"Look, everyone, the firefly is the Fuguang firefly!"

317. Imprisonment

Fuguang firefly, Cloris read in a certain volume of "Explorer's Geographical Atlas", it is a creature slightly larger than firefly, and it has many branches in the deep world. We rarely see it, so over time, people regard this widespread but rare creature as one of the symbols of good luck.

This also aroused the girl's curiosity and wanted to see the real face, so she put down the letter she was writing and walked out of the cabin.

As soon as he went out, the majestic and dark aura of the distorted dense forest was the first to suppress him.

It is so tall and wide that you can't see the head from the top and the tail from the bottom. When you look far away along the light, you can't see the endless stretches of trees stretching into the unfathomable fog.

No one knows whether it is floating out of thin air or growing on the soil, billions of knotted roots are floating and waving densely, they are like dried, curled octopus tendrils, and under the light of searchlights, they appear to be covered with moss If ordinary people don't wear spikes, they will slide into the abyss just by walking on them.

The ship was sailing at a distance of 300 meters adjacent to the Twisted Jungle Forest, and the mighty oppressive feeling would make the coward's heart stop immediately.

But in the blink of an eye, Cloris' attention was attracted by a ray of light flying out of the dense forest.

As soon as the silver ribbon was unfurled, red, purple, and indigo blue light flocs rose up one after another, and the radiant trajectories gathered into dancing spirals, which were in time and in time to disperse.The mesmerizing dream ding-dong sounds, the stream spills out from the dense forest, and the dew is full.At this time, the cries of birds, insects and beasts gradually sounded, as subtle as breathing in sleep, and the moss on the thin roots lit up one by one, and colorful and gorgeous flowers bloomed.

The crew began to pray and make a wish. Cloris took a photo of a firefly. She saw that the light spots under each worm's tail contained fragments of thoughts. The distracting thoughts people wished floated up and were absorbed by the fireflies. , and therefore, their colors are always dazzling and blurred.

Cloris released the worm. This creature, like the ghost fish, is the lucky star on the path of the voyagers. During the dangerous journey, the misty belief placed on it may allow people to escape from death.

However, the habit of fireflies has not yet been discovered by people. They always appear when they are shining brightly, and once they are caught, they will die in depression in a short time.

"Dean, the secretaries are on board with cameras, do you want to take pictures?" Paige asked beside.

"Ah, no need." Cloris shook her head.

She is still unable to make dreams and memories appear in reality like Veronica, Moxiu or Qifa, but the scenes that are deeply imprinted in her mind will be extracted sooner or later as her skills improve, and there is no need for a group photo at all .

[Dream Walker] You may not be able to remember every scene you see. After all, properly forgetting some things can reduce the load on your brain or soul, but those impressions will always be hidden in the depths of the memory palace, and Cloris can enter her memory at any time. The subconscious mind watches the past over and over again.

Now, Cloris has been able to control the memory not to leak out with the overflow of psychic matter, but this is only a very preliminary progress. When she can replace the false memory with the real one, and then cover the impressions of the people around her, 【Dream Walker】 It is the realization of psychological invisibility.In this way, even if other people go back to the past through the psychic matter, they will not be able to notice her, an ordinary passerby.

Peggy, who was rejected by the girl, felt a little regretful, and the woman immediately asked, "It's very windy on the deck, do you need me to fetch a coat?"

Cloris shook her head lightly. She wove a layer of smooth and transparent silk threads on the surface of her skin, which was airtight. As long as the strong wind didn't blow her away, there was no need to worry too much about heat loss.

The thread of [Tailor] can imitate the properties of other materials. Although it will be very troublesome in practice, after more than a year of practice, the girl has developed several sets of practical life tips.

Many hazard-level skills are named after occupations, but it is not the skills that come first and the occupations, but the characteristics of the skills that make people associate the real occupations, which makes people associate the two.From this point of view, Cloris could be an excellent tailor or an excellent doctor, but she doesn't do these two things very often now, but she sews a lot of puppets.

Peggy was silent for a while, then suddenly said again: "You..."

"Peggy," Cloris's indifferent voice passed through the wind and reached her ears, she said, "You are self-motivated, willing to work hard, and want to set a good example for Lindsay, so I let you come here. here."

The girl intends to cultivate Peggy's ability.

Lindsay has been a bit out of control lately.

The little guy was so well-behaved back then, maybe it was because conditions didn't allow it... No, she is still well-behaved now, but this kind of well-behaved is more limited to elders like her.

