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Chapter 224 Psychopolymer (4K)

"Everyone's dream will manifest a lost city that is unique to them, and each person's projection in the other's dream will also take a different life trajectory... Good guy, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. A replica?"

It is somewhat similar to the observer theory of parallel worlds.

It's a bit like Inception...or multiple personalities?

in conclusion.

The Lost City is centered on the dreamer, a dreamland composed of countless mixed spiritual energies from the outside world. Only through the mirror fragments can there be a chance to open the passage to other worlds.

Go to other people's lost cities, kill yourself in other worlds, cut off those scattered spiritual roots, and pull your soul out of this intricate dream world bit by bit.

Kles managed to escape thanks to Zhou Ze's erroneous operation, or under the guidance of Amishus.

"Is the Kress I controlled at first just a projection? After cutting off all the remaining projections, he projected back through the mirror onto Kress's soul in the main dream. The projected memory covered the soul's master personality. ?”

Zhou Ze guessed so.

This is also a good thing. Kleis Kahn in the main dream can be imprisoned in a lunatic asylum. It is estimated that his personality is already insane. Instead of continuing to be insane, it is better to change to a normal memory.

After all, it's just that the dream memories in the past five years are different.

Just like when a person has a dream, does it matter what type of nightmare that dream is?

"Let me guess your next goal, is it to find the key to salvation? Or to track down the unreadable book?"

Ametheus's voice was slightly cheerful, as if all the developments of the situation were under his control.

[Option ①: How do I get out of here, I want to return to the real world. 】

[Option [-]: I want to talk to you. 】

[Option ③: Next goal?I want to wake up everyone here! 】

Put the first and third items aside.

Intelligence is what matters.

"I want to talk to you."

After learning all the truth, Cress Kahn was surprisingly calm.

"What is the relationship between you and A-Ka? It mentioned to me that every resident in the Lost City is the source of your strength. It thinks it is impossible for you to let me go."

"Oh, is that what it told you?"

Amytheus jokingly said: "Don't pay attention to that guy, it's just an alien creature that accidentally fell here... I will let you go, I don't want to be an enemy of the force behind you, or you think Why have I been helping you all this time?"

"What does the source of strength mean? Are these people trapped in dreams because of you?"

"Of course not, you said the opposite."

Amishus did not shy away from anything: "It is the existence of the lost city that created me. I exist in the form of a spiritual aggregate, which can be said to be the embodiment of the soul energy of everyone here. Once, you were also mine. part."

Psychopolymer?
Zhou Ze in front of the screen frowned slightly.

Although he knew for a long time that Amishus was not a human being, but a higher-level immortal creature, he never thought that it was a monster derived from the dreams of countless human beings who had sunk into the void.

The spiritual energy emanating from thousands of humans was intertwined for hundreds of years to form Amishius.

With such a huge base mental reserve, it is no wonder that the mental strength of Amishus is so exaggerated that it can crush him in seconds. I am afraid that the pure mental strength alone is more than a few thousand points, and the quantitative change has already produced a qualitative change.

As a spiritual aggregation of thousands of residents, it most likely possesses the knowledge and abilities of those in the dream. Even if it cannot use all of them, even if it can only use one-tenth, it is extremely terrifying.

However, while Ametheus showed itself to be terrifyingly powerful, it also exposed its greatest weakness.

That is these dreamers in the void.

Once a large number of dreamers die or wake up, the spiritual aggregate of Amishus will cease to exist, just like all the cells in a person collapse, and this person will disappear.

"What is the purpose of Amishus revealing his weakness so easily? Or does he think that I can see it even if he doesn't say it, so he plans to speak out to win trust and favor?"

Zhou Ze has always maintained [-]% vigilance against Amishus.

This is the most mysterious, powerful and difficult character he has encountered so far. If he makes a wrong step, he may be killed.

"I'm afraid that option ③ can't be said. If we want to wake up all the residents, wouldn't it be obvious that we want to kill Amishus? It is estimated that once this is said, Amytheus will have to kill Kles immediately."

