1136 Ceremony of the Three Pillars
There is still no accurate judgment on what level of mysterious creation the "super system" is, but it is precisely because it is too mysterious to make people reminisce, but it makes the mysterious experts feel heavy, and the "mysterious" never only shows its good side, they have the most profound experience. "Mystery" can satisfy many of people's needs, but it also brings an equivalent danger. The more powerful the "mystery", the more intense the danger that accompanies it. Although the "super system" seems to be beneficial to the cyberball so far, the way of "making a wish" means passive - whether it is Catwoman or Cyberball, it has always been passive in the face of the power of the "super system".
No one likes to survive in an environment of great oppression, and no one wants to always have a shadow over them that they can't see clearly, but can feel. However, the existence of the "super system" seems to be to prove that even such a powerful cyber ball is a passive survival in a cruel world of great oppression all the time, and this cruelty has been sliding towards a darker abyss, no matter how much you struggle, what you do is just a link in some great conspiracy.
"I can't remember how I got it in the first place." Catwoman said, "But it's okay, I don't keep it anymore." ”
"Is that so? I was going to ask you about before you joined Cyberball...... To be honest, it really shocked everyone that you found us without anyone to guide us. Crazy figuring out Catwoman's expression, he thought about his words, hoping to explain her, but judging from the other party's expression, he didn't seem to need to do much. Although the super department occupies a very heavy place in her heart. But after all these years, this heaviness no longer has the slightest praise. The colleague in front of him, talking about the loss of his super department, is like getting rid of a shackle.
"There's not much to say." Catwoman shook her head, "I don't remember anymore. ”
"I can't remember ......" went off the fire and thought for a while, and asked a question: "Don't you think it's weird?" Before getting the super line. Your past has become a blank slate. ”
"Well, I noticed, but so what? If the super department also has the power of consciousness and manipulates my memory, and there are no results in the consciousness examination for so many years, and the wheelchair man and Chang Huaien have not checked it personally, then what's the use of dwelling on such a thing? Catwoman appears cheerful, aware of some anomalies in her memory. It's also after losing the super department, if you don't mind at all, it's naturally self-deception, but, as she herself said, even if she minds, she can't undo those things.
"Okay, let's not talk about that." Misfire shrugged and took the initiative to interrupt the conversation about Catwoman's personal consciousness and memories. Despite Catwoman's strange origins, the Super Series is even more mysterious. However, both are already an integral part of Cyberball. As a companion who has worked together for many years, no matter what secrets the other party has, it is understandable, and this world is like this, when like-minded. Anything is not a real problem.
"The super department has been handed over to Omi?" Misfire asked.
"Yes, she seems to have shifted her focus to the study of the supersystem for quite some time." Catwoman nodded.
"I thought that adjusting for Mr. Takakawa while building the repeater was already her limit." "I didn't expect to be able to do so many things at the same time." ”
"Actually, I've always felt that Omi helped Chang Huaien integrate into the repeater. It is to prepare for the integration of the super system into the repeater. Catwoman said, "After all, Chang Huaien and Marceau are different, he has mysteries, and Marceau is just an ordinary person. ”
"Maybe." Misfire smiled, noncommittal. Catwoman wondered, did he have a different opinion? But she didn't want to ask.
"Our repeater structure is in the three-pillar form, and the Doomsday Shinrikyo is in the four-cornerstone form......" Catwoman hesitated for a moment and asked, "Will it have any effect on power?" ”
"The impact is certain, but it shouldn't be significant. The quantitative difference between the numerical meanings of the 'three' and 'four' in the occult is not as important as their metaphysical significance. In the end, the difference that may be caused should be the difference in the effect of the mysterious phenomenon, not simply the surprise of power. "If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have approved the Omi's construction plan." You should understand that in both Eastern and Western occultism, the extension from 'three' to 'four' and from 'four' to 'three' is actually a change from 'finite limit' to 'infinite'. ”
"I know, but I still don't understand why Marceau was chosen." Catwoman said, "If the three pillars are all the mysteries of Chang Huaien and the super system, the repeater should be stronger, but Marceau is just an ordinary person. ”
"I can't say that." Misfire waved his hand, "Marceau is the first person that Madam Mayne predicted after she learned about the construction of Omi's repeater three pillars - even ordinary people must have something special about her." Perhaps, if Marceau is lost, the resulting chain of events will make the opportunity to build a repeater lost. You've been with Super Tied for so long, you should have understood this better. The angry tone gradually eased, "You really can't completely let go of the super department." In this way, you participate in the three-pillar ceremony in Omi for me, and I'm quite busy here, so I'll just go there. ”
"Is that the right thing to do?" Catwoman frowned.
