Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 31 Listening to the Rain Song, Riding the Waves

The new feature, True Name Discovery, is not a completely new ability, but more of an advancement of an existing class feature.

When listening to everything again, Lin Bo clearly found that the information he could perceive was deeper than usual.

Lin Bo could originally understand the things that were confided to the wizard and the words that came out of their mouths. Now, he not only understood them, but could also detect the core hidden beneath the meaning of the words, a subtle overtone.

Every word has meaning, even if it contains no meaning. The subject who speaks it must have a purpose in speaking it.

A liar will lie, but the act of lying itself is to cover up the truth, and the lie represents the liar's true anxiety. A madman will speak nonsense, but the nonsense he speaks is to express the spiritual conflict in his heart, and the nonsense represents the madman's true cry for help.

The "True Name Seeking" trait allows the mage to gain insight beyond the power of language.

Now Lin Bo can vaguely glimpse the essence of the things that tell the voice of all things, that is, their true names. Every word flows from the singing of their true names.

In the eyes of Master Zhenming, the essence of all existence in the world is Zhenming, including the universe itself, which is an original Zhenming.

When the original true name is recited, each of its words becomes a thing, each of its sentences becomes the trajectory of things, and the history of the universe becomes a magnificent masterpiece.

It sounds quite mysterious, and other creatures in the multiverse have different opinions on this.

For example, the mind flayers and many psychic practitioners believe that the world is a false shell wrapped around the mind, and that death, time and space, and fate can all be distorted and tampered with by their spiritual energy.

But no matter what life thinks of the universe, True Name Mages exist in the world, possessing the power to command all things, Psychics also exist in the world, controlling the miracles of changing matter, and the same is true for others. Everyone has their own path.

The multiverse has always been like this, embracing all possibilities and therefore being splendid and prosperous.

The insight given to Lin Bo by "True Name Detection" is not strong. It only opens a door for the mage, allowing him to glimpse the true name of the entity behind the voice of all things.

But any trace of my real name was like a wild goose treading on snow, nowhere to be found. Concentrating all my attention, listening attentively to the murmur of the waves, I finally got a clue, but trying to grasp it was like trying to catch the moon in a well, elusive.

Lin Bo sat in meditation for half an hour, took a deep breath, and stood up.

Apart from the numbness in my legs from sitting cross-legged, I gained nothing.

He decided to slow down first. Sometimes, when efforts yield no results, it might be because he took the wrong path and wasted his energy.

“Only words give rise to silence, and only silence gives rise to language.”

The night watchman slowly pondered the suffix of his occupational characteristics, just like holding two stones in his hands and knocking them again and again, trying to catch the spark that lit up at that moment.

Low-lying clouds were gathering and gulls were circling near the water, shouting that it was going to rain. The flocks of birds were calling one after another, and then they all landed on the rocks, whispering cleverly.

The weather on the island is so changeable. Even if it rains, it may only last for a few minutes. The cumulonimbus clouds are like wet towels. When the water is wrung out, it wets the land and creatures on the island, and then floats away slowly.

Suddenly, raindrops as big as beans fell on the waves, making ten million crisp sounds.

The noise of the rain was like a surprise attack, interrupting the chatter of the waves in the mage's ears.

They laugh and play happily, and every rainfall is a dance party that no one knows about.

The roaring music of rain interrupted Lin Bo's thoughts. He was drenched on the reef, while the cunning seagulls had already hidden in the cave to avoid the rain. From a distance, they watched the wizard and made undisguised laughs.

Lin Bo stood firmly on the reef, anxiously following the sound of the suppressed waves, listening to their low murmurs amidst the roaring blissful rain.

Because of the sound of rain, the language of the waves is fragmented and falls into passive silence, just like the bass that immediately turns into a stray dog ​​on the roadside and no one cares about it when other instruments start playing.

Lin Bo continued to follow the sound of the waves, and gradually, he caught messages beyond language from its suppressed language.

When the bass music is covered, it does not disappear, but still drives the rhythm of the entire piece of music.

