This isn't a souls-like game at all.

In just a moment, Ye Yiyi realized the seriousness of the matter.

He opened his eyes, but there was no time to add any more points. Instead, he returned to the Cursed Hall with the Saint and found Alice and Nivea.

"Confusing Substitution Technique?"

Alice put down the ancient book in her hand and raised her sharp eyebrows slightly, but she was not particularly surprised.

"You've met the White Feather Knight of Humour. I know that technique. It's the Hypnosis of All Myselves, a technique developed by the Chaos Impermanent after his failed attempt to hypnotize all living beings."

"Hypnotize all living beings?"

Ye Yiyi was suddenly stunned.

I can’t believe that Chaos and Impermanence would actually do such a thing?

"To be precise, he interrupted the hypnosis and connected to the sea of ​​​​mind that borders the consciousness of all living beings!"

Nivea added on the side.

The little goblin held his nose high and laughed "hehehe", looking very proud and confident.

"We little fairies are not considered part of the Sea of ​​​​Mind, so that magic is ineffective against us~"

"Even if a White Feather Knight disguises himself and comes to the palace, we'll immediately reveal his identity!"

"Is that so?"

Ye Yiyi frowned, but felt relieved. Then he suddenly remembered what Daduo said before he died, and couldn't help asking:

"Speaking of the sea of ​​​​mind, what exactly is it?"

"This is a little complicated to explain."

"Then try to keep it simple."

Alice rolled her eyes when she heard that, picked up the teacup and took a sip, but it felt like she was loading a gun.

About half an hour later, Ye Yiyi almost figured out the meaning of the sea of ​​​​mind.

Simply put, it is on the same level as the Hall of Impressions, a place that stores the memories and impressions of all intelligent beings. It is an extremely subjective and idealistic existence.

Here we need to introduce the "hierarchy of will" theory of the Chaos and Impermanence.

The Ego Stone's item description states:

The Chaos and Impermanence divides the will hierarchy of intelligent creatures into five layers from bottom to top, with the self layer located in the middle, which is the important origin for connecting and balancing the will hierarchy.

　The two layers below the ego layer are the "self layer" and the "no-self layer".

Alice did not explain in detail that the non-self layer is the foundation of will and intellectual existence.

The id layer represents the original essence of life, which is slightly different from Freud's psychology. In summary, it is "animal nature exercised according to physical instincts."

The self layer is the "human consciousness" that follows social rules and moral pursuits and is used for witnessing and thinking.

The essence of hypnosis is to influence the ego layer so that the origin of balance moves closer to the self layer, thereby confusing, changing, and disorienting the cognition and memory of life.

Therefore, all hypnotic techniques have a common solution.

Even if the affected layer of self returns to its original point of balance, that is the use of the "Stone of Self".

Two layers above the ego layer are the "superego layer" and the "multi-ego layer" that Ye Yiyi already knows.

The superego is a "ruthless divinity" that is not affected by any external factors, is perfect, and is in line with the essence of the world.

If you use hypnosis to make the ego level move closer to the superego level, you can increase your strength.

At the same time, this is also a Chaos Magic spell used to add buffs to yourself and others.

To some extent, Ye Yiyi's first self-created magic, "The Spirit That Surpasses All Emotions", is also used in a similar way.

The multi-self layer, which is the pinnacle of the will hierarchy, is directly connected to the sea of ​​​​mind.

It is the place where all individual lives are connected with other lives in consciousness and impressions.

The "sacred symbolic meaning" that Ye Yiyi often sees in the descriptions of items is the meaning that people subjectively attribute, which is transmitted to the sea of ​​​​the mind through the multi-self layer, and then in turn affects the direct manifestation of objective facts.

It is for this reason that this world is both idealistic and materialistic.

"So, the 'Forget All Myself Spell' I got in the Starlight Tower earlier, which allows me to completely negate past experiences with my free will, might be influencing the Ocean of Mind through the Multi-Self Layer, thereby altering established facts?"

