Lu Xuan didn't actually understand the essence of the imaginary space. He only knew that it was a peculiar existence existing between the spiritual and the real. He had been trapped in this space before. At that time, with the help of the male wizard's wisdom, he barely managed to find the coordinates and escape this world.
He had considered turning this place into a portable space. Then, he could store everything he gained from various worlds inside. With the accumulation of each world, eventually he himself would be a world unto himself—wouldn't that be incredibly awesome?
Unfortunately, for a long time, he couldn't find his way out of this place if he fell in. Putting things in there would quickly lead to getting lost in the darkness. Putting things in there and then being unable to find them...
“You’ve been in this place for four hundred years. How lonely are you?” Lu Xuan suddenly said to 'it'.
Having lived for hundreds of years, Lu Xuan had accumulated a wealth of knowledge. For example, after the two sides turned against each other, Lu Xuan realized that this thing was actually extremely manic. This was easy to understand, because its ability to possess will was likely due to a composite personality it acquired by absorbing the researchers in the laboratory. And the Valyrian nobles of that era were all extremely arrogant. For hundreds of years, this thing had been trapped here, never truly witnessing the realities of the world. It had inherited all those character weaknesses.
Therefore, Lu Xuan easily provoked his opponent into a rage, and then steered the battle back to his own pace.
It then noticed that the surrounding space was not an ordinary spiritual world, but a peculiar world filled with a strange and savage aura. The evil god in the Ghost Blows Out the Light world was never truly known, but there was no doubt that it held an extremely high position.
"This is a remnant of the spirit of some ancient god. What exactly are you? How could a human possess such a thing?"
"It was just a coincidence. But I'm quite curious, you've been trapped here for over four hundred years, yet your knowledge hasn't been diminished at all."
"Hehe, I have to thank those who created me. I must admit, although they are physically weak, they have a wealth of knowledge. In the process of creating me, they studied various kinds of magic, witchcraft, and even gods... and only then were they able to create me, the perfect war machine."
"If you were truly perfect, you wouldn't be here spouting nonsense at me. Show me your power, devour me, and take everything I have. Isn't that what you've always dreamed of?"
Enraged, 'it' rose to attack. In the imaginary space, both were floating in mid-air. When they collided, 'it' suddenly sensed something was wrong. But before it could react, Lu Xuan used its attack to propel himself rapidly backward.
Theoretically, when the two are face-to-face, Lu Xuan could use the other person as a coordinate to directly escape the imaginary space. This is his greatest gain from this space. As long as he has coordinates, he can get out. However, once the two of them lose each other's coordinates, they will quickly become lost in the imaginary space. This is also an extremely peculiar law of the imaginary space.
However, his mind is currently intertwined with that thing, entangled and confused. If he were to break free rashly, he might take that thing with him. In that case, all his actions would be meaningless.
Therefore, he chose a more risky approach.
"Don't disappoint me!" Lu Xuan left behind a vague statement before disappearing into the darkness. As Lu Xuan vanished, its expression changed.
Because it discovered that its connection with Lu Xuan had been severed. This world was like nothingness. There was almost no medium. The spiritual link with Lu Xuan was stretched indefinitely in this world, and then cleanly and decisively broken.
Even more terrifying, with the complete severing of its connection with Lu Xuan, he realized with horror that the pure darkness around him was beginning to engulf him.
It was an incredibly terrifying feeling. He'd been trapped underground for over four hundred years. He'd almost been driven mad by the loneliness. But at least with that kind of loneliness, there was an iron cage, a room, and the memories of hundreds of people to alleviate the boredom. But here, there was nothing. Absolute darkness, absolute silence, even the perception of time became blurred.
It soon discovered that it couldn't even remember how much time had passed. The concept of time was rapidly blurring in its consciousness. It felt like a moment had passed, yet also like a thousand years had gone by. This feeling was even more unbearable than being trapped in a sealed room for four hundred years.
On the other side, Lu Xuan was actually in a similar situation. However, after experiencing it once, Lu Xuan devised a way to cope. He tried to enter a meditative state here to resist that chaotic sense of time.
