The self-cultivation of the passer-by hero

"who I am?"

Yakumo Purple looked at the red torii in front of her quietly and blurted out this sentence involuntarily. When she realized it, a look of astonishment appeared on her face.

"Who were we talking to just now?"

She stretched out her hand, and just now she had an inexplicable feeling, as if there should be something else in the empty place in front of her, something else that she was not aware of.

Yakumo purple pressed the bridge of her nose in a funny way. It seemed that she had been using her brain too much recently and lacked rest, so she started to hallucinate.

"Master Zi."

Just when Yakumo Purple was immersed in her own world, Yakumo Blue slowly stepped forward. She stretched her neck and glanced at Yakumo Purple's empty body, and asked curiously: "Who was Murasaki-sama talking to just now?"

"Who knows." Yakumo Purple said calmly: "Maybe it's your illusion, Lan."

"is that so?"

Lan frowned slightly, but did not pursue it because this was not the shikigami's job, and they had more important things to do.

"Master Zi, there is news from Master Yonglin of Yayi that the analysis failed."

"Ah, as expected, we didn't put much hope in her anyway, haha, she's a hard-working guy."

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Regarding the issue between Yakumo Murasaki and Yashi Eirin, Yakumo Blue wisely chose to shut up. She just had to do her job well.

After pondering, Lan took out a pair of round-framed eyes and put them on. Instantly, a halo of wisdom covered her body. She handed a thick stack of report paper to Yakumo Purple and said: "Purple Sir, this is the data tested just now."

"We won't read it anymore, Lan, just tell us the answer."

". It failed. No matter whether it is trying to explain it from a technical point of view or relying on calculation power to explore its depth, it is not feasible." Lan said distressedly: "Since Wu Yejun passed through the 'channel', there has been no more Variety."

"Where is the data collected when Takeya-kun crossed the barrier?"

"The value of the barrier is changing at any time, and those data cannot be used as calculation materials."

Lan pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and speculated: "Master Zi, I'm afraid it's a bit absurd to say, but I feel that this passage is not as simple as we imagined. There may be something else between Gensokyo and the outside world. of what.”

"Is that so, is it a 'shadow'?"

"Master Zi?"

"Sorry for making you do a lot of useless work, Lan."

Zi's ​​eyes suddenly became deep, and in the pupils that reflected the world, only the red torii seemed dark and unclear, with twisted colors all over it.

"There is indeed a special zone between Gensokyo and the outside world, but because it is a 'meaningless' world, we did not include it in the reference range at first. I didn't expect it to be like this."

"Special area, right?"

"Yes, that is a meaningless world. Everything in it is illusory. The only value of that world's existence is just as a wedge, as the darkness under the light, the false moon on the water, that is-"

"This is the world of 'shadow'."

Standing blankly in front of the opening and closing automatic door, Melly suddenly said: "Everything in the real world will be copied here, just like a shadow."

"Huh? Mellie, what are you talking about?"

"This is a 'dead' world. It is just a defective product that exists as the cornerstone of the real world. It has no life and everything is a 'shadow' of 'meaninglessness'."

The smile on the corner of Melly's mouth seemed to be crying, and even the last trace of struggle had been wiped out in her dull eyes. Now she was just like a doll, mechanically vibrating her vocal cords to produce sounds that were not hers.

"This is a special zone sandwiched between the non-common sense and the common sense. Human beings outside cannot enter here because they cannot contact the non-common sense, but we in Gensokyo cannot enter the world of common sense because we have the power of the non-common sense. The 'shadow' world under the foundation."

"Merry?"

"This world, which was originally just a concept, was turned into an obstacle between Gensokyo and the outside world by someone's power. This is the main reason why the passage is blocked."

"Hey, Mellie, you."

"Because of that person's fantasy, the only thing that can enter there is the existence of non-common sense that is separated from the common sense world and lives in it."

"Merry!"

"In other words, the prisoner who set the seal can only be a guy who exists in that world. That is the best hiding place. I found it, Lan. What an unexpected surprise. That guy Jinghe is there. Next, as long as "Let Wu"

"Hey! Mellie!!"

"ah"

Qigong shook Mellie's shoulders roughly, and her eyes that had lost their charm finally regained their luster at this moment.

Looking straight at her, Qigong's worried face was right in front of her, and the distance between their noses was less than one centimeter.

"So, Sophia, what are you doing?"

Mellie blushed unnaturally and avoided Qigong's pressing gaze.

"What are you doing, Meili, you are very strange," Qigong forced Meili to make eye contact with him, and asked uneasily: "When you were talking to yourself just now, you looked very strange, it was simply It’s like you’re not you anymore.”

"Yes, is that so?"

Apart from the embarrassment, Mei Li suddenly felt a bit of unknown panic in her heart.

She did not say those words unconsciously. She clearly remembered what she said, but the strange thing was that the words she said had never appeared in her memory before.

She had never heard of the world of shadows, Gensokyo, or the people called "Jing" and "Blue", but when these seemingly unfamiliar words came out of her mouth, they seemed to be... endowed with special meaning.

She never remembered this, but she felt familiar with what she said.

It felt like someone was suddenly spoiling something while reading a novel. Those memories that should not have existed in her mind suddenly had a reason to appear.

At that moment, the strange yet familiar "self" seemed to appear in front of Meili's eyes again.

"Sophia"

At this time, Melly's voice couldn't help but contain a bit of trembling and pleading. Perhaps she didn't even feel it. She seemed extremely fragile at this moment.

"Go back, let's call it a day."

"Um."

Qigong was more concerned about the situation of her friends than the so-called adventure. She accepted Mei Li's request without hesitation, gave up on the singularity in front of her, helped Mei Li, who was a little arrogant, and prepared to walk back.

But when they walked out of the convenience store, they heard a familiar call——

"Hey, over there!"

Qigong followed the sound, and after seeing clearly who was coming, he couldn't help but be shocked:

"Is it you? The True Eye of the Evil King?"