In the pitch-dark corridor, Yu Shiran was sprinting forward.
âStop!â she shouted in frustration while chasing.
She didnât expect the figure that looked exactly like her to run so fastâ¦
Thud, thud, thudâ¦
The only response ahead was the clear sound of running footsteps.
It didnât sound too far, but no matter how hard she and Silver Thread tried, they couldnât catch up.
In just two or three minutes, Yu Shiran had already run quite a distance.
She had no clear idea of the buildingâs internal structure but was vaguely puzzled.
This corridor is too longâ¦
Moreover, there wasnât even a single window on the way.
She frowned, looking straight ahead, and bit her lip lightly.
Something felt offâ¦
âHmm? What did you say?â Yu Shiran suddenly raised an eyebrow.
After striking a listening pose for a couple of seconds, Yu Shiran suddenly realized, âRight⦠Iâve been running straight this whole time, thereâs no side path, and Iâm not far behind her. Why canât I see her?â
She looked at the walls on both sides and indeed found them blurry and indistinct.
She rubbed her eyes and looked around.
âAh! Black Silk, Iâm blind!â Yu Shiran exclaimed in a ghostly tone, quickly waving a hand in front of her eyes, then joyfully called out, âYouâre right! I can still see myself.â
But her excitement only lasted a couple of seconds, as she pouted in frustration, âOh, I forgot⦠why are you so smug about itâ¦â
At some point, the only thing she could clearly see in this place was herselfâ¦
It felt terrible, and Yu Shiran gradually realized that chasing after her doppelgänger might have been a rash decision.
But suddenly seeing someone who looked just like herself, there was no reason not to followâ¦
âBlack Silk, why do you think thereâs a Zombie that looks exactly like me?â
Yu Shiran asked, tilting her head.
Clearly, this question puzzled Black Silk too, so after hesitating for a while, Yu Shiran decided to continue the chase.
Yu Shiran glanced back, noticing the pitch-black corridor behind her was just as blurry.
Given that, she might as well keep following the footsteps ahead.
âI wonder how that Sausage Human is doing. He asked me to come in and help, but I havenât helped him at all. Will he not give me food or let me hunt?â
Yu Shiran muttered under her breath as she continued walking forward.
âYes, Iâm helping him by catching this strange fellowâ¦â
She nodded repeatedly, agreeing with herself.
But this time, she didnât need Black Silk to remind her; she had already noticed.
Whenever she stopped, the footsteps also stopped.
Now, as she started moving again, her pace was much slower.
Remarkably, the footsteps slowed down tooâ¦
âIs she deliberately leading me?â Yu Shiran pondered as she looked ahead. As a Zombie, her thoughts were quite simple.
âFine, if thatâs what she wants, letâs see what sheâs up to!â
Having made up her mind, Yu Shiran stopped being in a hurry and followed at a leisurely pace, almost as if she were taking a stroll.
Behind her, several Silver Threads were swaying, with one stretching stealthily along the wall, abruptly straightening like a measuring tapeâ¦
âItâs here!â Ling Mo suddenly stopped.
According to his calculations, they should be near the restroom.
However, the original door was completely out of sight.
Relying on touch with his eyes closed didnât seem feasible either. Whatever the environment used to be, it had transformed into this elongated corridorâat least, thatâs what Ling Mo perceived.
But Ling Mo had an ace up his sleeveâhe had tentacles.
The opponent might disrupt all of his senses, but they couldnât physically alter him.
The total space here wasnât that large, so no matter how misleading it seemed, it couldnât outright change the external environment.
âThe corridor is no more than three meters wide, probably around two and a half⦠and even if Iâm unlucky and hit a corner, the discrepancy shouldnât be too significantâ¦â
Ling Moâs trick could work anywhere, but to extract the maximum Intelligence with minimal use of his psychic power, he decided to start here.
After positioning himself, Ling Mo didnât close his eyes this time. Several tentacles split from the psychic light cluster, slowly probing the surrounding area.
