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"It seems that the reason why the ancient players disappeared and the reason why our world degenerated from 'reality' to 'copy' can only be discovered by me!"

Li Re thought so.

Of course, he couldn't just wait for three years and wait for the CD time of the Yata Mirror to end without doing anything.

Of course, before that, he still needs to do one last thing.

That is to confirm whether your previous inference is true.

The past is finally over.

If we want to truly confirm that reality is a fusion of multiple copies, and if we want to confirm whether the "copy" that has made up for the defects and transformed into a new reality will merge with the original real world, we still need to confirm it from now on.

For example - the copy world that he had eliminated its flaws and turned into 'reality'.

The super power world and the mountain and sea realms.

Confirm whether they show signs of "merging" with reality - confirm whether they have appeared in "reality" - if not all of them, at least some of them have appeared.

This is one of the things Li Re is going to do next.

As for now...

"I'll keep this with you."

Li Re handed the 'Yata Mirror' in his hand to the evil ghost girl in front of him. Xinggong Yue's eyes lit up and she took it with a happy face.

She actually already had a mirror in her hand - the 'Impermanence Mirror', one of the three great artifacts of the Skywalker from the mountain and sea realms.

Now there is another artifact: a mirror.

Two mirrors, one reflects life and death, the other reflects the present and the past.

Complement each other.

She will naturally be happy.

After handing over the Eight-foot Mirror, Li Re stood up and glanced back at the dilapidated Takama-ga-hara Shrine. He thought that Ame-no-Minaka had not lied to him... Coming here would indeed reveal many secrets.

Unfortunately, we cannot fully explore it!

He only knew the origin of Japan and the origin of ancient Japanese players, but he didn't know where they were going.

And all of this will have to wait until we get back to the ground before we can discuss it.

Now he was about to leave Takama-ga-hara.

Return to the ground.

"Let's go."

Li Re looked at the evil ghost girl holding the Yata Mirror in front of him and said, "Go down the 'ladder to heaven'..."

"Huh!?" The words just sounded and then suddenly stopped.

A Yue was stunned, and looked sideways in the direction he was looking.

The next second, a low roar was heard coming from the edge of Takama-ga-hara, from the direction they had just come from.

The Phantom Stone Dragon is growling—

"The ladder has disappeared!"

This message came in the dragon's roar.

One second followed by another second.

The ghost fog suddenly spread out from the damaged Takamahara Shrine, and the dark green fire spread and emerged rapidly, carving out a mysterious path from the inside out.

Straight to the edge!

Chapter 475: Kagura Mai, You Are My God

Once again, he covered the surroundings with ghost fog, transformed himself into a spirit and merged with the ghost fog.

This was the same method of travel that Li Re had used previously to reach the core of Takama-ga-hara, the 'temple' from the edge, but this time was different from before - before, the surroundings were covered with ghost fog, and he 'searched' while moving forward, but this time there was not only fog, but also fire!

The fire lit in the fog spread rapidly, disturbing the misty and strange fog. The cold and dim light accelerated the expansion of the ghost fog, making the already extremely fast-spreading fog even faster and more violent.

And more directly—straight to the destination!

No more 'searching' along the way.

也并不需要。

When he heard the roar of the Phantom Stone Dragon coming from the edge, Li Re's decision was very quick and decisive. Although the information conveyed in the dragon's roar was not fatal, it would still cause certain troubles for him if it really appeared.

So if you can catch up, you should try to stop it!

Then, in an instant, the ghost fog spread out from the temple, passing through the dilapidated and decayed halls, through the corridor of the wooden hall, and through the outer gate that became dilapidated after the afterimage faded.

The mist carried the flames, but seemed to be pushed by the flowing ghost fire, leaving track-like traces on the dark and desolate soil of Takamagahara, and creating a strange space and time under the illumination of the sun that never sets in the sky.

From here to there, it only takes a minute.

One minute ago, Li Re was still in the temple.

A minute later, he had crossed half the continent and saw the Phantom Stone Dragon standing on the edge of Takama-ga-hara from afar!

Then he froze.

Over there, the gigantic and slender "ghost dragon" with its wings spread out, as beautiful and strange as the moon, paused in its roar, and couldn't help but let out a long breath - looking sideways at the rapidly approaching ghost fog and cold fire.

The dragon's ventriloquy sounded in a crisp, slightly childish, yet somewhat cold and arrogant tone.

He said: "The ladder to heaven is closed."

"We can't go down!"

With this sound, the ghost fire suddenly went out and the cold mist dissipated. Li Re's figure emerged from it. He was put down from the arms of the evil ghost girl who could not be observed by the naked eye in her spiritual state and landed steadily on the ground.

The sunshine in front of us is still bright and lush.

