Chapter 3 The Shadow of "Comos"

The system said: "Before answering, do you want to watch a short guide?"

Tutorial for beginners?

Lin An felt an absurd sense of unreality in his heart. It was the system and the guide, as if his life had suddenly turned into an adventure game, replacing the real reality.

"Watch."

"Psychological exploration is mainly mastered by pathologists, but there is another fantasy world outside these fields."

"Can you switch to Chinese?"

The system spoke English, which was similar to machine translation, comparable to AI writing, messy.

"Okay, the language has been switched."

"In addition to Titan, where humans live, there is another world in the universe, commonly known as 'Kosmos', and Kosmos in Greek."

"No one knows where 'Kosmos' is. When it and Titan are in the same orbit, some radiation radiates from 'Kosmos' to Titan until the two planets continue to move forward and move further and further away."

"4,000 years ago, it was the first time that 'Kosmos' and Titan overlapped."

That was the era of ancient civilizations such as Mesobrada.

Could it be that at some point in the past, due to the influence of "Comes", myths really existed, and the ancients only recorded what they saw with their own eyes?

The system quickly answered Lin An's doubts.

"After 'Comes' disappeared, the mysterious radiation no longer existed, and the world was in turmoil. The dynasties built by the power of 'Comes' died one by one, and the related cultures were almost completely destroyed. However, some records were still preserved and scattered around."

Lin An's eyes widened.

No wonder myths and folklore have similarities.

They have the same source!

"The Titans cannot understand the complete 'Comes'. Due to different ways of thinking, each civilization deconstructs it from its own perspective. As the orbits of 'Comes' and Titan approach, the radiation spreads again."

"According to the law, in five years, the two planets will completely overlap; in ten years, they will be completely separated."

After listening to the introduction, Lin An's mood was difficult to calm down for a long time.

It turned out that the myths and folklore studied by his mother had appeared and disappeared on Titan.

Due to the movement of star tracks, they are about to make a comeback.

After the explanation, several lines of comments appeared on the system panel.

[Name]: The code name of the mysterious individual. The same mystery may have different names.

[Rating]: There are six levels in total. Strange Stories, Disasters, Legends, Myths, Sources, and Statue evaluate the degree to which the mystery is close to the origin of "Comos", and determine the difficulty of increasing the radiation value, the upper limit of the pollution level, and the priority of effectiveness.

[Rating 2]: There are five levels in total. A, B, C, D, and E evaluate the time when the mystery has been circulating on Titan, and determine the upper limit of the radiation value, the difficulty of increasing the pollution level, the control of other media and the performance of the mystery.

[Radiation Value]: The average value of the individual's current radiation from "Comos". The higher the value, the more powerful the energy that can be exerted.

[Pollution Level]: The distorted energy after the individual incorrectly interprets "Comos", which is presented in the form of disease, madness, distortion, and loss of control; when the pollution level reaches 100%, the individual will die.

[Medium]: The power of the god "Comos" attracted by the individual.

No.

Stop.

Lin An's eyelids twitched, staring at the panel of the "Mysterious Encyclopedia" in front of him.

"You, you are not the system, but--"

"When the star tracks overlap, the radiation source of 'Comos' is attracted to the Titans in the form of a divine medium, and based on the individual's experience and personality, it turns into a concrete mystery."

"Your desire for mysterious knowledge attracted the medium 'Seeker'. Based on the foundation of the "Magic Encyclopedia", the medium materialized and generated the "Mysterious Encyclopedia". In other words, after you were radiated by 'Comos', I was born."

Damn!

The system is actually me!

……………………

At midnight, Lin An left the abandoned warehouse and took the last bus back to the university campus.

A green glowing font floated in front of him.

[Name]: Mysterious Encyclopedia

[Rating]: Source Class B

[Radiation Value]: 0.2%

[Degree of Pollution]: 0%

[Medium]: Seeker of Knowledge

"So, my 'personality' is a green, glowing encyclopedia full of machine translations?"

"I think you exist like this."

What super idealism.

Temporarily accepting the setting that the system is mysterious, Lin An turned to [Name].

"I'm not bragging. As the son of a folklore professor, I know a lot about world mythology, but I've never heard of such a book. You said you are the Book of the Dead, the Ripuian Scroll, and the Voynich Manuscript, which are more credible than this name that sounds like a game fan page."

"Because you don't know the real name of the encyclopedia, it will not be displayed."

Harmonized?

The system can only display information within my cognition?

Lin An's brows were getting tighter and tighter.

"I still don't quite understand the meaning of those values. Why don't you tell me what functions you have?"

