Su Ping didn't stop. He moved on and left that place.
The fighting and the tremors were getting farther and farther away, until he could no longer hear them. Su Ping didn't know when that Consul Tan would take him away. That man's consciousness was broken and he should be able to sense it. If Su Ping could take his body out of the Ocean of Illusions, his consciousness would be able to leave the Ocean of Illusions.
Something is wrong this time. Didn't the Loulan family find out in advance? I heard that the Ocean of Illusions is being monitored by the most advanced artificial intelligence in the Federation. If there is an anomaly, it will warn us in advance …
Su Ping's eyes flickered. All of a sudden, he noticed that the color of the fog was different. It was slightly black, as if it had been dyed by ink.
"My friend, the Filth Tide is coming. Come here."
The illusion of a tree appeared in front of them. The old man under the tree waved at Su Ping.
Before Su Ping could answer, Joanna appeared next to the old man. She was also looking at him quietly with anxiety in her eyes.
Su Ping's expression changed. He turned around and left without another word.
"My friend, do you really not want to trust us?"
The old man called after him.
Su Ping didn't look back. Right then, a magnificent throne appeared in front of him. On the throne sat a majestic figure with white bones. The figure looked down at Su Ping. "I didn't want to show up, but you are so stubborn. Can't you tell the real from the fake?"
Su Ping's pupils contracted. He was all too familiar with the white bones and the throne. That was the first time he entered the Chaotic Realm of the Undead after he got the system. He had met a king of terror there. The Blood Crystal he fed to the Little Skeleton was taken from under that king's feet.
"Trust us. We won't hurt you."
A young man appeared next to the king of bones. His aura wasn't as horrifying but his face was familiar. It was the young teacher Su Ping had asked for help at the Heaven Dao Academy in the Archean Divinity.
"You don't trust them, but don't you trust the Heaven Dao Academy? If we wanted to hurt you, you would have died a long time ago! "
A dignified voice rang out, and a majestic phantom appeared behind the young man, sitting on the same level as the Terror Sovereign King. His aura wasn't inferior in the slightest.
Su Ping was taken aback. Those people he had seen in the cultivation sites couldn't be here, but the illusions were too real. Even the aura they were emitting was enough to make Su Ping's hair stand on end. He felt as if he were looking at them in person.
"How can there be so many people in my subconscious? I've only met him once. If he really wants to trick me, he should have asked my parents and that naughty guy to come, or the Little Skeleton and the others to come … "Su Ping's expression changed. He didn't say anything. He turned around and walked away.
"Is this the most outstanding inheritor? Hmm! "
"We've been waiting here for billions of years. We thought we'd get a ray of hope. What a disappointment!"
As Su Ping turned around, the Skeleton King and the other vague figures behind him spoke coldly. Some of them sounded disappointed and some of them shook their heads and heaved a sigh.
Su Ping didn't look back. He kept moving forward.
At this moment, the thick fog in the surroundings suddenly surged. Immediately after, all the fog seemed to be attacked, and suddenly surged over like a wave.
Su Ping was caught off guard. He tried to fight back, but the thick fog was like a huge wall. Su Ping felt he was suffocating, as if he had fallen into the deep sea. Everything around him was dark, and his body was drowned in it.
Deep inside the fog, Su Ping heard some shrill screams, which sounded like the screams of some creatures.
Su Ping struggled hard, trying to push the fog away. However, the fog was getting thicker and thicker. Occasionally, he would see some hideous shadows passing through the fog, which would make his blood freeze.
That hoarse, insect-like squeaking sound gradually appeared beside him, getting closer and closer.
Su Ping condensed his consciousness into a sword and slashed into the black fog. He seemed to have cut something. All of a sudden, there was a shrill scream. However, the next second, the scream seemed to have been infuriated. The fog rolled over and over, and a huge shadow pounced at Su Ping.
Su Ping saw a ferocious mouth pushing the fog away, trying to swallow him.
He hurriedly condensed his consciousness sword again and slashed at the mouth.
