Chapter 469 (1/2)
How did Speechless and company do it?
It was probably not only Earthbound Yaksha and Shadow Wraith who re shots in the three-dimensional world in another plane of existence ht even involuntarily question—”What sort of strange development is this?”, ”Can there be such a screwed up operation?”, ”Coood chat”
Then, in order to explain the story clearly in a professional and ethical way—in no way is it to pad the word count, in no way is it to pad the word count, and in no way is it to pad the word count, with i the need to be repeated three ti out a wave of text happily)
Cough…well in order to explain the story clearly, let us rewind back to about ten o, the instant when Shadow Wraith just appeared, while releasing a toxin known as 'despair', but read as being a 'shi+tty teammate'
Back then, when Shadow Wraith suddenly appeared, it had operated beautifully It had successfully restrained Speechless and company as well as announced three pieces of information that could not be verified but were all equally despair-inducing
First, that Field Marshal Aweso Field Marshal Aweso For hard towards a pointless goal
Second, the identity of the pitch black mass was the ninth level's Level Lord They had to face three Level Lords at the moment
Third, the exit comht was the mastermind behind all this, and the 'Excellency' was determined to have all of them killed
The three pieces of information had successfully weaved the web of despair
Speechless was unable to deter from the situation they were in, the three pieces of information were very likely to be the truth
However, the three pieces of despairing inforle piece of infor the forhtering Formation—the only piece of beneficial information was useless in the situation they were in With the seven of them simultaneously restrained, unless a powerful force ca they could do
They were unable to save themselves, much less rescue shi+ Xiaobai
At that moment, even Speechless felt helpless He was immersed in a pessimistic mood
But at that moment, he suddenly heard a familiar voice in his mind
”Hey, hey, hey…Benefactor Speechless, can you hear this?”
Initially, Speechless believed that he was having an illusion or some auditory hallucination because the voice did not reach hih his ears, but resounded directly in his brain
But quickly, the voice repeated another time Speechless finally realized a particular possibility
He atteht
”Liu Yu?”
After he responded, a relieved sigh immediately resounded in hisin his mind
”Phew, it's This Penniless Priest…Listen, the reason why you can hear This Penniless Priest's voice is that of This Penniless Priest's superpower—'Telepathic Relay' This superpower's general usage is to converse telepathically with so as they do not refuse it”
Speechless was iht when he received this brand new piece of information As a result, he could not help but shout out in his ! You are indeed worthy to be a man that shares the same syllable, 'Yu' (speech) as This Emperor!”
Liu Yu immediately blushed with shame as he said with a wry smile, ”This superpower is actually useless in battle However, this Penniless Priest always found it hard to abandon it even though it's useless Who knew that it would be somewhat useful at such a juncture…”
”Soht be able to save all of us!” said Speechless in excitement
”Really? This Penniless Priest can't think of any way out no matter how much he racks his brain So This Penniless Priest attee in telepathy with you…Erh, doesn't that ht of a way out!?” Liu Yu said with great anticipation in his mind
”Yea, a way out that ht out and it would definitely be better than not thinking of soe in 'Telepathic Relay' only between two people?” said Speechless
”This Penniless Priest could only do two people in the beginning, but after repeated experiments and improvements, This Penniless Priest can now add another person to the telepathic relay, and have a three-way telepathic conversation However, three people is the maximum This Penniless Priest can do for now,” said Liu Yu
”Three people is enough At least it saves the time needed to pass on information Make haste while we can Now, connect Sunless Who kno long the three Level Lords will give us,” said Speechless
”Alright!” responded Liu Yu
A second later, Liu Yu spoke again, ”Alright, it's connected”
”Hey, Sunless, can you hear this?” Speechless immediately attempted to call out to her
”Huh?” Sunless's puzzled voice resounded simultaneously in Speechless and Liu Yu's minds
”I' Liu Yu's superpower and engaging in a three-way telepathic relay Do you understand?” Speechless did not want to waste time, so he explained the situation to Sunless in the most direct manner
”Yea,” Sunless responded She did not seem astonished nor did she appear as excited as Speechless Clearly, her thoughts were somewhere else
”Sunless, I know you are currently feeling very anxious The person most anxious in the present situation is definitely you Because, coer you are in, you areshi+ Xiaobai However, you have to calht save everyone and even save shi+ Xiaobai And the most important step to this matter has to be fulfilled by you Only you can make it happen! For that, you have to calm down No matter how difficult it is, you must force yourself to calm down…Then, Sunless, in order to save everyone, no Even if it's just to save shi+ Xiaobai, can you calm down?”
