Chapter 428 True Personality in an Illusive World
“Have you ever thought about why they call you a sinner.”
Raven suddenly asked Milo such a question.
Milo shook his head.
He had only heard such a title from church people.
From the time of Glachi to the time when the projected incarnation of Yog-Sothoth wanted to come, it seemed that even the church itself was not sure how to define the nature of Milo.
They believed that Milo's hands were stained with the impure blood of the gods, but it seemed that the title "sinner" was no longer on his lips as frequently as before.
As for whether he has changed his mind or whether he dares to continue shouting like this, Milo has no idea.
The questions the raven asked were strange.
Milo knew that the reason why the raven appeared in the abyss illusion shows that this person occupies a very important position in his subjective consciousness.
To put it bluntly, the questions asked by the raven were actually questions Milo asked himself.
However, the current situation does not seem to allow him to immerse himself in such a thinking mode.
Because after the thick clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, Milo saw something strange.
That thing took away the moonlight and stars...
…
There was no more moonlight in the long night.
The picture in Tianyu became extremely bleak.
Milo could only roughly capture some vague outlines with his naked eyes. They were extremely huge, as if they were beyond the limits of the sky. The "big" referred to here is not just the hugeness of the visual angle, but also the hugeness of the sky. It seems to come from a higher dimension.
Those things moving in the sky have no emotions, no consciousness, and even seem to have no subjective thinking. They are just a mass of operating order and rules.
Everything under the sky is so small in front of it, so small that it can be ignored.
...
Suddenly, Milo felt that the clouds in the sky that should have been blown away and faded also changed. They condensed into some kind of huge humanoid or animal-shaped outline, and even evolved into Some eyeball-like structures that are brighter than stars but dimmer than moonlight.
There seemed to be some loud noise brewing in the rolling clouds, but it was completely different from the conventional concept of thunder.
Milo guessed that something extremely terrible was happening above the sky, beyond the distance visible to the naked eye.
But he had no way of knowing what happened.
It is foreseeable that a disaster is coming here.
......
The raven on the side looked at Milo.
Seeing that Milo had not left for a long time, he said again:
"It seems that there is no one you care about in that city anymore."
Milo waved his hand: "Don't pretend to be stupid. Everything here is false. It is the product of the confrontation between my subjective consciousness and the mixed knowledge that exists objectively."
His eyes were always on. Focusing on the outline of the life form above the head that took away the stars and the bright moon, trying to get some key clues from it.
However, the raven's next words made Milo feel a little surprised, or in other words, stunned and chilled.
This is what he said:
“As you said, it is true that everything right now is false, but do you really think that I am included in everything so-called? ?”
Milo had goosebumps all over his body.
He subconsciously took a step back.
From the beginning, he just regarded the raven in front of him as a familiar face like Emma and Enid, a product of his subconscious imagination.
Because it is obvious that Raven cannot return to the church and put on the holy robe of the Golden Rule again, and it is impossible for the contract organization to allow him to appear in the Prayer Square unharmed.
So even though he knew the danger of the raven, Milo still had no sense of caution, because he knew that this person was not a raven.
...
But now the raven is conveying this message to him - I, standing in front of you, am the raven.
Although this cannot be confirmed, it still makes Milo panic.
Just as something false and beyond comprehension appears in the real world, real people appear in the false world, both of which are worthy of fear.
…
Facing Milo's vigilant gaze, Raven still behaved very calmly. He crossed his hands on his chest, his clear pupils shone with a profound light of wisdom, and slowly looked at Milo, no longer paying attention to the drastic changes in the sky.
“Any soul who thinks he is smart enough will inevitably lose himself after a long enough journey. You are not the only one who questions this knowledge system, and you are definitely It won't be the last one, Milo Varrokan."
"Maybe I should call you by your real name, but it's a pity that my vision is not wide enough and I can't see your name clearly."
Raven stared at Milo calmly.
