Within the illusion, the magic mirror cannot directly detect the key's location, and Gwen's detection abilities are also blocked...
By the way! The magic mirror just can't ask where the key is, but that doesn't mean it can't ask where other people are!
After discovering that the magic mirror was useless, Jiang Ran did not make it disappear directly, so as not to waste another [Creator] opportunity. Instead, he wrapped it in vines and carried it on his back.
At this moment, he took the magic mirror off again and questioned it.
"Where are the three people who entered this illusion currently located?"
A large expanse of blue appeared on the magic mirror, representing the ocean, while a green dot of light represented Jiang Ran himself.
The three red dots above refer to Yang Kaixu, Yang Hai, and Planck.
But strangely, the distribution of these three light spots is unusually peculiar!
Jiang Ran originally thought that these three people should at least stay together no matter where they go, right?
They couldn't possibly make such a simple mistake.
However, according to the location shown on the magic mirror, one of the red dots was actually on the ship, while the second red dot was in the distant ocean, and the location of the third red dot was even more outrageous, as far away as 108,000 miles away!
Why would three people choose to split into three groups?
Planck and Yang Hai are fine, but if no one is following Yang Kaixu, what use is his "miracle"?
Jiang Ran's first thought was—something's happened!
"There's someone in the cabin! Let's go check it out."
Stepping over the corpses scattered on the ground, Jiang Ran pushed open the door to the inner cabin.
There were even more corpses piled up here, indicating that the people hiding here had experienced a massacre some time ago.
Jiang Ran didn't see a single living person along the way.
This made him increasingly uneasy.
Who is the person in the cabin? Why is he staying here?
Jiang Ran looked at the magic mirror again.
That red dot hasn't moved at all.
He pushed open yet another door, but did not go any further.
Gwen and the others crowded forward, their eyes widening in surprise!
The person in the room was Yang Hai...
His head was hanging down, pinned to the wall by a large knife, and blood flowing from his abdomen stained the entire floor red; he had clearly been dead for some time.
Yang Hai... is dead?
If we were to name the one among the three who shouldn't have died, it would be Yang Hai.
Yang Kaixu's abilities have flaws; if these flaws can be exploited, he'll be no different from an ordinary person.
Although Planck is powerful, he has no special abilities, only a strong physique. If he were surrounded by multiple near-gods, he would be powerless to turn the tide.
But Yang Hai's miracle, the Magician, when he goes all out, is equivalent to a near-god level in combat. He also has illusions and paper dolls as means of survival. How could he die?
Even if he can't beat them, who can stop him from escaping?
Jiang Ran looked around. The corpses scattered on the ground were either other tourists or the lowest-level skeleton pirates, who could be dealt with with a single fireball. How did they kill Yang Hai?
He crouched down and began to examine Yang Hai's corpse.
Yang Hai had only one large wound on his body, with no other minor injuries, indicating that he was killed by a single blow.
A magician killed in one blow? That's a joke!
The others became alert. They had made it here without any trouble. They hadn't taken these illusions seriously at first, but Yang Hai's death had served as a wake-up call for them!
If they're not careful, they could be the next ones to die!
"Is it possible that the person killed Yang Hai and then left, which is why we haven't seen him here?"
"Then why didn't he take his knife and instead left it on Yang Hai?"
There were no signs of flames on the ground, nor were there any playing cards.
In other words, Yang Hai didn't even have time to make a move?
This is unreasonable, this is extremely unreasonable!
"Resurrect him! Then ask him!"
Aisha suggested.
This is just speculation; they couldn't possibly let Yang Hai die here. They would definitely resurrect him.
Many miracles can bring Yang Hai back to life.
However, resurrecting a substitute god requires a considerable drain on mental energy!
Now everyone shares their mental energy, but more than half of that mental energy has already been depleted.
After all, while they were trying to pass the level, people in other illusions were also expending their mental energy.
If Yang Hai is revived now, his mental strength will be greatly reduced.
"Take his body and let's go to the second person's location!"
"Are you worried that depleting our mental energy will lead to a situation we won't be able to handle later?"
“No…” Jiang Ran shook his head, “It’s not just for that reason.”
"I already have a plan regarding Yang Hai's death. In short, we cannot bring him back to life now."
Jiang Ran placed the magic mirror in front of Yang Hai, and a line of words appeared on it—
He died because he was a writer!
[Author]!!
"Besides these illusions, we have another formidable enemy watching from above."
No wonder, no wonder Yang Hai died at the hands of these little karami.
This was all part of the director's script! It wasn't these skeleton pirates who killed Yang Hai, it was the director!
"Why, why is the director able to manipulate Yang Hai?"
Planck certainly didn't have the ability to block [writers], nor did Yang Hai, so the three of them relied on [faith] to block [them].
[Faith] This thing is a bit of a mystery.
Yang Kaixu can only make something happen if others completely believe that it will happen.
In other words, if Yang Hai understands this point and grasps the principle of "faith," he will no longer be able to truly trust Yang Kaixu, and the closed loop will collapse!
Planck, who had participated in the great battle in the SSS-level dungeon, knew Yang Kaixu's abilities. With a little thought, he could figure out why Yang Kaixu had the method to "block" the director.
Rusger also thought of this, and couldn't help but twitch his lips: "So, they died from thinking too much?"
Now that Yang Hai is dead, the bond of faith has been broken!
Yang Kaixu and Planck are also within the director's control!
“No, there’s another possibility.” Jiang Ran’s eyes darkened. “That is, Alex never activated his ability from beginning to end, or he only used his ability on himself!”
"You mean, Alex betrayed us?! He sided with the director?!"
Rusger clenched his fists indignantly and cursed!
"No, it doesn't count as betrayal."
“He was never our partner; we were just fellow travelers. He had no obligation to help us deal with the director.”
Jiang Ran recalled what she had seen in Yang Kaixu's dream.
"Perhaps, we are destined to be enemies."
"Then, I will give you enough attention, as... an enemy!"
"Are you going to make your move, Alex?"
"No, it's Yang Kaixu, the Fallen God!"
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