"It was just me... I don't know why, but I didn't lose my mind. I used this to get close to the 'Mother of the Void' and killed it by disguising it as the incarnation of the Mithros. Her blood bathed me, and I felt that my spirit had changed from that moment on."
“I became freer,” he mused. “I found that I could actively control my mind to leave my body.”
"I think it is precisely because of this special reason that Lana failed to restrict me. I am the only one among the Misros people who still remembers the truth. I have had enough of this torture worse than death. I want to escape! I want to help my compatriots escape from Lana's control!"
His request was so direct and obvious that I couldn't believe it...
Xia Yibing thought so in her heart, but she did not show it on her face. Instead, she started asking questions all over the place and demanded more details from Li Lan.
For example, where is Lana's true body hiding?
Is it possible for it to turn again into those huge petals and envelop the entire world?
Why didn't it eat up the souls of all the imprisoned Mithros in one go?
Are the plants in Fran Middle School under its direct control?
If you want help, what do you want us to do? After all, you have to tell us what we can do to save you, right? Otherwise, what's the point of just talking?
"I don't know where Lana's real body is hiding." Li Lan sighed, "The situation was too critical at the time... Even I couldn't get out for a long time after entering. I don't even know if Lana still retains her original form - in fact, I personally guess that the possibility is not great. I think most of her body was eaten by those monsters, and only a very small part remained, so you don't have to worry about being wrapped by huge leaves."
The second question can also be explained by this speculation, that is, why didn't Lana digest all the imprisoned spirits in one breath? - Li Lan believed that Lana was seriously injured in the war, and its consciousness was incomplete, so it might not be possible to "generate such a thought."
"Recollection - this is its instinct." Li Lan said, "It may not have done all this on purpose. Do you understand what I mean? But even if it is some of its subconscious actions, it can be regarded as a disaster for us 'parasites'."
Then isn't this another mother tree?
Xia Yibing didn't quite understand at first, but after Li Lan's analogy she understood immediately.
What a coincidence, the mother tree has no consciousness either, it only has instincts. When the mother tree subconsciously wants to do something, a large number of Namibian creatures will suddenly die. This is too similar... Wouldn't it have been enough if he had said this earlier?
"As for these plants, they are new varieties that Lana has cultivated after studying your local plants. They are controlled by it, but only to execute some of its commands."
"Set them on fire Lana can you feel it?"
"can."
"Can it 'see' through these plants who did it?"
"No."
"…Doesn't it even have this ability?"
"Yes, but I am exercising this authority now."
Li Lan smiled: "I am now a part of Lana! Fortunately, it intends to take root here, so I have this opportunity to come out... These plants will regard me as Lana. I can use this to protect you, but I can't help you hurt them."
"why."
"Then Lana will wake up! That huge and confused consciousness will look here! Believe me, this is not a good thing for us!"
"If we can't harm these plants," Xia Yibing curled her lips, "then how can we save you?"
"From a dream." Li Lan confirmed.
"The shackles of dreams can only be broken in dreams. In reality, you want to cross such a long distance... You can't touch Lana's body! You can only get close to it through dreams - get close to its origin, find a way to find it, and destroy it! Only then can this confinement be lifted."
"Then what should we do with you imprisoned spirits?" Xia Yibing asked.
Li Lan said that hundreds of millions of Mithros were imprisoned in dreams?
Where can they find so many bodies for them to descend upon?
Even if we give Lana the opportunity to create insect men, how many can we create in this short time?
To put it bluntly, she still didn't quite dare to believe Li Lan.
Lilan-Yondor, this name should indeed occupy a large part in the history of Mithros. Otherwise, those people would not have subconsciously recited his name after returning.
But there were still many things that prevented her from completely trusting him, like she didn't believe Li Lan would be so kind as to "completely consider the Namiyans from their perspective."
Lana is destroyed, what will you do, Mithros?
