The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 947 The trial begins

Zhao Chen and Su Xuanbing were in a Western-style city, sitting in a coffee shop with a newspaper on the table in front of them.

Their long silence wasn't entirely due to astonishment that a single room in the "Tai Xiao Secret Realm" could display such a vast scene, but rather because they had been "implanted" with some "memories" and "knowledge" after entering the room, which they needed to "digest."

As for why Zhao Chen asked questions related to "other dimensions," besides the fact that he had been very curious about it before, the more crucial reason was that the knowledge he had gained actually included a complete "language"!
This language has no connection to the scripts of the major countries of Xuantian, as if it were truly unique to this world and this country... This is fundamentally different from the situation in those "mysterious realms".

Even though the scenes presented in the "Mysterious Realm" are very different from existing civilizations, they still depend on the existence of Xuantian. For example, the "Resident Evil" scene that Consort Ning manifested will make everything in it conform to "Xuantian". The monsters not only conform to the cultivation system of Xuantian, but their language is also the official language of Daxia.

This place truly felt like an "alternate dimension," completely out of place with "Xuantian," much like the feeling he had of the "miniature world" at the Beijing auction.

Su Xuanbing felt the same way. After thinking for a moment, she answered hesitantly:

“I seem to have heard my grandfather mention that ‘other dimension,’ or ‘other realm,’ or ‘fantasy dimensional world’ is a concept that was once one of the many concepts occupied by the ‘Star God’.”

"After the Jia Shen Heavenly Change and the disappearance of the Star God, this concept was left in limbo until the rise of Tai Xiao Dao Jun, who then reclaimed it."

"But I don't know what 'concept' means, nor do I quite understand what secrets are hidden in these words..."

The concept that the Star God once occupied? That makes sense... He possesses great supernatural powers such as "all things in the universe," so it's normal for him to occupy the concept of "other dimensions"... In fact, some of the other-dimensional worlds were created by Him.

Perhaps those four ancient goddesses were Xuan Tian, ​​whom He brought in from another dimension.

However, why did the "Star God" disappear? Did He really perish? Otherwise, how could the concepts of "other dimension" and "emperor" that He once occupied be vacant?
After letting out a soft sigh, Zhao Chen stopped considering those high-level questions and refocused his attention on the trial itself. He carefully chose his words and began:

"This room is unusually large. It's very likely that the Dao Lord projected an alternate dimension into this place and even wove identities and memories for us..."

He paused here, looked at Su Xuanbing's slightly altered appearance, and continued, "I'm a detective investigating a serial murder case. My goal is to catch and kill the culprit within seven days... And you?"

Su Xuanbing's clothes had been changed into a Western-style rider's outfit, a fitted white shirt paired with close-fitting trousers that showed off her beautiful curves to the fullest.

Her appearance has also changed. Although you can still see the original features, her features have become more defined, making her look more like a mixed-race person, but her heroic spirit remains.

This "Red Feather Lord" carefully examined Zhao Chen and found that he had a plain, unremarkable face. He immediately curled his lip, knowing that the other party had been wearing a mask before entering, so the appearance given by the trial room was also "stereotypical".

“I’m also a detective, and the reason we’re here today… at this café is to discuss the ‘serial killer’,” Su Xuanbing said, sorting through the “memories” she had received. “This criminal has already killed ten people, but the Six Doors… no, the law enforcement agencies in this city, have not found a single clue…”

"Huh? There seem to be cultivators here too, no, more like wizards from the Western world... but they seem to worship 'gods'... Has the faith in this world not been corrupted?"

Su Xuanbing's memories were vast; if she weren't a cultivator with supernatural powers and a strong enough divine sense, she wouldn't have been able to bear so much knowledge. Zhao Chen, on the other hand, glanced at her in surprise, because his own "memories" were quite limited. The majority were about the language, and there were only a few other things. He only knew that this place seemed to be the "capital of the Kingdom of Luen," and he had absolutely no knowledge about cultivation.

He couldn't help but press further: "What else do you know?"

"I only know that the people of the Kingdom of Rune mainly worship three gods: the God of Steam, the Goddess of Night, and the Lord of Storms... and I am a novice believer in the Lord of Storms."

"And these gods all have practitioners similar to Western wizards under their command, who specialize in handling cases involving supernatural powers, much like the duties of the Six Doors." Su Xuanbing added based on fragments of memory, "'I' encountered a team of wizards under the command of the Goddess of Night in a case before. Although their methods were not comprehensive, some of their spells were extremely strange, and the boundary between magic and supernatural powers was very blurred... The essence of this other-dimensional world may be even more chaotic and disordered than Xuan Tian."

"By the way, they are very hostile to cultivators who are not under the command of the gods, and they will arrest and imprison them as soon as they are discovered."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chen pondered for a moment and sighed, "So, in this trial, besides finding that 'serial killer,' we also have to be wary of the gods' subordinates?"
"This scene is most likely just a projection from another dimension. In essence, we are still in Xuan Tian, ​​and those gods probably won't actually appear..."

"Yes, our spells and supernatural powers can still be used normally, but our 'divine senses' are somewhat limited."

"It seems that once it extends beyond a certain range, it quickly becomes 'distorted,' and the power becomes difficult to transmit..."

Su Xuanbing nodded: "If our divine senses are not restricted, it would be too easy for the two of us to each explore a hundred miles of territory and find the criminal. That would not meet the purpose of the trial."

"Finding and killing the criminal within seven days should be the deadline for the trial... If we fail to do so, we may be trapped in this 'room' for the rest of our lives."

"I've heard of similar cases before, but since none of the trapped people came back alive, only a very small number of people managed to send messages to the outside world through special means..."

"I didn't know the specifics before, but now I can guess a thing or two."

After finishing his coffee, Zhao Chen got up and paid the bill with the world's currency. Then he picked up the hat that the trial space had given him, put it on his head, and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's look for some clues first."

"Where should we look?" Su Xuanbing asked as she stood up.

She wasn't really good at investigating cases; as a military captain, she was always at the forefront.

Zhao Chen pointed to the headline of the newspaper and said with a smile, "Let's go find the world's famous detectives and ask them what's going on. Surely those people don't really know nothing?"

"If that doesn't work, you can check the police station's database..."

Su Xuanbing scanned the newspaper with his divine sense and saw the words "Heroic Detective" on the front page...

(End of this chapter)