noveltune Chapter 417 The Impact of Rules
Chapter 417 The Impact of Rules
Chapter 417 The Impact of Rules
The current environment is definitely not good.
This place is located deep in the vast desert, with yellow sand covering the dim sky. Along the way, Tang Zijun could not hear the heartbeat of any living creature.
A howling wind swept across the land, carrying with it a sky full of yellow sand, building towering sand walls between heaven and earth. The shifting sand was swept into the sky, making it seem as if it were touching the clouds.
Hidden within this seemingly desolate desert lies an ancient ruin.
The ruins, worn smooth by wind and sand, have taken on a weathered and ancient feel. The once sturdy gates are now just broken frames, whistling in the wind.
The stale, musty smell hit you right in the face, making you feel suffocated.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of sand and dust, and the lower half of the ruins was almost completely buried by the yellow sand, leaving only the upper half peeking out of the sea of sand, like an old man on his deathbed.
From the outside, Tang Zijun felt that this was more like a large tomb. He wouldn't be surprised if several mummies crawled out of the sand. But if you said that this was the entrance to the Pocket Universe, Tang Zijun really couldn't tell for a moment.
In his understanding, a name like Pocket Universe, which sounds high-end, should at least be hidden in some underground facility or kept in some heavily guarded fortress.
But this ruin, which looks like a deserted area, doesn't seem like the entrance to the Pocket Universe at all. Even if it really is, there should be at least some guards outside.
At this moment, Tang Zijun really wanted to go back and find Leisen to ask him properly. He had only been given the location of the entrance to the Pocket Universe, but not the way to enter. And the most crucial problem was that he had been wandering around here for half a day and still hadn't found the door.
Tang Zijun had originally planned to travel a thousand miles alone and venture directly into the Pocket Universe to explore its secrets. If the place were filled with countless intelligent machines, he wouldn't be too afraid. But the problem is that there's nothing here now, and he's starting to get a little nervous.
Could we have gone to the wrong place?
Tang Zijun frowned slightly, and rejected the idea shortly after it came to mind.
Although they don't know much about this world, given the great reputation of "Pocket Universe," the wastelanders living here can't possibly be indifferent. They might not come here to die willingly, but knowing its location and staying away from it is still very necessary.
Under these circumstances, it's highly unlikely that Leisen would mark an incorrect location and add several dangerous markers to the map.
"Since that's the case..."
Tang Zijun reached out, and several cards appeared in his hand.
Given his personality, if he can't find the door, he'll just build one. Even if the entrance to this pocket universe is hidden deep, he can just make a commotion outside. He doesn't believe the robots inside won't react.
Tang Zijun is currently choosing which card to use to create a big news story.
The first one to be eliminated was the Wither Lord form. The power of the Skeleton King was quite useful in the dream world, but it wouldn't work here.
The main effect of the Wither Lord form is to control corpses, but Omnics are obviously not in the category of "corpses", and there is no life here, so this form is basically useless.
Meanwhile, the two magical forms of the gold and earth elements were also eliminated. Although the Magic King and Dark Hermit were more suitable for the current environment, Tang Zijun's study of magic was not deep enough, and his goal was to find a way to enter the Pocket Universe. The commotion caused by these two forms would probably not be big enough.
Then, Tang Zijun focused her attention on the last two cards.
"So, in the end, we still have to use this level of power?"
The two cards are white and black. The white one is naturally the ultimate form of greed, which is formed by combining the power of most of the high-ranking officers of the greedy. After Tang Zijun defeated the God of Greed of Mirror Food, this card was upgraded to a god card and has always been his only trump card.
The second card is derived from the divinity of Scáthach, the Queen of the Land of Shadows. This card contains not only Scáthach's shadow but also the power of the Land of Shadows.
After the collapse of the Shadow World, the shattered Shadow Kingdom did not disappear. Instead, due to its connection with Scáthach's divine power, it was imprinted on this card.
Since obtaining this card, Tang Zijun has never used its power except to help Shiyao repair her body.
"Fine..."
With a slight smile, Tang Zijun raised her hand and sent the other cards back into the mirror space.
"Then let's give it a try."
