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Chapter 407 Adding Believers, Human Body Magic Array
"Then let's get started."

Fang Cheng, who was leaning against the pillar, nodded in acknowledgment and then straightened his back.

His entire skeleton emitted a series of rapid, crackling sounds, like a string of lit firecrackers.

A fierce aura rose up, and his eyes were already burning with a fighting spirit.

Seeing this, everyone stood up as well.

A mixture of tension and anticipation filled the eyes of the two of them.

Even the surrounding gray fog seemed to sense this restless atmosphere, churning even more violently.

However, Cheng Jiashu did not take immediate action.

His eyes flickered slightly as he looked around at everyone, his expression suddenly turning serious.

"Before that, there are a few things I need to explain."

Cheng Jiashu paused, then spoke in a volume that made sure everyone could hear him:

"My abilities have a limit. Each spatial jump requires forcibly breaking through the barriers of the material world. The greater the mass I carry, the more my mental energy will be consumed."

"Therefore, I usually only carry two or three people with me when I go out. Especially in this unknown underworld, the risk of failure increases dramatically with each additional person. It is absolutely impossible to bring everyone with me."

As soon as Cheng Jiashu finished speaking, the flame of hope that had just been ignited in everyone's hearts was extinguished almost instantly, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over their heads.

This is a very real and harsh problem.

Limited space capacity means that no matter what choice is made, someone must remain.

Stay in this desolate place shrouded in gray fog and surrounded by monsters.

Cheng Jiashu's gaze slowly swept over the four special investigation team members, then looked at Cui Xiuying, Majima Goro, and the security guard.

His brows furrowed slightly, as if he were making a decision.

The atmosphere became tense.

Zhou Liang's expression changed several times. He glanced at his teammate beside him, whose face was equally solemn, and pursed his lips tightly.

Finally, the leader of the special search team took a deep breath, stepped forward, and spoke with a resolute voice:

"We'll stay."

"You two are everyone's only hope of leaving here. Don't hesitate because of us. We will set up a defensive line here and wait for your good news."

"Yes, the team leader is right!"

Ali, Ayang, and Xiaojie were slightly taken aback, but then immediately echoed each other without hesitation.

They gripped their weapons tightly, their eyes filled with fear, but even more so with the resolute determination befitting soldiers.

This is nothing short of a high-stakes gamble.

The gambler hopes that Fang Cheng and Cheng Jiashu can resolve the source of the problem and find a way out before they are devoured by the monster.

If they fail or are delayed even half a minute longer, those who remain have no chance of survival.

Choi Soo-young silently squatted on the ground, protecting the unconscious Majima Goro beside her.

She remained silent, but tightly gripped her former fiancé's cold hand, as if trying to transfer her body heat to him.

Cheng Jiashu felt a bit awkward.

He didn't care about the lives or deaths of these special search team members.

However, he had previously promised to protect Choi Soo-young and Majima Goro and take them away from this place, but now he may have to break his promise.

A backup plan flashed through Cheng Jiashu's mind.

First, join forces with Fang Cheng to reach the top floor, then try to return using Cui Xiuying as a coordinate, and take the others away in batches.

But he quickly dismissed the idea.

Cui Xiuying was just an ordinary person, and her consciousness was weak, far less bright than Fang Cheng's, who was like a beacon.

Long-distance positioning under fog has an extremely high failure rate.

Moreover, he has many enemies at the top and the situation is unclear, so he doesn't have much time or energy to do so.

Fang Cheng crossed his arms and quietly observed the crowd.

At that moment, a bold idea popped into my mind.

One's own memory palace is essentially a spiritual space parallel to the material world.

The golden sphere, symbolizing the core of consciousness, can receive consciousness signals from numerous individuals simultaneously and maintain stable communication.

If we could temporarily "contain" the consciousness of these people, using ourselves as the vessel, and then have Cheng Jiashu carry us through a spatial jump...

It's like putting all the passengers into a ship and then having a tugboat tow the whole ship away.

Is it theoretically feasible?
After careful consideration, Fang Cheng suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

"I have an idea that we can try."

As soon as he said that, everyone's eyes were immediately focused on him, as if they had grasped at the last straw.

Fang Cheng didn't explain further, and looked directly at Cheng Jiashu:

"You've already witnessed my spiritual realm before."

"If I could make all these people's consciousness attach themselves to me, do you think this method could allow us to complete a space jump together?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jiashu's eyes flickered slightly, and he couldn't help but stroke his chin and ponder.

This idea is indeed crazy, but it makes logical sense.

Doing so is equivalent to quickly uniting everyone's consciousness into a spiritual community with Fang Cheng as the main body.

