[Yuanshen] After full favorability, the dimension wall is broken

Chapter of Abedo's Invitation to Cinnabar

Act II Born of a Forbidden Encounter

……

——"Life is too short and fragile, so people must find the meaning of their existence."

——"What I pursue is the ultimate beauty."

- "Everything else..."

——"It's just waiting in various forms."

……

Whenever those icy blue eyes are looking at you gently, you will think of the gray and cold sky in the distance when you step on the nail of the cold sky all the way from the top of Fendernir on Longji Snow Mountain. And the silent sky.

"A... Abedo?" You subconsciously asked.

"It's me." Abedo moved the umbrella slightly forward to cover the snowflakes that kept falling on your head, "Sorry, did I interrupt your filming?"

You quickly waved your hand—please, even if it is raining hail in the sky now, it is not as powerful as Mr. Abedo who suddenly appeared in front of you...

——Ah, although if there is a hailstorm, you will still grab Mr. Abedo and run away with all your strength.

"Snow... um. It's so beautiful." While holding an umbrella for you, Abedo slightly raised his head to watch the snowflakes falling from the sky.You noticed that there seemed to be some complicated and hidden emotions surging in those azure blue eyes.

As if he noticed your gaze, Abedo stretched out his hand: "If you don't mind, I'll hold the bag for you, okay?"

After you handed it over subconsciously, he smiled lightly: "If you want to shoot, please continue. After all, beautiful scenery is always fleeting, but if you use some methods to preserve the picture at this moment for a long time, then The memory that accompanies that view will be more vivid."

You nodded, thanked you, adjusted the focus again, and carefully pointed the camera at the night sky dotted with snow.

It may be due to professional habits, or your own hobbies or personality. When you are shooting, you are always a little stubborn and completely immersed in the current task until you get a satisfactory result——

——So when you are fully awake from that state, you can be said to be taken aback—then, you smiled a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, Mr. Abedo, I forgot the time..."

Abedo's expression is always so calm and gentle: "It's okay. Being able to fully devote yourself to things is an important and rare ability. As an alchemist whose most basic quality is persistence, I appreciate it very much. It's just that ..."

"It's just...?" After hearing this, you nervously let go of the camera adjustment hand.

"Hehe... It's just that since you and I are good friends, then don't use honorifics." Abedo's expression was still calm, but it seemed a bit teasing on closer inspection.

"..." It should be said that it is indeed Mr. Abedo...

"Is the filming finished?" Abedo asked.

"It's over... ah-ah-ah!"

You think it's the most embarrassing sneeze you've ever had in your life...

Just when you raised your head in embarrassment and wanted to apologize to Abedo, you felt a slight weight on your shoulders——

You subconsciously supported the loose coat with your hand, raised your head and reacted in a daze for two seconds, and quickly took off the coat: "No, no, you only wear so little in such a cold day..."

"-I have nothing to do with you, have you forgotten?" Abedo interrupted calmly but resolutely, and then he smiled gently again, "However, thank you for your concern, I am very happy."

Even though I said that... However, Mr. Abedo is "angry with a very calm expression" even when he is angry. Sometimes even if he says "very happy", that faint expression is a bit suspicious...

You swallowed your complaints, lowered your head and adjusted the camera, checked the photos, and frowned slightly——

You agree with Abedo's point of view.Whether it is painting, music, text or pictures, it is to preserve the emotion of a certain moment.

In addition to certain artistic processing, these carriers should "faithfully" record the feelings at that time.

But these photos...

Obviously at the beginning, I wanted to record the paleness and loneliness I saw when I looked up at the night sky when it was snowing... For some reason, in the pictures I took now, those little bits of snow seemed to have stagnated at that moment, mosaicing the entire night sky Countless little stars.

Although the night sky is clearly still the same night sky, there is no difference when the snow falls; but the original loneliness has disappeared, replaced by a vast, quiet and deep...

"How? If you're done, you should go back earlier to warm up." Abedo reminded.

You shook your head, drove the messy thoughts out of your over-tired head, turned your head and showed a big smile to Abedo: "Let's go, my home is actually not too far away! When we get home, Please be sure to try the tea that someone gave me before..."

The appearance of Mr. Abedo was enough to surprise you, but when you finally dragged your exhausted body back home and planned to make a cup of tea comfortably, something even more astonishing happened——

"——What? Russia...Russia?!" You were so surprised that you almost spilled the teapot, teacup and the tea inside, but fortunately, Abedo quickly caught it.

"...Yes." Even in this situation, Abedo seemed to just take a step forward gracefully and raise his hand again to resolve the sudden situation.He loosened his shoulders slightly, took the tea in your hand, and took a sip, "... Mmm. It tastes amazing. If it's that gentleman from Liyue, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money again."

"Thank you—" Speaking of how famous you are, Dijun... Wait!

You tried hard to turn the topic back: "——No! This kind of thing is much more important than tasting tea! Please at least express your surprise!"

"Oh? Are you surprised?" Abedo put down his teacup, turned his head slightly, and his blue eyes met yours. "All the exploration process of knowledge—including alchemy, contains infinite possibilities behind it." .”

"And this so-called "possibility" contains deviations and risks, presumably you should know better than me, right? "

"That's...that's what I said," you covered your hands with warm tea, "but isn't Russia's degree of "deviation" a bit...too outrageous? "

"Actually, that tunnel is even more unstable than you imagined." Abedo put down his teacup with a calm expression, "From Tivat, it leads to a completely different world, and what connects these two worlds at different latitudes is actually It's a tunnel that can be touched—doesn't that sound like an incredible thing?"

