SEC Chapter 193 The Shadow World
Chapter 193 The Shadow World
Chapter 193 The Shadow World
It didn't take long for Chang Lei and Qin Nan to arrive at the location of Tang Cao and the others, which was the same dimly lit street they had met before.
As soon as Qin Nan got out of the car, he ran quickly towards Su Siyao's direction. Little Grey also flapped its wings and flew over. It had been chasing the car in the sky.
"Sister Nan, you're here." Tang Cao greeted her, but she quickly noticed the unfamiliar middle-aged man following behind Qin Nan. "And who is this uncle?"
Before Qin Nan could speak, Chang Lei stepped forward and smiled.
"Let me introduce myself. I am the deputy director of the Magic Safety Supervision Bureau, and also the acting head of the Liaohai region. You can just call me Chang Lei."
"Ah...you, hello..." Tang Cao opened her mouth.
She had heard Qin Nan say that the higher-ups seemed to be setting up a relevant department, but she didn't expect things to move so quickly. In just a few days, someone had already come to contact them, and it was a high-ranking official like the deputy director.
"Don't be nervous. Being called the person in charge is just a title." Chang Lei said with a smile, without any airs.
Qin Nan, however, focused her attention on Su Siyao. She stepped forward and touched Su Siyao's forehead.
"It's so hot..."
Su Siyao was still unconscious at this time, but her condition was clearly abnormal.
"What kind of ability is this...?" Qin Nan frowned. She tried to use her magic to expel the energy fluctuations in Su Siyao's body, but the effort had little effect.
Chang Lei walked over silently, looked Su Siyao up and down, and her expression became serious. Although she had lost consciousness, her body was still twisting involuntarily.
"As expected, it's pretty much as we know. The main source of this negative energy is indulgence. These shadows stir up the lust deep within people's hearts, causing them to fall into depravity."
"You mean, Su Siyao is now, is..." Qin Nan's lips twitched, and the look in his eyes as he looked at Su Siyao changed.
Chang Lei stroked his chin, took a deep breath, and murmured.
"Shadow...shadow..."
"The instinct to reproduce is an instinct etched into the genes of every animal. However, humans are special. Their instincts are not seasonal like those of other animals, and this is one of the so-called basic desires."
"Although both are products of desire, that thing does not come from deception or vague lies, but is born from the desire for the opposite sex's body."
"Beauty is seen by the eyes, and love is born from the heart. Everyone's desires are different, but shadows are different. Just a glimpse of a beautiful figure is enough to make people imagine the perfect object of their desire and fall into it."
"This must be the power that thing possesses."
Listening to Chang Lei's explanation, Qin Nan nodded thoughtfully. "I think I understand now. So, this thing can satisfy everyone's XP, right?"
"Oh my god, Slaanesh is above me..." Tang Cao stuck out her tongue.
However, she quickly glanced at Chang Lei with curiosity. Tang Cao hadn't expected that the deputy director of this relevant department would know so much about these evil creatures.
Sensing Tang Cao's gaze, Chang Lei looked somewhat uneasy. He wiped away imaginary sweat and coughed lightly. "In short, this thing is different from the heretical demons; it must be newly emerged."
"So how do we get Su Siyao to wake up? We can't just let her continue like this," Qin Nan asked.
Upon hearing this, Chang Lei also fell into deep thought.
With his deceptive skills, breaking through this illusion of color is not difficult; it's simply a matter of layering another illusion on top of another.
For example, if Su Siyao were just about to have a good time, and then she lifted the covers and found that the other person was a deformed creature with three heads and six arms, it would definitely wake her up in fright.
The problem is that with Tang Cao present, it's already difficult enough to hide my identity. If I were to actively use the power of the Greedy One, I'd probably be exposed the next second.
After thinking for a moment, Chang Lei turned his gaze to Tang Cao.
"Actually, the most basic method will suffice, such as physical cooling. You must be a magical girl with ice element, right? Perhaps you can give it a try."
Seeing this, Qin Nan and Xiao Hui also looked at Tang Cao.
"Okay, I'll give it a try."
Tang Cao hesitated for a moment, then nodded seriously.
Then she took out her Star Staff and gently tapped it at Su Siyao.
She didn't use magic. Su Siyao was just an ordinary person and couldn't withstand the effects of magic no matter what. So Tang Cao simply enveloped Su Siyao with her frost power.
Immediately afterwards, Su Siyao, who was feeling hot all over, suddenly shivered.
His tightly closed eyes slowly opened in a daze.
The pleasure in her mind vanished in an instant; all the beauty ended in that illusory world. When Su Siyao opened her eyes, she unconsciously uttered, "I'm freezing to death!"
