Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 883 Overturned Tower
Although Aiwass was lost in thought while holding the two gems, no one dared to take them away from him.

But in the end, Aiwass did not disappoint people.

"I do have some ideas."

Aiwass began to speak, "I read in a book... There are three suns in this world. The first sun fell before life was born and never rose again; the second sun was killed and shattered by sacrifice and language, turning into stars in the silent night; and the third sun was born from a three-legged crow, it is the child of Hengwo and Hengwo.

"The sun in our world is the third sun, and the hotter sun outside should be the second sun."

"I know, it's the 'Morning Crow Secret Sutra', right? I was fortunate enough to translate that book once..."

Hearing this, Baike suddenly became alert: "The second sun... that is the god Amon whom we worship!"

It was evidently a privilege for a Horusian to translate, or even to read, the lore of the Sun, which, once read, he could never forget.

Aiwass continued, "Since the second sun can be 'killed by sacrifice and language', it means that language should have existed when the second sun existed. And it has some special power, even comparable to 'sacrifice'... What can you think of?"

There is only one answer.

——These ancient runes!
Aiwass looked at Master Chongbo: "You are so eager to develop this relic... to explore the mystery of the runes?"

After all, as a transcendent of the Twilight Path, the motivation for wanting to open this relic is not in line with the Path's philosophy. It has been well preserved, and it is the insect amber that has liberated this well-preserved time and space.

Then there must be some motive that can make him change his motive.

For those extraordinary people on the twilight path who are indifferent to fame and gain, what kind of treasure can make them excited?

"--no."

Chongbo just shook his head: "I do want to find something, but it's not them."

As he said this, he took the lead and walked forward: "Let's take a look inside first."

Seeing the old man slowly walking over, the wanderer was startled.

He went over to support Master Chongbo, scolding him, and put him in the back first: "Wait, wait a minute, oh my god... Boss, please move to the back..."

And Aiwass first handed the gem to Professor Bud, and then followed the wanderer steadily.

He moved the fingers of his right hand slightly, perked himself up, stared closely at the Drifter, and was ready to heal him at any time.

As a master of survival, Rurouni not only has a sense of danger, but also has various escape abilities based on instinct. Even if the eyes do not see, the ears do not hear, they can rely on intuition to dodge.

Even if the opponent bypasses the perception ability, Rurouni can find a way to avoid fatal damage to the vital parts - he relied on this ability to avoid the guardian puppet with illusion blessing before.

This makes the Survival Master the strongest pathfinder. After all, no matter how strong the defender is, he may be killed instantly by traps and ambushes. Once this important profession is damaged, it is very likely that the entire team will be at a disadvantage when the battle begins... and the combat effectiveness of the Survival Master is not that important.

To put it more coldly, it doesn't matter if he dies. We don't rely on him for output anyway.

And the other function is something that the defender cannot do...

Suddenly, the wanderer stopped and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stop.

In an instant, everyone stopped.

The interior of the Tower of Babel was brightly lit, so even Professor Budd, who had no night vision, could see the Drifter's gestures clearly.

The wanderer closed his eyes slightly, as if sniffing something in the air.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes: "Come here, Kitty. Let's disarm the trap."

As he spoke, he pointed in a certain direction on the wall.

The kitten, who had disappeared in the crowd at some point, appeared silently in that direction.

Her hands wrapped in worn white bandages touched the wall, but did not trigger the trap. It was as if she was dead or a ghost.

The kitten touched it, and its hands penetrated the wall and sank into the inside of it.

She couldn't observe with her eyes, so she could only sense the details through touch and hearing. After a while, she heard a crisp sound, and several stone slabs on the ground suddenly cracked, and four rune slabs rose from the ground. The runes engraved on the slabs were like eyes, and as they rose, they lost their original flowing azure blue and gradually faded to black.

The kitten picked them up one by one nimbly, then walked back to the front of the crowd with light and silent steps and handed them to Aiwass like presenting treasures.

Aiwass tried to check them, but also did not see the attribute panel.

He ordered to remain cautious and move forward, and then discussed with everyone.

"What kind of trap is this?"

Aiwass asked the kitten.

The kitten shook his head, and the wanderer who was still exploring the way ahead answered: "There is no danger to life... but I sense a sense of separation and helplessness. So I guess this is either a trap that locks people in, or it teleports people to a certain place... such as a prison."

"A teleportation trap..."

Aiwass became slightly serious: "In a sense, this is the most fatal crisis."

Although teleportation does not necessarily mean death, if the lost teammates cannot be found in a short period of time, from another perspective, it is equivalent to being killed instantly. Even Aiwass cannot be resurrected.

"But, on the other hand..."

Zhu Tang pondered: "Since there is a trap here, does it mean that there is a place where treasure is buried ahead?"

"I'm afraid there may not be any treasure."

Professor Bard shook his head. "The Tower of Babel... It is essentially a wizard tower. There is no possibility of gold or silver treasures. It is unlikely that you will find any lost ancient books here, because the writing of this era should not be widely used. And it is even more unlikely that there will be any books - even if we get some rune tablets engraved with ancient secrets, they will probably not be sold for much.

"Even Mr. Encyclopedia doesn't know the knowledge of ancient runes, so it's even more impossible for others to understand. In this case, there are only a few people who are qualified and have the possibility to decipher the secrets... and they are all top-level masters. Even if they don't rob them, there is no one else who can sell them.

