With a slight cold sensation spreading through his mind, Daniel's slightly chaotic thoughts quickly became clear.

The safety springboard is all right, the brain ports have been directed to a controlled, shallow sea of consciousness, memory camouflage and multiple casings are operating as usual, praising the extraterritorial wanderers—their own minds are heavily armed, and no one can catch a glimpse of the slightest anomaly from the flawless psychic barriers.

Even if the other party is a powerful archbishop.

Daniel's heart settled, he knew that he had entered the spiritual world, and in this spiritual world, the expression on his face was not abnormal in the slightest.

"Which archbishop are you?" He asked with just the right amount of respect and calmness.

The woman on the other side had an unfamiliar face, which was probably improvised, an act of disguise, but Daniel inquired about the normal reaction of an open-minded Sleeper when he opened his heart to talk to a strange archbishop.

"Don't worry about that, this face is just a medium of interaction, and now it's the Supreme Bishopric talking to you," the woman across from her said lightly, "Please be prepared to answer our questions." ”

Daniel looked submissive: "Yes, I will not hide it. ”

The woman on the other side nodded in satisfaction, and then asked, "Recently, you have been investigating your fellow church members in the Aldenan area, is there such a thing?" ”

"It is true."

"It's not your job as a security director, so what's the reason for the investigation?"

"Recently, there have been many rumors about the failure of the psychic network, and the security system has detected abnormal fluctuations in some nodes, and I am worried that the network security is being threatened, so I launched an investigation."

"Why didn't you take the initiative to report it, but chose to do it privately?"

"I'm not sure about the details of the situation, so I want to make sure if the problem is with the security system – if the problem is related to the security system, I will deal with it myself, and if it is not related to the security system, I will naturally report it to the Supreme Bishopric. This is to save the Order's manpower and improve the efficiency of the investigation."

"Reasonable ......explanation," the woman said, pausing slightly, as if the Supreme Bishopric behind it was engaged in a quick deliberation, before she continued after a moment, "You mentioned that the security system detected unusual fluctuations in some nodes, what is the situation?" ”

Daniel immediately came up with a pre-prepared statement: "I found a 'blank connection', some nodes maintain a connection to the psychic network, but there is no record of data transfer, and I suspect that a large amount of computing power is being secretly diverted from monitoring, or 'swallowed' by vulnerabilities in the network......"

He said it very calmly, because this was indeed an anomaly that his security team had recently discovered in the psychic network!

And he is very sure of one thing: the computing power lost by those anomalies is by no means swallowed up by the master's "origin space", because the computing power quota required by the latter has already been "reasonably allocated" by him from the lowest level of the mental network, and it is not an "abnormal loss" in any way, and what he and his security team have observed is indeed a real "abnormal situation".

These unexplained calculations must be part of the situation that the Supreme Bishopric has been trying to cover up recently, and Daniel chose to say it at this moment, in addition to judging that the time is ripe and he needs to show his strength and value, there is also a very important point-

He is the head of security of the Psychic Network, the most powerful person in the bishopric class, if the vicious state of affairs of the Psychic Network has developed to the point that the Supreme Bishopric cannot hide it, then he must be the first to notice the abnormality!

At this time, if he says that he has not investigated any sensitive information, it is not to protect himself, but to show that he has a problem!

The room was quiet for a while.

Daniel suddenly had a faint feeling - he felt that the whole world outside this room disappeared from his perception in an instant, as if there was only such a quiet room left between heaven and earth, which was shielded and cordoned, watched by every pair of eyes of the Supreme Bishopric.

The woman in front of him just looked at him quietly.

Daniel knew that the final scrutiny had begun, and if he failed to pass, his perception of this room would no longer be an illusion - the only "room" in heaven and earth would immediately become a prison for his mind, and his mind would be trapped in this room forever.

The conclusion was soon in front of him—the woman smiled.

"Mr. Daniel, would you like to contribute more to the Order?"

"A bigger contribution?" Daniel pretended to look puzzled, "What do you mean ......?"

"You now have the opportunity to join the Supreme Bishopric and become a member of the Archbishop, and your talents in cyber security and network architecture are vital to us - and your concerns about the recent anomalous fluctuations in the psychic network will be answered as you gain greater access to information," the woman said calmly, her eyes reflecting Daniel's figure, "Mr. Daniel, and we will also remind you that higher status means greater responsibility, once you face the deeper secrets of the Order, There is no chance of turning back.

"So, now you still have a choice—what's your choice?"

Daniel pondered for a moment with a solemn expression, then raised his head and said solemnly, "For the sake of the Order, I have long put my personal life and death on the line. ”

As soon as these words fell, the feeling of "closed" and "unique" in the whole room immediately disappeared, and the stagnant sunlight and dust were like broken mirrors, disintegrating and disappearing everywhere, and the original bedroom turned into a golden hall in the blink of an eye, and Daniel himself was sitting next to a huge round table in the hall.

At the round table sat a number of figures dressed in white or black robes, depicting silent stars and spirals, representing "waking dreams" and "peaceful deep sleep", respectively, rising from their seats and applauding Daniel.

