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Chapter 82 Being a good teacher (recommendation ticket)
Seeing Jiang Baiman and the others looking over, Du Heng pointed to the shadow of the trees in front of him, and said softly:
“Don’t move, wait for this abnormal wave to pass.”

At this moment, in the ruins of the entire city, the roaring noises keep coming up and down, but they don’t calm down.

Jiang Baiman stared at Du Heng for a few seconds, nodded to Long Yuehong and the others.

Before she moved over, Shang Jianyao had already jumped to Du Heng, and naturally squatted down.

This scene made Long Yuehong inexplicably familiar, as if he had returned to the “Pangu Biology”—every time having dinner, people often squatted and chatted at the entrance of the “Activity Center”.

Jiang Baiman was a little hesitant at first, so it didn’t matter if she saw it, she squatted to the side, looked around, and said sincerely:

“Thank you for saving us just now.”

“It’s not about saving, just let you return to normal in advance. As long as you are not attacked before the abnormality subsides, you can recover sooner or later.” Du Heng laughed in response.

“This is definitely a rescue.” Jiang Baiman pretended to inadvertently said with emotion, “You are not affected by that fear at all.”

At this time, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong also squatted into the shadows, holding their weapons and guarding in different directions.

Hearing Jiang Baiman’s emotion, Du Heng laughed:
“I am an antiquities Scholar and a historical researcher who acted alone most of the time. How can I survive until now?”

He tone barely fell, Shang Jianyao asked suddenly:

“Are you actually awakened?”

Du Heng glanced at him, not saying with a smile too much:

“Strictly speaking, it does count.”

“Then what should I do after entering the “Sea of ​​Origin”?” Shang Jianyao is very straightforward and has no worries about the current situation.

Du Heng laughed:
“Under normal circumstances, unless there is a pretty good relationship, no awakened will tell others about this knowledge. Isn’t this cultivating opponents for yourself and your friends?”
“But, hehe, I have always had a bad problem: the trouble of people is to be a teacher.

“Okay, let me just talk about it briefly:

“Entering the’Sea of ​​Origin’, you will encounter various’islands’ for you to rest, and there will be different monsters and different bad situations on the’islands’ that you need to face and overcome.

“They often correspond to your hidden fears, or some kind of memory from the past.”

Having said that, Du Heng explained from the beginning:
“According to my personal experience and guesses, personal guesses, it does not mean that it is correct:

“The power of awakened comes from the mind and from one’s own consciousness. The so-called ‘Hall of Stars’ and the ‘Sea of ​​Origin’ are just a concrete manifestation of the subconscious.

“We are going all the way, and our essence is to tap our inner strength, which requires defeating the shadows of our soul.”

Shang Jianyao politely waited until Du Heng finished this paragraph before asking:
“Why does every awakened see the same ‘Hall of Stars’?”

Du Heng’s entire face seemed to be wrinkled, he smiled bitterly and said:
“This will test me, I really can’t explain this matter.

“But I heard some speculations:
“One is that similar sights are hidden in our subconscious minds. They are the common memory of mankind. They are some of the experiences of the common ancestors of mankind in an age older than the old world;

“The second is that awakened is an apostle of Spiritual God, a person who has obtained the grace of God. Thirteen years old together created’Hall of Stars’ and other places to help their loved ones grow up until they enter a new world. In this regard, awakened abilities can be roughly divided into thirteen categories, corresponding to different fields of age, and generate certain associations.

“Therefore, among the religions that believe in ageing, the proportion of awakened is higher than other groups. Of course, it will not be too high, and the number is still limited.”

Jiang Baiman listened very carefully and nodded gently:

“Perhaps many awakened believe that abilities come from gods and actively join different religions, leading to a higher proportion.”

Rather than caring for those who believe in themselves, let them awaken more.

“No investigation, no experiment, I can’t give you a definite answer.” Du Heng sighed, “Unfortunately, the old world annihilation has been nearly 70 years, and the large-scale wars that lasted for almost twenty-thirty years have been maintained. As a result, many things cannot be traced. Otherwise, we can step by step to find the origin of the belief in ageing, to see whether their domain, authority, and in the process of dissemination have been deliberately added to the corresponding content by some awakened. It looks like this now, or that these at first have not changed, and can even be traced back to the old world annihilation. This is the responsibility of our history researchers.”

Jiang Baiman feels the same:
“Yes, this is also the driving force that drives me forward.”

Du Heng didn’t say more about this matter, and continued with the topic just now:
“From the ‘Hall of Stars’ to the ‘Sea of ​​Origin’, what is needed is the in-depth exploration and mastery of one’s own capabilities.”

He paused and glanced at Shang Jianyao, said with a smile:

“This step, you should be almost done, otherwise you won’t ask the question just now.

“When you enter the’Sea of ​​Origins’ and defeat all the shadows in your heart, you will have the opportunity to find yourself, accept him, accommodate him, and your soul will fill it up.

“This will give your ability a certain qualitative change, and both the boundary of effect and the scope of influence will be improved.

“However, in this process, the price you pay will deepen step by step, making your problem more serious.

“It’s the old saying, there is no free lunch.”