"Yaoyao! You're awake!" Seeing that her actions had worked, Tangcao rushed over. "I'm so glad you're alright, you scared me to death."
Su Siyao's mind was still hazy, and her eyes seemed to still linger on the dream she had just had. After a moment's pause, she murmured in a hoarse voice.
"I'm so thirsty, is there any water?"
"It's in the car, I'll go get it."
Chang Lei said casually, then turned and walked toward the business vehicle provided by the bureau. When he turned his head, he saw Qin Nan following him.
Qin Nan spoke softly, keeping a little distance from Tang Cao and the others.
"Can you tell where those things came from?"
"We can only guess part of the energy source, but we don't know anything more specific." Chang Lei frowned. "Judging from the way the other party moves, that guy is very likely to possess the same ability as the Greedy One."
"You mean, Shadow?" Qin Nan reacted quickly.
Chang Lei nodded emphatically. "If the greedy can enter the reversed world through the mirror, then it is very likely that the other party can use the shadow as a medium to enter another world that we have never seen before."
"The Shadow World..."
"Whether it's a shadow or a mirror, they are both born from the real world. If our guess is correct, then the other party... is most likely a dimension on the same level as the reverse world."
Chang Lei seemed to be thinking about something, and his expression became unusually solemn.
Although the strength of worlds is not ranked according to the height of their dimensions, even the most terrifying beings exist in the outer demon realm at the bottom of the horizon. However, the height of dimensions profoundly affects how easily different worlds can invade the real world.
As dimensions existing beneath reality, the inner and outer worlds would require an immense amount of negative energy to infiltrate reality, making the process incredibly difficult.
But the inverted world is different, because it is on the same level as reality, and any reflective mirror can be used as a gateway for them to descend.
If that's the case, then the beings in the shadow world are very likely to be like the Greedy Ones—beings that can come and go freely and are extremely troublesome.
Qin Nan clearly had this in mind as well, and she gritted her teeth. "So what do we do next? We need to get ready as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, I'll report what happened here to the department. My colleagues there will release the news as soon as possible and pass it on to all the magical girls. As for what to do next...:"
"...Then we'll probably have to wait for the boss to come back before making a decision."
""return"?"
Qin Nan was stunned for a moment.
Where did he go?
The dream world.
The desolate lands outside Black City.
"This is the only route to the mine. The plains are overrun with zombies, and the south is also occupied by some wandering dark creatures. This is the safest route for us."
Desk looked at the wasteland in front of him and explained, then took out a metal cup from his pocket and asked Tang Zijun.
"Want some?"
"Don't embarrass yourself by bringing out that watered-down wine." Gloriand untied the leather pouch hanging from her waist. "Drink this. I bought it from the front lines of the river region with some traveling merchants. It's good wine."
"Thank you, no need, I'm not thirsty yet."
Tang Zijun politely declined Grelando's offer to share the Ghost Gate, and casually grabbed the hyacinth that was clamoring to taste it.
"How long will it take us to get to the mine?"
"If we're lucky, we should be there by the afternoon," Descartes replied.
"Just lucky?"
"Yes, since the war began, the weather on the entire Utolan Plain has become chaotic, and extreme weather could occur at any time."
"Extreme weather...: Is it going to rain heavily?" Tang Zijun asked.
"If only it were just torrential rain," Gloria sighed. "Sometimes it rains red rain, corroding the earth and buildings; sometimes it rains black rain, bringing terrible plagues..."
"When we returned to Black City before, we encountered the ghost fog. We only grazed it, but we lost a third of our men. Sometimes we really can't tell if it's the weather or a monster."
At this point, Desk mysteriously approached Tang Zijun.
"Rumors say that the God of Nature of the Void Realm was slain, and his body fell to the plains of Utolan. His blood turned into a rain of disaster, his flesh and blood fell to the earth, and his soul became mist. This is all divine punishment..."
"Desk!" Gloria frowned. "Don't spout such baseless rumors. Do you think you can gossip about the gods?"
Upon hearing this, Desk quickly chuckled twice and made a gesture of worshipping a god.
Tang Zijun narrowed her eyes slightly.
Every rumor has some basis; he doesn't believe in baseless rumors. Besides, he's quite interested in these so-called "Gods of the Void Realm."
Having been in this world for so long, he had heard the title of the gods of the Void Realm several times, but to be honest, Tang Zijun still had no concept of these gods.
Thinking of this, Tang Zijun turned to Grelando and asked.
"Could you tell me more about the existence of the Gods of the Void Realm, and about the Nightmare Force?"