Xiao Chen was floating in the air, surrounded by a pitch-black void, and beneath his feet was a sea of clouds and mist that stretched as far as the eye could see. The rolling mist was gray, and there were many large and small black and white light balls floating on it, which looked like buoys on the sea. Looking closely, you would find that each light ball was a small world, but everything in these worlds was frozen at a certain moment like a black and white film, and would not change at all no matter how the ball sank or floated.
Looking above his head, he saw a huge ball of light as big as a house. Around the big ball of light were several belts made up of runes, which slowly rotated around the sphere and wrapped the big ball of light.
A cluster of light separated from a corner of the big light ball, and then turned into a smaller ball of light flying towards Xiao Chen. When it got close, the ball of light instantly stretched and turned into the image of the captain.
"Boy, it's you." The Book Spirit floated around Xiao Chen and said, "It seems that the Dream Tower really has no power left in the world. In the end, we can only rely on you, a barely qualified mid-level wizard, to preside over the ceremony."
"I'm the only mage around. The line of text that appeared on the page was a signal from you, right?" Xiao Chen asked, "You said I'm a mid-level mage?"
"Of course, once you cross the bottleneck of forging the spirit and truly reach the realm of divine thoughts and objects, you will naturally become a mid-level magician. I have to say that your progress is incredibly fast. I thought there would be a more powerful host of the ceremony, but since there is only you, then the responsibility of saving that guy will naturally fall on you." The book spirit put his hands behind his back and looked at the small worlds floating below with a somewhat lonely expression, "I thought that some of them would still be alive."
"They?" Xiao Chen asked puzzled.
"This is the Sea of Ten Thousand Worlds, the core of the Scroll of Shadows of the Sea of Consciousness. These small balls that sink and float are silhouettes of the meditation worlds of other Dream Tower mages. Every time a mage forms his own meditation world here, he will leave a silhouette of that world. When they enter the Scroll of Shadows of the Sea of Consciousness again for various reasons, their silhouettes will be awakened and become the appearance of their meditation world at that time."
"Why does the Sea of Consciousness Shadow Scroll do this?"
"Perhaps the creators wanted to use it to explore the mysteries of the meditation world. A long, long time ago, there were always mages entering here to study the structures and details of different meditation worlds. But later, they came less and less, and then, for a long, long time, no one came in, until you opened it again."
“So my world is here too?”
"Look there."
Xiao Chen looked in the direction of the book spirit's finger. Among the dense black and white silhouettes, there was a large sphere with blue and yellow as the main colors. It was actually colorful. He looked more carefully and found that it was his meditation world. Whether it was the sea, the boats, the beach, or the rocks, they were all exactly the same as the meditation world in his mind. "It's actually my world!"
"Yes. According to your world's words, you logged into the server of the Sea of Consciousness Shadow Scroll again today, and your meditation world and the Sea of Consciousness Shadow Scroll are connected again. If necessary, we can enter your meditation world together."
Xiao Chen felt indescribable discomfort watching Shu Ling spouting tech terms, but he immediately understood the current situation. All other account users were dead, and now he was the only active user in the entire server.
"Tell me quickly how to save Mao Kai." Xiao Chen said.
"Follow me." The book spirit took Xiao Chen to the center of the foggy sea. "The essence of this sea of all worlds is the spiritual magic accumulated by the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of Consciousness". They are not only the source of power to maintain this holy book, but also the material to help you magicians create a meditation space."
After a while, they flew to a place with particularly turbulent fog. The book spirit waved his hand to disperse the thick fog, revealing a different meditation world.
This colorful, silvery world was made up of countless bright silver gears, bearings, and levers, all connected in a mess. It was constantly moving, and at the core of the world was a metal platform the size of a basketball court. Mao Kai was in the middle of the platform, kneeling on one knee, his head drooping, his chin resting on his knee, and he seemed to have fainted.
However, unlike the clear shell of Xiao Chen's world, the transparent sphere that encloses Mao Kai's world is covered with cracks, and it seems that it may break completely at any time.
"Only the Dream Tower's dream recall method is the most suitable secret technique for forming a meditation world. His method of concentrating the mind is not suitable for building a meditation world. Although the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of Consciousness" has helped him form a meditation world, this world is extremely unstable. With his strength, he will definitely not be able to heal the cracks on the outer shell of the world. Now he needs you to manipulate the power of the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of Consciousness" to help him repair the world." said the Book Spirit.
