The old one-eyed spider in Ed's hand happened to be missing an eye stone. The original eye stone was very close to the size of Mentilosa's pupils, and the base could be adapted with slight adjustments.
The idea came like a sudden spark. Ed immediately exited the dreamland, sat up from the bed with a bang regardless of the pain in his legs, and took out a box of pocket tools from the desk drawer: he could complete small changes like this without relying on a dream catcher.
After easily removing the broken yellow cat's eye stone with tweezers, Ed used fine pliers wrapped in cotton to gently adjust the base, set the Eye of Mentilosa on the eight-claw base, and re-fixed it——
In this way, a one-eyed spider made of extremely luxurious materials was completed.
With its bright red double-pupil eye stone and copper-black oxidized surface, it looks slightly eerie and terrifying, completely different from its bright yellow counterparts, as if it were a demon spider that had just crawled out of purgatory.
Ed entered the dreamland again. This time he controlled the one-eyed spider to adjust the projection angle and walked all the way from the room to the balcony on the second floor.
White raindrops were flowing along the window, and a hint of coolness came through the window. He gently closed the curtains, satisfyingly interrupting the one-eyed spider's dream projection.
From the current point of view, the advantages of dream projection are quite obvious:
1. As long as the one-eyed spider can enter a room or a place where it can be seen visually, he can enter through projection.
2. As a fantasy weapon, the crystal arc blade can be activated without paying gems when in the projected state.
3. He can adjust the appearance of the projection state and take action while hiding his true identity.
The biggest disadvantage is that the body is in a dormant state during the projection process, and has no ability to resist when threatened. It must be in a hidden and safe location to do so.
Ed delved his consciousness into the modified one-eyed spider. Different from the bright yellow field of vision of ordinary one-eyed spiders, the field of vision of the Eye of Mentilosa was crimson, more like a "red-eyed spider".
The image seems to be clearer. Is it indeed a high-end product? Wait, what is that? !
In the field of vision, a bunch of shadowy spiral shadows floated and moved on the ceiling and in the gaps in the corners of the wall, like octopus tentacles protruding from the sea.
As Ed focused his gaze on it, the tentacles seemed to sense Ed's prying eyes, and one eye stared back, followed by countless others.
Just the sight of it caused Ed to feel more pain than he could bear. It was withering at the soul level, as if the world suddenly exploded in the mind, scattered into countless small and irregular fragments, and finally fell into nothingness.
His eyes were dim and his ears were ringing. Before this emptiness swallowed him up, Ed struggled to get out of the sight of the red-eyed spider.
As his consciousness retreated into his original body, Ed felt a sense of spiritual emptiness, which slowly turned into depressed anxiety, as if he had temporarily lost the ability to feel happiness. He knew that this was a symptom of a contaminated mind.
"Are you okay?" Sylvie asked with concern.
"Not good." Ed looked down at his hands, which were shaking.
"Believe me, every extraordinary person with a high level of spiritual vision has encountered the same thing - in other words, you will have to face this situation sooner or later." She didn't seem worried about this, "Don't stare at them for too long. , they don’t like to be stared at.”
"what is that?"
Ed rubbed the coin in his hand. This habitual action seemed to relieve him a little.
"'Something' from the world of imaginary numbers."
"The Realm of Imaginary Numbers?"
"Also known as the 'grey field', it is a field that exists outside human reason and can never be directly recognized, even for Mentilosa."
"It can never be recognized? So how do people confirm its existence?"
"'Not existing' is exactly the way it 'exists'. The gray field cannot be understood through our rational conceptualization process. In other words, it is 'the universe itself' minus 'everything we can recognize' , the final collection of remnants.”
"You knocked me out." The buzzing sound still lingered in Ed's head, and it was obvious that now was not the best time to think about the problem.
"It doesn't matter, my dear good sir, it doesn't matter even if your little brain can't understand this concept." Sylvie showed a contemptuous smile, "Now I suggest you eat some chocolate or coffee first."
"It's indeed a good idea." Ed showed a relieved expression, "Can you get the chocolate for me? It's in the middle drawer of the desk over there."
Chocolate can slightly relieve mental pollution. However, in order to prevent the precious desserts from the tropical rainforests of the New World from being consumed as snacks, even the agents of the Bureau of Investigation must obtain them regularly according to quotas.
Luckily, Quinn seems to hate chocolate (technically she hates all plant products except wine), so Ed happily gets a double quota.
He carefully opened the packaging and tin foil, broke off a piece of chocolate along the lines and put it in his mouth. As the sweet bitterness slowly melts in the mouth, the mental pain seems to gradually dissolve.
"No wonder it is mentioned in the Investigator Manual of the Bureau of Divine Investigation: Extraordinary people with high psychic vision levels often look weird and depressed. If I live with those things every day, I'm afraid I will be like this too."
Ed commented as he stuffed another piece of chocolate into his mouth.
It seems that you must be extra cautious when using red-eyed spiders in the future. Although the psychic vision of the Eye of Mentilosa can give you an advantage over anti-spiritual units, it also brings more unexpected dangers.
"Of course, sanity is actually the same as madness. Both require a heavy price to pay." Sylvie said.
"yes……"
Ed put the red-eyed spider into his pocket. This thing could be used as a new trump card, but it was still not suitable for showing up. After the new one-eyed spider is released, he plans to still use the one-eyed spider as the main investigation tool.
"By the way, in addition to this gem, I also harvested Issek's personality crystal." Thinking of this, he took out the card and examined the crystal arc blade again.
After harvesting the crystallization of Isak's personality, the texture of the card seems to be more delicate, and the sickle pattern on it seems to be getting clearer, but it is far from saturated.
As a strange-shaped weapon, the sickle's attack method is completely different from the swordsmanship that Catalina is good at. Although they are common on some conceptual levels, Ed is still not able to master the skills of using the sickle blade.
He recalled the stranger's unique use of the sickle-shaped machete. The madness was mixed with a hint of balanced elegance, which seemed to suit him quite well.
The only problem is that the Stranger has always been taciturn, and Ed has never received a clear answer after asking him for advice.
As for entering the Hall of Thought to directly obtain his character card... doing so would be too risky. The host must open his heart to himself in order to avoid the attack of the subconscious incarnation, but Ed and the Stranger obviously do not have such a tacit understanding.
"What if I have a way for you to spar with him?" Sylvie said.
