Pluto Island
(The tiring month of July is over, and the bright month of August has arrived.)
"What was that that destroyed the Mirror Image?" Bao Ling could tell from Li Wei's expression that things were not as simple as she had imagined. She knew Li Wei's abilities very well; for him to be so serious, the world outside the Copper Pot must be extraordinary.
The three men, including Greedy Wolf, were also intrigued and kept asking questions, but Li Wei just kept his head down and remained silent. Then, he created another eagle Mirror Image and sent it out in the same way.
Two or three minutes later, Li Wei lost the Mirror Image again.
"How is it? What exactly is outside?" Greedy Wolf was getting anxious. He was straightforward and kept asking questions whenever he had any.
"I can't really explain it either, but let's go take a look together." Li Wei gave a strange look, and after getting everyone's consent, Li Wei used Shifting Forms and Changing Positions to send them all out of the Copper Pot World.
Soon, the surrounding environment changed rapidly, and the group discovered that outside this Copper Pot World was actually a huge island.
The surrounding water was black and exuded an aura of death. Li Wei chose to teleport to a forest on the island.
"Where exactly is this place?" As soon as Bao Ling came out, she felt an indescribable sense of oppression in the air. Among these people, her combat strength was the lowest, so the feeling was the most obvious.
However, the Werewolf guard with S5 combat power remained vigilant throughout, clearly noticing that something was amiss in the surrounding environment.
Besides the island and the black sea, there was also a sky full of dark clouds. Looking up, all you could see was darkness, with no sign of dawn.
But what seemed most amiss were the sounds coming from afar.
The Greedy Wolf listened intently for a while, then his expression turned strange. After a dry cough, he said to Li Wei, "If my ears are not deceiving me, those sounds are... the cacophony of many people talking."
Li Wei nodded. He had noticed this when he sent out his Mirror Image earlier. Because of the Mirror Image's ability to scout ahead, Li Wei easily led his group out of the forest and into a wide road paved with countless boulders.
Here, there are groups of two or three people everywhere, numbering at least a hundred from a distance. And at the end of the stone path, in the center of the island, stands a very magnificent building.
"These people... are all reincarnators from those advanced star domains. Damn it, Heaven Star Domain, Iron Wheel Star Domain, Ghost King Star Domain, these are all level 7 star domains. Look, isn't that the White-Brow Old Daoist from the Infinite Starfield over there?" Because of his family background, Greedy Wolf had extensive knowledge and recognized many people at a glance. He also spotted the group from the Infinite Starfield moving forward in the distance.
Li Wei looked over and found that there were 7 people from the Infinite Starfield, with Zhuo Qingxuan at the very end of the group, her Copper Pot hanging from her waist.
Seeing this, Li Wei smiled. Entrusting the Copper Pot to Zhuo Qingxuan was indeed an excellent idea. People like her, who were taught to be upright from a young age, are most responsible. Entrusting the Copper Pot to her would force her to keep it close to Copper Pot, thus giving Li Wei an opportunity.
"Be careful, don't let that White-Brow old Daoist see us. If he finds us and a fight breaks out, none of us are a match for him." Li Wei pulled a few people and hid in the crowd. Unless someone was specifically looking, they would never have noticed Li Wei and the others. As for the Copper Pot, Li Wei wasn't worried. As long as the Copper Pot wasn't seriously damaged, Li Wei could use Shifting Forms and Changing Positions to return to the Copper Pot World at any time.
This is the benefit of possessing 'spatial power'.
At this moment, the group from the Infinite Starfield followed the stone path towards the magnificent building, and judging from the flow of people, they were all heading in that direction. Then, Li Wei noticed that on the side closer to the woods, several strange-looking people were laughing and joking incessantly.
"These are reincarnators from the Insectoid Star Domain. They're rarely seen these days, so it's quite a surprise to see them here," said Greedy Wolf, noticing the group and realizing what was happening.
Li Wei remained silent, silently chanting an incantation. Soon, another eagle appeared in his hand hidden behind his back. This time, Li Wei directly controlled the eagle to take flight.
The eagle hadn't flown far when it was spotted by the insectoids.
One of them, an insectoid creature resembling someone carrying a fleshy sac on their back, let out a strange laugh and said, "Look, another one has appeared. Watch me shoot this thing down too."
Li Wei had deliberately approached casually, so he heard the other person 'Li Wei words clearly. That simple sentence made it clear to Li Wei that the two previous Mirror Image were likely killed by this insectoid being.
This time, the Mirror Image was clearly not spared either.
The insect-man who had spoken earlier laughed twice, then turned around, sticking out his buttocks. His fleshy sac swelled up suddenly, and then he shot out a bee stinger, heading straight for the Mirror Image.