Zhou Ze shrugged: "Then ask how to return to the real world."

"I don't think that's the right question for you to ask right now."

After Kleis asked these words, Amishus did not answer, but turned the topic elsewhere.

"Do you know the "Necronomicon"? What I'm talking about is not the counterfeit book known to the world, but the real "Al Ajif" written by Alhazad, which records the truth of the world, the origin of religion, and The holy book about the secrets of the old days, the outer gods, the ancient gods, etc."

"I know, but it is impossible for anyone who understands the knowledge of mysticism not to know its existence."

Kress pondered: "You mean you want me to find this book?"

"It's not that I asked you to find this book, but fate needs you to find this book."

Amytheus murmured: "Your ultimate goal is to exile the old days, right? Through the future of countless layers of fog, I foresee that you will be able to successfully accomplish this feat... The power of the wheel of fortune is far greater than I imagined Even more terrifying."

Nonsense, if you can surpass the world game, I will guarantee that I will avoid you when I see you in the future.

It's no wonder that Amishus was so diligent in clearing obstacles and paving the way for Kleiss. It turned out that he was completely afraid of the "Wheel of Fortune" force forged by Zhou Ze.

"That's right, the game is unfolding in its lair and even its fatal weakness, and it doesn't have any ability to resist. It is estimated that Ametheus has made countless resistance through precognition attempts, but finally found that it was useless and resigned."

This time I caught Amishus' dead spot, and it should be easier to deal with it in the future.

The best choice is to include it as a game character...

If it can’t be collected, and if you don’t have the confidence to control it, in order to avoid hostility with it in the future, you can also think of a way to liberate or destroy the lost city to eliminate the spiritual aggregate of Amishus.

If these countless dream cities don't disappear for a day, Amitheus is immortal.

Even if it is completely crushed from the spiritual level, it can still be revived from the dream cities in the void.

"Do all immortal bodies have their weaknesses as sources?"

The weakness of Xumi Demon is the small ball in the body, and the weakness of Amitheus is the countless dreamers trapped in the void.

In the final analysis, they are not immortal in the true sense... a bit similar to the Lich's Natatorium in Western fantasy novels.

"The game has not yet given any clues about where the Necronomicon is. The final goal of the game only mentions the Gate of Exile and the Key to Salvation, but does not say which Necronomicon must be found."

Therefore, the words of Amishus cannot be fully believed for the time being.

[This game is an exploration round game. The player will manipulate a resident of a lost city to survive and seek knowledge in a strange and unknown place outside the territory, and gradually explore the hidden mysteries of the outer gods, ancient gods, and old rulers, and find the legendary The door of exile and the key of redemption, save or destroy this city on the verge of madness... Remember, fighting is not the goal, and there is no shame in escaping. 】

Zhou Ze re-read the game introduction carefully.

"Instead, it mentioned 'save or destroy this city on the verge of madness'."

"Could it be that the fundamental purpose of the Lost City in Chapter 1 of "Exile the Old Days" is to destroy Amishus?"

Zhou Ze was suddenly a little confused.

If so, what should Kress do to subvert it under the watchful eye of Amishus, who controls everything?

This... This feeling is like an ant plotting to kill a human being. In fact, a human being can crush it to death with a single finger. Moreover, this ant is always under the surveillance of humans, so it can't make waves at all. Bar!
Amishus's willingness to release Kles is purely a compromise made out of fear of the wheel of fortune.

I'm sure that if Krys dared to try to wake up others from the lost city, Amishus would not hesitate to break with the wheel of fortune and kill him without hesitation, or simply send him away from here.

Whether it is saving or destroying the lost city, it is no different from putting a knife on Amishus' neck.

"Go through the level quickly and see what the game's hidden bonus points say."

Zhou Ze doesn't want to embarrass his brain cells anymore.

Let the game go on.

Amishus was still talking.

