At around 10 a.m., Osaka time, after nearly 6 hours of fermentation, the internal forum of the espers association was already in a state of uproar.
Once the matter is related to vital interests and dignity, the onlookers' thoughts will become a direct sense of involvement, and then transformed into corresponding emotions, which is the so-called "people's will."
Of course, this thing is largely useless when it erases the tenderness of the so-called "legal principles of social order" and crosses the divide and barriers based on strength.
The most obvious evidence is that the registration progress is still advancing steadily, forming a tightly woven web that tightens the skin. This method is completely based on superior resources to crush them, without any ingenuity, but it makes people helpless.
To be honest, no matter how much social resources are crushed, there will always be a buffer gap. What truly oppresses and suffocates the ability users in Sakai City is the sunshine that shines in every corner of the city.
The sun is almost overhead, and the heat and penetration are continuing to increase.
Whether outdoors or indoors, whether receiving direct sunlight or in the shadows, the all-pervasive light waves can always penetrate into people's surroundings, carrying the tyrannical interference mark of the Amaterasu Order, just like the waves floating in the air. The demonic pupils radiate fiery and malicious sight.
Yin Le and She Yu, who were on the lower deck, felt resentful for the first time about the clever lighting design in this area. They have closed the light shields of the portholes to block out all skylight as much as possible; the internal lights have also been extinguished to distinguish the direction of the light coming through.
The entire living room is dark, and the only light source is the virtual workspace.
Subconsciously, Yin Le and She Yu stopped talking to each other, and their body movements became less and less. They no longer even looked at the constantly refreshing forum messages. They only occupied an angle, curled up their bodies, and restrained their breath. It's like being in a small, claustrophobic cage, under round-the-clock surveillance, like a clay wood sculpture.
They don't know whether their family has been exposed. In fact, it doesn't make any sense whether they know or not.
Now all responses and all pretense will become weak and ridiculous under the level gap like a chasm. Having frequent contact with beings at that level, they have a corresponding degree of introspection and awareness.
Time passed little by little, and Snake Yu's state of mind went through a process from doubt to disturbance, and then gradually returned to calm.
Rich life experiences, especially the encounters in the past six months or so, have been able to polish a persevering and tenacious heart. She could not understand life and death for the time being, but as long as she could survive, no matter how difficult the situation was, it seemed that it would not exceed the torture of the previous two hundred days or so.
When people's hearts become calm, feelings arise spontaneously.
This feeling does not originate from the stimulation of the outside skylight, but is an almost natural disturbance at the spiritual level, like air currents and water waves.
They existed a long time ago, but they were so ordinary that people unconsciously ignored them. Sheyu even felt that they were not external stimulation, but a subtle and mysterious connection.
At this moment, all external activities were immersed in a high-risk environment, subject to multiple constraints and restrictions, and it was not a good time to enter meditation practice. Her attention was naturally drawn to this subtle connection.
Moreover, she also discovered that the other end of the "connection", or a key node, was beside her, in Yin Le, who also entered a state of silence. This is the so-called "subtle mysticism" - once the mind is focused, the "connection" between the two people will naturally strengthen.
On the other side, Yin Le, who was contemplating with his eyes closed, moved his eyelids, raised a slit, turned his pupils slightly, and made eye contact with Sheyu.
This further confirmed to the latter that the connection indeed existed and was very keen.
Is this a kind of telepathy?
Mostly related to Ronan... When was it established?
In this current situation, what about security?
The thoughts in Sheyu's mind inevitably grew, but she soon realized that there was no point in thinking about these things, because she probably wouldn't get the answer immediately. It was obvious that although Yin Le felt the reaction, he was also stunned. state.
Just when both parties were conducting exploration, contact and research, an idea suddenly came across. It was stranger than they imagined, but it had a familiar flavor, and it was like the drunkenness and relaxation after being drunk:
"A new person has entered BOSS's territory. What is the situation now?"
The sudden insertion of thoughts instantly opened up the obscure forms, and also caused the power behind this subtle "connection" to expand. The increase in energy level brought about an intuitive feeling of "luminosity". Variety.
Like a flash of light in a dark room, it flickered and went out, but it was enough for people to see, beyond the outline of the scene they expected.