"Come on, Omi doesn't bother to pay attention to these things, even if no one goes, she doesn't care." He smiled helplessly.
Catwoman thought about Omi's character, and could only admit that the situation was just as he said. It's not that Omi doesn't know about the world, it's just that she doesn't need to care about these people anymore. In her eyes, the so-called "three-pillar ceremony" is as simple as tightening the last part of the repeater by hand, and it does not have a symbolic meaning above it. In the final analysis, the repeater construction plan is just a transaction between Cyberball and her, and compared to the "Gate of Destiny Stone" that she wants to make, the repeater may have reference meaning, but it has never been the focus.
"Omi's three-pillar ceremony is about to begin, and I'm here to inform you. Are you really not sure? Catwoman asked again.
Gone looked at her seriously. After all, Catwoman has never been so repeated, and the loss of the super line has really had a big impact on her. Catwoman was stared at by him, and she was also a little restless. Eventually, he said, "I'll go to Ms. Mayne, and think for yourself whether you want to go over or not." With that, he simply left the room. Leaving Catwoman alone in her chair, the shadows of the room filling her silhouette with hesitation.
It was a long time before Catwoman got up and left the room, at first, her steps were a little sluggish and heavy, but after three or four steps, the footsteps became firm. It was as if she had exhausted all her strength, taking every step. Walk ahead.
When he came to Omi's research room, Omi was talking to Marceau and Chang Huaien, and when Catwoman came in, Omi glanced at her, without any special expression, and the "super system" disguised as a tablet computer was placed on a control platform so casually. Marceau is still an image of an ordinary person, which means that she is not in a working state, and Chang Huaien walks up quickly. Catwoman felt like he wanted to say something to himself, but. Probably some explanatory words. Catwoman didn't give him this chance, she knew that whether it was good or bad for the "super system" to leave her, it was a reality that she had to face. She thought she was ready, but after talking to Offfire. Only then did I really understand the weight of the "super department" in my heart. Even if Catwoman doesn't think she's a stubborn person, Superline is an extremely mysterious and dangerous creature, however, her past is intimately tied to it, whatever it is. For her, it is like her relatives, her past, an inseparable part of her life. Now, she was going to lose it, even if it was only integrated into the repeater, and the repeater was in the network ball, but this separation of Cheng dù was still not something that could be accepted lightly.
"Your face is not very good, have you ever seen a fire?" Although Catwoman didn't speak, Chang Huaien, who was a consciousness walker, felt the rejection in her consciousness for the first time, and he knew that it was useless to say anything now, and what he could do, he would do just as well - if she had seen a firewalk.
"Well, I talked to him." Catwoman's smile was a little bitter, and she didn't have such a look on her face when she first handed over the "super line". In contrast, it seems that talking to Drifter is a wrong decision, but Chang Huaien understands that this depression and bitterness have always been in her heart, but at the beginning, she didn't even notice it.
Even a powerful mystical expert cannot truly and thoroughly understand his own heart, and all actions taken according to feelings are actually a kind of subconscious refraction, and Chang Huaien, a powerful consciousness walker, believes that this subconscious is not independent, but involves the collective subconscious of human beings, just like a huge machine qì wants to change the state of operation, it will make small parts adjust accordingly, and vice versa, Catwoman's feelings, subconscious activities, Even the superficial behavior that causes this subconscious activity is a symptom of changes involving the collective human subconscious - in the macroscopic process of the collective human subconscious movement, Catwoman's own subconscious activity may be very small, but the superficial behavior that causes her subconscious activity - allowing the "super system" to integrate into the repeater - has a greater influence on the collective human subconscious relatively speaking.
