From the end of the world

Chapter 151 Another Fragment of the Divine Seal 1
Due to Zhu Shi and Lu Youxun's previous warnings about the space on the other side of the portal, I was also prepared for the "Firefly" to encounter enemies after passing through the portal.

In fact, there were no enemies on the other side of the portal, not even any living creatures.

The space that "Firefly" entered looked like a storage room.

It's called a utility room, but it's actually empty. There's not much clutter in the room. There's just a row of shelves and a few empty cardboard boxes in the room, which gives me the impression of a "utility room". There's a half-open window in the room, and the afternoon sun shines into the room. Outside is not a city, but a forest, and you can faintly hear the sound of birds singing and leaves shaking.

I split the "firefly" into two, one to explore outdoors and the other to explore indoors.

When Ma Zao opened the portal just now, Zhu Shi and Lu Youxun were not idle. They seized the opportunity to explore the portal itself. Zhu Shi should have used "Buzhou Mountain", while Lu Youxun seemed to have used some kind of exploration spell. At this moment, they all turned their attention to me.

While I was controlling the "firefly", I told them what I saw.

"There's an empty room on the other side of the portal? Weird." Lu Youxun was puzzled. "The mana fluctuations emitted by the black mist that Ma Zao reappeared just now are neither her own mana fluctuations nor the mana fluctuations that humans would have. They should be the product of some unknown technology. In other words, there should be related equipment or magic arrays on the other side of the portal."

"Could it be hidden inside the wall?" Zhu Shi asked.

"My perception can penetrate walls. Walls are just walls, there is nothing abnormal about them."

While I was replying, Firefly had already gotten a general idea of ​​the place.

This should be a large research facility located in a suburban forest. Outside the utility room is a corridor that connects many rooms of different sizes. Bulletin boards and rules and regulations are posted on the walls.

Based on my perception of the large area spreading out with "fireflies" as the center, I can also see many places that look like laboratories and accommodation areas.

However, I still didn't find any living people. This place seemed to be abandoned like a "clinic", and even the experimental equipment and equipment were gone. And of course, the equipment and equipment moved from the "clinic" to this place were also gone.

Something is wrong. This place actually fits my imagination of the secret base of the Humanitarian Department. Speaking of the Humanitarian Department, it is an organization that conducts secret evil experiments, and this is indeed a research facility, and it is far away from human habitation, which meets the condition of "secret". However, this place has been abandoned - why did the monster maker choose this place to transport equipment?
There must be a ghost here.

I couldn't let my guard down in this place. I couldn't see anything in a place where there should be danger and strange things, which made me feel uneasy. I didn't know how to explain this uneasiness. Was I being alert to unknown dangers or was I uncomfortable with the situation itself?

Just like the abandoned amusement park in horror games, or the campus in the dead of night, this abandoned research facility also gave me the same feeling. Originally, this place should be filled with an orderly working atmosphere, but it has become so empty and deserted. It is difficult for me to have the feeling that "there is really no one here". Instead, I feel that there are many "people" wandering around, but I just can't see them.

——Is this just my illusion? Or is it my intuition as a psychic?

I must feel more deeply into this place that seems peaceful on the surface but is vaguely eerie.

Suddenly, I remembered what Zhu Shi and Lu Youxun had just said.

"You guys have been talking about 'mana fluctuations' before... What exactly is that?" I asked. "I've never felt the kind of fluctuations you talk about. Can you explain it to me?"

"As long as you are a demon hunter who can sense and control your own mana, you will definitely be able to sense mana fluctuations. Because the so-called mana fluctuations are actually signals spread by external mana, which are essentially the same as light signals and sound waves, which will disturb your own mana." Lu Youxun explained, "And the reason why you can't feel the external mana fluctuations is because you are too powerful, and the external mana fluctuations can hardly disturb your own mana.

"For example, if a cockroach crawls onto your skin, you will definitely feel itchy, but what if it's just a mosquito that lands on your skin?"

I thought about it and said, "Even if it's a mosquito, it's not completely imperceptible. Although I haven't been able to feel a mosquito landing on my skin every time before, most people must have had the experience of feeling it a few times."

