Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 888 If that doesn't work, count the prime numbers

Originally, Aiwass was quite socially dead.

But after Zhengsine couldn't help but say "What a taste", everyone turned their complicated eyes to the solemn and arrogant old wizard.

This old man looked so arrogant that he didn't even bother to talk to anyone except Aiwass, Bard and others. And people naturally distanced themselves from this chief mage of a certain mage tower. After all, no one would go up to him and ask him to scold them even though they knew he looked down on them.

As a result, now...

Compared to this, even the fact that "Master Amber likes shiny things" seems so normal.

At that moment, Aiwass saw that the old wizard seemed to have turned red.

[So red, as red as a cooked shrimp...]

This thought popped up in Aiwas's mind, and he tried to control his attention and point it in other directions:
[How did they get into the affected area? Are they here to save me? ]

"Yes, it is!"

The kitten next to him said repeatedly: "Because Mr. Sine said that there are many traps here... Professionals are needed to remove the traps or troubleshoot. This is our responsibility, we can't hide behind..."

[Oh, but I still don’t want to come, but this old man is so fierce…]

The kitten's inner voice emerged.

Compared with embellished language, "what is in your heart" is always more straightforward.

After all, it was just a thought that emerged in my mind.

【2、3、5、7、11、13、17、19……】

At this time, Sine did not react at all.

A series of cold counting sounds emerged in the space.

Sine counted the prime numbers quickly in his head, and in the blink of an eye he reached 149. The entire space was obscured by the sound of Sine's counting, and no one else's voice could be heard at all.

[This is also a solution]

Aiwass thought.

Because when people hear something, they will unconsciously think of related things in their minds. For example, before the kitten mentioned that thing, Aiwass actually didn't think about it at all.

At first, all he could think of were things like “this equipment is actually not very practical”, “mainly because the stats are not very good”, and “Aleister can finally survive”.

[Let’s disassemble the machine first]

Under the cover of the inner voice of old man Sine, who had become a cold counting machine, Aiwass made up his mind to fight quickly and decisively.

He let the Flame Butterfly, which had returned to its traveling state, land on his shoulder, and then followed Sine forward.

The old wizard had a sullen face and reached out to press the position that looked like the lines on his palm. He input 28 units of four-color mana into it in a special order. Suddenly, a secret door popped out from the wall next to him.

"Is this... a password?"

Aiwass was a little surprised: "Where did you find this password?"

While counting the prime numbers in his mind, Sine responded unconsciously: "I didn't find it. I figured it out while waiting for you to come back."

[This technology is good]

Aiwass thought with some surprise.

It was less than five minutes before he disappeared - and in such a short time he cracked the password of the door lock.

[The old man with foot control still has something]

Aiwass's inner voice was heard, but was immediately blocked by the noise of prime numbers. It was unknown whether anyone else heard it.

However, inside this door is not the location of the device that allows people to hear other people's thoughts... but a pile of strange devices.

It was like a computer room, with black metal cylindrical devices neatly and densely stacked in twelve or thirteen rows. Each row had twenty or thirty tubes, with a diameter of nearly one meter. Only three or four of them had their metal shells open, exposing the contents inside - it was a spiral luminous device that looked like the T-virus tube in Resident Evil, except that the spirals inside were more tightly packed.

They shone with brilliant white light, and the texture of the outer shell was similar to that of some kind of glass, while inside was a white luminous liquid rotating at high speed.

[So high-tech]

Aiwass sighed: "It's like some kind of power plant..."

"power plant?"

Kitty was very confused as to why Aiwass would use such a metaphor. She had seen a power plant before, but it was completely different from this...

"This should be similar to an energy room."

Master Chongbo replied.

Zhengsine also said directly: "Because the logic of the rooms here is exactly the same as that of the Mage Tower. I have been to many Mage Towers, and the entrance to the energy room is always on the first floor, and in the middle - this is for the convenience of maintenance."

