World Occult Usage Guide

Chapter 289 Those Unknown Ballads

Mezo's arrival interrupted Lin An's thoughts.

He stopped modifying the system, and the cold green disappeared, replaced by the clean, clear sky of the rainforest and the twinkling stars that dotted the night.

The loud sound of the Kuba River drowned out Mezo's pounding heartbeat. These sounds of nature had once made Lin An panic, feel lost, and inexplicably feel a chill down his spine, as if the planet was issuing a serious rebuke to him.

However, Lin An has now become accustomed to it.

Because nature has no ill intentions, whatever it thinks or does, this planet continues to play its vibrant song of life eternally.

Mezo remained silent, his breathing even and even. The scent of cola nuts, almost like coffee, emanated from him, stirring Lin An's thoughts.

He recalled his childhood memories of stargazing with his father on the balcony. Lin Hainan sat in a rattan chair, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan.

They gazed at the stars overhead, Lin Hainan said, "just like humans have been doing for thousands of years."

The universe contains countless eternal mysteries that cannot be solved, as well as infinite worlds beyond their imagination. Surreal fragments are projecting their tiny points of light down, as if they exist solely to showcase the beauty of this moment.

A few months ago, Doris also pointed to the newly built star pavilion at the University of Ann Arbor and told Lin An that the beautiful things in the night sky have been formed billions of times.

A strange sense of romance welled up in Lin An's heart. He didn't know how long he had been gazing at the starry sky in a daze when Mei Zuo spoke in a voice as soft as cotton candy.

How long has it been since you last dreamed?

“Dream?” Lin An paused, then said truthfully, “'Dream' is not a pleasant word for me.”

While in Dietrich, Lin An frequently dreamed of Anhus's summoning ritual, and later, through Adria's ritual, he reviewed the alien's life.

At that time, he seemed to possess collective intelligence, his thinking was exceptionally clear and precise, and his wisdom was significantly enhanced, as if he had become a life form with more than three dimensions.

Unfortunately, when Lin An separated from the ritual, his intelligence dropped back to normal, and all that remained of those remarkable experiences were incredibly chaotic memories.

Just like when the brain is extremely tired, if you try to capture the flashes of inspiration when your mind is clear, all you can end up with are blurry fragments.

This only made him more frustrated and his head throbbed, so Lin An didn't have a good impression of "dreams".

“I had another interesting dream yesterday,” Mezzo said. “In the darkness, I saw two shadows passing through the despairing and heavy twilight. Their hands were clasped together, and light poured out of the sun like a hundred golden jars.”

Lin An was taken aback. Not long after meeting Mei Zuo for the first time, she also mentioned that she had had such a dream.

"Mezzo, do you often find yourself trapped in the same dreams?"

“It seems so,” Mezzo replied ambiguously.

"Do you remember what this dream was about?" Lin An asked hurriedly. After the orbits of "Komoss" overlapped, he dared not ignore the seemingly insignificant anomalies around him.

"Hmm, let me think..."

Mezo rolled over, changing from lying on his back to leaning against Lin An. His large, dark eyes were pure and innocent, and Lin An saw countless tiny reflections of himself in them.

With the gentle tone of someone telling a bedtime story to a child, she narrated a dream that was both real and surreal.

The story takes place in a place where the weather is spring-like all year round, with abundant rainfall and no extreme weather. Towering trees are lush and green, and animals roam freely, creating a thriving community.

All animals share a common master. They are hermaphroditic, with a vertical eye between their eyebrows, and communicate with each other through telepathy.

Until one day, while these creatures were working, they suddenly heard an ethereal song.

That song was exceptionally beautiful and enchanting, ten, a hundred, a thousand times more beautiful than any sound they had ever captured in their lives.

Naturally, these creatures went towards the place where the song came from.

What came into view was a white creature with a face similar to others, yet perfect in every way.

Sensing the curious gazes of the people, He explained His purpose with a beautiful song:
I am God, and I can give you many gifts, such as my singing voice, and teach you to experience the most wonderful and joyful things in the world; in exchange, you need to assist me in my mission.

Attracted by his singing and appearance, people could not resist the temptation and agreed to his request.

The white god created two glowing caves on earth, one emitting green light and the other red light, and He instructed people to choose one to crawl into.

People were eager to hear the sound, and they all did as instructed.

So the one who came out of the green cave became a woman, and the one who came out of the red cave became a man, and they lost their androgynous characteristics.

