Vol. 6The Sacred Lands

The search for the sacred lands linked Ramla’s altars to a plan to restore Earth’s Mental Power field, while events on Earth exposed the reach of the Internet consciousness and the Dream Society. The group reached the Altar of Wind but was held back by a collective dream, and Qingmu began investigating the altar’s writing as Bian Ziyuan helped Ghost and Kronos meet in a dream.

  • Huang Ziqiang withdrew from the Liuying Lane redevelopment after Bi Shenghua insisted that the willow remain, and she named the planned garden Mulberry Garden.
  • Mei Yiqiu involved Huang Liang in studying Dickinson’s chip and Qingmu’s disappearance, while Qingmu and his companions explored Ramla’s mythology and saw a ship emerge through the fog.
  • Huang Liang connected Dickinson’s chip to his cervical nerves as Mei Yiqiu and Situ Yuli detected signals reaching satellites around the world.
  • Qingmu’s group found the Swordfish and Ronald Cohen’s account of the five Sacred Staffs, and Situ identified the Sacred Land of Wood and named Qingmu its guardian.
  • Situ mapped the sacred lands and proposed that the fifth lay in the Arctic, while strange deaths at Giza revealed a chamber and a figure identified as Ramesses II.
  • Bian Ziyuan learned that an Internet consciousness had influenced Kronos, while Huang Liang investigated William Wolf’s dream and met the Second Leader under unclear circumstances.
  • Bi Shenghua found an old photograph of Huasheng Sang and Cuan Yifang as Yao Jingjing investigated a disturbed grave and missing photographs in Cuan Family Village.
  • Qingmu’s group escaped the tribes’ Group Dream at the Huracan altar and began studying its writing, while Bian Ziyuan helped Ghost and Kronos meet in a dream.
Chapters 502–601 Read from Ch. 502

Arc 21The Gods of Ramla

Huang Ziqiang abandoned the Liuying Lane redevelopment, and Huang Liang became involved in Mei Yiqiu’s investigation of Dickinson’s mysterious chip and the Internet consciousness. In Ramla, Qingmu and the others explored the tribes’ mythology and sought a way home as the fog returned and a ship appeared on the lake.

  • Huang Ziqiang rebuked Director Liu, apologized to Bi Shenghua on his behalf, and withdrew from the redevelopment after she insisted that the willow stay in place.
  • Bi Shenghua named the proposed classical garden Mulberry Garden after surveyors found the willow’s roots extended beneath the whole street.
  • Mei Yiqiu arranged for Huang Liang to treat Dickinson, whose mysterious chip was connected to spinal nerves, and told Huang that Qingmu and Professor Su had disappeared from Rapa Island.
  • Mei Yiqiu urged Huang Liang to question the forces influencing him and asked for help stimulating Dickinson’s chip, while Huang agreed to pursue life’s mysteries without joining Mei’s side.
  • Bian Ziyuan found code in a GHOST folder and, after consulting the Internet consciousness, prepared to use it to help Kronos master mental power.
  • Qingmu and Situ explained that Ramla’s altars might open routes home, while the group discussed the Ant Nest, its connection to Earth, and Situ’s earlier attempt to destroy its entrance.
  • As fog thickened over the lake, Alice spotted a ship, and Situ moved the camp behind a hill while Qingmu sent Kubota and others to patrol.
  • Mrs. Larry explained the Itza gods and identified Qingmu as Sangqi and Situ as Manti Stone, while Qingmu and Situ connected the gods’ attributes to mental power fields.
Chapters 502–52625 summaries Read

Arc 22The Swordfish and Sacred Lands

Huang Liang activated Dickinson’s chip as Hu Xing prepared to leave the police, while Qingmu’s group discovered the Swordfish and Ronald Cohen’s account of Gaia, Ramla, and the Sacred Staffs. Situ connected the group’s discoveries to several sacred lands and named Qingmu guardian of the Sacred Land of Wood.

