Old-time musicians

"Okay, Miss Norma Gunn."

Facing the superior's inquiry, Salman began his report.

His combing of the timeline is extremely detailed and precise:

"During the Tioleon Youth Art Festival, Fan Ning went to the library to borrow documents almost every day since August 18. We later investigated four large libraries in St. Taranburg. His borrowing records were about 'Pictures' Historical or religious documents that study the worship of gods during the Lungalia Dynasty..."

"After Bassani's condolence event and concert, Fan Ning was promoted to a high-ranking knowledgeable person. After stabilizing his spiritual state for a day or two, he was appointed as the president of the branch at midnight on the 23rd, instructing the school to report him to our office. In his employment documents, in accordance with relevant regulations, he and several mentors shared the secrets of high places during the "Incinerator" revelation, and the hidden knowledge of the seven source gods..."

"On August 23, there was a huge subway accident in Saint-Talambo. Afterwards, Fanning was taken to Saint-Euverne Manor by Roy, the eldest daughter of the Bologna School, to recuperate. On the evening of August 24, the two listened to an opera together. The Auvergne Opera House has ticket purchase records and took photos with the cast and crew in the backstage passage. Before that, they visited the Civic Cultural Library again and searched for documents about the naming story of the symphony orchestra in history... …”

"On August 25, Fan Ning registered the 'Old Symphony Orchestra' with the Ministry of Culture and Media. Noel and other leaders said that he loved the retro and nostalgic semantics. Later, Fan Ning visited several Holy Sun Churches. , we learned from the bishop that he wanted to study some secret history related to the deeds of Archbishop Benchois Lenia, especially to see if there were any deeds related to Guido D'Alezzo of the Guidance School..."

He Meng and Gang listened to the whole process carefully.

At least one thing is certain:

Fanning thought long and hard before enrolling in the symphony orchestra.

He thought of a "popular" name, even one with mystical tendencies.

For this purpose, an official high-ranking knowledgeable person went to the library to borrow documents and discussed with the tutor of the school. Then he became interested in studying the secret history of a certain Lord of Witnesses, and even visited the church to look for him. Historical figures who may be considered relevant...

A little noteworthy, but not too much of a problem?

After all, there are at least six or seven orchestra names in the top 30 that have a mystical flavor. The third top orchestra in the world is the "Unfallen Fire Festival Orchestra".

"So he came up with the name 'Old Symphony Orchestra'?" Norma Gunn frowned.

"At least judging from the trajectories that have been grasped, this is the fact." Salman responded respectfully and cautiously.

Amidst the dazzling light and chaotic airflow, He Meng fell into silent thinking for a while.

Circular sales exhibition hall, souvenir shelves, catalog of Vincent's works, mysterious paintings, and questionable comparison with the original art museum

On the opening day of Turner Art Hall, the scene of the three of them investigating the art exhibition emerged in his mind bit by bit.

The last scene is when I push open the corridor window of the art hall and receive the news from the messenger about the disappearance of "The Room of Pain".

"What is the progress of the investigation into Vasius' situation in the sealing room that day?" So he changed the question.

"With the help of the 'swollen cornea' gift tool provided by the headquarters, we discovered the residual trace of the 'pool' phase secret atmosphere that exceeded the normal value..." Salman replied.

"It started from the "Painful Room" containment room in the B-level area on the lowest floor. It contaminated a large area at the door, so that there were residues on the door and observation glass on the opposite side, so... we checked the room on the opposite side. In the room, I found that the remnants of the 'chi' phase secret atmosphere were splashing everywhere..."

This description made the investigators feel a little bit horrified.

In fact, the residual secret atmosphere is extremely weak. Even if it exceeds the normal value, it is invisible to the naked eye. It is also difficult to detect the "candle" phase spiritual sense. Only with the help of the "swollen cornea" of the ritual vessel can the foreign matter contaminated on the object be seen. color.

Imagine splatter all over the walls? …

"The door opposite?..." He Meng frowned after hearing one of the keywords, and the muscles on the spirit's "face" became stiffer.

Why is it Fan Ning again?

Originally it was just the characters involved in the Abnormal Zone and Vincent’s clues...

As a result, I prayed for clues from the "old days" and found out that they were related to him. I investigated the missing case of Vasius and found out that I was connected to him.

Is the role of the third law of occultism, the "Law of Secret History Entanglement," too excessive and outrageous?

"Is the weird flashlight inside still there? Is it the same as usual?"

"It's still there. As usual, there is no movement and no use has been found. His purpose of entering here is most likely to avoid danger."

"Then what? Are there any other areas where the secret atmosphere remains?"

