Chapter 890: The Illusion of the Transcendent
At that moment, Aiwass, Zhu Tang who had his eyes closed, and Cardinal Galatea all raised their heads at the same time.
It was as if a loud thunder suddenly came from the sky.
——That was not an illusion.
An extremely strong transcendent will descended from the sky accompanied by illusory thunder.
Its intense pressure far exceeds the level expected at the fifth energy level.
Cardinal Galatea was fine, but Aiwass and Zhu Tang both felt tinnitus at the same moment.
They saw a kind of hallucination for a moment -
That was the scene inside the Tower of Babel thousands of years ago.
There was a bright blue light shining everywhere, and many runes were reflected on the walls.
The most common winged beings here have a pair of white wings or brown wings behind their backs. Some people also have a pair of small wings behind their ears, some people have a second pair of wings behind their waists, and some people have wings around their hands and feet. Almost everyone's wings are in a slightly different position.
They floated in mid-air, and even those few who stood on the ground had their legs suspended, their toes touching the ground. Their wings didn't flutter, but instead the ground seemed to emit a kind of anti-gravity glow. Only when they moved did they gently flutter their wings, swiftly moving to the next location.
About a third of the population has scales.
Some of them have snake tails from the belly down, even their hair is snake; others are beautiful mermen with erect ears that look like fins. The scales on their bodies are randomly distributed, some have only spots on their bodies, while others have them covering at least half of their bodies.
But they all had one thing in common: they all looked similar to humans... or elves. At least they belonged to the same aesthetic circle - the kind where they could look a little weird, but still appreciate each other's beauty.
Their bodies were incredibly flexible; even though they were swimming on the ground, they could take off at any moment, as if the air had turned into seawater.
[This development plan must have failed again]
【Regarding the Improvement Plan for the Echo Ritual...】
[Snake Father Holy Oil is almost used up. Can someone go to the temple to get some more for me...]
"Let me come and pick up some young people. We're short on manpower again."
[There are new instructions in the inner ring, a total of thirteen new items, the difficulty and content are as follows...]
…
Unlike the chaos when they heard each other's voices before, countless thoughts sounded in an orderly manner.
These people seemed to possess some special senses. Just as humans can use vision to distinguish "important from unimportant," they could also find the information they needed from this sea of thoughts. Other distracting thoughts could not interfere with them in the slightest.
All information and emotions are completely open, and there are no secrets from anyone.
Even though thousands of years have passed and the language system has changed several times, the basic "mindset" has been retained, allowing them to easily understand.
But the biggest difference from them is...it's that these people are too "serious".
They seem to have no selfish desires and no desires. Compared to animal instincts - curiosity, rage, laziness, lust and other distractions, they have a noble rationality that is almost divine.
The illusion lasted only a fleeting moment. The countless thoughts rushing through him made Aiwass feel as if an eternity had passed. The intense and chaotic flow of thoughts gave him a headache—the thoughts were shared across not just one layer, but seven layers.
...Wait, why is it seven floors?
Aiwass was suddenly stunned.
But soon, he noticed another more important detail——
Just before the illusion faded, Aiwass caught a thought that he couldn't ignore:
[It’s connected, the source river is connected! ]
The next moment, a thunderbolt that seemed to destroy the entire world flashed by—
The entire world was transformed into daylight, light overflowing from all directions. Not just outside the windows, but within every rune on the walls and the ground. In a split second, the azure light transformed into a dazzling light blue, then sky blue, and then into pure white, its ever-increasing intensity obscuring the entire space.
It was as if Aiwass had been hit by a flashbang. The world before his eyes gradually blurred and peeled away. The ringing in his ears was extremely clear, but he gradually began to hear the sounds and see the colors around him.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
The first sound he heard was a sinusoidal cough.
The old wizard half-knelt on the ground, his face even redder than before when he was angry and embarrassed.
He coughed violently as if he was choking, saliva dripped out, even tears and snot flowed down, his eyes became red, his eyeballs bulged like toads, and the blood vessels on his forehead protruded clearly, wriggling like earthworms.
That deep red, completely different from the color of his skin, not only appeared on his head, but also on his hands. This made his hands look swollen like mosquito bites - but in this case, the blood vessels in his hands were even more prominent!
——This is the early sign of the road getting out of control!
Ignoring his tinnitus and blurred vision, Aiwass placed his hand on Sine's shoulder.
A tranquilizing blessing, accompanied by a radiance spell, fell upon Zheng Zheng, initially alleviating his physical discomfort. Then, Aiwass activated a higher divine spell, using the power of the Lord of Scales and Feathers to perform a high-level hypnosis.
Seeing Sine losing consciousness and falling asleep on the ground, and immediately falling into a deep sleep, Aiwass finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Once he gets a good night's sleep and his brain processes some of the information, any unusual thoughts or dangerous memories will be automatically deleted. This is the body's natural protective mechanism, and it's also the reason many people on the verge of losing control never do—no matter how intense the pain, fear, anger, or doubt before bed, as long as "wake up, everything will be fine."
Because as soon as you enter deep sleep, the most core "abnormality" will be cleared as garbage.
Aiwass quickly turned around and looked at Zhu Tang: "Are you okay?"
He noticed that Zhu Tang had just raised his head just like him.
Obviously, as a transcendent being, he also saw the abnormality at that moment.
“…I’m fine.”
Zhu Tang rubbed his forehead. "Maybe I know too little, so the impact wasn't that strong. Or maybe I've sealed my third eye a long time ago and don't usually open it... so I didn't get the complete information."
"If I had opened my eyes when I entered that hallucination, I would probably have gone crazy by now."
His tone was half teasing, half pessimistic.
"No."
But Aiwass said firmly: "With me here, even if you lose control - I can save you."
"...It really makes me feel safe, Your Holiness."
Zhu Tang was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say, and could only praise dryly.
He was clearly not used to flattering others, so he quickly changed the subject: "Did you hear that last sentence?"
"I'm not sure if the last sentence you heard was the same as mine... Can you tell me first?"
Aiwass shook his head and spoke cautiously.
"Some say... [the source river is connected]."
Zhu Tang's words shattered Aiwas's hope - he heard exactly the same words.
Zhu Tang said seriously, "So I wonder if there's a possibility... that the lightning that shattered the Tower of Babel might not be related to Wei Zhe?
"You told us the story of the Tower of Babel before. But if I remember correctly, Wei Zhe remained silent about the final outcome, right? His silence... doesn't necessarily mean he was the one who did it.
"Could it be that they were attempting to bypass the Pillar Gods and connect to the Fourth River of Origin from the material world, only to be struck by celestial thunder? The power Wei Zhe wielded was precisely thunder... perhaps that's a characteristic of the Fourth River of Origin?"
When Zhu Tang said this, his emotions were extremely strong and rich.
It was as if he had also experienced the need to "remain silent".
"...It's possible, but in that case," Aiwass narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking of the phrase "Serpent Father Holy Oil", and a new idea came to his mind, "they may not be trying to connect to the Fourth Source River.
"——It might be the Eighth Source River."
(End of this chapter)
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