The white deity praised the humans' new bodies repeatedly: "Your first step is perfect. From today onwards, I will teach you how to become gods."

People were unaware of what they had lost, and upon hearing Him say this, they simply felt happy.

Under His guidance, people communicated through the sounds of their mouths and tongues, while the previous method of spiritual communication was gradually abandoned until everyone lost this function, and the third eye degenerated into a small gland.

Having acquired a voice, people practice it frequently, and as they sing, they develop different feelings for each other.

The hermaphroditic companions entered different caves, and their bodies underwent unusual changes.

At that time, people were very shy after having a new body, embarrassed to face their desires, and knew very little about how to use some of the functions.

The white deity reappeared, teaching people how to use their new bodies and demonstrating how to hug and kiss.

After people did as instructed, they experienced unprecedented bliss and felt that they were one step closer to perfection.

Afterwards, the woman's abdomen swelled, and she gave birth to a new life.

People were overjoyed, thinking it was a miraculous feat, completely unaware that once they learned to reproduce, they would no longer have very long lifespans.

After bestowing the promised gifts upon the people, the white deity asked them to fulfill their promise.

He sent people into the caves He had created, to dig out stones, and to carry them out, day after day.

The labor has no end, and people soon begin to age, weaken, fall ill, and die, only then realizing the heavy price they have paid for their voices and desires.

Even more terrifying, when people emerged from the cave, intending to unite more of their kind and overthrow the rule of the white god, they were shocked to discover that their fellow humans were being baptized by the god one after another, and that the languages ​​He taught to people in different regions were not the same.

The degeneration of the third eye and language barriers often lead to misunderstandings during communication, causing people to quarrel and even fight, making it impossible for them to unite.

People were no match for God and had no choice but to keep digging holes according to His instructions until deep holes were dug all over the world.

The cave descends downwards, extending all the way to the Earth's core.

The white deity was very pleased with their work. He then selected another group of people and bestowed blessings upon them, having them stand beside a pit and sing the songs that people had first heard.

The earth cracked, the sky darkened, floods poured down, and the entire planet trembled violently.

Tens of thousands of people died tragically, while the white deity watched the destruction with an expressionless face, unmoved.

Just then, a silver planet shimmering with fire appeared in the sky, and a man and a woman emerged from it, claiming to be from Orion and Andromeda.

The woman, who looked like an elf and had a long snake tail, dug out rocks from the planet to stop the raging floods; while the man wielded an axe to split mountains, which, as they collapsed, filled the deep black holes all over the earth.

Moreover, they carried out rescue efforts to the best of their ability, saving many lives.

The white deity did not stop them. The man and woman kept to themselves and did nothing with Him. After doing all that, they vanished into thin air.

Mezo said, "Before they left, they said that the people here were no longer their own kind, but considering that this planet was their mother planet before their ascension, they left behind the hollowed-out planet to protect the remaining humans in their place."

After telling her whimsical story, she smiled and pointed to the brightest satellite in the night sky. "It's said that this spaceship is the moon."

Lin An, who was standing to the side, felt as if he had been punched, his head buzzing, and another corner of the intricate truth of the ancient past was revealed.

Spaceships, silver planets, giant men and women... This is too much like the creation myth of Pangu and Nuwa patching up the sky.

Do the people of Nanzhou also know this legend?

They not only knew this, but also referred to the two as "ancestors".

This suggests that in their oral traditions, Pangu and Nuwa both played key roles in "creating the world and humankind."

To confirm it again and again, Lin An muttered to himself.

"Are these two people... Pan Gu and Iwa?"

"Ok?"

"Perhaps so."

The first voice came from Mezo, and the second was from the ghostly priest Zai who had haunted Lin An.

Take a deep breath, and the answer becomes clear.

The ramblings of his father when he was drunk surfaced in Lin An's mind, like the best affirmation.

Many years ago, two passengers traveled more than two million light-years, traversing the distant universe, to arrive at our Milky Way galaxy.

They left after saving humanity.

Before leaving the Milky Way, the two passengers left their spaceship behind, which Lin Hainan said is the origin of the moon.

Lin An initially thought his father was talking nonsense, wondering how there could possibly be aliens in the world. Little did he know that the alien was himself.

Based on the known background and context, a rough guess has taken shape.

Pangu and Iwo may have been inhabitants of the pre-existing civilization "Mu," or even earlier intelligent beings. They developed the technology to explore the universe and migrated to Andromeda or other star systems—some of them chose to remain on their home planet.

