Chapter 583 - 342: The Call in the Sea of Consciousness

Chapter 583: Chapter 342: The Call in the Sea of Consciousness

Lu Luwei looked utterly bizarre.

Lu Cang looked perfectly normal within his own Sea of Consciousness, his appearance unchanged.

But Lu Luwei...

"Lu Luwei, do you like this bizarre style?"

"Bizarre?" Lu Luwei seemed confused.

’What’s so bizarre about it?’

Lu Luwei tilted her head.

"You said your Sea of Consciousness changed because of the Perception Enhancement Technique. What was it like in the beginning?"

’In the beginning...’

As Lu Luwei recalled the past, the scenery in her Sea of Consciousness began to change constantly.

The darkness parted, revealing high mountains and flowing water. One could gaze out at a distant sea, and many illusory Demons gradually appeared in the sky.

Those must have been the targets Lu Luwei used for archery practice within her Sea of Consciousness.

But very quickly, these scenes were once again steeped in blood.

The mountains and rivers began to decay, and strange entities started to spread across the scenes constructed in her mind. Gradually, numerous corpses appeared on the otherwise empty mountain peaks.

They were all corpses pinned by Arrows.

From within this Sea of Consciousness, Lu Cang gradually sensed a faint desire to kill.

"Strange... It wasn’t like this."

Lu Luwei’s murmur reached his ears.

"I can’t control it."

Lu Luwei tried to make her Sea of Consciousness manifest its original scenery, but as soon as she did, the landscape would distort uncontrollably.

One could control the scenery of their Sea of Consciousness to some extent.

However, the Sea of Consciousness also reflected a person’s spirit and thoughts; when Lu Cang was filled with uncontrollable rage, scenes would churn uncontrollably within his own.

"You said your Sea of Consciousness became like this after you practiced a Perception Enhancement Technique. Which one was it?"

Lu Luwei replied, "It’s the one you brought back for me, the *Collection of Wishes Heard*."

’That one...’

Lu Cang remembered it. It was the Perception Enhancement Technique he had found during the second phase of the Trial, a technique that had been sealed within the royal family’s forbidden vault.

Lu Cang had simply taken it.

He had even committed it to memory using his Memory Palace. It was an excellent Perception Enhancement Technique, originating from a Level 9 Observer from ancient times.

The lifespan of a Level 9 Reincarnator wasn’t particularly long, only about a thousand years.

Unless they ascended to godhood or found other ways to achieve Longevity.

To the vast, rolling river of time, a Level 9 Reincarnator was but a fleeting legend, a myth from a forgotten age.

"Lu Cang... do you think there’s a problem with my Sea of Consciousness?"

Lu Cang gazed at the vast darkness, at the stagnant, dead water of the Sea of Consciousness.

The countless white voids on her neck were infested with tiny, maggot-like worms.

Her hands were completely stained with blood.

The bow she held was a tangled mass of unidentifiable, long worms.

’And she thinks there isn’t a problem?’

’It seems Lu Luwei is no longer aware of it herself.’

"The problem... is indeed huge."

SWOOSH—

In an instant, Lu Cang moved to a distant part of Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness, in a direction where foul insects were massed together.

In his ears, he could also hear calls.

The calls, however, were in an incomprehensible language, accompanied only by a grating noise like fingernails on a steel plate and dream-like echoes.

It was a voice that came entirely from within the Sea of Consciousness, and it did not belong to Lu Luwei.

’How can someone’s Sea of Consciousness contain a voice that isn’t their own?’

Since this was just a pre-enactment, Lu Cang decided to follow the voice and investigate.

Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness was far vaster than his own.

Within a Sea of Consciousness, one could not fully utilize their own strength. The Laws here were based on Lu Luwei’s own understanding; things that she couldn’t comprehend would be difficult to bring to their full effect, even if they worked at all.

Simply put, this place was more or less equivalent to Lu Luwei’s own imaginary world.

SWOOSH—

In a short period of time, Lu Cang flew hundreds of thousands of kilometers through the vast, dark Sea of Consciousness.

But soon, a figure appeared at Lu Cang’s side.

"Lu Cang? Where are you going?"

"I heard the calls you spoke of. I want to go have a look."

However, upon hearing Lu Cang say this, a look of panic and terror flashed across Lu Luwei’s expression.

"Lu Cang, just let it go."

"Lu Luwei, you should know I’m here to help you solve this problem."

"What are you running from?"

Lu Cang saw countless black insects burst from the dead water of the Sea of Consciousness below. After rising into the air, they began to knot themselves together.

BUZZ!

Suddenly, Lu Cang felt a jolt run through his body!

An extremely strong repulsive force washed over him.

The Sea of Consciousness churned!

Lu Cang felt his spirit being dragged out of Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness!

"I said... let it go," Lu Luwei’s tone grew decisive.

Standing within the Sea of Consciousness, Lu Cang asked, "What secret are you hiding?"

’Tier Six Spiritual Magic—Heart Bewilderment Soul Mystery (Level 501)!’

BOOM!

In an instant, the entire Sea of Consciousness was covered in a thick layer of fog, and the force that had been trying to expel him was cut off.

The look in Lu Luwei’s eyes instantly turned dazed.

Spiritual Attack Magic, by its very nature, acts upon the Sea of Consciousness and the soul.

Attacking directly within the Sea of Consciousness, Lu Cang’s spell had an outstanding Effect.

Hit by this Tier Six Beyond Magic, Lu Luwei froze, completely stunned.

"My apologies, Lu Luwei."

BOOM!

Lu Cang used Acceleration, heading in the direction of the calls.

’Just how vast is this Sea of Consciousness?’

Half an hour passed. The calls in his ears gradually grew as loud and clear as a great bell, and he began to make out words in languages he could understand.

「Be summoned by Us.」

「Come see Our form.」

「All who linger in the whispers of dreams shall see Us.」

「Between the plane of the Void and the plane of the real, there forever exists a fissure leading to the third kingdom.」

「Each time one fissure is sealed, another shall open, until We have entered.」

「Then, you shall follow Us into the Deep Land.」

Prayers, mutterings... Lu Cang’s eyes seemed to perceive flickering candlelight and black shadows on a wall.

But there was only a black sea here, with no walls and no fire.

The scene before him grew increasingly hazy and illusory.

Lu Cang couldn’t help but slow his pace, walking across the black, viscous, dead water.

「When forbidden knowledge is known, it must be forgotten; but to forget it, it must first be known.」

「Do you see a door opening? It is tangible at last. Go, and witness the knowledge long forbidden.」

The murmurs in his ears grew ever louder.

Noise and meaningless cries were Puzzled Together. Words from different languages combined with one another, forming complete sentences only within the din.

If one couldn’t understand,

then listening intently here would only yield fragmented phrases of unclear meaning, yet filled with profound secrets, buried within the noise.

Only after mastering the Decryption Scholar’s decryption Skill, "Noise Weaving," could one discern the true meaning from sentences Puzzled Together from hundreds of languages.

SPLASH—

On the empty seawater, abruptly, only the right half of everything remained.

But the other half that had vanished also included the left side of Lu Cang’s body. The vanished half did not regenerate, yet Lu Cang could still clearly feel the existence of his other side.