Director Honagar had basically told Ian everything he knew.
Whether it was their plans, the possible cause of the mutation, or just who exactly "that person" was... he had spilled it all.
Ian had originally found it strange. He had not even begun torturing the man, so how had a Second Energy Level Spirit Cognition Institute director become as obedient as a dog?
No, worse than a dog... At the very least, a dog would put up a struggle.
But he quickly realized why.
—Because he had killed the Nightmare Spawn, part of its power had wound itself around him.
As the one who had defeated the nightmare entity, Ian had gained some of the Nightmare Spawn's abilities within this Subspace Labyrinth.
And that ability, as it now seemed, was a Fear Aura that made people afraid to refuse his demands. Even absurd demands would be met with blank obedience.
Of course, it also helped that this director was a coward by nature. The two complemented each other.
This was actually quite common.
Subspace Labyrinths were not mysterious places on Terra.
Although only high-level Third Energy Level powerhouses could, like Fairies, independently enter the Void Realm with their Soul Light Bodies on the verge of becoming aetherized, low-level Ascenders could also rely on various rituals, secret arts, or even certain special regions to enter the Void Realm indirectly.
And the Void Realm was unstable. After the Calamity of Falling Skies, many parts of it—especially areas connected to Pre-Epoch Civilization Void Realm facilities—had collapsed into labyrinths: Subspace Labyrinths.
These labyrinths contained countless strange creatures, such as the common Wraiths, Void Realm crows, netherworld envoys, and all manner of Void Realm Mech-Gods.
Most gains from subspace could not be taken out of the labyrinth itself. They could only be considered regional buffs,