"Welcome to join us, Mr. Daniel," a lady in a long white dress with a gentle and quiet smile also stood up across the round table, "Your presence is very important to us. ”

Daniel instantly recognized the identity of this lady, and guessed that the other party should be the main personality of the "interface" he had just talked to, and he immediately stood up and greeted: "Archbishop Selena Gehr. ”

"No need to be polite," Selena nodded at him, "Mr. Daniel, you have been promoted, and frankly, this promotion was a bit rushed, and we didn't have time to prepare a more formal ceremony for you, or even to celebrate you in the real world, and I hope you understand."

"On the other hand, you should still be a little confused now, and you must be a little confused about the change of status after becoming an archbishop, originally we should give you more time to get used to it, but now the situation is more special, we need you to understand some things as soon as possible, and get into the state as soon as possible......

"His Holiness the Pope will personally explain the situation to you."

Daniel maintained a polite and calm expression, but when he heard the words "His Majesty the Pope", he couldn't help but tense his nerves instantly.

And almost at the moment when Selena's words fell, an amorphous starlight cloud appeared above the round table—

Daniel had no idea when the starlight cloud had appeared, and in fact he even suspected that the amorphous starlight had been floating in the center of the hall from beginning to end, but his senses had completely ignored the latter's existence!

In the next second, Daniel instantly bowed his head and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty the Pope!" ”

"Raise your head," the starlight cloud squirmed as a voice rang directly in Daniel's head, "I'm going to get straight to the point—do you still revere the gods?" ”

Daniel's answer seems to have been rehearsed a thousand times: "I have no respect for the gods, their existence is only fearful." ”

This is the standard answer for a true follower of the Dark Sect.

Countless people in the world who do not understand the truth only have fear and misunderstanding of the three dark sects, they always think that those dark cultists are extreme followers of the gods, and they have fallen into the dark side of human nature because of their excessive fanatical distortion of faith, and even some low-level cultists will have such wrong ideas at the beginning of their initiation, but as long as they have really come into contact with those distorted depraved gods, truly accepted a higher level of "baptism", and have been exposed to those secret knowledge, any dark cultist will know what their true "faith" is.

"Very well...... "Starlight Cloud seemed very pleased with Daniel's answer, "then, what I'm going to tell you next will be a truth that most people in the world can't imagine...... The gods are not only terrifying, but they are also a shackle that is imposed on all mortals......"

Daniel blinked.

He knew this, and he also knew that the name of this lock was "Psychic Steel Seal", and his master had been studying this steel seal, and in the origin space, there were hundreds of researchers with regular formations working on the problem of this steel seal.

He even doubted that knowledge of the "Mental Seal" would appear in Cecil's elementary textbook years later.

But here, he still had to show a proper look of consternation: "A shackle?!" ”

The Pope's voice sounded in his head: "Yes, a shackle, and what the Order of the Sleepers has been doing for seven hundred years is to find a way to break free from this shackle. ”

This time, Daniel was really a little surprised.

And he believed that even his master, the Wanderer, would look surprised and curious when he heard this information.

"The way to break free...... "he couldn't help but repeat, "how can a mortal do this?" ”

"Let the mortal mind operate in a sandbox world where there are no gods, until the mortal mind leaves the sight of the gods, until the connection between the gods and this world is broken," the voice continued to echo in Daniel's head, "the plan...... It was named 'Project Zero'. ”

Project Zero!

Daniel's breathing couldn't help but pause for half a beat, and then the joy welled up in his heart.

He finally got his hands on the project and was finally able to understand what it was really like!

This project, hidden in the fog and under the direct control of the Supreme Bishopric, is actually related to the Spiritual Seal?

Immediately afterward, he thought of the many anomalies that had occurred in the psychic network in the recent past, and connected many clues-

This made the expression on his face become solemn, and his tone became serious: "Could it be...... What went wrong with this project? ”

"We suspect that ......" replied to him, Serena Gerfen, the archbishop who had survived for seven hundred years and was now in symbiosis with a psychic network in the form of a spiritual body, shaking her head, "We suspect that there is a divine power in one of the sandboxes of Project Zero. ”

……

In the quiet room in the afternoon, the dark-haired Mary was bowing her head, immersed in a sea of advanced math exercises.

As the last few numbers and symbols fell on the paper, the female mage, who was immersed in learning, finally raised her head and glanced at the instructor who was sleeping peacefully in her easy chair.

The tutor seemed to sleep deeply.

For many years, it had been difficult for the Mentor to sleep so soundly – the unbearable neuropathic headaches and auditory hallucinations tormented the old Master's spirit, making him more irritable and irritable while depriving him of the right to sleep peacefully, for more than a decade.

It was the gift of the "master" that gave the mentor a chance to get better, and indirectly saved every tortured apprentice around the mentor.

That "master" was terrifying, and until now, Mary couldn't help but feel a little nervous and frightened every time she entered that "origin space", but at the same time, she also had an inevitable sense of gratitude to that "master".

The Mentor made a sudden move, reawakening Mary from her momentary wandering.

She quickly got up and walked to the easy chair: "Mentor, are you awake?" ”

Daniel slowly opened his eyes and saw the familiar room, the familiar apprentice.

The old mage let out a soft sigh: "This time...... But something big happened. ”