Chapter 303 Beyonder Master Christian
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Hobert recalled the hint Lena had written on the tent before she passed away. Seeing the scene before him, Hobert suddenly understood that Lena might have been a little delirious at the time and had used the wrong grammar.
The hint should have been: The curse is in the dream.
Moreover, this "curse" is actually the curse of the oil painting. Anyone who has seen or approached the oil painting will have their own wooden sculpture in this hall.
In other words, regardless of whether the tomb owner's sarcophagus is opened or not, one will be "cursed" by the oil painting and silently killed in the dream world, or attacked by monsters again when weak.
Lena was a Beyonder of the "Death" pathway, and her spirituality was more acute than that of Beyonders of other pathways, so she probably understood the meaning of the curse before she died.
Of course, her hint before death was not for Hobert and the others, but for her companions, because as long as they saw or touched the oil painting, they would definitely suffer the same curse as her.
But how to solve this problem?
Hobert realized at this moment that he didn't have much Beyonder knowledge about dreams, and the problem he was facing was a mixture of dreams and curses, which made Hobert unable to find a good solution for a while.
If not, he could only try to move the wooden statue from the hall to the real world.
Christian, who was beside him, was also pondering with his chin pinched. After a while, he suddenly said, "Maybe that item might be useful."
He opened his briefcase and actually stretched his entire arm in to rummage.
This made Hobert couldn't help but sigh, he didn't expect that the briefcase that Christian carried to and from work every day was also a magical item.
After some rummaging, he finally found what he was looking for: a classical blower.
This was a blower that looked like it was used by a blacksmith in the Middle Ages, with two handles and pleats in the middle like an accordion. Holding the two handles and squeezing them towards the middle would blow out a gust of strong wind.
Christian threw the briefcase to Hobert. He took the blower and blew it towards Hobert's wooden statue. What blew out was a pure white smoke, and Hobert's wooden statue also seemed to turn into gas, tumbling and disappearing with the blown-out smoke.
"It really works." Christian explained: "The oil painting 'collected' some of the spirituality from you, so it can find you anytime, anywhere.
"The essence of this wooden statue is actually a wisp of your spirituality, and the blower in my hand can blow away the spiritual bodies of ordinary people. Blowing it with it will make this wisp of your spirituality disappear."
Spirituality can be recovered, so it didn't cause any substantial damage to Hobert.
Christian was about to open his briefcase to put away the blower, but Hobert quickly said, "Father, those four wooden statues are teammates who survived yesterday's exploration. Let me blow away their wooden statues too."
Christian took the briefcase and handed the blower to Hobert.
Hobert picked up the blower and blew it four times in a row, and the wooden statues of Auston and others disappeared as well.
As for the wooden statues of the "Guardian" and the others, Hobert certainly wouldn't care about them. Let them seek their own blessings.
Hobert helped Christian put away the blower and realized that Christian was looking at the murals in front.
The murals in front were completely different from the murals at the entrance. They depicted giant spiders with human faces and compound eyes.
They were weaving webs, and under the webs were people and beasts with expressions of intoxication.
"Dream Spirit Spiders." Christian explained: "Their compound eyes are one of the main materials of the 'Soul Assurer' potion.
"Your guess is right. The oil painting will use the power of the 'Dream Spirit Spiders' to sneak into your dreams and kill you in your dreams."
Hobert looked at these spiders and thought of a certain unfortunate Dragon King in "Childhood Classics."
In the Beyonder world, killing someone in a dream doesn't seem too difficult.
Christian took off a gray button from his clothes: "This is the sealed artifact from the 'Spirit Warlock' that I mentioned earlier. I can use it to do some disguise."
Christian injected spirituality into the button, and ripples rippled again with the button as the center, but this time the ripples were visible, after all, this is the world of dreams.
Under the effect of the button, Christian and Hobert were like spiritual bodies that were overflowing spirituality, gradually fading away. Hobert could even see the tulips behind Christian through his body.
Christian raised his hand and looked at his arm, very satisfied with his operation. Then he tried to enter the area in front, and sure enough, it didn't cause any changes in the murals.
Following Christian's actions, Hobert realized that some of his previous ideas were really superficial.
Christian's performance was more like a Beyonder of the "Black Emperor" pathway, able to quickly find and exploit loopholes in the rules. Solving the problem of the wooden statues was like this, and avoiding the harassment of the "Dream Spirit Spiders" was also like this.
At the same time, Hobert realized: Knowing is not enough just to see it, you must also have your own understanding!
Currently, Hobert's state, in terms of force alone, is definitely more capable than others at his level, but in a mysterious Beyonder world, being able to fight is just the most basic requirement.
The more he came into contact with the mysterious parts of this world, the more he realized his lack of knowledge.
Unfortunately, this kind of deficiency is difficult to make up for. He can only follow behind people like Christian and Azik who have knowledge, watch more, learn more, and think more.
"Have you noticed that the prey in the murals includes people, Beyonder creatures, and beasts." Christian's words interrupted Hobert's reflection: "It's like, it's like in the eyes of the owner of this dream, there is no difference between humans, Beyonder creatures, and beasts."
He suddenly stopped: "This seems to be a philosophical question, what is the difference between humans, Beyonder creatures, and beasts?"
"Virtue." Hobert blurted out almost.
"A strange pronunciation, what does it mean?"
Hobert suddenly realized that words like "morality" and "social rules" in Loenese couldn't explain what "virtue" is.
This is one of the cornerstones of Eastern culture in his heart. Duke Zhou used this to distinguish between humans and beasts, but Western culture has never had a similar philosophical concept.
In today's North and South continents, there is no similar philosophical concept, so many people think that the idea that slaves are two-legged livestock doesn't seem to be a problem at all.
After thinking for a long time, Hobert said: "It can be understood as the opposite of moral decay and lack of conscience!"
"Virtue" is not easy to explain, but "lack of virtue" is very easy to understand.
Christian thought for a while, then smiled and said, "A very good idea. The things taught in philosophy classes at universities are quite good!"
Hobert smiled guiltily. Neither the university he attended when he first arrived in this world nor the university in the AD era taught this.
The former is because there is no such philosophical concept, and the latter is because there is no need to teach it, it is engraved in the bones.
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