Chapter 763: The Matter Arises From the Heart

The alien space itself, which was not very solid, collapsed due to the loss of energy. The dim corridors and the gloomy classrooms with gusty winds turned into pieces like broken glass. The scene around everyone changed back to the rooftop, and when the normal night scene At the same time as they appeared, those abnormal things also quickly took shape in the air.

The broken corridors and classrooms did not dissipate in the wind after being turned into pieces, but twisted and mixed together, quickly forming new things: a utility knife several meters high, a huge compass, a huge burning book, The black ghosts and the huge human heads rolling on the ground and constantly bleeding blood are all made up of fragments in the corridor. They look like they are covered with a layer of colorful shredded newspaper puzzles. One is nearly four meters long. The compass passed by me, leaving scratches on the concrete floor of the roof that almost penetrated the ground. This shows that although these things come from fantasy, they have the power to destroy reality.

Especially the giant head that is crying and howling, and looks horrible and disgusting. I don’t know what kind of horror story this is, but the way it rolls and oozes pus not only destroys the real space, but also destroys us. Everyone's mood - even the Skeleton Mage couldn't stand its nausea, so he waved his staff and went forward to barbecue.

Disgusting, weird, and extremely destructive, but that's all. Compared with a group of surreal special forces, these huge foreign objects are just living targets. Twenty elite skeleton mages affiliated with the Salvation Army began to release dense bone mage. The rain of spears and shadow arrows tore these strange things into pieces all over the sky. The long swords in the hands of the death knights flew flying, chopping ghosts and monsters like melons and vegetables. Reimu and the three of them had never found a place to use them before, and now they finally found it. I had no outlet to vent my anger and began to bombard the sky with overwhelming barrage. I had to tightly hold the big horn on the head of Ibuki Watermelon next to me. No matter how much the other party protested, I didn’t dare to let go: I was really afraid that this guy with infinite strength would demolish the building. .

It seemed huge, but in fact it was an easy battle in which a few crushed the majority. Just half a minute passed, and with a slight snort, the huge head with unexpectedly tenacious vitality turned into jelly covering an area of ​​20 square meters. All illusions finally disappeared.

The debris all over the ground turned into black smoke and dispersed in the wind, never to be reborn again.

"It's done." Lin Xue patted Qian Qian on the shoulder, signaling the latter to release his ability. Immediately, the remaining classroom debris in the ghost domain turned into scattered fragments, but these fragments were not the same as those in the corridor before. They turned into foreign objects, seemingly due to lack of energy. After just a few flashes, they disappeared.

A dozen male and female students in school uniforms were lying there unconscious. Not far from them were flashlights that had long been extinguished and some scattered snack packages.

I didn't expect that we were so close to them. It seems that the ghost realm just now interfered with everyone's perception - of course, the lack of release of spiritual power was also one of the reasons.

"In the middle of the night, I climbed up to the roof of the teaching building where people had died to tell ghost stories. The forest is really big and there are all kinds of birds." Lin Xue muttered, walking forward and trying to breathe under the nose of a student. "Finally, it's okay. Stay alive."

As early as when we destroyed the ghost domain, the response personnel of the supernatural team were already on standby below. After Lin Xue sent the signal that the operation was over, someone immediately came up to send these students to rescue. At this time, I finally had the opportunity to ask. What is Lin Xue's situation? She obviously knows more than me, but this girl just likes to titillate people.

"Because the previous ones were just guesses. I will never tell others information that I am not sure of, because I am afraid of interfering with other people's judgment." On the way back, Lin Xue explained to me with a happy expression of success on her face, "Those were students attending vacation classes who disappeared many days ago, and they were all students living on campus. The school's surveillance showed that they all walked towards the teaching building of the junior high school and then did not come back. The school can't bear this. Stop fussing. On the third day after the disappearance, the unlucky teacher discovered the ghost domain, so I connected the two things. I have already explored this school several times, and traced what happened in the junior high school building. It was finally determined that those students disappeared after they decided to go to the rooftop rooftop at night to hold a ghost story meeting. In this building, two teachers and a student once died of a heart attack in the same classroom, so many people There are rumors that there are evil spirits lurking here, maybe this is the reason why those naughty kids are doing all these messy things. You also know that the holiday classes are sometimes stricter than normal, they can't sneak out of the school, and nothing else When it comes to work, apart from hiding in the dormitory and surfing the Internet, all that’s left is all kinds of nonsense.”