When language is forced into silence, the unspoken words are finally revealed, like the plump figure of Zhu Ziqing's father climbing onto the platform. The true name of the wave is also plump, giving Lin Bo an ambiguous shadow.

A dim and plain rune vaguely appeared in the mage's sight, with a font structure similar to the rune of his real name in his mind.

This rune is the true name of the waves.

But Lin Bo saw the real name but couldn't remember it.

"What should we do? Now that 'only words give rise to silence,' how can we 'only silence give rise to language?'"

Lin Bo remained calm while his mind raced. "The key is the subject. In the first half of the sentence, 'Only words can create silence,' the subject is the one being listened to. In the second half, the subject should be the listener. Only through my silence can language be formed!"

Regardless of whether the answer was correct or not, he immediately followed his own judgment and sat cross-legged in meditation again in the rain.

Black Snake Meditation Lv1 (49/50): Fall into a deep sleep and quickly boost your spirits.

After practicing five times a day on average for seven days, the Black Snake Meditation Technique was on the verge of advancement.

Before falling into a deep sleep, Lin Bo's last thought was that he hoped the rain would not stop too soon.

"Ah, why does it keep raining?"

Behind the window of the White Snail Tavern, the waitress was holding her face in a daze.

"Want to watch the fun again? I heard that you were the night watchman's assistant yesterday. Look at how pretentious you are." The boss was counting the bill behind the counter and spoke in a nonchalant tone.

"This is the warm-heartedness that has been passed down from generation to generation in our family!"

"Since it's raining, there probably won't be many people going to the lighthouse. You might as well stay here. If you go out, you'll definitely get soaked like a stupid swan."

"Ah~"

The rain was getting colder and colder, and the mage on the reef was like a damp piece of wood carving, his warm skin was icy cold.

[Skill judgment successful...]

【Health status coefficient × 1.2 (good)】

Between waking and waking, Lin Bo heard the notification from the network, which was still so clear and pleasant.

He responded automatically: "Upgrade."

Black Snake Meditation Lv2 (0.2/100): Actively enters a state of suspended animation, efficiently recovers spirit, and can wake up at any time when conscious.

Lin Bo kept staring at the real name of the waves that was looming in his vision. As he fell into meditation, the real name rune became brighter and brighter, and its faint pronunciation rang in his ears.

He felt that he would soon be able to grasp this hidden true name.

But it was always a little short. The more he pursued it, the more distracting thoughts he had in his mind, and the dimmer and silenter the true name rune became.

After upgrading the Black Snake Meditation Technique to Lv2, he immediately chose to go all out, falling into a state of suspended animation, forcing himself to be completely quiet.

The heartbeat stopped in an instant, and the face, which originally still had some color, quickly turned pale in the rain.

Lin Bo could not feel the existence of his body, and his thoughts were intermittent, like a baby snake curled up in its eggshell, with only the simplest conscious activities, and completely forgot to chase the true name rune.

But the sounds from the outside world were still pouring into his ears. Originally, his mind was like a noisy spring, into which raindrops from outside would disappear. But now, it had turned into a dry well, with raindrops hitting the well wall and making a crisp buzzing sound.

The rune of his true name, which had always seemed so elusive, finally appeared completely in his mind, shining brightly, and his pronunciation echoed in his ears.

After a while.

"Hu——Hu——!" Lin Bo suddenly opened his eyes, expanded his chest, and took a quick, deep breath to get his stagnant blood flowing again.

Lin Bo has already mastered the two necessary conditions for discovering the true name, and he will have a clue to follow when he explores the true name of other things in the future.

The night watchman stood up and looked at the gloomy sky. The sun ignited the outline of leaden rain clouds in the western sky, and night was coming.

"(Mantra) Waves."

Amid the startled cries of the seagulls in the cave, the waves in front of Lin Bo leaped high, swallowing up the reefs and his legs.

The surging force lifted him high up, and then the waves carried the wizard like a galloping horse, slowly surging towards the western cape.

The speed was not fast, much slower than flying by himself, but Lin Bo stepped on the waves, felt the breeze on his face, let the rain hit his cheeks, and still smiled happily.

(End of this chapter)