"In order to express my sincerity to the forces behind you, I am also going to contribute to the banishment of the old rulers. As a nomination certificate, in fact... one of the rubbings of the Necronomicon is in a lost Inside the Misnick University in the city of the Redemption, as long as you have it, you can find clues to the key of redemption."

"As for how to obtain the key of redemption and how to open the door of exile, that's beyond my level."

Amitheus paused: "I have heard a little bit about the gate of exile. Its law level is indeed higher than that of the old rulers, but even if you have the key of redemption, you can only open it once. The one you want to exile... should Is it the one who dives deep under the sea?"

The key of redemption can only exile one old day?
This is not the same as what I thought. I thought I could exile all the Old Ones in one go. It seems too whimsical, and yes, the existence of the Old Ones can exile one. It's amazing.

Exile Cthulhu...

Cthulhu seems to be the only old ruler on the earth. Exile it. Regardless of whether other old rulers or outer gods will come to the earth from outside the universe, human civilization can at least be stable for a while.

Kles mused, "Should you submit a certificate? Well, just give me the rubbings of the Necronomicon, and the rest depends on how the master in the dark arranges."

"I can't give it to you, you have to get it yourself."

"Aren't you a collection of those dreams? That rubbing copy is equivalent to being in your body, why don't you just take it out?"

Cleese was wary. He suspected that Amitheus was trying to play some trick.

"Can you take something out of yourself?"

Amishus asked back, "Can you enter your own body?"

"What do you mean?" Chris frowned.

"I am a collection of the dreams of all living beings. Those lost cities between fantasy and reality are part of me, but I am not part of them... The order of primary and secondary must be clearly distinguished."

Amishus explained slowly: "Simply put, you can fit a brick into a house, but can you fit a house into a brick?"

"I am that house."

"I, can't get into a certain brick that built me."

It has no way to freely enter and exit the lost city! ?
Zhou Ze suddenly became energetic and sat upright to concentrate!
This is extremely valuable information!This means that Amishus does not have absolute control over these countless dream cities!It's like living things don't have absolute control over their bodies!
It's no wonder that Ametheus could only communicate with Cress through radio devices before.

No wonder Ametheus only appeared in Cleese's dreams, and only laid out clues a long time ago. He never took the initiative to appear in front of Cleese, let alone appeared in the Lost City.

turn out to be!It can't get in!
It is neither omniscient nor omnipotent in the Lost City!

"If that's the case, the game's goal of saving or destroying the Lost City is not impossible."

Zhou Ze's thoughts flowed instantly, and Mao Sai suddenly realized.

Cress' strength is weak, compared to Amishus, he is not even as threatening as the ants in front of humans, and he can be easily crushed to death with one finger at any time...

However, once the ant penetrates into the human body, the situation is completely different.

It is not appropriate to compare Kress to an ant. Perhaps it should be said that he is a virus.

No matter how small the virus is, it can destroy a huge living body at the microscopic level... As long as Kles doesn't take the initiative to withdraw his soul from the dream, Amitheus will be helpless against him.

The in-game conversation continues.

"You mean." Kress said: "Let me go back to the Lost City to get the rubbings of the Necronomicon?"

"No, I didn't tell you to go back."

Amishus said: "The reality is the future created by the past. I know very well that the wheel of fortune has the power of prediction far beyond me. As long as the dialogue between you and me appears, it can be predicted and captured by the past, so that in the future The more distant past re-overturns everything and achieves another reality."

This is really mysterious.

To put it bluntly, it is archive reading.

As long as Amishus plays games a lot, he might be able to understand this concept. Well, fortunately, he doesn't play games.

"It means let me find the rubbings of the Necronomicon in the next archive, and I have to ask Kress, which dreamer's dream is it in, and how to distinguish who is the real dreamer in the dream .”

Zhou Ze whispered to Kles, asking him to convey the question.

"The rubbings are in the dream city where you were first guided."

Ametheus pondered for a long time, as if hesitating whether to say: "You don't need to know the way to identify dreamers. Finding them out won't help your goal."

(End of this chapter)