I looked at Qian Qian and smiled, and both of them remembered the experience of coming back in the middle of the night to turn on the lights and spread rumors of being haunted.

"So you are sure that those students are hiding on the seventh floor of the haunted junior high school?"

"It's not certain, just a guess." Lin Xue shook her finger at me. "First of all, our people have searched the entire school, and they really haven't found those students. Secondly, if the haunting incident is connected with the disappearance of the students, the haunted scene Of course, it is the most likely place to hide people. In fact, after summarizing so many supernatural events, I have discovered some patterns, and now I see the scene of supernatural events in progress here... Well, especially those classrooms and compass books. It makes people even more convinced...the so-called supernatural events are probably caused by the mind."

Qianqian and I expressed the hope that Lin Xue could talk to us in Chinese.

The eldest lady rolled her eyes at the two guys who didn't want to use their brains at all, but she was in a good mood and explained patiently: "To put it simply, it's a nightmare coming true. Remember the rules I said before, everything All haunted incidents occur in places where people gather. Similar supernatural phenomena have never occurred in uninhabited areas, which means that their occurrence is related to people. Then all the supernatural objects associated with haunted incidents also have a pattern, that is Although they can survive independently after being produced, someone must be around at the moment they are produced, such as the palm-sized Sadako and the pair of porcelain dolls. They were both produced when someone was around, and then despite Without that person, you can exist independently. And this large-scale ghost domain also confirms this rule: rather than the dozen students trapped in the ghost domain, it is better to say that the ghost domain is around the missing students. It is produced, and its shape is also very concerning: large classrooms, mountains of textbooks, compasses, blood-red formulas, scary corridors and ghost images that are similar to the "uncanny campus" atmosphere popular among students. These are the things students come into contact with most on a daily basis. , the most direct thing that brings them psychological pressure."

"In other words, what you feared in your heart has become a reality?"

Yuyouzi, who had always been sitting quietly in the back row of Qiqianyi and listening to our conversation, suddenly spoke.

Although the plan of leading Youyouzi out to catch ghosts didn't work, the other party was quite familiar with this aspect of the matter, and she revealed the mystery in just one sentence.

"That should be it. To put it more concisely, it comes from the heart," Lin Xue nodded, "The things that people fear in the spiritual world appear in the real world. Although it sounds incredible, but..."

"We should bring Red A here," I looked up at the sky, "to make that guy fully realize the horror of Chinese copycats: how his whole life has been copied in large numbers by a bunch of uncles, aunts, and kids."

Should we say that copycats save the world? Such a cruel mass-produced fantasy materializes - I guess the heroic spirit Emiya Shirou-kun will definitely do so after seeing the cruel fake? He was deeply touched, and maybe one day we can see him looking at the curriculum of the No. 2 Middle School and crying like Hercules who was so sad when he faced a popsicle a few days ago.

"This is different...forget it, whatever you say," Lin Xue glanced at me, "Anyway, things in the human spiritual world are gradually becoming reality, and this incident also proved that I A conjecture: The number of participants determines the scale of spiritual manifestation, and it is strengthened in a geometric manner. One person can only create some supernatural objects, which can create a haunted room at most, but a group of people can create a whole floor of ghost realm. , and contains countless horrific scenes. Of course, the price is also quite high, they almost died in it..."

I already understood what Lin Xue meant, but there was one thing I didn't quite understand: "You are talking about the 'fear' in the human subconscious becoming a reality. How do you explain that uncle who resells porcelain dolls? He is not afraid at all. He looks like a ghost, that kind of ferocious guy."

"But his wife is afraid," the eldest lady knocked on my head. "If my hypothesis is true, those two porcelain dolls were actually 'imagined' by that weird uncle's wife, and the uncle was just a handler. I will go back and reorganize the parties involved in those cases, and then lock in their social circles...ah, it's time to get off the bus."

