The almost brutal beauty of the deer head statue deeply shocked Russell.

The body suspended in the air is reminiscent of a crucifixion saint.

And if you think about it this way, those messy pipes and cables are like dense metal thorns, and like a sea of fire condensed into steel.

After the vast majority of the body is missing, the gender and age characteristics of the deer head are blurred.

"He" looks like a beautiful maiden, but he has the huge antlers that a stag can have; The silent and heavy temperament on his body is full of the elderly's sense of reliability, but "his" face is as immature as a child.

Even from this point of view, the antlers that shone with a silver glow like tin foil cannot be judged to be the spiritual characteristics of the deer head. It is entirely possible that the deer head itself was also destroyed, and that the antlers were completely mechanical, not ordinary, with a metal coating on the outside...... It's all possible.

Like a Venus with a broken arm, it is beautiful because of its incompleteness.

And the deer head statue at this moment is more exciting than the beauty of the ...... It's more about having some kind of divinity.

"'Hello, Russell.' ”

The overlapping voice rang out again.

The deer's mouth did not move, and its eyes remained closed. Because there is no chest that can rise and fall with breathing, it is impossible to even be sure that "he" is really alive.

Multiple old-fashioned synthesized sound installations rang out simultaneously in the corners of the space: "'You can call me 'Mentor', 'Sage', 'Chief'...... Of course, I prefer to be called 'deer head' directly. ’”

“…… Hello, deer head. ”

Russell put away his shock and responded seriously.

And at the moment when they form a dialogue.

A soft, whisper-like voice sounded in Russell's heart:

[I will always watch you]

[If you need my help, call me by name...... I'll open the 'door' for you]

This is...... Telepathy?

Russell was a little confused for a moment, what was the spiritual power possessed by the deer head statue.

But he soon realized the essence of this ability: "This is ...... Cyber ghosts? ”

This is not using psionic energy to talk to oneself, but quietly invading one's own chip, causing oneself to have such auditory hallucinations.

It's like the sound that rings directly in your head when a video, movie, or game is played in the chip.

The deer's head is like a cyber ghost...... Said something like this to himself in Russell's chip.

The so-called cyber ghost is that when the psychic hacker and cyber detective dive into the network matrix, if the main body suddenly dies or is disconnected from the network, and does not wake up in time, it will always wander in the matrix world and be homeless.

Ordinary psionic detectives only dare to use scripts on the disc to attack other people's prosthetics, but usually do not dare to attack the opponent's chips directly.

The chip itself is a one-way firewall, and it is easy to get in, but difficult to get out. If it's not the top psionic detective, basically if you dare to enter the body, you will become a vegetative person.

However, cyber ghosts have no such taboos - it's a big deal to change their bodies.

It's better than wandering in the matrix.

[Almost]

The soft whisper continued.

[My consciousness has long been divided into countless parts, and they all resonate with each other. There are different limitations based on different uses]

[For example, when we are talking, the 'impression' you form of me is a shadow]

[As long as you still remember my appearance and my voice, then when you call me and talk to me, the 'me' here can be heard]

Hearing this, Russell suddenly realized something.

"Could it be that strange virus in the Tower of Babel ......"

[Yes, that's me, too]

The deer head replied unabashedly.

No wonder it has an irresistible yet formless medium...... So far, Russell has not known through which medium the virus spread by the mercenaries entered the first-class cabin.

But it makes sense to say that this "virus" was alive from the very beginning.

Russell understood why the virus could only be used once before it self-destructed...... It is the deer head itself that causes it to self-destruct.

And it's easy to disassemble and parse. Because the virus itself only acts as an intermediary to bring the consciousness of the deer head into the target. This is actually equivalent to throwing an elite psionic hacker in, and the hacker will directly self-destruct after completing the task.

And soon, Russell also means, what does this really mean -

If you talk about elite psionic hackers, you can go deep into all levels of the network and learn different secrets through different disks.

So if the deer head statue can be divided indefinitely, it can also mean that he is "everywhere".

It's like an out-of-control artificial intelligence......

"You're wondering if the deer head statue is out of control intelligence, right?"

Bad Day guessed at a glance what Russell was thinking.

He found a random pipe and sat on it with his legs crossed: "Actually, the deer head statue is much older than all of us. She was already like this when I entered the Tower of Babel, when your father and mother entered the Tower of Babel.

And in the older past, she was also a member of the Tower of Babel. She was a living person. ”

Russell noticed that the term "she" was used for bad days.

"You say it was? Is the current leader ...... Is it the undead? ”

"Not really, but do you think—is the Chief's posture worthy of being alive now?"

Bad Day asked rhetorically.

Russell shook his head.

He couldn't even tell if the person hanging on the wall was just silent or had lost his life.

