booktalesy Chapter 4277 Dissipation and Doubt
Chapter 4277 Dissipation and Doubt
Chapter 4277 Dissipation and Doubt
However, this little incident made Angell start to consider how to answer Kagu.
He originally intended to stick to the "treasure school" stance, but if it really was Sanders who was talking to Balalaika at the time, Angel felt that as a disciple, he should still give him some respect.
Thinking of this, Angell spoke up:
"Regarding the examiner's question about my true stance, it's difficult for me to give a clear answer."
"At every stage of my life, my stance has changed."
Five years ago, I was more inclined to believe in maps.
"Now, I'm more inclined towards the treasure hunt."
"This is not a shift in stance, but rather that whenever I come into contact with a theory that makes me suddenly understand something, or experience something that can reshape my cognition, I subconsciously question my past self."
This is not about doubting the choices made at the time, but about understanding the limitations of our understanding at that time.
"Then, I will revise my past understanding, update my knowledge base, and reset my stance."
"Based on my current knowledge base, I am indeed on the treasure trove side."
Angleton paused, then shrugged slightly: "However, I dare not say that my stance will always be that of a treasure hunter. Because my knowledge is still shallow, and I have only just begun on the path of the wizarding system... If I come into contact with more theories that amaze me in the future, perhaps I will change my stance."
"After all, the concept of truth is not a debate about positions, but a debate about reasoning."
"Truth becomes clearer through debate, rather than the deeper one's stance, the closer one gets to the truth."
"In the wizarding world, there are also wizards who, through reasoning, have managed to persuade those on the opposing side to their side... This is my answer, and it is also the common answer of almost all wizards."
After listening to Angell's account, a thoughtful look flashed in the eyes of everyone present.
After a long while, Kagu came to his senses and nodded gently: "Your answer has cleared up many of my doubts."
"Indeed, the pursuit of truth should never be about clinging to a particular stance and going down a dead end, but rather about choosing the direction that best aligns with our current understanding at each stage, and then continuing to explore with that unwavering determination."
"This principle applies not only to truth, but also to many other issues."
The withered one then chimed in, "That's right, the rise and fall of civilizations often stems from this. Clinging to a single position and refusing to accept new knowledge will only lead to stagnation and decay."
Its enormous head turned slightly, looking at Elan beside it, as if it saw some shadow of the past in Elan.
A moment later, the withered one looked at Angell with admiration in his eyes.
"Your awareness of not being rigid or arrogant, and your view of 'correcting your stance' as cognitive growth rather than a betrayal of your beliefs... is more valuable than simply choosing a stance."
"At least, he's smarter than that stubborn, opinionated ox."
When the withered man mentioned "stupid ox," his eyes glanced at Kagu, and his lips twitched almost imperceptibly.
Kagu let out a somewhat aggrieved "woof," but dared not refute it.
On the other side, the little devil host was dumbfounded. When it called Kagu a big dumb ox before, the withered one clearly refuted it; but now, the withered one himself used the term "dumb ox". It seems that the withered one simply does not allow "outsiders" to judge his students.
"Stop looking at me. Everyone else has already answered your unnecessary questions. What are you still standing there for?" The Decayer said irritably when it saw that Kagu was still staring at it, seemingly waiting for its instructions.
Kagu sighed and turned to look at Angel: "You heard it too, even my mentor agrees with your theory, so naturally I agree as well."
"so--"
Kagu opened his mouth wide and grinned, "Congratulations, you have passed my test."
"Your answer was excellent, demonstrating the openness and sincerity that a human wizard should have."
"This is something I should learn from, just like my teacher said."
Kagu nodded heavily.
As Kagu finished speaking, the corresponding information popped up in the text box.
"The Test of the Heart"
Current progress: 3/3
"The trial of the chapter of the heart has been completed, and we are about to enter the 'facing the demon god' stage."
"Shall we proceed to the 'Confront the Demon God' phase?"
"whether"
The trial of the Chapter of the Heart is very special. It will attract the attention of the Demon God's divine will, and therefore, passing this test will inevitably lead to a meeting with the Demon God's divine will.
This is why only Angell chose this golden spot.
After all, in order to perfectly seal the demon god's thoughts, facing the demon god directly is an essential step.
Angell took a deep breath and was about to select "Yes", but before he could click, a new line of text popped up in the text box.