The giant mouth reacted extremely quickly. It bit down fiercely and caught the consciousness sword in its mouth. Then, it shattered it in one bite.
Just as he was about to be hit, Su Ping felt a cold sensation on his wrist all of a sudden. A cool and soft hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him to the side, dodging the attack. Then, Su Ping felt he was being dragged by the owner of the hand toward a certain direction.
"Is that Consul Tan?" Su Ping was surprised. He could tell from the touch that it was a woman's hand.
The two of them were moving forward quickly. The fog was slapping on their faces. Su Ping didn't know why Consul Tan was there. He wasn't even sure if she was Consul Tan. However, since she had saved him from the strange mouth, she shouldn't be malicious.
The fog was pushing toward him from behind. Su Ping felt the insect's roar was right behind him. He was being pulled forward quickly. Soon, he got rid of the roar and the fog passed by him. Su Ping felt he was moving at an unimaginable speed.
After a long time, the person in front of him came to a stop.
The fog that was rolling around him gradually stopped. Su Ping thanked her at once and asked with uncertainty, "Is that Consul Tan?"
A moment later, the fog in front of Su Ping gradually dispersed, revealing a beautiful silhouette with blonde hair. It was Joanna.
Su Ping was surprised. Then, he felt a chill down his spine.
"Don't be afraid."
Right then, a gentle voice came from behind Joanna.
The fog was gradually dispersing, revealing many blond gods. In the middle of them was a large old lady wearing an extravagant robe that extended down like a phoenix's tail. The gods on her left and right were only the size of a palm. Su Ping could clearly see every wrinkle on the old lady's face.
"Is that the inheritor?"
"She's so weak. That's impossible."
"It's okay to be weak now. Don't forget that she's here."
The gods around the old lady were whispering to each other.
Su Ping was surprised. Was it an illusion, or was it real?
"Who are you?" Su Ping couldn't help but ask Joanna.
Joanna gazed at him. The look in his eyes gradually turned gentle. Su Ping had never seen such an expression on Joanna's face. Was it a desire deep in his heart? However, the sensation from his wrist was real!
Could it be that the illusions here were so real that he couldn't tell them apart?
Still, there was one thing Su Ping was sure of: Joanna was in the store, not here.
Therefore, everything in front of him could only be an illusion.
Su Ping couldn't figure out why Joanna could touch him. There was only one explanation: his senses had been blinded by the illusion.
Some illusions could make people feel pain or even death. When the brain died in the illusion, the brain would die in reality as well, because the brain would think that the body was dead. As a result, the body would quickly stop functioning.
"If it's an illusion, I don't know these people. Why are they in my consciousness? Was the fight between the Dark Sea Spirit and the mysterious young man real or fake? "
Su Ping was having doubts about everything that had happened.
The old lady looked at Su Ping gently. "Kid, don't be afraid. This is a safe place. The wild beasts don't dare to come close. You can go back when the period of turmoil is over. We will help you capture some wild beasts for you to absorb. You just need to cultivate here."
Su Ping looked on coldly without replying.
The old lady in front of him was vivid and lifelike but her words weren't convincing at all.
"Is this the horror of the Ocean of Illusions? No wonder even the supremes don't want to go there and the Federation hasn't found it yet. "Su Ping's eyes glistened.
After all, the population of the Federation was huge. There were countless death row prisoners in every small galaxy. Even if they were to use these death row prisoners as pathfinders, they would be able to explore an unknown area. Moreover, the Federation had an army and countless researchers. Yet, after spending countless years, they still could not conquer the Ocean of Illusions. One could only say that it was inconceivable.
"Stay true to your heart. Nothing is real."
Su Ping calmed down. He calmed himself down and focused his thoughts in his mind.
After a long time, the surrounding fog fluctuated, and a few figures of the God Race appeared, dragging two demon spirits in their hands.
Su Ping slowly opened his eyes. The gods were still vivid and lifelike, and Joanna was standing in front of him. He took a deep breath. Many thoughts came to his mind.
What was real? What was void?
It was void, but it could bring him a sense of reality.
