The world controlled by dice [Western Fantasy]

"Good afternoon, Professor."

Ms. Aston found Siles in the conference hall where the ceremony took place.

Siles was standing by the window, wondering why he could see Atherton Central Square from this room.The space behind the door of the Historical Society is an incredible place, and in all the knowledge he has so far, there is no theory that can explain this place.

Ms. Aston's greeting brought Sirius back to his senses.He smiled slightly and said, "Good afternoon, Ms. Aston."

Even as the head of the research department, Bonita Aston is more accustomed to being called "Ms. Aston" rather than "Director".She did indeed bring a new vibe to the research department.

In any case, Siles' self-reappearance ritual, coupled with Ms. Aston's soul strength measurement, made the researchers in the research department become more rational and calm.

Some subjects that were too crazy and extreme were also canceled, and Siles had heard about it.He thinks this can be said to be a good thing.

Under the vigorous promotion of Ms. Aston, the ritual of self-reappearance has become popular among the historical society and even among the enlighteners of the entire city of Lamifa.The church in the past probably also contributed to the promotion of this ceremony.

For Siles, his life has not been affected in any way, except that when he was in the Historical Society, he occasionally met some grateful enlighteners who expressed his gratitude directly.

It should be said that although the promotion of the self-reappearing ritual is in full swing, the inventor of this ritual is unexpectedly low-key.Even though many revelators know the name of Siles Noel, they have never actually seen him in person.

"Congratulations in advance, Professor," said Ms. Aston. "The ceremony of self-reincarnation earned you this honor."

"I am very happy that I can help those revelators." Siles said, "When I first stepped on the path of revelators, I encountered similar dangers. I hope people can be in a safer situation." Take hold of this power."

"I agree with you," Ms. Aston said.

They looked at the other people in the chamber.From the perspective of Siles at this moment, these people all have the same kind of wonderful blue light, which is the identity symbol of the revealer.

Although these people may have different identities in the outside world, they may be businessmen, students, workers, nobles, and officials, but here, they just have the same identity: the enlightener.

Siles shook his head, and after a while, he said, "I think at least people are doing something with this power."

Ms. Aston also nodded. She said, "Power can bring disaster, but it can also bring help." She paused, and then changed the subject, "How is your recent project going?"

What she was talking about was naturally the subject of the sealed item.

"It's not going anywhere," Siles said.

"Before you said that you wanted to communicate with the sealed item," Ms. Aston said, "do you have any new discoveries on this point?"

"I think the sealed item is missing a certain...element." Siles considered the words, "This element is the basis for communicating with it. However, I don't know how to supplement this element."

"...Elements." Ms. Aston murmured in a low voice, "I still remember the three-element theory you put forward, even though people in the Historical Society have turned a blind eye to it."

Siles was slightly taken aback.

Ms. Aston asked more frankly: "What element do you think the sealed item is missing?"

"Will." Siles replied equally frankly.

Ms. Aston thought for a moment, and couldn't help but smile: "It's really difficult to make those objects have 'will'."

Siles smiled helplessly.

Ms. Aston turned to say: "You don't need to worry. The issue of sealed items is just a transition. When the ritual of self-reappearance has been promoted to a certain stage, maybe you should also come back to study the issue of spiritual pollution instead of wasting time on sealed items .”

Siles was noncommittal, saying only: "I still feel that I know very little about many issues."

Ms. Aston was slightly taken aback, and then asked rather incomprehensibly, "For example?"

"For example..." Siles thought for a while, "Where are we now?"

"Oh, you mean, the space behind the door of the Historical Society?" Ms. Aston was a little surprised. She said, "As far as I know, it was created by President Morton."

Siles nodded, and he also knew this.

Joseph Morton, the vice president of the Historical Society, is also the person in charge of the Revelation side.He was also Grenfell's former teacher.However, they broke up 14 years ago, and Grenfell, who was originally promising, became an idler in the Historical Society.

Judging from Grenfell's various performances, he was once an extremely important mainstay of the Historical Society, whether it was taking pictures of creatures or promoting the initiation ceremony of the Revelator.

However, now he is staying in an antique bookstore in the west city, quietly doing research with an uncertain future.

This disparate treatment obviously comes from the dispute 14 years ago.

