I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 256 Missing
A group of wizards made their way through this inverted world of clouds.

During this process, there will occasionally be skirmishes, which are intense but brief.

The days passed uneventfully for more than ten days.

According to Levin Mills's tests, they should have already examined half of the interior space of this distorted area.

Upon hearing this, the twelve recruited wizards, including Jemin, all showed expressions of satisfaction.

Although the mission lasted a little longer than expected, everyone gained more than they could have imagined.

Just as Jack had said, the density of life inside this spatial distortion zone is much higher than outside.

Moreover, they occasionally collect some special and valuable resources.

As Jack mentioned before, a considerable amount of the raw materials for the potion that can permanently enhance spatial perception were collected a few days ago.

Of course, they also suffered significant losses in the swarms of scout mosquitoes they controlled during this process.

Although the obese wizard would replenish the mosquitoes in time, the mental shock brought by the death of a modified beast with a deep soul contract was still unavoidable.

Many of the recruited first-level wizards have become noticeably weaker and pale.

Jemin is in pretty good shape.

After all, he has a Qi cultivation method that can unify essence, energy, and spirit, so his soul strength and physical qualities far exceed those of wizards of the same level, and his recovery speed is naturally very fast.

In addition, with the adaptation and evolution of the body tempering method, in the past few days, Jemin has even developed resistance to this level of mental impact.

However, due to concerns arising from certain anomalies discovered during this mission, he also appropriately feigned weakness to avoid attracting too much attention.

After completing his morning search, Jemin was about to stop and contact the others to exchange information.

These mosquitoes, named "Yingchong," truly deserve their reputation as reconnaissance-specialized bio-engineered beasts.

In addition to reconnaissance and searching, they can also communicate with others in real time through the mental link between mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes can even serve as communication lines, allowing even the most distant wizards to contact each other through the communication network built between swarms of mosquitoes.

But as soon as the contact began, Jemin realized something was wrong.

The number is wrong—a person is missing from the network of contacts for no apparent reason!

The sudden turn of events sent chills down the spines of all the wizards present.

Although each wizard is separated by tens or even hundreds of kilometers, they can still "connect" with other members of the team anytime and anywhere through the communication network built by the mosquito swarm.

But even under these circumstances, a wizard disappeared without a trace!
What's the difference between this and a group of people walking together, and suddenly one of them disappears?!

Through mutual communication and confirmation, it was quickly determined that the missing wizard was one of the recruited wizards.

What's even more chilling is that the area where the other party disappeared was not at the edge of the search line, but rather in the middle of the search line of a group of wizards.

When questioned, the wizards on either side of the missing wizard both stated that they had not sensed any particularly unusual energy fluctuations before or after the incident.

The wizards dared not be careless and immediately flew at high speed back to the search location from the day before.

Then they carefully circled around the edge and gathered them together.

Because of his location being relatively far away, Jemin arrived quite late.

As soon as he arrived, he saw a group of wizards anxiously surrounding the fat wizard.

The obese wizard had a solemn expression on his face, and he kept his eyes tightly closed, as if he were communicating with something through the mosquito network.

After a while, once all the wizards had gathered, the obese wizard finally opened his small eyes with a look of dejection.

He glanced at Levin Mills beside him and shook his head regretfully:

"No contact. Those 'Fireflies' aren't dead, but we can't contact them either..."

"Was it because of a spatial distortion that you were teleported to such a great distance?" Jack asked in a deep voice.

“No, they’re still within communication range.” The fat wizard shook his head, his expression strange, his face full of confusion. “It feels… like the insects are ignoring my communications.”

"What do you mean? It's out of control? Or has communication been cut off?" Levin Mills was taken aback.

"No, it means exactly what it says. Although I was able to contact those 'Fireflies,' all my communications were ignored, including by that wizard..." the fat wizard emphasized again, his tone filled with incomprehension.

The fat wizard's words made everyone frown.

This bizarre situation was beyond everyone's comprehension.

Although it's unclear what exactly happened, we can't just ignore the problem.

After discussing it, the group decided to go and check out the situation.

After flying for several hours, Levin Mills suddenly raised his hand: "Stop."

The wizards, including Jemin, immediately stopped, turned around, and looked over with questions in their eyes.

