504: Chapter 504 Welcome to the Eternal Divine Kingdom

Chapter 504 Welcome, Eternal Divine Kingdom

Inside the golden grand hall, it was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard exceptionally clearly.

Lin Chuqiao slowly looked around, her eyes filled with undisguised shock.

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Hundreds of stone pillars, as thick as two people embracing, rose straight up into the arched dome tens of meters high, supporting a magnificent space that was beyond description.

Sunlight filtered through the intricately and luxuriously decorated stained glass windows, spilling into the hall in wisps and casting mottled light and shadows.

As her gaze shifted, these lights and shadows seemed to come alive, intertwining into a flowing river of light.

This place felt both like a sacred and solemn religious hall and exuded a majestic aura belonging to a monarch, causing one to involuntarily feel awe in their heart.

Even coming from a prestigious family and being accustomed to luxury and grandeur, everything before her still exceeded Lin Chuqiao's cognitive scope.

She tentatively reached out, her fingertips gently touching a stone pillar beside her.

It was ice-cold and hard, and she could even feel the rough texture on the rock surface.

Such a realistic tactile sensation made her whole body tremble.

This was not an illusion, nor an illusory dream, but a solidly existing space.

"Welcome to my world."

A gentle and familiar voice came from above, carrying an echo that gently reverberated within the grand hall.

Lin Chuqiao abruptly raised her head.

At the far end of the grand hall, atop the flight of stairs leading upwards, stood a tall golden throne.

The man who haunted her dreams was sitting upright upon it, quietly looking down at her.

The golden light shrouding his body slowly receded, revealing his distinct-featured face with a faint smile hanging on the corners of his lips.

"Brother Cheng?!"

Lin Chuqiao exclaimed, disregarding her usual lady-like image as she lifted her skirt and quickly ran up the stairs.

Not until she stood in front of Fang Cheng, touched his warm palm with her hand, and felt that familiar pulse beating did she become certain that all of this was real.

"Is... Is this your Secret Realm?"

Lin Chuqiao widened her beautiful eyes, looking around the magnificent palace, her tone filled with undisguised exclamation:

"It's too incredible! I originally thought the new Meditation method you mentioned in the car this afternoon was just a simple communication at the level of consciousness."

"Establishing a spiritual connection just like before, at most with a slightly greater distance."

"I didn't expect... that it actually pulled my whole person directly into such a realistic Secret Realm."

Seeing Lin Chuqiao behave so excitedly, Fang Cheng smiled slightly, held her hand, and stood up:

"To be precise, this is an Inner Scene World constructed by my will, and you have entered here in the form of a consciousness body."

"It's just that the environment here is highly simulated, so there will be an illusion of being personally on the scene."

He didn't explain too many obscure details, but simply used a metaphor:

"Well, it sounds a bit profound; you can understand it as a sub-space between reality and illusion with certain growth characteristics."

"Or rather, it leans more towards that special dimension existing in the cracks of the world like Night City."

"Sub-space... Night City..."

Lin Chuqiao muttered to herself, as if recalling something, and suddenly raised her head to look at Fang Cheng:

"Just now at home, when I was meditating according to the method you mentioned, I felt as if I had fallen into a pitch-black abyss."

"All around was thick, unresolvable fog, and I could only vaguely see a little light suspended in the distance, just like the sun you mentioned."

"But the light was really too faint, even dimmer than the stars in the sky."

"I followed the direction, trying to grope my way forward, but I wandered around in circles and couldn't get close to that speck of light no matter what."

"Moreover, there was also... a very terrifying sense of oppression in my heart, as if a force kept blocking me from approaching you, and even wanted to drag me back."

"At that time, I almost thought I was going to get lost inside..."

That feeling of being bound by an invisible force and almost suffocating still made Lin Chuqiao's heart palpitate when she recalled it now.

"That is the imprisonment power deep within your Bloodline."

Fang Cheng patiently listened to her pouring out her heart, and explained in a calm voice:

"To pull you into here, I first had to break through that layer of imprisonment and resolve that power."

"So, I used a slightly 'tough' method. I didn't scare you, did I?"

Lin Chuqiao shook her head, a sudden brightness flashing in her eyes:

"So that golden light piercing through the darkness was you... No wonder that warm feeling was so familiar."

She subsequently raised her head, looking at the dome as deep as the starry sky, thoughtful:

"Ordinary spiritual Secret Realms are often unable to accommodate external consciousness for long stays due to unstable structures, nor can they bear too many people online at the same time."

"And the spiritual connections between each other are very fragile, easily susceptible to external interference."

"Here, however, it appears very different."

She gazed intently at the window, her vision passing through the stained glass to faintly catch a glimpse of the scenery outside:

"The Law looks very complete, and the spatial structure is unbelievably stable."

"It doesn't look like a dream that might collapse at any time, but rather like a Small World that is self-evolving and possesses independent rules."

Speaking up to this point, Lin Chuqiao's gaze burned brightly as she turned her head to look at Fang Cheng:

"Brother Cheng, do you know what this means?"

"Tell me."

Fang Cheng looked at her with keen interest.

