Beidou closed his eyes, held his breath and walked forward.

This is a normal reaction for ordinary people when facing unknown things. Knowing that there is an invisible wall in front of them, they will instinctively close their eyes. If you are facing an enemy, of course you need to keep your eyes open and stay alert at all times, but since it is

Gaia took him with him, and Beidou naturally let down his guard.

However, he didn't feel any obstruction, nor did he feel like he was passing through anything. It was like he just took a few steps forward. There was still soft soil under his feet, and he didn't touch anything or hear anything.

No, he heard it, it was the sound of water flowing. After yesterday's battle, the swimming pool that Super Beast pretended to have disappeared. There was only a piece of grassland here, and there was no river nearby. Where did the water come from?

Beidou opened his eyes, and was surprised to see a river in front of him. Looking across the river or behind him, there was a forest all around, with no edges or human habitation.
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"This should be the Akabane River."

Ling also spoke.

Only then did Beidou realize that Ling, who had just disappeared, was standing not far from him. The two of them stood by the river, with the green grass and the gurgling water passing by. Taking a deep breath, you could feel the refreshing freshness.

Beidou, who has lived in Tokyo for a long time, has not experienced this natural and primitive atmosphere for a long time.

"Akaban River? Where is the Akabane River?"

There is still an Akabane River in Tokyo, which is one of the few rivers that flows directly into the sea without passing through the Sumida River. There are residential buildings on both sides of the river, so it is obviously not here. There is an Akabane River with the same name in Kihoku Town, Mie Prefecture, but it cannot be there either.<

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"Brother Beidou, didn't you guess it?"

Ling didn't answer but asked instead. But this is a fact. Beidou did guess it, but this guess is a bit hard to believe.

"This is the Akabane River in Edo?"

Edo is also the name of Tokyo, but it was at least a hundred years ago. It can even be traced back to the 12th century. And the Akabane River in the Edo period has long been changed over the years.

, this river has long since disappeared, whether on the map or in reality.

He just took one step forward, and then took a few hundred years forward?

This is an open small river, with a span of 20 to 30 meters between the river banks, which is easy enough for boats to come and go. The river water is very clean, not polluted at all. It is not deep, and the sand and gravel on the bottom of the river are clearly visible, and it feels like you are stepping on it.

You can walk there.

However, in rivers that are too clear, there is often an error in the depth based on vision. It only reaches the thighs, but when you step on it, you can't see the bottom. It may be three or four meters, which is enough to drown a reckless person who is not good at water.
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There are small fish swimming in the water, and if you look closely, there are krill.

This is a scenery that has disappeared in the long river of history and only exists in the memories of our ancestors who have passed away long ago.

"Is this an illusion?"

Beidou thought that this was the only explanation. Did the Yapo people create hallucinations in some way? But he felt in his heart that it might not be the case.

This may have nothing to do with the Abo people.

"It's okay to call it a hallucination. After all, this place no longer exists in our world. It's not impossible to describe it as a "hallucination". But in fact, it's more accurate, according to what Gaia told me, it should be a "secret realm." Big Brother Beidou

You must have heard of the torii gate in front of the shrine. Once you step over the torii gate, you escape from the world and enter the secret realm of the gods."

"Yes, I have indeed heard of it, but isn't that superstitious?"

Shintoism just made it up to consolidate its faith and deepen worshipers' awe of the gods.

"It's superstitious. However, human beings are very strange beings. Their emotions and desires are elusive, especially the belief that condenses all living beings. It is built by the spiritual power of all living beings. It exists in the middle between reality and illusion. This is the secret realm."
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——This is what Gaia told Lingye, and she repeated it.

So this is where the gods once lived.

It also includes evil spirits and monsters. They existed in the past, but they did not exist. They are between reality and illusion. As long as humans no longer believe in them, they will disappear and even the traces of their past existence will be erased.
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Looking at this small river, I don't know where the upper reaches comes from, nor where the lower reaches lead to.

This is the Edo Akabane River in unofficial history and folklore. Legend has it that after the kappa were suppressed, these spirits were enshrined as the messengers of the water palace.

In the past, when people in the countryside believed in gods and truly believed that kappa existed, this secret place became a reality due to the belief of all living beings, and connected with the real world, creating countless strange stories.

But now that science is flourishing, superstition has long been eliminated, and kappas have become characters in literary stories. No one believes in their existence anymore. This secret land has lost faith and gradually withered. Now only this one with a radius of several hundred meters is left.<

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"Only a few hundred meters?" Beidou couldn't believe it. After all, you can see the distance with the naked eye.

"It is indeed only a few hundred meters, a small space of about 10,000 square meters. Further away, space does not exist."

"If I go forward, will I hit an invisible wall?"

