I upgrade points in the Holy Inquisition

Chapter 448 447. Dreamlike City

"What on earth did you do last night? Why are you all wanted?"

Lloyd took the newspaper back home and pointed at the 'big news' on the bulletin board and asked.

The former dean snorted and said with disdain:

"Hmph~ Such a simple question, let the little kitten answer you."

"Meow! Meow! Meow...Meow..."

The little kitten explained to Lloyd what happened last night very seriously.

Lloyd: "……..."

I didn't understand a word...

This is just perfunctory, right?

Lloyd was about to ask more questions, but was interrupted by the former dean:

"Okay, okay, can I still hurt people? I just conducted some human observations and looked at the strength of these extraordinary people outside. As for the results...naturally, they are not satisfactory..."

Since he refused to say, Lloyd couldn't ask more questions, so he could only imagine it himself.

Maybe someone noticed this pot of flying chopped pepper fish head, which caused some misunderstandings and then some minor conflicts with some members of the investigation team?

There was definitely no attack to hurt anyone. Lloyd still believed in the former dean on this point. As a former [Brilliant Gold], even if he was a little down and out now, he would not bully the weak.

Anyway, it was not a big deal, and there were no casualties. It was just that the sayings of "molesting young women" and "near-death experience" made people a little concerned.

The former dean didn't have a girlfriend, so he wouldn't be so mean, right? It should also be some kind of misunderstanding?

As for the "near-death experience", maybe it was because some investigators used inspiration to lock it without knowing the consequences?

If [Brilliant Gold] is regarded as a god walking in the world, then this act of locking it with inspiration is tantamount to blasphemy. In the end, he was able to save his life, maybe it was because the former dean showed mercy?

Lloyd was thinking about something when he heard the former dean urging him angrily:

"Look at your expression. Are you thinking about something again? You are not very old, but why do you have so many ideas? Why are you so worried? Do you still want to go to this illusory city?"

"I will go."

Lloyd quickly retracted his thoughts, then took out a world map from his storage bag, and then used the space equipment to quickly calculate a rough coordinate, and then stretched out his hand to open a portal.

The whole process took less than five minutes.

This surprised the former dean, and he was not in a hurry to enter the portal, but asked first:

"Why is it so fast?"

"Isn't this a normal speed?"

Lloyd asked back with some doubt.

Ever since he participated in the illusory trial last time and came into contact with the temporary alien space, and then the former dean cheated him out of the cat claw biscuits that he used to save his life, Lloyd has always been amazed at the former dean's attainments in space, and thought that he was far superior to himself.

That was just a very basic operation of calculating coordinates and opening a portal, which shouldn't be worth his surprise, right?

Fortunately, the former dean immediately explained:

"Although this is indeed a very basic skill, you are so skilled and so smooth... Maybe I am better than you in the advanced use of space, but when it comes to this basic skill, you are better...

This shows that you have a natural sensitivity and affinity to the alien space, as if you were born from it."

After saying this, the former dean's toy fish eyes turned slightly again, secretly observing Lloyd's facial expression.

The result was very calm, without sadness, joy or surprise.

Because Professor Lawrence had said something similar before...

I have been a native time traveler since I was a child, and I grew up with my sister Evelor. How could I be a creature from another space? That was just the effect of [Space Domination].

Unfortunately, Lloyd couldn't explain his panel and the skill of [Space Domination] to others, so he could only smile indifferently and let others talk nonsense.

He didn't refute anything, but just called the little cat, pushed the portal open first, and walked in.

The former dean floated in place, thinking for a moment, as if he was wondering if Lloyd's calmness was expressing any intention?

But he didn't seem to figure it out, and finally just turned the toy fish head and floated into the portal.

……………………

"Oh~ The city of illusion, it's actually like this?"

Lloyd looked at the dreamy city in front of him and couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice.

He didn't expect the city of illusion to be like this?

The overall architectural style here looks similar to other cities except the Eternal City, all of which are the European style of the Victorian era on Earth.

However, the surface and surroundings of these buildings are covered with a layer of faint light, and present a constantly changing color, which is very colorful. It looks like a soap bubble in the sun, with exquisite, beautiful, clean and brand new buildings wrapped inside.

This is incredible. Although the City of Illusion is the second youngest city, it was only established earlier than the City of Joy, but it actually has a history of two or three hundred years, but the streets, decorations, and buildings here are brand new like a brand new city.

But it looks good, and the dream is a dream, but it gives Lloyd an 'unrealistic' illusion. It seems that these are all fake, and they will disappear without a trace like a soap bubble with just a light poke. .

Lloyd then looked up at the sky. It was blue, clear and cloudless, and the sun was as warm and comfortable as the breeze. It was simply perfect weather.

However, above the curtain, there is also the same layer of faint light, as if the entire sky has been put into a soap bubble, and it may be shattered in the next second.

Lloyd probably guessed something. Maybe this is the origin of the name of the City of Illusion?

This made him feel a little restrained, and he didn't even dare to take a breath, for fear that if he moved too much, he would expose this fragile sense of illusion.

Under this perfect blue sky and white clouds, there are several truly towering towers, distributed in many directions of the city, as if they are jointly supporting the sky above.

"Are you opening the Book of Truth?"

The former dean on the side saw this and suddenly asked.

Lloyd nodded quickly.

