They looked into each other's eyes for a long time … After a long time, a hint of appreciation flashed in the [Shop Owner]'s eyes.
The [Shop Owner] looked at Boss Luo and said, "I can't ask for your name."
Boss Luo smiled and said, "I can't ask about your past either."
The [Shop Owner] waved his hand, and Miss Eleanor, who was motionless beside him, was sent out of the study room. This would make the conversation more comfortable.
The [Shopkeeper] smiled at this time and said, "That Black Soul Envoy named Nero, you have planted a spiritual seed in her before, right? Using this connection, you sent back an ordinary person who is related to this era and stimulated the seed in Nero's body again. Then, your will will descend … It's a very good method. I didn't think of this before. "
Boss Luo shook his head, "It's a relatively successful attempt."
The [Shop Owner] nodded, "I've done similar things before. Unfortunately, my predecessor didn't seem to have the intention to cooperate with me."
Boss Luo knew a lot from the simple words … He took over the shop from the [Shop Owner] in front of him, and the [Shop Owner] also took over the shop from his predecessor.
"We can't find the source of its inheritance." The [Shop Owner] clasped his hands at this moment and said, "Its existence is far more ancient than you think."
Boss Luo had a lot of questions and didn't understand. He hoped to get the answers from the [Shop Owner]. This discussion wouldn't end in a short period of time. "Why did you choose me?"
"It seems that I'll really choose you later." The [Shop Owner] thought for a while and said, "But I can't answer your question now. Because I haven't officially met you yet, I don't know what I'll think tomorrow. Naturally, I don't know the reason why I transferred the shop to you … Moreover, this is an inevitable result."
Boss Luo was silent.
This was indeed an inevitable result.
If his arrival in this era allowed the [Shopkeeper] to know about the future in advance, if the [Shopkeeper] did not choose to hand over the shop, he might have disappeared now … If he could not become the shopkeeper, he would not have the power to come here and lose control.
「 If this is how the future works under the [Origin]'s control, then the part where I met you will be erased after you leave 」 [Shopkeeper] replied, "I will completely forget about this, but you won't after you return … Do you know why?"
Luoqiu thought for a moment and said, "Any question that I ask you can be answered by purchasing it from the altar. Therefore, in the future, I will only know about the past … In fact, I can't influence the past at all."
As he spoke, Boss Luo waved his hand, but his palm passed through the table. In this era, he could not touch anything. Other than the [Shop Owner], no one else could know of his arrival.
"No, you can still influence it somewhat." The [Shopkeeper] shook his head and said, "After all, there is a slight disorder in this time and space, but it is not caused by you … Or rather, it is not caused by the 'you' in front of me. But it is also caused by you, a 'you' that is more distant than the 'you' in front of me. There is no doubt that 'you' will be more powerful and wealthy, so you can do it. Do you know why I asked Athena to hold a war for the Grus Sacred Cloth? "
Luoqiu thought for a moment and said, "To cooperate with me?"
"There is a key point in this war." The [Shopkeeper] nodded, "It is also the closest coordinate that can allow you to successfully descend in this era … After all, what you are doing now is something that even the so-called Gods can't do. Moreover, even if you succeed, even I, without the cooperation of another, can't do it."
Luoqiu shook his head, "You are richer than me. I am constantly evaporating my time, and I will soon reach my limit."
The [Shopkeeper] said, "In theory, I am not much more powerful than you. Everything is based on this much. You see, the capacity of this cup is fixed. I have two liters of water, and I can fill it up. You only have one liter of water, but you can also fill it up. The effect of what I do is the same as what you do. This is its base, its limit, and beyond this limit, it is the same. We don't have any so-called enemies. Even if you have more water, you can only fill this cup. "
"So, it doesn't matter whether I do business or not?" Boss Luo asked curiously.
In his own era, he could be almost omniscient at any time … But the one in front of him was an existence that had been the [Shopkeeper] for much longer than him. In his era, he was also at the level of omniscience.
In the system of the [Shopkeeper], there were no so-called enemies in the [Shopkeeper]. The relationship between the previous and the next was at most a relationship of communication.
"It is always better to be richer than to be poor." The [Shopkeeper] smiled casually, "For example, when I want to enjoy myself, but I don't have enough time, it will be very awkward … Of course, the direction of my development is somewhat different from yours. Your material needs may be simpler than mine."
Boss Luo shook his head … His material needs were not high.
The [Shopkeeper] said, "I mean, I want to be a warrior, and you are like a mage. Our strength is equal, but a mage can do many things that a warrior can't. However, a warrior's body is stronger than a mage's, so it is safer. But the [Shopkeeper] has an absolute defense mechanism … You see, an Eternal Indestructible Body like me is quite awkward … Moreover, once I transfer out of the [Shopkeeper], all these will be stripped from me quickly. "
"You still have time. You can change this direction," Luoqiu said directly.
"I like your suggestion," the [Shopkeeper] smiled. It was a gratified smile, "Because this shows that you have a special ability to think for others. You are not even afraid that if I change my direction, it will lead to the disappearance of the current you, the disappearance of your era, and the disappearance of everything you have experienced in the future … After becoming the [Shopkeeper], you are almost omnipotent, but you don't mind that all these disappear. Tell me, how should I evaluate you?"
"There are many things that I can't do," Boss Luo said faintly.
