The first choice was to stay. At that time, Best was in a state of pure soul, unprecedentedly sober, but it was impossible for her to stay in this world on her own. The supernatural Osiris can use the undead magic that can only be mastered by gods to keep her in the underworld, use the power of the underworld to repair her soul, and then attach to the statues of gods everywhere, maybe she can re-condense her body, and one day she will be able to Become a god who is truly detached from immortality.
This seems to be the best choice. She is also the goddess of best, the servant of the underworld, and has the hope of transcending immortality.
The second option is to forget. The imprint of the soul is the soul itself. It is impossible to forget it by yourself. Osiris asked Best to unfold the imprint of the soul to him, just like what Schrödinger did to Amon today, saying "name ’ and ‘real language’. But Osiris is not just for experience, he has the means to integrate these imprints into his soul, then Best will not exist.
This seems to be the worst choice, which means the end of everything. Three hundred years of practice will eventually disappear, leaving the imprint of the soul to Osiris.
The third option is to refuse, because the first two options must be willing by Best himself, otherwise Osiris can't stop her. Best can be regarded as Osiris who has never appeared at this moment, and still combines the soul with the new life, and becomes a cat according to her wish. This is the only thing she can do after three hundred years of practice.
These three choices are complicated to say, but there is no concept of time, it is the moment when the soul is sober, once Best makes a decision, everything is over.
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Amon finally understood what "question of fate, judgment of doomsday" meant. He broke away from Schrödinger's soul imprint. He didn't open his eyes, but sat for a full day before barely recovering. Although he wasn't the one who went through the final test, he was still there. Amon's soul was injured, and it couldn't be repaired in a day or two.
The place where he was located was the village built by Moses and others, just like a small Duke town, with a temple in the center of two rows of neat stone houses and a square in front of the temple. When Amon unfolded Schrödinger's soul imprint, he was sitting in front of the altar in the temple.
This temple was built by Moses and others for their god "Araha". Moses had never seen the face of Arhat, and Araha was "the only god", and Moses was not allowed to build it like other temples Therefore, there is only one symbolic totem on the altar - the cross of light.
The cross is divided into four parts: upper, lower, left, and right. The upper, left, and right sides are equal in length, while the lower side is twice the length of the other three sides. In the center of the cross there is a sun-shaped radiating ring, and at the top, left, and right tips of the cross, there are three small radial rings, which look like three small crosses.
This image is widely circulated on the Tianshu Continent. It symbolizes "light", the light that illuminates the world and awakens all things. On many occasions, it also symbolizes the sun, which gives all things growth and is the source of life.
In addition to the decoration of the light and the sun, the cross itself is also a mysterious totem that has been popular in Tianshu Continent since ancient times. In the kingdoms of Baron and Hattie, the cross was a torture device, and people who had committed serious crimes were hung on it for public display. Therefore, the cross-shaped totem also symbolizes suffering and the desire to be redeemed in suffering. In Eju, people inserted cross-shaped wooden stakes on the river beach, and the horizontal frame represented the rising height of the flood. This totem was later regarded as a symbol of life and reproduction.
Moses stood a bright cross in the temple to symbolize the belief in Arhat, which has complex meanings.
Schrödinger was standing in front of Amon. From sunrise to sunset to another sunrise, Amon finally opened his eyes. Schrödinger asked with concern: "Are you okay, is the injury serious?"
Amon stretched out his hand to hug the cat, stroked it gently in his arms, and said, "I'm fine, I just lost my strength, and I'm afraid it will take a while to recover."
Amon lost his strength again, which was different from the last test, but a feeling of being imprisoned. He was injured in Schrödinger's soul imprint, and it will take a period of recuperation to recover, but his body is normal, and he is still a healthy twenty-year-old youth.
Amon stood up with Schrödinger in his arms, and glanced at the cross on the altar, which symbolized the belief of the people of Duke Town in him, but Moses and other people were on the journey of suffering. He sighed and walked out holding Schrödinger, holding the cat in his arms like a baby, and said as he walked: "The weather is good and the air is also good. Let's go for a walk in the mountains and get some food by the way." Wild game. I can't use magic for the time being, so I won't go down the river to catch fish today."
In the following month, the servants in the territory saw that the general returned to a leisurely and comfortable life. He didn't ride a horse or take any entourage. He led a cat around with fine wine and food every day, looking at various scenery in the world. . The places they went the most were the banks of the Loni River and the fields near Mount Horeb. No one else could hear Amon's private conversation with the cat.
Amon once asked Schrödinger: "It's normal for you to reject the second choice, but why didn't you agree to the first choice?"
Schrödinger answered with neither joy nor anger: "I didn't understand what the 'question of fate, the judgment of the end' was at the end of the road. The gods guided me on that road, and what I did on that road , In the end is my own ending, do I have to do Best again? Besides, being a lonely soul in Hades has actually become the source of power for Osiris.”
