novelraw Chapter 119 Secret Realm
Chapter 119 Secret Realm
Chapter 119 Secret Realm
It's unclear whether it was the records on the document that piqued Chang Lei's interest, or because he had never encountered anything like this before, but he observed the mentality of ordinary people with great detail.
Tang Zijun didn't intend to disturb him, so she sat down with her legs crossed and waited for him to finish reading.
After about half an hour, Chang Lei finally reacted.
He suddenly raised his head, staring intently at Tang Zijun opposite him.
"What happens next?"
"What's behind?" Tang Zijun didn't react for a moment.
"Where does that end? I want to know what happened next. What did this guy see? Did he find his way? And did he make it out alive?"
"Do you think I'm telling you to read a novel? The fact that this thing could be written down and appear here proves that the person who wrote it is alive."
"That makes sense, but what about the others?" Chang Lei asked again.
"How would I know?" Tang Zijun pointed to the diary. "This thing is very old; the person who wrote this diary is probably long gone."
Chang Lei nodded thoughtfully, then turned to the last page, looked at the damaged stitching, and adjusted his glasses.
"It seems like the last part was torn off. If it's in the style of the person who wrote the diary, then what they wrote next was most likely the key points about those creatures. Wolf Rider, where did you get this?"
"I got it from a magical girl," Tang Zijun said casually.
"Strictly speaking, this thing is a family heirloom of Qin Nan. Qin Nan is the one I mentioned to you before, my sister's magic tutor, but she probably doesn't know about the existence of this diary yet."
At this point, Tang Zijun looked up and asked.
Is the product guaranteed authentic?
"It's very open," Chang Lei said seriously.
"Stop joking, be serious."
"Who's messing with you? This is real, I can confirm it." Chang Lei flipped through the diary and continued, "No fake can fool my deception skills. There are no lies in these words."
Tang Zijun raised an eyebrow, and her expression turned serious.
"Tell me more about it."
"Before describing it, you need to know a concept: words also have extremely special energy, but this energy is so small that ordinary people cannot observe it."
"I've heard about it. Qin Nan talked to me about this before. The spells that magical girls use are cast through words," Tang Zijun said.
"Yes, that's right. 'Spell' is what magical girls call it. We usually call this kind of energy 'spirit summoning'."
Chang Lei smiled and then explained.
"The spirits are the thoughts, emotions, and wisdom carried in the words. Different people have different spirits when they write, and through my deception, I can perceive some changes in these spirits."
"Although I don't know who wrote these things, I am certain that when he wrote them, his emotions were very sincere and delicate. He was describing, not imagining."
"I understand. So you can sense the mindset of the person who wrote these words and use that to judge whether they embellished the story, right?" Tang Zijun said with some surprise.
How come I didn't know that old swindler had this ability back then?
Oh, this ability cannot be used to harvest negative energy.
That's fine.
"Perhaps people from that era were more documentary-oriented. He didn't add any of his own imagination; everything recorded here is what he actually saw."
Chang Lei placed the diary on the worktable and said with a frown.
"But here's the problem: if everything he recorded is true, then the missing parts are the most crucial, and there's another issue."
"You want to know who took that part, right?" Tang Zijun's eyes were firm.
"Didn't you already know the answer to this question?" Chang Lei glanced at Tang Zijun.
"The records of special life forms were stolen, and the heretical demons created strange beasts that are not afraid of sunlight. These two things are of great importance. No wonder Qin Nan's family suffered an undeserved disaster." Tang Zijun's face was somewhat gloomy.
He had initially thought that Qin Nan's family members were killed because they were caught in the crossfire of the attacks by the heretical demons, but now it seemed that the heretical demons had a clear target: they were after this diary.
Noticing that Tang Zijun looked a little pale, Chang Lei remained silent for a moment before speaking.
"I couldn't confirm the existence of these life forms before, so I was at a loss. But now it seems that they are also life forms living in the real dimension."
"Do you have a way to find their location?" Tang Zijun quickly raised her head.
"It wasn't me," Chang Lei shook his head. "It was you."
"Me?" Tang Zijun was taken aback.
Seeing Tang Zijun's appearance, Chang Lei shook his head helplessly.
