The light emitted by the crystal clusters began to flicker regularly, and the crystals all over the seabed resonated like an orchestra that was starting to play. It was a silent resonance. There was no sound under the deep sea, only the light flowing on the crystals intersected with each other in a wonderful rhythm, as if playing a silent movement. Soon, the diamond-shaped crystal fragments floating between the crystal clusters also joined the flickering process. Arcs of light were stimulated from one crystal, and then jumped through the diamond-shaped crystal fragments to the other two crystals. Countless such jumps, one into two, two into four, and almost instantly spread to the entire seabed. In the depths of the Crimson Moon Sea, light surged like a tide!
The MDT saw this scene and immediately shouted in the spiritual connection with Hao Ren, "Partner! Why are these crystals suddenly flashing? Did you do something? Partner … partner? "
Hao Ren did not respond to the MDT at all. He still kept his palm on the crystal and stood there motionless. In fact, at the moment when the heat on his palm came, he temporarily lost all perception of the real world.
Because he had been pulled into an illusion — a completely new illusion.
Thick clouds pressed down on the horizon, and the sky was shrouded in chaotic thick clouds. The entire sky was suffused with an iron-gray texture. Countless huge bolts of lightning were jumping between the clouds, illuminating the cloud-covered world as if it was daytime. Occasionally, one or two bolts of lightning would break free from the shackles of the clouds and strike the ground like golden pythons falling from the clouds, erupting with deafening explosions. On the dark land, there were bluish-white crystals that were hundreds of meters tall. The crystals grew in clusters, like a huge forest that stretched as far as the eye could see.
From time to time, the lightning that struck down from the sky would be attracted by those huge crystals. Powerful electric currents would be instantly injected into the crystals, causing the latter to burst into a dazzling brilliance. The light emitted by one crystal would "activate" more crystal clusters around it. The light seemed to be jumping and spreading among the crystals. Often, it would spread to dozens of crystals before gradually weakening.
The crystal clusters all over the earth, the lightning that charged the crystals, and the light jumping between the crystals — this was the spectacular scene that Hao Ren saw when he opened his eyes.
Even if he could not figure out the situation for a while, he was sure that this was definitely not the scene on the Crimson Moon, nor the scene on the Star of Creation.
After trying to call his teammates and not getting a reply, he vaguely realized what had happened: he seemed to have once again been involved in an illusion related to the goddess of creation.
But this time, what he saw in the illusion was obviously very different from what he had seen before. This world full of thunder and strange crystal clusters was not like the battlefield of the deicidal war, nor was it like the place where the guardian giants or the First Born lived. It was quite desolate and did not seem suitable for any carbon-based life. Why did the crystal jungle in the Crimson Moon Sea bring him to such a place?
Hao Ren checked his Steel Membrane Shield, then took out the plasma spear and the inspector's gun from the dimensional pocket and began to explore the place cautiously.
According to past experience, falling into this illusion was inseparable from a major activity of the goddess of creation. Whether it was the scene of the goddess launching the Seed of Origin or the scene of the deicidal assassination, the scope of the illusion was limited, and the goddess of creation was often at the center of everything. In the process, some mysterious' guidance 'would play a role, allowing Hao Ren to subconsciously go to the core of the scene. So after confirming that it was an illusion, Hao Ren let go and followed his inner guidance to wander on the earth.
He first checked the crystal clusters growing everywhere and confirmed that they were the same thing as the crystals on the seabed of the Crimson Moon Sea, but their size was many times larger than the latter. This was probably because the Crimson Moon was only a 1: 8 scale 'model', and the crystals on the seabed were correspondingly smaller.
There was another advantage to being in this illusory world. It was not a static snapshot like the Crimson Moon. Here, everything was in a state of activity: lightning was charging the crystals, the crystals were resonating with each other, there was always a rhythmic sound coming from the depths of the earth, and there was a slight itch in the air when a certain energy field was active.
This allowed Hao Ren to observe the operation of the crystals more accurately and clearly, as well as the possible secrets of the world. If only the MDT was here, its scanning function would provide more detailed data.
Unfortunately, Hao Ren was the only one who could enter the illusion world.
"It seems to be some kind of signal amplification device. It also functions as a communication device." Hao Ren stood under a crystal with electric light flowing all over it. He carefully touched the surface of the crystal with the handle of the plasma spear and observed the reaction of several nearby crystals to this stimulation. "It reminds me of a neural network."
"The discharge phenomenon in the sky is continuous, and there is no obvious trend of strengthening or weakening. The clouds are so thick that it is impossible to observe the starry sky."
"The probe doesn't work. It can't fly above the clouds. Probably the scope of the illusion is limited. Above the clouds is the boundary of this space."
