This was Gawain's first time inside the central temple of the City of Dreams.

The temple is located in the center of the City of Dreams, and the data that makes up the temple is also located in the deepest part of the network in terms of the structure of the psychic network - it is under the direct monitoring of the Supreme Bishopric and is under the "watch" of Pope Megael III at all times, and all mental activity in the temple area is based on the highest security policy, and the flow of data is extremely tightly controlled.

Therefore, for a long time, Gawain did not have the idea of this area, and in order to prevent his "stowaway" from being discovered by the temple monitors, he would not even move around the temple area.

To this day, Daniel has become the watchdog of the temple district and has reconstructed the flow of data throughout the area.

Gawain calmly teleported into the inner cloister of the central temple, and then walked unhurriedly into the golden rotunda.

In the gorgeous hall illuminated by the sourceless light, the figures of the archbishops emerged one after another, and the golden round table in the center of the hall was depicted with many mysterious runes, each rune shimmered with the arrival of the participants, Gawain slowly walked to the round table, his eyes calmly swept over the magic and sacred marks floating on the edge of the round table, and his heart couldn't help but sigh-

I like RGB when I do the Internet, as if this thing can really improve the performance of the Mind Network......

As his thoughts drifted, the figures had quickly solidified, and the archbishops of the Order of the Eternal Sleeper arrived at the venue and came to Gawain.

Gawain looked at the seats and saw that there were twenty-three seats around the ornate round table—corresponding to twenty-three archbishops, including Daniel.

But at the moment there is a chair that is empty.

Gawain remembered Daniel's report that during the previous exploration of Sandbox One, an Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper had been mentally tainted by the upper narrator to cover for others, and had been isolated in the real world, and it seemed that the vacated seat was hers.

Gawain came to the vacant seat and sat down casually—it was a good position, and it was his.

Unbeknownst to Daniel, the archbishops had arrived beside them, and they took their seats around the round table, with Yuri Charvin to his left and an unknown archbishop to his right.

Several of the participating bishops couldn't help but look at Gawain's position, of course, it was just an empty seat in their field of vision, and one of the archbishops shook his head and sighed: "Alas...... Hopefully, Archbishop Wendy will recover soon. ”

A few echoes rang out around him, and the sights of several eyes that were cast towards Gawain's position were filled with sighs and sorrow.

Gawain felt a little embarrassed, but he still leaned into his seat with a stiff face...... After all, Daniel was sitting across the table, and his character as an extraterritorial wanderer couldn't collapse - as an extraterritorial loiter, he couldn't run out of his seat because of embarrassment.

At this moment, a voice sounded in the meeting hall to announce the beginning of the meeting, and also relieved Gawain's embarrassment: "Everyone, let's start." ”

Gao Wen followed the prestige and saw Selena Gehr sitting in a position not far from him, she was dressed in an elegant white dress, and her tone was as calm and gentle as she remembered.

"His Holiness the Pope will also be involved in this meeting." Selena continued.

Megael III?

Gawain's heart moved, and the face of the pioneer who had been known for his loyalty and gentleness in the northward march came to mind, and almost at the same time as his mind was floating, a squirming and deformed starlight aggregate floating above the golden round table suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.

Gawain's gaze froze for a moment, and the memories from Gawain Cecil were surging in his mind, but he couldn't overlap the indescribable starlight with the "comrades-in-arms" in his memory.

He couldn't help but think of Bertila, who was incarnated as a plant, and of the "Grand Imam" Franken, who fused with the body of a false god and died......

It seems that mortals have to pay a great price to survive the passage of time and live through the long years.

Then he heard a trilling voice from the starlight, no longer distinguishing the original voice, and the voice said to the archbishops present: "We are facing a special crisis - the 'upper narrator' brewing in Sandbox 1 has begun to infect the real world, and you must have already understood the specific situation.

"In addition to this, all minds within Sandbox 1 have been confirmed to have vanished, including the three thousand fellow Church members who are the test entities, as well as the millions of virtual minds formed by the sandbox system.

"We can't yet confirm the cause of these mental disappearances – they may have been 'devoured' by out-of-control upper narrators, or they may be ...... has somehow integrated into Sandbox One, and has even melted through the shield and into our surface network. ”

Megaor III's voice echoed through the hall, and Gawain's eyes grew serious.

The minds inside Sandbox 1 vanished...... It contains millions of minds, most of which are virtual personalities generated by the sandbox system......

The large number of "virtual personalities" did not surprise Gawain, because the sandbox was running in an extremely simulated "real world", and with the development of the internal historical "script", the scale of civilization in the sandbox world would definitely develop with it, and the huge number of "inhabitants" could not all be real testers - that would mean that the Eternal Sleepers would put the equivalent of the entire population of an entire country into their sandbox, which was obviously unrealistic.

Therefore, using a virtual personality as an "NPC" of the sandbox system is their inevitable choice, and it is also something that Gawain has long expected.

But he didn't expect that the No. 1 sandbox, which seemed to be operating normally on the surface...... It turned out to be empty inside?

As for whether those virtual "NPCs" can simulate the real human mind and realize high-level artificial intelligence, this also makes Gawain very concerned, but now is obviously not the time to care about this kind of thing.

While Gawain was pondering in his heart, the archbishops in the hall also began a formal meeting to discuss.