While the two were traveling through the universe, they suddenly felt homesick and flew back to Titan to check on the situation.

Time has passed, and the previous civilization has long been destroyed by natural disasters. The remnants of Mu have been genetically modified by Anhus and are no longer the same race as them.

Originally intending to select a few lucky individuals from among their compatriots to roam the universe, Pangu and Yiwo returned disappointed. Out of friendship, they intervened to resolve the great flood following the failure of the Anxius ritual, leaving behind a "moon".

Continue to protect humanity...

Could it be that they mean... the way to defeat Ansius is on the moon?

Lin An looked up, and the golden moonlight seemed like a dazzling eye, casting its gaze from the universe.

If I remember correctly, when Anhus gave the twelve candidates different "divine mediums," he also referred to them as fragments of the "moon."

How do more advanced life forms in the universe perceive stars, planets, and satellites?

Doris once uttered a riddle that left Lin An completely baffled.

"If we ever get close to another planet's orbit... the first one to be captured won't necessarily be that planet, but rather a smaller satellite orbiting it."

To this day, Lin An still doesn't know what it means.

Besides the identities of Pan Gu and Yi Wo, Lin An also sensed something unusual in Mei Zuo's dream.

Adria tells the story from Ansius's perspective, while Mezzo provides a more detailed account of the history from over five thousand years ago from a human perspective.

Lin An had always thought that Anhus had gotten lost in the universe and had accidentally landed on Titan, so he had been trying to find a way back to "Comers". But after hearing what Mezo said, it seemed that He had come prepared and deliberately targeted this planet to land.

Before the ceremony, He tricked humanity into digging several "tunnels to the center of the earth" for Him.

What is the purpose of this?
Lin An's head was throbbing, and his temples were throbbing. A soft hand reached out and rubbed it for him, and Mei Zuo's fluffy head snuggled into Lin An's arms.

“Mezzo…” He looked at the bewildered girl, his tone complex, “We can’t dream about people we’ve never met.”

"Really? Maybe I'm just exceptionally gifted. In the end, it's just a dream," Mezo said nonchalantly. "I have so many dreams that sometimes I can't tell if it's reality or just another dream."

As she spoke, a strange sense of familiarity washed over him, and Lin An couldn't help but hug her. The girl's delicate body exchanged warm fragrance with his.

Lin An is usually not sensitive to physical contact. He feels that other people's hugs, kisses and caresses are just a kind of social etiquette. But when he hugged Mezo, he felt a long-lost sense of security and satisfaction.

She, along with Misuru and Maye, are all unique.

Who exactly are these three siblings living in the spotted lion tribe?

Why do I dream of fragments from ancient times? Why am I born with "legendary" potential? Why do I always feel an innate closeness to him?

"Lin, you're here."

Misuru's voice came, and Lin An released Mezo, only to see him and Meyer standing not far away.

The moonlight shone on their faces; the young man was dashing and spirited, while the young woman stood graceful and elegant.

“Lord Ancestral Spirit, it might rain tonight,” Meyer warned. “The first rain of the rainy season is usually terrifying, accompanied by thunder and lightning, with heavy moisture pouring down from the sky.”

“Look at the stars for a while before the downpour starts,” Mezzo waved to them. “Lin and I are talking about our dreams.”

"What you're saying is all nonsense!"

Misuru scoffed, only to be met with a fierce glare from Maye. He scratched his head and had no choice but to lie down on the wet ground with the two sisters.

"I'm different from you, I have a dream!"

"Revive the Bantu?" Mayer said coldly. "I'm tired of hearing you say that since I was a child."

“With Lin’s help, we’re almost there,” Misuru said, pursing his lips. “But you two, I don’t see any goals in you.”

“I will inherit the position of Grand Elder, and unlike you, I will be dedicated to my people,” Maye said.

"As for me," Mezo smacked his lips, almost asleep again, "I'll just try my best to live each day to the fullest."

"Hmph, just loafing around and waiting to die," Misuru muttered under her breath.

Maye was wrong. It didn't rain all night, and the four of them slept soundly under the stars.

He woke up immediately when the sunlight fell on him.

The countless stars faded in the pale dawn, the mysterious moon was replaced by the blazing sun, and bright stars were surrounded by jagged white halos.

After observing quietly for a while, Lin An turned around and woke up Misuru.

"It's time to march on Mbanbuka."

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