Lost Narrative Poetry

"The sound of the sky is gradually ringing, do all living beings know? The music is played by the gods, and the ants cannot understand it. However, the earth listens to it. The sunken city, the lightless cave, the cellar of darkness, the gods listen. The gods understand its meaning and fade away from eternal sleep, The moment of awakening.”

——Kevin A. Ross "The Sound of Nature"

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"Um?"

The Taoist in white who was giving lectures as usual in the Taoist temple seemed to have noticed something. He raised his eyebrows and glanced away, his gaze penetrating the dark universe.

I saw that the adjacent plane was gradually falling apart in the flowing river of time, and the physical universe with an infinite light-year diameter seemed to be disintegrating and about to completely fall apart. On a specific time scale, this process did not happen overnight. This cosmic disaster lasted for many years.

However, in the eyes of gods who look at the three thousand worlds as they look at three thousand dusts, they have already seen the process and the result in just a moment.

Now that I know the ins and outs of the whole thing, I naturally understand the specific cause——

The image is of a huge rusty red planet, made of gas, ash and hot liquid iron. The outer shell is covered with faults and rifts. If it weren't for the vast ocean of liquid iron underneath forming a giant eye, it would seem to be quite normal. .

This alien god named "Gheroth", who looks like a celestial body, drifts aimlessly in the universe and keeps singing his ethereal hymns.

He is the herald of destruction. His song can even force the planets to change their orbits. The entire galaxy will suffer huge disasters because of his arrival.

Any galaxy it passes through will be affected by this song, and the stars will gradually move into their correct positions. He passes through the orbits of countless stars, the tides on the planets change, volcanoes will collectively erupt, and huge storms, earthquakes, and tsunamis will follow.

And the most terrifying thing is that he also uses this method to awaken the demons or ancient gods sleeping on each planet... in order to destroy all the celestial bodies he passes by.

Any sleeping Old Ones or Outer Gods that inhabit these stars will be awakened into activity by Him. Then all other life on the planet was destroyed, and the celestial body itself ceased to exist.

It will make the stars return to their proper places and awaken the masters sleeping in the crypts and submerged tombs; it will raise the tombs submerged in the sea. It will gaze at the believers who think they are the masters and shake their world until all Everyone recognizes its existence and worships it.

The reason why the Taoist in white saw was such a terrifying and absurd scene——

Ghroth traveled through the vast universe, singing to all the celestial bodies passing by, making the stars shrink and run away, and resurrecting the will sleeping on the celestial bodies...

Well, this is a somewhat literary description. In fact, it is an oversized walking alarm clock that keeps jumping around in the universe. It keeps making loud noises no matter where it goes. It sings to people when it sees them, so that you can sleep well. The ancient god awakened from his eternal sleep.

Not even the planet itself could bear the harassment of this alien god coming over and singing to him.

If there is a pan-consciousness similar to the will of Gaia in the stars, it has also been polluted and corrupted by the songs of the outer gods, so they will send out invisible screams of depravity and blasphemy, and directly change their orbits and run away...

It's like human beings have witnessed an existence beyond human intelligence. Because they can't bear the madness, they lose their sanity, or their eyeballs melt, or their brains are exploded on the spot.

In the same way, in the face of "gods" such as outer gods or old rulers, the stars of planets or stars and other cosmic bodies are not much stronger than the fragile souls of mortals. Not to mention the hymns of courage, the only ones who firmly believe in such nonsense are the happy ones who have never peered into the abyss.

"It's so noisy, how can someone be so annoying..."

The Taoist in white couldn't help but twitch his lips. He just glanced at it from a distance and felt that it had disturbed his eyes.

"No wonder he was kicked out of the ranks of Azathoth's court musicians. Even the choir doesn't want this guy. Isn't this guy too noisy?"

That world actually has the background of the Cthulhu Mythos. This was something he didn't expect, but if he was surprised, it wasn't too surprising. After all, this kind of thing was too normal.

This is not just the case in Greek mythology, but the outermost territory of any pantheon is basically a "three-no-no" buffer zone, which occupies the home field advantage. The pantheon still has dominance in these planes and space as many as the sands of the Ganges. Level of influence, but not absolute.

Not to mention encountering the Old Ones and Outer Gods, nothing is surprising.

He waved his sleeves, rewinding time and space, and directly brought back the expedition vanguard he had sent out.

Quietly, the universe changed, and even the sky and the earth changed colors. The super mechanical life with a size of more than one million kilometers in diameter seemed to fall into pitch-black eternal silence in an instant. It didn't even have time to react. It's an absolute emptiness.

It seems that time does not even exist in the emptiness, the smooth space-time continuum, and even the almost endless quantum foam in the vacuum can no longer be observed.

Empty, like nothing exists.

But this group of people didn’t know this at this time. After all, they were too busy taking care of themselves at the moment and were in a huge crisis...

