The spirit energy magnetic field in the Other World was one hundred times more complicated than on Earth.
The radiation in the universe, the magnetic fields of the planets, the vitality magnetic fields of carbon-based life forms, and the brainwaves of intelligent life forms were all one hundred times stronger than on Earth.
Regardless of whether it was superhumans or monsters with unique brain tissues, it was easier for them to activate their brainwaves and form mind attacks.
Mind attacks were a double-edged sword.
Those who stared at the abyss for a long time would also be stared at by the abyss for a long time.
Superhumans who were skilled in mind attacks were also more likely for their enemies to lock onto them. They could then decipher and invade their brain ports to implant all sorts of information into them.
It was just like how fear was contagious.
When countless people's brainwaves activated together and resonated with each other, the information implanted into them might spread like a viral video.
For example, let's say that Lu Siya was first attacked by the enemy's mind, and information regarding Peach Blossom Town was implanted into her brain. Then, she used her own memories as material to enrich the information.
Then, the brainwaves that she sent out would very likely "help the wicked" and implant the information of "Peach Blossom Town" into the minds of other members of the exploration team.
The exploration team members usually trusted each other deeply.
This sort of indirect transmission was much easier to break through the defenses of a human's brain compared to direct mind attacks and form an upgraded version of group hysteria.
Meng Chao could not help but comment, "So, all the survivors of the exploration teams might be trapped in a corner of a dimensional fold. They're facing a primitive forest, but they're muddle-headed and can't get out of it.
Meng Chao could not help but grumble. "In fact, we might be like the scholars in the folktales. Because of the temptation of beautiful women, we came to a dazzling mansion and saw the master dressed in luxurious clothes. We tasted dragon liver, phoenix marrow, and other delicacies. Then, we slept in a richly decorated room.
"The next day, when we woke up in the cold wind, we realized that we were lying in a barren grave with rotting corpses under our heads. Beside us was half a broken bowl, and in the bowl were leftover centipedes and toads. So, our fortuitous encounters are just tricks of the fox immortals?"
"That's a possibility."
Lu Siya nodded and said, "There might be a scientific and logical explanation for ridiculous folktales. Just like how 'Ghosts Hit the Wall' is actually a person getting lost in the folds of space, the legend of 'scholars running into ghosts' might be a mind attack launched by a mutated carbon-based creature.
"Perhaps there really is a Peach Blossom Town that transmigrated to the Other World with Dragon City, but it's in ruins, full of holes, graves, and people living in misery.
"It's just that our retina and central nerves are all disrupted, and we can't see the truth.
"If that's the case, then what's the purpose?"
"If the mastermind's mind attack is really so strong that it can make hundreds of human explorers fall into the same illusion in one go, why didn't it just kill us? Why did it have to play such a boring game like a harvest ceremony?" Meng Chao asked.
"Either it can't kill us."
Over the past few days, Lu Siya had been thinking about this question carefully.
"Even if the mastermind really has the ability to create illusions at will, this ability is definitely limited by certain rules, and it's very easy to find a way to break it. Otherwise, during the battle of the lair, the mastermind could have followed the Vortex into the main city area of Dragon City and used the chaos in the lair to make hundreds of thousands of people fall into nightmares.
"I reckon that there's a limit to the mastermind's mind attack. It can't completely hijack our retina and central nerves, much less control our free will. It has to use all sorts of hints and fake clues to make us imagine a paradise on our own so that we can deceive ourselves."
"This is why the mastermind allowed the Piranha explorers to spread the news that there's a city in the depths of the sinkhole," Meng Chao said with a pensive expression.
"Humans are the race with the best imagination. When the information that there is a city in the depths of Heaven's Pit is implanted in our brains, our rich imaginations will make it ferment on its own. Gradually, it will turn into the beautiful Peach Blossom Town. The mastermind only needs to add some details at the most crucial parts to push Peach Blossom Town to develop in the direction it wants it to, and that's it."
"Yes, the possibility of this is very high. After all, there are more than ten exploration teams, and there are hundreds of determined fighters among them. There are also veteran superhuman teams whose members are all at Heaven Realm. Unless we deceive ourselves, the mastermind will definitely not drag us into an illusion," Lu Siya said.
"But there's a huge problem with deceiving ourselves. It's impossible for it to make us do things that go against our instincts in the illusion, such as making us kill each other or even kill ourselves."
"Makes sense."
Meng Chao's spirits lifted. "In other words, we're the same as the mastermind. We're the creators of the illusory city. Even though most of the rules of the city are set by it, we're not fish on the chopping block. We can't fight back!
"But is it possible for it to use an illusion to hold us back and summon a large group of monsters to kill our bodies in the real world?"
