Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 326 Finding Lin Yilin

"Why did the contact break down with her?" Zheng Fan was very concerned about this.

"Although I have fallen into some illusions and fought my way out while wandering in the dark world, my personal experience cannot be used as a reference. Moreover, this illusion is dominated by panic-inducing hallucinations, directly involving a large number of people related to it, which is very troublesome."

After clarifying the premise, Luo Ye offered his opinion: "According to my guess, it might be because of 'forgetting'. Human rationality is always interfered with by emotions, and even overlooks many things. Just like extreme anger often makes people blind, unable to see anything for a moment. It's probably a similar situation."

“It’s hard to imagine,” Zheng Fan said, expressing his opinion.

“It’s hard to imagine, but it’s a fact that your connection has been severed. Rather than worrying about that, we should find the Illusionary Realm as soon as possible and bring Yi Lin back before it restarts. Of course, it may never be able to start again and will be unable to come to reality, disappearing with Lin Yi Lin…” Luo Ye said.

The ground suddenly started shaking again.

Luo Ye immediately stood up, took out his phone and made a call: "Another aftershock has occurred. The tremor seems to be very close. Find me a location."

Then he hung up the phone without waiting for a response from the other party.

"what?"

“Let’s talk as we walk. Those are earthquake survivors,” Luo Ye replied. “The people in Dadu won’t be thinking of going to the Illusionary Realm. They don’t want to solve the problem; they just want to delay it as long as possible. So they’ll just put the Illusionary Realm in a place that’s hard to observe anymore, so that it never gets close to Dadu again. All that’s left is to deal with the impact of the earthquake world.”

As he spoke, Luo Ye began to move swiftly between the buildings.

It was quite difficult for Cheng Fei to keep up with her using his body. After struggling to keep up for a few steps, Zheng Fan was already feeling a bit overwhelmed. Fortunately, the location of the aftershock didn't seem to be that far away, and they arrived quickly.

"This is... Jiyun District? Even the White District couldn't avoid it?"

"Firstly, it's because of the pervasive panic; secondly, it's because this is a 'shock,' not a normal 'overlap.'"

Looking at the white world before him, a scene even more desolate than the gray neighborhood, Luo Ye spoke calmly. The cries for help here were far more numerous than in the gray neighborhood.

Even with the buffer of the gray neighborhoods and the natural filtering of the white world, the impact of the earthquake was still enormous, after all, it was an earthquake triggered by panic that affected many people.

The tremors were felt even in the core area, with buildings shaking, demonstrating just how severe the impact was.

People in the white world, when faced with such an unexpected event, are clearly less able to react than those in the gray neighborhood who have been under constant pressure for years.

The impact of the earthquake ten years ago was still too far-reaching.

In the distance, what crawled out of the ground was a lizard with thick, rocky scales; of course, it wouldn't be unreasonable to call it an "earth dragon."

"Can we find the illusionary realm using them?" Zheng asked in return.

Luo Ye wasn't so kind as to be helpful, working for Dadu under such circumstances. Her proactive and urgent handling of these "earthquake residents" who caused aftershocks must be related to finding the Illusionary Realm.

“Use them as springboards, rely on the earthquake world to dig out the illusionary realm directly and then go there.” Luo Ye said, pulling the bright red, blazing scythe from his mouth. “Where are your other bodies?”

“Lin Yilin, Jiang Si, Rabi, and Luo Bo are all out of town right now. The only one who’s here, Doris, is far away,” Zheng Fan said. At the same time, he remembered that he should also check on Xiao Yang. Even though Stanley Street was on the outskirts and hadn’t been properly prepared by Agui and the others, it shouldn’t be completely unaffected.

"Then you just watch..." Luo Ye had just finished speaking when a giant earthworm, even larger than the earth dragon, suddenly sprang out from under the earth dragon's feet in the distance. It bit the earth dragon's neck and then wrapped its body around the earth dragon's body. Like a python hunting, it flipped over and strangled the earth dragon into the shadows below without making a ripple.

