Chapter 1250: Still Within the Illusionary Realm

Ning Chen looked around; although they had broken this illusionary realm, no one knew when they might fall into another, so letting them leave first was the best option.

But upon hearing Ning Chen's words, several people showed strong opposition, and Lin Yi was the most vocal among them.

"No! Brother Ning, that's absolutely not allowed! We came together, so we leave together. Besides, we have the ability too—we can be useful at critical moments. I'll be careful from now on; if there's an illusionary realm, I'll bring everyone into my space!"

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Ning Chen actually wanted to say that once they entered an illusionary realm, there probably wouldn't be enough time to unfold the space at all.

But looking at the utterly serious Lin Yi, Ning Chen sighed—fine, together it is.

Having won the right to stay together, Lin Yi was overjoyed, bouncing wildly between the few of them.

Ning Chen couldn't understand why Lin Yi was so happy—after all, it clearly wasn't going to be that easy.

Ning Chen and Xiao Han activated their abilities. From now on, they couldn't search room by room anymore; they had to use their abilities to roughly pinpoint the location.

The two abilities combined barely broke through the bizarre magnetic field here, catching hold of a faint clue.

Although it was only for an instant, in that instant the two of them caught a tiny lead.

"The thing is at the top, we need to go up." A few of them walked up the stairs.

Apart from Ning Chen, Xiao Han, and Noah, the others all looked nervous—even Facing Huo Jinglin's face didn't look too good.

Ning Chen and Facing Huo Jinglin stopped at the very top floor, and the two of them sat down on the stair steps without any prior agreement.

The others were baffled by the two's action—what was going on?

But no matter how puzzled they were, Lin Yi, Facing Huo Jinglin, and Gu Yanqi—long-time teammates of the two—all sat down on the ground with a 'thud' in unison, without the slightest hesitation.

This scene startled Hearing Mu Mu, who carefully opened his mouth and said: "Wh-what's going on?"

Lin Yi also shook his head in confusion: "Ahem, actually we don't know either, but Brother Ning must have a reason for doing this."

At this point, several pairs of eyes stared in unison at Ning Chen, who was resting with his eyes closed, every gaze practically spelling out 'please explain.'

Ning Chen lifted his eyes to look at the others and uttered a few words: "Rest."

Now the others finally understood Ning Chen's intention.

Unable to stay idle, Lin Yi immediately squeezed up next to Ning Chen and started asking questions.

"Brother Ning, is it going to be really difficult from here on?"

"What's inside? Brother Ning, can you tell us about it?"

"By the way, why does it feel so chilly here? Do you guys feel it too? I keep feeling like there's something cold and gloomy."

As Lin Yi spoke, he suddenly rubbed his arms; for some reason, he always felt the temperature around them was dropping—from the initial heat, to room temperature, to cool, and now to cold.

Ning Chen opened his eyes, got up, walked to the corridor, and looked toward the depths of the corridor on the right.

"Brother Ning, what's wrong?" Lin Yi looked over too, but all he could see ahead was a stretch of darkness.

But in Ning Chen's eyes, within that darkness there were some black substances, and those substances began approaching the group, trying to surround them.

Ning Chen secretly released his ability, wrapping it around each of them, and the black substances immediately gave up their attack and retreated one after another.

Seeing this, Ning Chen followed those black substances over.

Ning Chen moved, and naturally the others had to move too. They followed those black substances into a room. To ordinary people, it looked perfectly normal inside, but in Ning Chen's eyes, the room was completely filled with black substances—more of them than could possibly be imagined.

"What are these?" Xiao Han whispered into Ning Chen's ear. Clearly, he could see those substances too.

"I don't know. Best to watch and wait."

Ning Chen stepped one foot inside, and the black substances surged toward him like mad, but upon touching Ning Chen, they retreated just as frantically.

Once inside the room, Ning Chen discovered it looked like a study—an entire wall was filled with books.

He raised his hand and sent a stream of ability into the bodies of those black substances.

But those black substances seemed to absorb his ability—nothing happened at all.

That was too strange.

Ning Chen searched around the study and saw several books and a notebook on the desk. The notebook was filled with densely packed characters, but for some reason, none of them could read a single word.

Ning Chen planned to pick these things up first and examine them once they got back.

Suddenly, Gu Yanqi cried out in alarm: "Ah! Brother Ning, how did you get hurt?!"

Saying so, Gu Yanqi rushed forward and grabbed Ning Chen's arm.