Barrier of Light

The small courtyard in Linz is quiet.

The entrance to the cellar was ajar.

The underground space is duller and quieter than the ground. The old man was sitting in a wheelchair, silently looking at the huge bookcase that had accompanied him "his whole life", while his disciple Hooper was holding a lamp while sorting out the long-standing archives... The old and the young just stayed there. In the dusty basement, as a beam of dim light fell, in an instant, the blazing fire bloomed with wisps of light, illuminating the underground library.

The appearance of this blazing fire was the signal for Gu Shen to return!

The old man didn't look up.

"Mr. Xiao Gu, are you back?!"

Hooper quickly stopped what he was doing, stepped forward to say hello, and cast a vaguely concerned look: "How's it going over there on the Rhine?"

"People saved."

Gu Shen's words were concise and to the point.

He came to the wheelchair and said softly: "Mr. Ian... I think you need to give me an explanation about the person who killed 'Mr. Hollin'."

All the time.

He didn't even know Xiao Xiao's true origin.

This guy has abilities similar to his own, and can even be said to be like-eating "blood fire"!

But this time, Xiao's life experience gradually surfaced.

He must know the truth of this matter.

Causes, consequences, everything!

"statement……"

An empty voice came from the spiritual link device.

The old man asked softly: "You want to know its origin."

"Yes." Gu Shen said: "In the Rhine Bay, he told me..."

Having said this, he immediately paused and stopped talking.

The words Xiao said to himself are indispensable for the suspicion of "spiritual bewitchment."

"What did he say to you?"

The old man raised his hand with difficulty, signaling Hooper to seal the entrance to the cellar. Then he returned to his wheelchair, pushed him to a certain bookcase, and took out some heavy materials.

There are more than just ancient drawings here.

"This is?"

Gu Shen frowned as the information was sent to him.

"This is information that will not be recorded in history. It is a premature experiment before the implementation of the genetic bill."

Archmaester Ian said calmly: "These are sample data from failed experiments... At first, the laboratory tried to directly cultivate a 'Chosen One' who could be integrated with the 'Fire', but after countless experiments After simulation experiments, they all ended in failure.”

Gu Shen turned the pages of the book and was shocked.

He handed the information to Chu Ling.

Even Chu Ling fell silent. These information were quite a long time ago. Long before the birth of [Deep Sea], the laboratory began to try to simulate the cultivation of the ‘Chosen One’, so of course she didn’t know about it.

But the experimental data is quite shocking.

"Simulate directly in the 'Spiritual Sea'? Cultivate a perfect 'Spiritual Sea'?" Gu Shen murmured: "What kind of madman can think of this idea?"

"Turing."

Ian slowly uttered these two words and murmured: "He is both a madman and a unique genius."

Yes.

This is indeed an extremely crazy and extremely genius idea, because directly cultivating living bodies is a taboo that violates the ethics and morals of all mankind. If you cultivate the spiritual sea, there will be no such controversy.

"We created a spiritual sea and simulated different 'ability adaptation environments' for him to adapt to the basic spirit of the extraordinary... But that's all."

"The purpose of the experiment is to create the 'Chosen One' who is at the peak of his birth. At first, we thought that in order to integrate with the fire, we must find suitable and powerful abilities... But later we found that we were wrong."

"No matter how powerful your ability is, it's just a coat."

“Fire is a burning core that is extremely hot.”

"After numerous failures, the 'Spiritual Sea Simulation Experiment' was completely aborted."

Ian lowered his face and said in a hoarse voice: "Everyone in the laboratory thought that it was all over... But what everyone didn't know was that the nightmare really started from this moment -"

"The guy who was cultivated by the 'spiritual simulation experiment' should have been killed, but his ideology has become extremely tough after enduring too many simulation experiments... After we turned off the consciousness-bearing instrument, it It still survived in the 'container' and learned language. It transmitted mental fluctuations and begged the people in the laboratory, begging them to spare its life."

This seemingly genius experiment finally ushered in a backlash.

Are “creatures” that exist solely as ideologies considered life?

