The Key Is Harmonizing One's Qi Field

"Zhou Qing, can you tell me about the outside world?"

After placing the washed dishes on the cupboard, Prometheus sat down at the dining table, resting his chin on his hands and blinking his bright eyes, hoping to learn about the world outside Abyss Town from Zhou Qing, Romantina, and Dugu Bo.

Before Riko and the Rabbit Girl came to this Fourth Layer, she had only heard from her father that the Abyss Town Abyss was above the abyss.

Now.

Learning that there is a Tianming City outside Abyss Town, or even a larger world called Mithras, they yearn for the outside world even more.

Zhou Qing was generous in describing the general situation of the Douluo Continent: "There is no magic, no martial arts, no battle qi, but there are magical Martial Soul."

At the age of six, everyone undergoes Martial Soul Awakening at the Spirit Hall with the help of Soul Master.

Martial Soul can be animals, plants, or Martial Soul. They can assist people in their daily lives, and those with special talents can use them for cultivation and combat...

However, with the efforts of myself and my companions, the Douluo Continent will see the emergence of many new and exciting things, including martial arts.

Romantina said, "Douluo Continent is ruled by Two Great Empires, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. Strictly speaking, your place belongs to the Star Luo Empire."

The Two Great Empires had all sorts of professions, the most prestigious of which was the Soul Master...

However, there was a distinction between nobles and commoners.

Even Soul Master are not immune to this, but becoming Soul Master makes it easier to become a noble... However, we are currently planning a change to create a happy living environment for everyone and to protect that happiness!

Dugu Bo didn't want to speak, but he couldn't resist the "stars" shining in Mithras's eyes, especially his green outfit, which was not much different from Dugu Yan's when she was young. So he said in a deep voice, "The Soul Master World is dangerous, full of deceit and treachery, and everyone is fighting for it... But perhaps things will change in the future."

Douluo Continent!

A miraculous Martial Soul!

Soul Master, Soul Beast!

There are also Two Great Empires, the Spirit Hall... all of this makes Mithras yearn for it. "I really hope that one day I can go on an adventure to the world above with Riko, the Rabbit Girl, Zhou Qing, Romantina, Dugu Bo, and my father."

Naive! Pure!

Zhou Qing had already formed a preliminary impression of Prometheus.

The White Whistle was created through human self-sacrifice.

On this gray and gloomy Fourth Layer, the environment is rather oppressive. Mithras was raised by Saundin from a young age. He is simple-minded but also lonely and longs for friends.

This longing is proof of the purity of her emotions.

[Saundin... I hope you still retain the last shred of humanity.]

For a moment, Zhou Qing felt slightly depressed.

Although he hadn't known Mithras for very long, his overly pure soul, every smile and gesture, possessed a unique and captivating charm...

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Besides Mithras, Riko and the Rabbit Girl also developed a curiosity about the outside world.

But--

Riko has a goal: to find her mother during her descent into the depths.

The Rabbit Girl also wants to find her friend: Namiki.

Neither of them will shift their focus to exploring the Douluo Continent until they find the answers they seek.

Therefore, the topic gradually shifted to the direction leading to the Fifth Layer.

"Zhou Qing, did you find another way to get to the next level this time?"

The creation of the White Whistle came with sacrifices, Riko naturally wouldn't agree to such a thing happening.

"I've got an idea."

Next to each of the many Gate leading to the Fifth Layer, there is a slot, clearly a keyhole.

The proper way to enter the next level is by using a real key.

But it is obvious that over the long years, the keys have either been corroded away and none remain, or they have been used up by Explorer from even earlier times.

The White Whistle was something the Abyss People discovered by chance that could be used as a substitute for a key.

To enter the Gate, you don't need to insert the White Whistle into the keyhole; simply wearing it on your person will allow you to proceed to the next level...

Regarding the conditions for approval, Zhou Qing had two guesses.

Firstly, the White Whistle is made of the same material as the lost key, and the Gate can make the corresponding judgments, thus allowing the holder to pass through.

Secondly, the White Whistle can provide specific protection for its holder, that is, it releases a certain kind of energy or creates a special force field, allowing the human body to pass through those Gate safely.

Judging from the natural landscape of the first to Fourth Layer of the Abyss Ruins, and the overall trend of the environmental Aura Field becoming increasingly severe downwards, Zhou Qing believes that there is a 70% probability that the person who built this place considered the problem of the key being lost, so there would not be only one type of key leading down.

In other words, as long as a person's personal Aura Field is in perfect harmony with the Aura Field of the environment, it will not be blocked by the Gate.

The role of the White Whistle in this matter is very likely the second one he guessed: that is, by releasing some special power or constructing a special force field, it can wrap around or cover the holder, so as to temporarily bring the holder's Aura Field into harmony with the external Aura Field.

Why is it Aura Field?

After all, Fallen One can freely enter and exit the Gate between the Fourth Layer and Fifth Layer without needing to possess White Whistle.

In Zhou Qing's conjecture, the Fallen One, the perfect Fallen One, is an evolutionary form in which the Abyss People perfectly merge with the unawakened Martial Soul within them.

Saundin, the "mad scientist," also made the same speculation.

Although Fallen One cannot control the flow of Soul Power within their bodies with 100% precision, their physical Aura Field can instinctively harmonize with the downward Aura Field within the Abyss Ruins.

According to the Aura Field theory, this is the fundamental reason why Fallen One retain their memories as humans are unaffected by the Ascension Curse.

After all, Zhou Qing and others who controlled the Qi Field Power were not affected by the Ascension Curse.

According to this hypothesis, the holder of the White Whistle should be able to keep their Aura Field in harmony with the downward Aura Field of the Abyss Ruins when using White Whistle.

However, the White Whistle, whose creation is somewhat similar to the Soul Bone dropped by Soul Beast, must come at a considerable cost to use; otherwise, the wielder of the White Whistle could completely ignore the Ascension Curse...

Riko and Mithras, who were hearing the concepts of personal Aura Field and environmental Aura Field for the first time, were completely bewildered and had no idea what Zhou Qing was talking about.

The Rabbit Girl, however, seemed to understand something and asked uncertainly, "Like the symbiotic relationship between tree ants and trees, crocodiles and toothpick birds, trees and vines, it's essentially about mutual adaptation to achieve Shared Weal and Woe destiny. Am I, a symmetrical Fallen One, a kind of alteration that the human body forcibly undergoes to adapt to the environment of the Abyss Ruins?"

"That makes sense." Zhou Qing secretly praised: This Rabbit Girl is much smarter than Xiao Wu.