"There's no need to worry about that. The Mirage Tapir is too large to pass through the Teleportation Node in one piece. It'll get stuck on the other side. At most, it can stick its trunk through."
That was the Lamp Genie's answer after Mu You consulted him.
"Of course, there's no avoiding the effects of Mirage Qi. Mirage Tapirs are rather playful creatures. When they discover somewhere interesting, they linger until they lose interest. During that time, they fill the area they want to explore with Mirage Qi. Nothing that happens within its range escapes their senses."
"But however far Mirage Qi's influence spreads, it can't possibly cover the entire Star Spirit World. At most, it'll probably cover a third of it. It can't reach your Land of Forgetting, so relax," the Lamp Genie explained with a yawn, clearly not particularly concerned.
"Only its trunk can get through..."
Mu You pondered this. In that case, the impact on humanity really would be limited. Mirage Qi couldn't reach Earth anyway, and Sky Cities could move whenever they wanted. If they encountered Mirage Qi, they could simply fly away. At most, players would have fewer areas they could venture into in the Star Spirit World.
The natives of the Star Spirit World, however, would have it much worse, especially those races whose settlements happened to lie within Mirage Qi's range. They would have to relocate their entire race or live in Mirage Qi for a long time.
Mu You had experienced what being inside Mirage Qi felt like. It certainly wasn't pleasant. Besides falling asleep every few hours, they would have to deal with unusable items and being hunted by creatures associated with Mirage Qi.
More importantly, each calamity season lasted a full 5,000 years, and Mirage Season had only just