After the observation recorder started running, the three saviors who had been meditating instantly relaxed a lot. They all opened their eyes, some staggered to their feet, nodded gently towards Elsie, and without a word, moved out of the formation, sitting down not far away on the ground. Upon seeing this, Eva and Dr. Chu quickly brought prepared hot tea and pastries to them for refreshment.
Dao Lao and Dream Jia, having watched the entire ritual performed by the saviors, resumed their discussion in the private system chat. Through this ritual, where the saviors chanted incantations and infused their own energy into the hexagonal array, they immediately sensed divine power emanating from the Spirit Realm. From this, Hao Yun, Eva, and Dr. Chu finally confirmed that these so-called saviors were indeed priests from the Spirit Realm.
So, are Elsie and her group allies or foes? Did they come here because they betrayed the Spirit Realm, or are they here to capture deserters from the Spirit Realm in Earth NX? Unless something unexpected happened, once they cracked the lock on the door, all the answers would surface!
Fully activating the string of codes took longer than imagined, forcing all the saviors present except Elsie to join the array in groups of three, infusing their power into the observation recorder. During this time, Hao Yun and his friends also noticed something peculiar: although the saviors who exited the array appeared extremely fatigued, they quickly regained their composure after a short rest. Thus, Hao Yun and the others realized that the saviors' rapid recovery was certainly linked to the tea and pastries provided by Eva and Dr. Chu.
Could it be that the saviors drank the hot tea brewed from Haha Happy purified water? And were the pastries they ate brought from the Spirit Realm or made from materials brought from there? Curious, Dao Lao and Dream Jia wanted to taste the treats Eva was preparing for the saviors. However, Dr. Chu promptly refused, stating firmly that these provisions were specifically prepared for the saviors. Thus, despite Dao Lao and Dream Jia's desire to determine the origin of these refreshments, they had to abandon the idea.
As the work to fully activate the string of codes continued, Hao Yun decided to focus his attention entirely on the observation recorder in the center of the field, trying to extract valuable information from it. Just as he was about to concentrate again on perceiving the energy contained in the observation recorder, Elsie suddenly interrupted, "Hey! Don't doze off, Hao Yun! Get ready, it's our turn next!"
Startled, Hao Yun immediately snapped back to attention. Taking a deep breath, he followed the lead of the other meditating saviors, extending his hands towards the observation recorder in the center of the array. Satisfied with Hao Yun's readiness, Elsie nodded approvingly and instructed him again, "Hao Yun, relax. Once you feel your mind opening up like it's been touched by some force, becoming incredibly expansive, recall the information you perceived before. Use your consciousness to integrate this information with the power before you. Remember, once your mind is opened, you'll soon feel an oppressive force suffocating you. You're just an ordinary human after all, and I don't think your body can withstand multiple instances of extreme pressure. So concentrate, and release the information from your memory before we pull you out of the energy field. This may be your only chance."
If Hao Yun wasn't nervous at this moment, he would surely be lying. He knew that once he entered the state of cracking the lock, Elsie would take the lead in releasing the energy from him. This meant there was a high chance Elsie would discover his identity as a priest. Hence, Hao Yun's next actions were indeed fraught with danger. He wasn't sure how Elsie and her group would deal with him once his identity was exposed. But to crack the lock on the door as quickly as possible, open the way to the Xibo headquarters, and further uncover the truth behind this entire affair, Hao Yun had to push forward despite his many concerns!
So, after instructing Dao Lao and Dream Jia to cover him again, Hao Yun took a deep breath, closed his eyes slowly, and focused his attention on the observation recorder in the middle of the array, trying to perceive the valuable information contained within.
"Where am I? How did I get here?" Hao Yun asked himself inwardly. Just as one wouldn't know when they began to enter a dream, Hao Yun had no idea when he opened his eyes and found himself alone in this spacious hall.
"I must be in a divine trance," Hao Yun instinctively thought. He quickly realized that although his body was still visible, it didn't truly exist. His body seemed to be formed by active thoughts, allowing him to move but without sensing its existence. Similarly, the hall he saw in front of him was almost not seen through his eyes, but through his thoughts.
This feeling was strange and made Hao Yun feel very fearful. However, Hao Yun was not afraid because everything he perceived now came from his own thoughts, but because since coming to Earth NX, Hao Yun had experienced this feeling many times in his dreams. What's more, Hao Yun's feelings this time were no longer vague; everything was so clear and real that if his consciousness drifted even slightly, he would mistake the environment he was in now for the real world.
"Good. Hao Yun, you're doing great," Elsie's voice suddenly appeared.
"Where is this? Where are we?" Hao Yun hurriedly asked. At the same time, following Elsie's voice, Hao Yun also saw Elsie, who appeared in the hall at some point. However, Elsie was currently sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, her expression devoid of sorrow or joy. Moreover, Elsie's appearance at this time was as if she had been made into a wax figure, looking extremely eerie.
