Chang Huaien looked up at the sky, and it was the first time that such a huge anomaly had appeared in this repeater world the size of London City. As far as the eye could see, the entire sky was stirred into a whirlpool by a tremendous force, and a thousand rays of light radiated from the center of the whirlpool, even more dazzling than the sun. Downstairs he was on a street full of people, and most of these inhabitants were not human beings in the normal sense, but a kind of subconscious image, and their number was roughly equal to the total number of people living in London at this time - they were in the material outside world, and they could not recognize the activities of their subconscious reflection in this repeater world, but the surface consciousness of the outside world and the subconscious image in the repeater world were not completely separated, and the interaction between the two was obscure. Even Chang Huaien himself couldn't intuitively observe the way it was going on.

To put it simply, if the people in the world of the repeater are affected, this influence will inevitably involve the consciousness of the same person in the material world, and because of this, Chang Huaien is a little worried about how the huge and spectacular changes in the sky will affect the whole of London. Although, those who are coming and going in the streets, they don't seem to realize that the sky is changing dramatically. There is a power that keeps them from looking up, as if from a deeper state of consciousness, so that they subconsciously do not care about the changes in the sky.

The repeater is a creation similar to the "crystallization" of the collective human subconscious, and in the subconscious theory of wheelchair people and Chang Huai'en, they are all abnormal things that should not be stored. Among the consciousness walkers all over the world, Chang Huaien believes that he is the most aware of the negative impact that this thing that should not be stored in zài but in zài has brought to the world. Sometimes, he felt that if all the repeaters could be stopped - not destroyed, but broken down and restored to the original state of the collective human subconscious - the so-called end of the world would be truly turned. But. On the other hand, it can also be argued that it is precisely because the end of the world is approaching that such an anomaly has appeared.

The repeater is terrible and sensitive, and since it appears in this "crystallized" way. Chang Huaien believes that there must be a "core" that allows it to form such a form. After Chang Huaien was transformed into a "philosophical ghost" that relied on repeaters to survive, he had already shifted the focus of his research to finding this "core". First of all, he needs to have a concept of this "core", although it is impossible to actually recognize and understand the unknown, but. At least conceptually, it is necessary to confirm such a existence in order to demonstrate the "correctness" of this concept in various ways, and then find such a thing. To put it simply, it is a process of argumentation from idealism to materialism -- in terms of the whole process, it is contrary to the normal scientific idea, but. Treat the "mysterious", but it is feasible. Moreover, this is a set of methodologies that his mentor, Wheelchair Man, explored from Omi's research methods.

Omi's new path, although she became an outlier, but also broadened the horizons of many people. Wheelchair people admire it very much, and Chang Huaien inherited the mantle of wheelchair people. As a high-ranking member of Cyberball, he has witnessed the "miracle" of Omi's zào many times at close range, so he has a very deep understanding and confidence in a set of occult methodologies that he inherits, applies and continues to develop.

Nevertheless. He still realizes a huge problem from what he has observed in the collective human subconscious, the changes in the "philosophical ghost" that he has personally experienced, and the various changes that have followed, including the "Three Pillars Ceremony"—the end of the world seems to be accelerating. It's a feeling that changes that were supposed to be separated by a long time have happened in a hurried way. Chang Huaien has a very urgent feeling that his time is running out, but as long as he can go deep into the repeater and find the "core" that constitutes the repeater, he may be able to change this status quo that makes people unable to breathe.

However, before he decides to speed up and devote himself to the plan, he must confirm the completion of the "Three Pillars Ceremony".

The so-called "Three Pillars Ceremony" originated from the "Heavenly Gate Project" of the Doomsday Shinrikyo Religion, and its purpose was to ensure the stability of the repeater structure and to confirm the characteristics that the repeater could exhibit under conventional forces. In a certain sense, repeaters are "omnipotent" if they target "humans", but the breadth and complexity of this "omnipotence" also make it unstable and difficult to operate. Just as a thin person can only reduce the horsepower of the engine if he wants to drive a racing car, whether it is Omi's "Three Pillars Ceremony" or the "Four Cornerstones" in the prototype of the Tianmen Project, the essence of which is to weaken the power of the repeater to the point that it can control the core of the artificial repeater.

