Chapter 374 Observatory

Chapter 374 Observatory

Chapter 374: Observatory

What kind of information is critical?

time?

space?

Layers?

still is……

Lin Yi suddenly had an idea, and thousands of words converged into one sentence -

"Maozi, I'm here to save you!"

Mao Feiyang, who was walking down the stairs in the corridor with many art students, suddenly felt his body tremble, and then his eyes flashed with a light that was inconsistent with his temperament.

He began to mutter in a trance:

"Everything... is going according to plan..."

"It's not... yet..."

Lin Yi was shocked: "What...?!"

However, before he could get more information, his vision fluctuated again and he lost contact with Maozi...

"Maozi... no, we, do have a plan!" Lin Yi's eyes showed a surprise and complex understanding, "I'm the only one who doesn't know this plan..."

"But speaking of which, is Ryoko part of our plan?"

Lin Yi couldn't help but feel dazed, and after this moment of daze, his vision changed again, and this time it was even more outrageous, he seemed to see...

an island.

If this place was not paved with the yellow-brown building materials unique to the Art Building, he would have thought that his consciousness was pushed overseas by the air waves of the "Church".

Everything here is made of huge yellow-brown rocks. Each stone bears the traces of time. The rough surface is covered with moss and mottled cracks, as if telling stories of the past. It stands high at the highest point of the Black Moon Outpost, so close to the sky that it seems within reach...

“Wait… where is this?!”

He actually saw a clock tower on this "isolated island"? !
The bell tower is the tallest place in the entire art building, but it seems not to be the only place. This mysterious island is almost as high as the bell tower, but on the other side of the art building, it is an extremely vast open-air platform, surrounded by a quiet and profound atmosphere.

Outdoor deck?

wrong!

Where would there be an open-air terrace in such a storm?

As expected, he discovered that the platform was not open to the sky, but covered with a completely transparent dome. Outside the dome was a depressing sky, and groups of eerily laughing angels were dancing in the night sky, waiting for an opportunity to attack the huge invisible cover of the Art Building. The fortifications of the Art Building were actually very good. Lin Yi realized that the only way for the invaders to invade the Art Building "slightly more smoothly" was through the three stone bridges connecting the observation deck and the Art Building.

In addition to the stone bridge, the invisible cover formed a terrifying force field, which resisted a large number of smiling angels.

"No... that invisible force field!"

That force field, one wave after another, produced some strange resonance with the fluctuations of his consciousness.

Of course he knew that this had nothing to do with him, because the source of the fluctuation of the air waves was the "Holy Temple"!
The area formed by the "Sanctuary", the edge of the air wave alone, constitutes a super protective shield that protects the entire art building!
Unbelievable!

"This is the work of 'Designer' Amon!"

Lin Yi also discovered that the nocturnal species that covered the entire outer wall of the art building did not appear around the dome, as if they had not yet spread to this place?

That's not right. The bell tower with the giant quantum bell "Sanctuary" has been invaded, so why is there no movement here?

There must be something fishy!
He quickly looked around and indeed found an open, tightly closed iron door. Strangely, when he looked at the iron door, his consciousness penetrated down and he saw a narrow and winding stone staircase. On the walls on both sides of the stone staircase were several candlesticks emitting faint light. The dim light swayed in the wind, casting distorted shadows on the wall...

He retracted his attention and looked at the spacious platform, then noticed a huge bronze armillary sphere not far away.

The armillary sphere had long been corroded, and the copper rust appeared a dark green in the dim light. Its gears and rings were intricately structured, as if it were a forgotten time machine.

It is like a sacred weapon eroded by time, waiting for someone who can polish it again.

It stands there quietly, as if adhering to its ancient mission and peeking into the mysteries of the universe...

"This is... an armillary sphere? Could this be the mysterious 'astronomical observatory' in the art building?!"

According to Lao Mo, the observatory has long been closed to the public. Even if art students want to come here, they need certain qualifications!

Did he really see the observatory?
If that's the case, then isn't "Starry Night" also here? !
The edge of the observatory is surrounded by a circle of waist-high stone pillars, on which are carved all kinds of mysterious patterns, totems and mysterious symbols. These mysterious trajectories form a series of constellation patterns.

However, these carvings have become blurred over the years, and the lines of the constellations seem to have been pulled and twisted by dark forces. The star patterns that originally symbolized hope and guidance now reveal an indescribable weirdness.

In the center of the observatory, there is a huge circular stone platform, which is engraved with ancient runes. These runes emit a faint blue light, like a response from the distant starry sky...

Even though the wind and clouds were howling and the gray fog was invading, the round stone platform was still gathering starlight. Under the dark clouds, a few rays of light seeped down from somewhere and landed on the round stone platform...

Lin Yi was immediately mesmerized. In the starlight, it seemed as if there were whispers from the depths of the universe...

His consciousness slowly drifted to the center of the observatory. His perception spread through here. The whole world was shrouded in darkness, with only the distant stars flickering with faint light.

This observatory is like a bridge connecting this layer with an unknown layer of the starry sky. It is also like a cursed place, full of mystery and unknown horrors...

【...Sto...re... stjer...ner...】

【St...ore... stjer...ner...】

【Store...stjer...ner...】

He seemed to hear some kind of call, like a Taoist child hearing the sound of Tao that has been passed down through the ages, and his soul and air flow trembled.

He seemed to sense an interference from the layers. He didn't even realize it. As soon as his consciousness approached here, he seemed to be deeply attracted. He didn't sense anything clearly yet, as if he had been caught. He almost forgot that he was in the observatory, forgot everything. It seemed that there was only a starry sky in his consciousness, and the call from the depths of the starry sky.

