area51novel Chapter 227 What a coincidence!
Chapter 227 What a coincidence!
Chapter 227 What a coincidence!
Turn right.
Under what circumstances can a right turn occur?
The answer, as the name suggests, is either that something is blocking the way forward, or that there is a problem with the road itself.
But here.
Tang Zijun originally thought that this world was empty, with no buildings or objects, only endless silence and darkness.
But from Hyacinth's words, Tang Zijun realized that he wasn't heading in a straight line towards the "exit"; there was something else there!
After taking a few quick steps, Tang Zijun soon sensed something in front of her. She reached out to touch it, but her palm felt icy cold.
"This is..."
Tang Zijun looked puzzled and couldn't help but raise the hyacinth in his hand a little higher.
"Don't use me as a flashlight, you jerk!" Hyacinth angrily bit Tang Zijun's finger.
However, Tang Zijun's attention was entirely focused on the wall in front of her. Her fingertips lightly traced the wall, and with the help of the faint light from the antennae on the hyacinth's forehead, Tang Zijun could barely make out the details of the building.
Darkness, utter darkness.
Like a black hole, it seemed to swallow even the light, leaving no reflection at all.
Tang Zijun pressed her entire palm against the 'wall', her brows furrowing deeply. "There's no mistake, this is glass, the kind of glass curtain wall that's usually installed on the exterior of buildings, but how could this be..."
As the current ruler of the Reversal World, Tang Zijun is as familiar with glass as she is with the door to her own bedroom.
Strangely, the black glass didn't reflect any light at all, which was practically a challenge to Tang Zijun's nine years of compulsory education.
Following the devastating blow to physics in the inverted world, geology is now also facing challenges in this bizarre environment.
"Seriously? The glass doesn't reflect light?"
"There seems to be a layer of shadow covering the surface of this thing," Hyacinth remarked after observing it carefully for a while. "It's probably the shadow obstructing the reflection in the glass, right?"
Hearing this, Tang Zijun glanced at the hyacinth. "That's even more outrageous, isn't it? This shadow isn't even afraid of light."
"Because the negative energy here is too strong, concentrated energy fluctuations will affect the frequency of light particles. Now these lights and shadows are not in the same dimension, so they naturally cannot be dispelled," Hyacinth explained.
Tang Zijun nodded thoughtfully, then raised an eyebrow, looking at the little figure in her hand with surprise. "Where did you learn such advanced technical terms?"
"The Bureau of Demonic Investigation, huh? Those humans are researching weapons to target negative energy. I was just curious, so I sneaked over to take a look." Hyacinth said matter-of-factly.
Speechless, Tang Zijun withdrew her gaze and looked back at the glass curtain wall in front of her.
"No wonder. I've been contacting Langya since just now. I thought I was pulled into a dream world, but I didn't expect that these shadows could also block the passage to the reverse world."
"There's nothing strange about that. These guys in the shadows can't enter the reverse world either," Hyacinth shrugged. "There can't be a reflection in complete darkness, just like there can't be a shadow in the mirror world."
Upon hearing this, Tang Zijun stroked her chin and nodded.
Indeed, given the bizarre nature of the inverted world, where even the sun and moon are fake, how could there possibly be a real shadow?
If the Shadow World and the Reverse World could communicate with each other, wouldn't the world descend into chaos?
"Then what about these tall buildings? Or rather, where exactly are we now, and why is there a real city here?"
"I don't know exactly where it is, but the space here isn't very big, so it's definitely not the Shadow World. It should be... a dimension that has been invaded by the Shadow World, right?" Hyacinth thought for a moment and then replied.
Dimensions invaded by the shadow world?
This statement caught Tang Zijun's attention.
Just as he was pondering the relationship between the two, Hyacinth suddenly changed her expression, stood up abruptly, and stared intently at the darkness behind Tang Zijun.
"Damn it, we've wasted too much time, those guys are already catching up!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Zijun slowly turned around.
The darkness was silent, and even the enemy's location was unknown, but for some reason, Tang Zijun could still faintly sense something approaching in the darkness.
Tang Zijun clenched her fist slightly, ready to fight her way out.
Just then, a hoarse, deep voice came from afar, echoing in Tang Zijun's ears.
The sound seemed to be squeezed out from the depths of darkness, carrying endless resentment. It was very faint at first, but it sounded exceptionally clear in the silent environment.
".it's useless.."
The sound grew closer and closer, as if it were right next to my ear.
Each syllable was like a cold finger gently tracing across a person's neck, making Hyacinth shiver and cling tightly to Tang Zijun's fingers.
"...Give up the futile struggle..."
"...You can't escape now... Magical Girl..."
