Shang Jianyao was very happy, raised his hands, tilted his body slightly, and looked at the ceiling, saying:
“Everywhere are illusions, why be serious?”
Chen Wen, seeing this, rubbed his temples with his right hand and said:
“Everything is illusion!”
“You're not from the 'Mirage Dragon Sect'?” Shang Jianyao asked, not at all like an outsider.
Chen Wen, feeling the intermittent and slight shaking of the house, replied without much concern:
“I'm from the 'Dream Delusion Order'.”
At this moment, Liu Chuan carried Flora on his back, and another "New World" expert with a relatively intact "body" took on Barnard, while the rest of the group also prepared themselves.
Shang Jianyao seized the time and pressed Chen Wen:
“What is your Eucharist?”
“We have no Eucharist, they are all false.” Chen Wen emphasized peacefully, “Everything is illusion.”
Shang Jianyao immediately lost interest in the "Dream Delusion Order" and instead asked:
“Did you see that photo in the courtyard?”
“What photo?” Chen Wen asked.
“Lin Sui's photo.” Shang Jianyao was very surprised.
Then, he suddenly realized:
“You don't know that's Lin Sui?”
“I haven't seen any photos at all.” Chen Wen said truthfully.
He wasn't too concerned about this, anyway, everything is illusion.
Just as Shang Jianyao was about to describe the details of the photo, Liu Chuan looked around and said:
“Everyone, the signs have appeared, we must head to the tower now, we can't miss this opportunity.”
He took the lead, carrying Flora on his back, and ran to the entrance of the basement, opening the dark iron door.
The others did not hesitate and filed out, following behind Liu Chuan.
Shang Jianyao sprinted to catch up, forcibly overtaking several companions.
Then, he slowed down and fell to the back of the line, fully revealing his inner struggle.
“We haven't fully understood the problems of the 'New World' yet, we're not sure which side we should stand on...” Shang Jianyao, whose belief was justice, murmured somewhat anxiously.
“Yes, yes.” Another Shang Jianyao echoed him, “We don't even know if helping these people escape the 'New World' is a good thing or a bad thing, and the turmoil has already begun!”
The sinister and vicious Shang Jianyao then sneered:
“Judging from the intelligence we've gathered so far, the 'New World' really does have a chance of being created by the Celestial Worthies to protect the Greylands, otherwise, so many 'New World' experts running around in reality, lacking restraint, would be almost a disaster in themselves.”
“Not necessarily.” The calm and rational Shang Jianyao retorted, “After the initial chaos, those 'New World' experts will compromise with each other and form a new balance.”
As they spoke, they always ran at the back of the line, following them out of the special building.
At this time, the shaking of the earth became more and more obvious, and the houses on the street made creaking sounds.
Whoosh!
A strong wind swept over.
The rash Shang Jianyao dismissed the struggles of his colleagues and said without any psychological burden:
“Not every event will wait until you are ready and have thought things through before it begins, the turmoil here is the same!
“Faced with the current situation, we can only do it first and then talk!”
Chen Wen, who was running beside Shang Jianyao, listened to him talking to himself all the way without interrupting, just glanced at him a couple of times.
For him, everything is illusion, if he has free time, he can chat about it and pass the time, there is no problem, but now, it's none of his business.
After running a few more steps, the calm and rational Shang Jianyao said:
“It's time to notify Da Bai that signs of turmoil have appeared.”
On this matter, no Shang Jianyao expressed dissent.
While running on the increasingly shaking road, they diverted their minds and released their power to search for the human consciousness around their flesh.
…………
Jiang Baimian, who was dozing off, suddenly dreamed of a monster, it opened its mouth full of sharp teeth dripping with blood and bit her head.
Accompanied by a burst of throbbing pain, Jiang Baimian woke up.
She quickly understood what was going on and hurriedly extended her spirit to touch Shang Jianyao's consciousness.
After the appearance of the unoriginal darkness and the condensation of faint light, Jiang Baimian saw Shang Jianyao running.
Her consciousness was forced to "run" too.
The next second, Shang Jianyao shouted:
“The signs have appeared!
“The turmoil has begun!”
Jiang Baimian had been waiting for this opportunity and took a slow breath and said:
“Then I have to enter the real 'New World' and get close to that vortex-shaped building.”
“But, we're not sure which side to help!” Shang Jianyao was very distressed, “I don't know whether to help Flora and Barnard escape the New World, or maintain order here and wait for the turmoil to end...”
Jiang Baimian said calmly:
“This is because we don't yet understand the nature of the 'New World' and we don't know the root of the problem.”
So they don't know what impact breaking the order of the "New World" will have on reality.
“Yes, yes.” Shang Jianyao deeply agreed.
Jiang Baimian had already considered this aspect and pondered for a moment:
“This is actually an opportunity.
“Under normal circumstances, the 'New World' has its own set of order, and those who are imprisoned have no way of knowing how to improve, nor do they know what the Celestial Worthies are thinking or doing, which makes your investigation always spin in place.
“And once the turmoil begins, the order will inevitably collapse, and many things covered under the order will be exposed, and you can take the opportunity to restore the truth.
“It's not too late to make a choice then.”
Clap, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and struck his left palm:
“How could I not have thought that it could be like this!”
Jiang Baimian immediately ended the communication:
“Okay, don't waste your spirit, remind me if there are any changes.”
“Okay.” Shang Jianyao waved his hand.
…………
After disconnecting, Shang Jianyao focused all his attention on the turmoil.
Bang! Bang!
The houses on the street made sounds as if they were unable to bear the weight in the constant shaking, and the glass windows rattled even more, threatening to break at any moment.
Fine and obvious cracks also appeared on the ground, clearly visible under the streetlights brought by Liu Chuan, Flora and others.
In the surrounding darkness, the streetlights representing the other "New World" experts either went in the opposite direction, away from the tower, or stayed in the original building, not daring to move, only waiting, or slowly moved towards the tower, seemingly wanting to take advantage of the chaos and muddy the waters.
Thump, thump, thump! Shang Jianyao ran faster and faster, surpassing Chen Wen and others, and came to the middle of the line.
This position made it easier for him to observe the situation ahead and see if he could find answers to certain questions from the collapse of order.
They were not too far from the tower itself, and when the earthquake became more and more severe, they came to this area that few people usually entered.
As soon as they passed a certain "boundary", Liu Chuan and the others' eyes narrowed at the same time.
Here, not only was the tower itself brightly lit, but the buildings surrounding it also seemed like a galaxy had fallen into the human world.
The whole team stopped instinctively, and the weak Liu Chuan blurted out:
“How can there be so many 'New World' Awakened...”
There were more lights here than all the "New World" experts outside the core area combined!
And usually from the outside to the inside, this scene cannot be seen at all, it seems to be covered by the tower.
Rumble!
A building next to them collapsed in the earthquake, and a deep and hideous crack appeared horizontally in front of Liu Chuan and others.
Whoosh! The storm blew, making everyone a little shaky.
At this moment, on the other side of the crack, in an apartment-like building, a man slid out in a wheelchair.
He was a Red River person, wearing a white shirt inside, a blue sweater outside, his lower body was covered with a brown blanket, he looked to be in his forties, his hair had obvious gray patches, and his temperament was very refined.
The man came to a place nearly twenty meters away from the crowd, scanned the opposite side with his light blue eyes, and asked loudly:
“What are you doing here?”
Barnard replied tremblingly:
“'Deputy Director', we are going to enter the tower.
“You only have two choices, get out of the way, or die!”
“He is the 'Deputy Director' of the Eighth Research Institute?” Shang Jianyao muttered to himself.
The "Deputy Director" put his hands on the wheelchair and said with a mocking expression:
“You don't know anything, you will only bring disaster to the Greylands!”