When Xia Ran waved his sleeves, he spread out his fingers and grabbed it gently. Not only did he catch his vanguard, but he also pinched the huge rust-red planet that was singing happily in his palm. He grabbed it straight away.

"..."

"..."

The "Music of the Spheres", which was as sharp as an air raid siren, stopped abruptly in an instant.

The giant eye formed by the ocean of molten iron hidden under the earth's crust seemed a little dull, as if it couldn't understand what was happening for a while. The giant eye looked to the heights, and could only vaguely see such a huge figure that even the universe could not contain it. Even he Even I couldn't catch a glimpse of the outline of the face of the vast god.

The wide robe and wide sleeves cover the four ends of the world, and the condescending posture is like a fisherman who after reeling in the line finds that what he has lifted is a small fry, and he is squinting his eyes to look at it carefully——

Gehroth seemed to see a feeling similar to disgust in it.

next moment.

The Taoist in white raised his foot, grabbed the huge rust-red planet, wiped it casually on his boots, then threw it up and kicked it away!

In the blink of an eye, the rust-red planet penetrated countless voids. In the turbulence of time and space, it suddenly flew to nowhere... Just because it exists in the universe does not mean that it does not exist in other worlds.

It's very troublesome...

Glancing at that world, Xia Ran lowered his eyes slightly. Gherros had been dealt with, but the impact it had previously caused was a foregone conclusion. The stars were returning to their positions, and the ancient gods were about to wake up from the eons. The universe would eventually be destroyed. Torn apart.

But this is a destined fate. Should we just give up?

He thought carefully and soon made a decision. However, he did not do anything else, but turned back with a calm face, as if nothing happened, slowly picked up the green slip in his hand again, and continued with a calm expression:

"There are feelings and beliefs, intangible, can be passed down but not received, can be obtained but not seen...Before Tai Chi, it is not high, it is below the six poles, but it is not deep, it is innate and earthly, but it is not permanent, it lasts longer than the ancient times. Not for old age..."

Everything that just happened happened in an extremely short event element, and no one else knew about it except himself.

So it was as if nothing had happened and the sermon continued.

Below are the outer disciples recruited by Li Wangguan over the years. They are anonymous and not authentic, but they are already famous figures outside. No matter how bad they are, they are not great masters who have been punished. Now this group of Argosians are all wearing Taoist robes, shaking their heads and seeming very intoxicated.

The leader is the former Princess Andromeda, or should we say Queen Andromeda now, but she is also wearing a Taoist robe, her face is like that of a girl back then, her eyes are like autumn water, and she is dressed like a female crown... However, the alien race The racial characteristics are obvious, and it really seems inconsistent.

For example, the blond and blue-eyed crooked nut has to wear a feather fan scarf. No matter how you match it, you can't have the feeling of Wei and Jin Dynasty, it can only be a little nondescript.

However, they themselves do not feel that, especially after being punished, they have actually gained the Taoist skills, coupled with the transcendent status of Li Wang Guan in this new world order and the benefits it has brought to them, they have sincerely He recognized himself and others as Taoist priests.

and--

Perhaps it was because of the Olympian gods competing against each other, or perhaps because of the fanaticism of the converts, this group of aliens behaved very fanatically after becoming members of the Taoist sect.

After receiving the ban, I have been thinking about how to accumulate merit and improve my position every day, and gain more Taoist skills and other benefits...

I couldn't understand those mysterious Taoist theories, so I kept trying to figure out and read them over and over again, forgetting to eat and sleep while studying...

Dedicated to combining theory and practice, with constant homework every morning and evening, a group of Greek nobles from the Kingdom of Argos were obsessed with cultivating immortals and refining elixirs...

This style of painting is really weird.

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The other side.

That group of unlucky people who opened up a new dimension and met an alien god holding a concert.

Because there is a constant gravity field inside, it is very stable from beginning to end. No one feels like being dragged or falling. They don't even know what happened or whether they and others are out of danger.

The interior of this planet-level fortress is currently dark, all communication media have been disconnected, and all internal passages are tightly blocked.

Rapidly flashing red warning lights lit up in some important areas at the same time, accompanied by the powerful and shrill sound of an air defense siren!

In the central conference room, the huge 3D projection also revealed a rusty red light, and chaotic data was constantly being brushed out. It seemed that the will of this mechanical god body that was transformed into a planet-level fortress had been severely polluted and eroded. fell into extreme chaos.

"Chaos infection warning!..."

"Data backup synchronization failed! Warning again..."

"Secondary AI infection warning! Unknown distortion of information..."

"The firewall is under attack! Enable data flow separation mode!..."

The turbulent flow of information was beating crazily, and the high-speed moving information column seemed to be getting more and more hurried. At the same time, more and more garbled codes were jumping, which seemed to indicate the seriousness and urgency of the situation, accompanied by crazy flashes in the darkness. The red warning light was on, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

The mechanical god body, which was as huge as a planet and had a diameter of more than a million kilometers, began to tremble violently at this moment, and seemed to be about to fall apart.

