In the Cthulhu world, sanity is the city wall against madness, so maintaining sanity is especially important.
However, aren't the acts and rituals that stabilize sanity just another form of madness?
Li Andy looked at the girl's out-of-control state, and couldn't help but feel emotional.
But to be honest, while performing a war-stabilization ritual in such a scene increased the psychological stimulation, the actual physical sensation was rather ordinary.
The main reason was that the floor was too cold.
Even with Sophia's softness, Li Andy couldn't ignore the feeling on his back.
Fortunately, this golden-haired girl's combat power was still lacking; he, as the defending party, hadn't fully entered the war-blooded state before the attacking party collapsed first.
Her slightly twitching, disheveled appearance was truly both funny and amusing.
"What are you laughing at!"
Sophia pursed her lips, actually feeling wronged.
"When I tried it myself, it wasn't that fast! Did you... did you do something to me? Or did you use some evil magic blessing?"
Oh, so you're bad and you blame others?
Li Andy was amused by her, and immediately reversed the offense and defense, not giving the opponent time to recover their forces, and directly began the punishment.
"Waaah, Youxi, save me!" Sophia reached out to grab the outer door.
Hmph, trying to find outside help?
No way!
Li Andy sneered, directly copying Youxi's move, biting her ear, making her cry for help weak and powerless.
As he advanced, Li Andy suddenly had a strange thought—he really wanted to put some kind of earring on that delicate earlobe.
What's going on?
Is it a side effect of the memory collector's earring?
Since he wasn't in the mindscape world now, Li Andy didn't suppress this strange thought.
Beautiful things indeed need embellishment.
But with what to embellish them?
Hmm... this girl herself has a good foundation; gold, silver, and jewels seem a bit vulgar, while jade and pure silver seem more suitable.
Besides earrings, there are also necklaces, hair ornaments... Oh right, and anklets.
Should it be a Western-style chain link, or a red string anklet with cultural meaning?
It's so hard to choose...
As his thoughts ran wild, Li Andy entered a mysterious state. Unconsciously, he activated the ability of 'Object Manifestation'!
A light blue water drop earring condensed in his palm.
It was the Translator's Earring...
At this moment, it was solid and real, without any distorted fluctuations.
More importantly, Li Andy felt that his own spirituality hadn't been consumed much!!
What's going on?!
Li Andy stopped.
Sophia, who had gained a respite, also stopped her ineffective cries for help, and after a few seconds, looked over in confusion:
"Wh-what's wrong? Why stop?"
Li Andy displayed the earring in his hand. It was like a drop of water condensed from stars, as captivating as the starry sky of the universe.
"Earring?"
Sophia frowned.
"Where did it come from? It looks like Mapel's..."
"You... are you giving it to me?"
The expression on her face looked indifferent, but her slightly tensed body reaction showed that she was expecting a positive answer.
Li Andy paused, then smiled and pulled her up, personally putting the earring on her. After admiring it for a few seconds, he said truthfully:
"Hmm, you're truly beautiful."
Sophia froze for half a second, her face instantly turning red, her youthful and shy appearance like peach blossoms blooming in early spring.
Looking at beauty complementing beauty, Li Andy felt immensely satisfied.
In the depths of his being, that stagnant sea of spirituality actually expanded by a large margin!
How is this a side effect?!
This is an excellent buff!
The surge in "mana" made Li Andy's soul feel somewhat ethereal.
At the same moment, Sophia suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered softly:
"Back... back to the room!"
Her docile and delicate appearance seemed to have completely given up the idea of competing for the leading position in the ritual.
Li Andy came back to his senses, smiled, and got up to return.
As the door closed, the door next door quietly opened.
Yuquan Youxi tiptoed and quietly sat leaning against the door, her ears perked up, trying to listen for something. Perhaps it was due to a guilty conscience, her breathing quickened involuntarily.
"What are you doing?"
!!
Yuquan Youxi tensed up from fright.
Yuquan Youxi, in a cool white dress, appeared silently beside her, looking at her teasingly.
Yuquan Youxi was at a loss, subconsciously lowering her head to avoid her gaze.
If there was a hole in the ground, she felt she would definitely crawl into it.
"Do you want to go in?"
Youxi leaned down and whispered.
Yuquan Youxi was stunned, but her heart couldn't help but beat an extra time.
"Do you want to become our family?" Youxi asked again, her voice like a witch's whisper, tempting one to fall.
Yuquan Youxi's body stiffened slightly, but her head, as if uncontrolled, couldn't help but nod gently.
Youxi's lips gradually curved upwards, her index finger gently lifted Yuquan Youxi's chin, making her meet her gaze, and asked:
"Then... what should you call me?"
Yuquan Youxi's breathing was a little short, her heart beating faster and faster. She felt as if she was possessed, and a longing gradually appeared in her eyes.
"Sis... Sister!"
Her voice was a little urgent, like someone adrift in a lonely boat seeing the only lit shore.
Youxi hummed in satisfaction after hearing the answer, and a sickly blush immediately appeared on her face.
"Don't be afraid later, Sister will teach you, and help you~"
Then, she took her hand and twisted open that door to the abyss.
.......
Academy, tower, below ground.
Ms. Mapel looked through a one-way glass at Irene, who was crying timidly like a child in the interrogation room, her brows deeply furrowed.
"Ms. Mapel."
A secretary, carrying several stacks of documents, walked quickly in from the side room.
"This is the interrogation result. The suspect's sanity is probably only at the level of a seven-year-old child.
But through the mental suggestion of those experts, we still obtained a few recurring words. The puzzle-solving team speculates that it's a coordinate within the academy."
Ms. Mapel's brows relaxed slightly:
"Send people to search."
The secretary hesitated slightly and asked:
"Ms. Mapel, could this... be a trap?"
Ms. Mapel was silent for a few seconds, then said:
"Whether it's a trap or not, we won't know until we find it. Send experienced personnel; I don't want another accident like that."
"Yes." The secretary retreated.
Ms. Mapel stood silently in front of the one-way glass, staring at Irene, seemingly trying to find any loopholes or flaws on her face.
She didn't fully believe what Li Andy said.
Many things, she needed to verify herself, one by one.
An entrance to a domain actually appeared in the academy...
According to her information, it wasn't just their academy that experienced such absurd things. Many strange things also appeared in other areas.
From various districts of the New Continent to the major empires...
It was as if something unsettling was about to descend.
"Whew..."
Ms. Mapel took a deep breath and continued to watch Irene until she cried herself to sleep, curled up in the chair.
About half an hour later, the secretary ran in, panting:
"Ms. Mapel! We found it! It's the reverse condensation project of blood coal crystal! It not only involves the New Continent, but also several empires! What happened in our district is just one part of the raw material extraction!"
Ms. Mapel took the documents and quickly scanned them. As she turned the pages, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
The trembling in her hands also increased, as if she was holding an extremely hot potato.
The information was too comprehensive... as if it was specifically recorded for them.
It was as if all of this had been premeditated.
Ms. Mapel closed the documents heavily and gazed at Irene in the interrogation room.
She couldn't figure out now which faction this Irene belonged to.
And why they would do this!