Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 281 Piercing the Ghost Domain
After the energy plundered from the red-clothed female ghost entered the protagonist Kanako's body, this seemingly innocent woman immediately covered her head and screamed.

The sound was extremely penetrating and disturbing.

As she screamed, a gust of wind appeared out of nowhere. What was originally just a gentle breeze suddenly and illogically transformed into a super-large tornado with a diameter of tens of kilometers in the blink of an eye.

It swept away everything around it.

Houses, trees, soil, air... all tangible and intangible matter, along with space itself, were transformed into air currents and joined the tornado, making the wind even darker and deeper.

As the eerie wind blew, all the supernatural defensive items on the East Sea team lit up and were rapidly depleted.

The Buddhist scriptures, which could have lasted for an hour, turned to ashes in just a few seconds.

"Is it not just the erosion of negative energy, but also the power of time? Everything will gradually decay under the erosion of time!"

Xu Feng realized that this black wind was difficult to deal with.

It is not as profound as time reversal, but its destructive power over life and matter is greater than that of time reversal.

Even the sound of the wind was a soul-piercing attack, and the newlyweds who heard it showed signs of pain.

"Was this something the female lead did?" Xiangzi couldn't help but ask.

The timing was perfect.

Kanako had just been enhanced, and the surrounding environment underwent such a dramatic change. Shoko couldn't help but wonder who the true controller of this Netherworld was.

Xu Feng shook his head: "No, this is the red-clothed female ghost trying to forcibly reverse time."

"She broke down."

"Breaked through defenses?" Xiangzi was a little confused.

"Because the female lead once again took away her most cherished possession," Xu Feng said.

Renbang, his face pale, interjected, "Captain, before we discuss these things, please tell us how to deal with this black tornado?"

The monk was certain that the evil energy contained in this ghostly wind was extremely pure and extremely harmful; even a wisp of it could take his life. Even if the red-clothed female ghost wanted to forcibly rewind time, she certainly didn't want to see the East Sea Team again in the rewinded time.

“There’s no need to deal with it,” Xu Feng said. “We’ll travel back in time in our own way.”

"what?"

The others were taken aback by what they heard.

"Mei won the bet, but we don't have enough chips. The heroine will need to gamble many more times if she wants to turn things around."

Xu Feng explained that with a thought, his spatial imperial artifact Shangri-La brought the East Blue team, whose territory was bounded by the Swallow Domain, to a door in the next instant.

He casually tossed the screaming heroine, Kanako, into the doorway.

Another flash of white light.

The surrounding environment returned to how it was when the East China Sea team first entered.

This time, most of the veterans on the Donghai team hadn't lost their memories, and Xiangzi's face showed a look of sudden realization: "So that's how it is."

Renbang also said thoughtfully, "It must be reincarnation, right?"

Seeing that everyone seemed to have guessed something, Sanada Yoji asked with a puzzled look, "What happened? Why did time rewind after the female lead entered that door?"

“We all know that there are at least two different environments in this cycle of reincarnation: one is the real world; the other is the area we are in now, which is like the underworld.” Xiangzi explained: “This world is inherently distorted by time and space, and the two different levels of the world make this distortion even more confusing. But if we look at the two worlds separately, what we are experiencing will become clear at a glance.”

"From a realistic perspective, the protagonist Kanako's experience is that she was hit by herself tonight—was sent to the hospital—and after waking up, she came here again and killed her past self."

"In this process, there is no experience of the female protagonist being chased by the female ghost in red."

"So, where does this 'memory' originate?" Shoko asked herself, answering, "Naturally, it's the vision after death! But according to the subsequent developments in 'reality,' the Kanako who was hit didn't die!"

"Is the soul of Kanako, who is being chased in the story, that of the time traveler who fell from the building?!" Sanada Hiroyuki asked.

Shoko shook her head. "No, if the person who fell from the building was Future Kanako, she would have memories of being chased. It's normal for her to be flustered the first time she faced the female ghost, but her reaction would definitely be different the second time she faced the red-clothed female ghost after she had those memories."

"The two female protagonists died together, but because they shared the same origin, they merged together again," Xu Feng said. "However, because Kanako from the future came to the past, her memories in her soul were incomplete, and now this female protagonist without the memory of the chase has become the surface consciousness."

