Chapter 466

That familiar sarcasm and the expression without a hint of emptiness made Yu Jianna immediately understand that the Xia Er who had come was real.

"Damn it! Can't you speak properly?" Yu Jianna waved the rag in her hand and cursed out loud.

Lu Mian closed the door behind him and said with a smile:

"You're quite spirited, not crying and wailing out of fear."

Yu Jianna cautiously looked back out the window, confirming that those figures emitting a faint light were long gone.

She suppressed the urge to argue back with Lu Mian and asked without wasting time:

"How did you get in too?"

While speaking, she kept telling herself in her heart:

As an adult woman with rich life experience who has suffered many setbacks, one cannot argue with such an immature minor at such a critical moment!

Lu Mian's gaze swept over Seeing Fu Lan Ka, who was sipping red wine at the window, then he sat on the sofa and leaned back comfortably, saying:

"Tell me first how you got in."

To be honest, he didn't know why he had suddenly come to this eerie place where the "Hostel" was located.

Yu Jianna still stood by the coffee table, ensuring she could enter the state of a dummy at any time.

She gave a complete account of how she received a dream revelation, came underground to deliver the mission item, and obtained the lucky gold coin.

Lu Mian did not interrupt; he listened attentively and then smiled:

"Now I can answer your question from just a moment ago.

"I was sent here by Mr. 'Fool' to save you."

He roughly understood the reason why he appeared in Room 207 of the fake Golden Rooster Hotel after waking up in a start.

"Was it really Mr. 'Fool' who sent you? I didn't even know His, his complete honorific name, I just held the lucky gold coin and the prayer succeeded?" Although Yu Jianna had suspected this before, it didn't prevent her from still finding it incredible now.

"Of course it's true." Lu Mian was very sincere.

What he was currently puzzled about was another matter:

Why did Mr. "Fool" send him instead of Lady "Magician"?

If it were Lady "Magician" who had been pulled into the place where the "Hostel" is located, the problem would have already been easily solved!

This could be explained by the fact that he had the "Fool's" seal on him, but Lady "Magician" is a core member of the "Tarot Club" who can attend the divine meetings, and she is within the three divine pathways controlled by the "Fool," so she shouldn't lack similar marks and should also be able to "assign from afar."

I'm afraid there is some reason in this that I don't understand... Lu Mian pondered for a moment and focused his attention on Yu Jianna's description of this world.

He asked for confirmation:

"From the appearance, is the only difference between here and reality the Breeze Dance Hall?"

Previously, Safali and Gabriel only mentioned that there was a black hole in Market Avenue and that there was hope of leaving through it, but it was also very dangerous; they didn't specify where it was located. Although Lu Mian had faint guesses, he couldn't be sure until Yu Jianna provided her findings.

"I only explored these few streets nearby and less than a fifth of Market Avenue." Yu Jianna answered very cautiously, lest Xia Er make a misjudgment.

She then added:

"And there are many differences inside; like here, only the room layout, large furniture, and reality are the same, while other details have certain differences.

"I suspect, I suspect..."

Lu Mian looked at Yu Jianna and said before she could:

"A world inside a painting."

"Yes, a world inside a painting!" Yu Jianna finally made that vague thought clear.

Combining the "Painter" sequence and the pigments and brushes she searched from the mutated monk, she felt that this was an oil painting that only copied part of the streets of the Market District and possessed some kind of supernatural power, named "Hostel"!

This made Yu Jianna both worried and anxious, and also made her feel it was very magical.

Before she consumed the "Witch" potion, she could see it every day when she looked in the mirror.

"I'm glad you also have this realization; it's not easy." Lu Mian teased and then said, "This world inside a painting is not yet high-level. The oil paintings created by angels of the 'Painter' pathway might truly be a world inside, with living beings."

Unlike the current one, where many places reveal falsehood.

And what purpose does such a painting, whose level is not too high, want to achieve?

Without waiting for Yu Jianna to respond, Lu Mian instructed her:

"Go touch that Seeing Fu Lan Ka's hidden pocket and see if there is a silver mirror with a classical design."

"Why don't you search it yourself? You know better than I do what that ancient mirror looks like." Yu Jianna suddenly smiled softly, "Could it be that you're shy?"

Lu Mian said with an indifferent expression:

"If you weren't here, I would have searched it myself, but since I can order you, why should I tire myself out?"

Yu Jianna gritted her teeth, not daring to waste time, and walked to the window, flipping through the different pockets of the fake Seeing Fu Lan Ka.

She soon reached a conclusion:

"There is no ancient mirror; many hidden pockets haven't been painted."

Lu Mian nodded slowly and crossed out Plan Seven in his heart.

He turned to Yu Jianna and said:

"Try to see if 'Magic Mirror Divination' can succeed."

