Obviously, no one would believe such bizarre phenomena, Ethan knew that telling others about these discoveries would only result in him being confined for another week or two with increased medication.
The prescription drugs given to him by the diagnostician instead exacerbated the hallucinations, turning them from intermittent at first into a constant presence in his life, "Once the transformation is completely finished, those people would go crazy."
However, he lacked sufficient knowledge in medicine or mysticism to discern the essence of the phenomena.
In just a few days, four lunatics had appeared, drawing attention within the Deep Sea Council.
"This may be some kind of omen, I am more inclined to believe you have seen the essence of this world."
Ethan, combining his knowledge from a previous life, analyzed this. It was his second meeting with Yue, and before this, he had never displayed magic to elevate the fire element in front of Yue. Yet as Yue walked into the restaurant, his vision was blocked by the elevated fire element. To prevent Yue from being blinded, Ethan consciously suppressed the magic circuit.
"Inexplicable nightmares might be the beginning of transformation. Your body is undergoing a subtle transformation, which will be complete in about a month, allowing you to see things you couldn’t see before."
Ethan felt Yue’s situation was a bit like those unlucky souls who had lost all their sanity, for in this world, the Evil God and Cthulhu have many aspects in common; gazing directly at them drives one mad, and the closer you are, the more severe the mental pollution becomes, even the experienced Reception Bureau director Yakwell was driven mad by Level 3 apparitions.
And Level 3 was still separated by countless levels from the dwelling place of Old Ba’s true form.
The lively atmosphere at the dining table gradually cooled as everyone awaited Ethan’s next words.
"I call this ability ’spiritual vision,’ the Empire’s magicians who are skilled in divination skill use this ability to glimpse fragments of the future."
In magical knowledge, Rowena gave Ethan a lot of professional guidance.
The professional competence of this Great Mage was indeed very strong, but due to her personality issues and stinginess, along with her tendency to take small advantages, it was difficult to associate her with those temple-level Great Mages in the astrology guild during daily life. Yet Rowena considered her skills to be no less than those of the contemporary ’scholars.’
"The difference is that you are in a spiritual vision state every moment."
Yue was an optimistic person, always able to find the positive side of things, "Oh? Doesn’t this mean I am even more powerful than those magicians skilled in divination skill?"
"This is not a good thing," Ethan had to pour cold water on Yue, "High-tier divination masters can maintain a spiritual vision state, but they know it’s dangerous. Once they see something that should not be seen in that state, it might result in their eyes being burned, or worse, a mental breakdown."
For Yue now, his magic power was also dangerous.
If Yue stayed too long in the brilliance of elevated fire elements, he might end up as those divination masters seeking to peer into the secrets of upright deities through spiritual vision, getting his eyes burned.
But it didn’t mean he became an upright deity, it was merely when humans enhance their magic power to a certain level, they unconsciously intimidate or even harm nearby life forms.
Ethan could only be grateful that Yue had just seen the holy fire element, if it had been the red ice reflecting Old Ba’s aesthetic style, Yue might already be standing on the table performing.
Upon hearing Ethan’s warning, Lily anxiously asked, "Then, is there any way to cure the ’spiritual vision’ you mentioned?"
Facing Ethan, she unconsciously used a respectful tone, completely lacking the look of disgust she once showed when Yue wasn’t paying attention.
Ethan said, "Not at the moment, but I plan to start research immediately."
Strictly speaking, in this world, ’spiritual vision’ is actually a negative state; seeing more often meant something bad, implying they were getting closer and closer to madness and death.
"Old Sen, I trust you, but before that, I want to confirm something with you."
Yue paused to bring up a question he had buried deep in his heart, "Do the Evil Gods truly exist?"
"They exist, but they might not be true divine spirits, and could be ancient beings with long lifespans instead."
This was also Ethan’s reason for coming to the Western Continent.
It is said that an Evil God is about to awaken, and when it does, the crisis of an apocalypse will return.
After communicating with Uerta, the big octopus Old Ai was temporarily ruled out of suspicion, the prophecy seemed to point to the Evil God sealed in the depths of the ravine, yet oddly enough, the Deep Sea Race as ’cleaners’ also didn’t reveal its name, only calling it an ’evil entity.’
Neither the Western Continent residents nor the Deep Sea Race seemed willing to mention the real name of the Evil God, but the apocalypse flood had occurred several ages ago, the specific reasons were long lost, evolving into a subtly ingrained tradition, adhered to by everyone.
Yue fell into deep thought.
Not long ago, Flor the Tycoon had given a nearly identical answer to Ethan, after deliberating, he took out a piece of paper from his front pocket of the clothes, with only two lines scribbled in haste:
"Lofic Consortium visited Ophira."
"They’ve captured an awareness of an Evil God named Kane."
Logically, he should never have disclosed this information to Old Sen, an outsider, for if any issues arose later, he would be considered a traitor to the Western Continent, and it was only their second meeting.
Yet, Yue chose to believe in his own eyes.
He was willing to believe in the sun descending upon Ophira.
If the apocalypse floods ultimately arrive, maybe this sun could guide the Western Continent’s people to a new future.
"These messages are important."
Ethan nonchalantly accepted the note.
No wonder they couldn’t reach Miracle Kane, unexpectedly, within a few days, this guy was kidnapped intensely, and was even shipped all the way to the Western Continent.
Seeing this, Yue asked.
Ethan didn’t hide it, "Met a few times, Kane’s information is quite insightful, so we all call him Miracle Kane."
"Seems like he is held in Deep Sea Council’s underground facility; I accidentally saw unusual phenomena there, but it’s heavily guarded, sneaking in won’t be easy."
He could only say this much.
Then came lighter topics, both reached a verbal agreement, Yue hoped Ethan would become his attending physician to treat "spiritual vision" and its aftermath. The benefit was that he could bring Ethan into the Deep Sea Council and Steam Technology Research Institute.
Returning to the accommodation provided by the Deep Sea Council for the visiting delegation, it was already afternoon. Though the attending physician was just a pretext for entry, Ethan still thoroughly discussed with Yue the beginnings and processes of his nightmares, gradually suspecting this phenomenon might be similar to "Bazatous’ Glimpse" that appeared prior on his skill panel.
When existence like Old Ba focuses on a specific human, they often undergo earth-shaking changes.
The key was how to make the Evil God in the deep ravine interested in him?
"Teacher, what do you think?"
Unable to find answers, he could only seek help from Lindong.
Recalling his experiences, the reason he got noticed by Old Ba was because he not only detonated the contaminated area but also blinded Old Ba.
For Old Ba, constantly worshipped and revered as a heavenly father, he might have become a "interesting man" in their eyes.
"To my knowledge, the Western Continent doesn’t have the concept of contaminated areas, nor ways to enter such places."
When the terrorist theory failed to work, Ethan was left without a direction.
He is obviously a good person, why recently, when dealing with upright or Evil Gods, he was increasingly relying on terrorist theory?
Ethan began to reflect, this too wasn’t a good omen.
"Why not ask Miracle Kane?"
Lindong brought up the words Ethan often mentioned while in the capital; in fact, when she heard Kane was held somewhere in an underground facility, her inner being couldn’t contain the excitement, especially when Yue mentioned keywords like "heavily guarded" and "difficult to infiltrate," taking her excitement to the peak.
She came over, holding Ethan’s hands, "Why don’t we go break him out?"
Ethan felt the cold touch on his hands, looking at Lindong’s face flushed with excitement.
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