pjbooks Chapter 113 The White Pagoda's Dream, Crossing the Boundary
Chapter 113 The White Pagoda's Dream, Crossing the Boundary
Night fell over Longyuan City.
The main star gate rift runs across the sky, with silvery-white star tides flowing slowly, like an ancient celestial river hanging above the city.
However, the star tides are not stable tonight.
Occasionally, a faint blue line would flash across the silvery-white depths.
It's very light.
It looks like a wound.
North side of Longyuan Academy.
White Pagoda.
This pale white tower stands quietly in the core area of the Stargate Research Institute.
During the day, it looks sacred, austere, and solemn.
Countless students from prestigious universities would subconsciously lower their voices when mentioning the White Pagoda.
This is because it represents the most advanced star gate research system in Longyuan City.
Representation rules.
It represents authority.
This represents the so-called "all necessary observations can be carried out for the sake of city safety".
But at night...
This white tower doesn't look like a research institute.
It's more like a silent prison.
On the white tower, rings of circular patterns slowly lit up.
Those array patterns were not silver-white.
Instead, it has a faint gray tint.
Like bone rings left over from an old era.
Deep within the White Pagoda.
A core room that had been closed for many years was lit up again.
Qin Yue stood in the center of the core room.
His face was gloomy.
Yesterday, Lin Yuan publicly broke down the gate of the Resource Institute, forcing him to restore Lin Xiaoya's privileges and withdraw the White Tower retest.
This matter has become a laughing stock in the entire Longyuan Academy.
Elder of the Resource Center.
He was forced to bow his head by a newcomer at the first level of the Qi and Blood Realm.
Even though everyone believed that Lin Yuan relied on the protective seal of the Blood-Faced Ancient Cultivator.
But it was still Qin Yue who lost face.
Now, of the three matriarchs of the Qin family, one is dead and two are injured.
Ancestor Qin Xuanxiao has awakened.
Qin Yue knew very well that things were no longer as simple as Lin Xiaoya's retest.
This is a direct clash between the Qin family and the Blood-Faced Ancient Cultivator.
He must regain the initiative.
We can't wait for Lin Yuan to force him any longer.
Inside the core room, several researchers in white robes stood around an ancient array platform.
In the center of the array platform, a silver-white ring floats.
The ring is not large.
It looks like a headband for children.
However, the inside of the ring is covered with fine, almost eerie, dark blue patterns.
Those patterns flowed like they were alive.
An older researcher whispered:
"Elder Qin, the old ring array has been sealed away for twenty years."
"This system was banned after the Experiment 1 accident."
"If we force a restart now, it might trigger a backlash from the dream..."
Qin Yue gave him a cold look.
"Main star gate tidal anomaly."
"The Star Source Pool is showing signs of an old gate reaction."
"Lin Xiaoya's dreams repeatedly resonated with the door."
"You're telling me we have to wait for her to cooperate now?"
The researcher immediately shut up.
Qin Yue turned his head to look at the silver-white ring in the center of the array platform.
His voice was deep.
"She refused to enter the White Pagoda."
"Lin Yuan refused to hand over the person."
"Since she can't come in person, let her dream come first."
Inside the core room, several researchers looked pale.
They knew what that sentence meant.
The old ring array is not a typical detection method.
It is a dream-guided device left over from the Cleansing Gate Project twenty years ago.
It can capture the dream fluctuations of those suspected of being "purifying the gate" even from a physical distance.
As long as the dream is locked by the White Tower Old Ring Array, the adaptation and calibration can be completed in advance.
This was one of the most crucial and also the most dangerous technologies used in the White Pagoda back then.
Qin Yue looked at everyone.
"start."
The older researcher gritted his teeth and finally raised his hand to press the array.
hum-
The silver-white ring slowly rotated.
On the outer wall of the White Pagoda, circles of gray-white array patterns lit up simultaneously.
The array patterns spread downwards.
They sank all the way down to the bottom of the White Pagoda.
It was as if some long-dormant old thing had been awakened.
A cold, metallic array notification tone rang out above the core room.
The Clean Gate's old ring array is restarted.
Target anchor: Lin Xiaoya.
Dream fluctuations are being captured.
Remote calibration of the observation ring begins.
Qin Yue stared at the array platform with a gloomy expression.
"This time."
"Let's see how you, Lin Yuan, stop me."
……
Starry Courtyard.
Lin Xiaoya had already gone to sleep.
The room was very quiet.
The light from the main star gate outside the window gently spilled onto the floor.
The red lotus blood patterns left by Lin Yuan on the door frame, window sill, and headboard are hidden deep in the wood grain.
Like an invisible protective wall.
But that night...
Lin Xiaoya slept very soundly.
It was so deep it didn't feel like normal sleep.
She felt herself falling.
I fell into a cold, white mist.
When she opened her eyes, she saw that familiar corridor again.
white.