Sirius looked forward.There, in front of the vast conference hall, Joseph Morton had appeared.

This was the first time Siles had seen Joseph Morton.This President Morton is always elusive and rarely appears inside the Historical Society.

He looked like an elderly man, probably in his 60s, with gray hair, but he was still healthy and energetic.He was greeting some people, many of whom were high-ranking people from the Presbyterian Church or other corridors.

Siles also saw Jonathan Bryant.Compared with the long distance during the New Year's Eve celebrations before, this time Siles saw much more clearly.It was indeed a very old man. Even though he was wearing formal clothes, it was difficult to hide the essence of his thin body.

He inevitably hunched his back and coughed twice from time to time.Compared with the last meeting, Siles felt that Jonathan had become weaker and older again.

Suddenly, Jonathan seemed to notice Sirius' gaze.He suddenly turned his gaze over, and the needle-like gaze was fixed on Sirius.

Siles belatedly realized that if Jonathan was the elder who had been targeting him within the Historical Society, they could now be said to be friends.

He didn't look back, his eyes were still staring at the old man coldly and calmly.They stared at each other for a moment, and then they each looked away.Siles felt a subtle premonition.

Maybe, he thought, it would be time for Jonathan to come and talk to him after a while.

Ms. Aston didn't notice the brief confrontation between Sirius and Jonathan.She said: "President Morton is a very outstanding enlightener. It is said that he came from a humble background, but he has a unique talent on the path of enlightenment. Therefore, he was appreciated by the previous president and soon made his way to the top."

Siles nodded.He has also heard about some of Chairman Morton's family history from different sources.Of course, these rumors are all related to his youth.

When he really became "President Morton", many things were hidden in some deeper silence.

Siles' greatest confusion about Joseph Morton was his break with Grenfell 14 years ago.In a sense, this confusion also includes his break with the Dawn Enlightenment Society and Mr. Xia.

What exactly happened 14 years ago can cause such a complicated situation, and this "complexity" still exists today.

Ebenezer Const, brother of the current Grand Duke. 14 years ago, he had a relationship with a follower of the old god from a foreign country, so he was disinherited and exiled abroad.

From the perspective of the principality and from the perspective of the revealer, this matter may have completely different meanings, and it is the same for different people.However, there are some people who play an important role on both sides at the same time and maintain positions.

This situation made Siles feel helpless.

Ms. Aston glanced at the time and said, "The ceremony is about to begin. We should be seated." She smiled slightly and said, "You will find this ceremony to be quite unexpected."

Siles nodded and followed her.However, a subtle confusion arose in his heart: ritual?

Was Ms. Aston referring to the recognition ceremony, or... another kind of ceremony?

Soon, Siles learned the answer to this question.

In front of the wide conference hall is a stage similar to the front of the salon space.The host's speech, President Morton's awards and commendations, and even the applause and cheers of the audience all had a very rigid flavor, as if they were strictly adhering to certain rules and creeds.

...The commendation ceremony of the Historical Society is essentially a large-scale ceremony for the revealer.

Siles could see that when the ceremony was in progress, countless blue radiances merged into the high ceiling and walls of the space behind the door, and when an enlightener came to the stage to accept the award, the blue radiance would slowly form a translucent Blue bubbles, and then wrapped the enlightener's head.

It was a very strange scene, it looked like a dream, but also felt a strange coldness.Because no one seems to realize that this is a massive ceremony.

What is the purpose of this ritual?

When it was Siles' turn to accept the award, he saw the blue bubbles enveloping himself.He tried his best to suppress his uncomfortable emotions and remained calm until the dice hinted in his brain.

[Will +1 (continuous). 】

Siles was slightly startled, and a trace of astonishment flashed quickly in his eyes.

will?The blue bubble of this ritual is for growth of will?

And, a little willpower to last?Under what circumstances would this point of will fail?

... until the commendation ceremony of the Historical Society next year?

Thinking of this, Siles suddenly understood a little.

The so-called commendation ceremony, from the perspective of ordinary people, is just a meeting and a public commendation, but for the enlightener, the situation may not be that simple.

The commendation ceremony held every year has really become a kind of "ceremony", a special large-scale ceremony with the power of the enlightener.And the purpose of this consciousness is naturally impossible to just provide these prizes.

