Chapter 336 106: Mirror Image

The sun falls into the sea, drowning the dusk.

Jingquan Ringo walked around searching in the ruins of the city, but the polluters hiding everywhere seemed to be collectively blind and had no reaction at all.

She was standing in the only few floors of the building that were still intact. On the top floor, a large section of the ceiling was missing, probably due to the explosion.

There is a bed right in the middle of the room. If you sleep on it at night, you should be able to look up at the starry sky.

Jingquan Ringo stood there, looking at the dusk that was about to fall completely. He stroked the bed, tables and chairs with his fingertips, leaving a thick layer of dust.

She glanced back and the chair next to the bed always reminded her of a woman sitting on the chair, quietly admiring the moon.

Next to that woman, on the bed, there was another woman lying.
Shaking his head and putting aside his thoughts, there were no traces left here, not even footprints. It must have been a long time since anyone had visited here.

“It seems there is nothing left here.”

Augustus suddenly appeared behind Jingquan, glanced around casually, and found nothing of value.

“But I sensed the existence of Sayuri’s body, it’s right here.” Jingquan gently touched the back of the chair, and her inner intuition told her that Jingquan Sayuri must have sat on this chair at some time one day.

Augustus drew a spell with his palm and hit the chair, causing ripples in the air.

“No one has sat on this chair for at least two years.”

Jingquan withdrew his hand and did not continue the topic: “Go back.”

“Don’t you care about their situation?” Augustus glanced at the light in the sky. “There’s still time. Let’s talk while we walk.”

Jingquan nodded and followed.

“The Mother Goddess seemed to have intentionally separated them into two groups, one group stayed outside, and the other group was drawn into a special subspace. The white fog inside had a strange effect. If I went in, I would be exposed. So to be on the safe side, I took advantage of the entrance to that space before it dissipated and pointed out the direction to Inagaki Miki who stayed outside. Then she also broke in. I thought she might be able to provide some help.”

“Warp space?”

“It’s just a name I gave to summarize it. It means a space-time that is different from the real space, like the paradise where we divine grace sorcerers meditate, or the void that Fengchuan Shangqing can enter with his ability. It’s a space that is related to reality but has a certain degree of independence.”

“So, there’s a chance that Sayuri Izumi is in there, right?”

“You guessed right. If we want to keep those people there, it is most convenient for her to take action. But neither you nor I will have a chance of winning in there.” Augustus said frankly.

“.What about them?”

“There is a Soul Crow with them. The Soul Crow’s Soul Lamp has the ability to guide reality. Although it cannot help them increase their strength, it is enough to take them away from that space.”

Speaking of soul lamps, Augustus’ tone was tinged with longing.

He had always wanted to catch a Soul Crow for research, but after weighing the pros and cons, he gave up. As a second choice, he established branches of the Soul Gathering in multiple places, one of whose main tasks was to observe the Soul Crows.

Jingquan didn’t know much about Soul Crow, but he didn’t question Augustus’ words.

What she was more concerned about was how to find Sayuri Izumi if she had been hiding in that subspace.

“She can’t stay there forever. As long as the people from the Special Affairs Bureau escape, she will naturally come out. I have a way to prevent her from returning to that space for half an hour, but the price is…”

Augustus smiled at her.

Jingquan nodded: “I am willing to cooperate with you as long as you can do what you just said.”

“Of course I won’t say anything I’m not sure of, but as I told you before, you are no match for her now. But I won’t stop you this time. I just hope that after you recognize the reality, you can have the confidence to fight for the godhood.”

Augustus extended his hand, as he had done to his other partners.

“Trust my judgment. A new Moon God will be born between you and your sister. If you want to kill her, you must stand in the way of her becoming a god. At the same time, that will also be your step to becoming a god.”

“The Soul Gathering will do its best to help you on your path to godhood, but by the same token, after you become a god, you should also protect the Soul Gathering.”

Jingquan slowly stretched out his hand and shook hands with him gently, which was considered a formal cooperation.

“I think that you don’t want to become a god, but you simply look down on the godhood of the Moon God. Am I right?” Jingquan said lightly.

Augustus gave a suggestive smile.

As the embers of dusk were about to fade, he left behind a figure and went into their night safe house.

