"Overlapping Zones? I do know a little about them. They seem to be an abnormal phenomenon that suddenly appeared throughout the Empire recently.
"The Dream World and the Surface World within these zones exist in a special overlapping state, allowing the strange entities from dreams to interfere with reality in such areas."
Anvis nodded and casually picked up a glass of Ice Condensation Flower Dew for a sip.
Various abnormal phenomena with unknown causes also fell within the Mystery School's domain, so Instructor Nancy had specifically mentioned them in previous mystery classes.
Unlike the previous 'Anomalous Zones,' there had not yet been any reports of Abnormal Elements discovered in the Overlapping Zones. Of course, that might also have been because these zones had appeared too recently.
At the same time, Pamir Mystic Academy had also issued several academy missions, arranging for students to investigate the specific conditions within the Overlapping Zones scattered across the Empire. Since the level of danger was unknown, the Credit Point rewards were fairly generous.
"You're right, but those are merely surface appearances."
Prince Lanno wore a mysterious expression.
"Do you know about the great upheaval that occurred in the Federation a month ago? According to the royal family's observations, these Overlapping Zones only began appearing on a large scale after the night of the Federation's anomaly! At the time, Anvis, Your Excellency, should still have been cultivating in the Family Secret Realm, so I fear you do not know many of the specific details, do you?
"According to secret intelligence, the source of that upheaval was actually the descent of some unimaginably terrifying foreign entity.
"It was said that most of the Federation's ninth ranks joined forces to stop it, but all of them fell into slumber beneath that foreign entity's power.
"In the end,