After Madam left, the clinic closed early as an exception.

Gu Shen returned home and fed Da Ju. Chu Ling was still not online.

He connected to the Deep Sea alone.

As Gu Shen expected, after summoning the blazing fire in reality, the first trial in the deep water area about "maintaining stability" had no difficulty.

Perhaps because his mental power had become several times stronger than before, the mental space was unusually stable. The blazing fire, which had difficulty maintaining its form before, now flickered like a wave in his palm, sometimes blooming and sometimes converging, happily changing its appearance.

Thanks to the visit from the Longevity Foundation and the life-or-death assassination by Qu Shui... summoning the blazing fire and maintaining stability had become as simple as eating and drinking for Gu Shen.

Rather than saying it was a result of long-term accumulation, it was more like a breakthrough.

"The cultivation of transcendent power is indeed a slow process... but it doesn't necessarily mean that one cannot achieve success in one step." Gu Shen's consciousness immersed in the deep water area, pondering, "The deep sea only helps transcendent beings understand their own power... just like a baby growing up and learning to run and jump, these basic movements can be combined. For those with high talent, after learning to run, it won't take long to run very fast."

Just awakened transcendent power is like a baby. To learn to walk, one needs to crawl on the ground first.

Even a genius needs to go through this process.

Once they learn to walk, they can quickly run and jump... After mastering the basic power, different transcendent beings can develop in different directions.

"The first three levels... are probably the basic mastery stage."

Gu Shen made up his mind.

"Deep Sea, I want to enter the second level."

After a few seconds of sinking, the simulated brilliance transmitted a message.

"Serial number V340011250001, permission granted, allowed to enter the second level."

The scene in front of him suddenly changed.

The blazing fire spread out in an instant, turning into countless fluorescence. In the drifting flames, Gu Shen felt the fluctuation of his consciousness... It was as if he had returned to the dream where he removed the brand for Madam during the day.

Mental power is intangible.

But it is also real.

"The trial of the second level of the Deep Sea... is related to the 'subtlety' of the mind." Gu Shen murmured to himself, "If the first level helps me summon and stabilize the blazing fire, then this second level should remind me to use the blazing fire to perform hypnosis."

In this way, his blazing fire is indeed a mental power?

"This second level... doesn't seem to be difficult either."

Gu Shen smiled.

He immersed himself in the transcendent trial.

...

...

In the virtual world, there is an immense sea of ten thousand jin. Every strand of consciousness is like an electric current in the sea. Countless strands of consciousness wander in the void. No one can prove that this is a real world, but at the same time...

No one can prove that it is false.

This is the deep water area of the Deep Sea.

The mental power of transcendent beings has hooked onto this vast virtual space. The incomprehensible computing power supports the rapid development and progress here. Perhaps this is a whole new world. Now it is the beginning of a great explosion. Countless strands of consciousness spread downward like snakes, opening up independent mental spaces.

The first three levels of the deep water area are trial areas for transcendent beings to familiarize themselves with their own power. Almost everyone can reach the fourth level with time... From here on, souls can interact, and countless spiritual snakes entangle each other.

Of course... all of this is under the watchful eye of the Deep Sea.

It accommodates everything.

And also supervises everything.

It has no physical form, but it exists everywhere. Therefore, it does not need "eyes". Every strand of transcendent consciousness that comes to the deep water area is, in a sense, its eyes.

However, everything in the world is always imperfect, and there are always exceptions... Even in the mythological stories widely believed in the West Continents, the "God of Creation" who is omnipotent has made the mistake of fabricating Lilies.

In the deep water area, there are "mental spaces" that are not monitored by the Deep Sea.

As long as a certain key with high enough authority locks the door, the disappearance of one or two rooms among the countless spiritual towers... is nothing.

...

...

The crimson door exudes densely packed symbols.

Each symbol on this door is an obscure and ancient text that cannot be deciphered even with the highest authority of the Deep Sea, because it has never been manually entered into the database... The only records that prove the existence of this ancient text exist in the minds of a few people.

Every moment, countless scanning programs pass over the surface of this blood-red door. Under the cover of the ancient text, what the Deep Sea sees... is "nothingness," is "itself."

This door represents a mental space that is suspended incongruously in the deep water area, like a lonely island.

Behind the door are the "drowned ones" who fell together with the lonely island. Thanks to the fact that this ancient door has not been damaged, the inside is still a relatively intact mental space.

The consciousness of the drowned ones is not completely submerged and can still survive "intact."