Thinking of Ms. Aston's meaningful words just now, Siles felt even more thoughtful.

However, according to his understanding of the attribute of will, the source of the will that continues to take effect...

Most likely Antinam?

He was slightly taken aback, and suddenly realized that this so-called commendation ceremony, to some extent, was more like a god's... feedback to "believers"?

Because of the development and research results of these people on the power path of the enlightener?

Siles couldn't help squinting his eyes.He put down the flashing thoughts for a while, read his acceptance speech calmly and calmly, and then left the stage with his prize—as expected, a time track.

Of course, he is still not sure what this timeline is.That was packaged and placed in a fancy box.According to the prompt of the host just now, there are related instructions for use.

Siles is quite interested in what time track the Presbyterian Church has chosen.

On the whole, the process of the commendation ceremony was very fast, even faster than the end-of-year meeting in the morning at La Mifa University.In about half an hour, all the enlightened beings who were commended completed this wonderful commendation "ceremony".

After that, they chatted with each other for a while in the conference hall, which was part of their daily social life.Siles could not help being involved, and had conversations with several high-level figures. He also met Elder David Coffin, who he had met before.

Siles also communicated with Joseph Morton for the first time.

Morton seemed to have known about the existence of Siles for a long time. He had a peaceful conversation with Siles. He didn't go deep into Sires' theories and subjects, but only praised Siles for the ceremony of "self-reappearance". Les.

With a gentle smile and a calm expression, he seemed completely unaware of the teacher-student relationship between Grenfell and Sirius.Of course, Siles was skeptical.

Siles also had a few words with several other honored revelators.Most of them were second-corridor revelators, including Clarissa Burney, a young lady whom Siles had been in contact with, as shy as ever.

Cileus, by contrast, enjoyed the greatest popularity for the ritual of self-reincarnation.Many revelators even bluntly said that this ceremony saved them, which made Siles gain a lot of goodwill.

Even so, when Siles was about to exit, an unfriendly voice stopped him.

"You are Sirius Noel?"

Siles stopped in his footsteps, he turned around and looked over, and as expected, he found that it was Jonathan Bryant.Siles had already reached the entrance of the conference hall, and the rest of the people were chatting in the conference hall, and no one noticed the confrontation between the two of them in the corner.

"Yes, Mr. Bryant," said Sirius dryly. "I'm Sirius Noel. What's the matter?"

Jonathan looked at Sirius with a very haughty attitude.Because of his old age, his body seemed to have shrunk, and he looked a little short. Even so, his gaze seemed to be condescending by nature.

He said: "I've heard your name, and your... ridiculous theory."

"Do you think that is ridiculous?" Siles said in a low voice, "And in your opinion, what can be considered not ridiculous?"

Jonathan narrowed his eyes.

Siles said: "Humans just prostrate in front of the gods and act as believers forever?"

"Isn't that good?" Jonathan said coldly, "Humans, as it should be."

Siles said calmly: "But the gods have fallen."

Jonathan took a sudden, heavy breath at his words."No one can conclude that gods cannot be resurrected," he said.

There was a slight smile on Siles' face, and he said: "Mr. Bryant, although our ideas are different, I agree with your idea to a certain extent-no one can conclude that the gods can be resurrected." .”

There was an almost hideous expression on Jonathan's old and frail face.Finally, he twitched his fingers slightly, as if he wanted to do it, but finally held back.

He said: "I know you are a daring fellow. My subordinate once told me so. He tentatively asked me if I sent someone else and got your inexplicable notebook..."

Siles was slightly taken aback, and then pulled out this matter from the corner of his memory.

Someone once broke into his office, as if trying to give him a bad word; and Siles claimed that his notebook was lost because of this incident, in an attempt to arouse suspicion between the mastermind behind the scenes and the people who worked for him.

Now it seems that it is the person sent by the old man in front of him. At the same time, Siles' counterattack has indeed taken effect.

Of course, in a sense, Siles did not think this was an effective counterattack.It can only be said that he is expressing his attitude and position.

Jonathan sneered, and he said: "It's a ridiculous little trick. If you chose to make things big at that time, then I might still have a high opinion of you."

Siles thought for a moment, and finally said: "I don't need you to look at me high. In fact, I just need to express my point of view. I did get some research results after that, didn't I?"

