When Alex got up in the early morning to clean the church, he noticed the phantom of a blond youth floating above the church.
At the time, though, Alex didn't take it seriously.
He thought he was hallucinating.
From the day he was adopted by Father Burren Lang and brought back to Kruja Church, he had some hallucinations from time to time, such as seeing some phantoms flashing before his eyes, or seeing some inexplicable pictures, And in these pictures, he also played an inexplicable role in it.
Alex had been plagued by these hallucinations for a long time and had also turned to Father Bron Lang for help.
Father Bron Lang's attitude towards this was that after being silent for a long time, he touched Alex's hair and said in a merciful tone: "It seems that you have experienced very painful things. You lost your memory, maybe also therefore."
Alex thinks so too. He estimates that these hallucinations are some memory fragments from the past.
Faced with this situation, Alex has only two choices, either face the past and look for the lost memories; or ignore them and focus on the future.
Father Braun Lang's suggestion was to let Alex forget about the past.
Alex ostensibly did the same.
Because of this, when Alex first saw the blond figure, he thought it was a hallucination, and after remembering the appearance, he ignored him, and didn't even tell Father Bron Lang.
The weird thing is that Alex's past hallucinations just disappeared in a flash, but this blond figure has been around for a long time, and it has not disappeared.
Initially, the blond figure looked around over the church. Later, he landed and followed Alex, lingering around from the time Alex and Father Bron Long entered the church to when he opened up for Mrs Connie.
This made Alex understand that perhaps the blond figure was not an illusion, but a real "person"
However, why can't this "person" be seen by either Father Burren Lang or Lady Connie
Alex secretly observed the blond figure for a long time. He found that the other party's expression was always thoughtful, as if he was thinking about something. What are you thinking.
Since this is a "person" who can think, and the other party has not shown malicious intent, Alex decided to communicate with him.
After Alex asked what he said before, the blond figure looked at Alex quietly.
"Shouldn't I introduce myself before asking who the other person is?"
"However, I observed you all day, and I found that you have a heavy mind, young man, so I forgive you for your rudeness." The blond figure said lightly: "By the way, you can call me Pat."
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Angel looked at the boy opposite him. After he introduced himself, the boy stood up, took off his gloves, touched his chest and saluted solemnly, and said his name: "Alex."
In the observation of this day, Angel actually knew Alex's name for a long time. What he wanted to know was information other than his name, but this young man looked polite, but he didn't reveal any extra information.
"Mr. Pat, you haven't answered my previous query, why are you here? Also, why can't other people see you, are you a ghost?"
Angel raised his eyebrows: "Why am I here? Actually, I'd like to know too."
Back in time one day ago, Angel was testing the model of the door at the testing ground in Castle Black. When he stepped into the door full of light and fog, Angel had a strange change.
Angel felt his consciousness as if it had been stripped from the flesh, turned into a core, and merged into the back of the mist, while the flesh remained in the testing ground. The moment when the core enters behind the haze. His memory, experience, way of thinking, logic of thinking... all re-read.
This situation is very peculiar, a bit like the strange world he was brought into by the Eye from Beyond.
The thinking is not only clear, but also the speed and efficiency of operation have reached an incredible peak.
The only difference is that this time Angel's emotional module has not been eliminated.
Because the special energy was originally obtained from that strange world, Angel accepted it to a high degree, and was not too surprised, but silently kept the situation here in his heart, and wrote a note to summarize it later.
When Angel felt the clear running of thinking, an accident happened suddenly.
The core of his consciousness was surrounded by countless light spots, galloping forward.
Angel was startled. He immediately observed the surroundings and found that the place where the core of consciousness was located was a strange "channel".
The passage is just Angel's cognition, he can't define this place. Because this channel is full of space energy and that strange special energy.
Angel doesn't know where this passage is, but what makes him more concerned is, what are these light spots around, why are they galloping forward with the core of his consciousness
Angel subconsciously wanted to control these light spots.
When his mind moved, these light spots could really be controlled by him.
But just when Angel took control of these light spots and stopped the core of his consciousness, this strange passage suddenly collapsed...
Angel only felt that his consciousness was overturned, like raindrops falling from the sky and sinking into the ground.
It's like a drop in dimension.
The surrounding space quickly ruptured, and Angel's thinking efficiency gradually decreased, and finally returned to normal.
When the core of consciousness began to stabilize, Angel noticed that he had appeared above a small town.
Angel did not observe the situation in this town for the first time, but sensed his own situation.
The first thing he discovered was that the core of his consciousness actually existed in a body
He was still a little confused at first, but after carefully perceiving his body, he realized that this so-called body is basically composed of illusion energy.
In other words, this is actually a phantom body.
This illusion is exactly the image of Angel when he stepped into the mist, including the same clothes.
Angel can feel that the power of illusion is engulfed in his body, and the core of consciousness can also control this power, but except for the power of illusion, all other powers cannot be used.
The second point Angel discovered was to start with his own energy.
He perceives that there is a special energy in the core of consciousness, this special energy is like a line, connecting the unknown void.
When Angel traced the special energy, he soon found a door.
This door is the same door he stepped into.
Angel could even clearly feel that the line formed by the special energy passed through the door and connected behind the door, which was the Castle Black testing ground where Angel's body was located.
Angel realized that if he stepped into this door at this time, this short journey should be over and he would return to Castle Black.
However, Angel did not do so.
Now that he knows that the special energy is connected to his core of consciousness and his physical body, it means that he can return to Castle Black at any time, and there is a way back, so he might as well stay here and see the situation.
After Angel inspected his body, in fact, there were two points to sum it up.
First, he is now an illusory body, and his real body is still in Castle Black; second, as long as he follows the connection of special energy, he can return at any time.
After confirming that it was his own situation, Angel thought about the most important thing—the effect of the door model.
Recalling the situation in the strange passage, Angel was certain that the end of the passage was definitely not this town. The reason why he landed in this town was entirely because he wanted to manipulate that light spot.
For example, the point of light is the train, the core of his consciousness is the passenger, and the destination of the train is the end of the passage.
However, because the passengers wanted to fight for control of the train halfway, the train did not go on the right track, so the passengers were forced to get off the train halfway and eventually landed in this small town.
Angel roughly deduced the previous situation, but, what the passage is and where the end of the passage is, Angel still doesn't know.
Therefore, there is still a lot of doubts about the model of the door.
But as far as the current situation is concerned, the effect of the model of the door seems to be using the body of an illusion to travel through space
Perhaps, this is just a side effect of the door model. The real effect is to go to the other side of the strange passage
These are still unknown, and we can only wait for the next time the model of the door is opened, and then conduct further experiments.
Now, Angel is going to explore this town first.
He wants to know, where exactly is this town located? Although he, an incompetent passenger, got out of the car halfway, he can also learn about some passages from the current position.
Angel then slowly landed in the town. In order to avoid trouble, Angel manipulated the illusion to arrange a thin layer of blindfolds around him.
Ordinary people should not be able to see themselves.
The first place Angel arrived was Kruya Church.
Angel originally planned to find the mayor of this small town or the noble manor first. Generally speaking, this is the only place where basic location information can be obtained.
However, when he noticed that there was a church under his feet, his eyes lit up.
The mayor or aristocrat, perhaps due to legal reasons, cannot record the geographic location. But the church is different. This is an area under the jurisdiction of religions. Basically, there will be self-governing regulations, and there will be clergy flowing all year round. There will definitely be geographic information here.
So Angel prepared to land in the church to look for clues.
In the process, Angel did not find any clues, but found an interesting boy.
It was Alex.