I'm a party

Chapter 41 Chapter 1

"Oh, you're here." Doctor Strange saw Lu Yifang coming in and hurriedly put away his phone.

However, Lu Yifang had already caught a glimpse of a video playing on his mobile phone. The scene flashed by, like a recent popular movie.

It’s still in theaters at this moment and should be watched in theaters, but Doctor Strange is holding a cell phone, which means… he’s watching a pirated version!

Lu Yifang's eyes suddenly became playful.

"I am the Supreme Sorcerer. If I show up in the cinema, even in casual clothes, I will be... you know, the mages' attention to worldly things... especially me, the Supreme Sorcerer, and the king who takes care of my life, will keep a close eye on this." Seeing that he could not hide it, Doctor Strange generously showed his mobile phone.

"I have loved DC comics since I was a child, and I have been looking forward to this movie for a long time. I searched many websites to find this pirated version. Although the former Supreme Sorcerer Ancient One has WIFI installed, the bandwidth is not good, and the download takes a long time. When I have time in the future, I will definitely increase the WIFI speed."

"I can understand this." Lu Yifang nodded. Doctor Strange is not the descendant of a wizard who has lived in Kamar-Taj since childhood. A few years ago, he was still enjoying city life.

Although the magical world is wonderful, the habit of relying on technology for many years is difficult to change easily. Lu Yifang even doubts whether Doctor Strange would be willing to become the Sorcerer Supreme without WIFI.

"I'm glad to hear you think so." Doctor Strange smiled when he heard that. This incident brought the two of them closer, as they both knew that the other was not purely scientific or magical.

"Let's get back to the point. The former Supreme Mage Ancient One sent you here."

"It seems that you already knew that Ancient One was not dead." Lu Yifang looked at Doctor Strange.

"At first I was sure she was dead, but the former Sorcerer Supreme once said that I fought with Dormammu with the Eye of Agamotto... well, to be exact, it was a negotiation." Doctor Strange paused, quite self-aware.

"So I was fortunate enough to get a glimpse of what the former Supreme Mage saw. I also happened to see the major events in the American West a few days ago when I used the Eye of Agamotto."

"Before Ancient One left, he asked me to help you." Lu Yifang said to Doctor Strange.

"It seems that she still has doubts about me. My senior brother Mordo was devoured by his inner demons due to his obsession and became a black magician." Doctor Strange's words revealed sadness and anger.

Doctor Strange has deep feelings for this senior brother. When he first started learning the art, Mordo did give him a lot of help.

"Public and private affairs should be clearly distinguished. If it is beyond redemption, I will not show mercy."

"I'm afraid you misunderstood." Lu Yifang glanced at Doctor Strange and continued slowly.

"At first I thought the Ancient One only asked me to help you deal with Mordo, but after getting involved in the wizarding world and thinking carefully about what the Ancient One said, I felt that it referred to a deeper crisis."

"Tell me about the deeper crisis!" Doctor Strange narrowed his eyes and his expression turned serious.

"Before we respond, I would like to hear from the Venerable Doctor Strange, who is the Sorcerer Supreme but is trapped in modern society. What do you think about the current magical world?" Lu Yifang asked with a smile in his melodious tone.

Doctor Strange was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then he slowly uttered a word: "Seal!"

"That's all?" Lu Yifang glanced at Doctor Strange meaningfully. "Of course, your thinking is limited by your status. Now that you are in this position, let me tell you what I have seen and felt since I entered the magic world. I have witnessed the arrogance of wizards, the rigidity of their concepts, and the decline of the power of magic."

After hearing this, Doctor Strange neither agreed nor refuted, but just fell into deep thought.

"If we trace back the heyday of magic, we probably have to go back to the years around BC." Lu Yifang recalled. Before coming here, he had done some research. With the help of the notes left by his parents, it was not difficult to look up the history of magic.