His face did not show the slightest emotional ups and downs, let alone the slightest bit of hostility towards Milo. All that existed was confusion in a state of deep contemplation.
“This is indeed a false world, this is an abyss. Only life forms that step into a higher order can touch these false things, or in other words, create all this falsehood, but we cannot be false. Make a conclusion, right? The more you get in touch with the supreme order, the more humble you should be. Can you really tell me with your heart that the world you live in is real?"
Milo frowned and stared at the raven in front of him warily: "I don't like talking to the Riddler."
However, the raven just shook his head lightly:
" There is a saying that the world we live in, no, it should be said that all the orders and rules in the entire universe, as well as the living bodies and substances under the rules, are all after the most primitive supreme will fell into sleep. A dream, and we are just parasitic in its dream. We are all just contenders in the dream. ”
"In my hometown, you are called a nihilist." Milo shook his head.
Now he couldn't tell whether the raven in front of him was his imagination or a real one.
Because the views and knowledge he mentioned have gradually exceeded the scope of the knowledge system that Milo once accepted.
According to Milo's logic, everything here originates from his subjective consciousness, so it should also be established based on the thinking that already exists in his existing consciousness system. There is no reason to transcend.
……
"You have the heart of a scholar, because your eyes are full of doubts about everything, but it is this doubt that has become your self-restraint." Raven stared at Milo.
“Perhaps if you had appeared earlier, the world would not have fallen into its current state, but if you had never appeared, this series of changes would not have happened, well...it seems that you don’t care about me. No matter what you do, you can't change the trajectory of time. This seems to form another paradox."
Some of Raven's words don't sound like they are said to Milo at all, but more like a kind of self. Debate and think.
At a certain moment, Milo really felt that this guy was not like a fictitious character, but an independent living being or personality with the ability to think for himself.
The raven never stopped thinking.
He murmured:
“But if you really have a scholar’s heart, you shouldn’t rush to get rid of the illusion of the abyss. There are also truths worth exploring here, isn’t this true? Do you think that in the real world? Which one is more difficult: searching for truth in a world or searching for truth in a false world? "
"I just want to live in a world that I think is real," Milo replied decisively.
“Again, why are you so sure that the world you originally lived in is real? Is this a little too subjective? Moreover, have you ever thought about how to define the world you first existed in? The distant world? Maybe you would say, they are all real, so there can be two real worlds, why can't this be real?" Raven asked several questions in one breath.
But Milo didn’t want to answer any of them.
Instead, he replied:
"Either you are the incarnation of some will in the abyss that wants to bewitch me and I am completely lost, or you are indeed a raven, but you are already crazy."
The raven smiled cheerfully for the first time: "Hahaha, maybe that's true."
He sorted himself out He picked up the sleeves of his robe and said to Milo: "Then you think of me as some kind of incarnation of will in the illusion of the abyss, trying to keep you here forever. That's good. I like this state of game and dialectics. "
Then, he turned back and glanced in the direction of the church bell tower, and added lightly:
"It's a pity that I don't have enough time to accommodate you and I will continue talking. Your will is strong enough. This place will soon collapse and be destroyed. But we will have more opportunities to meet again, no matter where you think it is. In the real world, we are still in this abyss.”
“Remember, the abyss will always exist. As long as the soul with doubts has not died, it will never be broken. It belongs to people like us only. ”
“Looking forward to meeting you again, Val Rokan”
“Oh, by the way, maybe you don’t know my real name yet”
“ Remember my name, Tuttis Crow."
"Because I may be the only soul you can meet in the second half of your journey that will not change."
"Goodbye."
......
Roaring sounds and smoke began to sweep in from beneath the church.
Before Milo could even blink, the raven's figure had disappeared into the billowing smoke.
And while his thoughts were still immersed in that moment of confusion, the world had begun to collapse.
Next, Milo saw the end of the world in his subjective consciousness.
(End of this chapter)