Eluxier's words left Chen Rui stunned for a full ten seconds. A moment later, he regained his composure, narrowing his eyes. "Lord Eluxier—no, I should call you Principal Eluxier. This really is unexpected..."
The Eluxier before him was not some fictional character with an invented personality, but the genuine "original" who possessed his original consciousness!
If this world were compared to an upside-down illusion, then only Chen Rui and the Eluxier before him could be considered normal.
This should be Eluxier's own consciousness. Could it be where the "key point" lay?
"The first thing I need to tell you is that this world is somewhat different from what you imagined." Eluxier smiled faintly, looking refined and distinguished.
"Of course it's different." Chen Rui sneered. "You created this inverted illusion for no more than to use certain emotions to disrupt my perception and judgment. I admit that, up to now, it has indeed had some effect. But you should understand that this effect cannot last."
Eluxier slowly shook his head. "Leaving everything else aside, there is one most crucial point that you have misunderstood. This place is not an illusion, but something that truly exists."
"The real world? What kind of joke is that?" Chen Rui sat down. "My body should still be in Phantom Forest right now. I admit your mental power and secret arts surpass anything I imagined, but this illusion will not deceive me for long."
"You've looked in a mirror before, haven't you?" Eluxier began speaking as though to himself. "You and the mirror are parallel. While you look into the mirror, the person in the mirror is also looking at you. If you change the reference point, then from the mirror's perspective, you are the reflection. This world is the same. Many things are inverted from