Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 882 - 875: Soul Summoning Bell

Chapter 882: Chapter 875: Soul Summoning Bell

"How come I feel like what you said earlier contradicts what you said later," Hu Daoke remarked, "Just now you said that Tana wouldn’t harm the boss, but then you mentioned that defying her will would bring about her punishment."

"It’s true that Tana is kind-hearted, but she is also a deity with principles. Defying her doctrines will inevitably lead to her punishment," Axia explained.

"When you changed your faith in the beginning, was it because you defied Tana’s doctrines, and thus incurred her punishment?" Cheng Ziang asked.

"Not at all. Don’t always speculate about Tana with malice. My change of faith was because I found Xiapei Kam’s doctrines more convincing, and I wouldn’t revile Tana just because I changed my faith," Axia said with a slight frown.

"How did you cut off contact with Tana after you changed your faith? Is it true that if you can cut off the contact, Tana won’t be able to interfere with you?" Baiyue asked seriously.

"That’s right, as long as the connection is severed, Tana won’t be able to affect you. As for how I cut off the contact initially, it was a troublesome and difficult process, so for now, let me think of a temporary solution for him," Axia said, reaching into a drawer behind her and pulling out a strange accessory.

The accessory was about the size of a coin and appeared to be made of metal. It was overall oval-shaped, with a three-dimensional triangular spinner at its center, which seemed to be precisely assembled from numerous tiny components, intricately patterned.

"What is this?" Cheng Ziang asked.

"This is something that can temporarily sever the contact with Tana, though I prefer to call it the Soul Summoning Bell. If Luo’er is affected by Tana again, you only need to do this..."

As Axia spoke, she began to spin the Soul Summoning Bell by pulling on its string. The fast-spinning bell emitted a strange sound that couldn’t be heard with ears but made a continuous ying sound in the listeners’ minds, causing everyone present to involuntarily cover their ears.

However, this still couldn’t prevent the sound from continuing to penetrate their minds, and everyone felt the ying ying ying growing louder in their heads. Even Feng, who was quite skilled, was no exception, gritting her teeth and covering her ears, with an expression that showed she was uncomfortable as well.

Seeing everyone’s reactions, Axia quickly stopped spinning the bell and said with a hint of apology, "Sorry, it’s your first time hearing such a sound, so you might not be used to it."

"How did you do that?" Tangmo asked, releasing his hands from his ears, astonished.

"You see this little thing in the middle? As long as the breeze makes it spin, it can produce the sound you just heard."

Axia demonstrated again, gently blowing on the Soul Summoning Bell. The triangular spinner in the center once again spun rapidly. At that moment, everyone felt the ying sound resurging in their minds.

"Okay, that’s enough of a demonstration," Tangmo pleaded, waving his hands, then staring at the Soul Summoning Bell he inquired, "Is this the device that you used to sever your connection with Tana?"

"Exactly, as long as this little thing spins more than two rotations, it can instantly sever Tana’s influence over oneself," Axia said proudly.

"What’s the principle behind it?" Tangmo asked, taking the Soul Summoning Bell that Axia handed to him, frowning with curiosity.

"It might be resonance," Baiyue chimed in.

"Resonance?" Tangmo looked at her with curiosity.

"Yes," Baiyue nodded and then seriously added, "I suspect that when this little spinner rotates, it emits waves of a specific frequency that directly or indirectly interfere with a region in our brains, and that region might be the exact part Tana directly influences, thereby achieving the effect of severing the connection."

Axia squinted at the two of them, completely unable to understand what they were saying, even though they were speaking in Tasta.

The members of the Advance Team were accustomed to using dialectical materialism to evaluate any new phenomenon, a practice different from that of most residents of the Otherworld. Hence, often, even though these Otherworld residents could understand their words, each word or sentence made sense in isolation but strung together, it became incomprehensible to them.

The Advance Team was convinced that gods did not exist subjectively and that objectively, gods might be the result of some advanced technology. The idea of consciousness affecting reality was not a phenomenon they considered possible, so based on this theory, they tended to not arrive at answers that were too far-fetched.

However, the majority of the people from the Otherworld were staunch theists. They firmly believed that the world was created by gods and that magic was a power bestowed upon them by the gods.

It can only be said that at this stage, such a trend is difficult to explain quickly. It is not easy to find people in the Otherworld who do not believe in gods but only in facts.

All things considered, Luo’er knew that among the people he was acquainted with, perhaps only Nightingale was a determined materialist. However, it should also be recognized that Nightingale had worked at the Headquarters for more than twenty years and had grown accustomed to the ways of Earth, even participating in the compilation of Haiya Academy’s textbooks, which is why she was willing to believe in materialism.

"You’re giving us this thing, are you sure you don’t need it yourself?" Tangmo lowered his head to look at the pendant before looking up at Axia and asking.

"Haven’t I already told you? I’ve long severed my ties with Tana, so this pendant is actually no longer needed. Since Eve brought you to see me, I might as well give it to you. You seem to need it anyway," Axia replied.

"This seems a bit embarrassing..." Luo’er said, scratching his head.

"There’s no need to feel embarrassed," Axia said, looking at Eve with a kind gaze. "This child’s mother was my best friend, so in a sense, I’ve also come to regard her as my own child. Since she seeks my help, naturally I cannot stand idly by."

"I have a question that I’ve been wanting to ask you; I’m not sure if it’s appropriate," Tangmo said, looking at her.

"Ask away, as long as I know the answer," Axia said with a wave of her hand.

"You said you abandoned your faith in Tana and converted to Xiapei Kam. What is the reason for this? Can you tell us?" Tangmo asked earnestly.

"The reason..." Axia looked up at the ceiling, falling into a long silence.

Seeming hesitant for quite a while, she finally lowered her head with a soft sigh, then began to speak: "Well, you’re not disciples of Tana, so it doesn’t matter if I tell you."

Then she cleared her throat slightly and said seriously, "Tana’s teachings made the Elf Race conservative and isolationist, not interacting with the outside world, for the so-called purity of blood. As a result, the Elf Race did not make any significant progress over thousands of years. They rejected the entrance of other races into their domain and also did not recognize those of mixed heritage..."

"I always used to think the Elf Race’s bloodline was paramount, that maintaining the purity of the Elf bloodline was the key to our race’s greatness. During the rule of the Aud Empire, the Snow Elves of the Snow Domain began their initial secularization, so they didn’t stagnate like Ilanadale, which gave me the opportunity to research things the Elves were afraid to delve into, leading to some findings that changed my way of thinking."

"Findings?" Tangmo inquired.

"Yes, findings," Axia sighed again and continued, "Have you ever understood why the population of the Elf Race has always been so consistent, and why there hasn’t been much change over thousands of years? The main reason is that the fertility rate among Elves is extremely low, and regardless of internal adjustments, they just can’t increase it."

"Yet, out of sight, I’ve seen something we once overlooked, which is the gradually increasing number of Elf hybrids. I’ve observed and calculated that a couple from the Elf Race might give birth to one child in a hundred years. However, a family of an Elf with a member of another race could conceive three children in just thirty years... This couldn’t help but remind me of the creed of Xiapei Kam..."