Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

In the void like the depths of the universe, there is an endless world without sound.

Here, red, yellow, blue, green and other color blocks are all bright and distinct but overlap together, like the most abstract oil painting.The surroundings are filled with illusory and transparent things with indescribable shapes. Deep in the depths and high in the sky, seven rays of clear brilliance of different colors are slowly swimming. They seem to have life and contain endless knowledge.

This is the spiritual world, which completely overlaps with reality and is everywhere.

For anyone, the existence of the spirit world is quite amazing.For extraordinary people, the existence of the spiritual world is even more indispensable.

For example, the principle of divination commonly used by 'divinationists' is based on the picture seen by the astral body traveling in the spiritual world, which does not abide by the rules of the material world and involves the transcendent 'I', the infinite 'I', and the 'I' of the universe. The past, present and future can all overlap, and this is the root of divination.

Based on the same principle, Sequence 7 of the Apprentice Path, 'Astrologer', can also use the spirit world to perform divination.Furthermore, the Sequence 5 'Wraith Soul' of the alien pathway can be transformed into a spirit body, directly contact the spirit world, and obtain information, so they naturally possess the ability of divination and counter-divination.

Therefore, in theory, extraordinary people regardless of path can actually obtain revelations from the spiritual world and then use the extraordinary ability of divination.Because the essence of divination is the result of communication between spirituality and the spiritual world and a higher level of 'I'.

But there is no distinction between up, down, left and right in the spiritual world. The past, future and present may all intersect here, just like a strange ocean formed by the gathering and compression of countless knowledge, countless information and countless illusory spirits, and the 'world' in normal concepts and normal logic. Very different.

Because of this, the revelations obtained from the spiritual world can only be various images and symbols, rather than direct answers. They must be interpreted to clarify the specific meaning. This is why divination such as Tarot cards The function of the item.

Apart from divination, other types of extraordinary abilities are also inseparable from the spiritual world.

Whether it is the flame jump of the Seer Path Sequence 7 'Magician', or the Apprentice Path Sequence 5 'Traveler', the Death Path Sequence 4 'Immortal' and other extraordinary abilities such as teleportation and flashing, their essence is Traveling through the spirit world.

With the help of the characteristics that there is no distinction between up, down, left and right in the spiritual world, and the position and distance are very confusing, the effect of 'teleportation' in the real world can be achieved by traveling through the spiritual world.

Another example is the 'collective subconscious ocean' commonly used by high-sequence extraordinary people in the audience path. Although in most people's perception, this is the spiritual world of all living things, in fact it also has obscure and wonderful connections with the spiritual world. .

It can even be said that the collective subconscious ocean itself relies on the spiritual world to exist.

The same is true for the underworld, which is essentially a special area opened up by the 'ancestral phoenix' Gray Carrie in the spiritual world.

And if you want to use other similar things to describe the 'spiritual world', Yi Yan can only think of one word:

subspace.

And if you think about it carefully, the two sides do have many similarities...

Just as these thoughts passed through Yu Yan's mind, in the spiritual world with dense and overlapping colors, among the seven pure lights of different colors occupying the highest point of the spiritual world, orange light suddenly flashed and turned into a person wearing an orange robe. The old man appeared in front of the ember.

The old man was chubby in appearance, with a short white beard, and looked quite kind.

However, the old man's expression at this time seemed a little nervous, even fearful, and he trembled slightly:

"Your Excellency, please allow me to introduce myself. You should have heard of me. I am 'Orange Light' Hilarion, serving the great existence above the spiritual world, the Lord of Mysteries, Mr. Fool."

As he spoke, the old man's expression became increasingly frightened, as if he was suffering tremendous pain just by standing in front of the embers.This drove him to finish his words in one breath, for fear of being killed by the other party due to misunderstandings caused by unfinished words.

Yi Yan looked at the old man who was so nervous that his eyes couldn't stop glancing around, and suddenly asked:

"Have you met me before?"

'Orange Light' Hilarion said anxiously:

"I've met before, but you just passed by in passing a few times before. This is the first time you've officially communicated with us."

If Yan Yan realizes something, he has indeed 'passed' the spirit world several times.

