Chapter 611 - 370: Reality

Chapter 611: Chapter 370: Reality

’Luoti’s conditions are actually quite useful for long-term development...’

Lu Cang himself wasn’t dead set against joining a faction.

In fact, Lu Cang actually hoped he could find a reliable backer.

When other people fought, they could summon this or request help from that... but when he fought, he had no one to support him.

As long as he could use their power for himself.

Lu Cang could accept it.

What Luoti could provide was her knowledge, some Mind Category Magic, and some abilities related to the Mind.

"Skill: Mind Reading and Writing"

It allowed one to read another’s emotions through Perception and deduce their general thoughts from those emotions and their micro-expressions.

"Skill: Sea of Consciousness/Complete Consciousness Protection Setup"

Luoti said this was the highest-level principle for constructing Mind-based protection.

Building protection for the Sea of Consciousness this way could maximally shield the Mind from external influences, increasing his resistance to Mind-based effects by hundreds of times.

Furthermore, this protection could even block the invasion of the Filthy Worms.

It would prevent his Spirituality from suffering Spiritual Contamination.

"Mind Forbidden Technique: Thought Invasion"

"Mind Forbidden Technique: Thought Implantation"

"Mind Forbidden Technique: Emotion Field"

"Fantasy Forbidden Technique: Daydream Realm"

"Fantasy Forbidden Technique: Dream Illusion"

These were all the Forbidden Techniques Luoti had taught him.

These divinely bestowed Forbidden Techniques were different from ordinary tiered Magic. They didn’t have detailed Equal Tier divisions; instead, their Power would increase on top of their base effect as one’s Level rose.

However, learning most of these Forbidden Techniques required one to meet the conditions of the Mage Profession.

Most Forbidden Techniques existed in the form of Magic.

However, a portion of them were Forbidden Combat Skills.

For example, the "Sin-Burning Stream" was a Forbidden Combat Skill of the Light Church that ordinary people couldn’t learn.

After being in this world for so long,

He had finally learned Forbidden Techniques from the hands of a true god.

’It’s a shame... I don’t have a Divine Artifact.’

This was the first round of his cooperation with Luoti. If he could help her secure the Moon Position, he would likely gain more conveniences in the future.

What he needed to do for Luoti was to help her set up the Ritual she required.

Using the "Interstice Ritual," he had to build a stable passage to the Deep Land in the real world.

This was his task.

After that, there was nothing else for him to interfere with regarding the contest for the Moon.

But if possible,

Luoti still hoped he could help interfere with the Rituals of a few other Divine Spirits, such as Aertemi’s Ritual.

Of course, she wouldn’t force him if he couldn’t do it.

...

When he opened his eyes again, his surroundings were once more a murky blackness.

This was still Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness.

’I’m finally back from the Deep Land.’

And what he brought back with him...

Lu Cang looked to his side and saw Lu Luwei standing there with a bewildered expression, staring at this murky Sea of Consciousness.

Then she looked at Lu Cang beside her.

"Lu Cang..."

"What is this?"

"I... What happened? I feel like I just had a very long dream."

Lu Luwei clutched her head inside her Sea of Consciousness.

Suddenly, she looked up sharply.

She saw a version of herself, neck riddled with black borers, floating high above in the Sea of Consciousness.

The Lu Luwei with the borer-filled neck was stunned.

She also clutched her head, looking down at the unharmed Lu Luwei below and muttering.

"Why..."

"Why are you here?"

"Luoti" is a god of the Mind Realm.

She couldn’t leave the Deep Land, nor could she project her power to interfere with the mortal world, but she could offer her own theoretical explanation for how the Filthy Worms caused Spiritual Contamination and changed a person’s mind.

It was truly an incurable affliction, a perfect, closed loop.

It was a form of the highest-level contamination whose principles were known but for which there was no solution.

The only normal solution was to eradicate it in the initial stages of contamination.

If one was already completely contaminated, they either had to abandon their Spirituality to escape it, or undergo a complete Reincarnation and start a new life.

During his conversation with Luoti, Lu Cang had mentioned Meiser.

Meiser said he had found a solution, using his soul to escape the contamination.

Luoti confirmed that this was indeed a solution, a variation of the Reincarnation method—a half-step Reincarnation, so to speak.

Spiritual Contamination was incurable under the conventional Laws.

To remove it, one had to find an unconventional solution outside those Laws.

If Luoti were to handle it herself, she could forcibly modify the contaminated person’s personality, returning it to its state before the contamination.

But this wasn’t a complete cure, merely a treatment of the symptoms.

An unconventional solution was one as unreasonable as the Deep Land itself... where fantasy is reality, ignoring all the normal Rules of the world.

"What... what is going on?"

The normal Lu Luwei was confused. She had already realized this was her Sea of Consciousness, but she didn’t know why it had become like this.

Nor did she know what that hideous version of herself in the sky was.

"Um... Lu Luwei."

"Your Sea of Consciousness has a little problem."

