The terrifying dream, the unstoppable sense of fear in her heart, the abnormal atmosphere, the inside of the repeater she saw was mysterious, but it was different from the mystery she had seen in the past, as if there was something indescribable fiddling with everything in the dark, and the hidden secrets in it made people still explore in addition to fear, but they would gradually feel more and more unexpected danger and horror as they went deeper. Obviously, he wasn't hurt in reality, but that kind of hidden uneasiness just couldn't calm people's minds. If she could, she didn't want to stay in the same place for too long, such as this room, for a second, and her senses seemed to warn that if she stayed in the same place for too long, she would be caught up in some kind of invisible vortex.

She looked at the door, Dorothy's warning was still echoing in her ear, she opened the door in the nightmare and saw strange people, so, if she opened the door now, would she really see the same thing as in the nightmare? Or was the horror of the previous scene really just a nightmare? The more frightened I felt, the more I wanted to figure out what was going on.

With a firm mind, he walked to the door and listened for a while. There was no sound outside, as if the world inside the room was completely separated from the world outside the room. In her opinion, this is also incredible, because she has never seen a world of complete silence, and the "quiet" in common sense also has sounds, these sounds come from the activity of certain things, and in her usual understanding, as long as the world does not fundamentally stop moving, things will definitely make sounds, and as a warrior who has been tested in the ruling bureau for a long time, she is especially sensitive to the sound of this movement of all things.

That keen perception, however, has no effect here. This made him even more anxious and afraid. Do you really want to push this door open? Do you really want to find out the truth here? This place is the lair of allies, no matter how strange the defense mechanism is set up, is it necessary for the guest himself to get to the bottom of it? Ignoring Dorothy's warnings, doing sneaky things in the lair of allies is to scout the strength of these outsiders for "Sha", or to satisfy his own curiosity?

Rarely did she hesitate as she realized that she had been grasping the doorknob for a long time, she began to notice the ticking of the clock on the wall, she began to notice the restless shaking of the candles, she began to notice that her shadow was stretching out through the crack in the door, not like the light but as if some force was stealthily pulling her shadow out.

The unsettled thoughts in her heart, the deepening and fearful emotions, the curiosity that appeared like a bubble, all kinds of reasons popped up in her mind, and her hands and feet did not obey. It is even more impossible to distinguish what kind of emotions and which thoughts are the cause when you move.

He gritted his teeth and was about to turn the doorknob, but at the same time, a calm and familiar voice came from outside the door: "Ao, are you still awake?" ”

It was Dorothy's voice, and she couldn't help but be stunned, not knowing why the other party would come to her at this time. However, she had already subconsciously opened the door. Suddenly, she was stunned, Dorothy was not outside the door, or rather, there was nothing outside the door, it was still the passage that seemed to stretch infinitely. In the passage as long as in the dream, it was not as lively as in the dream, and there was no second figure to be seen except herself. The light in the passage is miserable white, which makes people feel depressed, and the integrated structure presents a rigid but stable and transparent display, obviously there are many rooms, but at this time, there is no one who opens the door except her.

Although it wasn't like a nightmare, it had the same unsettling urge to close the door and forget everything outside the door. Dorothy's voice echoed in her head, but she was clearly not there, and when she opened the door, it was interrupted. What is it that is calling to itself? Thinking so, his feet had already stepped out of the door.

The long passage is endless, the doors seem endless, and the monotonous scenery is intertwined between gray and white, and in this world that does not know how long it is, I feel like a lonely one. As she stood in the long passage, she felt a pair of unseen eyes watching her condescendingly, and in the silence of which there was no sound but the sound of her own body, it seemed as if some illusion was swaying in her ears and in front of her eyes. She couldn't help but take a step, and when she subconsciously looked at the room she came out of, the door had disappeared for some time. The original position of the door was a smooth wall, and when the eye moved to the sides, the doors that were also lined up on the left and right disappeared, leaving only the same smooth walls.

Turning her gaze silently, all the doors that should have entered her field of vision were gone, and only the walls on both sides of the passage that spread to the front and back were endless, and she stood in this long passage, which seemed even more monotonous, as if there was nothing left but herself.

All of this was anomalous, but her instinct prevented her from continuing to be surprised, and the fear that had already grown in the room slowly subsided at this time. This more visible, lonely and long anomaly gave her a familiar feeling, obviously inside the repeater, but the constant scene in front of her seemed to make her return to the Ruling Bureau, to the time when she had adventured in the Ruling Bureau. Isn't this monotonous smell, this gray and white color, this lack of choice with only one path, this loneliness in the air, this hard touch, and the seemingly infinite and never-ending road ahead, is not the same as that of the Ruling Authority, which is equally vast and has never reached the end?

It is only at this moment, in this anomaly, that the "inside" of the repeater, which was originally unfamiliar, becomes extremely similar to the "inside" of the ruling bureau.

- It is said that the construction of the repeater is also based on the technology of the Ruling Bureau.

