Chapter 265 Exploration
After taking out the Reed Mormon Mirror, Qi Ji held this seemingly ordinary little mirror in the palm of his hand and slowly turned it over and played with it with one hand.
"This thing was used once by a guy named Bona before..."
She used her various senses to scan and explore the small mirror, while stroking her chin in thought.
"The effect seems to be able to release some kind of... 'shock', or 'pollution', which can cause the affected person to lose their mind, damage their spirit and personality, and even cause the spiritual power in their body to go out of control and mutate into a monster..."
Qi Ji recalled the scene when Bona attacked the Executioner Squad headquarters:
When Bona successfully broke into the underground containment area and seized the divine fragments of the "First Creator" and wanted to escape from the headquarters, Victor, a metallurgist from the "Earth" field affiliated with the Super Management Bureau, happened to arrive.
In order to escape, Bona activated the Red Mormon Mirror before Victor arrived completely, releasing the "pollution" inside, which just hit Victor, causing him to fall into a state of out-of-control madness for a short time.
Although this kind of madness only lasted for less than ten seconds, the fact that Bona, as a magician, could actually make the "strongest under divinity" metallurgist lose control is enough to illustrate the peculiarity and power of this mirror.
"…How about giving it a try?"
Qi Ji's eyes rolled around, and after thinking for a while, he decided to turn on the mirror and give it a try.
To ensure safety, she raised one hand and snapped her fingers again.
"Snapped!"
Along with the clear and bright sound, the walls surrounding her and the rocking chair suddenly emitted a strange light.
It was a spiritual stream of light interwoven by countless lights of different colors. They kept changing their shapes, quickly outlining a series of mysterious and strange patterns.
"Left Hand of the Law", "Twilight Waiter", "Ark of Progress", "Tree of All Things", "Crimson Moon", "Map of the Stars"...
The holy emblems of all the powers she currently holds are densely packed on the inner surface of the wall, forming an incomparably gorgeous and magnificent painting, which tightly seals off this temporary "studio" and completely isolates it from the outside world.
"That should be fine, right?"
Putting his hand down, Qi Ji checked several times the isolation barrier composed of six powers to make sure it did not have any loopholes or weak points.
This barrier is so protective that even a being at the level of a god would have to spend a lot of effort to break through it.
The pollution contained within the Redmormon Mirror...should not be stronger than the power of the gods.
After arranging the safety measures, Qi Ji held the Reed Mormon Mirror in his left hand, spread out the five fingers of his right hand, and the pattern of the "Tree of All Things" appeared on the palm of his hand.
Then, vibrant life energy gushed out, and a large ball of bright red liquid condensed out of thin air.
blood.
The blood condensed from life energy surged and then, as if coming alive, it flew up on its own and rushed towards the flawless surface of the Reed Mormon Mirror.
Based on Qi Ji's investigation of the Reed Mormon Mirror, she discovered that this mirror was essentially a... seal.
Some kind of alienated mysterious power is encapsulated within it, and even a trace of the aftermath that escapes is enough to cause intelligent creatures to mutate wildly.
However, its seal is not unbreakable. As long as enough blood is injected, the seal can be loosened temporarily, allowing the mysterious power encapsulated inside to leak out a little.
It can be activated once every time one person's blood is infused, and the effects can be accumulated.
If you want to keep it open, you must continue to inject your own spiritual power into it.
Once it is activated, any area reflected by its mirror will be impacted by the escaping mysterious force.
The initiator himself will also suffer the backlash of the pollution. Of course, the power of the backlash is less than one percent of that of a frontal attack.
But even so, for any extraordinary person who is not at a high level, it is enough to instantly break down his mental defenses.
After careful analysis, Qi Ji discovered that what was needed to open the Reed Mormon Mirror was not blood itself, but a person's life energy.
However, generally speaking, the life energy of living beings is mainly stored in the blood, so one person's blood is roughly equivalent to one person's life energy.
In that case, she was too lazy to get real blood. She could just use the power of the "Twelfth Authority: The Utopia" to create enough life energy and then pour it in.
Sure enough, as soon as the condensed blood came into contact with the surface of the Reed Mormon Mirror, it was absorbed by the latter.
The mirror surface was quickly stained with an uneven black color, and as the amount of blood became less and less, the black color gradually became uniform and pure, no longer giving people a dirty impression.
When the last drop of blood merged into the mirror, the mirror turned pure black.
The pure black remained on the mirror for two or three seconds, then slowly faded away, revealing the smooth mirror surface again.
“…Is that all?”
Qi Ji looked at the Reed Mormon Mirror, which had returned to its original state and seemed unchanged, and hesitated for a moment.
Then, simulate the surging spiritual power and infuse it into this mirror!
"Om!—"
A head-splitting, piercing buzzing sound erupted, and black quickly stained the mirror surface again, spreading from the edge to the center and forming a constantly flowing vortex, as if it was the entrance to some terrifying forbidden place.
The next second, a faint crimson light...seeped out from the vortex.
The light was so subtle and weak that it was barely noticeable under normal lighting, and it didn't seem to contain any powerful or strange aggressive force at all.
But, the moment it emerged from the vortex...
"Bang!!!"
The magnificent barrier attached to the inner surface of the wall suddenly seemed to have suffered an extremely violent impact, and it shook and flickered violently like a light bulb with poor contact.
It seemed as if it would collapse and shatter in the next second.
"Fuck, is it that fierce?!"