"Then it sticks all the way outward, from the steps up, until it reaches the first floor where ordinary 'weird objects' are placed. The residue becomes weaker and weaker, and the last trace remains in the destruction room at the end of the corridor on the first floor."

He Meng and Gang looked at each other.

This matter is full of doubts.

Vasius's original plan was not to go to the bottom floor, and he shouldn't go down alone.

But thinking about it now, he was burdened with the investigation task of the "Gate of Seven Lights". Under the interference of certain pollution factors, he temporarily had the idea of ​​​​further studying "The Room of Pain". This could happen.

"In any case, it is certain that a change occurred in the "Painful Room."" Salman began his analysis after the report. "Although I don't know why Vasius went down, I think his consciousness at least remained at that time. He was relatively sober, because the last remnant of the secret atmosphere disappeared at the end of the corridor on the first floor. He seemed to want to take it to the destruction room before things completely deteriorated. Moreover, he chose the destruction room on the ordinary items floor, and It’s not the lowest level that’s closer, but it’s more dangerous to go through. This judgment is also clear.”

"Then why didn't he make it clear?" He Meng asked, "If this is the case, then his attempt was successful, because he came out later and was generally fine. Although the 'Two Friends' test was contaminated, it was normal. Gao Zhi, why did he just say, "I hid for a while when I heard the movement below"? This is not good for himself. "

"So there are two possibilities." Norma Gunn said, "Either, Mr. Salman's analysis is inconsistent with the facts. Vasius felt that there was something strange in "Pain Room", but there was no attempt to bring it to As for the destruction room, after all, the process of 'bringing' it was also very scary. He was simply looking for a place to avoid danger along the way..."

"Then where did the remaining traces of the secret atmosphere come from?"

"It's alive, it's floating all the way behind Vasius, and Vasius doesn't know it."

Several senior investigators at the rear suddenly felt their spines go numb.

"...What's another possibility?" Salman couldn't help but ask.

"Either your analysis is basically close to the truth, but he knew it but didn't tell it, because he might be a 'martyr' with other pursuits." Gang said, "In this case, there are many details, including "The Room of Pain" How did he disappear in the end, and whether his purpose of going to the destruction room was really destruction, there may be other explanations..."

"If his identity is really a 'martyr', then it is not as simple as the sealing room." He Meng's face was a little solemn, "Then it can be basically considered that from the time he passed the review of the Special Patrol Office until he was recruited and promoted, When he approached Fan Ning and launched the so-called 'investigation', it was all for idiosyncratic purposes..."

"Combining and examining several different lines of investigation." He finally decided, "At least we found that whether it is the clues of the 'old days', the clues of the 'Gate of Seven Lights', or the case of Vasius' missing contact, all of them are... There are public intersections in Fan Ning. The collection of the remains of the God of Origin is as important as the B-105 Abnormal Zone in the eyes of Mr. Pogorelic. We must draw a conclusion as soon as possible. If all this is not a coincidence, The leader will give clear instructions.”

"Yes, Chief Inspector." Several people respectfully accepted the order and then fell out of their dreams.

"Mr. He Meng, I have always been puzzled." Norma Gunn slowly said at this time, "What happened in the abnormal zone of B-105 more than 20 years ago, why was Vincent brought out?" "A secret"? What kind of entanglement did you have? What level of secret does a being like the leader still plan to explore again? "

He Meng closed his eyes and shook his head. A long time passed.

"To be honest, I can hardly remember it clearly."

"You know, I was the other vice-captain besides Vincent back then. But a place like the Abnormal Zone is really confusing. I can't find a few slightly longer chains in the memory in my mind. …”

"I have never been to the Abnormal Zone to perform an investigation mission. In fact, even among the Underworlders, there are only a handful of people with experiences like yours. What is it like in general? Can you describe it?" Gang's tone was a little curious.

"That place is beautiful, and the deeper you go, the more beautiful it becomes." He Meng showed a strange smile, and then his spirit body began to tremble violently, as if he was recalling something extremely terrifying.

The Abnormal Zone... is beautiful? …

An ordinary description seemed extremely strange in this context, especially the sense of dislocation displayed by He Meng, which made Gang feel deeply afraid.

"Miss Norma Gang, do you know the Guchaniz language?" He Meng asked after taking a few deep breaths to calm down.

The sudden topic jump made Ganga a little confused, but she nodded: "It is neither an inflectional language, nor an agglutinative language, nor a polyglot language. It cannot have a mainland origin, and almost no one in the New Calendar can decipher it." Mysterious Isolation'.