"First is security."

Lin Chuqiao's pupils flickered slightly, and she said in a resolute tone:

"If we can freely enter and exit here, then in the future when Illuminati members hold important meetings, there is no need to worry about being monitored or leaking secrets."

"There are no electronic signals here, no physical surveillance, and not even spiritual probing can enter. It can be said to be the safest gathering place in the world."

Seeing Fang Cheng nod in agreement, her spirit perked up. After pondering slightly, she continued:

"Secondly, convenience."

"No matter which corner of the world we are in, as long as we simply visualize the sun, without needing quiet environmental conditions or seated Meditation, we can instantly assemble here to complete intelligence exchange and tactical deployment."

"This zero-latency communication and command capability will likely be our biggest strategic advantage in the future."

"Not only that."

Fang Cheng wore a smile and continued her words:

"Here, the time flow rate, environmental changes, and even physical rules can theoretically be adjusted by me."

"Although we can't do anything that exaggerated right now, using it as a training venue, cultivating organization members, or deducing tactics and exercising members' abilities will definitely yield twice the result with half the effort."

Of course, there was another most important function that Fang Cheng did not say out loud temporarily.

That was by inputting his own spiritual energy, directly descending his consciousness onto the other person, and even briefly taking over the other person's body.

This ability was too overbearing, and could even be said to be somewhat evil.

Even for the closest companions, it still involved an infringement upon personal privacy and free will.

Moreover, Fang Cheng himself had not fully figured out the risks within it.

Unless encountering a life-or-death emergency, he would not easily use it on Lin Chuqiao, nor did he intend to reveal this secret right now.

Even so, Lin Chuqiao was already quite shocked.

With her knowledge, she couldn't help but feel alarmed by this concept.

She knew too well what such extraordinary ability meant for an organization.

This was almost equivalent to having a portable base.

"Let's go, I'll take you for a walk."

Fang Cheng brought Lin Chuqiao, who was still in an excited state, to stroll around in this magnificent palace.

The footsteps of the two echoed in the spacious hall.

Lin Chuqiao was like a little girl who had just entered the Grand View Garden, behaving exceptionally curiously along the way.

Sometimes she stroked the exquisite reliefs on the walls, and sometimes she carefully observed the mysterious painted patterns on the dome.

She even ran to the edge of the grand hall, trying to push open the floor-to-ceiling windows to look at the world outside.

"Did you create all of this?"

Lin Chuqiao turned back to look at Fang Cheng, the admiration and adoration in her eyes almost overflowing.

In this world belonging only to the two of them, she no longer concealed her inner thoughts:

"Brother Cheng, just how many secrets are you still hiding?"

"Why do I feel like you are like a huge iceberg? Every time you reveal a corner, I find that I still don't understand you enough..."

Fang Cheng smiled without answering, walked to her side, and stood shoulder to shoulder with her.

At this moment, the two stood on the high palace corridor, overlooking the entire golden grand hall.

This scene looked very much like a king and queen inspecting their territory.

It was just that the surroundings were slightly empty, lacking a bit of the bustling grandeur of subjects crowding around.

"This is just the beginning..."

Fang Cheng turned his head sideways, gazing into Lin Chuqiao's eyes, calmly enjoying this trust and adoration:

"In the future, this place will become livelier and more complete, truly becoming a real world."

"And you are the first person to witness all of this."

Lin Chuqiao's cheeks blushed slightly, and thinking that she could exclusively enjoy such a unique honor, a wave of sweetness spontaneously welled up in her heart.

A moment later, Fang Cheng withdrew his gaze and gently patted the back of her hand:

"Alright, the tour comes to a temporary end. There is still another guest waiting for us to pick up."

Although Lin Chuqiao was somewhat reluctant, she also knew that official business was paramount, so she obediently nodded and stepped aside.

With the successful experience of the first time, the subsequent operation was much smoother.

Fang Cheng walked back up to the high platform and sat back down on the golden throne symbolizing absolute authority.

His eyes narrowed slightly, mobilizing all the power of the Inner Scene World, and he executed Mind Resonance in the same manner.

The True Sun Fire converged under his will into an indestructible light arrow.

The next second, the golden light arrow left the bowstring, accurately shooting towards the star representing Professor Ye Zhiren.

Soon the dark Void Realm was illuminated, and another dazzling pillar of light crashed down in the center of the grand hall.

Waiting for the light to dissipate, the figure of Professor Ye Zhiren manifested.

Compared to Lin Chuqiao's excitement, the reaction of this S-rank psychic ability user appeared much more composed, or even arguably a recurrence of occupational disease.

As soon as he appeared, he immediately pushed up his glasses, his gaze rapidly scanning the surrounding environment like a radar.

"The spatial structure is very stable... The concentration of spiritual particles is extremely high... Unexpectedly, no boundary was sensed..."

He muttered to himself, bent down, gently tapped the ground with the back of his hand, and lay on the ground to listen to the echo.

When he raised his head and finally saw Fang Cheng and Lin Chuqiao standing beside the throne, he couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise:

"President? Chuqiao? You... also entered?"

