Chapter 26 Is Tathagata a Clone?

After finishing the black snake, I named it under the name of the second generation and named it Black Flame. Naturally, he is called Hei because of his pitch-black scales. As for Yan, this name was given because we discovered another characteristic of Black Flame after he became a magic pet crystal. Although he had been using physical attacks in the previous battles with the Baoshu King and those monsters, when we finally saw the attributes, we were surprised to find that this guy could actually use spells. Although he knows only a few types of spells, they are all surprisingly powerful. Especially his Dark Flame Spray, which is even worse than the dragon's Dragon Flame Spray. In addition, we also discovered a very strange attribute of Black Flame, that is, he can attack all illusory individuals. The reason is not clear. Anyway, it is enough to know that there is such an attribute.

After subduing the black flames, Ling and I went down to Ruoshui and tumbled for a long time before dragging the black crystal where the king was to the shallow book area. The previous battle was too fierce, and I don’t know who kicked the crystal. , if my spiritual contact with the king hadn't allowed me to determine his location, I would have had to work hard to salvage it. Although to me, water is just a black, very cold liquid, but to most living things, water is actually similar to frozen sulfuric acid. Even if it is not burned to ashes immediately, it will freeze into ice. Then it shattered into pieces of ice.

After waiting for a few more hours on the shore of Ruoshui, there was a sudden clicking sound on the surface of the black crystal where the king was. Ling and I quickly jumped up and ran to the crystal to observe. We saw a huge crack on the surface of the crystal. , and it continued to spread, and soon the whole crystal was covered with spider-like cracks. In the end, there was only a popping sound, and the whole crystal suddenly broke into countless fragments and fell to the sea, while the king appeared with a brand new The image appeared in front of us.

"King?" Ling asked tentatively, because the king in front of him was really very different from before he evolved. The king used to look like a general wearing armor. Although he always had a straight face, he always looked more human, but now it is different. The current king still wears full body armor, but the appearance of the armor has become extremely gorgeous. The angular armor looks like it is made of black crystal. It seems transparent at first glance, but when you look hard, you can only see a pitch black, and the surface of the armor is strangely reflective. The black streamer looks extremely gorgeous when combined with the golden lines on the armor's surface. Not to mention, this suit of armor is actually wrapped in a layer of purple-black flames. Occasionally, some golden light spots can be seen flashing in the flames, as if the whole body is shining. Especially those golden light spots are even more gorgeous against the black armor and flames. Forgetting such an arrogant appearance, what's even more terrible is that there are two large holes in the king's helmet, from which a pair of curved horns protrude forward and turn in an arc to bend back. No matter how I looked at it, I thought that thing looked very familiar. After thinking about it carefully, I realized that Ling's true body also had such two horns, which meant that this thing could basically be regarded as the symbol of the great devil.

In fact, it is not just the king who has evolved, because the king himself has two companion familiars, the demon and the demon. Now that the king has evolved, the demon and the demon have also evolved. The original demons and monsters were a boy and girl who looked to be only a few years old, but now they have changed a lot. The little sister with a little baby fat has turned into a perfect girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. Although she still looks very young, she is fundamentally different from the little girl before, at least now. She looks extremely alluring, with a beautiful face with an enchanting beauty and delicate facial features. She is simply a girly version of a vixen. No, it should be said that sprites are more charming and evil than vixens. No matter how evil the vixen is, it is still a living thing, but the sprite is a completely resentful spirit, and its evil power cannot be compared to that of the vixen. The transformations of the demons and demons are similar, except that the little girl-shaped demon has turned into a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, while the chubby demon demon has turned into a feminine and handsome guy about seventeen or eighteen years old, or according to the current situation The popular saying is that he is a transvestite type of handsome man.

