Myriad Paths

The realm of desire exhibits puzzling properties.

The deep red, calm blue, excessively fiery emotions, and the mysterious spread of sadness, a mass of chaos that is constantly seeping out, embody the unique taste of primitive power.

There is a steep meaning in the void, and various colors form vortexes rapidly. But if you only look at the surface, these forces are like the vast water surface. The rapids converge into huge waves, rushing out and turning into The maw of the abyss.

These colors even make people feel an indescribable uneasiness. The thick and turbid colors are constantly stirring, like an overturned palette, with layers of light flashing in the ultimate precision.

The unpredictable and mysterious throbbing, sometimes even reminiscent of piles of carrion, brings about waves of nausea and at the same time seems to see some kind of flickering desire.

Both great and indifferent, both beautiful and ruthless, floating on the misty waves, these torrents first swirled into a giant cylinder, and then spread out to form a curtain of snow, showing off its colorful colors.

But if you look carefully at this falling colorful waterfall, your mind and vision will suddenly fall into the terrifying darkness, as if being rushed into the abyss by a great flood. This feeling is really weird. Li Qi knows very well that he It was just nerves, but it didn't take long for a fear to creep into his heart and grip him tightly.

Although there are still thousands of rainbows in front of us, the colors hit the shaky rocks, splashing waves, rolling up, and the filled smoke is like the billowing smoke of a fire, or like the falling smoke of a waterfall. Thousands of water mist, like some "solids" like jagged rocks in this torrent, accentuate this scene, but even these solids have to be swept up by the air current, spiraling down into the abyss, entangled with each other They fought with each other again, and finally gradually disappeared into chaotic fluctuations.

Here is the spiritual vortex, where endless imaginations are mixed together, and then all the elements derived from these imaginations and thoughts are used as materials to stew into a rolling soup.

Here are the "four majors" of Buddhism, the distorted time and space, the "nature" advocated by shamans, and occasionally the human order, or these collide with each other under the control of Tianyan, plus many "autonomous" Abilities' areas are floating around, and there are even more areas that are a mess that can't even be described in words.

Pure and unstructured, beautiful and primitive chaos, full of depraved sensuality and noble sacrifice, passion and decadence coexisting, both belonging to the world and yet transcendent, it seems that one can faintly detect the original nature of human beings. .

In this intertwining of sensuality and passion, sublimity and despicability, love and hate, there is also a certain frightening factor. It seems that as long as you pursue it, you can explore some seemingly beautiful but terrifying secrets.

The shocking, original colors and emotions are like magic where beauty and evil coexist.

In other words... this itself is a 'magic' method.

However, there are still these "solids" around that are difficult to destroy by the torrent, and it just so happens that Li Qi is also part of the "solids".

Although the environment of this place is strange, it seems to change according to some powerful will. In other words, Li Qi can form a stable cluster around his will and senses, which is the 'stone' in the flood.

The stronger his will, the larger the cluster it can maintain, and the stronger the stone.

But don't get distracted, because if you stop concentrating, the clusters will revert to chaos and become a torrent of color that washes away everything.

However, for Li Qi, his existence is the 'strongest rock' in this torrent. He can easily maintain an island instead of a stone.

But he didn't do that. He just solidified his surroundings so that he could more easily observe all the situations around him.

Is this another level of desire? Or is it coexistence?

They should coexist.

The realm of desire is not just an imitation of the real universe. Its existence is the collection of all desires. Since there is a cognition of 'reality', then there will naturally be the existence of pure chaotic thinking.

Li Qi did not stay here for too long, but continued to expand his perception.

After a full seven hundred and fifty years, Li Qi's spirit began to feel a little tired.

This does not mean that he has reached his limit, but that he is a little tired after processing so much information, and the information is enough.

Yes, his perception covers the universe with a radius of at least trillions of light years, all information has been included, and he can even name each world after deduction.

In a location in the Desire Realm, there is indeed a dead devil's remains, and it is known in many places. After cross-verification by Li Qi in different worlds, the existence of the dead devil's remains was confirmed.

And many worlds know the existence of this dead devil's remains, but... no one is willing to go there.

There is a secret and dangerous 'wonder' there. Although it is not in the real universe and cannot be called an 'extraterritorial wonder', it is essentially not much different from that.

It's hard to say whether it's the Death Demon that makes it dangerous, or whether it's the danger that keeps the Death Demon's remains there.

Of course, it is also possible that they complement each other. Not only is it dangerous, but the remains of the dead demon are also added, which doubles its risk factor to the point that no one can take the treasure from it until now.

However... it is called a treasure, but it should actually be called a 'bomb'.

However, according to the information Li Qi found out, that place had forced back many powerful people. They all went there, but finally chose to let go.

Below the fourth rank, sometimes just 'looking' will kill you.

This is also the reason why no civilization with the ability to navigate the void was born around that wonder outside the domain.

Born, then observe the outside world, use a telescope to look at the sky.

The first glance at the sky will destroy the entire civilization.

Just like the ancient gods entrenched in the dark void, they are chaotic and dangerous. As long as you notice the existence of the other party, you will die.

For the civilization born in that star region... don't look up at the starry sky, the starry sky represents death.

Either be muddleheaded, stay at the level of the eighth and ninth ranks, lie in your own world, and never look up at the starry sky.

Or... die.

