Chapter 792: True and False
He noticed that the scenery around him had completely darkened.
Time changes from day to night, and the environment changes from dense jungle to bare stony. There was silence all around, and there was not a single figure in sight. The two siblings who had been following Benjamin were completely gone, and only a slightly reddish full moon remained in the sky.
Despite his mental preparation, Benjamin's heart sank at that moment.
Sure enough, it's a hallucination......
For a few short seconds, he didn't even have time to think things through, let alone come up with any countermeasures. However, the system suddenly spoke, and shouted in his heart, "Quick! Get a soundproof puck out!"
When Benjamin heard this, he also seemed to suddenly think of something, and his expression froze. Without time to hesitate, he immediately activated his magic as fast as he could, and in the short moment he was out of nothingness, he used a huge soundproof ice hockey ball to wrap himself in.
Subsequently, the void came to an end completely.
“...... Succeeded?"
Standing inside the hockey puck, Benjamin looked at the dark night outside and asked in his heart with some hesitation.
"Well, it's kind of scary, and I didn't even realize the hallucination at what point in time you entered. The system said slowly, "But ...... It's really different from ordinary telekinesis, there is a strange sound wave on the outside, very similar to the ghostly howl beneath the abyss. ”
Benjamin nodded, also with a solemn look.
Phantom......
The two siblings had mentioned to him before that when some elders of the overseas sect died, they would become "ancestral spirits" and other things, guarding the island for them. Could it be that these people on the island have mastered the ability to freely control the ghost illusion?
If this is the case, then both he and the church underestimate the strength of overseas sects.
Benjamin looked around, trying to confirm his surroundings. The only thing he was glad for was that no one had taken advantage of the illusion to sneak up on him, but other than that...... He couldn't even determine what this place was.
What about the altar, what about the church, what about the two siblings?
Lost in hallucinations for so long, without encountering any danger at all?
An eerie dead silence hung over the place, and Benjamin felt a faint uneasiness in his heart.
But soon, he was up and running. Now that the soundproof puck has blocked him from hallucinating sound waves, he's safe, at least for now. So, Benjamin first identified the terrain and then flew in the direction of the salty sea breeze.
- He wants to figure out where he is.
During the flight, after turning back several times, Benjamin finally saw some familiar scenes in front of his eyes.
Leaving the strange stony field, he entered the somewhat familiar jungle again. However, he didn't stop yet, and he didn't find any clues on the way, so he didn't stop flying until he reached the edge of the island and returned to the starting point.
"Coast...... And the corpses of those paladins, the memories of us liberating the entire fleet and tearing them all off the island should be real. ”
Landing on the shore, Benjamin muttered to himself as he observed the situation.
He was trying to discern the point in time he had fallen into a hallucination.
Maybe there are more important things happening at this moment, but if he doesn't distinguish between real memories and hallucinations, he is afraid that he will not even be able to figure out what the situation is, and he will not dare to act rashly.
"I've detected that the range of that kind of sound wave is relatively clear. The system analyzed, "I think that from about half an hour after you entered the jungle, you may have unknowingly entered the illusion. ”
"Half an hour? I'll go over and have a look. ”
Benjamin turned and looked into the interior of the island, where all he could see was a dense forest. But he also saw on the way here, from the dense forest to the bare stone ground, the transition in the middle was actually very abrupt. Benjamin couldn't figure out why he had gone to the rocky ground, and why time had gone from day to night.
Apparently, after entering the jungle for the first time, he inexplicably made several turns before finally going in a direction that he had completely unplanned.
Did the hallucinations even deceive him and the system's sense of time and direction?
It's just that after he fell into a hallucination, the people of the overseas sect didn't take the opportunity to do something to him?
In any case, he turned back as fast as he could, flying in the direction of the altar of his memory. The disappearance of the two siblings made him feel a little bad, and he didn't know how long he had been drowning in the illusion, he always felt ...... Something could happen over there.
And this time, because all sounds are cut off, the whole process seems to have finally gone a little smoother.
Ten minutes later, he saw a vague shadow of the altar. There is no grand scene of the church and the priests fighting outside the altar, including the scenes of holy light bullets and beasts colliding, which should be all hallucinations.
Benjamin couldn't help but activate the void for another second, confirming that he was really not hallucinating at the moment. No way, this feeling of truth and falsehood is really a bit infiltrating.