Icy.
There are no windows.
One light after another shone overhead, making one's eyes hurt.
Lin Xiaoya's face turned pale instantly.
She knows this place.
White Pagoda.
Or rather, it's the white pagoda in a dream.
She instinctively turned around and tried to run away.
But this time, she found that she couldn't move her feet.
Look down.
A silver-white ring appeared under my feet without my noticing.
The ring fastened around her ankle.
Strands of dark blue veins, like tiny vines, were climbing up her calves.
Lin Xiaoya's breath hitched.
"don't want……"
She struggled desperately.
But the ring grew brighter and brighter.
On both sides of the corridor, figures in white robes appeared.
Those people did not have clear facial features.
Only a cold voice echoed repeatedly in the corridor.
"The adaptation program for those who wish to cleanse their minds has been restarted."
"Target dream has been captured."
"Observation ring remote calibration begins."
"Dream stability rate: 31%"
"Gate reaction enhanced."
"A preliminary lockdown can be initiated."
Lin Xiaoya couldn't understand those words.
But she could sense that these people weren't discussing things with her.
They were treating her like an object.
Something that must be fixed, observed, and taken away.
Her eyes reddened, and she shouted desperately:
"elder brother!"
The sound traveled out, but it seemed to be swallowed up by the white wall.
There was no response.
The figure in white robes continued to approach.
One of them held a larger, silver-white observation ring in his hand.
That ring was colder than the ring beneath my feet in my dream.
A faint blue light flowed within it.
It slowly approached Lin Xiaoya's forehead.
"Detect the core of the target dream."
"The anchor point for those who purify the gate."
"Prepare to wear the observation ring."
Lin Xiaoya's face turned pale.
"No."
"I don't want to wear it."
"I'm not going to the White Pagoda."
But no one listened to her.
The observation ring is getting closer and closer.
Right at this moment.
At the end of the corridor, the half-open black door began to shake violently.
A familiar girl's voice came from behind the door.
This time, the voice was much more urgent than before.
"Wake up!"
Lin Xiaoya suddenly looked up.
"elder sister!"
The girl behind the door spoke in a trembling voice:
"They're not testing you!"
"They're on the path to turning you into the sect leader!"
Lin Xiaoya was stunned.
"What road?"
"Dreams are the road."
"The observation ring is the anchor."
"Once you wear it, the sect leader will be able to see reality through your dreams!"
The girl's voice became more urgent.
"Don't let them touch you!"
"Wake up!"
The figures in white robes turned their heads simultaneously to look at the black door.
A cold voice rang out:
"Residual echo interference from old experimental subjects."
"Eliminate interference."
next moment.
Several white beams of light descended towards the black door.
The girl behind the door let out a muffled groan.
The half-open door trembled violently.
Lin Xiaoya saw a blurry girl's shadow through the crack in the door, being forced to retreat by the white light.
She suddenly felt very sad.
That older sister was clearly trapped inside the door.
But I still reminded her again and again.
"Don't hit her!"
Lin Xiaoya, with a sudden burst of strength, struggled violently.
The red lotus fire pattern on his forehead suddenly lit up.
boom!
In the dream corridor, a streak of blood-red flames suddenly ignited.
The moment the flames appeared, the silver-white ring beneath our feet emitted a piercing buzzing sound.
The figure in white robes also paused at the same time.
"Foreign blood pattern protection detected."
"Suspected blood and qi mark of an ancient cultivator with a blood-red face."
"Increase traction strength."
The observation ring suddenly pressed down.
Lin Xiaoya felt a chill on her forehead.
It was as if a cold hand had passed through her dream and touched her soul.
in reality.
Starry Courtyard.
The red lotus fire pattern on Lin Xiaoya's forehead suddenly lit up.
The blood patterns left by Lin Yuan appeared simultaneously around the room.
bedside.
windowsill.
Door frame.
floor.
Dark red lines, like dragon scales awakened, lit up layer by layer.
But the next moment.
A wisp of dark blue light forcefully emerged from Lin Xiaoya's forehead.
That wasn't her own power.
It is a dream lock that is remotely pulled in by the old ring array of the White Pagoda.
The crimson lotus pattern trembled violently.
The air in the room instantly became heavy.
The next room.
Lin Yuan opened his eyes.
He was originally sitting cross-legged by the window, with the Extreme Dao Star Furnace inside his body slowly rotating.
At that moment, the Star Furnace suddenly stopped.
Immediately afterwards, a very low, deep rumble was heard.
Lin Yuan looked up.
His eyes instantly turned cold.
Someone crossed his blood-red markings.
In Lin Xiaoya's dream.
The next instant, he was already standing in front of Lin Xiaoya's door.
Lin Xiaoya lay on the bed, her face pale.
The crimson lotus fire pattern and the dark blue pattern on the forehead are in conflict.
