I'm a villain, not a devil

The strange man who combined the two looked at himself in a daze in the hibernation capsule, and even had a faint smell of pollution rising.

This was a sign of a strong conflict between the two consciousnesses.

Without letting the deformed clone continue to immerse himself in the conflict, Sean quickly ended his life.

Sure enough, the pipe under the hibernation capsule opened again and absorbed the corpse.

The cloning device here seemed to have some kind of setting. Once the clone it created was disconnected from consciousness, it would directly start the process of remaking.

Sean was frowning and thinking, and suddenly, Noah sent a reminder.

"Lord Saint III, my scan has invaded a subsystem."

"Subsystem?" Sean frowned, "Didn't they say that the structure of this place is weird and can't be scanned?"

Noah replied: "According to the analysis results, as I said before, this is not a product before the end of the world, but your experiment just now gave me a new idea - in general, this place imitates the construction method of the most advanced shelter, and even built a huge database for it."

"However, the programs and databases originally used to control the system here have been parasitized by something, and the electronic programs have become something like biological consciousness, and this biological consciousness is changing the shelter itself, so I can't scan the weird structure and system nodes here."

"So I changed a method, I found the abandoned storage nodes of the local system - I also own this node group, which is generally used to store abandoned data and then eliminated after a fixed period of time. The parasitic system here still retains some operating modes, including abandoned nodes, and it has not been eliminated for a long time. "

Sean's eyes lit up: "Is there any important information in it?"

"Please wait, cracking..."

After a while, Noah's voice sounded again: "Cracking is completed, most of the data has been completely scrapped, and I detected valuable information as 'ether layer infiltration'."

"Ether layer infiltration?"

"There is no relevant record in the database. It is speculated that it is an activity carried out in the ether layer, which is unlikely to be observed in the real world."

Hearing Noah's answer, Sean fell into deep thought.

After a long journey, he still went to the ether layer...

It is slightly different from the ether layer mentioned in the world before crossing. The concept of the ether layer in this world has been changed by the game itself.

Even if a deep blue-level strongman comes, it is difficult to thoroughly explain what the ether layer is.

For Sean, the ether layer can be directly regarded as a combination of energy layer and mental power.

Energy is generally invisible and intangible, just like spiritual power, but these two are related to every living thing. If another word is used to explain the etheric layer, Sean thinks that the word "envelope" is good.

It is the envelopment itself - surrounding, hiding, and surrounding people... Whether it is solid, liquid, gas, or light body, it is the envelopment itself. As long as it exists, it must be enveloping.

In short, if the real world is regarded as a huge sphere, then the etheric layer is the bubble that envelops this sphere. There are countless things hidden in the bubble, which are energy, spirit, or memory and emotion. Many things in reality will be displayed in different appearances in the etheric layer, although sometimes you can't even see those appearances clearly.

And it is precisely because of this characteristic that even if you are qualified and capable of entering the etheric layer, it is very easy to get lost.

And the information that Noah searched for, the so-called etheric layer infiltration, Sean suspected that it was a parasitic behavior occurring in the etheric layer.

Just like this inexplicable shelter, its appearance in the etheric layer is parasitized by something, so Noah can't scan it, and Sean can't see its true source.

And the compressed special proliferation that seems to help the cloning device copy Sean's acquaintances seems to be using this.

He took another look at the special proliferation stuck in the startup panel: "I feel that this thing does not record the information of my friends. It is just a primer..."

Noah whispered: "I think your inference is quite accurate. According to my analysis of special proliferation, this type of item is often not very special. It is more like a key, or more like a signal, opening the door and attracting things that should not exist in the real world."

Sean pondered: "So, why did the special proliferation of the mountain of survivors clean up the evil dome before?"

Noah continued: "Whether it is the crazy beast, the gaze from the unknown high altitude, or the existence of special proliferation... I think it is inseparable from the group of evil gods, and Saint Three, please Remember, the evil gods are not on the same front. "

Sean suddenly had a flash of enlightenment: "That's true... But I don't know where the memories of my friends come from... Maybe we have to find the answer ourselves."

"Saint Three, what do you mean?"

Sean's eyes lit up slightly: "I want to go to the etheric layer myself."

Noah immediately advised: "Please think about it again. Although you have the ability to control your etheric body, it is with the help of the evil god's ritual and the anchor point of the mind hall. The activities of the etheric body in the real world and the activities of the etheric body in the etheric layer are not the same concept."

Sean just nodded casually: "I know that it is very dangerous to enter the etheric layer without permission, especially for a living person like me."

Noah said: "No, you still underestimate the etheric layer. As the main control system of the Mind Hall, I can exist in the etheric layer. On the one hand, the person who created me has abilities that cannot be described in my database. On the other hand, I am just an electronic program. Electronic programs are often ignored as energy flows in the etheric layer, but consciousness is different. You will be more... dazzling and less free in it. You can't end the summons and return to the Mind Hall like in the real world, but you need to rush back by yourself."

Noah's electronic female voice was serious. As a program, this emotional expression was actually not correct, but it still advised: "It is common to get lost in the etheric layer, and if you are targeted by an unknown existence in the etheric layer, I can't recall you..."

Sean interrupted it and just smiled: "The etheric layer is the embodiment of energy and consciousness in this world, right?"

"Yes." Even if he wanted to persuade Sean, Noah still answered the question first.

Sean smiled: "So, what is the starting point of the etheric layer?"

"The real world."

Sean spread his hands: "That's it?"

