Urban Legends: The Legacy of Ancient Civilizations

This abnormal external appearance is obviously a direct feedback of the skinny Gogol mentality.

For an unknown amount of time in the past, Gogol was able to achieve a false balance by deceiving himself and others. But when Bai Ning defeated all the inner defenses of the skinny Gogol, Gogol, who suddenly had inner demons, was bound to... To a terrible extreme.

The next reaction of Skinny Gogol will be extremely critical.

The aging characteristics of the skinny Gogol continued, and his snow-white hair began to fall out crazily. The rapid aging of his body caused Gogol's breathing problems, and his unstoppable coughing caused him to spit out all his fallen teeth.

The yellow teeth that fell on the ground were like a pile of independent living beings, decaying and deteriorating at an extremely fast speed, eventually turning into a puddle of black ashes.

Gogol's final aging appearance is already a bit horrifying. All the body hair on his head has completely fallen off, his old yellow eyes are narrowed into a slit, and his face is covered with wrinkles. However, due to his extremely thin physique, he feels like It is a dense layer of scales.

With this rotten atmosphere emanating from the inside out, the withered Gogol and the dead were just one last breath away.

The increasingly heavy breathing made the skinny Gogol's body shake as if it was about to fall apart. The look he looked at Bai Ning could not distinguish the joy at all, just like the last gaze before death.

This appearance of being about to run out of oil and lamps was extremely shocking, but Bai Ning never believed that Skinny Gogol would die silently like this.

If death were a simple matter, the skinny Gogol who had stayed here for who knows how many years must have been annihilated in this endless illusion of nothingness.

"You have already performed death. Why, do you want to perform rebirth in front of me?"

The words in Bai Ning's words were slightly ridiculing, but the tone of his words was still calm, almost ruthless.

As if in response to Bai Ning, the skinny Gogol's body instantly regained vitality. A large amount of black hair surged out from his scalp, and his skin began to gradually return to its original color from gray and dull.

If this is what is called rebirth, then Skinny Gogol is performing rebirth now.

However, the result was surprising, because the skinny Gogol who had regained his vitality had not regained his youth, his hair and beard were still gray, and his whole body was still skinny without any fat.

At this time, the skinny Gogol's eyes flickered, and he seemed to be very confused about the illusion in front of him.

Perhaps, in the endless torture of illusions in the past, he was usually able to escape the torture of illusions through such self-destruction methods.

This act of self-deception, this act of self-closed loop, can indeed calm down Gogol, who is fighting against himself.

“It seems that you still don’t believe that I am not an illusion.

That’s fine, a new hallucination experience may bring a little more color to your boring life.

So, do you really not want to consider my previous proposal?

The outside world is indeed very exciting. You can't live alone here, right? "

Bai Ning imitated the appearance of the skinny Gogol and sat down cross-legged, looking face to face with him without any sign of discomfort.

“After what seems like endless years, the meaning of loneliness has long been blurred.

As for the outside world, does it really matter?

If you can leave, you can leave by yourself, why do you have to take me with you? "

At this time, Gogol had already spoken, and it seemed to be in very pure Russian, but Bai Ning could still understand him.

"It doesn't matter whether I take you with me or not, but whether I have you or not is really important.

As I said before, the infinite breadth here is actually related to your self-perception of being infinitely small.

Why, do you still remember the scene when you first entered here?

If I remember correctly, you should have come in through an elevator entrance. "

Bai Ning's words caused Skinny Gogol to fall into silence again. He seemed to be trapped in endless memories, trying hard to think about the first appearance of coming here.

Unfortunately, no matter how ferocious the expression on his face became, he never felt a sudden realization, as if this memory had been completely lost from his memory.

"Elevator, what elevator? When did there ever be an elevator here?

There is no elevator at all!

Nothing here!

This is the most void space in the world! The final tomb of all!

You can't lie to me! You can't bewitch me!

I am who I am!

I am who I am! "

Suddenly, the skinny Gogol roared violently, his hoarse shouting, as if he was fighting against the most cruel punishment in the world.

After the madness, the expression on the face of the skinny Gogol sitting cross-legged calmed down again. It seemed that he had released all the negative emotions in his heart, leaving only an empty ball of skin lying in place.

This state of inner emptiness may also be the state of thoughtlessness that Skinny Gogol wants to pursue.

