Luo Dun ultimately did not enter "131."
He wasn't a three-year-old child who would believe that place was the "Awakener's Home of the City of Evernight" just because someone said so.
Based on his experience, it was more likely to be a trap.
After leaving the "Corridor of Minds," he opened his eyes, gazing at the pale, white ceiling and the letter-shaped chandelier, and fell into contemplation.
He remembered that the owner of room "131" should have a relatively severe mental illness, most likely a personality split.
It was perfectly normal for such a person to post white paper outside their Mind Corridor room, writing "Awakener's Home of the City of Evernight." Others didn't need to understand, nor could they understand.
What Luo Dun cared about were two other points:
First, it was actually possible to stick paper and write words outside the Mind Corridor room. This was something he had never imagined.
Second, the owner of room "131" actually knew about the City of Evernight, and regardless of their attitude or thoughts, it clearly showed that they were very interested in the City of Evernight.
Regarding the first point, Luo Dun's experience and intuition told him that it was normally impossible.
It wasn't as if there weren't any Mind Corridor level Awakeners in the City of Evernight who were mentally unstable. They had tried many things, including graffiti on the outside of their room doors, but none of them had succeeded.
Luo Dun suspected that the reason the owner of room "131" was able to post white paper and write words was because they had been in contact with certain Arbiters and received some favor.
This was mutually confirmed by the fact that the Arbiters could change the order of the Mind Corridor rooms.
Luo Dun didn't have much doubt about this matter. He only reconfirmed that room "131" was really very dangerous.
As for the owner of room "131" being interested in the City of Evernight, it made his heart itch like a cat scratching, making him unable to settle down.
If the other party wanted something, there was room for negotiation!
Luo Dun thought about it and felt that he could try to contact the owner of room "131."
If the other party didn't want much and it didn't involve the safety and survival of the City of Evernight, then he could fully cooperate to a certain extent in exchange for the other party restraining their memories and controlling their shadows, so that he could quickly clear the level and find the gate to the "New World."
Of course, this was definitely an extremely dangerous thing.
If the other party had great malice towards the City of Evernight, then Luo Dun would be like a lamb entering a tiger's mouth when he entered room "131." He could only be slaughtered, after all, that person had some relationship with the Arbiters, and their Mind World was bizarre. With a little trickery, they could make him wish he were dead.
Twenty years ago, ten years ago, or even five years ago, Luo Dun would not have taken this risk, but now, he hesitated.
This was because his illness was getting worse and worse, his stomach was getting worse and worse, and it looked like he wouldn't last more than two or three years.
He had to enter the "New World" before then, get rid of the shackles of his body, and obtain eternal life.
After thinking for a long time, Luo Dun made up his mind:
Give it a try!
However, trying and blindly trying, reckless trying, were completely different concepts. As soon as Luo Dun made up his mind, he had a corresponding plan in his mind.
He was going to find another Elder and borrow a prop from him.
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The next afternoon, Luo Dun, who was ready, entered the "Corridor of Minds" again.
After arriving outside room "131," he took out a piece of bluish-green leaf made into a specimen.
This was formed by transferring the aura of that prop into him.
The next second, the leaf lit up with a hazy green light.
In the green light, Luo Dun's consciousness-formed body twisted and stretched around.
Soon, it split into two, turning into two Luo Duns.
"Divine Mirror Passage"!
The ability of this prop that Luo Dun borrowed was the "Divine Mirror Passage" of the "Bodhi" domain.
It could split Luo Dun's consciousness, turning one into many.
Luo Dun's plan was very simple, which was to leave one of himself outside.
In this way, even if the one who went in suffered serious injuries, was trapped inside, or died directly, it would only bring long-term mental trauma and a certain degree of negative impact to his main body, and would not turn him into a vegetable on the spot.
This was a result with relatively serious sequelae but still retained hope, Luo Dun felt that he could bear it.
After all, time was not waiting for him!
One of the split Luo Duns reached out and grasped the doorknob of room "131," took a deep look at the name "Awakener's Home of the City of Evernight," then gently twisted it and pushed open the door.
As the vermilion gate opened, Luo Dun walked in.
What came into his view was a corridor, but not the one belonging to the hospital in his memory.
"So, I've passed the first psychological shadow?" Luo Dun looked around and muttered to himself.
Although he had undergone "surgery" that time, and his spirit had become abnormal, and it had taken him a long time to recover, as long as he could pass that psychological shadow, it was a good thing.