Jonathan choked, he couldn't deny the significance of the ritual of self-reincarnation to the revealer, so he couldn't help frowning.

He felt that the young Revelator in front of him was not good enough.And that face always maintained a kind of calm indifference, as if he stopped to talk to him only out of natural decorum.

Jonathan shook his head abruptly. He said, "I just want to warn you, young man. Don't think that the world revolves around you. You can't tell when fate will hit you hard." With a malicious smile, "Don't regret it then."

Siles looked at his face, and said after a while, "I thought your attitude would be more stubborn and tough."

He stood there, staring at the old man in silence.

Jonathan Bryant was already rickety and needed a sturdy cane to walk steadily. When he spoke, he was even somewhat slurred.There was a cloudy look in his eyes, and when he looked at him, there was an arrogance of self-proclaimed youth.

Siles suddenly smiled slightly, and he said: "I'm afraid you will die soon. Even so, do you still insist on coming over to warn me? Your belief in the gods can indeed be called pious."

When he said that, he actually thought of Jonathan's resurrection plan.He thought that Jonathan was going to die, and he was going to lose this high status and status; but it was precisely because of this that he chose to come over to warn Siles.

It's like saying, "There is no end to the things between us, you wait."

Siles even couldn't help being curious because of this—why is Jonathan Bryant so sure that he can be resurrected in the body of a young child?

However, Siles' words seemed to have dealt a major blow to Jonathan.Jonathan's face became ugly almost visible to the naked eye, he panted heavily, and reprimanded loudly: "Shut your mouth!"

His voice was so loud that it was directly heard by other enlighteners not far away.Almost everyone looked over, but Jonathan looked at Sirius fiercely, as if he didn't realize it.

He said: "I still...live...well! I will not die! I can't die! Death is still very far away!"

He spoke hoarsely, as if the loud and loud voice was to prove his health.But in fact, his body was already completely leaning on the cane.His trembling hands gripped his cane tightly, the backs of his old wrinkled hands like dry skin.

Siles looked at the dying man silently, thinking of the dying vine on the isolated island in the deep sea dream.

die.die.He sighed softly in his heart.

"Everyone dies, even the gods." Siles whispered calmly, "How can you guarantee that you will never die? Besides, you have already enjoyed fame and power, and your life is already very valuable It's gone, isn't it?"

Siles secretly changed a concept.Jonathan was just saying he wouldn't die, but Sirius was saying he would "never" die.He was trying to take advantage of the opportunity to get Jonathan to say more under the control of his emotions.

In fact, Siles himself didn't quite agree with what he said.

He does not think that people can die "as it should be", nor does he think that everyone should die calmly and calmly when facing death.He himself will have fear and resistance in the face of death.

It is human nature to be greedy for life and fear death.He can also frankly admit that he also has such an instinct.However, he needs to stimulate Jonathan at this time, for those younger and immature lives.

He saw Jonathan's trembling hands.The ferocity and malice in Jonathan's eyes only flashed for a moment.

Suddenly, Jonathan smiled instead.Siles was slightly taken aback by his unusual appearance.He couldn't help squinting his eyes, puzzled by Jonathan's sudden change of attitude.

Jonathan said: "I always have my way... As you said, I have money and power and enough ability to keep myself alive. Live forever, maybe. People always find a way out."

Their voices had been lowered, so the rest of the enlighteners slowly withdrew their curious and watching eyes, and talked about the original topic by themselves.The hum of words also muffled Jonathan's low voice.

"...there are many places in this world that we—or should I say, you—have never seen, many, many places." Jonathan said. "Anyway, congratulations on your achievements, Siles Noel. I should congratulate you .”

He smiled maliciously, then squeezed his cane and left slowly.

Siles didn't stop him.He looked at Jonathan's back thoughtfully, and he thought, congratulations?

Carol came over.He asked a little worriedly: "What's the matter? Did you quarrel with that old guy?"

Siles shook his head. Instead of answering the question directly, he held up the box in his hand—the box contained the time track bestowed on him by the Commendation Ceremony of the Historical Society.

He said, "Who chose this time frame?"

Carol was taken aback, completely unexpected that Sirius would ask this question.He hesitated for a while, thought for a moment, and then replied: "It should be a certain elder in the Presbyterian Church. It's hard to say who it is."

