RNP Chapter 152 One eye reveals the aura of the Source Fortress, and another, the aura of the Chaos Sea.
Chapter 152 One eye reveals the aura of the Source Fortress, and another, the aura of the Chaos Sea.
Chapter 152 A Glimpse of the Source Castle's Aura, A Glimpse of the Chaos Sea's Aura
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Raphael abandoned the undead and sprinted forward, quickly leaving the two disciples of the "Penglai Immortal Sect" far behind.
He chuckled, quite confident in the "zombie's" running ability.
After running for a while, Raphael realized that the space seemed excessively large. He had been running in one direction for so long, yet he still hadn't encountered a mountain wall!
Seeing that the enemies behind him were not chasing after him, Raphael slowly stopped. All around him was pitch black, as if he were being swallowed by darkness.
At that moment, Raphael felt a surge of spiritual awareness and looked up sharply.
At the top of the cave hung several desiccated corpses—or rather, they were not hung, as there were no ropes securing them; they seemed to be suspended by some illusory threads.
The wind seemed to come from nowhere, and the trees swayed slowly, as if performing a strange dance.
Raphael raised his hand and said to them, "Hello, is it comfortable hanging up there?"
The floating corpses suddenly stopped, clearly not expecting Raphael to greet them.
At the same time, Raphael noticed that the faces of these corpses were all facing the same direction.
He smiled and said, "Thank you for showing me the way. Goodbye."
After saying that, he waved his hand and walked towards the faces of the corpses.
The corpses swayed, somewhat agitated: "Explain yourself! When did I ever give you directions?"
Underground on the eastern coast of the Northern Continent.
Raphael is assisting Mr. C in fighting a giant dragon. The dragon is enormous with tough hide, but fortunately, it is only slightly higher than Sequence 5.
Dragons primarily possess the abilities of lightning and hurricanes, and can occasionally use "flesh magic" and psychological attacks.
Mr. C, the "Shepherd," takes the lead in the attack, while Raphael and Xavier, the "Rose Bishop," provide support.
Mr. C's "herding" spirits include "Dreamwalker" and "Reaper," which he primarily uses in combat, along with the abilities of "Rose Bishop."
Raphael and Xavier are both very strong offensively. One has high defense and the other is unkillable. Even if they are hit by a dragon, they can quickly launch another attack.
So they defeated the dragon relatively easily. Raphael noticed that no extraordinary properties were released after the dragon died, and he guessed that the dragon was probably just a figment of imagination.
Mr. C ordered another short break, and they would proceed again after ten minutes.
After walking for a while, the space ahead suddenly opened up, and the other end was nowhere to be seen. A dozen meters ahead, there was a black crack, and it seemed that some black liquid was flowing inside.
Mr. C said, "We're about to enter an area where strangers might suddenly appear, so everyone be careful."
He had already mentioned this point before, so he didn't elaborate further. Besides, saying too much might influence people's judgment.
"Alright, let's keep going." Mr. C was still walking in front.
As soon as he stepped into the enormous space, another Mr. C appeared from inside the black rift.
Mr. C, who was inside the dark slit, was so thin he was skin and bones, and his eyes bulged out. He seemed to be trapped in front of him, unable to get out.
However, everyone could hear the other person's voice; he was shouting, "You have to crawl forward on your hands and knees at the very beginning! Otherwise, you'll be blown to bits! Only after you pass that dark crevice can you stand up and move forward!"
Everyone was stunned and didn't know what to do for a moment.
Mr. C, standing outside the black slit, frowned and said, "Have the rules here changed?"
But then he added, "However, this makes it very easy to distinguish which is real and which is fake."
Throughout the journey, Mr. C's guidance was very accurate, allowing everyone to avoid the harm caused by the environment, so everyone trusted Mr. C.
Without further hesitation, ignoring Mr. C's shouts from inside, the group continued forward.
Only Raphael suddenly lay down and crawled forward; not only him, but all his undead also lay down and crawled forward.
Upon seeing Raphael's actions, Xavier immediately crawled forward as well.
Puff~ Puff~
The other two members of the Aurora Club were stunned. Before they could even ask what happened, the explosion was like a watermelon smashed open with a baseball bat, scattering everywhere.