Some things that were real were like flowers in a mirror or the moon in the water; he could never touch them.
"Void … Void …"
"Are these just my imagination?"
Su Ping fell into silence as he gazed at the two corpses in front of him. If something that was fabricated could be so realistic that it was almost real and could give people a sense of reality, would it still be considered fabricated?
What was the difference between void and reality?
Was something that existed real?
Did it exist in one's own subjective feelings, or did it exist in the objective reality of the universe?
If it existed in one's own subjective feelings, then everything in front of him was real!
If it existed in the objective reality of the universe, then was the universe real? How could he be sure that the universe was real? Was it based on one's own subjective feelings, or was it a subjective fantasy?
Su Ping lowered his head and stared at the two corpses for a long time. He seemed to be lost in thought.
The gods around him were also looking at him quietly. They didn't urge him or disturb him.
A long time passed.
A long time passed.
Su Ping didn't know how long had passed. He kept on thinking and gradually, he reached a wonderful state. It felt like he was comprehending the truth.
"Void is also reality. Void is reality, and reality is void."
"The reflection in the water seems to be void, but the reflection is real. It exists as a 'scene', not an object …"
"If there is another world outside of the real world, then it is the Ethereal Extent!"
"The reflection of the world …"
All of a sudden, Su Ping seemed to have understood something. He seemed to have found the way to build a second small world!
The Ethereal Extent!
A world built with the void!
Boom ~ ~!
The moment Su Ping figured it out, he felt his consciousness trembling. Then, he felt his entire body was burning hot. That feeling was unreal. It was as if there was a membrane between him and his body. He could feel the changes taking place in his body, but there seemed to be something blocking his perception.
"Everything is void, and everything is reality …"
Su Ping's eyes became clearer and sharper. He looked at the two corpses on the ground and raised his hand. A swirl that looked like a black hole appeared in his palm and sucked the corpses into it. The corpses were crushed and turned into a large amount of energy that flowed into Su Ping's body. Su Ping could feel that his senses were improving.
"So what if this is an illusion? I can die in an illusion and I can be reborn in an illusion!"
"If the illusion can deceive my body and make my body die, it can also deceive my body and make my body immortal!"
"However, to drive the body, I need real energy. The energy brought by the illusion can deceive my consciousness, but to improve my body, I need real energy. I can't get that energy from the illusion. So, where can I get it from? The universe? Or … did you get it from the Ocean of Illusions? "
For a moment, Su Ping felt that he had touched the true face of the Ocean of Illusions.
Maybe, the Ocean of Illusions was everywhere in the universe, but it couldn't be sensed by normal means.
It was just like how, before the invention of certain instruments, people couldn't capture the composition of oxygen. But no matter how ignorant they were in the primitive era, people lived in oxygen.
Being unable to see or sense did not mean that it did not exist!
"Is this the real energy hidden in the Ocean of Illusions?" Su Ping's eyes flickered.
In order to prove his theory, he could only do so by leaving the Ocean of Illusions.
Su Ping looked at the gods and asked, "Are there any more?"
The old lady's eyes glowed. She nodded and smiled. "Yes, we have more. You guys, go and get some more. I don't care if they're bigger!"
"Okay."
The gods who had been restraining their auras turned around and left.
Those gods were more powerful than Ascendant Gods. Su Ping felt that they were similar to his master's, if not more terrifying.
"You must know the way out, right?" Su Ping asked with a smile, as if he was no longer afraid.
The old lady smiled. "Of course. If you want to leave, we can escort you out at any time. It is indeed dangerous for you to come here in advance, given your current rank. Fortunately, this is the outer edge area and those guys didn't notice you. Otherwise …"
"Those guys?"
Su Ping chatted with them even though he knew they were illusions.
"You'd better not know them for now. They will notice you easily. Even if you say their names, they will still notice you …"
The old lady whispered.
Su Ping smiled. He didn't ask further. As far as he was concerned, those were things that existed in his subconscious. He didn't know why this strange old lady and so many strange gods had shown up.