"Why can I succeed but he can't?"
"Because you haven't practiced any secret concentration techniques, but your mental strength has been strengthened by some force. Forming a meditation world is like painting a lion with oil paint. You are a blank sheet of paper, while he is a sheet of paper with a line drawing of a bear. Who do you think is more likely to succeed?"
"Okay, so what do I do?"
"We must use the mystical arts of the Dream Tower to summon the magic power from the sea of fog to repair the damaged areas."
"But I don't know how. Is there any other way?" Xiao Chen asked.
The book spirit pointed to the top of his head and said, "That big ball of light is my true body. The magicians of the Dream Tower sealed up most of my power in order to save my magic power. As long as you can unseal me and let you use my power, I can help you repair his world."
Xiao Chen did not immediately agree to this proposal, but thought about it carefully. He felt that the book spirit was like an artificial intelligence. Who knows if the power that sealed it was a restriction program? Maybe the magicians of the ancient Dream Tower used these runes to suppress it so that it could work with peace of mind
The book spirit seemed to see Xiao Chen's doubts. He smiled and said, "The extent to which my seal is unlocked depends on the order you give. If you are worried that I will be difficult to control after losing the seal, you can choose to release it temporarily. As long as I help you and consolidate this world that is on the verge of collapse, the seal will suppress my power again."
"Here is an instruction on how to unlock the spell. It was left in my body by the builders of the Dream Tower. After reading it, you won't be so suspicious." The book spirit waved at the big ball of light, and a small dot of light flew down from the ball of light, turning into a piece of paper and falling into Xiao Chen's hand.
Xiao Chen read the instructions and found that what the book spirit said was true. There were indeed two ways to remove the seal.
"Boy, you have to hurry up, because he can't hold on for much longer!" The book spirit pointed at Mao Kai's world. Sure enough, the cracks on the outer shell of the meditation world were getting bigger and bigger. There were several smaller pieces of the world. It was already on the verge of falling off.
Xiao Chen knew that he didn't have many choices, and he could only believe what the book spirit said. He finally decided: "Okay, I will temporarily lift the seal for you and let you help me repair this meditation world!"
As he chanted a spell, the runes on the big ball of light gradually faded, and after a moment, the chains formed by the runes disappeared. Brilliant light fell from the sky and landed on the book spirit. The big ball in the sky became smaller and smaller, while the book spirit's body became more and more solid, and the aura it exuded became more and more powerful.
"This feeling is really good. It's like a patient who has been bedridden for years suddenly recovers. Hehe, power, this is power." Shu Ling couldn't help but say, but when he saw Xiao Chen looking at him cautiously, he quickly restrained his emotions and nodded to Xiao Chen: "We should be able to start now. I will help you mobilize the magic power, and you use the magic power to repair it."
The book spirit turned into a white light and plunged into the sea of fog. With the help of the book spirit, Xiao Chen found that his will easily connected to the sea of fog itself. As he slowly lifted his hands, several branches made of smoke, like octopus tentacles, rose from the sea of fog. These branches were like welding guns, and under Xiao Chen's control, they kept repairing the outer shell of Mao Kai's meditation world. When the magic power kept flowing from the sea to the tips of the branches, condensed together and poured into the cracks in the outer shell of the world, the cracks would gradually become smaller and finally disappear.
Xiao Chen felt like he was a surgeon at this moment, carefully using the magic power in the sea of fog to mend the wounds on the patient's body.
Originally, with his strength as a mid-level wizard, it was difficult for him to use the magic power in the fog sea so easily, but with the help of the book spirit, everything became simple.
He didn't know how long it took him, but he finally repaired all the cracks, and now the shell of this meditation world looked no different from his own.
"Why hasn't he woken up yet?" Xiao Chen saw that the figure in the middle of the meditation world had not changed at all.
"His meditation world is completed with the help of external forces, so for him to truly make this world his own, it takes a long process. In reality, he may be unconscious. He will not wake up until he has completely merged with his own meditation world."
"Then all we can do is wait!" Xiao Chen said.
"My mission is over, and it's time for those powers to go back. But as a ritual host, you should come here more often to feel the power of the Sea of Ten Thousand Worlds." The Book Spirit grinned at him, and countless white energies once again surged out of his body and flew towards the white light ball. At the same time, the seal that had disappeared before gradually became real again. However, Xiao Chen did not notice that several white energies hit some runes like sharp arrows, preventing these runes from returning to their original appearance from beginning to end.