"Rose Bishop" Xavier pushed aside a piece of flesh that had fallen in front of him and crawled forward quickly. At this moment, he only felt a chill down his back: When was Mr. C replaced?
Meanwhile, Mr. C, who was inside the dark crevice, picked up a piece of flesh from the ground and swallowed it whole.
As he swallowed the second piece of flesh, Raphael and Xavier finally reached the location of the black rift.
Raphael glanced at it and saw clumps of viscous liquid beneath the black crack, which looked like blood plasma, but not quite.
However, the moment Raphael saw the liquid, he felt the whispering voices around him suddenly grow louder, so he dared not look any further and quickly crawled away.
After they all stood up, Mr. C, who was outside the black slit, asked Raphael, "I'm curious, how did you discover that I had a problem?"
"I wouldn't be surprised if anyone else discovered I was a figment of imagination, but you're the only one who hasn't seen the real Mr. C. Why do you think I'm an imposter?"
Xavier, standing to the side, felt extremely ashamed; he hadn't even noticed that Mr. C had a problem.
Raphael said, "When I first came here, I talked to a few guys wearing sunglasses, and one of them said that Mr. C had been replaced."
"At the time, I didn't pay much attention, but the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong, because they were trapped in the first checkpoint and had no idea that other people could be found inside."
"Moreover, I have always believed that the best lies are not those that are perfectly crafted, but those that mix truth with lies, which are the most credible."
"Therefore, I judge that at least part of what they said is true."
The most important reason why Raphael didn't believe at the time was that even though the fake Mr. C tried his best to avoid praying to the "True Creator" after leaving, at least when Raphael joined the Aurora Society, the "True Creator" cast his gaze upon him.
Even if the "true creator" is in a bad state, it's not blind. How could a "fantastical" divine messenger not see it?
But later, during a rest, Raphael recalled the hint from the white jade bead, realizing that this action was being jointly promoted by the "True Creator" and Adam.
Raphael's memory has now "recovered" quite a bit, and he remembers the general state of these two gods. They never interacted with each other, but they had a lot of tacit understanding in many things!
So Raphael suddenly realized that the "true creator" saw Mr. C as a figment of his imagination, but he thought it was something Adam had arranged, so he didn't take it too seriously.
So it's entirely possible that Mr. C, who led the team, was just a figment of his imagination. His goal must have been to kill everyone who came to explore this place. In the previous operations, he must have tried his best to help everyone, and after gaining everyone's trust, he would find an opportunity to kill them all.
Upon seeing Mr. C in the darkness, Raphael readily complied with his instructions. Crawling forward might look unsightly, but it wouldn't cost him anything.
Mr. C, who had been "imagining" things, smiled and said, "I knew I wasn't wrong. You are my best subordinate!"
"So outstanding it's frightening!"
Xavier, standing to the side, said with some surprise, "So, Mr. C has been an imposter for the past few months? Even the Saints didn't notice? This—"
This is absolutely terrifying!
The person "born" in the cave went to the outside world and took the place of the original body.
But Raphael felt that this was the most powerful aspect of the "audience" approach: he wanted people to feel that everything was normal, even if it was already very abnormal, so that everyone would feel that everything was normal.
The idea that people can get to know each other through chatting so they can pass through the last area is likely a scam as well.
The last area doesn't suddenly feature "familiar strangers," but rather it allows you to replace the person who enters, leaving the replaced person trapped inside.
Raphael added, "If I'm not mistaken, this place should be deep underground in Backlund!"
Even uniquely formed sealed artifacts have a range of abilities, according to Raphael's concept of "0—".
The memory of "02" is usually sealed within the area of "a city".
In mysticism, many quantifiers only have abstract meanings.
For example, if the range of a sealed object's power is described as a city, then it is a city in the written sense. A city with a population of only tens of thousands is "a city," while Backlund, with a population of five million, is also "a city."
This explains the previous mission regarding Ms. S: Mr. C was only organizing the rescue, but he never went to rescue her himself.
He could tell his superiors that he had more important things to do and couldn't lead the team personally. In reality, he couldn't leave Backlund, not even to the suburbs.