I parked the 700 billion on the side of the road and said to Lin Xue with a smile: "You only come home at two or three o'clock in the evening to perform a mission. Have your parents never suspected it?"

The eldest lady was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Since I was a child, I have never remembered a time when I could be with my parents after dinner. Living in a behemoth-like home, there are many ways to make oneself 'disappear' , not to mention grandpa helping to cover him. Well, speaking of which, dad has been really angry recently - Mu Mu, when I don’t want me at home, I will just stay with you for a long time. "

I wanted to say something, but in the end I gave the same faint smile as the other person: "It's as if you don't come here all day to eat. Go back and have a good rest. I'll see if any of the students wake up tomorrow. Maybe everything will come to light." .”

As a result of tonight's actions, we didn't get home until after three in the morning, and the house was already quiet. After sending Qian Qian, who was yawning profusely, back to the room, and at the same time sending a lot of promises to stuff Reimu, the guy who couldn't help but only caused trouble, back to the Shadow City, I came to the large cabinet in the living room.

Anweina usually doesn't need to sleep, but she will take a rest in the dead of night, just on the standing cabinet in the living room. I don’t know how to describe this. In fact, the girl built a crow’s nest on top of the cabinet. She is the trinity of crow, ghost and holy spirit. Now she is really raising herself as a bird.

With a gentle knock on the cabinet, the big black crow fell down and turned into her pretty little maid in the shining of holy light. Anweina hurriedly lifted her skirt and saluted: "Ah, Master, you are back. . Anweina failed to greet her immediately this time, which is really a failure."

"Don't worry, keep your voice down, don't wake up other people." I asked the ghost to sit down next to me. Since it was already this time, I simply didn't sleep today. "Anweina, there is something I want to ask you. , about ghosts and the like. Do you still remember how you became like this, right?"

Anweina didn't know what I wanted to say, but she nodded anyway. The experience of becoming a ghost was definitely the most unforgettable in her life, both during her lifetime and after her death. Although it was not a pleasant memory, now that everything has passed, she can recall those times calmly.

"Ghost, it should be the process of spiritual power turning into a physical entity, right?" I looked at Anweina's body. Although she is a ghost, she can make herself appear in the physical state. In that state, in addition to having a very low body temperature, Besides, she is exactly the same as ordinary girls, um, soft, ahem...

"Well, it's a bit similar. The explanation of the ghost phenomenon by the psychics in Azeroth is that after the death of a creature, the soul fails to dissipate due to various reasons, and gradually reaches a new balance with the natural energy of the outside world, and finally It is a process of stabilizing, but in the final analysis, it is also the mental power that separates from the body and gradually becomes a 'real' existence that can resonate with the outside world. I didn't know this knowledge before. This is what Lady Sylvanas told me when she came. Anweina’s.”

"So does it take a lot of strength to become a ghost?" I organized my words to make my question as clear as possible, "Or does something else require a lot of strength to move from the spiritual world to the real world? "

"It doesn't take much power to become a ghost. Master, have you forgotten? Anweina was just an ordinary girl when she was alive. She lived in a small rural place and didn't even see a real magician a few times. She became a ghost. What ghosts need is to meet some conditions, not how strong the power is. As for making things in the spiritual world appear in the real world, if it only needs to 'appear', it is also very easy when the conditions are met, like arcane magic Little tricks like illusions allow things in the spiritual world to appear in the real world. But in the end, this kind of thing is still false. It either cannot last long, or is easily destroyed, or the difference from the real object can be seen at a glance. "

Listening to Anweina talking about this knowledge, I gradually showed a surprised expression: "So you are so knowledgeable? This knowledge should not be necessary knowledge in the maid's code, right?"

I absolutely do not believe that the nobles of Azeroth are so cruel that every maid in the family has graduated from Dalaran!

