Chapter 1334 - 529: Suspension Period (Part 2)
Chapter 1334: Chapter 529: Suspension Period (Part 2)
He could certainly understand the danger of the current situation.
If the spiritual wave overload wasn’t controlled in time, it would not only cause permanent mental trauma to the participating apprentices, but could also trigger a broader energy outburst.
However, at the same time, he noticed some subtle anomalies.
"Hillas responded too quickly..."
Vinard analyzed silently in his mind:
"This level of emergency preparedness and equipment configuration doesn’t seem like a temporary fix; it feels more like a prearranged plan."
Alister also noticed a similar issue.
As the technical leader of the Silent Dome, he was familiar with every detail of the equipment.
"When was Protocol B-7 established? I don’t remember this being numbered."
He quickly walked to the console and began checking the system logs:
"Moreover, I’ve never seen this Damping Force Field Generator before..."
But there was no time for a thorough investigation now.
The apprentices’ anguished groans echoed through the dome, each one piercing the souls of every person present like a sharp blade.
Ella gripped the record book in her hand, her knuckles turning white from excessive force:
"We can’t wait any longer! No matter what, save the children first!"
Hillas received tacit approval and immediately activated the Spiritual Damping Field.
An invisible suppressive wave spread from the equipment, like a cold iron clamp trying to seize the out-of-control spiritual energy.
It was a simple, crude, but immediate method of handling the situation.
Directly suppress all abnormal spiritual waves, forcing them into a safe range.
Like stuffing your ears with cotton to block out noise.
However, inside the dome, Ron was completely indifferent to the "rescue" operation outside.
He stood quietly in the center of the distorted nightmare scenario, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
From his perspective, Hillas’s damping field could not fundamentally solve the problem and might even cause secondary harm to the apprentices.
Forcing the suppression of fear emotions is like using painkillers to treat a fracture.
Superficially alleviating the pain, but the underlying issue remains, potentially leading to more severe damage due to dulled perception.
"Fear itself is not the enemy..."
Ron murmured to himself:
"It is merely an uncontrolled form of energy."
He recalled the classic theory about the "dissonant chord" from the Extraordinary Comprehensive Guide.
Fear is the "augmented fourth" in the spiritual world - the most dissonant yet most potentially transformative interval relationship.
If handled properly, it can be transformed into the most beautiful harmony.
Ron began constructing an invisible "concert hall" in the depths of his consciousness.
In this space composed purely of spiritual power, the apprentices’ fears were transformed into notes - sharp, shrill, full of conflict but also containing the possibility of resolution.
He set Bruno’s despair as the "dissonant root tone" of the main melody.
Then he began searching for other voices that could form a "resolving tendency" with it.
Gareen’s anger was modulated to a "minor seventh."
Strongly contrasting with fear, yet yearning to resolve into the warmth of a "major sixth."
Lira’s self-doubt became the "diminished fifth."
Though unstable, it was precisely this instability that propelled the entire harmonic structure forward.
Sied’s loneliness was assigned the color of a "major second."
Slightly stimulating, but providing the necessary tension for the final resolution.
This was no longer simple emotional suppression; the entire process gradually became a spiritual "musical creation" by Ron.
What he had to do was guide these chaotic dissonances into a magnificent symphony.
As the Soul Symphony unfolded, the apprentices began to feel a strange tearing sensation.
On one hand, they could sense Ron’s guidance.
It was a kind of celestial resonance, gradually transforming their inner fears into an epic lament, then elevating it into a final tranquility.
Like a symphonic movement that starts with a fierce storm and finally returns to a calm harbor.
Their fears were not negated or suppressed, but understood, accepted, and given meaning.
Bruno’s despair was guided by Ron into a longing for true identity recognition;
Gareen’s anger was transformed into a pursuit of justice and dignity;
Lira’s self-doubt became the driving force for the exploration of truth and wisdom.
Each negative emotion, under the guidance of the Soul Symphony, found its place in the greater harmony.
But on the other hand, Hillas’s damping field also operated simultaneously.
It was a cold, stiff, monotonous force attempting to forcibly "mute" all emotional waves.
It made no distinction between fear or courage, despair or hope, merely mechanically suppressing everything to within a "safe range."
This crude intervention caused the apprentices’ brains to feel stinging and numb.
Like two different doctors treating the same patient simultaneously.
One trying to gently unclog the blood vessels, while the other uses a blunt instrument to "stop the pain by hitting the head."
The two starkly different treatments created intense conflict, intensifying the apprentices’ suffering.
In the observation chamber, Vinard, as the most senior technical expert present, immediately noticed this fundamental difference.
He nodded with some satisfaction, and at the same time began deep contemplation.
"What Ron is doing is ’guidance and transformation’..."