Although the overall quality remained unchanged, it saved him the trouble of having to take care of everyone, and he only needed to focus on maintaining a mental connection with Fang Cheng.

"You can try it."

After a moment's thought, Cheng Jiashu nodded:

"If things go wrong, I will immediately suspend my abilities."

Fang Cheng nodded slightly in recognition of his approval.

He immediately turned his head and looked at those pairs of hopeful eyes.

"Listen carefully. From now on, you need to trust me completely and do as I say."

Fang Cheng patiently prepared to teach them simple mental synchronization meditation.

"Close your eyes, slow your breathing, and clear your mind."

“You may hear many voices and see many illusions. Ignore them and just focus on silently reciting my name ‘White Owl’ in your heart and visualize my image wearing a mask.”

Although Zhou Liang, Cui Xiuying, and the others did not understand his intentions, they still obediently did as he said.

"very good."

Sensing that these people's mental fluctuations were gradually stabilizing, Fang Cheng continued to guide them.

"Now, imagine myself as a lighthouse standing in the darkness on the shore."

His voice seemed to carry a calming power, resonating in everyone's minds.

"The light was golden, warm and firm, like the dawn that could pierce through all the fog."

"What you need to do is keep moving closer to that lighthouse, and no matter what happens along the way, don't waver..."

With Fang Cheng's patient guidance, the group gradually caught a glimpse of golden light in the darkness of their subconscious.

Zhou Liang and his team members, having undergone professional meditation training, quickly got into the zone and amplified their brilliance.

As a researcher, Cui Xiuying was equally resilient and calm, and after several attempts, she successfully found the trick.

Seeing that several more "new believers" had successfully established connections, Fang Cheng nodded slightly in satisfaction.

Having your own "meditation goal" standing beside you, personally guiding everyone's subconscious.

With the case experience of Xu Hao and Xiao Sa, it is indeed not difficult to help them reach the initial state of meditation.

The security guard, however, was just an ordinary person caught up in the disaster.

He was so terrified he was completely out of his mind, unable to concentrate at all, and on the verge of tears.

"No... I can't do it, my mind is filled with those monsters..."

His face was filled with fear, terrified that he would be left alone there.

"fine."

Cheng Jiashu raised his hand to stop him, so as not to affect others:

"I can try to bring two more people."

As he spoke, he glanced at the monstrous-looking Majima Goro and made a mental assessment.

This guy is tough and resilient, so we might be able to save some energy on him. The group briefly tried meditating with Fang Cheng as their target.

Once the plan was finalized and preparations were complete, they immediately formed a circle.

Zhou Liang, Ali, A Yang, Xiao Jie, and Cui Xiuying all reached out and placed their hands on Fang Cheng's broad shoulders.

Fang Cheng placed one hand firmly on Cheng Jiashu's shoulder, forming a key link in this spiritual connection.

Cheng Jiashu stood at the front, grabbing the trembling security guard by the back of the neck with one hand and lifting the unconscious Majima Goro up with the other.

Thus, an energy conduction array centered on Fang Cheng and constructed using his human body was formed.

"Close your eyes and start meditating again, following the method I just taught you."

Fang Cheng ordered in a deep voice: "Open your eyes only when I tell you to."

As instructed, everyone closed their eyes, adjusted their breathing, and sank into the dark world of consciousness.

This time, the light from the golden lighthouse was exceptionally clear and seemed to be rapidly expanding.

Just as they felt they were getting closer and closer to the lighthouse, its light so dazzling that they could hardly look directly at it.

A tremendous suction force suddenly struck, violently pulling at the consciousness of each of them!
"You can open your eyes."

The next second, Zhou Liang and the others were astonished to find that their vision had completely changed.

They found themselves in a magnificent hall of unimaginable grandeur.

Towering stone pillars support a dome that has no visible top, surrounded by a deep and boundless darkness.

A breeze swept by, making a mournful sound, like the whispers of ancient ghosts.

In the center of the hall was a huge golden sphere of light.

It floated silently, radiating a gentle yet majestic light.

"Don't move around, don't let your mind wander."

Fang Cheng's voice rang in everyone's minds, carrying a hint of warning.

At this moment, he stood in the center of the hall, looking up at the dome.

The starry sky that symbolized "believers" had now become dim and lifeless.

Only one faint point of light stubbornly flickered on the distant horizon of darkness.

From the flickering light, one could vaguely sense emotions such as fear and panic.

That was Xu Hao's coordinate system.

Fang Cheng then focused his consciousness, chose to project in one direction, and established a mental link.

A golden ray of light shot out from the golden sphere and precisely connected with the star.

