Chapter 1685: The Lingering Fear

Chuxin City, the top floor of the Sky Tower.

"Is this... really okay? It's motionless, and its expression is very dull. It looks like it's possessed by a demon." Frode asked Angel, but his eyes were fixed on Toby on the table.

"In reality, the extreme resentment in Toby's body has already shown signs of suppressing rebound. If it really exceeds the limit, it will inevitably face the disaster of extreme resentment. So, I have no choice." Angel replied helplessly.

Toby, at this time, was sitting on the table blankly, his eyes did not seem to be focused, and he seemed to have not come back to his senses.

As Frode said, it was like a demon.

The reason for Toby's situation was that Angel forcibly intervened in the operation of the Heart House and released Toby in advance.

Time went back to not long ago--

After Angel brought Toby to the Dream Wilderness, he explained the function of the Heart House to Toby and explained the possible dangers, and then let Toby enter it.

After Toby was covered by the power of the Heart House, he was fine at first, but an accident happened not long after.

In the eyes of Sanders and Frode, Toby had not changed at all.

But Angell found something wrong through the power of the "Dream Gate". Not long after Toby entered the House of Heart, a strange creature...or power, seemed to be connected to Toby.

Angell used his power to investigate and found that this so-called strange creature was actually a large amount of negative emotions.

Angell immediately understood that this might be the projection of the extreme resentment.

So far, Angell confirmed that the House of Heart really stimulated the extreme resentment hidden in Toby's body. This was the result Angell expected, so that Toby could face the extreme resentment in advance.

However, since the extreme resentment was stimulated and connected to Toby, it is very likely that there will be a rebound in reality.

So he went back to reality.

The reality was just as he thought, the extreme resentment had begun to be released from Toby's body, and the slightly better thing was that the degree of this release was still within the controllable range.

However, if it is not stopped as soon as possible, the extreme resentment is likely to break through the seal set by Frost. At that time, Toby will inevitably face the calamity of extreme resentment.

Without any preparation, Angel could not let Toby face the calamity now.

Therefore, in order to prevent the extreme resentment from really breaking the seal, Angel used the green veins as soon as he returned to the Dream Wilderness to forcibly drag Toby out of the power coverage of the Heart House.

Because the operation of the Heart House was forcibly interrupted, Toby may not have reacted for a while, and he appeared in the current state of madness.

But it is worth being happy that Angel can feel that the extreme resentment that was connected to Toby before has disappeared again. It should be suppressed again.

Angel thinks that Toby may just be a stress reaction, but after five minutes, Toby still hasn't come back to his senses, which makes him a little worried.

Angel turned to look at Sanders, who was sitting on the side and flipping through the "Heart House Experiment Record": "Teacher, is Toby's situation normal?"

Sanders raised his eyebrows slightly: "Your understanding of the nature of illusions seems to need to go further."

After a pause, Sanders explained: "The power of the Heart House is actually the power of the mind illusion. It is now just in the aftermath of the mind illusion. Whether it can come out depends on what it has experienced."

The so-called "aftermath of the mind illusion" can actually be understood as "aftereffects".

After a timid person is bitten by a snake, he may be afraid of snakes in the future. This is the so-called aftereffects.

"The aftermath of the mind illusion" is similar. Because the mind illusion involves psychological problems, it will inevitably affect some emotions in the heart. If you overcome the mind illusion yourself, then there is naturally no problem. However, if an external force pulls you out of the mind illusion, it is very likely that this "aftereffects" will occur.

Some people may come out of the aftereffects quickly; but some people may be shrouded in shadows for the rest of their lives.

Toby is in this state now.

However, Toby is an extraordinary creature after all, and the aftermath of the mental illusion should not last too long.

When Angel was thinking this, Toby on the table finally reacted. Its eyes recovered from the confusion, and then it trembled for a while, and its little head looked around, as if looking for something.

When Toby found that he had left the dark world, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then ran to Angel at a speed of flying. It seemed that only by Angel's side could it find a sense of security.

Angel stroked Toby's feathers, and when he touched Toby, it obviously trembled. But soon, Toby squinted his eyes and enjoyed Angel's touch.

After serving Toby comfortably, Angel asked, "What did you experience in the House of Heart just now?"

Toby's body stiffened for a moment, and there seemed to be a moment of panic in his red eyes.

However, this panic did not last too long.

Perhaps it was the warmth of Angel's palm that made Toby feel safe. After pondering for a moment, it began to chirp softly.

In Frode's eyes, Toby just chirped repeatedly, flapping his wings from time to time, and seemed to be expressing something. However, Frode didn't understand what Toby was saying at all, but Angel seemed to be nodding seriously, and kept saying something... On one side was human language, and on the other side was bird language, but there was no barrier to communication.

After a long time, Toby stopped calling, as if he had finished speaking.

Frode looked at Angel and asked what Toby said so that he could record it in the report.

Angel pondered for a moment: "After Toby entered the House of Heart, he saw two doors in the long corridor, one of which contained his obsession."

When Toby and Angel communicated, more than 80% of the time, they were talking about their obsessions. For example, dried fish, music boxes, various costumes, etc., a lot of explicit hints were hinted.

Only a small part of the time was talking about the other door.

"What's in the other door?" Frode asked curiously.

"...It is the dark void." Angle paused: "But in this dark void, it saw a collection of extremely resentful thoughts."

"The jealous snake bird."

...

When Toby faced this behemoth, he was completely stunned.

It was not because of the size of the jealous snake bird, but because there was an unspeakable connection between Toby and the snake bird.

When the snake bird cast its evil eyes on Toby, endless negative emotions, like a torrent, rushed towards Toby.

These negative emotions not only made Toby feel uncomfortable, but also magnified Toby's senses.

For example, let Toby immerse himself in certain memories, which contained images that made Toby feel jealous, resentful, and jealous.

Toby felt like a small stone, which was directly submerged under the impact of this negative emotion.

Darkness, helplessness, fear.

And the irritability brought by negative emotions filled Toby's senses.

Toby was not saved from the horrific torrent until Angel forcibly stopped the House of Heart. But even so, Toby was immersed in the "aftermath of the heart illusion" for a long time before he came to his senses.