Of course, this is on a spiritual level.
Both Yin Le and She Yu were shocked.
Comparatively speaking, Yin Le's concentration was worse, and his habitually suppressed thoughts had a significant increase, as if a bomb had been set off in a relatively quiet space:
"who!"
"A poor guy who works for a certain BOSS."
Perhaps he felt that this statement was too confusing, so he added: "To put it nicely, it's like a secretary's maid; to put it ugly, it's like a tethered cat, dog, etc... I forgot to introduce myself, I It’s called Cat’s Eye.”
Just when that person introduced himself candidly, the hidden power that was stimulated by the exchange of their thoughts returned to calmness and quickly settled, just like a flash of light that was polished and extinguished.
It’s just that after settling down, the shining embers naturally follow certain rules.
When Maoyan introduced himself, the law-oriented results had also changed from quantitative changes to qualitative changes, accumulating enough meaning of existence for three female ability users with similar identities to perceive:
This is a relatively delicate structure and has a very obvious sense of space.
Cat's Eye, Snake Whisper and Yin Le reside at the spiritual level, and the eyes, ears, mouth and nose, various senses, and the induction of the external material world are all separated by a layer. Only the gradually clear rules and order at the spiritual level are gradually presented in a pattern that they can understand. The feeling of flash in the darkroom before was so vivid that the three of them still felt:
This was a dark room, the size of which was unknown, but they were relatively close to each other, almost side by side.
Due to the accumulated changes in perception, neither Sheyu nor Yin Le could respond in time to the self-introduction of the self-proclaimed "Cat Eyes". After a few seconds, Yin Le "spoke":
"Cat's Eye? Xia Cheng's Cat's Eye?"
After half a year of in-depth understanding, Yin Le certainly knew that Maoyan was a member of Ronan's "circle of friends", but in this case, when they "met", his identity seemed to be more than just a friend.
On a deeper level, is it forbidden?
It must be said that Maoyan's attitude gave the three of them a good start in their communication.
Under her good example, and of course in Ronan's domain, it was pointless for Snake Whisper and Yin Le to hide their identities, and self-introductions came naturally.
There was actually a certain amount of embarrassment during this period. After all, in the open social network of the world, their identities and positions were more or less inconsistent. However, Maoyan did not find fault. Whether it was Yin Le, who was born in the Blood Flame Cult and was deeply involved in the "Sun Jiayi Intermediary Case"; Quickly back to a more realistic level.
"You are all in Sakai. What are you doing to help him? Office? Living? Bed warmer?"
"I'm just following Mr.'s arrangements." Yin Le answered appropriately, allowing the casual conversation to have a smoother transition.
"The sky has opened in the Kingdom of God. Isn't it difficult now?"
"Indeed, is there any latest news or reaction from Xia City?"
"There is a lot of discussion about things, but it's just to see the excitement, but looking at your current situation..."
Maoyan hummed twice: "It is said that BOSS had a fight with the Amaterasu Order in the Pacific Ocean. Now he has overcome the disaster, broken the barrier, and has jumped away. But in this way, it doesn't seem like that. A situation?"
"It's more complicated." Yin Le's mood is indeed quite complicated.
"I understand your feelings, but just like before, I really don't understand what someone is thinking..."
"My lord's previous arrangements were always like this?" Snake Language also joined in, and the exchange of ideas was a bit more straightforward than usual.
"Yeah, it's a mess, but in the end it always comes to the rescue, giving people the illusion of being 'unfathomable'." Maoyan was happy to introduce her experience to the two "backwards", although she didn't know much about the current situation.
In the past, Maoyan did often use "spiritual domain structures" such as "Life Starry Sky" and "Large Production Line" to carry out remote spiritual connections with Ronan, but it was a relatively abstract medium, like facing the void, crossing the impossible. Dimensions of interpretation.
But now this situation seems to have a real structure that brings the three of their souls together, like...
Before they could make a clearer judgment, light and shadow appeared again in the "empty room", forming an intuitive image that people could easily understand.
The first thing that is shown is a high-altitude scenery with chaotic clouds. You can even hear the strong wind blowing and whistling. The sound and color are both very vivid.
At this special stage, the three people in Maoyan quickly thought of what happened last night.
