The General Administration, Land of Mental Image.
As magical girls return one after another, the number of magical girls in the Land of Mental Image is also increasing.
Most people are curious about how many people can achieve mastery of the Mental Image Domain.
The first one to emerge was Hongmian, and as soon as she appeared, this magical girl showed a look of despair.
Undoubtedly, it was another failure.
"It's alright, Sister Hongmian! Look!" Iris pointed to a teary-eyed magical girl, " Zimo, she's already preparing for the eighteenth Mental Landscape Trial!"
The magical girl burst into tears upon hearing this.
Iris encouraged them strongly. "Sister Hongmian, your success rate is already 99.999%! You'll definitely succeed next time!"
Hongmian's face darkened:
"Go clean the toilets for three days!"
"No...!"
Iris had just shouted something while covering her head when she saw the Seven True Disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect walking out one after another.
The moment Four Leaves Six Leaves stepped out, the Iris Band chorus nearby roared with excitement:
"Celebrate!"
Then a magnificent symphony began to play, leaving everyone present stunned.
"Wow, sister, we're just like the sect leader now!"
" Four Leaves, don't talk nonsense. We're way behind. Thank you everyone..."
The Land of Mental Image is largely a realm of memories and illusions, so it is of little interest to the two girls who possess the Great Forest.
It couldn't be simpler.
Next, Dandelion and Yarrow came out one by one.
The two exchanged a glance, then snorted coldly and turned their heads away, neither looking at the other.
Next was Yinlian, who, although looking somewhat tired, still managed a smile.
He even had time to wave and greet other people.
After looking around and finding that Keke hadn't come out, he showed a worried expression.
Once most of the people had come out, the remaining people stayed near the gate of the last two magical girls who hadn't managed to get out.
Therefore, Keke was startled when she came out of the realm.
Surrounded by magical girls, Yinlian immediately hugged her, "Finally out, Keke! Did you succeed?"
Keke was startled, but immediately looked up with a smug smile. "It definitely worked!"
"You came out so late, I thought you were going to fail."
"How could that be? It's a piece of cake for me."
When she saw her parents, she genuinely thought she was going to fail.
Even knowing it's fake, she still wants to spend more time with her family. On one hand, she enjoys these fake parents, and on the other hand, she keeps her mind on edge, trying to break free.
Just when I was starting to feel completely disoriented.
The memory of the time the captain gave him inexplicably surfaced.
If my brother shows up...
So I persevered with all my might, because perseverance is victory!
Finally, I met my brother.
The result was that they took very affectionate and friendly care of her...
The illusion of the trial instantly dissipated.
In every respect, it was far inferior to the illusion the captain had arranged for her.
After experiencing the illusion orchestrated by the captain, I feel that the Land of Mental Image isn't all that impressive after all...
She would have come out long ago if she hadn't wanted to say something to her parents.
"When I went in, it turned out to be my sister..." Yiyi whispered, "She said I should use my Mental Image on Shion for her sake..."
"So you successfully escaped the illusion?" Keke asked in a low voice as well.
"No, it was the Shion in the illusion that burned my sister..."
"That's too much! I'll talk to Ms. Shion later."
"Really? What are you going to say to her?"
"I knelt down and begged her not to burn your sister so soon."
"Cut..."
It seems everyone is seeing roughly the same things.
They are all people I care about very much.
But actually, it didn't feel that difficult; she didn't understand why some people failed...
The Hongmian over there were drooping their heads.
She complained to her friend, "I can't remember anything after I went in..."
It's true that memory can be confused.
Congratulations, Keke.
Golden Tea, who was standing next to her, asked, "What is your Mental Image Domain like? Expand on it and let's take a look?"
Keke paused for a moment, then looked around. "This... this isn't a good way to proceed, is it?"
"It's alright," Golden Tea explained, "The environment here is quite unique."
As Golden Tea spoke, she first unfolded her Mental Image.
It was an open space filled with golden threads.
However, it was merely compressed around Golden Tea and did not spread out.
"You can compress the Mental Image near your physical body; there won't be any problems."
