The war between Britain and France lasted more than a hundred years. The night watcher had experienced it too … But as a king from a more ancient era, he wasn't interested in the killing between human races.
If he remembered correctly, he happened to be in the Far East during that time. On the one hand, he was avoiding the war, and on the other hand, he was looking for the legendary elixir of immortality in the Far East.
But he had the right to immortality because he made a wish to the magic lamp … Then what about Xie Jiatu?
Of course, he didn't make a wish to the magic lamp … How did he achieve immortality? At this time, even though the night watcher was not interested in what Xie Jiatu wanted to do behind the scenes, he was a little moved by the fact that Xie Jiatu could live until now.
"You've been alive for such a long time." The night watcher shook his head. "In fact, a hundred years is enough for a person to forget a lot of things. As for hundreds of years, even hatred would have decayed long ago … But you still seem to be persistent."
"Let me tell you a story." High Priest Xie Jiatu waved his hand at this time.
On the metal wall behind him, a dozen lattices suddenly cracked open. From these lattices, washbasin-sized drones slowly flew out.
Through the transparent tempered glass wall, they projected laser beams. The moment the beams converged, some images unfolded in front of the night watcher.
A quiet mountain village slowly unfolded in front of the night watcher.
The high priest's voice also sounded at this time. "This is the place where I was born … It is recorded in a peaceful town in the Fareins Kingdom. As you know, I was born in the era of war. "
Suddenly, flames soared into the sky, and the quiet town was dyed red. The flames of war began to devour all the houses, roads … and people here.
In the midst of the ruins, a ten-year-old child was carrying a little girl younger than him at this time, walking with difficulty on the charred streets of the town.
The child was barefoot. His feet had long been burned by the scorching earth … Finally, he couldn't hold on any longer and then fell to the ground.
"This is me." The high priest pointed at the child who fell on the ground and said slowly, "Do you feel it?"
The night watcher said indifferently, "It's quite pitiful. But since he lived in the era of war, obviously he's not the only one who encountered tragic things."
"I guessed you would say that." The High Priest smiled and looked at the child in the image. "Obviously, I didn't have such thoughts at the time. For a child who had lost all his family members, his only thought at that time was hatred for the entire world. "
The night watchman glanced at the high priest. "Now?"
"There's nothing wrong with it." The High Priest calmly said, "The progress of human civilization has always been accompanied by the flames of war and blood. This unfortunate occurrence can only be attributed to the fact that I didn't have the ability to protect my family. In fact, I could have died at any time. Therefore, all of my anger and hatred at that time lost to incompetent rage. "
The night watcher said indifferently, "Don't you think your point of view is too harsh for this child?"
"He needs to recognize this fact." The High Priest smiled and said, "Let's be clear about one thing. Even if he treats life gently, life won't pity him."
"So?" The night watcher frowned. "Are you going to take revenge on life … on the world?"
The High Priest shook his head. "As I said, there's nothing wrong with it. At that time, I was so insignificant, so I had hatred. But now, I obviously don't. As long as I want to, I have the ability to change the entire world. "
The night watcher immediately sneered. "With this place? Oh … or rather, with your method of copying humans? "
"I call it the [Scales of Good and Evil]." The High Priest said slowly, "I didn't copy anyone. I just split the good and evil in people."
"[Scales of Good and Evil]?" The night watcher frowned as if he vaguely thought of something. "You mean, Ma 'at's … Scales of Good and Evil?"
The High Priest smiled and said, "I think you'll think of it immediately. After all, it's the king of the Seventh Dynasty. But unfortunately, it's still somewhat different from the legendary [Ma 'at's Scales of Good and Evil] that you know."
The night watcher looked at the drones in confusion. At this time, the drones began to change to another set of images.
In the image, a young man appeared. His appearance was similar to the little boy in the flames of war. His face was also very similar to the face of the high priest standing in front of him. This was the young Xie Jiatu.
The young Xie Jiatu was now in a desert … an oasis, where the oasis temple was located.
"I found this Libra here." The High Priest's voice echoed in the empty room. "I came into contact with it, and it completely split my good and evil. Then, I became two, and at the same time, my soul obtained eternal life."
The night watcher frowned deeper. He was trying to understand the High Priest's words with what he had seen and heard in his long life … to determine the truth of this matter.
"Who is the person standing here now?" The night watcher suddenly asked.
"If I say I'm good, would you believe me?" The High Priest smiled at this time and said, "You may assume that I'm not the good one, but the evil one pretending to be the one. So, it doesn't matter which one I am. What matters is why I'm telling you this. "
"Oh?" The night watcher raised his eyebrows.
The High Priest spread his hands and said, "I'm doing a great experiment. I want to invite you to complete this experiment with me. In a long time, only you are the most special human I've met! You have a long life, a wealth of knowledge, and a strong body. You can be the best assistant for this long experiment. Of course, this decision was made when you received the invitation letter to explore the Oasis Temple and I discovered your secret … Don't you think this is a matter of fate? At first, I just wanted some outstanding scholars, but I didn't expect you to be among them. "
The night watcher shook his head. Apparently, he was quite helpless about this matter. But what the High Priest said made some of the things he couldn't figure out before become connected.