Maoyan snorted again: "What are you doing? The fortress in the clouds, the sun is falling, yesterday is coming back again?"
Yin Le probably had the same consideration.
On the other hand, Snake Whisper has another layer of thought. Maybe this appearance is the cloud world that has trapped her for half a year?
As soon as the thoughts of the three people were deflected, the images presented changed.
In the depths of the clouds, there are vague rules and regulations lying in between. When the strong wind blows, the outer clouds disperse, but there are also some "gauzes" that are pulled and entangled with the huge creations in the inner layer. Under the interaction of the two phases, gradually, Reveal silhouette.
"Oh, it is indeed..."
The scene that appeared "in front of" the three people was clearly a fortress shaped by clouds. Even if the background was the vast blue sky, it still stood majestically. Especially the pull and connection with the surrounding clouds, it seems that there are clouds covering the sky, and the rules are built into them, so that even when the clouds in the sky are stretching and flying, they are soaked in laws. It is simply a military line, rolled up. freely.
In fact, not only the outer layer, but the cloud fortress as the base of the image is also changing all the time. Deep inside the clouds that are as solid as aggregation, each area has subtle changes, which are reflected in the basic outline, and there are also slight adjustments.
After looking at it for a long time, the time scale becomes a little blurry, as if they are admiring a time-lapse photography effect, which compresses the long time and the stacked changes of macroscopic perspectives into a scale they can understand.
"The special effects are good, but you can't see it if it's deeper..."
Maoyan's evaluation is basically the consensus of the three people.
At present, there is still a certain gap between the displayed images and the real world.
The three of them were like in a movie theater, watching the picture displayed on the huge screen. If you lower your expectations, it would be more realistic, but if you use a harsh attitude to evaluate, there is still a layer between them and the image. The barrier called "reality".
"Boss called us here just to let everyone relax while watching a movie... It might also be for on-site teaching."
Taking into account Ronan's temperament and the environment in Sancheng that was not relaxing at all, Maoyan's second half of his judgment was quite agreeable.
The three of them were observing and pondering.
On the "big screen" in front of them, images that looked like big productions but still lacked an immersive experience were played.
The three people really seemed to be sitting in a traditional cinema, getting along with each other in dim light. They could only see their blurred outlines, but could not see more details.
The analogous experience makes it easier for them to adapt to the current environment and makes communication smoother.
Yin Le shared her new feelings: "There seems to be something else inside the Cloud Fortress..."
"Where is it?"
"In the middle, there is blood."
"Have it?"
"There's none?"
Yin Le was very strange, and her mental state was also very strange at this time.
The mind is naturally divided into two parts. One part communicates with people in the "cinema" that is neither real nor fake, and cannot see through the confusion; the other part is stationed in the Abyss District and is closely connected with the structure of the Blood Soul Temple in the Abyss District. Forming a transparent high-level observation.
The two thoughts are not in conflict, they are both real and practical.
Gradually, she also felt the existence of rhythmic twisting waves in the structure of the Blood Soul Temple in the Abyss District, which made her mind shaken and quite surprising.
Probably because this feeling is very familiar, it has happened to me from time to time in the past six months. According to Mrs. Halder, that was someone's usual experimental technique.
To that person, the foundation of the Blood Flame Order was essentially nothing more than a set of experimental subjects.
As the deputy chief priest of the religious order, it is actually a bit difficult for Yin Le to adapt to this rhythm. But in the current context, this distortion that affects the foundation of her extraordinary power is like a gentle swing, carrying her leisurely. swinging.
Everything happened involuntarily, but it was also inexplicably safe and secure.
"gentlemen……"
The idea appeared in the "cinema", but before it was completely formed, the cat's eye on one side said "Wow": "It really does exist!"
The background of the original image of blue and white clouds suddenly spread with blood, and it appeared at the center of the cloud fortress that Yin Le said.
The newly presented elements have a strong sense of space, as if they have entered another world from the "holes" deep in the clouds. The rocks there are craggy and the blood is flowing. The lower part is a hot lake of lava, and there are turbid clouds and lightning floating above. It is ferocious and terrifying, almost like a ghost prison in the devil world.
In the "cinema", you can even hear the muffled popping sound of the boiling and flowing lava there.
