Chapter 337: The Origin of Aura Recovery, Mysterious Castle
[Case 142 - Norwegian Castle]
[Case level: S level]
[Impact of the case: 3 people were mentally disturbed]
[A summary of the case is as follows]
On December 7, 1 Extraordinary Year 4, black fog suddenly appeared in an old castle area (800 meters in radius) in Norway.
2 nearby Norwegian residents tried to enter. The first person fell to the ground and fell unconscious the moment he stepped into the black fog. The second person went in to rescue him and fell unconscious. The third person went in to rescue him and fell unconscious.
3 Other residents chose to use rakes and stood outside the black fog to pull them out. After the three returned outside, they woke up after being in a coma for 10 days. Then they became insane, unable to communicate, and often said some strange words.
According to the exchanges with their relatives, what these three people said are related to their personal experiences that year. It is initially judged that they were most likely to fall into some kind of illusion after coming into contact with the black mist.
The frightening scene reappeared in the dream.
4 Causes of insanity: Damage to the soul.
On February 18, 5 Extraordinary Year 5, faced with this extraordinary incident, Norway was unable to bear the burden and asked Penglai for support.
On May 11, 6 Chaofan 5, Penglai accepted the case.
On May 13, 6 Chaofan 5, Penglai established a garrison in Norway and named it Penglai Norway Guard.
On May 15, 7th Extraordinary Year 5, the Penglai Norwegian Guard sent a 10-man night watchman team to the castle area to investigate. After going deep into the black fog, communication was lost.
On May 24, 8th Extraordinary Year 5, a second-level superhuman, codenamed "Flaming Phoenix", went to the Norwegian castle. After going deep into the black mist, communication was lost.
[The known information about the case is as follows]
1After any object enters the black fog of the castle, it will be obscured by the black fog and then lose contact.
2 Ordinary equipment loses signal after entering the black fog of the castle and cannot transmit camera images and sounds back.
3. The psionic equipment will explode within three seconds of entering the black fog. The cause of the explosion is overload of the psionic core.
3 The thermal imaging night vision device shows that there are no objects or living things that can emit heat in the black fog of the castle.
4 The spiritual compass shows that the black mist of the castle contains huge spiritual power. It is the area with the highest concentration of spiritual power discovered in Norway so far, and it belongs to the A-level "origin point of spiritual energy recovery".
5. The soul measuring instrument will detect 7 to 10 light blue, translucent monsters with different shapes in the black fog of the castle between 24:00 and 1:00 every day. They have soul power and are suspected to be pure souls.
body.
6. The psionic weapon fails. The psionic attack launched will quickly disintegrate after entering the black mist. The reason is currently unknown.
(Note: The Penglai Research Institute is already analyzing the black mist structure and preparing to develop the world's first anti-spiritual weapon system.)
"Meng Yao went there on May 24th. Today is Children's Day."
Li Guanqi turned to look at Lin Xianbai.
"Get me a plane to Norway, now."
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…
Early morning.
3:24 minutes.
Europe, Norway!
"boom--"
In the deep night, a black and white combat aircraft flew through the sky at an astonishing speed and crossed the bright moon.
"bite!"
"The destination has been reached."
"Mr. Li, I am the pilot, Penglai number 799. Please allow me to confirm again. We are now in the stratosphere, which is an altitude of 12,000 meters. Are you really sure that you want to directly open the hatch to land? Repeat, this is
12,000 meters…”
"If you don't open the door, I will break it down."
"……yes."
"call out!"
A gap suddenly appeared at the bottom of the plane, and then a square door appeared. Before the strong wind from outside could pour in, the built-in ejection mechanism caused a seat to fly out.
The white-haired man on the seat unbuckled his seat belt unhurriedly.
The strong wind whistled in my ears, my white hair was flying and dancing, and my black clothes were blown by the wind.
"call--"
Li Guanqi opened his hands high in the sky and felt the strong wind hitting his cheeks.
Then, his mind moved slightly, and the violent wind around him completely changed from chaotic and violent, and actually surrounded him gently, like a summer breeze.
A four-level wind spellcaster.
Wind, thunder, light and darkness are four phenomena, hence the name Four Symbols.
To control the law, to a certain extent, is to control a natural law and a natural phenomenon.
"boom!"
The strong wind enveloped Li Guanqi, carrying him towards the earth at an astonishing speed, and soon he reached a hundred meters above a vast grassland.