He had previously observed that the female lead's soul was somewhat unusual.

It wasn't until he took the female protagonist, Kanako, on a time loop that he realized what made this woman special.

Does time travel exist?
exist!

However, it only exists within the female protagonist. The rewind in the Underworld is not a true time rewind, but rather a reorganization based on the female protagonist's rewind state.

"So... the reason the female lead was able to survive is because she really went through a cycle of reincarnation!" Renbang exclaimed.

"Reincarnation?" Sanada Hiroyuki finally understood some of the issues: "The heroine's final entry into that room and subsequent fall from it... is a metaphor for her reincarnation!"

Being in the Main God Space, he quickly accepted this concept.

"Ah."

Xu Feng nodded and said, "However, her reincarnation is very special. She was not reincarnated into a newborn, but into herself."

"The process of the female protagonist being chased and fleeing in the underworld corresponds to the soul actively entering Kanako's body in the present world."

"Although we don't yet know the source of the power of time loops, with this information, we can basically get through this chapter of the horror movie with a bang!" Xiangzi said confidently.

"Theoretically, the souls should become stronger after being superimposed... but no matter how many times Kanako reincarnates, she remains very weak. Judging from what just happened, her power was not lost during time travel, but... was plundered by other beings!"

Xiangzi concluded, "Next, all we need to do is stop this process, and the female lead will gradually become stronger, even possessing power comparable to the red-clothed female ghost. We can then easily get through the next thirty-six hours with the help of her power."

Xu Feng looked at the excited members of the East China Sea team and shook his head with a smile: "Be careful, the woman in red is not someone who will sit and wait to die; she has a very strong desire to attack!"

At first, they only sent the Hundred-Armed Giant Imperial Arm to scout, but they were met with unreasonable attacks from the Red-Clad Demon.

That female ghost was exceptionally vigilant!
"Therefore, this slow approach won't work, and we will soon have a decisive battle with her."

While they were discussing things within the mental chains, Xu Feng once again used Shangri-La, leading the East China Sea team downstairs. At that moment, Kanako's soul had just crawled out of her own corpse and was preparing to go home.

Upon seeing the East Sea Team, the female ghost, whose head was already throbbing from her injuries, experienced an even greater headache.

"you……"

After struggling for a moment, Kanako reached out her hand to Sakurai Mei.

"I still remember you... Please... save me!"

At that moment, the world changed color once again.

This time, the East China Sea team didn't waste any time, and the red-clad female ghost also stopped acting. "Miss Kanako, we can't save you; only you can save yourself." After receiving Xu Feng's orders within the mental chains, Renbang disguised himself as a virtuous monk and spoke to the female lead, Kanako.

This monk is very good at these kinds of situations and at dealing with women in the cycle of reincarnation.

"To be precise, even we need you to save us!"

"You have accumulated the power of countless reincarnations. If you can attain enlightenment, you will surely gain the strength to fight against another person."

In the short time it took to speak, a chilling wind had already swept through a third of this ghostly realm.

"We can't delay; we just have to do it more often."

Xu Feng reminded him.

He just finished speaking.

Mei drew Murasame again, drawing a large amount of negative energy from the surrounding environment. This special environment, filled with negative energy and where everything around her was part of the enemy's body, was extremely suitable for this Imperial Arm.

Those special energies were transferred again from Mei's body to Kanako's body.

Immediately afterwards, Xiangzi used her mental chains to teach this character the Qi cultivation technique "Moonlight Technique" that Xu Feng had obtained from a fox demon in the world of "Mr. Vampire." Naturally, the spiritual cultivation method of "Sixteen Contemplations of Pure Land" was more suitable for Kanako's current situation, but Xiangzi could not teach this woman the fundamental techniques of the East Sea Team, even if it was only the first one or two chapters.

soon.

While the female protagonist Kanako looked confused, the group arrived at that door again.

…………

By the fourth cycle, Kanako had undergone very noticeable changes.

But this time, the woman in red was also furious to the extreme.

She knew very well that the enemy had grasped her weakness and seen through the core of the time reversal. If she continued to delay, she would surely be defeated and become a stepping stone for that despicable woman.

So she disregarded her original purpose and consequences, and unleashed her final, desperate measure.

