Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 654 Appearance
Yi Yun unleashed a far greater number of golden hounds than before, which began swarming throughout the factory. Even the altered internal space caused by the illusionary realm couldn't stop the hounds, driven by their desires, whose efficiency had increased many times over.

……

The main force of the rescue team set up a temporary base in a large room, where the survivors were brought back and gathered for management, and the injured were given medical treatment.

Zhou Yinzhu also received news from Lu Chongming that he was accelerating his operation.

She was surprised.

Yi Yun's presence at the factory was an unexpected bonus, but it only increased their combat effectiveness to a certain extent. Apart from that, Zhou Yinzhu did not consider using Yi Yun's abilities for tracking.

On one hand, they would track him down themselves, and they also had Kalux, the lamplighter, to guide them. On the other hand, although they knew of Yi Yun's abilities stemming from the Golden World, he was notoriously demanding. Generally speaking, the price to pay for Yi Yun's help far outweighed the benefits he could offer.

Not to mention that his hunting dogs were only used to help find things.

Of course, this ability to find things without any connection or clues, as long as Yi Yun wants to, is indeed more exaggerated than that of the ritualists. After all, the ritualists have to supplement some clues to some extent, while Yi Yun only depends on his own desires.

He himself cannot even control his own desires, which depends on his deeply ingrained values. Even if you put a gun to his head and force him to do something, he would only say, "My life and the feeling of being forced leave me with no motivation, so the dogs won't obey."

The conditions are very simple, but in some ways they are also very demanding.

Lu Chongming was able to offer enough incentives to provoke Yi Yun, even taking over the entire operation of the factory. It's unclear how much he actually sacrificed.

It must be a considerable sum.

However, once we've secured it, we must put it to use; we can save the praise for later.

Soon, a golden retriever emerged directly from the metal floor, seemingly turning everything it passed through into gold and absorbing it, thus achieving its bizarre method of movement.

After the golden retriever arrived, the other hounds followed suit.

"They're really fast," Zhou Yinzhu murmured, turning her head. "Each team take one over! The situation is more critical than we anticipated, so hurry up!"

Although the rescue team members were very curious about these golden retrievers, they did not hesitate and quickly took one with them.

Kalux said, "I never expected that Yi Yun, that drunkard and money-grubber, could be so motivated. That kid actually managed to come up with something so tempting to him?"

"Enough with the nonsense, Kalux, are your lamplighters in position?" Zhou Yinzhu asked.

“We’re in position.” Kalux didn’t argue with Zhou Yinzhu. “Then I should go help too. We’ll break through this illusionary realm and see which side is faster.”

After saying that, a flash of white light appeared, and he disappeared from the spot.

Zhou Yinzhu frowned slightly.

She didn't really trust Kalux, or rather, she didn't trust Eliadodike behind him.

That inextinguishable lighthouse is not a lofty entity as symbolized by the word "lighthouse," but rather someone adept at scheming and manipulative.

Eliadosco bears at least half the responsibility for the current state of Metropolis. But in this moment, will Eliadosco really allow his subordinates to cooperate smoothly with their bureau, instead of creating obstacles for them?
Having taken it to heart, Zhou Yinzhu didn't think about it any further.

If we focus most of our attention on internal strife at a time like this, wouldn't we be just like Eliadosca?

She crouched down and petted a golden retriever that was standing beside her.

"What brilliant gold!"

The golden retriever couldn't understand what the woman was saying.

Zhou Yinzhu stood up and said, "Lead the way, find Lu Chongming. That arrogant brat..."

……

Lu Chongming and Yi Yun were running around the factory.

"It feels so close. Tsk, I wish I had this much motivation when I'm collecting debts myself." Yi Yun grinned.

His desires were beyond his complete control; otherwise, he wouldn't have wandered around this chaotic factory with his dog and ended up having to steal parts of the production line to pay off his debts.

Collecting debts is really pointless, but we have no choice but to do it. I guess I'm a pretty bad banker. Doing "business" is much more fun; the dogs haven't been this lively in ages.

Lu Chongming remained silent and focused on his journey.

Soon, they burst into a huge weapons laboratory and found a man slumped on the floor, convulsing.

"Hmm? There's an unexpected surprise?" Yi Yun glanced at it and immediately beamed with joy.

"Who is he?"

"Lu Shangren, the head of the weapons lab at the Wave Factory, is a graduate of the Pure White Society. He previously worked at the Lighthouse and later transferred to the Wave Society, where he entered the factory's lab. In other words, he embezzled a lot of money from my bank." Yi Yun revealed the information about the person in front of him with an annoyance.

After listening, Lu Chongming said, "It seems like this person can't just pay you back directly..."

"Yeah, but you never know." Yi Yun grinned, seemingly lost in thought.

“He is… the Lord of the Illusionary Realm.” Lu Chongming immediately sensed the connection between this person and the surrounding space.

"Help! Help me! I shouldn't have answered it! Let it out of me! Hurry!" Lu Shangren was still struggling. When he saw Lu Chongming and Yi Yun, he didn't even have time to tell who they were. He could only desperately cry for help.

"They're quite resilient; they were able to resist even after being possessed by the Lord of the Illusionary Realm." Yi Yun's tone wasn't very serious.

But the next moment, Lu Shangren stood up abruptly, surrounded by a black aura, and even sprayed a large amount of black substance in all directions.

Lu Chongming was no stranger to this thick, black liquid.

Because the illusionary man he normally saw was also oozing this stuff. This didn't seem to be just something that looked good, but rather fantasy elements, the most basic and fundamental dark elements of the dark world.

Normal contact with this factor is not harmful, but it is difficult to exert its effect without combining with other fantasy factors.

However, the large amount of liquid spraying from Lu Shangren's body did not look harmless at all.

Thick, large black liquid accumulated into several irregular clumps, which then sprayed outwards over a wide area.

Lu Chongming attacked with both spear and sword, while Yi Yun also drew the golden spear shaft from his waist and fired in rapid succession.

Bang!
The liquid mass heading towards them was pulverized.

Lu Chongming suddenly felt a faint restlessness and loss of control in the power within his body—caused by these clumps of fluid!

He immediately realized the effect of these high concentrations of black polymerization factors. Normally, this black flux has little external impact, but at high concentrations, it will actively come into contact with other factors, triggering a reaction…

If that's the case...!
Swish!

Yi Yun's expression turned slightly serious: "Brother, we're in trouble."

Before my eyes, a large number of half-finished, half-solid illusions staggered out of the black swamp, their forms bizarre and their consciousness clouded.

“This thing can actively trigger a chain reaction, allowing the black factors to combine with physical matter and produce semi-physical illusions!” Lu Chongming said.

That’s not all…

Even so, the Illusionary Realm Lord within Lu Shangren was unable to extract the basic factors from the human body to achieve factor deficiency syndrome.

There is something else here, and that thing is the true spokesperson for the dark world!
In an instant, a chill ran down his spine and straight to the back of his head. A "woman" with long, jet-black hair appeared behind Lu Chongming.

Bang!
The black vortex swept through like a storm, knocking the woman over and blowing Lu Chongming away.

The anxiety that had just been building up was now replaced by a sense of calm.

Lu Chongming got up somewhat awkwardly, while Yi Yun's expression changed slightly.

"OK, although the network is a bit unstable, I managed to log in fairly quickly." Zheng Fan, in his panicked physical state, reappeared.

(End of this chapter)