Chapter 407: Late Night Conversation
'Spiritual sublimation requires using mental energy to leave a mental beacon in the mental world, but my spirit is connected to the divine seat. This is even more profound than leaving a mental beacon. The world where the divine seat resides seems to be the mental world... Do I still need to go somewhere else to leave a marker?'
Lin Ye closed his eyes, trying to connect to the divine seat. However, perhaps due to the Mining Area Task, he felt something was blocking the connection between him and the divine seat.
'What should I do about this? Can I not become a high-level spiritual energy user here? Being mid-level is barely sufficient...'
Suddenly, Lin Ye's back felt unsupported. The pillow and bedboard he was leaning against had vanished.
He abruptly sat up straight, simultaneously deploying a spiritual energy shield and observing his surroundings from every possible angle.
But soon, Lin Ye relaxed his body.
Because he was sitting on one side of the dilapidated divine seat, with Little Red sitting beside him, holding the Eyeball little dog.
Surrounding them was a blood-red world, illuminated by a blood moon piercing the darkness.
"Where is this?"
Lin Ye's spirit was connected to the divine seat, and the one below was clearly a fake. "This is your mental world. You are currently inside a sealed spacetime. I can't go to your side, so I can only communicate with you through the mental connection."
Little Red took out a plate of snacks and an iced drink that Lin Ye had prepared while reading, placing them on Lin Ye's lap.
"Sealed spacetime? Not a replica of a certain period of time?"
This was completely different from what Lin Ye had anticipated.
"The system isn't kind enough to cut out a segment of spacetime to serve as your task scenario. No matter what task you go to perform, the system will evaluate the gains. The Mining Area Task is naturally the same."
Little Red understood the system's operating rules better than Lin Ye.
"But can the time of an entire spacetime be compressed into one night?"
Lin Ye asked, somewhat puzzled.
"This involves many very troublesome rules and technologies. You've actually encountered similar situations before. However, before becoming one of the Controllers, you'd better not think about such matters."
Knowledge was never a safe thing. Fire could ignite civilization, yet it could also destroy the world.
"Alright. So, can I still advance here? How should I become a high-level spiritual energy user in the future? I feel the process of spiritual sublimation is somewhat similar to connecting to the divine seat."
Lin Ye was a bit unclear about the difference between spiritual sublimation and connecting to the divine seat, so he could only seek Little Red's help.
"You can skip that step. Moreover, your Seed of Spirit is about to mature. Before becoming a high-level spiritual energy user, you need to find a suitable mental world for the Seed of Spirit to take root there. That way, you can directly absorb the free-floating mental energy within that mental world to strengthen your spirit.
It might be troublesome for others, but for you, advancing to the high-level won't have any obstacles at all. You should have a Boat Ticket, right? What color is it now?"
If it weren't for fearing that Lin Ye might force a spiritual sublimation and create something strange, Little Red wouldn't have wanted to come at all, because this wasn't a problem.
Others might not be able to achieve a second spiritual sublimation, but with Lin Ye, it was hard to say.
Problems on the spiritual level were the most troublesome. If she didn't come now, she'd still be the one to solve the trouble in the end.
"It's still white. I don't have good impressions of the sea or cruise ships."
As long as Lin Ye hadn't lost his memory, he wouldn't idly touch that Boat Ticket.
"Before your Seed of Spirit matures, you need to use the Boat Ticket several more times. Taking root in places accessible by white or green tickets will limit your spiritual growth rate. Blue tickets are good;
the places they go to can provide you with sufficient free-floating mental energy. Red tickets are somewhat dangerous. Don't even touch black tickets. Forget you, even your friends would find it hard to return from such places."
Little Red fed the snacks to the Eyeball little dog, which ate them very happily.
"Can I ask others for help? You know, I have some friends in the mental world, and I also have a simulation base."
Lin Ye felt that taking a cruise ship to find a suitable mental world sounded rather unreliable.
"That asylum is in a stable state. If you let your Seed of Spirit mature there, not only will the asylum collapse, but your spirit will also suffer heavy damage... Then you could choose a suitable asylum.
As for asking for help, your friend is bedridden all year round. At most, she can let you look at her old-fashioned collections. Those ghostly places aren't suitable for a Seed of Spirit to mature.
As for your other friend... I advise you to do some disguise when you go to the mental world. Don't let others discover the connection between you and her. Otherwise, you'll be waiting to be hunted down, and you won't need to worry about the Seed of Spirit anymore."
Little Red spoke seriously to Lin Ye.
"Is she doing that poorly in the mental world?"
Lin Ye asked, finding it hard to believe.
"No, she's doing much better than you. However, she only seems to act rationally when interacting with you. Do you know how many stable mental worlds she has destroyed?"
Without waiting for Lin Ye to answer, Little Red continued:
"Don't ask me, because I don't know either."
"...Alright, I'll try not to trouble her to help me."
Regarding the future mental world cruise journey, Lin Ye developed a sense of foreboding.
"You don't need to be too pessimistic either. She's deep within the mental world. Under normal circumstances, you won't run into her at all."
Little Red's consolation made Lin Ye even more uneasy.
"...So that means I can advance directly, without any extra steps."
Lin Ye decided to temporarily ignore the future troubles.
"Correct. Things are quite troublesome on your side too, so I won't disturb you further."
After saying this, Little Red prepared to slip away.
"Wait! How is it troublesome here?!"
Lin Ye hurriedly grabbed the dog's leg, preventing Little Red from leaving.
"I don't know either. I can only see the situation around you. But since the system sent you here, how could it not be troublesome? Do your best, I'm pulling out now."
Little Red pulled her leg free, and the entire world began to collapse. In the blink of an eye, Lin Ye was back in the clubhouse room.
'...The trouble must be related to the Bottomless Pit. Those three abnormal creatures wouldn't run out from there, would they?'
Lin Ye felt this possibility wasn't low.
'They want me to fight those three abnormal creatures???'
The money-making plan officially ended. The World of Ashes Shelter plan officially commenced.
Lin Ye decided to transform the clubhouse base into a World of Ashes Shelter. When those three abnormal creatures ran out, he would move the entire clubhouse into the World of Ashes.
After all, what he needed was Free Coins, not the entire Free City.
But this required storing a large amount of spiritual energy and mental energy at the base.
'Sigh, feels like things have gotten troublesome. Hopefully, those ghostly things will come out a bit later.'
Lin Ye sighed. At that moment, he suddenly received a communication invitation from Raymond.
"Damn, it can't be this fast, right..."
Raymond was the type of person who valued propriety. If it weren't for something important, he wouldn't contact Lin Ye at this hour.