Siles nodded and thanked Carol.

He thought, maybe there is no need to investigate who it is, it is probably Jonathan Bryant.

Jonathan didn't know that Sirius already knew his resurrection plan well; therefore, Jonathan's weird attitude just now made Sirius have a little association.

Perhaps, Jonathan personally chose a time track, or perhaps, it was an item that he himself had used.This time frame came to Siles, if he used it unpreparedly, then he might be polluted by Jonathan's spirit.

In other words, at one point, he was also Jonathan's backup body.

This explained Jonathan's suddenly subdued anger.Perhaps it was because Jonathan realized that there was no need for him to be angry with Sirius, because one day in the future, he might also become..."Sirius Noel"?

Siles sighed lowly, feeling bored and ridiculous for a while.He Jiayin, a novelist from Earth, was a little unhappy that she could understand Jonathan's brain circuit.

Carol could probably see what Sirius was thinking.But he didn't know Jonathan's resurrection plan, so he just thought that Sirius was angry because Jonathan might have chosen this time frame.

This is also a very normal emotion.So Carol just patted Siles on the shoulder lightly, and then said: "Go and rest for a while, Siles. The communication here is not that important, and your research talent can allow you to gain enough in the society." respect."

Siles pondered for a while, then suddenly thought of something, and said, "I see. See you next time, Carol."

"See you next time." Carol said with a smile, "Don't get angry with those old guys, it's not worth it."

Siles also smiled slightly, and he said, "Of course."

He just finds it ridiculous.There may have been a little anger, but it quickly melted into a colder emotion.He thought, maybe, Jonathan's action will be faster than he expected.

He said goodbye to Carol, then left the conference hall and went to his office in the research department.

He suddenly realized that almost all the senior figures of the Historical Society were in the conference hall now, and no one would notice his whereabouts.This seems to be the right time for him to try to make a judgment on the sealed item.

It was a risky endeavor, but it could also be said to be an inevitable last resort.After all, his research on the sealed item was essentially to communicate with the dice, and since it was for the sake of the dice, he should also try to make a judgment attempt.

He has been busy, and this matter has been delayed for a long time.It just so happened that this afternoon was the right time, so he decided to proceed at this very moment.

When Siles walked into room 557, he glanced at the time—it was exactly two o'clock in the afternoon.Later, he had to go to Dawson Street in the West Side. After all, it was the day when the toy store opened, so he had to take a look.

Therefore, he has two hours to make this attempt.

In the empty room, Siles sat quietly on the sofa, looking at the feather placed on the coffee table in front of him.

He finally decided to judge this feather. First, this feather looks more harmless. Second, this feather seems to be very common, even if it is accidentally damaged, it will not attract the attention of others.

However, the faint blue light lingering on the feathers still made Sirius feel a little wary.

He has already worn [Akamala's Spectacle Frame], used the ritual of [Silent Heart], and also opened [Warrior's Black Umbrella] and put it aside.The light blue protective cover gave him a sense of security.

He was thinking about how to judge.

When he makes a judgment, he always needs a precise reference.

For example, when he made a judgment on himself, he had to pronounce the name "Sileus Noel."But what name can a feather have?

No, it should be said, what exactly does the "name" read out during the judgment correspond to?

Will?In his three-element theory, the name does correspond to a person's self-awareness, thus constructing a person's will attributes.However, in judging this issue, the name seems to symbolize more things.

Siles pondered deeply about this problem—the relationship between the three elements, and finally slowly came to a conclusion: that actually points to the exact actual existence.

In other words, the name "Siles Noel" refers to the man "Siles Noel" who actually exists in this world.

Just like when Grenfell explained the concept of "biological photography", he mentioned that if there is no specific time track or object to point to a certain related object, it can only be created in a "conceptual sense". Related things, search in the grand history and long river of time.

When Siles makes a decision, he has two "conceptual correlations".

The first is that he will read the name of the judged object, just like entering a keyword on a search engine on the Earth Internet.He can easily find the actual existence corresponding to this name.

The second is that his thoughts guide this judgment.In other words, he himself has a certain relationship with the judgment object in front of him.Eyes, gaze, thoughts... the guidance of the will.

Thinking of this, Sirius was suddenly startled.

Once he thought of the power of "ideas", he inevitably thought of Qin Duo.

