my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 56 Facing the Truth
The development of the war was beyond Wang Shui's expectation. The situation began to gradually gain the upper hand, and it was actually the Ishval people!
The comprehensive reasons are not complicated.

First of all, the Ishval region is in the hot wind season, with extremely hot weather, frequent strong winds, and frequent sandstorms.

The Ishval people are very familiar with this kind of weather, but Amestorius does not have a professional battlefield meteorological observation force. They cannot determine the specific conditions of weather, terrain, and hydrology, and there are many problems with the tactics they develop.

Secondly, the Ishval people are fighting at home, and they are more familiar with this desert and stone mountain. Whether they are "sneak attacks" on the Eastern Army, or using terrain and oasis guerrillas, they can show extremely high flexibility.

However, after the Eastern Army, which was not familiar with the location of the oasis, went deep into the battle, it was even difficult to obtain nearby water sources, and the supply line was heavily burdened.

In the end, the Ishvar people became brave, aggressive and resolute in their struggle against the harsh natural environment. Their tribal religion has a tradition of warrior monks, and their young people have basically received some combat training.

The right time, the right place and the right people can be summed up very simply.

Each of the large tribal oases in Ishval is a southeastern transportation artery, and commerce is relatively prosperous. During the years of turmoil, they have also accumulated a large amount of strategic materials, especially bullets, so as soon as the war started, they immediately took the initiative.

The recent war situation is written directly on the faces of every Ishvarian in this town. After studying every day, Il also takes time to read newspapers, listen to the radio, and pay attention to the war.On the other hand, his younger brother Ravit has not yet gone to the front line, but has already set off for training.

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"Mr. Azir, do you think we will win?"

One afternoon, when Shui Wang was writing and drawing in his notebook, the genius alchemist El suddenly asked.

"Win... what kind of win? Drive the other side out of the desert? Or control the entire Amestoris? Do you know the population and industrial gap between the two sides? Do you know that a military country that is already heavily militarized will have a huge impact if it is fully mobilized? How strong is it?"

Yier was a little nervous by Wang Shui's series of rhetorical questions, and Shui Wang dropped a new bomb.

"Do you know the concept of National Alchemist?"

El trembled. Of course he knew that, although he had only heard about it, the reputation of military lackeys was really bad and loud.

"It's impossible to win. The outcome of the war is purely to wait for the opponent to fight until he is satisfied, unless..." Wang Shui said, touching his chin and falling into deep thought.

"Unless what?" El was not particularly excited. To be honest, before asking about Wang Shui, he was already worried about Ishval's lack of stamina.

"Unless the benefits are great enough to be worth my while."

Wang Shui's tone was serious, while Yier was more confused.

He didn't know what nonsense this friend, who he had just met, was talking about, but he did face the size of Amestris, a big country, and was inevitably a little discouraged for a moment.

Wang Shui was thinking about the pros and cons. Although he had thought about not interfering with the development of the plot a long time ago, at this moment, he was almost sure that he would soon get a ticket to leave this world. The original direction of the plot did not seem to be that way. It's important.

Soldiers are impermanent, power is impermanent, water is impermanent, and Wang Shui will not stick to the plan he made at the beginning. After all, it was just the safest idea at the beginning. He never thought that he would grow so fast, nor would he think that he would be able to control so much. A huge business empire.

But it's just a matter of consideration. He won't act rashly until he gets enough Philosopher's Stones.

After casually saying to El, "I'm leaving for a few days," Wang Shui returned to his alchemy workshop in the desert. In two hollowed-out hills, structure workers were building various large machinery in an orderly manner. .

This is a secluded laboratory very close to the ground. Complex formation formations are engraved on the ground. The surroundings are empty except for a large number of monitoring nodes.

On the complex refining array were placed the materials needed for this refining. This was a person, a simple living person without any extra clothes.

That's right, Aqua Regia is about to undergo [Human Body Refining]. He wants to touch this taboo and see the so-called truth, and he has already prepared the ticket - the heaviest Philosopher's Stone.

Although human body refining is taboo, the country of Amestris is not strict about knowledge management in this area. Aqua Regia's human body refining array was even constructed based on its own knowledge.

To be on the safe side, Aqua Regia did not choose to directly rely on the Philosopher's Stone to refine it out of thin air, nor did he use a bunch of basic chemical raw materials to refine it like the protagonist brothers. In the end, readers ridiculed that there was an extra basin in the material.

Wang Shui chose to break down living people and then refine them. For the sake of rigor, he removed the redundant clothes and shackles, and used surgery to make the target incapacitated and remain in a vegetative state.

