Norbert pushed open a stone door.
Beyond it was a small stone chamber. The four walls were completely bare; only an Inscription Array had been carved into the floor, its patterns ringed within rings, its grooves filled with dark golden metal powder. At the very center of the array stood a stone platform.
"Take off your coat and put it on the platform. Then stand inside the array."
Lu Yuan did as instructed.
"This array amplifies your sanity," Norbert explained as he stood outside it. "In a moment, sink your sanity into it and touch it. Its consciousness will collide with yours. As long as you suppress it, then transfer your sanity to it, that'll do."
"That simple?"
"That's not exactly simple." Norbert said, "The demands it places on a person's sanity are extremely harsh. That's the main reason why clothing is divided into so many tiers. Take a 500-point garment, for example. A normal Fourth Order, without the array's assistance, simply couldn't suppress it."
"Your 300-point one is manageable. Captain Lu, you're Knowledge Transcendent, and with the array's assistance, theoretically, you can just barely suppress it—perhaps even exceed that by a little. But afterward, you'll need to rest for two days, which will line up perfectly with the Knight Academy selection."
Lu Yuan nodded without replying.
He considered his own sanity fairly abundant. With the array's assistance, controlling this garment should theoretically be more than easy enough.
As Lu Yuan settled into position and closed his eyes, his sanity slowly sank down.
The instant his vision went dark, he saw that cluster of consciousness. It was a small, grayish lump curled up in the deepest part of the garment.
The moment Lu Yuan's sanity approached, the little cluster suddenly shrank and fled in the opposite direction.
*Oh, it's pretty