Looking at the lost expression on the head of the Dark Stone Dragon in front of him, which was as big as a floor, and looking at the edge of Takama-ga-hara, which was blooming like flowers thousands of miles high in the sky, at the outermost part of the atmosphere, and the black volcanic ash that was there before but has now disappeared, Li Re knew that he was still too late.

'Ladder to Heaven', closed.

"Although this was expected... Mount Fuji on the ground has stopped erupting after all, and this volcanic ash may just be the 'aftermath' of an eruption - but the speed of this closure is too fast."

Li Re walked forward steadily, and the ghost fog that had stopped expanding soon dissipated.

Standing on the still illusory and hazy soil at the edge of Takama-ga-hara, which was also made of rare earth but much more fragile than the core area, Li Re stepped to the edge and looked down.

"Well..."

Youshilong's eyes were wandering and his face was full of worry - and guilt: "Sorry... I was careless..."

"It's none of your business."

Li Re glanced at the giant dragon and grinned: "Unless you can stay on the ground and trigger another Mount Fuji volcano when the 'ladder to the sky' disappears - otherwise there is no way to prevent the 'ladder to the sky' from disappearing."

"But then again, if you stay on the ground, there's no way I can get up here!"

This is an obvious paradox.

You Shilong naturally knew this, but he said he would guard the "ladder to heaven" here, but he failed to do so. Ultimately, it was his dereliction of duty.

It's natural to feel nervous.

Guilt is also justified.

Li Re didn't care at all - he stepped to the edge and looked down - or perhaps he looked 'up'.

All I saw was a vast expanse of emptiness.

Without the guidance of the ladder, even silver-level players could not distinguish between "up" and "down", which they had already understood.

and...

"This 'Takamagahara' is gradually disappearing."

He stepped on the ground and could feel the texture of the earth under his feet becoming softer and more illusory bit by bit.

The sky was originally supported by the "rare earth" hidden in Mount Fuji and erupted into the sky along with the "volcanic ash".

Without 'rare earths', this soil will disappear bit by bit.

Wait until the next volcanic eruption.

Will reappear.

And now, it's about to disappear.

By then, there will be no "ladder to heaven" and no "Takamagahara", and Li Re will float aimlessly in this area close to the edge of space.

It would be nice if I could return to the ground by chance.

If he accidentally drifted into space, he might not die, but he might end up in a life worse than death, an embarrassing situation that Li Re least wanted to be in.

That's not okay.

He shook his head, thinking about it over and over again.

Hearing Li Re's words, You Shilong's eyes flickered and he shrank his head, looking even more uneasy and guilty.

However, having thought through the possible consequences, Li Re remained calm.

He wasn't really that worried.

He had said before that since he dared to come up, he would certainly be able to escape from any possible predicament - right now, he was in such a predicament!

He pulled out a golden key.

[Key to the top floor of Yinshan Ghost Mansion/Key to the Underworld (D)]

After many days, Li Re finally took out the key that he had stolen from 'Yin Tianzi' in the earliest copy, the Yinshan test.

The key that can open the gap in the underworld.

An amusement park prop that can pass through the "Yellow Spring Gap" to achieve free jumping within a hundred meters.

There doesn't seem to be much use putting it here.

How could Takama-ga-hara be more than a hundred meters above the ground?

But if it is combined with another prop, it will be different.

Looking at the key, Youshilong widened his eyes, feeling the weak but special aura on it that made him feel familiar.

Soon, a ghost girl in a fluttering long skirt appeared on the side.

No.

Not just a ghost girl...

Along with it, there appeared a 'door'.

The vermilion carved door frame stood in the ghostly fog rising from the ground. The Japanese-style torii gate Kobe was facing the light of the stars shining from beyond the end of the horizon, but the shadow cast by the door seemed to immerse the back in darkness.

This door also made the dragon, who had long since transformed into a ghost, feel quite familiar.

This door, like that 'key'...

They all seem to lead to some mysterious place.

"First, use the 'Gate of the Netherworld' obtained from the Sanzu River Netherworld dungeon to open the passage to the underground Netherworld where Izanami is... Then use the 'Netherworld Key' obtained from the Yinshan Ghost Mansion to try to see if you can open the real Netherworld and return to the human world."

Li Re raised the key in his hand and looked at the appeared Xinggong Yue.

The process is a bit troublesome.

At least you don't have to worry about being trapped.

At least the Yellow Spring on the ground is safer than Takama-ga-hara in the sky - at least you won't lose your sense of direction.

If the key to the Yinshan Ghost House cannot open the real underworld...

At worst, I can use my own magic to dig up the ground directly!

This is what Li Re thought. No matter what, he had to wait until he returned downstairs to make plans for everything.

You Shilong was silent for a moment, and seemed to have thought of Li Re's plan.

A Yue tilted her head even more and looked at Li Re with a calm expression.

But Li Re was getting ready to leave—but it was too late.