Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 123 The Twisted Zone

Deep in the Huailing Mountains.

This is an area far away from civilization. It is not an exaggeration to call it a primeval forest. There are no roads and no traces of human life here. The only things here are traces left by unknown wild beasts.

For ordinary people who are accustomed to city life and have no experience in surviving in the wild, this place is a suffocating place of death.

The deeper you go, the dimmer the vision becomes. If the trees here were not the same as most plants on Earth, Tang Zijun would probably wonder if he had been pulled into the dream world again.

In other words, Tang Zijun's body has been strengthened, and his physical fitness and physical fitness are far beyond that of ordinary people. Otherwise, he really wouldn't dare to come to such a place so easily.

The mysterious Huailing Mountains have left behind many myths and legends from ancient times to the present, including some strange rumors.

But Tang Zijun knew very well that for those who set foot here, the strange legends could not threaten them. The unpredictable weather and the difficult roads were fatal.

The knight's sword cleared the way, and Tang Zijun carefully stepped over a clump of weeds. Then he looked at the rock in front of him and stopped.

"Hiss—this is the third time I've come back." Chang Lei also saw the familiar stone, on which still remained the marks carved by Tang Zijun.

Tang Zijun turned around. "I told you there was something wrong with the previous route. I saw this stone twice. You didn't believe it before, but now you do?"

"This shouldn't be the case. How could this lousy place be more powerful than my deception?" Chang Lei flipped through the map. "I remember we were going this way. There should be a stream there."

"Forget it, the compass has long been out of service. Without a direction, the map is just a blank piece of paper."

Tang Zijun came to the rock, looked at the mark he left, and frowned slightly.

Although he had thought that this journey to find the secret realm would be difficult, he didn't expect it to be so troublesome.

Since they need to find the intersection of the secret realm and the real world, it is unrealistic to determine the route by reversing the world. Moreover, there is no division of east, west, south and north in the reversed world, so it is difficult for them to determine the accuracy of the direction.

However, Chang Lei put the map away and looked at the surrounding environment curiously.

"I didn't notice it before, but now it seems that the natural energy in this place is quite dense. It seems to be a natural intersection of natural energy."

"You also know this?" Tang Zijun was a little surprised.

"I can't say I understand it, I'm just more sensitive to this kind of energy." Chang Lei shook his head and continued. "Generally, places with disturbed magnetic fields are caused by special energies, some man-made, some naturally formed."

"Although I have never been to a secret realm, I can sense that the energy reaction around here is somewhat similar to the energy residue on those bones."

Tang Zijun looked at Chang Lei. "Can you trace the source of this energy? If the energy is the same, perhaps we can find the entrance."

"It's a bit difficult. The energy is too weak."

Chang Lei spread his hands and spoke.

"And look at the surrounding environment. These plants haven't mutated. This also proves how scarce the energy is. It's probably leaked accidentally from the secret realm."

"How do you know so much about this?" Tang Zijun asked casually.

"If you're willing to observe the Reverse World more closely, you'll find some clues. These ancient artifacts have left many traces in the Reverse World. Although there were no Greedy Ones when the beings in the secret realm ruled the real world, the Reverse World does exist."

Listening to Chang Lei's answer, Tang Zijun nodded thoughtfully.

The reverse world itself is a mirror place based on the real world. Its history can even be traced back to when the world was just formed. Perhaps the Greedy One was born not long ago, but these planes have gone through countless years.

It seems that after this matter is over, I should learn more. I can't just occupy a huge vault without knowing how to use it.

It was getting dark, and before they knew it, they had been wandering in the forest for most of the day.

I don’t know whether it was good luck or bad luck, but Tang Zijun didn’t encounter any wild animals along the way. Apart from a few unknown birds, there was nothing else. He didn’t even see a few insects.

The sun was setting, and the forest was much darker than outside, almost to the point where you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

Feeling the temperature drop around him, Chang Lei shrank his neck. "I think we'll stop here for today."

As he spoke, he unscrewed the kettle and poured all the water into the ground, forming a small puddle.

"Quick, borrow a light. We can go back if we can find some light. I'm hungry too. Let's go down the mountain and ask the villagers outside. Maybe they know more about this place."

"I don't smoke, so where would I get the fire?" Tang Zijun replied casually, and then he spoke again. "Besides, we don't need to leave. Don't you think it's getting lively around here?"

"I don't have good hearing like you." Chang Lei tightened his clothes. "The temperature difference in the mountains is too big. It doesn't matter if you're healthy, but what if I get hypothermia? If you don't leave, I will."

