A distant and mysterious bell suddenly rang in the town. Even the Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper could not help but become nervous due to this sudden change. The three Archbishops, including Daniel, raised their heads in unison, looking for the sound of the bell. In the direction she came from, Selina immediately noticed the changes in the town -
Starting from the far end of the street, the dark houses with closed doors and windows actually continued to ring with the sound of bells. rang out and the lights came on one after another!
This scene is as if those abandoned houses suddenly have residents, as if this lifeless town is quickly waking up.
Seeing that the houses with lights on were rapidly spreading towards this side, Selina Gale reacted immediately and shouted loudly to the small house behind her: "Evacuate immediately. "Come out!"
The three priests who were investigating the situation in the hut seemed not to have heard the bell outside before, but after Selina gave the order, they rushed out immediately and took them with them. A trace of confusion returned to the street and watched those lights spread rapidly from the distance.
In just a few seconds, soft and warm lights lit up in the small house they were exploring before, and the door that had just been opened seemed to be pushed by an invisible hand. Slams shut.
There were faint sounds of talking, moving, and moving tables and chairs in the hut.
This weird and horrifying scene made people on the street look at each other, and the three high-level priests wearing owl masks couldn't help but pull their collars, showing a hint of fear.
Gawain frowned, came to the window of the small house that had just been lit, and looked inside through the gap in the window board.
An Eternal Sleeper priest wearing an owl mask also came closer, and seemed to want to observe what was going on in the house through the window crack. Seeing this, Gawain stepped aside slightly and watched with him. Towards the interior of the cabin.
The Eternal Sleeper priest knew nothing about this.
In the small house, the light was warm and bright, but no one could be seen. There was only a bright lampstand placed on the square table in the center of the hall. Various vague sounds echoed in the empty house.
Very strange - Gawain thought.
“It’s very strange,” the high-ranking priest who observed the situation inside the house with Gawain withdrew his gaze and reported with a hint of nervousness and vigilance, “except for a light that turned on, no residents appeared inside. The sound came out of thin air."
"...It may be the echo of memory. The sounds and incomplete scenes remembered by the collective consciousness remain in the abandoned mental space, and they are played in a loop as time goes by. "Archbishop Yuri analyzed calmly, "Considering that this is an overflow pollution area, a similar situation is very likely to occur."
"...There seems to be no additional changes." Selina Ge. Erfen nodded after hearing Archbishop Yuri's analysis, and turned his eyes to look at the street - warm and soft light came from every window and door crack.The iron-black street lamps on both sides of the road were all lit up at some point. This abandoned town shrouded in gloomy clouds was still empty, but it was already illuminated by lights, but the seemingly warm lights could not bring the light. It gives people the slightest sense of security, but instead makes every visitor feel chilly.
But apart from these lights and various inexplicable sounds, there are indeed no more changes in this town, and nothing dangerous has appeared.
Selena looked away and asked the high-ranking priests who had gone to inspect the house before: "Did you find anything inside?"
"There was no one inside. Archbishop, and there is a long-abandoned 'atmosphere' lingering, which we suspect is some residual emotional resonance..."
"There is almost no dust on all the utensils, and there is still clear water in the water bottle , the flowers have not withered, it seems that there were people living inside one moment, and then suddenly disappeared the next moment, and this is somewhat contradictory to the 'long-abandoned' 'atmosphere', I don't know why."
"The light is suppressed inside, and the illumination technique can only illuminate a few meters away, and the edges are blurred."
"The dark shadows in the corners of the room are very strange, and it is difficult to see any details in the shadows. It feels like there is nothingness hidden inside, a bit like those undefined areas in the dream city."
Listening to the priests' report, Selina nodded and turned her gaze. The other way down the street.
Her vision suddenly froze.
"That church over there..." She frowned and pointed to the small square at the end of the street with the lantern in her hand, "Has it been there before?"
Several eyes were directed at it at the same time In the direction Selena pointed, everyone opened their eyes in astonishment -
A gray-white church with a simple shape, a spire and two small towers was standing quietly in everyone's field of vision. The church was dark and quiet, in sharp contrast to the surrounding houses with lights on. However, the church did not seem to be completely dark. Through a glass window on the front, Gawain seemed to vaguely see the depth of the church. A little dim light somewhere.
The appearance of the church itself is not important. What is important is that before the bells ring, it does not exist at all!
It was just an empty square!
The three archbishops couldn't help exchanging glances. Yuri then stretched out his hand and pressed it several times in the air, and a shimmering rune appeared around him. When Gawain guessed the rune When asked if it was some kind of more powerful psychic protection spell, he heard the gentle and elegant archbishop speak: "Monitoring team, are there any new psychic fluctuations around us?"
Rune A circle of shimmering light rippled in the air, and a young female voice came from the shimmering light: "Report to the Archbishop—no new mental fluctuations have been observed."
Yuri said to his side Selina nodded: "It seems that this thing was not sent in from the outside, and there was no new overflow."
Selena frowned, stepped forward and asked those runes: "Then have you observed the phenomenon of awakening of consciousness or secondary dreaming? ”
“Reporting to the archbishop, there is no observation-monitoring shows that there is no large-scale spiritual fluctuation on your side. "
Selena thought for a few seconds before responding: "I know, continue to monitor." "
After scattering the runes, Yuri asked hesitantly: "Do you want to check that church? "
Selena looked at the hands she brought, and then at the lantern in her hand. After weighing it, she nodded: "Check it - we have never observed such an overflow projection happening before. Abnormal changes, and what appeared was a 'church'... That thing may reveal the current situation of Sandbox No. 1 to us. "
The Eternal Sleeper team began to cautiously move closer to the church not far away, while Gawain blinked behind him.
