After finally figuring out the truth about the Sleeper's Project Zero, and finally knowing what those paranoid and extreme "mind manipulators" want to achieve, Gawain has a lot of new questions in his heart along with surprise.

"This Project Zero...... Is it valid? ”

"It should have had some effect, otherwise they wouldn't have continued to push the project forward to this day, which would have been staggering," Daniel replied, apparently, even though he had been promoted to Archbishop, but due to the short time of his promotion, he had not had time to access all the core secrets, his knowledge of Project Zero was still limited, and some things could only be speculated, "In the process of communicating with other archbishops, I heard them vaguely mention that at least before the sandbox got out of hand, those dream worlds did achieve complete ' There is no god'. ”

"But the sandbox is still out of control...... Gawain frowned, "how did it get out of control?" ”

"The reason has not yet been clarified, but Archbishop Selena Gerfen has mentioned one thing - traces of gods are suspected to have been found in the out-of-control sandbox."

Gawain's brow furrowed slightly, he had heard a familiar name in Daniel's report, but he quickly put the matter aside for now, for something else made his heart skip a beat:

Traces of the gods!!

That is to say...... The sandbox is contaminated by the gods? He stared at Daniel, "And the way of contamination is completely beyond the comprehension of the Eternal Sleepers, in a way that none of their technology can lock?" ”

"Yes, all information related to the sandbox has been checked, and all minds that enter the sandbox have undergone extremely rigorous selection, but the sandbox is still tainted by the gods," Daniel said with a solemn expression, "The out-of-control sandbox is called 'Sandbox No. 1', and it is the core of the entire Project Zero, and it is also the most complete and longest-running 'world structure' of all the test sandboxes. ”

Then the old mage paused, and then said: "After it gets out of control, the world is in a state that cannot be closed, it implements self-isolation, and its interior is rapidly evolving under the effect of time iteration, and in the first few hours, its internal historical process may have been completely detached from the 'script' formulated by the external deduction team, and no one knows the specific situation in it now. ”

Daniel's report is full of technical words that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, and some words feel a little ahead of their time, but Gawain himself is a professional in the field of Sleeper technology, and he has no difficulty understanding it.

He then asked, "Then how did this accident affect the normal operation of the psychic network?" ”

"The Sandbox has 'overflowed,'" Daniel replied immediately, "Although the Sandbox is enclosed by design, you should know that its manipulation requires the caster's consciousness to intervene in it, and the Eternal Sleeper's spell is not like the 'immersion pod' we made, it does not have a triple safety tube and an emergency stop button set on the lid, and relies entirely on the caster's own mental barrier to ensure 'safety'......"

Gawain knew a lot about the Sleeper's technology, and almost instantaneously guessed the truth: "The operator is contaminated." ”

"Yes, the operators who were monitoring Sandbox 1 were contaminated, and then the spilled data used their brains as a springboard, quickly taking over several key ports and beginning to spread to the psychic network - the spread was so rapid that by the time the perimeter realized that something was wrong, the contamination was out of control."

"What are the Eternal Sleepers doing so far?" Gawain frowned and asked, "Is it all effective?" ”

"They're constantly resetting and removing contaminated areas, erasing the short-term memories of some of the contaminated nodes, but these measures only maintain the status quo for the time being, and they're using a measure called a 'hysteresis' that produces reverse time iterations, which successfully reduces the speed of time in Sandbox One to the point of synchronizing with the real world, which is one or two days before the contamination of Sandbox One evolves to a level that no one can control."

Listening to Daniel's answer, Gawain's eyes couldn't help but widen: "That's all? ”

Daniel nodded: "That's all the measures taken so far - because they want to use my ability in network architecture and information security to solve the problem, so they don't hide anything from me in terms of these countermeasures, and the information should be true and reliable." ”

"Didn't they try to forcibly disconnect the sandbox from the backbone?" Gawain was puzzled, "I mean the physical severance in the real world. ”

"This will lead to the death of all the 'brain servants' who make up the sandbox world...... Daniel's expression seemed a little subtle as he replied, "at least half of the archbishops are against this...... Even the Pope objected. ”

At this moment, Gawain even suspected that he had auditory hallucinations, and couldn't help but confirm it again: "...... They didn't physically cut off because the 'brain servants' would die, and not for some other reason? ”

Daniel nodded, "At least that's what I've heard." ”

Gawain was a little crying and laughing: "You guys...... I mean, they're not cultists, aren't they? ”

“…… I was also deeply surprised, but the Order of the Eternal Sleeper is indeed a more 'gentle' dark sect than the Society of the End ......of All Things," Daniel's expression was still subtle, and the more he spoke, the more subtle it became, "Of course, the existence of such a 'thing' as 'brain servant' itself may not be very gentle. ”

“…… Maybe it's because they judge that the loss is too great, and they don't want to spend a huge amount of money to 'make' a new batch of 'brain servants', which is similar to the mentality of cherishing tools," Gawain couldn't think of a better explanation for a while, so he could only casually say and bypass the topic, "All in all, it's obvious that the Eternal Sleeper has no better way to solve the problem now, right?" ”

"Yes, my lord." Daniel replied.

