Lost Narrative Poetry

Fuzzy yet clear, hazy yet confused.

It is true that all dharmas arise according to circumstances, just like the waves of the sea, so it is called the sea of ​​consciousness.

Volume 1 of the Lankavatara Sutra (Major 16.484) says: "It is like a huge ocean wave, which is caused by a strong wind; a huge wave drums into the deep valley, and there is no end; the sea of ​​​​consciousness is always there, and the realm is moved by the wind; all kinds of things Recognize the waves, leap and be reincarnated.”

Xia Ran sank into her mind at this moment, watching all the turmoil and changes in her sea of ​​consciousness. The soul was dividing thousands of thoughts every moment, and the same number of thoughts were being shattered every moment.

It may be a scene where memory fragments are transformed. The court mage is busy on the alchemy table in Longxiao Palace, the magician is studying seriously with the purple-haired witch in the magic workshop, and the young Taoist is reading Taoism in the leisurely farm. …

Or maybe it presents different images, a magician wearing a simple and elegant robe, a gentle Taoist priest wearing a white hat. The former holds a golden mask in his hand, and the latter is surrounded by a bright and bright aura. Fixed sword light...

Xia Ran hugged Yuan Shouyi like this, quietly observing the endless birth and death of those thoughts, one after another, being born one after another, and then being destroyed again and again. In the process, his Yuan Shen gradually became dim.

But also in this process, in the continuous cycle of birth and death, some thoughts become brighter and more powerful, like celestial bodies, intersecting in mysterious and unpredictable trajectories, like "stars", which is obvious. Condensed to the present extreme.

The focus of his current cultivation is not on refining the body but on refining the spirit. Since it is about refining the spirit, it will naturally consume and wear out the spirit. This is inevitable.

But the good thing is that as the thoughts that can be condensed become more stable and solid, and the number becomes larger and larger, his calculation ability is also constantly soaring, and his spirituality becomes more acute, and it seems that it is easier to understand the laws of heaven and earth...

Well, if you put aside these mysterious and mysterious statements and explain this phenomenon from a scientific and understandable perspective, it makes sense.

——That is, the total upper limit of computing power resources continues to increase, becoming more and more huge, and it can be divided into multiple thoughts in normal times, and can be combined with high-speed thinking to calculate all situations, and process the received external information from multiple different angles at the same time...

Naturally, the probability of discovering something that can be connected, or having a flash of inspiration during the thinking process, will naturally be significantly improved.

The most intuitive manifestation is that Xia Ran's mental attributes and intellectual attributes have been slowly and slowly increasing in a rare and steady manner in the past few years. The indirect manifestation is that he deduces the extension and advancement of various techniques and perfects the subsequent path faster and faster.

And it is conceivable that as his computing power becomes more and more terrifying and his multi-thread processing capabilities become stronger and stronger, after these advantages are brought into play, the subsequent road deduction will be improved faster and faster. Be self-sufficient and don’t ask for help from others.

After all, as long as we have passed the difficult and painful transition period and completed primitive accumulation, the next step is to rush forward.

Just like a snowball, it often only gets bigger and faster, and the Matthew effect of the strong always getting stronger seems to exist in this kind of thing.

The so-called Matthew Effect means that any individual, group or region that achieves success and progress in a certain aspect, such as money, reputation, status, etc., will have an accumulated advantage and will have more opportunities to achieve greater success. Success and progress.

To give an example that may not be appropriate, it would be very difficult for a person to make one million yuan when he has nothing, but when he has one million yuan, it would be difficult to double it into two hundred yuan. It might be much easier, and so on...

Rich people are rich now, and because they make money faster, they will tend to be richer in the future. People with resources will use their own advantages to accumulate more and more resources, while people with fewer resources will become increasingly scarce. .

If the advantage is huge enough, it will really be like taking an elevator. Even if you lie still, you will actually continue to rise. As long as you don't make mistakes, you will keep moving forward... In fact, even if you make a mistake, you will continue to move forward. Even if you have strong capital, you don’t have to worry about it at all, because it may not hurt you to be wrong a few times, but you can make a lot of money if you are right once.

