booktalesy Chapter 4283 Rebellious Divine Thought
Chapter 4283 Rebellious Divine Thought
Chapter 4283 Rebellious Divine Thought
As Angor's gaze locked onto the upside-down figure on the dome, the information in the text box refreshed again.
"You have borne the divine essence of the cruel scholar's divine will, 'All Things in the Universe - Remnants'."
"You have withstood the Shen Yun performance; your exemption is successful."
In the outer hall, Angell had already experienced the divine essence of all things, but at that time he might have made a "cognitive judgment" only once every half minute or a minute.
But now, it's checked every second.
Moreover, as the upside-down figure on the dome slowly recovers, the speed of this judgment increases, and the intensity of the judgment also increases.
Fortunately, they have not yet broken through the defensive line built by Angell.
As the text message bar was flooded with messages, the identity of the "Hanged Man" became obvious.
Undoubtedly, it was the divine thought of the cruel scholar!
After confirming His identity, Angor recalled His meaningful words from earlier: "This is how you sealed me away."
This sentence seemed innocuous at first glance, but it made Angell's heart skip a beat.
Because both the book fairy's narration and the various hints in the mission information seem to point to one fact: the demon god's divine sense is so engrossed in the knowledge in the Echo Library that he voluntarily stays there.
The so-called "seal" is more like a sweet trap that the other party is unaware of.
Moreover, the book fairy's explanation of the "perfect seal" method also made the demon god's mind immerse itself in more unique and difficult-to-understand knowledge.
It makes no mention of that the demon god's divine sense is aware of his own situation.
But what He just said clearly proves that the Demon God's divine sense is well aware of his own predicament...
This puzzled Angor. If He understood His situation and knew that the Library of Echoes was an exquisite prison, then why didn't He struggle? Why didn't He resist? Why didn't He try to contact the original being located in the abyss?
The Book Fairy once said that the only thing that could truly imprison Him was "knowledge" itself.
In addition, the divine thoughts of demons and gods have the opportunity to break away and even contact their physical bodies.
But He doesn't seem to have done that?
Angell had many doubts, but he didn't show them. He simply let them linger in his mind and put them aside for the time being.
"Fufufu—I told you we'd meet soon." The upside-down demon god's divine sense emitted a strange laugh, like the whistling of the wind. "Now, you've finally come."
Angell raised his head and looked directly at Him.
“Since I’ve come to participate in the Chapter of the Heart, isn’t it inevitable that we’ll meet?” Angel replied casually, then added, “But speaking of which, compared to last time, your appearance… has changed quite a bit.”
"Oh? What was my previous image?" The demon god's divine sense seemed unconcerned about Angor's control of the conversation, and followed his words, asking in return.
His voice was still strange, as if he were surrounded by many different voices. Even though it was the same sentence, it sounded like multiple voices were overlapping each other.
“A rather ordinary-looking little devil,” Angor replied calmly. “Apart from having many books stuck in his tail, he’s not much different from Weeks.”
"Fufufu, little devil..." He let out a strange laugh: "Just as I guessed, you have indeed seen my true form."
"The true form always likes to put on that weak little devil act, saying that it's in its original state so that it's closer to the truth." He sneered: "Phew, but in my opinion, it's just a little trick of showing weakness to the enemy."
A little trick?
Angor was somewhat surprised; the tone of this demon god's thought seemed to be at odds with the original body.
Could this person be rebellious?
Angel lowered his brow, concealing his thoughts. "So, can the renowned cruel scholar's physical form and divine consciousness be different?"
As Angell spoke, he recalled what Normefens had mentioned earlier: each of the cruel scholar's thoughts not only had a different appearance, but also a different personality, whether brutal, greedy, refined, or melancholic...
If he already knows the answer, why would he ask again?
Because this was intentional.
The main purpose was to find out whether this wisp of demonic divine thought had the ability to read minds.
"Why should it be the same? I don't want to look like my original self and deliberately show off my most primitive form." The demon god's divine thought sneered, "Phew, I prefer an appearance that represents absolute knowledge to that frail and weak look."
"For example, look at me right now."
On the surface, Angor nodded in agreement with His statement. But secretly, he shook his head slightly, realizing that this demon god did not possess the ability to read minds.
