When the two archbishops, Yuri and Magnum, regained their senses, Gawain stopped communicating directly with Daniel and reverted to being a harmless wanderer who listened quietly and human-to-animal.

In a way, he felt that his unknown "extra" who had been working with the Eternal Sleepers from beginning to end seemed to be the most terrifying element of this strange place......

On the other hand, Daniel learns from Archbishop Yuri about the other party's experience in recalibrating his mind.

"You say...... Do you see a projection of an upper-class narrator in the depths of your own memory? Daniel's expression was extraordinarily serious, staring into Yuri's eyes, "And the part of your memory that symbolizes the 'latent self' has begun to praise the upper narrator?" ”

Archbishop Yuri nodded with a gloomy expression, and Magnum next to him echoed: "I'm in a similar situation - damn it, I'm back to a few decades ago when I was a priest in the Church of the God of War, and the church was full of people, and all of a sudden, everyone started praying to the upper narrator...... I swear, from the time I gave up my belief in the God of War to become a Nightmare Mentor to now, the worst nightmare I've ever wove has been at this level!! ”

Gawain listened to the two archbishops tell their stories, and realized that they should both belong to the halfway "transformed" Eternal Sleeper priests, one of them was once a nobleman of Typhon, and the other was a former priest of the God of War Church, but it is clear that they have completely broken with the past and promoted to the top of the Eternal Sleeper through their own strength and long-term loyalty.

This is very similar to Daniel's experience - before becoming a dark priest, he was a high-ranking mage who had run away from the Typhon Mage Guild and was also halfway through the "transformation" into the Eternal Sleeper.

"Now I have to make sure," Daniel said, staring at the two archbishops, Yuri and Magnum, "have you been tainted by the upper narrator?" ”

Yuri and Magnum glanced at each other, neither of them showing any objection.

In the depths of their own memories, at the bottom of their subconscious, they have experienced the strange erosion of the "upper narrator", and they will not despise the incomprehensible power of human beings, let alone blindly trust their judgment of their own situation.

After all, if the pollution comes from the subconscious, then it is impossible for a person to be aware that he has been polluted.

Daniel is the head of security of the psychic network, and he has high attainments in the fields of mental warning and pollution protection, so it is very reasonable for the archbishop to carry out the inspection.

But before that, Archbishop Yuri first asked: "Archbishop Daniel, how did you not be affected by the anomalous environment here?" ”

The expression on Daniel's face remained the same—because he had already communicated with Gawain, and had conceived the answer that should be answered at this time: "As a security director, I have a habit of work.

"I have never completely immersed my mind in any level of consciousness, and in this exploration, I have also retained a part of my thinking thread in the shallower level of consciousness.

"When the town changed, my mind that stayed outside noticed the anomaly and woke itself up."

Daniel didn't just talk nonsense, what he said was an effective defense plan that he had just discussed with Gawain about the strange situation in this phantom town - the only part he lied about in front of the two archbishops was that he didn't actually have this unique habit, and he didn't do anything "distributive thinking" in this exploration.

But after going back this time...... Maybe it's really time to develop such a "habit".

After all, the psychic network is no longer secure, and he, the security chief who often has to deal with cyber pollution, must protect himself before the threat of the upper narrator is completely addressed.

The two archbishops, Yuri and Magnum, did not seem to doubt Daniel's words, they nodded, and Magnum, who had a loud voice, immediately asked, "How are you going to check if we are tainted by the upper narrator?" ”

As he spoke, the Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper, who was short in stature but had a large name, couldn't help but glance down at himself, and his tone was quite dissatisfied: "This damn place, I still have to move in this way......"

"Our virtual disguise doesn't seem to work here," Archbishop Yuri said, glancing at Magnum, "you should be comfortable with who you really are—indulging in your virtual disguise is not what an archbishop should be." ”

"I know, I know...... You're talking too much nonsense! ”

Daniel didn't care about the conversation between the two colleagues in front of him, he just nodded, and answered Magnum's question just now: "It's easy to check if you're tainted, but it requires a certain amount of cooperation from you - let go of your mind and let me check your surface memories. Rest assured, I only need to examine the surface to confirm whether there is any belief in the upper narrator......"

He was hoping to take this opportunity to properly examine the apparent memories of the two archbishops in order to gather some information - it wouldn't be too sensitive and offensive to check only the superficial memories, but it still needed a reasonable reason, and this seemed to be a very good opportunity right now.

On the grounds of "excluding the pollution of the upper narrator", presumably the two archbishops will not refuse.

Gawain on the side also showed a faint smile, obviously quite satisfied with Daniel's performance.

However, things did not go the way Gawain and Daniel had expected -

Before Daniel could finish speaking, and before the two archbishops, Yuri and Magnum, could answer, a voice suddenly came from a nearby alley, and it was Selena Gerfen's voice:

"No need to confirm it, Archbishop Daniel - if they had been tainted by the upper narrators, they would have become residents of this town by now."

The expression on Daniel's face almost changed, but in the end he remained indifferent and turned in the direction from which the voice came - Yuri and Magnum also turned their heads curiously, and saw a lantern appear first at the entrance of the alley not far away.

Selena Gerfen wasn't affected by the strange environment here?!

With the question that suddenly appeared in his heart, Gawain also turned his eyes with a little surprise, and saw the figure walking out of the alley with a lantern in hand.

He saw Patty.

The daughter of Baroness Gülen, the child who runs in the Dream City, and Patty, who calls Gawain "Uncle Sercy" in the Dream World.