Yu Jianna, having had experience, knew that Lu Mian wanted to use this to confirm whether the world inside the painting was connected to the Spirit Realm, thereby judging whether his "teleportation" could succeed and whether it could help the two of them leave this place. So, she took out a makeup mirror from her hidden pocket and began to pray to one of the safer subjects for inquiry that Seeing Fu Lan Ka had given her.

Not long after, the prerequisites for "Magic Mirror Divination" were completed; the palm-sized mirror became gray and hazy, but no water light appeared.

"It failed, but there is still a bit of supernatural phenomenon." Yu Jianna said with slight confusion.

Lu Mian nodded gently and said:

"It should be that there is a fake Spirit Realm here. If you open 'Spirit Vision,' you might even be able to see a few lingering souls, but this is not connected to the real Spirit Realm, so you can't find the existence you are trying to ask."

That is to say, he can "teleport" within the world inside the painting, but he cannot leave this place.

Lu Mian reached into his pocket, took out Mr. K's finger, and tossed it in front of his eyes.

There was no reaction, nor did it bring about the slightest change.

"What is this?" Yu Jianna was startled.

Xia Er was actually carrying a human finger covered in blood stains!

"A magical artifact; it couldn't establish contact with the outside world." Lu Mian explained perfunctorily.

At the same time, he sighed in his heart:

Mr. K's finger seems wonderful, but it always fails to exert its full effect.

Most of the time, Lu Mian cannot use it, and when he needs it, the environment is often special, making it impossible to use the connection between it and the main body to summon Mr. K.

Yu Jianna did not pursue the question, pursed her lips, and said:

"What should we do next?"

She really couldn't think of any other way to escape this place and could only consider starting from the black hole in the Breeze Dance Hall, the edge of the world inside the painting, and the situation of the two fake churches.

Lu Mian smiled:

"No need to rush; I still have five, six, seven, or eight plans I haven't tried.

"But before trying them, we need to go to Market Avenue and observe the black hole in the Breeze Dance Hall at close range."

"You want to leave from there?" Yu Jianna asked with a frown.

That seemed like it would be very dangerous.

"This is the last choice, but it is also a necessary preparation. I don't want to fail at other plans here, be discovered by the fairies, be blocked by the 'Hostel' tenants, and then have no way to approach the Breeze Dance Hall when I want to give it a try." Lu Mian stood up and walked toward the entrance of Apartment 601.

Yu Jianna looked out the window again, only to see the sun tilting west; the fairies' servants had not returned.

Only then did she quickly follow Lu Mian down the stairs.

On the way, she asked as if discussing:

"Why did those evil god believers create such a world inside a painting? To hide the 'Hostel' tenants?"

Lu Mian answered thoughtfully:

"I think this belongs to an incidental purpose. Looking at it as a whole, it looks more like a ritual.

"Think about it, this is like a fake Market District; it should have only left the Breeze Dance Hall as the only place without a corresponding part, and I told you before that there are Fourth Epoch old bones underground in the Breeze Dance Hall, and it has a secret connection with the old cemetery of St. Robert's Church. Leaving it blank in the world inside the painting is definitely not a coincidence."

"I also think that place is the core of the problem." Yu Jianna instinctively wanted to prove that she was not stupid and had similar guesses.

Lu Mian thought while walking down:

"When the mutation truly happens, is it possible for such a world inside a painting to briefly replace part of the streets of the real Market District, with only the Breeze Dance Hall remaining the same?

"Who is this to confuse, what is this to confuse...

"In occultism, this represents the application of the 'Law of Similarity.' When it is similar to a certain degree, operations on the fake can be reflected in reality...

"They wouldn't be trying to unlock the secrets underground in the Breeze Dance Hall and find those Fourth Epoch old bones in this way, would they?

"No, it shouldn't just be for the old bones... Are they trying to open the entrance to that Fourth Epoch Trier?

"But it shouldn't be that simple; the entire sealing system hasn't been destroyed or weakened yet..."

Lu Mian gradually had a train of thought, feeling that he was getting closer and closer to the core plan of this disaster.

If he could finally grasp the truth, that would be an excellent performance of the "Conspirator" insight ability.

Yu Jianna nodded slightly, thinking that Lu Mian's guess was very reasonable.

The two of them communicated as they exited 3 Fake White Coat Street, their gazes suddenly freezing.

On the road diagonally opposite, a woman wearing a loose white dress with suspenders was looking at them!

The woman had a beautiful face, messy black curls draped over her shoulders, and blue eyes that were quite empty; the whole person was both detached and real.

A similar temperament, a similar feeling—Lu Mian and Yu Jianna had seen it on someone else.

That was the life model Safali, Room 12 of the "Hostel"!

Is this another room in the "Hostel," another life model? Why would she appear here, as if waiting for me and Yu Jianna? Lu Mian's spirit instantly tightened, and he instinctively reached out his right hand to grab Yu Jianna's shoulder.

At the same time, the woman with the beautiful face smiled with a wavering voice:

"Fate dictates that we meet.

"Aggregation always happens inadvertently."

(End of chapter)