At four o'clock in the morning in the villa at No. 20 Walstein Street, the howling cold wind made the blinds of the bedroom tremble.

Roy sat quietly in front of the dressing table, watching the rough gray paper on the table quickly shrink like dry ice sublimating without any external force, turning into a swirling, knotted gray smoke.

In the complex lines of smoke that filled the room, she closed her eyes, extended her spiritual touch to the void beyond the astral body, and grasped the wonderful connection with a certain secret contract.

The next moment, when she opened her eyes again, a hanging object appeared out of thin air on the small desk lamp.

A small winged doll with a gray body and bandages on its ribs.

"I remember when I was very young, I first learned about the existence of messengers. I thought it was very cool to see this magical migratory creature that could send whispers across oceans, and I immediately wanted to own one. My mother told me that when I grow up,

You will have it if you become a 'mentor' of the school of thought."

"Why is this moment not as exciting as originally imagined? What is the problem?"

Roy's eyes lingered on the winged puppet for a while longer.

After the rough paper on the table was sublimated, a transparent soft gel-like card remained, which seemed to be the sandwich inside the former.

The difficult and lengthy Noahic language was written on it in gray handwriting, and each letter turned into sand and peeled off in less than half a second after reading.

"Evolution" phase climbing path

The first door: the door of fantasy

Key: a certain state. It can be achieved by tuning spirituality through 7 special tribute links (notes written later in darker colors and different handwriting, the same below) (Note 1, link) (Note 2, link) () (Note

8, alternative link) (Note 9, alternative link)

The second door: the door of fireworks

Key: Some kind of feat. Consume an auxiliary elixir in several locations as far apart as possible in the shortest possible time (Note 1, historical records show that this key was completed with the help of others

, the success rate will be reduced to one-fifth, and there are rare cases of deflection) (Note 2, it is better to have three or more locations, more than a thousand miles apart, and the taking time must be controlled within 26 seconds) (Note 2

3. Elixir refining formula: required part (variable part)

The third door: the door of coincidence

Key: some kind of witness. In a highly publicized situation, serve as a witness to a unique event with a slim probability (Note 1: Historical records show that the remains of the 'Calamity' that are in good containment can be used to travel in place of the key. There are two successful cases.

, failed in one case and did not die.) (Note 2, theoretical research believes that this method can also be used for the first and second doors, but no case remains) (Note 3, or, was involved in a large-scale accident and disaster, becoming the only one

survivors)

The fourth door: the door of wax figures

Key:??, traveling through illusion and deception

The fifth door: the door of psychic energy

Key:??, traveling through the grand transformation of material energy and spiritual energy

The sixth door: the door of paradox

Key:??, relying on the antinomy of??"

The transparency quickly became empty, and the core secret of the Bologna School, which had been handed down for nine centuries, turned into gray sand and spread a thin layer on the dressing table.

Roy stretched out his right hand and stroked it, then threw a handful of them into the wastebasket.

In less than three minutes, she gained knowledge that an ordinary person might spend a lifetime exploring, or even risk his life. In the end, he might not even be able to deduce a correct name.

"The Door of Fireworks, this is the name of the second door. It sounds like its gnosis means that fireworks are fleeting."

Under the soft desk lamp, Roy was playing with a black pen in his hand, biting his lip and thinking.

Yes, time waits for no one, let’s go straight to the preparations for the second promotion!

Regarding the timing of further crossing the door, all major organizations know a general rule: a healthy and energetic body, a stable spirituality, and clear knowledge.

It's just that saying this is the same as not saying it. There are many climbers who have reached this threshold, but terrible failures will still happen. It only outlines the negative situations that absolutely need to be avoided, and is not a safe guarantee letter.

But when the occult theory developed into modern times, people gradually discovered that there is still a clearer correlation with one factor, and that is "lattice"!

In ancient times when the climbing path was not so collapsed, the six levels of "grids" under "Father" corresponded to the six doors under the "Dome Gate", which could more safely guarantee a safe climb. But now, if you want to

To ensure sufficient safety, the corresponding "grid" must be upgraded by at least 2-3 levels. As for the higher doors, you can only leave it to fate.

In terms of direction, this point is consistent with the control logic of the Special Inspection Office, except that the Special Inspection Office has forced a matter of free exploration and self-payment of risks into its own hands.

"So, first of all, I must wait until I become a 'forged lion' before climbing up. This is a necessary guarantee for the success rate. The delay in time is also to eliminate my pollution. I may have accepted these hidden knowledge.

, resulting in an unconscious impulse to pursue gnosis.”

"Secondly, the key to the 'Gate of Fireworks' is the preparation of the elixir. It only costs a few gold pounds. The main thing is to take it in at least three different places within seven seconds."

If it were anyone else, they would probably feel helpless about such a strange condition, or think it is nonsense after thinking about it.

But the magical items Roy carried or owned were not only valuable and numerous, but many of them were related to the school's knowledge system. Soon, she found an idea.

She focused her attention on the bracelet on her wrist.

The shiny white bracelet has several raised carvings and is inlaid with small brown oval stones that resemble diamonds or jade.

