Indescribable cyberpunk

Dolls made from clay may be noble or lowly, male or female, but their texture is earth, their inner soil is also earth, and they look like people. A dry tortoise shell has no self, but it can show wisdom and knowledge; a magnet has no self, but it can show great power; a bell and drum has no self, but it can show a magnificent sound; a boat and a chariot have no self, but it can show the ability to travel far. ability. Therefore, although this body of mine has wisdom, strength, actions and voices, it has never had a self.

"What exactly does this mean?"

Zhu Jue looked at the passage that he had spent a lot of effort to separate and translate. He knew all the words in it, but he couldn't figure out the meaning.

"What on earth are you looking at? It's almost time to go to work, and my team members are coming."

More than 20 minutes later, Olivia looked at Zhu Jue with a troubled expression and couldn't help but ask.

"You shouldn't have any eavesdropping equipment here, right?"

"This is inside the association, do you think there is one?"

"have?"

"No! It's not a terrorist organization monitoring what its employees are doing."

"Okay, I got some things from the passages I found in the translation ruins, but I don't know what they do. The key lies in these. Reading it is a bit time-consuming. If you want to unlock the secrets, It's even more difficult. In fact, what I originally thought was whether I could find descriptions about them in the association's database, but the results couldn't match them. Is your permission too low to view some hidden content? "

Zhu Jue said with some disappointment as he started to pack his things.

"My permissions? Why not use your own?"

"Of course it's because your association headquarters is currently investigating a robbery in the ruins. If I use my own authority to investigate, won't I be exposed? Besides, if I use my own authority, why would I come to your office?"

"Ah! Didn't you expose me by using my authority?"

Suddenly realizing that she had been cheated, Olivia quickly stood up and walked to Zhu Jue but did not turn off the computer, but pulled him up from the chair.

"It's a damn thing that you can find it with your method. If nothing else happens, the text in this kind of ruins should be a unique copy. Searching the whole paragraph will definitely lead to no results. You have to extract the key words. Maybe you can find it in Scattered descriptions are found in other biographies.”

"Is there still such a statement? Then please check it for me. I have three pills in my hand, and the paragraph is above."

He crumpled the part he copied into a ball of paper and threw it away, and moved his phone in front of Olivia. Anyway, she knew what she had done before, so there was no need to hide it at this time.

"No, these contents are too sensitive. If I check it, I will definitely be traced. I don't want to be killed by you. I have to find another database to check."

Picking up the phone and listening to Zhu Jue's pleading words, Olivia's eyes were full of smiles, but she quickly hid them when he looked over.

"Search online?"

"No, search the federal government's intranet."

Close the Internet interface of the Archaeological Association, enter a series of characters, open an interface with the emblem of the Federal Bureau of Alienization, and then take out your mobile phone to make a call.

"Hey, tell me your password for the Abnormality Bureau. Zhu Jue wants to check the information in the ruins. It will be easy to find out if you check within the association. Got it."

"Chu Yun?"

Zhu Jue can probably guess who Olivia called.

"Well, she said you owe her a favor and you have to pay it back in the future."

"Why should I return the favor? What does the password you want have to do with me?"

Looking at Olivia with confusion on his face, Zhu Jue had already made up his mind to rely on it anyway.

Olivia rolled her eyes and ignored Zhu Jue. After entering the database of the Federal Bureau of Abnormalities, she began to search.

"We used ancient elixirs and certain words and phrases in the text as key information, and then conducted a full database search. We first searched for all content containing these words and phrases, and then conducted further screening. Found it!"

Continuously turning pages, the mouse finally paused on a paragraph in the middle of the screen.

"This is what F. Belknap Long mentioned in his 1872 book: The ascension to immortality that Taoism emphasizes is not a completely illusory thing. I once heard a knowledgeable Taoist talk about the Nine Turns of Gold. As for elixir, Taoism regards it as one of the best elixirs. If you eat it, you can dissolve the dead body on the spot. The goddess will attract the flowers and scatter the flowers. The dog will eat the body and transform into an immortal. They think that it is through this elixir that I have a glimpse of the Tao. ', and 'Tao' itself is the most mysterious power in the world, it permeates everything and contains everything!"

After Olivia finished reading this paragraph, she turned around and looked at each other with Zhu Jue in silence for a long time.

Zhu Jue touched the back of his head, his brows furrowed like the Chinese character "Sichuan", looked at Olivia and asked tentatively: "Am I stealing someone else's elixir?"

It is impossible for Zhu Jue not to know who "Laozi" is. As a person from the past, he subconsciously has a reverent attitude towards these sages and saints. Perhaps the part about "Laozi" is just a rumor, but the so-called spread of Taoism The Nine Turns Golden Pill is obviously not aimless, otherwise it would not be so highly regarded.