Although the night was dark at this time, the black mist not far away and the ancient castle in the mist still appeared clearly in Li Guanqi's sight.
This is Norway.
And the black fog covering the castle with a radius of 800 meters is the place where [Case 142 - Norwegian Castle] took place.
If nothing else happens, Han Mengyao is inside right now, and she doesn't know what danger she is experiencing.
"Don't let any accident happen..."
Li Guanqi was surrounded by strong winds and quickly flew towards the black mist, his eyes full of worry.
Humanity's greatest fear is the unknown.
As for him who owns the simulator, in fact, for a long time, especially after acquiring two charging items, he has almost no time to face unknown situations. At any time, he can rely on the simulator to make a fortune in advance.
A bottom.
But now...it's gone.
In order to travel through time and space to the extraordinary 5 years, he used up the Time Crown and exhausted all the energy of the simulator. At this moment, the simulator was completely inactive.
Nowadays, every step Li Guanqi takes is facing the unknown.
Li Guanqi is not worried about the dangers these unknowns bring to himself.
He is just afraid that these unknowns will hurt the people he cares about.
"boom!"
A green storm falls from the sky!
Li Guanqi fell heavily into the black fog, directly shattering the grassland with a radius of 100 meters. Earth and rocks flew up, and the turbulent wind of law spread quickly, sweeping away all the black fog within an 800-meter radius.
clear!
The black fog disperses!
…
…
"No more!"
"The black fog is gone!!!"
"Oh oh oh!!"
Penglai, Norwegian satellite headquarters.
Hundreds of Penglai members gathered together at this time, looking at the "clean" castle on the ten-meter big screen in front of them. Everyone cheered and even hugged each other, unable to help themselves.
"Isn't it just the wind...why can his be able to sweep away the black mist? Alas, he is indeed a transcendent king. He is so powerful that even though we racked our brains and were unable to do anything about it, he swept away all the black mist as soon as he arrived."
An elderly Penglai officer with gray hair looked at the big screen and couldn't help but sigh softly.
"good."
Another Penglai officer nodded, "They disappeared for five years, but now it seems that not only have we failed to catch up with these extraordinary beings, but the gap has even widened. For example, the extraordinary king's performance in the air just now
, I couldn’t even imagine before that there are human beings who can do this on their own.”
"It seems that the world that belongs to ordinary people is really going to disappear."
"certainly."
"The next step is the era of superhuman and psychic technology!"
…
…
"The black mist is a by-product, just a combination of spiritual energy and soul power. As long as the source is not eliminated, the black mist will recover sooner or later."
Norway, grassland.
Li Guanqi stood in the center of the 100-meter-deep pit, closing his eyes and feeling the fluctuations of spiritual energy and soul power around him, and whispered to himself.
The spiritual energy here is very strong.
It is 10 times higher than the outside world.
Speaking of which, after the return of Li Guanqi and all the extraordinary beings, the spiritual energy concentration was declining rapidly, just like in the end of the world. After the extraordinary beings returned to reality, it began to rise rapidly again... Well, that's not important.
The important thing is that this castle area...
"Why is there lost soul power?"
Li Guanqi turned his head and looked at the 13th-century ancient castle in front of him. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Is there some kind of soul-like treasure of heaven and earth that was born? Or is there an existence with a powerful soul that is about to die?"
"Also, why don't I feel Mengyao's breath..."
With a solemn look on his face, he turned around and took a step forward, spanning hundreds of meters in an instant and reaching 700 meters away.
On the grass here, lying 10 unconscious Penglai night watchmen.
It should be the 10-man night watchman team sent by the Penglai Norwegian Guard to explore the black fog of the castle.
In addition to these 10 people, Li Guanqi also found 6 teams a few hundred meters away, each with 10 people. However, they were all European faces. They were probably aliens sent in by Norway before Penglai took over the case.
Blood metahuman team.
They are all at the one-dimensional level. In the early stage, their physical fitness does not exceed lv.12.
"pity."
Li Guanqi squatted down, stretched out his soul power, and after checking the 10-man team on the ground, he sighed helplessly.
The foundation of the soul is damaged and there is no way to save it.
These 10 people, as well as the Norwegians, were all deeply trapped in the soul illusion at this time. Due to the high load the soul illusion placed on their souls, their souls were overwhelmed and their foundations were severely damaged.
Even if you wake up, you will still appear mentally disturbed.
And this is not the end, as time goes by, they will become more and more abnormal, and then they will develop severe dementia. In 3-5 years at most, their souls will completely collapse and they will die.
