Escaping the Illusion
Su Zhan was staring at the figure in thought when suddenly, the figure, who had been silent all along, revealed a smile.
Calling it a smile would be an insult to the word; it's impossible to describe what kind of expression it is.
Even though I couldn't see his face clearly, I could clearly see his smile, his mouth that was almost stretched to his ears, and his large, white fangs.
That one smile alone is enough to send shivers down your spine.
This is not a hallucination, absolutely not a hallucination; I couldn't possibly imagine such a chilling hallucination.
The Sun spoke again: Boss, did you see a shadowy figure behaving strangely?
Su Zhan: Yes
The Sun then said, "Isn't that person somewhat similar to you?"
Upon hearing this, Su Zhan looked closely and discovered that the person's blurry face did indeed bear some resemblance to his own.
But that expression and his sharp teeth were so different from his own that he had no idea how to answer.
Sun: That person is like you but not like you; they're very different from you in some ways, right?
Su Zhan nodded.
Sun: That's right!
Sun: This must be the Mirror of Insight!
"The Mirror of Insight?" Su Zhan repeated, expressing his doubt.
The Sun: Legend has it that a Great God Divine Artifact once existed. Although it was said to be Divine Artifact, it was hated by countless people who cursed it as sinister, and countless people were lost in the Mirror of Insight.
The Sun: Those chosen by the Mirror of Insight have a certain chance of entering it, or more accurately, entering their own state of mind.
Sun: There are many kinds of states of mind. Some people are surrounded by flowers, while others are surrounded by barren wastelands. But they all have one thing in common: they will meet someone who is like them, yet unlike them.
The Sun: Its appearance and features are very similar to its owner's, but it also reflects the owner's deepest, most evil, and coldest side.
Su Zhan seemed to understand, yet also seemed not to quite understand.
What does that mean? Does it mean my inner self is like that fanged monster across from me?
He was somewhat reluctant to admit it, but according to the Sun's account, he must have encountered Mirror of Insight.
Unexpectedly, the legendary item was hidden here. Su Zhan felt a surge of excitement. Since such a treasure could be found here, perhaps the fragments of Artifact were hidden nearby.
Su Zhan: How do we get out from here?
What this thing is, or how powerful it is, doesn't matter. What matters is how to get out!
Sun: This is the tricky part. The Mirror of Insight usually doesn't kill humans on its own; instead, it traps them in its own dream world.
If you want to get out, you have to overcome your own psychological hurdle first.
He was trapped not by others, but by himself.
Su Zhan frowned, deep in thought. He pondered how to break the deadlock, looking around in his mind, but there was nothing there, just a desolate world.
Su Zhan didn't believe it and asked the Sun: "Is my heart really so desolate?"
The Sun also found it strange. Logically speaking, even for a psychopathic Killer, someone whose heart is extremely desolate, the world should not be a void with nothing in it, and even light and sound should be suppressed.
Isn't it Mirror of Insight?
So what is this?
Just as he was wondering, a silent White Dragon spoke, "The Mirror of Insight can reflect the state of mind and environment of people in the world, and even their true nature."
White Dragon: But there are two special kinds of people whose true state of mind cannot be found even by the Mirror of Insight.
Su Zhan: Why? Is there anything special about this kind of person?
Although he also felt that he was different from Ordinary Grade and was a genius, he wasn't that special.
White Dragon was silent for a while before saying, "Alas, some people say that the reason why those who can see through the Mirror of Insight are unable to do so is because their minds are too vast, encompassing the world and all living beings; their minds are too big."
White Dragon: Some people say that their world is a wasteland, but they have experienced too much and seen too much. On the surface, they look like normal people, but in fact, their hearts are still a void that cannot reflect anything, and nothing can enter their hearts.
None of these sounds like Su Zhan.
I don't know what the reason is, so let's not worry about that. Let's find a way to escape and regain our freedom.
Unable to find a way out, I thought of something else.
Use the most savage methods, violent destruction, to ruin this world!
It's easier said than done. This world is so vast that he can't even imagine it. The person he was chasing hadn't even found the world's edge after all this time.
But Su Zhan felt that this was also a key point; this was his spiritual realm, not the world he actually inhabited.
Since he entered the illusion by entering the coffin, it means that the coffin was his true vessel.
Attacking the void here by myself will obviously yield no results. I need to find a way to reconnect my consciousness with my body, and that would be to break the coffin outside.
Although it looked fancy, it was ultimately just made of Ordinary Grade wood.
Even the finest timber, after many years, is susceptible to fire and strong impacts.
Su Zhan was under a spell, making it difficult for him to act. But Su Zhan wasn't worried. If he were trapped here alone, he would indeed be helpless, but he wasn't alone now; he had dozens of Avatar protecting him.
A short while later, two humanoid phantoms suddenly appeared around the coffin.
One of them raised his hands and smashed them hard against the coffin, splitting the strangely shaped coffin into pieces. Debris was scattered all over the ground, revealing the person lying flat inside.
The vessel was destroyed. The person lying there opened his eyes, propped himself up to sit up, and after glancing around, he saw that there were still some fragments of the coffin under him. He quickly got up.
My head was spinning; I felt like I'd forgotten something, but then again, I couldn't quite put my toes aside. After moving around to make sure I wasn't injured, I started looking for the Mirror of Insight.
Sure enough, after lifting up another piece of rubble, they successfully found a bronze mirror.
On the surface, it is not much different from other bronze mirrors. The back is decorated with Dragon Mark patterns, with several dragons chasing and fighting, their faces fierce as if they are fighting for something.
Not being able to see anything, Su Zhan turned him around to look at himself in the mirror, where the image was fairly clear.
Suddenly, the person in the mirror smiled at him again, just like he had seen in the illusion—terrifying and ferocious—which startled him once more.
Without using any special methods, it's certain that this is it.
The Moon Beast squatted to one side, looking at him with a complicated expression, and said, "What kind of incredible luck did you have to find something so legendary?"
Su Zhan wiped his eyes with his sleeve, examined them carefully again, then carefully put them away. He turned to the Moon Beast and smiled smugly, "Jealous, aren't you, mortal!"