Some Information About the Crisis

"Mind Shadow?" Luo Chuan held the shadow that had escaped from Yila's shadow only to be caught by him. "It contaminates the soul, while its true body resides within the host's shadow. That does fit the name rather well."

The shadow shared similarities with the abyss that had infected the World Tree, yet differed in certain ways.

The abyss possessed no intelligence. It was more like a peculiar will, a will that drove all living and nonliving things it infected toward destruction.

Compared to the abyss, the Mind Shadow was far more specialized. It could drive the infected mad, and during that process, they could even retain their memories. Yila had mentioned in their earlier conversation that she remembered being bombarded by the Spatial Internal Explosion Bomb.

Yila's gaze involuntarily fell upon Luo Chuan's palm—or rather, upon the shadow that had been playing dead all along. "Unbelievable. Truly unbelievable. So the Mind Shadow actually has a physical form, and it can even be captured..."

Luo Chuan caught the crucial piece of information in Yila's words. "You didn't know the Mind Shadow could appear in the real world in physical form?"

Yila sighed helplessly. "That's right. We originally believed the Mind Shadow was some kind of spiritual contamination. We never considered the possibility of a physical form."

Things on the level of the soul were inherently elusive and intangible, so it was hardly strange for the sea demons to think that way.

Yila's earlier account had only touched upon the peculiarities of the place where the sea demons lived and the name Mind Shadow. She had not yet had time to mention the more detailed matters.

"So this is the crisis you encountered." Luo Chuan was somewhat curious. "I heard that sea demons have vanished from the world for decades. Did