"The encyclopedia is based on the "Magic Encyclopedia" and contains the mysteries in it. When you witness, deconstruct and kill other mysteries, as long as the rating of the mystery is lower than your rating, the individual can control their existing abilities."

Lin An carefully read the machine translation and his eyes slowly widened.

"Since I am the source B-level... In addition to the statue, source and A-level mysteries, can I use other more "lower" mysteries?"

"That's right."

Lin An's eyebrows relaxed.

This is the only good news since being attacked by the dwarf demon.

After understanding the name and rating, the next thing is the radiation value and the degree of pollution.

"System, what do those two percentages represent?"

"The radiation value determines the strength of the energy. For example, if your radiation value is '0.2%', it means that you can only control 0.2% of the power of this encyclopedia."

"The degree of pollution is the consequence of misinterpreting 'Comos'. Whenever the degree of pollution reaches a certain threshold, it will bring negative effects. For example, the dwarf demon, his pollution level reached 63.2%, his body mutated, his mind declined, and he lost his human form and humanity."

Is the dwarf demon a person?

Thinking of the wrinkled face, rotten teeth and blood-red skin, Lin An got goose bumps.

Sure enough, there is no gift at zero cost in the world.

The Titans do not belong to Comos. They rely on observing shadows to try to analyze the laws of another world. If they are not careful, they will be doomed.

Lin An sorted out his thoughts, and the system continued.

"When using the mystic, the corresponding medium will be consumed. Currently, you have a total of 'Seekers' x7, 'God of Truth' x2, 'Dreamer' x3, 'Prophet' x4, 'Lord of the Earth' x1, 'War Emperor' x1, and 'God of Farming' x1."

"What do these gods represent?"

"This encyclopedia has not yet included the relevant entries of 'The Twelve Gods of Komos'."

Is there no record?

According to the system, there are twelve kinds of gods in "Komos", and each god's medium has a different function. Consuming a certain proportion of the medium can use the mysticism.

Scanning the ritual of "Magic Encyclopedia I", Lin An realized something.

Since the system is generated based on "Magic Encyclopedia", in addition to the first book, other series can also be included?

Turning on the phone, Lin An almost forgot about the senior sister, and quickly sent her a voice message to report that he returned to the apartment safely.

Because it was late and he didn't get a reply, he clicked on an avatar showing "67 new messages".

Haruto: I found the source of those books.

Haruto: "Encyclopedia of Magic", author Vasilika Cesar Tepesh Hughes, a noble Romanian noble who lives in seclusion, may be related to the famous Vlad the Impaler.

Haruto: [Picture] Oil painting portrait found on the Internet, this is the handsomeness that even 240p can't hide!

Haruto: Lin San, is this really your mother's family?

Haruto: Don't reply to me (ω`)

Haruto: Hey~ Lin San~ You don't want people to know that your mother is a relative of the Impaler, right?

Haruto: April just borrowed a book of yours. And Mike is here too, I dare not speak loudly, don't blame me (╥﹏╥)

Seeing the last message, Lin An was so scared that he quickly typed.

AnL: What book did she take?

Haruto replied immediately: "Strange Tales from Xiadongzhou - Aztec Mythology", is it an important book for Lin Sang?

This person was Lin An's roommate in his freshman and sophomore years. Before being attacked by the dwarf demon, he accidentally saw the ancient book and volunteered to help find the author.

Fortunately, this book was just one of the leisure books that Lin An borrowed from the library. If the ancient book was taken away, he would really want to cry without tears.

After all, those are not ancient books, but his "mystery"!

AnL: It's okay. You don't have to check, find time to send those ancient books to my apartment.

Haruto: I dare not go out, 嘤QAQ

AnL: ... Express delivery is also fine.

Haruto: I dare not look into the eyes of the courier boy QAQ

Buddy, you are too socially anxious.

Lin An sneered and clicked "Video Call" directly.

The other party was disconnected instantly, and probably threw the phone away.

"Well, find a time to go back to the dormitory." Chatting with his former roommates, Lin An slowly got rid of today's mental exhaustion, leaning on the window, looking at the city's prosperous night view. However, he did not have much fear. After seeing the real body of the dwarf demon, he was not only afraid, but he had endless interest in replacing him.

Because "Comos" sounds like a more interesting world.

Lin An's mouth curled up and he clicked on a hyperlinked website saved to the cloud.

The black background page, the skull with roses in its eyes, the hexagram and the purple tree pattern all indicate that this is not a normal social forum.

Lin An skillfully logged into his account and posted a new post.

Ranger_12: I just got off work and saw a veritable urban legend [picture].