The Mindscape

For reasons unknown, the Mutant Insect Overlord spared these Primal Mutant Insect hiding underground.

Later, something happened, and the shadowy Dark Shadow controlling the Overmind disappeared. The Mutant Insect Overlord completely dominated the Mutant Insect and began to expand into the Universe.

Until recently, the Mutant Insect were defeated, and the combined forces of humans and Star Spirit pursued them to their Homeworld. In order to survive, the Mutant Insect Overlord built Nest.

Zulwen, who was hiding underground, was in deep trouble. He was directly pulled into the Instance Dungeon by the power of the Laws and became the boss.

This is utterly tragic!

After reading about Zulwen's life, Old Wang now had only one thought: who was that Dark Shadow, and was he still alive?

That Dark Shadow was clearly something of the creator level; it might be the ultimate boss of this game, or it could be something else entirely.

After learning the truth about the birth of the Mutant Insect, the others, like Old Wang, were wondering what that Dark Shadow really was.

These memory fragments are clearly destined to be lost; the system intends to use them to hint at future plot developments.

The Mutant Insect are already singing their final notes; they are eagerly anticipating what the new show will be.

After picking up the fallen Mutant Insect, the group followed Old Wang and dealt with several groups of smaller monsters before entering the Insectoid Sanctum.

As soon as they entered the Sanctum, they saw the Overmind sitting on the Throne with a huge Dark Shadow statue behind him.

The moment they entered the main hall, the Overmind slowly opened his eyes, and everyone felt a sudden darkness before their eyes, before they found themselves alone in a world filled with mist.

At the same time, a system notification sounded in their ears:

System notification: The Mutant Insect Overlord has cast the skill [Mindscape] on you.

You must find your true companions in the Mindscape and break through this Illusion Realm to leave.

Be aware that if more than half of your Player are killed, you will be killed by the Mindscape.

The system message contained a lot of information. First, everyone needed to find their true companions, which meant there would be fake companions among them.

Another point is that too many people can die; if more than half of them are killed, the entire team will be wiped out. This means they have to act quickly.

Meanwhile, the group is currently unable to use the Chat Channel, but they are very confident that this skill is very simple for them, these expert players.

As a Future key player, Night Owl naturally thought the same way, and then he met his first teammate.

This is a Player from the Future Guild Elite Group. After they met, Night Owl immediately asked, "Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger!"

The other party immediately replied, "The pagoda suppresses the river demon!"

Hearing this, the Night Owl lowered its guard. Surely an NPC wouldn't know such a secret code from the real world?

But the facts tell Night Owl that it is possible!

When the Player got close, he transformed into a monster with a gaping maw, scaring him so much he almost lost his soul.

If it weren't for a special consumable item that saved his life, he might have been eliminated immediately.

After struggling to defeat him, the Night Owl scolded himself for not being careful enough and repeatedly reminded himself to be extra careful before continuing his search.

Soon he encountered another Player, and this time it was "Old Wang".

He looked at Old Wang and asked, "How can you prove you're real?"

"Old Wang" looked at him suspiciously and said, "Old Ye, are you crazy? Who do you think could impersonate me!"

As he spoke, he summoned Lao Naiser and Element, and the Night Owl lowered his guard once again.

But he was wrong again; it was still a monster, and he wasted that special consumable once more.

Perhaps he was just having a run of bad luck with Old Wang, because he encountered four more Old Wang along the way, all of whom were fake.

This was driving her to the brink of collapse, so when she encountered the fifth one, she attacked him without hesitation.

Bite!

A soft, unwavering voice rang out. Old Wang looked at him and said, "Don't worry, I'm serious!"

"Boss, do you know how I just got through? These NPCs know almost everything!" Night Owl grabbed Old Wang and burst into tears.

The journey was incredibly tough on him, and to make matters worse, he didn't encounter a single real companion.

"Alright, let's go find the others first!" Old Wang said.

Old Wang was actually even more unlucky; he encountered more than twenty companions, but they were all fake.