Moreover, it looks a little "silly"?
The book fairy said that because of the separation of worlds and the sealing array, the demon god's divine sense could not be supported by the computing power of the main body, but His knowledge base was still there.
At most, it cannot access knowledge as perfectly as the original entity.
Regardless, it should be the demeanor of a great scholar.
Why does it feel like a cynical, rebellious teenager?
Is he deliberately putting me on display? Or is it that the lack of computing power, combined with his arrogant personality, has resulted in the way I am now?
Angell didn't know exactly which one it was, but he dared not relax too much and remained vigilant.
The demon god thought to himself: "What, do you think this image doesn't fit the personification of knowledge?"
Angell paused for a moment: "No, of course it fits. This image has more depth."
“Fu, you’re lying.” The demon god’s thoughts sneered. “Kuriyan once said that humans are best at saying one thing and meaning another. Sure enough, He didn’t lie to me about that.”
Angell did not offer any explanation, because just moments before, the text message bar had once again seen a surge in posts about "Shen Yun."
It seems that the demon god's divine will is actively using its abilities.
He directly asserted that he was lying, so this divine consciousness might possess an ability similar to the art of truth-seeking?
We can try to probe later, but before that, we should be careful with our words and actions.
"Since a demon god's divine sense can be different from his physical form, how should I address you? As I would address his physical form, Lord God? Or is there another more appropriate way to address him?"
“I hate many things about the original body, but there’s one thing I don’t hate: the original body thinks titles are the most meaningless thing, because they represent a whole bunch of troubles.” The demon god’s thoughts snorted: “I think so too. Lineage, bonds, social interactions… these useless things behind titles always take up a lot of time for thinking and learning.”
Angell: "..."
“However, Curienne liked to name people, and He gave me a name: Sebastian.”
"I like this name because it represents that I am different from my original self."
Angell: "???"
What exactly did he just hear? One minute he hates being called that, the next he likes his own name. Doesn't he find that contradictory?
Suppressing his urge to complain, Angor asked, "Your Majesty Sebastian, if I may be so curious, is the Kurien you speak of also a god?"
“Kuriian is another divine consciousness, and like me, he is a member of the Anti-Origin Alliance,” Sebas said with some pride.
Angor: "...Anti-Ontology Alliance?"
Sebastian: "Don't understand? It's like when a clone develops its own consciousness, it no longer wants to be a clone. We, as the main body, create divine thoughts, and we want to be independent and autonomous, not controlled by the main body. Isn't that normal?"
Angell perhaps, maybe, barely understood.
Within the divine consciousness of the demon god, there is a group of rebellious individuals. Although they are divine consciousnesses separated from the cruel scholar, they have started a revolution because they have their own consciousness.
This sounds perfectly normal.
...that's weird!
It is rare for a clone to develop its own consciousness; even rarer is that no blood pact is made, allowing the clone to rebel.
Is this really true?
Are you sure this isn't a case of raising a treacherous insect?
Sebastian seemed to see Angor's doubts and sneered, "The birth of divine sense is itself the body's attempt to explore the upper limit of more profound knowledge. Any restriction may lower this upper limit."
Therefore, He will not set any limits.
After a pause, Sebastian looked at Angor below and said, "Speaking of which, since you have seen the main body and the main body has not shared your information with the divine consciousness, it means that He judges that you have no value in winning over anyone."
"But actually, you are a hidden genius."
Angell pointed to himself. Am I a genius?
"You perfectly solved the problem of the Decayer, something even the original body couldn't solve. Therefore, you are undoubtedly a genius!" Sebastian said, suddenly becoming excited: "Fufufufu—to actually encounter a peerless genius here who was spared by the original body, how lucky!"
"I have an idea. How about we cooperate? If you do your best to help me, I might be able to fulfill the alliance's long-cherished wish—to break free from the original body and become an individual entity!"
"No, it might even surpass that long-cherished wish... I will take its place!"
"There can only be one cruel scholar. Why him? Why can't it be me!"
Thinking of this, Sebastian broke free from the inverted book chain high in the sky and fell in front of Angor, his blue flame eyes staring excitedly at Angor.
Angell: "..."
He didn't know what to say, he just glanced at the text box.
"You barely managed to withstand the Shen Yun performance; your exemption is successful."