In addition to the changes in appearance, the changes in abilities of demon monsters are actually greater than the changes in appearance. The previous demons and demons had no direct attack power. Their ability was to teleport to the target and hug the target's legs, and then one would laugh evilly and the other would sob. Their function was to absorb the target's life and magic value. If they were drained, If the attribute cannot be shaken off, the target will die. Although it seems that this attribute is quite terrifying, in fact, apart from mental pressure, the real threat is not very serious. After all, the absorption speed is relatively slow, and the lives and magic power of current players and monsters are not too high. It's low, and it takes a lot of time to suck it dry. If you have such a long time, you should use advanced dispersion n times. But now the skills of the demons and demons have changed. Instead of crying and laughing while hugging their legs, they can directly smile or pretend to be cool at the target or target group from a distance. In other words, the skills of the previous demons were single-attack type. , but now it has become possible to attack multiple targets at the same time. But there is a difference here, and that is the beginning of gender differentiation. The monster's coolness is only effective on women, and the monster's charming smile is also the most effective on men. As for genderless races, both can have an effect. In the past, the skill effect of the demon monster was blood-sucking and demon-sucking. Now there has been a slight change. The effect of blood-sucking and demon-sucking still exists, but the absorption speed has been slightly increased. However, in the past, the demon-sucking demon had one blood-sucking and the other demon-sucking. Now, both of them have both blood-sucking and demon-sucking capabilities. The effect is gone. In addition, a new ability has been added to the demon monster's skills, which is weakening. When a monster appears, as long as the enemy cannot kill it or drive it out of sight, the target character will continue to weaken. This is manifested in slower reaction times, reduced strength, and an increased chance of spell casting failure. This ability doesn't seem to have any direct effect, but as time goes by, even gods will probably have to suffer. After all, if it continues to be weakened like this, sooner or later gods will become weaker than ordinary people, and by then they will be completely hopeless. However, because of this skill, the demon monster's previous invincibility attribute has also disappeared. It only has a relatively increased physical attack ability, but its strength is not outstanding.

After reading the attributes, I took back all the demon pets and returned to Essinger. However, I didn't stay here long because there were still many things at hand that were not finished. First of all, I went to Yunxiao City to check out the merger status of Atlan's affiliated races. After confirming that the construction progress was pretty good, I went to see Ashford and discussed with him the various recent developments in Europe. Guild information. After leaving Ashford's place, I went to Japan again. I explained the recent operational issues to the leaders of the guild here and was busy until late at night. After teleporting back to Isengard, I hurriedly ran to Heaven. The main reason for coming here is that the masters we got from Buddhism are currently sealed here. I am here to see the situation.

As soon as I came out of the teleportation array in heaven, I ran directly to Taishang Laojun, but this time I didn't go to the alchemy room, but to another room. Although it looked like other places, there was something inside. There is a universe. As soon as I pushed open the door of the hall, my eyes immediately changed. The environment inside the hall that I should have seen did not appear at all. Instead, there was a huge lawn comparable to ** Square, and there was a huge lawn behind the lawn. A large lake, and above the lake is a waterfall, but the waterfall does not come from the mountains, but pours down from a floating island above, like a silver forged belt hanging in the air. The water mist splashing near the waterfall completely enveloped a large group of buildings behind it in water vapor. From my side, I could see a rainbow hanging over the buildings, which looked as dreamy as it did.

"Master?" I was in a daze when I suddenly heard Xiao Longnu's voice. After I overheard in Buddhism that the people we caught in Buddhism were all clones of people in Buddhism, I asked Xiao Longnu to come back and report the news. Then Xiao Longnu kept looking at the clones of these people in Buddhism until I came here.

"Are all the clones of those in Buddhism here?"

"Yes. But the situation is a bit complicated and different from what we thought before." Xiao Longnu said.

"complex?"

"How should I say it? Anyway, you will understand clearly when you come and take a look."

After following Xiao Longnu across a small bridge over the lake and reaching the building complex, I discovered that the architectural structure here is similar to Suzhou gardens. Small bridges, flowing water, rockeries, and strange rocks can be seen everywhere, but the most special place is not these dead objects. on, but those living things. There was a group of cranes standing by the pool in front, and there was a water unicorn sleeping on a relatively large rockery. What was even more surprising was that there was a dragon lying on the roof not far away. "The fairy's home is really different!"

Xiao Longnu thought I said this place was big, so she explained: "Tai Shang Laojun is one of the most powerful figures in the immortal world. Most immortals don't have this magnificence. We will soon reach the place where the clones of those in Buddhism are located. "

I nodded and said nothing more, and soon we moved to a courtyard located on the edge of the building complex. As soon as we passed the gate, I could clearly feel that the environment here had changed significantly. The original beautiful waterside rockery has all disappeared, and the red-walled building has turned into a white stone building, and each stone has a strange mark on the surface, just like a trademark. Of course, it is impossible for stones to have trademarks, so these things can only be some kind of magic mark, maybe it has a similar effect to a magic circle.

