Chapter 2866: Silence and Emptiness
Soon, Angell came to the bottom of the stairs.
The exposed part of the stairs is not high, with only three floors, about six meters. Its shape is a spiral staircase made of steel and glass structure, and the glass on the fence has gorgeous paintings, which is a typical church style.
"This spiral staircase was also included when the reflected space was solidified. Originally, it should be connected to a church in reality, but the range of the mirror reflection is limited, and the church is not reflected in it."
"It's a waste to put the stairs here, so Erbao and I made some modifications to it."
While talking, Geng Gui walked up the stairs.
Without hesitation, Angell followed.
When reaching the third floor, the stairs no longer went up, but a parallel carved floor path appeared, which extended into the fog. From the staircase platform where Angell was, he couldn't see the end at a glance.
"This is part of the transformation of the stairs."
"Turn this staircase into an extended corridor that can cross the boundary of the mirror space and finally reach the special space where the sweet dream is."
"As for more transformations, you will see it after you go in... Oh, I forgot to tell you that there is a void ahead."
"Void?" Angel was stunned for a moment. It was the first time he heard of this name.
Since "void" is used as a suffix, it is considered a kind of void?
Angel was about to ask Gengar, but saw that it had walked into the mist and stretched out. Looking at the floating mist, Angel hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to follow it.
As soon as he entered the mist, Angel once again felt the familiar oppressive feeling of "being immersed in quicksand".
This slight discomfort lasted for half a minute. When the oppressive feeling disappeared, Angel had walked out of the previous mirror space and came to a strange place.
This strange place is extremely vast. No matter which direction you look in, including the sky and the ground, you can't see the end.
This feeling of being in the void was something Angel had only experienced in the void.
But if you insist on saying that this is the void, it is a little different.
Because the void is pitch black, you can't see your hand in front of you. Therefore, traveling in the void often requires enduring this endless darkness and boundless loneliness.
The biggest difference between here and the void is that it is not dark here. Above is the dark sky with no end in sight, and below, although it is also bottomless, it is extremely bright.
And this kind of light is not like the sun and the moon in reality, with a clear and single source of light.
The light here is that the place Angel can see below is covered by endless brilliance.
It's like the void below, every inch and every place is emitting light without dead ends.
In contrast, the dark void above is like being supported by the huge light source below, and the sky corridor where Angel is located is just in the middle line of the clear black and white, so there is no darkness here at all.
"Is this the Void of Nothingness that you mentioned? Is this considered void?" When Angel asked the first question, he was looking at Gengar; but when he asked the next question, he unconsciously looked at the bright place below.
Gengar nodded: "Yes, this is the Void of Nothingness. It is also the place you must come to when you travel through the mirror spaces of the Mirror Domain. In a broad sense, it is actually similar to the concept of void."
Gengar gave an example: think of this place as the sea, and the mirror spaces as fixed islands on the sea. To reach each island, you must travel through the "sea".
Angel: "Did you think of these words yourself?"
Geng Gui scratched the hair on his head with some embarrassment: "No, it was said by the Lord. I just repeated what the Lord said at the time."
Angel smiled and said nothing, but pointed to the glowing void below and asked: "Where is it? Is it also a void?"
"Yes, it can also be considered a void, but it is the most special place in the void."
"It is... the Sea of Mirrors."
Angel was stunned for two seconds when he heard the name "Sea of Mirrors". Although he had heard about the Sea of Mirrors from Laplace, Adanis and the Lord of Wisdom before, Angel always felt that the Sea of Mirrors was very far away from him, belonging to a geographical term that can be known but not verified.
Just like the "Source World", he knew it existed, but he would not come into contact with it in a short time.
So, when Angel learned that the famous Sea of Mirrors was below, he felt a sense of dislocation between time and space and cognition.
He thought the Sea of Mirrorless Space was still far away from him, but he didn't expect to meet it so unexpectedly.
