Build an ancient-level power in the nightmare world

The knocking came at just the right time.

If it had been earlier, it would have likely affected how long Chris could have stayed in the mysterious space.

He frowned as he got up, opened the bedroom door and went into the living room, looking at the apartment door on one side of the living room.

The knocking only happened three times before stopping.

Although the time he spent in the mysterious space felt very long, in reality, it was probably only a few minutes.

The only people who would knock on his door at this time are probably his two new neighbors.

Chris took a deep breath, composed himself, and gently opened the door.

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It was already dark.

Many of the facilities in the apartment building had been in disrepair for years, and many of the corridor lights were no longer working.

Fortunately, Chris had reported the hallway light on the first floor of the apartment to the property management for repairs last month when he first arrived, and it was fixed a few days ago.

At that moment, in the dim light of the corridor, he saw Chase and Vivian standing side by side outside the door, their bodies slightly out of alignment.

Both men wore polite smiles, which widened when Chris opened the door.

Vivian stood slightly forward, and upon seeing Chris, she immediately smiled and held up a square object wrapped in brown paper.

The package was tied with a red ribbon in a cross knot.

"Good evening, Mr. Chris. I hope I haven't disturbed your rest." Vivian's smile still exuded a youthful vibe, making her look like a college student who hadn't yet experienced the harsh realities of life.

Chris was slightly taken aback upon seeing this, then smiled and said.

"It's only a little past eight o'clock. Even old Neil next door doesn't go to bed this early."

His gaze swept over the red ribbon knot on the kraft paper wrapping, and his heart stirred slightly, but he remained expressionless.

"I was just tidying up the house while I was still savoring the delicious seafood soup from dinner. I was thinking of asking Mr. Chase for the recipe another day."

As he spoke, Chris shifted his gaze from the package in Vivian's hands to Chase's face.

He looked into Chase's eyes and gave a polite, slight nod.

Upon hearing this, Chase's face showed a slightly surprised expression, and he said with some delight, "I didn't expect my cooking skills to receive such high praise from Mr. Chris. It seems I should treat Mr. Chris to a better meal in the future, hahaha."

Then, Chase and Chris started talking about the other food items at dinner.

The two spoke in a relaxed and smiling tone.

Chris didn't rush to ask about the package, but instead observed the changes in Vivian and Chase's expressions.

Vivian looked at the two men chatting and laughing, and said somewhat helplessly, "Gentlemen, may I speak now?"

The moment the words were spoken, the sounds in the corridor vanished.

Both Chase and Chris looked at Vivian beside them.

Chris watched the two return to their room and then gently closed the door to his own apartment.

After closing the door, Chris looked at the package in his hand, tied with a red ribbon in a cross knot, his brows furrowed, and a hint of doubt and wariness flashed in his eyes.

He went to the center of the living room and carefully placed the package on the table.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to use the spirit messenger to take a look first.

At this moment, Chris had gained a great deal of extraordinary knowledge from Benjamin and had some new understanding of the use of clairvoyance.

With sufficient care, extraordinary beings at the Spirit Envoy level can effectively control the degree to which their spiritual vision is activated, thereby avoiding seeing things that are unexpected and should not be seen.

This was also his first attempt to control the degree to which his spiritual vision was activated.

To control the degree to which one's spiritual vision is activated, one must first give oneself an anchoring suggestion.

Before each spiritual vision is activated, I first use this suggestion to remind and restrain myself.

This allows for effective control over the intensity, range, and other effects of each activation of the spiritual vision.

This suggestion can be a specific action or a series of actions, or it can be a specific thought.

Extraordinary beings at the Spirit Envoy level generally choose the former as the anchoring suggestion to open spiritual vision, because thoughts are somewhat abstract and not entirely controllable.

Every time Chris used to activate his spiritual vision, he would squint his eyes and recall the special state he had experienced when he activated it before, thus guiding himself to activate his spiritual vision.

In retrospect, his method of activating his spiritual vision can be described as extremely abstract.

