Chapter 25
Lu Mi closed his eyes, and then his mental power left his body and slowly reached into the mouth of the lamp.
After a moment of darkness, the light suddenly brightened.
The sound of the river flowing rang in his ears, and Lu Mi opened his eyes.
What appeared before my eyes was a vast and magnificent landscape——
The sky was a dark red, and before me lay a surging, boundless river. Beautiful red flowers blossomed on the banks, spreading like blazing clouds of fire into the distance.
There is a hidden world in this pot.
But this scene... I always feel like I've heard of it somewhere before...
Lu Mi couldn't help but look thoughtful.
As if they had sensed the arrival of the outsider, countless flowers suddenly shook, and bright red petals fluttered around.
With the sudden rise of strong wind, it poured down on Lu Mi like a heavy rain.
He stood in place and waved his hand to summon the silver spear. Silver-blue arcs of electricity burst out from the spear, breaking all the petals.
In the darkness, someone's whispers came——
"This guy looks difficult to deal with..."
“That’s right!”
"But we won't give up. Let's try this trick!"
"Yes, try this trick!"
The two voices singing in unison were barely audible in the noisy wind, but they attracted Lu Mi's glance in that direction.
The next second, K saw the restless river suddenly rise up, and a huge skeleton dozens of stories high slowly stood up from the huge waves.
The skeleton's bones were clearly visible, emitting an ominous cold glow under the crimson sky. Icy river water cascaded down from the cracks in its skeleton, and two clusters of faint blue ghostly fires suddenly lit up in the area of its eyes.
Then, the skeleton raised its big hand, the sky suddenly darkened, and it pressed down towards Lu Mi on the shore like a mountain.
"boom--"
Sen Bai pressed his hand hard on the ground, and smoke and dust rose up instantly.
The two people in the darkness cheered up and cheered immediately—
“Success!”
"Yes, we won..."
The latter's words stopped abruptly.
Because he suddenly found another slender figure appearing in front of them.
The latter's pupils contracted sharply and he turned back tremblingly, while his companions were still chattering, clueless.
Behind them, a young man with silver eyes stood with a gun in his hand, looking at the two people squatting in the flowers with great interest.
Seeing one of the boys turn around, the silver-eyed young man smiled softly and said slowly, "What are you talking about so happily? Why don't you take me with you?"
"...Ga!" The other boy finally reacted at this time.
In the distance, a crisp "crackling" sound suddenly came from the stiff tall skeleton, and then dense spider webs climbed up its body, instantly shattered into powder and sank into the river.
Amid the loud noise, the two young men looked at the empty river in the distance, then looked at Lu Mi who was nearby. The next second, they hugged each other and burst into tears.
"Surrender, surrender!"
"That's right, we can't win, so don't hurt us..."
“…”
Lu Mi half-knelt down and looked at the two of them straight in the eye.
The two young men looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, seemingly brothers, and looked almost identical. Their skin was dark brown, their eyes were a pair of gold and silver, and they were adorned with golden ornaments all over their bodies, their clothing imbued with an exotic aura.
The only difference is that the boy on the left wears the metal armband on the left side, while the boy on the right wears it the other way around.
Combining the familiar scenery from before, Lu Mi slowly said: "You... are fairies, right?"
Just as there are demons and Zerg in the abyss, the existence called "Fairy Species" is also one of the countless alien species existing in the abyss.
However, the fairies of the abyss are definitely not the flower fairies or elves in fairy tales. They are also called messengers of death, born from the corpses and dead air of countless dead creatures in the abyss.
Legend has it that the souls of all the monsters that died in the abyss converge into a river called the River of Death. Much like the River Styx in the underworld in mythology, this river surrounds and separates the southern region of the abyss.
For a long time, monsters from outside could not enter the Southern Region, and creatures from the Southern Region could not leave—except for the Fairies. They were the only abyssal creatures capable of leaping over the Dead River, though no one knew how.
These were all things Lu Mi had heard from Aronfoss. This demon was always keen on collecting all kinds of secrets in the abyss and telling them to him. Unknowingly, he knew a lot.