On the other side, Geng Gui saw Angel looking at the Sea of Mirrorless Space all the time, thinking that Angel was worried about the harm of the Sea of Mirrorless Space. So he said: "Sir, don't worry. Although the Sea of Mirrorless Space is also in the Void, it is actually very far away from us and will not affect here."
"Moreover, this is the edge of the Mirror Domain. The Sea of Mirrorless Space is not active, and the rolling tide is relatively gentle, and it cannot reach the air corridor where we are."
Angel was not scared by the Sea of Mirrorless Space. After all, it is difficult to feel its horror without experiencing it.
However, some details in Geng Gui's words made Angel curious.
"According to you, where the Sea of Mirrorless Space is active, the rolling tide will be very high?"
Geng Gui nodded: "Yes, if a large area of broken reflection space appears in a certain area of the Sea of Mirrors, it will cause a tidal disaster, and if the tidal disaster breaks out, it can even spread to the top layer of the Void of Nothingness."
"However, this is the outer edge of the Mirror Domain, where the shackles of the Mirror Domain rules are the strongest, so there is no need to worry about a strong tidal disaster."
Having said that, Angel was still a little frightened when he heard about the disaster that could spread throughout the Void of Nothingness.
No wonder when the wise master introduced the Sea of Mirrors, he said that the Sea of Mirrors was the most terrible disaster in the mirror world, without a doubt.
In the following time, as they moved forward, Geng Gui continued to introduce the Sea of Mirrors.
The reason why the Sea of Mirrors emits bright light is because there are a large number of mirrors in the Sea of Mirrors, and most of the real scenes reflected are in the daytime. After all, in the dark night, there are few things that can be reflected.
Therefore, a large number of daytime images floated in the Sea of Mirrors, and they glowed autonomously, which turned the Sea of Mirrors into a place where light sources radiate.
After talking about the Sea of Mirrors, Geng Gui returned to the air corridor.
Geng Gui: "We can actually travel directly in the Silent Void, and we usually won't get lost, so we don't need this kind of air corridor. But for the safety of the Lord, Erbao and I still discussed and built this air corridor."
"During the construction process, Erbao and I were always worried that there would be mirror creatures to attack, but in the end no mirror creatures came. I think it's because this is the edge of the mirror domain."
Angel: "Don't mirror creatures like to come to the edge of the mirror domain? Isn't the space here quite stable?"
After stepping into the Silent Void, Angel always remained vigilant. Because, according to the information he got, the phenomenon of space birth and death is happening all the time in the mirror domain.
Space birth and death will not only cause a devastating blow to the interior of the space, but also affect the surrounding area. If there is a mirror space hidden in the surroundings and it is in a state of birth and death, then if one is unlucky, it is possible that the space will be torn apart by the birth and death of the space.
Therefore, Angel was very careful along the way. But what surprised him was that he had walked most of the way through this sky corridor without any accidents.
"Accident" can be called "accident" because the probability is small and it is unexpected. Therefore, Angel did not think it was unusual that there was no accident this time.
What really surprised him was that there was no sign of repair in the sky corridor.
According to Geng Gui, the sky corridor was built hundreds of years ago. According to Angel's idea, there should be several accidents in hundreds of years, causing the sky corridor to be damaged or even destroyed.
But the strange thing is that there was no one.
This also means that this area may be safer than Angel imagined?
After having this conjecture, Angel took the initiative to explore the surrounding space with his mental power. The result of the investigation was not surprising... The nearby space is indeed very stable.
It doesn't seem like there are signs of space birth and death.
If this area is very stable, then according to Laplace's previous statement, the creatures in the mirror should also rush here.
But the reality is that Angel did not encounter any creatures in the mirror along the way.
In addition, the sky corridor has not been damaged, Angel can almost be sure that this area should be a rare utopia in the mirror domain.
For the creatures in the mirror who are pursuing survival, why don't they come here?
For this question, Geng Gui gave a clear answer: "Because the cohesion here is very weak."
