Chapter 374 "Star Observatory"
What kind of information is critical enough?
Time?
Space?
Layers?
Still...
Lin Yi suddenly had an idea, and a thousand words were condensed into one sentence——
"Maozi, I'm here to save you!"
While he was walking down the stairs in the corridor with many art students, his body suddenly shook, and then, his eyes flashed with some brilliance that did not suit his temperament.
He started to murmur as if in a daze:
"Everything... is going according to plan..."
"It's not yet... it's time..."
Lin Yi was shocked: "What...?!"
However, before he could get more news, his vision fluctuated again, and he lost contact with Mao Zi...
"Mao Zi... no, we, indeed have a plan!" Lin Yi's eyes showed surprise and complex understanding, "I am the only one who still has a plan. I don’t know about this plan..."
"But speaking of which, is Ryoko included in our plan?"
Lin Yi couldn't help but fell into a trance, and just after this moment of trance, his vision changed again, and this time it was even more outrageous. He seemed to see...
an isolated island.
If it weren't for the yellow-brown building materials unique to art buildings, he would have thought that his consciousness had been pushed overseas by the airwaves from the "Temple".
Everything here is made of huge yellow-brown rocks. Each stone carries the traces of time. The rough surface is covered with moss and mottled cracks, as if telling stories of the past. It is high The ground stands at the highest point of the Black Moon Outpost, so close to the sky that it seems to be within reach...
"Wait... this is?!"
He actually saw a clock tower on this "isolated island"? !
The clock tower is the highest place in the entire art building, but it seems to be not the only place. This mysterious island is almost as high as the bell tower, but on the other side of the art building, it is an extremely vast open-air platform, lingering with an atmosphere of tranquility and depth.
An outdoor terrace?
Wrong!
Where can there be an open-air platform under the storm?
As expected, he discovered that the platform was not open-air, but had a completely transparent dome. Outside the dome was an oppressive sky. Groups of laughing angels were flying in the night sky, waiting for opportunities to invade the huge invisible cover of the art building. The defenses of the art building were actually in place. Lin Yi realized that the only way for the intruders to invade the art building "slightly smoothly" was through the three stone bridges connecting the observatory and the art building.
In addition to the stone bridge, the invisible cover formed a terrifying force field that resisted a large number of Laughing Angels.
"No... that invisible force field!"
That force field, one after another, created some strange resonance with the fluctuations of his consciousness.
Of course he knows that this has nothing to do with him, because the source of this fluctuation in air waves is the "sacred church"!
The area formed by the "sacred church", just the edge of the air wave, forms a super protective shield to protect the entire art building!
Incredible!
"This is the work of "designer" Amon!"
Lin Yi also discovered that the nocturnal species that had climbed all over the outer wall of the art building did not appear around the dome. It seemed that it had not spread to this place yet?
No, the bell tower with the giant quantum clock "Temple" has been invaded. How come there is no movement at all here?
There must be something fishy!
He quickly looked around him and found an open and closed iron door. Strangely, when he looked at the iron door, his consciousness penetrated and he saw a narrow and winding stone staircase. On the walls on both sides of the stone staircase were hung several candles that emitted a faint light. On the platform, the dim lights swayed in the wind, casting distorted shadows on the walls...
He withdrew his attention and looked at the spacious platform, and then noticed a huge bronze armillary sphere not far away.
The armillary sphere has long been corroded, and the patina all over its body shows a dark green color under the dim light. Its gears and ring structure are intricate, as if it is a forgotten time machine.
It is like an artifact that has been eroded by time, waiting for the person who can polish it again.
It stands there quietly, as if adhering to its ancient mission, peering into the mysteries of the universe...
"This is... the armillary sphere? Is this the mysterious "observatory" in the art building?!"
According to Lao Mo, the observatory has long been closed to the public, and even art students need certain qualifications if they want to come here!
Did he really see the observatory?
In that case, wouldn't "Starry Moon Night" also be here? !
The edge of the observatory is surrounded by a circle of waist-high stone pillars. The stone pillars are carved with various mysterious patterns, totems and mysterious symbols. These mysterious trajectories form patterns of constellations.
However, these carvings have become blurred under the baptism of time, and the lines of the constellations seem to be pulled and twisted by dark forces. The star patterns that originally symbolized hope and guidance now reveal an indescribable weirdness.
In the center of the observatory, there is a huge circular stone platform, which is covered with ancient runes. These runes emit a faint blue light, like a response from the distant starry sky...
Although the wind and clouds are roaring and the gray fog is pouring in, However, the circular stone platform was still gathering starlight. Under the clouds, a few rays of light penetrated from nowhere and fell on the circular stone platform...
His consciousness slowly floated to the center of the observatory, and his perception spread through here. The whole world was shrouded in darkness, with only the distant stars shining faintly.
This observatory is like a bridge connecting this layer with an unknown starry sky layer, and it is also like a cursed place, full of mystery and unknown fear...
【…Sto...re... stjer...ner...】
【St...ore... stjer...ner...】
【Store... stjer...ner...】
He seemed to hear some kind of call, like a Taoist boy hearing the sound of Taoism that had been passed down through the ages, and his soul trembled with air.
He seemed to have sensed an interference coming from the layer. He didn't even realize it. As soon as his consciousness came close to this place, he seemed to be deeply attracted. He didn't feel anything exactly yet, but it seemed as if he had been caught.
He almost forgot that he was in the observatory and forgot everything. It seemed that only a starry sky and the call from deep in the starry sky were left in his consciousness.
Just when he was about to sink, his vision changed strangely, and his consciousness seemed to be disturbed by a brute force and was dragged away from that place.