But...... What about the people of the church? There were no corpses or signs of a fight nearby, could it be that they were also lost in a fantasy like Benjamin, and they didn't know where they went?
After a moment's hesitation, Benjamin cautiously leaned over to the altar.
"Can you detect what's inside?" he asked in his mind, "In this environment, the water elemental sensing method seems to be suppressed, and I can't sense anything ten meters away. ”
"Hmm...... You wait. ”
After saying this, the system fell silent, as if it was still testing. But at this moment, Benjamin suddenly saw several vague figures coming out of the side door at the corner of the altar.
He hurriedly flew behind a bush and adjusted the shape of the puck at the same time, hoping that his soundproof puck in the night was not as conspicuous as it looked.
Fortunately, because of the distance, the other party didn't seem to notice him.
Benjamin also looked cautiously in the direction of the figure.
It was a few guard-looking men, dressed in strange guards like robes, who had just come out of the side door and walked in the direction of the settlement. There were no priests among them, however, upon closer inspection, Benjamin noticed that the guards were holding two familiar figures.
"That'...... It can't be those two siblings, right?"
Because the child's appearance is so easy to associate with each other, Benjamin immediately asked in his mind, and the system gave him an affirmative answer.
"It's the two of them. ”
"How could it be ......?"
Benjamin frowned.
He still couldn't figure out what was going on. In the illusion, he may have been separated from his two siblings, but why is it that now they are captured by the enemy, and he has nothing to do?
Do overseas sects not think Benjamin is dangerous? Or do they not notice him at all?
It's hard for Benjamin to imagine how much had happened during this time of hallucination. Still, he knew he had to do something about it. How will the overseas sects deal with the traitors? The two siblings are now in a very dangerous situation.
After a moment's hesitation, he decided not to approach the altar first, but instead began to make a careful detour, also heading in the direction of the settlement.
However, because of the soundproof hockey, he had to keep a very long distance from the people and act carefully to ensure that he was not exposed to the enemy's view.
It's better to have a soundproof magic item with you......
Benjamin couldn't help but regret it a little. The academy produced a lot of similar things, but when he went out, he thought he could insulate the sound by himself, so he didn't bring them.
Thankfully, the soundproof puck soon became no longer an obstacle for Benjamin.
"Hmm...... The sound waves that can cause hallucinations are gone, and I think you can try to disarm the magic. After quietly bypassing the altar, the system suddenly spoke, "I don't know how they managed to simulate the ability of ghosts, but this should be just a barrier-type illusion, and there is no distinction between enemy and me." Look at those guards, they are all ordinary people, but they don't want to step into it because they know the scope of the illusion. ”
Benjamin hesitated. But in the end, he chose to believe the system's words.
The soundproof ice hockey ball has caused a lot of trouble to his concealment, and at the same time, the ghost illusion is something that cannot be guarded against, and if it can be controlled artificially, it is indeed a bit too rebellious.
Until now, he could confirm that the overseas sect really didn't seem to be aware of his existence, and perhaps didn't think of him as a powerful character. The illusion arises because the phantom array formed by the strange sound waves does not distinguish between friend and foe, and as long as someone walks in, they will all be pulled into it.
- It's actually the same thing as "Scaifer Mountains".
Otherwise, it would be difficult for Benjamin to explain why the overseas sect has never done anything to the hallucinating self.
And so, after careful consideration, he disengaged the soundproof puck and re-exposed it to the air. The scene in front of him has not changed, as the system said, he has left the range of the illusion, so it is okay for the time being.
"In my estimation, the entire illusion should form a circle to protect the island's altars and settlements. "However, I have a few seconds of nothingness left. So once you notice anything wrong, I can verify it for you again. ”
Benjamin nodded silently.
I have to say that this feeling of truth and falsehood made his scalp tingle a little. But in any case, the two siblings were now in danger and were captured by people from overseas sects, and it was impossible for him to turn a blind eye.
The only good news is that Benjamin's tracking has become much smoother after the soundproof hockey has been removed. There were no incidents on the way, and the guards seemed to be confident in the illusion barrier on the island, and never spotted Benjamin. What's more...... All the priests and the like don't know where they're going.
- No one can pose a real threat to Benjamin.
Therefore, after about ten minutes, the largest settlement on the island gradually appeared in front of his eyes.