The archbishops who had participated in the exploration of Sandbox 1 recounted more details of the exploration, and the technical archbishops, led by Daniel, threw out several proposals, and in the discussion, the dire situation became more and more apparent, and the pressure of this crisis weighed heavily on everyone's minds.

Selena stood up, her eyes calm, and her tone was low:

“…… As of now, we still can't confirm the essence of the upper narrator, whose power invisibly and insubstantially pollutes everything that enters Sandbox One, and conventional means of confrontation are ineffective.

"The advance force that was attacked was attacked by an invisible enemy after nightfall, and we are still ignorant of such attacks other than the hallucinatory phenomenon that seems to be a mental backlash.

"Fellow citizens, we are trying to fight against a force that may be above the human mind...... I'm afraid the conventional solutions are useless. ”

A low discussion rang out in the hall, and the archbishops quickly exchanged opinions, and even Gawain, who was listening to the meeting incognito, couldn't help but fall into thought, and based on the vast amount of information he had just heard, he could not help but think of a possible response.

Either way, he didn't want such a useful psychic network to end so soon - not to mention, the upper narrator sounded weird and dangerous, and he didn't want to let it actually enter the real world if he could.

Selena Gehren watched the archbishops in silence before she burst into silence after a few minutes.

"Compatriots, listen to me—

"What I'm saying next may be hard for you to believe, but the gravity of the situation is already there, and I hope that all of us will seriously consider the possibilities.

"In response to the current situation, His Majesty Megael III and I have consulted, and we have a bold plan-"

Gawain subconsciously raised his head and looked in Selena Gelefen's direction with the other archbishops.

"Perhaps, we should seek cooperation from the extraterritorial loiters." Selena said calmly.

The hall was suddenly so quiet that a pin could be heard.

Gawain: "......? ”

Daniel: "......? ”

The next moment, the buzzing discussion suddenly rang out, and the entire hall seemed to instantly become a boiling soup, and when a name that the Order of the Sleepers regarded as a "large neutral boss in the wild" appeared in this special meeting hall, even the archbishops of the dark sect could not suppress their shock and confusion.

At this moment, Selena's voice sounded again, causing the scene to quickly fall silent: "Quiet, everyone, please listen to me—this is not a whim, but a serious idea.

"Through the observation and analysis of extraterritorial wanderers that continue to this day, we should have a certain understanding of this unspeakable existence. Various characteristics show that although he presents extremely high dangers and various strange methods in the process of wandering in many worlds, he has a relatively certain code of conduct during a specific journey - according to the summary of those memory fragments and the observation of Cecil by the 'Extraterritorial Wanderer Analysis Group', every time the extraterritorial wanderer comes into this world, he has a specific goal, and all his actions are carried out around this goal, and in our world, his goal is ...... Build a new order.

"And according to the various new policies of the current Cecil Empire, and according to the details of the Reformation he introduced, we can be sure that there should be some kind of opposition between him and the gods, at least, the two are not in the same camp.

"Based on this, it is not impossible for us to cooperate with the extraterritorial wanderers when it comes to the upper level of the narrator."

Selena's voice fell, and the archbishops discussed it again, and someone couldn't help but get up and say, "But can we summarize the 'rules of conduct' of an unspeakable person based on the broken information we have so far?" His way of acting and his goals are likely to be beyond human comprehension, so how can we ensure the accuracy of what we have summarized now? ”

Selena looked in the direction where the voice came from: "I can't be sure that it's accurate, I can only say that in a certain period and within a certain range, His goals do not conflict with us, and we have the possibility of cooperating with Him." ”

Someone else stood up: "Archbishop Selena, I don't think it's appropriate - the Extraterritorial Wanderers may not be from the camp of the gods, but they are clearly not from our side. Cecil is exterminating the Dark Cult with all his might, the Society of the End of All Things has been uprooted, and our compatriots in Cecil are constantly being captured and reformed by the local security forces and the Transcendental Correctional Center, and he obviously doesn't like us......"

"The order he promotes does not allow for an out-of-control and extreme group like the Dark Cult, but that doesn't mean we can't 'partially cooperate,'" Selena added, "The main power of the Order is in Typhon, and we can not operate in Cecil so that we don't directly oppose the Wanderers of the Territory, and on this premise, we may be able to reach a tacit understanding with Him when it comes to the 'gods.'" ”

Archbishops, you look at me, I look at you, obviously still in shock and wavering, Yuri Charvin, who was sitting on Gawain's left, couldn't help but look to the right, exchanging ideas with another archbishop outside of one seat, while Gawain, who was sandwiched in the middle, leaned back in his chair, listening to the group of Eternal Sleepers discuss himself, while his head was a little empty, and he wandered into the world......

An extraordinarily loud voice sounded, and Magnum's voice made Gawain suddenly sober up, and the short, grumpy archbishop stood up: "The Wanderer may be able to deal with the contents of Sandbox No. 1, he has the corresponding level, but will he really help?" Or will we be under a greater threat when He does help? We can't deal with the upper narrator – but we can't deal with Him either! ”

Obviously, this was the common concern of everyone at the scene, which immediately caused many voices to echo it, and Yuri, who was sitting on Gawain's left hand, stood up and looked at Daniel across the table: "Archbishop Daniel, what do you think about this?" ”

Daniel: "? ”