This is an extremely magnificent palace, as if specially designed for the giant god who can stand tall and support the galaxies in the universe. The pillars, beams, and domes all extend to infinite heights.

They are entirely composed of flames that emit light, but they seem to be something illusory and soft and plastic as their main material, both as if they are imaginations projected by consciousness and as if they are real matter.

The brilliant halo was burning brilliantly on the surface of the entire palace, rotating like a kaleidoscope, changing from time to time, and being indescribable.

Moreover, this palace is infinitely huge and almost terrifying, far exceeding all things in the world. In the light on the dome, I don’t know if it touches the vacuum ether where only the crazy planets rotate and move.

——No doubt, this is indeed a palace of a giant god!

It is as empty as if it can contain the whole world. When a tiny human step into it, it is like an ant climbing on the steps of the highest castle in the world.

“…”

“…”

Everyone couldn't speak, everyone was trembling.

Their reason was desperately denying the scene in front of them, and even so crazy that they tried hard to think about whether they were asleep before the action began... they fell asleep? By the way! That's right! That must be the case!

Otherwise, how can we explain the scene in front of us? How could such a scene appear in the real world?

Although they didn't know at all. Jacob took them to which passage hidden in the Lost City, and he didn't know how far he had walked, but it was not expected no matter how he looked at it!

Because it is Kit City, the space under the ice, or the Siberian wilderness above the surface...

It is absolutely impossible for such a magnificent palace of giant gods to be hidden on the earth, and it has never been discovered by humans!

——So, what exactly is going on!

Jacob ignored the dumb people and just stood quietly aside, as if leading the way was his task, and now his task has been completed.

"Welcome to everyone, this is the first time we meet... But I won't introduce myself. After all, you probably can't have heard of me..."

Some kind of grand... voice? Anyway, in human understanding, it sounds like a voice resounding.

But in fact, it was not a language or a real voice. It was like a certain trend of thought, and it rang directly in everyone's minds.

It seems to be a melody, but it is not any melody belonging to the earth. And it seems to have a strange chanting meaning, grand and boundless, echoing in the huge palace, as if the echoes are endless.

Even with irresistible pressure, he washed everyone's bodies and souls in an instant.

A dizziness attacked them, and then they felt a stronger fear at the same time. The feeling seemed to be magnified thousands of times in an instant, so that there was never any horror in their lives that could be compared with this time.

In this kind of thought that was enough to destroy everything, they looked tremblingly at the end of this huge palace that seemed to be made up of brilliant and burning flames, and saw one...one...

What's the matter?!

It sat upright on the distant seat, looking down at it in a condescending manner. Behind it, it was not the brilliant light that burned, but the space that was constantly changing, as if it was cracks and cracks that appeared in the mirror surface, like gaps.

A flash of sight was the intermittent appearance, with many strange scenes, such as strange and strange astrological signs, strange metal spires, and huge land hanging upside down in the sky...

It seems like the doors leading to huge countries, constantly changing.

Everyone's mind was blank, and they could only keep staring at it, trying to seize any information that could be used, so as to create an impression of the other party in their minds that could be understood.

At least it is a geometric shape that humans can understand.

However—this seems very difficult, even a job that will despair anyone’s brain.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that there is only a pair of clear and indifferent eyes, neither indescribable chaos nor any signs of hideousness and terror, but just staring at it calmly.

They were unquestionably convinced that the eyes they saw were a very organized mind, not a blind chaos.

However, in this kind of interlaced eyes, they were hopelessly afraid, and only felt that their san value was falling wildly... This was an extremely terrifying existence. All of them, all their power, all their scheming, all their struggles were so small before such existence.

——It is like a tiny speck of dust, worthless.

Especially when cooperating with the mythical scenes around them, the feeling of powerlessness of mortals made them extremely desperate. The more forced they were to recognize the truth at this moment, the more clearly they felt this cruelty.

At this time, the grand "voice" continued to sound-

"I'm a little interested in you people. After all, not everyone can still pluck up the courage to act confrontation after seeing the current situation of Lost City..."

The terrifying thing on the throne continued to say with the "voice" that was enough to make the soul dumb. The calm and gentleness seemed to reveal a kind of evil joy.

It was only when we recalled it later that these people successfully transformed this feeling into emotions they could understand.

"I find your performance interesting, so I forgive your sins and order you to obey my instructions... As a symbolic punishment, I have prepared you a chance..."

After a meaningful pause, the horror continued—

"I'm going to watch it destroy your weak minds, or see how you grasp it and take a glimmer of hope."

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“…”

Everyone began to understand the fundamental meaning of this passage in fear and vaguely, which made them almost faint, but they were desperate to find that they and others had no other choice at all.