Speechless said it in such a manner Since time was of the essence, he was still excessive in his plea Clearly, whether Sunless could calm doas an important matter
For that, Sunless fell silent for a second before giving a firm response
”Say the method”
Sunless did not answer if she could calm down or not, but Speechless knew that even if she 'could not', she would definitely change it into so possible If that was the way to save shi+ Xiaobai, she would force herself to do it regardless of anything
”Due to the auto of 'Mirror Replication', I know the shadow that is restraining us is called 'Shadow Shackles' At the same time, I know the theory behind the liberation process of 'Shadow Shackles' In fact, 'Shadow Shackles' is not restraining our bodies but it is a two-layer illusion!” said Speechless
”Two-layer illusion? What is that?” asked Liu Yu eagerly before Sunless responded
”You can understand it as a dream within a dream In fact, our consciousness is currently stuck in a dream state formed by the first illusionary layer However, the second illusionary layer is fooling us to think that we exist in reality The goal is to prevent us fro that we have fallen for an illusion And the pre the victi the contact between the shadows is sufficient to destroy the illusion, but the seven of us are unable to e that There's also no point to place hope on nonexistent reinforce we need to do is use our oillpower to escape the two-layer illusion!” Speechless tried his best to explain the slightly complicated idea in the most comprehensible manner
”Escape? How?” Sunless immediately asked an important question
”We first need to escape the second illusion layer, which is used to hide the first illusionary layer The easiest way is to constantly tell yourself that 'this isn't reality', so as to hypnotize yourself This step requires a firreatly are able to do it Sunless, a the seven of us, the only people that can escape the second illusionary layer are the two of us” Speechless did not plan on explaining why they were the only two that could escape the second illusionary layer, but he had his reasons
The reason was that when facing Earthbound Yaksha's Soul Suppression, only Sunless and himself could act normally The other five were more or less affected And the reason why he could do so was that he had undertaken 'resistance training' As for Sunless, she had coed to conquer the repression of Soul Suppression with her oillpower and firm resolution
This girl who very rarely spoke with others was not shy with strangers or aloof but it was because she was too mature Just as Pulp Far freaks that hadold spirits They could see through the essence of ht that was obscured by the darkness For that, shi+ Xiaobai would positively face it, while Sunless would choose to ignore it, putting a distance between herself and the world that had nothing to do with swords
”Then?” Sunless hts
”Then…after escaping the second illusionary layer, you will enter the dream state created by the first illusionary layer And our real consciousness is situated there The first illusionary layer is an orthodoxthe et will be ehtmares Therefore…the way to escape the first illusionary layer is to overcome your own mental demons”
When Speechless said that, he caetically, ”Sorry, deep in my heart, there resides a mental demon I cannot defeat I will not be able to defeat the mental demon in a short period of time Therefore, the only person that can quickly escape the first and second illusionary layers through their own strength to liberate themselves from 'Shadow Shackles' is you, Sunless Ye”
”Got it,” Sunless said
”Erh, Sunless, I'm not sure what your mental demon is, nor do I know if that mental demon of yours is as difficult to conquer as mine, but all our hope will rest on you So…Sunless, are you confident that you can defeat your greatest mental demon?”
Speechless carefully probed her He knew that the heavy burden of saving everyone rested on Sunless's shoulders It was a sha to do, but other than that, he had no otherfrom 'Shadow Shackles', there was no way the subsequent parts of his plan could work
”I can…No, I'll definitely be able to do it!” Sunless gave such an answer
Upon hearing Sunless's response, Speechless immediately felt like he had asked a stupid question
To Sunless, be it defeating her own ive an answer of definiteness Since it was a necessary step in the bid to save shi+ Xiaobai, she would do her best to overco she previously could have chosen to run away from, even if the mental demon was an unsurmountable entity that previously made her cower in fear
Sunless was such a cool girl!