area51novel Chapter 412 There's a Way
Chapter 412 There's a Way
Chapter 412 There's a Way
"You're going alone!?"
Xiao Xiao's mouth dropped open in surprise.
"No, you can't!"
"Why not?" Tang Zijun crossed her arms. "You said before that you would follow my orders in everything you do."
"But this is too dangerous. We don't know enough about this place. Leisen said it's clearly suicide. Even if you're a Kamen Rider and can switch between various forms, you'd still be outmatched by those guys. If there are two of you..."
"No offense intended, but Xiao Xiao, you need to understand that with your current strength, facing an enemy like this will only hold me back," Tang Zijun said calmly.
"I know you can turn into a shadow to evade their attacks, but once you step into the Pocket Universe, if they close all the entrances, where can you escape to even as a shadow?"
Tang Zijun pursed her lips. "I have my own way of doing things."
"Your solution is..."
Xiao Xiao didn't believe Tang Zijun's words at all. She thought the other party was just being perfunctory. But before she could finish speaking, Tang Zijun interrupted her.
"Alright, stop talking about these pointless things. The most important thing right now is to get you to a safe place so that I can focus on uncovering the secrets of the Pocket Universe."
"A safe place... I'm afraid there's no safe place around here." Nuomi came closer; he had been listening quite attentively to Leisen and Tang Zijun's conversation earlier.
"There isn't one here, so I'm going to send you to a friend's place. After I've resolved the issues here, I'll come and pick you up and bring you back to the real world," Tang Zijun said casually.
"Isn't this your first time here? Do you have friends here?"
"I'm not referring to the wasteland world."
"Oh, not wasteland..." Nuomi nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly froze. "Huh???"
The next moment, a wolf's howl shattered the silence of the cave.
The sound was sharp yet lingering, as if it came from another dimension, carrying endless vicissitudes, echoing within the cliff walls of the grotto.
Then a faint silver light appeared in the iron pot boiling water. With the wolf howl, the water in the pot began to tremble slightly, and the originally calm water surface was rippled, like a lake surface where a pebble had been thrown in.
The ripples grew larger and larger in Xiao Xiao and Nuomi's astonished gazes, and the reflection in the water became more and more intense, with a silvery sheen, as bright as moonlight, emanating from the water and illuminating the surrounding darkness.
Amidst the intense reflection, a blurry outline gradually emerged. Looking into the pot of bubbling hot water, one could vaguely make out a dark red sky.
"What... what is this...?"
Tang Zijun stepped forward and smiled. "Aren't you curious about my method? I'm honored to introduce my partner to you. His name is Langya. He is a mechanical greedy being who has signed a contract with me, and he is also the most special existence among greedy beings."
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Xiao Xiao was so shocked that she was almost speechless.
Tang Zijun gently patted her shoulder. "Langya has a special ability: to create a unique reversal channel at any time."
The reversal passage opened in Langya was unstoppable and seemed completely unaffected by the barriers between different worlds.
Langya's reversal channel did indeed fail once before, which was the time when he, Qin Nan, and Xiao Hui accidentally entered the dream. However, Tang Zijun later found the reason for his failure, which was that Langya's reversal channel was not based on the spirit and soul.
Although Tang Zijun and Qin Nan were in a dream world at the time, their physical bodies were still in the real world. This is the main reason why Tang Zijun could not communicate with the reversed world and Langya.
Obviously, the laws of the reversed world also have certain drawbacks. Although mirror travel seems impressive, it is still impossible to travel from the mirror of reality to the mirror of dreams.
However, it's different if it's a physical object.
At this moment, Langya entered the dream world through Katie in his true form, while he himself was pulled into the wasteland by the teleportation devices of those intelligent machines.
Based on this, Langya's skills were finally able to be fully utilized.
With him as the gateway connecting the two worlds, Tang Zijun could directly send Xiao Xiao and Nuomi to the Black City in the dream world. Similarly, even if he encountered a danger he couldn't handle, he was confident that the other party wouldn't be able to keep him there.
If you're so capable, come to another world through the mirror and hit me!
"That world... could it be..." Xiao Xiao pointed to the reflection in the water, her voice trembling slightly.
"Yes, it's the world you're thinking of." Tang Zijun didn't hide anything, and gently comforted you. "Don't worry, it's very safe there. I met a mercenary leader there, and she'll take good care of you."
"So you could have just taken us away from this wretched place from the beginning!?" Nuomi's mouth dropped open.
"Hmm... I just thought that since I'm already here, I should at least gather as much information as possible before making any decisions. Look at the result now, isn't it pretty good?"
Tang Zijun smiled, then seemed to remember something and spoke.