Jingquan didn’t know whether this step was right or wrong, but as long as her sister could rest in peace, she would not be afraid of the path she should take, whether it was from gods or ghosts.

Forest.

The four people, a cat and a crow, who were in a miserable state, finally escaped from the Mother Goddess’s realm before the moon rose high, following the guidance of the soul lamp.

Without exception, all their strength was almost exhausted, leaving only their spirit to hold on.

“Huff, huff. Will they catch up with us?” Guan Junyan asked the Soul Crow that was so tired that it lay on the back of the orange cat.

“Well, not so fast. Their entry and exit conditions are different from ours.” Nigo did not give a detailed explanation, perhaps because he himself did not know how to say it.

But this was indeed good news, and everyone didn’t care whether it was true or not. They just sat on the ground and recovered their strength.

“What about now? Retreat?” The hound could finally feel the energy of heaven and absorbed it greedily, and asked Fengchuan, the captain.

“The danger index of Iki Island has far exceeded the original estimate. I think it is necessary to conduct a team vote.” Fengchuan wiped the sweat off his forehead, looked serious, took a branch and sketched on the ground.

“First, head to the evacuation point. The satellite will capture us, and the nearest ship will pick us up in a few hours. We only need to hold on for a few hours.”

“Second, continue the exploration as planned. We just need to be careful later. With the help of the Soul Crow, we shouldn’t stray into the Mother Goddess’s territory again.”

“Third, we will carry out the second rough exploration plan. It will probably take another two days, and then we can leave.”

“I choose the third option. Let’s vote.”

People always like to compromise.

Guan Junyan couldn’t accept such a fruitless return. What’s more, he had not found any clues about Kasahara Chiba. He didn’t dare to ask for details during the battle because he felt that once he asked, the situation would get worse. This was simply his subconscious reaction.

“I second the motion.”

Miki Inagaki: “Second.”

General Orange: “Meow?”

The Hound took out the soft fries from his backpack and fed them to Nico: “Okay, as long as you don’t enter the realm, I can still connect to the energy of heaven here, and I should recover faster than you.”

The opinions are unified.

General Ju also lost his mind under the temptation of a few canned fish. Several people found a nearby farmhouse, blocked all the lights, and used it as a safe house for tonight.

“The less moonlight there is, the less impact the nightmare will have. I’ll be in charge of the first half of the night, and Guan Junyan will be in charge of the second half. Everyone should get some rest as soon as possible.” Fengchuan made the arrangements, then entered the void and began to check the area nearby.

Guan Junyan did not rest immediately. Instead, he took out a notebook, turned off his tactical watch, and used the dim light from his watch to record what he had done in the white fog so as not to forget it again.

After the hound fed Nico and ate some food himself, he came to Guan Junyan.

“You stayed in the white fog the longest. Didn’t you find anything strange?”

Guan Junyan shook his head.

Although he stayed in the white fog for a long time, the problems were: first, he didn’t move around; second, he was tormented by nightmares all day long; and third, even food was scarce, so it was difficult for him to have the energy to care about anything else.

“Think about it, which hand do those greenskins prefer today?” The hound gave a hint.

“Left hand.” Guan Junyan seemed to have grasped something vaguely.

“Have you paid attention to their hearts?” the hound continued.

A light flashed through Guan Junyan’s mind, and the scene of slaughtering the greenskins replayed in his memory.

“The left side. But according to the dissection results of the greenskins in the Moon Filth, their dominant hand and heart position are both on the right side, not much different from humans.” Guan Junyan murmured.

“It is true.” The Hound nodded. After checking with Guan Junyan, he became more certain of his guess.

“So the mother nest of the Mother Goddess’s unity has never been Iki Island, but the mirror space of Iki Island, and it is also the domain of the Mother Goddess?” Guan Junyan clenched his fists. He now knew where Kasahara Chiba was.

“Supreme Saint, what do you think?” The Hound asked Miki Inagaki who was sitting not far away.

“Perhaps, both Iki Islands are the lairs of the Mother Goddess’s unification, but the monsters cultivated on Iki Island in the mirror realm are more for guarding that realm, while the real Iki Island is more for cultivating the existence of the Moon Filth.” Inagaki Miki continued along their line of thought, “We really didn’t see many Moon Filth in there today, right?”