Is it just to seek liberation? Even if the consequence of liberation is the disintegration of the spirit?
So what's the difference between this and being eaten by Lana?
To put it bluntly, Lana is at least a part of the Misros civilization. Lana's survival is of great symbolic significance to the Misros people. If the ending is the same, why not save Lana but kill it?
Unless Li Lan is a fool, he has compassion for the world and does not want the tragedy of the Misros people to be repeated on the Namiyan people.
Xia Yibing doesn't believe such a good thing would happen.
What's more, there have been so many wreckage murders in Manion.
Only bones and some flesh attached to the bones were left after being gnawed away... Of course, only insect people could do such a thing.
Moreover, they tried to control the situation in the entire Xixinna Diocese through assassination and other means. They took action on the first night when the special envoys arrived at the administrative building. It was obvious that there was an intelligent being behind this, and it was not like what Li Lan said, that Lana "did not have a clear consciousness."
But he shouldn't use these to deceive people.
After all, I haven't shown my abilities yet. This guy chose to work with me because he saw that I could "take the initiative." Maybe he thought I had more opportunities to try and fail.
After thinking about it, Xia Yibing felt that Li Lan might not be lying on purpose, but it was possible that he himself did not realize that some of the information was actually wrong.
"Mithros died a long time ago."
Li Lan's answer was pessimistic.
"We lost the war... We even lost our home. Rather than saying that we are still living in Lana's dream in another form, it is better to say that we are just a group of imprisoned undead after being defeated and killed, and we can't even have eternal rest."
"I know you're upset about some of the things that happened. But I can assure you that those things were not manipulated by me."
"Today and this night is the first time I meet you and the first time I talk to you. I must be very careful not to let them find me, because besides me, there are some of you who are trying to borrow Lana's power."
"Among us?"
Xia Yibing frowned, "Who are you referring to?"
"Yes." Li Lan nodded. "There is such a group of people... They worship Lana as a god. They long for Lana to come and even think that Lana's dream is an ideal country in mythology. I can only say that they are a group of lunatics."
Is he talking about the mountain natives?
Xia Yibing was feeling uncertain.
When it comes to worshipping all kinds of messed up gods, the mountain natives are second, and probably only those overseas "ape men" dare to claim to be first. Many tribes in those hellish places still retain the bad habit of cannibalism. If they are said to be ignorant to this extent, then she believes it.
But could the means be so sophisticated?
I didn't notice it before, but now I realize there's something wrong with this. Xia Yibing immediately connected the death of Bishop Dicket and the attack on the administrative building. She didn't think that the native tribes in the Buro Mountains alone could develop such a huge plan that would last for several years to "welcome Lana's arrival". This plan was closely linked and very hidden. To be honest, it made her feel like some old friends - those Eclipse followers.
"Okay, time's up."
Li Lan suddenly said.
"What do you mean?"
"I can't stay here and talk to you any longer. Lana's consciousness wakes up every once in a while. No place is more important to her than here. She'll look here first. I have to go back. You'd better take your friends and leave as soon as possible."
"But I'm here to save people."
"They are beyond saving." Li Lan shook his head.
"It may be a bit cruel to say this, but they are not as special as you... Although I don't know where your specialness comes from, just living in the Flower Dance is enough to deprive them of their sanity. It will be useless even if you bring them back. They will gradually lose themselves and change further. Without Lana's control, they are just a group of monsters and beasts that will tear apart all living things around them."
"…Is it because they were modified according to the template of the Yalai people?" Xia Yibing's mouth twitched.
"The Yalai are natural born warriors." Li Lan nodded, "They were created to fight, to kill and to destroy."
"So……"
Xia Yibing wanted to ask him a second time how they contacted each other, but before she said a word, Matt's body fell to the ground with a thud and began to twitch violently.
"Li Lan?"
she asked tentatively.
"…Matt?"
"Kill... me..."