The real Mr. C, who was devouring flesh and blood, glanced at the "imaginary" Mr. C: "Where did you find such a person?"
Mr. C, who had been "daydreaming," smiled and said, "I was very interested in his way of running a gang, so I recruited him. After that, he kept bringing me surprises."
As he spoke, he shrugged and said, "Alright, you can move on now. No matter how hard you try, you won't be able to get past the last hurdle."
After saying that, he disappeared into thin air.
The emaciated Mr. C, who had consumed a great deal of flesh and blood, stood up and said to Raphael and Xavier, "He's right. I've been here for several months and tried many methods, but I still haven't found a way to get in there."
He glanced at Raphael's undead: "However, you could try it with the undead."
After saying that, he led the way, saying, "Follow me."
Raphael and Xavier exchanged a glance. Mr. C had been here for several months, yet he remained so calm; something seemed amiss.
The western continent, at the foot of Langya Mountain.
Following the "guidance" of the corpses above him, Raphael arrived at a thick, swirling gray fog.
He was very familiar with the appearance of this gray fog; it was similar to the gray fog that had sealed his memories.
At that moment, several corpses that had been hanging overhead quietly fell to the ground.
Raphael looked at their withered faces, and neither side made the first move, just staring at each other.
Before long, the people from the "Penglai Immortal Sect" also caught up, and none of the three parties rushed to make a move.
However, a puppet from the Penglai Immortal Sect quietly approached the gray fog. It was a puppet with the characteristics of a "monster" pathway. According to the information they had received, puppets with this pathway had a certain probability of being able to separate the fog.
Deep beneath the northern continent of Backlund.
Mr. C led Raphael and Xavier to a patch of light with some dazzling colors. The light seemed to contain an infinite number of colors and looked sacred, but not dazzling.
He looked at the light before him with an expression of boundless longing.
It took him a while to seem to come to his senses: "This is it. Let's try it with a living corpse."
Raphael nodded and was about to send out a zombie when the cross inside his clothes floated out on its own, suddenly emitting a dazzling white light!
This cross was given to Raphael by Adam, and Raphael guessed that it might be useful in this expedition, so he carried it with him.
It was indeed used at the last moment.
The dazzling white light cut through the colorful light in front, forming a bizarre and wonderful passage!
Mr. C's pupils suddenly turned into a dazzling color. The past few months here had assimilated him with the vibrant colors before him. At this moment, he suddenly rushed over to snatch the cross.
But the light on the cross seemed to possess wisdom. First, a white light enveloped Raphael, then the cross floated into the air, and the light suddenly became dazzling. Beams of holy light fell down, and Mr. C was burned to ashes amidst screams.
Xavier, who was standing nearby, was also unlucky enough to be ignited by the "Holy Light" and was quickly burned into a charred corpse.
The light gradually dimmed, and the cross floated into Raphael's hands.
He took a deep breath and stepped into the bizarre and fantastical passageway.
The western continent, at the foot of Langya Mountain.
A bright point of light flew out from Raphael's clothes. Although it did not have the shape of a cross, it served the same purpose as a cross. First, it protected Raphael in the light, and then beams of "holy light" fell down.
Whether they were members of the "Penglai Immortal Sect" or the shriveled corpses that fell from the top of the cave, they were all burned to ashes.
Then the light cut through the gray mist in front of Raphael, revealing a hazy passage.
Raphael stepped into the passage.
Deep beneath the northern continent of Backlund.
Raphael passed through a bizarre and fantastical passageway and arrived before a pool of illusory water. A voice with a sacred quality said, "I didn't expect you to find this place."
A white, jade-colored bead floated from Raphael's forehead: "There are many things you haven't considered!"
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Raphael turned his head to look to his left, where there was a black, somewhat illusory mirror.
The western continent, at the foot of Langya Mountain.
Raphael led the way through a hazy passage to a small portal of light, where a voice filled with the vicissitudes of life said, "I never expected you to find this place."
A white, jade-colored bead floated from Raphael's forehead: "Sigh, I have to repeat myself. There are many things you haven't considered!"
Raphael turned his head to his right, where there was a black, somewhat illusory mirror—in which he saw himself in the extraordinary world!