In the Spiritual World, Evolvers could open portals and pass through obstacles like Gate Walls because they changed the state of both the obstacles and themselves. Solid walls could be broken through as easily as sponges or air, allowing them to pass through smoothly. This not only reduced the obstruction but also shortened the distance. That was how mental power reshaped the surrounding environment. In the Spiritual World, everything around an Evolver should be able to temporarily become as insubstantial as air.
But in the Mirror World, everything in the environment was real. It was simply that people seemed to take on the state of the walls in the Book Tower world, allowing them to pass through any object. Put simply, it was like attaining the state of someone who had opened the Spiritual World. Unlike those people, however, anyone in the Mirror World seemed to have been broken down by some force. They still appeared whole, yet had taken on the state of the walls in the Book Tower world: objects could pass through them.
At present, the difference between the two seemed hard to grasp. But under the influence of mental power, Yan Jiayu could pass through walls while also having trouble holding onto items.
In the Spiritual World he had used before, Xu Huo had to spend a long time blurring the mental state of anyone trapped inside, until they reached a state where they were disconnected from the game and their items no longer worked. Entering the Mirror World compressed that process entirely. Whether someone trapped inside could use their items depended on their mental strength and how deeply they were affected.
It was actually difficult to affect someone like Yan Jiayu, whose mental state was exceptionally stable. So after a brief moment of confusion, she