The current situation of self-deception is vividly reflected in Skinny Gogol.

"You are not you, you are just a bunch of delusions.

You have been imprisoned here for endless years, and you don't want to leave. It's just that you can't leave, not because you have seen everything through.

Your heart is thinking about nothing, not really because you have nothing to care about, but just because you can't care about it.

If you think you can still fight, stand up and give it a try.

You can't even break through the small area you are in. This vast void is not a sea of ​​suffering that you can cross at all. "

Skinny Gogol deceived himself so much that Bai Ning felt that if he could be stimulated to change, this endless void space might really be able to change.

Unfortunately, this simple rhetoric is of no use at all.

The skinny Gogol, who had finished venting his anger continuously, seemed to have temporarily emptied his heart of negative emotions. If he wanted to let his emotions reach the threshold of collapse again, he would need more long-term stimulation.

Time may really have no meaning to Skinny Gogol, but it is something Bai Ning is extremely lacking.

Without any hesitation, he walked up to the skinny Gogol and slapped him to the ground.

Even though his mouth was bleeding and his face was red, the skinny Gogol still did not change his sitting posture, as if his butt had already taken root here.

Seeing that the slap was ineffective, Bai Ning gave him a hard kick, leaving a firm mark on the skinny Gogol's swollen chest.

The expected scene of a gourd rolling on the ground did not appear. The skinny Gogol was like a Buddha rooted in the ground. His legs sitting cross-legged had no intention of leaving the ground.

The skinny Gogol who was lying on the ground sat up straight again with an expressionless expression, like a Buddha who was unfazed by favors and humiliations.

Not to fight back when hit or scolded, to be extremely forbearing and to forget to the greatest extent, in order to paralyze oneself and achieve the greatest selflessness in a state of nothingness.

This is a false selflessness, the deepest despair, and a self-deceptive escape.

If we look at the skinny Gogol at this time from a secular perspective, he is the biggest waste in the world, a desperate person who is tortured by illusions and full of servility.

Skinny Gogol's heart was full of anger and unwillingness, but he could not bring up the slightest thought of resistance. This was a conditioned reflex after a long period of failure, and he was a docile lamb after being domesticated by failure.

If we follow this logic, Skinny Gogol has become the undead guarding this endless void space. He may really be the key to breaking through this illusion of voidness, but all Bai Ning's efforts and attempts cannot shake him. Not even the slightest bit.

The final result may be that Bai Ning is gradually assimilated and lost forever in this illusion of nothingness.

"Gogol, do you remember who your grandfather is?

Your grandfather, your father, why did they come here? Is it just to be a self-deceiving fool?

To be a useless person sitting on the same spot without the courage to move?

Come to think of it, even if your grandfather dies, he doesn't want to be a free and easy waste, right? "

Since beating and scolding Gogol has no meaning, a little connection with Gogol's obsession that has been passed down to three generations may be able to touch his consciousness a little.

The effect seemed to be very obvious. Skinny Gogol frowned, as if he was recalling who his grandfather was and what his grandfather's purpose was.

After a brief period of confusion, the skinny Gogol's brows relaxed again. It didn't look like he had figured it out, but more like a kind of active forgetfulness and neglect.

At this time, Gogol will actively choose to forget whenever he encounters difficulties.

This strange state reminded Bai Ning of the forgetting ability mentioned by Entity Gogol before.

It is precisely because the entity Gogol has the ability to actively forget that he can successfully get out of the maze of illusions frequently.

At this time, Skinny Gogol seemed to be using this ability to empty his mind and actively forget everything.

If there are no problems, there will be no worries. If there are no worries, there will be nothingness.

Could it be that this state of actively forgetting everything is the ultimate manifestation of Gogol's self-preservation in the maze of illusions?

Is there any essential difference between actively forgetting everything outside the illusory maze and actively forgetting everything inside the illusory maze?

In this fantasy maze, Bai Ning has met Gogol in two different states in succession. No, in the same elevator shaft, Bai Ning has met Gogol in two different states in succession.

According to the previous overall understanding, the three underground floors in the fantasy maze will be more dangerous, and they are also where the "secrets of the world" mentioned by Gogol are stored.

But judging from the current overall situation, the pale Gogol in the third underground floor can understand everything, but the skinny Gogol in the second underground floor shows a self-enclosed state that does not know anything.