"Have you discovered anything?" Neo asked Karen, "Or, is there anything you want to say to me?"

Karen re-read the inscription on the stone tablet. Yes, Ranedal, that's right.

Then, Karen looked at the sculpture in the center of the fountain...

The man's figure is somewhat thin and his facial lines are clear, giving him an atmosphere of loneliness and contemplation.

Then, Karen looked specifically at the head of the sculpture. Oh, it was not bald.

"Um?"

Neo whispered again in a nasal tone.

Karen hesitated for a moment. He didn't know what to say. Could it be that: Captain, everything our team encountered today was all caused by my dog?

However, Karen knew that the trigger here had nothing to do with his team's encounter today, and with Kevin now.

It's just that the dog once left a toy, and now, the toy has been picked up again and started to play with.

"I don't know much about him."

"Well, I believe you." Neo replied, "But there is a place that may be of interest to you, or may be useful to you, if what you told me is true."

"Captain, what is it?"

"You told me that your body was transformed by Ranedar."

"so?"

"So, there's a place I can't get into, but maybe you can."

"where?"

"The top floor of the castle."

Karen followed Neo into the castle, choosing to go through the window instead of going through the castle gate.

After landing, Karen found that half of the room was in light and half in darkness, as if time had been cut here.

"This is deliberately arranged like this. You should know these things better than me." Neo said.

"It's to deepen the psychological implications. What we encountered outside the castle should be completely different from what we encountered inside the castle. The people who run this place should focus their main energy here."

"Yes, fortunately I didn't take you in, otherwise I'm worried that after this time is over, there may be a few more fools in my team, and I can't abandon or kick them out. I can only do it in the next suitable mission.

It would be very troublesome to create an ending for them to sacrifice themselves in order to rescue everyone."

"Captain, I don't think these words are suitable to say to me, a team member."

"It doesn't hurt to listen. Don't worry that other team members will think you are ruthless or criticize you because they see your purpose. They may call you cold-blooded when drinking in private, but in fact, they agree with your actions deep down.

However, I think if the rewards are generous, many diseases should be cured directly."

Karen did not answer but followed Neo silently and continued walking. The two went up the stairs from the first floor and finally to the fifth floor.

During this period, Karen felt like going to an amusement park at night. The layout of many things could still give people a great sense of discomfort even if they were not activated. If they were activated, the cutting and distortion of time would

It is enough to completely subvert people's previous understanding of time.

When he waited on the fifth floor, Neo looked at his watch and said: "We have plenty of time. If we miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to come in next time. I estimate that we will be included as unsuitable testers."

On the list. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, you can come here because you are quarantined, or is the entire team quarantined? "

"The entire squad was quarantined."

"Then it will be very close to the time when our whole team will go out, but there is still plenty of time." Neo asked casually while recalculating the time, "How did you do it?"

"The operator created a fake you."

"Well, what then?"

"In front of all the team members, I shot the fake you to pieces."

"Um?"

"Fake you."

"You are so cruel."

"Because I know it's false."

"Well, you did a good job. Those guys used us as test subjects in this way. No matter how generous the rewards are afterwards, we will curse them in our hearts. Of course, let their tests appear.

The problem is difficult to maintain, which is also an excellent expression.

Here we are, this is the door."

Neo pointed to the red door in front of him. This door appeared here, and it didn't match the surrounding decoration style, but it also made it unique.

"I can't push it away. It's like a wall. Try it."

Karen nodded, stretched out his hand and touched the door, but did not feel any resistance, or even touch anything, because Karen's hand directly penetrated the door.

Neo looked at this scene, nodded and said:

"Okay, now I completely believe that your body has been transformed by the evil god."

"Captain, you didn't fully believe it before?"

"I have always believed in you, but believing completely is a higher level."

Karen also put his other hand in. At this time, layers of ripples appeared on the door, and the door in front of him was like a standing water surface.

"Captain, do you want to come in with us?"

Karen took out one of his hands and handed it to the captain.

"If something goes wrong when I get in, will I be stuck right here?"

"It's just mental awareness."

"But the feeling of death is real. If we consider ourselves dead here, what kind of chain reaction do you think our bodies will have in reality? Mental spells are best at this."

After hearing these words, Karen suddenly realized that if his previous shooting skills had been more accurate and successfully hit Marlowe's head, wouldn't Marlowe be...

Poor Marlowe was just deceived by the false captain.

"Then you stay outside and I'll go in and take a look."

Karen was really curious about what kind of toy his dog had left behind. It would be difficult to wait until next time if he missed this opportunity, even if the former owner of this thing was a dog in his own home.

"No, I'm willing to give it a try."

Neo grabbed Karen's hand, and immediately, his body seemed to be qualified to enter the door, and the two of them quickly entered the door.

"Buzz!"

Behind the door is a field of stars, which is very beautiful.

But this is not a real star, but an algorithm. It is the core, which structures the entire consciousness space. Walking in it, you can feel your own insignificance. This is a kind of crushing from the wisdom level.

"I think this space should be what Ranedar left behind." Neo said, "a star of wisdom."

Karen nodded, but then another worry emerged. If his dog had left something else behind, he might have been able to escape. In name, it was returned to its original owner, but what he left behind was this...

…I can’t move it even if I want to.

Alas, it is fitting that Ranedar did not leave many traces in the world. Let alone ordinary people, even the priests basically did not know that such an evil god existed.

If Gouzi had left some more Evil God Blades, Evil God Swords, Evil God Axes, and Evil God Shields back then, even if they were prefixed with "broken" and "broken", his reputation would definitely be different.

Karen and Neo continued to march inside. Just when they thought that behind this door was the brilliance of stars, another door appeared in front of them. This door was not red, but blue.

"Try again and see if you can get in."

"good."

Karen stretched out her hands again, but this time, they were blocked by the door.

When Neo saw this, he let out a sigh of disappointment and said: "It seems that it is no longer possible. We can only go here."

After saying that, Neo turned around, pointed in the direction where the two of them came in, and continued:

"The things in this room should be left by Ranedal. I can even guess that they can't get in through the red door;

Because they were worried that forcing entry would destroy the stars inside, they could only use the 'wisdom' here to run this world of consciousness.

It's a pity that we can't enter the innermost door. No one has ever gone in to see what's inside."

What the captain meant was that what Ranedal left behind might be a "brain" in an abstract sense. The relevant departments of the Cult of Kosmos were afraid of damaging the internal structure of the brain, so they did not dare to dissect it and could only treat it as a brain. Components are embedded here for operation.

"This is the most important place, but it is also the least important." Neo sighed, "Let's go back."

"Squeak..."

At this moment, Neo heard the sound of the door opening behind him.

Neo turned around and saw Karen reaching out to grab the door handle and pulling the door open.

"Captain, this door cannot be penetrated, but it can be opened."

"Oh, that's it."

Neo came back again, and the two of them walked into the innermost room together.
To be continued...