Such a thought flashed through his mind. Although she suddenly realized that she had already stripped off her clothes and armor when she walked out of the room, she didn't have any weapons and equipment with her, and it seemed that she couldn't go back to the room to reorganize unless she could meet Dorothy and the others again. In this anomalous passage that seems to be the only thing left of itself, are the eyes of those strangers still watching them? I can't say for sure, but it's clear that if anyone is aware of the anomaly and is paying attention to themselves, whether it appears or doesn't, it's intentional. There are only two situations I face now: the people inside the repeater are not aware of the anomaly, and the other is that they are aware of it but subjectively do not move. Either way, you can only rely on your own strength to face it.

No weapons, no hints, no sense of security, nothing that you can use at first glance...... Such a vicious environment, but it did not surpass the hardships he had endured in the past in the ruling bureau. The heart that had been stirring, and the emotions that could not be rested under the pressure of curiosity and suspicion, all calmed down at this moment. She could feel her whole being merging into the silence of the passage, becoming a part of it.

So, blending into the silence, she began to take steps and keep walking towards the front - for the passage that only two sides are facing, it is actually difficult to distinguish which side is "ahead" - the cold touch from the ground made her realize that she was not wearing shoes, and the slight air flow brushed her skin, making her realize that she was wearing light pajamas, and the more she walked forward, the more things she could perceive about her state at this time, making her feel as if she had only gradually woken up at this time.

She only felt that she was becoming more and more awake, and in the monotonous passage, something richer began to appear, something that could not be observed and described concretely, as if hidden in the details outside her field of vision, but she did not feel that the feeling of gradually becoming fuller was an illusion. The invisible eyes that stared condescendingly into her, the auditory hallucinations that sounded in her ears in the silence, all made her subconsciously understand where she was going, where she was going—even though these subconscious things could not be clearly described in thought and language.

She can only describe it all as: guidance...... I don't know what it is, to guide itself in this way, and I don't know why it's doing it.

Compared with the weirdness of the repeater, the weirdness of today is more familiar and habitual.

- Here, here.

The thought that came to his mind was like talking to himself. Although this kind of guidance has always existed, there are only two directions in the passage, and even if there is no guidance, I have no choice but to go on like this.

I don't know how far I walked, how long it took, but in my field of vision, new outlines appeared on the walls on both sides of the passage, at first I didn't know what it was, I just felt that it was a vague mess, but as I kept moving forward, this blurred mass began to refine and become clear. It is a pattern composed of a large number of lines, a structure that has no curvature at all, and does not have any folds except for 90-degree angles, which seems to be very monotonous changes, but because there are too many lines, it is extremely complex. These patterns full of regularity can intuitively give people a strong sense of power, and just by observing the direction of these pattern lines, you can feel the convergence of invisible forces.

Ahead, where these lines finally come together, is the "core" in a sense.

Subconsciously, I understood that the guidance in the dark was to let myself go to this "core".

So, what does this "core" mean in relation to this repeater? What does it mean to outsiders like Dorothy? At this moment, you are looking into your eyes, do you want to go there as well?

Although there were many doubts, the situation did not change because of the doubts, and I knew that I had no choice. The other party didn't give her much choice. Either move forward, or turn back. She chose to move forward.

Moving a little further, the monotonous scenery becomes complicated, new sounds emerge from the silence, and I begin to feel that I am no longer alone, as if there are some things hidden in the wall, or behind the wall, I can't see them directly, but their presence is becoming clear little by little. After a while, I heard a clearer voice, which was already certainly not auditory hallucinations, as if a huge machine was working, delicate and small parts, rough and huge parts, there were simple structural parts, and there were complex structural parts, they were related in a certain form and law, one prying one, one driving another, condensing the tiny movements into huge and intense movements, and the incomparably huge momentum was directly manifested as a force to be reckoned with.

In front of the knot, the end of the passage appeared. At the end is a red door. In this long, monotonous, gray-white passage, the red door stands out as if it were the end of everything. Her footsteps paused, but didn't stop completely, and she stepped up and tried to push the door open.

The red door was easily pushed open as if it were unlocked. The light in the passage passed over the back of the door and into the space behind the door, elongating the shadows on the ground. What catches the eye is a machine with an overall outline like a heart, with a length, width and height of more than 100 meters, and a dizzying complexity of the exposed internal structure without skin. And at the bottom of this "heart", there is a chamber surrounded by a transparent substance, and inside is a strangely dressed girl, with her eyes closed as if in prayer, her hands crossed and clasped, kneeling in front of her.

Although it was a strange sight, it felt an aura that could only be described as "sacred".

The Maiden is in prayer...... Such a thought appeared in her mind, and she knew that the one who guided her must be the strange girl in front of her.

"Who are you? What is this place? He asked the girl in front of him.

The girl didn't seem to hear it, but a strange creature like a cat and a rabbit turned out from behind her, and a childish but kind voice came out of her mind: "Her name is Madoka, and she is a magical girl, called 'Witch's Heart' here, and is currently used as the energy center of the time machine." ”

I don't know much about magical girls, but I'm no stranger to them, and among the outsiders who have had a covenant with "Sha", there is such a group of guys who claim to be "magical girl crusaders". If you look at the strange outfit of the girl in front of you carefully, it does have the shadow of a magical girl's uniform, but in terms of beauty, none of the magical girls I've ever seen can compare to the one in front of you. It's not just the gorgeous elegance of the costume, but the temperament of the whole person, which is very different from the magical girls I've seen in the past, and it can be described as "not the same creature".