Indescribable cyberpunk

The soup made from the meat bones was bubbling, mixed with the sound of rain outside.

The fragrant aroma swirls around the second floor window, making people's index fingers tickle.

Atal prepared the hot pot, but now Zhu Jue, the visitor, was using the chopsticks.

"I have heard of the Poseidon legend of the Lost City before. At that time, I planned to go to see if that place was really as magical as the crew said, but then I didn't know what happened to hold me back. The Crab Lord's Did you get the ring after defeating the Crab Lord?"

Holding the Crab Lord's ring, he turned it over and looked at it. Atal was very interested in this thing.

"Do you think I can stand up to the real Crab Lord?"

He curled his lips, took back the Crab Lord's ring, took out the yellow jade, and continued,

"It's just a monster that was transformed into a clone by a cultist relying on its power. In fact, even so, its power was still somewhat unexpected. In the end, I won by relying on it."

"The ring is from the Searing Box. Where did you get it? I found that you have some luck, I don't know whether it's good or bad. I haven't seen you for a few days, and you have these two things in your hands." He took a life-threatening object."

Even Atal was a little frightened when he saw these two items. The energy revealed when the jade changed before verified a certain conjecture in his mind. After hearing Zhu Jue's words, he paused and asked with surprise. road,

"You defeated it with it, you mean you can control them now?"

"Of course, it's just a matter of checks and balances. In terms of ability alone, the mask in the jade stone may be stronger, but my ability is fairly consistent with the mask in the Crab Lord's ring. Plus, I did defeat the Crab Lord before. , as a loser, it does not exclude my will, so the current situation is that the ring and I join forces to fight against the mask. Fortunately, our power can overwhelm it."

Regarding Atal, Zhu Jue had no intention of hiding anything. After all, he would still have some questions about these two things later, and he would have to mention this matter sooner or later.

"I have to remind you, whether it's a ring or jade, the power hidden behind these two things is not so easy to suppress. You must always be on guard."

He picked up the chopsticks again, picked up a piece of meat, put it into his mouth, chewed it twice, and cast his eyes on Zhu Jue.

"For the sake of you bringing me wine and looking after my baby, if you have any questions, just ask them. As long as I know, I will try my best to answer you."

Atal has seen too many people in the Usa Temple over the years, and Zhu Jue obviously did not come to eat with him.

"The first thing is about this Searing Box. You also know that I am a dreamer. It is not very rigorous to say that. Before I entered the dreamland last time and went to Delas Harbor, I was not a dreamer during that time. In my world, I once had a dream, and later this dream became a reality in the dreamland."

This is something that Zhu Jue has been very concerned about recently.

"Isn't this a normal thing? I often encounter scenes that are somewhat similar to my dreams."

"No, you misunderstood. There are details in this dream I had, and this dream was created under the premise that I read a special book. Before this dream appeared, I learned from reading books in dreams. A spell, I actually went there that day with the intention of learning a new spell."

"You mean that through that special book, you can learn certain knowledge in dreams. Hey, young man, this is not good news. You should be reading a book similar to the "Nakter Codex", Those books will indeed allow you to acquire some knowledge that does not belong to the human world, but there is a price to pay. If you do this, you are simply testing on the edge of madness, and that is irresponsible to yourself."

Atal clearly cares about the term "special books". He excludes human beings from getting in touch with that kind of knowledge. In his eyes, Zhu Jue's behavior is the best interpretation of the idiom of not knowing whether to live or die. Therefore, he is admiring the young man Zhu Jue. Under the premise, he felt that he should let the latter know the dangers of this behavior.

But when he was about to say something else, what he saw was the Crab Lord ring and yellow jade.

Immediately afterwards, there was a terrifying shadow that vaguely appeared behind Zhu Jue.

Atal was silent.

Then he seemed to have thought of something again, pursed his lips tightly, and soon even knitted his brows together.

"As you can see, my situation is a bit special. Many people are still wandering on the known islands, and I have been sailing on the unknown sea in a small boat for an unknown length of time. Looking back?"

Zhu Jue narrowed his eyes, juice splashed from the meatballs in his mouth, and raised his eyebrows.

"I no longer know where the coast is!"

"Okay, okay, okay."

He repeated the words continuously, as if he was comforting himself, and seemed to have made a compromise on something. After pondering for a few seconds, he spoke again,

"The ability you get from dreams should be a spell similar to omen."

"What?"

"Let me ask you, in the dream that showed the foreboding, were the hints you received a large image or some specious fragmented scenes."

Atal himself is not a wizard, but as he said before, his god-seeking friend is an extremely powerful wizard, so he has read many books in the past.