In a sense, Best has always been a tool of the gods. She has killed too many powerful demons, so that when the final test comes, the powerful demon body that has been cultivated for three hundred years cannot bear it. Sent by the gods to complete the task. On the other hand, the gods also allowed her to enjoy the sacrifices in the temple. The prayers and beliefs of countless people offset most of the impact of resentment during the doomsday judgment, allowing her to retain her soul.
Amon asked again: "When you come back to your senses, you don't want to be a tool of Osiris and the Nine-linked God System. Have you ever resented them?"
Schrödinger shook his head and said, "No, I don't hold any grudges! I'm just a cat who was lucky enough to be enlightened. Without the guidance of Isis, I don't know what my fate would be. It's too difficult to find the right path in the thousands of wrong ways. , it is more likely to be the same fate as those monsters I killed. I was introduced into the Jiulian God System to gain great power and become a goddess on the altar. With three hundred years of time, I am already A cat lucky enough not to complain. What I did was what I wanted to do, and I paid the consequences, that's all."
Amon: "The gods told you everything, but didn't tell you the final test. Do you know the reason?"
Schrödinger: "When I finally understood, I didn't resent Osiris. Of course there was a reason why he never told me. If I had known the ultimate end of this road a long time ago, I would probably have flinched. You can't pass the test, you can't get to that step at all. Although the test is terrible, you must be qualified to face it. The coming of the test is a symbol of achievement.
But I wouldn't be grateful to Osiris either, and if I'm selfishly guessing, I wouldn't have achieved that, and I wouldn't be of any use to him. The gods need powerful and courageous messengers to complete various difficult and dangerous tasks. No god will tell the secret to the guide in advance, and will only make various arrangements and agreements. "
Amon suddenly thought of something, looked down at Schrödinger and said, "Zeny reminded me of three things, which seem to be related to the final test. You told Bell?"
Schrödinger looked down at the dirt at his feet: "I reminded Bell, but it may not be all good intentions. I once said that knowing this secret is good or bad for you. What will you do?"
Amon smiled: "If you don't do anything, there is no difference between knowing and not knowing. In fact, I also reminded my disciples, but some things are like fate, you have to face them."
A group of ants crawled past Schrödinger's feet, and the cat seemed to be talking to itself: "This principle is simple, and it is also the hope of reaching the end of human achievements. Can you really do it?"
Amon sighed softly: "I don't know either, since I said so, let's confirm it like this."
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A month later, Amon launched Schrödinger's soul imprint again, and this was the last time.
Feeling like reincarnation, Schrödinger became a newborn kitten again. It finally opened its light blue and pink eyelids in the mist, looking at this strange and unknown world. At this moment, the kitten was still in a daze, unable to even struggle to stand still, and did not understand who he was, but his eyes were exceptionally clear.
As it grows up, it gradually shows its unique magic. It can recognize many things around it. Although it has never seen it before, it naturally knows what those things are and what they are useful for. This makes it avoid them instinctively. a lot of damage. The survival rate of kittens in the wild is very low. At least half of the kittens born that year will freeze to death in the first cold snap of winter. This is a natural law.
The lucky few who survived have to face the predation of wild animals, the difficulty of finding food, and various unpredictable injuries. Schrödinger has been able to make a nest by himself since he was a toddler. He brought all kinds of things that can keep warm in his mouth to find a safe place to shelter from the rain. After the first winter, the feeling of deja vu became more and more familiar to many things in the world. strong.
Finally one day, it followed the stray cat from a secluded street corner to the square in front of the Temple of Isis, and suddenly realized that it had been here before!
This is what Best achieved. She was able to recombine with her life and grow with her memory, but at first this memory was in a trance and needed to be awakened bit by bit. The reason is also very simple. The body and mind are integrated, and the soul is limited by vitality. A kitten's head is not capable of thinking or recalling so much complicated information. It can only understand what it can understand at the time.
In fact, Best did not perish, but continued in such a situation, and had another chance to start again. But this does not mean that it will be able to restore its previous achievements. Cats are weak, and a big dog may kill it before it has time to cultivate its strength. A wild cat that can grow up to two years old is already the lucky one among its kind.
Its memory gradually became clear as it grew up, and it found it from the shadow of deja vu, and once again opened up its intelligence. If it is lucky enough, it may finally re-walk on the road to the gods, but if it loses the protection of the gods And relying on it, its difficulty is unimaginable. Shortly after it opened its mind, Osiris reappeared.
One day when he dozed off under the wall outside the temple, the cats around him suddenly woke up and fled. Schrödinger opened his eyes and looked up to see a god in the shadow, and suddenly recognized the person who came. Osiris said: "Best, welcome back!"