Yin Le finally felt confused. She couldn't distinguish the relationship between the structure of the Blood Soul Temple in the Yuan District and the image of the Blood Soul Temple in front of her. She subconsciously muttered to herself: "Blood Soul Temple?"
Cat Eyes and Snake Language had not yet reacted to this. In the already chaotic clouds, another winged creature suddenly rushed out with a hoarse roar. It looked like a prehistoric pterosaur, with a sharp beak and a thin neck. , long wings and thick tail, completely featherless, covered with scales.
The most astonishing thing is that these things actually come in groups. The leader appears, followed by a mass of black people, cascading out. And when it was chirping noisily, it also sprayed out a large amount of acid, flying down like a violent wind and rain.
The clouds were covered with acid rain, and suddenly there was lightning and thunder.
In the "Kara La" blast of thunder, another group of dark cloud-like beetles, numbering in the tens of thousands, buzzed out.
Then there was a ridiculous amount of meteorites falling, but you could see them halfway. They were all tightly tangled with limbs, and their stone shapes were indistinguishable. They were falling towards the bottom of the bottomless clouds...
This is still just the beginning.
In just a few breaths, there are countless waves of wonderful creations, appearing from the clouds and lightning, to even man-made aircraft and large mechas rushing out from behind, and occasionally interspersed with a few illusory figures whose faces cannot be seen. .
They are either flying in circles, falling at high speed, or attacking each other, occupying the entire image interface.
The three female capable people in the "cinema" seemed to be watching an absurd fantasy war movie; they also seemed to have fallen into some absurd dream.
A more rational explanation is probably: Someone spliced multiple shots taken in advance into the video work, and presented them against this background at the same time.
Regardless of the effect of the editing, the camera logic alone is hopelessly confusing.
If we had to find something in common among the mess of images, it would probably be this: every existing image demonstrates an extraordinary power, and every power looks quite impressive.
Especially the few invisible figures standing out from the back. Most of them are just wrapped in a layer of individual armor, and some are even in ordinary clothes. With bare hands, their movements are like flying through the sky and collapsing clouds, roaring with wind and thunder, almost like gods... …
Well, it should be said that everyone is an extraordinary species.
In the image of Maoyan in the "cinema", he naturally puts his legs up and supports his chin: "Is your Blood Soul Temple actually a summoning stream?"
"That's not funny!"
The two people who were not talking to each other looked at Snake Yu on the other side seriously and felt dizzy, but at the same time, he still had some weird feelings.
In the already chaotic background sound of the "fantasy war movie", she seemed to hear some kind of noise, which was very low and confusing. The most important thing was that she could not find the corresponding scene in the "movie" being played. It's almost like a tinnitus-like hallucination.
But where does this structure in Ronan's spiritual realm come from?
Once the induction is generated, it is like a gangrene attached to the bone, lingering around.
"Did you hear anything?" Maoyan also suddenly changed the subject.
Sheyu could feel that the telepathy between the three of them still existed. Certain strong thoughts will be perceived by the other two earlier than the modified communication thoughts.
It will take some time for all three of them to adapt to this method of communication. For the moment, it is easier for them to reach consensus, achieve sharing, and even form resonance.
The corresponding feelings will naturally multiply.
There was no further dialogue, but the "extra noise" like Necrosis of the Bone became clearer.
Unknowingly, the thoughts of the three people were sinking downwards. In this strange "cinema", it was equivalent to listening attentively.
"Buzz buzz, boom boom..."
The noise mixed in with the audio and video special effects directed by Ronan seems to have a certain rhythm, which is quite familiar. But probably because of their nervousness, all three of them had some cognitive impairments and couldn't tell the difference for a while.
In the end, Maoyan still laughed and tried to lighten the mood: "This venue opened by BOSS doesn't have a very good movie-watching environment... Huh?"
Such a sentence was like a cold blade that opened the seal, passing through the hearts of the three people.
"Is there anyone else?"
It's the most normal thing to have other people in the movie theater. But……
The light on the "big screen" suddenly became stronger, causing the brightness of the entire "cinema" to rise again, which also opened up their field of vision.
As a result, the three people felt confused for a moment.
The "cinema" understanding that I have become accustomed to is somewhat inappropriate.
