Chapter 534 "The Shadow of the Origin is calling us."
Chapter 534 "The Root Shadow is calling us."
Lin Yi pursed his lips.
He actually completely believed what Tian Bufan had said before.
But he didn't expect that it was just a temporary anchor laid to help him adapt to the campus.
So now that he has experience, he completely believes that what Tian Bufan said that night is completely applicable at this stage.
However, this may not be the "original truth".
Lin Yi, who understood all this, did not continue to tell Tian Bufan about his experience last night. Instead, he went straight to the point and said, "So, you knew everything I experienced yesterday in your dream, right?"
"Strictly speaking, it was as of 6 a.m. this morning." Tian Bufan said, and then suddenly added, "It includes but is not limited to some things that happened between you and the class teacher-039 in the office."
"No need to say more about this part..." Lin Yi covered his face, feeling as if he was under surveillance after doing something bad.
"Hmm? What do you mean by no need to say more?!" Wei Liang's ears moved, and he turned over as if he had gotten something. He looked very lively and dandy. "Why don't you tell me in detail?"
"Do you miss Xia Lian's feet too?" Lin Yi twisted his mouth with a sneer on his face.
"Hiss..." Wei Liang's mouth twitched, "You are bringing up something irrelevant."
"No more playing, time to sleep."
He turned over and fell asleep again.
Lin Yi was already accustomed to seeing Wei Liang doing sit-ups.
So he continued to discuss with Tian Bufan: "When Lao Mo and I went to the Art Building, we passed a barren land in the green forest belt. There was a matrix that bred angry angels, but before I arrived, Shan Nan and Kuai Kuai seemed to have been there..."
"The adhesive I used to shape the puppet is the solidified supernatural substance over there, but I'm curious about what Kuai Kuai was doing over there?"
Tian Bufan said, "That's one of the steps in 'monster control'. Kuai Kuai, can you tell Lao Lin about it?"
Kuai Hongji's somewhat cold and low voice came from the other side of the bed: "Before entering the school, we already knew that the fanatics created angry angels in the green forest belt, so in order to reduce the impact of some insignificant things, I directly modified the logic of the "matrix" and detonated the matrix."
"Angry Angels are just brainless creatures. They don't have any critical impact on our plans, but if we get entangled with them, it will be a waste of time."
"And time... what we lack most right now is time. We can't waste even a bit of it on small fry."
"Trash, trash..." Lin Yi's mouth twitched subconsciously. Damn, is Kuai Kuai so pretentious?
Has the angry angel become a small fry?
Tian Bufan took over the conversation: "As long as there is no special mechanism, no matter how high the value is, it is just some big shrimp soldiers and crab generals."
Lin Yi thought about it and it seemed so.
Angry angels... He can deal with them now, but if there are too many of them at once, it would be a little troublesome to fight them.
He sighed softly.
In fact, although the Laughing Angel is difficult to deal with, it seems that we will not be in a desperate situation if we encounter it now.
Wei Shan stayed behind to hold off the Forest of Dead Men and the Laughing Angel alone for a while - he didn't even know how Wei Shan managed to deal with the Laughing Angel.
Emmm... Actually, there is a possibility that Wei Shan was entangled by the Laughing Angel and brought back to the dormitory, and finally solved this trouble while taking a shower in the bathroom. However, the fact that he had to defend against the Laughing Angel and the Forest of Dead Steles alone is particularly... unreasonable no matter how you think about it.
In other words, if Mao Feiyang and Mu Daxian had met Wei Shan on the night of May 5, their eyes would probably have popped out of their heads in surprise.
"Wait... that Maozi is also...?"
"Shit, has Maozi been playing the role of Maki Daishin all this time?"
Lin Yi had a sense of déjà vu in his heart, as if "everyone in the world is acting, but I am the only one who is true"...
Tian Bufan couldn't help but glance at Kuai Hongji, and then continued: "Don't think too much, Lao Lin, all of us are slowly showing more abilities as you "adapt"..."
"In other words, on the day we entered the school, we always had 'that intensity'. If we really encountered a problem, our solutions would be very extreme."
