After hearing Wayne's question, Inesa thought for a moment,
Then she pointed to a backpack on the suitcase:
"Open the backpack, there is a notebook inside, turn to the last page."
Wayne did as he was told, and then he saw a familiar pattern.
——At first glance, it looked like an octagonal "Bagua diagram" without the two Tai Chi fish in the middle.
But after a closer look, the eight positions were not painted with the hexagrams of the Bagua, but different mysterious symbols.
Seeing Wayne open the notebook, Inesa continued:
"According to the general opinion of the extraordinary people, there are roughly eight domains that can be confirmed at present. The top one is the 'holy' domain belonging to the 'holy spirit', which corresponds to the 'dark' domain at the bottom representing evil.
"The leftmost one is 'order', which corresponds to the 'abyss' representing chaos on the rightmost."
Good, evil, order, chaos...
Nine-square grid of camps?
Wayne looked at the "Eight Diagrams" slightly at an angle.
No, it still looks like an octagon this way.
Inesa continued to explain:
"Between 'holy' and 'order', in the upper left corner, is 'life'; and between 'holy' and 'abyss', in the upper right corner, is 'nature'.
"Corresponding to 'life', in the lower right corner is 'death'. Corresponding to 'nature', in the lower left corner is 'wisdom' or 'knowledge'."
Wayne nodded slowly, expressionless.
So many at once, my body can't hold them all...
Inesa seemed to understand Wayne's expression:
"It doesn't matter if you can't figure it out for now. Anyway, you just need to remember one thing first - the extraordinary people in each field can only safely absorb or devour the spiritual energy of the three fields opposite it.
"Otherwise, it is easy to fall into madness or collapse directly.
"Extraordinary people with opposite fields are natural enemies. Those who are not within the scope of hunting each other can coexist peacefully in theory.
"So in short, we are not natural enemies, but we have the opportunity to become friends."
Wayne is very curious about a question:
"Why do other positions have only one name, but the position corresponding to "nature", you just said it is "wisdom" or "knowledge"? Why is it the only one with two meanings?"
Inesa shook her head, "I don't know either. Maybe it's because the gods representing "wisdom" and "knowledge" exist at the same time. In fact, it is very common for a field to have multiple gods or multiple religious sects at the same time. "
Wayne looked down at his notebook, then looked up again:
"Holy versus Dark, Order versus Chaos, this is easy to understand. Knowledge transforms nature, so it is normal for them to be hostile to each other.
"But according to what you just said, 'one to three', why is 'holy' also an enemy of knowledge and wisdom?"
Inissa rolled her eyes beautifully, "Just think about those crazy witch-hunting fanatics in the Old World back then, do they seem to have 'knowledge' or 'wisdom'?"
What she said made sense, and I couldn't refute it.
Being too feudal and superstitious will indeed reduce your IQ.
By analogy, each field has three natural enemies, and they can coexist with the remaining four.
Wayne looked at the picture for a while, and it made sense if he understood it only from a conceptual point of view.
For example, "nature" can coexist peacefully with the contradictory concepts of "life" and "death" at the same time, because nature contains all kinds of life and death.
Another example is "darkness" representing evil, which can coexist with "order" or "abyss" representing chaos. After all, bad people can appear in places with good or chaotic public security.
It seems to make sense.
No.
Wayne reacted, "Why are what you said now different from what you said during the day?"
Inissa said confidently: "Of course it's different. That set is the official version recognized by the Holy Spirit Church, and this set is a heretical version that only extraordinary people communicate with each other. Who would say heretical remarks to everyone? What if they are reported?"
Okay.
Wayne thought about it again:
"But aren't you an exorcist of the Exorcist Association? You should be on the same side as the Holy Spirit Church. Why do you want to cooperate with me privately?"
Inissa was silent for a while, then lifted her sleeves.
——On her white and tender arms, mysterious patterns were painted all over, and the lines on them were faintly shining with golden light.
"Whether it is the Holy See of the Old World or the Holy Spirit Church of the New World, in the doctrines of those Holy Spirit believers, they all believe that only the 'Holy Spirit' is the only true God, and only extraordinary people in the 'Holy Spirit' field are allowed to exist.
"All other 'spirits' are 'evil spirits' in their eyes; extraordinary people in all other fields are 'fallen people' in their eyes, with only the difference between crazy and temporarily not crazy.
"In the Exorcist Association, except for the church members who believe in the 'Holy Spirit', the rest are just people who are deceived or enslaved by them. I am no exception.
"Although they think I am still useful, they are still polite to me. But I escaped from the Old World, not to be enslaved. "
Wayne looked at the mysterious pattern on Inesa's arm that seemed to carry the meaning of imprisonment, and his mood was complicated.
It's a bit of a waste to use such a beautiful arm for a tattoo.
Wayne thought for a while:
"So you think I am also a Beyonder, so you want to work with me, and then we work together to kill the priests and fake the scene. In this way, you can get freedom, and I won't be caught by the church?"
Inesa widened her eyes a little, "Mr. Wayne, I think you may be a little too extreme..."
Hey, it's obviously you who are bitter and resentful first.
"Although I hate their prejudice, I have no hostility towards specific individuals in the church. I just hope to find a reliable helper, accumulate enough contribution points as soon as possible, unlock the shackles and obtain a formal identity.
"From this perspective, although Pastor Hake is a good person, he doesn't seem to be a partner worth pinning hopes on."
Well...
Just talking about the last sentence, it is hard not to agree deeply.
Wayne only had one last question left at this time: "Why did you tell me all this? Aren't you afraid that I will report it to the church?"
"The people of the Holy Spirit Church already knew that I was a Beyonder, and I also showed an attitude of willingness to accept the Holy Spirit's faith. It's not a big mistake to exchange experiences with other Beyonders. So Mr. Wayne, now it is the fact that you have hidden your identity as a Beyonder that is a bigger problem."
Inesa pointed to the golden rune mark on her arm, "If the church knew that you were a wild Beyonder who had hidden your identity, then the best result you could get would probably be being shackled like me.
"Moreover, the Beyonder knowledge you can learn in the Holy Spirit Church can only be a version with arrogance and prejudice, and it may even be restricted by various permissions. But if our cooperation is effective, I can tell you most of the Beyonder knowledge I know truthfully. "
Speaking of this,
Inesa stretched out her white and tender little hand to Wayne:
"Mr. Wayne, what do you think?"
Wayne shook his hand, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation. "
Hey, great skin.