"Welcome, Professor."

Fang Cheng smiled and nodded to acknowledge.

Lin Chuqiao immediately stepped forward and briefly explained everything that had just happened to him.

After learning the specific situation, Professor Ye Zhiren, who had always been calm and steady, couldn't help twitching his brows.

"I also possess my own spiritual Secret Realm, which is the so-called 'Mind Cottage'."

He looked around this huge palace, light flashing behind his lenses:

"But that is an extremely private and cramped space. If I want to invite others to enter, I must provide a string of complex spiritual keys, which is a voice password, to the other party."

"The other party needs to repeatedly recite it in deep Meditation, adjust brainwave frequencies, and until achieving perfect synchronization with me, can they barely establish a fragile channel."

"That method has relatively low efficiency and high risk. A slight carelessness can be interfered with and utilized by the outside world, becoming a loophole for attacks."

"But here at your place, President..."

Professor Ye Zhiren took a deep breath, his tone carrying incredulity:

"It seems to have directly ignored the restrictive conditions and forcibly snatched our consciousness over."

"This not only requires a massive magnitude of spirit, but further indicates that the status of this Inner Scene World should be far higher than ordinary spiritual Secret Realms."

He paused, casting his gaze toward the tightly closed main doors of the grand hall, revealing a look of puzzlement:

"Moreover, I can sense that the airflow here is flowing, and there is even the smell of wind... It seems there is still extended space here?"

Fang Cheng felt his puzzlement, smiled slightly, and waved his hand.

"Rumble—"

The heavy palace doors immediately slowly opened to both sides accordingly.

At that instant, bright sunshine, fresh air, and rolling green hills and clear waters in the distance slowly unfolded before the three of them like a scroll.

Professor Ye Zhiren and Lin Chuqiao were completely stunned.

They originally thought this magnificent palace was everything, or at least occupied most of the area of the Inner Scene World.

Yet they didn't expect that outside, there was actually a vibrant and boundless world.

"This... This is a real breath of life?!"

Professor Ye Zhiren trembling reached out, catching a fallen leaf blown in by the wind.

The real tactile sensation coming from his fingertips made his scalp tingle.

He could not imagine how Fang Cheng managed to do this.

Was there some Heaven-Defying encounter? Or did he devour some legendary Heaven And Earth Treasure?

Or perhaps... he himself was the Reincarnation of some ancient deity?

You must know that even those prominent clans with a Legacy spanning thousands of years, who spent countless resources to forge "Legacy Secret Realms", were merely demi-planes attached to the reality that existed.

They simply couldn't create vitality out of thin air within the illusion like this.

Because this already involved the level of creation...

"It is still growing."

Fang Cheng strode to the doorway, looking at the distant new green, his tone calm yet exuding an aura of swallowing and spitting out the universe:

"If it continues to develop, one day it might completely change from illusion to reality, which is not impossible."

"Changing from illusory to real..."

Professor Ye Zhiren chewed on these four words, fierce billows of shock churning in his heart.

He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, his brain operating at high speed as he began to analyze the value of this world from a strategic perspective:

"President, your Inner Scene World has far too great significance!"

"It solves the communication and assembly difficulties among Illuminati members, and can be called an absolutely safe haven."

"In the future, we can completely gather here secretly, avoiding interference from the outside world and the risk of leaking secrets."

"And..."

Professor Ye Zhiren closed his eyes, feeling it attentively for a moment:

"The environment here is extremely special. I feel that staying here, my spirit is exceptionally relaxed, and my thinking has also become much more agile."

"If in the future we can let Illuminati members conduct spiritual Cultivate or deduce Cultivation Techniques here, the efficiency will definitely be much higher than outside."

"Professor, Brother Cheng just mentioned this idea earlier."

Lin Chuqiao also recovered from her initial shock, and smiled as she took over the conversation:

"With such a special training venue, our organization's development speed can definitely be greatly enhanced, quickly surviving the most dangerous Early Stage of establishment."

"Not only that, more importantly..."

Professor Ye Zhiren suddenly opened his eyes, sharp light bursting from his pupils.

He looked at Fang Cheng, his tone becoming solemn as never before:

"If in the future you can truly achieve turning illusion into reality, managing to bring physical supplies, and even a true Physical Body into here."

"Then this place will not just be a base, but an eternal divine kingdom independent of reality."

"As long as this world does not perish, the Illuminati will forever remain invincible!"

Speaking up to this point, Professor Ye Zhiren's voice trembled slightly, already unable to suppress his excited emotions.

If it could be said that previously facing the man as powerful as a demon god from "Utopia", he still harbored a bit of desperate resolve in his heart.

Then now, standing on this land filled with infinite possibilities, those glooms had been completely dispelled.

Replaced by unprecedented confidence and wild ambition.

The three stood at the doorway of the grand hall, bathing in the sunlight of the Inner Scene World, envisioning the organization's construction.

Listening to the two discussing with high spirits, Fang Cheng's mouth curled up slightly.

This move of chess was played correctly.

The future of the Illuminati, starting from this moment, could truly be considered to have a Foundation!