"This is really..." Li Qi woke up from his perception.

Then, he decided to explore the truth and see the situation of the remains of the dead demon.

However, he was ready to test the waters first.

The next moment, Li Qi came to the area covered by this wonder.

There was no scenery to speak of, pure darkness.

Occasionally, some light spots could be seen, which was the light of the world.

"Let's go in and see if we can save a world." Li Qi thought so, randomly selected a world and entered it.

He wanted to use this eighth-grade world to do an experiment.

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The Holy City, should be called this name.

It is the religious center of this world.

Of course, it is not just a religious center, it is almost the center of everything, politics, economy, almost all important products and institutions are placed in this city.

This is a city... with almost no light.

In fact, the life here does not need light, they use other sensory organs, it is not like the real universe, there are "star officials" to arrange the starry sky and raise the sun, moon and stars.

In the real universe, all this seems to be taken for granted. Every world naturally has a "starry sky" and "sun and moon" will rise. There will be various shapes arranged between the stars, which will show the fate of this world in the form of astronomical phenomena, or the arrangement of stars will be used to illustrate the changes of the four seasons. Then the yin and yang will rotate, and the sun and moon will alternate. The sun will rise every day... These are all "daily miracles". In the desire world, there is no "star official" to be responsible for the operation of these things. Therefore, if there is no sun around the world, then the world will face permanent darkness. In this case, the creatures will also make corresponding changes. For example, the city here... This holy city... This city is not a primitive tribe. In fact, although the technology here is not advanced, it has definitely entered the industrial society. The taut metal wires cross the river and the eaves, humming like bass strings. These are "wires" that span across the city and are the source of the city's basic energy. The electricity comes from "power plants" in various places, where coal is constantly burning and thick black smoke is emitted.

In addition, there are a large number of trains, stupid big black gears and other things.

If it were not in the Desire Realm, this should be an ordinary technological civilization that has entered the industrial age.

But unfortunately, they are in the Desire Realm.

Therefore, there are often "weird" things happening here.

People's thoughts also have "power".

Mysticism and psychology are not just a kind of talk and laughter here, but a practical secret power. Every wailing and every brewing of negative emotions may generate some "monsters" or even many "evil gods".

Of course, they are all ninth-grade things. In Li Qi's view, they are just abnormal fluctuations, and they can even be solved with local guns and cannons.

But in the eyes of these people, this is the dark side of the city.

Therefore, the status of religion here is particularly important. Only the power brought by religion can soothe people's hearts and reduce the birth of weird events.

However, oppression is indispensable in the industrial age, and... religion is not only kind, secret religions and even cults are also common in this world.

It's just like London where the ancient gods have awakened.

Li Qi appeared on the streets of this city and looked around.

He had already fully understood the basic situation here before he came down, and no native in this world knew this world better than him.

He can even name everyone in this world now.

The life here is still generally "humanoid", but the eyes do not perceive visible light, but infrared light.

Yes, although this world is dark in the eyes of ordinary humanoids, in the eyes of locals, they live in a bright light, and even everyone can glow by themselves, and everyone has thermal imaging.

So, Li Qi began to stroll in this place, moving forward, and the criss-crossing wires above his head gradually became fewer as he moved forward. The narrow streets appeared in front of him.

In front, a train whistled and crossed the river along the increasingly high rails.

Li Qi's eyes followed it, looking to the south and east, looking at the dark city, the railway tracks extending into the distance, and then entering the land shrouded in darkness, this huge giant with countless workers in its belly The beast was quietly swallowed up by the more terrifying darkness, like a food chain.

Li Qi was about to pass the factory area. There were all kinds of industrial equipment still working in the dark night.

Many workers are busy, and the overburdened chains are spinning and swaying, like stumps that cannot use their strength, rattling with the rhythm of zombie steps, getting involved in the meshing gears and the spinning speed wheel.

Because there is no distinction between day and night, the work here is even more demanding. There is no "natural break" time. Every break requires serious negotiation with the boss, otherwise it will be open all year round.

But compared to the situation of these workers, Li Qi cared more about the progress of civilization here. He hoped to confirm the status of the dead demon's remains through this.

Thinking about this, he quietly entered a state of 'integrating himself with nature' and walked towards a 'esoteric church'.

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In the secret basement, a secret cult leader was giving a sermon.

"We are a species that has lived on the earth for generations. It started very early, but now, we can be said to have taken over the world and become the rulers of the earth."

"So, it's time to head to heaven!"

"It seems absurd, simply ignorant, and even rebellious. Those arrogant orthodox believe that the sky is the place where God lives. How can humans be the masters? This is contempt for the gods. It is an unforgivable crime. Countless seniors who want to explore the sky have been arrested. They burned to death."

"These statements are a manifestation of their incompetence! We have specialized disciplines and superb skills. We are now moving forward step by step. Things that cannot be done today will be possible tomorrow! The earth has been occupied, We need a new era in the sky!"

"Now - this is our result! Just need to verify, just peek into the sky!"

He pulled back the curtain and launched countless ‘conjectures’ about the universe.

Yes, it's just a guess, because the sky is actually polluted by industrial waste gas, making starry sky observation impossible.

Li Qi was watching from the side, but no one noticed them.

Very enterprising spirit.

It's a pity that if the 'Orthodox' hadn't stopped them, they would all have died.

The moment you look at the stars, you will die.