Magical girl?
Are you referring to me?
Tang Zijun's face stiffened.
The previously eerie and terrifying atmosphere shattered instantly, leaving him speechless with utter disbelief.
So this guy has no idea who he is... wait, he doesn't even know his own gender!
With a cold laugh, Tang Zijun licked her slightly dry lips.
"I understand. This trap wasn't aimed at me, but at the magical girls who came to investigate later, right?"
Before the voice could answer, Tang Zijun continued, "You know that once the Outer Path Demon appears, magical girls will definitely be born, so they preemptively attacked the unawakened magical girls and set this trap."
"Although I don't know what your purpose is, judging from the intensity of the negative energy, you should not be an ordinary captain-level officer. Heh, you have almost reached the threshold of a low-level cadre. It seems that I underestimated you guys in the shadows. In such a short time, you have actually been able to create this level of combat power."
Tang Zijun's voice echoed, and the surrounding environment fell silent again.
The silence didn't last long before the hoarse voice reappeared.
"...Your magic will have no effect here..."
"...Give up the resistance...Accept the power of the shadows...Accept this hard-won blessing..."
"...Ultimately...you will experience true joy and freedom..."
"Pshaw, that's completely irrelevant."
Tang Zijun shook her head slightly and snorted coldly.
"I thought he was a junior cadre, but now it seems he's just an empty shell with no real thought. He's meaningless."
"...Your magic...betrayed you..."
The voice still did not respond to Tang Zijun's words; it continued to murmur mechanically.
"...This place...is a haven for negative energy..."
"Negative energy, huh?"
With a wave of his arm, Tang Zijun summoned a silver card that appeared at his fingertips.
At the same time, a metal belt was suspended around Tang Zijun's waist.
"What a coincidence!"
Late at night, near a residential area in Harbin.
Tangcao and Xiaobai walked forward, curiously observing their surroundings as they went.
Finding the Shadow-Sensing Clan is no easy task. Those creatures move erratically and through shadows, greatly reducing the likelihood of them leaving traces.
Unless the distance is extremely close, or a creature carrying shadow energy is found, it is still very difficult for a spirit beast to sense negative energy on its own.
Xiao Bai looked left and right, and finally fixed his gaze on Tang Cao.
"Hey, Tangcao, is something on your mind?"
Tang Cao was taken aback. "No, why do you ask?"
"We're partners, and although it hasn't been long, we know each other pretty well. Do you think I don't know your personality?" Xiaobai shook her head. "Besides, you've been silent the whole way."
"I... I just want to find that sister as soon as possible," Tang Cao said softly.
Xiao Bai leaped high into the air, landing on a mailbox. Looking directly at Tang Cao, he smiled and said, "To be honest, are you thinking about Qin Nan and your brother?"
"No." Tang Cao shook her head abruptly.
"Come on, don't give me that." Xiao Bai gave me a look that said, "I've seen right through you." "I figured it out a long time ago. You're just trying to stir up trouble between Qin Nan and Tang Zijun."
"Oh dear, there really isn't any."
Tang Cao scratched her hair with both hands and sighed.
"I...I'm worried about my brother's safety!"
"Huh?" Little White tilted his head.
Tang Cao looked distressed. "You know, my brother is just an ordinary person. Even though he's a man, he'll still be in danger when facing these monsters."
"And now he's joined the Bureau of Demon Surveillance, and even become a six-star agent. I heard from them that agents are always on missions."
Isn't that even more dangerous?
"I originally wanted my brother to live a peaceful life..."
"I was thinking, isn't Su Siyao just an ordinary person? Why aren't you worried about her...?" Xiao Bai's lips twitched.
"That's different, okay?"
Tang Cao pursed her lips and spoke.
"Yaoyao is just a girl who accidentally wandered into the magical world, but my brother is a proper agent of the Magic Bureau."
"And he's also connected to that dream world. I don't know what the dream world is, but it sounds dangerous."
At this point, Tangcao kicked him.
"Xiaobai, why didn't my brother tell me about this?"
"Well...maybe he doesn't want you to worry?" Xiaobai suddenly regretted bringing up this topic with Tangcao.
"But he can't keep it from me." Tang Cao lowered her head. "I really can't understand why that old man would rather believe Uncle Chang than his own family."
"...Hehe...Hehehe..."
Xiao Bai smiled sheepishly, wondering whether she should change the subject.
Just then, a strange feeling suddenly stirred in Xiaobai's heart.
Her smile vanished abruptly, and her airplane-shaped ears perked up.
"What's wrong?" Tang Cao noticed something was amiss.
Then Xiaobai said seriously.
"Shadow energy, such intense shadow energy!"