Chapter 73: The Bizarre Illusion

Seeing this collapsed building, Li Yi couldn't help but recall the scene when he first entered the abandoned city area with Lao Ya's group.

That time, it was also a building similar to this one...

No wonder these buildings were uninhabited; it turned out they were truly dangerous. Even Captain Zhang Lei of the Investigation Bureau had disappeared. You must know that he was an expert who had opened his Spirit Perception, a pillar-like existence in Tianchang City.

The group did not go deep into the building; they stopped just as they reached the entrance.

Because not far in front of them was a warning tape that had just been set up.

"We can't go any further. Once you cross the warning tape, the signal will disappear. A teammate of mine crossed the warning tape by less than ten meters earlier, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared. It's very eerie."

Liu Yue immediately spoke up, preventing the others from continuing forward.

"Are you kidding me? People disappeared in less than ten meters?" Wang Wang Jian widened his eyes, feeling it was inconceivable.

Liu Yue said, "Do you think I'm lying to you? I have a vague guess that there is some kind of special existence in this building that can interfere with people's brains and make them hallucinate. That's why the people who went inside disappeared one by one, because they were all misled. The things they saw and the things they encountered were all fake. Therefore, this building trapped everyone."

"Although this possibility exists, it's not high. You must know that the Captain is an existence who has opened his Spirit Perception; it's almost impossible for him to be misled."

Wang Wang Jian then frowned, feeling that Liu Yue's guess was not very accurate.

Liu Yue sighed and said, "What you said makes sense. It's understandable for us practitioners who have opened our Spirit Medium to be misled, but it's hard to explain the Captain being misled. However, having said that, if there really is something inside that can mislead even the Captain, then rescuing them is almost impossible."

"Have you tried using the method of sensing the energy field to perceive the problem with this building?" Just then, Li Yi suddenly spoke up.

Hmm?

As soon as these words were spoken, the others looked at Li Yi one after another.

"What method is this?" Wang Wang Jian was stunned for a moment.

But Liu Yue on the side immediately brightened up and hurriedly said, "Wait, maybe we can try it. I know what Li Yi means. If this building really has a problem, then the energy here must be very special. Maybe we can really discover something. However, wanting to sense the surrounding energy requires entering a state of meditation. Ordinary people won't do this because it's too dangerous here."

"If there's someone helping to watch, there's no need to worry." Li Yi said.

"You're right. I'll try it."

Liu Yue was also a man of action. He felt this was a method, so he immediately walked forward a few steps, sat down at the position closest to the warning tape, and then closed his eyes. He actually began to meditate.

"It doesn't hurt to let him try. We'll watch from the side." Wang Wang Jian did not object, feeling that they should boldly try it.

Li Yi did not speak again at this moment, not wanting to disturb Liu Yue's meditation process. He just observed the surroundings while waiting for the result to appear.

As time passed.

Very quickly.

Liu Yue entered a state of meditation.

But just at this moment, a breeze suddenly blew inside the building.

At first, everyone didn't take it to heart, thinking it was a normal phenomenon. But very quickly, Li Yi discovered something wrong. The wind around them was not only getting stronger, but his own vision was also becoming blurred, as if his eyes were being covered by something.

"No, there's a problem. Leave here." He reacted and immediately shouted, while his body retreated rapidly.

However, a bizarre thing happened.

Wang Wang Jian and Chen Hao on the side had no movement at all, like stiff corpses, frozen in place without moving. And that Liu Yue still maintained his meditation posture.

Everyone did not respond to Li Yi.

"Wang Wang Jian?" Li Yi shouted again.

But Wang Wang Jian still had no movement, and an even more inconceivable thing happened: the path behind him for retreat disappeared, replaced by a piece of darkness that could not see the end. This made Li Yi, who had originally intended to retreat, stop in his tracks.

"How could this be... Could it be that they didn't have a problem, but I had a problem?" Li Yi's expression changed, and he couldn't understand such a situation.

Clearly, it was fine just a moment ago, and he was also standing outside the warning tape.

How could a gust of wind blow, and all the situations become wrong?

"Wang Wang Jian, Chen Hao, can you hear what I'm saying? It's very wrong here." Li Yi immediately walked to the side of the two people and reached out to pat them, wanting to wake them up.

But the moment he reached out his hand, he was startled.

The flesh and blood on the back of his own hand had bizarrely disappeared, as if a large piece had rotted away, revealing the white bones underneath. And it wasn't just him; the flesh and blood on the faces of Wang Wang Jian and Chen Hao had also disappeared, also revealing white skulls, looking incomparably eerie.

As time passed, the flesh and blood disappeared more and more. If this continued, it was estimated that all the flesh and blood on his body would disappear, leaving only a skeleton.

And this situation seemed irreversible.

At this moment, Li Yi panicked a little.

Because the scene before him was even more bizarre than when he broke into the Ghost Street.

"Could it be that I'm going to die here this time?"

