vrcanaries Chapter 1652 Blindfold
Chapter 1652 Blindfold
Yonggu looked at his comrade's belongings on the ground, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked. He stood up and looked resolutely into the depths of the valley.
"We must find out the truth!"
He lifted his foot to walk inside, but Mingchuan grabbed his shoulder.
"Don't rush!" Mingchuan said in a low voice, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings. "Look at this fog!"
The passage they had forcibly broken open had vanished, and the gray-white mist around them was closing in from all directions at an even faster pace. The dense, chilling aura was almost solidifying, and the sense of oppression increased dramatically.
Yonggu's attack just now consumed a lot of energy. If he tries to force his way through again, he probably won't be able to hold out for long.
Mingchuan frowned, knowing that relying solely on Yonggu's ice-type power would make it difficult to move forward in this strange fog, and that he would be too conspicuous.
“This won’t do; it’s too passive.” Mingchuan made a quick decision and said to Yonggu, “You stay here and don’t move.”
Before Yong Gu could react, a silver glint flashed in Ming Chuan's eyes, and he made a gesture with his hands in front of his chest, a mysterious and unpredictable wave rippling from his fingertips.
This is precisely the power of the spatial laws originating from the Abyss of Eclipse!
He simply pressed one hand lightly towards Yong Gu's location, and an invisible barrier that distorted space instantly formed.
Yong Gu's figure immediately disappeared into the space, and then the spatial gap closed up again like a zipper!
Yonggu was shocked to find that he was no longer in the vast valley. He looked around and realized that he was in a distorted, dreamlike, and bizarre space.
However, he can still see the movements outside, but people outside can no longer see him.
Shock flashed in Yong Gu's eyes.
"This is……"
Although he knew that Mingchuan was no longer the same as before, the way he used his hands to define space was still beyond his comprehension.
“A little trick to keep you safe for now.” Mingchuan spoke quickly. “You stay here to provide backup. I’m fast enough to use spatial teleportation to go in and check the situation.”
Yong Gu opened his mouth, wanting to say that he could come along, but looking at Ming Chuan's unquestionable gaze and the fog around him that even he found troublesome, he knew that this was indeed the best choice.
Going with me would likely be a real burden.
"Be careful."
All the words in the world can be summed up in just these two words.
Mingchuan nodded, his figure swayed, the space around him slightly distorted, and the next moment he disappeared from the spot like a ghost, directly merging into the thick fog in front of him without causing the slightest disturbance.
Using the power of spatial laws, Mingchuan traversed the valley with extremely low visibility, his figure appearing and disappearing in the gap between reality and space.
He carefully sensed every inch of the land, searching for any suspicious energy sources or signs of life.
However, the result only made him frown more and more.
Apart from the remaining traces of battle and the aura of the Holy Domain near the entry point, the deeper one goes into the valley, the fainter the chilling energy becomes, as if it has been deliberately erased.
He explored almost the entire core area of Monitoring Zone No. 3, but found nothing. He didn't even see a single living creature, let alone anyone from the Holy Land.
"Something's not right..." Mingchuan stopped in mid-air, his mind filled with doubts. "The sensation was so strong outside, but it disappeared inside? Could it be..."
A thought flashed through his mind—the other party had noticed him!
And they probably know him, know he's not someone to mess with, so they went into hiding beforehand!
"Want to play hide-and-seek with me?" Mingchuan sneered.
He immediately made up his mind.
His gaze swept over an inconspicuous black boulder below, and with a subtle flick of his finger, a tiny spatial cut, almost seamlessly integrated with the surrounding space, was quietly left behind, like a silent surveillance camera.
Having done all this, Mingchuan didn't linger. He activated his spatial power again and instantly returned to the safe space where Yonggu was.
"How is it?" Yonggu asked immediately.
Mingchuan shook his head, his face showing just the right amount of disappointment and solemnity: "There's nothing inside. The energy stops at a certain depth, it's really strange. The fog is getting thicker and thicker, and if we stay any longer, something might happen. Let's get out of here first."
Although Yonggu was unwilling, he could only nod in agreement when he saw that Mingchuan had said so.
Mingchuan maintained the spatial barrier, protecting Yonggu, and the two carefully retreated from the valley in the direction they had come from.
After they left, the grayish-white mist churned even more violently, quickly sealing off the valley completely once again.
Back at the helicopter, the propellers began to spin again, the loud roar breaking the silence of the night.
The helicopter slowly ascended into the air. Yonggu looked down at the valley below, which was once again shrouded in mist, his brows furrowed, clearly frustrated by his fruitless return.
Just then, Mingchuan, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly gave him a slightly sly smile.
Under Yong Gu's questioning gaze, Ming Chuan stretched out his hand and made a light sweeping motion in the air in front of him.
A tiny spatial rift quietly appeared, and through the rift, one could clearly see the scene inside the valley from before!
The only difference is the perspective; it's looking out from the angle of that giant black rock!
"This is...?" Yong Gu's pupils shrank, and he instantly understood what was going on.
“It’s just a smokescreen.” Mingchuan lowered his voice and explained amidst the roar of the helicopter, “I suspect those guys discovered that I was coming and deliberately hid. So I pretended that I hadn’t noticed anything and withdrew first to lower their guard.”
He pointed to the spatial rift that was still intact: "This is what I left inside. We'll wait here and see if those rats hiding in the shadows will be unable to resist popping out again after we, these uninvited guests, leave."
Yong Gu instantly understood, and a rare look of realization and admiration appeared on his icy face.
He nodded, saying nothing more, but kept his gaze fixed on the scene presented by the spatial rift, like the most patient hunter waiting for his prey to make a mistake.
The helicopter hovered in the air, and a silent surveillance operation had already begun.
However, as the helicopter drove further away, no further discoveries were made in the valley for a long time.
Mingchuan frowned: "That's impossible..."
Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed into his mind.
The elimination he set up in the Spirit Realm before, "Cang Zi'ang" had publicly said that Ming Chuan was still in the Demon Abyss.
If the person in front of him now were from the Holy Domain, wouldn't they immediately return to the Holy Domain to report after learning that he was not in the Demon Abyss?
Mingchuan's eyes instantly darkened.
"wrong."
Yonggu immediately tensed up: "What's wrong?"
Mingchuan told him his concerns, and Yonggu's expression changed drastically.
Then, Mingchuan looked at Yonggu and said, "This matter needs to be put aside for now. I need to find an opportunity to investigate what their Holy Domain is trying to do after I return to the cultivation world!"