Lu Mi put away his silver spear and slowly stood up.
As far as he knew, black skin, heterochromatic eyes, and the ability to fly without wings were all characteristics of the fairy species. However, they were not a race that liked to fight, and their numbers were very small. They generally never left the Southern Region.
"Why are you here? Don't you dislike places outside the Southern Territory?" He looked around, especially at the endless river. "This scenery is all an illusion, right? Since you deliberately set up the lantern to look like a dead river, why don't you go back soon?"
"...He knows where we came from!" the young man on the left said in surprise.
This time, the other young man did not agree, but looked at Lu Mi with bright eyes.
"We got here accidentally. Can you send us back?" he suddenly said.
“Go back!?” The boy on the left looked at his brother in shock, “But we…!”
But they have not yet found the young master who fell into the crack of the abyss.
The Southern Region is now in chaos, and all races, big and small, have become the targets of enslavement by that monster.
In order to find the young master and save their tribe, the two of them escaped from there with great difficulty!
But then, the boy thought of his fellow tribesmen who were still struggling in the abyss, and he fell silent in frustration.
Lu Mi looked at the two people who were obviously hiding something, but did not ask any further questions.
He is not interested in other people's secrets.
"You've been hiding in this lamp all this time?" Lu Mi asked casually, "Then why did those who got you spread ominous rumors?"
"Who knows? We've never been out." The young man on the left spoke first, his head hanging weakly. "But we have an innate aura of death. After obtaining this lamp, some humans even hug us while sleeping, and for some reason, they inexplicably ask us to fulfill their wishes..."
"That's right," the boy on the right continued, his expression nuanced with a subtle hint of disdain. "He hugged and licked the lamp, and the death energy entered his mouth. Then the human body couldn't handle it and became sick."
"The human body is so fragile!" The young man on the left sighed as he regained his composure. He glanced at Lu Mi and suddenly stopped, "Wait a minute...without horns or wings, you can't..."
Because Lu Mi K entered this world in the lamp with his spiritual body, his breath was not obvious, but he did not have any characteristics of an abyss creature, which was enough for the two to react at this time.
...people, human beings?
They also thought that those who could enter here should be fellow countrymen who came from the abyss like them!
The two young men couldn't help but open their mouths, as if they were getting to know the human race again for the first time, and they couldn't even speak.
Ignoring the two people's dumbfounded expressions, Lu Mi nodded and said, "I roughly understand the situation. I can send you back, but you still need to wait for a while."
Neither of the two rifts he controlled led to the Southern Territory. Even if they returned, they would still have to travel a significant distance. Considering their strength, they might even need to arrange for an escort. The best-case scenario would be finding a separate rift leading to the Southern Territory, but that truly depended on luck.
But generally speaking, it's not difficult. Since the two of them rarely cause trouble in the world, just take it as a matter of course.
When the two young men heard that there was hope, they immediately stopped caring about Lu Mi's human identity. After all, they had been stranded in the ordinary world for more than a few years, so why would they care about a day or two?
Lu Mi waved his hand, parting the river surface and revealing a passage leading to the mirror world. "Can you leave here? This lamp has become the target of the Transcendent Guild, and that's why I'm here."
"Sure, sure." The two men responded repeatedly as they looked at Lu Mi's move, and at the same time looked at each other with great relief.
Fortunately, the young man with silver eyes gave them other options. Otherwise, if the other party was really determined to capture them all, they would have no confidence in escaping again!
As the mirror space opened, the two teenagers slowly walked towards the entrance.
At the same time, everyone who was temporarily staying in the mirror world happened to look over because of the suddenly opened entrance.
Neither of the two teenagers seemed to have expected that this space was not empty.
It was as if countless terrifying beasts had come to life, and groups of terrifying auras suddenly burst out from the world inside the mirror.
Caught off guard, the two teenagers stopped abruptly.
Especially the largest and most conspicuous Zerg army, the ferocious gazes they cast at them instantly made the young men feel the terror of the top predators.
They were like fish exposed on a chopping board, and they took a step back in shock, their eyes filled with horror.