"No, but if you continue walking forward for a few hundred meters, you will find that you are back to where you were. Including the height. If you transform into Ace and fly upward, no matter how long you fly, you will still be there.

Stay at an altitude of about three hundred meters."

Because the space itself is only so big, it is just a bubble attached to the outside of the main world.

These data were all told by Gaia to Lingye. As the will of the planet, this "secret realm" formed by the wishes of all living beings on earth in the past is fundamentally a part of its body.

With this explanation, Beidou immediately understood that the space here is only a few hundred meters in radius and 300 meters in height. All the concepts of time and space are curled up in such a small area.

In fact, the same is true for the universe, but it is just countless times larger. The overall space is limited, but has no edges. If you go into the depths of the universe in one direction and span tens of billions or hundreds of billions of light years, you will also

Back to the earth. Because the universe is only so big, all space and time are the concept of the universe itself, which was born from the initial big bang, curled up within this scope.

Therefore, there is no margin, and there is no spatial concept such as "inside and outside".

If you want to step out of this universe, it is like entering or leaving this secret realm. It is a crossing of dimensions, not space.

The Kingdom of Light itself is such a hub where multiple universes gather, so Ace can easily understand it.

Looking at the boundless forest, in fact, only these few hundred meters are the only ones that really exist today. I believe that in a few decades or hundreds of years, even the last traces will disappear.

It's not just here, maybe it's the same in Takamagahara, right? Gods may have really existed in the past, and the faith that was born in the human heart collapsed due to the collapse of faith.

"So, this is where the Abo people got their kappa genes?"

Perhaps when the Yabo people discovered this place, they left the body of a kappa or other traces, allowing them to extract genetic information and create the super beast. Then what the so-called "interesting" experiments of the Yabo people were probably

It’s clear.

"The Yabo people want to study the "Secret Realm"? Indeed, this is also similar to space technology, and somewhat similar to the Yabo people's interdimensional technology, but it should be in a different direction."

Beidou picked up a thin piece of stone and cut it into the water. The stone jumped five or six times on the water before sinking into the water. Everything was so real.

Yes, this is real, at least for this space itself, it is real.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Ling was also on the sidelines, splashing water. This was a skill she had always wanted to learn but had never learned.

On the material side and the spiritual side, one is groping downstream in the long river of time to explore the mysteries of science, and the other is tracing back upstream to pursue the lost faith, but there may be no difference in the final destination.

This is a completely different technology tree. If you really want to study it, you need to start from the very foundation. Even for the Yabo people, it is starting from scratch. They really don’t spend too much energy, so when discovering the differences in this space

After the flat spot, it was just treated as an "interesting experiment".

For the Kingdom of Light, the secret realm born from the belief in the human heart is also a technology that has never been touched before. If Gaia hadn't "opened the door", Beidou and Nan Xizi would never have been able to find this place, let alone the investigators of the TAC team. One day

"Digging three feet in the ground" overnight is just useless work.

"What should we do here? Will there be any "haunted" incidents in the future?"

Those who used to be "hidden" probably accidentally stepped into this secret realm for various reasons, whether it was the magnetic field or other unknown reasons, but could not find their way back.

Although there is water in this secret area of ​​only a few hundred meters, there is not enough food at all - whether the fish and shrimp in the river can be caught without tools is not enough for an adult to sustain it.

Daily consumption.

It has been many years since the last record of "divine hiding", and this area has been abandoned since then. The end of the people who were "hidden by gods" will definitely not be good. If you look carefully, you should be able to find their relics.

. Maybe you can survive for a few weeks or a few months, but it is difficult for ordinary people to survive here for a few years.

This is a more desolate place than Robinson Crusoe's desert island.

In fact, when you are trapped in this strange place and cannot find any way to leave, your spirit will collapse before your body can find food to survive.

"There should be no more Shenyin. In fact, I am a little interested in this secret place. When I go back, I will ask Grandpa Miye to go through it and buy it."

Just because you are interested, you buy land just because you disagree?

But when you think about Lingye's identity, it's really not surprising. It's probably just like Nan Xizi buying a piece of clothing or a bag on weekdays, right? No, Nan Xizi has to collect wages to buy a bag, and Ling doesn't have to.

Although the reason has been investigated clearly, Beidou does not intend to report it to the tac team. After all, it is useless to know, it is a technology that humans cannot touch. As long as it is sure that the hidden danger of the Yabo people is gone, that is enough.
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Ling also plans to buy this land, it’s not like she has money and nothing to spend it on.

This secret realm is of no value to humans, and is just an "interesting experiment" for the Yabo people, but Gaia can indeed use it.

To be more precise, this has no meaning for Gaia itself. If it wanted to, Gaia could create countless of them in a single thought.

The person who is interested is Lingya herself.

After using the power of the will of the planet to slightly transform this secret realm, she can make something very interesting to her——
Chapter completed!