Li Yi felt inexplicably terrified in his heart. At this moment, he had already seen that the flesh and blood on one of his palms had completely disappeared, leaving only bones.

But he didn't feel pain, as if everything was so natural.

However, Li Yi had a feeling that if all the flesh and blood on his body disappeared, he might really die here.

"Maybe everything is an illusion?" In his panic, such a thought popped into Li Yi's mind.

If this were an illusion, that would be great. But what if it wasn't an illusion?

Watching the flesh and blood on his body disappear bit by bit, the fear of death became more and more intense. At this moment, he didn't know what to do.

"Between life and death, there is great terror. Congratulations, you have already entered the illusion."

However, just at this moment, a voice suddenly rang out by Li Yi's ear. That voice revealed a bit of disgust in its cold arrogance, as if it were very unwilling to speak.

"Who? Who is speaking? Who are you?" Li Yi was shocked and shouted loudly.

Looking left and right, there was no one else around except for Wang Wang Jian, Chen Hao, and Liu Yue.

"You naturally evil Earth-Prisoner, don't be so loud. Loudness can't cover up the fear in your heart." The voice continued.

Li Yi calmed down slightly at this moment, and then reacted: "Naturally evil? This sounds a bit familiar. Wait, is it that resentment stored in the half-coin? I knew the grave goods weren't clean. Last time, I almost died in the hands of you despicable person."

"Hmph, if it weren't for your family..."

Before he could finish, the voice suddenly stopped abruptly, as if touching some kind of taboo, and then immediately changed the subject: "Kid, do you want to live?"

"Could it be that you want to help me? You've always wanted to kill me before." Li Yi said suspiciously.

The voice said: "There are too many naturally evil Earth-Prisoners. I can't exist for long in this state, and I can't kill many. You are naturally full of demonic nature and will definitely be able to enter the demonic path in the future. As long as you live, you can help me kill more Earth-Prisoners. If you die now, it would be a pity. Where would I find another person with such deep demonic nature like you?"

"..."

Is it appropriate to say this?

What deep demonic nature, letting himself live to kill more people.

Listen, is this still human talk?

"Alright, time is tight. Before the flesh and blood on your body completely disappears, if you can't find a way, you will stay in this illusion forever and become a withered bone. Don't worry, I won't kill you this time. I still want to see you enter the demonic path with my own eyes." The voice snorted coldly.

Li Yi's expression changed, and finally, he gritted his teeth: "Good, I'll believe you once. How do you plan to help me?"

"First, you have to find the source of the illusion. Don't stay here. The few people beside you won't wake up. They are too weak, their divine souls are insufficient, and they don't even have the qualifications to enter the illusion. They can only wait for death in place. If you didn't have some kind of terrible curse protecting you, you would have died too." The voice said.

Li Yi felt a chill in his heart.

This resentment on the coin revealed a lot of information in just one sentence, and there was some kind of terrible curse on him?

When did this happen? Why didn't he know?

"What are you still stunned for? Do you want to take action after all the flesh and blood on your body disappears? If you move fast enough, maybe you can save your teammates." The voice urged.

Li Yi's body trembled. Not daring to delay time, he immediately took action and rushed forward directly.

The appearance of the building had not changed; it was still the original layout.

"Left." The voice continued to point the way.

Li Yi immediately turned left and continued walking.

But before he had walked two steps, his expression suddenly changed, because he saw a humanoid skeleton wearing clothes standing there without moving. There was no flesh and blood on the skeleton at all, clean and tidy.

"Hmph, just an unlucky guy who died here. No need to pay attention, continue forward." The voice said with some disdain.

Li Yi withdrew his gaze and quickened his pace.

"Go upstairs." The voice pointed the way.

Li Yi constantly shuttled through the building according to the reminder of the voice, and his speed of action became faster and faster, because more and more flesh and blood disappeared from his body. By now, he had already seen the pale leg bones of his thighs. If he didn't do something to change it, he would definitely be finished.

He went upstairs all the way.

On the steps, he saw another skeleton.

The clothes worn on that skeleton were somewhat familiar; it should be an investigator who disappeared in this building. Although he could act in the illusion, he stopped here.

"I don't want to be like this." He felt inexplicably terrified in his heart, and his footsteps quickened again.

"Stop, turn left, then go forward. You should be able to see the source." The voice reminded again.

Li Yi's footsteps stopped abruptly, and then he saw clearly.

This was the ninth floor of the building.

After entering this floor, he immediately saw quite a few people here, but they were not complete; they were all in the shape of skeletons, but there was still some flesh and blood on their bodies, and they had not completely become white bones.

These skeleton people seemed to be alive. As soon as Li Yi appeared, they turned their heads one after another to look over.

Those empty eye sockets without eyes seemed to be able to see Li Yi's appearance clearly.

"Are they the investigators who entered here before?"

Li Yi walked while observing, and through the clothes of these skeletons, he vaguely guessed in his heart.