This is not the unwarranted fantasy of scientific fanatics. For although the words "soul", "spirit" and "consciousness" have been used in the mouths of people since ancient times, no one has ever understood their true nature: how it was born and how it works.

For experimental science, which emphasizes observation and evidence, it is more convenient to treat such things as if they did not exist, and they do not even know how to understand them.

However, in the cyber world, human consciousness wanders outside the body in a freer way. This is perhaps the best way to explore the nature of "spirit" or "consciousness".

He didn't know how people would perceive the existence of "consciousness" in the future, but the fact that there was a "mind field" in the wizards' world that specialized in this direction showed that this exploration was fruitful.

Richard believed that there would be deeper secrets than he had imagined. Maybe it's the human mind that directly interferes with the virtual world, which is why he presents all kinds of wonderful and intense sound and light effects. And this phenomenon is collective...... But this is nothing more than speculation. All he could do now was put that aside for the time being. Anyway, this special phenomenon that only appears in the spirit world, wizards will only take it for granted.

......

While waiting for the curse to dissipate completely, Richard chatted with his real name without saying a word, and his fingers couldn't help but reach into his arms and touch the prismatic thorn made of unknown materials. Its surface was still as cold as it had been when it first touched her, with the coldness of metalwork.

Even though it was greedily and frantically absorbing a huge amount of curse "energy", it showed no signs of being a machine in operation.

"Sir, you seem to be able to use this thing."

The black-haired girl said suddenly.

"Hey, really?"

"Well, just now. Encountering a virus can be an opportunity to activate it. ”

It was a real bonus.

Richard was intrigued by this, and tried to use the human body itself as an intermediary to communicate in the same way that he had opened the Demon Book before. It's as simple as plugging a USB stick into your computer. The only annoying thing is that just like the USB flash drive interface in life is often reversed, this kind of communication often needs to be tried several times.

"Please be careful."

Without incident, Richard's "consciousness" entered the center of the "thorn" very smoothly.

…… Then, when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a completely dark space.

Richard took a deep breath. Now he doesn't panic because of this level of change.

"Real name, real name, are you there?"

"Yes, sir. I can hear you. ”

The girl was quick to respond. The sound is the same as ever, there is no noise or the signal becomes weaker.

He tried to move his body, but found that he couldn't. Now he struggles to control the movement of one of his fingers with his mind. All Richard could do was to "keep his eyes open" in his imagination, but all he saw was darkness, endless darkness.

He couldn't move his eyes, and in fact, Richard didn't even know if he was actually opening his eyes. The only thing that reassures Richard is the "secret communication" channel between him and his real name. This shows that he is not isolated from the outside world.

"Looks like my consciousness is in that thing...... I don't know what kind of black technology device this is in the future. ”

Richard thought to himself.

"What's going on outside?"

"There's nothing out of the ordinary, sir, you just look like you're standing here, just like you were before."

But if you can't get out immediately, it will soon be abnormal in the eyes of others.

In this environment, Richard tried to send a signal to the outside world, in other words, to think hard and attentively about words such as "go out" and "dismiss".

The device turned out to be more obedient than he had imagined, and he soon felt a strange sense of levitation, as if something was pulling at his back collar and lifting him up.

Richard's consciousness was about to leave this deep, dark place. At the last moment, he was finally able to move his observation range a little freely.

So, he saw a black sun in "mid-air".

It's a strange feeling, like finding a black dot on a black piece of paper that has been accidentally stained with ink.

Richard was a little stunned.

"Is this black prismatic capable of absorbing and storing curses? If I can use it, does that mean I can also unleash the curse of the Legendary Rank? ”

......

It didn't last more than a few seconds, and he regained his ability to think.

Now, the vortex of the cursed power in front of him was completely gone.

Richard blinked, and found that the black sun that had hung in the sky was gone, and it seemed that the curse had been completely extracted and swallowed by the thorns.

He was stunned for a moment, and it wasn't until Miss Real Name reminded her that Richard remembered what he should do now.

He glanced down and noticed the figure of a silver-haired girl sitting on a high platform, and noticed that the other person was looking this way.

Richard was a little weak for a while. I don't know if it's an illusion, he always feels that the other party's observation seems to be very keen, and what's worse is that she seems to be paying attention to herself...... So he quickly turned around and returned to the room where the fireside meeting was held.

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"That's amazing, my friend!"

The blonde youth clapped his hands and looked at him in admiration.

"What was that? Solved that curse with just the Constant Talisman? Is it your Enchanted Spirit Lord who is secretly helping? ”

Richard did not answer. In fact, he didn't even know what "Spell Lord" meant. However, his head was still spinning quickly, and he guessed that the Cursed Spirit Lord was probably the name of the legendary rank spirit of Rasputin's envoy, the illusory giant. Judging by the name, it should belong to the "Spell Realm".

…… By the way, if you think about the fact that the spirit is actually an AI, the name "Spell Spirit Lord" really sounds like a middle two......

"No, the Enchanted Spirit Lord doesn't weave a counter-spell, it doesn't have the ability to solve curses, it can only serve a defensive effect."

Ms. Garcia shook her head. As an authority in the field of spells, her eyes were staring at the "colleague" in front of her who could not do anything herself.

"Speaking of which, when I returned to the tower, I felt a tremor coming from the Valley of the Kings, which is probably a symbol of a major breakthrough in Mr. Rasputchin's power, right?"

Richard's heart sank.

Sure enough, can't that movement be hidden from the wizard leader?