yasinovel Chapter 4286 Principles and Transactions
Chapter 4286 Principles and Transactions
Chapter 4286 Principles and Transactions
Since we can't plunder, let's find a way to exchange.
What can be used in exchange?
Sebastian fell into deep thought.
This "fundamental" technology is definitely the core essence of the other party, and exchanging it would certainly require paying a huge price.
If He were still in the outside world and had enough resources, He might be able to pay this price. But now He is in the rift of the unknown world and has nothing... However, if He were really in the outside world, He would not consider exchanging, but would simply plunder.
How can one obtain Angel's fundamental principle when both hands are empty?
Sebastian's first thought was to use "knowledge" as a bargaining chip.
However, there are some problems here: although He possesses most of the knowledge reserves of the original body, much of the profound knowledge is dynamic and changing, without a fixed answer, and involves massive formula calculations. Therefore, accessing this kind of knowledge requires massive computing power, which is precisely what He lacks most right now.
In other words, much knowledge simply exists in our minds but cannot be used.
He didn't believe that ordinary knowledge could be exchanged for "fundamental principles," so He got stuck at this step.
How about having Angell provide the computing power?
Sebastian looked Angel up and down, then silently shook his head.
Under His perception, there were some unfathomable secrets about Angor—most likely related to the Root Principle—but aside from these secrets, Angor's strength was obvious.
He had no energy aura or the aura of a wizard, in other words, his body was probably only at the apprentice level.
How can such a body provide computing power?
Difficult.
Sebastian sighed inwardly: Why is His luck so bad? He encountered the right knowledge, but it just so happened to be at the wrong time.
Just as Sebastian hesitated, suddenly, His gaze fell upon the ground.
Then his eyes lit up and he thought of a way.
"Let's not rush things about the root cause." Sebastian used the rope intertwined with the shadows of books behind him to float back into the air and look down at Angel.
"I suddenly thought of something. You came to see me... Fu fu fu, it can't be just to chat with me, right?"
Although Sebastian was asking a question, He did not give Angor a chance to speak, but instead muttered to himself, "Not long ago, I observed that the rift in the outside world suddenly closed, which made me very angry."
"You want to use the knowledge in the library to confine me, but you've closed the window to me instead. What kind of nonsense is that?"
Angell: "...I didn't do this."
Sebastian nodded noncommittally and said, "Of course I know that you are not capable of doing this. It must have been done by someone who fears me yet craves my existence. It hasn't shown itself yet, but that doesn't matter. I will wait for the moment it does."
"As for you, you're here to alter the seal, am I right?"
Angel was a little confused at this point, feeling that Sebastian seemed to know something, but it also seemed that what he knew was not right.
For example, if Sebastian knew he was sealed away and that the window for observing the outside world was closed, why did he not react at all?
Is it that it lacks the ability to react?
Not right either.
If they truly lacked the ability, the divine powers wouldn't have been in such a hurry to send them in.
So, what exactly is going on with Sebastian?
"No need to deny it, I knew you had changed the seal when the 'observation window' restarted."
Sebastian flicked a beam of light from his fingertip, which landed on the transparent glass floor. The next second, various images began to appear on the smooth, flawless floor.
It shows the scene inside the Echo Library; you can even see the contents of the books clearly when you zoom in.
“Before, I had to go through the rift to see the books in the library,” Sebastian said. “But then you destroyed the rift, so I can no longer see the books outside.”
"I originally thought that the mysterious mastermind who brought me here was about to reveal their true intentions."
"Soon afterward, new reflections appeared on the ground."
"Instead of using cracks, it has found a new way for me to see the books in the library."
"Isn't this you altering the seal?"
Angell was somewhat confused, but he still roughly understood that what they were doing was setting up a new sealing array in the outside world, which Sebastian saw as simply altering the old sealing method.
Judging from the final result, it does indeed resemble the "alteration" sealing method more closely.
Previously, Sebastian observed the outside world through "slits," but now they project images directly onto the floor.