"The Guchaniz language was brought out from the abnormal area." He Meng's words surprised Gang.

He stared at the illogical heavenly steps in the dream: "In the ordinary understanding of the abnormal zone in the extraordinary circle, there is such a discussion. I wonder if you have heard of it-"

"After the explorer came out, his understanding of the inside was very confusing, and his notes were repeatedly altered by himself, so he could not bring out particularly meaningful information. However, as long as the entrant does not sleep inside, that is, he evacuates before the limit of sleepiness approaches, and his whole body will be completely exhausted. The chance of quitting is quite high..."

"In fact, the so-called cognitive confusion, note alteration, and method failure are because when you come out, you will find that the words you recorded will be mixed with Guchaniz language, and it is messy. The original part of the normal language It’s also confusing, so it’s basically meaningless.”

"How could this happen?" Gang felt unbelievable. "I can't understand it. Could it be said that the Abnormal Zone is a mandatory 'language teaching device'? But even so, why can't you control yourselves and choose a familiar language to write? ?”

He Meng began his memories and explanations:

"Judging from my current vague memory, the Guchaniz language seems to be the distorted product of other languages ​​entering the abnormal zone. The deeper you go into the abnormal zone, the more and more Guchaniz languages ​​you will see everywhere. Languages, such as a street sign on a highway, a book scattered in an abandoned house, when it was not spread here, they were obviously other normal languages, but as time went by, they changed. Of course, I don't I don’t know whether it has really changed or whether it has just changed in the eyes of the observer. I don’t know whether the word ‘distortion’ is accurate. Maybe it is actually a kind of ‘reduction’, which is reduced to the original amorphous form.”

"In addition to the written carriers you see, the same goes for what you think and write. The second law of occultism, the law of implicit knowledge transmission, believes that there are three forms of implicit knowledge transmission, among which the most dangerous is the 'direct method', because people The existence of thinking relies on language. The pollution of hidden knowledge is the pollution of language. Even if you don't say it out loud, your heart is talking when you are running your brain. After entering the abnormal zone, that feeling seems to be because your thinking has been distorted. So when thinking about problems in my mind, I began to mix Guchaniz words uncontrollably, and when recording situations, my judgments about right and wrong were erratic."

"After the survivors come out, the distortion will gradually ease. You feel that you once understood part of the meaning, but you feel that you can't remember anything. In this case, the recorded things will naturally be incomprehensible..."

"From my vague memory, the pronunciation of this language is unknown, and there are no words or letters. The 'blocks' of each unit can correspond to several or even dozens of meanings, and some constitute complex 'blocks' that can It can be seen that the glyph contains several simple 'blocks', and the meaning changes accordingly. The repeated combination of different 'blocks' into phrases and sentences will lead to huge differences in meaning. It itself seems to be still There are different forms of 'less twisted' and 'relatively more twisted'. The deeper you go into the abnormal zone, it seems that the strokes of these 'blocks' become more complex, and the order of each other is also misaligned..."

"If you sleep in it, the proportion of distortion and mixture will be greatly increased when you wake up, and the language in your mind will be converted into Guchanizi language faster. I guess by that time, you will understand more about its meaning, but you The original language that was once used to understand the world is gone. When you have a little understanding and lose control, your thinking function will be almost paralyzed, no different from a madman. Once your spirituality is disordered, the hidden knowledge you once suppressed will be ready to move, and then The 'lostness' at the spiritual level affects the 'distortion' at the physical level, so we must evacuate before the limit of sleepiness comes..."

"I finally understand why almost no one can decipher this language today." Noma Gang suddenly realized, "If a person has the opportunity to evacuate from the abnormal area, he will use some of the Guchaniz language he brought out for translation research. , or even compile occult literature, then this person must not be crazy enough to remember the comparison of meanings..."

He Meng nodded: "Therefore, the strategy for exploring the abnormal area should be as efficient and fast as possible. While the "language distortion" in the mind has just started and the consciousness can still barely stay awake, complete the expected tasks and evacuate as soon as possible. The less distortion there is, the better it will recover.”

"Our investigation team did exactly this back then, but just when everyone was about to successfully reach the depths of the mission, an accident happened..."

He Meng's face twisted together, making an expression as if he was trying his best to recall in the vague impression.

"What the hell is that place?"

"I seem to vaguely remember that there seemed to be something that looked like a lighthouse there. We were investigating along the way, and Vincent, who was another deputy captain at the time, saw a relatively long Guchaniz language on several strange carriers. …”

"It was as if he recognized these languages ​​and realized something extraordinary. His whole personality suddenly changed and a series of strange changes occurred!"