This is a small conference room with only one long table and one hanging lamp. The dim blood light surges in the conference room, reminding every awakened consciousness of the drowned ones... that now is a precarious moment.

"Everyone..."

A hoarse voice sounded.

"The Deep Sea is evolving faster and faster. After the new round of upgrades, self-repair is about to begin again. If we can't find the 'key' left by Mr. Turing, this door will not be able to hold on."

The first drowned one woke up, and a virtual tall figure gradually condensed in the red light surging at the side of the table in the conference room... But this tall figure did not represent anything.

In the spiritual world, all images are false.

The second drowned one woke up immediately after.

His figure was very thin, like a seven or eight-year-old child. It was obviously a false image, and his voice was not serious, but carried a relaxed smile, "Zero Seven Three, don't be so nervous... Finding the key is not something that can be done overnight. At least this door is still safe for now, right?"

Zero Seven Three looked even more desolate and sighed."But... we've been searching for ten years, and the hope of finding the key is getting smaller and smaller..."

One after another... the dormant consciousness in the conference room began to awaken and roll.

The space of this door was very narrow, excluding the vacant chief's seat, the conference table could accommodate about ten people, five on each side.

There were six people in the conference room, their consciousness coalescing.

"Who initiated this meeting?" A tall figure, Zero Lacquer Three, spoke in a deep voice, "I have important matters to attend to. I only have ten minutes in the real world."

"I initiated it, ten minutes is enough."

The speaker was the only female in the conference room, a thin little girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old. She looked small and thin, but her voice was unusually steady, "About the law... we can't delay any longer. Someone needs to step forward and stop all this from happening on the table. If the East Continents pass the law, our chances of finding the key will be even smaller... The Transcendent Arche will fully awaken, the evolution speed of the Deep Sea will greatly increase, and what Zero Lacquer Three worries about will come true. Without the key, this door will soon be discovered."

"The Five Continents Council is relatively independent... I'm currently in the West Continents, sorry... I can't help you."

The young man in the corner of the conference room sounded regretful. As the blood surged and coalesced, all his spirit took shape, and a badge symbolizing his identity appeared on his chest, engraved with the three numbers 957.

"Centre Continents, sorry." Another old man with the code 064, was succinct.

The girl's gaze fell on the tall man 073 and the grinning teenager 031.

"I'm not in the East Continents, but I have means, I can try... The East Continents Council may delay the promotion of the law." Zero Lacquer Three said, "What about you? As far as I know... you are in the East Continents."

The teenager shrugged, saying indifferently, "As for stopping the Awakening Law... I'm powerless. This matter has attracted too much attention. Even as a council member, what I can do is limited, let alone, I'm not one."

Zero Lacquer Three frowned, "If I remember correctly, you have a lot of influence in the East Continents..."

"Unless Gu Changzhi awakens, who can decide whether to enact the law with their own power?" The teenager calmly said, "But I've found another solution... I've told you not to worry, I've found the key."

Zero Lacquer Three was stunned.

"Ah ha... I can understand your feelings at this moment, probably shock, doubt, and a little disbelief."

"In the new world, there is still the key of hope... After all, this is just a sentence left by Turing before his death."

The teenager smiled, "Just such a light sentence, no one can be sure, there really is such a key, can transcend the omnipotent authority of the Deep Sea, cut off all shackles and constraints, lead us to the light... These years we have been struggling in pain, in order to find the key, we have tried our best, but sometimes, all we need is a little."

"Luck."

Even though time was limited.

Everyone still endured this guy's lengthy, complacent bragging.

"Not long ago, by chance, I found the 'key', and it passed my verification." The teenager suddenly stopped smiling, becoming serious, he looked at the girl, "Of course, the most important verifier here is you, I've already sent the key to your city."

The girl fell silent.

She furrowed her brows, trying hard to recall the details of these days.

Then she shook her head.

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"I've been having some trouble recently..." she said with difficulty, "I haven't sensed the existence of the 'key', and there's no sign of the red door opening."

The teenager fell into thought.

"Although I don't know what method you used to verify, but obviously, if the red door didn't sense it... it's not the key." Zero Lacquer Three was somewhat disappointed, looking at the teenager, he shook his head, "The mistake of finding the key has happened more than once before, I hope you can be more cautious."

"Time is up, let's end this meeting here."

Zero Lacquer Three said, "Finally, according to the rules... to prevent the worst outcome, please look into my eyes, I will seal the memory of this meeting to prevent it from being spied on. If this door is broken, the only thing that can be left in the Deep Sea area is a useless code."