"Everything is the 'relatively optimal solution' we have come up with after a long period of rehearsal and calculation. What we have to do is to follow the steps as much as possible and achieve our goal."
"On this basis, if there are discrepancies in the details, the ultimate goal should be the priority, and when necessary, necessary...sacrifices and sacrifices should be made."
Tian Bufan's words always reveal an absolute rationality, as if it is this absolute rationality that can bring results that are fully in line with expectations.
"That's what you said, but why is your strength related to my level of adaptability?" Lin Yi asked puzzled.
Tian Bufan hesitated for a moment, and Kuai Hongji and Wei Shan looked at him.
"The 'barrel effect'," Tian Bufan said, "the overall capacity of a system is limited by its weakest link, just as the amount of water a barrel can hold is determined by the shortest piece of wood."
The corner of Lin Yi's mouth twitched slightly. Damn, why did he say it so bluntly?
But Tian Bufan immediately explained calmly: "Because the pollution between us is common. Only if you improve your adaptability can we exert more power. Otherwise, overusing power beyond your tolerance threshold will put you in danger from which you cannot extricate yourself."
Tian Bufan's explanation made Lin Yi feel a little better, but he still felt that something was wrong. He couldn't tell where the loophole was, so he had to end the topic.
Lin Yi asked again: "Mr. Tian, do you have anything you can tell me about the Forest of Corpses and the Returning Sea Tide?"
Tian Bufan asked back: "What do you want to know specifically?"
Lin Yi said frankly: "In the depths of the forest of bones lies the 'Shadow of the Origin'. It is called the 'Big Snake' by Lao Mo and the fanatics. Its shape seems to be like the earthly serpent 'Jörmungandr' in Norse mythology, or it may also have some shadows of the 'Zhulong', the Origin'..."
"And I can be sure that I had several visions related to it before entering the Forest of Bones..."
"Sometimes, I feel like I am sinking to the bottom of the sea along with a rotten wooden boat. Deep in the cabin of that wooden boat, there is an unknown creature chained by an iron chain. The creature has hard metal scales, and it is rubbing against the passage of the cabin while calling my name..." "Other times, I feel like I am being dragged into the water by an unknown force. The huge snake shadow is hovering in the dark water. The darkness wraps around its body, and I can only see its vague huge outline... Occasionally, I see its huge head close to my body, and its cold golden eyes are as huge as lanterns. Similarly, it is constantly calling my name..."
"Sometimes, I feel like I'm being pulled through layers by an unknown force and forced into a dream state. In that state, I seem to be able to feel that I'm being summoned by some kind of force... This force seems to come from the Shadow of the Origin, but I don't know if there is any connection between me and it..."
"Can you tell me?"
Listening to Lin Yi's words, the whole dormitory fell silent.
Kuai Hongji, who was wrapped in a quilt and huddled in the shadows, had a gloomy look on his face from time to time, while Wei Shan opened his mouth several times but didn't say a word.
Kuai Hongji and Wei Shan both subconsciously turned their gazes towards Tian Bufan.
"That's right..." Tian Bufan said slowly, "The Root Shadow is calling us."
"Not just you, but all of us can hear that call through you... and this is exactly why I will go to the Green Forest Belt tomorrow to carry out the final step of the exploration."
"The Shadow of the Origin... According to the records in the Code, it is said to be the product of the experiments of the "First Apostles", and a large part of the "First Apostles" who created it were lost in the depths of the Gray Mist Sea."
"The remaining 'Original Apostles' stripped it of its name and trapped it in the Forest of Bones, the Returning Sea Tide, and the rifts between the layers as a barrier against the invasion of the gray fog."
"I don't know why it is calling us, so we must go there tomorrow... to find out."
Lin Yi pursed his lips and said, "Is it 'I don't know', or... can you only tell me 'I don't know' now?"
Tian Bufan was silent for a moment: "You...will know sooner or later..."
"We don't have anything to do with it... right?" Lin Yi couldn't help but blurt out and ask.
Tian Bufan laughed at himself: "Don't overestimate us. Although you have made rapid progress, you are still a long way from being able to connect with it... Just like you can hear 'her' call, in essence, it is not because you are so special, but because your depth in 'dream studies' has reached the minimum requirement to be qualified to receive the frequency band emitted by them."
