Chapter 182: The Illusion Realm Finally Shattered

Even because the pain and injuries disappeared too quickly, making them both feel that the near-death experience just now was merely an illusion.

However, the fear of near-death was so profound that Lin Yifan couldn't help but feel a lingering dread.

And Ruan Qingtan couldn't help but touch her own unharmed abdomen, then look at Lin Yifan's chest—there was no injury there either.

She sanctioned a deep breath, the corner of her mouth turning up with a smile of having survived a disaster: "Looks like we guessed right."

Lin Yifan nodded, but his eyes remained fixed on the red moon in the sky.

That red moon was now violently trembling, its surface covered with countless fine cracks.

Finally, the red moon shattered!

Everything before their eyes vanished in a puff of smoke!

Lin Yifan opened his eyes and instantly realized he was still at the bottom of the water pool.

Beside him, someone claiming to be his future self, Lin Changsheng, was now on the verge of death.

But seeing him regain consciousness, he still forced himself to breathe and spoke with relief:

"Great, you shattered the red moon's illusion realm; the future you will definitely be better than me."

Hearing this, Lin Yifan instinctively lifted his head and realized that the maggots floating on the lake surface had all disappeared.

Through the clear lake water, he could see a red moon still hanging on the horizon.

However, this red moon today was slightly different from previous ones.

Because this red moon today was much dimmer than before.

Lin Yifan looked at that red moon, opened his mouth to ask Lin Changsheng, but found he couldn't speak at all underwater.

Fortunately, the formation had been activated; the so-called pollution source previously suppressed beneath the formation had now shattered into a pile of rotten bones.

The radiance of the righteous dharma could no longer be blocked, so he grabbed Lin Changsheng and swiftly swam toward the water surface.

At this moment, Lin Yifan discovered his speed was very fast, beyond anything he could previously imagine.

If calculated in speed per hour, it could already reach 120 yards!

Although Lin Yifan still doesn't know what changes have occurred to his body.

But there is one thing he is certain about: his changes definitely stem from the previous illusion realm.

Although the increased speed is indeed a small surprise for him, compared to all the dangers encountered in the illusion realm, this reward is truly insignificant.

Lin Yifan now doesn't have the mood to think too much; worried that Lin Changsheng won't last long, he used his fastest speed to bring him back to the shore of the water pool.

At this time, Lin Yifan discovered there was another person lying beside the water pool.

This person turned out to be Ruan Qingtan!

Seeing Ruan Qingtan, Lin Yifan didn't have time to ask Lin Changsheng; he hurriedly stepped forward, tapped her face, and anxiously said:

"Qingtan, wake up quickly!"

"Ugh……"

Ruan Qingtan also quickly woke up, seeing Lin Yifan in front of her slightly stunned, then she spoke with a face full of surprise:

"Have we left the illusion realm?"

"Yes, we guessed right, we successfully left the illusion realm!" Lin Yifan nodded with a smile, then nervously glanced at Ruan Qingtan's body and asked:

"How are you? Are you injured anywhere?"

Ruan Qingtan shook her head, stood up from the ground, and said, "I'm fine; the injuries I sustained in the illusion realm have all disappeared, but there's something I don't understand."

She turned her head to look around, her face full of confusion, and asked:

"What place is this? It's so dangerous out in the wilderness at night—why are you here? And me—why am I here?!"

This question—let alone Ruan Qingtan, Lin Yifan himself is completely at a loss, shaking his head with a wry smile:

"I don't know what happened either; anyway, I carefully saw your avatar go offline, after which you turned into 【Maggot Human Bone】 and came here to stop me from doing the mission."

"I originally thought you had been infected, so when I attacked you I showed no mercy, never expecting it all to be an illusion."

"But even though everything is clearly an illusion, why are you here? I still can't figure that out."

"I can answer that question for you!" At this moment, Lin Changsheng, whom Lin Yifan had tossed to the back of his mind, gave a deathly pale smile and said:

"Because the red moon illusion realm that just trapped you was created using your emotional connection as the basis."

"Originally, with the red moon's power, it could have created an environment out of thin air, but since it has been expelled from the Survival Realm, it can only hang far away in the sky."

"But he certainly didn't want to be expelled, so he used its inherent polluting power to lure countless people as its followers, though those so-called followers were actually its lackeys."

"I've always wondered what special reason you two have that not only did the red moon select you, making you the first batch of targets to become followers among this group of Survivors, even going so far as to expend its primordial power for that purpose."

"But one thing is certain: you two broke its environment and refused its temptation; given its nature, it will definitely not let this go, and your troubles will be endless from now on!"

Ruan Qingtan looked at Lin Changsheng with doubt, curiously asking:

"How do you know all this? And who are you? Why do you look so much like the Captain? Could you be the Captain's father?"

Although Lin Changsheng was thin and his complexion deathly pale, he indeed had a face almost identical to Lin Yifan's.

It's only because his complexion is so awful that people don't think they look exactly alike.

His question also left Lin Yifan momentarily unsure how to answer.

Could it be that Lin Changsheng is his future self?

That's too far-fetched!

Nobody would believe it, just as he remains half‑believing, half‑doubting even now.

However, Lin Yifan also didn't want to hide anything from Ruan Qingtan, so after hesitating a moment, he decided to tell her everything.

Then, just at that moment, a blue light suddenly burst from beneath Ruan Qingtan's feet, and she vanished into thin air!

Only the spot where she had just stood retained a residual formation.

"What's going on?" Lin Yifan stared in shock at the scene, then quickly opened Ruan Qingtan's private chat channel: "Where did you go? Is there any danger?"

And Ruan Qingtan quickly replied with a message:

"I'm fine, I just got back to the Shelter—I don't even know what happened; I feel like in the blink of an eye I was back!"

Lin Yifan also didn't know how to explain these things, but seeing that she was now safe, he also breathed a sigh of relief.