Whether you are going back to the past or using the spirit world to travel, you need to rely on the special characteristics of the spirit world.

But for the previous Ember, the spirit world was just a special tool, and there was no value in staying there specifically.

But this time was different. He needed to find something in the spirit world, and he had to find someone to guide him.

And indigenous people like Qi Guang in the spiritual world are the most suitable guides.

Ember asked:
"What do you know about Calderon and the source of matter inside?"

'Orange' Hilarion, who had no sweat glands, wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and said with careful tone:

"The truth is, we don't know much about the Sefirot."

"At the end of the last civilization, when the 'first' awakened, the previous seven lights had been erased. We are the pure light reborn in the spiritual world in the first era. The things we can understand may not be as much as you think. .”

'Orange Light' Hilarion first put on a layer of armor for himself, and at the same time observed Yu Ember's face. Seeing that his expression was normal, he continued:

"We only know that the source of energy contained in Calderon is the 'River of Eternal Darkness'. Gray Carrie used this source of energy to create this city, and used the special characteristics of the River of Eternal Darkness to bury it in Deep in the spiritual world.”

"But in the process of creating Calderon, Gray Carrie gradually became aware of the pollution of the 'River of Eternal Darkness'. So she used the tributaries of the River of Eternal Darkness to open up the underworld in the spiritual world, trying to stay away from the hidden world. Calderon, a tributary of the 'River of Eternal Darkness', thus getting rid of pollution."

"At the end of his life, threatened by the ancient sun god, he had to turn his attention to Calderon again and throw the city into the depths of the spiritual world along with its tributaries of the 'River of Eternal Darkness'. We guess His purpose should be to use the special characteristics of the 'River of Eternal Darkness' as a backup for His resurrection, but due to unknown reasons, this attempt ultimately failed."

As if fearing that the information was not detailed enough and causing dissatisfaction, 'Orange Light' Hilarion hurriedly explained:
"The nature of the Sefirot is far higher than the spiritual world. We, the Seven Lights, were born in the spiritual world and cannot transcend the spiritual world to explore the secrets of the Sefirot. Due to the obstruction of the 'River of Eternal Darkness', we cannot enter the depths of Calderon. It’s impossible to get exact information. But according to our guess, Gray Carrie’s resurrection failed, either because she failed to get rid of the pollution of the River of Eternal Darkness, or because she was affected by Salinger, the God of Death.”

"In addition." 'Orange Light' Hilarion paused and said cautiously:
"Since the main stream of the 'River of Eternal Darkness' appeared underground in Calderon, the surrounding spiritual world has also been affected to a certain extent. Even if we get close now, we will be irreversibly polluted. If you try to explore there, we are very It’s difficult to provide substantial help.”

In fact, the influence of the River of Eternal Darkness goes far beyond what He said.

As one of the nine essences left by the Creator, the existence of the River of Eternal Darkness is higher than the real world and the spiritual world.Therefore, facing the erosion and pollution of the River of Eternal Darkness, the spirit world is unable to take any countermeasures or resist, and can only allow it to continue to erode.

For the spiritual world, this is definitely a crisis of annihilation, no less severe than the real world being invaded by the Old Ones.

But fortunately, there is Source Castle above the spiritual world. As the source of matter, the existence of Source Castle can suppress the erosion of the River of Eternal Darkness.In addition, the River of Eternal Darkness currently has no 'owner' and has not yet given birth to self-awareness, so its pollution of the spiritual world is still in an unconscious and spontaneous stage, and the scope of the erosion is not too exaggerated.

And once this pollution really reaches the bottom of no return, Qiguang can only ask for help from the great being above the spiritual world.

"Lead the way." Regarding 'Orange Light''s reminder, Yi Yan did not answer, but just ordered calmly.

After all, the River of Eternal Darkness is the source of matter, and Ember still gives it a certain amount of attention.

So even though he had obtained the coordinates of Calderon from Klein, after listening to Orange Light's description of Calderon's current situation, he did not plan to directly 'teleport' to the depths of Calderon. He would rather watch from the outside now. See it later.

As for how to determine where Calderon's 'periphery' is now, this requires the use of the seven lights of the spiritual world - since they will be polluted even if they are just close, then they must know where the boundary is. boundaries.

