Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief at the familiar college environment.
Although he had only been in the academy for three days in total, he seemed to be used to it.
Perhaps, this is because he has spent most of the past decades in similar environments. Although Kingworth College is completely different from them, its inner essence has not changed.
As long as you accept its uniqueness, you'll get used to it quickly.
Rhodes rushed back to the dormitory. It was still class time and there were not many people in the entire dormitory building.
Rhodes quickly walked through the empty common room and climbed up the corridor on the tenth department side of the third hospital.
His dormitory is on the third floor, and the entire tenth group's dormitories are on this floor, so Kashan can bring the entire tenth group to knock on his door every time.
Rhodes opened the repaired door, jumped onto the bed, crossed his thumbs, and made a lightning symbol.
The next moment, his mind fell into a trance, his vision became blurred, and his soul felt light, as if rising into the sky.
When the sight returned again, a faint gray mist was flowing around him. In front of him was a three-meter-high cyan obelisk, with a black altar to the side and behind.
This is the fourth time Rhodes has come to the dreamland, and he is still amazed by its mystery and strangeness.
But he was more anxious to test his suspicions.
Rhodes ran to the stone tablet and did not see the soul fire at its last location.
Touching the four sides of the obelisk in turn made no difference.
"No? Did I guess wrong?"
Rhodes scratched his head a little, then saw the black altar in a blink of an eye, and ran over with the intention of giving it a try.
After boarding the altar, sure enough, in the big open hand in the center of the altar, Rhodes saw six flames floating in the air.
Five of them were very small, and when Rhodes concentrated, their information appeared in his mind.
【dusty soul】
There is also a line of small words below.
[Part of the soul from the dead river ghost]
This part of the text is in common language and is accompanied by his own voice, which is very easy to recognize.
These five flames are exactly the same, and there is no difference in appearance. They are all white flames as thin as gossamers with dots of black entwined in them.
Rhodes came to his senses.
Aren't these the five balloons he popped before, the "dead souls" that Lauren called them?
Devouring souls is indeed true.
Rhodes didn't know whether he was happy and excited or worried, so he turned his gaze to another flame.
[The Tainted Soul of Sotir Red]
A line of small text below reads [Part of the soul with characteristics from Sotir Red].
really!
Rhodes suddenly clenched his hands.
His soul is with me.
His name is not Bass, his real name is Sotir Red.
If the secrets in his soul can be dug out, all the broken clues can be connected, and the real murderer or scapegoat may be found.
Rhodes became excited.
However, he soon discovered that he did not know how to interpret this soul.
He tried to touch it, but his fingers went right through.
He tried to talk to it, but got no response.
This soul is like a phantom and there is no way to interact with it.
Rhodes tried all his methods, but finally found only one that worked, which was to stare at it and listen to it.
Then, he heard a very small sound.
"17 Baker Street..."
"Alex..."
They echoed in the depths of Sotir Red's soul, like the melodies that made up this soul, repeated endlessly.
Rhodes only obtained these two pieces of information.
It's a bit disappointing, but at least it's better than getting nothing.
Rhodes tried to listen to the other five souls, but only heard crazy noises and chaotic roars.
He immediately withdrew from this state. Although he only listened to it for a few seconds, he felt very dizzy, nauseous and uncomfortable.
"Grass!"
Rod angrily named a plant.
As expected, the voice of the soul cannot be listened to casually. The world is so weird, what if you hear something you shouldn't hear? It is not impossible to be captured by the demonic sound.
Be careful and be steady.
Rhodes said to himself in his heart.
He looked at the six groups of souls in front of him and began to think about his next move.
He did not intend to hand over this news for the time being.
Because firstly, it is difficult to explain the source of the intelligence, and secondly, it is best not to rush forward with the case when the situation is unclear.
Although he believes he is not, the truth does not change just because he believes it or not.
If the situation permits, it is best to go and see for yourself first before deciding on the next step, but be careful to avoid deepening suspicion.
With his thoughts settled, Rhodes glanced at the obelisk and thought: "It seems that there is only so much information that can be obtained from the souls. I can try to see if these souls can really ignite the light spots on the obelisk." …If we can have a little more strength, it’s not necessarily a bad thing.”
Thinking of this, Rhodes jumped off the altar and came to the obelisk.
Reaching out to touch the surface of the monument, the deep starry sky appeared again, with countless dark light spots appearing or disappearing on the black background.
The "Dark Devourer" in the center still exudes a dark red light, like an ominous eye.
It looks no different than before.
However, when Rhodes focused his attention, he instantly noticed the existence of the altar, and his spirit was connected to it, as if something was jumping in his mind.
Rhodes had a feeling that he could throw the soul on the altar into any point of light in the starry sky at any time.
However, when he tried to choose the target as a dark red light spot, a clear prohibitive intention appeared in his mind.
"Uh... this light spot won't work. The Dark Devourer has already added it once. Maybe a light spot can only be added once."
Rhodes moved his eyes towards the flickering light spots, and found that when he aimed his sight at them, the light spots turned into black holes.
"Does this mean you want me to fill the black hole?"
Rhodes chose one that was pleasing to the eye from the light spots in the sky. It was on the upper right side of the "Dark Devourer" and was relatively close.
When you don't look at it directly, it glows slightly with blue light, the stars are light, and it appears a little transparent in the background of the deep night sky. If you don't pay attention, you will lose the target, making people feel that it is just an phantom.
But when Rod focused his attention on it, it turned into a black hole, with clear boundaries, separated from the black background.
As soon as Rhodes thought, six balls of soul fire rose from the black altar and flew into the obelisk.
The next moment, these six groups of soul fires appeared from the starry sky. They followed Rhodes' line of sight and fell into the black hole like meteors.
However, the black hole was not ignited. These six tiny fires only occupied a small part, and more than half of the black hole was still black.
"not enough."
Rhodes thought.
"More souls are needed."
what to do?
Where can I get it? how to do?
Rhodes didn't think clearly for a moment, and when he was about to continue taking a look, he suddenly tensed up, and then his eyes blurred, and a familiar falling feeling appeared.
Oops!
He knew that someone outside must have interfered with him and made him escape from the dream.
really.
When his vision returned, Rhodes immediately saw Cassian's lake-like light blue eyes and the blond hair hanging down from her forehead.
"You finally woke up?"
She snorted, straightened up, and moved her face away from him.
"It's a damn good sleep."
Rhodes quickly put away his gesture. Fortunately, he was covered with a quilt, otherwise his suspicion would be deepened with this cultist-like symbol.
Looking up, there were several senior students standing behind her. One of them with a red armband stepped forward and said, "Rhode, we are from the Academic Affairs Office, please come over now. "
Rhodes was shocked. I won't be fired, right? He hurriedly asked: "What's wrong? What's the matter?"
Hong Armband smiled kindly and said: "Don't worry, it's just a test. Time is a bit tight. Let's talk as we go."
Rhodes glanced at Cassian, who misunderstood the look, raised his head and said arrogantly: "Don't worry, it's not a bad thing."
"No." Rhodes said, "I'm asking, how did you get in?"
Kashan smiled slightly, a hint of cunning flashed in her light blue eyes.
"I have the key."
"Where did it come from?"
"When we were repairing the door, I was equipped with one. Don't think of shutting me out in the future."
This ambiguous statement caused a lot of misunderstanding.
On the way to the academic office, a senior sighed softly: "Young people today are really good at playing."
The tone was full of envy.
“Maybe we’ll see the first class of freshmen take maternity leave.”