"But no matter what, I still have to go and take a look, what if... what if the "Shadow of the Origin" can provide some interesting clues?" Tian Bufan's eyes flashed with an unprecedented cold light. If Lin Yi saw it, he would definitely feel a chill down his spine.
Because such light was so sinister and vicious, even the usually gloomy Kuai Hongji had never shown such brilliance before.
"When the layers jumped, I saw some swirls similar to the one in the painting "Starry Night". Do those swirls correspond to different layers?"
"It's a waste of time to ask this kind of question now, Lao Lin." Tian Bufan glanced at the pendulum clock, "But your guess is correct, and it may not necessarily be a layer, it may also correspond to some coordinates of a higher dimension..."
"Van Gogh's observations may have touched upon his mind, and the vortex at that level of the image may have represented a coordinate involving time."
"It has been speculated that the cartoonist Fujikuma was also inspired by "Starry Night" and observed similar phenomena. He used his work Doraemon to depict the time tunnel as a passage with countless twisted clocks... He tried to use comics to warn the people of Xiaori and start cognitive rewriting in advance, but failed."
"I've gone off topic... But the subject of layer transition is very profound. Everyone's understanding of it is different. It's so mysterious that perhaps only you can understand it."
Lin Yi glanced at the pendulum clock.
23: 33.
27 minutes left...
Damn, time is really tight...
"I saw the night watchman. He said that the black wooden box containing the Ouroboros Ring was the final payment. So what is your deal? What is the first part of the payment?"
Time is limited, so Lin Yi doesn't beat around the bush and goes straight to the point.
Tian Bufan said: "First of all... I know about this deal, but this deal is not just carried out by us, so the previous part of the reward should have been taken by the official people, and I don't know what it is."
"Secondly... we are involved in this transaction, so your receipt of the 'final payment' is also part of the transaction."
"What the hell? It wasn't a transaction between us, but I can get the balance?" Question marks began to appear on Lin Yi's forehead.
Tian Bufan said: "The official transaction is related to our actions. You and I should be clear about the content - it is to help the Night Watch find the "quartermaster". In this process, we can also use his power to radiate his will throughout the Art Building and wait for an opportunity to find the location of the "Principal's Office."
"After you go there, help the Night's Watch find the Quartermaster, and the deal is done. It's only natural that you get the Ouroboros Ring."
"After all, according to the tactics we arranged at the beginning, the Ouroboros Ring will fall into your hands no matter what. Even if the authorities get it, they will find a way to give it to you."
Tomorrow night, under tremendous pressure, Lin Yi will begin to accelerate his "adaptation" to the deeper abnormalities of the campus, and the "Ouroboros Ring" is a necessary prop, so there will be no problem if it falls into his hands.
But Lin Yi couldn't help but mutter: "Are we really part of the game between the authorities and the Night Watchmen?"
Tian Bufan sneered and said, "It doesn't matter whether it is or not. We only need the result that you get the Ouroboros Ring, that's all."
So... Mr. Tian really doesn't know what the balance is? Lin Yi couldn't help but wonder.
Or does the so-called "falling into the hands of the authorities" actually mean "falling into the hands of Mr. Tian"?
Lin Yi continued, "After entering the Art Building, I found that the lobby of the Art Building was broken at the layer level. Does that mean that the Art Building itself is actually broken?"
Tian Bufan replied: "What was broken was the Black Moon Outpost. When the troops who were exploring the Black Moon Outpost discovered it, it was already broken."
“The Art Building is a complex of buildings that overwrote reality. On the one hand, it anchors the Black Moon Outpost, and on the other hand, it also anchors the Art Building. The two anchor each other, and that’s what the Art Building really looks like.”
"The sea breeze, fog, and moisture mentioned in the Art Building Rules all come from the Black Moon Outpost layer, and penetrate into the Art Building from the broken Black Moon Outpost."
"I see!" Lin Yi exclaimed in disbelief, "So this is the underlying logic of the rules!"
"Wait a minute! Doesn't that mean the fog and mist in the gymnasium..."
(End of this chapter)