"I'm not kidding you, there's an unprecedented storm of terror brewing over there in the danger zone, and the archaeological team of the Department of History, as well as our Lloyd from the Department of Space, are unaware of the excavation operations, and with our current methods, we can't contact them at all!"

Professor Lawrence succinctly explained the gravity of the problem, causing the quill in the air to stiffen.

Then I heard Professor Hadsled's voice:

"Archaeological team...... Is it the team led by Fernand? I remember that the goal of their trip was to recover the lost [miracle] of the Academy? ”

"Don't care about the goals and miracles, it's important to save people right now, give me 0-005! What are you still rubbing? ”

"No, you're mistaken, it's not that I don't want to, it's that 0-005 is not something you imagined, and it's not a wishing machine that can do everything, if that space storm is really as serious as you described, then this holy relic won't be of much use."

"What do you say?! Isn't that the biggest hole card in our academy? You once said that it can solve all the troubles in this world! ”

"Theoretically yes, but that's not something you can do with a pen, and if you want to activate 0-005, you have to get to the root of the problem, do you understand what that means?"

Professor Hazled's words made Professor Lawrence stunned for a moment.

If such a prerequisite is required to activate this holy artifact, it will not help the situation at all at all.

Get to the root of the problem...... If the current human race can explore the so-called root cause of the space storm, then it will not be far from completely cracking and controlling the other space.

Professor Lawrence realized that if he wanted to rely on 0-005 to solve the crisis, he would be stuck in a cycle of contradictions......

"Since this method doesn't work, then quickly organize a rescue team to go down to rescue them, and I can lead the team myself."

Professor Lawrence went on to suggest.

However, the other party coldly refused:

"I'm sorry my friend, but this won't work, your job is to stay and help the academy survive this crisis, and I can't afford to send someone from another faction to take risks at this crisis."

"What about Lloyd and the people of the archaeological team? Watching them die? ”

Hazleder was silent for a full five minutes before he spoke:

"Don't be so anxious, Lawrence, there's going to be another professor to help them, she'll be here soon, you'll have to find a way to get her to the archaeological team."

"Another professor?"

Professor Lawrence was stunned and quickly thought about it.

In his memory, he couldn't think of any other professor who could handle this situation except himself.

Although the remaining two professors of the space department may be able to, it is impossible for those two gutsless rats to take such a risk.

He was about to ask, but he felt a ripple in the space around him, and a portal appeared in it.

The door opened, but no one came out.

It's just that there is an invisible force in the air, vaguely condensed into a human form.

The professor seemed to have chosen the same life form as the dean, who could feel existence, but had no physical existence.

"It's you? I didn't think you'd ever return to Mizkatok......"

Professor Lawrence was stunned, somewhat unexpectedly.

"Long time no see, Lawrence."

The invisible figure whispered, with a gentle and quiet voice, like a neighbor's childhood sweetheart.

……………………

"It's been fifteen minutes, why haven't you come back yet?"

At this time, Lloyd was guarding the door of the elevator in the space where he came, and he was anxious for a while.

The nine students present had already been carried into the elevator by him, waiting for the professor and lecturer to return.

The elevator in the space behind him was swaying gently from time to time, looking unstable and seemingly harmless, but Lloyd could realize that this was a sign that the turbulence in the nearby space was restless.

This means that that deadly storm could come at any time.

But the professor and lecturer have not returned, and Lloyd will never leave without permission.

I have never been a cowardly young man who is greedy for life and afraid of death!

But now, in addition to waiting anxiously, he could only keep fiddling with the space cube, and then repeatedly calculate the position of the professor and lecturer.

The coordinates of the two teams are not far apart, but they haven't changed for a long time, I don't know if there was some accident?

Lloyd regretted that he should have insisted on going with them at that time.

And now I want to go to them alone, I'm afraid it's not so easy......

Even putting aside all kinds of risks, those 'seniors' outside probably won't let him leave easily-

Since the departure of the lecturer and teaching assistant, Lloyd found that the 'seniors' outside had become a little 'unwilling to act' in the process of transporting other students.

As if they had really come to life, they all gathered together, clinging to the surface of the shield, and kept following Lloyd's movements, and wherever Lloyd went, they moved along the shield to the nearest distance.

Although their posture has not changed, their eyes have not moved, and their expressions are still frozen in the original moment.

But Lloyd could clearly feel that their eyes were focused on themselves......

You can even feel the undisguised greed in your eyes......

The expression that should have been unchanged also seemed to show some kind of weird smile, wanting to hold a grand welcome ceremony for Lloyd......

The point is that the visual effects related to this ritual were changed by Lloyd to an 'old photo filter' without authorization, so the picture in front of me became, as if a group of 'seniors' wanted to rush out of the photo, which was even more infiltrating and weird......

