Overturned Tower

Looking up, he was actually on a tiny dinner plate.And the huge long-lived man holding a knife and fork was staring at him with greedy eyes.

——Whether it is an angel or a demon, they are nothing more than tools and food for those elves.

"Hey, let me say," asked the God Vessel who jumped off the bedside table and turned into Russell, "So, are you really going to catch some angels for Zhongxiang?"

"That won't happen."

Russell shook his head: "Even if I didn't know about it, I wouldn't attack the angels. If I know it now...

"……and many more."

He paused suddenly.

The container of God asked, "What's wrong?"

"I was thinking, if angels and demons can be made into tools through some kind of technology...then as the same kind of power, wouldn't mages not be able to?"

He and another self suddenly looked at each other.

Immediately, they said in unison: "All done!"

Quan Shu was the "mage" who was captured by them... and delivered to the elves.

Chapter 31 Demon Hunt

Russell still remembered that when Kamalthe gave them the task, Delphinium asked specifically.

What level of high-level do you want to grasp?Which organization's top?

In her opinion, the reason why the company's top management chose to let them carry out this task was to gather information from that "high level" brain.

That being the case, if the person caught is too low-level or too marginal, and knows too few secrets, wouldn't they have to catch another one?

Delphinium, adhering to the concept of excellent Party B, specifically asked Party A's requirements clearly, in order to prevent himself from putting in a lot of effort to complete the indicators, and then lightly said "We don't want this effect, let's redo it".

As for whether they really just grab a high-level person at random, it doesn't really matter.

The delphinium just wanted a clear reply, so that even if they were asked to work overtime temporarily to catch another one, they would still have evidence to argue about, and they could ask for some exchange of benefits.

As a result, Kamalthe directly predicted the behavior pattern of the delphinium, and said directly, "just grab one."

Of course, not all the high-level organizations in the lower city are mages...but that was a gathering of mages, and all the high-level attendees happened to be mages.This is also the reason why the company asked them to intervene in arresting people at that time-this is currently the only chance for them to accurately capture the mage without explaining to the special execution department what a mage is.

It has been a month and a half since Quan Shu was caught.

Russell didn't see him from the company, he didn't see him on the news or was executed, he didn't even transfer the memory master from Thoth's spiritual energy, and he didn't apply for artificial intelligence from Sogo Island.As a matter of course, the Tianen Group did not launch any new actions against the Xiacheng District... This person disappeared without a trace.

Even other mages haven't seen it fully cooked in the dream world.

Considering that only one is caught, even if it is eaten, it is not enough for them to share... It is probably controlled by the company as a sample for some kind of experiment.

Russell thought that this was the difference between the new generation of mages and the old mages they were studying.Or try to use full familiarity to study some techniques for mages and the like.

But now seeing the vicious methods of the mages—the ability to "use" angels and demons as materials, Russell immediately realized that he still overestimated the integrity of the company's top management.

So Russell immediately called the deer head and entered the center of the Tower of Babel.

He wanted to talk to Deer Head about it face to face.

After all, the head portrait of the deer is also an elf mage who inherited the memory, so she should know more information.

After listening to Russell's narration, Deer Head gave an affirmative answer.

[Your guess is correct, demons and psionics did appear earlier than angels]

[A long time ago, psychics and demons appeared, but at that time there was no mind protection chip, and there was no red and blue shift detection device. Psykers were called "demon eggs"... basically none of them survived , will be transformed into a demon sooner or later]

[The mage has mastered the means to make the devil into a wedge of the mind]

[However, as early as the first mage war, because the war between mages suddenly became fierce, the demons were hunted and killed]

[After that, the mages established a systematic inheritance.I told you before that becoming a mage is much easier than becoming a psyker]

[One must repeatedly interrupt the mage's dream, train the mind to be extremely pure, and be extremely paranoid in spirit, in an attempt to distort the world only by one's own will, in order to obtain spiritual power.But normally, the mage’s dream would have been fulfilled long before that, and he would become a mature mage]

[Moreover, the acquisition and use of spells can be learned, but there is no reference for spiritual power.And once you get the spell first, your mind will no longer be pure, and you will no longer be able to awaken your own psionic power]

[Of course... there were indeed psykers who could use spells for a short time.But unlike you, they quickly lost control and turned into demons, and were hunted afterward]

"Sure enough..."

Russell murmured.

He realized this when he used his spells with all his strength before.

Using spells is equivalent to "downloading emotions" from the dream world.Emotion itself is a kind of "red shift". In an era without the concept of blue shift, it will be particularly easy to lead to loss of control.

Although judging from Teacher Zhong's situation, mages actually have some means of manually increasing the blue shift.But they are quite rare.

They will choose to use demons to make spiritual wedges to increase their endurance.

Russell's Wedge of Pain is the seed split from Hammer of Pain.

That is to say, as long as the mages capture a demon, the entire school has a psychic wedge to use.

The principle of the Psychic Wedge is similar to that of a chip... If the chip is equivalent to a USB flash drive, the Psychic Wedge is equivalent to a network drive.

——Directly transfer and download spells to the Wedge of Mind, and then download large files slowly to reduce the impact, or directly preview small files in the network disk.

As long as the link with the dream world can still be maintained, this is indeed a good way to prevent going crazy.

[The methods of the mages are much more radical than those of the executive department.They even try to cultivate psykers and induce them to become demons... Of course, this kind of "ranch" failed in the end, because they couldn't make people stably awaken psionics, and they might not be able to awaken psionics under deliberate cultivation 】

[In the end, the mages came to the conclusion that once they knew how to awaken their spiritual power, they would not be able to awaken their spiritual power in the end, because their will had been "polluted" by this information]

Russell's pupils shrank slightly.