The fallen man struggled violently, his skin cracking rapidly, and pale bones emerged from his body and turned into an exoskeleton shell. His bloodshot eyes looked pleadingly.
"Kill me... Imaar..."
"Keep my glory..."
"I don't want to...I don't want to become a complete monster..."
"..."
Xia Yibing was silent and slowly raised the dagger.
"Do you have any last words to say?"
"there is none left……"
Matt smiled in gratitude.
"My family... my sister was killed by them... I sold myself to... the royal family for revenge. I just hope you can kill a few more evildoers to accompany me... I will thank you on behalf of everyone..."
"I will."
The woman's voice suddenly turned cold, and she slashed into his throat with a knife, severing his throat and spine before the shells could spread there, quickly ending his pain.
"call……"
After doing this, she took a deep breath.
Then he immediately stood up and ran out without looking back.
Hitzfeld must be told everything as soon as possible.
Such thoughts filled her mind.
Indeed, long before they arrived here, they had guessed that Manion's series of cases were far from as simple as they seemed.
But no one expected the truth to be like this at the time.
Around and around.
They may still have to face a great being.
Chapter 32: Manion (2 in 1 + Happy New Year!)
When I came in, I didn’t feel how dangerous the thin night fog was. That was because Xia Yibing didn’t know the function of this “flower fog”.
At this moment, she was running outside, thinking of what Li Lan said, "When the flower mist is thick enough, it will pull people's consciousness and soul into Lana's dream, and they will never wake up again"... She immediately forced herself to control the rhythm of her breathing.
She knows her own worth. Li Lan believes that she is special compared to other people who were pulled into the dream world. The special thing is that she can wake up on her own initiative - she must know that this perception is actually wrong.
How could I have that ability? The warrior named Xia Lan was also completely in the dark when he woke up there. The real reason why I was able to wake up was that Aisuen and I had both been to the Land of Origin!
According to Yusilian, that was an honor that belonged to her alone, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
But Aisuen wanted to share it with me... Not only did it completely save me, it also allowed me to bathe in the glory of "becoming a god". Our souls have been connected more closely since then... I was pulled into waking up with her!
So if what Li Lan said was true, that is, he was really looking for a savior for the people of Mithros, then this person should be Aisuen - the person who can really take the initiative to escape from Lana's world should be her, it should be her!
This meant that if the fog was too thick and she inhaled too much, she would most likely lie down and be dragged back by the giant plants and transformed into a bug-man. Of course, she didn't dare to gamble on this, so she had to pull people away quickly.
"Imael?"
Faintly, she heard a call coming from the front, accompanied by a flash of white light - it should be Darent waving a flashlight in this direction.
Having this thing is enough to confirm the identity, especially when penetrating the fog at close range and seeing the blood crystal crows standing on the wooden man's shoulders, Xia Yibing is sure that they are his teammates.
Because there is no weird thing that can pretend to be a blood crystal crow. The way this guy looks at people is too unique. It is a signature look of "contempt" plus "looking down", which makes people angry when they see it.
"Hurry up!" She simply reminded them and ran towards the gate first.
what happened?
Darent opened his mouth in surprise. As far as he could remember, this was the first time... that he had seen this woman so nervous.
But he didn't worry too much about it. In fact, he knew at a glance that she must have disturbed a hornet's nest, and something horrible might come out.
The two quickly ran to the three iron felt doors of Fran Middle School and found that these doors had changed compared to when they came in.
There are many more vines on it - vine tentacles that grow out of the soil and walls are wriggling rapidly. They wrap around the iron fences to lock them, and bloom pure white flowers shaped like lanterns.
They are alive... They have been proving this with their actions from beginning to end. After blooming, the flowers spew out the night mist while emitting a hazy white light, and then they spontaneously fall off from the vines, like fluorescent jellyfish floating and swimming in the night mist.
"Bang!"
Xia Yibing kicked the inner iron door but failed to open it in one go.
