The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 129: Purifier detection device
The book in Shisanxiang’s hand has three pages full of various information.
Although Shi Sanxiang doesn’t want to admit it from the bottom of her heart.
But the things Huskies brought back did provide a lot of information and intelligence.
—and it is indeed very important.
"These foods and drinks are hot and almost all complete. Combined with the unusually small number of tableware, it can be roughly speculated that when these people disappeared, everything that came into contact with them also disappeared. Disappeared."
Shisanxiang took a breath, put down the pen, turned the book to the beginning and narrated: "Except for the seats, there is only one thing that did not disappear with their owners. That is gold jewelry. ."
The short-range memory of Huskies is relatively stable.
He remembered clearly - there were several gold rings that he picked up not from the cabinet or drawer, but from the ground.
To be precise, it landed next to the seat.
If there are only one or two, it can be said to be accidental. It happened to fall next to the chair.
But three gold rings were left next to chairs in different rooms, and a ring and a gold necklace were left on the bed in different rooms - something wasn't right. After all, it is gold jewelry, why would someone throw it away?
As long as you pay attention to this detail, you can easily deduce the truth. After these people disappeared, only these gold jewelry fell directly where they disappeared.
"The room we are in is Room 203. The number of guests in Rooms 201 to 208 are one person, four people, justus, three people, three people, two people, four people, and one person respectively.
"If 'Frederick' is counted as a guest in Room 203, then taking Rooms 204 and 205 as the midline, the number of guests on both sides is completely symmetrical."
The "stronghold room" is shaped like a two-layer cake. After cutting off a small circle in the middle, everyone's room is in the shape of a fan ring. Rooms 204 and 205 happen to be the two rooms closest to the door.
If the entire stronghold room is cut into a completely symmetrical shape, then including Frederick, it will be exactly symmetrical.
"If it is some kind of mysterious ritual similar to Ogawa's apartment...then the layout in room 206 should be related to room 203."
Shisanxiang looked at the notes and checked them carefully.
He quickly confirmed one thing.
"...In fact, only rooms 206 and 203 do not have any gold utensils or jewelry at all."
"Gold..."
Annan murmured.
He opened his eyes, thoughtful.
After a long time, he sighed.
"I understand."
At least Annan already fully understands Pope Trissino's method of setting up this nightmare.
The delicious wind goose moved his eyes away from the forum in front of him and looked at Annan who was immersed in meditation and watching Shisanxiang and the others "with invisible sight".
"Gold... refers to Mr. Yao's field?"
As an apprentice of a ritual master who has learned some basic skills, Delicious Wind Goose asked Annan humbly.
Annan shook his head.
"The metal 'gold' does indeed symbolize the sun and 'dyeing'. Just like silver symbolizes the moon and 'condensation'.
"But when gold exists as jewelry, it has another meaning."
Annan explained.
"The transformation wizards of Zedi Black Tower believe that they do not transform one substance into another substance out of thin air. Instead, they transform the old subject into a purer one by using a 'newer and stronger' substance. The main body of the transformation spell, which is why once the transformation spell is executed, its power will become more and more powerful...
"This is not a snowball. Otherwise, the weaker the transformation wizard, the more powerful and difficult it is to control. Instead, through iterative transformation, the subject will become more and more purified...The closer it is to the end, the resistance will be will be bigger. This resistance is not based on magic, but on spirituality - that is, the resistance to finding the right route is higher than the wrong route.
"Spirituality will tend to the direction with lower pressure, just like fluid will flow to the side with lower pressure. Finally, if it enters the wrong route of transformation, it will 'return to the original point'. That is, a [cycle] occurs."
In other words, the transformation spell will continue to cycle and become more powerful... because it actually goes in the wrong direction.
That is, a sudden "diving" occurred in the transformation of higher spiritual levels.
When Annan said this, he glanced at Shisanxiang.
——While he was explaining, Delicious Wind Goose was rereading frantically, relaying what Annan said as a barrage to Shisanxiang for reference.
But it's not a big deal to let him know.
"Since this kind of purification has branches and can be recycled, it naturally also has the most ultimate end point...the end with the greatest pressure. It is also the so-called 'Philosopher's Stone', [something that cannot change nor be changed]."
That is, "the perfect essence of all elements." A treasure that can transform some imperfect things into their own perfect form.
This is the inherited knowledge of the Zedi Black Tower that Annan got from Salvatore.
It was once a top secret known only to the Children of the Tower. But after the inheritance of the Zedi Black Tower was interrupted by the Spirit-bearing Monk, Salvatore hoped that it would have the opportunity to spread, lest this knowledge be lost after his own accidental death that day.
In Salvatore's words, the perfect Philosopher's Stone cannot be made artificially.
Unless everything is perfectly blended into one - because the Philosopher's Stone was "created" in the same way as the world.
If you want to get the real Philosopher's Stone, you must let the animals enter the plants, let the plants enter the rocks, let the rocks enter the atmosphere, let the atmosphere enter the flowing water, and let the flowing water enter the animals again. They will lose their original definition and become a mixture that encompasses the entire world in an unclassifiable way.
From this point of view, the Philosopher's Stone of the Hermetic School can never reach the "ultimate".
Because the Philosopher's Stone of the Hermetic School uses materials that symbolize all things in the world to create something "that cannot be classified." It can be said that it is the "sample"...or "model" of the Philosopher's Stone.
"When 'gold jewelry' is placed in the 'circle' that represents circulation, what it replaces is no longer the 'sun' or 'purification', but the 'philosopher's stone'."
Annan said slowly: "Your positions are obviously carefully arranged.
"Using 'circle' to represent the cycle, 'symmetry' to represent the mirror image, and 'gold jewelry' to represent the philosopher's stone - this symmetrical, cyclic... gap between dreams and dreams is created.
"As an organ to open this ceremony, a 'key' is needed. That is the last step to create symmetry..."
"...I understand."
Shisanxiang’s pupils shrank.
When he saw this, he finally realized: "Because Room 203 is Justus's room, he is usually alone. And the real Frederick would never regard this room as his own. Room... So in real history, this mechanism was not triggered.
"Only when we, as the purifiers of nightmares, enter this nightmare from the future... Because we have replaced 'Frederick' and there is no memory of Frederick, we will enter this copy. The moment ~IndoMTL.com~ immediately caused the mechanism to be triggered.
"That's why the food is hot and fresh! Because they just disappeared...or, we just entered the dream."
Frederic's dream and the nightmare they just entered completely overlapped at the beginning!
The moment the player playing "Frederick" enters the dungeon, the mechanism is triggered, switching the dream of "Frederick" to the "gap between dreams".
——In other words, this is actually a mechanism ritual specially designed to detect "whether a purifier has entered this nightmare"!
As long as this period of history becomes a nightmare and a Purifier enters, they will be thrown directly into the designed dream within a dream. So that they can't escape...can't enter the real history.
And Frederick himself probably never dreamed of this place at all!
...Trissino, did you even predict that this place might turn into a nightmare and be purified and spied on in the future?
Shi Sanxiang's spine felt chilly.
Annan's eyes were bright.
Pure ritual—can it actually reach this level?
Even a piece of consciousness coming back from the future can be detected and sealed. Don't let them come into contact with the real history...
"...So, is there a fourth level?"
"There is indeed a fourth level."
Annan and Shisanxiang said almost in unison.
That is, the surface world where Justus "died" and "Frederick" became Professor Wolf...
——The real historical node.
The next moment, a new main mission appeared in front of Shisanxiang and Husky:
[Main mission: Return to real history]
【Escape from the third level of dreamland】
【Escape from the second level of dreamland】
【Escape from the first level of dreamland】