When the ghost maid heard this, she just lowered her head slightly and smiled sheepishly: "Master often goes out to fight, so I found some books about the world of Azeroth to read. Because my family was poor, although I was literate, I didn't read them. How many books have I read? Besides, I am always a little lonely when the master is away, so I need to find something to do."

The little maid said, with a shy look on her face, as if it was shameful to admit that she was afraid of loneliness. I reached out and rubbed her soft flaxen hair, thinking in my mind.

Let things in the spiritual world appear in the real world. The key word here is the word "appear". It's not about corroding the real world to turn fantasy objects into real objects, but just making them appear in the real world doesn't require much power. It can even be said that it doesn't require any power at all. Any ordinary person can do it. arrive.

According to the data we have collected, the mental strength of ordinary humans in the world of Azeroth is about the same as that of people on Earth. It does not make them any more outstanding because the physical fitness of people in that world is generally off the charts. As Anwena said, The word "very easy" also applies to people on earth.

Now K City and several surrounding cities are experiencing various supernatural events. I have personally experienced three of them, and Lin Xue has been exposed to more. The latter's current guess is that things in the human spiritual world are gradually invading reality. , I originally thought that the biggest doubt was whether the human spiritual power was that strong, but now it seems that the human spiritual power is completely sufficient to produce this phenomenon. What should really be explored is why there are people on the earth who are capable of satisfying this phenomenon. conditions for a phenomenon.

Ghosts in the world of Azeroth are a common phenomenon, because there is a magic network in that world, and that world has a high degree of recognition of supernatural phenomena. This second point is very important. In a world where everyone believes in ghosts, Ghosts are more likely to appear. But it is just the opposite on Earth. This planet does not have an orderly supernatural power system, nor does it have an atmosphere for supernatural things to occur. So what causes supernatural events to occur in this situation?

Anweina sat quietly next to her, and wisely adjusted her body to a low-brightness natural light state, so that I could think about things with peace of mind, even though I wanted to complain about this girl's behavior of adjusting her brightness while holding a lumen meter to measure back and forth. , I still held back my words.

After thinking about it for a while, I still couldn't figure it out. I was still confused about how a group of human beings living in an atheistic environment could unconsciously produce spiritual hallucinations, but I seemed to have figured out another thing.

Why do all the supernatural events just avoid the sight of the agents we sent out and Lin Xue?

At first, we took this matter too seriously. We always thought that the unidentified "enemy" had power far beyond the empire's intelligence department. 'He' could even reversely perceive a prophet's prophecy about himself, but it was true. The situation may be so simple that it makes people laugh or cry: because the source of those supernatural events is too weak!

If the source of all supernatural events is the subconscious of ordinary people (for now, let’s call this subconscious from ordinary people the source), then these supernatural events are very easy to be interrupted when they occur, and anything beyond the source of their occurrence Psychic power can override this channeling process, just like stronger interference signals can override normal signals. And any agent we send out is mentally stronger than ordinary people on Earth. They will use a lot of detection equipment when performing tasks. What a scale of energy interference that will be - countless supernatural phenomena that may have occurred. The incident was actually caused by being suffocated to death in the mother's womb!

Not to mention the vision of a certain prophet lady, even if she spreads her power to observe the entire city, her mental strength is enough to kill every haunting incident. The ghost realm tonight is also an example: the ghost realm created by more than a dozen humans at the cost of deep coma, was instantly wiped out after my mental power was slightly released. This is still the materialization of the mental power that has been formed. If it is a ghost At the moment when the domain is happening, Lin Xue's sight may be enough to destroy it.

As for the supernatural events that have "finished happening", that is, psychic objects like porcelain dolls, they may have appeared in the real world and no longer require human mental support, but are not affected by this.

Sorting out these things can be considered a bit of a gain. Looking at the clock on the wall, it is already past four o'clock. Anweina will start working again at this time, but she still cares about me first: "Master, why don't you take a rest?" Is it really okay?”

"It's okay. You don't know my physique yet. It's okay if I don't sleep."

"That's not what you mean," the little maid came up with concern, "Go up and see the little master of the mercury lamp, I'm afraid she's still waiting!"

Me: "...You should have reminded this earlier!!"