...isn't that what companies do now?

Seven empty islands that are completely isolated from each other, the chip that becomes the way to become a mage is banned, and the twisted cyberpunk world that drives people crazy...

And, the lower city is full of "illegal psykers".

Rather than saying that these are seven countries, it is better to say that these are seven "culture media".

But before Russell continued to think, the words after the head portrait of the deer surprised him:

【As for the source of the holy order, what Zhongxiang said is correct...it does have this kind of value】

[The "Suffering Forging" ritual that Zhongxiang used for you used the source of holy orders as a material]

"……what?"

Russell was taken aback for a moment, and his mood suddenly became complicated.

It turns out that he has also unknowingly "used" the source of the holy order?

[To forge your will, you will probably need half a bottle of the source of holy orders.The remaining unused part is the "processing fee" paid to Zhongxiang]

[You are valuable to Babel, Russell.I'm afraid you can really complete the triple undercover of the company, the mage, and the Holy See]

[From the perspective of the leader, I don't want you to lose control]

The ethereal and calm voice of the deer head reveals sincerity.

[Among all the methods I know of to increase blue shift, using the source of holy orders to perform dream rituals is the only one that has no side effects]

【Zhongxiang can probably be regarded as half of us, that is, the "conservative mage on land" I told you about】

【That's why I knew about Strangler's whereabouts in the first place, and that's why I let you follow Strangler to join his school... This is also to grant you the Wedge of Mind】

[The mages of the Tower of Babel, the wedges of mind used are all wedges of pain, all from this hammer of pain]

[Only with the Wedge of Mind, can you enter the deeper layers of the dream world and contact those mad mages]

[Otherwise, in the dream world without body protection, your memory and will will be easily rewritten by them, and they don't even need to take the initiative to do so, they will infuse the spirits of the people around you]

[For the mages, this just makes their spirits become abnormal...but you have also awakened the psionic power]

[If they say they will go crazy, then you may lose control]

【——So, the forging ceremony and the wedge of the mind are both things that must be given to you】

[This is not a reward for you, but your "office props"]

Chapter 32 Passing the Torch

"...The leader, where did the source of this bottle of holy order come from?"

Although he knew it was not good, Russell's stubbornness still made him ask.

Why does the deer head statue have the source of holy orders at hand?

She was fixed in the Tower of Babel with her broken body, and she had been cut off from the elves for many years...but she still had a weak connection with the church.

Is she also one of the "clients"?

If this question is not clear, he will not be able to sleep.

Hearing this, the deer head was silent for a moment.

But her voice still sounded in Russell's heart:

【This bottle of holy order power is your senior and also my senior.】

……what?

Russell's eyes widened slightly.

"Is that... the frozen senior angel?"

Russell remembered that there were actually quite a few core personnel in the Tower of Babel, but they didn't know each other.

There are three old antiques who survived the battle of teaching method alone.

One is the head of the deer, and the other is the final city.The other person is an angel who is still frozen.

Russell's associations even produced a little fear for a moment.

That's the fear of carrying too high, overwhelming expectations.

But fortunately, the head portrait of the deer immediately denied it.

【It's not that... he became the source of holy orders before he was frozen by the church】

[In fact, the Tower of Babel may be the first organization to discover the method of obtaining the source of holy orders]

"But Zhongxiang didn't mean..."

Zhong Xiang said that he only recently got such a good thing from the company's elf mage.

【Because Zhong Xiang withdrew too early, and he was not completely on the standpoint of the Tower of Babel】

The deer head quickly gave an explanation.

indeed.

Russell nodded.

Compared with the "idealism" of Bad Day, Miriam, and Deer Head, Zhongxiang's position is more like "I agree with you, I can help you, and of course I accept the deal with you, and I am willing to Keep it secret for you, but I will never sacrifice for you" to that extent.

[The wedge of mind can be used as a tool from the very beginning to directly "suck out" the demon in the psyker's body]

[In this way, even if the demon in the "Devil's Egg" has not yet hatched, if you can't wait, you can use the wedge of the mind to forcibly extract the unhatched demon]

[That is the "spiritual energy stock solution", but it is far less valuable than the source of holy orders.It only exists as a special material, the reason it is rare and expensive is because it is too extravagant】

[After all, the difference between the psionic liquid and the hatched demon is roughly equivalent to that of an egg and a chicken.This is only used to stop losses when it is necessary to confront the devil's egg]

[Assuming that every egg can mature, then it is more valuable to harvest it after it becomes a chicken, right]

The ethereal voice of the deer head resounded in Russell's heart.

【Then, we have the wedge of the soul and the angel who volunteers to sacrifice himself, so it is only natural to discover this secret】

[The inheritance of the Tower of Babel from generation to generation, what is left behind is not only this wandering city, but also me who gave up my body and completely integrated into the online world]

[The "legacy" left by each predecessor is also part of the inheritance]

[The Tower of Babel actually has other reserves of the source of holy orders, but they cannot be handed over to you without reservation... If you cannot complete the task, then they will be used as kindling to train the next generation of members]

【—For example, the Hammer of Pain in Zhongxiang's hand, he was also another senior of yours, and it was also the opportunity for him to come into contact with the Tower of Babel】

[Short-lived species have a limit, unlike elves and giant dragons, the time to survive in the world is extremely short]