As a slight cold feeling spread in his mind, Daniel's slightly chaotic thoughts quickly became sober.
Everything is normal on the safety springboard. The port in the brain has been directed to the controlled shallow sea of consciousness. The memory disguise and multiple shells are operating as usual. Praise to the wanderer outside the territory - his own mind is heavily armed, without anyone You can see the slightest abnormality from the flawless spiritual barrier.
Even if the other party is a powerful archbishop.
Daniel's heart settled down, and he knew that he had entered the spiritual world, and in this spiritual world, the expression on his face was not abnormal at all.
"Which Archbishop are you?" he asked with just the right amount of respect and calmness.
The woman opposite used an unfamiliar face. This face was probably temporarily generated for this conversation. This was an act of concealing her identity, but Daniel still asked about it. This was an open-minded person. The normal reaction of an Eversleeper cultist when opening up to talk to a strange Archbishop.
"Don't worry about this. This face is just an interactive medium. The Supreme Bishops' Conference is talking to you now," the woman opposite said calmly, "Please be prepared to answer our questions. "
Daniel showed a submissive look: "Yes, I will not hide it."
The woman opposite nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Recently, you have been investigating the location. Fellow church members in the Alder South area, is this happening?"
"It is true."
"This is not your responsibility as the security director. What is the reason for the above investigation? "
"There have been many rumors about the malfunction of the psychic network recently, and the security system has also detected abnormal fluctuations in some nodes. I am worried that network security is threatened, so I launched an investigation. ”
“Why didn’t you take the initiative to report it, but chose to do it privately?”
“I’m not sure about the details of the situation, so I want to confirm first whether the problem is with the security system - if the problem is If it is related to the security system, I will handle it myself according to the regulations. If it has nothing to do with the security system, I will naturally report it to the Supreme Bishops Conference. This is to save the manpower of the order and improve the efficiency of the investigation."
"This explanation is reasonable... ..." The woman said, and her words paused slightly. It seemed that the supreme bishops behind her were having a quick discussion. After a while, she continued, "You just mentioned that the security system has detected abnormal fluctuations in some nodes. What is it specifically? "What's the situation?"
Daniel immediately came up with the excuse he had prepared: "I discovered a 'blank connection'. Some nodes maintain connections with the spiritual network, but there is no record of data transmission. I suspect that a large amount of computing resources are being transferred out of surveillance in a covert manner, or being 'swallowed' by vulnerabilities in the network..."
He said it very frankly, because this is indeed him The security team recently discovered anomalies in the psychic network!
And he is very sure of one thing: the abnormally lost computing power is by no means swallowed up by the master's "origin space", because the computing power quota required by the latter has already been "reasonable" by him from the bottom of the spiritual network. Allocation" is not considered "abnormal loss" in any way. What he and his security team observed was indeed a real "abnormal situation."
These unaccounted calculations must be part of the situation that the Supreme Council of Bishops has been trying to cover up recently, and Daniel chose to speak out about it at this moment, except because he judged that the time was ripe and needed to be shown. In addition to his own strength and value, there is also a very important point -
He is the security director of the Mind Network and the person with the highest authority among the bishops. If the vicious state of the Mind Network has developed To the point where the Supreme Council of Bishops cannot cover it up, then he must be the first to notice the anomaly!
If he says that he has not investigated any sensitive information at this time, it is not to protect himself, but to indicate that there is something wrong with him!
The room fell silent for a while.
Daniel suddenly had a vague feeling - he felt that the entire world outside this room disappeared from his perception in an instant, as if there was only such a quiet place left in the world. room, shielded, sealed, and watched by every pair of eyes of the Supreme Episcopal Conference.
The woman in front of him just looked at him quietly.
Daniel knew that the final inspection had begun, and if he failed to pass, his perception of this room would no longer be an illusion - this only "room" in the world would immediately become his own His mind will be trapped in this room forever.
The conclusion came to him quickly - the woman showed a smile.
"Mr. Daniel, are you willing to make a greater contribution to the Order?"
"A greater contribution?" Daniel pretended to show confusion, "What do you mean? Yes..."
"You now have the opportunity to enter the Supreme Council of Bishops and become a member of the Archbishop. Your talents in cybersecurity and network architecture are crucial to us-and you are concerned about "The question about the recent abnormal fluctuations in the psychic network will also be answered as you obtain higher data retrieval authority," the woman said calmly, reflecting Daniel's figure in her eyes, "Mr. Daniel, at the same time, we will also Let me remind you - a higher status means greater responsibility. Once you face the deeper secrets of the Order, there is no chance to look back.
"So, now you still have a choice. Opportunities – What are your options? "
Daniel thought for a moment with a solemn expression, then raised his head and said solemnly: "For the benefit of the Order, I have already put aside my personal life and death. "
As soon as these words fell, the "closed" and "unique" feeling in the entire room immediately disappeared, and the stagnant sunlight and dust were like brokenIt fell apart like a cracked mirror, disintegrating and disappearing everywhere. The original bedroom turned into a magnificent hall in the blink of an eye, and Daniel himself was sitting next to a huge round table in the hall.
Sitting around the round table are many figures wearing white or black robes. Those robes depicting silent stars and spiral patterns represent "waking dreamland" and "peaceful deep sleep" respectively. The figures stood up from their seats and applauded Daniel.