Countless voices sounded from every part of this huge body, as if every part of this robot's body had its own thoughts, and its will was divided, from the billions of hydraulic muscle units, to each sensor, to each The gear meshing device at the center, and then to the giant stellarator reactor at the core...

This is true even for the outermost super alloy shell.

Every inch of the body is emitting a different scream, which makes people crazy and nauseating. It seems like the monotonous bass sound is blown from an invisible and hateful flute, and it sounds like it is hitting the cracks in the human skull. A low, crazy beating sound.

Tremble, tremble...

As the Chaos infection became more serious, the mechanical planet gradually underwent some kind of transformation. In just an instant, like moss growing crazily after the rain, from the outer superalloy shell to the internal mechanical structure, including Cabins, pipes, link nodes, etc.——

Flesh and blood began to transform and squirm and grow.

He was the first to detect the arrival of "Star of Judgment, Pioneer of Destruction" Gheros. He was still a few light-years away, and relied on the powerful performance of a series of black technologies he carried to detect and lock it in advance. Target, also captured clear footage and audio.

However, precisely because of this, it brought him disaster.

Even if he is a mechanized demigod, even if he has a certain degree of anti-memetics and immunity to reality distortion, it is only to a certain extent and not completely immune. Therefore, the captain cannot avoid being exposed to direct gaze. The true form of the god even looked directly at it, and naturally fell into madness and confusion.

His teammates were lucky enough to escape. The image of Gherroth was taken by the captain and had been weakened by the anti-memetic ability of the mechanical god body beforehand. In addition, they did not look directly into Gherroth's eyes. So a life was saved.

But his sanity still collapsed instantly, and heart-rending screams came one after another.

So weak, so powerless.

They had never imagined that they and others had the capital to surpass ordinary beings, but... it was meaningless, everything was meaningless.

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Argos.

Because the land was really not enough, it was built among the newly built civilian areas in the outer island circle formed by land reclamation two years ago.

"There's a signal!"

In an apartment-style suite that was really incompatible with this era, there was a slim female team member who was putting a coin into the steam meter in front of the public bathroom door, and then prepared to go in and take a bath.

But at this moment, she keenly heard a beep coming from her room.

Even though the distance was far away, separated by several walls, and the house was very well-soundproofed, she still couldn't hide her physical ability, which was more than ten times higher than that of ordinary people. From before to now, she had been responsible for tracking and monitoring, and she was trying to contact the peripheral team. Understand what's going on.

One minute later.

Everyone gathered in her room, staring at the particularly magical notebook on the table.

"The signal has appeared. All five people's tokens are there. The quantum signal has been verified correctly. It should be correct..."

"It's just why we couldn't be contacted or traced before. Why do we suddenly appear again now? This is a question..."

"Besides, it doesn't seem to be within the solar system at all. What on earth did they do?"

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at the same time.

In a certain Greek city-state that had not yet embraced the times, the son of a great nobleman woke up from a severe headache.

The memories in his mind were shattered and constantly surging. He was lying on the gorgeous bed, his eyes wide open. He couldn't believe what happened to him... He actually traveled through time? After reading novels for so many years, something like this actually happened to me?

He couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it. The headache in his mind became more and more intense, and the memories of the two lives were merging with each other.

He didn't have time to fully absorb the fragmented information, but the fragmented fragments were enough for him to make a judgment. He seemed to have traveled to the ancient Greek era, a terrifying world where humans and gods coexisted... But that was all, the messy thoughts in his mind They are mixed together and cannot be understood at all.

He struggled to sit up from the bed, looked around extremely weakly, hesitated, and said, "System, come out!"

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"..."

Of course, nothing happened.

Where's the promised time travel golden finger? He opened his mouth and felt that all the strength in his body was about to be drained away. He had nothing, he didn't understand anything, plus this body that was extremely weak and could die at any time...

"How are we going to survive like this..." He muttered to himself in great frustration, his face pale and his eyes dull.

"Infinite Heavenly Lord, it's easy to survive. Please don't join our organization. The future is bright..."

A clear voice sounded, appearing without warning in this luxurious and dim room.

"...!!"

The time traveler was startled. He turned around quickly and found a monk standing beside the bed. Wait, monk? Judging from my own memory, isn't this a world similar to ancient Greece, in the city-state era?

Where did the monk come from?

And this monk is too trendy. He wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a pair of Bluetooth headphones hanging on his ears, colorful beads in his hand, and he actually holds a mobile phone in his other hand.

Chao Monk looked at his phone, compared it with the time traveler in front of him, and then put the phone away with a smile: "It seems that this time I was the one who took a step forward and didn't let the old guy from "Azkaban" get the lead. It’s time to get back to the game..."

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"..."

The air froze.

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. The donor, the poor monk, is a member of the "Da Electronic Temple", a subordinate organization under the Alliance of Travelers, codenamed "Fahai". The monk seemed to come to his senses and quickly introduced himself, "I am a time traveler like you." "