"Hollin is my most admired disciple. He has an extraordinary mind and a philanthropic mind... This is a good thing, but sometimes, it is not a good thing." Ian tapped the wheelchair lightly and said: "Because the container 'The guy's pleading moved Huolin to feel compassion, and he asked me if I must kill such a 'spirit'...and I also fell into hesitation."

"It happened that Turing went to another continent and we couldn't contact him."

"We decided to wait until Turing came back before making a decision. But while we were waiting, something unexpected happened."

"Xiao Gu... there are some things that you can't easily believe even if you see them with your own eyes, because you don't even know what kind of face is hidden under their skin."

Ian said meaningfully: "The creature in the container was originally full of begging, begging for mercy, and thanks. It seemed gentle, innocent and harmless... It was precisely because of this illusion that it deceived Huo Lin. It led to tragedy."

"When Hollin decided to give it a chance of survival, it had already begun to plan its 'escape'. In countless simulation experiments, it had already acquired the ability that was most suitable for itself and the easiest to escape from the 'container' ——Mind control, during a shift handover, it directly seized the body of an intern, but it also triggered an alarm. All the extraordinary people in the entire laboratory were dispatched. There was no [Deep Sea] at that time, because of the years of Watching from the sidelines, it knew the Ancient Literature Society's laboratory extremely well, and when the alarm was triggered, it arrived at the storage point of the forbidden sealed artifacts and released them all, causing a fire to sweep through the laboratory."

Gu Shen was stunned.

So... the owl he saw had a face that was burned by fire.

That face appears often.

It's because Xiao Xiao was born in that fire!

The reason why he is a faceless man is because he has no face of his own. He has always been just a ray of consciousness... The so-called true self should be the "innocent intern" who was hosted by him back then!

"In that fire, Guwen Society suffered heavy losses. Several young and outstanding extraordinary people were killed in the fire, including Huolin's fiancée." Ian said in a very soft voice: "After that, he will not marry for the rest of his life. I will continue my studies at Holy Cross College and devote my whole life to research, ignoring other trivial matters."

Gu Shen was silent for a while.

Is this the truth?

At the Rhine Pier, Carolyn of the Rose Leaf of the Wind told herself that Senior Brother Huolin was a "perfect man", which was a very high evaluation. She said that the reason why Senior Brother became so perfect was because he had lost something, but But no one knows the true past.

Because of his "kindness", he unknowingly killed his lover.

I'm afraid Huo Lin has been immersed in guilt and self-blame for a long time, confused and unable to extricate himself.

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"Both of you."

"My time...I'm afraid I don't have much time..."

Ian coughed and said softly: "Before I die, I hope to pass down my lifelong 'knowledge of ancient literature'."

Hooper scratched his head and backed away silently with self-awareness.

His talent is really average, but it would take too long for a normal person to learn ancient Chinese... An "old antique" like Archmaester Ian has gained a wealth of knowledge through years of hard work. There is no other such miracle in the entire five continents.

On the table, there are several stacks of ancient texts.

Under the cellar, there are still traces of seal carvings of unknown ancient texts. This seems to be an ancient text formation that is not functioning?

"Your Excellency, Grand Maester."

Gu Shen worriedly said: "Your body..."

The old man smiled softly and said: "Life is a limited journey, and the time I have been walking has been much longer than others. I am very content. You don't have to worry about me."

Ancient prose is a spiritual text that can only be understood but cannot be expressed.

Thanks to the savings from the Qingzhong Cemetery, both Gu Shen and Chu Ling were able to read and study ancient Chinese texts quickly in a sense... but there was a big difference in their learning speeds.

It is still difficult to achieve enlightenment on your own.

The purpose of looking for members of the Ancient Literature Society is to "inherit" part of the ancient literature information, to piece together more truth about the [Old World], or to find the whereabouts of lost taboo spells.

Gu Shen looked expectantly at Chu Ling, who was wearing a white cat mask and nodded to him.

When I came to Central Continent during this trip, the most important thing and the thing I looked forward to the most... was to inherit the "spiritual heritage" that the Ancient Literature Society had lost!

"bring it on."