"This...I...?! Just now...?" Lin Yi was startled, and when he suddenly woke up, his soul trembled because of fear.
"The observatory is not a place where you can stay right now..." The night watchman's narration-like voice sounded in his heart.
"That is indeed the observatory? Is it the starry sky or the pollution caused by "Starry Moon Night" that wants to keep me there?"
"On the contrary, "Starry Moon Night" has always been there. It was your consciousness that sensed the existence of "Starry Moon Night", so you tried to stay there... No one can resist the impact of "Starry Night", including you now. "
"Then can I watch it in the future?"
"We will talk about the future."
The horizon gradually faded, and the air wave pushed to the end.
Ten seconds passed, and Lin Yi's consciousness, which seemed to have been torn into countless pieces, quietly gathered again and condensed at the bell tower.
"The time has come." The night watchman's voice sounded, "In order to take care of you, I delayed this wave of air for half a minute."
"Half a minute...?" Lin Yi glanced at his watch. The current time was only 2:24.
"It's really only half a minute...half a minute, so long?" Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh, "I knew that the push of the air wave would only last ten seconds, but when my consciousness spread out with the air wave, I forgot the passage of time..."
"Even now that I'm back, I feel It seems like a long time has passed just now..."
"This is how 'time' is. The more detailed the perception, the more subtle the passage of time is felt." The night watchman said, "When your perception is sensitive to a certain extent, when you release the perception, you will have the illusion that time has frozen... This is the relativity of time."
"Furthermore, there are some completely opposite situations. You think only a moment has passed, but in fact it has been sinking for many years. Dream builders have been lost in layers of dreams throughout the ages, and there are many."
Lin Yi listened slightly. Nodding, but it seemed to be a matter of focus, and he didn't even notice that his wrist with the watch was left with only two hand bones that looked like they were made of gold. The sky-blue breath was constantly moving on his hand bones like nanomaterials, causing his flesh and blood to regenerate quickly.
And he... has even shielded himself from the pain of separation of flesh and blood.
The infusion of the air waves from the "Temple" destroyed his physical body, leaving only the muscles, bones, and heart that had been "tempered" while climbing the steps.
Lao Mo from a distance saw the whole absurd and weird scene that appeared on Lin Yi, and opened his mouth in shock. His expression seemed to say, what kind of monster did I bring here along the way? !
Of course, there seemed to be a bit of regret in his eyes - such a fun thing was wasted for the night watchman, if he had known there would be more development along the way...
The night watchman observed calmly Lin Yi looked at the changes in every inch of flesh and blood, and then asked: "Didn't you see something weird? One or two of them made you feel strongly uneasy or restless?"
"Too many..." Lin Yi said weakly.
"Well, it's okay if you don't have it. After all...wait a minute, what did you say?!" The night watchman's comforting words just came to his lips. He also wanted Lin Yi to accept the washing of the "Temple" again if he really couldn't do it, but he didn't expect that Lin Yi said too much?
Lin Yi said slowly: "There were a few times in the middle when I felt like I was being left behind, and then I seemed to be taken out by you. I felt that there were big problems in those places..."
"If you think you are looking for the one you are looking for, If the item is in a place that I think is special, then it should be in one of those places. "
"Several times...?" The night watchman pondered, and then denied, "No, just this level is not enough."
"This is not enough?"
"When you are building a dream, sinking is a normal thing. In addition, it is your first time, so there are many natural crises... But the item I want to find must be very easy to distinguish for you. If you think about it again, has such a situation happened?"
"I..." Lin Yi began to think about it, and finally took a hard breath, " You pulled me out many times, did you ever feel something? "
The night watchman said: "To you, it's time and time again, but to me, you only passed 'half a minute'. During this half minute, you were sinking with almost every breath. I was on the verge of waking you up the whole time, using the air waves of the "Temple" to interfere with your sinking. "
"To you, I may have saved you many times, but in my opinion, I only saved you once."
"So I need you to identify for yourself, is there a most special time?"
"There are quite a few special times, but when it comes to the 'most'..." Lin Yi muttered in a muffled voice, "At that time at the observatory... I felt very special..."
"Observatory?" The night watchman said, "Tell me in detail."
"I saw an armillary sphere full of patina..."
"The armillary sphere... it was designed jointly by the "Artist" and Lord Amon. It is not the object I am looking for. Remember that it is an object. At least, it appears as an "object" in your perception. "
"It must be an 'item'..." Lin Yi scratched his bald head. Originally, he wanted to talk about the round stone platform that collects starlight, but it didn't seem to be the case. "It can't be "Starry Night", right?"
"Of course not."
"Then I won't mention it either..."
"What about the things outside the observatory?"
h "Outside the observatory..." Lin Yi recalled the sights that almost caused him to die. "I saw a deep well covered with moss. What seemed to be underneath it?"
Hearing the word "deep well", the night watchman hesitated for a moment, and then said: "What is buried there, it is very useful, but it is not what I am looking for."
"What is buried there?" Lin Yi asked curiously.
"Answer my question first... Where are the other places?" The night watchman seemed not to want to answer and avoided the question.
Lin Yi's curiosity increased, but he still started to think about it. For some reason, he seemed to be avoiding that bedroom subconsciously.
It wasn't until he stroked it again that he suddenly clapped his hands: "Hey, I thought of it!"
"There seems to be a bedroom!"
"'Bedroom'?" The night watchman's voice seemed to fluctuate a little, "What kind of bedroom?"
"It's just a very pink and blue small bedroom, and there is a big white bear rag doll in it." Lin Yi described the scene he saw, "It looks like a little girl's bedroom..."
The night watchman's breathing became heavier: "Is there a painting hanging on the wall?"
(End of this chapter)