It was Osiris that awakened its soul in advance and told it all its previous experiences by performing magic.
When it was finally able to practice again, Osiris found it again and asked: "Best, you didn't die, you were just reborn in another way. I have been looking forward to your recovery. Your experience allows you to come back again." , How lucky are you compared to countless strong men who fell in the test in history. As long as you unfold your soul imprint to me, you are still a member of the Jiulian God System."
However, Schrödinger replied: "The great God of Hades, I want to make a new choice, and I don't want to have anything to do with the Jiulian God System."
Osiris said: "This is not your choice. The guidance of the nine-linked gods makes you a magical cat. You cannot violate the oath you made back then. If you give up your mission, you also give up your own. Strength and way."
At first, Schrödinger didn't quite understand what Osiris said. Later, Schrödinger started to practice and broke through many tests for many years, but his strength never recovered. But this does not prevent Schrödinger from continuing to practice. The realm it confirms is not hindered, but the power is not used, and it has passed the endless test. It became a cat with its soul imprisoned, and it has always been a cat.
Is Osiris imprisoning its power? Let it have nothing but a cat's body forever. This kind of confinement has also been loosened before. Schrödinger is a cat with a nine-level achievement of original power. Occasionally, he can gather strength to do something, but it consumes a lot of his body.
Later, Bell came to the Temple of Isis and found a cat peeking at the classics in the archives. Schrödinger also tried to find a way to release his soul from various records. Bell was surprised to find that the cat could not be detected with the magic of detecting magic, which is almost a stealth skill possessed by the gods, so he stole the cat and wanted to know its secret.
But Schrödinger only gave Bell three reminders. The genius Bell guessed that Schrödinger might be a sealed god, and once said: "If I can find a way to unlock your seal, you can tell me the secret. The magic of sealing in the world is nothing more than a clever information god. Transformed by the technique, and I am the most brilliant master of information magic today."
Amon already understood what happened next. Bell fled to the deep mountains of the Youdi River Valley, and at the last moment used the magical bone to throw Schrödinger from the air. Schrödinger landed safely, but fell into the pool when the bones were put away. Schrödinger took Bell's last message to Duke Town to find the old lunatic, and waited until Amon appeared.
From the beginning to the end, after a long four hundred years of experience, Amon returned to Duke Town where he grew up as a bystander. He saw himself in the swaddling baby and his mother who died when he was young.
In the soul imprint, Amon experienced everything as Schrödinger, but saw himself in this memory, which is an indescribable feeling. He finally moved his mind, and once he thought about it, he couldn't stay in Schrödinger's soul imprint, and everything was over.
When he opened his eyes, it was still dark, and the cat's eyes in the darkness shone like gemstones. Schrödinger looked at him expectantly, but asked in a worried tone: "What's wrong with you, haven't you experienced the whole thing?"
Amon whispered: "Yes, how did you know? When you unfolded the soul imprint, weren't you in a state of ignorance?"
Schrödinger jumped on his lap, arched his head into his arms and said, "Because your eyes are full of tears."
Amon reached out and hugged Schrödinger to his chest and said, "I'm so sorry, I'm so moved! Because I saw my mother and saw her face clearly for the first time. I was too young when she passed away. Thank you very much! "
Schrödinger's voice was a bit blurred, and he murmured on Amon's chest: "Why do you say sorry? I should say thank you! It's a miracle that you can experience it until now, even in the doomsday trial. Enduring four hundred years of loneliness without hesitation, just to help me.
It's normal that you didn't make it to the end, because most of the final imprints are watching your own experience from the sidelines. You have experienced endless tests in my soul imprint, but that is not your own test after all, you have not yet possessed that state. You will not be able to truly confirm it until you break through the ninth-level achievement by yourself in the future. "
Amon hugged Schrödinger in his arms and said softly: "You have something to ask me, why don't you ask me?"
Schrödinger stuck his head in his arms: "You know more about my four hundred years of experience than I do. Have you found the seal that imprisons the soul?"
Amon apologized slightly: "I may have found a trace, but it is not very clear. Can you give me a few more days? I want to close the door to thank guests and meditate alone. I can't see anyone, including you, for the time being."
Schrödinger raised his head and said, "I understand. You have to prove it in your cultivation. Thank you for your painstaking efforts. I will wait for you."
The general thanked the guests behind closed doors and ordered no one to disturb him. He practiced in silent meditation, experiencing and reminiscing about everything. Half a month had passed since the water of the Ronnie River had passed, and Amon, who was motionless and silent, had experienced a hundred years in lonely meditation. He ordered his servants not to be disturbed, but a messenger came from the distant kingdom of Hatti, so Amon had to go out of the quiet room to receive him personally.
The messenger's arrival was arranged by Amon half a year ago, and the imperial general had already made up his plan to leave Eju.