Pastor's Tantra

——Open the [Door to the Past].

It's not just about "going back to the past", it's about completely mastering the power to go back to the past.

Although Aiwass had long known that Professor Moriarty must have ambitions... but his ambitions were too great.

If someone can go back infinitely to the past, it means that everything "now" has no meaning to him. It's like people in the "present" enjoying the "future".

The future is not yet here. And now you can do it again.

That also means destroying everything in this world.

People's dreams, ideas, responsibilities, people's encounters, acquaintances, and love, people's birth, old age, illness, and death, and all the struggles in the world will all come to nothing... because everyone will enter "another future", and people may even disappear. before birth.

——What a dangerous power that is!

so……

"Let me tell you a story."

Aiwass did not answer, but suddenly spoke.

"oh?"

The sapphire bird did not ask for answers anxiously, but made curious sounds with interest.

So Aiwass continued: "There is such a game: players will get their own initial resources at the beginning of the game. The types that everyone can get are random, and their strength and value may fluctuate up and down. More than times or even dozens of times.”

"That's fair."

Professor Moriarty praised: "Everyone in this world is born equal. Origin, talent, family, personality... these things that are only determined by luck determine a person's life to a large extent. This game has a certain degree This situation is restored in the game, which is very real. I think the only problem with this game is that the difference of only a few dozen times is still too conservative.”

"Yes, the initial resources of all players will largely determine the subsequent game experience. And this kind of game can't only be entered once... If the game has not started yet, everyone has many opportunities."

Aiwass said calmly: "Therefore, some people will keep restarting the game in order to seek a 'better start'. I call it 'refreshing'."

Upon hearing this, Professor Moriarty realized what Aiwass wanted to express.

So Sapphire Robin just smiled humanely and didn't answer.

And Aiwass continued: "But there is not only one kind of resource. Therefore, when you continue to restart the initial brush, there will always be various combinations. Just like what you said... origin, talent, family, personality. Maybe one One item will be good, while others will be poor. Or it may be that several items are good, but none are outstanding. But in any case, the more difficult it is to obtain resources after the game starts, the greater the significance of grinding the initial level - —Getting a good start may even outweigh countless efforts in the later stages.

"There is actually only one factor that really limits people from starting the game. That is 'time'. Maybe they feel tired, maybe they can't catch up with the progress, maybe they feel it is meaningless... because after unlimited restarts , time is passing in the real world.

"Although it seems that they did not use any resources to get a better start, in fact they still consumed an extremely precious and non-renewable resource——"

"…Time, right."

The gem bird interrupted Aiwass.

He already knew what Aiwass wanted to say.

"That's right."

Aiwass nodded: "So I refuse - do you think this is not good? I can definitely say that this is not good at all. Rather, it is a sweet mouse trap.

"I don't think there's any point in going back to the past... that would make everything in the present meaningless.

"We assume that no matter how we change the world, there must be a 'better way'. Then without the constraint of 'time', the number of times we can restart is unlimited... and people are greedy."

Having said this, the corners of Aiwass' lips slightly raised: "You are even more so."

Bird James flapped his wings, noncommittal.

And Aiwass continued: "And if there is a 'best possibility' - let's not mention who will judge this 'best' and who is qualified to judge it, it ultimately means that There is a final solution to the world's problems. In other words, according to this line of thinking... the most ideal destiny has long been fixed, and the best that can be done by going back to the past is to dig it out.

"Then if you really get the power to return to the past, and finally after countless reopenings, you can set history to the designated moment... isn't this a kind of destiny?"

After hearing Aiwass's words, Professor Moriarty's bird-like face finally moved a little.

"...It took such a short time to come up with this step."

Professor Moriarty praised: "As expected of you. Is this the wisdom from Samsara Tiansi? Even if you don't know anything, even if you don't remember anything, you are still so wise."

The gem bird looked at Aiwass, but seemed to be looking at another person reflected behind Aiwass.

Aiwass's face darkened slightly: "This is... from my own thinking.

“There’s no reason why I have to go back to the past. Because I value everything I’ve encountered now.

"Every person I meet, every friend I make, and every income I gain is my precious wealth. Even if I can go back in time and meet them again. Even if this timeline will be completely reset , then I will also lose the experience of meeting them, getting to know each other, getting through difficulties, and growing together with them when I was young.

"Even if I imitate the person I was at that time, and meet and get to know them again... the final experience will never be the same. As you said before, 'knowledge is poisonous'. Once you know something, you can no longer know it without knowing it. Think in terms of perspective.”

"Going back to the past...means destroying your present."

Professor Moriarty suddenly said: "If I understand correctly, is that what you mean?"

Aiwass continued: "That's right. Not to mention, every reopening of the Samsara Tiansi is approved by the Nine Pillars God. Only after the 'Cicada Slough' incident did history become torn apart. Before that, this world There is only one history.

"Even if all you want to change is our history, that means fighting against the Nine Pillars."

"I know."

Gem Bird nodded: "I knew it from the beginning."

--you know?

Aiwass was stunned for a moment.

You know that and you still ask me that?

Or... is your original purpose to oppose the Nine Pillars God?

He originally thought that Professor Moriarty overestimated the power of Samsara Tiansi's file reading.

But now Aiwass realized that his adoptive father seemed to know enough about it... maybe even a little deeper than Aiwass did.

"Aiwass, daddy, let's teach you another lesson."

The bird made a low and magnetic old voice: "Maybe you know too much about the future, so you can't help but look forward and backward when you act. Because you always consider all kinds of irrationality, which is like a scholar who knows too much and writes novels. ...What you know will become a constraint that restricts your thinking and logic.

"So what if we are opposed by the Nine Pillar Gods? Opposition means attention, attention will bring influence, and enough influence is power. When we ascend to the dream world, we can also become Tiansi... or even Zhu god.

“You still don’t realize the significance of [the door to the past].

"It's not about changing the past... it's about changing the future."