Walking along this corridor lit by streetlights to the end, Luo Dun saw a door.
The door was silver-white and not tightly closed, revealing a few gaps.
Remembering the terrifying gaze he had suffered after opening the door last time, Luo Dun couldn't help but shudder.
He was afraid of encountering similar things again.
He didn't want to experience that indescribable fear again.
After doing some psychological construction, Luo Dun still mustered up his courage and reached out to push open the silver-white door.
Behind the door was a deep darkness, very similar to the scenes in Luo Dun's nightmares.
Fortunately, there were no looming female figures, nor was there any gaze from the other party.
Luo Dun calmed himself down and walked into the darkness.
He could no longer see anything in front of him, nor could he hear any sound in his ears, as if he had been abandoned by the world.
This brought a certain fear and a maddening sense of suffocation, and Luo Dun gradually had the urge to shout, yell, and sing loudly.
He wanted to break this dead silence-like darkness.
Forced to, he forced himself to think about other things:
"How should I contact the owner of the room next?
"Under normal circumstances, after I explore the depths of their Mind World, they will frequently have nightmares and appear uneasy. Then they will know that someone is approaching their 'Sea of Origin', thus locking onto me, giving warnings, until the war begins...
"The problem is, if I can pass two more psychological shadows and explore the depths of the room, why would I still need to contact them? By that time, I would have found the gate to the 'New World'.
"Well, the deeper I go, the more I'm sure that the 'New World' gate that belongs to me is in this room...
"The current problem is, how to make the owner of the room realize in advance that I am exploring their psychological shadow and take the initiative to contact me..."
While Luo Dun's thoughts were racing, he saw a ball of light in the distance.
This ball of light did not dispel the surrounding darkness, and needed to be very close to be discovered.
It came from an item similar to a tablet computer, which was placed directly above a silver-white pillar, level with Luo Dun's shoulder.
Luo Dun restrained his thoughts and approached, seeing that the screen of the item emitted a soft light outward, on which two lines of text were displayed.
One line of the two lines of text was in Ashlands language, and the other line was in Red River script, and the meaning they expressed was completely consistent.
They were asking:
"Where are you from?"
Below this question was a blank long box where the answer could be entered.
Luo Dun spent nearly a minute digesting what he saw, then thoughtfully stretched out his right palm and chose handwriting input.
Then, he solemnly filled in the answer:
"City of Evernight."
Finally, he clicked submit.
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Shang Jianyao, who was checking the supplies in the back of the jeep, suddenly stopped.
He turned his body abruptly and said to Jiang Baimian and others:
"The fish is hooked!"
Without waiting for his companions to respond, he trotted into the car, leaned against the back of the seat, and raised his hand to pinch the temples on both sides of his head.
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After waiting for a while, Luo Dun finally saw the text on the screen change.
Bang bang bang, colorful fireworks bloomed on the screen, and the sound was clearly festive.
In the midst of the fireworks, a string of Ashlands text stood out:
"Welcome to the Awakener's Home of the City of Evernight. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Because the "City of Evernight" that Luo Dun submitted was written in Ashlands text, there was no Red River language this time.
Luo Dun slowly exhaled, and said with a state of high alert:
"What do you want to obtain?"
That string of text changed again:
"The specific location of the City of Evernight."
"What do you want to do in the City of Evernight? Maybe you don't need to get there, and I can meet your needs." Luo Dun said thoughtfully, "Moreover, even if I give you a fake coordinate, you can't confirm it now."
Most of the people who came to the "Awakener's Home of the City of Evernight" would probably fill in "City of Evernight" when answering the question just now, but he may not be from the City of Evernight.
Two hands appeared on the screen, one of which was clenched into a fist and hit the palm of the other.
"That's right, how do you prove that what you said is true?" The owner of the room expressed his doubts in the form of text.
Luo Dun had a draft in his mind:
"I hope to do a certain degree of exploration in your room to see if the gate to the 'New World' is here.
"This is what I want to obtain, and it takes a long time to complete. During this time, you can verify whether what I said is true or false.
"If I lie, I can't escape your punishment."
"Not bad, then tell me the specific location of the City of Evernight." The text on the screen changed again.
Luo Dun felt that the question had gone back again.
He took a breath and said:
"Maybe you can use another question to replace it."
In a situation where it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, he didn't want to betray the City of Evernight. His descendants lived there.