Forming cliques, collecting protection fees, controlling classmates with loan business... At present, the little guy has not done anything that angers the sky, and she has never called on those classmates who are in debt, but instead accepts them as younger brothers. In addition, she Even doing a few things such as applauding the neighbors, reporting illegal slave traders, helping homeless people in Ant Lane to find jobs, conniving younger brothers to beat other noble children who oppressed common people... a kind of hidden control is using the little guy As the center, weave an inseparable web.

I don't know which bastard she learned these dross from. When Cloris wanted to control her, she received a pitiful face of grievance and coquettishness. On the contrary, Lindsay has more obedience to Peggy Sex, even if a woman doesn't get angry and just sits there, Lindsay's criminal character must be restrained honestly.

Hearing Cloris' admonition, Peggy was filled with grievances and regrets, and she nodded.

Cloris said again: "Don't think about the past, you have your own family, you have Lindsay, you have to look forward."

After being promoted to [Dream Walker], Cloris always knew that this woman suppressed her desires. Even last night, Peggy was dreaming of being tossed and turned by her.

These memories can easily be collected with the overflow of psychic matter. Women have no secrets to Cloris. Of course, the girl doesn't care much. Peggy is not the only person who desires her, and it is not limited to men and women.

It is impossible for the girl to have any feedback on these desires, but when she really realizes that liking someone can make her crazy, she can't help but think of a certain red figure.

"Pity……"

"Ok?"

"It's nothing, just work hard and think about your family." Cloris doesn't reject these people's admiration for herself. On the contrary, the more others like her, the harder they work when they are loyal to her.

Especially when these people know that they have no chance to get her, that kind of admiration will even change from vulgar possessiveness to selfless dedication and dedication, just to make her stand taller, just to be able to watch her happiness from afar Then feel happy.

Regret, relief, melancholy and emotion flashed across Peggy's face. She leaned on the side of the boat, looked at the fireflies in the sky and said:

"You know, I was born a slave."

"..."

"You want to free the slaves, but the past where I was imprisoned, and the present that is imprisoned by the past, where should I find freedom?"

"Liberty has limits," Cloris said, "no one has perfect control over their lives."

"I know, Joseph worked very hard to send money home, and Lindsay is also very sensible and obedient..."

"Then you know the real side of the little guy will definitely make her ass bloom." Cloris couldn't help complaining in her heart.

"I know, I know I should settle down..." Peggy's eyes were moist, and her voice trembled like autumn leaves, "But I want to choose once, even once, it is my initiative and what I truly desire Choose... You can take care of me like you did before, you..." She bit her lip and confided in her heart, "Can you kiss me? Just once, please..."

Cloris was expressionless.

She was always like this when she was faced with emotions she couldn't handle.

Facing the distress of the miserable people, the anger of Chifa's wanton massacre, his indifference in the face of Veronica's teasing, and now.

However, Cloris would not respond. Peggy is not Veronica, and women are her subordinates. She is unwilling, and she does not have the ability of a succubus to force her.

"You can look forward to it," Cloris shook her head, "but I only need officials who can do things."

A girl is not a seductive goblin, and she will not rely on lust to seduce people to do things for her.If she is willing to pledge her allegiance, she will do so. If she doesn't want to, she will not force it. Everything is on the table, and it is only voluntary.

Peggy looked at the girl, and when she heard the indifferent refusal, she pursed her lips tightly and burst into tears uncontrollably: "I, I know, I know...Sorry...I'm going to the bathroom..."

Cloris watched Peggy leave calmly, but her mood was complicated.

A charming and wild demon flashed in her mind, and she finally sighed: "Are you free..."

318. Budget

Adored by all, it was a situation Cloris needed to get used to.Especially at the moment when she is young, as time goes by, the current state will flood like a flood.

Therefore, Cloris hopes that this kind of love is healthy and positive, and she is willing to do everything for her. This is by no means a wishful act of licking a dog, but a dedication to a greater ideal.

Be encouraged.

Cloris found that she also needed a slogan.

This kind of slogan can make people transfer their admiration for her to a higher ideal, get rid of the vulgar and glamorous body, and sublimate to the righteousness of all mankind.

At this time, when people feel the charm of the girl again, they will first think of her ambition and the interests of more people that she represents, rather than a vase.

A hero can become a cultural symbol, a symbol with rich meanings, and an immortal heritage worth remembering and commemorating.