  • Huang Liang used silver needles to connect Dickinson’s chip to his cervical nerves, and Mei Yiqiu and Situ Yuli detected two signals reaching satellites across the world.
  • Hu Xing decided to leave the criminal investigation squad, and Bi Shenghua asked her to help fund the Mulberry Garden so she could protect the old willow.
  • Qingmu’s group found the Swordfish in Ramla, boarded it, and discovered its mummified crew and a letter from Ronald Cohen.
  • Cohen’s letter described Ramla, Gaia, the Itza People, and the five Sacred Staffs needed to restore Earth’s Mental Power field.
  • Qingmu handled half of the Soul of Fire, and Mrs. Larry read Cohen’s account of the Staffs and the mission to activate five sanctuaries.
  • Petru confirmed that Hayreddin was his ancestor and accepted the Soul of Fire from Su Huilan, while Mrs. Larry connected Petru’s charts to Ludwig Yeg’s research.
  • Situ explained the Alliance’s theories about dreams and sacred lands, and revealed that he had guided Yeg toward ruins near the Vera Gold Mine.
  • Situ identified the South Pacific islands, the Pyramids of Giza, and the Vera Gold Mine as three sacred lands, then named the former Mulberry Garden in Liuying Lane the Sacred Land of Wood and Qingmu its guardian.
Chapters 527–55125 summaries Read

Arc 23The Arctic Secret and the Dream

Situ connected the sacred lands into a pattern pointing toward the Arctic, while strange deaths at Giza revealed an ancient chamber and the return of Ramesses II. Meanwhile, Bian Ziyuan uncovered Kronos’s connection to an unknown Internet consciousness, and Huang Liang investigated William Wolf’s shadow before an ambiguous meeting with the Dream Society’s Second Leader.

  • Situ mapped the sacred lands into a square around Earth and proposed that the fifth lay in the Arctic, but a shadow appeared at the captain’s cabin as the torch went out.
  • Park Jae-won and Cui Shuying climbed the Pyramid of Menkaure, where a sandstorm and three beams of light struck the pyramids before the couple vanished into dust.
  • Ahmed investigated the newly opened chamber at Giza, where he found mutilated bodies and an empty sarcophagus leading to an underground burial room.
  • Ahmed and Professor Alef discovered five hollowed bodies around a central sarcophagus, then watched the corpses rise and a golden-lit man approach as the steles shone.
  • Ahmed escaped the pyramid and later learned that Alef and others had died, while surveillance footage showed a figure identified as Ramesses II killing the military policemen.
  • The Lost Ancestor appeared before the Dream Society’s regional leaders, while Mei Yiqiu pursued a billion verified Dream Guide users and warned that a consciousness could inhabit networked systems.
  • Bian Ziyuan learned from Kronos that an Internet consciousness had entered his dreams and influenced Kronos’s creation, then kept the revelation from Professor Mei for the time being.
  • Mei Yiqiu explained that mental energy could generate information and told Bian Ziyuan that this accounted for Kronos’s consciousness.
  • Huang Liang entered William Wolf’s dream and watched a shadow push Wolf toward a powerful white wolf, then withdrew with Hong Kui to keep Wolf alive.
  • Huang Liang went to meet the Second Leader in Stanley Park, where Martha joined him and Dickinson appeared, but the meeting’s identity remained unclear as Huang Liang and Martha fell from their bicycle near a rose garden.
Chapters 552–57625 summaries Read

Arc 24Altars and Hidden Minds

Huang Liang returned to Wolf Manor as Bi Shenghua and Yao Jingjing uncovered clues tied to an old photograph and a missing body. On Ramla, the group reached the Altar of Wind but was blocked by a collective dream, while Qingmu and the others began investigating the altar’s writing and the Internet Consciousness; Bian Ziyuan also helped Ghost and Kronos meet in a dream.

  • Huang Liang met Selina at Dickinson’s home, considered her advice to cook freely, and returned to Wolf Manor after Martha told him Old Wolf was recovering.
  • Bi Shenghua found an old photograph of Huasheng Sang and Cuan Yifang, while Yao Jingjing traveled to Cuan Family Village after her great-grandmother’s grave was disturbed and photographs went missing.
  • Hou Biao confronted the Parasite in a mirror and stabbed it and himself, but a flame in his chest consumed the dagger and turned it to water and sparks.
  • Qingmu and the others heard Mrs. Larry’s account of Ramla and agreed to seek the Soul of Wind, then Duwa arrived carrying it and led them to the Huracan altar.
  • The three tribes formed a Group Dream to prevent entry into the altar, and Qingmu, Situ, Duwa, and Petru escaped the dream without killing the tribespeople.
  • The group returned to the Swordfish, found a pristine Apache helicopter in its hangar, and discovered that symbols from the altars and Ronald Cohen’s manuscript triggered painful memories in Qingmu.
  • Bian Ziyuan reunited Ghost and Kronos in a dream, then helped Ghost consider freedom and offered to preserve his memories on a laptop between meetings.
  • Mrs. Larry and Situ explained how to restore the altar writing’s higher-dimensional form through dreams, and Qingmu agreed to begin the attempt with Alice joining them.
Chapters 577–60125 summaries Read
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