"I've thought about this before, but the possibility is low," Lu Siya said.
"When superhumans reach Heaven Realm, aside from having their bodies become as tough as steel, their subconscious will also become incredibly strong. Even when they're asleep, they'll still be able to remain on high alert.
"Even if we're really stuck in an illusion and can't get out of it, if monsters get close and release their killing intent at us, some of us with really sharp senses will definitely wake up from the illusion."
"For example, a Spirit Sensor like you, Big Sis Ya," Meng Chao added.
"That's right."
Lu Siya nodded slightly and said calmly and confidently, "Since we've already seen through the weakness of this world, if we decide to turn against it, I'm confident that I can wake up on my own at any moment and forcefully shatter the illusion.
"But there's no need for that for the time being. We might as well wait and see just what the mastermind has up its sleeves.
"Don't forget, the illusion in front of us is the product of everyone activating their brains and their brain waves resonating with each other. As long as a few of the exploration team members wake up, there's a high possibility that a chain reaction will be triggered, and everyone will wake up at the same time.
"The mastermind spent a lot of effort to set up this trap and finally managed to lure so many explorers into Peach Blossom Town. I believe that unless it's absolutely necessary, it won't resort to this and try to destroy us physically.
"After all, we're just the vanguard. Even if we kill all the exploration teams, we won't be able to change the fact that the monster civilization is about to die!"
That was true.
More than 70% of the mapping data of Hidden Fog Absolute Region and the crystal mines had been sent to the outside world.
Practically all the Deity Realm superhumans in Dragon City and the steel army were gathered at the perimeter of Hidden Fog Absolute Region, and they were taking shape day by day.
Even if the vanguard was completely wiped out.
Besides, Peach Blossom Town really existed, and the mastermind had gone mad enough to use thirty to fifty thousand humans as meat shields.
It was impossible for it to delay its final attack, even for half a second.
The monster civilization's Doomsday Knell had already reached its final circle, and the countdown had already started ticking.
If the mastermind really had intelligence that surpassed that of humans, it should have a clear and rational realization that killing the exploration teams would only make its incompetence and rage appear. There was no other meaning to it.
"So, the purpose of Peach Blossom Town's existence isn't just to kill us," Meng Chao mumbled.
"I have a feeling that compared to us dying, the monster mastermind might want us to live more. Of course, it wants us to live with the information it planted in our brains through Peach Blossom Town. Then, it wants us to spread this information to more people through brainwaves. Everyone." Meng Chao mumbled under his breath.
"It's just like how it spread the Blood Flower spores and the zombie virus," Lu Siya said coldly.
"The mastermind is trying to use Peach Blossom Town to brainwash us. That's why it first told us about Earth's destruction."
The words "Earth's destruction" caused Meng Chao's pupils to shrink again.
"Big Sis Ya, what did you say?" He still did not want to believe it.
"Earth's destruction? Judging by your sour expression, I can tell that the girl named Gu Ling has already told you this shocking news," Lu Siya said.
"If Peach Blossom Town is really a trap meticulously set up by the mastermind of the monsters, then the words of the people who appear here won't be meaningless.
"Even though we've transmigrated to the Other World for more than half a century, many Dragon Citizens still consider themselves Earthlings. They believe that no matter what Dragon City's civilization turns into, we will always be a part of Earth's civilization. Countless people are willing to fight for Earth, and they are even more willing to pay any price to return to Earth.
"You can say that Earth isn't just a lot of people's homeland, it's also a lot of people's faith!
"But the moment the mastermind arrived, it told these people that Earth has already been destroyed. The universe might be big, but they have no home to return to. They don't have any faith, and it's worth them fighting and sacrificing everything for it.
"This sort of explosive news will definitely throw quite a number of Dragon City's determined fighters into chaos. They will place most of their attention on Earth's destruction, and they will overlook the obvious details and flaws in the story.
"Besides, if some of the explorers really believe in Earth's destruction, their faith will be shaken, and it will be easier for their mental defenses to completely crumble. Then, they will be completely controlled by the mastermind, right?"
"Makes sense!"
Meng Chao's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Big Sis Ya, are you saying that the mastermind is just spouting nonsense and that a thermonuclear war didn't break out on Earth and that Earth's civilization won't be destroyed? Is that it?"
"What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter what that brat Gu Ling says. Whether a thermonuclear war breaks out on Earth or whether Earth's civilization is destroyed has nothing to do with us," Lu Siya said clearly.
"Wake up, Meng Chao. From the moment we stepped out of Earth, we can only rely on ourselves to walk the long journey ahead of us. Don't let the so-called survival of our home planet affect your mind!"
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