From a macro point of view, they are like those in the upper realm who live in the heaven on earth.When you talk about the sun god, you will think of his purification of the polluted world, the gospel he spreads, and the vitality of the world; and when you talk about the deep space sage, you will see him leading the world to explore the unknown, Bless believers and those who lost their way to find the right way and not get lost; as for the night, believers are grateful for the secrecy and guard provided by him when the eternal night falls, so that people will no longer be attacked by fierce beasts and monsters in a place without light... …

This makes people no longer cling to the past image of the gods, but pour into the idea and use it as unity.

It's just that Cloris is worried—with her current strength and status, she can't shout out such a powerful slogan.

and so……

Let’s take shelter of the Church of the Sun and slowly revise its interpretation of related classics.

All glory to God, Cloris is not greedy for fame.

After sailing for the third week, finally, the ship bypassed the grand but depressing twisted jungle, and entered the river of "starlight" from a foggy river.

The stars are densely covered, the suspended river water is radiant, and the scales of swimming fish are colorful under the searchlights. At this time, the sight of the passengers can break through the layers of vines that are covered like a fog barrier. It is flexible and twisted, slowly waving in the dark world, floating The brilliance of the sea of ​​stars is like a protective umbrella for the airspace, and the tentacles of the twisted dense forest are suddenly cut off when they are on the verge of the border, and no longer grow.

"The twisted dense forest stretches for hundreds of miles, with a drop of seventeen kilometers..."

Looking back at the seemingly silent behemoth, even Cloris breathed a sigh of relief.

At the junction of the Twisted Forest and the Sea of ​​Floating Stars, more than a dozen small islands with a diameter of less than 1000 meters are fixed around by special magic circles, and speedboats land from time to time. Explorers and hunters prepare and recruit team members here. Will step into the world that is likely to go and never return.

Compared with the dangerous places or ruins where most explorers have to overcome thorns and thorns, the twisted dense forest is a very safe category, and it is rich in medicinal materials. Insects and beasts also have a lot of medicinal value, and even serve as the basic materials for skill formulas.There is no strange curse in the dense forest. What people need to face is the insects, beasts and strange plants in the bushes. Most of the surrounding creatures have been recorded by the explorers, and they have summed up countless sets of coping plans and survival rules. An experienced Hunter, the performance in the Twisted Forest is not necessarily inferior to the Transcendent.

Therefore, regardless of the [-]% death rate, the Twisted Forest can already be regarded as a safe cash machine for many earners, without worrying about losing their jobs.

Sea of ​​Floating Stars, one of the three bases of the Star Church and the headquarters of the Explorers' Guild, where the descendants of the adventurers who came from the upper world became nobles and ruled thousands of large and small empty islands with loose confederations. , among which Gulingting is the most.

When the girl looked around, the sky of Sea of ​​Floating Stars was not endless blackness, nor was it a thunderous storm—the brilliant Milky Way rolled the entire sky like a whirlpool, making one feel like being in a starry sky.

When looking down from a very high place, you can see a slowly rotating vortex. The Wuhe River is twisted in the transcendent power, the water flow is coiled, and the islands sink and float among the stars from the outside to the inside.

Even the priests of the Church of the Sun who came from the upper realm were shocked by the scene before them.

Ariente said that the Sea of ​​Floating Stars is the supreme spectacle left by the deep space sages in the deep world. Now, Cloris has already felt the weight of this term.

Even if it is located in the Deep Realm, the prosperity of the Floating Star Sea is no less than that of the countries in the Upper Realm.In the vast territory without foreign enemies, there are countless deep-world natives that can be squeezed, and explorers have died one after another, bringing relic technology and treasures back to the airspace.

"The empire has a consulate in Gulingting, but Gulingting does not welcome the entry of holy religion, or in other words, all upper world religions."

Although Cloris had learned part of the situation in Gulingting before departure, Sister Agatha still reminded her when she entered the Floating Star Sea.

Geographically, the drop from the bottom of Ubud Nuoer’s airspace to the Sea of ​​Floating Stars is only 4000 meters, but each airspace has a depth of several kilometers to tens of kilometers. After arriving at the Sea of ​​Floating Stars, the ship needs to go through a slow landing to reach the Sea of ​​Floating Stars. At the same level as Gulingting.

If the hurricane layer is the portal of the deep realm, then Gulingting is the portal of the central region——

The Church of the Stars and its allies in the deep world do not welcome the deepening of the forces of the upper world.

Even the kingdom of Teribi, the most extensive colony, still has its influence in the deep western realm blocked by the Church of the Stars at the surface. It can only organize a special expedition team and follow the rules through the Explorers' Association.

The Star Church does not prohibit the spread of other beliefs, but when new forces want to expand here, it will inevitably cause exclusion from local interest groups.