There are seven carvings in total, and four stones are left.

If you stare at them carefully, you will find that they seem to be shadowy and illusory objects that change their "lying" direction in the blink of an eye.

These stones are called "Bologna Shadow Diamonds". They are a rare mysterious substance in the "Corridor of Sighs" in the secret realm of migration. They can only be collected occasionally from the windows with dazzling scenery - the discontinuous zone at the border of the secret realm. Every day

One stone is enough to buy a small manor in the countryside of the Tioline Empire.

In fact, it is essentially the essence of "derivative" phase, but just like graphite and diamond, the arrangement of the fine structures is different, which leads to great changes in its mysterious properties.

With the cooperation of a simple secret ritual, you can turn a diamond into your own "shadow" and leave it somewhere, allowing your true body to travel there instantly when necessary - in fact, this is the same as the "shadow" of the later Harmony School.

"Path Reappearance Method" has homology, but its effective range is only about 730 kilometers.

"I used to think that the 'Bologna Shadow Diamond' was just a beautiful, luxurious, magical escape item with a narrow application, but today I suddenly discovered that it can be used to complete the feat of crossing the 'Fireworks Gate'! Otherwise, you have to wait until

Only those with the third level of Su Xiao are able to travel through space, which becomes a paradox."

"And I have wondered before, why the gnosis of the third level of 'Gate of Coincidence', in addition to the secret of divination and probability manipulation, also gives the knower the invisible power to travel through space? This has nothing to do with the name.

"

"Tonight I suddenly realized that it was not really traveling through space! It was just controlling myself to fall out of the shifting rift, and then directionally modifying the random landing point in the waking world to achieve teleportation over a certain distance. In essence, it was still

Manipulating Probabilities”

After learning about the climbing path of "Evolution", Roy quickly learned more knowledge by analogy.

According to the travel safety regulations of the school, she has already left three shadows on the road, which can ensure that in the event of an unexpected incident, she can continuously shuttle back to the branch office of the school at the border of Tioleian.

However, Father Lavoisier later reminded himself that no place other than San Porto was safe.

"If I had known it, I would have used a diamond before setting off from San Porto, so that I wouldn't have to rush back in a restless way. However, it's the same now, and the three shadows that have been left behind will also be sent.

use"

"Then next, I need to complete the upgrade as soon as possible, and at the same time spread out the remaining four 'Bologna Shadow Diamonds' one by one, so as to maximize the success rate of travel. It is best to combine the two aspects of things."

"Theoretically, the 'terrible thing' and 'a beneficial thing' predicted by Mr. Father are Aunt Hermosa's problems. Now the bombs around me have exploded, and I have also been promoted to the Knower to protect myself.

There has been a qualitative change in my ability, but no matter where I go in the future, I still have to be prepared to use the 'Bologna Shadow Diamond' to return to the Holy City at any time."

"And the issue of corpse disposal"

"It is more normal to 'discover' the body after getting up at dawn. If other external circumstances remain unchanged, it will always require less explanation than running over to 'discover' it in the middle of the night."

In fact, Roy had just been promoted, and his spirituality was still in a very unstable state. After finalizing various plans in his mind, fatigue finally hit him like a tide.

She gently rubbed her forehead, blew out the candles on the dressing table, and lay down to rest for nearly three hours.

When I opened my eyes again, the clock pointed to seven o'clock, and the sky was still dark in late winter and early spring.

Roy got up and dialed his assistant's phone number.

"Are you awake, Nicole?"

"Using breakfast, Miss Roy."

At No. 215, not far across Walstein Street, in one of the four-town apartments where the inspection team staff lived, the blond female assistant Nicole was wearing an unbuttoned shirt.

He stepped on the blanket under the desk with his bare feet, leaning over the table with his hands to answer the phone.

"What do you need me to arrange for today?"

The eldest lady's work and rest were as diligent and self-disciplined as ever. It was such a cold weather. Nicole sighed in her heart and quickly adjusted her voice to a state where her voice was not yet open. However, her tone from answering to asking questions still revealed her guilty conscience.

In fact, she had just gotten out of bed and had just asked the good servants and the chef to prepare breakfast.

"There is a lot of workload. You can divide the tasks and give them to the administrators of the major public schools under the school, the comprehensive operations department of Turner Art Hall, and to contact Janus' music venues and artists."

Roy's voice on the other end of the phone was soft, but Nicole had already put the receiver on her shoulder and quickly dialed over the paper and pen.

"The first thing I want to do is prepare a solo concert, a tour, and the premiere of the six "Unaccompanied Cello Suites" in Janus."

"Make appointments with concert halls in various counties and cities, and enter into regular cooperation contracts in the name of artists signed by Turner Art Hall. Tickets will be set with reference to Janus's market price, and the publicity carrier will be produced by the backend."

"You can schedule 7-10 games first, with intervals of about half a month between each stop. The first stop will be next month and the next month. Starting in April, I still need to refine it."

Miss Roy's solo tour? A brand new work for the Janus people? What a big deal!! Nicole said "Hmm" while quickly recording the key points.
To be continued...