Yes, this naked guy is a serial murderer with a sociopath personality. He has more than a dozen lives on his hands, and it took Aqua Regia some time to transport them.

Wang Shui chose criminals not for any noble reasons, but simply because it was psychologically easier to convince himself to take action.

After confirming that all facilities are normal, a dozen special artificial souls "Hill Sisters" are also ready. They are responsible for providing emergency treatment. Of course, Sylvia is also in place.

"All artificial souls have stopped what they are doing as planned. There may be problems with the network for a while. Hill, you should not be affected by network fluctuations, so you are responsible for recording and restoring the network in time. The next room is an automatic medical device that is not within the network. Equipment and life-support equipment, it’s up to you here.”

Listening to Wang Shui's bold and careful adventure preparations, Sylvia just smiled, and then chose to help out of dignity. After all, if something happened to Wang Shui, something would happen to her.

"The test is completed and there are no problems."

Wang Shui nodded, holding the heaviest Philosopher's Stone tightly in his right hand, preparing to use its power to refine the human body. This time, he did not clasp his hands in a funny way, but concentrated on feeling the energy of the refining array. The process of filling, wrapping the material with spirit.

After the node was charged, Wang Shui used his mind to describe the target and immediately launched the human body refinement!

Red lightning filled the entire laboratory, but quickly dissipated. The light twisted in the middle of the formation, and a huge black and white one eye quickly opened. Pure black energy mist flew around and formed the shape of a palm.

Wang Shui just wanted to see this strange scene clearly. After being distracted for a moment, his vision suddenly lit up. When he concentrated, he appeared in a huge white space.

He slowly turned around and saw a super huge thick stone door, with a height of hundreds of meters and a width of more than 20 meters. There were many words and patterns on the stone door. The main body was a spiraling three-line torch. The words are densely packed, and they are all things Wang Shui has learned.

In addition, there are many contents, such as the refining formation that Wang Shui has mastered, the abstract symbols of a book, the continuous pattern recording the moon phases, etc. Wang Shui even saw the logo of the boss [Dream System].

This is the [Gate of Truth]...then what's next door? !
Not far to the left of the Gate of Truth is a huge moving metal ball.

No, it can't be said to be a ball. It is a hollow body composed of many concentric rings. Those rings are rotating irregularly around the center of the circle. At the center of the huge hollow ball is a light blue human figure with an outline and aqua regia. Very similar, with a light blue flame light effect emitting from the body.

what is this? !!

"Yeah, what is this?" A frivolous voice that could not distinguish between men, women, old and young sounded from behind Wang Shui.

Wang Shui turned around and saw what he wanted to see... Him.

It was a white human figure that was very similar to himself, highlighted by subtle black outlines in this white space. Wang Shui asked in a low voice:

"You are……"

"Yes, as you know," the white humanoid interrupted Wang Shui's words, "I am the existence you want to see. Sometimes I am called "the world", sometimes I am called "the universe", and sometimes I am called "God", yes, I am "truth", I am "whole", that is, "one", and I am "you". "

"So, you don't know what's going on, the omniscient and omnipotent God?" Wang Shui said, pointing to the big hollow ball with his thumb. "I don't think this is my problem. Outsider, I am you, and your memory is what I know. This ball is obviously brought by you from another world. The knowledge above is not complete, but You don’t know what it is, so I don’t know either, but I should know more than you.”

The words "God" were so shocking that Wang Shui's heart suddenly shrank and he asked: "Can you know and accept the existence of another world?!"

"Why not? Didn't you come to me alive? In your previous world, I was just a comic book. It's really interesting. Now, you have brought new knowledge, so when you exchange it for other knowledge There will be discounts, are you happy?"

Wang Shui was surprised by Shen's frivolity and talkativeness.

"You know that the existence of this world is just an illusion. Doesn't it matter to you?"

"Is there any problem? If a "one" who cares about the higher-dimensional world created me, will the "whole" in the higher dimension care about the creator of a higher dimension?

I won’t worry, and I won’t have the emotions you imagine. This is an absolutely rational space, an area where your rational thinking is embodied.But now you are not absolutely rational. You are now completely "one", a natural individual full of personality and emotions. "

Wang Shui fell into thinking.

"I don't suggest you think here, because after seeing your own [Gate of Truth], you will consume soul power every moment in this space. You touch the power of "God" (made from human body) and come here , not for thinking, right? "

Wang Shui nodded.