Upon hearing this, Keke immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Then the Mental Image unfolded.
Golden Tea immediately stepped back, because Keke's Mental Image was a sea of fire.
An endless sea of fire, spewing lava incessantly.
This is my Mental Image.
Keke scratched her head. "I still don't understand how it works. Do you just drag it in and burn it with lava?"
She was actually a little guilty, because her Mental Image Domain contained nothing but fire.
Moreover, it's all ordinary fire, without any special abilities.
And it took so much effort...
"Well, the Mental Image Domain can be studied gradually."
Golden Tea is actually a bit strange. Normally, someone who has just acquired the Mental Image Domain should know how to use it and its abilities.
It turns out Keke really didn't know anything.
This Mental Image seems quite ordinary; she can't think of anything Mental Image.
Is it simply a matter of changing the environment?
This kind of ordinary fire seems only capable of killing ordinary people; even a witch should be able to withstand it.
Yinlian over there also unfolded her Mental Image.
The Mental Image did not surround or cover the Yinlian, but rather continued to spread alongside the cherry blossoms.
That's right, Yinlian's Mental Image is like a cherry blossom tree.
But the process of cherry blossoms falling allows the Mental Image to expand.
Keke stared wide-eyed, "Why is Yinlian's Mental Image different from ours?"
Golden Tea sighed and glanced back at Iris in the distance. "Didn't she introduce the Mental Image Domain to you?"
"She talked about so much back then, I probably don't remember it all..." Keke scratched her head, "She talked too much about her own things."
Yinlian nodded repeatedly, "I don't know much about the Mental Image Domain at all."
Golden Tea sighed, then expanded her Mental Image again, explaining:
"The domain is divided into two methods: the diffusion and replacement of personal Mental Image."
" Keke and I use a substitution-based Mental Image Mental Image. A substitution-based Mental Image directly replaces the space of the real world with one's own Mental Image Domain. It can instantly pull a person into the Mental Image Domain, giving them almost no time to react."
Yinlian immediately raised her hand, " Iris- senpai's is also a replacement type, right?"
"Right."
Keke immediately understood. Back in Beihai, she had heard that when Iris- senpai unleashed her Mental Image, even Shion- sensei couldn't escape it.
This basically means that the replacement Mental Image is equivalent to a guaranteed hit.
Since even Shion- sensei couldn't escape it, it means that no one can escape it.
Just because you can't avoid it doesn't mean you can't open it.
"But diffusion is different."
Golden Tea pointed to Yinlian's Mental Image Domain, and the drifting cherry blossoms continuously spread the Mental Image Domain, but at a slow speed.
"A spreading field takes time to expand, and the expansion is slow. Generally speaking, if the opponent is too fast, it is very likely that the opponent will be able to escape."
"Wait, isn't diffusion-based technology pretty useless?"
Yarrow, who had been listening the whole time, couldn't help but raise her hand, "With such a slow deployment speed, it's practically useless against powerful enemies!"
Without a doubt, she is also diffuse.
Yumo nearby, chuckled smugly.
Because she is a substitute.
Our chances of winning have increased by another ten percent.
It's now eleven percent complete.
Golden Tea smiled and said, "Don't rush. Although the replacement method is fast, once the replacement Mental Image is unfolded, it will completely seal off the Mental Image. Although it is difficult to break from the inside, it can be easily shattered if someone tries to sabotage it from the outside."
Yumo's smile vanished.
The Yarrow possesses many magical properties; leaving magic from the outside to break through Mental Image is not difficult for it...
"Furthermore, in the process of mutual expansion of Mental Image Domain, substitution cannot close off the expansion of Mental Image Domain."
Golden Tea smiled slightly, "Do you know what this means?"
"This means that if both magical girls have Mental Image, even if the replacement Mental Image Domain catches up with the opponent first, it will eventually be destroyed from the outside by the expanding Mental Image Mental Image to its range."
Yarrow raised an eyebrow and instantly gave her answer, "It has an absolute advantage."