Noah was silent for a while, then said: "The database and the automatic learning program have not been able to find the true meaning of your words. Saint Three, please make it clear, otherwise, Noah will continue to persuade - protect the safety of the owner of the Thinking Hall, including the body, spirit, energy, consciousness, data, etc. This is my iron rule."

Sean tapped his temple: "The consciousness of living things will be targeted, what about the electronic program?"

Noah was silent again, and after a moment, his voice was full of human admiration: "I understand, Saint Three, your sensitivity is something I can never reach."

"Don't flatter me, go back to the Thinking Hall to help me prepare, I will settle my delicious body, and then you can directly summon my etheric body."

"Yes."

Hearing the answer, Sean looked at the exit of the shelter.

After a moment, he smiled slightly, then looked around and found an abandoned small single room.

No one will come to this place...

Sean has already felt the call. As long as he responds, he will appear in the thinking hall, and his etheric body can go out to explore. Of course, as before, his real body in reality will temporarily lose consciousness.

After looking around, Sean walked to a corner that looked comfortable. Just as he was about to sit down, he suddenly stood up again.

"Forget it..."

Muttering, Sean quickly went to the nearest exit.

His departure was not discovered by anyone. After searching in the oasis, he simply sank his body into the center of the lake.

With Sean's current physical function, even if he loses consciousness, he can still survive for a long time in the water.

The cold lake water soaked his whole body. Sean found a hidden rock at the bottom of the lake. After launching the fox magic to hide the surroundings, he lay under the rock.

After snapping his fingers, Sean slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in the Thinking Hall.

And this time, the ceiling above his head had opened.

The bizarre scenery was once again in his field of vision. Without the obstruction of the ceiling, it seemed that he would get lost in it just by looking at it.

Sean did not pause at all, but launched a fraudulent heart towards himself.

"The price is not small... the mechanized consciousness lasted for a full thirty days..." Sean opened his eyes, his eyes became a little dull, and the expression on his face became stiff.

A stream of data flowed from the corner of the Thinking Hall and then drilled into Sean's etheric body.

Noah's voice sounded: "Master Saint III, I have connected the node of my main control unit for you, and at the same time reconstructed your thinking mode for you in the form of a database."

Turning his head stiffly, Sean forced a smile: "This is what it feels like to become an artificial intelligence..."

Yes, this time, he deceived himself with a fraudulent heart again.

Since the etheric body of a living thing is prone to problems when entering the etheric layer, it is better to enter as an electronic program.

Moreover, the starting point of the etheric layer is the real world, that is to say, Sean does not need to deceive the entire etheric layer, he only needs to deceive his own consciousness - treat himself as an electronic program, and the etheric layer will also change accordingly.

The only problem with this method is that Sean's deepest original consciousness will also be changed. After all, the fraudulent heart will be completely unreasonable after success, but fortunately, Noah is there to provide him with enough computing power and thinking mode.

Of course, it can't be delayed for too long, otherwise, he is afraid that he will really treat himself as an electronic program.

Without any hesitation, Sean went to the world outside the ceiling.

Noah's voice sounded in his ears: "Please be careful, Saint Three, I am restricted by the anchor mechanism of the Thinking Hall and cannot leave. I can only provide you with advice and basic scans. The range is about the same as 30 kilometers in the real world. Considering the particularity of the etheric layer, 30 kilometers may take you a long time to walk, or you may reach the edge of my scan in two steps. I will remind you then."

"Understood." Sean nodded, and his way of speaking has become almost the same as artificial intelligence.

However, there is no need to pay too much attention to the details. Although the etheric layer has many uncertainties and the concept of distance is constantly changing, if his body is nearby, the area near the thinking hall should also be the embodiment of the etheric layer near the shelter.

"Boo——"

Just after walking a little distance forward, a long strange sound seemed to sound from my mind.

It was a giant lizard with a bubble head. Its huge head was stuffed in a small transparent bubble. It was squeezed out of shape, and its limbs and tail twitched like a squid. Every time it twitched, a long sound would come out of the mouth of the bubble head.

However, this thing is reversing...

Noah's voice sounded: "Comparing the database... No record, it is speculated to be an unknown etheric layer creature, it is recommended not to contact."

"Understood."

The weird bubble-headed giant lizard "paddled" leisurely, and had no interest in Sean under him.

However, this is because in its perception, Sean is just a common energy flow, and energy flows are everywhere in the etheric layer, and the appearance of energy flows is naturally strange.

Sean no longer pays attention to these strange creatures, but finds a direction to swim.

Indeed, swimming, this place seems to be like deep water most of the time, and can only move forward by paddling with four limbs, and occasionally the gravity will suddenly fail and fall down, as if stepping on flat ground again.

Although it is awkward, Sean continues to explore.

The reason why he came in was not to find out the so-called etheric layer infiltration, but to find another thing.

The shelter was parasitized by a certain consciousness of the etheric layer, which means that the shelter in reality is a living thing in a sense.

Living things naturally have obvious etheric body characteristics.

That's what Sean is looking for.

However, the etheric layer is too strange. Even if he spent a lot of time, he still didn't find the consciousness he wanted.

Suddenly, while swimming forward, Sean saw a tree.

Anything could appear in the etheric layer, but the moment Sean saw the tree, he had an intuition.

That's it!

...

At this moment, in the real world.

Sean, who was working, suddenly stood up straight.

A message popped up on his game panel.

"Bounty mission released!"

"The immortal at the bottom of the lake!"