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Chapter 1667 Goodbye Levy, Cognitive Distortion (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)
Ilan City

Sunlight streamed through the sky onto the doorway, casting a golden glow.

A densely packed troop of city guards blocked the narrow doorway, surrounding a fair-skinned, gentle-looking man in his forties or fifties.

Outside the doorway, a dense crowd could be vaguely seen.

bang——

He Ao stared at the pollution detector that had exploded again in his field of vision, a question mark slowly forming above his head.

“Ahem, Mr. Pete,” the captain in protective gear casually put the detector back in his pocket and smiled, “Welcome to Elan City.”

"What is this—?" He Ao looked at the half-broken testing device. "I remember it was you when I came here last time? We should...know each other?"

"Ahem," the captain coughed again, "Haven't you been here for a year? You didn't bring your ID either, so we have to verify your identity and go through the procedures. That way, I can explain things to my superiors."

He looked down at He Ao, "Are you also looking for General Covey this time?"

“No,” He Ao shook his head, glancing at the exploded pollution detector in the captain’s hand, “Just take me to the lounge. You’ve already notified the person I want to see, and he’ll be here soon.”

"Really?" The captain was slightly taken aback. He scratched his head and looked at He Ao's gentle and natural face without asking any further questions. "Then please come with me."

As he spoke, he turned around, pushed open the small door on one side of the doorway, and led He Ao toward that small door.

The city defense soldiers who had been blocking the entire gate gradually retreated and dispersed.

The walls of the doorway are covered with clean tiles, reflecting the images of passersby.

He Ao slowly moved forward and glanced at the reflection on the tile.

At this moment, he looked exactly like Saint Pete.

He redeemed the [Saint] character card last night and rushed from Limen City to Yilan City again overnight.

The good news is that the coat he made earlier was not destroyed when 'Pet' was hung back in the white space of the Goddess of Life, thus avoiding the fate of him descending 'naked and naked' again.

Having learned from the previous experience, the Goddess of Life did not test him again this time, and allowed him to descend smoothly.

Of course, the landing location was reset to the vicinity of Limen City, so he still traveled all night and was stopped by the city defense army again in Yilan City.

He Ao pulled his gaze away from his own reflection and followed the captain into the elevator, arriving at the lounge.

This time, the lounge was much more upscale than the last one. The last one was more like an interrogation room, while this one had sofas, blankets, and even a bar.

The lounge is also very high up; through the windows, He Ao can even see the tall buildings of the city in the distance.

The captain led He Ao to the sofa by the window and was about to leave.

At that moment, He Ao, standing by the window, softly asked, "Is there a parade down there?"

Below him, along the narrow street, groups of people were walking quickly. He glanced at the captain beside him with some doubt, "Is the city government of Yilan City no longer popular with the people?"

“That’s impossible,” the captain shook his head. “The city government’s policies are all set by Mr. Lynn, and the people of Iran will absolutely not oppose Mr. Lynn.”

He stood beside Heo, looking down at the marching crowd below, seemingly pondering the origins of the march.

After a long while, he suddenly remembered something and said slowly, "I remember now, this is a parade to welcome that Keminda."

He looked at Heo and explained, "It's the current presidential candidate, Keminda. The election is coming up soon, and he has a high reputation in the Federation, especially in Elan City. He's here in Elan City today to campaign, and this should be a parade organized by his campaign team."

"Is that so?" He Ao nodded slightly, watching the cheering parade below. "Then he is indeed quite popular."

“Many of his policies are directly adopted from those left by Mr. Lynn, so the people of Iran like him quite a bit,” the captain laughed. “Mr. Pete, if you want to vote, you can also vote for him.”

“If there’s an opportunity, I can consider it,” He Ao nodded with a smile.

"Then I'll be going now." The captain waved and left the lounge.

He Ao turned around and sat down on the sofa.

He stared at the empty sofa opposite him and said with some curiosity, "Why didn't you show up this time?"