Of course, this also made him feel that he had a talent for activating his spiritual vision.

Chris's chosen anchor suggestion was not the former.

In his view, any deliberate action, no matter how small, could reveal the timing of his activation of spiritual vision.

He has a natural advantage in opening his spiritual vision through certain thoughts.

That is to visualize the Star Key or Mars in your mind.

Most people would find it difficult to keep every imagined scene completely consistent.

But he can.

Just as Chris was trying to use the visualization of the Star Key as an anchoring cue to activate his spiritual vision and prepare to check the condition of the package.

A strange intuition, like a faint electric current, instantly flowed through his brain, giving him a slight feeling of unease.

He immediately stopped trying to activate his clairvoyance.

Chris frowned as he looked at the package on the table.

In the past, when I felt this inexplicable discomfort, I probably wouldn't have thought much about it.

But now he is a Holy Path Walker, a truly extraordinary being.

From Benjamin and Cole's conversation, he also learned some information about the basic abilities of extraordinary individuals.

Benjamin had specifically reminded Cole that when entering the realm of the occult, one must always pay attention to one's various senses, including intuition.

Many inexplicable feelings that may not mean much to ordinary people.

For extraordinary individuals, it could very well be some kind of special omen.

Once you sense this premonition, be careful and wary of anything, any suspicious circumstances, and any suspicious people.

At this moment, Chris recalled these messages about spiritual intuition, his eyes fixed on the package on the table.

He was 80% certain that the unsettling feeling he had just experienced stemmed from his attempt to use his spiritual vision to examine the package.

There's something wrong with this package!

This also almost confirms that Chase and Vivian are definitely not ordinary recent college graduates.

Standing in front of the square table in the living room, Chris pondered for a moment before making a bold decision.

He didn't touch the package again, but turned around and walked to the cabinet next to him, taking out the secret box inside.

With the secret box in hand, Chris went straight into the bedroom.

He closed the bedroom door, quickly opened the secret box, unwrapped the parchment, and a purple crystal the size of a soybean fell out.

Looking at the purple crystal, Chris's doubts lessened, replaced by a hint of joy.

It seems this secret box really can bring other things out of the mysterious space.

But now is not the time to study this purple crystal.

He flipped over the top Star card, the Mars card, and saw the tiny yellow piece the size of a fingernail. Chris's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

He lightly touched the yellow fragment with his fingers and felt that familiar and reassuring aura and rhythm.

The next moment, with a thought, the yellow fragment transformed into a wisp of mist, spiraling upwards along his fingers until it touched the back of his right hand.

The icy feeling on the back of my hand was fleeting, and a yellow mark appeared.

The wisp of yellow mist disappeared directly into the holy seal pattern of the Wind Incarnation.

Chris carefully felt the yellow mark on the back of his hand.

After several attempts, he confirmed that he could summon the yellow mist hidden within the Wind Avatar Holy Seal pattern on the back of his hand at any time, as long as he had a thought.

With the aid of the yellow mist, his ability to manipulate airflow will also be greatly enhanced.

He took the star tokens and crystals out of the secret box, wrapped them again in parchment, and placed them under the bed in the box where he used to keep his leatherworking tools.

After doing all this, he took the empty secret box and turned back to the living room.

He looked at the package lying quietly on the table, and without much hesitation, opened it directly.

An ordinary-looking rectangular wooden box appeared before his eyes.

The wooden box looks to be made of very ordinary material, not some expensive material.

This is also very much in line with Chase and Vivian's current status.

Although Chris was pretty sure that the two of them were pretending.

But I must say, based on my interactions with them over the past few days, these two are really good actors.

The wooden box is the perfect size to be placed directly into the secret box without opening it.

Without hesitation, Chris placed it directly into the secret box.

He was very interested in what was inside the wooden box, and he was eager to know what gifts Vivian and Chase had prepared for him.

But for safety's sake, he planned to open it after entering the mysterious space.

Chris still had some spiritual energy left. After thinking for a moment, he decided to take a short rest to recover more spiritual energy before entering the mysterious space.

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