After listening to Alice's explanation, Ye Yiyi suddenly understood.

In this way, this newly acquired "Confusing Substitute Technique" probably has a similar effect.

And because the goblins are not living beings and are not within the connection range of the Sea of ​​​​Mind, they will not be affected.

Ye Yiyi himself is a time traveler, not a native of the bordering area. According to Daduo, he will not be affected.

In other words, he can also see through the disguise of the Confusion Substitute Technique at a glance.

Having said that, this does not prevent him from using magic to disguise himself as someone else's substitute.

After understanding the reason, Ye Yiyi quickly upgraded to a higher level with the Saint.

There weren't many resonances on him, and even though he had killed Daduo before, it was just enough to level up to the next level, but he had already reached the minimum requirement to use the Confusion Substitute Technique.

Intelligence:

Level 130 → 131↑

信仰13（10＋3）→14（11＋3）↑

In this way, combined with the 3-point faith bonus from the Priest's Crown, it is exactly 17 faith.

As for the Power, it still adds strength as usual.

Level 130 → 131↑

力量90（87＋3）→91（88＋3）↑

After leveling up, Ye Yiyi asked Nivea about the Dark Treasure Stork and the Spirit Waterfall, but the answers she got were confusing.

First of all, the Dark Treasure Stork was indeed imprisoned in the Root of the Border, and this was before the war happened.

But the other party knew nothing about the Zhoutian Daling Waterfall and the Netherworld Abyss.

The reason was simple. After the war, the goblins could no longer return to the border area through the earth veins and could only drift outside. Therefore, they had no idea what happened there.

However, this also indirectly shows that the Great Spiritual Waterfall and the Netherworld Abyss only appeared after the war.

Ye Yi returned to Daduo's garden from the holy monument, added the newly acquired spells to the spell slot, and walked back while falling into deep thought.

"Nivea also said that directly above the Bordering Root is the Temple of the Kings, where the Heavenly Creator sealed the original stagnant curse."

"Perhaps my guess is correct. The Spiritual Waterfall and the Abyss were most likely built at the behest of the Heavenly Creator."

"The only thing we don't know is what role the Dark Treasure Stork plays in this."

This information may have to be learned from other mistresses.

When he returned to the original hall, he found that only Timothy was left there, and Soliuya had disappeared.

Ye Yiyi asked in confusion, only to find out that the female knight had woken up during the time he was away. Then she gritted her teeth and smashed the ice sculpture wrapped around Daduo's body, and carried the body back to the upper level.

It is obvious that after the hypnosis was lifted, this female knight who once believed deeply in the chivalry has now repented and is determined to restore order and seek justice.

"Are we going to help?"

Timothy asked.

"If she were alone, she might not be a match for those dark knights."

"Then go and help. It's a good opportunity to capture the remaining members of the Dark Cult in the city."

Ye Yiyi nodded.

But to his surprise, Daduo had made sufficient preparations before coming to see him.

It was not until this time that Ye Yiyi learned that the Sky Blue Angry Lion Knight who had "argued" with him before had already met with an accident.

The remaining dark knights in the city quickly withdrew from Iron Gray City and tried to return to the headquarters of the Dark Knights in the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom.

But soon, they were caught up and stopped by other knights on the way. The two sides fought, and in the end the dark knights were defeated by the other knights and were captured on the spot.

According to Soliuya, they will report the matter to the Knights Round Table, and Michaela will need to be present in person to characterize the actions of Knight Dado and the Dark Knights.

Ye Yiyi was not optimistic about this, but agreed without hesitation.

In fact, he also wanted to see the ruling body of this Knight Kingdom and see how many monsters and demons were hidden in it.

In the afternoon, Ye Yiyi said goodbye to Suo Liuya, and took Timothy on the awakened Hundred Hands Fish and set off for the Folding Tower of Bonagu.

