Vivian rubbed her forehead tiredly. After absorbing two memories that did not belong to her, she was not in a good state of mind. Now, the memory of the evil spirit was gradually filling in the blanks in her mind. These things allowed her to understand what happened here and what happened to her 10,000 years ago. But it could not answer all her questions.
"The specific cause and effect is still uncertain. The memory I got from the doppelgänger started when she arrived on this planet 10,000 years ago." Vivian now called the evil spirit a doppelgänger, which meant that she had figured out the nature of the evil spirit phenomenon. "I saw her cross a large area of chaos and light, and suddenly arrive on this planet. At that time, the planet had been thrown from the Plane of Dreams into the crevice of the Wall of Reality. It was shrouded in darkness, and the atmosphere was rapidly losing temperature. So she used all her strength to barely preserve the ecosystem here. The process is a little vague, but it should be able to verify the myths of the local people. "
Vivian sighed as she spoke. She was worried. "It's really difficult to explain this process. I don't even know whether to use the first or third person. The first person to arrive on this planet was neither me nor the doppelgänger, but a complete individual. But soon we split into two. I was thrown to Earth through the first Inferno Gate in history, and the 'other me' who stayed on this planet became the goddess worshipped by the local people. For a hundred years, she induced the First Born to build the layers of barriers you see now, and led the people to build Dorasil and the underground city of death. Meanwhile, I was wandering the earth, hunting mammoths on the great plains at the end of the ice age. My rotten brain … After coming to Earth, I completely forgot that I had split. "
Hao Ren scratched his head, trying to keep up with Vivian's description. "Do you know what caused you to split?"
Vivian shook her head. "I don't know, but it may be damage when I passed through the Wall of Reality. The only image I saw that could be used as a reference was "me" standing on the surface of the planet Inferno. There was a huge whirlpool teleportation portal opening up. On the other side of the portal was a frozen river and plains. That should be Earth. One of me is walking towards the door, and the other is staying in Purgatory. I'm watching this scene from a first-person perspective, so it's equivalent to me watching myself leave this world. Then, the first-person perspective of me, which is the doppelganger of me, stays here, and the rest of my perspective is the doppelganger of me … Hey hey, Doggie, hang in there, don't faint, don't faint! "
Lily slumped on the table, her ears drooping. Her eyes were filled with mosquito coils when she looked up. "Umm … Battie, you don't have to tell me the details of that time. I can't even keep up with the way you change the person …"
The others also nodded. "Yes, we can't keep up either."
Vivian scratched her head in embarrassment. "Alright, as long as you know what I mean. I call the one left on the planet Inferno 'doppelganger'. Although we should be two equal bodies, I'm the only one who survived, so let's just call it that. "
Hao Ren sorted out the logical relationship in his mind and unraveled the entire timeline. He found that Vivian had split up as soon as she arrived on Inferno and was then sent directly to Earth. The time difference in between was negligible, so the time when she arrived on Earth from the Plane of Dreams could still be roughly 48 hours before the fall of the goddess. After that, Vivian and her other 'half' lost contact. Needless to say, the one who was sent to Earth became the oldest otherworldling on the planet, and the "half Vivian" who was left in Inferno became the goddess in the local legends.
But what happened after that? Why did the 'goddess' on this planet metamorphose into an irrational, crazy vengeful spirit?
"She replaced the soul of the First Born with her own will to ensure the stability of the planet, but something went wrong. She went crazy." Vivian frowned. "The First Born on this planet did not maintain its sanity. It was also one of the crazy guardians. The twisted creatures we saw on the upper surface were created by the First Born during a rebellion. In order to suppress it, the 'other me' chose to assimilate herself with the First Born, and then controlled the First Born to assimilate with the planet.
"I don't know what method she used. In short, she removed the soul of the First Born and destroyed its brain core. After building this underground city, she connected herself with the main nerve node of the First Born and tried to control this creature by sealing it together. The lullabies of the ancient souls and the thunderous pillars in this city are all insurance devices based on this. For 10,000 years, the peripheral insurance of this system has been operating as planned, but … "
"The most critical core of the system was the first to go wrong." Nangong Sanba wiped his forehead. "Was the 'other you' contaminated by the residual spirit of the First Born? Or was it because of the self-sealing for too long that it lost control? "
"Both are possible." Vivian nodded. "I can't see the process of the 'doppelganger' going crazy from the remaining memory. This part is completely chaotic. In short, what is certain is that when the 'other me' chose to replace the brain of the First Born, she had already foreseen the possibility of losing control. This underground city, the lullabies of the ancient souls, the sealing crystal, the surrounding chains, and the tentacles of the First Born, these things are actually cages. She built so many things so that one day when she went crazy, these cages could lock her in. "
"Foreseen from the beginning …" Hao Ren pinched his chin and fell into deep thought. "If we didn't come this time, how long would these insurances last?"
Vivian thought for a moment and said, "It could be thousands of years, or it could be decades. There are too many uncertainties. Even if Gragon and the other ancient souls wavered, this system could be destroyed. We can only be thankful that the situation has not worsened. Even if this place can really last for another thousand years, we can't be so lucky. "
Hao Ren suddenly thought of a very critical question. "Wait a minute, now that you have 'merged' with the doppelganger, who is controlling this planet now?"
"No one is controlling it," Vivian pursed her lips. "The soul and thinking organs of the First Born are gone. The 'other me' who has been acting as the temporary brain for the past 10,000 years has also disappeared. Now the First Born on this planet is really in a state of no brain. It won't die, but it's not alive either. That's why I asked Gragon and the others to maintain the 'lullaby' ritual. The lullaby not only calms the First Born but also maintains the activity of its nervous system to prevent the tentacles that support the planet's crust from suddenly trembling and tearing the whole planet apart. But I don't think it will last long. The ancient souls have been serving this for 10,000 years. I can't bear to let them go on like this forever. "
As Vivian spoke, her eyes fixed on Hao Ren. Before she could say anything, Hao Ren knew that he had to find a solution himself. He pulled the MDT over and asked, "Have you analyzed the system of this' lullaby '?"
The MDT projected a holographic projection, which showed a lot of tower-like devices on the ground. "A series of large electrodes and perpetual generators should be able to replace its hardware functions, but we still need to decode a set of 'software' from the ancient soul's ritual. I need the original design of this city and all the information of the 'lullaby' ritual, with or without annotations. "
"Gragon has it," Vivian said immediately.
"Well, this problem is solved." Hao Ren clapped his hands. "We will build a large computer-controlled taser in Dorasil to free the ancient souls from the ritual."
Then he looked at Vivian and said, "Then let's talk about your … err, split problem. Since the first 'evil spirit' was split from you, then the one we summoned from the magic book last time … Is it the same? "
Vivian did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Probably."
Lily shrunk her neck. "Can you control your split? Will you suddenly split into two when you are cooking at home, and then one of you starts to hunt us all over the world? "
"I think … probably, maybe, probably … probably … not?" Vivian said.
Lily's face turned green. "Don't be so uncertain, okay?"
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