Of course, this influence will also be fed back into Catwoman's subconscious, which in turn will cause fluctuations in her superficial consciousness, which are difficult to eliminate. Regardless of whether this perspective and theory is correct, Chang Huaien, as an expert who often dives deep into consciousness, is extremely convinced that this perspective and theory is not wrong even if it is one-sided—after all, this is the first research that his mentor wheelchair man started, and after inheriting the mantle of his mentor, he further used his own actions to find empirical evidence.
It is precisely because he is accustomed to dissecting a person's conscious activities from a macro level that Chang Huaien feels that Catwoman's situation is quite tricky, and finally chooses to let time solve it.
"Don't look at me with such weird eyes." Catwoman was a little hairy by Chang Huaien's staring. However, the distress in his eyes soothed her mood a little, because this distress can only be revealed in people who care about themselves.
"If you decide to abort the three-pillar ceremony, I will agree. And explain to the misfire. Chang Huaien finally said.
"Don't say such childish things." Catwoman rolled her eyes at him, "I'm not so fragile psychologically. ”
"No, you don't understand, your situation is special. I can't even tell that once the supersystem is actually fused into the repeater, it will form a huge disturbance to the collective human subconscious. How much of an impact it has on your subconscious. Chang Huaien said cautiously: "Although we need repeaters, I also need you. ”
"......" Catwoman couldn't look directly at Chang Huaien's serious eyes, although the relationship between the two was not ordinary, and it was not the first time that such a serious concern was made, but it still made her heart full of fire, but the environment and state at this time. She couldn't respond directly as usual, so she could only change the topic and say, "Come on, I'm immune to your sweet words." ”
Chang Huaien didn't mention this matter again, he was silent for a long time before saying, "I will protect you." ”
"Listen." Catwoman wrapped her arms around his neck, but her arms passed through him like a mere piece of air. That's when she came to her senses. Yes, he's not a human being in the normal sense of the word. It is just relying on the power of the repeater to maintain the "philosophical ghost" in the form of zài. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sad, when the "super department" was still around, she saw such a thing happen to him with her own eyes, and she was not as sad as she was at this time. She couldn't explain what she was thinking, why she was born after a qiē had passed. Instead, it became even more sad. Maybe it's because both of them have left their side in this way, so this sad emotion is superimposed?
"I'm fine. Often. I'm really fine. As she said this, Catwoman felt a little cold on her cheeks, and wiped it vigorously before realizing that it was her own tears. Then, like a little girl who had lost her beloved doll, she choked up, tears flowing uncontrollably.
This was the first time Catwoman had left tears since all the events of Qiē, but when Chang Huaien leaned against her in an embracing posture, the worry in her heart was gradually washed away by these tears. It was precisely because he saw Catwoman's uncontrollable love that he could vent that he could feel at ease.
Crying because of grief, crying because she lost something, what she lost, it was a very heavy and very important thing in her life, so it was a cry that must and should be. It's unnatural to be able to cry and appear extremely calm when you've lost something so important. Chang Huaien understood this crying, he wanted to comfort her, but he couldn't touch her, so he could only stay by her side in a pretentious way.
Catwoman saw Chang Huaien's movements in her hazy teary eyes, although they didn't even feel touch with each other, and they didn't have body temperature, but there was still a warm force, dispelling the haze that kept growing from her heart little by little, as if there was a piece of sunshine shining in.
"I'm fine, really. I'm fine. Catwoman sniffed hard, she felt that her crying was childish and ridiculous, and that she had never done such a childish and ridiculous thing in her memory—she had never cried like this, and she scoffed at similar cries on television, and when she did, she felt incredulous and uncontrollable. However, it's not a bad feeling.