"Then you should do your best to help them find a way," Gawain shook his head, although his heart was full of disobedience, he still had to say this, "Keeping the psychic network is the priority, if you really can't keep it...... Evacuate in time, and I'll find another way to contact you. ”

"Yes, my lord......"

Daniel replied respectfully, but his expression was slightly stunned as he was halfway through.

Gawain noticed the other party's slight abnormality: "Is there a situation? ”

"I left a 'clone' in the City of Dreams to deal with the situation, and now the clone has received instructions," Daniel replied immediately, "There has been another overflow of the polluted area outside the City of Dreams, and this time the polluted area seems to be a little weird, and the Supreme Bishopric has asked me to go with several other archbishops to check on the situation." ”

"Then go," Gawain nodded, but just as Daniel was about to take his orders to retreat, he suddenly had some bold thoughts, "Wait. ”

Daniel lowered his head: "You please command." ”

Gawain smiled: "I'll go with you." ”

"My lord?" Daniel was momentarily surprised, but soon understood Gawain's intentions, "I get it - I'll have enough of a safety springboard for you." ”

Gawain snorted, and Daniel couldn't help but remind: "In addition, please be careful, I will be accompanied by an archbishop-level Eternal Sleeper, and there may even be gaze from the Pope, who can easily detect abnormal fluctuations in the psychic network......"

As soon as the words fell, the old mage himself felt that it was inappropriate, and he thought that he should not be so bold as to remind a powerful "extraterritorial wanderer" to be safe, and said: "I have trespassed, my lord, and I should not doubt your ......."

"Don't worry," Gawain indifferently interrupted Daniel, "let's go to prevent those archbishops from being suspicious of you." ”

Daniel didn't say anything else, just saluted Gawain, and then the light and shadow scene around the two of them suddenly shook and shattered silently.

The sun shone brightly on his body, and in the blink of an eye, Gawain was already standing in the city of dreams, in a magnificent circular square surrounded by hundreds of decorative columns and sprinkled with golden fallen leaves on the edges.

Only a few people stood not far from the square, and Gawain soon saw the woman in a long white dress, with a gentle smile and a lantern in her hand—she stood directly in front of Gawain, and the face was exactly what Selena Gerfen remembered as the latter.

The lantern in her hand was obviously a "copy" made in the dream world - after all, the original was now in Gawain's hands, and had been dismantled into parts by Rebecca and a group of people.

But in this world that relies on the power of the mind, there is no difference between the role of the copy and the original.

Next to Selena Gehr is a tall, thin, gentlemanly man dressed in a scholar-style robe with a monocle.

Judging by his temperament and position, it should be another Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper.

Daniel was standing across from the two and was talking to them about something.

Gawain glanced to the side and saw that Daniel, who was standing next to him, was long gone—apparently, his "message" had been reintegrated with the "clone" in front of Selena, and no one could notice the process.

In addition to the three archbishops, there were three figures in standard black robes with owl masks standing next to them, and those were supposed to be the Special Operations of the Eternal Sleeper—the kind that dealt with confidential matters directly under the command of the Supreme Bishopric or the Pope.

Advanced tool people, don't care much.

Gawain confirmed his state and swaggered forward.

Everyone in the square was indifferent, as if they were subconsciously ignoring the appearance of uninvited guests.

Gawain couldn't help but smile on his face.

If it was when he had just infiltrated the psychic network, he would not have dared to act as boldly as he did today, after all, at that time, he only occupied the authority of a high-level cultist, and his understanding and control of this network was also very limited, so that when he saw Selena Gerfen's figure, he had to worry about whether he would be recognized, but today is different from the past.

The psychic network already has a well-established address recognition technology - he designed it.

There are more efficient identity expression techniques in the network – which he also designed.

There are also the latest "stealth" vulnerabilities, thousands of camouflage springboards, hidden data ports...... Or he designed it.

He came to Daniel in such a way that he listened to their conversation, and looked casually at the strange, temperamental male archbishop.

Immediately above the latter's head, an imperceptible light screen appeared, on which clear letters were displayed:

Yuri, archbishop, male, high pinnacle.

Current location: Typhon - Sutini Province - Harentan Valley.

Is this man called Yuri......

Gawain glanced at the Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper named Yuri, and sighed slightly.

It's a pity that it's not bald, and it's not intubated in the back of the head.

Of course, in the real world, it may be intubated – or it may be a bald head.

Gawain himself complained and teased in his heart, but soon he tastelessly gathered his slightly divergent thoughts - these stalks from the earth, he could only tell himself in his head.

While Daniel and Archbishop Yuri discussed the details of the operation, he turned his gaze to several other Eternal Sleeper priests, who also had words above their heads, but some in detail, some in brief.

Finally, his gaze casually swept over Selena Gelfen.

At first, he didn't pay much attention to it, because he already knew the "Dream Saint", and although he didn't know how she had survived like Bertila to this day, he at least knew Selena Gelfen's true identity.

But the moment the words rose above the latter's head, Gawain's gaze suddenly froze.

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

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