Chang Lei took out his cell phone and turned on the flashlight. As soon as he looked up, he was startled by two dark green pupils, and the cell phone in his hand almost flew out.

When he looked closely, he found that it was Tang Zijun who was staring at him with bright eyes.

"You, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Shhh."

Tang Zijun put his index finger to his lips.

After a pause, he slowly spoke.

"It's getting foggy"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold wind blew by, bringing with it a smell of decay.

Chang Lei shuddered and looked around vigilantly.

With the help of the flashlight on his mobile phone, he realized that white mist had gradually risen around him.

They hadn't noticed it before because of the darkness, but now, the white mist, like a ghost, had silently spread over and enveloped the two of them. Their vision became blurry, and the already eerie environment became even more sinister.

Tang Zijun stretched out his hand curiously and grabbed at the air, but his palm felt a cold and dampness through the mist.

The visibility around was getting lower and lower, and the road behind me had already completely disappeared in the fog.

"Hey Wolf Rider, let's go." Chang Lei's breathing was a little rapid, and he muttered in a low voice.

"You're a high-ranking official of the Greedy, and you're afraid of this?" Tang Zijun was speechless. "The diary clearly mentioned the tree in the fog. Now that the fog is there, all we need is that big tree."

"I don't want to be afraid, but the problem is that the human nature in my body affects me. What can I do?"

Chang Lei opened his mouth, and he felt his legs go weak.

"Don't tell me you're really going to keep looking here."

“It has come to this, I can’t give up.”

As he was speaking, Tang Zijun suddenly frowned and turned his head to look to the left.

The sudden action made Chang Lei panic a little, and he immediately shone the flashlight over there.

But in the light, there was only a thick gray fog, and vaguely, one could see the fog in the air constantly rolling.

"Turn out the lights."

"what?"

"Turn off the flashlight."

Tang Zijun repeated the sentence again, and then Chang Lei immediately pressed the power button. The only light disappeared, and the surroundings fell into darkness again.

Chang Lei approached Tang Zijun in horror, transparent dark green energy crawling up his palm. He vigilantly observed the slightest movement around him, and Chang Lei was ready to launch an attack at any time.

Tang Zijun did not move, his eyes staring straight into the darkness, his expression slightly confused and cautious.

After a long silence, Chang Lei asked quietly, "What did you see?"

"There's something in the fog."

Tang Zijun spoke lightly, paused, and added another sentence.

"Your lights will reveal our position and alert those things."

There's something in the fog!?

Upon hearing this, Chang Lei's eyes widened immediately.

He didn't feel anything wrong, but in this situation, Chang Lei also understood whether Tang Zijun was joking with him.

With a snap of his fingers, dark green energy immediately flew towards the thick fog in front of him, but in a flash, Chang Lei found that his energy suddenly disappeared.

It wasn't like he had come into contact with anything, nor was it like he had been dispersed by some existence. His fraudulent energy just disappeared out of thin air before his eyes, not even two meters away.

"Weird"

"What's wrong?" Tang Zijun frowned.

"The situation around here is a bit complicated." Chang Lei didn't know how to describe his guess, so he asked. "Can you still hear the sounds of those beasts?"

"Yes, it's quite lively around here," Tang Zijun answered subconsciously, but he soon realized something was wrong.

You can clearly hear the sound of birds and beasts running a thousand meters ahead, but the next moment, the sound stops abruptly, as if the little beasts suddenly disappeared out of thin air while running.

At the same time, in the distance behind him, the familiar voice sounded again, and even the running speed did not change.

Tang Zijun licked his lips. He first ruled out the possibility that the beasts here could teleport.

"There's something wrong with this fog." Chang Lei slowly squatted down, groping on the ground for a while, and then stood up with a strange expression. "Sure enough."

"What did you find?" Tang Zijun turned around.

"The water I just poured on the ground disappeared."

Chang Lei stood up again.

"It's not quite right to say it disappeared. It must have been moved somewhere else. Just now I felt that the spatial structure here was similar to the reverse world. Now it seems that it must be due to the fog."

Tang Zijun frowned. "We're not moving, but everything around us is changing. Is this fog changing the environment?"

"It is this fog that is distorting the space here." Chang Lei was very sure.

"Doesn't that mean we are very close to that secret realm?"

"Do not."

Chang Lei shook his head slowly and sighed.

"I'm afraid we're already in the secret realm."

(End of this chapter)