Chapter 291: Don’t Look Directly at God

There is no distinction between up, down, left, and right in the blank land, and there are no changes in the sky with sunrise and moonset.

It's hard to feel the passage of time while you're there.

Especially when someone in the chat always has endless questions to ask, and the answerer has infinite patience. This process will not stop as long as curiosity remains.

While the young wizard was pecking at the rice and nodding, the gentleman took out his pocket watch for the second time and glanced at the time.

When he raised his head, the young wizard asked a new question:

"Sir, what exactly is an Outer God?"

As he spoke, he raised his eyelids slightly, as if he wanted to take another look at the illusory starry sky above his head, but he immediately suppressed the urge and forcibly lowered his eyelids: "I mean, they don't feel good to people. …When I saw them outside before, I always felt an inexplicable irritation in my heart.”

"That's because you are standing too low." The husband's answer was very straightforward: "Just like when ordinary people look up at the stars in the dark night, they will feel anxious, flustered, and self-denial, and feel that their life is short for decades. It is meaningless in front of the vast universe. Small individuals, huge stars, long distances and time all make people feel powerless... Many people will have a sense of 'life is nothingness' because of this, and in serious cases it will even lead to a world view. and collapse of outlook on life.”

“The more ‘knowledgeable’ people are, the stronger this ‘sense of emptiness’ will be.”

"If you ask an old farmer to look up at the stars, the most he will say is that the weather will be nice tomorrow; but if you ask an educated philosopher to look up at the stars, he may go crazy... The more he knows, the easier it is to go crazy."

"Wizards will have similar synaesthesia when they look up at the stars. It's just that because they see more, the synaesthesia is stronger. This feeling is described in theological terms as 'cannot look directly at God'. "

What does this have to do with ‘outer gods’? The young wizard muttered in his heart.

The gentleman seemed to hear his thoughts and smiled: "The 'outer gods' you call are also wizards, but they have broken away from the concept of ordinary wizards... divided by modern ranks, most of the 'outer gods' 'They are all between the 'legendary wizard' and the 'ancient wizard', above the legend but not yet full of ancient times."

“Any path to transcendence has been forged by predecessors overcoming many obstacles.”

"The path of 'Registered Wizard - Grand Wizard - Legendary Wizard - Ancient Wizard' that the school is teaching you now is the broadest and most stable path among all known extraordinary paths."

"But that doesn't mean there are no other extraordinary paths besides this one."

"For example, many great wizards who are unable to step into the legend will choose to create a 'supernatural race' and achieve the 'ancestral throne' to achieve self-transcendence; there are also great wizards who will choose the path of 'becoming a god' by collecting faith and igniting divine fire; and there are great wizards who will work with Some ancient beings in the universe signed a contract and became 'agents' to break through the barriers with the help of external forces."

“The water may be deep, shallow, clear, or turbid, and the road may have ups and downs, but as long as you can reach the other shore, that is enough for the seeker.”

"We couldn't ask for more."

"Follow the broadest path and become a legendary wizard. The wizard needs to collect enough information, constantly improve the concept of 'self', and allow himself to resonate with the universe. The more similar the better. This is a bit like how we construct a forbidden spell. For the previous work, select a large enough set and then look for patterns to converge.”

"The 'Outer Gods' are essentially a group of beings who have surpassed the legendary wizards. Their 'self-concept' continues to expand, but they are unable to 'converge' by subtraction. They have to abandon their physical bodies and escape into the depths of the starry sky."

"Maybe some people think they are a group of losers, but I don't think so. Different paths lead to the same goal. No one knows whether the infinite expansion of the self-concept will overlap with the current state of 'I'. Just like the origin of the universe , Convergence is a forbidden spell, divergence is a world.”

"For individuals, the Forbidden Curse seems easier to control than the world."

"But no one can judge who is better, Forbidden Curse or World... After all, they belong to two different levels. It is difficult to have a clear indicator for quantitative comparison."

"This is why you are more attractive to them, because you contain a 'forbidden curse seed' in your body and have a clear, complete and correct 'path to convergence'..."

"But in today's battle, the 'Gauze Nicholas' who appeared behind the big toad didn't seem to be that interested in me." Zheng Qing was very keen on the enemy's malice in the battle, and he and Sa Tuo Compared to Gu Ya's overflowing malice, the outer god behind who arrived relying on the little goat seemed to completely ignore the existence of the black cat.

"It's His Highness Sathogya and His Highness Nicholas." The gentleman corrected: "Facing the starry sky, you need to maintain enough awe... As I said before, after the concept of 'self' expands infinitely, it is very likely that I have reached my current state, and the Black Goat of the Forest, who has given birth to thousands of descendants, is one of the most powerful among the Outer Gods. She has probably seen her own path clearly, and naturally she will not be restrained by your concept. interest."

"In comparison, the younger and weaker the outer gods are, the stronger their desire for you is. Because their degree of 'expansion' is still very slight, they have a great possibility of setting foot on the broadest road."

The young wizard sighed deeply.

"It's so tiring to live." He said with emotion: "I never thought that one day I would become Tang Monk."

The gentleman chuckled twice: "Luck or misfortune are always close to each other. Just like today's accident, the most unlucky person was Nicholas. She came in response to the call, but suffered a powerful spell in vain. This is It's like you randomly dialed a number to ask for help, and as soon as the other person stepped over the threshold, he was shot in the face and turned into pieces. But who can say that Nicholas has nothing to gain? "

"At least she has confirmed the coordinates of this world. Perhaps after a long time, we will be able to feel His gaze on this world."

The young wizard couldn't help but shudder and tried to erase the horrific images from his mind.

The gentleman stretched, let out a long breath, and concluded: "This is a world full of order, and you are the fruit of order, and you have the power to break the order."

"The most attractive thing in the world is the power to break the rules. For mortals, this power represents money, power, and beauty. For wizards, this power is knowledge."

"Forbidden spells are knowledge that can subvert order, rewrite rules, and have unlimited content."

"Now that you understand all this, from now on, you must correct your mentality, adjust your state, and face the ubiquitous covetousness in the dark jungle anytime and anywhere."