"Note 1: 'Facing the Demon God' will result in the loss of the undiminished divine aura. It is recommended to enter only after the 'Sealing Ritual Array' has been successfully repaired."
"Current repair progress of the sealing array: 8/9"
Note 2: The "Facing the Demon God" phase must be performed before the Cruel Scholar repairs the "Rift Sealing Rift".
"Countdown to crevice sealing repair: 00:18:22"
"Countdown to crevice sealing repair: 00:18:21"
"..."
The new Wonderland hint, in short, is: there is still one unconquered location outside. It is recommended that Angor wait until all locations are conquered before entering the "Facing the Demon God" phase.
In other words, the "facing the demon" segment is not a mandatory option.
Before the repair countdown ends, you can freely choose whether to go through this step. If you choose "yes", the best premise given by the Fairy Realm Authority is: to proceed only after the sealing array is fully repaired.
Of course, if Angell is tough enough to withstand the full power of the "All Things Under Heaven" spirit, then he can go and face the demon god right now.
Even the powers of the fairy realm offered advice, and Angor wasn't really stubborn, so he definitely chose to listen to the advice.
Anyway, there are still 18 minutes left. As long as his teammates clear all the checkpoints within those 18 minutes, he can perfectly face the demon god.
If he really can't pass the level, then he can just bite the bullet and go for it... that's fine too.
As Angell was thinking this, he looked out at the main hall from God's perspective.
After a moment, he looked away.
He had just contacted the rabbit girl, explaining the situation and watching the "live broadcast" on the light disc.
Currently, the only point that has not yet been breached is a black point that Gabriel is responsible for.
It's not that Gabriel is slow, but rather that Angor's progress is too fast.
Gabriel continued to deal with his opponent methodically, and based on the current situation, he should be able to finish the challenge within 18 minutes.
Therefore, Angor did not activate the Nightmare Transmission to urge him, but silently withdrew his gaze.
……
While waiting for the sealing array to be repaired, Angor discovered that some changes had occurred to the "Chapter of the Heart".
Or.
The moment Kagu announced "test passed," the Chapter of the Heart had already begun to change, but Angel was so engrossed in the text message that he didn't notice the outside world.
At this moment, because he had to wait for the external points to pass completely, Angell finally looked up and began to look at the current "Chapter of the Heart".
The chapter of the heart now seems to be... collapsing.
Those floating, glowing monuments, like a museum of cube-shaped amber, began to flicker rapidly, their light fading unpredictably, like candles flickering in the wind.
The figures and outlines inside the monument, which were originally clear or blurry, all turned into fireflies-like specks of light at this moment. They broke free from the constraints of the blocks, floated upwards, like countless stars moving in reverse, and finally disappeared into the dome of space.
Immediately afterwards, the seal itself began to become transparent and blurred.
Their geometric edges are like ink lines immersed in water, quickly blurring and spreading out, eventually dissolving completely into the air.
In just a few breaths, the seals that held countless examiners and questions vanished, as if they had never existed.
And what still exists on the scene... is only the glowing cube space where the Chapter of the Heart is located, as well as the Little Devil presiding, the Decayer, Kagu, and Elan.
At this moment, apart from the stunned Elan, the little devil host and the others all showed expressions of surprise and disbelief at the changes around them.
"Huh?" the little devil host asked, "Why have they all disappeared?"
Although the withered man and the skeleton were also shocked, they seemed to be sensing something, their gazes slightly lowered as if they were pondering.
"Wait, even the Trial Grounds of the Chapter of Hearts are disappearing? Why?!"
The Little Devil Host exclaimed again that after all the sealing tablets disappeared, even the cube-shaped space beneath their feet had become blurred.
This is exactly the same as the state before the seal disappeared!
Is the Trial Grounds of the Chapter of the Heart also going to disappear?
"What to do? What to do?" The little devil host was anxiously trying to salvage the situation, but it was powerless to do anything about it. It was as if some supreme power was manipulating things behind the scenes.
As the cube-shaped space beneath their feet began to emit specks of light, the little devil host was on the verge of collapse: "It's over, Master will definitely think I messed it up."
After a bout of mourning, the little devil host suddenly had an idea, and his eyes lit up:
"No, the master should be able to see it."
