The park square was bustling with tourists.
The most eye-catching feature is undoubtedly the four-tiered, off-white fountain located in the very center of the square.
Like most fountains, this one has been dubbed a wishing well.
In contrast, it is located in the city park of Thorn Royal City, the central city of the Enlightenment Empire.
At the very top of the fountain in front of us is a small statue of the Goddess of Thorns.
The goddess, her eyes blindfolded, stands at the center of the top layer of the fountain.
The clothes he wore were not particularly exquisite or elaborate; they seemed to be just ordinary cloth hastily draped over his body.
Bundles of thorns grew around her feet and beside her, as if to symbolize that the goddess was born from the purest suffering.
But at this moment, almost all the tourists around him were tossing in coins and making devout prayers.
Gu Xinghe and Mia's expressions now seemed much colder.
Compared to the other three fountains located below the goddess, which already appear old and yellowed, this one is quite different.
Gu Xinghe then noticed that the goddess sculpture at the top floor seemed incredibly white in comparison, as if it were brand new.
In any case, this comparison is indeed very strange.
Looking at the many coins that had accumulated in the fountain's wishing well, Gu Xinghe gently touched the bottom edge of the fountain.
This seems to be different from every previous instance of reading someone's thoughts.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe found that his consciousness seemed to be gradually elevated until it stopped in a void-like space.
Then, in this void, he "saw" one white dot after another appearing in front of him and around him.
The soft white light spots varied in size and brightness.
And when Gu Xinghe tried to touch these white dots of light with his consciousness—
Goddess! Please bless my whole family with health and safety!
I hope the Goddess of Thorns will help me pass this entrance exam!
Great God! Please grant me salvation from this suffering!
Oh, goddess...
【goddess……】
【……】
Even if Gu Xinghe did not use his consciousness to touch any other light spheres.
But the light spots that were originally just stationary in the void suddenly transformed into a white light that seemed to envelop him.
This perceptual connection was immediately and unilaterally severed.
Gu Xinghe completely ignored these prayer lights that seemed to have found their "master" and were trying to assimilate him.
At the same time, Gu Xinghe also sensed—
The reason why the goddess sculpture is so clean and flawless may be because a large amount of "willpower" has gathered here.
The statue then began to "give back" to the tourists who came to toss coins and make wishes.
That's why these people who come here are more devout and fanatical.
If even a small wishing well is like this, then the church, which truly has the meaning of prayer, is even more so.
Indeed—faith is pollution, at most just different kinds of pollution.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe began to carefully recall the feelings he had when he resonated with the wishing well earlier—
It seemed somewhat like when he empathized with the mirror in his dormitory room at the Tavern of Doom.
When he learned that the mirror was located in the tavern, all the information he observed came to mind.
But there seems to be something different about it—
Compared to the mirrors of that time, these mirrors actively recorded the people and scenery reflected in the tavern.
At this point, the fountain statues seem to passively collect people's wishes and scenes during their prayers.
Then, the faith of these people who came to make wishes was "returned" and polluted.
So, is this what it's like when the high and mighty gods listen to the prayers of all kinds of believers?
No, this was merely the stream of information he gleaned from the statue before him using his mind-reading ability.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe quickly denied this conjecture in his mind.
Moreover, in the eyes of the gods, the prayers of ordinary believers may not even be worth lingering over or paying attention to.
But at this time, Gu Xinghe also began to gradually realize this since he came into this world.
The unique feature of the skill "Mind Reading" is that...
The game system initially described the mind-reading skill as: reading the mental activities and emotional states of conscious beings.
Undeniably, Gu Xinghe initially used this skill primarily to listen to human thoughts and gather more intelligence.
However, as the skill [Mind Reading] begins to improve, the physical range and objects that can be listened to also gradually expand.
It can even empathize with various special objects.
From the current perspective, Gu Xinghe began to realize—
This skill seems to be gradually shifting from simply "listening to one's inner voice" to "acquiring information."
Rather, it's about understanding human thoughts and empathizing with objects.
In fact, these are all methods by which Gu Xinghe obtains information.
If this skill continues to improve.
In the future, will he no longer need to go to great lengths to actively listen to other people's thoughts and interact with objects?
So you can naturally obtain all the existing information?
What will the skill of mind reading eventually look like?
Retracting his own thoughts, Gu Xinghe continued to watch as tourists tossed coins into the fountain's wishing well, then closed their eyes to pray and make wishes.
He chuckled softly, finding the absurd truth he was witnessing laughable.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe, who was no longer paying attention to this, turned to look at Mia beside him.
Don't you have any wishes you want to make?
“No.”
Because my gods have already granted my wish.
With Mia's words, neither of them intended to toss a coin into the wishing well.
They simply turned around and walked together to the fountain next to them to get their stamps.
The goddess of thorns, representing suffering and hardship, encourages people to praise and celebrate suffering.
"However, suffering is not something to be praised; suffering is simply suffering."
Perhaps it's because the production cost would increase if the seal design were too intricate.
At this point, you can see a stamp pattern at the fountain, which is just a simple gray four-tiered fountain design.
There is no sculpture of the Goddess of Thorns above the fountain.
As for what this seal pattern smells like—
That must be the smell of the large amount of coins that had accumulated in the pool.
Seeing this, Mia happily stamped the sixth seal on her and Gu Xinghe's card album.
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