"That's right. The only advantage of the replacement Mental Image is its speed. Once deployed, it must eliminate the opponent before the diffusion Mental Image can extend outwards."
Golden Tea looked at Yarrow with some admiration; her reaction was too quick.
The magical girls of the Azure Cloud Sect are all incredibly talented, and then look at the ones from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau...
Well.
It can't be an education problem, can it?
Golden Tea thought to herself, listening to the thoughts of the magical girls around her, and continued, "The substitution method is an absolutely closed field, while the diffusion method is an open field. It's hard to say which one is better. After all, the substitution method has an absolute advantage against enemies without a field, while the diffusion method makes it easy for enemies to escape, or even be kited."
After all, Reality Marble Deployment requires a lot of magic power, and once it is unfolded, the enemy may not be captured.
That is a huge disadvantage.
The replacement-based Mental Image Domain doesn't have this problem, since even Shion can't escape it.
This also means that in a battle between two magical girls from different Mental Image Domain, the one with the diffusion-like approach actually has no initiative.
You can only follow suit and develop your own Mental Image Mental Image the opponent does so, and you must ensure that you do not lose before your own Mental Image spreads out.
However, in reality, if both sides are of similar skill level, the opponent only needs to initiate a substitution-style Mental Image Domain first.
In the diffusion domain, there is an absolute advantage.
After explaining the characteristics of Mental Image, Golden Tea looked at the Seven True Disciples and asked, "Could you also expand your domains and take a look?"
"No, I don't want to leak information."
Yumo answered in this way.
Golden Tea nodded, "That's true, but sometimes there might be problems with the Mental Image, and it needs to be retrieved again. So after you come out, it's best to unfold the Mental Image first to make sure there are no problems."
So Yumo, along with the Yarrow, and the Four Leaves Six Leaves, first looked at the Bingtang that had come out early in the morning.
Bingtang Tang, who was still playing with her hair, nodded. "Okay."
After she nodded, the other disciples then began to unleash their domains.
Within the realm of Four Leaves or Six Leaves lies a bamboo grove.
As for the abilities involved, they naturally wouldn't bother to find out.
The Dandelion is also very simple, just a Valley of the Wind.
The Yarrow is more complicated, it's like a giant Hogwarts...
When everyone looked at Bingtang, Bingtang just smiled and said, "I'll pass on mine."
Golden Tea didn't say anything more, only saying, "If it doesn't work out, come again next time it opens."
"Thanks."
While everyone was still getting to know their own Mental Image.
Someone asked this question out of the blue.
"Where is the sect leader of the Azure Cloud Sect?"
Everyone looked toward the last door.
All the magical girls came out, even the failed Hongmian, and the other magical girls who failed had already left.
Now, of all the magical girls who participated in the Mental Landscape Trial, only one remains who hasn't emerged.
"It can't fail, can it...?"
I don't know who said it.
The Seven True Disciples immediately glared at them fiercely, and even Yarrow, who was usually quite gentle with the magical girls of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, revealed a somewhat cold look in her eyes.
Golden Tea immediately suppressed the murmurs and quieted down the magical girls.
"Should we go and rest for a bit first?"
To be honest, Shion spent way too much time inside.
It's not surprising that it eventually fails.
Most importantly, her Personal Reality is strange.
It's so strange that her memories alone are almost enough to construct a real world.
Golden Tea even sensed fluctuations in the space around her; was she no longer in the Land of Mental Image?
It felt strange on one hand, and unsettling on the other.
If they really do disappear, not to mention the Azure Cloud Sect members, if they start causing trouble, who can stop them...?
Iris was now frantically spinning in circles, screaming, "How could this be? It can't be! How could this be? It can't be! How could this be? My nemesis is gone? It can't be..."
In the background, the music that the Iris Band choir had been playing began to speed up, in keeping with the uneasy atmosphere.
1x speed, 1.2x speed, 1.3x speed...
Thinking of stabilizing the situation first, and then slowly figuring out how to find the Incubators of the Magical Kingdom to solve the problem.
"Everyone..."
However, the next second, the music suddenly became jarring and dull, as if it had been stretched out countless times, until it abruptly disappeared.