In Chinese cultivation, the practice has always involved seclusion for hundreds or even thousands of years, emphasizing the accumulation of time. Therefore, the accompanying meditation methods are mostly designed to calm the mind and peacefully pass through long periods of time. Lu Xuan doesn't actually need to spend thousands of years; what he needs to do is maintain his sense of self amidst that chaotic perception of time.
All this continued until a light shone forth in the imaginary space. An unprecedented light, far more powerful than the dying flame of wisdom left behind by the wizard.
This was the first time Lu Xuan had noticed that the size of his imaginary space was actually very limited. However, his chaotic sense of time and space prevented him from perceiving its true extent. And now, that thing seemed to be driven mad. It was frantically burning its mental energy, trying to find a weakness here. But it didn't know that its behavior had once again provided Lu Xuan with a reference point.
All his senses returned to him. Lu Xuan was certain he had completely severed his connection with that thing. And when Lu Xuan saw him, it saw Lu Xuan too. The enraged 'it' charged at Lu Xuan, attempting to reconnect them. But it was too late; before it could get close, Lu Xuan had already swiftly escaped the imaginary space. To prevent any accidents, it didn't even utter a harsh word.
When Lu Xuan regained consciousness, only a very short time had passed in reality. Daenerys was still trying to use magic to attack the thing's true form. However, the iron cage had a powerful magic-blocking effect. Magic couldn't cause any damage at all.
"No need to waste your energy, Dani. Since that thing was able to survive the Cataclysm, it must not be something that ordinary magic can destroy."
Seeing Lu Xuan regain consciousness, Daenerys was pleasantly surprised.
"What should we do then? What exactly happened just now? I saw you suddenly freeze."
"Don't even mention it, I was almost possessed by that thing. I've temporarily trapped its consciousness. It can't react right now, so we can try a simpler method."
As Lu Xuan spoke, he stepped forward, grabbed the cage, and dragged it out of the intact room.
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Chapter 327 The Truth
As Lu Xuan moved, the fleshy ball in the cage began to writhe violently. However, it didn't actually react. Its consciousness was locked within Lu Xuan's imaginary space; for now, it was merely exhibiting a basic physical instinct.
Lu Xuan ignored the thing's wriggling; he wanted to verify his hypothesis.
As he forcibly dragged the cage out of the room, Lu Xuan clearly felt something sweep over his body. The next second, he felt like he was being watched. But he knew he couldn't find the source of that gaze. Because it must be a deity who had been monitoring this place all along.
Unseen by Lu Xuan, a dark cloud was rapidly gathering above the ground. A subtle, deadly threat sent a shiver down Lu Xuan's spine.
"Dani, we need to get away!" Lu Xuan shouted, then turned and ran. Daenerys quickly followed. The two retraced their steps and ran back to the ground. At that moment, they both looked up at the sky. A streak of crimson lightning descended from the heavens.
The lightning struck in an instant, and the two then realized that it was a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket.
Lightning struck from the sky, piercing the ground and the specially reinforced dome of the laboratory, hitting the iron cage at the bottom.
From afar, the two saw a flash of silver light, followed by the sound of something shattering. Before they could react, a second bolt of lightning appeared. It was much thinner than the first, but it still struck the same spot.
The two dared not move and could only wait for the dark clouds in the sky to disappear before daring to go forward to check.
The cage made of Valyrian steel had completely melted down, turning into a purplish-red block of Valyrian steel, with only a mass of charred ashes remaining inside. This ambitious so-called ultimate weapon never left the laboratory.
Looking at the scene below, Daenerys was somewhat bewildered. She couldn't understand how, when the situation had been so dire just moments before, everything seemed to be over in an instant.
"What exactly is going on, teacher?"
"It was actually quite troublesome. I was attacked by that thing down below, and we clashed in the mental world. I was no match for it, so I lured it into the imaginary space to sever my connection with it, and then quickly escaped the imaginary space, trapping it there."
"So it's not actually dead?"
“That’s right, I’ve only trapped it, but I can’t kill it in a short time. But it doesn’t matter, the imaginary space is very special. It can’t get any replenishment there, and with the destruction of its physical body, its consciousness will soon be obliterated.”