"Then imagine in your mind how hard it would be to close it, and let it rest for a while, so you don't have to worry all the time."

The former dean said, and then added something to help him:

"There is no way. This book is the first work of the same type. I didn't think that much about it at the time. It was not convenient and mature enough in many aspects..."

Yes, "The Book of Truth" is also his 'work'...

Lloyd nodded, followed the other person's suggestion, and imagined a picture of closing the book.

Then, his vision blurred slightly, and the city in front of him suddenly became much more normal.

Although it is still abnormally clean, tidy and beautiful, at least the layer of 'soap bubbles' is gone, and you don't have to worry about popping it.

Such a contrast made Lloyd think of something else, and he quickly asked in a low voice:

"This city...is it fake?"

"Not really."

The former dean gave an oddly ambiguous answer.

"Uh...what does this mean?"

"You're just going to take it as half-truth, right? For example, the foundations of these buildings are fake, and they were transformed with the help of false power. It's a bit similar to your [projection]? But it's much smarter and more real. Don't worry. It will break like a soap bubble, and as for the buildings up here and all these people coming and going, of course that’s true.”

After the former dean gave such an explanation, he suddenly tried to change the topic without warning:

"Look, that girl over there is quite pretty?"

Lloyd obviously wasn't in the mood to 'look', so he just pointed at the perfect blue sky above his head and asked:

"Then this one is also fake?"

"Huh? Since you have calculated the spatial coordinates here, why don't you take a few more glances?"

the former dean asked rhetorically.

Lloyd was stunned and quickly analyzed the spatial location of the city.

This is actually a giant underground city buried nearly 10,000 meters underground?

This depth and scale are so unbelievable that even the entire Earth's civil engineering community would not be able to dig it out, let alone the level of technology here.

"Is this place... also a legacy of the glorious era?"

Lloyd only thought of such a possibility.

After all, there is no such thing as a 'sage of civil engineering' in this world, and I have never heard of any system of extraordinary beings who are good at digging holes.

"It should be, but to be precise, it should have been tinkered with in the Twilight Era. Maybe they wanted to build an underground shelter, right? Look at those towers, do they look like the architectural style of our time?"

After hearing what the former dean said, Lloyd quickly turned on his spiritual vision and carefully looked at the giant tower closest to him.

It turned out that this thing was some kind of 'elevator', serving as a passage connecting the underground city to the surface.

Although the specific internal structure cannot be seen clearly, it gives Lloyd a sense of familiarity, which is somewhat similar to the 'advanced subway' that always has +50.

"I see. This place reminds me of the Eternal City and the City of Joy. There seems to be an Eternal City, right? They were all built on the basis of the shelter in the Twilight Era."

Lloyd now figured out the 'ins and outs'.

"Well, I also heard Hazred briefly mention it, but these shelters can't be considered completed, especially this one. At that time, they should just lay out some foundations, and then you can build this place through the 'Great Development' A beautiful city.”

As the former dean said, he followed Lloyd and wandered around the streets casually, preparing to experience the customs and customs here. He continued to say:

"This is also a quite remarkable achievement, and the saint named Zamu'el is even more remarkable. If it weren't for his 'illusion' that supported the environment here, with your current technical level, you wouldn't be able to do it. Build a city at such a deep place.”

He gave the embodied saint a very high evaluation, much higher than Hiltina's evaluation.

"Every saint should be great, right? It's just that their ideas may be different from ours?"

"Oh? Are you talking about the saint named Astra? Hazlade did mention him to me, and called him 'Pessimistic Astra'. I don't think much of this, because I don't like things like [fate] and [prophecy]. I wasted a lot of time to verify it, but it was all in vain in the end..."

"This... I have heard of it. Like you, I don't believe it, but the Excellency [Always Be Humble and Awesome] seems to have a different opinion? He also taught me a skill called crisis divination."

"Hmm? Divination and prophecy are two completely different things. What he taught you is just a little similar, but it's still two different things..."

Lloyd walked and talked with the former dean, and every time he passed by passers-by, he would feel the sympathy and regret in the other person's eyes.

In fact, in the City of Illusion, the headquarters of the [Manifestation] Department, it is not surprising to have something strange around. Lloyd has seen several extraordinary people walking around with [projections] along the way.

So no one would be surprised by the chopped pepper fish head floating around, and they were all regarded as his "projection" by others.

But other people did not talk to their "projections" like him, which was essentially the same as talking to themselves.

So these passers-by probably sympathized with Lloyd's mental state...

This made him laugh and cry.

After walking around for a while, the former dean suddenly changed the subject and said in a puzzled manner:

"It's really strange. We have been here for a while, and the saints here don't even say hello?"

He did not deliberately hide his existence, so it stands to reason that the manifested saints should be able to notice him like Hiltina.

But the other party didn't seem to care...

"Has his autism deteriorated to this extent?"

The former dean said with a bit of a laugh, and then suggested:

"Then maybe we need to find him in another way. Can you contact the alumni association here? Ask them if they have any ideas?"

"I can't contact them, but I know two influential friends here. They should have some ideas."

Lloyd said, reaching into the storage bag and rummaging around, and finally took out a beautiful gold-stamped business card.

This was given to him by little Olga before she left. It has the address of their Iska family on it.

According to the address and the map, you can go directly there.

But just as Lloyd was about to pull out of the portal, he suddenly felt a sight coming from a distant direction.