After Madam left, the clinic closed early for once.

Gu Shen returned home, fed Big Orange, but Chu Ling was still offline.

He initiated a Deep Sea Link alone.

As Gu Shen expected, after summoning Ember in reality, the first layer of the Deep Water Zone's trial of "Maintaining Homeostasis" was no longer difficult at all.

Perhaps it was because his mental strength was several times stronger than before. The mental space was exceptionally stable. Ember, which had previously struggled to maintain its form, was now vibrant, sometimes blooming in his palm, sometimes retracting, frolicking with various patterns.

Thanks to the visit from the Evergreen Foundation and the life-or-death assassination at Qushui... summoning Ember and maintaining homeostasis were now as easy for Gu Shen as eating and drinking.

It was less about accumulated knowledge and more about destruction before creation.

"The cultivation of supernatural power is indeed a slow process... but it doesn't mean one can't reach the sky in a single bound." Gu Shen's consciousness immersed in the Deep Water Zone, thoughtfully. "The Deep Sea simply helps transcendents understand their power... It's like a baby growing up, learning to run and jump. These basic actions can be pieced together. Those with high talent can run very fast soon after learning to run."

When supernatural power is first awakened, it's like a baby. To learn to walk, it needs to crawl on the ground first.

Even the most talented person needs to go through this process.

And after learning to walk, they can quickly run and jump... Once the basic powers are mastered, different transcendents can develop in different directions.

"The first three layers... are probably the most basic mastery stage."

Gu Shen's thoughts settled.

"Deep Sea, I want to enter the second layer."

The simulated light, after a few seconds of silence, conveyed a message.

"Serial number v340011250001, permission granted, allowing entry to the second layer."

The scene before his eyes suddenly changed.

Ember suddenly spread out, turning into countless fluorescent lights. In the scattering flames, Gu Shen felt the fluctuations of his own consciousness... He seemed to have returned once again to the dream where he removed the brand for Madam during the day.

Mental strength is ethereal.

But it is also real.

"The Deep Sea's second layer trial... is related to the 'intricacy' of the spirit." Gu Shen murmured, "If the first layer helped me summon and stabilize Ember, then this second layer should be reminding me to use Ember to cast hypnosis."

So, his Ember is really a mental type?

"This second layer... doesn't seem difficult either."

Gu Shen smiled.

He immersed himself in the transcendent trial.

……

……

In the virtual world, there are trillions of tons of seawater, each strand of spirit is an electric current in the seawater, hundreds of millions of strands of spirit wander in the void. No one can prove that this is a real world, but similarly...

No one can prove that it is false.

This is the Deep Water Zone of the Deep Sea.

The transcendent's mental strength hooked up with this vast virtual space. Computational power that cannot be understood by human concepts supports its rapid development and progress. Perhaps this is a brand new world, and this is the beginning of the Big Bang. Hundreds of millions of strands of spirit are spreading like snakes towards the bottom of the Deep Sea, opening up independent mental spaces.

The first three layers of the Deep Water Zone are trial areas for transcendents to familiarize themselves with their own power. Almost everyone can reach the fourth layer with time... From here on, souls can interact, and countless spiritual snakes intertwine.

Of course... all of this is under the Deep Sea's gaze.

It accommodates all things.

It also monitors all things.

It has no physical form, yet it exists everywhere, so it doesn't need "eyes." Every transcendent spirit that comes from the Deep Water Zone is, in a sense, its eye.

However, everything is never perfect, there are always exceptions... Even in the mythological stories widely believed in the West Continent, the omnipotent "God of Creation" made the mistake of creating Lilith.

In the Deep Water Zone, there exists "mental spaces" that are not monitored by the Deep Sea.

As long as a key with sufficiently high authority locks the door, then in the hundreds of millions of mental buildings, losing one or two rooms... doesn't matter.

……

……

The scarlet door exudes dense symbols.

Every symbol on this door is an obscure ancient text, which cannot be deciphered even with the highest authority of the Deep Sea, because it has never been manually entered into the database... The only record that proves the existence of this ancient text exists only in the minds of a few people.

Every moment, countless scanning programs sweep across the surface of this blood-red door. Under the cover of ancient texts, what the Deep Sea sees... is "nothingness," is "itself."

The mental space represented by this door floats incongruously in the Deep Water Zone, like a lonely fallen island.

Behind the door are the "drowning people" who fell with the island. Thanks to the ancient door not being damaged in the slightest, the interior is still a relatively complete mental space.

The consciousness of the drowning people is not submerged, and they can still survive "decently."