However, considering that Tang Zijun returned to reality after defeating the God of Mirror Food, he didn't complain and instead said seriously.
"Don't you understand? If humans can find those life forms on their own, then whether it's by accident or coincidence, it proves one thing: that world is on the same level as reality."
Chang Lei's words gave Tang Zijun a wake-up call. "You mean, that Lilliputian world is the same as the Reverse World?"
"Yes and no, Wolf Rider, you really haven't improved at all over the years, have you?"
Chang Lei was really confused. Tang Zijun had clearly become the true master of the Reversal World, but he hadn't explored this world at all over the years, and didn't even understand the most basic things.
"You need to understand one thing: no world can compare to the reversed world. The reversed world is a mirror of reality and the only hub connecting numerous channels."
"And the world you're talking about."
"It's my fault for not being clear. To be precise, this can't even be considered a 'world' at all. At most, it's a plane, a small plane that exists parasitically in the real world."
"A pocket dimension?" Tang Zijun suddenly realized something.
"I don't know what you mean, but it should be something like that," Chang Lei said, looking at Tang Zijun. "These small planes are also called 'secret realms,' existing in the cracks of reality. If you have to compare them, they're similar to the surface world."
"Haven't you already seen the surface world and the rulers, Wolf Rider? That place is filled with deathly silence, yet it operates according to its own laws. Without external forces, it will dissipate on its own."
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"But secret realms are different. Those places are like parasites in the real world. You can think of them as fragments of the real world. They are completely closed off and have no contact with the outside world."
Listening quietly to Chang Lei's description, Tang Zijun nodded thoughtfully.
"I understand. Whether it's the surface world, the inner world, or even the reversed world, they all exist outside the real world. But the secret realm you mentioned exists within the real world, right?"
"Yes." Chang Lei nodded.
"Legend has it that in ancient times, when things weren't so closed off, the beings in these secret realms would often descend upon the real world. Some would enslave humans, some would bless humans with good weather and abundant harvests, and others would help humans defeat powerful enemies."
Tang Zijun listened silently, and her understanding of this world was gradually changing. Sure enough, this place was completely different from what she had imagined.
I thought the Mirror World and the Greedy Ones were already incredible things, but now, with my younger sister becoming a magical girl, more and more secrets are gradually coming to light.
First it was the world of the surface, then the dream world, and now it even involves the secret realm of ancient times.
"Actually, I should have thought of this a long time ago. But these secret realms disappeared thousands of years ago."
"Disappeared? How did it disappear?" Tang Zijun frowned.
"You really think I'm an encyclopedia? How long have I been around? It's already a miracle that I've been able to talk to you for this long. Other greedy people might not even know these things."
Chang Lei looked at Tang Zijun helplessly, and then he continued.
"There are many theories about why the secret realm disappeared, but if you are willing to investigate, you should be able to find some clues in human myths and legends, such as the dimming of stars and Ragnarok."
""god"?"
"That was a popular term back then, and it's still popular now. Didn't you kill a 'god' seven years ago?"
Chang Lei casually shrugged and said.
"In the presence of ancient humans, you could call yourself a fire god just by bringing a lighter, let alone those guys in the secret realm who have real special abilities."
"That's true." Tang Zijun stroked her chin. "So that means the boundary between the secret realm and the real world is becoming blurred again. Why is this happening? Is it because of the resurgence of spiritual energy?"
"Your imagination is running wild, even with talk of spiritual energy revival," Chang Lei said thoughtfully, his tone uncertain. "What we can be sure of now is that the vast majority of secret realms have been destroyed. The one in Huailing was probably just lucky to survive."
"However, they were targeted by heretics."
"Um."
Chang Lei nodded slowly.
"I don't deny that there were powerful beings in the ancient secret realms, but their era has passed. Now, sitting at the table are magical girls and heretical demons."
There should have been other greedy people too.
With a sigh, Chang Lei continued.
"Most of the most prosperous secret realms have already fallen. Those that have survived are probably not very powerful. Judging from these human skeletons, the gates to the secret realms where those little people lived have been pried open by heretical demons."
At this point, Chang Lei gave Tang Zijun a meaningful smile.
"Wolf Rider, weren't you worried about those heretical demons mobilizing an army of strange beasts?"
"Hey, this must be their target."
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