This...it turns out that there were people behind when they acted. Are the surveillance teams assisting?
A sigh came into his mind, and Gawain shook his head and followed up with Daniel and others who were almost at the door of the church.
The small church with a gray-white exterior wall stood quietly on the edge of the square, but there was a faint and illusory light flickering behind the dim windows. The Eternal Sleeper team came to its door and found that the door of the church was ajar, revealing There was a gap.
All the houses in the whole town seemed to have their doors and windows closed, but the door of this church was actually ajar.
This is an abnormal situation. Instead, it made people more vigilant. Selina and others did not enter rashly, but began to collect information about the church from the outside and try to guess its situation.
Selina shook the lantern in her hand slightly, and the pattern appeared. The mysterious and elegant lantern emits a peaceful white light. With this white light shining on her, she approaches the door of the church and carefully observes the lines on the ancient door and the patterns on the walls on both sides of the door.
Gawain showed a curious look, and Daniel immediately stepped forward and asked: "Archbishop Selina, what are you looking for? "
"Sacred mark," Selina replied calmly, "This is a church, and there should be a sacred mark to indicate which god it worships - perhaps, we can use this Find out where the pollution in Sandbox No. 1 comes from. ”
Gawain instantly understood Selena’s intention, and also learned a new piece of information—it turned out that the Eternal Sleepers still haven’t figured out which god polluted Sandbox No. 1? !
He couldn't help but become curious about this, and began to examine the pattern symbols on the door and the wall with Selina.
Sandbox No. 1 should be a different one in terms of design. There is a "world" of gods, and the minds that enter the sandbox have been strictly adjusted and memory deleted to ensure that no one retains the memory of the gods or has the idea of worshiping the gods. Therefore, in theory, the No. 1 sandbox isThere can be no such thing as a "church".
In other words, as long as a church or other similar "sacred elements" appear in the projection leaked from Sandbox No. 1, it must be related to the contamination of the sandbox by gods!
However, after some inspection, neither he nor Selina saw any sacred emblems that matched their memories.
They only saw a mural on the wall on the side of the church, which depicted a palm covering the sky and the earth beneath the palm.
This mural also appears on the walls of every house in the town.
Gawain couldn't help but frown - could it be that this picture is actually a "sacred symbol", a religious symbol of the "residents" of this town?
While he was thinking, Selina and others had completed the external exploration of the chapel. After some discussion, they decided to enter the interior of the church.
Gawain had no choice but to temporarily put aside the doubts in his heart and followed Daniel and others.
Pushing open the ajar door, the old wooden door made no sound. Daniel followed Selina and Yuri into the church and only heard a few footsteps. echoed in his own ears.
The old mage raised his head and felt slightly relieved when he saw the "outside wanderer" nearby, walking leisurely in the dark church.
Several high-level priests wearing masks walked around the three archbishops. Some turned on the illumination spell, and some activated the mental protection spell. In the dim and flickering light and shadow, the people in the church The scene came into everyone's eyes -
Rows of empty seats were arranged in the church that was not too big. There were some potholes on the old wooden floor. At the end in front of the seats, there was a tower higher than the ground. There is a platform with steps, and a wooden desk for sacred books is placed on the platform. Next to the desk stands a black lamppost. A candle that seems to be extinguished is placed on the lamppost and is burning quietly, illuminating. A small area around the pulpit was illuminated.
As the candlelight flickered, Daniel and others suddenly saw a figure in a gray-white robe kneeling in front of the pulpit, seemingly praying silently.
Due to the dim light, no one noticed before that there was a figure who looked like a priest kneeling there!
Everyone immediately raised their vigilance. A light golden rune appeared in Archbishop Yuri’s hand, and a simple-looking staff appeared in Daniel’s hand. Several masked Yongmian The priests either took out their staffs or magic balls, silently prepared spells, or unfolded the spell books that recorded spells. Although there was only a lonely praying person in their sight, in this In the weird "overflow projection", everyone feels like they are facing an enemy.
However, with the necessary caution and restraint, everyone did not launch an attack rashly.
Selena gestured to others to stay alert. She held a lantern in her hand and slowly walked toward the person kneeling on the cloth.The figure in front of the Taoist platform walked away.
The latter only reacted when Selena was only a few steps away. The off-white robe swayed, and the praying man in the robe slowly stood up and stood up before everyone. With his nerves tense, the figure turned his head and saw the uninvited guest entering the church.
It was an ordinary-looking old man with a kind-faced face, white beard and hair, and wrinkles all over his face. He seemed not to feel the tense atmosphere around him, but was just a little surprised and smiled happily: " Ah, it turns out there are guests. On days when the bells are ringing, visitors don’t often come to the church.”
“Suspected of a communicable mind,” the Eversleeper team sat slightly behind and summoned the golden talisman. Archbishop Yuri of Wen whispered as if talking to himself, "Pause the reset process."
Gawain glanced at Yuri lightly.
On the other side, Selena stood calmly in front of the old man in gray robe. The lantern in her hand gave off a soft and immersive light. She asked in a natural tone: "What kind of church is this?"
The old man in gray robe seemed confused for a moment, and then said: "Of course...a church dedicated to gods..."
Celine Na frowned: "God? Which god?"
The old man's eyes became even more confused. It seemed that someone asking this question had greatly violated his three views, but after a brief hesitation, he still slowly He slowly replied:
"The gods...of course are...the upper-level narrator..."