The Church's influence into the Sea of ​​Floating Stars was not instigated by Cloris, and the girl did not have that much energy. This was just the ambition of the Church of the Sun, which was "completely" firmly established on Hurricane Island, to reach deeper.

What kind of game will exist in this has nothing to do with Cloris, and Robert is in charge.

The girl's main goal is also to seek promotion, and the secretarial team only serves her personal life. Of course, if Robert needs it, she will also provide help within her capacity.

Robert is nearly eighty years old. Compared with Maxi, who is a gifted peer of the gods, he is already on the verge of death. Cloris still can't figure out what the old priest thinks. Still fighting on the front line.

"Peggy, what is the budget provided by the Evangelical Correctional Institute?"

"According to the valuation of Canary Trading Company, our limit budget is 37 Aegis."

This is also the current free working capital of the Gospel Correctional Institute——

It is only natural to support the superhumans of the organization.

319. Piety!

The ship's voyage after entering the Sea of ​​Floating Stars was relatively smooth, but encountered a little trouble in the ancient spirit court.

If the sea of ​​floating stars is like a galaxy surrounded by brilliance, Gu Lingting is like the eye of the galaxy.There are seven cities and eleven districts in the two capitals. The main island has a total area of ​​27 square kilometers.

On the ancient spirit court, three smaller large floating islands surround the three wonders of the Star Church: the Star Luo Temple, the Mysterious Cage, and the Dream Palace of Visions.

It's just that the Church of the Stars is rarely involved in the secular government, so people don't have a deep impression of the big island that always floats quietly in the sky.

Cloris propped her hands on the ship's side. She didn't feel the weight of the three wonders, and she just stared at the eastern part of Gringing Court.

A beam of azure light rises up to the sky that looks like a Milky Way, but also looks like a sea of ​​floating stars. The splendor far surpasses that of the Tower of Radiance, which is never extinguished, as if opening a long door that spans time and space.

"What is that? Is it a spectacle?" Cloris asked. Although Ariente had told her a lot, it was impossible for everything to be detailed.

"Tianshu." The old Robert replied from the side, "next year will be the election year of Gu Lingting. According to the oracle of the deep space sages, those who are supported by all people will be able to enter the supreme spectacle."

"The demigod can still be elected?" Cloris looked surprised, "All people support?"

"It is precisely because there are no characters who are suitable for the sages of deep space that the nobles of Gulingting took advantage of the oracle's loopholes," Robert said with deep eyes, "everyone born in Gulingting will reap the rewards of heaven." The seal, which represents the status of a citizen of Gringting Court, has the right to vote. But if you want to become a candidate, you first need to be recognized by the three islands," Robert looked up to the sky, "However, the right to nominate a candidate is in Gringing Ting hands of all parties in Parliament."

Cloris frowned, and asked: "So the Star Church is not as unambiguous as the Holy Church in the local area?"

Robert glanced at the girl and said: "The Church of the Stars is not a ruler. They only maintain the most basic order and do not interfere with the world. At the same time, they accept offerings from the Explorers' Guild and local nobles. Therefore, their power can spread all over the upper world." and the underworld."

Broad but not strong, this is probably the positioning of the Star Church.

In terms of overall strength, the Star Church may not be weaker than either party, but their power is scattered and they often have to cooperate with local forces.

Although the Star Church is the strongest party in the Deep Realm, they still continue the tradition and have not established absolute rule in one place. They only unite with all parties to reap the greatest benefits at the smallest cost.

The secular power is not weak. Only the thirteen chaebol families of Gulingting have two ancient wonders and seven functional wonders. Relying on various forces, Floating Star Sea can develop rapidly. Naturally, the Star Church will not be a winner. Take all and fight, both sides suffer.

In the early years, the sage of the deep space designated that "those who are supported by all people can rule the Tianshu", but the sea of ​​floating stars cannot be left alone for a day. Therefore, after the senior management of the Star Church could not find a qualified heir, they cooperated with the nobles and took advantage of loopholes to make the candidate Being able to temporarily dominate Tianshu through the oracle, the term of office is four years, and the authority will be greatly reduced, but there is no need for a god-endowed person, and even ordinary people can safely take office.

And this "loophole" is: artificially fabricating the beliefs of the people, allowing citizens with the imprint of Tianshu to use magic ballots to elect temporary "agents".

It should be noted that the other territories of the Floating Star Sea do not have the right to vote. As long as the Tianshu agent is created, they will become the nominal co-owners of the territories.

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