The shock in Gawain's heart was beyond words.

But he still maintained his concealment effect in the psychic network, and did not reveal his astonishment.

He just glanced at Selena Gell again, and confirmed the other party's relevant information through the online background again.

His first reaction was that the address recognition function was out of order - after all, the system had just been completed and there were still many things that needed to be debugged, but he also knew that it was the most undesirable idea to blame the system failure in the first place.

There's a good chance that Selena Gelfen is really in Cecil, lurking somewhere in the South!

Moreover, it is in the state of the soul.

His gaze lingered on the words for a long time.

Archbishop (Death), Soul Body......

This part of the content also touched him a little, but it was not strong, Selena is only an old person in Gawain Cecil's memory after all, and she is also an old person seven hundred years ago, it is not surprising that a human has existed for so long, and it is not surprising that he has become in any state - not to mention that Gawain has also seen a person who can photosynthesize, and his receptivity in this regard is quite high.

He is more concerned about what kind of state Selena Gefen, who has "survived" with a soul body until now, is hiding in the southern realm at this moment.

While thinking about it, the conversation between Daniel and the others was nearing the end.

“…… This is the case, the new spill is still in the 'imaginary zone' outside the city, which we will call 'Phantom Town' for the time being," said the archbishop named Yuri. ”

Selena also nodded: "It has been covered over there, so it will not be detected by the residents of Dream City." Archbishop Daniel, this is the first time you have entered the spill contaminated area, mainly to familiarize yourself with the environment, to familiarize yourself with the situation, and please note this. ”

"I understand, Archbishop Selena," Daniel replied earnestly, "I'm ready. ”

"Very well, let's go now," Archbishop Yuri glanced sideways at the clock dial that appeared in mid-air, and at the same time, layers of rune rings appeared under his feet, and the whole person's figure began to become illusory, "Everyone, enter the teleportation area, and start to transfer in fifteen seconds." ”

The three archbishops and the three high-ranking priests in owl masks all stood within range of the rune ring, and Gawain stood silently between them—each within an elbow distance of him, but no one noticed the anomaly.

In the flickering of light and shadow, the scene around everyone changed rapidly.

Gawain felt himself passing through a "tunnel" filled with chaos fog, the golden city of dreams flashing over the chaotic barriers around the tunnel, and when the surrounding scene stabilized, he was already standing in the middle of a gloomy town.

The "tunnel" just now symbolizes the "unlabeled port" in the mental network?

A few thoughts flashed through his mind, and Gawain had already focused on the dilapidated town in front of him.

Gloomy clouds covered the sky, enveloping everything in view, and beneath the sky were a patchwork of old houses, different in style from those of the real world, with black slopes or pointed roofs, mottled and faded facades, and always one wall depicted a strange picture: a hand that seemed to symbolize some kind of power covered the sky and covered the earth below.

The town is silent, as if it has been abandoned for a hundred years, and neatly iron-black lampposts line the road, between the lampposts and the gap between the stone path, overgrown with weeds and vines.

Gawain looked up into the distance, but he couldn't see the outside of the town, he only saw a hazy mist at the end of his vision, which seemed to form a wall and isolate the whole town inside.

Is this the so-called "spillover zone"?

Although it is desolate and abandoned, it is just as authentic as the City of Dreams, a place where it is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake...... But why is it empty?

According to Daniel, such spillover polluted areas should all be human-active – or rather, in cyberspace supported by psychic power, it is precisely because of mental activity and "human" observation that an area can be possible.

What's going on with this empty town?

While Gawain was pondering, the archbishop named Yuri also spoke: "This place is different from the previous overflow zone...... The atmosphere is eerie and oppressive, but the sights are logical, with no twisted stacked buildings, no uncolored ground or notched sky. ”

"This is one of the reasons why His Holiness the Pope thinks this place is special and needs us to explore carefully," Selena Gel nodded, "All the previous overflow areas showed stacking, fading, hollowing, curling and other phenomena that completely did not conform to the logic of reality, much like the scene inside the sandbox was distorted and missing information in the process of projecting it outside, but this phantom town ...... In addition to being empty, the physical structure of the town itself is intact and orderly. ”

Gawain listens and analyzes - the previous overflow area sounds a bit like a virtual scene with rendering failures and model bugs...... Is it a manifestation of the lack of computing power of the mental network?

"It's quiet here, and there's no one on the street," Daniel said, just in time to ask Gawain's question, "I remember you told me before that you can see the 'residents' in the spillover, whether they are weird or distorted, but at least the 'residents' themselves exist. ”

"This is also something that needs to be investigated and confirmed," Selena Gehr said, nodding her head, "In short, this place is very weird, and it may have been free from the rules of the psychic network, there may be some kind of mind that we can't understand is influencing and paying attention here, and everyone should be careful in their actions." ”

After being alerted, the Eternal Sleepers heightened their vigilance and began to explore the eerie "Phantom Town" step by step.

They first examined the empty streets, at least to show any signs of life in the vicinity, and then checked the topography around the streets, giving a rough idea of the surrounding environment and the distribution of several major entrances and exits.

Throughout this process, Gawain followed them unhurriedly, listening to their conversations, or following them to record maps and check the abandonment of wells, street lamps, and other facilities.

After completing an initial survey of their surroundings and confirming that there were no hazards, the team naturally turned their attention to the houses on both sides of the road.