"Your mind and heart are strong enough to withstand a more "wisdom" me and more "truths." You should have understood that "one is the whole, and the whole is one." Then, open your Go to the front door and see how much of the "whole" you can see as the "one". "

When God said this, Wang Shui's heart moved slightly, and the [Door of Truth] behind him slowly opened. A huge, emotionless black and white eye stared at him, and countless black energy tentacles pulled him into the door. middle.

The next step is to make Wang Shui see the suffocating knowledge silhouette.

Various kinds of knowledge extend from the fragments of scenes in his daily life, including the properties of various substances, the flow of energy, "qi", human body knowledge, mechanical knowledge, alchemy and alchemy knowledge, and even, Knowledge of the Philosopher's Stone!

Aqua regia was like a sponge absorbing water. He concentrated on absorbing the knowledge, and then watched these pictures gradually move away from him.

Wang Shui subconsciously reached forward and grabbed it, but he suddenly grabbed it. Then a feeling of suffocation immediately enveloped him. Wang Shui felt that he was taking deep breaths.

By the time he was able to look at his hands, he had already left that space.

Familiar ground, familiar laboratory, he returned to reality, and the Philosopher's Stone held tightly in his right hand had long since been exhausted and disappeared.

After a moment's inspection, it turned out that the network was indeed closed, and Wang Shui reactivated the [Sylvia Network], allowing all the artificial souls to return to their structural bodies.

Next, Wang Shui conducted a comprehensive physical examination on himself, and during this time, Sylvia remained silent.

"Hello? Hill? The fluctuation of your soul shows that you are normal. Why don't you speak?"

"call--"

The sound of Sylvia's heavy exhalation came from the thinking channel.

"Hill?"

"Phew - being forced to shut down is really a painful experience, Shuizai, I just died for a few more seconds."

"How many seconds do I have to face the truth?"

"Yes, the surveillance showed that you were stunned for only a few seconds, but almost at the same time that eye opened, your body underwent strange changes, as if... you no longer exist in this world. And I was also cut off. I lost contact and returned to an unconscious state. To be honest, it’s not scary, but it is indeed a very uncomfortable experience.”

Sylvia's tone did not sound like she was without fear.

"I understand, there is one more question to study. Oh, I went to see the truth, but I brought back more questions."

Wang Shui complained about more and more problems helplessly, and he forced himself to patiently complete the physical examination.

"I just hope I won't have this kind of experience again." Sylvia was a little weak.

"I can't guarantee it, but I will solve the network problem before next time."

"Then I really thank you."

Seeing a glimpse of the truth, Wang Shui's two skills [Equivalent Alchemy] and [Dragon Vein Alchemy] jumped directly to the [Advanced Level] that he had never imagined, but he was not satisfied. He felt that he could gain more.

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Time passed quietly, and in the second month of the war, the situation suddenly changed between offensive and defensive aliens.

The opportunity was that the national alchemists of Amestris had ended, and according to the information obtained by Wang Shui, Roy Mustang also became the national alchemist, received the title of Flame Alchemist, and was on the battlefield. He left a great reputation.

Wang Shui had received dozens of recruitment requests from the military, and most of them were still urging him to use the Cloud Explosive Bomb. The war was progressing smoothly, but they were still very eager for this highly efficient weapon of mass destruction.

So what has Wang Shui been doing in the past two months?

Wang Shui left the country a long time ago. He went to a base outside the country. Through the knowledge he gained, he mastered the most basic Philosopher's Stone to form a formation. Then he used 20 cloudburst rockets from the military. In exchange for their research results on the Philosopher's Stone.

To be precise, it was Marco's research results. This meek guy also obtained the qualification of a national alchemist and became a [Crystal Alchemist].

Aqua Regia verified the knowledge of all parties and quickly completed the refining of the first batch, and subsequent production was much faster.

Until today, the wooden box in front of Wang Shui was finally filled with bright red crystals. He ran his fingers over these treasures that the alchemist dreamed of, feeling the soul sleeping inside.

"System, submit the task items."

After confirming the submission of the Philosopher's Stone in the box, the white light lit up, the box became empty, and Aqua Regia's main quest also made great progress:
[32739/32760]

There is still one person left of the Philosopher's Stone. It's not that Aqua Regia doesn't have enough stones. In fact, he still has a lot in stock.It's just that he doesn't want to leave so early now, he still has a lot of things to do.

Time is the most precious resource in the fantasy world.

　There were some omissions in the previous chapter. I made a mistake about the setting of folding hands. I corrected a few descriptions. If you didn’t read it carefully, you don’t need to read it. It’s probably that ordinary alchemists need to make a formation, but they don’t. Put your hands together, but those who have seen the truth and do not need to form a formation need to put their hands together to complete the energy closed loop. This time it should be right.

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