Chapter 1427

Aglaea, Tibao……everything seen by all the Golden Descendants and Demigods is merely the shadow cast by Laigushi onto the wall; these shadows, boring to Laigushi, are everything cherished by the Weng Faluos people.

However, just as Kaiven lowered his head in thought, Meibiwusi suddenly spoke up and interrupted him.

"No, Kaiven, this 'cave' might not be limited to Weng Faluos."

"What is it?"

Meibiwusi narrowed his green pupils slightly: "Earlier, Laigushi mentioned that the All-Knowing Honored personally sealed off the path of mortal pursuit of knowledge; does his 'seal' refer to those people in the cave who are naturally bound at the wrists, ankles, and neck?"

Upon hearing this, Eden, Ailixiya, and the others all stared, instinctively looking up at Meibiwusi.

"The cave he speaks of……is probably far larger than Weng Faluos."

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Genshin.

"Interesting… the cave allegory, I've never heard this story before."

A feather pen appeared before Niko, swiftly recording on the white paper in front of her, copying word for word the allegory Laigushi had just said.

"How come, you like this allegory?" Elis asked while sipping her red tea.

"Of course! Don't you feel this allegory is hinting at something? For instance, could Teyvat itself be a kind of 'cave'? Look, outside Weng Faluos there is chaotic substance used for concealment, while Teyvat has a false heaven. Including the twelve Titans, they correspond to the Seven Archons on Teyvat and the four supreme authorities……look, look, Elis, don't you feel a sense of correspondence?"

"What nonsense?" Elis rubbed her forehead, also sighing helplessly: "Niko, you might as well say Teyvat's core is the Imperial Scepter, since we're all data simulated by the scepter. Then what are we, the guardians of Teyvat's 'border'? And what about Clain? As a Seeker who often goes to other planets to handle trouble, he can't possibly just be a bunch of data, right?"

Niko thought it over carefully, and it seemed Elis's words made more sense.

"Indeed, but if we liken the Heavenly Principle to firelight, then the falsehood it projects……"

"Hold on——!" Elis hurriedly interrupted Niko, "Do we really have to discuss such a dangerous topic today? Although it's not that we can't, I always feel a chill down my back……Let's wait until we return to the 'border' to talk about it."

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"You will personally unlock my shackles, bringing about the cave's collapse." Laigushi said leisurely, "Of course, I don't mind waiting a bit longer, taking you through the preceding bewildering dream——the warden's reminiscence."

"I hope you can quietly watch the story in the illusion. Theoretically, the 'Savior' has the duty to take in the full picture of this world; emotionally, this recollection before you is the finest portrayal of everyone's fate in Weng Faluos……Only by empathizing with it can you understand my view:"

"The meaning of 'destruction.'"

"Cut the clichés." Xing outright refuses to buy it.

Laigushi also wasn't in a hurry, and politely bowed: "I salute your surging determination. Then, before stepping onto the final stage, please allow me, based on the earlier allegory, to ask you——'Can the prisoners in the cave discern the projections and echoes, rather than mistaking them for the real world?'"

"Xing went forward, and soon two figures appeared ahead."

"Look! The firelight projects her visage from memory, and she is also the actor in this play."

"Those are two sea demons, their expressions rather worried."

"The black surging waves overflow in the sea; our kingdom is on the brink of disaster……"

"Don't rush, don't rush, our queen has already gone to the border, personally quelling the calamity."

"Seeing Xing seemingly not quite understanding what they're saying, Laigushi explained from the side: "This scene is the history of the birth of the ocean's Golden Descendants……She was once a member of the Titans known as the sea demons. At that time, Kaesilan suppressed the spread of the Heichi, but could not eradicate the seedbed of the Iron Tomb. The Heichi still surges deep in the world, and it was precisely the sea demons' nation that first embraced 'destruction.'"

"One of the sea demons gazed toward the distant temple and raised a hand to summon a rainbow bridge."

"Quick, listen—I hear Hailiequla's song, she's calling us!"

"Let's go; her song is tantamount to the queen's decree."

"In order to prevent the Heichi from threatening the ocean, the queen devoted all her heart and blood. Born from the Queen's Cup, she received the deepest blessings and inherited supreme divine power……"

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Jackie Chan Adventures.

"Can the prisoners in the cave discern the projections and echoes……They definitely cannot." Xiaoyu shrugged; she was quite frank: "If someone were to tell me now: 'The earth is fake, and all people and events on earth are merely a system, program, code,' then either the speaker is crazy, or I am."

"What if our world is truly false? Just a shadow cast on the rock wall?" Cheng Long leaned on the wooden table by the window in the antique shop, his gaze passing through the glass toward the bustling streets outside San Francisco.

"Are the lines that Dad often has on his lips—'There's one more thing,' 'Just drive, I'll figure out the solution'—and the like, preset fixed phrases by the program?" Xiaoyu pinched her voice, imitating Dad's slightly hoarse tone to perfection.

"All right, don't tease Dad." Cheng Long spread his hands helplessly: "Think carefully, Xiaoyu—what is the most core, fundamental force in the universe? It's the Path, but we on Earth have no Pathwalkers—at least we haven't found any nearby. However, we do have twelve talismans corresponding to the twelve zodiac signs. These extraordinary powers have not appeared in the universe; they've only shown up on Earth."

Xiaoyu instantly grasped Cheng Long's meaning, instantly sitting up straight: "Uncle Long, you mean……"

Cheng Long raised his brows: "Those Demigods and authorities of Weng Faluos also appear only in Weng Faluos, not in the universe, right? Do you think there's any commonality among them?"

Xiaoyu's mouth opened wide enough to fit three eggs: "Our world couldn't really be fake, could it?! And those twelve talismans—could they also be some higher‑dimensional guy……like a certain genius in the Genius Club, simulating calculations with twelve Paths, and then producing this as the product?"

"Uncle Long, I think this is super‑super‑super‑super possible!!"