"This...please come with me."

'Orange Light' Hilarion had a hint of bitterness on his face, and he knew that this trip was destined to be fruitless.But there is no way. After all, this is an order given by the great master above the spiritual world. Since the other six lights are not willing to come, he can only carry out this arduous task.

No matter how reluctant he was, 'Orange Light' Hilarion had no choice but to faithfully carry out that person's order and quickly teleport deep into the spiritual world.Along the way, various strange spiritual creatures passed by them, like an oil painting depicting hell.

If he were an ordinary extraordinary person, he would probably be surrounded by these spiritual creatures, and would be lost in the spiritual world from then on, never being able to leave.Because not all spiritual creatures are friendly. In fact, there are many powerful and malicious beings.

Even for the Seven Lights in the spirit world, they are not absolutely invincible in the spirit world. There are many terrifying entities deep in the spirit world that can hurt or even kill them.The reason why the Seven Lights of the Spiritual World are more famous than these powerful spiritual creatures is more due to their friendly attitude towards extraordinary people.

If it were normal, if a single Seven Light came to the deep area of ​​the spiritual world, even if he would not encounter danger, he would inevitably be watched by the greedy eyes of some beings.Because the seven lights in the spiritual world represent not only the strength at the angel level, but also the corresponding personality in the spiritual world - any creature in the spiritual world may die, but the seven lights in the spiritual world will exist forever.

Just like the seven lights of the spiritual world of the previous civilization were annihilated, new seven lights would still be born in the spiritual world to replace them.

If one could devour one of the Seven Lights and steal their identity, the benefits would be huge for the creatures in the spiritual world.

But this time, 'Orange Light' Hilarion did not feel those greedy gazes.

Along the way, those strange and powerful spiritual creatures did not dare to approach or even look directly at them. What's more, as soon as they felt the breath, they had already teleported to other areas.

'Orange Light' Hilarion knew very well that this was not because those creatures were afraid of themselves, they were afraid of the one behind them.

They may have thought that the person was brought by 'Orange Light' to take revenge on them, so they escaped as soon as possible.But what they don't know is that it's not just them who are afraid, 'Orange Light' is also afraid!
Just like just now, he saw with his own eyes that Ember caught a spirit world creature that had no time to escape during the teleportation process.

'Orange Light' Hilarion saw it and was afraid in his heart, so he could only silently mourn for the captured spiritual creature.

Finally, I don't know how long it took.

They stopped in front of an area.

Behind is an impressionist oil painting with mixed colors, which is blurry and dreamy.In the area further back, countless strange spiritual creatures fled in all directions because of their arrival.

On the surface, this place seems to be no different from other areas in the spiritual world.

But not far in front of them, there was an area shrouded in gray dusk.Visible to the naked eye, the gray-white color becomes more intense as it goes deeper, and in the end it becomes a darkness that is so dense that it cannot be broken away, making it difficult to see what is in it.

But the dead silence bred in that area is enough to make people tremble even outside the dusk.

The darkness and the oil painting are distinct, as if two paintings with completely different styles have been blended together.And if you look carefully, you can even find that the dusk is slowly penetrating into the area where the oil painting is located, gradually eroding it!

'Orange Light' looked at the darkness with deep fear and apprehension in her eyes, and whispered:

"Further deeper is Calderon. I'm sorry, I can only send you here."

"It's okay, you can leave first."

Ember's tone was very friendly. If you ignored Orange Light's fearful expression, they were like two old friends who were about to part ways.

The next second, 'Orange Light' Hilarion watched helplessly as Ember threw the spiritual creature he had just caught on the road directly into the dusk ahead!

Amid the other party's screams, the spiritual creature was huge, hundreds of meters tall, with a huge bull's head, two sharp horns on it, and pink skin covered with the same pink tentacles. In a burst of desperate screams, the brightly colored oil painting entered the gray area.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the 'vitality' in the opponent's body is disappearing at an extremely fast speed.

In the end, He stopped struggling completely. His originally tender and smooth skin was covered with grayish-white color and was full of cracks.

From a distance, it looks like a huge, strange-shaped stone statue. (End of chapter)