Chapter 1005: Spell

The darkness that could not see the bottom seemed to be pulled by some power in the depths, or was forcibly pressed down by an invisible giant hand, so that it collapsed suddenly, forming a crazy vortex several meters wide.

This vortex kept turning toward the end of the darkness, getting deeper and deeper, like an ancient well.

At the same time, all the mirrors on Lu Mian's body shattered, and the metal elevator door suddenly covered with a layer of gray-white, as if rubbed by sand.

Immediately after, Lu Mian took a step forward and jumped into the vortex.

With the help of the vortex's appearance, he vaguely sensed the mirror substitute he had left with Franca.

At the same time, he also knew that the vortex was manufactured by the gaze and power he had attracted through the secret contract ritual, and would lead to the destination he wanted. He knew that falling in the vortex all the way down would highly likely arrive at the place where Franca was trapped.

He did not let his body float down slowly like a feather, maintaining the posture of free fall, his speed getting faster and faster, with strong winds blowing in his ears, and deep darkness that had become a cliff in his eyes.

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Crack! Crack! Crack!

The glass windows on every floor of the Dawn Hospital exploded and shattered, and all mirror-like items were covered with scratches or turned into stone-like things.

In the emergency center, the glass that showed mirror reactions due to the night all cracked with a pop, including several pairs of glasses with dark colors.

Zhou Mingrui and Luo Shan were also startled, feeling as if a huge explosion had appeared nearby.

However, they did not hear the corresponding sound, and their ears were not ringing constantly.

In an environment where patients, nurses, and doctors were all panicked, Zhou Mingrui suddenly had a flash of inspiration and pressed his voice to Luo Shan:

"Abnormality from underground?"

"Possible, I'm not sure either..." Luo Shan did not know much more than Zhou Mingrui. She could only guess that it might be Luo Fu doing something underground, or encountering something.

Zhou Mingrui's speaking speed accelerated, and he continued to ask:

"Why would standing on the negative second floor save Luo Fu?"

Luo Shan stammered and answered:

"I, I guessed it...

"Because, because you have some specialness!"

Sure enough... Zhou Mingrui pursued quickly:

"What specialness?"

"You, I actually don't know the specific details that clearly." Luo Shan suddenly realized that if she said it clearly, there might be unexpected changes, so she forcibly pulled the topic back to the right track, "I am not sure if it is really effective for you to stand on the negative second floor. If no changes happen, then, then it can only be like this. If there are changes, but it has not reached the level of letting Luo Fu escape, then perhaps you need to do something more. What specific thing to do depends on the actual situation. At that time, you can choose not to do it. If you are willing to do it, I, I will walk in front of you!"

Zhou Mingrui looked at Luo Shan deeply and was silent for a few seconds:

"Okay."

Eh... Luo Shan, who still intended to continue to request, was stunned at once.

"Let's go now." Zhou Mingrui ran toward the corridor leading to the nearest elevator, "Saving people is like fighting a fire!"

Luo Shan followed, easily grabbing the front of Zhou Mingrui.

The actions of the two were not conspicuous at all in the emergency center where the chaotic state had not yet completely subsided.

Jenna, who was hiding in the shadows, breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

After Zhou Mingrui and Luo Shan ran out for a distance, she walked out from the shadows, preparing to hide her figure, following behind to deal with accidents.

Just then, she felt suffocating pain. The blood in her body seemed to want to burst through the skin and spray out.

This was just like a deep-sea fish being directly "teleported" into mid-air.

In addition, Jenna also felt the stuttering of her thinking and the stiffness of her joints.

"Am I going to be kicked out of the dream?

"Even if it is, through Luo Shan, at night, indirectly, informing Zhou Mingrui, extraordinary matters, will also, cause, myself, to be kicked?"

Jenna wanted to hold on for a while longer to see if Zhou Mingrui going to the underground area would bring good changes, but she could not resist, so she had to follow the power that kicked her out of the dream and leave this world.

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Trier, inside the luxury villa

Standing by Franca's bedside, Lady Justice, facing that gate of starlight and that expanse of grayish-white mist, frowned:

"I cannot sense 'Luo Beier'; I have no way to establish contact with her.

"I was clearly using her body as a medium..."

Lady Magician thought for two seconds and said:

"In the dream city, aside from the areas we haven't explored and are still unaware of, there are only three places where a similar situation would occur, causing the connection between soul, consciousness, and body to be severed.

"The first is inside the Police Headquarters, the second is Yangdu Prison, and the third is the underground area of Mushu Hospital."

"If she were captured and imprisoned, 'Luo Beier' wouldn't be this desperate." Lady Judgment made a judgment. "She must have entered the underground area of Mushu Hospital, for reasons unknown."

While Lady Magician and Lady Judgment were thinking and conversing, Lady Justice continued to attempt contact.

Suddenly, they all turned their heads at the same time, looking toward the room where Lu Mian was sleeping.

At this moment, they felt the earth tremble inexplicably, as if a volcano were erupting deep underground.

This caused the mirrors and glass windows of the entire villa to emit a trembling sound, nearly shattering.

