On the other side, Granny Dragon Crow also sensed that her scales had been activated.
She knew that Shiruda must have encountered danger.
Granny Dragon Crow had a good impression of Shiruda, which was also the reason why she gave her scales to her.
Granny Dragon Crow didn't want this junior that she thought highly of to die here.
So, Granny Dragon Crow rushed over from her research base.
When she found her dragon scale, she found that Shiluda was not there. There was only a dim mirror and a thick book, Secrets of the Divine Gift Ceremony.
Granny Dragon Crow knew that Shiruda learned the Dark Mirror Domain for the ceremony.
When she saw the book, she knew that Shiruda should have gotten what she wanted, but she didn't know what happened in the middle … She disappeared, but the book was here?
When Granny Dragon Crow was puzzled, she found that there was a thin layer of white frost on her dragon scale.
This was … a crystal?
After Granny Dragon Crow touched it, she found that it was the crystal memory left by Shiruda!
It recorded everything that happened to Shiruda during this period.
After reading the memory left by Shiruda, Granny Dragon Crow immediately understood that the culprit was this dim mirror!
However, she still needed to study what happened in the middle.
Granny Dragon Crow searched the nearby area again, but there was no trace of Shiruda, so she put away the mirror and the book and returned to her research base.
In the research base, she flipped through the Secrets of the Divine Gift Ceremony.
Because Shiruda had obtained the mirror together with the Secret Book of the God's Gift Ceremony, there might be records of the mirror in the book.
But unfortunately, Granny Dragon Crow didn't find any information related to the mirror in the book.
However, she found a record of the "Spirit Transfer Ceremony" in the book.
According to the book, this was a ceremony to exchange souls.
When she learned this news, Granny Dragon Crow immediately thought of the memory left by Shiruda in the dragon scale.
If Shiruda went through the "Spirit Transfer Ceremony", did it mean that her soul had been exchanged with the character in the mirror game?
If that was the case, then wouldn't Shiluda's body have already been taken over by a character in the mirror game?
When Granny Dragon Crow rushed to the dragon scale, Shiruda wasn't nearby. Could it be that the character in the game had already occupied her body and left?
But if that was the case, why did she leave the mirror and the book in the same place?
There were only two ways to get the answer to these questions. First, find Shiruda's body. Second, open the mirror game.
The former was difficult because Granny Dragon Crow wasn't good at finding people, and it was in the mirror world that was full of danger.
It was even more difficult to find someone.
So, she could only use the second method: open the mirror game.
According to the records of the Spiritual Transformation Ceremony, it was very likely that Shiruda had been swapped with the game character. So, if Shiruda was in the mirror game, it could prove this conclusion.
After Granny Dragon Crow obtained this mirror, she had never touched it nor opened it.
She was so careful to avoid any possible dangers.
This was also the reason why Granny Dragon Crow could stay in the Ghost's Domain for so long. It was not only because of her powerful strength, but also because of her cautiousness that was engraved in the depths of her consciousness.
Granny Dragon Crow did not choose to activate the mirror herself because there were too many uncontrollable risks.
She chose to let the mirror ghosts be the test subject.
However, Granny Dragon Crow captured a few mirror ghosts, but she couldn't activate the mirror.
She was puzzled.
Later, Granny Dragon Crow did a few more experiments and finally determined two conditions to activate the mirror. First, it was impossible to activate the mirror without a body. Second, it had to be a person with normal thinking to activate the mirror.
Most of the mirror ghosts, whether they had a body or not, couldn't activate the mirror. That was because they lacked normal logical thinking.
This was the main reason for the failure of the experiments.
In the end, Granny Dragon Crow found a sharp person and successfully activated the mirror.
The sharp person was a humanoid race in the Drauna Plane. They got their name because the top of their skull looked like a sharp cone. This sharp person accidentally entered the mirror world and was discovered by Granny Dragon Crow.
This kind of accidental entry was very common in the mirror world. In other words, whether it was the White Sun Mirror Domain or the Gloom Mirror Domain, it was common for outsiders to enter by mistake.
Moreover, those who entered by mistake usually ended up badly.
Most of those who entered the White Sun Mirror Domain fell into the Sea of Empty Mirrors and were soon washed to ashes. Those who fell into the Gloom Mirror Domain might live a little longer, but they would all die under various disasters and rules.
