Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 1981 5. Starting today 996

Oneiroi's library, a very magical place.

According to Lord Merlin who led the way, this place does not exist in a world in a conventional sense, or in other words, it connects most of the worlds in the multiverse,

It's just that few people can find the way to enter here.

Because the owner of this place, Oneiroi, is not a hospitable person, he has a unique taste, and only welcomes those guests who like to tell or listen to stories to stay in his library temporarily.

Although the name is called a library, what Laike sees is an endless variety of bookshelves, and each shelf is filled with various books.

They are organized very concisely, not only leaving space for people to walk and choose between the various bookshelves, but there are even ladders specially used for climbing beside the high raised bookshelves.

Looking above the head, there is a gentle light, not very bright or glaring, just the kind of light that is most friendly to the eyes when picking up a book and reading.

If it feels too dark, there are magic candlesticks floating around at any time waiting to be dispatched. The candles in those candlesticks are like flying elves, igniting a flame on the head, as if it will never burn out.

"How many books are here?"

When Laike came to this place full of books, he intuitively put down the pipe at the corner of his mouth. This was one of the few good habits he developed under the guidance of Dean Lanyue.

Facing his question, Your Excellency Raven shrugged his shoulders, and while letting his strange magic robe with its hem divided into four sides be blown by the wind of wisdom in front of him, he replied casually:

"No one knows, and there is no way to count, because every new story in the multiverse is born, there will be an additional book here. Oneiroi is a writer and a recorder. He doesn't care whether those new stories will be written or not. Will be liked by others, he is just persistently recording every story that appears in front of him.

He's pure, which also means he's not easy to deal with.

But I think you'll be friends with him. "

"I also think I'm pretty good at making friends, maybe that's one of my strong talents?"

Bo Laike followed the raven, passing through the densely packed bookshelves.

He looked around, occasionally seeing one or two shadowy figures walking around the surrounding bookshelves, and some sitting on the ground holding a book and reading with relish.

The two of them are not alone in this library, there are many visitors here, but unfortunately, their unique existence prevents Laike from seeing their faces or communicating with them.

He said:

"Who are these guests?"

"Observers."

Merlin whispered:

"The most peculiar existence in the multiverse, a group of living souls chasing stories, in a sense, it is they who support the continuous development and prosperity of the multiverse.

The Oneiroi's library is one of the few places in the multiverse where you can see the observer's projection, but I advise you not to try to talk to them, it will cause some very bad things. "

"for example?"

Bu Laike eagerly asked:

"What is the worst punishment?"

"Punishment? No, there will be no punishment.

Observers are actually very happy to befriend and proud of the characters in the multiverse. Most of them are friendly and warm. What is really harmful is the special dimension they are in.

It's like salamanders can't live in water, but water elves will dissipate when they get close to the flame. "

Raven explained:

"'Breaking the fourth wall' has a price, my dear Braike, the last guy who did it managed to turn his brain into a gooey mess and become the most hated thing we avoid guy.

So, for the sake of your sanity, Lord Cthulhu, if there are people you care about in the multiverse, then please don't try rashly.

But you can use other ways to interact with the observers, such as trying to make your own story more exciting, so that they will pay attention to you and support you.”

Speaking of this, Merlin seemed to recall some past events, he pursed his lips and smiled, and said vaguely and mysteriously:

"Trust me, that will do you a lot of good.

Alright, Oneiroi's writing room is right in front, go by yourself, I won't accompany you, I'm still a little busy, the soul form conversion of the new batch of lost folks found in the void has not been completed yet , but also to install 'golden fingers' for each of them so that they can start a new life better.

This is delicate work, and I have to finish it before you go. "

"Wait, Goldfinger?"

Bu Laike blinked and said to Raven:

"So, I have it too?"

"Well, the one on your body is the 'experimental version'. According to the user feedback from your fellow villagers, I decided to upgrade it."

Raven put a hand on Laike's shoulder and lifted something lightly.

The pirate immediately felt something leave his body, and the translucent character card that always existed in front of his eyes turned into quicksand and disappeared like a page collapsed.

And in Merlin's hand, there was already a condensate composed of irregular light beams.

This is the truth about "Goldfinger".

"Uh, apart from being a bit rotten and useless, this thing is actually quite useful."

Lord Cthulhu made a very venomous comment:

"You know, before I reached Legend, this thing was useless. I only used it as an identifier, and it was really useful in this respect."

"Cool, that's what I designed them for."

Not only was Raven not angry, but he nodded enthusiastically and said:

"I discussed this topic with Saibo, and he and I have always believed that things like 'Gold Finger' should not be too powerful, lest it affect the theme of the stories of the fellow villagers.

