Chapter 40 Resonance

As Anthony Stevenson's words echoed in the Memorial Day Square and spread to other places, the people of Loen who participated in this rest mass were moved, sad, warm, and depressed.

In different squares, different choirs recited the psalms, and the ethereal and holy voice seemed to ring in the depths of everyone's heart:

"The crimson full moon rises, reflecting the earth,

"All sank into sweet dreams, dreaming of themselves,

"Dreaming of parents, wife (husband) and children, this is forever..." (Note 1)

Unknowingly, everyone felt that their spirit had been baptized, and their spirituality was naturally expressed.

They seemed to have really entered a dream, wandering in a peaceful darkness.

Sleeping here are their children, their parents, their wives, their husbands, and their friends. These dead people no longer have suffering, no pain, and their expressions are peaceful and soft.

"We'll look up at the night sky,

"Say his name tenderly:

"'The Evernight Goddess!'

"...if He hears, He will surely answer,

"Will surely show a pure smile to the dead:

"'Come, rest, and sleep, my children!" (Note 2)

Those people who wandered in the dreamland showed strong sadness again, as if they understood that they really had to say goodbye.

They recalled all the beautiful moments in the past, recalled the scene of a family enjoying delicious food and laughing at the dining table, recalled the person who looked at them tenderly, recalled seeing them hurt, hearing their passing away The pain that seemed to tear the soul at the time, recalled the clouds and partings that this war brought.

They slept peacefully in this peaceful country, and no longer had troubles, but those who could survive had to be tortured day and night, haggard and withered.

One tear fell, another tear fell, and the people at the remnant mass in the Memorial Day Square could no longer suppress their inner emotions, and silently and unreservedly vented the accumulated pain.

Great sadness permeates, intertwined in the chanting of the choir, as if it has a substantial shape.

"Cross your hands,

"on your chest,

"Say the wordless prayer,

"And cry out with your heart:

"The only destination is peace!" (Note 3)

The people who closed their eyes and cried silently subconsciously followed the content of the poem and made similar actions, and then, infected with each other, shouted in their hearts:

"The only destination is stability!"

Sadness reached the extreme, and the hearts of more than 10,000 people in the Memorial Day Square resonated strongly.

At this moment, Audrey opened her eyes, bent her back, and took out a bottle of potion from the small leather bag carried by the golden retriever Susie.

Countless pieces of light floated in the potion, just like the manifestation of the collective subconscious sea.

Audrey didn't hesitate. In such a scene, she unscrewed the cap of the bottle and gulped down the liquid inside.

Unlike in the past where she could experience the potion slipping through her throat and into her stomach, Audrey suddenly became abnormal.

She felt that she couldn't sense her body anymore, and her whole body seemed to be condensed into a mass of thoughts, blending into the illusory sea around her.

This is the first time that she has directly seen the collective subconscious ocean without going through the "island" where dreams and hearts are located. It is like returning to the mother's arms before she was born, and returning to the beginning, the imprint left by the ancestors of human beings. Like the tide, it washes, disintegrates, and influences.

There was fear, madness, and all kinds of terrible spiritual pollution. Audrey had difficulty fighting against it for a while, her consciousness faded, her "figure" shook, and she was about to melt.

However, the nearby "sea area" is not peaceful, and there is a certain degree of ups and downs, rendering strong sadness and pain to the surroundings.

Affected by this, Audrey, whose self-awareness was about to be assimilated by the sea of ​​collective subconscious, also resonated and felt uncontrollable grief.

Grief passed from one thought to another, and quickly filled the mass of "thoughts" that Audrey "mutated" into, piercing into her spiritual body and soul.

Audrey finally regained consciousness, skillfully comforted herself, kept giving hints, and removed the pollution until she regained her sanity.

A voice in her ear became more and more obvious and louder, and finally echoed completely in this collective subconscious sea:

"The only destination is peace!"

"The only destination is peace!"

"The only destination is peace..." Audrey repeated this prayer, and her figure quickly became clear.

She is just a thought, and there are multiple transparent and illusory selves separated, roaming in the ocean of collective subconsciousness, reaching and climbing up the spiritual islands representing different people.

In these "places", she intuitively saw where the grief of different people came from:

From the cannonballs falling from the sky, from the airships forming the formation, from the letters sent back from the front, from the bad news sent by the postmen, from the splash of flesh and blood in front of our eyes, from the sudden fall of a loved one, from the loss of the owner. A pile of toys, from a severe cough in the smog...

"The only destination is peace."

Susie, the golden retriever dog, also closed her eyes during the mass, and recited that sentence in her heart in human language, without noticing any changes around her.

