Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

"But which way should we go next?" Leonard looked at the blurry light and shadow above his head, trying to distinguish the positions of the three people, but he only did a useless job that made him dizzy. "Will that kind of monster appear again?"

"Not necessarily. If there are still 'imprints' left by high-ranking creatures or gods, we are likely to encounter other things that show the form of mythical creatures. Maintaining a calm mood can better isolate them from their influence. In this regard You can leave it to me and I’ll keep an eye on this.”

"Okay, then I'll try to relax while being alert to the surroundings... Unfortunately, this is not a dream. I can't be of much help in this strange sea of ​​subconsciousness." Leonard saw Klein's eyes looking over and rushed He shrugged.

Klein then looked at Justice: "Isn't there a core area in the collective subconscious ocean?"

"No, wherever there are living things, there will be a collective subconscious ocean. However, this place is purely formed by the subconscious, and there are no real currents and surges. The formation of different areas is mainly determined by the real world environment. .

"A simple comparison shows that the subconscious ocean settled in Loen will be very different from that in Intis. This is closely related to the people who live and live in the real world. Correspondingly, the residents here will also show different temperaments and personalities. .”

"It's like everyone poured a little water into a cup. There is no center point for this water, it's just piled together." Klein looked thoughtfully at the dim scene in the distance. Those illusory shadows made him It looked familiar, but it felt different from what I had encountered before in the light cocoon.

"It's a very vivid metaphor, so in the collective subconscious sea, there is no recognized core area. The secret knowledge I learned in the 'Psychological Alchemy Society' has explained this."

"Indeed, to use a vivid metaphor, maybe you still have the potential to become a 'poet'." "Xingxing" interjected in a low voice from the side.

Klein ignored Leonard's thoughts and still looked in Audrey's direction: "So, you can't provide any advice on where to go?"

So direct, too direct Mr. "World"... "Zhengyi" muttered a few words in his heart, but by combining "The World"'s current emotions, he understood the deep meaning behind this sentence.

"The World" is intentionally reminding her to accumulate experience and pay attention to whether there are any special details nearby. After all, not every time she travels in the sea of ​​collective subconscious, there will be someone by her side. What's more, what the three of them are in now is still in a book. the subconscious ocean.

Audrey nodded calmly: "Yes, even if there is something special here, I can't feel it directly."

Considering that Miss Justice is now Sequence Five, this is normal. After Klein nodded, he held both the Darkless Cross and the metal vial with his left hand, then reached into his pocket with his right hand and took out a gold coin. .

The bouncing coins flew up in circles.

Hey, divination? It’s really a bit nostalgic. When Leonard thought this way, he was actually thinking of the first mission with Klein. At that time, Klein was still a newcomer who had just joined the team, a polite and polite little "divineer" who always played cards. The one who loses the most money...

The memory of that small town surfaced, causing Leonard's lips to curl up subconsciously.

The gentle changes in "Xingxing"'s emotions were captured by "Justice", which made Audrey further guess. It seems that "Xingxing" and "The World" not only knew each other in the real world, but even fought in the past. We've met each other and have a pretty good relationship.

Otherwise, how could Mr. "Star" have such a clear sense of nostalgia if he just used abilities such as "divination"?

Klein stared intently at the gold coins and noticed something was wrong. He obviously didn't use much strength in his hands when he tossed the coins, but now...

The gold coin kept spinning, but gradually stopped at the highest point of the parabola and stopped falling. A faint light began to emit from it, and before it mutated further, Klein had already raised his hand and held the gold coin in his palm.

"Huh?" Audrey touched her ears, trying to identify the source of a certain sound.

Leonard also tilted his head and asked subconsciously: "Is there any movement?"

"You heard the buzzing too?"

After getting the affirmative answer, Klein looked at the coin in his hand again. There was a tiny streamer on it, and the buzzing sound was emanating from it.

The extra shadow on the gold coin was like a piece of seaweed swinging gently under the water, specifying a direction in the air, responding to Klein's previous divination.

However, neither Leonard nor Audrey raised any questions. Klein glanced at his two companions who were confused and pointed in the direction of the end of the ribbon:

"Go that way."

It was very peaceful along the way. They never encountered the previous water flow again, and no shadow appeared to attack again. Audrey observed the details around her and carefully guided the three people's route to avoid possible " Vortex” and “Dangerous Creatures.”

Although this place is just a sea of ​​subconsciousness in the book, the feeling given to Audrey is not much different from the real one. It is just more silent and gray, similar to an old picture covered with dust.