However, the world as Old Wang sees it is different from his own; those mannequins are all real people in his eyes.

He didn't even understand why these weak monsters rushed at him with such excitement the moment they encountered him.

It wasn't until he met the Night Owl that he realized they were seeing things differently.

This must be the effect of [Fiery Golden Eyes]; this equipment is professional at detecting illusions.

After the two met up, perhaps because their luck turned out to be a double blessing, they soon encountered several more people.

Some of these people attacked right away, so it seems they were indeed quite deceived.

As the group continued their exploration, they spotted another small team, who immediately waved and prepared to join them.

However, those people had only taken a few steps when they were met with Old Wang 'Lord of the Elements ray attack, and were all killed.

Everyone: "?"

They looked at Old Wang with suspicion. "Is there an enemy of yours on the other side? You've already started attacking before you even asked a question."

Moreover, in their view, the probability of such a small team being fake should be quite low.

"Look at the team kill notifications!" Night Owl said immediately, noticing the somewhat doubtful looks on everyone's faces.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately checked the kill notification and found that it read:

"Player Thousand King has slain the Wraith of the Illusion Wraith!"

"Player Thousand King has slain the Wraith of the Illusion Wraith!"

"The Thousand King of Player..."

The system notifications that flooded the screen proved that Old Wang hadn't killed the wrong person, which made them feel a little embarrassed.

The Night Owl chuckled at their expressions. "You think you can doubt our boss's abilities?"

Joke!

After dealing with the group of Illusion Wraith, they encountered many more teammates, and their group grew larger and larger.

At this point, the Future Guild only had about 60 members left. The Illusion Wraith were not actually difficult to deal with, but their sudden sneak attacks after getting close were really hard to avoid.

Old Wang and his men knew they needed to speed things up; if the death toll exceeded 50, they would be wiped out as well.

Soon they encountered another large group of people, led by Lin Qimeng.

"Do you think this group is real?" Night Owl asked.

"Judging from their lack of enthusiasm in rushing at us, there shouldn't be any problems," another person said.

"You'll have to ask the boss about that!"

"Go ahead first, and whatever happens later, don't interfere!" Old Wang said.

After everyone nodded, they followed Old Wang toward the group.

"Old Wang?" Lin Qimeng asked tentatively.

"Yes, it's me," Old Wang replied.

The group breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but just as Old Wang was about to rejoin them, a burst of psionic energy shot out from the crowd and headed straight for Old Wang.

Old Wang easily caught it and stopped the crowd behind him who instinctively wanted to attack, then stood in front of "Old Ma" in the crowd.

Old Wang didn't waste any words with it; he killed the fake Old Ma, who was mixed in with the crowd, with a single blow.

Then a few more were identified, and the rest were the real Player.

"These are all monsters! We haven't seen any of them along the way."

"Yeah! Boss is amazing, he could even tell the difference between them!"

"These monsters have actually resorted to trickery! If a fight breaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"Did you encounter a group of monsters that transformed into our appearance just now?" Old Wang asked Lin Qimeng.

"No, I've only encountered other groups of more than ten people. You mean..." Lin Qimeng.

"That's right, we just encountered a completely fake version of you, and you encountered that completely fake group of people, which means they very likely encountered us," Old Wang.

"That's terrible! If they're all wiped out, we'll be wiped out too!" Lin Qimeng exclaimed.

"That's right, we need to find them quickly..."

Boom!!!

Before Old Wang could finish speaking, they heard an explosion from not far away.

It looked like that group of people was fighting with the illusion, so Old Wang immediately flew in that direction.

However, upon arrival, he discovered that the explosions were actually two groups of Illusion Wraith fighting, and there wasn't a single Player present.

"Oh no! This is a diversionary tactic!"

Old Wang knew he had fallen into a trap as soon as he saw this. After wiping away the monster, he immediately began to fly back.

Meanwhile, Lin Qimeng and her companions were surrounded by countless monsters, and their situation was somewhat dangerous.

However, they were not to be trifled with; these were clearly fake vengeful spirits and couldn't do anything to them in the short term.