Although on the surface, the core of the repeater control zhì "Marceau" is in good working condition at this time, this is only because the repeater is also in a state of "gentle and inefficient operation", but once the repeater is in a confrontation with each other, its operation state will inevitably be increased to an extremely accumulated Cheng dù, if there is no sufficient strength of the "three pillars" or "four cornerstones", the power of the repeater is likely to run wild, and even his own people will suffer from it.

Although, from the perspective of occultism, the three pillars and the four cornerstones do not exist because of the size of the "number", but Marceau, as one of the three pillars, was just an ordinary person before being transformed, and even if Chang Huaien had an extremely powerful mystery, he would be pulled down the "average" - although there is no evidence of this - therefore, the "super system", which is stronger than Chang Huai'en in terms of mystery, and even makes people suspect that it is equivalent to the repeater, has become one of the ideal three pillars.

Chang Huaien also thinks that it is reasonable to make the "super system" one of the three pillars, but since the mystery of the "super system" is so strong, then, in the process of fusing the repeater, it is also worrying, once it goes wrong, the impact is unimaginable. Now, the huge anomaly in the sky is naturally an anomaly formed by the "super system" in the process of merging into the repeater, and although it looks spectacular, it makes people feel frightened.

Intuitively, the "pillar of light piercing the sky" is not a negative phenomenon, but the "sky" that has been stirred into a whirlpool by a huge force does not give people a good impression either. All the details come together and there is a feeling of pulling between the "good" and the "bad".

Albeit. In terms of identity, Chang Huaien, as one of the three pillars, it is necessary to guide the whole process and dispel bad phenomena, but he has just become a "philosophical ghost". There is no actual control of the repeater, Marceau is the core of the control, Chang Huaien's authority is only to "tell Maso how to do", and "how to do" is more controlled by Marceau. Therefore, in the process of fusing the repeater of the "super system", Marceau is the only one who assists in the whole process in the true sense.

What kind of Cheng can Marceau do, Chang Huaien does not know, what he knows about Marceau. Only when she was a normal human. Since Marceau was transformed into a "repeater control core" by Omi and focused on the task of repeater construction, it has been difficult to see - although, in the base, Marceau often appears in the form of projections, but that kind of contact is not enough for people to really understand Marceau's ability at this time.

Just because I don't understand. Therefore, Chang Huaien can only wait passively.

Ten seconds later. The light that pierced through the vast vortex in the sky began to expand, and in an instant, the entire vortex was shattered by countless numbers. Chang Huaien believes that this is a sign that the "good" trumps the "bad". It was only at this moment that his tense mood relaxed.

Is it over? Chang Huaien thought, and those rays of light suddenly intertwined on the rooftop. A huge array of light magic took shape and levitated. Chang Huaien stood at the edge of the magic array, not feeling any power in it, but the existence of the phenomenon proved that it was the result of the action of force. The magic circle rose to his waist. In the blink of an eye, it had expanded to three times the area, and then more light burrowed into this flat magic array, weaving into a three-dimensional sphere. After that, the size of the spherical magic circle tripled again. Chang Huaien felt that this spherical magic array was breathing like life, and after a few breaths, it would expand in size once, and he vaguely heard the beating of his heart, but when he explored carefully, he didn't hear anything.

With this building as the center, the spherical magic array continued to expand towards the end of the field of vision, and after dozens of breaths, Chang Huaien was completely unable to observe all of it. And at the very core, only a short distance from him, more light was intertwined, shining, agitating, like a fast-growing embryo. And at the moment when the light shattered, a book was suspended there—the leather cover was black and thick, and the thickness of the whole book was the same as that of an Encyclopedia Britannica, and one could feel at a glance that it must carry a huge amount of information, which in turn was transformed into a thick and powerful sense of power in the mind of the watcher—the power of knowledge, and anyone who saw the book would feel it strongly at the first time, even if the person had never heard of it.

