Chapter 868

468. The Essence of Magecraft: Wishes Come True, Belief Makes It Work!

Perhaps it was a thousand years, perhaps it was an instant.

The vast and majestic silver long river roared downward, as if flowing from the beginning of heaven and earth, heading irresistibly toward the end of time.

In every instant, countless tributaries were opened, and countless tributaries gave birth to more branches downward, like a brilliant and glorious divine tree growing upside down.

Making countless people realize.

No wonder the Kabbalah Tree of Life is called the primordial blueprint of the universe.

Starting from that point in time thirty years ago, it gradually derived forty million possibilities, but almost every possibility headed toward destruction.

Perishing under Magatano-Orga, destroyed by other Demon God Beasts.

But there were also some world lines where the Demon God Beasts had not yet arrived by the year 15; it was humans who destroyed humans.

In that world, the Apostles, or rather SEELE, were the biggest villains.

Causing the 12th Apostle to use Lilith as a sacrifice, triggering the Third Impact and dismantling the world.

It was Ryoji Kaji who, in extreme emotion, erupted with a powerful AT Field, sacrificing himself to pierce Lilith and the 12th Apostle with two divine spears, saving the world.

There were also other world lines where Asuka, alone with a spear, took on multiple Apostles and an army of mass-produced units, saving the world single-handedly.

And in most world lines where Demon God Beasts did not arrive, Shinji Ikari was the decisive node, whether for salvation or destruction.

The power of his wish to protect and save reached an incredible level, causing the Unit-01 he piloted, which was Lilith's half-body, to completely awaken.

Tearing apart the Angel of Might, crushing the Apostle's core, then deifying in one step, entering the second awakening state, with a halo above his head and wings hanging from the sky, triggering the Third Impact and destroying the world line, which also deeply shocked everyone.

(In the original work, it was Kaworu Nagisa who piloted Unit-06, holding the Spear of Cassius to seal it.)

Even the extras in these world lines.

Such as Shigeru Aoba, who was directly under the former NERV Deputy Commander, Maya Ibuki, who was a subordinate of Ritsuko Akagi, and Makoto Hyuga, who was a member of the first section of the combat command center under Misato Katsuragi.

In some world lines, they also bloomed with a brilliance that was not inferior to anyone.

For example, that long-haired wanderer Shigeru Aoba, in a certain world line, discovered the conspiracy of Gendo Ikari and SEELE.

After his ideals were shattered, he turned dark and killed his way to being a super god, all the way from backstabbing Fuyutsuki to assassinating Gendo Ikari, obtaining NERV's command, negotiating with various countries while holding the three major Evas, and in the end, even though he died at the hands of the Fifth Child Kaworu Nagisa, he almost wiped out all of SEELE.

Creating the greatest battle result so far, even far surpassing Gendo Ikari, who played with conspiracies.

Of course, this was also because the goals were different.

Others, the most gentle and kind, who were only second to the main character group in popularity in the original work, Maya Ibuki and the bespectacled Makoto Hyuga, were the same.

Under different experiences, their highlight moments could even overshadow Shinji Ikari and others who were clearly favored by the world.

It was originally like that.

In their early twenties, they could obtain seats in the command tower of the world-class organization NERV; they were geniuses among geniuses.

What they lacked was never ability, but opportunity.

Now, after countless world lines, everyone's possibilities were almost completely displayed.

Finally, everyone's vision suddenly lifted.

Countless locations, countless images, and countless scenes gradually separated before their eyes, forming dense and countless different directions.

Tributaries separated from tributaries, constantly spreading downward.

The shimmering, vast long river had already formed a prosperous divine tree that could not be seen to the end; the lush silver canopy almost formed an ocean.

A tall, handsome god of origin, dragging this vast and glorious silver divine tree with one hand, with the other hand behind his back, looked over with a calm smile:

"How is it? Who will go first?"

The calm voice was like an invisible fluctuation, waking everyone from the ancient and vast dream.

"Kill..."

A bald, muscular man clenched his fists, just about to roar with infinite anger and self-burning madness, when he stopped abruptly.

Looking back blankly, he found that everyone was about the same.

Various feelings of guilt, regret, anger, hysteria, and the determination for self-sacrifice were still frozen on their faces.

Although they were only dragged into a high-dimensional vision and passively absorbed information, equivalent to watching a movie, the immersive experience and the fact that it was their own respective worlds and futures still gave them a great impact.

Only Iori Kitahara was blank-faced.

No, what about him?

Why was there no highlight world line for him? No, there was no existence of him at all, right?

The viewers in the live broadcast room also gradually came to their senses; seeing his identity, they knew what he was thinking.

"No, streamer, is it possible, I'm saying it's possible... you aren't from this world at all; it would be a ghost if you were in it!"

"Hahaha, hilarious, the streamer really has no self-awareness; you're an otherworldly person, what are you dreaming about."

"So... Brother Luo Shu is really just simulating, not really cutting the world?"

"......."

Many people looked at the young man in the gold-threaded and silver-lined robe, with a lazy smile, yet dragging a glorious divine tree, and complained crazily in their hearts.

Simulating?

I believe you.

Brother Luo Shu, you definitely cut the different world lines directly.

But being able to do such a thing, are you sure Brother Luo Shu didn't become a Magician?

"Human possibilities are infinite."

Dragging the Tree of Radiance, the young man sighed: "Even if it's only theoretically infinite, it's definitely not something that a mere forty million can encompass; it seems the magecraft I developed still has many places that need improvement."

The young man's tone carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

It seemed he was somewhat disgusted with the magecraft he had opened up.

Everyone present, and even the billions of people in the live broadcast room, were stunned.

Staring blankly at the gorgeous and magnificent tree that disappeared into the unknown, recalling the real experiences before.

Magecraft?

This is magecraft? How can this be magecraft?

Isn't it some divine power?

Like your creation authority, Lord God?

And what do you mean by what you opened up? Also, don't tell me this is something you just thought of and opened up?

It seemed he saw everyone's doubts.

The young man shook his head and chuckled: "It seems you still don't understand the essence of magecraft."

"The essence of magecraft?"

Asuka reached out her delicate, slender palm, sensing the magic power in her body.

Isn't this the power that is read as magecraft and written as magic?

"Magecraft is the power of belief."

The young man reached out a finger and drew an "on" pattern in the void: "Just like the existence of a startup phrase, it is to give us a hint, to let us believe, to believe that this can achieve miracles and realize magic that rewrites reality."

Live broadcast room.

Billions of people pricked up their ears, held their breath, and were so excited they were trembling.

This is Brother Luo Shu personally explaining magecraft; this is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

On the scene.

"In the ancient Age of Gods, gods ruled the earth, spirits played in the forests, and the 'Dragon,' which ranked at the pinnacle of Phantasmal Species, was just one of many in nature.

Even humans at the bottom of the Age of Gods were born with powerful origins; with a single thought, they could overwrite reality and cause distortion."

The young man said calmly: "So in the beginning, in that most ancient era, the existence of magecraft was to let humans bundle that power that was so powerful it overflowed, so as not to affect their lives."

Magecraft was originally used to bundle human power?

Many people's pupils shrank.

Feeling their scalps explode.

Damn, were people in the Age of Gods that hanging?

In the primitive, wild era, was power so strong that it needed to find a system to constrain it?

Not to mention the people present, even the people of Earth felt it exceeded their understanding.

Now that they had come into contact with so many worlds, in which world was humanity not at the bottom of many species initially? Did they need to learn and evolve to stand at the peak?

As a result, were people in the Age of Gods born in Rome?