For example, he couldn't have an era where he and his father existed at the same time. He couldn't even recover the emotions that were almost stripped away by the altar.
This time, because of Pride, he was angry once. The next time he encountered the same thing, he would not be angry anymore … If his emotions were a loophole, then every time it happened, it would be patched up by the altar, and the loophole would only become smaller and smaller.
"You have to understand that the things that you can't do is perhaps the price you have to pay for everything you have," the [Shopkeeper] said. "I don't know what kind of price I will pay in the future to hand over the shop to you, but I think the price is something that you can't bear."
"What price did you pay?" Boss Luo suddenly asked.
The [Shopkeeper] shook his head and said, "I don't know what price I paid … After inheriting it, this part has been erased. I have been searching for it, but until now, I haven't gathered enough things that I need to pay … The altar is quite fair. You may only pay an insignificant memory, but you will always want to know. You will also have the desire to understand. Then, the desire will expand infinitely. This insignificant memory will become something that you can't even ask for … Because you have lost this memory, you don't know if this memory is really insignificant or if it is more important to you than your life … The information asymmetry for customers also applies to the [Shopkeeper]. The [Shopkeeper] is the biggest and most stable customer of the shop … You should know this. "
"So, you really don't want to consider changing your direction?" Luoqiu suddenly asked.
[Shopkeeper] said calmly, "I've said it before. Regarding this meeting, after you leave, it will be erased … What I've said, what I've discussed with you, it will only be [Never Happened]. Since it didn't happen, why do you make me feel like I've taken the wrong path?"
"You are too calm," Boss Luo bitterly smiled.
"You are the same." The [Shopkeeper] smiled and said, "Even if I can calculate my future situation, I don't feel angry at all. This is my, our shared sorrow."
"But in fact, this sorrow doesn't exist." Luoqiu suddenly said, "You can always maintain this state, and I can also maintain my state, standing outside the river of time, watching time flowing away … You said that we have no enemies at all."
"That's right." The [Shopkeeper] smiled and said, "If I had decided to do nothing now, you wouldn't have come. I can truly exist forever, watching countless civilizations being born and destroyed in an endless cycle … But in fact, you are still in front of me at this moment, which proves that I still did something. Do you know why this is happening? "
Boss Luo fell into deep thought.
Without enemies, one could exist forever, standing at the top of all living beings and even the so-called Gods. It was truly transcending everything … It was a higher material dimension than countless sub-worlds. As long as one wanted to, one could exist forever. There was indeed no reason to seek death.
"Because, like you, I am also looking for one of the few pleasures." The [Shopkeeper] thought for a while and said, "I am thinking that if I sell the shop to you, it is probably because I want to pursue my last bit of pleasure. If I miss it, I will completely become the agent of the altar. I will no longer be myself … I exist, but at the same time, my existence has been denied. Obviously, even at this stage, when I think about this problem, I feel instinctively afraid … Look at me, my fingers are trembling slightly. Obviously, I am still afraid, but my expression and my eyes can't see it. "
"But what if it is not pleasure?" Luoqiu suddenly asked.
"Then, there is only one possibility." The [Shop Owner] thought for a moment and said, "You and I could be a future set up in the past by my predecessor, or even before that. Just as the sub-worlds have their own scripts under the control of the Arraia System … we may also have our own scripts. "
"The feeling of being controlled …" Luoqiu lowered his head and pondered.
"You see, I am just saying." The [Shopkeeper] smiled evilly and said, "But you have fallen into deep thought and started to estimate the correctness of this matter based on the existing conditions."
"Shouldn't it be?" Boss Luo was stunned.
"Why do you think it is necessary?" The [Shopkeeper] said bluntly, "Why not another possibility … In fact, as shopkeepers, we never need to pay anything. Maybe the shopkeeper is the luckiest one chosen by the root of everything. You don't need to do anything. You can do anything. No one will punish you, and you will not be affected by the so-called karma. Everything should be under your control. You can destroy it, you can reorganize it, you can do whatever you want. You really don't need to pay anything. Are you really the luckiest one unreasonably?"
"This …" Luoqiu couldn't help but open his mouth … The [Shopkeeper]'s words even impacted some of his existing ideas.
The [Shopkeeper] smiled and said, "Anything is possible. What you think shouldn't happen is actually happening in different places all the time. It is the same for those impossible and even miracles. Perhaps you've always felt as if something was manipulating you, but it's just an illusion … Perhaps you've always been battling with the air. "
Maybe he had always been fighting with the air … Was it possible?
Perhaps it was possible, since anything could happen.
Luoqiu couldn't help but become silent.
The [Shopkeeper] obviously had wisdom that surpassed his. This was a quantitative accumulation … It was understandable that the [Shopkeeper] had a deep accumulation that Boss Luo didn't have. It was just that they didn't walk the same path.
"Then … Why did the future me create this little bit of chaos in this space-time?"
Finally, Boss Luo asked one of the most important questions of this trip.
The [Shopkeeper] thought for a while and said, "Maybe, I just want you to understand that you don't need to do anything at all here. You see, compared to any of the Black Soul Envoys in the shop, isn't it more convincing for me, the previous [Shop Owner] and the one who personally handed the shop over to you, to say all this? "
Luoqiu had to admit this point … It was true.
But was it really that simple?
Perhaps it was really that simple … It was just that he was used to imagining that there were always unruly people who wanted to harm him or something like that.
Yes … and no.
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