The old man was sitting in a wheelchair, looking at the two juniors with kind eyes.

He stretched out his hands with his palms facing up, waiting for Gu Shen and Chu Ling to touch their palms with his... He was so old that his spirit could not leave his body. If he wanted to pass on the knowledge of ancient literature, he could only rely on this kind of method. Method.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Gu Shen put his palm on the old man's palm and spoke sincerely.

"Bah."

Hooper squatted down at this moment, bit his thumb, and slowly started writing along the ancient inscriptions on the ground... This scene caught Chu Ling's attention, and she was slightly surprised.

"The ancient texts on the ground are the 'formation patterns' that help me stabilize my spirit."

Ian, who was in the wheelchair, explained with a smile: "Don't worry, when the information of the ancient text is instilled in your mind, you will also be able to realize the wonders of this 'ancient text formation'... It's just different people." The speed of comprehension is also different. This one-of-a-kind 'comprehension of ancient texts' may take a very short time to comprehend. Mr. [Key], you have to work hard."

Gu Shen smiled helplessly and said, "I'll try my best."

"Don't worry... I will slow down and wait for you." Chu Ling put his palm on the old man's aging arm and spoke calmly.

"Are you all ready?"

The old man slowly raised his head.

His kind eyes met Gu Shen and Chu Ling.

next moment.

He closed his eyes, and the three "connected" life forms entered into a meditative state of total selflessness at this moment. This state of enlightenment will last for a long time, at least several hours.

When Gu Shen studied ancient texts at Qing Tomb, he often spent a whole day on four or five formations.

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When meditation begins, another big project begins.

Hooper, who was squatting underground to carve the formations, sped up the carving of the bloody formations and started carving the second layer after finishing the first layer. This was something that Ian had not told Gu Shen and Chu Ling - this underground attic. Among them, what is laid out is not just an ancient text formation.

He kept biting his thumb and smearing the floor with blood.

The pattern bloomed like a lotus, blooming and stacking on top of each other, with the three people as the center, and soon covered half of the basement area, but Hooper did not stop, his expression was more focused than ever before, and the smile on his face Also disappeared.

At this moment, he looked like what Gu Shen had seen when he first arrived in Linz.

When pulling weeds, he was extremely focused...even with a heavy death aura in the dusk.

But his blood was "vibrant". His thumb was bitten countless times. After applying it to an area, the wound not only did not rot, but healed slowly. This is really an incredible miracle. It is true that this self-healing ability is not an exaggeration. At least an [immortal] like Song Ci Living Fish can do it. However, as the formation patterns continue to be smeared, the entire floor of the basement has been covered with blood... He wrote more and more ancient text formations, and more and more blood was needed.

No longer content with biting off his thumb, he cut his arm with a sharp knife and even tried arterial bleeding.

Such a scene can no longer be associated with "gentleness" and "kindness".

Against the backdrop of the blood in the room.

The closed cellar looked particularly gloomy, bloody, and damp.

Several ancient Chinese drawings swayed without the wind. Before they landed on the ground, they were fixed in the air by invisible spiritual power, which further highlighted the strangeness of the atmosphere at this moment... And after smearing, all this was completed. Hooper, standing at the outermost edge of the formation, looked a little pale, but more satisfied.

Hooper quietly admired this "masterpiece" created by his own hands.

Then wait silently for the time countdown.

While waiting, he couldn't help but think about what he had experienced in the past few days... Everything was so sudden. The "Key" who came all the way from Dongzhou, the "Xiao" who launched the attack after many years, rushed to the scene... "Hollin" died on the way back to Linz. The goddess of fate really likes to joke with people. This series of events broke out in just one or two days, which really caught people off guard.

But so far, my response is perfect.

The lie that goes together with the truth is the most perfect lie.

The key didn't notice anything strange at all.

But as soon as he had this idea, a sudden voice sounded in the center of the formation.

"Have you finished the painting?"

Hooper froze.

Gu Shen, who was standing in the bloody formation, suddenly spoke.

He opened his eyes, turned around, and asked seriously: "Mr. Hooper, are you finished painting now?"