Suddenly, in her soul, in her mind and body, Audrey's voice sounded:

"Susie, I made it...

"I've always been worried before, worried that I would be more and more affected by the potion as the sequence improved, and I would become more and more indifferent, more and more like a mythical creature rather than a human being."

Susie raised her head in a daze, only to see that although the blond girl beside her had her eyes tightly closed, her face was covered with tears at some point.

Then, she heard Audrey say in her heart:

"Fortunately, I can still feel their sadness.

"very nice……"

In Susie's eyes, another tear fell from the corner of the blond girl's eyes, crystal clear and clear.

At this time, the sun put away the last ray of light, and the night brought tranquility.

Everyone opened their eyes at the same time, and said in a peaceful voice:

"The only destination is peace!"

…………

After crying unrestrainedly, Audrey, who was originally sunny, was emotionally calm, and became a little more delicate, with a touch of sadness, so that everyone who saw her felt affectionate from the bottom of her heart.

Under various protections, she returned to Queens and returned to her room.

Only now did she have the opportunity to seriously examine herself and digest the knowledge and experience gained from the potion and the sea of ​​collective subconscious.

Others may not be able to see it, but Audrey is very clear that the tall and beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyes in the mirror already possesses super strength and exaggerated dragon scale defense, which belongs to the kind that can explode a piece of steel with one punch.

"Well, I can still 'turn into a dragon', which is equivalent to using an incomplete mythical creature form. However, this must wait until I get used to the potion and continue to add the correct psychological hints, otherwise I will directly lose control... Each 'Dragon Transformation' cannot exceed a certain amount of time, otherwise, even if there is a healing method for the mind and soul, it will be deeply infected by madness and chaos, leading to loss of control... My current limit is about one minute...

"The core ability of the 'manipulator' is called 'manipulation'. I can let the mental body enter other people's spiritual islands through the collective subconscious sea, directly tamper with their subconscious, read their thoughts, and drive them to do various things silently. all kinds of things...

"The pairing of 'manipulation' is 'virtual personality'. I can virtualize many personalities and let them have corresponding mental bodies. On the one hand, it can resist many influences in the spiritual field, and on the other hand, it allows me to communicate with others. While communicating, with the help of 'them', they invaded the target's consciousness island silently, without any signs on the surface...

"I currently have only thirteen virtual personalities...

"The 'manipulator' can also create a terrible 'spiritual plague', using the collective subconscious sea to infect all kinds of mental diseases and extreme madness...

"Well, 'shock and awe' has become a large-scale 'mental deprivation', no longer just a shock effect...

"I can also turn my designated thought into a 'psychic storm', sweeping around and affecting all enemies...

"Hehe, as a 'manipulator', the ability to swim in the sea of ​​collective subconsciousness is also necessary. This is called 'consciousness walking'. Otherwise, I will slowly arrive at the predetermined place after complicated manipulations like before. The target has already left..." Audrey looked at herself in the mirror, and suddenly showed a faint smile.

Then, she puffed her cheeks and opened her mouth as if to spit out something.

Since her mythical creature form is a psychic dragon, it must have breath.

This can directly stimulate and injure the target's mental body and spiritual body, which belongs to the range-type, effect-enhanced version of "spiritual piercing".

Audrey immediately turned her blue eyes slightly, retracted her gaze, and sighed in her heart:

"This is a demigod. These abilities make me feel scared... And how powerful Mr. World must be who can kill Hvin Rambis..."

…………

Above the gray mist, inside the ancient palace.

As the participants in the hunt prepared one after another, they decided to organize a private meeting to discuss specific details.

"'Manipulator' is so scary?" "Magician" Fors looked at Miss Justice beside her, and blurted out in amazement.

Just now, Audrey "Justice" briefly mentioned the changes after she became a demigod. Although in order to protect her cards, she didn't say anything in detail, but she still let "Magician", "Hermit" and "Judgment" And "star" for a while startled.

"It's actually not that scary, Mr. World is very clear." Audrey cast her gaze at the bottom of the mottled long table.

"The World" Gehrman Sparrow didn't nod, and said with a "hmm":

"I also have a powerful helper to kill Hvin Rambis."

He paused, and then said:

"Before discussing the hunting operation, I want to know how to make the Abraham family feel my friendliness?"

Note 1: Adapted from Tennyson, "The Lotus Eater"

Note 2: Adapted from I.B. Browning, "The Cry of Children"

Note 3: Adapted from Thomas Hood, The Bridge of Sighs and Tennyson, The Lotus Eater

PS: Change first and then change.