Just as he was about to sink, his vision changed strangely, and his consciousness seemed to be disturbed by a brutal force and was pulled away from that place.

"This... me...?! What just now...?" Lin Yi was shocked. When he came to his senses, his soul began to tremble with fear.

"The observatory is not a place for you to stay at the moment..." The night watchman's narration-like voice sounded in his mind.

"So that's really the observatory? Is it the starry sky, or the pollution caused by "Starry Night" that wants to keep me there?"

"On the contrary, Starry Night has always been there. It was your consciousness that sensed its existence, so you tried to stay there... No one can resist the impact of Starry Night, including you now."

"Then will I be able to watch it later?"

“We’ll talk about the rest later.”

The horizon gradually faded, and the air wave pushed it to the end.

Ten seconds passed, and Lin Yi's consciousness, which seemed to have been torn into countless pieces, quietly gathered again and condensed at the clock tower.

"It's time." The night watchman's voice sounded, "In order to take care of you, I delayed the air wave for half a minute this time."

"Half a minute...?" Lin Yi glanced at his watch. The current time was only 2:24.

"It really was only half a minute... half a minute, so long?" Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh, "I clearly knew that the push of the air wave would only last for ten seconds, but when my consciousness spread out with the air wave, I forgot the passage of time..."

"Even though I'm back now, it feels like a long time has passed..."

"'Time' is like this. The more detailed your perception, the more subtle the passage of time will be." The night watchman said, "When your perception reaches a certain level, when you release your perception, you will have an illusion that time has frozen... This is the relativity of time."

"Moreover, there are also some completely opposite situations. You think only a moment has passed, but in fact you have been lost for many years. There have been many cases of dream builders getting lost in layers of dreams throughout the ages."

Lin Yi nodded slightly, but it seemed that he was focusing too much and did not notice that, on the wrist with the watch, only two bones as if cast in gold were left. The sky-blue aura kept moving on his hand bones like nanomaterials, causing his flesh and blood to regenerate quickly.

And he...had even blocked out the pain of his flesh and blood being torn apart.

The infusion of the "Holy Temple" energy destroyed his body, leaving only the bones, muscles, and heart that had been "tempered" while climbing the stairs.

Lao Mo, who was far away, saw the absurd and weird scene that happened to Lin Yi, and opened his mouth in shock. His expression seemed to be saying, what kind of monster did I bring here? !
Of course, there seemed to be some regret in his eyes - such a fun thing was given to the Night Watch for nothing. If he had known earlier, he would have explored it more along the way...

The night watchman calmly observed the changes in every inch of Lin Yi's flesh and blood, and then asked: "Didn't you see some weird things? One or two that made you feel strongly uneasy or restless?"

"Too many..." Lin Yi said weakly.

"Well, it's okay if you really don't have it. After all... wait a minute, what did you say?!" The night watchman's words of comfort were just on the tip of his tongue, and he wanted Lin Yi to undergo the cleansing of the "Holy Temple" again if he really couldn't do it, but he didn't expect Lin Yi to say too much?
Lin Yi said slowly: "There were a few times when I felt like I was going to be left behind, and then it seemed like you were the one who brought me out. I felt like there were big problems in those places..."

"If, say, you think that item you're looking for is in a place that I consider special, then it should be in one of those places."

"Several times..." The night watchman groaned, then denied it, "No, it's just that this level is not enough."

"Isn't that enough?"

"When building a dream, it is normal to sink. In addition, this is your first time, so there are naturally many dangers... But the item I want to find must be very easy for you to distinguish. Think about it carefully. Has this situation ever occurred?"

"I..." Lin Yi pondered and finally took a breath with difficulty, "You pulled me out many times. Did you sense anything each time?"

The night watchman said, "For you, it was time and time again, but for me, you only passed 'half a minute'. In this half a minute, you were sinking almost every time you breathed. I was on the verge of waking you up the whole time, using the air waves of the 'Holy Temple' to interfere with your sinking."

"To you, I may have saved you many times, but in my opinion, I only saved you once."

"So I need you to figure out for yourself, is there a most special time?"

"There are many special moments, but when it comes to 'most'..." Lin Yi pondered in a muffled voice, "The time at the Observatory... I felt it was very special..."

"The observatory?" the night watchman asked, "Tell me more about it."

"I saw a celestial sphere covered with rust..."

"The armillary sphere... that was designed by the Star Painter and Lord Amon. It's not what I'm looking for. Remember, it's an object. At least, it appears as an 'object' in your perception."

"It must be an 'item'..." Lin Yi scratched his bald head. He was originally thinking about the round stone platform that gathered starlight, but it didn't seem to be it. "It can't be "Starry Night", right?"

"Of course not."

"Then I won't mention it..."

"What about things outside the observatory?"

"Outside the observatory..." Lin Yi recalled the scenes that almost got him killed, "I saw a deep well covered with moss. What seems to be underneath it?"

Hearing the word "deep well", the night watchman hesitated for a moment, then said, "What is buried over there is very useful, but it is not what I am looking for."

"What is buried over there?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

"Answer my question first...what about other places?" The night watchman seemed unwilling to answer and avoided the question.

Lin Yi's curiosity grew, but he still started to think about it. For some reason, his subconscious seemed to avoid that bedroom.

It was not until he went through it again that he clapped his hands suddenly: "Hey, I figured it out!"

"It looks like there's a bedroom!"

"'Bedroom'?" The night watchman's voice seemed to fluctuate slightly. "What kind of bedroom?"

"It's a small pink and blue bedroom with a big white bear doll inside." Lin Yi described what he saw, "It looks like a little girl's bedroom..."

The night watchman breathed a little heavier: "Is there a painting hanging on its wall?"

(End of this chapter)