Chapter 296 Incomplete Model (4500)
On ordinary visiting days, the areas of the Metropolitan Museum open to ordinary tourists are part of the underground floor, the first and second floors, the fourth floor restaurant, and the fifth floor sky garden bar.
The rest of the places are closed administrative areas or art restoration, research and storage areas, which are not accessible to ordinary tourists.
On the day of the Met Gala, in order to ensure the safety of the collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will limit guests to visiting and moving around within a specified range, and the range of activities is even smaller than that of ordinary tourists on normal visiting days.
The Temple of Dendur and the Charles Hall in the Miami Wing are the main venues for the annual banquet and cocktail party, while the fashion showrooms are generally located in the Costume Institute showroom on the basement floor.
In addition, depending on the theme of each year's gala, some exhibition halls that match the theme will be open to these guests after taking proper security measures and undergoing special arrangements.
For example, this year's theme is fashion in the age of technology. Apple has generously booked the modern art hall and sponsored Vogue to display some new technologies that can be used in clothing design and modern fashion, such as 3D printers.
Last year's theme, "Da Zhou: Viewing Flowers in the Mirror," opened the second-floor Yazhou Art Museum.
The Yazhou Art Museum is located right above the Temple of Dendur and the Ancient Egyptian Culture Exhibition Area, and can be reached via the stairs next to the Temple of Dendur.
As Fang Yu reached the stairs to the second floor, he was stopped by a security guard in a black tuxedo.
They are not employees of a third-party security company, but professional security personnel of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They have a stable job and a regular staff.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has more than 600 security personnel in total, and at any given time there are at least 150 security personnel patrolling this building of nearly 200,000 square meters.
At large events like the Met Gala, the number of security personnel has more than doubled. Security staff who were originally on shifts now have to work overtime to deal with possible security issues.
The anti-theft measures in the museum, supported by various modern technologies, are world-leading. With multiple security measures, the daily work of the Metropolitan Museum's security personnel is actually quite easy.
Since the museum was built, there have been very few thefts. The security personnel are more concerned with preventing tourists from bringing their own artworks into the museum for exhibition rather than preventing anyone from stealing the artworks.
They also stopped children from peeing on the collections, and stopped environmental groups from pouring drinks and soup on the collections, or stripping and running naked.
Working as security guards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they have met countless celebrities, wealthy businessmen and politicians, and have no psychological barriers to stopping guests from entering non-exhibition areas in accordance with regulations.
Besides, this guy looks no different from the big Zhou stars in the past two years. He must have just come to the red carpet last year, so there is no psychological pressure to refuse him.
"I'm sorry, sir, this place is not open to the public today. Please follow the Met Gala exhibition route." The security guard in a black tuxedo spoke politely, but his attitude was firm. He did not feel intimidated by the fact that the person he was blocking was a Met Gala guest.
"Okay." Fang Yu raised his eyebrows, snapped his fingers, and went upstairs without stopping.
There was a hint of trance in the eyes of the two security guards in tuxedos. Fang Yu swaggered past them and walked up to the Yazhou Art Museum area on the second floor.
There were about seventy or eighty security personnel on the second floor, and at least seven or eight security personnel patrolling each area of the museum. However, these people acted as if they didn't see Fang Yu, and their eyes just swept straight past Fang Yu without even asking any questions.
Fang Yu put his hands in his pockets and strolled leisurely through a courtyard that looked like a Jiangnan garden. He ignored the precious collections around him and walked straight to the deepest part of the Yazhou Art Museum.
"The fluctuation of faith seems to be coming from here, right?"
Fang Yu stood in front of a wooden statue, looking at it in confusion.
When he used the thread of mental power to form a channel of faith with almost all the guests, he suddenly found that one of his mental power threads tried to establish a connection with something in this direction on the second floor several times, but failed.
Now looking at it, it turned out to be a statue of a god?
However, I've never seen a statue like this before. Why does it feel so strange? And it's covered with a hood?
Most of the exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art don't have dividing lines or glass covers, but this statue is covered with a cover, which is a bit strange.
In the glass cover in front of Fang Yu was a god with a ferocious face and red skin. He wore a skull crown, had three eyes and six arms, white eyebrows, and was dressed in gorgeous golden decorations. He held a bow and arrow in his hand. He looked like a Buddha statue, but was different from all the Buddha statues Fang Yu had ever seen.
These are not strange at all. What is really strange is that the fluctuations of the power of faith emanating from this statue are greater than those of the more than a thousand people downstairs combined!
