Led by Selena, the Eternal Sleeper Exploration Team of only eight people remained, and began to make their way towards the center of the town.

The dream lantern flickered slowly in the eternal darkness, and the hazy and blurred light sprinkled on the silent and deserted streets, Daniel and the others were fully alert, keeping an eye on the surrounding streets for strange changes, and Gawain followed the team silently, his eyes falling on Selena Gelfen.

Patty, who likes to run in the dream world, Patty, who is weak in the real world but still tries to smile, and "Patty" in front of him, who has a solemn expression and holds a lantern in his hand, three shadows hovering in his mind, and overlapping with the scene in front of him, and gradually forming a strange impression-

He seemed to see Selena Gerfen holding Patty's hand and walking in front of the team.

He shook his head, pushing the unreliable association out of his mind, and then looked up, his gaze reflecting a glimmer of light rising at the end of the street in the distance.

It's the morning glow.

Daniel and the others also stopped, and watched in disbelief as a brilliant light suddenly cut through the darkness, appearing at the end of the town that seemed to be plunged into an eternal night, and the light rapidly expanded in everyone's field of vision, almost in the blink of an eye, it turned into an endless golden red morning glow, splashing wantonly on the roofs of the town, and then the golden red morning glow turned into pale golden sunlight, completely dispelling the dark shadows between the streets.

A huge sun slowly rose in the sky, and the light was full of light, and the darkness receded.

"It's dawn......" Daniel looked at the magnificent scene of the rising sun in a daze, as if he was shocked by the magnificent scenery beyond words, but he quickly reacted, and a long staff instantly appeared in his hand, and all kinds of mental protection spells blessed the entire team in just a few seconds.

It's dawn! It's a sight this phantom town has never seen before—it's its third state besides midnight before the bell rings and midnight after the bell rings!

In this place, everything that has never happened before only means danger!

The other Eternal Sleepers also responded, preparing all kinds of offensive and defensive spells, or vigilantly observing the changes in the streets, and soon, the changes took place in front of everyone's eyes-

Abrupt figures appeared on the streets and alleys.

It's like a phantom who suddenly wakes up from a dream and enters reality, the streets of the town that were empty one second ago, and countless shadowy phantoms appear the next second, and these phantoms quickly become solid and real in the next few breaths, they turn into pedestrians coming and going, and turn into countless residents in the town!

Dressed in classical costumes different from those of the real world, their faces were numb and hollow, they swayed through the streets like wandering spirits, but they soon "woke up", quickly becoming vivid and agile, they came and went next to Daniel and others, walking and talking, as if they had lived in this town normally from the beginning, as if there had never been anything strange in this town, nothing unusual in this town!

Archbishop Magnum's hands rippled with layers of dizzying ripples of light, and a powerful psychic storm almost came out of his hands, but at the moment when the spell was about to take shape, the hot-tempered archbishop forcibly cut off his spell and stopped the others from acting: "Wait a minute! It depends! ”

Archbishop Yuri was surrounded by intricate golden runes, and the offensive spell was almost shot, and only after Archbishop Magnum reminded him to stop casting the spell, his eyes swept around-

The crowd of people who walked up and down the streets of the town didn't seem to notice Daniel and his party, they were still busy with their own lives, busy walking, busy talking to relatives and friends, and the team of Eternal Sleepers standing in the middle of the road was so abrupt and conspicuous, but it seemed to be invisible to all the residents.

A slight cold sweat broke out on Daniel's forehead.

This phantom town has become "lively", but this bustling and lively street is even more eerie and terrifying than the uninhabited street that was shrouded in night before!

"This is also a projection of Sandbox One," Selena's voice suddenly rang out, breaking the silence in the group, "These residents are supposed to be just moving according to the data recorded in the projection, like a large illusion, and will not interact with us." ”

“…… It gave me a great inspiration to weave nightmares," muttered Archbishop Magnum in a louder voice than a normal person, "how could I not have thought of such a scene before? ”

"Keep going," Selena shook her head, "and pay attention to the conversations of these 'Phantom Dwellers', their daily conversations may reveal some of the current state of Sandbox One. ”

The group continued to march towards the center of the town, cautiously navigating the streets of the town where pedestrians came and went.

Everyone was careful not to come into contact with the "phantom dwellers" - while everyone was curious to see if the shadows could be approached and what would happen if they came into contact with them, those who could participate in the exploration mission were at least rudimentary in their entirety, and no one made such bold attempts to tell what might have happened without knowing what the situation might be.

Gawain distracted himself and listened carefully to the conversation of the phantom residents: he was equally curious about the "life" inside Sandbox One.

Most of those conversations are of little value – like any normal, street-dwelling chatter, the "residents" are talking about nothing more than the weather, the harvest, the shortages of the family, the firewood, rice, oil, and salt.

The people in the No. 1 sandbox seem to be living an ordinary life, they are born, old, sick and dead in that virtual world, they have their own troubles, they have their own wishes, they are running for life, and they are worried about the future......

The only difference from the real world is that they sometimes refer to the "upper narrator" in their conversations—they pray to Him, swear by Him, and even make it part of everyday sayings.

They will say "even the upper narrator will be surprised" to describe how unbelievable a thing is, and they will say "the upper narrator must know", which is actually to indicate that they don't know anything about something—something that only God knows.

Gao Wen's brows furrowed slightly, and his heart fluctuated.

In a sense, the Eternal Sleepers have really created a miracle, a miracle greater than the "body of the false gods" of the Death of All Things.

So many people, with living real minds, and "virtual personalities" created by sandboxes, live in such a simulated world, spend their own colorful lives from generation to generation, have their own joys, sorrows, and pursuits, and have been running for more than a thousand years before there is a mistake in this world.