Even the books and pages were restless, and began to pound lightly against the shield, as if trying to break through the barrier and pounce on Lloyd.

With so much forbidden knowledge, even with the help of the panel, Lloyd probably couldn't bear it......

He didn't know very well, it wasn't because he was carrying nine forbidden knowledge, or for some other reason, that this ghost thing outside had become 'unpretended'.

He could only hold the dagger-style psionic blade tightly with his free hand, and when these ghosts pounced, he would fight with them!

But at such a suffocating tense moment, the shield, which was still sturdy and could last for a long time, suddenly loosened a little.

The light is gradually dimming, and the 'old photo filter' that Lloyd has haphazardly configured is gradually fading, from yellowed old photos to normal colors, showing the brightly lit and spotless original appearance of the library.

All of this shows that the power of the sadhana is gradually weakening for unknown reasons.

As a result, the 'seniors' and books outside became even more excited, and began to hit the ritual track at a higher frequency and faster speed, trying to forcibly break it.

They also seem to want to complete the 'welcome ceremony' to Lloyd before the space storm arrives.

And at this critical moment, the tentacle grass in the [Thinking Domain] is still causing chaos for Lloyd?

Like a mad human, it was slapping the glass cover with its 'hands' frantically, as if it wanted Lloyd to come back and have a look?

Damn, do you want to do it as a product manager?

Lloyd cursed in his heart, but then he was stunned again.

He sensed that in the [Mind Realm], there was something other than the tentacle grass that was changing.

That may be the hope for breaking the game!

So he hurriedly took a few steps back, allowing himself to temporarily hide in the shelter of the space elevator, and then entered the [Thinking Field]

And as soon as he retreated, the ghosts outside became even more unscrupulous, hitting the shield with a bang, and traces of cracks appeared on the surface, gradually becoming crumbling.

It may only take three to five seconds for the shield to shatter......

But at such a critical moment, Lloyd's side encountered a strange accident -

He didn't get into his realm of thought properly

Instead, they came to a blue-and-white garden.

In front of him was the huge bud, surrounded by various small blue flowers and white coral, showing a dreamlike beauty.

The tip of the bud has cracked to the edge of blooming.

But it still didn't bloom, but waited for something.

So Lloyd took two steps forward and came to the bud.

Then came a gentle and quiet, but intermittent word, accompanied by a 'rustle' noise:

"Lloyd, complete the enlightenment of [embodiment]."

"Distort our despair, veto our impossibility, embody our future!"

"This is your destiny and my destiny"

Lloyd was slightly stunned, nodded again, and then, guided by instinct or intuition, he stretched out his hand and placed it on the giant bud.

Then, he opened the panel and selected the 'yes' option.

[Ding~ has completed the transcendent enlightenment, entered the [Manifestation] system, all attributes +5]

[The number of times the system has been [detached]: 1]

[Continue to go deeper into the system to do more [detachment]]

With a burst of panel prompts, the giant bud bloomed in front of his eyes, like a beautiful blue-white rose, blooming, blooming, wantonly venting its beauty.

But something more beautiful is in the center of the stamen.

It was a stunningly beautiful girl, so beautiful that Lloyd didn't know how to describe her beauty except for his heart racing.

She was striking a posture with eco-friendly legs, her delicate body curled up in a ball, like a newborn fetus.

Then, like the bud outside, it spreads its limbs, and it is also in full bloom and blooming.

She has a perfect face that people can fall in love with at first sight, with a little bit of immaturity; Light blue eyes, as clear as the sky; The dark purple well-behaved short hair is adorned with a lot of blue flowers, and is embellished with white coral, which looks delicate and lovely, and pure and flawless.

The temperament on the body is perfectly in line with all Lloyd's fantasies about 'childhood sweethearts', quiet, well-behaved, gentle, considerate, intellectual, and brings all the attributes together.

But the dress was extremely bold, only a few lines of white cloth wrapped the intimate parts, and at the same time outlined the slender waist that Yingying grasped, and the remaining fragrant shoulders, jade arms, and even slender legs and delicious jade feet, all of which were generously displayed in front of Lloyd.

She's really beautiful......

So much so that Lloyd didn't know how to say hello.

On the contrary, the other party took the initiative to stretch out the soft wattle, gently pinched his cheek, narrowed his eyes slightly, revealed a sly evil smile, and asked softly:

"Do you like it?"

"Hmm!"

Lloyd nodded vigorously.

"Hee-hee, that's good, after all, I should be your [projection], right? If you don't like it, it's bad......"

The girl smiled playfully, and then swam up to Lloyd like a nimble mermaid in the water, and took his hand like a couple.

"I know you must have a lot to say to me, but wait until we get back first, okay?"