It bent its tail and pulled the lantern hanging from its tip in front of it. The pale blue flame inside was calm and powerless... It tried to find the cruel scholar's "eyes" in the flame, but no matter how it searched or called out, the flame did not respond.
The little devil host froze, sitting on the ground with a look of despair on his face.
Watching helplessly as the cube-shaped space crumbled and dissipated, like a broken jigsaw puzzle.
It muttered silently and helplessly, "It's over, completely over."
Just then, the withered one suddenly spoke: "Sense your own energy source."
The little devil host was taken aback and subconsciously said, "As long as you're inside the Chapter of the Heart, any energy source will be sealed, and you can only use basic energy. What's the point of that?"
The Decaying One: "But now the Chapters of the Heart have all disappeared."
The little devil host suddenly realized, "Yes, the Chapter of the Heart has disappeared, so the sealed energy source should also be restored."
It subconsciously began to perceive its own energy source: the heart of the demon.
After a moment, it said in a daze, "No, I can sense the existence of the Demon Heart, but I can't draw out any energy from it. It's as if... it's asleep."
Kagu then said, "I can't sense it either, even with my awakened core."
Kagu and the Little Demon looked at the Decayer, and when the Decayer nodded, they immediately sensed something was wrong.
Not only have the Chapters of the Heart vanished, but their life-sustaining energy source has also been sealed. What happened? Could it be that someone is plotting against them?
Aren't you afraid of offending ruthless scholars?
Just as they were filled with doubt, the withered one suddenly said, "Is this place an illusion?"
The little devil presiding master thought the withered one was asking him a question and was about to say something when he looked up and found that the withered one's gaze had passed over him and was looking at the opposite side.
There was only one person standing on the opposite side... Angel.
Angel didn't answer immediately, but instead asked curiously, "Why are you asking me?"
Before the withered one could speak, the little devil host's eyes suddenly lit up: "That's right, it's you! You are the only outsider, and you are the only variable!"
"The person standing behind you... I don't know who it is, but the fact that you were able to resurrect Eran means you're definitely not an ordinary person!"
"Is it the one behind you who's going to attack us?"
The little devil host was initially eager to question them, but as he spoke, he realized that there might be a great being behind Angor, and his voice grew softer and softer until it was almost inaudible.
Angell looked at the little devil host and gently shook his head: "I didn't do this, and the one behind me wouldn't lay a hand on you."
The Little Devil Host seemed to glean some information from Angor's tone: "You mean, you know who our opponents are?"
Angel shook his head: "No one laid a hand on you."
"Then why the Chapter of the Heart..." The little devil host was about to say something, but was interrupted by the withered one.
The decaying one strode through the collapsing cube-shaped space, and amidst the scattered points of light, arrived before Angel, meeting his gaze.
"This is a dream... right?"
Although the decaying one was asking a question, it carried a certain certainty in it.
Its words stunned both the Little Devil Host and Kagu.
Dream?
Is this a dream?
Wait a minute, if it's a dream, how can it feel so real?
They expected Angor to instinctively object, but to their surprise, Angor didn't object at all. He simply stared at the withered creature and asked calmly, "How did you find out?"
This statement seems to confirm that the Corruptor's guess was correct.
Is this really... a dream?
In other words, they had previously played a dreamlike "Heart Chapter" game with Angell? Or perhaps a dreamlike "playing house" quiz game?
The little devil host was already gaping in surprise. Although Kagu was also surprised, it had come out of the sealed monument too late and hadn't experienced many things, so the sense of reality wasn't as strong.
“You said before that Elan would eventually go to a world of consciousness, which you called… Deep Dream.”
"As far as I know, the Deep Dream Civilization is a forbidden area."
"So, if you come from the depths of a dream, I believe you have a way to pull us into the dream and conduct this... trial of the Heart Chapter."
Angell: "..."
He was just saying it casually, how did it become a forbidden area? How come he didn't know?
However, while the Decayer's analysis was slightly flawed, this was only because Angor himself was misleading it at the time. Unexpectedly, the incorrect analysis led it to the correct conclusion.
Seeing that Angell did not reply for a long time, the withered one seemed to misunderstand something: "I don't care where I am, whether it's a dream or reality."
"I just want to know one thing."
“Eran…and the other fragments of consciousness in my mind, their voices, their echoes…will they eventually, as you say, reach that deep dream where they can be reborn?”
Are you lying to me?