[Cao Guo] Duan Ge Xing

There is more safety and danger, and I am still worried that Cao Cao already has a combined guide. After all, in his opinion, the two are closely related. If Cao Cao really puts such a guide by his side, it is tantamount to handing over his comprehensiveness to others. Not only that, but the spiritual dependence of the sentry on the guide will also make it difficult for Cao Cao to get rid of the influence of combining with the guide.Guo Jia couldn't imagine that Cao Cao would be influenced by others in his emotions or even his decision-making in this way, not to mention that once he lost his bonding guide, Cao Cao might immediately fall into madness like other sentinels and be on the verge of extinction.

Guo Jia understands Cao Cao's temperament and also understands Cao Cao's ambition.Those who want to achieve hegemony may not have absolute superiority in force, but they must not have an absolutely independent spirit.What Guo Jia was afraid of was never being occupied by others next to Cao Cao, because in his opinion, no matter who occupied that position, it would lead to the same evil consequences.What Guo Jia is afraid of is that Cao Cao must be tied to others to complete his life, and that Cao Cao will be held back by the weakness of the sentry.

Because of this, when Cao Cao expressed his willingness to combine in front of him, Guo Jia never thought that one day he would agree.He shouldn't have refused Cao Cao's request, and he couldn't bear to refuse Cao Cao's request.He can even take out his heart and give it to him, there is nothing that cannot be given.But he saw everything Cao Cao did for him.The worst thing about this matter is that Cao Cao really misses him too much.

If Cao Cao is looking for other guides, Guo Jia's determination to follow him will not be shaken by whoever he likes to combine with.Guo Jia has no intention of interfering with Cao Cao's choices, nor can he make choices for others, but he can make his own choices.If Cao Cao was the one to take the risk and pay the price, Guo Jia would not accept it anyway.He can't accept it.

Out of such thoughts, when Cao Cao pinched his neck, Guo Jia even felt for a moment that maybe it would be good to die in Cao Cao's hands like this.

But that was before he discovered Cao Cao's strangeness.

Ever since he saw Cao Cao's incomplete mental picture, Guo Jia immediately began to check the archives transferred from Luoyang to Xuchang.In fact, he has always had this plan, but in this way, this matter is even more imminent.When he was in the training camp before, he heard from the instructor that there is a certain probability that the Sentinel will transform into a Dark Sentinel during the awakening period.Although the probability of this is very small, all the dark sentinels who have successfully transformed are all kings standing on the pinnacle of an era.The biggest difference between Dark Sentinels and ordinary Sentinels is not in strength, but in that they can completely control their spirits without relying on wizard elements, and without the help of guides to appease them.The Dark Sentinel does not need to be bonded with the guide, and will not be interfered by the guide, neither the guide's temptation nor the suggestion will work on them.This is the perfect state that all Sentinels hope to achieve, but because the transformation probability is too small, Sentinels with this physique have not appeared for more than a hundred years.

Since then, Guo Jia has been paying attention to collecting information about the Dark Sentinel, because it gave him a glimmer of hope.He believes that Cao Cao has the qualifications to transform into a dark sentinel. This is not so much because he has always had different expectations and confidence in Cao Cao, but rather because of an intuition born of his understanding of Cao Cao.He wanted to know whether this transformation was due to talent or acquired, and if the latter was feasible, what conditions were needed—no matter what the conditions were, he was willing to try his best for Cao Cao.However, his stay in the training camp was too short, and he could not move freely in the Yuan Shao camp. It was not until he moved to Xuchang that he finally had the opportunity to get in touch with more materials.Those files from Luoyang Palace did not disappoint him.Although the Dark Sentinels have been written like legends in the literature of the past dynasties, there are corresponding clues to follow about their characteristics and transformation process.Guo Jia sat in piles of files until winter, and finally confirmed a few things before he fell ill: First, the awakening period of the dark sentinel is longer than that of ordinary sentinels, which may be months or even years, and the awakening process There are often repetitions; the second is that the spiritual image of the Dark Sentinel is unique, and once it is successfully constructed, it will not change for life, and it can quickly repair itself even if it is damaged; the third is about the conditions for transformation, and there is no clear record in the literature. The difference is acquired, but the vast majority of Dark Sentinels are transformed during the first awakening, only a very small number of people experience the second awakening after being normally combined with the guide, and the events that trigger the second awakening are without exception They are all the deaths of the United Guides—that is to say, these Dark Sentinels are survivors who lost the United Guides.