Therefore, this sharp person was lucky. As soon as she entered the mirror world, she was saved by Granny Dragon Crow.
However, she was also unlucky.
Granny Dragon Crow saved her because she wanted her to activate the mirror and face unknown risks.
Although there were risks in the mirror world, it was better than dying completely.
Therefore, the sharp person accepted her fate and cooperated with Granny Dragon Crow to study the mirror game.
Not long after, the sharp person controlled the sharp-headed person in the mirror game to enter the castle in the Black Forest.
Just like Shiluda, the moment the sharp-headed person entered the castle, she was greeted by the matchstick butler in a tuxedo. The matchstick butler said the same thing, telling the sharp-headed person that the owner of the castle, Ghost Rider, wanted to meet her.
Granny Dragon Crow made the same choice as Shiluda. She ignored the matchstick butler.
Faced with the various glowing objects in the castle, Granny Dragon Crow didn't let the sharp-headed person pick them up.
Because from Shiluda's experience, she knew that any choice you made in the mirror game had a price.
Whatever you thought was a "gift" in the mirror game might have been secretly priced by a pair of hands behind the scenes.
Therefore, Granny Dragon Crow told the sharp-headed person not to try to touch the glowing objects and not to think about obtaining any benefits from the mirror. Even if it was right in front of her, she had to avoid it as much as possible.
Soon, the sharp-headed person arrived at the edge of the castle.
Because the mirror game was from an overhead perspective, all the rooms in the castle were from an overhead perspective, and one could clearly see the people and objects in the nearby rooms.
When the sharp-headed person came to the edge, Granny Dragon Crow had already seen the dressing room where Shiluda had encountered the Spirit Conversion Ritual.
In Shiluda's memory, there was no one in the dressing room.
But at this moment, there was someone in the dressing room. A matchstick man with trendy hair was standing in front of the dressing room mirror in a daze, murmuring non-stop.
When the sharp-headed person approached, one could even see the matchstick man's murmuring words floating on the screen.
"How could this be … How could I …"
"Leave … Force Tower …"
If other people saw these words, they would probably not understand the meaning. But Granny Dragon Crow had interacted with Shiluda for a period of time, and she knew very well that Force Tower was the reason why Shiluda chose to come to the mirror realm.
It was impossible for outsiders to know about Force Tower.
And this matchstick man with trendy hair could say the name "Force Tower" in its murmuring, which meant that there was a big problem!
The sharp-headed person entered the dressing room.
The matchstick man with trendy hair paused for a moment and turned to look at the sharp-headed person.
At the same time, a paragraph of words floated on the surface of the mirror. "Guest from afar, do you want to change your appearance?" "Yes."
Granny Dragon Crow asked the sharp-headed person, "Are you Shiluda?"
The matchstick man with trendy hair did not answer. Instead, it kept repeating the words "change my appearance".
"It seems that these matchstick men are affected by some unknown force …" Granny Dragon Crow thought to herself.
Because in Granny Dragon Crow's opinion, this matchstick man with trendy hair was definitely the missing Shiluda.
If Shiluda heard her "name", she would definitely react. But now, she was repeating the same sentence mechanically. Either Shiluda could not hear their question, or she was affected by some unknown force.
It was also possible that it was both.
No matter what, the matchstick man's murmuring made Granny Dragon Crow certain of the matchstick man's identity.
If there was no accident, Shiluda's soul had swapped with the matchstick man's soul because of the Spirit Transfer Ritual. Now, the matchstick man's soul had entered Shiluda's body, and Shiluda had entered the mirror game to replace the matchstick man.
After confirming this fact, Granny Dragon Crow began to rescue Shiluda.
According to Shiluda's memory and Granny Dragon Crow's observation, she had a guess. Perhaps everyone in the mirror game was shrouded in the Spirit Transfer Ritual.
And if they wanted to leave, they could only let the people in the outside world use something that already had an owner in the castle, and they could not pay for it.
This way, they could activate the Spirit Transfer Ritual and take over the bodies of the people in the outside world. And the souls of the people in the outside world would enter the game to replace them.
This conjecture was not made without reason.
After the matchstick man arrived at the castle, the people around her all showed great enthusiasm towards her.
It was exactly the same as Shiluda's experience when she entered the castle.
