Chapter 781 The Town After the Bell Rings

After a simple attempt, Gawain confirmed that the situation on Daniel's side was indeed different from his own.

Not only is the environment around him obviously different, but more importantly, Daniel doesn't seem to be in a state that can be disconnected from the network at any time like himself.

After several unsuccessful attempts to disconnect from the network, Daniel reported his state with a hint of concern: "...My lord, I can't feel the boundaries of the real world, and the hazy and illusory fog here seems to not only block me from the dream world. The five senses also interfere with my orientation to the real world. If I cannot locate reality, I cannot leave the network."

interfere...

Gao Wen didn't answer for a while, but silently analyzed in his heart.

He can connect to Daniel's consciousness, which means that the other party's mind is still in the network, but some unknown "power" shields it, and the hazy and illusory fog mentioned by the other party... has the ability to block the five senses, The nature of interfering with reality positioning may be the manifestation of this shielding power on Daniel's side.

But this kind of interference and shielding power obviously didn't work for Gawain, an extraterritorial wanderer who was stalking the Internet.

Can this peculiar "immunity" be used to help Daniel out of trouble?

Gawain wasn't sure about this. He felt that he had to at least find Daniel's "position", and then he could verify it only after contacting him.

In the spiritual network, it is possible to "locate" the target, and this positioning technology is also the result of the joint development of Gao Wen and Daniel. Daniel was able to be successfully promoted from the nightmare teacher to the bishop rank. Part of this achievement credit.

The weird "shielded" state that Daniel and others were in seemed to interfere with the network's positioning function. When Gawain tried to search for Daniel's location, all he "saw" was a shadow of nothingness and confusion.

But just like Gawain left a lot of secret ports and exploitable loopholes in the login and communication layers of the Mind Network, in this positioning system... he and Daniel also stuffed almost two-digit "dark lines" into it, These dark lines are almost equivalent to another set of secret positioning mechanisms, which are not monitored by the psychic network, or even known to anyone other than Gawain and Daniel.

With the idea of ​​verifying some guesses, Gawain closed his eyes slightly and quietly activated a network link that had never been activated before. In the hazy darkness, a shimmering "net" appeared in his vision , and overlapped with this weird town.

A flickering light spot appeared not far away, which was Daniel's mind.

Gao Wen was quite calm in his heart.

With an expected indifference.

Sure enough, the power of Sandbox One didn't work against the various "stealth ports" and "stealth links" that he and Daniel had set up.

Because these secret ports and links are not known to outsiders, the Eternal Sleepers do not know them, and the Mind Network does not know them, so the No. 1 sandbox built by the Eternal Sleepers and rooted in the Mind Network... naturally does not know them.

Just as Gawain thought: the virtual system cannot simulate things beyond the system itself, and no matter how powerful the "weird" brewing in Sandbox No.

This is also the reason why he himself is not affected by the many strange forces of the No. 1 sandbox: he is an "extraterritorial wanderer" who has come in through the Internet and his soul does not belong to this world. For the No. 1 sandbox, he should be the most indescribable, Incomprehensible "things", even... Sandbox 1 should be structurally incapable of perceiving his existence.

Just like those Eternal Sleeper priests who have acted with Gawain until now, but never knew about the existence of the latter.

But this should be limited to the current situation. When the power of the No. 1 sandbox exceeds the sandbox itself and becomes a kind of god-like existence, it is a matter of whether this restriction will still take effect.

As his thoughts turned around, and while various speculations and plans continued to be formed, Gawain had walked through the quiet and uninhabited streets of the town and came to the depths of an alley near the square.

This is where the positioning system shows Daniel's location.

However, it was empty and there was not a single person.

Gawain closed his eyes slightly, and in that illusory positioning grid, the light spot representing Daniel flashed in front of him, and the signal was clear and stable.

"My lord," Daniel's voice sounded in his mind at the same time, "I sense you are already nearby, but I can't see you..."

"I can't see you either, but since you can sense my breath, it seems that the 'shielding' loophole in this sandbox is not small," Gawain said lightly in his mind, "It doesn't seem to be able to shield us. A set of 'deep channels' that you should be able to use to get out of the network.

"You try it first, but don't really get out of it - there seems to be a lot of quirkiness in this town, we'll explore a little more.

"And I'm also a little concerned about where the other 'deleted' people are."

"Yes, my lord," Daniel responded respectfully, and then calmed down, and began to try to use the "deep channels" that can bypass the surface of the spiritual network to rebuild the connection with the real world. After about ten seconds, his voice came again. Come, with a hint of relaxation and respect, "My lord, it is exactly as you said! After enabling the deep channel, I have re-perceived the boundary of reality, and I should be able to leave the current state smoothly."

"Okay," Gawain nodded, "Then the next step is to find your real location..."

As he spoke, he looked around, trying to find the inconsistency.

Daniel's "location" is here, there's no doubt about it, sandbox 1 cannot block those hidden links in the "deep channel", so the positioning system should be working well, but he can't see people... Sensory distractions? Parallel space? still……

While thinking about it, his eyes swept across the ground nearby, and a small pool of water came into view.

This made his heart move, and he couldn't help thinking of the reflections in the water he saw in the square.

He came to the water and saw that the calm water surface reflected the surrounding streets—similar to the reflection in the water in the square. In the reflection, the Phantom Town lit up with warm and bright lights. Street lights, every household lights up the lights.

Gawain squatted beside the stagnant water, recalling the mysticism knowledge he had mastered in his mind, and he had a clear understanding.