This is a small conference room, with only a long table and a chandelier. The dim blood light surged in the conference room, reminding every awakened drowning person... that now is a precarious moment.

"Everyone..."

A hoarse voice sounded.

"The Deep Sea is evolving faster and faster. After the new round of upgrades, self-examination will begin again. If we can't find the 'key' left by Mr. Turing, this door will not be able to be protected."

The first drowning person woke up. Red light surged on the side of the table in the conference room, slowly condensing a virtual tall figure... but this tall figure does not represent anything.

In the mental world, all images are false.

The second drowning person also woke up.

His figure was very thin, like a seven- or eight-year-old child, obviously a false image. His voice was not serious, but carried a relaxed smile, "Zero Seven Three, don't be so nervous... Finding the key is not something that can be done overnight. At least this door is still safe now, isn't it?"

Zero Seven Three looked even more lonely and sighed.

"But... it has been found for ten years, and the hope of finding the key is getting smaller and smaller..."

One after another... the sleeping consciousness in the conference room woke up and rolled.

The space of this door is very small. Aside from the vacant chief seat, the conference room's long table can accommodate about ten people, five on each side.

A total of six people condensed their consciousness in the conference room.

"Who initiated this meeting?" The tall figure Zero Seven Three said in a deep voice, "I still have very important things to do. There are only ten minutes in the real world."

"I initiated it, ten minutes is enough."

The person who spoke was the only woman in the conference room, a thin girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, who looked skinny, but her voice was exceptionally steady, "The matter of the decree... can no longer be delayed. Someone needs to stand up and stop all of this from happening. If East Continent passes the decree, our chances of finding the key will be even smaller... The transcendent source quality will fully awaken, and the Deep Sea's evolution speed will greatly increase, and what Zero Seven Three is worried about will come true. Without the key, this door will soon be discovered."

"The Five Continents Council is relatively independent... I am currently in the West Continent, I'm sorry... I can't help you."

The young man in the corner of the conference room said regretfully. As the blood color surged and condensed, all his spirit was fixed into shape, and a nameplate symbolizing his identity appeared on his chest, with the numbers 957 engraved on it.

"Central Continent, sorry." Another old man, code-named 064, was concise.

The girl's gaze fell on the tall man 073 and the hippie-smiling teenager 031.

"I am not in East Continent, but I have the means to try... The East Continent Council may delay the promotion of the decree." Zero Seven Three said, "What about you? As far as I know... you are in East Continent."

The teenager shrugged and said lightly, "Regarding the matter of preventing the Awakening Decree... I can't help. This matter has received too much attention, even if I am a member of the Council, what I can do is limited, and besides, I am not."

Zero Seven Three frowned, "If I remember correctly, you have a lot of influence in East Continent..."

"Unless Gu Changzhi wakes up, who can single-handedly decide whether the decree is promulgated or not?" The teenager said calmly, "But I have found another solution... I told you not to worry. The key has already been found by me."

Zero Seven Three was stunned.

"Ah ha... I can understand your current emotions, probably shock, suspicion, and a little bit of disbelief."

"In the new world, there is still a key of hope... after all, this is just a sentence left by Turing before his death."

The teenager smiled and said, "Just such a light sentence, no one can be sure that there really is such a key that can surpass the Deep Sea's omnipotent authority, cut off all shackles and restraints, and lead us to the light... Over the years, we have been struggling to survive in pain. In order to find the key, we have done our best, but sometimes all we need is just a bit of."

"Luck."

Even though time was limited.

Everyone still tolerated this guy's long, smug bragging.

"Not long ago, in an accident, I found the 'key', and he passed my verification." The teenager suddenly stopped smiling, and his whole person became serious. He looked at the girl and said, "Of course, the most important verifier here is you. I have already sent the key to the city where you are."

The girl suddenly fell silent.

She frowned, trying to recall the details of these days.

Then she shook her head.

"I have encountered some trouble recently..." she said laboriously, "I have not sensed the existence of a suspected 'key', and the red door has not shown any signs of opening."

The teenager fell into thought.

"Although I don't know what method you used for verification, it is clear that the red door has no sensation... it is not that key." Zero Seven Three was a little disappointed, looked at the teenager, and shook his head, "The matter of finding the wrong key has happened more than once before, I hope you will be more cautious."

"There is not enough time, this meeting will end here."

Zero Seven Three said, "Finally, according to the rules... in order to prevent the worst results, please look into my eyes, I will block the memory of this meeting, in order to prevent being spied on. If this door is breached, all that can be left in the Deep Water Zone is a useless code name."