“Since early this morning, I’ve felt inexplicably worried,” streaks of green light appeared before He Ao, quickly outlining a slightly melancholy white-haired figure. He looked at He Ao and said, “It seems that fate has given me a warning. Your coming here is probably not a trivial matter, and you’re not looking for someone from the municipal government, but for me.”

This is Levi, the angel who protects the city of Ilan.

He learned this last time he visited: the pollution detectors in Elan City all have markings made by Levi, so if a pollution detector explodes, Levi will know immediately.

“The situation is rather complicated,” He Ao said helplessly, spreading his hands. “Right now, you’re the only angel I can find who is familiar with the Federation, so naturally I’ve come looking for you.”

In the last instance, Heo had already 'proven' his relationship with 'K' to some extent and had also established a basic level of trust with Levy, so this time he could speak directly and frankly.

"It seems you have some unanswered questions?" Levi looked at Heo, raising an eyebrow. "Aren't you a follower of the goddess of life?"

“I don’t have that strong a connection with the Goddess of Life, as I explained last time,” He Ao shook his head slightly and smiled, “Besides, this is a matter for the Federation.”

He opened his mouth slightly, about to ask a question, but the question suddenly got stuck in his throat.

What was he going to ask again?

"Forgot?" Levi's eyes, which had been slightly narrowed, suddenly opened, staring at Heo.

In that instant, the entire space fell silent.

What kind of power could make the servants of life, the saints of the goddess of life, forget the key information they wanted to ask?
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What do I want to ask?
He looked away. Was there any hint somewhere? He glanced at the mission panel.

[Investigating the reasons for the 'abnormal' activity]

What is meant by 'abnormal'?
He seemed to have some related memories, but he couldn't access them, and his cognitive abilities were completely blank.

His figure blurred for a moment.

In the next instant, two conflicting thoughts converged in his mind.

Two completely ambiguous perceptions clashed within him.

His fair skin began to writhe uncontrollably.

In that instant, streaks of green light outlined the void, quickly forming a complex magic array that enveloped the entire rest room.

Soon, He Ao calmed his writhing flesh and blood, allowing the body's own 'cognition' to be concealed.

In that brief moment, he exchanged for two characters to use simultaneously, and is now controlling both 'Loren' and 'Pet' at the same time.

However, the two characters have different 'perceptions'.

Even though He Ao, as the sole soul, controls these two characters and possesses the same memories, it's like a person being half underwater and half above water—the same body perceives the world in completely different, even conflicting, ways.

'Pete' couldn't understand the existence of the 'abnormality' at all, while 'Loren' thought the existence of the abnormality was a matter of course.

He Ao knew very well that this might be some kind of real 'cognitive barrier' that isolated his two bodies from each other's cognition.

He could only temporarily ignore Pete's perspective and focus on Loren's, otherwise, under the intense conflict of these perspectives, he would quickly descend into madness.

Once the flesh beneath his fair skin had completely subsided, He Ao raised his head and looked at Levi in ​​front of him.

At that moment, Levi was also watching him, a bright green light flashing in his pupils—it was 'curiosity'.

As an angel capable of studying the mysterious to the point of being corrupted by its shadow, Heo's recent situation clearly aroused his research desire.

At this moment, He Ao leaned forward slightly and asked in a slow voice, "Do you know what 'abnormal' means?"

“An ‘abnormal’?” Levi paused for a moment, then narrowed his eyes. “I don’t know, or rather, I ‘can’t remember.’ Can you tell me where you learned about this?”

“In the northeastern region of the Federation,” He Ao said calmly, “a special kind of supernatural phenomenon, governed by certain rules, is occurring in the 26 cities of the northeastern region…”

He paused slightly and relayed the entire knowledge of the anomaly to Levy.

Levi listened quietly until Heo finished speaking, then looked at Heo and said slowly, "I've been to the northeastern region of the Federation before, about three hundred years ago."

He paused slightly, then said, "I'm looking for a rare, extraordinary material there."

“But you don’t have any ‘memory’ of anything unusual?” He asked slowly.

“In fact, it should exist,” Levy paused slightly, as if recalling something, “but all my ‘knowledge’ about the anomaly has been erased, so even if I have such a memory, I cannot recall it, or even state it, or even understand that part of my memory.”