The essence remains unchanged: they are still using the books in the Echo Library to hold off Sebastian.
The only difference is the way it's handled.
As for why it changed, Angel could roughly guess. The existence of the "rift" in the past was like opening a channel for communication with the outside world in a closed prison.
Even though the pipe itself is small, Sebastian can use it to contact the outside world, and he even has a great chance to escape through the crack and achieve a prison break.
Now, the pipes have been removed, turning the prison into a truly enclosed space. But to prevent Sebastian from having any wild ideas and devising new escape methods, a "projector" has been installed to project books from the outside library.
This is the essence of the new sealing array that Angel and others set up in the outside world.
"Does Your Majesty know that you have been sealed?" Angor hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to ask the question.
Knowing they were sealed away, why didn't they leave?
There doesn't even seem to be any sign of resistance?
Sebastian: "Fu, of course I know. This sealing method was passed down from the original body."
Angell: "???"
Sebastian stared intently at Angel: "As a scholar, this isn't hard to understand, is it? We need more and newer knowledge, but how troublesome it would be if we searched for new knowledge one by one. It's better to have it delivered to us voluntarily. This is the so-called truth of the seal."
Angell: "..."
Sebastian's words even allowed him to imagine many scenarios—
When the demon god descended, everyone was terrified, fearing that their core knowledge would be plundered.
At this point, someone suggested that knowledge could be used to seal away the demon.
So it really was sealed away. All you had to do was keep "throwing" new knowledge at the demon god, and the demon god would stay still, focusing all its attention on the knowledge and not bothering to harm or plunder it.
In their view, they had won.
By sealing away the demon god with knowledge, they avoided persecution and prevented their core knowledge from being plundered.
From the Demon God's perspective, He had also won. He didn't need to do anything; He could simply find a quiet place (the Sealed Land) and have someone constantly feed Him "knowledge" to satisfy His thirst for knowledge.
It looks like a two-way race, but in reality, the demon god is in no way inferior.
He came for new knowledge, whether it's your core knowledge or not, it makes no difference to Him. As long as it's "new knowledge," that's fine.
The longer it is "sealed," the more knowledge it gains.
He could easily satisfy his desires, so he naturally didn't care about the so-called seal.
"The main body is exceptionally refined. It rarely uses its main body to plunder knowledge. Instead, it uses various divine thoughts to act as protons for the seal, thereby acquiring knowledge."
"When there's no more new knowledge to be fed from the outside, then we'll break the seal and leave."
"Divine thoughts are easy for the physical body to retract..." Sebastian seemed somewhat disgusted when he said the last sentence, but he still said it helplessly.
Through this method, the ruthless scholar accumulated a great deal of knowledge.
Others, knowing that the "sealing" was effective, also began to learn it, and thus the "method of sealing" spread far and wide.
Sebastian: "But in reality, this is a deliberate scheme that the original entity itself has spread."
Angell was also somewhat shocked when he heard this.
Although he had already had some doubts when he learned from the book fairy that "knowledge can seal demons", he was still stunned when he learned the truth.
This is a calculated strategy that everyone else understands and can see through, yet must still accept.
Because nobody can afford to gamble.
Once the demon is freed, it may not just be about plundering knowledge anymore.
"So, His Majesty Sebastian doesn't care about being sealed away because he can gain new knowledge here?"
Sebastian nodded: "That's right."
It wasn't just the knowledge in the Library of Echoes, but also the research on his own body—these were the reasons He was willing to stay.
"So, Your Majesty, you can escape whenever you want?" Angel's eyes flashed as he looked at Sebastian.
“Of course!” Sebastian replied without hesitation.
Sebastian spoke with certainty, but Angell confirmed through extrasensory perception that Sebastian was hesitant.
In other words, He Himself didn't actually know whether He could escape at will.
But thinking about it, it makes sense.
In the past, when divine thoughts were sealed, they could easily break free because they were in the outside world. Whether relying on their own inner strength or seeking help from their physical body, they could always find a way.
