Gawain was extremely shocked.
But he still maintained his concealment effect in the spiritual network, and did not show his surprised emotions.
He just took another look at Selina Gale, and once again confirmed the other party's relevant information through the network backend.
His first reaction was that the address recognition function was malfunctioning - after all, the system had just been completed and there were still many areas that needed to be debugged, but he also knew that he should blame the problem on the system as soon as possible. Failure is the least desirable approach.
Selena Gerfen is most likely really in Cecil, lurking somewhere in the south!
Moreover, it is in the state of the soul.
His eyes stayed on those words for a long time.
Archbishop (death), soul body...
This part of the content also touched him a little, but it was not strong. After all, Selina was only in the memory of Gawain Cecil. An old friend, and an old friend from seven hundred years ago. It’s not surprising that a human being has been in any state for so long. What’s more, Gawain also witnessed a person who can perform photosynthesis. His ability to accept this aspect It's quite high.
What he is more concerned about is the state in which Selina Gerfen, who has "survived" in her soul body to this day, is hiding in the southern border.
While thinking, the conversation between Daniel and others was coming to an end.
"...This is the situation. The new overflow pollution area this time is still in the 'imaginary number area' outside the city. We temporarily call it 'Phantom Town'," the archbishop named Yuri Said, "His Majesty the Pope believes that the twisted and weird state in this area is very special, so he ordered not to reset it for the time being, but to conduct a period of investigation first."
Selena also nodded. : "It has been shielded over there and will not be noticed by the residents of the City of Dreams. Archbishop Daniel, this is your first time entering the overflow pollution area. It is mainly to familiarize yourself with the environment and the situation. Please pay attention to this."
"I understand, Archbishop Selina," Daniel responded seriously, "I'm ready."
"Very good, let's go now," Archbishop Yuri tilted his head He glanced at the clock dial that appeared in mid-air. At the same time, layers of rune rings appeared under his feet, and his whole figure began to become illusory. "Everyone, enter the teleportation area. In fifteen seconds, Start moving."
The three archbishops and three senior priests wearing owl masks all stood within the range of the rune circle, and Gawain also stood silently among them - everyone and He was exactly an elbow's distance away, but no one noticed anything unusual.
As the light and shadow flickered, the scene around everyone was changing rapidly.
Gawain felt that he had passed through a "tunnel" filled with chaotic fog. The magnificent dream city flashed past the chaotic barriers around the tunnel. When the surrounding scene stabilized, He hasRan stood in the middle of a sleepy town.
The "tunnel" just now symbolizes the "unlabeled port" in the spiritual network?
Some thoughts flashed through his mind, and Gawain had already focused on the dilapidated town in front of him.
Gloomy and chaotic clouds cover the sky, shrouding everything in sight. Under the sky, there are ancient houses arranged at random. The styles of those houses are different from those in other countries in the real world. They have black slopes. Or a pointed roof, the facade is mottled and faded, and there is always a strange picture painted on one wall: a hand that seems to symbolize some kind of power covers the sky and covers the earth below.
The town is deserted, as if it has been abandoned for hundreds of years. Neat iron-black lampposts line both sides of the road. Between the lampposts and the stone road, there are overgrown weeds and vines.
Gawain looked up into the distance, but could not see the scene outside the town. He could only see the hazy mist billowing at the end of his sight. The mist seemed to form a wall, isolating the entire town. in.
Is this the so-called "overflow pollution area"?
Although it is desolate and abandoned, in terms of realism, this place is just like the dream city. It is a place where it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake... But why is there no one here?
According to Daniel, such overflow pollution areas should all have human activities - or in other words, in the cyberspace supported by psychic power, it is precisely because of mental activities that there are "human beings" "Observe, a region can appear.
What is going on in this empty town?
While Gawain was thinking, the archbishop named Yuri also spoke: "This place is different from the previous overflow area... Although the atmosphere here is weird and depressing, the scene is logical. , there are no twisted and stacked buildings, no colorless ground or gaps in the sky."
"This is one of the reasons why His Majesty the Pope thinks this place is special and requires us to carefully explore. Selina Geer nodded, "All the previous overflow areas showed phenomena such as stacking, fading, hollowing, and curling that were completely illogical with reality. It was very much like the scene in the sandbox being projected outside." There was distortion and loss of information, but this phantom town...except for being empty, the physical structure of the town itself is complete and orderly."
Gowen listened and analyzed. ——The previous overflow area sounds a bit like a virtual scene where the rendering failed and encountered a model bug... Is it a manifestation of the lack of computing power of the psychic network?
“It’s very quiet here, and there’s no one on the street,” Daniel said at the side, just in time to ask Gawain’s question just now, “I remember you told me before that everything in the overflow area can Seeing the active 'residents', no matter whether they appear weird and twisted, at least the 'residents' themselves exist."
"This also needs our investigation and confirmation," Selina. Geer nodded and said, "In short, this place is veryIt's weird, and it may have broken away from the rules of the spiritual network. There may be some kind of mind that we can't understand affecting and paying attention to here. Everyone must be careful in their actions. ”
After the reminder, the Eternal Sleepers increased their vigilance and began to gradually explore this weird “phantom town”.
They first checked the empty streets. At the very least, he confirmed that there were no signs of biological activity around him, and then confirmed the terrain structure near the street, and roughly grasped the surrounding environment and the distribution of several major entrances and exits.
During this entire process, Gawain has been there. Follow them leisurely, listen to their conversation, or follow them to record maps and check the abandonment of water wells, street lights and other facilities.