"Oh, by the way, you might not be able to communicate with them once you get there, but don't be surprised. I'm the one who brought you there, so they won't do anything to you. I'll come find you after I'm done with what I'm doing here."
Slowly calming her complicated emotions, Xiao Xiao realized that the person in front of her was not a reckless fool who knew nothing. At the beginning of the operation, he had already considered all possible escape routes.
No wonder Tang Zijun showed no signs of panic after arriving in this world; it turns out he was holding a trump card.
A greedy being who can open passages to different worlds... This ability can no longer be considered special. In a sense, it's several times more outrageous than any of the weirdos she knows.
Xiao Xiao's stiff body trembled slightly, and after a long silence, she slowly turned her head to look at Tang Zijun.
"Then you... must be careful."
"I will." Tang Zijun subconsciously reached out to pat her head, but hesitated for a moment and stopped.
The girl in front of him was not Tang Cao or Qin Nan. Although he felt similarly towards her, they weren't that close. Perhaps she wouldn't think much of it in this situation, but this intimate behavior still seemed like she was taking advantage of him.
Watching Xiao Xiao and Nuomi enter the pot one after the other, Tang Zijun took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.
He turned and looked at the map laid out on the ground, a strange smile curving his lips.
"Tsk."
"Things are about to get interesting..."
The world of the surface—codename: Inside the carriage of the Magic Train.
A group of magical girls from the Fantasy Society, led by Tan Zhixin, gathered around an exquisite woman's head.
The reason it is said that Tan Zhixin is in charge is not because she sidelined Tang Cao, who is the team leader, but because the wood element she possesses is the main source of power for the mechanical humanoid this time.
Ideally, the best element to power a robot would be lightning, but what's happening here is too strange, and they don't want Deputy Director Qiu Yun to know about it yet.
In addition, Chang Lei was somewhat afraid of Qiu Yun, so this plan was decided as a last resort. If they really couldn't charge the robot, they could ask Deputy Director Qiu Yun for help.
The blonde woman's head on the table remained with her eyes closed. Even with so many people surrounding her, she was unable to release any energy, as if the previous distress message had exhausted her last bit of power.
She lay quietly on the table in the carriage, looking completely harmless.
Su Siyao stared at the head for a while, then looked at her serious-looking companions, and finally gave up the urge to reach out and pinch the head's face. Instead, she asked with some curiosity.
"So... when do you want to see it?"
"Indeed, watching like this won't help. Since Katie has already taken defensive measures, let's make our move quickly." Chang Lei subconsciously glanced in the direction of the speaker, then turned pale with shock. "Wait, how did you, an ordinary person, end up following us here?!"
Su Siyao blinked, speechless.
Upon hearing Chang Lei's startled shout, the others also realized that there was an ordinary girl among them, a pure-blooded Muggle.
"Uh...it happened so suddenly, I almost forgot that Yao Yao is an ordinary person." Qin Nan scratched his head, not knowing what to say.
Tang Cao's expression was also a bit strange. Come to think of it, it seems that the Demon Surveillance Bureau does not allow ordinary people who are not agents to enter, let alone a girl like Su Siyao who is not even an adult.
However, everyone's attention was focused on the comic convention attack, Captain Xiao's injury, and the disappearance of Tang Zijun and Xi Lan. No one paid attention to Su Siyao's identity, and even the agents of the Demon Supervision Bureau did not stop her, so no one reacted.
Looking back now, those agents probably mistook Su Siyao for a magical girl, which is why they didn't stop her. Even Minister Xue was fooled.
There was really no way to deal with it. Who would have thought that an ordinary person would be mixed in with a large group of magical girls? Not to mention that none of these magical girls had any spirit beasts with them, so the agents couldn't possibly count them all.
"Forget about it for now."
Chang Lei rubbed his temples and then casually waved his hand.
"Tang Cao, your element doesn't match the energy required by this mechanical humanoid. Go and protect Su Siyao."
I'll try using the power of deception, in conjunction with the elements of Consultant Tan, Xiao Qin, and Katie.
"it is good."
No one objected, and Tang Cao immediately led Su Siyao away from the group and protected her behind him.
"Get ready. When I say 'start,' simultaneously cast spells at this mirror. Be careful not to cast any offensive spells; just use the simplest spells."
As he spoke, Chang Lei pulled a makeup mirror out of his pocket.
Then, without him making any move, the makeup mirror slowly detached from Chang Lei's hand and floated into the air without any rope pulling it, gradually coming to rest directly above the head.
Chang Lei raised his hands with a determined look in his eyes.
"Let's do it!"
The next moment, three beams of light erupted.