Gindo's powers are used differently than Revelators.He is in a way closer to a god than to a human.The same was true for Siles when he used the timeline of the Playa family.

Besides, when Siles was searching for other people's dream bubbles in the deep sea dream... that's also a kind of "searching" power, isn't it?It is actually an incredible power to locate a certain existence in this huge world.

Because this real world is not the illusory Internet.

...the power of the gods.

Siles closed his eyes slightly.At this moment, what he thought of was the reflection of that planet in the lake of that mysterious farm.

Why can there be such a reflection?Why can the power of gods involve the whole world?It was an illusory but real reflection that appeared in the lake.That's... that's in line with Akamala's power, some kind of manifestation.

The power of the gods, the concept of the gods.Siles inevitably thought of this.

"Concept related".So, is the power of gods "conceptually related" to everyone in this world?

……"prophet"?The fate of the Prophet encompasses the fate of everyone else... So, this is the god?

He inevitably held his breath slightly, feeling a slight tingling in his back.He once again thought of the theory of the "inner and outer world" that he had conceived.

However, does such a grand and all-encompassing inner world really exist?

This so-called "conceptual correlation" is like the shadow that everyone has.Different light sources shine over, so everyone has a different shadow, which is layered, not just "one".Like the shadow of this world.

……"shadow"?

Siles couldn't help but startled.

He suddenly came back to his senses and took a deep breath. No fireplace was lit in room 557, so the air in this room was as cold as the outside world.Siles felt his fingers go numb from the cold.

But that feeling also made him feel as if he had returned to the human world, instead of still being immersed in that extraordinarily profound and cold theory.

He jotted down a few words in his notebook: search, concept related, shadow.

Then, he set his sights on the feather.He stared silently for a moment, and then said silently in his heart: "Determine the will attribute of the 'feather in front of'."

As he expected, the sound of dice really appeared.

[Keeper of the secret, "this feather in front of you" (ordinary birdman's feather) is undergoing a will judgment. 】

【Will: 0/...】

As expected, Feather's Will is indeed 0.A series of numbers spread out in front of Siles, from 0 to 100.He considered for a moment, and finally chose 100.

…To be honest, he was a little curious, if he chose 0, what would happen if Feather got a big success of will?

But he chose 100 in the end.He had some guesses about the outcome of this big failure.

[Will: 0/100, big failure. 】

[Oh, poor Feather.Pure white, pliable, light, refined, yet unknowingly manipulated by the hand of some hateful fate.As it turns out, there's always something agitating in the dark, only this time, lucky dice are planning to get ahead. 】

Siles: "..."

Why did he feel that what Dice said... was weird?

And, "getting ahead"?

Before Siles could react, he felt as if a gleam of light flashed in front of him.It seemed to him that it could only be seen from this marvelous perspective.The faint light merged into the feathers, and then, the feathers seemed to be blown by an invisible wind, and the whole thing stretched out.

At that moment, the original faint blue light on the feathers turned into a more calm and peaceful blue, just like the blue light Sires saw every time he performed the enlightener ceremony .

Siles couldn't tell what was going on, he just felt that after the gleam of light merged into the feathers, the originally ordinary and pure white feathers seemed to suddenly become...a lot smarter?

After that, Sirius heard a small but real voice.

"Ahem, give it a try...it's not bad...it shouldn't be too complicated...oh, dear keeper, I can finally talk freely with you, this is hard-won."

Siles was slightly taken aback, and his eyes were fixed on the feather in front of him.He was already aware that that incredible thing had happened, but he still felt extremely astonished and surprised.

He thought, Feather's will failed, so that this feather was..."doves occupy the magpie's nest"?

"... dice?" he asked.

"Please call me Fate Dice!" Feather said angrily, "How can the dice in ordinary gambling games be on par with me?!"

Siles: "..."

Sure enough, he has always felt that Dice's character is becoming more and more lively, and that idea is not an illusion.

"Okay, Dice of Fate." Siles said, "How long can you maintain this form?"

"It can't be too long. However, since you already know this method, things will be much easier." Feather said, "In short, Keeper, I know you have many questions and many confusions, but, some I can't answer the question.

"...For various reasons. For example, I don't know, for example, you can't know, for example, things are still developing. I would like to communicate with you, Keeper,