Fang Yu had thought about collecting some faith in temples or monasteries before, but after going to several places, he didn't feel any faith fluctuations on the statues. Even when he went to Faning Temple last time, he saw the so-called remains of the ancestor, but didn't feel anything unusual.
Moreover, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a collection of over three million pieces, and the dozens of Buddha statues and deities on display are only a small part. Together with the ones in the warehouse, the total number is probably over a thousand. However, only this one can make him feel the fluctuation of faith. What's going on?
I took a look at the label. Huh? There's Japanese characters? Oh, it turns out it's on loan from the Tokyo National Museum.
Aizen Meiou?
What?
Looking around, there are many Japanese cultural relics, such as a 12th-century long sword and paintings from the Edo period, all of which are from the Tokyo National Museum. There is also a huge banner pulled down from the top next to it, with some things written in Japanese and Anja.
Oh, it turns out that the Metropolitan Museum of Art is organizing a joint event with the Tokyo National Museum these days.
Looking at this strange wooden statue, Fang Yu had a feeling that if he used the divine crystal to touch this thing, there might be some strange changes.
But clearly, now is not a good time.
If there was any disturbance today, causing the Met Gala to end early, or stealing Cindy Crawford's popularity, wouldn't all his previous plans for Lorraine Nouwen be in vain?
But... maybe this is possible.
Fang Yu pondered for a moment, then activated the Eseran Core in the sea of consciousness to contact Yuzu.
"Yuzu, will stealing cause me to shift to the evil camp and thus fail to meet the admission requirements of the Lorin Tower?"
Youzi was watching Ode to Joy and immediately paused the show when she heard Fang Yu's question.
"The act of stealing itself does not cause your alignment to shift towards evil, but it does cause your stance to shift towards chaos."
"But after the theft is complete, if you use the stolen items for personal gain, it will shift towards chaotic neutral."
"If you use stolen items to commit evil, harming others to benefit yourself or harming yourself, then it will deviate towards chaotic evil."
"If your goal is to rob the rich and give to the poor, like... oh, by the way, Robin Hood or Liangshan Marsh on Blue Planet, then your stance will lean towards chaotic good."
"Of course, in reality, it's much more complicated. It also depends on the target of the theft, the motive for the theft, and the camp or force that the final result affects. Specific issues require specific analysis."
"By the way, what exactly do you want to steal?" Yuzu asked excitedly.
Seeing the reaction of this ball, stealing doesn't seem like a big deal?
Fang Yu pondered for a moment and said, "I found a Japanese statue in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's called Aizen Myōō. I think there's something wrong with it, so I'm going to take it away and study it."
"Aizen Myo-o..." Yuzu immediately started looking up information.
"Found it!" Yuzu cheered. "Aizen Myōo is a Japanese esoteric deity. Legend has it that it has the ability to transform human desires into spiritual power, and therefore is believed by many people."
I see!
Fang Yu understood it all at once.
No wonder I didn’t feel any power of faith in temples, monasteries, or churches before. It turns out it was because of the nature of faith!
The divinity in the sea of one's own consciousness is essentially a part cut off from the goddess of desire, Vernes. Therefore, one can only feel beliefs of the nature of desire, and has no effect on beliefs of other natures!
In other words, as long as one can find a way to absorb the faith from the statues, one can travel around the world to see if there are any similar cults of gods, find their objects of worship, and harvest faith from them.
This statue of Aizen Myōo must have not been worshipped for a long time, and the faith in it has long been reduced after so many years of dissipation, but the total amount is still much higher than the total amount of faith provided to him by the people below in one night.
If you find a deity that is still being worshipped and absorb a few more, wouldn't the units of divine crystallization skyrocket?
We must get it out and study it!
However, there don't seem to be many legends about gods in charge of desire on Blue Star. I can only think of two gods, He and He, and it seems that not many people believe in them.
In addition, I still need to confirm with Yuzu whether the camp will shift.
After all, Lorinta is his biggest support now. If this matter really causes the camp to shift and he is expelled by Lorinta, it would be a loss.
After all, Lorinta does not accept chaotic neutral mages.
"Yuzu, analyze this now. If I take this statue away, will it cause the camp to shift?" Fang Yu transmitted the image of the statue to Yuzu through the Core of Eselon.
After talking to Youzi, Fang Yu realized that using divination should also be able to determine whether the camp will shift.
Forget it. Divination requires divination cups. My cups are made of gold and make too much noise. I have to use a silencing spell. It’s too troublesome. I might as well let Yuzu take a look.
"Hmm..." After receiving the video data, Yuzu immediately analyzed the results.
"Master, since the owner of the collection is an opposing faction, as long as you don't use it to harm members of this faction or its allies, it won't cause a shift in stance."