“Indeed, the monsters that appeared in the mirror space were all those green-skinned ones.”

“It’s just not clear whether there is a stable channel between the two.”

After Fengchuan came back, they told him the reasonable guesses they had discussed.

“If the Mother Goddess’s lair is really a mirror space, then we’re in trouble.” Fengchuan put himself in Noguchi Yushi’s shoes and felt a headache. “The soul lamp can only guide us out of that space, so unless the Mother Goddess takes the initiative to pull us in, we can’t get in.”

“For example, when Inagaki Miki came in, she also found out about the passage that was not completely closed under the guidance of that mysterious person. The problem is that we don’t know how to see that passage, and this situation is also uncontrollable. We can’t expect such passages to be everywhere in the mountains.”

“Furthermore, once we enter the mirror space, it is equivalent to going to the main field of the Mother Goddess. The physical strength that cannot be restored is equivalent to zero vision. With limited abilities, our chances of winning are extremely low.”

Fengchuan became more and more desperate as he spoke, and the bad memories of today gradually emerged in his mind.

Instead, Hound patted Fengchuan’s shoulder in comfort: “These are not our concerns. I believe the big guys will come up with a good plan. So, is it more important for us to send this information out?”

Fengchuan thought silently for a long time before nodding his head affirmatively: “This information is indeed important. Now I understand why Guan Junyan forgot what happened there. It seems that the Mother Goddess did not want him to remember it.”

“Quick, take out your notebooks, record today’s events, and write down your guesses while you still have the memory, in case we forget them later.”

“We will go to the evacuation point tomorrow and bring back this important news first.”

For a moment, the only sound in the room was the rustling of pens.

Guan Junyan has been writing it since the beginning and has now finished it.

He turned on the recorder and saw that after entering the white fog, the screen became blank. This was probably a targeted interference method for electronic equipment.

Guan Junyan looked at the people who were writing furiously in front of him, his eyes wandering and no one knew what he was thinking.

“Meow.”

General Ju suddenly came to Guan Junyan, rubbed against him, and sniffed left and right.

Guan Junyan could understand Kasahara Chiba’s cat language, but he couldn’t understand its cat language. However, he probably knew that it was asking for food, so he took out some beef jerky and handed it to it.

“Meow meow!”

General Tachibana patted Guan Junyan’s trouser leg, as if to say it was a good job, then returned to Inagaki Miki with the beef jerky in his mouth and slowly began to eat it.

Guan Junyan’s gaze gradually became firm. He opened another page in the notebook, thought for a moment, and then slowly put pen to paper.

In the second half of the night, Fengchuan woke up Guan Junyan by yawning.

“There was nothing in the first half of the night, not even the sound of insects. I suspect the trees are dead.”

Fengchuan pointed to the trees outside that still looked lush and green, said something, and went to rest.

Guan Junyan separated out wisps of air and let them circle around the house, blending into the night wind and sensing everything around him.

This lasted until dawn, and we spent a peaceful night.

“We should be here now, near the center. Among the three evacuation points, they are all about the same distance from us. I suggest going to the west, which should be closest to the garrison fleet.”

“I have no opinion.”

“Then let’s go, Nico, please, watch carefully and don’t take us into yesterday? What place did we enter yesterday?”

The Hound was halfway through his speech, his eyes blank.

“White fog, mirror image, mother nest.” Miki Inagaki reminded the hound of several key words, and the hound suddenly realized, but also felt a little scared.

“This ability is too terrifying, but after a good night’s sleep, I almost forgot it.” The hound looked frightened, “Ni Ge, just don’t let us deviate from the real space, understand?”

“I know, I know, ah ah.” Ni Ge ate the French fries that had been left out for a day with a bit of disgust.

Heading towards the evacuation point, Guan Junyan said nothing on the way. He asked Inagaki Miki for General Tachibana, and then continued to feed her beef jerky.

“Meow meow!” General Ju admired this human very much and thought he was a very good person.

“Can you understand what I’m saying?”

“Meow!”

General Ju patted his chest.

“Then I’m asking you, General Tachibana, to do me a small favor.”

“Meow!”

(End of this chapter)