However, as soon as the link was established, an invisible interference field was generated.

Waves followed closely, surging in like a tidal wave.

With a crisp "crack," the golden ray of light instantly snapped.

Fang Cheng frowned slightly, his gaze piercing through the walls of the memory palace and landing on the dark, boundless void outside.

His vision was filled with a black mist that was even denser and purer than that in the other world.

The wind howled and the sound of waves crashing was incessant.

In this dark ocean of consciousness, there are red lights everywhere, emanating an ominous aura.

As the waves appear and disappear, it's as if countless evil creatures are lurking within, ready to devour anyone who might be caught in them.

Further away, a huge, slowly rotating red nebula suddenly appeared.

Like a gigantic, eerie eye looming deep within the universe, it exudes a chilling allure and malice.

Just focus your attention there.

Countless insane babblings will then swarm in, attempting to strip the observer of their soul and take over their physical body.

It is the source of all the strange phenomena.

Although the power of this strange eyeball is not enough to shake Fang Cheng's self-awareness of possessing the talent of "omniscient language".

However, the massive interference it emits severely affects the stability of the mental link deep within the dark void.

"no!"

Cheng Jiashu gasped, and then his solemn voice rang out.

Through the shared vision of their spiritual connection, he clearly also witnessed this breathtaking scene.

"The mental fluctuations here are too strong! It's very likely that the power emanating from that red eyeball is blocking all signals of consciousness."

Cheng Jiashu immediately made a decision:
“I will compress the jump channel, focus our two perceptions into a single point, and form a ‘dimensional cone’ to penetrate this layer of interference.”

"Concentrate all your mental energy, like the tip of a cone, and nail it to that coordinate, don't let it waver!"

"it is good."

Without needing to say more, Fang Cheng tacitly leveraged his strengths.

At the same time, a powerful spatial fluctuation erupted from Cheng Jiashu's body.

In everyone's perception, the magnificent palace they were in, along with the endless darkness around them, was being compressed to the extreme by a force.

The whole world seemed to have become a narrow and deep tunnel.

At the end of the tunnel was that flickering star.

Fang Cheng could sense that Cheng Jiashu was like a mental energy amplifier, forcibly focusing his outward perception.

Without further hesitation, he fully activated his spiritual resonance.

The core of consciousness located in the center of the hall suddenly shone brightly.

All spiritual power converged into an unprecedentedly dazzling beam of light, shooting once again through the compressed passage into the thick black mist.

Fang Cheng's consciousness and Xu Hao's consciousness resonated under a powerful pull.

An invisible yet stable passage, accompanied by a faint hum, pierced through the boundless darkness of the void.

This time, the connection is finally stable!

"Locked up, hurry up, I'm about to start!"

Before the words of reminder had even finished, Cheng Jiashu's eyes shone with a star-like brilliance.

In an instant, the world around us began to distort.

The tables, chairs, walls, and ceiling in the office lobby, along with the mist flowing everywhere, all seemed like paint thrown into water, suddenly mixed together.

It eventually transformed into a pitch-black vortex, as if a giant maw had opened, swallowing everyone's figures whole.

Inside the memory palace, everyone felt their "ship of consciousness" suddenly jolt and begin to cut through the waves in the dark tunnel at high speed.

However, the voyage was not always smooth sailing.

Outside the tunnel, black fog churned, and countless red lights crashed against the tunnel walls like sharks that had smelled blood.

That enormous red nebula emitted a powerful gravitational pull, constantly tugging at their course.

Cheng Jiashu's consciousness began to flicker, clearly indicating that maintaining this "dimensional cone" was extremely taxing on him.

"Hold on!"

Fang Cheng gave a low shout.

The golden sphere in the center of the hall shone even brighter, almost reaching its peak.

Pure and domineering spiritual power spread outward along the passage, forming a golden shield that dispelled all the corrosive darkness and red light.

Cheng Jiashu immediately felt the pressure on his body ease, stabilized the passage, and increased his speed.

With their unwavering cooperation, the two finally broke through the gravitational pull of the red nebula.

Ahead, the point of light representing life and hope suddenly became clear.

"Hold on tight, we're almost there!"

Cheng Jiashu's eyes shone, and his voice carried a hint of fatigue, but more so, excitement.

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boom!boom!boom!boom!
Gunfire erupted and sparks flew from the top floor of the Noah Building.

In the gray, fog-filled corridors and rooms, figures were chasing each other everywhere, making it impossible to distinguish between the living and the monsters.

Interspersed among the sounds were roars and screams, and bloodstains everywhere.

At this moment, the scene here is one of chaos.

(End of this chapter)