Yuzu gave an affirmative answer.
Fang Yu asked suspiciously, "An opposing force? You wouldn't be wrong, would you?"
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After listening to Youzi's explanation, Fang Yu finally felt relieved, and his eyes lit up.
So...
There is more than just this statue!
I could empty the entire Metropolitan Museum of Art!
There is also the Louvre, the Grand Canal Museum...
And... maybe it can be like this...
Fang Yu touched his chin and thought for a while, then smiled with satisfaction.
What if a thousand cubic meters of space isn't big enough for the Unbounded Messenger? What if some of the collection items have hidden tracking devices? It's just a matter of switching a few more times!
However, if we do this now, it will cause too much noise and the collection will be easily discovered and disappear quickly, which will become big news and immediately steal the limelight from Lorraine Noven.
A large-scale operation, wait a few days after the metgala ends! First, get rid of this statue!
Fang Yu first performed a detection technique to confirm that there was no GPS or other positioning device on the statue.
Then he cast a three-ring "Advanced Phantom" on the statue.
This spell, previously used on Yuzu, creates an image of an object, creature, or other visible phenomenon no larger than a 20-foot cube. If the illusion is moving, the duration is two hours; if the illusion is stationary, the duration is two days. The illusion can be dispelled at any time.
After casting the "Advanced Phantom", Fang Yu flew into the air, gently stroked a few times with his fingers, cut off the glass on the top, and put it into the Boundless Messenger. Then he pressed his hand on the statue and put it into the Boundless Messenger.
This is the disadvantage of the Boundless Messenger. If you want to put something that does not belong to the user into it, you must touch it with your hand before you can put it in. It cannot be put in at a distance of two or three meters like your own items.
Fang Yu could understand this point. If there were no such restrictions, it would not be the era of the great arcane that Zheng Zhi was forced to do what he wanted.
I don't know how this thing determines whether the ownership belongs to the user.
Viewed from the outside and from the camera inside, even with infrared sensing, laser or ultrasonic detection, the glass cover of the statue is intact and the statue is still inside.
Finally, Fang Yu set up a timed alchemical trap in the room of the statue.
The timer is also set to two days. Once the time is up, the alchemical trap will release a large amount of smoke and then burn and self-destruct.
After looking around, there wasn't anything flammable. It was night time, so no one should be hurt.
People in the good camp are just so worried.
Fang Yu sighed, thinking that it was so damn hard to be a good person. He then immediately used the arcane map to teleport back to the basement of Hanning Mansion.
Fang Yu took out the statue from the Boundless Messenger and looked at it carefully.
It is indeed an ordinary statue. If there is anything special about it, it is that it is covered with a lot of messy pendants, and the eye between its eyebrows is a white gem of unknown material.
Fang Yu opened the sea of consciousness and urged the divine crystal to float towards the statue of Aizen Myo-o.
The Sea of Consciousness and the Divine Crystal are both illusory, at least they do not exist in the real three-dimensional space, but the moment the illusory Divine Crystal and the physical statue overlapped, both the statue and the Divine Crystal all burst out with brilliant light!
What's going on?
Fortunately, I didn’t act rashly just now, otherwise I would definitely be discovered!
Fang Yu couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
Before he could finish admiring his own foresight, the divine crystal disappeared into the statue of Aizen Myo-o and never came out again!
Nest grass?
No way?
Fang Yu couldn't help but feel anxious. If this thing was lost, he would suffer a great loss.
Even the teleport map is no longer usable.
But then he discovered that he could still sense the divine crystal in Aizen Myo-o's body, but it seemed to be fusing something, so it did not respond to his control immediately.
Wait a moment.
Fang Yu suppressed his anxiety and simply began to meditate.
However, twenty minutes later, before Fang Yu's meditation was over, cracks began to appear on Aizen Myo-o's body. Then, with a loud bang, the entire statue shattered into dozens of pieces and scattered on the ground.
A bit of starlight dragged a group of light spots back into Fang Yu's sea of consciousness.
Fang Yu remained unmoved and continued to meditate until the end of one meditation ten minutes later, then he slowly opened his eyes.
"Let me see what changes have taken place in you."
"Huh? Why is there an extra thing?"
"This thing? Why does it look so much like a spell model?"
Fang Yu touched his chin, looking at the ever-changing ball of light dragged back by the divine crystal, thoughtfully.
"It seems to be an incomplete model and needs to be supplemented with parameters."
"Yuzu, finish this model. Hurry up. Five minutes is enough, right?"
There is a detailed explanation for the deleted part in the middle, but it cannot be written.
(End of this chapter)
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