In contrast, those who are just starting out are careful not to make one mistake, otherwise all their hard work will be in vain and they will have to start over from scratch. How can they compare to this spiraling situation?

So naturally the good is better, the bad is worse, the more is more, and the less is less.

The rich will get richer, the poor will get poorer, the strong will always be strong, and the weak will always be weak.

"For whoever has, more will be given to him, so that he may have an excess; but from whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him."

——Bible "New Testament·Gospel of Matthew"

Calculating and analyzing, deducing techniques, and constantly differentiating and condensing thoughts. With so many threads that are most CPU-intensive, the divine will is naturally consumed and worn out as quickly as opening a flood gate. The soul gradually disappears in the dark and unknown hidden consciousness. In the sea, it has become dim to a certain extent, and it no longer shines through the void and shines brightly.

With a thought in Xia Ran's mind, her overflowing essence was immediately refined and began to replenish the loss of divine will. After a while, divine will returned to a full and harmonious level, but a lot of essence was consumed.

The three flowers gathered at the top represent the glorious achievements of the human body's essence, energy and spirit. The spirit and energy are blended into one, and the glory is radiant. The four radiant energies and spirits form a cycle of their own, which is continuous, endless, and mutual transformation and change. Very basic things can be accomplished naturally.

In this way, Xia Ran transforms "jing" and "qi" into "god", constantly practicing the latter, and pays attention to performing this step with maximum power...

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a shock from the outside world. A strong force came and overturned his entire body. He subconsciously withdrew his mind, opened his eyes, and found that the roof beams came into view.

He was knocked to the ground, and two girls were still struggling to get up on top of him.

"Sorry, can I ask...what are you doing?"

Xia Ran blinked, a little confused and confused about such a thing, and couldn't help but ask.

"ah--!!"

Miss Ouyang suddenly screamed, and her movements became even more embarrassing. She struggled to push away the blond knight girl who was entangled with her. Her whole body bounced up as if she was electrocuted, and she was three feet away in an instant.

"That's not the case...Teacher, please listen to my explanation..."

Her hair and clothes became messy in the struggle. Ouyang Mingzhu was frightened and anxious. Her whole body suddenly felt bad and she was almost crying.

On the other side, Arturia, whose face was red, also stood up unsteadily. She was also a little unable to calm down, but she felt angry and funny about this situation. Okay, now everyone is even.

"Well, tell me, I'm listening..."

Xia Ran nodded calmly, sat up on the floor, and glanced at the knocked over tables and chairs, as well as the broken cups and teapots that fell to the ground.

Did the two people have some conflict or get into trouble? But why did the struggle come to him?

"Actually, it's like this. I just came to ask you, teacher, for a question, and when I saw Sister Lily, she wanted... Wuwu——" Miss Ouyang hurriedly explained, completely forgetting that she had just promised not to say anything. out.

But there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn't make the teacher's impression of me worse. I could only explain it clearly immediately.

"No! They say it's not the case at all!"

Saber burst out at an extraordinary speed at this moment and appeared beside Miss Ouyang in an instant. She covered the latter's mouth tightly and shouted angrily, but she did look like she wanted to It's like covering up some secret.

"Huh?"

Xia Ran, who was leaning over to pick up the pieces of the tea set, suddenly became curious about this, as if there was some hidden secret in it——

"Saber, what did you just want to do to me?"

"Nothing! Not now and never in the future!" Arturia was so angry that she almost fainted. She shouted so categorically and rashly, as if not doing so was not enough to prove her innocence.

"Master, let me take care of it." A voice sounded so calm that it seemed like there would never be any waves. A girl with silver hair and red eyes, who was as delicate as a doll walked in from the door and walked straight past the two people in the stalemate. He walked towards Xia Ran.

She squatted down and quickly took the fragments from Xia Ran's hand, picking up the other fragments on the ground as well. Her simple and natural behavior still had an indescribable elegance and beauty.

Taking advantage of this moment, Artoria calmed down a little, gritted her teeth, and dragged the struggling Miss Ouyang out of the door, as if she wanted to forcefully reach a consensus with the other party on something.

"follow me--"

"Hmm..."