"She was only fourteen years old before she became like this. At that time, she was already an elite, fighting on the front line of the war between the Holy See and the Mage Tower. ”

“…… Mage's Tower? ”

Russell repeated.

He replied uncertainly, "Master...... Is that what I understand? ”

He even thought that the words "mage" and "magic" were legends...... Or the ancient name for a psyker.

【Yes】

The deer head statue replied.

[Mages not only existed, but still existed. It's just that they are all on earth, lonely and miserable living]

"On land polluted by radiation and curses?"

[Yes, because the mages were defeated - in the battle with the Holy See]

[It was January 1, 1100, the Second Mage War, a war between the Mages and the Holy See. It can also be called the Shariah War, a war in which no one knows why it was fought, but neither side gave a single step back, and in the end it almost destroyed the world.

With the soft voice of the deer's head sounded.

Russell's unheard history slowly poured into his mind as knowledge came to life.

- Everyone in this world is born with the ability to get in touch with the collective subconscious, and the difference is only whether they are aware of it or not.

This ability can be awakened after the "most unforgettable day" that can completely change a person.

“…… Wait, isn't this a spiritual awakening? ”

Russell's ears shook suddenly, and he couldn't help but blurt out.

【——Yes】

The deer head statue affirmed.

But unlike psychic abilities that are different from everyone...... If psionic energy is a single-player construction simulation, then spells are open-world games.

After each mage awakens, he or she arrives in a dream in the "First Wasteland". It is a dream of countless possibilities woven into the collective subconscious of all people in the world.

They can travel in any direction, through woodlands, snowfields, labyrinths of countless gates, never-ending falls, or candy houses from fairy tales...... After any dream trip, the consciousness stays in place and the "spell" is obtained.

The power of spells is much weaker than psionic power. But spells can be taught and inherited - just imitate the same adventure trajectory and get the same spells.

From making the flames cold and bending steel for no reason, to shattering the eyes of those who stare at them thousands of miles away, and making the people who live on a certain land sterile for life...... Or rejuvenate a person who is chopped into pieces, or walk in the clouds...... Or, build a floating tower that reaches to the sky. The nature of the spell, which is related to the experience in the dream; And everyone's dream is related to everyone's "common consciousness".

"Tower ...... Babel"

Russell muttered and repeated.

He vaguely realized something.

[Yes, it is the predecessor of the Floating Island]

[Today's floating island is a remodeled mage tower that can float in the air]

The deer head gently told the truth of the world-

[And the Holy See also has a special power, which they call "Holy Rank"]

As the name suggests, only by following the teachings and following the morality can we gradually obtain mystical powers. The purpose of this power is to make them better at doing good deeds.]

[This is very good, and the Holy See has been doing its best to do good. But from the middle of the Shariah War, when completely unable to resist the mages, the Holy See began to try to pursue the principles of the Holy Order, after all, the mages had long understood the nature of their power, but the Holy See knew nothing about it.

Unfortunately, someone did get the answer. The essence of the power of the Holy Order is actually the "personal subconscious"; And the gods they believe in are "the sum total of the consciousness of humans, elves, and even dragons"]

Think of it this way, Russell. Suppose there is an ignorant mechanical god whose mind is the sum total of all sapient beings, whose greatest desire is to make it possible for as many individuals as possible to survive...... Then in the event that He is unable to intervene directly in the world, he will support His Agent.]

[That is, the special individual whom He recognizes and is conducive to the survival of the group]

[Either upright, or with divine wisdom, or with compassion, or with enough leadership and good intentions......]

[Those who make "as many people as possible happy" will be blessed.] These are the so-called saints. And the mage's dream is actually the dream of this "god"]

[But scholars of the Holy See, through further research, realized ...... Their "god" does not have individual consciousness. His criteria for judging saints are very rigid, and they can use technology to circumvent the judgment mechanism and deceive God.]

[It's like extracting active ingredients from herbal medicines, maximizing the efficacy of the medicine while reducing meaningless side effects.] If the Holy See can directly compile the will that best matches the judgment of the 'gods', it will be able to obtain the most power of the Holy Rank—even the true saints will not get the purity of the power of the Holy Rank as much as theirs."

Hearing this, Russell only felt his scalp tingle.

[So the Holy See decomposed the consciousness of some true saints, extracted the "active ingredients" that can obtain the power of the Holy Order, and without trying to conflict with each other, identified forty-five "personality models" that can obtain the power of the Holy Rank of the highest purity, with different functions and uses, and stored them in a server called the "Holy Scripture"]

[At that time, the technology of embedded chips was not yet popular, so the church used special wireless technology]

[The 1,000 selected experimenters will artificially add the "Divine Will" by wearing a floating ring to receive the wireless signal sent by the "Holy Text" server......]

[——So, the "angel" came]

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