She was just like Gawain remembered, wearing a pure white dress, long light brown hair draped behind her, big eyes, and sound limbs in the dream world, but she had a completely different expression from Gawain's memory: the expression was calm, tranquil, with a steadiness that did not match her age, and there was a hint of maturity in the depths of her eyes.

She was holding Selena Gerfen's lantern in her hand, followed by four high-ranking priests wearing owl masks, who were walking unhurriedly in this direction.

Gawain blinked, composed in the shock of the explosion, and realized something:

He didn't see Patty, but Selena Gerfen with Patty's face.

In this "town after the bell rings", everyone has been stripped of the virtual disguise in the mental network and turned to the real world, so why does Selena Glefen, an ancient soul who has lost her body in reality and lives in the network with ideology, take on the appearance of Patti Gülen?

Patti Gülen is Selena Gehlon in disguise? Or ......

In a short moment, Gawain thought of countless clues, a large amount of fragmented information as if it exploded, and was finally strung together by a thread, he thought of Patti Gülen's tiara, the scene of Selena Gehrfen taking Patty Gülen to stroll and play on the boulevard of Dream City, and even the lantern that appeared inexplicably in the Kant region, and the traces of the Eternal Sleeper's activities around Cecil before the Southern Unification War......

Eventually, he thought of something he was investigating recently, a passage he had last seen in Selena Gehlfen's profile:

Selena Gerfen, Archbishop (Death), Female, Soul Body.

Current Position: Ansu/Modified/Cecil Empire - South.

I see.

Gawain breathed a sigh of relief, many thoughts slowly settled in his heart, he was not in a hurry to make any conclusions about Selena Gelfen or Patty's state, but he already had a few more reliable guesses in his mind, and while his thoughts were numerous, Selena ...... Selena, who has the appearance of Patty, also came to Daniel and the others.

Gawain's concealment effect was still in effect, and no one on the scene except Daniel knew that there was a bystander standing quietly next to them.

The three Daniels saw Selena holding a lantern in her hand, and they didn't hide their surprise - obviously, not only Daniel saw it for the first time, but even the two archbishops, Yuri and Magnum, saw this "dream saint" like this for the first time, Magnum was the first to speak: "Archbishop Selena, you are ......"

"Haven't you also regained your true form?" Selena didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and then responded indifferently.

Her attitude is very plain and calm, and her voice is also the voice of an adult, but all this is placed on a little girl who is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and it looks particularly weird.

In fact, Patti in the real world should be almost fifteen years old this year, but due to injuries, she has always been much thinner than her peers, which also affects her image in the psychic network, and indirectly reflects in Selena Gehlfen's "true posture".

"True posture......" Daniel subconsciously muttered, struggling to keep his expression from looking too strange.

“…… My situation is complicated, so don't delve into it," Selena shook her head, then raised her head and set her eyes on Yuri and Archbishop Magnum, "You're lucky enough to have only been exposed to the erosion of the upper narrator, but not tainted. ”

"You don't seem to be affected?" Yuri looked at Selena in confusion, as well as several owl priests behind Selena, "How did you do that?" ”

Selena glanced at Yuri, lowered her head to look at her young body at the moment, and suddenly there was a hint of self-deprecation in her eyes: "The pollution of the upper narrator will erode the deep consciousness...... As a put together soul, a mind running in a network, I don't have a deep consciousness.

"It is also with this peculiarity that I have not only resisted the erosion of this town on me, but also had the opportunity to shelter other people who have been eroded."

As she spoke, Selena glanced back at the four masked high-ranking priests who were following behind her, and shook her head with a sigh.

"It's a pity that I'm one step late, two people have been polluted in their deep consciousness, become believers in the upper narrator, become part of this town, and with my ability, I can't find them anymore."

The strangeness and danger of Phantom Town made Daniel and the others feel a pang in their hearts.

Gawain carefully observed Selena and several "owl priests" behind her as she spoke, especially the latter, in careful observation, he did not find that these people had a sense of disobedience caused by the replacement of the "upper narrator", and his heart was slightly relaxed at the same time, but he did not dare to completely relax.

This made him sigh - the "weirdness" brewing in the No. 1 sandbox is really weird and dangerous, especially if it directly threatens people's minds, and it is even more unguardable, so that people will never dare to relax their vigilance, even if he himself seems to be unaffected, and he does not dare to let go of his mind at all in the face of the upper narrator and its related influences!

"Archbishop Selena, we are now trapped in this 'town after the bell rings', and we can't contact the monitoring team in the rear," Yuri did not show the slightest relaxation after confirming that the Archbishop Selena in front of him was indeed himself, but reported the current bad situation, "And we can't perceive the boundaries of reality yet, and we can't directly leave the network, and the situation is not optimistic." ”

"I don't need to perceive the boundaries of reality, but I can feel that there is a distorted barrier between this town and the normal network, and it should be preventing us from leaving," Selena said in a deep voice, although this calm voice seemed a bit of a sense of disobedience to a little girl, but no one at the scene cared about this, "I guess the key to this distorted barrier is in the middle of the town, where the church stands......"

"Makes sense," Daniel said, "that church appeared after the bell rang during the first exploration—and this is the town after the bell rang!" We didn't find the church 'outside', but it might be here! ”

"Let's go," Selena exhaled softly, "the church isn't far away, but we've already wasted a lot of time. ”

As soon as the words fell, she had already turned around, holding the lantern in her hand, and walked in the direction of the town square.

The Eternal Sleepers, who had already lost two of their numbers, stepped forward to follow, and Gawain followed silently, and glanced at Selena quietly.

…… The little short legs were spinning quite fast, he couldn't help but think.