When she wiped away her tears and got back up, Omi and Marceau's conversation was over and they were looking this way. Catwoman was a little embarrassed, but Omi didn't have any superfluous expression on her face at all, and she was as calm and indifferent as ever, but it made her feel that her behavior was not as bad as she thought - because the other party's posture seemed to say that this was just a natural and ordinary thing like a person going to eat.
"Are you ready?" Omi asked.
"Ready." Catwoman replied earnestly.
"So, let's start the ritual." As soon as Omi's words fell, the layout of the laboratory changed, and this time, it was more inclined to a "mysterious" phenomenon, in which some objects disappeared, some objects appeared, and the equipment rotated and turned into other devices, and the positions between each other were reorganized, and there was no trace that could be seen visually. It's like the scene in the original research room is just an illusion, and at this time, the illusion is unraveled, and it takes on a different reality.
In a few breaths, a vacant space was vacated in the center of the research room, surrounded by equipment, the pipelines were intertwined, which appeared thick and messy, and some light began to flow on the wall, quickly forming a complex circuit form, and in the open space in the center of the research room, forming a core pattern - like three squares overlapping at different angles, although depicted in the plane, it was full of three-dimensionality, and it rotated irregularly at the core point. At this time, all the light radiates as if centered on this pattern.
This is a magic array with the characteristics of a cyber ball, and it is essentially no different from the more traditional magic arrays used by the Doomsday Shinrikyo Cult. It's just that, but it's actually because of Omi's own style preferences. It looks like a faint light, but it becomes extremely intense at the edge of the entire circuit pattern, and it is impossible to see what is behind the light at all. Catwoman, Omi, Marceau, and Chang Huaien stand in the center of the magic circuit, and the tablet-style "super system" has been suspended in the core position.
Although I have thought about what the so-called "Three Pillars Ceremony" will look like, however, there is nothing thrilling in the whole process. The "super department" decomposed little by little, and seeing this, Catwoman silently said in her heart: goodbye. Then, she suddenly had a feeling that the "super department" was also responding to her, saying "goodbye".
The more intense light, along with the decomposition of the "super system", continued to condense towards the core of the magic circuit, making people worry about whether the entire magic circuit would suddenly explode. If the ritual goes wrong, the energy released from here makes Catwoman dare not guarantee that she can save Omi. However, the ceremony went very smoothly. Although Omi only stood aside and silently watched during the whole process, it proved that she was well prepared for this, so she was confident that she didn't need to do more.
Within ten breaths, the "Super System" completely disappeared into the core of the magic circuit. At the same time, a layer of light appeared on the bodies of Marceau and Chang Huaien, and they were instantly pulled into the core pattern of the interlaced squares. Seeing this scene, Catwoman's heart couldn't help but beat heavily, such a change was very sudden, before it began, if you couldn't understand the "Three Pillars Ceremony" in advance, you would almost feel that the ceremony was going to fail, so it would affect Marceau and Chang Huaien, who had been integrated with the repeater.
However, Omi's expression is still calm, which eases Catwoman's mood.
"It's just resonating." Omi said, "The three pillars had to be adjusted in detail to make the repeater stable. ”
"What happens if you fail?" Catwoman asked.
"The repeater collapsed." Omi said casually, "However, it won't fail." ”
This sentence is not a relief, Catwoman wants to believe it, but she still has no worries in her heart.
"What does it mean to be a failure? Can you see it from this phenomenon? Catwoman asked again.
"I don't know what the phenomenon will be, but the omens will come." Omi still has that calm tone.
The magic circuit began to fluctuate, not only the changes in the lines, but even a force that was tearing the entire room, almost making it untenable. Because the reaction was so violent, Catwoman couldn't help but be ready to take Omi at any time, and then, she found that the entire space was distorting, and even Omi, who was close at hand, had turned into a strange appearance in his body and face. She glanced at herself and realized that she had become the same as she was—a visual anomaly that made it impossible to calm down.
Catwoman put her hand on Omi's shoulder, and the touch she felt was still very normal, and it seemed to be just a visual change. (To be continued......)