Geng Gui paused and said: "The Lord once guessed that the concentration of cohesion should be related to the activity of the Sea of Empty Mirrors. The Sea of Empty Mirrors outside the Mirror Domain is not very active, and the concentration of cohesion is not strong."
"The creatures in the mirror are very dependent on cohesion. Even if they know that the outer periphery of the mirror domain is safe, they will not go to the outer periphery to solidify the space unless it is absolutely necessary."
Angel: "Then why is your space solidified outside the mirror domain? It is also for the convenience of the wise The entry and exit of the master? "
Geng Gui shook his head: "That's not the case. The space of me, Erbao and Xiaobao are all solidified in the periphery, because we don't rely much on cohesion. In reality, we can also absorb original magic to practice. "
"It's the mother who needs cohesion much more than us. However, with the help of Her Majesty the Goddess, mother can stay in the periphery for a long time without worrying about problems. "
Angel nodded in understanding. When Laplace mentioned the one-eyed family before, he said that they are very special. They have the characteristics of creatures in the mirror, but also the properties of the material world.
This allows them to shuttle between the mirror domain and the real world and maximize their benefits.
However, the one-eyed family is not entirely an advantage. For example, although they can absorb original magic to practice, their energy system is still in the cohesion system, which also causes them to go to the mirror domain to advance when they advance.
Also, they have the properties of the material world, taking the lead in the real world, but also losing the special talent of creatures in the mirror: time body.
Even though they can solidify the images, memories, and spaces reflected, they cannot construct the time body.
Overall, it is a win-lose situation. This is probably a special kind of balance?
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After walking for about half a minute, the sky corridor came to a fork in the road.
Angel was a little surprised. He thought this corridor would lead directly to the location of Sweet Dreams, but he didn't expect that there was a fork in the sky corridor.
Geng Gui: "This fork can lead to Xiaobao's territory."
Angel suddenly realized that this corridor could also serve as a guide for visiting.
So, wouldn't Younu and Erbao also have branches in this corridor?
After hearing this, Geng Gui shook his head: "My mother did solidify a space before, connecting to the sky corridor. However, the space that my mother solidified recently is about to collapse because it has received too much filth from the underground sewer. In order not to affect the sky corridor, I took the initiative to cut off the passage to the sky corridor."
"As for Erbao, its solidified space is often replaced. It can last for several years, but it is often replaced once a month or two months. According to it, it is to exercise its cohesion, and because the number of times it changes the solidified space is too frequent, it is not connected to the sky corridor."
Angel understands Younu's situation. But the situation of Dumu Erbao is a bit... unique.
However, Angel was too lazy to delve into it.
Whether it was Laplace or the wise master, they all had a consistent judgment on the one-eyed Erbao: he had a deep character, was scheming, and had unknown abilities.
This kind of guy who likes to make himself mysterious either has real skills or is just a fake. Erbao is obviously the former.
For those with real skills, Angel will still be cautious.
Since Erbao has no interest relationship with him, there is no need to conflict with it. As for how to avoid conflicts? It's very simple, just ignore it.
"Then this sky corridor has only three destinations?"
They are the solidified spaces of Dabao and Xiaobao, and the special space where Sweet Dreams are hidden.
Angel's question actually implies: Since there are only these three destinations, is it worth spending a lot of time to transform such a sky corridor?
Geng Gui shook his head: "No, in addition to these three, there is another fork in the road."
When Angel was about to ask where the fork in the road led to, he saw a new fork in the road appearing in the sky corridor.
And this fork in the road extends diagonally downward.
Because the light below is too bright, Angel can't see where this fork in the road leads to. But looking down, you can see that the fork in the road gradually turns into a black dot, which shows that it has sunk to a very deep place.
It's like it leads directly to the sea of empty mirrors.
"This fork in the road is the fork in the road I mentioned, and it is also the main reason why we built this sky corridor."