[Mission Rating: Nightmare of Atonement]
[Giving up thought might not mean giving up happiness.
By opening their minds to an unknowable existence, the gentlemen of Bailuoke were able to enter the dance of thought and enjoy an indescribable peace.
The sensation was so wonderful that they believed it was the great guidance of a higher being, and willingly lost themselves in it.
They pursued that incredible state, hoping to maintain it for as long as possible.
Collins alone could remain in it indefinitely. He was believed to have the purest soul, and was truly worthy of being called the Immaculate One.
The greedy Transcendent Herom had tried to lay claim to this miracle, but after his death, he became the Black Sheep, who disrupted the order.
Now that the filth he had brought had been cleansed, Bailuoke had returned to peace.]
[Kill: None]
[Reward: Sanity Value +20; Inspiration +5]
[Special Reward: Lie]
[Current Sanity Value: 215; Current Inspiration: 61]
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In the warehouse, Fu Qian sat in a chair, leisurely listening to the prompt in his ear.
He had been in this exact position at the bookstore just moments ago—a seamless transition, you could say.
His idea had proven effective. Old Man Knight had ultimately been buried with his son, no longer living on in anyone's consciousness.
From the mission summary, it seemed that Dean Collins really had spent every hour of every day in a state of Brain Dance, and Herom had indeed come for the Brain Dance.
Knight's son, Sean, might never betray him, just as he'd said. But since the young man believed his father was in an abnormal state, there was no guarantee that he hadn't left home to look for a way to save him.
That would inevitably bring him into contact with