The Bizarre Multiverse
Just as the three were about to follow the Sniper Aoke and step into the blue crack...
Qin Yiguan felt a gaze fixed on him from behind.
But then he saw Qin Yiguan, dressed in shorts, standing by the bustling roadside, hands in his pockets, looking straight ahead in his direction.
"Theoretically."
"The Plunderer must have disguised the three of us as well."
He shouldn't have seen me.
Qin Yiguan's eyes flickered.
But the next moment, Qin Yiguan's expression showed a slight surprise.
But behind the boy in shorts, a figure of light appeared—an ancient warrior clad in armor, seemingly as solid as a rock and indestructible.
Qin Yiguan's eyes widened slightly, "Guardian?!"
"Hurry up, stop dawdling!"
The rift left by the Multiverse Jump String is rapidly shrinking. The Underworld grabbed Qin Yiguan and, along with the three Caregiver, stepped into the rift!
From this perspective.
It was a shimmering play of light and shadow.
Countless tiny, round particles appeared all around, colorful and magnified countless times. They were jumping and vibrating, as if there was a transparent 'string' in the universe. This 'string' vibrated and resonated with the various microscopic particles, causing the world to tremble as well.
These microscopic particles also seemed to generate some kind of force; after trembling for a moment, they began to retreat rapidly, like raindrops lying horizontally.
It's a feeling of traveling through the world.
Qin Yiguan, the Underworld, and the Caregiver stood still, but the whole world seemed to be moving backward.
For a very long time.
The concept of time has long been blurred.
The surrounding scenery changed, until nothing remained, leaving only a blazing white light, extremely bright.
The three felt their feet touch solid ground, as if they had reached their destination, but the surrounding light was so intense it could burn their eyes, causing them to instinctively close their eyes tightly.
The three of them kept opening their eyes a crack, then closing them again.
It's adapting to the surrounding light as quickly as possible.
Gradually, they were able to make out the scenery around them with difficulty.
This is a world of mirrors.
The ground was covered with smooth, bright mirrors, and countless mirrored walls stood all around.
Suddenly, a large black bird flew across the sky, but upon closer inspection, it was not the bird itself. It was hiding somewhere, and what appeared before everyone was an automatically flying mirror, in which the image of the large bird was reflected.
But then the mirror flew by and suddenly landed on a gap in the wall.
In that instant, the entire visible sky transformed into an arc-shaped mirror.
The Underworld was somewhat taken aback, and waved his hand slightly.
But then they saw countless mirrored walls, mirrored floors, and mirrored skies all around, and countless Underworld appeared, all raising their hands in unison.
At first glance, the angles of these mirrors seem to have been precisely calculated, so that a person's image, no matter where it is, can be reflected at least tens of thousands of times.
This feeling is very strange.
It felt as if I were naked and exposed to the light of day.
It's as if countless eyes are watching your every move, but if you look closely, those 'watching you' are actually your reflection in a mirror.
"What the hell is this place?"
The Underworld instinctively gripped the machete at his waist. "The headquarters of the Ao Council is here?"
I've been here before.
Suddenly, the Caregiver spoke, slowly touching a mirror beside him. "To be precise, I've been here in a dream. Dreams are the reality of the Metaverse... right?"
Qin Yiguan then stepped forward, "What else did you dream about?"
The Caregiver frowned in thought, "That dream gave me a lot of information. The number here... is it 184? Does that mean the 184th Metaverse?"
Qin Yiguan nodded slightly, "It should be."
In his heart, he has always been recording every Metaverse he has experienced, including the things in these universes, the people he has met, and their serial numbers.
This was a habit he had as Perversion Detective.
Similarly, deep down he believed that everything planned by the Gemini Superbrain, a supercomputer of that caliber, would not be random or chaotic.
"In my dream..."
The Caregiver was trying hard to recall, but the dream didn't seem to be something that had happened recently; many details required effort to remember.
"There are corresponding indigenous people here."
Their logic is different from ours.
The Caregiver frowned and said, "They have an innate sense of insecurity. They need to be able to see everything around them at all times, whether it's in front of them or behind them. If there's even a blind spot around their bodies, they'll feel very insecure."
"Therefore, they arranged their world into a mirror world."
"So that no matter where I go, I can see my surroundings clearly through the reflection in the mirror."
The Caregiver chuckled incredulously, "After having this dream, I thought it was absurd and bizarre. I even told Wu Daniu and the others about it, but I never imagined that such a world really exists in the Metaverse."
Qin Yiguan looked around cautiously.
The Sniper Aoke has long since vanished without a trace.
Because of the obstruction of various mirrors, the view cannot be seen very far.
However, at the same time, there is also a visual paradox.
One's own vision cannot see into the distance, but countless mirrors, reflecting countless worlds at the same time, give people an incredibly vast sense of space.
He frowned.
You'll see countless versions of yourself frowning.
Moreover, it shows yourself from all angles—front, back, side, 360 degrees—without any blind spots.
"I remember."
The Caregiver said with a hint of amusement, "Because of the mirror world, the residents here have developed a talent that has become almost supernatural."
Qin Yiguan and the Underworld turned around simultaneously, "What talent?"
The Caregiver scratched his head and said, "Sniping."
"Sniping?"
Qin Yiguan and the Underworld were both stunned. Upon reflection, they realized that having such a 360-degree view with no blind spots would be extremely beneficial to a sniper, and it would be like having a cheat code.
"And I even dreamed about it."
The Caregiver seemed to recall a detail, "In my dream, I was an outsider to this world, and all outsiders are unable to see the natives through the mirror."
The Underworld were immediately displeased, "Is this so unfair?!"
Bang!
Before the Underworld could continue complaining, an armor-piercing bullet, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, pierced right through his forehead!
Although there was only a hole the size of a thumb on the Underworld's forehead, his entire back of the head was blown to pieces, with brain matter and blood splattering seven or eight meters away!
"Damn it."
The Underworld's eyes widened, and he fell backward.