Behind the gate of this courtyard is a small square, surrounded by a circle of bungalows. The strange thing is that there is a sword hanging in front of the gate of each house, and each sword is also wearing a card full of runes. yellow paper. When I came in, Taishang Laojun was talking to a person in one of the rooms with his back to the door. When he saw me appearing, Taishang Laojun immediately walked out. The person who was talking to him noticed that Taishang Laojun had left. I also turned around, and I was shocked when I saw that face, because it was none other than Tathagata.

With a bang, the blades and claws of both hands popped out at the same time, and I instantly entered the fighting state. The black flames jumped up to a height of two feet with a roar, which shocked the Supreme Lord. "Calm down and calm down. He is not the Tathagata you are fighting with!"

"No?" Taishang Laojun's words made me stunned for a moment, but I did not cancel the fighting form.

"I'll explain to you right away. You put away the Hellfire first. My anti-magic floor tiles require energy to activate. Do you have to pay for the consumption?"

"Ah?" I lowered my head and discovered that the rune on the surface of a large stone slab under my feet was emitting a dazzling golden light, and several nearby floors also shone with varying degrees of brightness, obviously because of my magic power. started. "Damn, my magic power!" After seeing the changes in those floor tiles, I remembered to check my own magic power, and found that the magic value had dropped by more than one-third. I just activated the combat mode and lost a third of my magic power before even using my skills. If this really happened, I wouldn't be able to use even a single move and my magic power would be at the bottom. This is too perverted. Bar?

Taishang Laojun saw that I had put away the Hell Fire on my body and immediately took the initiative to explain: "This is where I study dangerous creatures. To facilitate research, the entire yard is built with anti-magic materials. I don't care if you are here." The supernatural powers that enter the earth can only be like ordinary people."

"Then yourself...?"

"I have this." Taishang Laojun flashed a jade pendant on his body. "This is the key to the magic circle. If you carry it, you will not be suppressed. Otherwise, like you, the magic power will be sucked out as soon as the combat state is activated."

I nodded and put away my fighting form, then pointed at the guy behind him and asked, "Isn't he Tathagata?"

"Yes. No." Taishang Laojun said something puzzling, and then explained it without waiting for me to ask. "He is the Tathagata from the Buddhist forces that Heaven defeated in the previous war between the gods in Middle Earth, but he is just a clone of the real Tathagata from the West. In fact, if you hadn't sent the dragon girl back to inform us, even he himself wouldn't know that he was just A clone."

"Huh?" This answer was really unexpected, but I can understand the situation very well. Although I don’t know much about clones in magic, I can use the analogy to scenes in science fiction movies. The Tathagata in front of me now is like a clone that often appears in science fiction movies. Its consciousness and body cells all come from the original real Tathagata. But the problem is that the current Tathagata does not appear after being "cloned". Knowing that he was "cloned", he didn't even have the memory of going through the process of reincarnation. In other words, he always thought that he was the Tathagata, the only true Tathagata. He didn't know anything about the matter of reincarnation. have no idea. "Don't you know you're fake?"

The Tathagata said dejectedly: "I couldn't believe it when Master Taishang told me before, but now it has been proven! Hey! I thought that I was working hard for Buddhism in the Middle Earth, but it turns out that all I did was make wedding dresses for others. .Why……"

After hearing Tathagata's explanation, I looked at Taishang Laojun in confusion. Taishang Laojun immediately explained it to me and I quickly understood it. Although this Tathagata is a reborn clone, in addition to the memory about the clone, the true Tathagata also has many memories. It is precisely because of this that he can develop Buddhism in China according to the exact same behavior as the true Tathagata. the power of. He didn't know that he was just a clone before because the real Tathagata didn't send him any commands or anything like that, and it was impossible for him to test his clone for no reason, just like we don't suddenly think It's like I'm a fake self. If this hypothesis comes, I haven't thought about it at all. However, although he could not think of it at ordinary times, it does not mean that he does not understand the characteristics of this kind of clone. After the people in heaven told the imprisoned person about the news, he tested himself, and he really found that he was just a clone. When he found out, it was like a slap in the face that gave him stars all over his head. After knowing the news, Ruo Lai immediately gave up any resistance and did whatever Heaven asked him to do. He even took the initiative to help convince those Buddhists who were also reincarnated clones. The main reason why Tathagata cooperates like this is because he feels uneasy, because although he is a clone, he has independent thinking. He thinks that he is an independent existence and is not an accessory of the true Tathagata, but the true Tathagata is. You can kill them at any time, so if you come, you will be so cooperative in hoping to help Heaven. It is nothing more than hoping that we can get rid of the True Tathagata as soon as possible, so that they can survive. Otherwise, one day, if the True Tathagata wants to destroy them, all it takes is a thought. They will be completely turned into ashes, without even a chance to resist.