"But I’ve already solved it..."

Lu Cang gently touched Lu Luwei, and a soft Light enveloped her body.

Lu Cang looked up at the sky.

As his gaze fixed on it—

The contaminated Lu Luwei in the sky’s pupils constricted!

SHWIIING!

In an instant, a Longbow materialized in her hands, and she prepared to shoot at Lu Cang!

But the next moment.

BANG!

The Longbow in her hands exploded.

Thunder and storms raged throughout the entire Sea of Consciousness.

"You know the difference between us. You can’t possibly beat me."

"Mind Forbidden Technique: Thought Implantation"

VMMMM—

An inescapable sense of defeat washed over her. The sky of the Sea of Consciousness began to collapse into a gray gloom, and Lu Cang’s figure instantly became incomparably immense.

His childish body now seemed like a giant forged from Divine Power!

"This is your end."

"Mind Forbidden Technique: Emotion Field—All Hopes Dashed"

BOOM—

The Sea of Consciousness began to crumble. The eyes of the contaminated Lu Luwei in the sky were filled with lifeless ash.

BOOM—

Amidst the swirling storm and Thunder, Lu Cang grabbed the contaminated Lu Luwei with one hand.

"I am aware of your existence."

"It’s time you woke up and realized what you truly are."

Lu Cang squeezed his hand slightly!

Countless Filthy Worms poured out of the holes in Lu Luwei’s neck! The Filthy Worms swarmed toward Lu Cang’s arm like an endless dragon!

However, countless white lines could be seen interconnected on the surface of Lu Cang’s body, forming a three-dimensional barrier.

CLANG—

The Filthy Worms tried to burrow in but were completely blocked.

"Complete Consciousness Protection Setup"

BANG!

Lu Cang squeezed again, and the Lu Luwei in his hand exploded.

She turned into countless tiny black insects scattering in every direction.

The Filthy Worms. They had replaced Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness and become her consciousness.

And they themselves didn’t even know they weren’t Lu Luwei; they thought they had just been contaminated.

This contaminated Lu Luwei shattered.

But the Filthy Worms didn’t disappear. They began to scurry wildly around the Sea of Consciousness.

Lu Cang protected Lu Luwei, standing by her side.

After waiting for about half an hour, the Filthy Worms gradually faded away and died.

"It’s... over," Lu Cang said.

"Lu Luwei, your consciousness entered the Deep Land and was subjected to Spiritual Contamination by the Filthy Worms. I’ve rescued you."

"From now on, the contamination in your Sea of Consciousness will slowly heal over time..."

Lu Cang seemed to let out a sigh of relief.

Lu Luwei, however, was confused. "Deep Land, Spiritual Contamination..."

’I don’t really understand any of this.’

’But this is definitely my Sea of Consciousness. Did he really save me? It just doesn’t feel real...’

She felt no sense of gratitude in her heart.

Lu Luwei opened her eyes again.

The scene before her was now the real world.

Leng Qingying was standing guard nearby.

And Lu Cang was in front of her, meeting her gaze with a smile.

’This...’

’...should be fine now.’

CLICK—

Lu Cang completely ended the Future Preview and once again returned to Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness.

But as soon as the preview ended,

Lu Cang felt that he was already completely connected to the Deep Land.

This was a feeling one would only have after undergoing the Trial and returning from the Deep Land. It also came with an exclusive ability from there.

"Deep Reality"

’Shouldn’t this not have happened yet?’

"Time is something that exists in the real world."

"The Deep Land is a world completely different from reality. No matter how you truly arrive in the Deep Land, you can never erase the fact that you have been there."

Lu Cang suddenly recalled that Luoti had mentioned this to him while teaching him about the Mind.

’But... I still have to go bring Lu Luwei back.’

’I have to go through the whole process.’

SHWIIING—

Lu Cang found the rift again and entered the Deep Land through it.

This time, however, upon entering the Deep Land, he didn’t experience any illusions. Instead, he directly saw Xin Qianhuan waiting for him in a completely blank environment.

She glanced at him but didn’t say much.

"Please follow me."

Before long, Lu Cang met Luoti again.

But this time, Luoti’s expression was no longer meek, cautious, and humble, but one of extreme seriousness.

"You’re finally here."

She no longer used the formal "you."

"To be able to walk through non-existent time and space... What is your relationship with Aikator~"

"Judging by your expression, you probably don’t know who Aikator is."

"Forget it... I already explained everything to you last time, so there’s nothing special to add."

"Take your person and remember our agreement."

SHWIIING—

As she spoke, Luoti vanished from before Lu Cang’s eyes.

Lu Cang took Lu Luwei, and the subsequent events unfolded exactly as they had in the preview... Lu Luwei regained control of her own consciousness.

She returned to the real world.

And Lu Cang finally opened his eyes in the real world as well.

’It really feels like a long time has passed.’

’This was an unexpected gain. So my fantasies can now affect reality, huh...?’