Mystery: emerging from the wilderness of knowledge

Looking at the greatly changed "Afternoon Town", Derrick looked hesitantly at Colin, the leader of the six-person discussion group in front, and asked:

"Your Excellency, are we still exploring this place now?"

Colin was silent for a moment, looked towards the square in the center of the city and said:

"Go and meet Mr. 'White Tower' in your mouth. If you want to explore this place, you must let him lift the illusion that envelopes this place."

After the words fell, Colin raised his hand to make a vigilant gesture, then walked at the front of the team, leading the members of the exploration team towards the square.

Along the way, they saw many figures, big or small, some of which were much taller than the tallest people in their Silver City. As they got closer to the center of the city, the tall figures walking on the streets became more and more detailed. , even the expressions are enriched.

The houses on both sides of the street looked like shops, with all kinds of merchandise on display, some vague, some clear, and many of them things they had never seen before.

Even though there is no sound or smell, every member of the exploration team feels novel and yearning.

"Is this what the outside world looks like?" Next to Derrick, a member of the exploration team who was about two meters tall wearing coarse cloth clothes and red gloves spoke to Derrick curiously.

"I don't know, maybe." Derrick shook his head and stared blankly at the pictures around him that only existed in general textbooks.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The melodious bells came from the clock tower at the highest point of "Afternoon Town". Along with the bells, there were a group of gray pigeons flying in the sky, adding some vividness to this illusion.

At the edge of the central square, Renekton gently rubbed his fingers, creating ripples of starlight that spread out in circles, getting fainter and fainter, until only the rustling sound of wind was left in his ears.

Colin, who brought the exploration team to the vicinity of the square, happened to see this scene. His eyes flickered slightly, and he waited until Renekton's hand was finished before leading the exploration team closer.

After a short silence, Colin asked his doubts:

"No matter how real the illusion is, it is still an illusion. Why are you obsessed with creating a brand new illusion for yourself? Wouldn't it be simpler to directly replicate the places you have seen?"

"In order to build a huge, almost real world in the future." Renekton explained briefly, then turned sideways and raised his hand in the direction of the center of the square.

The members of the Silver City exploration team followed Renekton and walked to the huge gray stone statue in the center of the square that had been replaced by Renekton.

The index finger of his right hand tapped the crystal ball that was twinkling with stars, and it made a crisp sound.

Dots of starlight fell around, and chairs gathered in a circle suddenly appeared in the originally empty square, with a quietly burning bonfire in the middle.

After doing all this, he turned his head and looked at Colin who kept a certain distance from him and said:

"Do you mind if I change the afternoon to night? I think it would be more atmospheric to sit by the campfire and chat."

Colin raised his head and glanced at the setting sun hanging in the sky, nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Snapped!

Renekton raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The twinkling starlight in the crystal ball held in his left hand was disturbed. The originally dim sky was quickly replaced by a night sky dotted with stars.

The entire "Afternoon Town" suddenly became dark, but soon sporadic firelights lit up from everywhere.

The members of the Silver City exploration team looked up at the sky curiously. This night sky dotted with stars was completely different from the darkness that enveloped Silver City and everything around it. It was not so scary, but rather felt peaceful and quiet.

Renekton casually pulled a chair closer to him and sat down, then pointed to the other chairs with his chin and said:

"Just find a chair and sit on it. I can answer some of your questions, but in return, I need to ask you for some information."

As he spoke, Renekton stretched out his right hand with his palm facing upward, and his eyes, which were shaped like fingernail-sized glass beads and contained starlight, appeared.

"This is my transformed Eye of Secrets. It can help you switch between the real Afternoon Town and the illusion here. As long as you carry it, you can explore this place normally, and I can also collect some information by the way."

Renekton looked around at the somewhat cautious and vigilant people in Silver City, chuckled, and threw all the secret-peeping eyes condensed in his hand to Derrick and said:

"Take it first. It is similar to a magical item. You can use it with a little spiritual infusion. You will naturally understand the specific method of use when you hold it in your hand."

"Okay, okay." Derrick hurriedly caught the Secret Eye that was thrown towards him.

After looking at the Secret Eye in his hand, Derrick tried to pick up an eye that shone with blue starlight and poured some spirituality into it.

In just an instant, he felt his vision change:

All the surrounding exploration team members and bonfires disappeared, and the strange night above his head was replaced by a thick, everything-enveloping darkness, as well as silvery white lightning that flashed across the sky from time to time. With the occasional silvery white lightning, he could clearly see the surroundings. The environment is dilapidated and outdated, with ruins of collapsed buildings everywhere.