"Tengu, Zhu Jue, come here and watch this part!"

While Zhu Jue was thinking, Olivia found some different content in the database.

"Xuanjun once said: The Heavenly Dog has no home in oneself, and its form is self-contained. It moves like water, is as still as a mirror, and responds like sound. Its light is as if it is dead, and its silence is as clear. What is the same is harmonious, and what is gained is lost. , not the ancestors, but the followers."

Olivia was minding her own business reading the content on the computer screen, but Zhu Jue on the side was very sensitive to some changes in her surroundings.

The mist caused by the evaporation of hot water in the tea cup no longer rose, but lingered under the rim of the cup. The sunlight reflected on the left half began to distort, making it particularly dazzling.

"What's the meaning?"

The hand with the Crab Lord's ring casually picked up the cup, picked it up and took a sip, hiding the silver light flashing in his eyes as the empty blue figure wandered around.

Everything returns to tranquility.

"You're drinking my water."

Olivia half-closed her eyes and said in a calm tone.

"Don't worry about these details, just keep talking."

He put down the water glass with the same calm expression, pushed it towards Olivia without leaving a trace, and then used his little finger to hook his own glass to his side.

"You don't have any perverted hobbies. Speaking of when you bought the ring, this style is too strange. You don't have any perverted hobbies?"

When her eyes accidentally glanced at Zhu Jue's hand, the Crab Lord ring immediately caught Olivia's attention. She had seen many rings inspired by objects.

But she dared to use her entire wealth to guarantee that there would be absolutely no crabs in it.

"Don't worry, if I were a pervert, I would become an incompetent person when I see you."

Avoiding Olivia's question, Zhu Jue put his hand back into his pocket, along with the jade ring on his other hand.

"You want to fight me here?"

"Are you sure you won't be hung up and beaten by me in front of my men?"

". It is mentioned here that the ancient Xuanjun once told people: Tengu exists in angles and does not occupy space. Only in curves can the body be revealed. When it moves, it is like flowing water, and when it is still, it is like a mirror. The cry is like the echo in the empty valley. People see it as blurry as if it does not exist. In the dimension of time, it is as quiet as a clear pool. It is assimilated with the heaven and earth and has the same longevity and sings with each other. Anyone who wants to capture it is in vain. It never ceases to exist. He does not die in front of others, but often follows them to hunt."

Ignoring Zhu Jue's provocation, Olivia obtained a complete and detailed content through the translator. After reading it, she felt a little strange and familiar. She turned her eyes back to Zhu Jue's phone and stayed for a few seconds, then said,

"Look here, the text in the ruins has quite a lot of overlap with this description."

"Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Sutra"!

The first time he heard the word Xuanjun again, the name of this ancient book appeared in Zhu Jue's mind. When discussing with Suzi before, the latter mentioned that the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture" has seven volumes. Each mentioned different contents. Volumes one, two, and three of them have now fallen into the hands of "Zero", and the rest are missing.

Did you find one of the volumes by accident?

The expression on his face remained unchanged. Zhu Jue took the phone back and read the contents carefully, his brows tightening even more.

"Send me all the information you found. I will have to study it for a while when I get back."

Since it was about a special ancient book, Zhu Jue had no intention of asking Olivia to help with the investigation, which would easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

"You discovered something, right?"

Olivia quickly realized that Zhu Jue's sudden change of attitude must have been something he discovered.

"Absolutely. This part of the content is somewhat similar to some content in an ancient book I have read before. Now I can confirm that these pills are definitely not simple. They are likely to involve monsters that are the source of mental pollution. Don't you think the literature Is the description of tengu in the paragraph a little weird?”

Reaching out and clicking on the paragraph on the computer, Zhu Jue said again.

"From the perspective of the text alone, do you think this kind of monster that 'exists in angles but does not occupy space, and only reveals its body in curves' is a possible creature in our world?"

"Do you think it is a spiritual pollution monster?"

"Olivia, your current view of these monsters is too superficial. They are far from being described by a 'spiritual pollution source monster' casually made up by a high-level person. No, this doesn't seem to be possible either. It’s your fault, the top management of the Archaeological Association must have deliberately concealed part of the content from you. I think you should remember the guy we met in the lake in Jose Town some time ago. Do you think it is a pure mental pollution monster?”

"Of course not. It confused nearly the entire town. I have never seen anything that can do that."

Although mental pollution source monsters are a description of the nature of these monsters, in Olivia's opinion, this is only a one-sided definition.

"Do you think the monster that appears around the ruins and doesn't let anyone in? Did it appear there by chance?"

"Someone deliberately placed it there to protect the ruins!"

"Yes."

The talisman that the scavenger picked off the monster's head was made by someone who mastered the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture".

Thinking about it this way, isn't it natural that there should be other contents about this ancient book in the ruins?