The matchstick man even met the maid that Shiluda saw before. However, when Shiluda saw the maid, the maid was in the room.
And now, the maid was in the corridor.
The maid was also carrying a basket of fruits. When she saw the matchstick man, she immediately went up to her and asked if she wanted to eat some fruits.
At that time, Granny Dragon Crow directly told the matchstick man to ignore her.
Now, it seemed that this operation was correct.
Once the matchstick man took the fruits from the maid's hand, it would meet the condition of "eating something that already had an owner". Then, the next step would be to activate the Spirit Transfer Ritual.
"Based on the current situation, if I want to save Shiluda, I should make the matchstick man agree to the matchstick man's words and not use that dressing mirror?"
Granny Dragon Crow thought to herself. If that was the case, Shiluda should be able to come out of the mirror game and take over the matchstick man's body.
Perhaps taking over the matchstick man's body was not a good choice, but it was better than letting Shiluda stay in the mirror game.
Moreover, if she could find Shiluda's original body in the future, she could use the Spirit Transfer Ritual to return to her original body.
The matchstick man's body would be a transition.
Granny Dragon Crow did not hide the truth. She directly told the matchstick man the situation and promised her, "If I find a suitable body in the future, I will swap you out. Or, after Shiluda finds her original body, I will return the matchstick man's body to you."
The matchstick man was also very clear that she had no other choice.
For a great existence like Granny Dragon Crow to give such a promise, it was already a very good condition.
In addition, without Granny Dragon Crow's rescue, the matchstick man would have died in the Ghost's Domain. Now, she was just living in the mirror game. At least her soul would be preserved and there would be hope for resurrection.
That was enough.
The matchstick man agreed to Granny Dragon Crow's request and accepted the matchstick man's request, "I want to use the dressing mirror."
After a series of changes, the matchstick man in the mirror game had a new hairstyle.
Then, as Granny Dragon Crow expected, the conditions for the Spirit Transfer Ritual were triggered.
Under Granny Dragon Crow's gaze, the matchstick man in the mirror game turned into a "medium". It transformed into a strange passage and pulled the matchstick man's soul into the passage. Inside the passage, the soul of a Crystal Eye Race member floated out and attached itself to the matchstick man's body.
This Crystal Eye Race member's soul was Shiluda!
… …
After Shiluda became a matchstick man, she followed Granny Dragon Crow to live in the research base.
She also thought of leaving, but … the matchstick man's body was that of an ordinary person. If Shiluda went out, she would definitely die.
Moreover, Shiluda's soul was currently very weak.
— — The Spirit Transfer Ritual did not transform two souls without any consumption. Both parties involved in the ritual would lose a large portion of their soul power.
Where did the lost soul power go? Shiluda did not know. She guessed that it was lost to the owner of the ritual or integrated into the mirror game.
In short, Shiluda had gone through the Spirit Transfer Ritual twice in a row. Her soul was now so weak that it was slightly weaker than an ordinary person's.
Her body was that of an ordinary matchstick man, and her soul was so weak. Moreover, her soul and body were constantly deteriorating. In other words, she was now no different from a cripple.
Even if she returned to the White Sun Mirror Domain, it would be difficult to subvert the Ceremony of Wonder.
Unless she could find her own body.
However, she could not see any hope of finding her own body.
Therefore, she could only put away her impetuous thoughts and did not want to leave. She stayed in the research base with Granny Dragon Crow.
During this time, Shiluda did not idle around. She began to study the "Secrets of the Divine Gift Ritual".
She did not give up on the idea of subverting the Ceremony of Wonder. Even if there was only a glimmer of hope, she still wanted to do it.
How to subvert the Ceremony of Wonder? It was necessary to have a deeper understanding of rituals.
Therefore, she had been studying the "Secrets of the Divine Gift Ritual".
On the other side, Granny Dragon Crow found another human from the southern region who had wandered into the Ghost Region.
Like the matchstick man, he was also an ordinary person.
The reason why Granny Dragon Crow saved him was to let him activate the mirror game.
It was not to let this human undergo the Spirit Transfer Ritual with the matchstick man. Granny Dragon Crow intended to continue studying this mirror game that was full of secrets.
However, she definitely could not activate it herself. She needed someone to act as a medium.
(End of Chapter)
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