"Strange, why do I feel a sense of inexplicable ease?"
Luo En, who had been feeling somewhat irritable, suddenly experienced a sense of relief that contrasted with his mood.
Did I go insane because of the transmigration?
"Could it be that the excessive pressure has really turned me into a 'Monster'…?" Luo En thought, holding his head in his hands, feeling uncertain.
No, I'm fine. It's this world that has issues.
This is just a fictional world in this novel. I'm not a Monster; it's this world that makes me seem strange.
"This world is too barbaric and backward; it's normal for me to have these thoughts…"
To distract himself, Luo En began to look through the mysticism materials again.
Ritual magic…
Talisman crafting…
"They're all so troublesome…"
Sitting on the speeding train, there was no way to experiment with these things.
Luo En couldn't even speak too loudly to himself right now; it was early morning, and sleeping passengers were everywhere.
Continuing to flip through the materials, he saw a familiar term.
Meditation.
It's quite similar to the meditation in my original world… Luo En looked at the description in the materials.
"Let's try it." Then Luo En scanned his surroundings and, seeing nothing unusual, began to meditate as described in the materials.
"First, outline an object in your mind." Luo En imagined the revolver he had just bought.
Briefly pushing his current fugitive status to the back of his mind, his attention finally began to focus, and various Miscellaneous thoughts gradually dissipated, leaving only the black revolver in his mind.
"Then, forget it, and replace it with something that doesn't exist in this world."
Luo En remembered the materials said this was a very important step; only by following this rule could one gradually merge with the transcendent 'I', the infinite 'I', the Cosmos 'I', and gain insight and revelation into truth.
Although Luo En didn't fully understand the terms above, he still followed the instructions in the materials.
Imagine, imagine what?
By the way, does something from the original world count? Luo En began to recall the item he used most frequently in his original world—his mobile phone.
However, no matter how he recalled or imagined, he couldn't focus his attention more.
"Strange, why isn't it working? Don't tell me this world also has mobile phones." Luo En was a bit puzzled, after all, the mysticism in this world was real, and some things were truly unpredictable.
"Could it be that there's something similar to a mobile phone, or is it that a mobile phone is too much like a small mirror, so it's hard to say it doesn't completely exist in this world?"
With no other option, Luo En had to ignite his imagination. He took a liquid Robot from a science fiction movie he had once seen as a prototype and imagined a twisted, undulating humanoid object, like layers of shadows converging together.
Soon after, he felt his mind and body calm down. A layered and hazy sense of depth appeared in his eyes again, just as it had when he first drank the potion.
Spirituality extended little by little, unfolding inch by inch. Luo En quietly observed it, feeling it.
Feeling his mind and body had calmed down, Luo En slowly opened his eyes.
"What is this?"
Some strange colors appeared before his eyes. Luo En reached out to touch them but found his hand passed right through.
It was as if everything before him had a strange filter applied. He turned to look at the other passengers and saw that their bodies were not only filled with various colors.
There was also a strange, unknown object, accumulated yet constantly moving, similar to a vortex.
"What exactly is going on?" Luo En rubbed his eyes, and after a few minutes of calming down, the scene before him gradually returned to normal.
He flipped through the materials beside him, trying to find an explanation for this situation.
"Spirit Vision."
Luo En saw another term.
He quickly began to read through the information about Spirit Vision.
The non-physical part of each person is divided into four layers: the innermost is called the 'Mental Body,' and beyond the 'Mental Body' is the 'Astral Body,' which is the former's way of communicating with the Spirit World and the Cosmos, serving as the former's external manifestation.
Some colors are often external characteristics of the ethereal body: areas involved in movement, such as hands and feet, will appear red; the head and brain surface will appear purple…
In addition, Spirit Vision can directly see some spirits, ghosts, and vengeful spirits…
"So those colors meant that."
"Simply put, Spirit Vision means being able to directly see others' souls through the eyes? No, it should be said that it allows one to see others' auras."
"But what are those strange little vortices? The materials don't mention them."
"Could they be vengeful spirits? But how could everyone have them above their heads?"
Luo En, deep in thought, suddenly remembered the information he gained when he drank the 'Monster' potion.
A Monster can see things others cannot.
"Could this be something only visible through the Monster Pathway? But what exactly is it?"
The knowledge of the potion didn't explain it in detail, and Luo En couldn't guess it for a while.
So he closed his eyes again and tried meditating a few more times. When he opened his eyes again, he found that those strange little vortices didn't appear every time, but the colors of the auras were always clearly visible.
After trying a few more times, Luo En was already able to enter the Spirit Vision state. Although he was still some distance from being able to freely activate Spirit Vision, he was already close.
Whoosh!
A huge whistle sounded, and the enormous steam train gradually ceased its roar, slowly coming to a halt.
Has it arrived? Has time passed so quickly?
Luo En, who had been constantly experimenting with Spirit Vision and learning various mysticism knowledge points, was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected time to pass so quickly.
"The last time I studied this diligently was in high school," Luo En said with a self-deprecating laugh.
"Meow…"
Feeling the movement in his bag, Luo En opened his satchel, allowing the Orange Cat to poke its head out.
The Orange Cat, seeing the light again, displayed a very human-like expression of grievance, then turned its head away, refusing to look at Luo En.
"Uh…"
Luo En was somewhat at a loss by its behavior. He simply stroked it gently twice, then packed up the materials in front of him, put on his bag, and, carrying his suitcase, got off the train.
"This must be Tingen," Luo En surveyed his surroundings.
"The air is indeed a bit fresher than Backlund."
Unlike the perpetually hazy feeling of Backlund, Tingen felt much clearer, at least without the strong smell of tar and the dust flying everywhere.
"I remember Tingen is known as a university town with many universities."
"And in the impression of outsiders, people from Tingen are very intelligent, seemingly related to some kind of universal education initiated by a certain count here in ancient times…"
The original body was not proficient in history, so Luo En naturally had no further impressions of Tingen, but the so-called universal education made Luo En feel a certain fondness.
"Universal education, sounds like something a transmigrator would do! Is it Rosell? No, he's Intis. Are there other transmigrators?"
"But it's also possible that the count had foresight and excellent ideas, but in that era centuries ago, would such a person truly exist?" Luo En thought, feeling somewhat uncertain.