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Therefore, as a result of the transformation of the "soul room", only the owner or visitors with the owner's permission can see and touch it, and the intruders are equivalent to directly descending into the other party's "Origin Sea".

And there is a certain difference between this kind of arrival and the intrusion after knowing the coordinates. If everyone's spiritual world is compared to a computer connected to the Internet, then the former is equivalent to just touching the firewall, and is about to accept tests again and again. When in danger, it is cleared by the corresponding force, and the latter bypasses almost all defense mechanisms and faces the core part directly.

In other words, if Shang Jianyao goes well in the room "1215" and explores to the deepest point, it will be tantamount to completely invading the "Sea of ​​Origin" of the owner of the room, just like what DiMarco did before.

It can also be seen from this aspect that the ability of "fate communication" is really strong.

And Shang Jianyao's exploration of the "1215" room will definitely not be smooth sailing. Here, he will inevitably experience all kinds of fears from the owner of the room and some nightmare scenes. , leave a psychological shadow, and have some more weaknesses. The moderate ones lose their self-cognition, and have different degrees of mental problems. In such a deep sleep, the most serious one would undoubtedly lose his life.

As for suffering from "innocent disease" like the "Dream Protector" of the "Dragon Sect", Jiang Baimian suspects that only when he broke into a few special rooms will he have a similar experience.

Of course, for the awakened, there is no need or need to explore many rooms to the deepest point, facing the consciousness of the opponent directly, and after confirming that there is no door leading to the "new world", they often choose to evacuate.

Shang Jianyao didn't know if the corridor in front of him belonged to the room owner's island of fear or one of his nightmares, so he curiously took off the "hanging" flashlight from his waist and pushed the button.

A clear beam of light shot out, but was engulfed by the surrounding darkness and failed to produce any effect.

"Without using the power of the awakened one, it is impossible to directly change the environment of other people's spiritual world? Unless it has been completely invaded?" Shang Jianyao raised his hand and rubbed his chin, and said a few words to himself.

He is carefully recording these details.

After confirming that the flashlight he manifested was invalid, he gave up his attempt in this regard, and looked around with the help of the faint light in this corridor.

The floor tiles here and the decorations on the walls on both sides have extremely exaggerated distortions, and many details appear messy, as if intuitively highlighting the initial fear of the experiencer.

The light comes from the ceiling, and one after another fluorescent lamps hang high, but they are dim as if there is insufficient voltage.

Shang Jian Yao didn't move forward immediately, but took two steps back.

He exited room "1215" and returned to the "soul corridor".

After confirming that there was only one way forward, Shang Jianyao no longer wasted time, went through the door, walked along the corridor, and went deeper step by step.

Not long after, a silver-white metal wall appeared before his eyes.

This wall is blocked there, making it impossible for people to move forward.

In the center of it is a door that slides out to the side, next to which are delicate electronics.

At this time, the door slid open a little, revealing a thick gap.

On the other side of the gap, it was dark and deep, and there was no sound coming out.

Standing not far from the door, Shang Jianyao intuitively felt a strong fear.

Affected by the environment here and the spiritual world of others, he had indescribable fear, fright and uneasiness for no reason.

Shang Jianyao immediately started talking to himself:

"The occupant of the room encountered something extremely terrible behind such a door?

"Is this what he experienced before he became an awakened person, or before crossing the 'Sea of ​​Origin', corresponding to a certain island of fear? Or did it happen after he entered the 'Corridor of Soul', leaving him with a lingering nightmare?"

The degree of danger of the two is obviously not on the same level. If it is the former, Shang Jianyao has a lot of hope to successfully explore it. If it is the latter, it will definitely not be easy to scare an awakened person at the "spiritual corridor" level.

Looking at the silent darkness behind the door, Shang Jianyao differentiated into nine other selves again, and voted to decide whether to go deeper.

This time, the cautious group won by an absolute advantage of eight to two.

Shang Jianyao, who respected the results of the vote, got out of room "1215" and closed the vermilion door smoothly.

Then, he assumed the forward position of the [-]-meter race.

The next second, Shang Jianyao rushed out and ran wildly, as if he wanted to measure where the end of the corridor was.

After running for an unknown amount of time, he stopped panting.

At this time, most of the rooms around him lacked the golden house numbers, and the old brass-colored locks seemed to be blocked by something.

They all belong to ordinary people and the awakened who have not passed through the "Origin Sea", and cannot be opened from the corridor.

And the end is still unknown, invisible.

After testing his ability for a long time, Shang Jianyao raised his hands and rubbed his temples on both sides, and chose to quit.