Unconsciously, he stopped counting prime numbers, and a serious thought process flashed through his mind:
[According to the route... this shouldn't be the case... it should be here...] Sine seemed to have found something and suddenly walked forward.

He placed his hand on one of the glowing pipes, and as the water attribute mana poured in, the high-speed spiral glowing pipe suddenly froze inside and then stopped spinning. There was nothing unusual happening around it.

"Tear this down."

He patted the kitten on the back and pointed to a pipe.

【Eh? 】

"How, how do I dismantle it... Can I just take it off directly?"

"It won't be very strong, because you have to consider the possibility that the authorization device will get stuck and need urgent repair. You can just break it off."

Sine said, "That's why I asked you to come along."

“Eh? Is that so… I thought you asked me to remove the trap…”

The kitten came over with a miserable look on its face, and reached out its hands to grab the metal shell tremblingly.

“That is indeed a consideration.”

Sine nodded. "The mind-reading device here is too sinister. It's better to have fewer people here. The boss came here to teleport the Pope back, and I came here to open the door. In addition to disarming traps, you can also use it to do some manual labor. It's not a big deal anyway."

[How cute! She looks like she’s afraid of being electrocuted by the switchboard…]

This thought came to Aiwas' mind, and then he comforted her: "Don't worry, you won't die as long as I'm here."

"well!"

The kitten suddenly gained courage.

She grabbed the gap and pulled hard -

Once, twice, she was suddenly pulled down. She was almost shaken by herself, but because she had strong control over her body, she was not shaken down. Instead, she stood firmly on the spot.

Sine stepped forward and froze it again, stopping it. But it was still not what it was.

"Try here again."

Zheng Xian directed the only laborer to continue to pry open the iron door with his fingernails. When he froze to the fourth device, everyone paused.

Because at this moment, the noisy voice that was echoing in everyone's mind finally disappeared!
“That’s great…”

The kitten heaved a sigh of relief, put on his hood, and crawled away.

Chongbo walked up and asked, "Where is the location?"

"Fourth floor."

Zhengsine answered concisely: "Its range of influence should be the four floors above and below. That means there will be such a device every seven floors..."

As he spoke, he once again touched the first three facilities that had been shut down before, injecting mana into them and putting them back into operation.

But at this time, the strange situation of sharing thoughts did not appear again!

The old wizard finally breathed a sigh of relief.

His expression was a little tense, but he still tried his best to hold it together: "This is indeed outdated technology. It would be difficult for people today to accept the experience of exposing all their privacy... This is inevitable due to the changes in civilization. With the popularization of writing and language, and the rise of the state and private ownership, maintaining a certain degree of social distance between people can make everyone feel at ease to the greatest extent..."

He seemed to be trying hard to save face.

"correct."

Master Chongbo replied briefly.

Sine continued, his face seemed to have returned to normal: "But its value cannot be ignored. Unifying language and eliminating barriers are of great significance to the change of civilization. The technology in it can be extracted and used as a portable translator; and if the function of exposing inner voice is further strengthened, it can be used as a torture device... It is not impossible to read minds.

"I've come up with another idea - if we can turn the voice of the mind from language and sound into images, perhaps we can monitor the dream world from the material world. Being able to directly see the content of the promotion ceremony from the outside world is of great significance for studying the rules of the promotion ceremony; and the promoted person himself will forget a lot of information, but the external monitor will not - so we still have to take it away."

"correct."

Master Chongbo continued to nod.

Suddenly, Sine's attention seemed to be attracted by another thing: "Wait, this is..."

That was the jewel held in the arms of Cardinal Galatea.

Because Cardinal Galatea did not speak or have any thoughts, he just followed quietly behind Aiwass, so he was always easily overlooked.

But now, when Sine turned around, he saw the blue gem that Cardinal Galatea was holding in his arms.

His eyes suddenly opened wide.

(End of this chapter)