That would create an illusion of overwhelming presence.

It seems that anyone who gets that kind of exaggerated thing can kill the Quartet. That's not the life we ​​want our fellow villagers to achieve. It's boring to play easy mode all the time.

This thing is to help you survive the most difficult period, so that you can better shape the starting point of life stories for yourself in the new world. As the saying goes, if you need cheats to be the main character, then maybe you shouldn't have them in the first place. "

"Hey, I've heard that sentence! People are talking about superheroes and battle suits."

Bu Laike complained:

"Did you pay the copyright fee?"

"I don't know either, so keep a low profile."

The raven grinned, and threw the flowing light into the pirate's body again. Before leaving, he warned again:

"The target new world of the next batch of lost folks who will be transported by you should be the new world woven in the area where Cyber ​​and I are. Our boss has good personal friendship with some gamblers in the multiverse, and I I heard that they are holding some hot and bad activities recently.

Therefore, our fellow villagers will probably face quite exciting situations after entering.

In fact, this is also good, only fire can produce real gold.

Not everyone is suitable to be a hero and a warrior. For those fellow villagers who just want to live an ordinary life, maybe quitting is also a kind of wisdom in life.

In fact, it is the wish of many people to live a comfortable life in another world, and to find a few elf wives to live a shameless life.

The pressure to save the world or destroy the world is too great, and those souls who are destined to become heroes are not determined to take this path from the beginning, and their own destiny drives them behind.

If you can lie flat, which normal person is willing to work hard?

Laziness is human nature. "

"I feel that there is something in your words, but after thinking about it, there seems to be no problem. Speaking of which, how are you going to modify the gold finger?"

Bu Laike asked curiously:

"If you don't go against your original intention and don't plan to put an old man with a white beard into this thing, how can you strengthen the 'initial skills' of the fellow villagers without affecting their lives?"

"It's very simple, just design it as a tool."

Raven snapped his fingers and said:

"For example, some people can kill a Cthulhu with a crowbar, but some people can't even remove the tires with a crowbar. This is not a problem with the crowbar.

I only give tools to the fellow villagers, and whether they can use them well is their business. As for whether they will be controlled emmmm by the tools, I think that such a funny thing should not happen in terms of the average IQ of the fellow villagers, right?

Oh, by the way, I just took some 'samples' from your body to test the second-generation golden finger, so if you feel backache and leg pain recently, it is normal.

Nothing to worry about. "

After speaking, the figure of the raven disappeared in front of Laike with a whoosh, and the angry pirate hopped on the spot. What the hell did you take from me you bastard?

Why do you still have backache and leg pain?

"No noise in the library!"

A yell sounded from behind, causing Bu Laike to stand up straight in an instant.

He felt a repressed and dangerous force floating, so when he turned around, his handsome face was full of sincere apologies.

But when he turned his head, the pirate was surprised to find that there was a blind man standing behind him.

It was a guy in a weird costume that resembled a combination of a Greek robe and an ancient scribe's robe, and his hair was loose but not messy.

The face is a bit old if you say it is young, but it is not particularly old when you really say it. In short, it gives people a feeling of vicissitudes.

The most peculiar thing is that this guy's eyes are covered with a layer of white gauze.

Well, a blind man.

My apology is actually shown to a blind man

"Are you the Dream God?"

Bu Laike raised his eyebrows and asked, the latter nodded and said:

"I know you, Bu Laike Shaw, evil pirate of Azeroth, I just finished transcribing your story, including our meeting will be added as an afterword to your story.

I have to say, with all its flaws, your story is one of the better ones I've included lately, and for that I'll forgive you for shouting rudeness in my library.

After all, I can't ask too much of a pirate's moral standards. "

"Uh, your words are really poisonous."

Bu Laike pouted and said:

"Sure enough, handsome guys can do whatever they want."

"Are you flattering me?"

Dream God grinned gently, and he made a gesture of "please", inviting Lord Cthulhu to follow him into his study room, which is actually no different from the outside.

Books are everywhere.

The books piled up on both sides of the sofa in the corner almost touch the ceiling like the reflection of the starry sky. It really makes people worry that if these piled up books fall, will they smash the weak and blind Oneiroi on the spot? die, or suffocate buried in a pile of books.

Uh, but for those who really love books, maybe this is a happy death?

"I have a friend."

Braike looked at Oneiroi's office, which was full of books, and on the only clean table was an unfinished tome. Before he could finish speaking, he saw Oneiroi turned his head, then There was a strange expression on the face covered with gauze covering the eyes.

