Chapter 250

All attacks ceased, and the Ancient Town fell into a deathly silence; Luo Qi could only hear the sound of his own breathing. He turned his head to look in the direction of Du Zhengyi, but he could only see a blurred shadow standing there motionless, far less conspicuous than the flame of Yajian that burned steadily within Luo Qi's consciousness field of vision.

Knowing he was still there made his existence feel more real. Only then could Luo Qi be certain that this abnormally silent Ancient Town was real, and that the ghosts lurking in the shadows were also real. With his back against the stable sea of Yajian that Du Zhengyi hid behind the embankment, he left most of his Yajian in the Mental World; his territory became clearer due to his arrival, and the Yajian reflected and responded to his touch.

However, to his surprise, there was a blank space beside him. He could perceive Du Zhengyi, and he could perceive the Society Ghosts wandering in the Ancient Town, but beyond that, his field of vision was completely peaceful. The part of Luo Qi that remained in the real world felt his scalp tingle; he and Du Zhengyi were actually in the same state, as both of them could barely find a trace of the Seal Beast.

Sweat dripped down Luo Qi, and he realized with fear that these Seal Beasts were simply the bane of a Mind Mage. Several Society Ghosts in the Consciousness World whispered to him, and the conclusion they reached was similar to his own.

How is it done?

Luo Qi asked in the Mental World. Even with Du Zhengyi, although he had a solid embankment protecting his Yajian and thoughts from being pried into, Luo Qi could at least sense his existence.

The Society Ghosts answered his question: these Seal Beasts were not beasts, nor were they human; even Qiongqi could barely be classified under the category of mammals, but this batch of Seal Beasts was nothing at all. Fundamentally, they were different from the creatures Mages were familiar with, and in terms of their most important characteristics, their way of thinking was different from all known categories of living things. If a Mind Mage used their original methods to perform mental perception, they would not be able to perceive their existence.

Luo Qi was stunned for a moment in the Consciousness World; that is to say, even though they were very special, there would still be some kind of pattern to follow?

Among the many ghosts, one Yajian suddenly broke away from the synchronization and asked him a single question—have you ever observed a forest in your field of vision.

Luo Qi was not used to communicating with ghosts individually, "Of course I have."

—You have seen the Yajian of the myriad manifestations of the forest.

"It's certainly forest-y," Luo Qi replied.

—The myriad manifestations of the forest, most of them are rats.

Luo Qi was amused in the world of Yajian; it was not a smile displayed on his face, but a direct sense of amusement occurring in his central nervous system. "Right, most of them are rats."

But after laughing, he realized that ghosts should not have a sense of humor; they were merely subsets of Yajian, and no one would still retain their subjective consciousness or leave behind their personality.

—However, in reality, the majority of living things should be insects.

Luo Qi understood; this was a line of thought, and they could study them from the perspective of insects. Those monsters looked very much like insects; perhaps they were an evolved version of insects.

—Useless. The Mind Society has never conducted research in this area; no one would want to know what an insect is "thinking," and in fact, no one even thinks that insects can "think."

Luo Qi felt a wave of disappointment; in his original plan, he had intended to begin an analysis of the Seal Beast's brain structure after coming into close contact with it.

Another piece of Yajian responded to him—if this is an order, an analysis will be conducted.

Bullshit, Luo Qi thought. To analyze, one must first have something, but they couldn't even find a head; how could one create something out of nothing?

Whoa, Luo Qi thought, his mind wandering again, creating something out of nothing—that's actually Daoist philosophy.

Chapter 248: Creating Something Out of Nothing