Xia Ran raised his eyebrows and looked a little hesitant. He was no different from falling into a deep sleep just now. As long as there is no danger, his perception of the outside world is almost nonexistent.

After all, all the divine will was used for deduction or practice, so he really didn't know what happened just now... But it seemed that Saber was not going to let Miss Ouyang tell him.

So, how about accidentally eavesdropping?

"Master, it's not good to eavesdrop on the secrets between girls..." Just as he took a step, his wrist was gently held by a soft touch. He turned around and found that the maid lowered her eyes and lowered her eyebrows. , said in a low voice.

"Ahahaha, Charlotte, what are you talking about? How could I do this..."

Xia Ran laughed twice and sighed inwardly.

What a shame, I really want to know!

After a while, Artoria and Ouyang Mingzhu returned to the room. They seemed to have reached a consensus. They both had tight faces and said nothing.

Although she really wanted to know what happened just now, Xia Ran didn't hesitate. Knowing that she couldn't ask, she simply stopped asking. Saber, as if nothing happened, became concerned about her Master's condition.

"It's not a big problem. It's just that I was killed once, so I was severely injured..." Xia Ran shook his head, "And for a period of time, it should be impossible to summon clones through parallel existence, so you can't waste time and be patient. For a while...but the red hair is not having a hard time either, so we can be considered even."

As he said this, he looked at Ouyang Mingzhu again: "But even though that guy broke my parallel existence and I can't use this skill for the time being, it's thanks to him that he helped me figure something out..."

"Is it related to me? Teacher?" Miss Ouyang was a little worried and curious. She was very unhappy because she was not able to help her teacher last night.

"That's right, I have a way for you, Mingzhu, to successfully break through to the fourth realm..."

Xia Ran nodded, then seemed to have thought of something, and waved to Saber: "It will be more intuitive to demonstrate directly. Saber, come and fight Charlotte. You don't need other abilities, just compete in swordsmanship."

Saber was stunned for a moment, then reacted and responded. Then she turned around and saw that there was a long knife over two meters long in the hand of the head maid, and a drop of cold sweat suddenly appeared on her forehead.

It's always so fast. Every time I look over, I always find that the head maid has prepared everything and is waiting in her leisure time.

I just couldn't see how she prepared it and where she took it out. Is there really such a strange thing as the bottom of a fourth-dimensional skirt? Is this the purpose of traditional maid uniforms with long trains?

Saber was subconsciously thinking about this when she heard a snap of fingers in her ears, and then her eyes blurred, and everyone realized that the scene around them had changed.

In the new open field, opposite the King of Knights was Charlotte, who had the almighty maid as her ultimate goal. She pulled out the long knife with an expressionless face and stood there.

Arturia took a deep breath, pulled out the holy sword, and held it tightly with both hands.

The battle is about to break out.

…

…

After a while, everyone returned to the wooden house, and the head maid stood behind Xia Ran with a natural expression.

But Artoria was in a state of disbelief, as if she had been struck to the point of losing her soul, and her whole body exuded a strange aura of "who am I, where am I, and what am I doing?"

"What on earth is going on?" After a long while, she came back to her senses and asked in disbelief.

She knew that Charlotte's swordsmanship was extremely strong. After all, it was a copy of part of her master's swordsmanship. However, in the past, her chance of winning was still higher. Firstly, she could see the future intuitively, and secondly, she was the head maid. It is impossible to completely copy the swordsmanship ability to the Master's level.

But this time...

Standing leisurely in place, swinging the sword from any position without showing any posture, you can respond to the opponent's attack with your sword skills and carefulness, or you can avoid it, and when you see an opening, you can use your long sword to accurately chop the opponent's head.

The sword technique is extremely fast and difficult to see through, almost like the feeling of the Master standing opposite.

And after that, the decisive blow, Yan Hui, who surpassed factors such as speed, precision, and false attack, completely defeated Artoria... So, what is going on?

"The law has its essence."

Xia Ran said softly.

"You can understand it this way. I just made my swordsmanship into an armor and put it on Charlotte. She can fully utilize it without any other conditions... because those skills and moves come to life. , and transferred to her body."