All the images froze.
Golden Tea was the first to sense the fluctuations in the space and immediately turned her head.
The result was that with just a turn of the head, the surrounding environment changed instantly!
" Mental Image,"
A surging sea, towering mountains.
Above the cloud-shrouded mountaintop, the sun shines directly overhead, its golden rays piercing through the clouds, casting countless beams of light.
Most importantly, there were rules that were completely different from those of this world!
It brought about an unusual sense of abnormality.
"Expand."
As the last sentence fell, what should have been a closed Mental Image of replacement expanded once again!
They even brought in the magical girls who were still observing from afar!
Golden Tea subconsciously wanted to expand her own territory.
Although when the opponent's territory expands outward, it will directly shatter one's own territory.
However, if you bring your mental imagery domain to your surroundings, forming a simple protective shield, you can ensure that your Mental Image Domain will not be shattered in the short term.
However, this is not a long-term solution, because the fragmentation of the Mental Image Domain is also only a long-term solution.
But as soon as she unfolded it, Golden Tea discovered a problem.
My own Mental Image has disappeared.
Startled, Golden Tea immediately glanced at the other magical girls beside her.
Sure enough, everyone's Mental Image Domain vanished at the same moment!
"Wait, why can't I use my magic?"
"What happened? What's going on...?"
Golden Tea discovered the problem; it wasn't a matter of magic or domain.
The problem lies in one's entire Personal Reality!
Moreover, this is not simply Mental Image Domain!
She carefully observed her surroundings, listening to everything she could hear, over and over again, and finally discovered the problem.
This is different from other people's Mental Image Domain.
This is the real world!
Moreover, it's a different world with different rules, very similar to the Old World Old World, but also different from it...
Because the rules of this world can actually suppress a magical girl's Personal Reality!
This is why they cannot develop their Mental Image, and even cannot use magic!
They have been suppressed by the rules of another world...
However, the Seven True Disciples simply knelt in unison facing the mountain. Bingtang took out a banner that had been prepared at some unknown time, unfurled it, and sent it flying into the sky.
Then, a sentence inexplicably echoed in the minds of the Azure Cloud Sect disciples.
And so, it was as if they were telepathically connected.
All the disciples followed the true master, bowing towards the mountain peak and offering their congratulations:
"Congratulations, Sect Master, your Purple Mansion is complete!"
"From this day forward, with the Great Dao in hand, the path to immortality will be smooth!"
"This world shall prosper!"
Only then did Golden Tea realize with surprise that the sun, located atop the mountain,
I pierced through the clouds and took a step down.
The All Light Withdrawn.
Then they saw the purple magical girl who had been trapped in the Land of Mental Image for a long time and had not come out. They even thought that she had failed the trial in the Land of Mental Image. She was walking down the mountain step by step.
With each step taken, the world expands once more.
Until all the magical girls lost their own Personal Reality!
Until that petite figure walked right in front of him!
Golden Tea was stunned. "How did you obtain this Mental Image?"
All Mental Image Domain should be materialized by extracting a portion of abilities from one's own world, or at least related to one's own abilities. Mental Image is fundamentally different...
"Isn't it just about directly eroding a world with your Personal Reality, then taking a portion of that world and molding it into Mental Image?"
Golden Tea couldn't hold back any longer:
"That's not the Mental Image Domain!"
Shion tilted her head slightly and said proudly, "Compressing the world into Personal Reality and creating Mental Image, isn't that what it is?"
Golden Tea observed Mental Image that possessed both rapid, replacement-based capture and the ability to Infinity expand its domain through diffusion.
There was a moment of silence.
"Yes, it's not called the Mental Image Domain anymore."
Shion stretched out her hand and suddenly clenched it!
"It should now be called [ Purple Mansion ]--"
The entire world collapsed, and all the magical girls in the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau instantly reverted to their transformation states!
"--[ Supreme One Yin-Yang Creation Cultivation Mansion ]!"
There was nothing more to say, so I kowtowed, kowtowed, kowtowed, kowtowed, kowtowed... (bang...