However, Sebastian is currently in the Dream Crystal Plains, and his body has even been reshaped. Without external resources and without the ability to seek help from his original body, it would definitely be more difficult for him to escape than it would be outside.
of course.
Angell was not entirely optimistic either.
Although Sebastian's body was reshaped, He still possessed some powerful abilities, such as incomplete authority and divine grace.
These are also things that the powers of the Fairy Realm covet. Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken such a huge risk to leave Sebastian in the Dream Crystal Plains.
With these fragmented powers and divine essence, Sebastian might be able to break the seal.
Even without breaking open, it's possible to send a signal outwards so that the Cruel Scholar himself can sense it.
Therefore, we cannot feel that everything is fine just because He is currently in a seal.
As the book fairy suggested, we should further immerse Him in specialized knowledge.
"However, I can also choose not to break the seal."
Sebastian paused for a moment, looking at Angel: "But on the condition that you make a deal with me."
Angell: "...What deal?"
Angel had probably already guessed what Sebastian was thinking, but he still followed up by asking.
Sebastian said slowly, "Genri. As long as you tell me Genri, I will not break the seal."
Upon hearing Sebastian's words, Angel's expression instantly turned ugly. He seemed angry at Sebastian's threat but powerless to stop him.
But all of this is just an appearance.
Angell was secretly delighted. He hadn't mentioned giving Sebastian "specialized knowledge" at all, thinking that mentioning it might make Sebastian wary. The best approach was to guide him step by step, letting Sebastian bring it up himself.
Angel had even figured out how to guide the conversation, but before he could even begin to play hard to get, Sebastian delivered himself to him.
This excited him greatly.
However, on the surface, he still had to show his unwillingness and the feeling of being a "forced good scholar".
“I really don’t know anything about fundamental principles,” Angell tried to retort.
Sebastian, however, was completely unconvinced: "I told you, I don't believe you don't study your own talents."
Angel closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time before saying, "I have indeed studied some things, but I only disassembled my own abilities. In the end, there was no skeleton left, only a wisp of remnant. But I still don't understand."
“It’s normal that you don’t understand,” Sebastian said confidently. “You can’t possibly study the entire ocean with just a drop of water.”
"So why don't you let me do the research? Maybe I can eventually figure out how streams converge into the ocean, and I wouldn't mind sharing the results with you then."
Sebastian showed great generosity in order to obtain the Root of the Origin from Angell.
Angel still didn't open his eyes, seemingly still immersed in his own world, feeling helpless and miserable.
The more Angell struggled with this, the more excited Sebastian became.
Low-level transactions involve the exchange of goods for money; mid-level transactions involve gaining more benefits; and the highest-level transactions involve creating cards out of thin air to conduct the transaction!
He was previously thinking about how to exchange the root principle with Angor, but now look how clever He is, directly creating a card out of thin air to exchange with Angor.
He never intended to leave the rift.
Moreover, with His current abilities, it is indeed very difficult for Him to break through the seal.
Therefore, the cards He held were worthless, yet He could use these worthless cards to manipulate Angel.
This is a high-level trade!
Angel closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, seemingly finally understanding, and said softly, "What you just said, that as long as I agree to the deal, you won't break the seal, is that true?"
Sebastian replied without hesitation, "Of course it's true. I can't decide for others, but I can at least promise you that I won't forcibly break the seal here."
"But if the original entity comes looking for me in the future, then there's nothing I can do."
Angel took a deep breath: "Alright then."
“I can demonstrate to you the foundation… the root principles that I’ve extracted from my abilities over the years, but I can’t tell you the underlying principles.” Angell: “Because I don’t know the principles myself; I only know that it is the foundation of my abilities.”
The principle cannot be explained?
Sebastian pondered for a moment and thought it was a good idea.
It's perfectly normal that Angor doesn't understand the principles behind this cosmic gift; even the fundamental principles are beyond the comprehension of a mere wizard like him.
Such profound knowledge should be left to Him to study!
Sebastian was filled with longing, but he overlooked the fact that his computing power was worrisome, not much different from that of Angel.