They are indeed in a closed space, and they are indeed watching images. But this space is much larger than a "cinema", like a giant sports stadium - it's packed to the brim.
The problem is, except for the three of them, the "others" are no longer silhouettes, but densely packed with stuffy smoke.
The smoke itself hardly flows, but they do exist, and in the deepest layer, there seem to be dark flames, one next to another, with no edges visible.
Like a flickering soul fire.
Mao Yan, Snake Whisper, and Yin Le once again interact with each other spiritually, which is terrifying!
In the "cinema"... let's call it a "cinema". It's not just the three of them who have reserved the theater. There are other people, many, many, who exist in a more chaotic and vague form.
That "extra noise" seemed to be the whispers and discussions of these people.
In addition, there are...
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
In the turbid mist and soul fire, at some point there was the sound of fine chains shaking, near their ears and in the infinite distance.
If you look at it too carefully, it's like the chains are protruding from the depths of their souls, locking one end and connecting to the other end, continuing in an endless network of chains.
Everyone in the "cinema", whether complete or incomplete, is a subtle node on this giant network.
"this……"
Maoyan clearly recalled the nightmare of the past few days, and by the way, he shared this memory with the other two, and then sent back the corresponding emotions.
Her will was shaking unconsciously.
The current architecture is increasingly different from "cinema", so much so that a more appropriate name has been given:
Altar, huge altar!
Countless believers surrounded the perimeter, staring at the chaotic image in the central area...or a miracle.
They also sacrificed their souls for the miracle.
The power of the sacrifice turned into an invisible flame, echoing the miracle of the altar, providing energy and smelting, so that the image that originally still had splicing traces could bridge the gaps and transition naturally until it was integrated.
In the altar space, hundreds of millions of souls, the process of connecting chains and offering sacrifices and smelting, formed a complete closed loop.
It was no longer a "movie". The vivid images and incredible shots in it were just "tattoos" floating on the outer layer of real power. As the power swayed, they existed in the form of seemingly living creatures.
As for what the deep nature of power is...
Just below the trembling "pattern embroidery", a ferocious shadow suddenly appeared. Although it was only half of the body, one could already see the ugly appearance of the human face, spider body, and six eyes of different colors.
As soon as this demonic shadow appeared, a layer of flames seemed to be burning around the entire altar, burning the heart and spreading fear, as if it wanted to project all the destructive power in the central chaotic image onto the reality level one after another.
But it's just "as if".
As soon as the ferocious demonic figure arched out half of its body, a foot stepped heavily on its back.
A complete and familiar humanoid silhouette stepped on the spider-shaped shadow and appeared in the "consciousness horizon" of the three awake figures.
Ronan!
The "patterns" of real power are shaking more violently, and it is also thanks to their blessing that the originally invisible and unpredictable power body turns into a huge cloak in a trance.
It surrounded Ronan's body, trembling and rolling with a strange rhythm that fit Ronan's existence pattern. We can only see that it has Ronan as its core, but we cannot see where its edges extend.
Ronan made it all, dominated it all, and obtained it all; he was at the center of the cloak, at the center of the altar, at the center of the entire system, controlling and carrying all the weight.
Therefore, he naturally became the focus of everything.
He was not looking where he was, but he was looking at everyone like a statue enshrined in the temple.
Maoyan can feel that the other two have already integrated into it. Although they are "backward", they accept this scene more than she does. Maybe this is how Ronan should be in their hearts?
But thinking about the first meeting a few months ago, thinking about the contact in reality, and comparing it with the image in front of her, she unconsciously felt an even stronger shudder.
This little emotional reaction was quickly submerged in that damn resonance. Perhaps because of the resonance, the rhythm of the scalp-exploding noise became more distinct, and was finally unified into some kind of praise verse. Billions of people Everyone sang praises together.
Maoyan also chanted, but the content of the chant was too vague. After reading it vaguely, she felt in a daze that the huge cloak was getting closer to her and was floating, brushing her face, spreading over her mind, and covering her in an unknown layer.
At this moment, all the distractions receded, and only those words of praise emerged from the bottom of my heart, curling up like blue smoke and rising leisurely:
My heart is like a prison, my heart is like a furnace;
My heart is called the mirror, my heart is called the country.