"Welcome to join us, Mr. Daniel." Across the round table, a lady wearing a long white dress with a gentle and peaceful smile also stood up. "Your joining is very important to us."< /p>
Daniel instantly recognized the identity of this lady and guessed that she should be the main personality of the "interface" he had just talked to. He immediately stood up and greeted: "Archbishop Selina Gerfen ."
"No need to be polite," Selina nodded to him, "Mr. Daniel, you have been promoted. Frankly speaking, this promotion was a bit hasty and we didn't have time to prepare a more formal one for you. Ceremony, I can’t even celebrate you in the real world. I hope you can understand all this.
“On the other hand, you should still be a little confused now, and you must also be a little confused about the change in your identity after becoming an archbishop. At a loss, originally we should have given you more time to adapt slowly, but now the situation is quite special. We need you to understand some things as soon as possible and get into the state as soon as possible...
"For the specific situation, His Majesty the Pope will I will explain it to you personally."
Daniel kept a polite and calm expression, but when he heard the words "His Holiness the Pope," he couldn't help but feel his nerves tense up.
Almost the moment Selena finished speaking, an amorphous starlight cloud appeared in the sky above the round table——
Daniel had no idea about the starlight cloud at all. When did the group appear? In fact, he even suspected that the amorphous group of starlight was actually floating in the center of the venue from beginning to end, but his senses completely ignored the existence of the latter!
The next second, Daniel lowered his head and saluted respectfully: "His Majesty the Pope!"
"Raise your head," the starlight cloud expanded and contracted, and a voice said It sounded directly in Daniel's mind, "I'm going to get straight to the point - do you still respect the gods?"
Daniel's answer seemed to have been rehearsed thousands of times: "I have no respect for the gods, theirs." Existence is only terrifying."
This is the standard answer for a true follower of the dark sect.
Countless people in the world who don’t understand the truth only have fear and misunderstanding of the three dark sects. They always think that those dark sects are extreme followers of gods, and they have fallen to the bottom of human nature because of their excessive fanaticism and distortion of their beliefs. On the dark side, even some low-level believers will hold such wrong ideas when they first join the religion. However, as long as they are truly exposed to those twisted degenerate magics, truly accept the "baptism" of a higher level, and are exposed to those secretWith knowledge, any dark cultist will know what their true "belief" is.
"Very good..." Starlight Cloud seemed to be very satisfied with Daniel's answer, "Then, what I am going to tell you next will be a truth that most people in the world can hardly imagine... God, It is not only terrifying, but also a shackles imposed on all mortals..."
Daniel blinked.
He knows this, and he also knows that the name of this lock is "Psychic Steel Seal". His master has been studying this steel seal. In the origin space, there are hundreds of them with formal arrangements. Researchers are studying this stamp issue.
He even suspected that the knowledge about "Psychic Seal" would appear in Cecil's elementary textbooks in a few years.
But here, he still had to show appropriate surprise: "A yoke?!"
The Pope's voice sounded in his mind: "Yes, a yoke, What the Order of the Eternal Sleeper has been doing for seven hundred years is to find a way to break free from this shackles."
This time, Daniel was really surprised.
And he believed that even his master, the wanderer from outside the territory, would definitely show surprise and curiosity when he heard this information.
"The way to break free from the shackles..." He couldn't help but repeat, "How can a mortal do this?"
"Let the mortal mind be in a place where no one exists. Operating in the sandbox world of the gods, until the minds of mortals leave the sight of the gods, until the connection between the gods and this world is interrupted," the voice continued to echo in Daniel's mind, "This plan...is named 'Zero' Project No. ”
Project No. 0!
Daniel's breathing couldn't help but paused for half a beat, and then what came to his heart was heartfelt joy.
He finally came into contact with this project and was finally able to understand its true nature!
This project, hidden in the fog and directly controlled by the Supreme Council of Bishops, is actually related to the soul seal?
Immediately afterwards, he thought of the many anomalies that had occurred in the psychic network in recent times, and connected many clues——
This made the expression on his face change. He must be solemn and his tone became serious: "Is there something wrong with this project?"
"We suspect..." The person who answered him was Selina Gerfen, who has survived. Seven hundred years later, the Archbishop, who now coexists with the spiritual network as a spiritual body, shook his head as he said, "We suspect that the power of God has appeared in a certain sandbox of Project Zero."
...
In the quiet room in the afternoon, the black-haired Mary was lowering her head, immersed in a sea of advanced math exercises.
As the last few numbers and symbols fell on the paper, the female mage who was obsessed with learning finally raised her head and glanced at her mentor who was sleeping peacefully in the easy chair.
The instructor seemed to be sleeping deeply.
In the past many years, it has been difficult for the mentor to sleep so peacefully - unbearable neurological headaches and auditory and visual hallucinations tortured the old mage's spirit, making him He became increasingly irritable and irritable, which also deprived him of the right to sleep peacefully. This situation lasted for more than ten years.
It was the gift from the "master" that gave the mentor a chance to get better, and also indirectly saved every tortured apprentice around the mentor.
That "master" is very scary. Until now, Mary can't help but feel a little nervous and fearful every time she enters that "origin space", but at the same time, she also has an inevitable feeling towards that "master" of gratitude.
The instructor suddenly moved, causing Mary to wake up from her brief distraction.
She quickly stood up and walked to the easy chair: "Mentor, are you awake?"
Daniel slowly opened his eyes and saw a familiar room and a familiar apprentice.
The old mage let out a sigh: "This time... something big happened."