He was so mentally exhausted that he didn't bother to go to the activity center to listen to everyone chatting, and fell asleep directly.

Early the next morning, Shang Jianyao went to the small cafeteria to have breakfast, and entered Room 647 on the 14th floor belonging to the "Old Tune Group".

Jiang Baimian was earlier than him, typing on the keyboard and rushing to report.

Looking up and seeing Shang Jianyao coming in, she frowned slightly and said:

"I wrote last night that 'Buddha's body' fell asleep, and when I occasionally woke up, I thought of something."

"What?" Shang Jian Yao asked enthusiastically.

Jiang Baimian thought about it and said:

"According to the information obtained before and the actual evidence this time, we can preliminarily determine that the awakened people who entered the 'New World' either abandoned their bodies, or fell into a deep sleep, and rarely woke up to deal with things.

"If you put the latter situation in the company, who would you think of?"

Shang Jianyao touched his chin, his expression gradually became serious:

"big boss."

Chapter 3 Boundaries of Competence

If you want to find a person who has enough presence in "Pangaea" and rarely appears in public, most of the employees have only one answer:

big boss!

The actual ruler of the "Pangaea" barely interfered in the daily operation of the company, and completely handed it over to the board of directors. He only gave speeches and blessings to the employees through the broadcasting system during the New Year and holidays.

If she is regarded as an awakened person who has entered the "new world" while retaining her physical body, all this seems to be explainable, very reasonable.

Of course, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao's understanding of the company's top management is still limited, especially the latter, who also knows those who often appear in the news, so they do not rule out that "Pangaea" has many similar "New World" "Layer awakened people, it's just that these people are not like big bosses, who occasionally show up to show their presence. Even if they wake up, they will at most see members of their own small circle and handle some things secretly.

Hearing Shang Jianyao's answer, Jiang Baimian subconsciously looked around to confirm that there were no redundant electronic products in the room.

She said with a solemn expression:

"Careful in words and deeds."

Before Shang Jianyao responded, "Isn't this your question?" Jiang Baimian laughed:

"This is actually a good thing, it shows that we have something to rely on, and we are no worse than other forces.

"I used to think that the big boss stays at the bottom and rarely comes out, will he be bored, will he feel bored? You think, we are eager to go to the surface after staying in the company for a long time, let alone her who should The great person who has experienced the destruction of the old world, now it seems that there is a reason."

Leaving aside the promotion to the employees, Jiang Baimian, who was born in a management family, knows that since the establishment of "Pangaea", or since it moved into the underground building, the big boss has always been the same one and has never changed.

This made her occasionally wonder if it was changed quietly, but most people didn't notice it. After all, in the technology of cloning, "Pangaea" is ahead of other big forces.

Otherwise, given that the big boss is over 90 years old, the voice shown on the radio would not be so magnetic and pleasing to the ear. It is more like a mature woman in her 30s, like Jiang Baimian's immediate boss, Deputy Minister of Security Xi Yu.

The honest Shang Jianyao immediately refuted Jiang Baimian's words:

"Maybe she just likes to play games in the room, just like Xiao Chong."

"Xiao Chong also goes out for a walk occasionally, and even rides a horse!" Jiang Baimian replied angrily.

Having said that, she paused, hesitated and said:

"There should be more than one strong person in the company who has entered the 'New World', otherwise it would be impossible to compete with the big forces such as the 'First City'.

"And the big boss should be the most special one here, similar to Xiao Chong?"

Shang Jianyao showed a pensive expression:

"Then what kind of pet does she have..."

"I mean similar levels, not identities." Jiang Baimian sighed helplessly.

In her and Shang Jianyao's minds, Xiao Chong's identity is "the king of the heartless", "the slave master of deformed creatures" and "a malignant sore on the dust".

Without giving Shang a chance to see Yaoyue pulling away, Jiang Baimian asked instead:

"Did you impatiently renovate your room, explore the corridors of your mind, and experiment with your abilities as soon as you came back?"

Shang Jian Yao showed a terrified expression:

"how do you know?"

Jiang Baimian let out a "huh":

"I can guess it with my toes!

"It's about time!"

She picked up the cup, took a sip of warm water, and asked curiously:

"Have you figured out the limits of those abilities?"

While waiting for Long Yuehong to recover from his injuries and return to the "Panguan Creature" in the original city, Shang Jianyao has been exploring the newly acquired abilities and the qualitative changes in the improvement of levels, but because of Du Heng's instructions, he did not talk to him in his room. The "Spiritual Corridor" is full of turmoil, so that the feedback obtained on many details is not so accurate.

