Mythology: Spiritual Ruler - Chapter 580

Chapter 580 Temptation

“I will answer your question.”

“Because I don’t care about these false honors…I care more about being able to outperform you in your field.”

He spoke in a deep voice, looking at the demon in front of him who was not like what he expected, Hercules said bluntly.

Oedipus’ story did surprise him, but he had seen similar things more than once along the way.

Looking around the world, he can find the noblest people and the despicable ones. You can find the most honest ones, and you can also find those who are full of lies.

In comparison, when the great hero stepped into this valley that had lasted for more than a thousand years, a silent feeling was conveyed to his heart through the unique realm of Sphinx’s order.

This place has accumulated the wisdom, desire, greed and fear of countless heroes on earth for thousands of years.

Countless mortals regard this as a challenge to the wise, and the ladder to fame, but no one has ever truly defeated the master of this field.

Oedipus was the closest one, but he still failed.

So Hercules planned to take over his work and send Sphinx and [Golden Balance] back to the side of the Goddess of the Law.

By the way, eliminate the delusions of those who admire the world, so that this place will no longer be a tool for them to fool the world.

“…Yeah?”

“Oh well.”

“Young humans, according to the rules, as long as you decide to challenge, I have to agree to your request.”

“It’s just that I’ll remind you at the end that if you don’t answer any of your three questions, even if I don’t want to kill you, you will still die under the guidance of the rules.”

The expression became a little formal, but the Sphinx was still lying on the ground without getting up.

And in front of it, the great hero nodded again and thanked it for its reminder.

“Okay, since that’s the case, then let’s start.”

He spoke lightly, and with Hercules’ affirmation, an invisible force spread out from Sphinx’s body, and then enveloped the entire valley.

The laws here seem to be distorted, and a very small part of them are rapidly amplified, while the vast majority become almost nothing.

This is the domain of the Sphinx, a powerful alien force that is comparable to the indestructible body of the giant lion and the immortal body of the Hydra. Even the true **** will fail, and the divine power cannot change the rules and order.

The stone balance at the valley entrance also shook slightly, as if it was moved by the same source of force, and could not help but responded accordingly.

“Mortal, as you wish, the great wise demon, the Sphinx will give you three questions, and the bet is your life.”

“The first question is that when ordinary people look up at the stars, they know the vastness of the sky; when they look down at the earth, they know the vastness of the earth.”

“So young human, please tell me, what are the stars in the sky? How many stones on the earth?”

“Haha, mortal… Although you killed more than one brother of me, I don’t care about the lives and death of those who only know the killers. So for your courage, I want to remind you-“

“The stars in the sky may be reborn every moment, and only the great Mother of Night knows how many embellishments there are on her clothes… and the stones on the ground may be split every moment, and only Gaia knows how much dust there is on her brown clothes.”

“Cherish the opportunity to answer and don’t give answers at will. As long as you answer one, I will pretend that you answered my question. This is the preferential treatment I give you.”

“But if you can’t answer, then you’re just another arrogant person.”

“I will no longer give you a chance… The remaining two questions are the inscriptions you wrote for yourself.”

Every word seems to turn into a rune, just like the contract of Guao is signed.

In front of Sphinx, Hercules frowned slightly.

Just the first question, the big hero felt pressure.

He was not without preparation when traveling to the valley.

The book in Prometheus’s hand that recorded countless knowledge was one of his reliances. After all, the rules of the Sphinx never prohibited those who answered questions from reading the books.

However, when the first question was in front of him, Hercules knew that it was impossible for him to find the answer from the book.

Even if it is a omniscient book, the answer I saw at this moment may be correct, but the next moment, at the edge of the world, there may be a star body broken or a new star derived.

“…His Excellency Sphinx, don’t you think there is a loophole in your question before answering your question?”

“You said that only Mother of Night knows the number of stars, and only Mother of Earth knows the number of stones. Then how should you judge the right or wrong of the answer? This is probably contrary to what you said.”

“It’s not against it, because in fact, I don’t know what the answer is,” a cunning smile appeared on the corner of my mouth, and Sphinx’s eyes widened slightly: “But I don’t know, it doesn’t mean that ‘order’ doesn’t know.”

“I am only responsible for asking questions, but the right or wrong answers are not up to me to judge. Because since I am already a contestant, I can no longer be a judge.”

“Just just as the priesthood of the gods can influence the rules of the world’s nature, my powers can do the same.”

“In my field, as long as it judges that your answer is correct, then you are not right.”

“On the other hand, if it judges you are wrong, then even if I think you are right, then you are still wrong.”

“There are possible mistakes for creatures, and the rules will never be wrong.”

“As such a young human, do you have any problems?”

“have.”

Thoughtful, the great hero asked again: “If even your rules cannot tell right or wrong, then how should we judge?”

“If this is the case, then you won a game. Because winning the rules is also a way to win.”

“I see…”

He murmured softly, Hercules’ eyebrows slowly stretched.

Is it a test of wisdom? Maybe it is, but it should be more of a test of the way of thinking.

Sphinx’s puzzle does not specify the time to answer. Theoretically, if the answerer has endless life, he may be able to count the stars in the starry sky and finally answer the moment a new star body has not yet been born, but this is the lowest solution.

On the contrary, if you think in another way and give an answer that cannot be verified by the rules, you may be able to answer the difficult questions from another perspective.

For example, the simplest thing is that the great hero just prays to the goddess of night, and then lies that he has obtained the answer from the goddess, and finally gives a random number. No matter whether the answer is true or false, it is actually true.

After all, as the question herself said, the Lord of Eternal Night knows the answer to the question, so what she said must be true, even if it is false, it is true. Whether Hercules received a response from the goddess is also unproven by the rules of the Sphinx.

If a living person is judged, he will naturally not accept this sophistry; but when faced with a rule, this is likely to be the solution to the problem.

Of course, looking at Sphinx’s smile-like expression, the hero knew that the other party should have thought of this method, but it still raised this question.

Because both of them knew that if Hercules really answered the question in this way, he certainly solved a difficult problem.

But in contrast, another more terrifying question would hit his face.

Use the original **** as an excuse to lie… This is the alive Kaos of the gods.

Think about the king heroes who ended up in a bleak situation because of a moment of fun. You know that no matter who dares to do this, they are gambled for their lives to bet on the goddess’s generosity. For such a person, Sphinx wouldn’t mind letting him win a game first.

“How is it? Have you figured out the answer?”

He smiled and said, the Sphinx’s words seemed to be tempting.

“It seems you already have an idea, right?”

“What a smart human being, haha, you are not the same as your kind… Come on, mortal, tell your answer.”

“It is enough to answer one of my questions with your own wisdom to keep your name in history.”

“Looking at the past thousands of years, only a few people have done it.”

“Oedipus is like this, and the questions he answered are far less difficult than you. I just asked him what kind of thing is four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening… and he told me that is ‘people’.”

“What a simple puzzle, it is far from comparable to you. Come on and give your answer. I will remember your answer in the next ten thousand years.”

“Yeah?”

“Ten thousand years…it’s been a long time.”

Shaking his head slightly, looking at the demon who was still tall even though he was lying on the ground, Hercules couldn’t help but smile.

“Since that’s the case, please listen to my answer, and your rules.”

“Dream, I think there are as many stars in the sky as dreams, which are the dreams that all living beings in the world, both in the sky and under the earth.”

“They are piled up like mountains, they gather into an abyss… They have formed a part of the spiritual world together, and people call it “the dream spiritual world.”

“Maybe in the near future, I will go there in person to find some answers, but at least for now, that’s my answer.”

“Just as a question maker, you don’t know the number of stars and stones, as a question answerer, I don’t have to know the number of dreams.”

“Your powerful rules will measure the size of the two for me – so Sphinx, is my answer right?”

