"A mountain between reality and illusion?" Zhang Yan's head was full of questions. "When did you become a philosopher?"
In his view, things are either unreal or real. How can there be something that is neither real nor unreal, or both real and unreal?
Meng Qingyin didn't explain too much, because she herself didn't know what this "Wanmi Mountain" was.
"Try it yourself," she said to Zhang Yan, "you'll know once you try it."
Zhang Yan walked forward a few steps and listened carefully. He could indeed hear the clear sound of birds singing and the fragrance of flowers.
This feeling was so real that Zhang Yan said with certainty, "I'm sure this mountain is real."
"Try again to see if you can get into the mountains." Meng Qingyin pointed to a winding path under his feet and said.
Zhang Yan raised his foot and stepped forward: "I'm sure I can get in...ah!"
He missed a step and his body suddenly lost balance and tilted to the side.
Meng Qingyin held him firmly, "How is it? How do you feel now?"
Zhang Yan stared at the rugged path and muttered to himself, "How strange! This road looks so real, yet it doesn't really exist? What exactly is this existence, which seems real yet unreal?"
Meng Qingyin: "The compass shows that the gear is in this Wanmi Mountain. And it is very likely that the gear only exists in Wanmi Mountain."
If you want to get the gears, you have to go into the mountains.
But there was no way to find the way into the mountains. The roads looked rugged and real with grass and trees, but in fact they were illusory and could not be touched at all.
Lu Cheng: "Then how do we get into the mountains?"
No one could answer this question and the atmosphere became stagnant.
"Do you know what causes mirages?" Chen Leying suddenly asked.
Fei Qiu quickly answered, "I know that. A mirage is an optical phenomenon caused by the refraction and reflection of light. The ancients believed it was the air exhaled by a mirage, also known as mirage gas. It's actually something ethereal and insubstantial."
Zhang Yan looked at Chen Leying in confusion. "Are you suspecting this mountain is actually a mirage? But if it were a mirage, why would we be able to smell the flowers and hear the birds singing?"
Meng Qingyin lowered her head in thought, "Million Mirage Mountain, mirage..." She suddenly looked up at Chen Leying, "I understand, Million Mirage Mountain is a mirage, but it does exist!"
Zhang Yan was completely confused. "Huh? What are you talking about? Why am I getting more and more confused?"
"A mirage is essentially the refraction and reflection of light. The image it presents is real!"
Meng Qingyin continued to explain, "In other words, the Myriad Mirage Mountains we see aren't just illusory; they actually exist. The reason we can smell the fragrance of flowers and hear the birds singing is because the real Myriad Mirage Mountains exist within this illusion! There must be a place here that connects reality and illusion. As long as we find that place, we can enter Myriad Mirage Mountains!"
Zhang Yan was completely bewildered, but that didn't stop him from admiring Meng Qingyin. "It's quite impressive, but it sounds quite reasonable."
Meng Qingyin: "What we need to do next is to split up and look for that special place!"
Everyone is a man of action. With a clear goal, everyone immediately takes action.
After searching for about half an hour, Fei Qiu made a discovery.
Everyone gathered at Fei Qiu's side.
Fei Qiu pointed to an area covered with bushes and said, "These bushes are real. They must be the special connection point."
Zhang Yan reached out and pulled at the bushes. Sure enough, he touched the bushes. The cool leaves felt real and cool to the touch.
"Then let's go into the mountains!" Zhang Yan said as he walked carefully into the bushes, using his body to clear the way for everyone.
After passing this patch of bushes, the scene in front of me suddenly became clear, and it suddenly became very real from a translucent illusion.
The cool air in the mountains and the shade of the trees instantly dispelled the heat from everyone's bodies.
The towering trees around, the vines clinging to the trees, the bushes everywhere, the dead branches and leaves on the ground, and the streams meandering through the trees and bushes, everything is real.
Taking advantage of the lack of direct sunlight, Ye Taohua and the other night demons also took off their cloaks—yes, they followed them into the mountains. However, they maintained their night demon form, so wearing cloaks was not a big deal.
"It's so cool in the mountains!" Zhang Yan sighed sincerely, "I want to live here permanently."
"There are too many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the mountains. You are not used to living there. You'd better hurry up and find the gears." Meng Qingyin looked at the compass, which was surrounded by densely packed small green dots.
"Everyone, look carefully. The compass shows that the gears are nearby, and there are a lot of them." Meng Qingyin said loudly, "But we're not sure if the gears are in the supply box. Everyone, look carefully."
Several people immediately dispersed and searched carefully.
Suddenly, Ye Taohua screamed, "Ah! Something bit my foot!"
At the same time, there was a sound of rushing water.
Meng Qingyin looked back and saw that Ye Taohua's ugly face was full of fear. He was jumping hurriedly from the stream to the river bank on one foot, while his other foot was tightly clamped by a big clam.
Without waiting for Meng Qingyin to react, the night demons rushed over and started to watch the fun.
"Hahaha, Ye Taohua, you're so embarrassing. You actually screamed and squeaked after being bitten by a little clam."
"See that rock in front of you? If you kick it hard with your foot, the clam shell will break, right?"
"Hahaha, Peach Blossom became a cripple after that night."
"Listen to me, Ye Taohua, quickly light a fire and roast the clam shells so we can eat roasted clam meat. Oh, I forgot that our clan doesn't like to eat meat..."
"You are too cruel. The little clam is also a living being. Why kill it? Can't you let Ye Taohua saw off its leg?"
"Hahahaha, Ye Taohua, you're on your own."
Everyone: "..." This is really a case of one side in trouble causing trouble in all directions.
Ye Taohua was in so much pain that his eyes were filled with tears. It might also be because he was angry with his tribesmen. In any case, he was crying with tears and snot.
Meng Qingyin couldn't bear it, so she stepped forward and forcibly pried open the big clam shell, rescuing Ye Taohua from the shell.
Ye Taohua was so moved that she wanted to marry him on the spot, but Meng Qingyin said that she would not repay kindness with enmity, which stopped Ye Taohua from repaying her kindness.
However, when Meng Qingyin was about to throw away the clam shell, she unexpectedly discovered that there was a metal object wrapped in the white clam meat.
An idea flashed through her mind, and she reached out to take out the thing. It turned out to be a gear!
Didn’t you expect the gears to be hidden in the clam shell?
After this discovery, everyone immediately started searching by the stream. Their goal was clear: to find clam shells in the stream.
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