After thinking it over, Jiu Ming created two more clones and had them dive straight underwater to see if they could pass through this place beneath the surface. Less than half a minute later, feedback came that the two Shadow Clones had been scrapped.
That result made Jiu Ming shrug helplessly. Fine, that didn't work either. Still, the two vanished Shadow Clones hadn't brought back no information. There were actually marine creatures in the calm sea at the boundary—and those creatures weren't so-called exotic beasts at all, but perfectly ordinary sea life!
This region of calm seawater was like an enormous, impossibly long fish tank.
Ordinary creatures?
"Say, can you hold your hand over here?" The Shadow Clone that had returned from the Gap pointed at the vine around his wrist as he spoke to Jiu Ming. "This thing's a knockoff. It reacted a little, but it doesn't seem useful. Want to try extending the original one over?"
"And you still made it back alive even after it reacted?" The other side was territory controlled by something hostile to Tree Loli.
The Shadow Clone shook his head. "Probably because I was too close to the boundary." He said, "Since it's a collision between two domains, the place where they clash has to be the most chaotic—and the hardest place for abnormalities to be noticed. If I'd been a little farther away, I probably really wouldn't have made it back."
"True enough. Shall we try it?" Jiu Ming suggested with a smile.
The Shadow Clone unceremoniously rolled his eyes at Jiu Ming. "Are you stupid (...)!? If you really get noticed, are you sure that thing won't go on guard?"
"Ha, we only have one chance, so let's make a longer Gap." Jiu Ming smiled. Now that they knew this much,