Chapter 559: Centipede and Cave of Bonagu.

In the evening, the sun sets and the sky becomes misty and dark.

Ye Yiyi and Timothy crossed most of the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom and finally arrived at the Quhe Grand Canyon located in the northeast, in the heart of the Knight Kingdom.

The "Folding Tower of Bonagu" mentioned by Feichong Qingjian is located in that grand canyon.

But unfortunately, Highlander Timothy fell down on the way.

He was captured and imprisoned by the knights, and then severely tortured by the dark priests. He did not sleep for two days and two nights, did not drink a drop of water during the journey, and had an empty stomach.

If it weren't for the Highlander's strong willpower and the vitality replenished by potions, he might have collapsed long ago.

Fortunately, it was not a big deal. For Ye Yiyi, as long as the person was not dead, he had plenty of ways to rescue him.

He found a cave in the Grand Canyon and temporarily settled Timothy there. Then he set out alone, exploring northward along the river in the Grand Canyon, and soon found the city deep in the canyon.

"Is that the ancient city of Bona?"

High up in the canyon, Ye Yiyi was lying on a weathered rock wall, holding a monocular in his hand and looking at the earthen city built of dark brown sandstone standing by the river, feeling confused.

"This doesn't look like some kind of ancient relic, does it?"

He frowned slightly, his eyes sweeping over the city's stone houses of varying heights, the peasant women cooking, the soldiers patrolling the city in sleeveless long gowns, and the slaves with bare upper bodies and shackles on their feet, carrying goods from the wooden boats docked at the riverside port.

Apart from the eye-catching silver-armored knights supervising the slaves, everything else in the city seemed extremely ordinary.

There were no towering steel buildings, no corpses scattered all over the ground, and no strange-looking subhuman creatures.

No matter how you looked at it, it looked like an ordinary medieval town, far different from the Bonaparte he had imagined.

But the armor worn by those knights was not much different in appearance from the standard armor of the White Feather Knights, and they also had a long gray feather on their heads as decoration.

Without a doubt, that was the Grey Feather Knight mentioned by Timothy, a guardian knight directly under the Knights Round Table.

"So the question is, the knight is here, so where is the folding tower?"

After looking around, he looked away, puffed out his cheeks and exhaled to blow away the dust on the telescope.

He was sure there was nothing wrong with the telescope.

In fact, there is no building in the city that has anything to do with "tower".

"Am I in the wrong place?"

Such doubts arose in his mind, and suddenly he felt something in his heart, and he turned his head to look behind him.

I discovered that the dung beetle was teasing a large yellow-brown centipede about one meter long next to a narrow crevice in the distance.

"What a huge centipede."

He blinked his eyes and watched the antennae on the centipede's head tremble. Its body was as nimble and agile as a long snake. It avoided the dung beetle with the big horn of spiritual fire several times and tried to drill into the crevice of the stone.

But the dung beetle was in a playful mood and stood in front of the centipede, using its candle-sized horns to hit the centipede, burning it so much that the centipede's body trembled and rolled on the ground.

After watching for a while, Ye Yiyi suddenly felt something was wrong.

"What kind of centipede is this? It's been burned so many times by the spiritual fire, but its body isn't burning?"

Ye Yiyi had a deep understanding of how overbearing the spiritual fire of the Yunzi Linglian was.

It can not only burn people's flesh, but also their will and spirit. Once it touches the body, if it is not extinguished in time, the flames will spread throughout the body in an instant and burn the person into a charred corpse.

But why, after being burned so many times, the giant centipede was not hurt at all except for a few scorch marks on its body?

"Is it some special species of centipede?"

He thought for a moment, then waved his fingers to summon two puppet hands to fly away.

With the cooperation of the dung beetle who received instructions, the two puppet hands grabbed the centipede in the air, one by the head and the other by the tail, one in front and one behind.

"Bring it here so I can see it."