"Well, it should be the latter. It only flashed for ten seconds at that time."

Thinking back to the scene in the dream, Zhu Jue answered.

"That should be the omen method. You can also call it the Eye of Destiny, divination method. It is a divination spell with a very high success rate. It will give omens about the future at certain times. It requires the caster to have Only those with enough wisdom can realize that it does not necessarily only appear in dreams, it may also be some obscure, dreamy or subtle impression that suddenly appears in your mind, such as the slice of meat you are eating now, it may even It’s the lines on the meat slices that are imprinted on your mind in an instant and extend into some weird content.”

"Is it so mysterious?"

"So it is a spell that only those with enough wisdom can understand. If everyone could get a prediction of the future, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

Atal rolled his neck and shrugged his shoulders to relieve the soreness caused by sitting for a long time.

"Second question, regarding this yellow jade, do you know that this stone monastery is located in the eastern desert, and this jade was left behind by a high-ranking priest there."

"No, you cannot talk about him so easily, the high priest. This is not what we should discuss."

Atal was very sensitive to Zhu Jue's question and directly interrupted Zhu Jue's words. He slapped the chopsticks in his hand heavily on the low table with dinner plates next to the coal stove to express his dissatisfaction.

"But I haven't talked about the key issue yet."

Zhu Jue, who realized that he had made a mistake, awkwardly touched the forehead of the wind chime that was playing with a melon pulp next to him, then continued speaking.

"That one. He left part of his consciousness in the mask, saying that a disaster will befall our world, and we must find the gods in the dreamland to find a way to save it."

Zhu Jue deliberately avoided the real world and replaced it with our world.

I don’t know if it refers to the real world or the dream world.

"What? He told you that there will be a disaster and you must find the gods. This is impossible, how could he say such a thing."

"The problem is that he did say it and said that he left some items in the stone monastery that might be helpful. In fact, he said that I can ignore what he said. I just want to discuss what he said with you. The authenticity, actually I think it’s quite ridiculous, if you think it’s impossible, then forget it.”

Zhu Jue was open-minded and did not argue with Atal. He echoed the latter's words while pretending that you don't believe it. In fact, I don't believe it even more.

So in front of the window sill.

The person who was about to have dinner fell into deep thought and his expression changed several times.

On the other hand, the people who came to visit ate and drank so much that they emptied several plates one after another.

Dusk has arrived, and the weather is stormy.

"you win!"

When only half of the charcoal fire in the coal stove was left, Atal relaxed his tense body and said in a compromising manner,

"I can't convince myself not to care about the prophecy of the high-ranking priest, and are you sure you want to become a Godseeker?"

"I also want to pretend that I don't know anything, and continue to do my own thing after sleeping, but I still can't deceive myself, so I came to you, a former god-seeker, if you can tell me the gods directly Of course it would be a good place, and I would take some time to meet them and talk things over, and everyone would be happy."

Zhu Jue shook his chopsticks a little frivolously and said.

"Ha! Do you think of them as street vendors in Usa Town? Those existences that only appear in the myths spread in the dreamland are so easy to see. Why did I spend more than ten years back then? , wandering around after eating?"

"This is why I came to you. You spent so much time back then, and you were only one step away from finding that place. Am I not here to inherit your efforts and help you fulfill your wish? According to my hometown It’s called standing on the shoulders of giants, and now I just want to climb on the shoulders of you, the great elder.”

As a dreamer who came to this world, Zhu Jue didn't even know how big the dreamland was or what the cities were, let alone the rumors that might involve the gods.

If it were to do other things, Zhu Jue might still be able to rely on the Shuojin Chamber of Commerce to inquire around, but if someone knew about the search for gods, regardless of what others said, Zhu Jue would definitely be targeted by the Dream Eaters. .

That’s when the real trouble comes.

So before coming to Usa this time, Zhu Jue had already thought about getting the information out of Atal's mouth no matter what, otherwise he would not leave here.

"Hmph, that's nice to say, sir. I'm not sure if you have the qualifications to let me entrust you with my hard work for many years. Unless you can prove it."

Atal is not a philanthropist. He gave his many years of hard work to a person he only met twice?

He is not so generous.

"how to prove?"

As long as there is a request, we can naturally continue to discuss it.

"It seems that you are willing to accept my test, which makes me a little optimistic about you. Let me state first that this test is not safe."

"Is there any danger of searching for God?"

"That's not the case."

"Then what are you waiting for? I'm ready!"

Zhu Jueben didn't think he could get free advice, so he was waiting for Atal's words.