Such a superb technical ......

Can't you do something?

If these technophiles take half of their ability to die and engage in artificial intelligence and other technologies in a down-to-earth manner, they may soon be able to restore the iron minds of the Gondor Empire back then!!

Gawain felt a strong urge to complain, and the whole team had come to the end of the street, to the edge of the square in the middle of the town.

The small church with its gray-white façade and high spire stood silently in the square.

The spire of the church is bathed in glorious sunlight, and the façade glistens in the sun, symbolizing the upper narrator in front of the wall painting, where the inhabitants stop to pay homage.

An elderly priest in a simple gray robe stood in front of the open door of the church, smiling at the crowded square, and the residents stopped beside him, listening to the truth about the upper narrator, and everything seemed so harmonious and beautiful.

It's almost impossible to forget that this is an eerie projection in the "imaginary zone", that this is a phantom town full of twisted and dangerous powers, and that you are in the middle of a team of explorers on a mission......

Archbishop Yuri instantly woke up from his trance, he saw a lantern flickering in front of him, and Selena Gerfen's voice sounded in his ears: "Don't relax, remember that this is just a projection, everything here is fake." ”

Gawain glanced at the several Eternal Sleepers in front of him in confusion, and muttered in his heart - what happened just now? And some kind of force is trying to erode them? Why don't you feel it?

The elderly priest at the door of the church not far away raised his head, smiled at the Eternal Sleepers who were on guard as if they were facing a great enemy, and spoke softly: "Why resist? Isn't that a wonderful world? ”

As the priest's voice fell, in the nearby streets and alleys, in the square in front of the church, the townspeople who came and went to live a busy life, and the projections who had turned a blind eye to Daniel and the others, suddenly all stopped, like puppets that stood still in an instant.

In the next second, they slowly turned their heads in unison, and their eyes fell on a few uninvited guests in the square.

The residents of the entire town quietly cast their gazes, and at this moment, even Gawain felt creepy!

Of course, the Eternal Sleepers were even more like great enemies, only Selena calmly met the gaze of the old priest, and only after a few seconds did she slowly speak: "Sure enough...... You have a soul that is close to the truth. Are you a projection of the mind of the town's master? ”

The old priest's expression was indifferent, and he slowly shook his head: "I don't understand what you're talking about, I just think you should try to stay here for a few more days - the land protected by the upper narrator is lucky, why go back to that dangerous nothingness?" ”

Gawain's brow furrowed slightly—a dangerous nothingness? What do you mean?

Referring to the "imaginary area" outside of this town? Still is...... What is the current state of Sandbox One?

Yuri's gaze fell on the church with the open door behind the elderly priest not far away, and after carefully perceiving the information structure of this area, he lowered his voice and said, "That church is the exit—it should be connected to the phantom town on the surface, and to the backbone of the psychic network. ”

Magnum snorted, "I guess that guy isn't going to let us swagger in." ”

Selena slowly raised the soul lantern in her hand and stepped towards the church not far away: "I'm curious, can your upper narrator really bless your soul here?" ”

"The upper narrator is everywhere......" the elderly priest slowly opened his hands, "where the Lord's people stand, the Lord is there......"

Layers of aura appeared behind the old man, and a colossal oppressive force suddenly descended, and the entire church square resounded with the sound of ethereal and holy and powerful holy music-

With the exception of Gawain, who could not be observed, everyone at the scene felt more or less that their minds were being withdrawn, and their sense of resistance was disintegrating.

In this projected town, in the depths of the imaginary area located outside the No. 1 sandbox, an upper-level narrator priest who can only be said to be a phantom at best, with the blessing of some kind of "faith", has cast a truly powerful divine magic!

Selena and Gawain, who was in a state of psychological invisibility, changed their faces slightly at the same time, and the former stepped forward, and the lantern in his hand bloomed brighter than ever, impacting the aura that emerged behind the old man, and resisting the power that permeated the square and kept everyone's minds apart.

The golden runes floated around Yuri, expanding into layers of barriers that could protect everyone, and at the same time, the archbishop shouted without looking back, "Magnum! You can do something you're good at! ”

The red-haired, diminutive Magnum waved his hands: "Psychic storm!" ”

In an instant, the entire square floated with layers of real and illusory tides of light, and the tide suddenly turned into a brilliant storm, and the powerful psychic power washed everything in Gawain's sight, washing away the "phantom residents" who had begun to pour in waves with fanatical looks on their faces.

In this projection town supported by psychic power, the psychic storm that should have belonged to the more secret spells set off a real "storm!" ”

A large number of hideous-looking projection residents quickly melted in the storm like wax figures in the flames, and were torn to pieces, and Gawain heard the roar of the elderly priest in front of the church - after really showing his fangs, the other party no longer maintained the previous appearance of mildness and politeness, a crazy, distorted mind, is the true form of the other party!

More projection residents rushed out of the streets and alleys, flocking to the exploration team in the center of the square, the owl priests guarding around the team cast mental attack spells, constantly reducing the number of enemies, and Gawain's ears once again sounded the thunderous roar of Archbishop Magnum: "Psychic Storm!! ”

When a new storm hit, the stone floor of the square was blown apart by this "real storm", and the continuous influx of "projection residents" was wiped out one by one, and the howling of the storm even overwhelmed the magnificent sacred music above the church, and the discomfort of detachment of the mind and the fading of resistance in everyone's hearts quickly weakened.

Immediately afterwards, Archbishop Magnum raised his hands again, and his voice was louder than the thunder of the storm:

"Heart-Spirit-Wind-Storm!"

"Heart-Spirit-Wind-Storm!!"