The 'lake' in the Netherworld trembled, frantically absorbing the 'tides' from the 'river'.

The eerie wind tore through space, and everything within it collapsed as a result. Moreover, the speed at which the wind swept through far exceeded the expectations of the East Sea team, leaving them no time to help the female protagonist become stronger.

—The sky is falling and the earth is cracking!
"Getting impatient, huh!" Xu Feng commented with a smile, "Unfortunately, your power isn't strong enough!"

Xu Feng possessed the power to crush the entire Netherworld from the very beginning, and he was able to forcefully break through this danger from the start.

But he feared that an even stronger source might be hidden behind this dangerous place.

If you unleash your strongest attack first, you are easily caught off guard by a hidden killing move.

The reality was as he had expected.

Fortunately, he didn't make the first move... The enemy was forced to use all their strength by this group of 'weak' Donghai team members, to the point of self-destruction.

Next, Xu Feng only needs to focus on defense and hold out for a sufficient amount of time. Under his control, everything within a three-kilometer radius of him is being reorganized.

A stable space has been created in this tumultuous region, making it a haven of peace.

Xiangzi laughed and said, "Obviously, the more anxious the enemy is, the more it proves that we did the right thing!"

but.

After the complete collapse of heaven and earth and the disappearance of the Netherworld, the pitch-black whirlwind solidified like a tide, constantly washing over the Pure Land domain created by Xu Feng. However, each impact was blocked by the golden Buddha statues on the outer perimeter of the Pure Land, and it could not affect the interior of the Pure Land at all.

In this environment, Kanako absorbed special powers even faster.

"Captain, the flow of time is becoming very strange..." Park Chang-ho warned, his voice distorted by the twisted time.

"Don't worry about it, it's a natural phenomenon."

Xu Feng said softly, "It's over!"

"We're leaving this dark and gloomy place..."

After a while.

The group reappeared below the apartment building—the very spot where the protagonist, Kanako, was crushed to death.

To be precise, the environment around the East China Sea team members had not changed at all. They were originally here, but their projections in the Netherworld in this area had now come to 'reality'. The projection that Xu Feng was protecting disappeared after the storm passed.

Or rather, it blends into this area in reality.

This projection of the real world onto another dimension of space and time is very closely connected to reality.

The soul of the female protagonist, Kanako, disappeared. She has returned to her body, but her body is in a terrible state and she doesn't look like a complete human being at all.

Unlike the two bodies that overlapped in the Netherworld, Kanako here only has one body.

"We...have we left that space?" Park Chang-ho raised his hand again to look at his watch.

The countdown timer on the God Watch is running normally.

“Yes, we’ve gone from one hell to another.” Xu Feng shook his head and said, “The woman in red lost her favor, so the cycle of time stopped, and that area disappeared. But the favor of others is still there, and in fact, the area covered by that favor is even larger.”

"Another kind of hell?" Xiangzi asked. "This environment doesn't seem to have anything special about it. What's so dangerous about it?"

“I’ve said before that there’s some information that’s not suitable for you to know… Our team’s situation is very special. This cycle of reincarnation world was almost specially arranged by the main god to target our team!” Xu Feng said softly.

Many people need to observe various details and conduct meticulous analysis to unravel the mystery.

However, Xu Feng had cultivated the Heavenly Eye, so most information was clear at a glance, requiring no analysis; the truth naturally appeared in his mind.

Xiangzi seemed to have guessed something, and couldn't help but cover her head: "Blessing..."

"It seems we really shouldn't know... Captain, your hints are too obvious."

"What exactly is the danger of this hell?" Renbang asked curiously.

Xu Feng nodded: "Theoretically, I shouldn't tell you. Some dangers are actually easier to overcome if you don't know about them. Once you know, you'll be too concerned and easily influenced."

"But everyone here practices Buddhist methods, so they should have some concentration."

"I don't yet understand the core danger. The danger in the current environment is... the whispers in one's mind. Heh, I experienced this danger when I tried to cultivate with the power of faith. However, unlike the power of faith that can only be absorbed through various means, these whispers will actively crawl into our minds. Once we notice them, we will be affected by them."

"Therefore, everyone should meditate to avoid being influenced by that kind of incoherent talk!"

(End of this chapter)