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Chapter 755: The Skin of Paradox
Chapter 755: The Skin of Paradox
Unaware of her mother's killer, who was about to use her mother's "legacy" for some purpose, the female cleaner, upon faintly catching a whiff of a familiar scent, suddenly looked up as she lay on the back of a giant snake.
She first scrunched her small nose with effort, and then, as if she had discovered something, she immediately stretched out her hand in delight, grabbing the gray robe of the Nightmare King Lyon.
"It's Uncle! I can smell him! Uncle is up ahead!"
Smell?
Glancing at the female cleaner's pale, greasy nose, Lyon subconsciously sniffed as well, but even with his current True God state's sense of smell, he could only detect an extremely pungent sulfuric odor, and nothing else.
"It's true!"
Seeing the doubt in Lyon's eyes, the female cleaner hurriedly said,
"My nose is also an anomaly; I can't be wrong. As long as we follow this direction, we will definitely find Uncle!"
Should they go find the Aquarius Bureau Chief first?
Resisting the urge to touch the female cleaner's nose and check if the anomaly was called [Dog Nose], Lyon turned his head and looked in the direction she pointed. He furrowed his brows, deep in thought.
...
After sealing all the souls of the living beings in Hot River City into the Nightmare River, thwarting the Heart Lake Deity's plan, Lyon led the female cleaner, who had just finished watering, and her brother, who was drunk and rolling his eyes. They commanded a million nightmares into the Underneath Hetian.
The location of the Earth Core Meltway in the Underneath Hetian was extremely hidden, but with the million nightmares searching with all their might, it didn't take long to find it. However, the specific situation of the Earth Core Meltway was slightly different from what Lyon and the others had previously guessed.
When they broke through the recently solidified obsidian at the entrance and entered the Earth Core Meltway, what appeared before Lyon was not a spacious pipeline leading straight to the Earth Core, but rather a chaotic fissure that was like a spider web, with more and more chaotic branches than capillaries.
The so-called Meltway was less of a "path" and more like a mantle fissure that had been forcibly drilled, squeezed, and burned by a sea of magma surging from the Earth Core. It had no discernible pattern at all.
As far as the eye could see, aside from the flowing heavy magma and the thick rock layers grinding against each other, there were only bright red iron rivers that had been melted into liquid. The glaring red-hot iron juice was so blinding that one couldn't even keep their eyes open. Without clear signs, it was impossible to find the real "main path."
Even if they knew that going straight down would lead to the Earth Core and the Aquarius Bureau Chief and the Carnage King Society's people, if they took a wrong turn and ended up in a dead end, they would either have to retrace their steps through the metal molten river or drill through the planet with their physical bodies.
Fortunately, as the "pioneers" of the Earth Core Meltway, the Aquarius Bureau Chief and the members of the Carnage King Society should have engaged in numerous battles, and by following the trail of destruction, they could still find the correct path, albeit with some difficulty...
...
This time, the direction Meli had smelled seemed to be quite different from the one with traces of battle.
After scanning his gaze between the Meltway pointed out by the female cleaner and another Meltway with extensive battle traces, Lyon did not make an immediate decision. Instead, he stepped on the Nightmare River beneath his feet and headed towards the Meltway with battle traces, despite the female cleaner's anxious protests.
"Don't go there! This is definitely a fake!"
Seeing that Lyon didn't choose the path she had indicated, the female cleaner, who was clinging to the Marsh King Snake's scales, exclaimed,
"The Carnage King Society's god had said that it was in charge of [Illusion]..."
With the Heart Lake Deity! What we saw might very well be fake!"
"Yes, but can you be certain that what you smell is real?"
As he controlled the invisible black river, arriving at the molten channel with battle scars, Lyon reached out to caress the shattered rock walls, his expression calm as he explained, "When I was on the airship, I felt that the Heart Lake Deity knew too much about you. Later, his actions seemed to indicate a deep understanding of the Aquarius Bureau and Director Barto as well.
So we must assume that he knows what kind of anomalies the Aquarius Bureau has in storage, guessed that you would bring this dog-nosed anomaly, and specifically created a targeted possibility... Um... Found it!"
After carefully touching the rock wall for a while, Lyon successfully found what he was looking for amidst the shattered stones.
[Name: Skin of Fallacy (Disguise, Illusion)]
[Appearance: A strange skin that looks, smells, sounds, and feels like a rock wall, but is not actually a rock wall.]
[Ability: False Disguise, Illusory Fallacy]
[Cost: Requires possession of some Illusion and Heart Lake Deity abilities and an Immersion value over 60 points]
[File: As the Illusion and Heart Lake Deity passed by this rock wall, he extended his palm and lightly rubbed it, leaving behind some skin tissue and eroding and forging the entire wall, attempting to mislead those who would come later.]
[Evaluation: An almost flawless disguise-type anomaly, it can pass as real, but since it is made of hand skin, licking it with your tongue will reveal a hint of the salty taste of sweat.]
[Immersion Value: 0.1]
[Through your own observation and induction, you have obtained a large amount of intelligence about the 'Skin of Fallacy,' activating the anomalous emblem 'Materialist Soul (Crimson).'
With your understanding of the 'Skin of Fallacy,' your resistance to this anomaly has greatly increased, and you can now block its effects to a certain extent.]
"..."
The salty taste of sweat! Lyon's mouth twitched slightly as he withdrew his hand from the rock wall, then rubbed his palm on the Nightmare King's gray robe in disgust before nodding to the female cleaner.
"You're right, the traces here are fake, all illusions created by the Illusion and Heart Lake Deity."
"There's no smell over here either!"
Seeing that Lyon wasn't fooled, the female cleaner breathed a sigh of relief and spoke up,
"Since this side is fake, we should..."
"We should go this way."
"?"
The female cleaner was taken aback as Lyon pointed to another path, also devoid of any scent. Lyon didn't explain and instead rode the Nightmare River beneath his feet, heading towards the Earth Core Meltway surrounded by 'snowflake points.'
When facing other anomalies, the resistance increase from [Materialism] can only block some of their effects, not providing complete immunity. It serves as an auxiliary function. But when facing something like the Skin of Fallacy, it's different.
After being weakened by [Materialism], the real thing still appears 100% real to Lyon, while the fake created by the Skin of Fallacy is like a faded oil painting, only 70% real in his eyes.
However, in the face of truth and falsehood, as long as something isn't entirely true, it's 100% false. From now on, the Illusion and Heart Lake Deity's disguise is ineffective against Lyon!
(End of Chapter)
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