Levin Mills carefully sensed the direction of the airspace in front of him. After a while, he suddenly looked up and said, "About five standard periods of time, a wizard skilled in 'Energy Shaping' fought here."

Five standard times?

Wizards divide a day into ten standard times. Five standard times would be exactly half a day ago, which is what happened yesterday.

“At this point in time…” one of the recruited wizards spoke up, drawing everyone’s attention.

"I'm pretty clear on that. He probably encountered a group of creatures from the void dimension and collected quite a few of them... He even bragged about it to me after he finished fighting them..."

“Oh? And then what?” Levin Mills pressed.

The wizard thought for a moment, then shook his head: "There has been no contact since then."

"In other words, at least until now, that guy was fine." Jemin said with a serious expression.

The other wizards also became serious, and they all understood the reasoning behind it.

This means that this should be the location where the enemy's last battle took place yesterday.

After that, he encountered some inexplicable situation and then disappeared.

Everyone immediately perked up and moved forward cautiously.

Various reconnaissance methods, including fireflies, were also deployed without reservation.

They flew cautiously for a long time but did not encounter any enemies or unusual signs.

Just as Jemin was wondering what was going on, he suddenly felt that his "Mysterious Red Dust Barrier" had been activated!
"Enemy attack! Alert!" Jemin shouted immediately!
However, the reaction of the wizards around him sent chills down his spine!

Even though Mingming was shouting very loudly, they seemed not to hear him at all, continuing to fly forward obliviously, as if sleepwalking.

A cold glint flashed in Jemin's eyes, and he made his move without hesitation.

He controlled his strength and delivered a pure energy blast to everyone.

boom! boom! boom!
The energy blast was easily blocked by the self-protective shields on everyone's bodies, but the sudden attack also woke up everyone who seemed to have lost consciousness.

However, they didn't seem to realize they had been infected. Once they came to their senses, their first instinct was to look at Jemin warily.

However, Jemin's attacks were not very powerful, so they did not do anything too outrageous.

Just as Levin Mills was about to ask Jemin why he did this, his expression suddenly changed!
Puff puff……

A series of "poof" sounds rang out, and to the astonishment of Jemin and the other wizards, a group of ghostly white mist-like creatures emerged from the thick clouds below like a tide!
These organisms are covered with fine hairs, and from a distance they look like thick clouds.

Jemin instinctively scanned the area with his Detective Eye, but found nothing; it was as if all he saw was a group of moving clouds and ground.

His eyes widened instantly, his all-powerful eye activated, focusing on the unknown creature closest to him.

A flood of information rushed into his mind, and Jemin quickly shut down his all-powerful eye, frowning as he took a step back.

He then understood why various investigative methods had failed to discover the other party.

Because these creatures not only look like cloud-shrouded ground, but their material composition is also almost indistinguishable from the surrounding cloud-shrouded ground.

That's how they were able to perfectly evade the wizards' detection.

"Something's not right!" After a brief moment of surprise, Jemin immediately realized something was amiss.

He could clearly feel that his "Mysterious Red Dust Barrier" was fluctuating constantly!

This shows that they are still being attacked continuously!
and……

He looked around and noticed that the reactions of the wizards around him were clearly strange!

They were jolted awake and saw the enemy.

But their reactions were much slower, and their eyes even seemed somewhat vacant.

They had clearly spotted the enemy, but didn't react much, or even show any intention of taking action.

"Be careful, these creatures are skilled in 'soul curse illusions'!" Levin Mills' voice resounded with a soul-shaking force, echoing in everyone's ears.

Jemin instantly understood the enemy's bizarre methods!
"Soul curse illusions" is an extremely peculiar category.

It is essentially a curse, but its effect is similar to an illusion.

It can make the soul of the cursed person become confused and almost unable to think!
The camouflage techniques these creatures employ mean that their individual strength is not very high, so a curse applied individually would not have much effect.

It is estimated that even an apprentice-level wizard could easily resist it.

But there were just too many of these creatures in front of us!

Tens of thousands?

Hundreds of thousands?
It could even be millions!
The combined effect of such a large group using a curse is truly terrifying!
Even Levin Mills, a level three wizard, was caught off guard and affected!

(End of this chapter)