The results of closing his eyes earlier showed that his judgment and sense of direction were both affected.
If he closed his eyes, all the tentacles might inadvertently go in the same direction, so itâs better to keep his eyes open.
As long as he materializes them, he can instantly shoot everything around him into a beehive.
That should shatter any kind of illusionâ¦
However, Ling Mo didnât rush into actionâ¦
The Little Zombie Puppet quickly returned to its original spot but came back empty-handed.
The bloodstains were long goneâ¦
If it werenât for the faint marks left on the palm of his hand, Ling Mo might have doubted whether he had even issued that psychic command.
âSo itâs continually changing. This means there is a high likelihood of going in circles. Next, I just need to see if it appears near the restroom to be absolutely certain. Even if I canât break the illusion, at least I can sense if the surrounding environment is changingâ¦â
âWaitâ¦â
Ling Mo suddenly realized something was off.
If he was going in circles, why did his senses indicate that the Little Zombie Puppet had indeed distanced itself from him significantly?
Moreover, this distance⦠seemed to slightly exceed the total length of the corridor!
Ever since realizing he was caught in the illusion, Ling Mo had consciously controlled his pace.
Despite seeming to circle back many times, he was surely still in that corridor.
If he had returned to the mall, Ye Lian and the others would have noticed him.
If he had moved outside the Iron Door, Xiao Bai would have discovered him.
The fact that he was still trapped in the illusion already pointed to the issue.
The opponent could only manipulate this corridor and was certainly within itâ¦
âThese questions should be easy to figure out, given the simple environment here⦠Ah, simplicityâ¦â
Ling Mo frowned. The environment was simple without any other complications, yet it prevented escapeâ¦
Most people would probably think of large-scale destruction as a solution, right?
Just like Ling Moâ¦
Although Ling Mo did a lot of work trying to fully understand this superpower, he was prepared to resort to an all-out attack method when all other strategies proved ineffective.
If he were the only one trapped here, it wouldnât be a big deal. But Mu Chen and Yu Shiran were also hereâ¦
âDamn!â
Ling Mo immediately realized that the distance between him and the Little Zombie Puppet wasnât real. This meant that if he launched an attack, he might find the Little Zombie Puppet right in front of him!
Not just the Little Zombie Puppet, but possibly Mu Chen and Yu Shiran as well!
âWhere are they?â
Ling Moâs eyes darted around. He understood that even if they were right next to him, he wouldnât be able to touch them.
Everyone was affected by the hallucination, possibly passing by each other without knowingâ¦
âEveryone?â
Suddenly, Ling Mo thought of a loophole.
He slapped his foreheadâhow did he not think of this earlier!
He had been focusing on using the Little Zombie Puppet to do this and that, but he forgot that it was under his direct control and wasnât affected by the hallucination!
The reason it saw the same illusions was because it was influenced through his psychic linkâ¦
And the reason Yu Shiran was affected was that Ling Mo only maintained a psychic link with Black Silk, not controlling her.
Coupled with the fact that Yu Shiranâs psychic light cluster was relatively independent, she was naturally affected.
âI hope I havenât damaged the Little Zombie Puppetâs psychic light cluster too muchâ¦â
Ling Moâs heart raced with excitement. He had almost fallen into the trap, and now he was possibly at risk of being attacked by Mu Chen and Yu Shiran.
Since he wasnât making a move, the enemy lurking in the shadows might direct Mu Chen and Yu Shiran to attack.
Mu Chen aside, Yu Shiran was incredibly powerful in her attacksâ¦
âI was just thinking about breaking out of this, and now I have to worry about being attacked by my companionsâ¦â
Ling Mo felt a bit helpless. He had just realized this point.
If it werenât for repeatedly trying out every possibility, he wouldnât have noticed this.
The opponentâs influence was all-encompassing. If Ling Mo werenât in such a unique situation, he wouldnât have detected this issue.
âThis ability is truly terrifying⦠But since the opponent wants us to turn on each other, it implies they canât kill us directly through the illusion, meaning there are significant limitationsâ¦â