But considering the giants and elves they visited, there was nothing wrong with everything being bleak here.

The direction guided by the streamer occasionally changed. Klein led Audrey and Leonard around for a long time, and his eyes suddenly became wider.

Overall, this place is a huge abyss-like depression. What sinks into the gray ground is a deep pit that is difficult to measure with legs and feet.

This is a palace as majestic as a mountain, with a gray-white foundation connected to the gray hard ground.

Judging from its gate that is a hundred meters high and wider than a hundred meters, it is obvious that this is not a palace for humans to enter and exit.

The dozens of magnificent and smooth stone pillars are also hundreds of meters high, and the radius of each pillar is tens of meters. Some of the stone pillars divide the large square outside the palace, and the other part plays the role of supporting the palace.

In the depths of this subconscious sea, it is more like an ancient covered island, hiding the secret behind this travel book, than a city that has lost all its inhabitants.

Klein clenched the gold coin in his hand, and the ribbon-like shadow dissipated.

He recognized this city. When he was exploring the origin of "Grossell's Travels" on the gray fog, he had seen the real Levished in a dream divination. Now, except for the giant dragons flying back and forth, this "Miracle Land" The city" was no different from anything he had ever seen.

Because of the particularity of the "Dragon of Fantasy", Klein couldn't even confirm for a while whether it was the real "City of Miracles", a replica of the creation, or a collection of subconscious minds from the world in the book.

After all, the dragon clan also existed in the era of Grosel and Shatas, and there was even a period when they ruled the sky on this continent...

"...What is clear is that it first appeared in the dragon clan, after the disappearance of Levished, the 'Miracle City'."

"Iceberg Lieutenant General" Edwina once said this when giving this travel diary to Gehrman. But this is what Klein doesn't understand. How can she confirm the origin of this item? The blessing of gray mist is not available to everyone.

Unless someone else told her so.

For example, the Church of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" behind "Vice Admiral Iceberg", this god was one of the beneficiaries of the fall of the ancient Sun God, the "cherubi".

Looking further back, there is a high probability that he is the "Dragon of Wisdom" Herabergen, the former god of the "Dragon of Imagination" Angelweed...

What is this? He knew that there was something special about this "Grossell's Travels" and gave it out intentionally?

The three of them stood there, staring at this magnificent city.

Realizing that they had been standing for a long time, Leonard couldn't help but break the silence first: "This city is quite beautiful, um, very wide and very big. But do we have to keep looking here? I'm not an architect either. Ah, I can't see anything else."

Klein glanced at him: "This is most likely the city dreamed up by Angelweed, the Dragon of Fantasy. In the era when the dragon clan prospered, this was probably the ancient god's kingdom."

Audrey was also thinking about this matter, and subconsciously murmured to herself: "It's really like this, 'City of Miracles' Levished..."

Leonard was in a daze. After hearing Klein's words "The Kingdom of the Ancient Gods," he immediately looked at the city below in a different light: "Really? Is this the Levished she was talking about?" "

"It's very possible, but that city was originally supposed to be floating in the air, rather than sinking into the depths of the collective subconscious sea. As you said, there is no result if we continue to look here. Let's go down and have a look. "

Leonard was stunned again: "Go down? Are we just going to jump in there?"

"Otherwise?" A smile appeared on Gehrman Sparrow's stern face.

Although there was not much kindness in his smile, the two people next to him were completely unmoved.

Leonard looked up and saw that the floating light and shadow had no stable shape, but kept wandering: "Then the sea of ​​collective subconscious here is real or fantasy?"

This question stumped Audrey. She thought quietly for a moment, but still couldn't give a definite answer:

"There is no difference, at least there is no way to distinguish it. The collective subconscious itself is the result of the continuous accumulation of strong emotions and feelings. Even though the people here are all imaginary, their experiences and emotions have all really happened... …”

Audrey's voice gradually became lower, and she felt the mood of "The World" fluctuate - as if a person who had been depressed under the water for a long time suddenly came out of the water and inhaled the air forcefully.

Gehrman Sparrow raised his hat: "The things it imagines will definitely materialize. The country it imagined will definitely come to the material world. The future it claims will definitely be staged and become a reality. Reality……"

Noticing the strange looks from the two people beside him, Klein smiled at them, then jumped off the edge of the giant pit, his black windbreaker swaying behind him:

"Who can tell the difference? What was fantasy has become reality!" (End of this chapter)