"The life in another world, and the life where Tevat is located, essentially flow in a different direction, and the power is greatly restricted because of this. Presumably, you have noticed it too?"

You nodded: "Abedo is referring to the fact that only the power of demon gods and immortals can play a role here?"

"Yes." Abedo paused, as if he was thinking about how to explain the whole thing to you more easily, "However, this is exactly what I want to study. After the subject enters..."

"...Please don't call everyone a test subject!"

"Oh? Can't you call it that? Sorry."

You looked at Mr. Abedo's slightly raised mouth: "..."

... This Mr. Abedo is definitely joking again.

"Well. In short, I am also constantly debugging the specific location of their arrival and sending corresponding instructions. At the beginning, I hope that they can travel back and forth between the two worlds in time to provide more accurate and timely data for the experiment."

"However, after going down like this a few times, I still gave up." Abedo stated calmly, "San Tang and I discovered that the tunnel has a certain tolerance limit. At the beginning, we considered from the perspective of how many people can be accommodated at one time. In the following research and data feedback, we found that the issue of "durability" should also be taken into consideration. "

"So..." You were startled.In retrospect, except for Mr. Zhongli and Miss Ningguang at the beginning, everyone has not gone back, but stayed here to accompany you until the necessary farewell time.

"That's the limit. "Abedo nodded, acquiescing to your guess, "Going to a different world where life flows in different directions has its own limits, otherwise it will cause wear and tear on the soul. "

"...I don't know about these..." You leaned on the sofa in a daze.

"There must be a reason for them to choose to stand at the gate that signifies strangeness and danger." Abedo's ice-blue eyes looked at you calmly and clearly, "I don't know the specific discussion. But I think that all the people standing in front of you are considered by everyone to be the most suitable people to go here under "that environment". "

and so……

... Are all accidents inevitable?

What you think is lucky and just right is actually...

The snow outside the window is still falling, and you can only feel the constant entanglement and interweaving of cold and heat in your body.

"Traveler."

You subconsciously raised your head almost instantly.

"It's late, you have to work tomorrow, go to rest first."

"Abedo, I... huh?"

You were stunned for two seconds, and then Abedo gently and firmly pushed you to the bedroom.

"Wait... no... how do you know my plans for tomorrow? How did you come back? You're in Russia..."

"Come here." Abedo pointed to his head.

You: "..." Well, there is indeed a lot of hair—no, that’s not the point, okay——

Although he knew that the girl in front of him who was walking forward and looking back vigorously must have a lot of questions to ask, Abedo still resolutely sent her back to the room.

She is too tired today, she is trying to force herself.Even if he is an "artificial human", things of this level can still be seen.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the room on the inside to hear the sound of even breathing.

The room fell silent again.The corners of his mouth raised slightly and then slowly fell, and he walked slowly towards the window alone.

The trees outside used to be covered with lush green leaves, and the burning green seemed to flow through the windows and flow into the windows.

He could imagine the scene—

Flowers curl up to bloom, leaves bend to stretch.

This is the power of natural life from the inside out, and it is also the bloom of "life".

But he won't interfere.

The dead branches in front of you are also the power of nature.

Is it a fatal arrogance to try to violate "nature"——

"The universe—is the black essence of the real starry sky."

"The stratum is the memory accumulated by time and life."

"Chalk—you;"

"Black soil—the etymology of alchemy and the foundation of life."

"This--"

"——It's birth."

The end of birth is endless.

The meaning of "heterogeneous" existence is to find meaning.

The final task is——

"Show me the truth of the world, and the meaning of the world."

"Master..."

Slowly touching the metal window sill, Abedo stared at the lifeless dead branches outside the glass window through his pair of blue eyes that were as frozen as polar ice.

It is clearly the same coldness, the same existence, and the same craft product, why the flow is so different?

What kind of existence is Tevat?

What kind of "nature" is the subject he is conducting violating?

Is it the shadow that hangs over the world—"Tianli"?

Or...

"Is this the 'truth' you want me to show you? "

Even the freest thirst for knowledge is kept in chains.

Even if she found that door, she would make him close his eyes, turn around and leave, right?

Just like that day——

——“Is creation an act of arrogance?”

So, who is his arrogance for?

He knows that his every step forward is born in crisis and death.No one debugged, no one covered up, he personally passed through the door that was hidden by him, and walked into the world where she stayed.

This is a "taboo" that should not be touched.

But he still came.

Is this his "arrogance"?Confidence in not involving others, self-restraint and arrogance to one's own research results, what is the source of it?

In addition to the thirst for knowledge, the search for meaning...

"...It's snowing."

On that day, in that pale world with no beginning and no end, only he was alone as a "heterogeneous" world...

"Abedo, look, it's a flower!"

The face of the girl in the memory is blurred, only the bright smile stays in the memory.

"Even in the snow-capped mountains, there are flowers that look so fragile blooming."

——"...I like flowers and plants very much, they are full of vitality! After reading it, I always feel that I will be very motivated..."

So, at some point, his studio was filled with the same quietly growing white flower.

She's in the bottle, she's on the canvas, she's in the soil.She is a stretched life, but also a curled life.

She is his flower.

...The encounter born of taboo must have its meaning.

He still has a long time to explore.

Raising the corners of his lips slightly, Abedo turned and left.

After snapping silently, only a green leaf that shouldn't exist was left silently hanging on the branch.

The author says:

References:

①The opening chapter is adapted from Gibran's "Sand and Foam": "We live to find beauty, and everything else is just waiting."

②Language materials refer to Abe's voice, background stories, Abedo's legendary missions and activities [Black Dragon and Chalk], [White Dust and Snow Shadow].

Thanks for the support, bow down! ! ?