Deep sea, anchored, huge twisted corpse.

Su Qi floated in the deep sea and could see,

Andersen slowly cut off an anchored white line behind the huge twisted corpse.

Implanted in the back of his own head.

...

We have difficulty establishing anchors on our own, but there are many existing anchors in history.

The original owner of the anchor has passed away and has never been born, but the traces and memories related to them still exist in this world.

Make yourself into them.

Take their anchor bit by bit.

...

The water pressure surged, and the eyes were blurred.

Su Qi withdrew from the deep sea and woke up.

He is still at Black Gate Club.

"I think it will be more intuitive to let you see the shortcuts with your own eyes."

Andersen clapped his hands, and the red gravel in his hand just now turned into powder.

The red gravel was very similar to the Sage Stone in the photo that Shinkawa Mayumi had seen for Su Qi.

"It's really intuitive, I understand what you mean by the shortcut."

Su Qi was still shocked by what he saw in Andersen's deep sea just now.

A twisted giant corpse, anchored by white lines.

The so-called "shortcut" to take over the existing anchor.

That is to imitate, play, become the person's appearance, live the life of that person, replace it.

"It" is not necessarily a real person.

It can also be fictional.

But there is only one thing that understands it must be rooted in the hearts of most people and human social groups.

"Andersen, isn't your original name?"

"What was my original name, I didn't remember it for a long time."

Andersen rotated his cane.

"Acquiring the corresponding divine objects of fusion is only the basis of the foundation.

In addition, we have to abandon our original self and live another life in fiction to replace the original owner and take over the anchor.”

"So too?"

"Of course, she has invested much more than I do, and she should have obtained a lot of anchor lines from the original owner."

Su Qi thought about it and asked again:

"The same 'original owner' should not be only one divine thing, right?"

"Your thinking is quite keen. Before I could say it, you asked this question first."

Andersen smiled, raised his cane with one hand and took out a silver tinderbox with the other.

"That's right, for example, the divine object power I have now, the emperor's new suit and the tinderbox, these are two divine objects from the same original owner."

"If an original owner is simultaneously accused by two or more mysterious people, choose as an anchor shortcut..."

"Someone will inevitably get out of control."

Andersen smiled.

"It is extremely cruel to accidentally choose the same original owner as someone else.

There are only so many anchor lines, and they are spread across multiple people, which will increase the risk of losing control.

The deeper the mysterious man dives, the more urgent the need for anchoring. In order to compete for the only anchoring position, the process is often very bloody.

I have seen several disputes among the mysterious people who fought for the original owner's anchor.

The endings are not very good.”

"Can't you change the original owner's anchor?"

"Of course not. The 'shortcut' is an irreversible process. Replacing the original owner will only lead to an instant loss of control."

Su Qi thought to himself that this was still a matter of shooting the bow without turning back.

"So, if you want to choose the original owner, be careful."

Andersen found several books about the basics of the mystery and lent it to Su Qi.

"You have been learning the introductory knowledge of mystery these days while considering anchoring.

If you decide to join the Black Gate Club, we can provide you with some help to the newcomers in the divine things that anchor the original owner.

Of course, even if you don’t want to join, you can learn some mystery knowledge here.

The deep sea is a dangerous talent that requires mysterious knowledge to control it so as not to lose control and become a ghost.

We are not stingy with our knowledge. If there is one less ghost and god in this world, don’t have one more.”

...

Mr. Andersen is a gentleman.

Su Qi thought to himself.

Even if his attitude is unclear, Mr. Andersen will provide him with help for free.

"Sir, you can tell me what you just said... the mission of maintaining human and order."

"The Black Gate Club is an organization established to prevent ghosts and gods from harming human society."

"Ghosts and gods harm humans?"

Su Qi was stunned.

"They are not in the deep sea that is invisible to humans, and they cannot interfere with each other."

If you cannot see it, you cannot harm each other.

The closer you get, the more intense the impact.

This is the most core rule in the mysterious world.

It is also mentioned in the notebook.

Ordinary humans who cannot see ghosts and gods are the safest existence in the deep sea of ​​the mysterious world.

...

"Ghosts and gods are in the deep sea, and that's true."

Andersen nodded.

“But if they float up it’s different.”

“Float?”

Su Qi was stunned.

"Yes, floating from the deep sea to the sea."

Andersen drank a sip of the tea in the porcelain cup.

"A ghost and god that everyone can see has supernatural powers that ordinary humans cannot resist, and... will also eat people who can see it."

“…”

Su Qi swallowed.

"Can ghosts and gods really be seen by ordinary people? How do they float up?"

“Through the anchoring line, you have just seen that it is the mysterious force that we mysterious people anchor themselves and ensure they are not lost in the deep sea.

And ghosts and gods also have anchor lines, and faith and cognition are their anchor lines."

Andersen turned the notes in Su Qi's hand to a page of hand-drawn drawings.

The hand-drawn is some believers praying on the sea.

A series of bright white lines drooped from them into the deep sea.

There is a ghost and god with distorted shape in the sea, with these white bright lines connected to the body, which are being pulled upwards.

"The reason why ghosts and gods are called idealists is that the more we believe, the more they will float up and the closer they will be to us.

You can rely on faith as the anchor line or fear as the anchor line. Panic spreading that conforms to the nature of ghosts and gods may cause them to float up.
To be continued...