As early as half a year ago, after he received a mysterious invitation letter from an investor, he had a vague feeling of uneasiness in his heart. But he had been searching for the mysterious power for a purpose in his heart.
Half a year ago, an entire team of archeologists finally arrived at the oasis temple after several trials and tribulations. This temple had never appeared in the text of human history.
They almost went crazy and rushed into the temple. This was the beginning of all of this.
When the night watcher thought of this, he suddenly turned around and looked at Ibben, who was hiding behind the door and peeking out sneakily. Those scholars who entered the temple before were just like Ibben now.
They had forgotten everything and became puppet-like. They had been deep in the temple and had been engaged in all kinds of research. Even Ibben himself had been replicated by the High Priest in a strange way.
But in the end, he was special. A human who had no special ability other than immortality.
His rich knowledge and experience allowed him to escape. Since then, he had been hiding in the Sun City, quietly waiting for the opportunity.
Ibben … or Arria, because he had no knowledge, after losing his memory, he was thrown into the Sun City to fend for himself.
The entire Sun City was actually under the High Priest's surveillance. Every place in the Sun City was equipped with surveillance cameras, and there were even drones disguised as birds in the sky.
The entire City of the Sun was like a huge experimental field — except for the high priest himself, everyone living here was probably a part of his experiment.
After thinking this through, the night watcher … the real Mr. Otto, naturally, was not unmoved. He even began to be surprised by the High Priest's actions.
As a human who had also obtained immortality, compared to what the High Priest Xie Jiatu had done, Mr. Otto suddenly realized that he was really like a salted fish.
"What is the experiment you speak of?" After a long silence, the night watcher finally went straight to the topic. After living for a long time, he was old. Most of the time, he was not willing to understand the process of things.
"I found that there is a soul in this magical scale." High Priest Xie Jiatu's eyes were faintly fervent at this time. "I can feel the power of this soul in the scale. It is the master of the scale. It has power that humans cannot imagine! But it is incomplete, so it has been in a dormant state. I want to mend this incomplete soul! "
"Mend the soul?!" The night watcher was slightly surprised.
Since ancient times, whether it was the West, ancient Egypt, or the Far East, the theory of the soul was a huge mystery that could not be solved.
"How?" The night watcher couldn't help but ask directly. Even though he looked so stupid when he asked the question … He even felt that he was stupid, but he still couldn't resist the desire for knowledge in his heart.
After such a long time, his knowledge was so rich that it could overshadow the best scholars in the world. Even so, there were still many things in the world that he couldn't solve … Obviously, the theory of the soul was one of them.
— If he could mend the soul … If he could write the soul …
— Revive … Revive her!
The night watcher's eyes were like that of a wild beast. This kind of look was very aggressive … The High Priest seemed to feel the obsession in the real Mr. Otto's eyes. He couldn't help but frown. "Otto, it seems that you have more stories than I know now … I'm getting more and more interested in you!"
"Cut the crap. Just tell me … How do you plan to mend an incomplete soul?" The night watcher Otto asked in a deep voice.
The High Priest said seriously, "It's very simple. You just need to create a perfect shell as the residence of this incomplete soul! This shell is enough to make up for the missing part of the soul … When this perfect shell is completed, it will be the time for the missing soul to awaken. "
The night watcher couldn't help but frown. He was thinking about what the High Priest said … The eagerness in his eyes gradually cooled down.
He shook his head. "I don't know how you came up with this idea, or where you got the inspiration from … But I don't think this method is feasible."
The High Priest frowned.
The night watcher said indifferently, "In the Far East, there's a saying called 'reincarnation in another body'. The general meaning is that a dead soul attaches itself to the body of another dead person, and then the other dead person is resurrected … The question is, who is this resurrected person? "
The High Priest said without thinking, "His soul is the first to die, and his thoughts are also the first to die. I think, therefore I am … Naturally, he is the first. No matter how the appearance changes, only the inside remains the same."
The night watcher looked deeply at the High Priest. "Then, in the years to come, the first person can only live as the second person. Because he had the appearance of the second person, and he had all the blood relations that belonged to the second person. So, tell me, which one is he? "
"He knows." The High Priest snorted.
"Only he knows." The night watcher shook his head and casually looked at the High Priest. "You won't know either."
"You're wrong." The High Priest smiled and said, "What I care about is not which one it is. The important thing is the experiment itself. If it can be revived, it can prove that my method is not wrong. This will be the greatest discovery of mankind so far."
"But that's not what I need." The night watcher shook his head. "What I need is a confirmed, true, and only soul."
He and the High Priest looked at each other … in a confrontation.
After a long time, the High Priest sighed. "I will always make a last effort, but it is often in vain … Otto, I hope you can understand me."
The night watcher did not say anything … The good conversation was almost over. He focused and tensed up. Then, he raised the carbon fiber black knife in his hand. He was afraid that he would not have a good time after this.
Usually, there was only one result left at this time.
"Don't worry, I never kill people." The High Priest shook his head. "I hate to let a life disappear … but you will not know who you are for a long time. You will also become the nutrients for the growth of this shell."
After saying that, the High Priest clapped his hands … The metal walls around them suddenly cracked open piece by piece. White-robed guards slowly walked out from the cracks in the walls.
They approached Ao Tuo step by step … At the same time, their bodies started to change strangely — it was as if something was going to break out of their bodies.
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