"Super?" Chang Huaien was a little hesitant, after all, the form of the super system at this time was not the same as in the past. Although its meaning as a "tablet" also seems to be a symbol of a collection of information, it is precisely because it is not a "person" but an "object" that when it is presented in a conscious way, Chang Huaien originally thought that it should still be an image that is very characteristic of modern technological products.

The black-covered book turned slowly, as if waiting for someone to come up and pick it up. Chang Huaien felt that kind of call at the first time, he hesitated, the super system is too mysterious, although Catwoman did not have any side effects when she used it, but when it entered the repeater world, such a change occurred, and Chang Huaien couldn't help but be cautious from the bottom of his heart. It was as if the sense of calling from the depths of his heart did not confuse him, but even if he stood here and pondered, it was impossible to get a clear answer.

Chang Huaien believes that it is a very risky thing to go up and get in touch with this book at this moment. However, Marceau is not here, and as one of the three pillars, he must shoulder this responsibility. He thought about it seriously, put it into action, and only paused for a while, and his steps became firm. He walked up and tentatively stretched out his hand, the distance between the two was only a few centimeters, but a strong sense of repulsion suddenly arose in his heart, resisting this action. This sense of rejection is not a sense of crisis, and it still makes Chang Huaien understand that his instinct is to warn.

His hands became heavy, the air seemed to be full of resistance, and every millimeter of his hand was fighting himself. This kind of battle made him quickly put aside his superfluous thoughts, and Chang Huaien noticed that the more he thought about it. The stronger the power to stop yourself from picking up the book. It is true that instinct warns him not to touch this unknown mystery, but he also understands his duties and ideals. Let yourself have to touch it. Since rejection is not a sense of crisis, let's try it – the idea is constantly expanding in the struggle of the mind.

In the end, Chang Huaien closed his eyes and handed his hand out vigorously. There was a clear touch from his fingertips, which was suddenly sharp and sharp, like a needle prick, but it was actually leather. He opened his eyes in an instant and gripped the spine of the book with all his might. Moment. He felt a huge force spread throughout his body along his arm, like an electric current rushing through the blood vessels and nerves, and this huge force even penetrated every pore in his body, venting to all sides. The air flow was stirred to form a whirling wind, centered on Chang Huai'en, and spread outward again, making a "brush" sound.

Debris on the ground. Small pipes, no iron grates to lock into. All of them were drummed up and there was a rhythmic crashing sound.

At this time, Chang Huaien knew the name of the book, as if an idea suddenly came out of his mind - this is Index, "Catalogue of Banned Books". The book is thick, but the content is not as good as the title suggests. It's just a catalog. Only by looking through the table of contents can we further determine the specific contents. These contents explain the mechanism of the operation of the world, involve the truth of fate, and even can adjust a certain goal from the macro and micro levels. And this kind of power is the truth of the "super system" as a "wishing machine" in the past. It is impossible to use such power without giving something, and Catwoman has no memory of her past, precisely because she paid such a price, or rather, sacrificed her past, and from then on, she is already a person who "does not have zài past".

There is no zài past - this argument is very contradictory, and under normal circumstances, this argument is not true. However, in the hypothetical derivation of high-dimensional changes in quantum mechanics, the concept of "time" has become very peculiar, and the "past" time of something in common sense will produce the disappearance of meaning. In occultism and philosophy, however, the case of "not having a past" is also a case of not existing. Therefore, Chang Huaien quickly recognized such "explanations", and these "explanations" were actually just the thoughts that came to his mind for the first time after he came into contact with the "Catalogue of Banned Books".

This idea directly explains what kind of price it takes to use this power. This Forbidden Book Catalogue is the result of the fusion of the Super Series and the Repeater, which is more powerful than the pure "Super Series", and at the same time, it also limits the controllability of the Repeater to the functions of the Forbidden Book Catalogue, and then becomes stable. However, because the mystery of the Catalogue of Banned Books itself is so powerful, repeaters can exert greater performance in the "range that can be harnessed".

When he knew what kind of terrifying mystery the "Catalogue of Forbidden Books" was, Chang Huaien couldn't help but think that perhaps, this repeater fused with the "super system" was the strongest of all repeaters. However, he had to make a choice next.