He stretched out his hand and touched it gently on the calm water. A little ripples spread out in the reflection. The shadow of the town swayed and shook in front of him. When the water gradually stopped, he saw the town in the reflection. The lights were turned off, and it was silently shrouded in boundless darkness.

Gawain stood up and listened to the faint sounds of laughter and chatter coming from the dwellings behind him. The top of the iron-black lamppost nearby shone bright and warm lights, illuminating the street and making his figure pull out on the road very much. long.

This is the town after the bell rings.

In this way, he penetrated some kind of "curtain" and came to the "other side" of this town!

Gawain also saw Daniel's figure.

The old mage was standing quietly under a street lamp a little far away, with his waist hunched over, his eyes staring blankly ahead, he seemed to be in a trance, and he didn't respond to Gawain's appearance.

Gawain frowned, he remembered that Daniel used the image of a refined middle-aged mage when he entered the spiritual network, but now the other party has become the real appearance in the real world - it was this strange town that relieved Daniel camouflage effect? Or was it that after being "deleted", Daniel unwittingly lifted his disguise while his mind was disturbed?

Doubt flashed in his heart, and Gawain walked to Daniel's side. He first confirmed that there were no figures of Selena and others around, and then raised his hand and patted Daniel's shoulder neither light nor heavy.

This was just an attempt, but it had an immediate effect. Gawain could clearly feel that some kind of stagnant and distorted aura shattered and dissipated immediately after he slapped it with the palm of his hand. Daniel's eyes blinked twice. Immediately lifted, he first instinctively showed his vigilance, and then he saw Gawain and the streets illuminated by lights around him.

"My lord," Daniel immediately bowed to Gawain and looked around in confusion, "This is..."

"If I guessed correctly, this should be the phantom town after the bell rang," Gawain said in a deep voice, "I came in through the reflection on the water - some unknown force divided the town into bells. In two parts, before the bell and after the bell, the town after the bell is hidden in the depths. You're trapped here, and so should everyone else."

After speaking, he paused and showed a slight smile: "It seems that my existence itself is a breach of the 'rules' here - I didn't expect it to be so easy to wake you up, I originally thought that if a slap won't work , we will use a more drastic method to break this weird place."

"Your strength is incomparable," Daniel said immediately with a trace of awe and gratitude, and then he also noticed the change in his image, with a confused look on his face, "How did I become like the real world..."

Gao Wen glanced at the old mage: "I'm also curious - you don't know what's going on?"

"This... I don't know," Daniel frowned. "It's strange, not only has it turned into the real world, but there's no way to disguise it again..."

"It may be that the strange power of this town is suppressing foreign objects," Gawain said, looking into the depths of the street, "or it may be that the depths of this town do not support 'avatars'. Anyway, improve Be vigilant, I really feel now... this town is alive and ill-intentioned."

"Yes," Daniel said respectfully, and followed Gawain's gaze into the distance, "My lord, what shall we do next?"

"Look for other people first, and investigate here on the way," Gawain said casually, "Using the deep channel, you should be able to locate other people's positions, right?"

Daniel tried it first, then nodded: "Yes. I have sensed the positions of Magnum and Yuri, and they seem to be together not far from here."

"Let's go and see the situation."

The two left here and walked deeper into the street, accompanied by the voices of people from time to time in the houses by the roadside, accompanied by various lights all over the town, a creepy and terrifying atmosphere lingered in those old and dark places. Between the houses and the corners of the alleys, and walking beside Gawain, clad in a black robe, the nerve cord behind him slowly wriggling, and his temperament is quite gloomy, Daniel has aggravated the effect of this atmosphere——

There seems to be nothing more suitable for this "haunted town" atmosphere than a gloomy black-robed old wizard.

Walking on, Gawain couldn't help but glance at Daniel, and said casually, "Your mental state should have stabilized, right?"

The old master didn't know why Gawain suddenly mentioned this, but he answered immediately: "Yes, thanks for your gift, I have been freed from that terrible mental torture."

"Then don't you consider changing your temperament and style in the real world?"

"This..." The old mage looked a little dazed, "Mary did mention that she wanted to prepare some new clothes for me, but... no, it's nothing, if this is your will, then I..."

Gao Wen quickly conceived in his mind the painting style of the old mage changing his style in the real world. After a bunch of broken images appeared in his mind, he quickly cut off this somewhat divergent thought, before Daniel could finish his words. Said: "Forget it, I just said it casually, don't take it to heart."

Daniel, as always, has no doubts: "Everything is as you wish."

Gao Wen hummed, glanced ahead, and stopped slowly.

He saw two figures standing abruptly not far away. It was the other two Archbishops of the Eternal Sleeper who were "shielded" to "this side" together with Daniel.

They were also stripped of their disguise and restored to their real world appearance, standing beside the street dazedly.

One of them was wearing a white robe, with a gentle temperament, wearing a monocle, and his appearance was recognizable as Archbishop Yuri, but he was past middle age, with a few wrinkles on his face and a lot of white hair on his head. The body is also slightly fatter.

The other person is undoubtedly the Archbishop of Magnum. Compared with the "virtual image", his real appearance has not changed much, but his height has changed from more than two meters to less than one meter five ... almost. A level with Amber.

Gao Wen silently glanced at the two archbishops not far away, then lowered his head and said to Daniel, "There are also very individual people among the Eternal Sleepers."

Daniel: "...It's exactly as you said."

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