Chapter 711: Moon Gate
"What's going on with Lin Shi? Who is this young lady?"
Meng Wan also ran over and asked hurriedly at this moment.
"Miss Wu, why are you here? Isn't my father with you? Where is he now?"
Qin Liuying asked anxiously, her heart, which had originally been at ease, was once again raised high.
Seeing everyone's eyes looking at her, Wu Chuyue sighed, her face sad, and repeated what she had just told Lin Shi.
It turned out that Wu Chuyue and four other members of the Longqing team had originally been training in the Phantom Tower with Qin Liuying's father, Qin Yi, the owner of the pavilion, as planned. At first everything went smoothly, and they passed through each level one by one, fighting with almost all the elves in the tower.
Unfortunately, their ultimate goal - the mission to find the Pillar of the Sky - did not make any progress at all, but this was something they had expected, and as the day to leave the tower got closer, they gradually forgot about it and only regarded this as an ordinary training.
The turning point came two days before leaving the tower. The people training on the fourth floor encountered a secret relic, in which they found a key inlaid with cyan beads. Perhaps they touched some mechanism by accident, and the entire Phantom Tower began to undergo abnormal changes.
The entire tower began to tremble and continued to rise upwards. When everything stabilized, they were surprised to find that the Phantom Tower had an extra floor, becoming a seven-story tower.
Such a sudden change made everyone surprised and happy. They subconsciously thought that perhaps the first floor of the newly appeared Phantom Tower was related to the rumored Sky Pillar. So they came to the two doors on the first floor together.
What surprised them even more was that in their subsequent investigation they discovered that the key they had obtained from the ruins was exactly the key to open the door on the left side of the first floor. In other words, they could enter the first floor of the Phantom Tower through this door.
"And this is the beginning of the change." Wu Chuyue said, her eyes extremely sharp, like a sword drawn from its sheath.
"Is the door you opened the one with the crescent moon pattern on it?" Lin Shi suddenly asked at this time.
"Yeah, that's right."
Wu Chuyue nodded, then looked at everyone and said.
"After some discussion, we decided to enter the first floor. After all, with our strength, we didn't think this secret realm would pose any obstacles to us, but... we were wrong."
A hint of bitterness appeared on Wu Chuyue's charming face.
"After opening the door and going in, we discovered that we did not seem to have entered the first-floor Star Temple. Instead, we came to an inexplicable strange space. The space there was extremely large and empty. The sky was blue-black, and there were strange light spots similar to stars."
"We didn't find anything unusual at first. We were just looking for a way to leave here and go to the Star Temple. But as we stayed in that strange space longer, a strange feeling gradually enveloped us."
"It seems that our perception and spirit have been clouded, and even our memory has been distorted. We have no recollection of the path we have taken, and we have even left the group without even realizing it."
Wu Chuyue spoke as she recalled the past with a complicated look in her eyes. It seemed that the strange situation at that time had left even this genius among geniuses with some lingering fears.
"In this way, we stayed there for a long time in this delusion. Now that I think about it, the space may not be that big. It is only because we were deceived that we felt that the space seemed endless."
"At this time, I didn't realize that I had left my original team, but fortunately, my physique was somewhat special and my mental strength was far superior to that of ordinary people. Just when I was about to be further confused, I finally woke up and realized the fact that I had been deceived."
"It was at this time that I noticed those star-like points of light floating in the sky. In fact, they were not lights, but Pokémon Moonstones floating in the air."
"Each moonstone is surrounded by psychic power, and a strange hypnotic spell covers the entire space. If nothing unexpected happens, they are the culprits that blinded our perception."
Wu Chuyue spoke slowly, but her expression did not show any joy from discovering the truth. Instead, it became even more...uglier.
"After I discovered this, I immediately went to look for the others and found them very smoothly. I originally thought that as long as I told them the fact that we were deceived, they would wake up and solve this matter and leave together."
"But...something weird happened!"
"When I saw them again, they were in completely different states. I don't know when each of them had a brown mask on their face."
"I have never seen that kind of mask before. It was obviously obtained from that space during the time when they were separated from me. What's even more strange is that at this time, they don't seem to recognize me at all. They don't even know who they are. They are like puppets."
Wu Chuyue lifted her hair. As a member of the Longqing team, she was quite knowledgeable, but this was the first time she encountered such a situation.
"I don't know whether this is due to the further strengthening of the blindness or the influence of the strange mask. I tried to wake them up, but they attacked me."
"As a teammate, I don't want to fight with them, and as members of the Dragon Green Team, their strength is naturally extraordinary. I had no choice but to leave quickly, resisting the erosion of my spirit while dodging their pursuit."
"While fleeing in panic, I suddenly encountered a space passage. My condition was already very bad at that time. I was worried that if I continued to stay in that space, I would probably lose myself like everyone else. If that really happened, it would be completely over."
"So I didn't hesitate and immediately left that passage. After a while, I found myself in this maze. Fortunately, after coming here, I was no longer eroded by that strange spiritual power. Unfortunately, I found that this maze was extremely complicated and it seemed that I couldn't get out of it in a short time."
Wu Chuyue shook her head and continued.
"What worries me more is the situation of the others. As the only survivor, I must find a way to save them, but I have no way. Even if I return to that space, I don't have enough confidence to resist the erosion of their spirits."
"And at this time, I encountered a Sun Rock, and after I smashed the ball of light on its head, I got a piece of debris and learned a piece of news."
"And this has become my only method at the moment. Perhaps as long as I collect 100 fragments, I can realize my wish of saving them and making them sober again."
Having said this, Wu Chuyue's aura suddenly became fierce.
“So, I started hunting…”
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