In just a few seconds, Lady Justice's emerald-like eyes suddenly lit up.

"I've sensed 'Luo Beier'!" As she spoke, she once again outlined transparent symbols in the air that resembled dreams and hallucinations.

As soon as the symbols were completed, they were like butterflies from a dream, passing through the brilliant gate of starlight and diving into that expanse of grayish-white mist.

After finishing this, Lady Justice said to Lady Judgment and Lady Magician:

"'Cup Seven' has been kicked out of the dream; we can let her come over and tell us the specific situation."

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Within the grayish-white mist, where brilliant light gates and illusory planets stood tall, and words like "Chernobyl" echoed.

Franca stared at everything before her, her entire being feeling as if it were numb; her vision was only becoming increasingly blurry, unable to become clear no matter what.

Just then, she heard a voice so distant it seemed to come from the edge of the sky, the voice belonging to Lady Justice:

"Shout in Ancient Hermes, Leodero."

Franca woke up with a start, as if she had just had a long nightmare she dared not and did not want to recall.

Her mouth trembled, but she made no sound, seemingly wanting to sleep here forever.

After several seconds, Franca finally whispered:

"Leodero!"

Her voice was already hoarse.

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Above that mass of grayish-white mist, Lu Mian stepped with both feet onto the surface of the thin, cloud-like gas, yet he could not penetrate it to enter inside.

He felt that this mist was highly similar to the mist sealing the "Spring of the Samaritan Woman," believing that if he still had Mr. Fool's seal on him, he would certainly be able to fall directly inside instead of being blocked outside.

After attempting two methods and failing both, Lu Mian cast his gaze toward his right palm.

The "Blood Emperor" brand on his palm had undergone a certain mutation when the secret-covenant ritual was forced to complete; its color was deeper and darker, no longer resembling fresh, dripping red blood, but closer to dark red, aged blood that had oxidized for a period of time.

And this dark red seemed to have a subtle fusion with the paleness covering this patch of skin.

Lu Mian did not yet know what such a change would bring; he only wanted to use this brand and the corpse-oil candle to quickly perform another secret-covenant ritual.

Suddenly, in the night sky of the dream city, dark clouds layered upon each other.

Countless tiny electric snakes leaped and gathered between these dark clouds, quickly forming a huge, tree-shaped lightning bolt.

As soon as this lightning appeared, it crossed the distance between heaven and earth, illuminating the entire city.

It bypassed numerous lightning rods, struck into Mushu Hospital, and drilled into the underground.

The hairs on Lu Mian's body stood up uncontrollably; he instinctively took two steps back.

Almost simultaneously, the light before his eyes brightened sharply, making him unable to see the deep darkness and grayish-white mist any longer.

Within his pupils remained the phantom image of the silver-white, tree-shaped lightning.

When his vision recovered, Lu Mian discovered a hole in the grayish-white mist that was slowly healing.

He did not hesitate, took a step forward, and leaped inside.

He passed through the outer mist and landed before the brilliant light gate, seeing Franca staring blankly at him, the hairs on her skin and some of her hair standing up.

In Franca's eyes was reflected Lu Mian, whose form was constantly switching between male and female, but at an increasingly slower speed, fixing toward the female direction.

"Go!" Lu Mian did not say more, grabbed Franca's arm, and directly triggered the black mark on his right shoulder.

"Spirit World Travel!"

With the vortex still existing, Lu Mian could sense parts of the outside world!

The two figures instantly disappeared before the brilliant light gate, above which was the hole that was becoming smaller and nearing disappearance.

Lu Mian, carrying Franca, traveled through the Spirit World, which was layered with various color blocks, heading toward the predetermined safe location.

Normally, he would only need one second to reach his destination, but for some reason, at this moment, he felt as if he were bound layer by layer by viscous liquid and invisible shackles, traveling very slowly, and with a trend of becoming even slower.

Immediately following, Lu Mian saw deep, thick darkness sweeping over from "behind," rushing toward the two of them.

The vortex disappeared.

In that darkness, there were blurry, giant human shadows standing on the lightless water surface, and ancient mirrors slowly outlining themselves.

Lu Mian gritted his teeth and traveled forward with all his might.

Just as he was about to touch the "exit" and the dark abyss was about to engulf him and Franca, everything suddenly became calm.

Lu Mian suddenly regained his ease, like a criminal who had escaped a cage, instantly traveling out of the Spirit World and arriving in the shadow of a corner in the Mushu Hospital emergency center.

His spiritual intuition told him that Jenna was here.

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Mushu Hospital, second basement level.

Zhou Mingrui, having overcome his intense fear, walked out of the elevator with Luo Shan.

Almost simultaneously, Zhou Mingrui felt inexplicably relaxed, and the emotions of fear and dread dissipated completely.

He frowned in confusion and said to Luo Shan:

"Where is Luo Fu trapped?"

Luo Shan looked at the dim yet normal white corridor outside the elevator, falling into confusion and contemplation.

"Shouldn't it have completely collapsed..." she whispered to herself.

(End of chapter)