Chapter 528 Death Crystal
While following the royal motorcade to the port, two cats, Arthur and Morgan, also joined Milo. They squatted on Milo's shoulders, one on the left and the other on the right.
When Milo and the others were discussing the so-called forbidden zone seal, Cat interrupted:
"Seal? Do you have any misunderstandings about this?"
" What do you mean?" Dillashaw asked.
Little Lihua Morgan explained: "The seal refers to the residents of Os-Nargai, not the poor people in the restricted area."
"What is this statement?" Even Milo was the first to say so. I heard this statement.
"Didn't Mr. Pinkerton mention this?" asked the little white cat Arthur.
“Your chief opens his mouth most of the time to yawn instead of talking.” Milo spread his hands: “So according to you, the so-called seal is blocking this eternal kingdom, not blocking it. Restricted area? ”
This concept is indeed confusing.
After all, normal people would more easily associate the word "seal" with "forbidden zone" rather than place it on a port city that is open to the outside world like Celephes.
The fact is that those who are blocked are indeed the remnants in the restricted area. The difference is that the remnants are until they are blocked, while the people of Os-Nargai may not know it.
"Does it mean you can't leave Osnargai? But I didn't see much defensive force around Seraphis. Even the city gates and ports are open for free entry and exit." Dillashaw still doesn't quite understand what the so-called seal refers to.
“Is it that death crystal?” Milo asked.
“Look at the lighthouse on the sea in the distance to your left.” Little Lihua Morgan pointed at the sea in the distance with her paw and said: “It happens to be dusk right now, and only in the short dusk can we See their shadows, those crystalline beings that exude dark energy.”
Milo squinted his eyes and looked at the calm sea dotted with ship lights in the distance. Behind the mottled lights, he did see some slender figures with hunched bodies and backs covered with sharp crystal substances, like little As Lihua Morgan said, their bodies all exude a dark gas like black smoke, but the source of the gas is actually the crystals on their bodies.
Those rickety figures moved slowly on the platform and spiral stairs of the lighthouse. The speed was so slow that it was basically difficult for people to notice their existence. Only Milo's shadow vision could be the first. Time is aware of their presence.
As long as you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that on the edge of the city, in sparsely populated areas, and even in the darkness of street corners, you can see the shadows of these short and thin crystal people. It makes no sound and moves very slowly, as if it is immersed in its own "labor" and is incompatible with all the prosperity and newness around it.
“They are the most critical factor in maintaining the eternal existence of Os-Nargai.” The little white cat Arthur explained:
“This country is indeed the awakening of King Kurans. The world was built using dreams, but the eternal power that keeps people young forever cannot be created by dreams, because those are higher-level rules, and the rules are only controlled by the gods. The eternity here is actually man-made. ”
"Artificial eternity?" Dillashaw narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Eternity is the inner wish of King Kurans after he witnessed the ultimate void behind the stars. He wanted to create a transcendent world, perhaps a person who had suffered the erosion of time in the waking world. , he has experienced the departure of his loved ones... In short, the reason why Os-Nargai can avoid the erosion of the rules of time is because of the existence of death crystals, those crystals that wander on the edges of national borders and in the shadows. What people carry is the death crystal. This natural substance has the condensation effect on the annihilation power of time. They will actively absorb the aging, corruption, dullness, and illness brought by time, and what they exchange for it is the eternal and immortal Os. -Nargai."
"The death crystal comes from the gods," Milo muttered.
"Yes, that is the blessing that King Kurans received in exchange for guarding the forbidden area for the gods." Little Lihua Morgan nodded and looked at the lighthouse on the sea in the distance: "The forbidden area does not need to be sealed at all. , What needs to be sealed is the human heart of the person who guards the restricted area, and 'eternity' is actually a method used to seal the human heart. The gods do not want the guardians of the restricted area to have any inappropriate thoughts. ""It is difficult to imagine a cat. To be able to say something so profound," Dillashaw said with emotion.
"Boy, our combined age is longer than your family tree!" The little white cat Arthur glanced at Dillashaw.
"Let me guess, after the death crystal absorbs the negative effects of time, there is still some kind of restriction, right?" Milo muttered.
“Of course, after we accept eternity, we can no longer leave this country. Once we leave, all the time and wear that has been taken away will be returned to us from the death crystal, maybe before the ferry leaves. We will die of disease, old age, or other factors before we reach the port," Little Lihua Morgan said: "The purpose of our initial choice to settle in Osnargai was to accumulate strength, and it was not until later that we realized that we were completely. Can't leave here."
"The price of eternity is freedom?" Dillashaw said.
"Seriously, there is no need to force yourself to speak in a profound way." Milo waved his hand.
"Okay." Dillashaw shrugged.
“But the role of the death crystal should be more than that simple, right?” Milo turned to Maomao and asked.
Maomao nodded:
“Of course, the most important role is to maintain order on this continent, including gathering streamers from the sky, rainwater, etc. into the country, and these resources are It was plundered from the restricted area. You came from the restricted area, so you should understand what I mean."
"Of course." Milo nodded.
This is the punishment of the gods to the descendants of the conquerors, and it can also be regarded as their ultimate means to wear away the special blood of the conquerors.
It can be understood that time's "pardon" for Os-Nargai was exchanged for more cruel torture of the survivors in the restricted area.
In other words, the gods achieved two different ways of sealing the two areas of Os-Nargai and the restricted area using only the Death Crystal.
“Let me guess, the crystal that condenses death itself is also dangerous?”
Milo could smell the stench of those crystallized people from afar.
You know, something that even Dark Shadow finds foul-smelling is quite deadly to ordinary creatures.
"Living creatures that are too close to those crystallized people will be cursed to death." The cat responded.
(End of this chapter)