"It's like trying to recall a dream you have absolutely no recollection of?" He said slowly. "I clearly remember having similar dreams, but I just can't remember them no matter what I do."

“It seems you’ve been affected as well,” Levy said, looking at Heo with interest. “This must be a particularly strong cognitive barrier. How did you manage to bypass its influence?”

“I must have some special power,” He Ao said noncommittally.

Levi glanced at Heo's fair skin, feeling the tremors of the deeper world. "Related to the gods? Interesting."

He lowered his head and pondered, "It seems that the Federation has more secrets than I imagined. A cognitive barrier that can affect angels is right under our noses. It has existed since the beginning of the Federation, but no one has ever discovered it."

"Don't the other angels in the Federation know either?" He asked in a low voice.

“Perhaps some know,” Levi pondered. “Each angel has different abilities. Perhaps some can sense this cognitive barrier but haven’t shared it. But since I haven’t sensed it, there are probably only one or two who have.”

After all, he was someone who could study mysticism to the point of being corrupted by the gods.

Heo still believed what Levi said. He looked up at Levi and asked, "So what do you think this 'abnormality' should be?"

“This needs to be considered separately,” Levy shook his head. “First, we need to figure out whether this cognitive barrier is generated by an unusually active force or by other external forces.”

These words instantly jolted He Ao awake. He looked at Levy and asked, "You mean, this cognitive barrier wasn't created by the anomaly itself?"

“In my memory,” Levy said slowly, “a fierce battle took place in the northeastern part of the Federation when the great storm came, and even the terrain of the northeast was affected by that battle.”

"Do you know 'Estella'?" He asked quickly.

“Estella was the leader of that battle,” Levi said, looking at Heo, his mind seemingly processing something rapidly. “She is now the head and guardian of the northeastern region of the Federation. I became an angel in the early days of the Federation after the Great Storm, so I don’t know much about that era.”

He paused slightly, then said with interest, "Moreover, that cognitive barrier continues to affect my cognition, making it impossible for me to recall and understand the relevant details carefully. I can't even understand who told me these things."

He looked at He Ao and slightly raised his hand, "Wait a moment."

Streaks of green light flashed continuously from his body, passing through his shell and outlining another white-haired figure beside him. Then, this white-haired figure shattered and turned into scattered green light that disappeared into his body.

“I remember now,” Levi looked up at Heo, “it’s Estella.”

Under He Ao's slightly surprised gaze, he slowly said, "When I went to the Northeast region, I visited her, and she and I briefly discussed what had happened in the Northeast region."
"According to her, when the great storm came, she and the other angels of the original Federation discovered that a twisted being had descended upon the northeastern region. In the end, they made a great sacrifice and sealed the twisted being after all their companions had died."

“I originally planned to consult some of the older angels about this matter after leaving the Northeast region, but after leaving there, I ‘forgot’ about it.”

Levi raised his hand, and green lines appeared before him, quickly sketching a nearly lifelike topographical map of the northeastern region of the Federation. Looking at the map, he said slowly,
"Strictly speaking, the northeastern region of the Federation does indeed resemble a sealed structure, with high mountains to the west and south, ice fields to the north, storm seas to the east, and a largely stable but somewhat irrational vast plain in the middle,"

He slid his hand across the map slightly. “But in reality, given the direction of the mountains and rivers, it’s almost impossible for a large plain to form here.”

“If a fierce battle had taken place at an unusually high altitude, then this kind of flat terrain would be reasonable,” He Ao said slowly.

As he spoke, Heo raised his head and looked at Levi, suddenly asking, "If an angel wants to seal away part of its memories, what does that usually mean?"

Judging from Levi's account, Estella's memories from at least four hundred years ago were relatively complete, rather than being completely sealed away as she claims now.

Assuming she wasn't lying, it means that she experienced something during those four hundred years that forced her to seal her memories.

Upon hearing Heo's question, Levi simply raised his head and said meaningfully, "This suggests that her mental state is probably not very good."