The faint blue lines tried to penetrate into the depths of her dream.
Like a hook.
I want to forcefully hook her dream towards some distant place.
White Pagoda.
Lin Yuan reached out and pressed his hand against the door.
Dark golden blood and energy flowed in silently.
boom!
All the crimson blood patterns in the room surged simultaneously.
In the dream corridor.
The observation ring, which was about to land on Lin Xiaoya's forehead, suddenly stopped.
next moment.
A dark golden crack appeared on the surface of the observation ring.
Click.
The observation ring is broken.
The white-robed figure twisted simultaneously.
The cold array sound became chaotic for the first time.
"mistake."
"Dream-guided approach failed."
"External Qi and Blood Counteracting"
"The target protection level is higher than expected."
The ring beneath Lin Xiaoya's feet also shattered inch by inch amidst the crimson flames.
She can finally move again.
The girl behind the door shouted urgently:
"Awake!"
boom!
The dream was shattered completely.
Lin Xiaoya suddenly opened her eyes.
She was breathing heavily, her eyes filled with terror.
"elder brother!"
Lin Yuan's expression remained calm.
It was eerily calm.
Lin Xiaoya's eyes were red, and her voice was trembling with tears.
"They're here again."
"They're going to put a ring on me."
"That woman said they weren't testing me."
"They are on the path to turning me into the sect leader."
Lin Yuan walked to the bedside and raised his hand to press on her forehead.
That wisp of dark blue remnant was directly crushed by the extreme qi and blood within his body.
Lin Xiaoya's trembling body finally calmed down.
"Go to sleep."
Lin Yuan's voice was very soft.
Lin Xiaoya grabbed his sleeve.
"Brother, where are you going?"
Lin Yuan looked at her.
"Just need to take care of something."
Lin Xiaoya asked in a low voice:
"Is that the White Pagoda?"
Lin Yuan did not deny it.
Lin Xiaoya's eyes showed fear and worry.
"Is it dangerous over there?"
Lin Yuan said calmly:
"them?"
"Not worthy."
He tucked the blanket back in for Lin Xiaoya.
He then got up.
The red lotus blood pattern on the door frame disappeared again.
But this time, the bloodstains were deeper than before.
It's as if it's embedded in the very bones of the courtyard.
Lin Yuan walked out of the room.
The night was quiet in the small courtyard of Xingshu.
But the air was so heavy it felt like it wasn't even in the human world.
He looked up and gazed at the north side of Longyuan Academy.
The direction of the White Pagoda.
There was no anger in his eyes.
It's just cold.
This time, the White Pagoda reached out and touched Lin Xiaoya's dream.
This is no longer crossing the line.
That's suicide.
……
The core room of the White Pagoda.
The old ring array suddenly exploded into a burst of fire.
The silver-white observation ring in the center of the array platform has several dark gold lines cracked on its surface.
The white-robed researchers' expressions changed drastically, and they retreated hastily.
"Torch failure!"
"Target's dream protection strength is abnormal!"
"The observation ring has been countered!"
Qin Yue's face was terribly gloomy.
"How is that possible?"
"She's clearly not here."
"It was just a remote dream calibration, how could it be countered?"
The older researcher's voice trembled:
"It's a blood pattern."
"Protected by the blood patterns left by the ancient cultivator with the blood-red face."
"That energy and blood strength is too high; the old ring array can't suppress it."
Qin Yue's eyes hardened.
"continue."
The researcher turned pale.
"Elder Qin, the old ring has been damaged."
"If we continue to force the pull, it may trigger a backlash from the array."
Qin Yue said coldly:
"Repair the array."
"Increase traction."
"Today we must lock down the anchor point of her dreams."
The researchers exchanged glances, none of them daring to refute.
Just as they were readjusting the formation.
The outer layer of the White Pagoda.
All the protective array patterns suddenly lit up at the same time.
A sharp alarm blared throughout the entire white tower.
"warn."
"A high-risk blood and qi reaction has been detected approaching."
"warn."
"The outer protective array of the White Pagoda has been activated."
Qin Yue suddenly looked up.
"Who?"
No one answered.
Outside the White Pagoda.
The night wind stopped silently.
A figure in black robes had appeared before the tower at some unknown time.
A blood-red mask.
Red lotus fire pattern.
The black robe hung low.
The Blood Shadow clone looked up at the pale tower.
The eyes behind the mask were cold and devoid of any warmth.
The outer array of the White Pagoda lit up one by one.
Eighteen layers of silvery-white light curtains unfold from the outside of the tower.
Countless runes locked onto the Blood Shadow.
The alarms inside the tower were blaring wildly.
But Blood Shadow just stood there.
Not moving at all.
It's like looking at a grave that has already been sentenced to death.
After a while.
He spoke slowly.
The voice was low and hoarse, yet it clearly reached every level of the White Tower.
"you."
"They've crossed the line."