tightly and integrated.

If you look closely, you can find that these buildings are an imitation or tribute to nature.

The most numerous ones are tree-shaped column towers, followed by buildings that look like various flowers and plants, some curled, some forked, some winding, some with buds on top... and some crawling animal-like buildings.

It's like a real-life pixel grid world, but it retains the pyramid-like megalithic geometric aesthetics.

In this deserted stone city, [Hidden World] strolled with the black jackal.

"What do you think of this?"

[Hidden World] said proudly: "I have given each dead life another new life. If someone finds them, they should be able to preserve them. This is what I am best at."

Lu Yao's eyes swept across the stone buildings around him - these things are all wonders.

[Hidden World] is like replicating everything he has experienced in the past. This [Yesterday Reappearance] ability is incredible.

But he thinks that he is only good at building wonders.

"Not good."

[Hidden World] suddenly whispered, and with a flick of his hand, the jackal under his feet disappeared.

At the same time, dense black vortices appeared in the sky, and black human figures sank in those vortices.

Lu Yao recognized them at a glance.

It was a soldier spirit.

There were all over the sky.

Lu Yao swept his eyes and found that most of them were elite first-class soldiers, and there were also a large number of sergeants and lieutenants.

The leader was a bald giant with four eyes on his face, and four school-level soldier spirits followed him.

Thousands of soldier spirits came for the [Hidden World].

The two sides did not have any dialogue and started fighting directly.

The [Hidden World] raised his hand, and the group of wonders on the ground formed a special resonance with him. Strands of light crisscrossed between the wonders on the ground, forming geometric loops like circuit board wires, and finally gathered on the [Hidden World].

Three-dimensional electric grids rose from the ground, binding and blocking the soldier spirits that fell from the sky one by one. The vanguard of hundreds of soldier spirits was immediately trapped in the quagmire of force pulling, unable to continue to approach the core target.

At this time, shining black cross stars lit up in the sky.

The psychic bombardment began.

In the sky, a huge light wheel slowly rotated behind the four-eyed giant, and circles of red light leaked out during the rotation of the light wheel, dyeing the entire sky bloody.

This memory ended in a violent flash.

…

After Lu Yao regained his vision again, he found himself - or the [Hidden World] sitting on a large stone, with black smoke all over his body.

He played the harp in his hand again, but this time the sound was a little out of tune and slow.

There were rubble and dust everywhere, and those ingenious and magnificent stone buildings had turned into ruins. There were many large impact craters with circular edges on the ground. The whole earth seemed to have been scorched by a fire, with charred debris and melted glass-like stones everywhere.

The land was stripped out, and the edge was endless darkness.

There were irregular tear-like cracks in the air, and red and white flashes appeared from time to time in the cracks.

The jackal nudged the bandaged leg of the Hermit with its head and howled uneasyly.

"It's okay, it's okay."

The Hermit said tiredly: "I cut this place out and sent it into the void turbulence, so they couldn't find it. But it's so tiring, dealing with them while completing the transformation and separation... This is the price you have to pay for being alone."

He touched the jackal's head: "Many years ago, I discovered a secret. When people gather together, the more they are, the more powerful they are, and the more incredible things they can do."

"But at this time, we have become no longer ourselves, but we think we want to do that... In fact, we are just driven by some kind of subtle instinct to build, move, fight, and cooperate with each other."

"Only by leaving Only by leaving the group can we return to the state of "I", which is our truest appearance, and we can know what we really want. "

"Living alone, we will be exposed, drifting with the tide, and unable to control ourselves."

[Hidden] plucked the strings in his hand and said softly: "Many people know this, but everyone will still survive in our way, because this is the safest and most powerful. They will not be like me now, in a miserable state and having difficulty surviving."

"But I don't regret my choice."

"I am tired of being silently controlled by instinct, I hate war and endless confrontation, and I hate taking everything for granted. I just want to hide in a cave where no one will come, and stay alone quietly. "

He smiled: "But this is actually a luxury, and it's not that good, otherwise I wouldn't try to keep you by my side. Many years later, you may be grateful to me, or you may hate me because I broke your simple life... No one can tell whether it's good or bad."

"【Destruction Words】... I hope you won't use it."

"May you have a regret-free and wonderful life, so goodbye, Anubis, my friend."

The third hand of 【Hidden World】 raised the wine glass.

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly.

His body seemed to be shrouded by some kind of power, and it quickly petrified and solidified, freezing into its final appearance.

In the wine glass, several divine powers shone.