The bee sting was incredibly fast; even Li Wei didn't have time to react before the Mirror Image was pierced through again, disappearing into the air with a 'bang'.
"As expected, it was them." Li Wei had achieved his goal, and then returned as if nothing had happened, telling Greedy Wolf and the others what had just happened.
"No matter where this place is, it is obviously unusual. Just as I just said, the reincarnators here are from various top star regions. Moreover, I have never heard of this island before. It must be an extremely secretive place," Greedy Wolf analyzed after thinking for a while.
"I see all these people are heading towards that building. Why don't we go take a look? Maybe we'll make a new discovery," Bao Ling chimed in.
This suggestion was clearly agreed upon by Li Wei and the others, who were already quite intrigued by what they saw. This time, they had only been able to reach this place by hitching a ride on the Infinite Starfield, and perhaps they would make a significant discovery.
So the group walked at the back of everyone else, slowly approaching the building in the center of the island.
About ten minutes later, Li Wei finally saw the building's exterior clearly.
It was a huge black castle, incredibly large, and near the castle stood a stone tablet with the three large characters 'Pluto Island' inscribed on it.
"Pluto Island?"
Li Wei and the Greedy Wolf two exchanged glances, all sharing the same thought: What is the connection between this Pluto Island and the 'Pluto Star Map' auctioned off?
Greedy Wolf and the others were more familiar with the details of the auction. At the time, Enchanting Fox had said that the Pluto Star Domain was a very ancient star region, but it was just a pretext for auctioning off the star region. Now it seems that the real situation is probably not like that.
After hearing Greedy Wolf's description, Li Wei analyzed for a moment, then sighed and said, "What's being auctioned at the auction is very likely not a star domain, but an admission ticket—an admission ticket that allows others to enter this Pluto Island. It's just a cover, so they're auctioning it off as a star domain."
Upon hearing this, the three members of the Greedy Wolf also agreed that it made sense. No wonder only the three major powers had come to scramble for the entry tickets. But what was the purpose of these reincarnators from advanced star domains spending such a high price to enter this place?
Bright Wolf stared wide-eyed, looking around curiously, and said in surprise, "You know what, this place is somewhat like the Star of Destruction. The reincarnators from different star fields live together peacefully, without interfering with each other, or even asking questions or talking to each other. Don't you think this black castle might be an even more luxurious and fun place than the Purple Mausoleum Tower?"
This time, it was his brother Ming Dong who was the first to roll his eyes at him.
"I'm telling you, use your brain, okay? Would anyone spend tens of millions of Destroyer Coin to enter the Purple Mausoleum Tower? And didn't you notice that there are many top-tier Star Domain Reincarnators among these people who are rarely seen in normal times? I think there must be a huge secret behind this," Ming Dong said coldly.
Bright Wolf also realized that what he had said was somewhat unreliable, but he just smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.
"Brother Li, what do you think we should do?" Greedy Wolf didn't have any opinions for the moment, so he wanted to ask Li Wei for help.
After a moment's thought, the latter said, "I think the answer might be in that castle. Also, summon your Yellow Paper and check the mission map."
The group of people were all taken aback upon hearing this.
Bao Ling asked curiously, "Li Wei, the quest map is only effective during quests in Shadow Street, and we're not in the quest world right now."
The three members of the Greedy Wolf Tribe nodded repeatedly, all finding Li Wei's words somewhat strange. They were all reincarnators who had experienced dozens of Shadow Street missions; it was impossible that they didn't know they had entered a mission world. After all, there should be many prompts after entering a mission world, but so far, none of them had appeared.
Seeing Li Wei's persistence, the group summoned their respective Yellow Paper, pulled up the mission map, and began to examine it. But what they saw shocked them quite a bit.
"How... how could this be?" Greedy Wolf stared wide-eyed, exclaiming in disbelief.
"How did we end up in the mission world? When did we enter the mission? Why didn't we receive any mission notifications?" Bao Ling was also filled with disbelief.
Li Wei could provide the answer to that question.
"I think it's mostly because Zhuo Qingxuan entered the mission world, and we were in the Copper Pot she was carrying, so we were brought in as well. Of course, as 'outsiders' in this mission world, it's normal that we don't get mission prompts."
After thinking about it carefully, everyone agreed that it made sense, but who could have imagined that they would enter the mission world in such a strange way?
"Wait a minute, if we don't have any mission prompts, then there's no way to complete the mission. In other words, no matter what kind of mission world this is, we can't leave it on our own." Greedy Wolf slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing a possibility.