After completing the preliminary exploration of the surrounding environment, confirm. After there were no danger factors, the team's attention naturally shifted to the houses on both sides of the road.
In this abandoned town, the doors and windows of all the houses were tightly closed. , there is neither light nor sound in the window. Thick curtains or criss-crossed wooden boards block the outside view from peeking into the house. But this obstruction becomes a kind of temptation, which makes people unable to bear it even if they feel weird and dangerous. Zhu was curious to take a look inside the house.
The Eversleeper team has always treated this town with the utmost caution, so they first checked the dangers on the streets, but in any case, in order to complete the investigation mission. Sooner or later, they will have to check those closed houses.
The three senior priests wearing owl masks came to a small house with a closed door. Before they tried to open the door, Selina. Gerfen first used his lantern to shine outside the house to check for possible abnormal data or malicious hidden thoughts, and then nodded: "Open the door. ”
One of the masked priests pushed the door, but the seemingly weak wooden door did not move at all.
They began to check the lock on the door to see if there was anything stuck.
Gawain came to them and came to a window of the house facing the street. The window was nailed with criss-crossed broken boards, and there were quite wide gaps between the boards. , Gawain's sight fell on the inside of the house through the gaps.
It was dark inside, and only the outlines of some furniture and utensils could be seen vaguely. Everything seemed to be covered with a thick black veil. It was vague and unclear.
A creaking sound came from the direction of the door. Gawain turned around and saw that the three eternal sleeper priests wearing owl masks had successfully opened it. Behind the closed wooden door, a bright ball of light appeared in one of the hands, and the other two were blessed with mental protection spells. The three of them carefully covered each other and stepped into the hut cautiously.
Here. It is a world projected by the mind network. Everything here is the result of mental simulation. Conventional spells in the real world basically have no effect here. Only the power of the mind can have an effect, and thatSpells such as lighting and mental protection used by the three Eternal Sleeper priests should be simulated "special effects" to produce stronger spiritual guidance and suggestions to prevent the caster from getting lost in the network. self.
Gawain's heart was spinning many principles for action in the spiritual world, and he took steps to follow the three priests and walked into the hut.
The illumination light ball emits a pale brilliance, illuminating the furnishings in the house, but this light seems to be interfered and suppressed by an unknown force, allowing it to only spread a few meters away. It can only illuminate nearby things, but deep in the house, everything in every corner is still shrouded in shadow like a thick gauze curtain.
Gawain stared at those shadows, only to feel that there was an emptiness in the depths of those shadows, as if the unilluminated place was not just darkness, but truly nothing existed - he even created it for no reason. After making some associations, I felt that if anyone recklessly stepped into the darkness in the absence of light, they would fall directly into nothingness, and their minds would be annihilated in the holes of the Internet.
The three priests responsible for exploring the house were obviously aware of the strangeness of those shadow areas. They carefully stayed within the range of the lighting technique, and no one came close to the darkness.
"There is no dust...but there is an atmosphere that has been abandoned for many years..." One of the priests brushed his fingers over the square table in the center of the room, and a low voice came from under the owl mask, "It seems to be 'emotional resonance' 'Phenomenon."
"It is possible," another priest nodded, "there is some kind of power that can affect people's thoughts, creating an 'atmosphere' that has been abandoned for many years."
p>The third priest checked several other places: "The furniture and utensils are placed in the places used daily. There is still water in the water bottle. The flowers inserted on the wooden pillars have not withered. The people who live here It seems that he left suddenly not long ago..."
"This should be the data leaked from the No. 1 sandbox. It is the projection of a certain town in the sandbox. Judging from the undistorted state of the projection, it is probably here. It really restores the situation in Sandbox No. 1," the first priest said in a low voice, "Is the scene in Sandbox No. 1 now like this?"
"At least one town is like this? Vice scene."
Gawain followed the three priests and checked the situation in the hut. However, he found no clues worth paying attention to, so he turned around and exited the house, returning to Selina and others. on the streets where people live.
While the three priests were inspecting the house, the three archbishops who stayed outside were not idle. On the one hand, they maintained the psychic protection of this area to prevent any evil spirits hidden deep in the town. The malicious mind attacks the priests who enter the house. On the one hand, it monitors the movements in the town and pays attention to whether there are any changes in the town after the three priests enter the house. In the spiritual world involving conscious activities, similar " Linked reactions” must be considered.
Gawain heard Selina Gelfen talking to Daniel.
"...This town is not in the 'blueprint' of Sandbox No. 1," the woman holding the lantern said calmly, "nor is it in the follow-up blueprint deduced. It is the history that evolved on its own after Sandbox No. 1 lost control and created this small town. Town."
Daniel asked: "Are there other similar 'self-evolution products'?"
"Yes," Selina nodded, "We have observed one. A mysterious plain, several broken streets, and a mountain that came out of nowhere - that mountain is floating over the City of Dreams. If His Majesty the Pope hadn't sensed the abnormality in advance and blocked it in time, it might have Directly exposed to the eyes of ordinary believers."
Daniel was a little curious: "...these overflows seem to be around the City of Dreams, but at most they only affect the fringe neighborhoods and have not directly eroded the City of Dreams. The central area of the city?"
"Yes, the City of Dreams is tightly protected and not easy to invade."
Daniel and Gao stood next to Selina. Wen also showed a thoughtful expression.
At this moment, a melodious and mysterious bell suddenly rang in the small town!