【Masked Drive!】
Without any movement, the Wolf Rider Belt appeared at his waist, and Tang Zijun directly placed the jet-black card into the card slot.
【shadow!】
Accompanied by the long string of celebratory lines on the belt, a chilling aura filled with the scent of death wafted out.
Last time, Tang Zijun tried his best to suppress this energy, but this time, he had no intention of suppressing it at all. Almost instantly, the surrounding sand was polluted into black, and even the light in the sky became dim.
Kamen Rider - Shadow of Death Form!
Black armor, purple patterns, and most striking of all, scarlet goggles. With just one transformation, the surrounding environment began to change due to the influence of this energy.
What would it feel like to use supernatural abilities in a world without special energy laws? If it were Xiao Xiao and Nuomi, their influence would be very limited because the magic they possessed had not yet reached the level of altering matter.
But what if it's the power of a god? And a god who holds authority and controls an entire divine realm?
Tang Zijun suddenly felt that everything around her was changing drastically, and the shadow under her feet was rising like boiling sewage.
He could feel the tremor of space itself, not just the space here, but the entire world was shaking, though not everyone could feel it.
"It seems like things have gotten out of hand..."
Tang Zijun had intended to unleash some attacks to attract the attention of the omnics, but she never expected that her transformation would cause such a commotion.
This is understandable, as Scáthach is the queen who rules the land of shadows. In Celtic mythology, if we place her in Greek or Icelandic mythology, she would be someone who sits at the same table as Hades and Hela.
As the ruler of the realm of the dead, Scáthach's duty is to protect the world inhabited by the dead.
His divine power appeared in a world where there are no souls after death, which was a heavy blow to the laws of this world.
Although his current authority is not yet able to completely rewrite the rules of this world regarding the dead, his divine power has already begun to influence the world of the living.
Clusters of shadows began to boil, and like trees rooted in the desert, they stretched their roots deep into the ground, spreading outwards through the gaps in the endless sand.
Tang Zijun could clearly feel that the shadowy power, which moved like an arm, was rapidly stirring up the space beneath her feet and gradually polluting everything here.
Immediately following, amidst wave after wave of ripples invisible to the naked eye, Tang Zijun felt her senses gradually expanding. The shadows seemed to become her eyes and arms, constantly peering into and touching all the matter here.
This feeling was a first for Tang Zijun. Unlike the real world with its shadow corridors, although there were shadows here, they were not connected and had not expanded into any dimension. At this moment, the shadow power in his body had begun to spontaneously transform those shadows.
This also shows the difference between the shadow world and the mirror world. After being separated from the real world, Tang Zijun discovered that the body of the "God of Mirrors" had been cut in half.
Whenever Tang Zijun is in another world, the reversal passage she usually uses becomes ineffective. It was fine in the Shadow World before, since there was no light or reflection there. But the problem is that the Dream World has mirrors. As a result, because the Reversal World is tightly attached to the real world, Tang Zijun cannot enter the mirror in the Dream World at all.
However, after obtaining the power of shadow, Tang Zijun was surprised to find that, no matter where he was, although he could not return to the shadow corridor, he could transform himself into a shadow and move around.
Moreover, he can now assimilate the shadows of this world, just like opening a map in a game. The only difference is that opening a map in a game is to clear shadows, while he uses shadows to overwrite them.
Just as Tang Zijun was focused on experiencing this magical feeling, he suddenly noticed a shallow crack in the shadow he had assimilated. Normally, he wouldn't notice it, but under the cover of the shadow power, this crack seemed like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring the shadow power he emitted.
Tang Zijun slightly opened her tightly closed eyes, and a smile appeared on her face beneath the mask.
"So that's where they were hiding..."
Based on the exploration of the power of shadow, he clearly saw that one kilometer underground in this ruin, there was a huge mechanical structure, and this was just the beginning. This mechanical structure looked like a candied hawthorn skewer buried deep underground, straight up and down, with each level having a huge space.
Tang Zijun wasn't sure how deep the underground building was, but he knew that Leisen hadn't lied to him and that he hadn't gone to the wrong place.
The question now is whether to make a big fuss or sneak in unnoticed...