Hao Ren recorded his findings while exploring the world. Although the absence of the MDT had brought him a lot of trouble, these first-hand observations would always come in handy in the future. This was the experience he had accumulated after experiencing more than one illusion world.
He did not wander too long between the crystal jungle. Following his intuition and moving in a certain direction for about two hours, he came to a "barrier" of surging black fog. There was no way forward.
The thick black fog surged in front of him. The black fog formed a wall that reached the sky, the ground, and on both sides, it extended to the end of the horizon. It was as if the whole world was cut off by this layer of black fog. After seeing this border, Hao Ren was stunned: this was the first time he saw such a situation.
He came to the border of the illusion world, but he did not see the most important thing in this scene … the Goddess of Creation.
The Goddess of Creation was not here? This illusion was not left by the Goddess? What did this world mean? The lightning jumping in the sky, the crystal shining on the ground, and the mysterious connection between this world and the Crimson Moon … Did the clues end here?
Hao Ren shook his head. Instinctively, he felt that this inexplicable illusion was not so simple. This "crystal world" full of lightning and strange energy had a deep relationship with the Crimson Moon. It could not be just a simple scene.
He took another step forward and put his hand into the layer of chaotic black fog.
At the same time, in the real world outside, the Crimson Moon suddenly emitted a light several times brighter than before.
The moonlight was so bright that the entire sky was filled with a faint red color, so much so that all the visible stars in space were covered by the moonlight. Then, the red color in the moonlight gradually faded, turning into a clear normal light, but the brightness did not decrease. Instead, it increased. The people who stayed on the surface of Aerym looked up at this scene in amazement. They saw that the sky seemed to have become a huge projector, and the Crimson Moon was the source of the projection. Around the bright moon, the original starry sky was replaced by a star map with various icons and pointing symbols. The star map was full of strange unknown galaxies, connected by complex lines, and a bright band of light jumping between the stars seemed to indicate a hidden route. But this star map seemed to be incomplete. It was full of darkness, and a lot of data was replaced by garbled codes. Even the light band indicating the route was intermittent, and there was a completely unrecognizable chaotic nothingness at the end.
Lily immediately raised her giant alloy X9 sword and looked at Vivian, but she saw the latter also looking up at the sky with a confused expression. Vivian noticed Lily's gaze and quickly turned her head and waved her hand. "Don't take pictures, I'm awake here! And I've seen this star map before, it's harmless … But why did it suddenly pop up? "
Nangong Sanba immediately shouted at the communication device floating next to the summoning circle. "What happened on the Crimson Moon?"
The MDT answered him. "Hao Ren came into contact with the crystal at the bottom of the Crimson Moon Sea. It seems that he has been sucked into the illusion again. I'm monitoring his condition. He's in good health now, but I don't know if there's a problem with the SAN …"
Hearing that Hao Ren was not injured, Vivian was the first to breathe a sigh of relief. It was not terrible to come into contact with the illusion. After all, it was not the first time that Hao Ren had come into contact with that thing. But this time … How could it be so big?
The black mist trembled violently in front of him as if it was on the verge of collapse. Hao Ren wanted to pull his hand back, but things happened faster than he could. In the next second, the mist had swallowed him. When he finally broke free from the mist, he found himself in an indoor space.
It was an extremely magnificent domed hall, comparable in size to the goddess' palace he saw on the Star of Creation, but the style was very different. Strictly speaking, this was because the entire hall had not been finely carved and decorated, so it looked primitive and rough.
The entire domed hall looked like it was carved out of the mountain. The walls and floor were uncarved rocks, and the high dome was inlaid with large pieces of crystal: the material of the crystal looked exactly the same as the crystal clusters that Hao Ren saw on the plain.
In the center of the crystal hall, there was an unprecedentedly huge crystal cluster: it was almost like a hill, comparable to the crystal spires in CARS. The top of the blue-white crystal cluster was tens of meters away from the dome. Thick electric arcs jumped silently between the crystal cluster and the dome as if it contained a huge amount of energy.
Under the huge crystal cluster, Hao Ren saw the crystals growing abnormally. They were entangled and formed a throne-like shape.
A vague figure stood in front of the throne. From the back, it was vaguely a woman.
The goddess of creation?
Hao Ren quickly ran over, but even when he was in front of her, he still found it impossible to see the woman's face clearly.
He could only see the figure suddenly step forward and slowly walk toward the crystal throne.
The illusory world shook violently, and a feeling of waking up spread in Hao Ren's heart.
He desperately tried to grab onto something, but he could not stop the collapse of the dream at all. In his increasingly distorted vision, he could only see a blurry figure slowly sitting on the throne, and then crystals growing out of the ground, sealing and freezing her and the throne together.
The illusion was over. Hao Ren opened his eyes and saw that the crystal prism in front of him was gradually dimming.
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