Guo Jia knew that Cao Cao's awakening process was not smooth, but they were fleeing at the time, so it was difficult to judge whether it was because Cao Cao's awakening itself was unusual, or because the turbulent environment on the way to escape prevented his normal awakening.Most critical, though, is Cao Cao's mental picture, which, while incomplete, was likely damaged during construction.Guo Jia does not think that the remaining wasteland is the final appearance of the picture. It is more convincing to say that it is some kind of intermediate state, so this cannot be used as the basis for judgment.To determine whether Cao Cao still has the possibility of transformation, after all, we still have to start with the restoration of the picture.

Guo Jia originally planned to continue his research after he recovered from his illness, but something happened to Cao Cao before his illness recovered.Later, whenever Guo Jia thought of the cause and effect of this incident, Guo Jia felt extremely ironic.Even if he does not combine with Cao Cao, others can use his guide to deal with Cao Cao, unless he really becomes Cao Cao's guide and establishes a deep spiritual link with Cao Cao, he can protect Cao Cao from such threats and interference.

However, for Guo Jia, once he combines with Cao Cao, not only will his previous persistence be in vain, but it will also be more difficult to implement the Dark Sentinel's plan in the future.

If Cao Cao had combined with other guides from the very beginning, then Guo Jia would have completely given up all thoughts about the Dark Sentinel.The second awakening triggered by the death of the guide is just an appearance, and the timing of the death, the state of the sentinel at that time, and various unknown internal factors may affect the final result.This is to put a sentinel to death and rebirth, just like a phoenix reborn from the nirvana.Guo Jia will not let Cao Cao and other guides try this kind of thing, not to mention that the life and death of the guide is beyond his control, and there are too many uncertain factors, a little carelessness will really kill Cao Cao .

But Guo Jia never thought that things would develop to such an embarrassing point for him.

Cao Cao did not combine with other guides, and gave up combining with him. This was helpful to his plan, but at this time, there was an external force to force him to combine with Cao Cao.

Guo Jia neither wanted to give up on the plan of the Dark Sentinel, nor did he want Cao Cao to suffer the pain of losing him.Although he can die for Cao Cao at any time, he can't ignore Cao Cao and kill himself without authorization.He didn't want to be hated by Cao Cao for a lifetime.In the past, he always thought about it and wanted to endure it, just to give Cao Cao a long-term hegemony and as much freedom as possible in this troubled world, but unexpectedly he was calculated by God, the harder he worked, the more he would leave The farther the target is.

If he didn't combine with Cao Cao, Guo Jia still had the confidence to find a perfect solution, but now he has nowhere to go.

If he doesn't combine with Cao Cao, he may not even be able to preserve the Cao Cao in front of him, so there is no future and long-term to talk about.

When Guo Jia heard the news from Wancheng, he was tormented in every way, and he just wanted to see Cao Cao as soon as possible.

This time he didn't struggle.He admits it.

He first wanted to keep Cao Cao safe. For other things, there are many difficulties and dangers, and there will always be a way in the future.

During those days when the two were in the heat of combination, Cao Cao could hardly leave Guo Jia's side. On the one hand, he made him beg for mercy, and on the other hand, he hugged him tenderly in every possible way.Guo Jia was fascinated by him, and felt that it was not good to go on like this.Cao Cao is fueling his greed, softening his will, making him unable to refuse, unable to give up, making him even have the idea of ​​​​depending on Cao Cao. It seems that as long as Cao Cao is by his side, he can freely indulge and be arrogant, and do what he wants. Whatever you want to do, don't worry about anything.

After the combination, Cao Cao's picture has indeed been restored to a certain extent.Those parts soaked in darkness were completely covered, leaving only a boundless wasteland.This state made both of them feel very puzzled.Guo Jia asked Cao Cao what the final scene was, but Cao Cao looked blank and said he didn't know.Guo Jia had never heard of a sentinel who didn't know what kind of picture he wanted to build, and thought it was also a sequelae of mental trauma, but Cao Cao said with certainty that it was not caused by disconnection, but was like this from the beginning , and said that he has always had a feeling, as if he is not creating the picture, but the picture is guiding him, but since he disconnected from Chen Gong, he has been stuck in the middle layer, and he can't go any further.

Guo Jia thought of the particularity of the Dark Sentinel picture, and speculated that maybe this was the real reason, but he didn't know whether Chen Gong did something when he disconnected the link, which made Cao Cao unable to complete the picture construction.Of course, he only revealed the part about Chen Gong, and Cao Cao finally stopped hiding it. He told Guo Jia that since the link was disconnected, every time he wanted to build a picture, he would trigger the original memory. Moreover, it is extremely painful and immersive. Once triggered, there is no way to get out on your own. When you wake up, you have already returned to the starting point, as if caught in an endless loop.

Guo Jia concluded