——Can they still refuse?

No one spoke, and Jacob next to him just continued to lower his head, maintaining the wooden sculpture-like posture, without moving.

But that existence seemed to have received responses from everyone, understood what the choice they made, or was the expression they showed at this moment satisfying the terrifying thing?

So that kind of spiritual message came again, the concept and expression were so closely connected that people could easily "hear" that voice again-

"Very good, you should know my dream world... Next, I will pull out your souls from the Hall of Wake Up to the Abyss of Sleep, and enter that dreamland..."

"You may appear in the cold wasteland, or in the eternal night land, and you may fall into the depths of the unknown mountains... All you have to do is to find the miracle that stands layer by layer in the misty sunset and successfully enter it..."

"But entering that sunset city requires some kind of proof, not just you find it... As for what the proof is needed, you will soon understand it. Believe me, it is not difficult to find..."

——Pick out the souls of yourself and others?

——Sent into that unreal world?

It was finally difficult for the brain that was about to stop to understand what he heard, and everyone immediately realized a strong horror.

They widened their eyes and opened their mouths to make a hysterical scream, but it was too late! They were instantly trapped into the mastery of extreme fear, which was a force, or consciousness, mainly from the outside world...?

It was ruthless and irresistible to cover it, and in an instant, deprived their consciousness from the flesh and separated them!

Everyone was trying to distinguish what was going on. They felt as if they were running wildly, passing through the unfathomable abyss among the stars, and being caught by the indescribable claws holding the abominable flute-

Then, from this terrifying huge palace, he threw himself into the abyss of darkness.

What awaits them there is a deeper horror.

...

...

The time is not clear.

The location is not clear either.

It is not even clear whether it is day or night, because the curtains in the conference room are tightly closed, completely blocking the view outside. The lights are bright, and a circle of gray-haired elderly people sit around the edge of the round table.

They are all old, but they seem to be well maintained and look good. However, the feeling of aging and almost rotten atmosphere in their eyes cannot be faked.

Each of them is very old and is close to the end of their lives.

Moreover, every old man seemed to have been in the upper hand for a long time, and his eyebrows were not angry and powerful, revealing a sense of awesome voices and expressions of the superiors who were accustomed to being domineering and commanding commanders...

"The people we sent out finally gained something not long ago. They enabled the contact information that would be abolished once and secretly sent an encrypted file..."

An old man pressed his temple tiredly and spoke, his voice a little hoarse, but there was no emotion in it.

"At present, we can think that in Siberia, there are indeed some changes that we don't know. Unfortunately, all the people Constantine brought to die before were dead, and we don't get much useful information."

"But at least one thing is certain that there was a sign of a special secret force activity there, and Williams might be one of their members. Our previous information showed that his hand was also stretched over there, so we sent people to get into the people he secretly recruited."

"Williams?...Isn't that old guy enjoying his last life? Why do you have to go against us? Does he know how powerful the Holy Trinity is?" An old man sneered.

"It is not completely certain yet, but judging from the feedback from our people, the system of guards there is very strict. It would be good if they could convey information once. There may be no feedback in the future..."

"Yes, we even need to be prepared for their information to be exposed for this time."

"Since that's the case, the information obtained this time should be very valuable, right? What exactly is it?"

"This question is good..." An old man nodded slightly, reached out to pick up the remote control next to him, and turned on the projector.

"They focused on describing a... very strange city located under the ice, which is said to be the legendary city of Kit... and there are also strange new energy sources, strange technology... and most importantly, a technology about the equipment for sharing human consciousness."

"What? Are you talking about consciousness sharing?" Someone immediately became excited. "Can the technology that operates on human consciousness be realized?"

Moreover, this old man is not an isolated case. The other old guys also lit up one by one based on the speed of the reaction, almost emitting green light, which was a greedy look like a hungry wolf.

"It is not certain yet, but according to their description, the technician's judgment is... very likely."

The old man who spoke before said, suppressed his excitement as much as possible and said calmly and majestic.

"That is a device called STEM, which can connect human brain waves to each other and exchange messages from the electrochemical level... It is not clear whether consciousness transfer can be done, but it is said that they have built a stable space of consciousness, which may be to want people to move inside, simulate the real world, and thus produce more huge results..."

After all, they also know the concept of this technology, and even it was a project they had focused on, because once the technical concept extended to human consciousness operations is realized...

Is it equivalent to realizing immortality in disguise?

If it is not good, it can also extend the life span by transferring human consciousness from the decayed body to another body, right?

So almost everyone's eyes became hot just as they talked about this concept. They all understood the importance of this matter and instantly thought of several inhumane solutions.

Of course, this is too humane to them.
To be continued...