"Yes, so as long as you grasp the trick, you should be able to sense other mana fluctuations." He said, "As for the specific method... Sorry, if you are a novice learning from scratch, it's easy to say, but I don't know how to let a strong person of your level learn this technology that should be mastered at the most basic stage."

Zhu Shi suggested: "The most direct way is to find a demon hunter above the Great Mastery level to emit mana fluctuations in front of you, so that you can actually feel what mana fluctuations are, and then you will learn it."

Although I know what she said makes sense, what I need is to master this skill now and sense whether there are other magical fluctuations lurking in this abandoned research facility.

I had no choice but to try it out, so I closed my eyes, meditated, and tried to see if I could do it on the spot.

I had experience in meditation before, but that was before I awakened my super powers. At that time, I was keen on mysterious spiritual knowledge, and I also tried to study how to enter the state of meditation by gazing at the extinguished candle wick. Although I never had any successful experience, I was not without experience.

I slowly recalled my past experiences, and then gradually eliminated distracting thoughts, imagining that I was gradually blocking my five senses like turning off a light switch, and focusing all my attention on the mysterious and special perception of "fireflies".

Then, I even blocked the perception of the "firefly" itself, trying to capture external signals that I had never captured before. The world seemed to become dark.

Immersed in this focused darkness, I couldn't tell the passage of time, or rather, I deliberately didn't want to tell the difference. I felt like I was riding a small boat, sailing on a dark sea. I didn't even know if I was moving in the sea, and the sea itself was calm, without any waves transmitted to me.

No, strictly speaking, there are still waves, and that is the waves I generate. Since I am on the sea surface, it is impossible not to generate any ripples.

Is this what is called "mana fluctuation"?

I actually found the trick to sense the fluctuations of mana on my first try? Could it be that I have a talent for this?

Wait, I seem to have overlooked something.

Zhu Shi just said that if I want to sense the fluctuation of mana, it is best to find a demon hunter above the Great Perfection level, which means that it is best for me to face an opponent of the same level as me. However, there is actually someone of the same level as me here - that is myself.

I am a demon hunter above the Great Perfection level, and I also have mana fluctuations. The trick to sensing mana fluctuations has been in me since the beginning. It's just that I used to be accustomed to my mana fluctuations, just like a person who is accustomed to his own smell can't smell his own smell. The more you are accustomed to something, the harder it is to recognize it.

How could I have such talent? If I really had talent, why would I wait until today to realize it? This is actually proof of my slowness.

Let’s put aside the thought of self-deprecation for now. The most important thing now is to perceive this abandoned research facility.

Unfortunately, even though I should have understood the concept of "mana fluctuations" now, I still cannot sense fluctuations outside of myself in this place.

Is there really nothing abnormal about this place? Or even in this state, I can't detect any fluctuations of mana other than my own?

Or maybe I misunderstood, and what I grasped just now was not the fluctuation of my own magic power, but just an illusion that occurred during my meditation?

Just then, I seemed to finally sense signs of abnormality.

It was as if something was stirring, either far away or nearby. No, not even nearby, but inside me—inside my consciousness?

I quickly figured out the source of my agitation and came out of meditation.

Seeing that I suddenly opened my eyes, Lu Youxun was more concerned about me than Zhu Shi and Ma Zao. He immediately asked, "Did you find anything?"

"...No, it's nothing."

I couldn't tell him the truth in front of him, so I put my right hand in my pocket and summoned the fragment of the divine seal.

The fragment of the divine seal was vibrating in my palm. It wasn't a vibration strong enough to make a sound, but a very subtle vibration that would be missed if you didn't feel it carefully.

The Lord of the Divine Seal said that if other fragments of the Divine Seal appear near us, the fragment of the Divine Seal bound to us will vibrate.

And the current situation undoubtedly indicates that fragments of the divine seal have appeared near me.

But, near where?
Is it a "clinic" or an abandoned research facility?

My "Firefly" is equivalent to an extension of myself. If fragments of the divine seal appear near the "Firefly" and cause the fragments of the divine seal bound to me to vibrate, this is completely reasonable.

I immediately controlled the "firefly" in the abandoned research facility to leave the facility, and the vibration disappeared after a few hundred meters away. When I let the "firefly" return to the facility, the vibration appeared again.

There will be no mistake now.

Another fragment of the divine seal is in this abandoned research facility!

(End of this chapter)