NOVGO.NET Chapter 2415: Speed of Thought.
Chapter 2415: Speed of Thought.
If they had never been to the headquarters of the Mind Hunter and tried to reach it with their physical body as soon as they became legendary telepaths, they would never have been able to find the authority of the pathway so easily.
Even though it involved some coincidence, as they were not looking for the authority of the pathway when they came here, they won’t believe that this coincidence has only happened to them and no other legendary telepath has experienced it.
The legendary telepath that they approached for information was the bartender of the bar that Gerald took them to the first time they went to the Mindscape.
When they met with him and were about to begin conversing with him, they realized that they were not the only ones around the giant grey cube. This was because they saw another bird.
The bird they saw was a psychic shrieker like them. As soon as they saw it, it saw them. They didn’t wait for it to do anything before they disappeared from their location immediately.
The psychic shrieker also disappeared from its location and appeared in the place they had been. It tried to grab them, but they were already gone.
So it cursed, “Damn it!”
This psychic shrieker is actually a demigod telepath. He is stronger than them in terms of spiritual power, but he still couldn’t catch them. This was because there is no concept of distance in the Mindscape.
If there is no distance, then speed is instantaneous. The faster person will be the person with the faster speed of thought.
If Legion had tried to chat with him and had been slow to leave by a single step, he would have grabbed them and tried to kill them.
But Legion was quick to leave, so he missed them. Since he didn’t know where they went, he couldn’t chase after them. This was another consequence of the absence of distance.
Legion didn’t know that the demigod had intended to harm them. They had simply left because they found the whole situation suspicious.
The situation of the authority of the pathway being out in the open for anyone to take made them suspect that there was a scheme somewhere.
They suspected that the authority of the pathway was bait and that trying to take it was synonymous with falling into a trap. So when they had seen someone else suddenly appear, their first thought was to run while they could.
Meanwhile, conversation with the bartender had begun.
Legion asked him, “Why has no legend taken the authority of the pathway yet?”
They didn’t try to be subtle or indirect in hopes that the bartender would tell them what they wanted to know. They didn’t do that because they didn’t think they could trick the legendary telepath into spilling information about the most important aspect of the pathway.
Either the information could be easily acquired or not. If it was easy to acquire, then asking for it directly will help them to get it.
If the information is very valuable and not easy to acquire, then they will have to pay some price to get it after they exposed the fact that they wanted the information or scheme to kidnap a legendary telepath and read their memories with their new divine ability.
They also didn’t have time to mess around and fish for information. So they directly asked for what they wanted to know right from the start.
The bartender asked in confusion, “What do you mean?”
Legion scoffed and said, “Don’t act confused. The large cube is just sitting there. Surely there has to be a reason why no one has taken it.”
The bartender chuckled and said, “I was just trying to confirm that you truly know about it and are not just fishing for information.”
Then he said, “I take it that you are a new telepath. I also take it that you didn’t try to touch the Mind Palace.”
Legion asked, “The name of the authority of the pathway of telepaths is the Mind Palace? Why have I never seen any information about it in books? Who came up with such a name?”
The bartender shrugged and said, “I don’t know. No one knows. I heard it from someone who heard it from someone else. There is no record of it anywhere.”
“Speaking of which, the reason why no one has taken the Mind Palace yet is the same reason there is no record of the Mind Palace anywhere. It is not that everyone is trying to keep its existence hidden. The reason is simply that no one can interact with it.”
“No one can touch the Mind Palace, and even if I write information about it onto paper, the information will disappear.”
“The only way for the information about the Mind Palace to be kept is through memories, and the only way to interact with the Mindscape is with the mind.”
Legion said, “I see. So has any means been found to subdue the Mind Palace?”
The bartender asked sarcastically, “If a way has been found to subdue it, will it still be there for anyone to take?”
Legion replied, “It could be that someone has already taken it but left it there to bait people.”
“Besides, if no means has been found, how did the virtual flesh come about, and why were people told that it could be used to get the Mind Palace? Or was that claim a lie?”
The bartender nodded and said, “You do have a point. In fact, you have made many points. I am impressed, so I will tell you what I know.”
“There is a general consensus about how the Mind Palace can be subdued. This idea came about when the first person to grab the Mind Palace came up with only the virtual flesh. It was deemed then that the key to subduing the Mind Palace must have something to do with the virtual flesh.”