Chapter 20 That Was Close, I Nearly Got Kicked Open by Li Ning

Gu Honggao explained, "What are known as Cave Heaven Blessed Lands are actually spaces independent of reality, a type of abnormal area.

Easterners call them Cave Heavens, Blessed Lands, Immortal Realms, etc., while Westerners prefer to use terms like ruins, otherworlds, alternate spaces, and so on.

No matter how the name changes, they are all the same thing.

When the Transcendent tide recedes, these abnormal spaces will close, becoming hidden and dormant, leaving no trace to be found.

Once the Transcendent tide rises and reaches a certain limit, these spaces will emerge once again, basking in the daylight."

"My hometown is one of those otherworlds."

Chen Guangxi suddenly interjected, gesturing excitedly, "During the day, you can see nine super-huge celestial bodies in the sky, and at night, three more moons and an ultra-cool planetary ring appear."

"This, this has gone to another star system, right?"

Zhou Yuan was dumbstruck, feeling like the expansion of his worldview was happening a bit too fast!

Chen Guangxi shook his head: "Actually, those are all projections."

"Huh?" Zhou Yuan was baffled, projections?

"The sun is fake, the moons are fake, the starry sky is fake, the universe is fake," Chen Guangxi said with a melancholic tone, "When the first explorer flew toward the cosmos, she didn't enter space, but rather poked through a layer of paper, thereby discovering the true nature of the world."

"——Our world is mere stories in a book."

"Uh..." Zhou Yuan struggled to respond, only managing to say, "That's a classic setting."

"True that, it is," Chen Guangxi conceded.

"And then?" Zhou Yuan asked curiously.

"Because I came out in my original form, I accidentally toppled the library that held those storybooks, causing quite a panic.

Just my luck, there were a few Control Bureau investigators nearby, and they regarded me as a threat. While I was still dazed, that bunch didn't hesitate to beat me up, and I nearly got my Li Ning smashed to pieces."

Chen Guangxi mentioned this with intense irritation. Later, when she gained more power and thought about revenge, those investigators would greet her with smiles, making it tough for her to strike.

"Afterwards, we sat down, had a chat, and settled matters happily. I, being of great magnanimity, let bygones be bygones and joined the Control Bureau."

Once they finished talking, Gu Honggao continued,

"Back to the matter at hand. We're looking for a jade pendant, which is the key to unlocking a certain Cave Heaven.

A hundred years ago, the Transcendent tide began to rise and shows no sign of receding. According to experts, this Transcendent tide will likely be the longest in a thousand years, and many ancient things will reappear, such as those long-lost Cave Heaven Blessed Lands.

Within these Cave Heaven Blessed Lands lie abundant resources and treasures left by predecessors, unearthing which will further advance our research on the Transcendent and the abnormal."

"Observations indicate that in about three months, a Cave Heaven located in the southern part of East Continent will surface. However, to open this Cave Heaven, a specific key is required, which is that jade pendant."

"During tumultuous times, the jade pendant ended up in Yingzhou, changing hands several times before finally being purchased by an elderly history professor from Yingzhou, who passed it on to his descendants.

Two weeks ago, we located the pendant, but by the time we arrived in Yingzhou, the owner of the pendant and their entire family went missing during the Joy Castle incident.

To make matters worse, the owner was very fond of the jade pendant, always wearing it close."

"So that's why you're here."

Zhou Yuan realized, "So, did you find it?"

"We found it on the first day we came in, but… as you can see, we can't get out now."

Gu Honggao was somewhat helpless; the danger level of this amusement park was simply too high. With over a thousand malevolent ghosts wandering around, its horror was beyond imagination. Even for their experienced Mobile Task Force, it was quite a challenge.

"As for what happened to this amusement park, we actually aren't sure. We only know that two weeks ago, without any warning, it suddenly became abnormal, sealed itself off, and became isolated from reality. Not a single one of the over a thousand visitors in the park that day escaped.

If you want to understand the whole truth, you're probably only going to find it in the park director's office."

"How are you so sure the truth lies in the park director's office?" Zhou Yuan asked, puzzled.

He knew the way to lift the abnormality was in the park director's office because of the clues given by his Eyes of Identification, but the Mobile Task Force didn't have the Eyes of Identification... Maybe they had similar powers?

"It was a park employee who told me."

Gu Honggao spoke in a heavy voice, "That was on the afternoon of the first day we entered. A park employee suddenly appeared before me and told me many things to be cautious of, such as after midnight it becomes the world of specters, if you survive the attractions and complete them you'll get fragments, and the method to remove the park's abnormal state is in the director's office...

I wanted to keep him there to ask for clarification, but in the blink of an eye, he disappeared."

"He didn't appear at night?" Zhou Yuan quickly seized on the key point, "Was he human?"

Gu Honggao shook his head: "Not sure if it was a ghost or a human, I couldn't sense any presence from him."

Zhou Yuan fell silent.

It seems that obtaining an S-rank on this mission is going to be particularly difficult.

But no matter how difficult it is, we have to try. If we wait until the enemy finds us and we're not strong enough to protect ourselves, there'll be nowhere to regret it.

A moment later, he exhaled and said, "Please talk about the Ferris wheel and the roller coaster."

Gu Honggao nodded and began explaining:

"Those who ride the roller coaster are beheaded by an unknown force. The time is random, the place is random, there is no discernible pattern.

The Ferris wheel, on the other hand, will turn riders into a mush, as if they had fallen from a great height."

Were these discoveries made through sacrificing their lives? Zhou Yuan was profoundly shocked. How many lives did it cost?

"Look outside!"

Suddenly someone cried out in alarm.

Zhou Yuan turned toward the source of the noise to find several investigators standing there, staring blankly at the scene outside the door.

He walked over to take a look and immediately frowned.

A red-clad clown holding a bunch of balloons shaped like human heads was flying in mid-air, looking around the amusement park, seemingly in search of Zhou Yuan and the others.

Those deathly pale heads bore eerie smiles, and one of them was precisely Jiang Wuming's head!

"Is this the clown you mentioned?"

Chen Guangxi narrowed his eyes slightly, "Seems a bit tricky."

"It has merged with the amusement park and cannot be killed. Better not provoke it if we can avoid doing so," Zhou Yuan disclosed this important piece of information, signaling to everyone to steer clear of the clown.

"Cannot be killed? Then let's disassemble, seal it."

Gu Honggao spoke calmly, "We have dealt with many immortals and undying beings; we have experience in this area."

Wow, these guys have some serious clout. I've got to make good connections... Zhou Yuan made up his mind.

I'm holding onto your coattails!