"Since it is entirely up to the buyer to decide when to buy them... their greatest value may be their cultural relic value."

"We also have to consider another possibility," Zhu Tang added, "Maybe after we take them out, they will be reduced to dust.

"In my hometown, there is also a legend of 'preserved time and space'. It is said that a woodcutter accidentally entered a strange space while chopping wood, and met a few children playing chess. Someone gave him some food, and he ate it and watched people play chess. When he was ready to go home, he found that the handle of the axe in his hand had rotted, and many years had passed.

"Before, I thought he entered the 'Fairy Kingdom' and ate the food of the fairies. But considering that the woodcutter is an adult... he may have mistakenly entered the old time and space that was preserved but not stable enough, and was preserved as a result." "...That means," the kitten said with some fear, "when we go back, it is possible that many years have passed?"

"possible."

Zhu Tang nodded.

But the taciturn Chongbo suddenly said: "No. Because this space-time is very stable..."

"Spell..."

Sine opened his mouth and asked a very critical and professional question: "It should be worn out, right?"

Chongbo obviously understood and nodded: "So this spell is continuously effective."

"What do you mean?"

The kitten and wanderer in front didn't know what it meant.

Baike shook his head and walked over to explain to them: "What this means is that this preservation spell is continuously effective and charged, rather than just being used once in the past."

"That means... there's some kind of energy source here, right?"

Rurouni's spirits perked up, he turned around and said with a smile: "That might be considered a treasure!"

"It's certainly possible."

Baike nodded: "When we entered the door, I specifically measured the angle of the door. We walked straight ahead, and the distance we walked was very close to the radius of the Tower of Babel. In other words, we are close to the center of the first floor of the Tower of Babel.

"If there is anything of value..."

[Then it should be here]

His voice suddenly echoed in the air.

No, rather than saying it is "echoing", it is better to say that it is reflected directly into the heart.

Along with his thoughts, a faint sense of greed, vigilance, hesitation and curiosity came along.

Everyone was suddenly stunned.

The next moment, a new voice was heard:

[Fuck! What are these things?!]

That was the voice of the Drifter.

He was obviously suddenly frightened - the more you rely on your "risk-avoidance instinct", the more timid you become when faced with unexpected shocks.

And his fear, along with the subsequent anger, shame and other thoughts came along:
[What the hell… Is this, my idea? ]

[Mom, I don’t want to die...what...? ]

The kitten's cry was earth-shaking, echoing loudly in the empty corridor.

But she opened her eyes wide, and the whole person became motionless in an instant, as if she had been disconnected.

Amid the continuous cursing of the wanderer, Baike was the first to react and took two steps back. The "heartfelt words" that kept echoing in the air suddenly disappeared.

The wanderer and the kitten also realized this immediately, and they almost rolled and crawled back, retreating to a position further back than the Wikipedia.

"What's this?"

Rurouni said in doubt.

"……I understand."

Professor Bud's eyes suddenly lit up: "This is how people communicated with each other in an era without writing... or when language was not yet popular!"

"really……"

The "doll" who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke up, and uttered a cold voice: "I saw something in the style of the Atlanteans on the road, but the main race of the Tower of Babel should be the winged ones. Because the 'Winged Sky Master' was promoted to the Dream World from here..."

"I heard that animals of the same species have ways to recognize each other's intentions. But if there are multiple species here, then people seem to have no choice but to rely on this method to communicate..."

Baike pondered: "Is it because the language was not yet popular at that time? Or in other words..."

"——This is the ancient [language]."

Aiwass looked ahead and continued softly, "There is no barrier, no ambiguity, no need to learn, no need to understand... It returns to the most essential use of language: to convey information. In the most efficient way."

Professor Bud suddenly became excited: "If this is true, then it means that the current archaeological discoveries may be the opposite!

"Perhaps when the second sun still existed, the Amber Age was not about language not being invented or popularized. It was about 'language' not being used for communication at that time!"

The ancient people of that era were certainly not savage animals who could only hum and moan.

The Atlanteans were able to develop the technology of star crystal people, and the Tower of Babel developed by the Winged Ones was able to develop so many ancient spells, one of the fragments of which has been passed down to this day and has developed into a profession. So how could they be stupid beasts who couldn't even speak in ancient times?

Not to mention...the "Beast" Tiansi had not yet been born at that time!
But people really cannot understand why the second sun was killed by language and why people did not use language to communicate before that.

"—but because before the invention of 'language', people had something better to use."

Aiwass said: "At that time... 'language' was not a thing used for communication. It was a mysterious force that pointed directly to the source of the river, a lost power of the Tao. That's why it could be used to kill the second sun!"

After that, the Tower of Babel collapsed and people were scattered all over the world.

Having lost the ability to communicate, people use the heritage they have received to communicate with each other.

It is precisely because people are used to connecting their consciousness with each other that the inheritance that has been scattered to various places is incomplete - originally they could have relied on others to complete it at any time, but after the Tower of Babel was destroyed by lightning, they could no longer do so.

"——Since then, language has gradually lost its mysterious elements, gradually become popular... and finally became a "language" used for communication!"

(End of this chapter)