At this point, Du Heng kindly reminded:
“For each awakened, what the price he has paid must be kept secret.

“On the one hand, the price itself is a weakness, and it is easy to be used and targeted by others. On the other hand, different costs will vaguely map different fields, allowing familiar people to have a preliminary guess about your In the battle between awakened, it is very dangerous to be known in advance of the characteristics of the ability.”

Shang Jianyao listened quietly, nodded seriously:

“Thank you.”

Jiang Baiman glanced at him, said with a slight smile:

“I thought you would applaud.”

At this time, their surroundings are very quiet, as Du Heng said, as long as they don’t move very much and stand in a conspicuous place, they will not be caught by “abnormal”.

“Thank you more than applause.” Shang Jianyao explained sincerely.

Du Heng smiled silently:
“When you find yourself, you will be able to cross the ‘Sea of ​​Origin’, and when the time comes, you will enter the ‘Corridor of Soul’.

“Okay, I have said so much, should you give me some information?”

Shang Jianyao did not answer directly, but looked towards Jiang Baiman.

“What do you want to know?” Jiang Baiman asked.

Du Heng looked around and took out a yellowed photo:

“Have you seen this child?

“He is called Xiao Chong.”

In the photo, the little boy has a fleshy face and looks very cute in a rare beast costume.

He is the Xiao Chong that Shang Jianyao and the others just met!
Xiao Chong… Hearing this name, Long Yuehong felt a tingling scalp.

He didn’t expect Du Heng to enter the ruins to find someone.

And it was the strange boy Xiao Chong who was looking for!

Jiang Baiman couldn’t help but pursed his lower lip, turned his head and pointed to the position just now:

“We met near the underground computer room, and he came out with us, saying that he was looking for someone to play games with him.

“But after we came out, he used an excuse to urinate and disappeared.”

Du Heng’s expression is slightly nodded:
“This way…”

“Why are you looking for Xiao Chong?” Shang Jianyao took his gaze back from where he was just now.

Du Heng dumbly said with a smile:

“This involves a lot of important information, and you certainly can’t pay the equivalent now.

“When there is a chance to meet again in the future, and you have other key news or clues, we will trade.”

Seeing Du Heng obviously did not want to say, Jiang Baiman said to Shang Jianyao:
“What else do you want to ask?”

Du Heng rushed before Shang Jianyao said:

“About the ‘corridor of the soul’, let’s talk about it when you really enter. I can’t understand it now.”

Shang Jianyao thought for a while, then asked:
“Have you heard of the Eighth Research Institute?”

Du Heng is a little surprised:
“Have you met its commissioner?”

See Jiang Baiman and the others nodded, he thought about it and said:

“The Eighth Research Institute is a very mysterious organization. It basically doesn’t have contact with other forces. It seems to be self-sufficient. It only occasionally engages in special items through smugglers.

“But their commissioners often show up in earth, and don’t know what tasks they are performing.”

At this point, Du Heng paused:
“For this organization, everyone thinks it is left over from the old world. Some people think that they are collecting various materials to build the New World. Some people suspect that they are destroying clues and burying the real reason for the old world annihilation.

“I know so much.”

After listening to this, Shang Jianyao suddenly asked:

“Which field is the charm ability?”

“Your thoughts are very jumping.” Du Heng joked, thinking about the replied, “It should be the’monitor’ in charge of May.”

Rather than waiting for Shang Jianyao and the others to speak, Du Heng is the first to say:
“It’s my turn to ask, right?”

Jiang Baiman and Shang Jianyao are ‘good-looking’ nodded.

“Which Great Influence are you from?” Du Heng asked confidently.

Jiang Baiman answered calmly:
“Pangu Biology.”

“Pangu Creatures… I met your project team in the ice field, and brought together volunteers to do experiments on the impact of cold environment on human physique and spirit. Those people were frozen, tsk tsk, It’s a bit miserable.”

Jiang Baiman blushed with shame for a while:
“At least take care of it.”

“Yes.” Du Heng nodded.

He was about to continue asking questions when he suddenly saw the surrounding buildings light up.

The entire city ruins, at least half of the buildings, emit rays of light in different states at the same time, illuminating one side after another.

The darkness and silence that enveloped here quickly faded to the edge of the ruins.

The power supply of the entire city has been restored.

This is the first time that Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and the others have seen such a scene. It seems to have witnessed the galaxy in the textbook being moved to the surface.

For Jiang Baiman, the shock of the scene before her is the same as when she first saw the real starry sky, the real blue sky, and the real sun.

Du Heng watched this scene appreciatively for two seconds, stood up, and said to Shang Jianyao and the others:

“The abnormality has subsided, you can go over the wall and leave here.”

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket~
PS2: Recommend a book, “The Extraordinary Dawn of Rebirth”, pseudo-sci-fi, the divine force of Earth, and things that people “believe” will exist. Cultivation spirit, rushing through the copy, and finally interfering with the world with spirit, Void Creation, hand rubbing nuclear bomb, launching plasma, and traveling in space. The protagonist is reborn to the spiritual world and descends on Early-Stage, before his Primordial Spirit is crushed.

(End of this chapter)