Chapter 170: Sea of ​​Ignorance, Corridor of Truth

The stained glass of the church dome cast mottled light onto Beatrice's knees, and her fingers unconsciously twisted the lace collar.

This was a spacious room, and a priest was sitting on a stone platform in the middle of the room, motionless. He wore a metal device composed of a mechanical structure on his head, which covered his eyes and made it impossible to see his face.

A bright candle is burning quietly in the corner of the room. The church of the Candlelight Society will offer many candles, which are never extinguished day and night.

The girl bit her lips lightly and looked at the candle silently. When she counted to the thirty-seventh drop of wax falling from above, the flame of the bronze candlestick suddenly became half an inch shorter.

The priest sitting on the stone platform suddenly raised his head, grabbed his collar, and gasped.

Beatrice suddenly clutched the silver holy emblem on her chest and stood up with an expectant look on her face.

"I'm sorry, Lord Juan, we still haven't found Castel's anchor point. It seems their beacon disappeared directly in the Sea of ​​Nowhere."

The young priest took off the divination instrument from his face, his face slightly pale. Diving in the sea of ​​unconsciousness would put a great burden on the body, even if the candlelight had a special device to assist, it would still consume a lot of physical strength.

Beatrice's eyes dimmed a little, and she nodded gently: "You can just call me Beatrice. What does the disappearance of the beacon mean? I have never dived in the Sea of ​​Unconsciousness, so I don't quite understand the communication methods between churches. Can you please explain it to me in detail?"

"Of course, sir." The priest nodded and forced a kind smile skillfully. Although Beatrice was just a noble lady without a title, he did not dare to neglect her at all.

The Rhine is not very peaceful right now. Her Majesty the Queen's attitude is getting tougher and tougher, and the bigwigs of the Secret Keeper Council stay indoors all day long. People in the church are already in a panic.

Although Ms. Joan has only been a member of the Candlelight Society for a short time, she has already become a hot figure in the upper circles of the Rhine.

I heard that she recently took out a kind of medicine block called soap in the salon. If used to clean the body, its effect is comparable to Holy Water No. 9, but it does not have the pungent smell of holy water. The most important thing is that its origin is mysterious. Only Ruoan has a small amount of stock, and it is very popular among the noble ladies.

Compared to the mysterious soap, Beatrice's identity is even more important.

The Ruoan family has always been trusted by the Queen. Even though the royal family and the Candlelight Society are becoming increasingly hostile, the young lady of the Ruoan family has not been affected at all, which is particularly valuable in the current situation.

Especially for the Candlelight Club.

Perhaps the young priest's heart moved, and his expression became more enthusiastic. He took out a silver candle from his arms, shook it gently, and the candle began to burn.

"Lady Beatrice, these moon candles are very effective. They are made by the most devout believers. As long as you are under the illumination of the candles, you will not be contaminated by the secret knowledge."

Secret knowledge, also known as secret teachings, will be contaminated by anyone who comes into contact with it, assimilated by anyone who understands it, and imprinted by anyone who thinks about it.

Pollution is extremely difficult to eliminate, and it can only be reduced or alleviated at a huge cost, but every church has some means to reduce the impact of pollution. The Candlelight Society is particularly good at this, and their extraordinary path will almost inevitably come into contact with pollution.

[Investigators] can listen to the whispers of the Corridor of Truth, but [Secret Keepers] cannot even enter the Sea of ​​Unknowing—they carry too much secret knowledge and will be swallowed up by the deep sea in an instant.

Beatrice lowered her eyes: "Thank you."

"You are so polite." The priest guided Beatrice to sit aside, and then went to get a pot of tea and poured it for Beatrice. "How can I tell you about this? Since you are an investigator, you must know about the Sea of ​​No Consciousness, right?"

"With only a superficial understanding, it is an ocean of pollution, but also an endless sea of ​​knowledge and truth."

"Yes, knowledge is pollution, and exposure to pollution can also gain knowledge. They are one and the same. Therefore, the doctrine requires us to strictly keep secrets and imprison pollution in our hearts. This is our shackles, but also our salvation. Sooner or later, the Candlelight Society will collect all the polluted knowledge and throw them into the sea of ​​ignorance. From then on, the candlelight will illuminate the world, and there will be no more pollution in the world."

“I’m looking forward to that day.”

Beatrice put down the teacup in her hand and absentmindedly put her hands together, forming the shape of a candle flame.

The priest rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I heard that there is only one nun left in Castel. You want to contact her because she is your good friend - please don't get me wrong, I don't want to find out about your interpersonal relationships, but there is no direction or distance in the sea of ​​ignorance. If you don't have enough [anchors], you will get lost."

"You mean I can also explore the Sea of ​​No Knowledge?" Beatrice raised her head in surprise, her emerald eyes widened. "My uncle, I heard from a friend that the Secret Keeper can only explore the Corridor of Truth."

“Didn’t your friend tell you that the Corridor of Truth and the Sea of ​​Unconsciousness are the same thing?” The priest smiled gently, picked up the jar next to him, dipped the honey stick gently, and dripped a few drops into the tea.

"The same thing?!"

"Yes, we call it the Corridor of Truth, the Temple of Silence calls it the Land of Eternal Sleep, and the Sons of the Sleepless call it the Kingdom of Night. In fact, they are all the Sea of ​​No Consciousness, but the methods of exploring them are different."

Beatrice blinked and said with confusion on her face: "Sorry, I still don't quite understand."

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"You don't have to understand. Any cognition of the Sea of ​​No-Knowledge is both right and wrong. It exists in the world in different forms at the same time. What we see are its different silhouettes. No one can step into the same river twice." The priest shook the teacup. "You may think I am telling you some obscure metaphors, but this is actually a positive description of it - you can see it in whatever form you want to see."

"Sounds like cognitive interference?"

"You are more perceptive than I thought, Lady Beatrice. Cognitive interference is to break through the high wall of reality with one's will, but what is behind that high wall?"

"!"

Beatrice's hand slipped and the teacup almost fell, but luckily she was a superhuman and she caught the cup without making a sound.

"I've heard that cognitive interference can bring pollution to the world. Could it be that the perforation between reality and the sea of ​​unconsciousness has caused a backflow?"

"That's not necessarily true. The cause of cognitive interference is listed as a taboo by the church. No one knows it."

"Well, then you should continue to talk about the Sea of ​​No Consciousness."

"As you wish. Now that you know that the Sea of ​​No-Mind has no fixed shape, you can surely understand why an anchor is needed to navigate in it."

(End of this chapter)