"What's wrong?" Lu Mi curiously looked over, then seemed to react and added lightly, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, these are all my friends, you don't have to be afraid."
“……!”
The two boys did not answer, they stared straight into the mirror world.
K saw that inside, a large group of Zerg troops were lined up in an orderly manner, ready to go into battle at any time.
In fact, as a tribe that had just been incorporated into Lu Mi's army, they dared not slack off at all and were always waiting for Lu Mi's order.
So much so that when they found out that it wasn't the silver-eyed young man who came, they couldn't help but cast condemning glances at the two teenagers.
The two elves had never experienced such a scene before. Even the enemies in the southern region who forced them to flee were probably no less powerful than them now.
Seeing this, Lu Mi walked forward, gently placed his hands on the shoulders of the two, raised his eyes and said to everyone: "They-"
Midway through the conversation, Lu Mi suddenly lowered his head and asked, "What are your names?"
The two young men trembled as they moved closer to Lu Mi, seemingly considering him their only support. However, in an instant, the gazes focused on them seemed to grow even more intense.
The young man on the left whispered, "Zuo Fa."
The boy on the right pursed his lips: "Right method."
Lu Mi nodded and continued to say to the crowd, "They will stay with me for a while, but it shouldn't be long."
He looked up at the white-haired demon and said, "Jiabo, I'll leave them to you for now. Help them get familiar with the situation."
After all, the mirror world is Jiabo's home ground, and Jizhou still has a large Zerg army to take care of.
The white-haired demon who was named slowly nodded, indicating that he would obey the order. Then, he half-leaned on a mirror, bent one leg, and lazily propped up his forehead, looking at the young man in the distance who was obviously a fairy.
...Two more come.
The red dragon that was taking a nap not far behind the demon simply raised its eyelids and ignored the small thing that was obviously not enough to fill its teeth.
The red dragon then enthusiastically came to Lu Mi, crawling all the way and holding a ball of fur that he had brought from somewhere.
Lu Mi took the ball of fur out of the red dragon's mouth and threw it out again. The red dragon immediately excitedly swung its tail and chased the ball of fur in the air, running to pick it up.
This went on smoothly, and it was obviously not the first time Lu Mi had done this.
The two young men following Lu Mi finally gasped when they saw this.
——Zerg, demons, dragons...
They suddenly didn't dare to look at the silver-eyed young man in front of them.
With so many monsters gathered around him, is he really still a human being?
Just like that, before they knew it, what kind of ship had they boarded?!
…
When Lu Mi came out of the lamp, the huge ship had just docked.
On the dock, Grant held Lu Mi's hand reluctantly, tears in his eyes.
The bodyguards behind him were as if they were facing a great enemy, fearing that the boy would be completely bewitched by the silver-eyed young man and would follow him.
In fact, Grant did think so for a moment, but he quickly calmed down.
"If you ever come to Saint Vando, remember to find me at the Velvets family in the imperial capital."
"Young Master!" The bodyguards couldn't believe that the young man had been hiding all the way, but in the end chose to generously tell his family name to a person of unknown origin.
Upon hearing this, Saleen, who was standing by, raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He guessed that the young man's identity was not simple, but he did not expect that the other party was actually from the Saint Vando Empire.
The Saint Vando Empire is one of the most powerful and prosperous empires in the entire alliance. The most special thing about it is that it is the headquarters of the Extraordinary Guild.
In other words, all the most powerful transcendents in the world gather there...
Of course, Salien originally thought so, but after meeting Lu Mi, he suddenly became suspicious of the latter.
"I won't tell anyone." Salien didn't act as clingy as Grant. He said directly, "I'll keep everything about you to myself."
Lu Mi just smiled and said nothing. He was actually not that worried about this.
Saleen was silent for a moment, then smiled softly.
"The underground world is the place with the most information. I am waiting for a day in the future—"
"When your name resounds throughout the world."
He believed that day would not be far away.
The author has something to say: Lu Mi: I went out and brought back a large group of people.
Aronforth was ecstatic...?
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