The Scrap Pirate immediately waved his hands and explained:

"I really have a friend. I'm not talking about me. She also likes to write stories, listen to stories, and collect stories. I think she and you must have a common language."

"Oh, Stellagosa?"

Oneiroi said gently:

"The little blue dragon who has been waiting for you to go back and pick her up in time? Well, that's a good seed, and I really need an assistant in my library to help with the increasingly complex collection.

You can ask her for me.

If she wanted, I could give her a job so she could run around the multiverse collecting interesting little stories to write her autobiography.

You know, I have every single one of her autobiographies. "

As he spoke, Oneiroi waved his long sleeves like a veil, and in the flying light, the full hardcover version of Little Star's autobiography appeared in front of Laike like a flower.

Each copy is signed by Little Star.

If that stupid blue dragon knew that she had a reader beyond the gods in the multiverse beyond the end of the world, she would be very proud, right?

Thinking of this, Bu Laike immediately showed a satisfied aunt smile, but the next moment, a flash of lightning flashed across Bu Laike's mind, and he felt that he had caught a blind spot, so he frowned and asked:

"You just said, what does it mean that she is waiting in the flowing time? I have only been here for less than a day."

"Uh, don't you know?"

Oneiroi said in a strange tone:

"The ratio of time flow in Merlin's mysterious house to the outside world is exaggerated. How many hours you have spent there may have passed many years in your original world.

Of course, this probably wasn't some nasty joke they intended.

They are a group of universe shapers. Their perspective of observing the world is different from that of sentient beings. They need to maintain this exaggerated time ratio to ensure that they can see everything they want to see.

You and Little Xingxing agreed for a hundred years, right?

Well, I suggest you hurry up and finish the next thing, don't forget, there is still a wife waiting for you in your hometown, and your second daughter was just born ten minutes ago. "

"Damn it!"

Bu Laike cursed, thanked Oneiroi hurriedly, grabbed the tome with his handsome photo on the cover, turned around and rushed out of the library.

He didn't know if this was a nasty joke played by the old folks on the newcomers, but Lord Cthulhu was always willing to use the most vicious thoughts to think about all the guys he met.

So he felt that these guys must have done it on purpose.

The evil Kanbaru went back and rushed into the strange castle that was already empty. He hurried to the door of the room, grabbed the ancient golden lock and twisted it hard, pushing the door open.

In the next moment, the sky full of stars met Laike's eyes.

Light beams of strange colors criss-crossed back and forth in the dark nebula, while the starry sky stretched out in his eyes, and the eggshell-shaped cosmic boundary visible to the naked eye was constantly squeezed to form creepy dimensional rifts, black The storm of time and space swept across the surroundings, annihilating everything.

This is where the mystery house is located.

Above the present dimension of the multiverse, my group of insane fellow townspeople overlook all living beings from such a perspective every day, and I...

I am now one of these immortals.

At this moment, Braike, who was standing at the door, felt faintly excited and proud, but before he could savor this unique feeling carefully, he saw his poor Naglfar ship at the border of two universes. It is difficult to move forward in the crack formed by extrusion, just like a small sampan undulating in the tide, it will be hit by a big wave at any time and the ship will be destroyed.

"Damn! This must have been arranged by them. It's all a bunch of old silver coins."

Braike stood at the open door and cursed, then shouted the name of the raven loudly, as if activating a certain effect of this mysterious house, the starry sky in front of him was suddenly stretched to an enlarged perspective, just like It was like a tank of water in front of my eyes, and the Nagfar was a model ship floating in the pool.

The evil god laughed and stretched out his hand, carefully holding his ship in the palm of his hand, took it out of the dangerous cosmic storm, put it in front of his eyes, and looked at those yelling idiots on the deck with big eyes them.

He stretched out his finger like a titan, and flicked hard on the forehead of the bewildered warlock trio.

In the next moment, like an unfathomable god in the starry sky, he took a deep breath and blew towards the "boat" in his hand. The familiar black giant ship soon appeared in the starry sky outside the mysterious house.

Maiev and Xalatath, who played temporary guest roles as the captain and first mate, raised their heads and saw Braike standing in front of the black castle against the background of stars with open arms, welcoming them to Lu Li's new world like a master. world.

And it was Miss Fenner who moved faster than the two ladies.

The stupid warrior cheered and turned into a blue lightning and rushed into his brother's arms, while Bu Laike blinked at Fenner's swollen belly.

He shrugged and stroked the place where new life was being born.

He heaved a sigh of relief, bit hard on the proud, smug and proud Fenner's face, and said to his wives and good daughters who rushed towards him:

"Everyone, this is our new home port. We have a lot to do next, but welcome home."

(end of this chapter)