Shang Jian Yao nodded, his expression became serious:

"about there.

"'Thinking guidance' can be done in the form of 'thinking implantation' or in the form of 'reasoning clown', provided that both rely on language and the target can be heard clearly."

Jiang Baimian thought of Wu Meng's strangeness, and asked with interest:

"That is to say, no matter where the target is, as long as they hear your words, they will be affected?"

"Yes, the limit of the range of this ability is the boundary between my sound propagation distance and the target hearing condition, and it is not fixed." Shang Jianyao said, showing a longing expression, "If you want to use electronic products to increase the range of influence, Need to inject strength, I am not as good as Wu Meng now, the effect of the radio broadcast will be much worse."

"This is normal. You have just been promoted. How can you compare with Wu Meng? Even Wu Meng, who has been sealed for many years, is not comparable to you now." Jiang Baimian laughed, "The 'telecom fraud' we conceived before 'It seems that there is a basis for realization, that is, all kinds of facilities on the gray soil are backward, not to mention the telephone, and only a few people can listen to the radio. In the old world, you must be at home."

"Yes, yes." At some point, Shang Jianyao, who dominated the body, became a flattering type.

Immediately afterwards, he became reckless and bold:

"If I call the board members from the group's landline, will I be able to 'convince' them easily?"

"The premise is that they don't understand this ability, and they are not powerful awakeners themselves." Jiang Baimian decided to stop this increasingly dangerous discussion, and she asked instead, "What about other abilities?"

Shang Jian Yao didn't need to recall, and said directly:

"The main qualitative change of 'Literary Youth · Hypocritical Man' is in the range, reaching 80 meters. These two abilities are actually very similar in many aspects, so they can be integrated. However, there are still certain differences between them. 'Literary Youth' is more It tends to make the other party empathize or feel sorry for itself, while the 'hypocritical person' makes the target irrational and likes to do the opposite."

As if afraid that Jiang Baimian would not understand enough, he gave an example:

"If I was wounded by the target, lying on the ground, unable to move, the 'Literary Youth' could remind the other party of the injury he had suffered, or similar things he had seen or heard, so as to empathize with him, shed tears, and decided to let go. I have a way out, and the 'hypocritical person' is more likely to make him arrogant, decide to humiliate me well, and not rush to deal with me, so that I have a chance to escape."

"I feel like the word 'empathy' is about to be played down by you." Jiang Baimian couldn't help laughing, "What about self-pity?"

Shang Jian Yao thought carefully for a while and said:

"When I hurt the target, instead of trying to fight back, he's there saying 'I'm sorry to be human', or singing some sad, self-touching song, and if there's hard alcohol, he probably chooses to pour himself into it." drunk."

"Really, really..." Jiang Baimian couldn't find the words to describe it for a while, "How about the scope and number of people with 'deficient limb movements'? Have any changes?"

"120 meters." Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin and sighed, "If I choose 'distance increase', the range will definitely break [-]."

In the battle of the awakened, distance is sometimes more important than ability.

"If you choose, accept it. It's useless to regret it anyway." Jiang Baimian reassured.

Shang Jianyao continued:

"The number of people affected by the three abilities is currently twenty.

"The range of 'interference electromagnetic' is 120 meters. Calculated by the ability with the farthest action distance, the 'interference substance' is relatively weak, only 50 meters."

"It's already very strong, and it's worthy of being an awakener at the level of the 'Spirit Corridor'." Jiang Baimian praised him as the team leader.

She immediately showed a thoughtful expression:

"There seems to be an essential difference between the awakened person who has explored the depths of the 'spiritual corridor' and the ordinary 'spiritual corridor' level awakener: the breath of the former can be separated and left in a certain room in the 'spiritual corridor', or it can be separated from a certain room in reality. These objects can be combined and fixed to become magical props, which the latter cannot do.

"So, in the process of exploring those spiritual rooms, in addition to obtaining some useful props, is there also an effect of tempering oneself? Otherwise, there will be no more exploration. Once you explore the depths, the essential strength will be different..."

"I haven't tried it yet." Shang Jian Yao said with a smile, "Anyway, I didn't hide it from the company this time, and I should get some guidance in the future."

"Didn't try?" Jiang Baimian was surprised, "With your temperament, how can you bear it?"

"People are different. Everyone has their own ideas, and sometimes we must respect the voting results." Shang Jianyao replied solemnly.

Jiang Baimian was speechless.

At this time, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong entered the office one after another.

After sharing what was discussed just now, Jiang Baimian said to the three team members: