Chapter 466 For Whom the Bell Tolls

The world is divided into two types.

One is the world within cognition, and the other is the world outside cognition.

Six continents, explored seas, undeveloped seas, imaginary continents, dark seas, and dark continents.

The real world is made up of these.

But each "part of the world" will be divided by a boundary.

This boundary can represent taboos, dangers, or isolation...

Humanity's cognition of the current world is the result of the division of boundaries.

And boundaries can divide the world, and can also divide regions.

Just like the boundary-guarding plant in front of you, it is the embodiment of a certain boundary.

Its existence...

Is it necessary?

Dong Fulisi has thought about this question, but he has never come to a conclusion.

For the entire Dark Continent, he is too small.

As small as an inconspicuous cell in a person's body.

He cannot judge the significance of the existence of the boundary-guarding plant, but he knows that the complexity of the Dark Continent's ecosystem is unimaginable, and its chaos cannot be explained by common sense.

How to find a trace of order in this chaos, perhaps this is the significance of the existence of the boundary-guarding plant?

There is no way to know the answer.

Dong Fulishi retracted his gaze from a certain direction and turned to stare quietly at the thick tree roots lying on the hillside.

This boundary can divide regions and even ecosystems, but it cannot stop the footsteps of humans and more other creatures with wisdom.

Ta-ta--

Dong Fulishi walked to the thick tree roots and raised his hand to tear off a vine that was beating steadily like a pulse from the "lichen" parasitic on the surface of his body.

"..."

After pausing for a few seconds in front of the tree roots, Dong Fulishi suddenly threw the vine in his hand into the air.

In an instant, the tree roots that existed with the boundary as their meaning suddenly boiled and changed, and tentacles were born in the boiling phenomenon, and then spread to the lichen vines thrown into the air by Dong Fulishi.

And Dong Fulishi fearlessly walked towards the tree roots that had become like boiling liquid.

I saw that the rising and boiling tree roots actually took the initiative to open a hole that Dong Fulishi could cross over.

At the same time.

The dense tentacles that climbed up and spread devoured the lichen vines, and then quickly retracted to the ground and turned back into the original tree root shape.

At this moment, Dong Fulisi had already crossed the boundary and stepped into the area where many coral-like rocks stood.

He did not look back at the root-like boundary-guarding plants, but stepped forward in one direction.

He wanted to meet the group of humans who were traveling on this route.

Walking through the many coral-like rocks, you can clearly feel the unpredictable terrain.

There is a steep and difficult road, but after a few hundred meters there is another downhill route.

This route changes over and over again, like a wave line that keeps rising and falling.

The sunlight shines through the hollow caves on the coral rock, projecting on the rock ground in a variety of strange light shapes.

The team walked through it and did not encounter any creatures along the way.

Despite this, everyone was always vigilant during the journey.

Now that they have traveled through many areas, they have a new understanding of the term "vastness".

The coral rock area that they are trekking through is also an area that may take at least half a month to cross.

Moyu has already prepared himself mentally.

Now he just hopes to meet a creature with the possibility of communication soon.

The team moved forward steadily.

Until dusk, when the team passed a hollow coral rock block that was tens of meters high, they suddenly heard a faint ticking sound.

"Huh?"

A strange color flashed in everyone's eyes, and they looked at each other quickly.

Kangzai asked first: "Did you hear any sound?"

"Yes."

"It's a very small sound, it sounds like a pendulum."

"It does sound like a pendulum."

Everyone talked one after another.

They all heard the faint sound of the pendulum.

Moyu frowned and said: "I can't tell which direction it came from, don't be careless."

"I know, there's no need for you to remind me of this kind of thing."

Kangzai's eyes suddenly became serious.

For them who have seen the horror of the Dark Continent, let alone the ticking sound of the pendulum clock, even the sound of a small stone rolling down the hillside is worthy of their attention and vigilance.

Bisiji thought for a while and suggested: "To be safe, plug your ears first, or go to the mind space to avoid it first."

Bisiji suggested this just because he heard a faint ticking sound coming from nowhere, not because he was a frightened bird.

But the Dark Continent itself is an unreasonable place, and it must be cautious.

"Well, go to the mind space, just in time to rest."

Moyu agreed with Bisiji's suggestion.

In a specific environment, suddenly encountering an unknown sound, such a thing requires high vigilance even in the six continents.

After all, some release or operation system mind users use "sound" as the activation condition...

For example, the melody in the original work.

She is a dual-system mind user of the release system and the operation system, and the sound of the musical instrument played alone can cause the operation system effect.

With such a vivid reference example, one must be wary of the sudden ticking sound of the pendulum clock.

Thinking of this, Moyu manipulated a shadow unit that was always ready, and soon a passage leading to the "shadow world" was materialized at his feet.

"Go in."

Moyu urged quickly.

Upon hearing this, Sambika immediately stepped towards the shadow space passage.

She was the person who needed to be protected the most in the entire team, so every time there was an emergency, she was the first to enter the shadow space.

But for some reason, she stopped after taking two steps and stood there motionless.

At this time, Moyu noticed that the ticking sound coming from nowhere was much clearer than before, and then saw Sambika's abnormality, and felt something was wrong.

"Is it a similar ability to the operating system..."

The figure of Melody quickly passed through Moyu's mind, his eyes changed, and he quickly looked at other teammates.

But he saw that everyone had a dull look on their faces like Sambika, standing there motionless.

This phenomenon immediately shocked Moyu's heart.

Just hearing the ticking sound vaguely, the result was directly trapped in this state?

Isn't this ability too overbearing?

Should we send them into the mind space, or find the source of the sound?

Or remove the thoughts...?

No, there are only three times to remove thoughts, which is not enough.

And it is not clear what the effect of this sound is.

Just as Moyu was thinking about countermeasures quickly, Kangzai, who was standing not far in front of him, suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him!

Boom!

With a dull sound, the hard rock ground was immediately kowtowed by Kangzai.

"???"

Moyu was caught off guard by Kangzai's sudden kowtow.

Before he could react, Kangzai kowtowed again, and gravel flew in an instant.

If it weren't for the mental protection wrapped around his body, Kangzai's fierce momentum when he kowtowed would have knocked a hole in his forehead.

Moyu then realized that Kangzai's kowtow was more like self-mutilation...

"It should be the effect of the control ability of the ticking sound. However, after the ability conditions are met, the state of the mind of the controlled target cannot be cancelled, and the way of controlling the self-mutilation is a bit ridiculous."

Watching Kangzai's self-mutilation behavior of kowtow several times in a row, Moyu's fear of the ticking sound has been reduced a lot.

The inability to cancel the mind of the controlled target means that the ability effect is not mandatory, but more inclined to suggestive.

Compared with the mandatory ability of the control system that can directly erase the target's consciousness, the suggestive ability has more room for rescue.

Moyu did not stop Kangzai from kowtow immediately.

Because although Kangzai was self-mutilating at the moment, he was protected by the mind, so he didn't have to worry about his safety for a while.

While he remained vigilant, he paid attention to the status of the other members of the team.

Perhaps the effect of the ability brought by the ticking sound began to take effect, and everyone except Kangzai also began various forms of self-mutilation.

However, everyone has a layer of "hardness" as protection, and the self-harm method is quite frivolous and careless, so there is no need to worry about safety for the time being.

At the same time, Moyu noticed that the ticking sound echoing in his ears became louder and louder, and the frequency began to become rapid.

For some reason -

Moyu felt a sense of impatience from the faster ticking sound.

"Is it because you saw that I didn't win the bid?"

Listening to the increasingly loud ticking sound, Moyu paid attention to the status of his teammates while trying to find the location of the sound source.

He didn't go into the reason why he was not affected by the sound.

I think it should be the mental toughness effect of "When the Stars of Humanity Shine".

This may be the first time he has enjoyed the benefits of mental toughness.

And the most important thing at the moment is to find the unknown object hidden in the dark as soon as possible.

Moyu decided to take risks, concentrate his mind, and try to distinguish the direction of the sound source.

Tick, tick -

The sound became more and more violent, as if to stuff all the dissatisfaction into Moyu's ears.

But no matter how the sound changes, Moyu is always unaffected.

186% mental toughness can make him immune to the manipulation ability from the ticking sound.

"Found it."

As the presence of the ticking sound became stronger and stronger, Moyu finally confirmed the direction of the sound.

However, he did not act immediately, but quietly controlled the shadow that used "Hide" to eliminate traces and quietly moved towards the source of the sound.

At this time.

The last ray of afterglow between heaven and earth covered the coral-like strange rocks that could be seen everywhere. The numerous hollow holes shaped the orange-red light into a variety of light balls, which were reflected obliquely on the ground.

A figure passed through the orange-red light.

The figure was about the size of a basketball, and the upper body was a small and simple pendulum clock surrounded by branches as thick as fingers. There were many gravel-like light spots flashing under the pendulum that was swinging left and right.

And under the pendulum clock, there was an elliptical copper base, which was supported by slender mechanical legs.

If you only look at the lower part, you would think it is some kind of special crab.

The ticking sound heard by Moyu and his companions came from it.

It was moving quickly inside the coral-like rock reflecting the colorful light ball. The pendulum in the pendulum clock on the base was swinging rapidly, and the ticking sound was getting more and more rapid.

From the perspective of an observer, it did seem a little impatient.

As for the reason——

It was indeed as Moyu guessed.

Because the ticking sound had no effect on Moyu, it became impatient.

In order to control Moyu, it increased the frequency of the pendulum clock and moved closer to Moyu.

And this action of itss actually exposed its position.

Moyu saw this unknown object that could barely be called a pendulum clock through the vision of the shadow clone, and then manipulated the shadow clone without hesitation to attack the pendulum clock from behind.

The movement of the pendulum clock was very similar to that of a crab, and it was quite fast.

But it obviously did not realize the approach of the shadow clone, and it barely reacted when the shadow clone attacked it.

And even if it reacted at this time, it would be meaningless.

The shadow clone punched the pendulum clock.

Crack!

Under this attack, the pendulum clock surrounded by branches suddenly broke into pieces, and the many flashing light spots inside it fell to the ground like gravel.

The elliptical chassis that originally supported the pendulum clock seemed to have suddenly lost power, staggered forward a few steps, and slowly fell to the ground.

After controlling the shadow clone to smash the unknown pendulum clock, Moyu quickly looked at his teammates.

Kangzai's forehead hit the ground heavily, and then he suddenly stopped moving.

The same happened to the others, who all stopped self-harming.

"It should be lifted..."

Looking at the changes in everyone, Moyu thought, and could only wait for the final result.

But at this moment, a slight wind sound came from above, and it was a human figure falling straight from the air.

Moyu's pupils shrank slightly. Although he did not sense any killing intent, he was ready to counterattack at the first time.

However, the figure did not intend to attack Moyu at all, but landed on the ground with his head, like a green onion.

"Human...?"

Moyu was startled, and looked at the person who suddenly fell from the sky with alertness.

The other party was wrapped in tightly vines, and even his face was mostly covered, revealing only a pair of eyes.

But it can be barely seen that the other party is a human.

But why did this person appear on the stage with his head on the ground?

Isn't it a bit novel?

Suddenly, Moyu thought of a possibility.

Could it be that this person was also affected by the sound of the pendulum clock, and then fell from a high altitude and landed on his head to self-harm?

If he had just solved the pendulum clock one second earlier, maybe this person wouldn't have to do this?

No -

What we should consider now is the origin of this person.

Could he be an indigenous human from the Dark Continent?

Moyu's thoughts turned quickly, and he looked carefully at the person who fell from the sky in front of him.

While feeling alert and vigilant, he was a little surprised.

He urgently needed information now.

This person who fell from the sky was Dong Fulisi who had been chasing him all the way.

It was indeed as Moyu speculated that Dong Fulisi, who had just chased here, was also controlled by the sound of the pendulum clock, and then took the "jumping off the building" self-harm method.

Now, he was a little embarrassed...

"What am I...doing?"

Kangzai's confused voice came from the side.

Moyu glanced at Kangzai and answered enthusiastically: "Kowtowing."

"???"