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Chapter 143 The Gate to a New World (5600 words)
"Although we don't know their specific research results, based on our understanding of Mankai, there are two ways to Mankai."

"One type is when the magical girl's own strength reaches its peak, or as you put it, Great Perfection!"

"It's the peak of the Great Perfection," Ziyuan casually corrected. "The difference between it and the Great Perfection is huge, so they shouldn't be confused."

Mu Jin paused for a moment: "Isn't it just two words different? Is there a difference?"

“You can’t talk to a winter insect about a summer plant,” Ziyuan paused, thought for a moment, “Ants don’t know the greatness of the Great Way.”

"It may seem like there are only two words different, but the difference is enough to add another four to forty realms."

"Really, can you really stuff this much in?" Mu Jin was dumbfounded.

"You're an ancient magical girl, it's okay if you're out of touch with the times, I'll teach you." Shion glanced at her, her gaze as if she were looking at an unintelligent paramecium, and then began to mutter incantations:
"Grand Bloom, Lesser Perfection; Grand Bloom, Lesser Perfection, First Stage; Grand Bloom, Lesser Perfection, Second Stage; Third Stage; Fourth Stage; Fifth Stage; Sixth Stage; Seventh Stage; Eighth Stage; Ninth Stage; Initial Grand Bloom Peak; Intermediate Grand Bloom Peak; Advanced Grand Bloom Peak; Grand Bloom Peak Limit; Grand Bloom Peak Invincible; Grand Bloom Peak Limit Invincible, First Stage; Second Stage..."

A series of Daoist chants came from the petite girl's mouth, making Mu Jin dizzy and lightheaded, as if she were trapped in a swamp and couldn't breathe. She quickly shouted, "I know, I know! Stop chanting! Stop chanting! It's the peak of Great Perfection! It's the peak of Great Perfection!"

Seeing the satisfied look on Shion's face, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"In short, after reaching the pinnacle of perfection, magical girls gain the ability to break through to the full potential on their own."

As she spoke, Mu Jin proudly pointed to herself, "That's how it is. Back then, I reached the Great Perfection in the Blooming Realm, and then the Mirror Kingdom was just too powerful, so I took the initiative to fully bloom and successfully conquered the Mirror Kingdom."

"Judging from the current situation, we've only taken half the battle."

Mu Jin choked for a moment, then continued sullenly, "Anyway, people with good foundations like us will live longer after reaching the full promotion level, and we can also leave behind mental image remnants to preserve our consciousness."

"What about the other one?"

"The other type requires the help of the incubator. Even if you don't reach the pinnacle of perfection, with the assistance of the incubator, you can successfully achieve full bloom. However, this kind of full bloom can easily lead to death."

Mu Jin added, "The biggest difference between the two is that the former requires a mental imagery domain, while the latter does not, so it can be considered an emergency measure."

"You said my seed is a product of my personal reality, does that mean I have a mental imagery realm?"

“No, personal reality is personal reality. Even without the mental imagery domain, everyone has their own personal reality. It’s just that the mental imagery domain is needed for personal reality to function.” Mu Jin pondered while organizing the data of the Mirror Kingdom system. “Hmm, you are the first person I have seen who can interfere with the world with their personal reality without needing the mental imagery domain.”

"Then how do I obtain the mental imagery domain?"

"You can only obtain the Mind Image Domain by going to the General Administration and passing the assessment in the General Administration's independent space. There is no other way to obtain the Mind Image Domain except through the General Administration."

After finishing speaking, Mu Jin showed the collected information to Zi Yuan.

"These are all the research materials from the Mirror Kingdom."

After saying that, he handed the system over to Ziyuan.

Shion stared at it for a long time.

I don't understand it, I don't understand any of it.

She didn't even know what the script of the Mirror Kingdom was; it was all gibberish. The code used by the Mirror Kingdom was even different. The whole system was filled with an aura of irrationality that she couldn't fathom.

Although she had already discovered this from the Mirror Kingdom's legacy system on the other side of the water.

But at least the developers at Mizuki have done a Chinese localization. As Alice in the Mirror Kingdom in the new era, the system has also undergone a lot of simplification, making it usable even for someone like Shion who isn't very good at using computers.

The massive backup system for the Mirror Kingdom in front of us looks like an old-fashioned machine.

As we all know, the more modern a tool is, the simpler and easier it is to use; the older it is, the more complex and cumbersome it becomes.

It took her a long time to realize that just searching for relevant content was divided into seventeen steps.

So he used his super wisdom, "Hibiscus, I don't understand."

"We don't know each other."

Superintelligence encountered its first setback.

As Mu Jin spoke, she looked around the huge machine.

"However, I know there's something here that can copy the data. Chang Geng told me about it before, just wait a minute..."

Ziyuan nodded, not in a hurry. She was willing to be patient and let Mujin bring her here in case there were things in the Mirror Kingdom that she couldn't handle.

After all, Mu Jin had been sealed away by the Mirror Kingdom for a long time and knew the people of the Mirror Kingdom, so it was naturally better than her being completely clueless.

No matter how strong Shion is, she still can't understand the incomprehensible script of the Land of Mirrors, and she doesn't even know how to operate the system.

While waiting for Hibiscus to copy the data, Shion took the opportunity to check her surroundings.

The systems of the Mirror Kingdom occupy almost half of this space, and these systems are undoubtedly consuming enormous amounts of energy.

