Mirage

A mirage.

Behold, amid the vast and hazy blue expanse, an indistinct immortal realm—peaks layered upon peaks, phantom towers illusory.

It was Bai Yujun's first time witnessing the wondrous sight of Kunlun Mountain. She wanted to explain that stretch of green land, sea of flowers, and ancient buildings as a refraction of light, but there were no mirage-like structures anywhere in the mountain range. The surroundings were all No Man's Land—where could such scenery possibly have been reflected from?

The glacier ridge was split with cracks, occasionally collapsing and shattering. Bai Yujun stood upon the vast snow, gazing toward the Kunlun Ruins basin.

She had followed the map here, and the final destination lay within the basin. It was filled with sheer cliffs, perilous peaks, and jagged boulders, yet what her eyes saw was another scene altogether, somewhat like... Dragon Gate Desert Mu's exclusive secret realm.

A certain Bai swept her gaze back and forth.

"Heh heh heh~ As expected of this flood dragon—one eye gazes into the past, and the other gazes into the future~"

She could see what others could not. Scientifically speaking, her eyes were simply rather unusual: she could see and shift between light of different frequencies, and could even briefly, hazily interfere with space-time to glimpse the past and future. With this unique gift, she had gained the ability to tell fortunes and read luck.

Using the wind and snow to conceal herself, she rarely put her flood dragon brain to work calculating whether danger lay ahead.

On the other side of the basin, the Special Department Vanguard had also spotted the basin's mirage. They stood at the edge of a glacier; one step forward lay a bottomless abyss. The damp, cold wind mixed with rain and snow, blurring their goggles. Their communications equipment suffered