Breaking the Formation
"Young Lu, we're almost at the entrance to the Yuanming Continent. We need to start preparing to slow down and return to our Original Universe!" The Lord Shen's voice rang in Lu Yan'an's ears.
"Let's go through it," Lu Yan'an said calmly.
Although the Yuanming Continent is very close to the Barracks No. 44, the division of star fields is generally measured in light-years. Therefore, even if Lu Yan'an needs to leave the Meteorite Zone, he still needs to travel into the Dark Universe.
The spaceship's speed decreased to a standstill, it was pushed out of the Dark Universe, and returned to the starry sky of its Original Universe.
Lu Yan'an looked around. This region of the universe was very dark, with no stars nearby, only a few twinkling stars in the distance.
"This place is quite desolate, with relatively few stars. Compared to the bright and cheerful name of the Yuanming Continent, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this environment a scam, would it?" Lu Yan'an joked with a smile.
"Young Lu, this is just a no-man's-land in the void. The nearest star system is over 20 light-years away. The Yuanming Continent is even further away than 20 light-years." The Lord Shen explained with a speechless expression.
Lu Yan'an shrugged, then instantly appeared in space, causing a slight tremor in the World Energy. "Forget it, I'll just use Teleportation; it'll be much faster." With that, he stored the E-class spaceship in his Space Ring and vanished from his current location in an instant...
The Yuanming Continent is a beautiful natural landscape with lush trees and blooming flowers, just like a paradise on earth.
With a loud "shh!"
A figure silently appeared in the sky; it was Lu Yan'an, who had Teleportation into the Yuanming Continent.
His nose twitched slightly. Here, the land is evergreen all year round, and the earthy smell of rain-soaked soil is always distinct. Listening quietly, one can almost hear the clear calls of herds of animals!
"What exquisite illusion magic! Such a smooth illusionary structure, it doesn't seem to be man-made at all! Could this be a naturally formed illusionary realm?" Lu Yan'an scanned the surrounding illusionary realm with considerable doubt. Even with his research into illusion magic and his analysis using his Heart Power, he could not find any trace of human intervention in this illusionary realm.
But the moment he Teleportation here, he realized he was in an illusion array; everything around him—what he heard, what he saw, even the feedback from his Spiritual Force scan—was fake!
"My Lord Shen!" Lu Yan'an called out. He knew that Intelligent Life were unaffected by illusions. His current goal was to quickly understand the effects of this illusion array. Different illusion arrays had different effects, and as an Illusionist, the most important thing after falling into an illusion was to understand the main effects of the illusion area so that he could break the array in a targeted way. And My Lord Shen already possessed the inheritance of Illusionist, was the most suitable person to analyze illusions, after all, the computing power of Intelligent Life far exceeded that of ordinary life forms.
Upon hearing Lu Yan'an's call, the Lord Shen quickly replied, "Young Lu, I'm here. I just feel something strange, as if two completely different spaces have been superimposed, with the upper and lower levels each displaying a different scene."
"The gravity within this illusion is over 100,000 times stronger than normal. Certain special factors floating within the environment completely suppress the detector's detection range, limiting the current detection distance. Our initial assessment is that this illusion array was not man-made. No Illusionist could evenly distribute these special factors throughout the entire illusion array, except for time!"
"Oh, really? It seems this is a naturally formed illusion array! In that case, just give me the coordinates of the location with the strongest energy fluctuations within the detector's range, and I'll go investigate."
"Received!" the Lord Shen replied, and after the detector scanned repeatedly and obtained results, it continued, "Within a range of nearly a million kilometers, the magnitude of all energy reactions is completely consistent in every location! The presence of that special factor has caused extremely severe interference to our detector."
Lu Yan'an calmly asked, "Since that's the case, then let's forget about it. I'll try to break this illusion array using the traditional methods first!"
"That's all we can do. When you Teleportation into this illusion array, strictly speaking, the surrounding space had already changed. The fluctuations from the detector could only make a simple distinction; the original spatial appearance was completely covered up," the Lord Shen explained.