Lloyd was stunned again, and then suddenly realized that the time around him began to flow again, and he also broke away from this space in an instant, and returned to the library.

It was as if everything before was just an illusion on his part.

But the soft touch between his fingers told him that everything before was true.

She was still by her side, and she came to reality with her.

But the beautiful shadow was gone, and only an invisible, hazy silhouette remained.

While completing the enlightenment of the [Manifestation] system, you have this unique [Projection]?

But his own [manifestation] is obviously only a first order?

And this [projection] ...... Should I call her 'Lord Sage'?"

But why was she so beautiful and good-looking before, and she would not be humanoid again?

Three questions immediately crossed Lloyd's mind.

But at the moment, he didn't have much time to think, the outer shield was already full of cracks, and another impact would shatter.

"Use me against them, and then, just do what you want."

The girl's tactful voice sounded directly in Lloyd's head, like a real childhood sweetheart, unconditionally supporting all his decisions.

Lloyd then recalled the knowledge that had been deciphered from the unknown fragment.

For example, how to launch a powerful attack.

So he subconsciously thought about it, and recalled his impression of a powerful attack.

In the next second, a golden giant appeared behind him, his whole body shining with golden light, completely forged by energy and light.

He was dressed in a heroic ancient armor and held a huge glaive sword, on which purple thunder rays were lingering.

Then, the glaive slashed straight down, creating a scar that seemed to be able to split the heavens and the earth.

The thunder that lingered on the knife burst out, turning into ten thousand thunderbolts, and slammed into those ghost things that rushed in the face.

Boom ~ Boom ~ Boom ~

With a thunderous roar, those restless 'seniors' and knowledge disappeared in the blazing thunder.

Handsome!

The excitement and satisfaction in Lloyd's heart were beyond words.

But in the next second, it became a miserable white.

Why is my spiritual power inexplicably missing by half?

What does it mean that this thing is really my own [projection]? It's just that my perfect 'childhood sweetheart' can talk to me through it?

Lloyd was a little stunned for a while, but obviously he didn't have time to think about it now, there were still several 'gourd babies' waiting for him to fish.

"Then I'll go."

Lloyd whispered.

"Well, go ahead, I'll wait here for you to come back, until you come back."

The voice of the 'childhood sweetheart' came from my head.

Lloyd then resolutely took a step forward, following the calculated coordinates, and ran to the depths of the library.

And the golden-armored giant that stood up to the sky and the earth returned to a shadowless and invisible state, and was stationed at the entrance of the elevator like a loyal guard.

……………………

"Alright, it's time for me to go back too, thank you for your help."

The invisible professor nodded to Professor Lawrence, and he got up from a special chair to leave the particular lab.

There are no superfluous researchers, but a pile of all kinds of sci-fi-style equipment, each of which is running wildly, and all kinds of indicators are like brilliant neon lights, reflecting the place in a bright light.

"Wait! Hiltina! Or rather, to veto His Excellency. ”

Professor Lawrence hurriedly shouted.

"Huh? Anything else? ”

"It's not that I doubt your abilities or ideas, it's just that I really don't understand what you've done. I feel like you're doing nothing? Didn't even use the power, just took a huge risk and contacted Lloyd in this crazy way? ”

"Well, you can understand it this way, I just went to him and said a few words to him."

"It's not...... I ......"

Professor Lawrence was so anxious that he stamped his foot and said angrily:

"I thought you had taken a huge risk and carried out a [space deep dive], at least you should have done something more, such as directly [vetoing] this storm? Or whatever the hell is going on, not doing nothing! Now the storm has not stopped, and they have not returned! ”

"Isn't there anything wrong with that? My understanding of space is probably still in the category of 'popular science books', right? It's just that I just know what you call [Space Deep Diving], what do you think I should do? ”

"At the very least...... Alas...... Forget it, at least you went over and alerted Lloyd and let him know that they were in danger, and that they should be preparing for the evacuation, right? ”

"Not really, Lawrence, I didn't remind Lloyd of that."

"Ah???h

"To be precise, he didn't need my reminder, he was already aware of the crisis earlier than you and me, and he was preparing to save everyone back, he didn't need me to do anything, he could handle everything."

"But ......"

"Don't worry, Lawrence, trust Lloyd, he never disappoints."

This sentence made Professor Lawrence stunned for a while, and then he shook his head and said:

"Okay...... Then I'll have to start preparing for the academy's defenses, so feel free to do so. ”

As he spoke, he continued to keep his head down and get busy on various instruments.

It wasn't until he felt that Hiltina's figure was about to dissipate that he seized the time and added:

"Anyway, it's nice to see that you're still human."

"Really? Thank you. ”

The other party replied lightly, and his figure dissipated into the air.

(End of chapter)