“Although this body is weak, Lin Yilin’s abilities are quite strong in the world of earthquakes,” Zheng Fan said, his hands in his pockets, using Cheng Fei’s body.

“Then I think you’re stronger…” Luo Ye looked at the scythe in his hand.

It wasn't that the knife was dull; it just looked like a tiny toothpick compared to the large earthworm from before.

"Don't eat everything. Leave some ingredients for me, otherwise we won't be able to set up the ceremony," Luo Ye reminded him. "I know, but you know how to perform ceremonies? Isn't that a talent only certain people possess?" Zheng Fan looked at Luo Ye suspiciously.

Luo Ye said, "I'm a super free agent, so it's normal for me to know a little bit of everything."

Zheng Fan just stared at her silently.

“You don’t seem very interested. Normally you should have struck up a conversation and made sarcastic remarks to me,” Luo Ye sighed.

Zheng Fan remained silent.

Luo Ye didn't keep him in suspense any longer: "Big Nose is good at it. He also provided this method. He's more knowledgeable about things in multiple worlds than I am; he's a professional."

Nodding, Zheng Fan glanced around: "When is the next aftershock?"

Luo Ye picked up his phone and glanced at the latest intelligence: "The most recent aftershock was in Nolan Street, which is quite far from here. Moreover, the frequency of aftershocks is irregular and depends entirely on luck. For the sake of efficiency, I can only monitor the hunt within a certain range..."

“Let’s go,” Zheng Fan interrupted Luo Ye again.

Luo Ye paused for a moment, then immediately replied, "Okay."

If you are fast enough and strong enough, then expand your hunting range to the entire capital city; that's the most efficient way.

"But what about our speed?" That's the bold statement, but how do we ensure a stable travel speed?
Luo Ye and Cheng Fei's explosive speed was decent, but the continuous hunting involved running back and forth across the entire capital, and also killing earthquake residents who caused aftershocks along the way. Luo Ye could manage for a few laps, but after a while, she wasn't sure if her illusory companions could keep up.

Or perhaps her hallucinatory companions are not keeping up with the overall abilities that Luo Ye has gained after combining with them.

“Just use the speed of light,” Zheng Fan said casually, then his eyes widened, and a stream of red and black data appeared in his gray pupils, directly constructing a beam of white light in front of him, like a sharp sword hanging in the air.

"This is the lamplighter's..." Luo Ye immediately recognized the essence of this thing, which came from the lamplighter's power!

Several thoughts suddenly flashed through her mind, and they all connected: "Was it you who killed that lamplighter who died under mysterious circumstances?"

“He died knowingly.” Zheng reacted and jumped onto the beam of light, looking like he was doing acrobatics, but from a distance, it looked a bit like a legendary flying sword, a weapon for showing off.

Luo Ye, not to be outdone, followed suit and stepped forward.

Whoosh!
Zheng Fan directly released the beam of information, which carried the two of them away at an astonishing speed.

With a body honed by illusions, Luo Ye had no problem maintaining this speed; however, his facial expressions were forced to become somewhat out of control, while Cheng Fei's body couldn't quite keep up.

But it doesn't matter if this useless body can't withstand it, because Zheng Fan's regenerative ability can.

……

Lu Chongming was running wildly.

Running with gritted teeth, sweat pouring down their faces.

I finally managed to settle into a few jobs recently, and then...and then...and then...and then...
An earthquake struck! Why is it another earthquake?!

Why is he so unlucky in his life?!
And since he's already so unlucky, why did he have to save a little kid on the street for someone else's trivial matter, only to get himself into trouble with these monsters behind him?
Behind him, several large, dog-like monsters made of earth and stone were chasing him. Their thumping footsteps created shockwaves that spread forward, forcing Lu Chongming to constantly dodge and run for his life, staggering and staggering.

Not all earthquake residents are massive vibration generators; after all, some aftershocks are negligible.

(End of this chapter)