When Li Guanqi saw them, he thought of Moxie Gu Village.
In the original [Gu Village Ecstasy] incident, if Li Guanqi had not dispelled the high priest's soul illusion formation, all the ordinary people in Moxie Gu Village would have suffered the same fate in the future.
This is soul illusion, a soul attack discipline that acts directly on the soul.
Soul illusions are far scarier than ordinary blindness illusions, and the consequences are more serious.
"But it doesn't make sense."
Li Guanqi frowned slightly and stood up from the grass, "With the evil phoenix here, Mengyao shouldn't be entangled by this level of soul illusion."
"Is there any other reason?"
Li Guanqi turned his head and looked at the castle in the distance.
"brush--"
With a flash of his body, he soon arrived at the gate of this ancient castle.
Without much hesitation, Li Guanqi reached out and pushed open the ancient brown door.
"Squeak——"
The brown door opened slowly and made a sound.
"Um?"
Li Guanqi raised his eyebrows.
This door seems to have become some kind of barrier, the opening and closing entrance of the formation.
When the door was closed, he couldn't feel the atmosphere inside the door or the castle.
But now that the door is opened, all the atmosphere in the castle rushes towards him.
For example, the smell of laundry detergent with the aroma of lavender.
Another example is the aura of phoenix blood that he is so familiar with - Han Mengyao's phoenix blood.
“The world’s most popular diva star also used lavender laundry detergent.”
Li Guanqi laughed dumbly.
He is very familiar with the smell of this brand of washing powder, because before the advent of the strange world, his clothes were washed with this brand of washing powder.
"As long as you're still there."
Li Guanqi lowered the big stone hanging in his heart a little, and followed Han Mengyao's phoenix blood aura as he continued deep into the corridors of the castle.
This castle has a long history, but he didn't have time to admire the interior scenery.
He just followed the phoenix blood aura and kept going deeper and deeper.
final.
Li Guanqi walked through the basement of the castle and came to an underground cave.
It's not dark here.
Because at the end of the cave, there is a large sea of flowers. Those strange flowers all emit blue light. Their appearance is similar to Manzhu Shahua. They are completely blue and somewhat translucent. From a distance, they seem to be insubstantial.
"A large number of first-order soul-condensing flowers, and a few second-order quality flowers."
Li Guanqi looked there and whispered to himself.
This is the source.
The underground of this ancient castle is the origin of spiritual energy recovery, and spiritual energy begins to gush out from here.
Then due to various reasons that are difficult to explain, this soul-like plant called "Soul-Condensing Flower" was born here. Due to its own effect characteristics, as well as the huge amount of escaped soul power, plus the surrounding
The rich spiritual energy finally turned the eight hundred-meter-wide area into a soul illusion area.
[Case 142 - Norwegian Castle]
In fact, this incident has nothing to do with the castle...well, it has a little bit to do with it.
This castle has a long history, many people have lived there, and many people have died.
It should be the remaining traces of the souls of the dead. The properties of the soul-condensing flower caused the phenomenon of souls wandering in the dark room between 24 o'clock and 1 o'clock.
But this is essentially just a soul-like monster born from the interweaving of rich spiritual energy and rich soul power, and is not the resurrection of the dead.
Because for about an hour every day, the Soul Condensing Flower will perform the behavior of "absorbing spiritual energy and swallowing soul power", which is called "spiritual effect".
Well, it is similar to the behavior of ordinary plants "absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen".
It is the "spiritual effect" of the Soul Condensing Flower for one hour every day that leads to the phenomenon of soul monsters appearing.
It's just that when Li Guanqi came, it was three o'clock in the morning, and the Soul Condensing Flower had already completed today's "spiritual effect", so he didn't see those so-called "ghosts".
"So, what are you doing here?"
With a smile on his face, Li Guanqi walked into the sea of blue-light flowers composed of a large number of soul-condensing flowers.
The blue light emitted by the sea of flowers illuminated the cave.
And deep in the sea of flowers.
Lying down was a tall woman in a red dress.
Her whole body was surrounded by blue soul-condensing flowers, with her hands on her flat belly, her eyes closed, her expression relaxed, the corners of her mouth raised from time to time, and the smile from the heart on her beautiful face,
They all express her joy in the dream at this time.
"Meng Yao."
Li Guanqi sat next to her, gently rested her head on his lap, smoothed her hair around her ears, and patted away a few soul-condensing petals stained on her hair.