Qi Ji was shocked, and hurriedly mobilized his own authority to reinforce the barrier with several layers, thus increasing its protective power by several levels.
Now, under the impact of the mysterious force, the barrier became much more stable. Although it was still shaking and flickering, the amplitude was much smaller and it was no longer so shaky.
"Is this the pollution...sealed in the mirror?"
Qi Ji turned the Reed Mormon Mirror so that its mirror was facing his face.
Suddenly, she felt a strong impact. It was a torrent of countless meaningless garbled information, which wanted to force its way into her mind like a landslide and tsunami, destroying her mind.
However, compared with the "Colorful Glowing Icosahedron" and the "Mysterious Shape in the Starry Sky", the impact of the information overflowing from this mirror is still far less.
Qi Ji was well prepared and was not affected at all.
"Okay, let me see what is sealed inside..."
Keeping the seal of the Reed Mormon Mirror open, she mobilized her own perception and penetrated into the interior through the dark vortex that was emitting a crimson glow on the mirror.
She wanted to find out who the existence sealed inside the mirror was, which continuously emitted strange pollution and impact...
The moment she sensed entering the dark vortex, she clearly felt resistance and resistance.
But this resistance does not seem to be organized or conscious.
Because it is very disorganized and there is no sense of planning at all. It is more like some kind of unconscious, mechanical, instinctive resistance.
It's like a boat going upstream and encountering resistance from the flowing water.
It's not that anyone is resisting the boat's return; it's just the resistance created by nature.
As his perception continued to deepen, Qi Ji clearly felt that the resistance was becoming stronger and stronger.
Obviously, she was far away from the source of the pollution and impact, the existence sealed by the Redmormon Mirror...
Getting closer and closer.
She easily resisted the increasing resistance, allowing her extended perception to go deeper and deeper.
It's like an adventurer exploring a secret cave, constantly opening up new areas.
This exploration lasted for several minutes, and even Qi Ji couldn't tell how far and how deep his perception extended.
This mirror is obviously only the size of a palm, but it seems to contain an extremely large space inside, as if it contains a small world.
"Okay, that's about it..."
Qi Ji felt that the resistance he encountered in his perception had reached a certain limit. He only needed to go a little deeper...
It can truly touch the core of the seal, and the breath that escapes from it is enough to cause the strange existence of "Metallurgist" to temporarily lose control.
Without any hesitation, Qi Ji's mind moved, and his perception, which had already extended to who knows how deep, suddenly spread out within the seal.
And the mysterious existence that released endless pollution and impact also had its last veil unveiled.
Chapter 266 Escape
The leaden black clouds, so dense that there was not a single gap between them, pressed heavily under the low sky.
Grayish, dim light seeps through weak spots in the clouds...
Sprinkled on a hideous and twisted forest.
The trees are tall and strong, but appear very deformed. Both the roots and the trunks look like old men with rickets, growing randomly in a bizarre and absurd posture.
As far as the eye can see, it is all gray:
The surface of the tree trunks was covered with a layer of grayish-white spots, and the ground was covered with gray dust like ash.
Even the leaves that should have been emerald green looked as if they had been baked. They were dry, hard, and had a grayish color.
It was like a weathered corpse with only white bones left, crawling lifelessly.
Everything was quiet, without any sound or movement, not even the wind in the air.
This corpse-like silence lasted for an unknown amount of time, until a patch of lush and misshapen shrubs suddenly began to sway slightly.
“Swish, swish…”
It was shaking more and more violently, making a sound like raindrops hitting the ground, as if some living thing was moving behind it.
"Wow!——"
Suddenly, the bush exploded, and several figures flew out from it, running forward in a very embarrassed manner.
"Ah...ah..."
"Run! We're not far from the camp!"
"Run, run, run! Don't stop!"
Amid the chaotic and panicked shouts, three people of different sizes, ages and genders ran desperately through the bumpy, uneven and overgrown gray-white forest.
The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a rough brown linen shirt. His skin was slightly sickly pale, like someone who had not been exposed to sunlight for a long time.
But he was very strong and tall, with well-proportioned and toned muscles, and his movements were extremely agile. Even in the mountains where the road conditions were extremely poor, he could move as if he were walking on flat ground.
While running at an extremely fast speed, he still managed to shout to the two people behind him:
"Run! Run! There are only two hundred meters left!"
Following closely behind him were two figures, one tall and one short.
The tall one was a slightly thin young man with a bookish face, and the shorter one was a girl of about eighteen or nineteen with slightly curly orange hair that reached her shoulders.
The skin color of both of them was unhealthy and a little sick, but they didn't look unhealthy or sick.
There were several spots of blood that had not yet dried on the clothes and bodies of the three people, and the expressions on their faces all revealed fear and panic.
"Captain! I can't run anymore!"
The bookish young man cried out in despair and tears. His voice was very small, but he was shouting with all his might.
His lips were purple and his entire face was covered in a fine layer of cold sweat. He looked in very bad condition.
He was also the slowest runner among the three and was at the end of the team.
"Hold on! Hold on a little longer!"
The brown-clothed man at the head was breathing heavily, but his pace did not slow down at all. He turned around and encouraged the bookish young man:
“You absolutely cannot stop!”
But just as he finished his words, the last young man's feet went weak and he fell to the ground with a plop.
"what!"
The young man let out a desperate cry and fell heavily to the ash-covered ground.
"Ryder!"
The orange-haired girl running in front of him turned her head quickly and subconsciously wanted to stop and help him up.