"How many people from the Buddhist sect are here now who have been separated through the method of rebirth and clone?"

"About more than three thousand!" Taishang Laojun said this and then turned to the Ruo Ruilai and said: "You should go back first." The Ruo Ruilai bowed silently and then returned to his room. Taishang Laojun pulled me out of the yard after he came and went. After we came out, he started talking in a low voice. "The current situation is like this. Although the Buddhists born from these clones are not as strong as the original body, their combat effectiveness in a short period of time can still reach the level of the real original body. So...!"

"So Heaven wants to keep these people?"

"Have you guessed it?" Taishang Laojun was somewhat surprised.

"Isn't this clear?" Seeing Taishang Laojun's expression of "I'm listening", I had to explain: "Even if these Buddhist people who were controlled by you didn't cooperate with you, you didn't kill them all. This is inevitable. There are plans to make use of it, otherwise the leaders of your heavenly gang would be willing to put a group of unscheduled bombs around them?"

"That makes some sense."

"I'm right about the first one, and I'm even more sure about what's behind. Now that these Buddhists know that they are just clones, they can use themselves to save others. If you and I suddenly find that we are someone else's clone, and whether we live or die, How would you feel if everything is controlled by others?"

"Then of course we have to find a way to get out of this environment!"

"So! These Buddhist people will definitely not be able to defeat the real Buddhist bosses on their own. After all, their lives are in their hands. As long as they plan to resist, the other party doesn't even need to take action. As long as they One thought took care of them all. Then think about it again. If they can't compete with Buddhism, they can only rely on external help. Now the only one who has this ability and is willing to help is Heavenly Court. So they will definitely want to seek refuge. Heavenly Court gets help. In this case, Heavenly Court will not be moved? I don’t believe it even if you kill them. Then protecting these Buddhist people becomes Heavenly Court’s only idea.”

"The Jade Emperor said you are as cunning as a fox, but I think a fox is much worse than you!"

"Are you praising me or scolding me?"

“Hahahaha…let’s do both!”

"It's not easy to be judged by Laojun, whether it's good or bad, but if you let me work, you have to give me benefits. This is a matter of principle."

Taishang Laojun looked at me in surprise and asked, "How did you know that Heaven wants you to do something again?"

"Do you still need to ask? I am not your boss, Laojun. Even if you have research results, you don't have to report them to me! But now that you have told me the matter in such detail, doesn't it mean you want my help? In fact, even if Even if you don’t tell me, I probably know what you want me to do.”

"Ah? You know all this?" Taishang Laojun was really scared this time.

"There are only two ways to protect these people in Buddhism. The first is to kill all the real people in Buddhism, so that the fake ones become real. But I can't do this kind of thing, and secondly, you They won't come to me, so I won't consider it. Then there is only the second option. You must have found a way to remove the connection between these Buddhist clones and their bodies from some channels, but this method probably requires someone. There are some things that you can’t get your hands on or you can’t get them at all, so you came to me. Is my guess right?”

Taishang Laojun looked at it in surprise and said: "This is the only way I can get a glimpse of the way of heaven! You are indeed not a mortal! The thing is basically the same as what you said. This method was given by the reborn clone of Tathagata, and the memory of Tathagata himself is his Yes, we naturally know how to cut off the connection between the reincarnated clone and the main body, but breaking the connection requires a lot of materials, most of which we can get, but there are three things that require your help."

"Tell me. What is it? Where can I get it? How much do I need? Are there any difficulties?"

"The first one is Haoyun Stone. This thing is produced in the Western Region. We have little contact with it. Besides, the demand is relatively high, so I have to trouble you to buy some back."

"Hao Shi? That's no problem. How much do you want?" Hao Stone is a kind of magic material that is not very expensive. Ashford has this kind of mine. Basically, you can get as much as you want.

"It's about a hundred pounds in total."

"No problem, it can be delivered tomorrow. What are the other two things?"

"This..." Taishang Laojun said with some embarrassment: "The following two things are more troublesome!"