"What is it about the illusion dream that makes you so nostalgic that you don't even want to come out even if you have the ability?"
After a whisper.
Li Guanqi closed his eyes, but a thin golden slit opened between his eyebrows, and a golden vertical pupil appeared from it.
Eyes that destroy delusion!
The function of this soul eye is to break illusions, but Li Guanqi only needs to control his soul power a little to use its power to do more things.
For example, entering the illusion of someone else.
…
…
In a hazy world.
He saw it.
It was a blurry scene, a campus, the campus of Yucheng No. 1 Middle School.
As Li Guanqi moved his soul more and more, he completely entered this illusory campus and saw it more and more clearly.
He saw...
Campus speech contest.
A petite girl with a high ponytail gave a speech on the podium, and the audience was crowded and lively.
The game is over.
After she missed the championship, a tall boy wiped her tears and comforted her softly, saying: "Campus competitions are all shady. The champions have already been pre-determined. Don't cry. Don't cry."
Li Guanqi stood behind a big tree. Hearing these words, he couldn't help but chuckle.
But he soon stopped laughing.
Because as time went by, Li Guanqi's originally unclear appearance of the two people gradually became clear before his eyes.
That girl is Han Mengyao before the alien blood was added to her body.
And that tall boy... is himself.
"..."
Li Guanqi was silent.
Time passes.
Fantasy changes.
There is a quiet classroom at dusk, with only one boy and one girl left. The girl is tutoring her homework, while the boy has a ballpoint pen in his mouth and looks absently at the basketball court outside.
There was an extremely lively campus basketball game, with boys violently dunking and girls cheering loudly in the audience.
One day after school when it was raining heavily, a girl without an umbrella stood in the teaching building, looking in shock at the boy outside who had forcefully brought a large umbrella from the canteen.
He is making a fuss.
After she was stunned... she was laughing.
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In the sea of blue flowers of Soul Condensing Flower.
Li Guanqi sat on the ground, the golden vertical pupils between his eyebrows disappearing.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked down at Han Mengyao lying on his lap, with a complicated expression and deep self-blame in his eyes.
He saw it.
The fantasy world is a high school campus.
A good student named Han Mengyao and a sports student named Li Guanqi are enjoying their beautiful years in a beautiful and youthful campus.
"No wonder..."
Li Guanqi sighed softly.
"No wonder you miss the illusion and don't even want to come out."
"But the illusion is ultimately false."
"Meng Yao..."
Li Guanqi looked down at Han Mengyao on his lap, stretched out his right index finger, the fingertips glowed with light blue soul power, and gently touched her smooth and white forehead between the eyebrows.
"It's time to wake up."
"Um?!"
Han Mengyao's expression changed dramatically, and she suddenly opened her eyes, with anger ready to come out, "Sister Xiehuang, you... hmm?"
She looked at Li Guanqi's face and was stunned.
"Still in the illusion?"
Han Mengyao seemed a little confused, "But why? Sister Xiehuang, why did you change to an illusion? Isn't the campus pretty good..."
"Silly girl!"
The evil phoenix's voice appeared in her mind, "Look around carefully. This is the underground cave of the castle. You have left the illusion. Look at the human in front of you. He is back!"
"ah?"
Han Mengyao was still a little unresponsive, looking at Li Guanqi in front of her, then at the sea of soul-condensing flowers around her, and finally looking at Li Guanqi again.
She sat up and looked at Li Guanqi in front of her. After more than ten seconds, she carefully reached out her hand and pinched the other person's face hard.
Yeah, very hard.
"It will hurt."
Li Guanqi smiled helplessly, "Also, shouldn't you pinch your own face? Why are you pinching mine?"
"you……"
Han Mengyao's delicate body trembled slightly, her eyes instantly turned red, and her crystal tears shone.
"I'm back."
Li Guanqi no longer laughed, but looked at her seriously and said softly: "It's me, it's really Li Guanqi, I'm back."
"..."
"Wow--"
After a brief period of disbelief, Han Mengyao immediately threw herself into his arms. While crying loudly, she held him tightly with both hands, very hard...as if she was afraid that he would disappear again.
"Five years! Why did it take you so long to come back! Why did it take you so long to come back!!"
After crying for a while, she suddenly let go of her hand and continued to cry while vigorously beating Li Guanqi's chest.
Li Guanqi stretched out his right hand, hugged her into his arms again, held her tightly, and sighed softly.