In this abandoned town, all the doors and windows of the houses are tightly closed, there is no light or sound in the windows, and the heavy curtains or criss-crossed planks block the outside view from peering into the house, but this obscurity becomes a kind of lure, even if it feels strange and dangerous, and people can't help but want to look inside the house with curiosity.

The Sleeper team had been treating the town with the utmost care, so they had to check the streets for danger first, but anyway, sooner or later, they had to inspect the enclosed houses in order to complete their investigation.

The three high-ranking priests wearing owl masks came to a hut with a closed door, and before they tried to open the door, Selena Gerfen first shone the outside of the house with a lantern in her hand, checked for possible anomalous data or hidden minds with malicious intentions, and then nodded: "Open the door." ”

One of the masked priests pushed the door down, but the seemingly weak wooden door didn't move.

They began to check the locks on the doors, to check if anything was stuck in the wooden door.

Gawain came near them, to the window of the cottage facing the street, which was nailed criss-crossed with broken planks, and between the boards there were wide gaps through which Gawain's gaze fell into the house.

It was dark and dreary, and only the outlines of some furniture and utensils could be vaguely seen, and everything seemed to be shrouded in a thick black veil, and the shadows were so thick that it was impossible to see really.

A creaking sound came from the direction of the doorway, and Gawain turned his head to see that the three Eternal Sleeper priests wearing owl masks had successfully opened the closed wooden door, one of them had a bright ball of light in his hand, and the other two were blessed with protective mind spells, and the three of them cautiously covered each other and cautiously stepped into the hut.

This is the world projected by the psychic network, everything here is the result of mental simulation, the conventional spells in the real world basically have no effect here, only the power of the mind can have an effect, and the illumination, mental protection and other spells used by the three eternal sleeper priests should be a simulated "special effect", which is used to produce strong spiritual guidance and hints, so as to prevent the caster from losing himself in the network.

Gawain's mind was torn around the many rules for acting in the spiritual world, and as he took a step, he followed the three priests and walked into the hut.

The illumination orb of light emitted a miserable white glow, illuminating the furnishings of the room, but the light seemed to be disturbed and suppressed by an unknown force, so that it could only spread a distance of a few meters, and could only illuminate the things that were near, while everything in the depths of the room, in every corner, was still shrouded in shadows like a thick veil.

Gawain gazed at the shadows, and felt a void in the depths of those shadows, as if the unlit place was not just darkness, but that nothing really existed—he even had some associations for no reason, thinking that if anyone recklessly stepped into those darkness without light, they would fall directly into nothingness, and their minds would be annihilated in the hollow of the Internet.

The three priests in charge of scouting the house were apparently aware of the strangeness of the shadow areas, and they carefully maintained their movements within the range of illumination, and none of them approached the darkness.

"No dust...... But there is an atmosphere that has been abandoned for many years......" one of the priests brushed his fingers over the square table in the center of the room, and a low voice came from under the owl mask, "as if it were an 'emotional resonance' phenomenon." ”

"Possibly," said the other priest with a nod, "there is some kind of power entrenched here that can influence people's thoughts, creating an 'atmosphere' that has been abandoned for many years. ”

The third priest inspected several other places: "The furniture and utensils are placed in the places of daily use, there is still water in the water bottles, the flowers planted in the wooden pillars have not withered, and the people who live here seem to have left the ...... abruptly not long ago."

"This should be the data leaked from the No. 1 sandbox, a projection of a town in the sandbox, and judging from the undistorted state of the projection, it is likely that the situation in the No. 1 sandbox is very restored," the first priest said in a low voice, "In the No. 1 sandbox...... Is this the scene now? ”

"There's at least one town that's the picture."

Gawain followed the three priests and followed them to check the situation in the hut, but found no clues worthy of attention, then turned and exited the house, returning to the street where Selena and the others were.

While the three priests were inspecting the house, the three archbishops who remained outside were not idle, on the one hand, they maintained the mental protection of the area to prevent malicious minds hidden in the depths of the town from attacking the priests who entered the house, and on the other hand, they monitored the movements around the town, paying attention to whether the town had changed synchronously after the three priests entered the house—in the mental world involving conscious activities, a similar "linkage reaction" must be considered.

Gawain hears Selena Gerfen talking to Daniel.

“…… This town is not in the 'blueprint' of Sandbox No. 1," the woman with the lantern said lightly, "and it is not in the follow-up blueprint of the show, it is the history that evolved on its own after Sandbox No. 1 got out of control and created this town." ”

Daniel asked, "Are there other similar 'self-evolving products'?" ”

"Yes," Selena nodded, "we've observed a mysterious plain, several broken streets, and a mountain that came out of nowhere—that mountain floats above the City of Dreams, and if it weren't for His Holiness noting the anomaly in advance and locking it down in time, I'm afraid it would have been directly exposed to the eyes of ordinary cultists." ”

Daniel was a little curious: "...... These spillovers seem to be around the vicinity of Dream City, but at most they only affect the fringe neighborhoods, and do not directly erode the central area of Dream City? ”

"That's right, the Dream City is heavily guarded, and it's not so easy to invade."

Daniel and Gawain, who was standing next to Selena, showed thoughtful expressions at the same time.

At this moment, a melodious and mysterious bell suddenly rang in the town!