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"We have now taken over the work of the previous three individuals, completely integrating our spirits into that string of codes. Don't worry, if you feel overwhelmed later, just let me know, and I will immediately withdraw your spirit from here. You will only feel as if you've had an extremely realistic nightmare, experiencing mental exhaustion and fatigue. As long as you leave in time, there won't be any irreversible damage to your body. So, don't push yourself too hard later. Do your best but know when to stop," Elsie replied. However, the Elsie sitting in front of Haoyun remained silent, and the voice that just appeared seemed more like it was emanating from within her.
Though Haoyun couldn't fully trust Elsie's words, his nervousness did ease considerably because of her response. So, after adjusting his emotions, Haoyun continued, "So, what do I do now?"
"Release your spirit, make an effort to recall the information you perceived from that pillar of light. Then, follow the guidance of your feelings and merge your thoughts into the light before you," Elsie answered.
Haoyun fell silent and began to follow Elsie's gentle guidance, concentrating deeply as he closed his eyes. Of course, he didn't need to recall any supposed information; those were all lies he had fabricated. At this moment, he was solely focused on silently chanting that spell and attempting to seize the opportunity to implant it into the mysterious energy suddenly appearing before him in a radiant and sacred light.
Haoyun could be a hundred percent certain that the energy contained within this radiant light before him came from the realm of spirits and gods. Yet, he also felt extreme confusion towards the divine power appearing before him. Although Haoyun could sense that the divine power from the realm of spirits and gods was full of sacred, pure, and noble attributes, he couldn't perceive any emotions like warmth, hope, or mercy within these attributes. Haoyun couldn't sense belongingness from the divine power before him; all he could sense was a cold, emotionless, impartial divine power. As a result, Haoyun quickly developed a sense of unfamiliarity towards the divine power before him, and from this, a strong sense of unfamiliarity and distance arose.
Before Haoyun could fully experience the unease brought by this divine power, his mind suddenly cleared up, giving him a feeling of being able to comprehend the divine power before him. At the same time, another sound rang out in Haoyun's consciousness, a long-lost reminder from the Mold Spirit Energy Tracking System's side, indicating that the system had completed its analysis of the divine power before him. Although Haoyun had yet to understand how the system suddenly restored its normal operation and how it suddenly completed the analysis of the divine power before him, Haoyun's thoughts were driven by a force that soon merged into the form of light that appeared before him, and quickly saw countless strands of ancient spirit world divine texts written in various unintelligible information chains.
Once these information chains appeared, they immediately intertwined closely with the divine power shooting towards the distant lighthouse, which was faintly visible in the hall. Even though Haoyun didn't understand the meaning of these information chains, he immediately understood that these information chains, decomposed from the light, were the main part of that string of codes. With the divine power shooting into the scene far away from the lighthouse, it was natural for the Savior to need to unlock the process.
It is noteworthy that the lighthouse seemed to be extremely resistant to the divine power injected with the information chain, so much so that the vast majority of the information chains, upon entering the lighthouse, were quickly rejected from the other holes. The information chain rejected by the lighthouse could only stay around Haoyun's light for a moment before flying back into the light and shooting towards the lighthouse again with the help of divine power. The information chain repeatedly hits the lighthouse, but the lighthouse, with its bright lights, still excludes the vast majority of the information chain. As a result, Haoyun finally understood that the multi-colored light emitted by the lighthouse was not meant to indicate progress in the work of the Savior. The reason why the lighthouse could create a colorful light was actually just to resist the information chain that wanted to be injected into the lighthouse.
"Drip--! Drip--! Drip--! Attention! Anomalies found in the information chain ahead! A highly similar energy combination to simulated data was found in the information chain ahead!" As Haoyun observed how the lighthouse confronted the constantly injected divine power, the Mold Spirit Energy Tracking System suddenly reminded.
Immediately afterwards, before Haoyun had time to react, his thoughts seemed to be pushed down like a weight of millions of pounds, instantly plunging into the abyss. In the abyss, it was dark, and soon Haoyun had a suffocating sensation due to extreme lack of oxygen. However, before Haoyun could struggle, a bright light suddenly appeared before his eyes. Facing this dazzling white light, Haoyun instinctively covered his eyes with his hands. Unexpectedly, Haoyun's eyes only felt a slight stinging when the white light burst out, but soon, he adapted to this extremely dazzling light. Thus, Haoyun squinted his eyes and tried to look at the white light.
Then, he was surprised to find that his eyes were not only no longer stung by the light in front of him, but also saw countless strands of spells swimming leisurely like fish around him. These spells made Haoyun feel familiar and unfamiliar. Haoyun subconsciously wanted to touch the spells swimming in front of him, but after reaching out, he only grabbed a wave of warm energy.
"This is--, this is a familiar energy. But why don't I remember where I met this energy before?" Haoyun was still trying to recall this familiar energy, but the suffocating sensation caused by lack of oxygen was slowly closing his thoughts, pondering difficultly
Feeling that his patience was about to reach its limit, he suddenly saw a strange spell swimming in front of him: "Huh? What is this? How come this fish has only half a body? Wait a minute, it seems like I can fix you!"
Because of extreme hypoxia, Haoyun's brain was in confusion and didn't know why he thought so, and was more aware of when he produced such thoughts. Then, in a trance, Haoyun said softly again: "Nannan San Duo. Tannei Nephew Om. Fold over. Zun Savaragi."