"I'll go find the core of the illusion array first and see if there's any way to break it." Lu Yan'an shook his head. Clearly, although he could wander around this kind of illusion array with an extremely wide coverage area without being affected, breaking the array before finding its core was undoubtedly a pipe dream for a World Lord like him.
Moreover, Lu Yan'an dared not use Teleportation to travel until he found the right direction, for fear that he would completely lose his way in this illusion.
Thus, an E-class spaceship moved steadily forward through this illusory sea. Although there were no probes to clear the way, Lu Yan'an's Heart World was not just for show. Its restraint over illusions was greater than Lu Yan'an had imagined.
Finally, on the 20th day of the spaceship's journey through the Illusory Sea, a peculiar fluctuation appeared in Lu Yan's world of peace of mind.
"Is this the core of this illusion array?" Lu Yan'an felt a surge of powerful World Energy emanating from his body, resonating intensely, and his anticipation for this core grew even stronger.
As the World Energy resonated continuously, coupled with the constant suppression from the Heart World, the space in front of Lu Yan'an began to shatter like a mirror. This method of breaking the deadlock was rather crude, but extremely effective!
As the space before him was about to shatter completely, Lu Yan'an shouted, "Break!" and then increased the output of his World Energy and Heart Power.
"Clang!" The space in front of them seemed to have been completely shattered by the combined World Energy and the Heart Power, emitting a crisp cracking sound.
Immediately, the internal environment of this core space was fully exposed to Lu Yan'an's eyes.
"Hmm? A stone?" Lu Yan'an looked at the scene before him with great curiosity. Inside the space core that had just been exposed, a purple-gold stone was floating. In the void, Secret Pattern were also appearing around the stone from time to time, giving it a mysterious feel.
"Young Lu, you've struck gold! This is a 'Dream Shadow Stone'! No wonder the illusion array's coverage area was so vast! It's because of this!" The Lord Shen's excited voice rang in Lu Yan'an's ears, successfully piquing his curiosity.
"Dream Shadow Stone? What is that?"
"Dream Shadow Stone is an auxiliary material for Illusionist' cultivation, and it is also a core material for illusion arrays. Its value is measured in grams! Just this Dream Shadow Stone in front of you would fetch tens of millions of Mixed Yuan Rank just from the Virtual Universe Company's acquisition price!"
"Legend has it that the core of the illusion array at the Stairs of Sinking of the Primal Universe is a giant Dream Shadow Stone! And most importantly, the Dream Shadow Stone naturally carries an illusion array within it," the Lord Shen continued. Clearly, it was extremely familiar with this Dream Shadow Stone. "Look, the Secret Pattern appearing beside it are precisely the descriptions of the Secret Pattern!"
Lu Yan'an nodded. Actually, he didn't particularly value the Dream Shadow Stone itself. As a wealthy man who possessed several Supreme Treasure and Heavy Treasure artifacts, a mere tens of millions of Hunyuan Unit didn't hold much appeal for him. In contrast, he was more interested in the illusion array contained within the Dream Shadow Stone.
He then flipped his right palm, unleashing a surge of World Energy that locked onto the Dream Shadow Stone. In an instant, the Dream Shadow Stone vanished from the protective array of Secret Pattern that everyone was watching!
The instant the Dream Shadow Stone vanished, it triggered a chain reaction within the illusion. The illusion that had enveloped the place shattered, revealing its true nature—a desolate interstellar battlefield, devoid even of shelter. The surrounding landscape, formed by the dissolution and sedimentation of soluble rocks by groundwater and surface water, as well as by gravitational collapse and deposition, created a peculiar surface, a classic example of karst topography.
"Alright! I did overestimate the appearance of this continent. But then again, this place is constantly affected by battles between powerful figures at the King Level, so how could it possibly be the same as the illusion?" Lu Yan'an shook his head with a wry smile.
"My Lord Shen, the detector should be working properly now. Search a radius of ten million kilometers around it and check for any energy fluctuations."
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