Upon seeing the word "barely", he silently replenished his surroundings with a layer of Nightmare Illusion Power.
The next second, the word "barely" disappeared from the newly refreshed information in the text bar.
"You have withstood the Shen Yun performance; your exemption is successful."
The myriad phenomena and their inherent charm can be used to judge the depth of one's knowledge base.
If the "cognitive judgment" fails, one will fall into various bizarre hallucinations.
It is called "visual illusion," but it is not actually related to illusion; it is more like a change in cognition.
For example, when Gray Porcelain and Gabriel failed the cognitive judgment test, they experienced abnormal visual hallucinations. Gray Porcelain saw a long and narrow path in front of him; Gabriel saw a void.
The path and the void are both illusions.
But if you actually step inside, you might very well get lost forever.
Therefore, there is a big difference between visual illusion and illusion magic.
Given Angel's situation, undergoing Shen Yun's baptism normally wouldn't be much better than for people like Gray Porcelain.
After all, he was too young and his knowledge base was not very deep.
Fortunately, Angell did not follow the conventional path.
The power of nightmares enveloped his body, directly suppressing him with authority; if his divine essence still broke through, then the power of nightmares would be doubled!
For example, right now, when the demon god's divine sense landed and came into close contact with Angor, the outermost layer of nightmare illusion power could no longer withstand it, but if it was doubled, everything would be easily resolved.
“The aura around you is strange.” Sebastian landed and looked at Angor with curiosity. “It’s a bit like authority, but there are some differences.”
"Moreover, it also contains some energies that feel both familiar and unfamiliar to me..."
Sebastian wanted to recall this sense of familiarity, but without inheriting the original body's computing power, the knowledge in his mind was like heavy quicksand, difficult to even push aside, let alone select suitable information from it.
"I can't remember." Sebastian shook his head. "Never mind, that's not important. What's more important now is whether you agree to cooperate and take down the main body!"
Angell: "...I probably can't help Your Majesty."
"No, you can." Sebastian: "As long as you can find the truth, I can kill the original body!"
What?
truth?
Angell looked at Sebastian, confirming that He really thought so, and was speechless.
Almost all wizards were on the path of seeking the truth, but none of them had been able to find it. As a result, Sebastian said, "If you find the truth, you can come with me to be a cruel scholar," which left Angor speechless.
That's actually not wrong.
If you truly find the truth, you can easily crush not only cruel scholars, but even the ancient beings of the abyss.
But truth, whether it is a "treasure" or a "map," is not something that can be touched right now.
Even miracles are merely the starting point in the search for truth.
Seeing Angell looking at him with a strange expression, Sebastian seemed to realize that his expression was a bit exaggerated, and took a step back to say, "What I mean is, getting closer to the truth."
Angel shook his head: "Your Majesty Sebastian, we've talked for so long, let's get down to business."
Sebastian asked suspiciously, "Isn't this the main point?"
Seeing that Sebastian was still fixated on the topic, Angell reluctantly admitted, "With my current abilities, I am unable to seek or even approach the truth."
"This is not something I can do just by getting anyone's approval."
"Moreover, compared to my ignorance, I believe His Majesty Sebastian is closer to the truth."
Sebastian raised his head: "That's natural. It's common sense that I'm closer to the truth than you. My current knowledge might already have reached the wall of truth."
"However, you are also very important. I need your genius-like inspiration to help me break through this unbreakable wall of truth."
Looking at the arrogant Sebastian, Angell understood completely.
What brought him closer to the truth is just talk.
His real idea was still to roll up his sleeves and get to work himself.
As for the role played by Ingres, it can be understood as "a stone from another mountain," which He specifically selected to polish jade and break through the wall of truth.
Let alone whether Sebastian can find "inspiration" in himself.
Ingres felt that His statement that "His knowledge reserves have reached the wall of truth" was pure delusion.
It is true that ruthless scholars wield the power of knowledge, but it is only the power of knowledge that lies in the abyss.
In truth, the knowledge He possesses is absolutely no greater than that of miracles.
Even miracles dare not claim to have reached the Wall of Truth, yet Sebastian keeps saying "drink it all." If this isn't arrogance, what is?
But then again.
For Angell, this kind of Sebastian was actually a good thing.