This is the real Afternoon Town. What is inside the illusion is the "Afternoon Town" before the catastrophe restored by Mr. "White Tower".

After sighing, Derrick cut off the spiritual infusion and squeezed the Secret Eye with his right hand a little harder.

Don't stay in the dark without a light source!

The illusory sound of broken glass faintly emerged, and the illusory "Afternoon Town" covered the dilapidated and outdated Afternoon Town like an invisible curtain.

"Derrick, what just happened? Your body suddenly became blurry, just like the figures walking on the street before."

As soon as Derrick came back to his senses, the member of the exploration team wearing red gloves approached and asked.

"I'm fine, Joshua, I just returned to the real Afternoon Town." As Derrick spoke, he handed over the glass-bead-like Secret Eyes he held in his left hand.

The member of the exploration team named Joshua hesitated and took one. Then he imitated Derrick's previous actions and poured spirituality into it.

Under Derrick's gaze, Joshua's figure suddenly became illusory and blurry. He tried to reach out and touch it, but his finger fell completely empty.

"This is just a phantom, so that you can identify each other's status." Renekton half-leaned on his chair and explained simply.

In less than ten seconds, the phantom left by Joshua quickly became clear and solidified. He calmly nodded to the members of the exploration team who were pouring in around him.

Colin held one hand on the silver straight sword inserted into the ground, and placed one hand on the knee of his left leg, tapping his index finger lightly. He did not stop the members of the exploration team from trying to peep into the secret eye, but just stood aside quietly. Watch them quietly.

It wasn't until Derrick handed him the last remaining glass bead-like Secret Eye. He took it and looked at it for a while before saying in a deep voice:

"What dangers are hidden in the Giants' Court?"

Renekton looked across the bonfire, looked at Colin who looked calm, and said in a deep voice:

"The evil spirits of the Dark Angel sleep there, and there is extremely terrifying pollution. If the order is too high, it will be contaminated. If the order is too low, it cannot defeat the evil spirits of the Dark Angel."

"Dark angel evil spirit?" Colin lowered his eyes and said with a complicated expression.

Derrick pursed his lips and intervened:

"Is there any other way?"

Renekton raised his eyebrows and looked up thoughtfully at the huge gray stone statue in the center of the square. Just now, his inspiration was touched for a moment, very slightly.

"Wait. Not too long in the future, Mr. Fool will send his favored ones over, and he will help you."

Twitching the corner of his mouth slightly, he answered Derrick's question while raising his hand to grab the lantern in the hand of the huge gray stone statue in the center of the square.

A transparent face emerged from it, with curly black hair, dark eyes, a wide forehead, and a thin face.

The familiar face made the few expressions on Renekton's face freeze instantly. He exerted force with his right hand unconsciously, and pieces of starlight appeared around the transparent face, then retracted instantly, trying to obliterate that face.

The transparent face surrounded by starlight twisted for a moment, and the next moment he appeared next to the bonfire. He was like the shadow of an innocent soul, with his lower body completely transparent floating in the air.

He leisurely took out a solid monocle from his pocket and said with a smile:

"Oh, how did you find me?"

"Intuition, just grab it." Renekton replied expressionlessly.

He originally thought that a monster in the darkness had invaded his fantasy world. He felt that the intruder was not very powerful, so he wanted to catch him out so casually.

While speaking, the crystal ball that Renekton had been holding in his left hand suddenly erupted with extremely bright stars, and invisible gravity suddenly erupted, illuminating the entire illusion in brilliant white.

When the light dissipated, everyone in Silver City who had gathered around the bonfire disappeared, leaving only Amon and Renekton, whose figures had completely solidified.

Amon stretched out his hand to adjust the monocle on his face, and said with a smile of unknown meaning at the corner of his mouth:

"You sent them all away?"

"Actually, even if they stay, I have no intention of parasitizing them. I have already been to that Silver City. Those who can survive in this place will always have some unusual trump cards. Do you want to know what the secret of Silver City is? ?”

"You know?" Renekton glanced at Amon with doubtful eyes, thinking in his mind whether to take advantage of the other person's aura to deal with his clone before he reached the demigod level.

Amon looked at Renekton with interest and said:

"You can take a gamble. Maybe my body is far away from here?"