At that time, magicians had already gotten rid of their former masters, the ancient aliens who claimed to be gods in primitive society. The supernatural knowledge they had learned from the ancient aliens had now been thoroughly digested and evolved into a complete supernatural cultivation system suitable for ordinary people.

As a result, the activity of mages appeared all over the world. White mages and black mages replaced the ancient aliens and became new gods, ghosts, demons and monsters, pushing human history forward between light and darkness. Even in today's historical books and ancient relics, we can still find some traces of them.

Since then, the mentality of the mages has quietly changed. The ancient aliens retreated behind the scenes, and the mages suddenly found themselves standing in the center of the stage. They also began to be infected with the arrogance of the ancient aliens and regarded themselves as omnipotent gods.

At this time, the largest wizard organization, the Priory, noticed this change, so they retreated behind the scenes, gradually alienated themselves from the world, and separated magic from the secular world, believing that this was a protection for the secular world.

Indeed, the choice at that time was not wrong. At that time, the world was ignorant and the social structure was fragile, unable to withstand the turmoil of the mages.

However, if a door is closed for too long, disaster will eventually come. Generation after generation of mages have followed the ancient concept that the world is ignorant and stupid, and we do not interfere in the secular world in order to protect it.

Let’s not talk about the black mages’ attitude towards the secular world for now, and just talk about the white mages. They think they are hiding the truth, guarding the ignorant secular world behind the scenes, and reveling in the sense of superiority of spying in secret.

Although mortals are ignorant, please rest assured that we, the noble mages, will protect the world and you. This is our sacred duty.

After more than a thousand years of isolation, this concept has become the mainstream of the magic world. However, history has repeatedly proved that a civilization that considers itself superior and isolates itself and refuses to communicate will eventually indulge in dreams and gradually decline.

Today, the magic world is in decline. Except for the Ancient One and Doctor Strange, most of the others are mediocre. The magic books, the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients, have become the holy books that cannot be surpassed today. From the perspective of civilization development, this is a pathological abnormality. According to the normal process of civilization, the wizards at this moment should have started interstellar colonization and developed into a magic civilization as aggressive as hell, or a civilization like Asgard that blends science and magic.

The Eye of Agamotto can foresee the past, present and future, giving Ancient One a broader vision and allowing her to keenly perceive the problems of the magical world.

So she began to reform and introduce secular technology. New wizards were no longer limited to the descendants of Kamar-Taj, but talented disciples were selected from all over the secular world, such as Pangborn and Doctor Strange.

"Now it seems that Ancient One's efforts have achieved little results. I think choosing you as the Sorcerer Supreme is also a weighing of the pros and cons." Lu Yifang looked at Doctor Strange and said so.

"Then what do you think is the solution?" Doctor Strange was more concerned about Lu's countermeasures.

Lu Yifang chuckled, turned his gaze to the snow-capped mountains in the east, and slowly said, "Do you know how the West shattered the Eastern great country's dream of paradise a hundred and fifty years ago?"

Upon hearing this, Doctor Strange subconsciously looked towards the east, his eyes flickering, and then asked, "How do we do it specifically?"

"At this moment, aren't you more concerned about the senior brother who besieged Kamar-Taj?" Lu Yifang changed the subject and asked back.

"Mordo's magical talent is indeed extraordinary, and he stole the Book of Cagliostro. With the swarm of wings he summoned, the magic circle of Kamar-Taj will be destroyed in just three days. But now, you have arrived." Doctor Strange looked at Lu Yifang and responded calmly.

"If the secular and magical worlds work together and still can't solve this brother, how can we deal with future crises? At this moment, what I am most worried about is whether your actions will hurt innocent people in Kamar-Taj."

"This is about evacuation efficiency. Of course, it involves scale issues, and we need to discuss it with the outside world. Do you have a way to contact the outside world?"

"Do you need to ask this?" Doctor Strange looked at Lu Yifang strangely. "Why not just use your phone? Although Kamar-Taj is isolated from the outside world by magic, the cell phone signal is not interrupted. Otherwise, how can I download movies using WIFI?"