A fatal choice.

The current repeater may be the strongest of all repeaters, but this strength still does not create a gap in implementation. If you want to overwhelm the enemy when the two repeaters are fighting, and even defeat the monster in the abyss of the human collective subconscious, you still need other things - and these things are stored in Chang Huaien's own existence, and no one in the network ball can replace his mission, because he is the only person in the network ball who can dive deep into the consciousness to that Cheng dù. His strength has reached the basis of further integration, however, after the fusion, he himself will completely lose even the "philosophical ghost" as a way of saving zài - no one knows what he will have left, but Chang Huaien suddenly understands that once he does that, he will probably lose the concept of "saving zài" just like Catwoman's "past".

Even more complete than Catwoman's "past", in this world, there is nothing that can prove that he has existed, whether it is thoughts, cognitions, emotions, relics, completely from the level of "consciousness" to completely disappear its personal meaning. The message was so complex that he could only understand that his disappearance would be more complete than he thought.

"In other words, in fact, my choices are in control of my destiny?" Chang Huaien felt incredible, as a consciousness walker, he had never seen his choices in such a rough way, and the impact on his life was so strong. For a normal person, even if he understands the truth that "choice determines fate", he can only confirm this when he looks back on his past from the future. For consciousness walkers, the "life and death choice" of ordinary people is actually not a "life and death choice" in the real sense, even if this choice will lead to the biological death of the person, because the consciousness walker can observe "consciousness", and the death at the level of "consciousness" is far beyond biological death.

However, this choice will forcibly determine one's life and death from the level of consciousness. Even Chang Huaien felt this kind of complete and irretrievable death for the first time, because he could not understand what kind of specific situation the "complete disappearance of the concept of existence" was, so it could only be understood as "complete death".

The catharsis of power continued, and the violent air currents centered on Chang Huai'en continued to spread outward, and the whirling wind even tore apart the poorly fixed objects, throwing them off the roof. The agitated air currents interfered with the view, creating a massive distortion that suspended above the rooftop.

Then, Chang Huaien smiled. He knew that he was not devoid of such emotions as "fear", and he also knew very well what kind of terrible consequences his efforts would lead to - but this terrible result was only for his own existence, and this consequence was not within the scope of his fear. He once thought that he knew what "fear" was, but after seeing the "monster" in the abyss of the collective human subconscious, he really understood that it was the real "fear". That monster didn't use any power, just the fear generated by the sight of its existence was already on the verge of death, and if it hadn't been for the transformation of the existence from a "material creature" to a "philosophical ghost", he probably wouldn't have survived. In other words, once you lose the protection of the repeater, you will also be swallowed by that incomparably strong sense of fear, compared to such a terrible and intense fear, other "fears" can no longer talk about fear.

And my family and friends, my esteemed colleagues, my own philosophy and that of my mentor, and the burden that I have been shouldering since I joined Cyberball, will definitely collide with such a terrible "monster" at some point in the future. Maybe after defeating the Nazis and Shinriyo Doomsday, perhaps, before the war was over, they would have to face something like that. Chang Huaien doesn't know, even if he has all the repeaters, whether he can fight against that monster, no matter how he thinks about it, when he assumes that the enemy is that thing, he doesn't feel that he really has a chance of winning - maybe, even the appearance of abnormal things like repeaters is because there is something like zài in the collective subconscious of human beings, just by storing zài there, it has distorted the collective subconscious of human beings, so there will be so many mysteries, so many anomalies, so many proofs pointing to the end of the world, No matter what the prophets predicted, in the end there was no way to redeem it.

"Because, our real enemy is in our consciousness, a monster who interferes with the consciousness of all of us all the time." Chang Huaien seemed to have figured out something, "Doomsday Shinrikyo, Nazis, Cyberball, all the people who have been in contact with the mysteries, all the normal people...... The deepest part of this qiē consciousness collection is where the monster is. Our enemies are not the so-called Doomsday Shinrikyo and the Nazis at all, the Prophet Mayne. (To be continued......)