However, this is just a hypothesis, and Lin Yu has not yet confirmed it. Therefore, although he sighed inwardly, Lin Yu only sighed for a moment before quickly regaining his composure.
"Wait... I've seen this forest before!"
After returning his mental energy to its current location, Lin Yu quickly made another discovery.
Although Lin Yu only had a vague sense of familiarity with the land before, he didn't realize it because the difference was quite large compared to his memory.
However, as Lin Yu ventured deeper into this strange forest, he soon discovered that it bore a striking resemblance to the forest outside the Twelve True Palaces!
"Could it be that there are two Twelve Palaces in this world? Or that they simply exist in different dimensions?"
Lin Yu couldn't help but make an extremely bold guess.
Only now did Lin Yu belatedly realize that although the outermost strange forest was very mysterious, its specific layout was actually very similar to the Twelve True Palaces outside.
However, the Twelve True Palaces outside are home to Lineage, while there is no trace of these Lineage in this strange forest.
Upon realizing this, Lin Yu felt his heart race.
He could sense that he was approaching a huge secret.
As Lin Yu continued to venture deeper into the strange forest, he soon discovered that although the layout was somewhat similar to the Twelve Palaces, there were also differences.
Therefore, the two cannot be said to be exactly the same, but only roughly the same.
"This place is more like a completely enclosed space!" Lin Yu concluded, drawing conclusions from his years of practicing magic.
"But why was it left in this array's core?" Lin Yu wondered.
If Lin Yu wasn't mistaken, this place should be left by the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces to deal with outsiders like Lin Yu. If the outsider compromises with them or agrees to do what the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces need, he should be able to escape from here.
If those outsiders choose not to compromise, the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces will choose to trap them here to death, or even have them absorbed by the array eye.
"If that's the case, why didn't the cultivators who stayed here before discover this place?"
Or is it that this black vortex only opens for certain specific cultivators, such as someone as powerful as Lin Yu?
"System! Determine what kind of space we are currently in!"
Lin Yu attempted to summon the Hongmeng System within his own mental world.
However, Lin Yu didn't have high hopes when he summoned it, since the system had already automatically warned Lin Yu that it would lose some of its functions after he entered the area.
Even so, Lin Yu still tentatively summoned the system.
The reason is simple: the Hongmeng System of the Dao Qi era was very inhumane. It would issue a prompt when the system lost its function, but it would not issue a prompt when the system restored its function.
Therefore, Lin Yu often needs to try it himself to understand whether he can use the Hongmeng System.
To Lin Yu's surprise, the Hongmeng System actually sounded a notification sound!
"Ding! This is a world somewhere between reality and virtuality! Some of the guards are real, but some of the food is fake!"
"For example, the laws governing spacetime here are different from those in the outside world, but the laws governing biological survival are the same as those in the outside world!"
In fact, from the moment the system notification sounded, it meant that the space Lin Yu was in now was no longer, strictly speaking, the same space he had been in before.
After all, according to the system's prompt just now, being in the space you just left will restrict some functions, and these functions will certainly include the deduction function!
Now that Lin Yu can freely use the deduction function, it means that he has left the space he just left.
However, this time, the answer given by the Hongmeng System surprised Lin Yu.
Even Lin Yu had never seen anything like it before.
"Could it be that the Hongmeng System's deduction is wrong?" Lin Yu wondered, not entirely agreeing with the laws mentioned by the Hongmeng System.
Take the law of time, for example. This law itself is not an absolute existence, but a relative one.
To be precise, it depends on where the specific cultivator lives.
Perhaps the laws governing time in the Strange Forest are different from those of the Dao Qi era, but for the sika deer, dwarf cats, and other creatures living in the Strange Forest, these laws are the most normal laws.
To insist that any one of the rules is incorrect would be an absurd statement!
"System, test the spiritual energy concentration in this space! Compare it with the spiritual energy concentration of the Netherworld Wonderland and the Twelve True Palaces."
Lin Yu continued calling out to the system.
"Ding! Deduction in progress... Deduction complete! (Click to view details...)"
"Check the details!"
"Ding! Based on estimations, the spiritual energy concentration here is thirty-two times the average spiritual energy concentration of the Netherworld Immortal Realm, and twelve times the average spiritual energy concentration of the Twelve True Palaces!"
This deduction result truly shocked Lin Yu. Such a high concentration of spiritual energy indicated that this was an ideal place for cultivation.
Whether you are an ordinary cultivator from the Netherworld Immortal Realm or a cultivator from the Twelve True Palaces, you can make rapid progress here!
Although the abundant power in this space was of no help to Lin Yu, it was still quite tempting to ordinary cultivators.
Based on this alone, Lin Yu had no doubt that countless cultivators would fight tooth and nail for it.
Moreover, this forest is also home to countless rare and precious materials. Using these materials for cultivation will naturally make the process twice as effective!
Lin Yu circled the strange forest again, but found nothing particularly special.
Aside from countless rare and precious natural treasures, the strange forest is home to only some ordinary flowers, trees, and wild animals.
During this process, Lin Yu did not come away empty-handed. The area was rich in natural treasures, and Lin Yu also picked quite a few.
However, Lin Yu did not pick indiscriminately; he only picked some immortal herbs that Feng Nianzhi might need.
"And these immortal herbs, take some too. The strength of Fengchang Pavilion should be improved." Lin Yu saw another immortal herb, a fire-attribute one, which would be perfect for improving the level of Fengchang Pavilion.
Although Lin Yu had entered this strange forest, Feng Changge was still trapped outside and there was nothing he could do. He didn't know if the poisonous fog would have any effect on him, so Lin Yu specially found some immortal herbs for him.