Chapter 142: Illusion?

This place… has a weird feel to it.

Lin was now moving slowly in the darkness.

Lin's Veronica was riding on a ball of silver fog, which contained the emotion of being abandoned and moved slowly.

There are some sights to be seen around, which are points of light that appear to be very far away from here.

There were not many of them, and they flickered in the darkness as if they were about to go out.

Not knowing whether this was the same view seen in the Abyss of Abandonment, or something special, Lin did not leave the thick fog to detect these spots of light, but just watched them slowly drift by.

As the journey continued, the spots of light became fewer and fewer, until finally there was none left.

But something else emerged.

These things are...something that looks like sculptures.

They look like they are made of rocks, each one is only a few meters in size, and have various shapes, some look like marine creatures, while some look like various void creatures.

But they were just similar, and in fact they were not creatures that Lin had seen before.

The number of these sculptures increased, and Lin discovered that there were more and more different materials. Most of them looked like gray rocks, a few looked like white stone sculptures, and some looked like metals, and even sparkled with brilliant light.

These different materials...what do they mean?

Soon Lin saw some familiar things, such as some tumblers, including various stars and ordinary tumblers, as well as some sculptures of void phenomena and so on.

And they are all phenomena of normal void.

Among the various sculptures, Lin saw a familiar tumbler...it was Ersh.

The 'sculpture' of Ershi is different from everything else around it because it is colorful and looks exactly like the real Ershi.

And it was right in Lin's way.

Lin did not control the direction of this ball of silver fog. It was moving completely automatically. It was getting closer and closer to the Ersh, and the Ersh was also getting bigger and bigger in the process of getting closer.

It expanded rapidly, from a diameter of only a few meters to a real Ersh size.

The thick fog that Lin was riding on also flew into the...'atmosphere' of this Ersh as it moved forward.

Then it slowly descended towards the surface of Ersh.

Lin discovered that there was a brightly lit city below. The roads were filled with densely packed Ershi people and their vehicles, but unlike the surrounding scenery, they were all gray.

The thick fog that Lin was riding on landed next to a street, and then the fog disappeared.

The moment Lin's Veronica landed on the ground, Lin found that all the Ershi people around her... turned into colors.

Several Ershi people nearby looked in Veronica's direction.

"Did you just... appear suddenly?" An Ershimin who was standing relatively close to Veronica asked, "Did you suddenly appear from the sky?"

"..."Lin didn't answer it. It looked at it a few more times and then walked away.

The Ershi people who had been paying attention to Lin also walked away, as if everything had returned to normal, and the people coming and going around were all busy with their own things.

Lin felt that this was also a place like Ersh that was simulated using dream energy.

But why is there such a place? And it belongs to the relatively "old" Ershi.

Judging from the styles of the surrounding transportation and buildings, Lin discovered that the era they were in was an era that had not yet begun to explore the void.

Their only exploration of the void was to set foot on a nearby satellite moon, and at this time they had no idea that Ersh was alive.

This place simulates this era... I don't know what the meaning is. Does it have anything to do with the leader?

Because it felt quite interesting, Lin wandered around a bit and asked some questions to the Ershi people around her.

Lin discovered that they were living completely in a simulation and were completely unaware of the unforeseen places. When Lin landed on the surface, she also saw the sun appear in the sky.

After wandering around for a while, Lin discovered a... rather conspicuous Ershimin.

Lin discovered that the luster on its body was brighter than that of other Ershi people, although it looked no different from the ordinary people around it.

But because of its luster, it stands out very much in this busy street.

This might be something only Lin could see, so Lin approached it quickly.

Lin found that this Ershimin was moving quickly on the street, as if he was rushing to go somewhere. However, after walking for a while, he stopped and turned to Lin and asked, "Why are you... following me? Am I so popular?"

"Do you know me?" Lin asked it.

"Ah?" Ershimin asked, "Shouldn't I be asking you this?"

"..." Lin didn't say anything. This Ershimin stayed in front of Lin for a long time before he said, "Strange." Then he left.

Lin continued to follow it. Although it often turned its head to look at her, as if it was very concerned about Veronica, it kept walking.

Finally it came under a building and went inside.

The first floor of this building is a place with... a lot of computers.

Er Shimin’s discovery has always been to constantly try to make the screen thinner, but now is an era when computer screens are still very thick.

Many Ershi people were sitting in front of their computers looking at the flashing screens, and so was the one Lin was following.

It came to an empty computer, and before sitting down, it looked at Lin with concern and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"You continue." Lin said.

"..." This Ershimin hesitated for a long time before he pulled out a chair and sat down.

Then, Lin watched it start playing entertainment games from the past.

It seems... nothing special.

It controls the character in the game. Lin also finds that it communicates with teammates in the game, saying that Lin is looking at it, and those teammates express enviously why it is so popular.

"Ah!" Suddenly, its game character...died.

"What's going on!" the Ershimin shouted in surprise, because there was no factor in the game that could lead to the death of his character.

At this moment, Er Shimin's entire body was instantly sucked into the computer.

Lin discovered that a vortex that looked like it was constantly rotating had formed where the screen was, and none of the other Ershi people around noticed this place.

Lin discovered that Veronica could also enter the vortex, so she went in.

“This is my original form.”

After entering, Lin heard a voice.

"Who are you……"

As soon as Lin asked the question, the voice responded: "I am the creature you want to find."

"I am... the team leader."