Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 579 Resonance
Solomon's Army, Monsis School Hunters, Dream Visionists, Dagon's Cult, The Swollen Sisters...

The Pohnpei Peninsula is neither small nor particularly large.

It somehow managed to squeeze in a huge bunch of unrelated forces, a real mixed bag.

And that’s not all!
...

After Milo glimpsed the long, eerie face of a young girl in the eastern sea, he encountered another strange event.

Just as Chandler, the projection of the Dreamscape, was manipulating the native people to perform a chanting ceremony, ripples spread across the sea. The painful will that should have been accepted by the underwater world of R'lyeh was once again blocked. But that's not the point. The point is that, within Milo's field of vision, some strange, pale blue totems emerged from those ripples.

Perhaps it is not accurate to describe them as "totems," because some of them are simply mathematical symbols.

Standing on the steep reef, Milo listened to the incantations chanted by the natives behind him, his gaze fixed on the symbols dancing on the sea surface.

He seemed to remember something and quickly pulled out his notebook from his coat.

The symbols dancing on the sea surface can all be found in Emma's notebook.

Milo compared the clues with utmost care, afraid of missing any.

...

As it turns out, the Eye of Thinking does indeed possess a vision beyond ordinary cognition; Daisy said that the "Noscia Equation" would be an important clue for Milo's trip.

Everything before our eyes now seems to be proving this statement true.

Previously, Milo had never truly resonated with the "Noscia Equation" to any extent. Even though he had read many ancient books, the complex knowledge system still could not help him to understand the calculation process of the equation in a relatively efficient way.

Currently, the indigenous people of the reservation have not yet been able to resonate with the one in the R'lyeh mansion, but Milo has achieved his first resonance with the "Noscia Equation" by the sea.

These two things seem unrelated, but in fact, they are caused by the same thing.

That is, the mysterious Eastern woman hidden in this sea area, whom Milo caught a glimpse of.

……

Resonance is actually a very subtle and mysterious concept.

Because it is essentially illogical, even if Milo saw those active, pulsating rune symbols, he still did not truly understand the truth and mystery contained in the calculation.

In other words, rather than saying that Milo and the Noscia equation resonated with each other, it would be more accurate to say that the equation accepted Milo.

It could even be interpreted as the equation resonating with the girl's face hidden behind the black folding fan in the water, and Milo just happened to witness this scene.

Because at this moment, the Noscia equation is clearly trying to convey some message to Milo.

However, Milo was not able to accurately grasp those messages in the short term; he needed time to understand them.

But the equation seemed a little impatient.

After the symbols tumbled and bounced on the sea surface for a while, the amplitude of the shaking gradually increased, and the violent shaking turned the ripples of the sea into surging waves.

……

Milo, who was usually good at controlling his mind, was inexplicably agitated at this moment, with all sorts of strange and chaotic thoughts popping into his mind uncontrollably.

He couldn't understand why a strange face from the Far Eastern Order would evoke a resonance between him and the Noscia equation.

He wanted to know the origin of the strange soul that had left the Noscia equation in Emma's mind.

He then imagined all sorts of horrors Emma might encounter in the abyss...

...

In a fleeting moment, Milo seemed to realize something, understanding something. He keenly sensed that the Noscia equation was not merely a cold equation composed of a series of numbers and symbols; it was more like something capable of influencing the mind, possessing humanity, or rather, something more complex and advanced than humanity—perhaps, divinity?
Because in that instant, it interfered with Milo's emotions, creating a strong sense of urgency in Milo's mind.

Although Milo's desire to find Emma never wavered, it is undeniable that he never experienced intense anxiety, a price he paid for being part of the Shadow Old Ones.

The Noscia equation brought back that once-lost emotion to Milo's mind.

...It's actually quite difficult to convince Milo that a series of calculation formulas possess will and humanity, unless there are stark facts presented to him like this.

The resonance between the Noscia equation and Milo is very brief.

It didn't express anything concretely enough, and those pulsating symbols and runes never formed any readable sentences. The only effect it had on Milo was to cause him a certain degree of emotional fluctuation.

In other words, it caused this new generation of Shadow Order member to develop a "symptom" that only low-level creatures would experience—daydreaming.

It can be understood as exhausting one's thoughts, but that's not entirely accurate.

Because this emotion is often linked to feelings.

……

To put it simply, the equation's behavior conveys a unique will: it hopes that Milo can rescue Emma from the abyss as soon as possible.

It's reminding Milo—don't forget about this.

This reminder also carried a hint of warning, which Milo could sense.

It's hard to imagine that a series of calculation equations that can be written on a blackboard possess such anthropomorphic thinking.

This made Milo even more wary of the strange soul who had left the equation in Emma's mind.

Don't forget, it also left behind a dazzling, unorthodox 38-sided crystal, which opened the path of blood feud and gave rise to the Night Demon of Nanwei City today.

What's frightening is that Milo had stayed in Nanwei City for so long, yet he had never noticed the appearance and departure of this stranger.

Who is He, where does He come from, and what is His purpose?

Milo knew nothing about it.

Now, the half-face of a young girl underwater resonates in a special way with the Noschia equation.

Could it be understood that the girl in the water, the Noscia equation, and the octagonal crystal all share a common origin?
……

"Since you all know each other, why don't we discuss this? Let's stop blocking the souls of those poor souls from entering R'lyeh..."

Milo just muttered it offhand.

Unexpectedly, just minutes later, Chandler's exclamation echoed from deep within the Iloa Forest: "It's done! It really worked this time!!!"

Chandler's noise was more piercing than a woman's scream.

Perhaps because he felt he had all the natives in this forest under his control, he became somewhat unscrupulous.

Unbeknownst to him, there were three low-level hunters disguised as natives within the reservation. These three men had no tragic souls at all, and they mingled in the group without properly chanting the incantation, wearing earplugs the entire time.

This is the moment they've been waiting for.

No, it's too early to say. Even if the souls of the natives are accepted by R'lyeh, it will still take them a long time to find the "Snail City Text" and memorize all its contents.

Therefore, Raven and his hunters are unlikely to appear anytime soon.

Milo could only patiently continue to wait.

……

However, Milo noticed that human footprints were beginning to appear on the beach, which had just been wetted by the waves.

It was as if invisible people were walking slowly across it, step by step entering that sea.

On the distant horizon, some dark spots appeared under the sunlight. It was impossible to tell whether they were exposed reefs or the heads of some kind of creature, but what was certain was that they were there to greet the tragic souls being guided toward R'lyeh.

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(End of this chapter)