Chapter 381: Sandbox Battle

The earth trembled, as if something beneath the thick crust of snow were about to break through. In the blink of an eye, a gale began to howl, and a Blizzard swept across this desolate land.

Yi Wa quickly put distance between herself and Du Zhengyi; she knew Du Zhengyi was a dangerous individual, and once a battle began, the first priority was to keep her distance from him. Even at this moment, she still felt a twinge of regret in her heart. She had not truly expected to sway Du Zhengyi with those words, but there was always a possibility he might be a rational person, capable of understanding the stakes she had described. She had genuinely wanted to help him; from any perspective, Du Zhengyi could have been an excellent ally. It was a pity that mortals were all insane.

But in reality, what she was truly seeking was an opportunity. She did not need Du Zhengyi to actually take action; she only needed him to fall into hesitation. As long as his thoughts wavered even slightly, as long as his will weakened for a single instant, she might succeed in influencing his mind. Using Luo Qi's body and Luo Qi's brain, she could obtain quite impressive Telepathy abilities. She was more proficient in this aspect than Luo Qi's technique; she did not need to fully understand Du Zhengyi's Yajian, as long as she could exert a subtle influence on his Yajian and emotions, that would be enough. Yet she had not found such an opportunity; Du Zhengyi's Yajian was like a cold fortress, frozen even more solidly than the space of this Sandbox. She could find no cracks, nor any way to climb it.

Speaking of the Sandbox, she still remembered this ancient name. Its original meaning was not what it is now, but too much time had passed, and the meanings of all words undergo change. The Sandbox was not originally used for this purpose either. In her memory, at least back when she was still young in the physiological sense, the Sandbox was a retro product created by a group of eccentrics, and its primary use was for hosting salons. A large group of eccentrics would gather together, undisturbed by anyone, and could do whatever they wanted.

Thinking about it now, those eccentrics had long since died during the Great Extinction.

After that, resources began to grow scarce, and they no longer had the resources or time to squander on amusement and idle chatter. The first person to use Sandbox technology for serious business was her companion, though he was also a strange man; he was the one who first created the Seal Beast.

Time truly passed in the blink of an eye. Now that times had changed, she searched her memory for the characteristics of the Sandbox. The genius monsters who first created these things had set various rules for the Sandbox; the Sandbox was a sub-space that existed independently of the external space. Most Sandboxes had unique characteristics. It was not easy to maintain the Magic Energy of a world, but there were many ingenious ways to supply Magic Energy to a sub-space.

However, she also knew some other things, not just empty concepts; she understood the Underlying Magic Spell of the Sandbox. No matter what these Sandboxes looked like, they all had Underlying Magic Spells supporting this small world. One must know that in the world of Magic, what one sees is not necessarily true; sometimes, what affects judgment is not necessarily Mental Induction. To see the true core, it is best to abandon the external and analyze from the perspective of the Underlying Magic Spell. If there was enough time, she could even modify these magic spells from the foundation and completely change the rules of the Sandbox. She believed that since Du Zhengyi dared to challenge a Mage of Ancestor level, he must have brought out the most powerful Sandbox, and he must possess the most advantageous Magic here. But she could not yet guess: for someone who needed to use as little Magic Energy as possible, what kind of Magic would be suitable for him to use a small force to deflect a thousand pounds?