“…”

There was a moment of silence in the field, only demons and heroes were looking at each other.

  In a vague way, an invisible rule passed through the world.

The stars are the decoration on the hem of the mother’s clothes of the night, but she never regarded the stars as her own thing.

So under the influence of the rules, the number of stars is naturally clear.

The stones are dust on the mother’s brown clothes, but Gaia’s eyes will not have this dust.

So under the influence of the rules, the number of stones is naturally clear.

However, when the invisible rules pass through the world, a shadow that is rooted in the depths of time and space, and the shadow that runs through the past and the future is blocking its presence.

The demon’s power is about to collapse at a touch, and it cannot count the number of dreams.

The next moment, the rules turned around and fell back into the valley.

Looking at Hercules’ confident expression, the demon nodded with difficulty.

“Yes…you’re right.”

“There are countless stars in the sky, but you count them, and it has as many dreams as the creatures.”

“Every star represents a life… This is the answer you have come up with, and now, it is the truth in the world.”

“You answered the first question correctly. Congratulations, young human… Speaking of which, I forgot to ask, what’s your name?”

“Hercules.”

He spoke calmly, and the great hero was not surprised at all about his victory.

“Remember my name… In the next ten thousand years, this is the name you need to remember around the Goddess of Justice.”

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The third level of the spiritual world, the dream spiritual world.

  The dream is like a bubble, thousands of layers of emotions, thousands of flowing paths.

Almost every moment, new dreams are born here, and old dreams are destroyed here.

In addition to the very few ancient dream domains and the even rarer “Dream of Ancient Gods”, the territory of the entire dream spiritual world is constantly changing and destruction, and expanding in destruction and generation.

As the manager here, Iserania likes this very much.

There is no need to do anything unnecessary. She just needs to open her wings at the right time, so that the shadow covering the sky and the sun can cover the boundary and space, so that the entire dream spirit world can be stable when it shrinks to the limit, and will not be empty when it expands to the extreme. With one opening and one closing, the power of the boundary and space will naturally increase.

And she can lie on the clouds made of dreams and eat some interesting dreams like eating snacks.

There is no malice, and the dragon of the mind has no secular distinction between good and evil. She just follows her own nature and completes her “merits”.

  Understanding the mind is skill, and seeing the nature is virtue. Doing what you want to do, the mystery that comes from the mind will naturally flow into your heart.

Ryan was also a little envious of this for a time.

Because he could see that if he followed this step, he might not only be able to promote the soul when the realm of [Dream] crossed a certain limit, and the dragon of the mind that grew with it might not only be promoted, but she no longer needed any “divine character” to limit the power of dreams.

Heaven and earth are born with it, and all things are the same… The purest mind is the greatest shield that is enough to reject all external interference.

Of course, this kind of resistance seems perfect, but in fact there are limitations.

Different from the path that Ryan pursues, once it is completed, even if he reaches the peak of great divine power in the future, there is no need to worry about the path of source power polluting personality. The upper limit of resistance of the simple mind may be at most 22 or 23.

Unless Iserania finally gives up not only good and evil in the secular sense, but also the concept of human nature, then she may completely abandon the influence of source power. However, if that is true, then she may not be different from Taltaros’s state.

It is better to say that it is eternal sleep than success.

Just to be honest, she didn’t need Xiao Xiang to have too noble realm. Today’s [Dream] has not yet formed a true symbol, so naturally there is no question of how much it can bear.

  Sleep after eating, sleep, play, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, sleep. This is Iserania’s daily life, but today is a little different.

The core of the dream world was awakened by a sudden “knock on the door”.

Bai opened his crystal clear eyes and looked out… In the corner of the world, she saw a giant beast with a sphinx, an ancient son of Titan, a **** who believed in the deity, and a true **** who made her intuition a little strange but didn’t know where it was strange.

Well… there is also a goddess next to her.

Look at the sword on her waist, it is probably the one that is often mentioned in her dreams, who is in charge of the [justice] in the world.

(This chapter ends)