Chapter 467 Countdown

“Consciousness freeze in… countdown, 5 seconds.”

“4 seconds.”

The moment the purple radiance spread out, Gu Shen heard Chu Ling’s mental link notification in his mind.

Consciousness freeze…

Gu Shen raised his head. In the countless hazy, swaying purple lights, he saw Tie Wu, who was originally sitting on the Iron Throne, with a large amount of extraordinary source matter emerging from his body. His entire face began to distort and change… becoming another young man with a sacred aura.

That is… the God's Seat?

“1 second…”

The countdown ended.

Consciousness really was frozen… It was a very strange feeling. Gu Shen felt that his hands and feet were as if they had fallen into an ice cellar. He tried to move his head and clench his fists, but all movements could no longer respond to the corresponding commands from the brain.

However…

The world before his eyes gradually turned black.

His spirit was like a computer, and what controlled the spirit was string after string of code… Now the code was telling him that it was going to shut down.

He couldn't refuse this order.

After the consciousness was frozen, Gu Shen did not hear the prompt sound in his mind.

“Emergency mental power extraction program, start.”

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He didn't know how long had passed.

Perhaps it was a second, perhaps it was a hundred years.

The moment consciousness was frozen, time lost its meaning.

“Shasha shasha.”

Until a slight noise sounded in his head.

[“So this is… the feeling of being frozen in consciousness?”]

The darkness before Gu Shen's eyes gradually returned. He looked at his hands that had regained freedom of movement, and the complete torso that could move freely. Before him was a familiar scene. The warm carriage lights fell on his face. The girl across from him was barefoot, holding a thick book, sitting cross-legged on the seat, her long hair scattered.

Ling Ling Yao was driving steadily.

He then realized… that the freezing of thought was not a terrible thing. Stopping thinking during the period of interruption in life might even be a lucky thing, because you would not feel pain, and the length of life would only be resumed from the moment you resumed thinking.

If there really was a "God."

Maybe He would occasionally suspend time in the world, and no one would be able to detect it.

"You're awake?"

Chu Ling supported her chin with both hands, looking at Gu Shen with a smile.

Gu Shen was stunned… When did he come to "Ling Ling Yao" and how long did it take to wake up?

While he was asleep, had she been watching him like this all along?

Perhaps it was a side effect of the consciousness freeze, or perhaps the girl in front of him was too bright and moving… Gu Shen felt inexplicably dazed.

In fact, he was already used to Chu Ling’s existence.

Rather than saying that this girl lived in the deepest layer of the deep sea network, it was better to say that she lived in his mind. Gu Shen shared the sunrises, sunsets, mornings, and evenings of his world… In the world of mental links, he and Chu Ling talked about everything.

But meeting in Ling Ling Yao… always felt a little awkward.

It felt a bit like… meeting someone from an online relationship.

"Um… I… What's going on with the consciousness freeze?" Gu Shen quickly stretched out a hand to cover his forehead. He even felt that his forehead was faintly hot.

"It's 'Divine Advent'—"

"The Dionysus Seat of the Source Tower, borrowed the body of the Apostle to briefly descend his consciousness."

Gu Shen was a little surprised, and muttered, "Divine Advent…?"

There was even this kind of operation.

"You can understand it as a 'miracle.' This is a divine technique that consumes a lot of the Apostle's body." Chu Ling paused and said, "At the moment of the advent, he released the power within the Fire Seed, forming a 'Divine Realm,' freezing everyone's spirits."

"You were lucky. Before the power of the Divine Realm completely descended… perhaps only 0.1 seconds." Chu Ling said, "The Source Code's 'Mental Power Extraction Program' was successfully activated, which is why you are able to sit here now."

Gu Shen suddenly understood, and gave a wry smile.

"I was thinking…"

If consciousness was frozen, how could he really see Chu Ling?

"If consciousness is frozen, you can't see anything. After the mind solidifies, what you see is only nothingness." Chu Ling said softly, "Before, I borrowed your mental space, now… you can borrow mine."

She reached out and gently swiped, and several light curtains appeared in the carriage. These were several recording ports that Deep Sea Authority could mobilize… but the perspective was extremely poor. From a great distance, several drones were suspended in the air, buffeted by the airflow, filming blurry images from thousands of meters away.

"Because it involves the actions of the [Apostle], these images would have been identified by Deep Sea's program and directly erased." Chu Ling said, "Before deleting, the Source Code chose to preserve… this is already the highest quality."

"It's basically impossible to see clearly…"

In the eyes of Chi Huo, the Divine Realm of the Dionysus Seat was a layer of purple firmament. Even standing outside the realm at close range, it was impossible to see clearly… let alone through these blurry recorded images.

"There's no need to see clearly either."

Gu Shen's thoughts became clear. He slowly said, "The [Apostle] from Zhongzhou came here to assassinate Lu Nanzhi… They wanted to resolve the dispute over the law in the simplest way. And this kind of thing wouldn't cause the God's Seat to personally descend."

"It's a token."

Chu Ling turned a page of the book and said, with lowered eyes, "What can attract the attention of a god… is only another god."

"The Dionysus Seat… wants to see with his own eyes that Gu Changzhi is still alive."

Gu Shen followed his train of thought and slowly said, "So, the token has already appeared, and the [Apostle] has also awakened… This matter should be over?"

Speaking of this, he noticed that Chu Ling's expression was not relaxed.

If Gu Changzhi was still alive…

Then the Divine Advent of the Dionysus Seat was not something to be afraid of.

The Dionysus Seat wanted to see that Gu Changzhi was still alive… Then, let him see it.

"Just twenty-four hours ago, a special existence appeared in the Dadu District."

Gu Nanfeng's face appeared on the light curtain.

"This is Gu Nanfeng, the nominal next head of the Gu family in Nagano."

"Because of Gu Changzhi, Nagano experienced severe factional divisions, and even a fierce struggle broke out eight years ago… The final result was that the conservative faction escorted the young master Gu Nanfeng away from Dongzhou and disappeared. Many people tried to find this Nagano young master, but they all failed, because when he left, his identity code was modified with extremely high authority. This is something only the Supreme Seat can do." Chu Ling said softly, "In the past eight years, this has also been considered evidence that Gu Changzhi is still alive in Qingzhong."

"Why it was able to trigger the Supreme Seat's order, the truth of this matter cannot be traced…"

"But I discovered a very important piece of information."

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(ps: The following chapters are still being revised and will be a bit later. It's not that I want to write the rhythm slowly, but some information must be explained here. I will write a little more tonight.)