As for the source of energy, it comes from the hibiscus replicas in the glass jars standing on either side.

At first, Shion thought they were all unformed combatants.

It wasn't until they checked it that they discovered these hibiscus flowers were actually batteries.

As replicas of the fully blooming magical girls, these clones of Hibiscus provide a significant amount of energy, maintaining the operation of the backup system here.

If I'm not mistaken, the energy source for the Mirror Kingdom to create clones should come from the magic of the Heart Remnant, as well as some corrupt magic, which was also noticed during the battle with Hibiscus.

However, Shion was unable to sense any magic from these hibiscus clones.

Each clone is filled with a large amount of residue, which is then consumed after flowing into the backup system.

As the residue gradually disappeared, the cloned Hibiscus's body also gradually aged and broke apart.

Mu Jin noticed that she had been staring at an aged clone for a long time, and immediately exclaimed, "We won't get old!"

After all, he was already dead.

Ziyuan ignored her, but looked at the young hibiscus in another glass jar that was being used as a battery, and felt that something was different.

Just as she was about to investigate further, the little hibiscus suddenly opened its eyes.

He stared at her with a cold gaze, a disdainful sneer on his face.

It was full of sarcasm and arrogance.

It was as if they had calculated that the other party would use the Mirror Country's backup system, so they dared not cut off the power and could not touch her.

Shion touched the glass, and the magic passed through the glass jar.

He slapped the little hibiscus twice across the face.

Not only did the other person's face turn bright red from the slap, but their previously cold and mocking gaze also became clear and bright.

With a touch of bewildered foolishness.

What are you laughing at? Did I give you permission to laugh?

Little Hibiscus, who originally wanted to scare the other party, instinctively hid behind after seeing Ziyuan's indifferent gaze. However, she had nowhere to hide in the glass jar and could only curl up into a ball, looking like she was about to cry.

Just as Ziyuan was contemplating whether to simply kill her and give her a quick death,

Suddenly, Mu Jin called out.

"Ah, I found it, I found it."

Hibiscus over there finally found a device to store the data. Shion glanced back and saw that it looked like a USB flash drive, but it was as big as a brick...

"In the Land of Mirrors, this is called Blue Tile. It can store a lot of data. That's how Chang Geng stole the data from the Land of Mirrors and showed it to us..."

After moving the blue tile to the front and plugging it into the system's interface, Mu Jin directly stuffed a large number of files from the system into it. "Anyway, I don't know which ones are their research materials. I've packed them all for you. Once you're out, you can find someone knowledgeable to analyze them."

After clapping her hands, Mu Jin, who had finally accomplished her mission, was about to get up.

A dark figure suddenly appeared beside her, startling her.

Just as she was about to call out, Ziyuan appeared in front of her, pulled her up, and shielded her behind her.

Hiding behind Ziyuan, Mujin paused for a moment.

As a fully-powered magical girl who's used to fighting alone, the feeling of being protected is still quite strange...

So she whispered to herself, "Hey, An Shiyu, I think I'm going to fall for her too, what should I do..."

Then he laughed and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, I won't steal it from you..."

If she were alive, she would never have dared to laugh and joke in the face of danger, but standing behind this purple figure...

I felt completely safe, so naturally I didn't care.

Upon closer inspection, the dark figure standing there startled Mu Jin.

"The Mirror King?"

Ziyuan turned her head and glanced at her. "You know her?"

"Uh, the last enemy I killed was the one." Mu Jin looked left and right before realizing, "It's a projection?"

"That's right, it's a projection."

The Mirror King, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "When you see this projection, it means that the real me is dead, and the century-long plan of the Mirror Kingdom has failed."

"That's not right, is it?" Mu Jin frowned. "Didn't you die a long time ago?"

“Every Mirror King has two lives.” The Mirror King walked forward. “The fact that you can see me means that I have died twice.”

Mu Jin immediately tugged at Zi Yuan, "You ran into her on the way?"

"I didn't know, I didn't notice," Ziyuan said indifferently. "I didn't find anything special."

The Mirror King waved his hand, and suddenly the entire mirror space of the backup system transformed into a magnificent palace.

“A long, long time ago…” “Shut up.”

Ziyuan immediately interrupted her, "Nobody wants to hear your story."

The Mirror King was momentarily at a loss for words. "But you also want to know the secrets of the Mirror Kingdom, don't you..."

"Not interested in."

Hibiscus whispered beside her, "What if it's related to full bloom?"

Ziyuan tilted her head slightly. "That's worth a listen."

King Mirror immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "A very, very long time..."

"You're planning to start from the beginning of time? Cut it down to under a hundred words."

Mu Jin chuckled dryly beside her, "Anyway, let's talk about things related to magical girls."

The Mirror King nodded before continuing, "The Mirror Kingdom was once a prosperous and abundant world, just like yours. We mastered magic very early on, using it as an energy source to rapidly develop our nation and benefit the world. Among them, beings named Alice were born. Like your magical girls, they possessed miracle seeds and could transform into magical constructs, possessing immense power. However, unlike you, they didn't have the concept of 'fully awakened'..."

Noticing that Shion's gaze was gradually becoming more agitated, Mirror King immediately increased his speed:

"Then one day, from an unknown time, magic could no longer be generated. No matter how hard the people of the Mirror Kingdom tried, they could no longer produce magic. What's worse, not only was magic depleted, but other energy sources also became unusable. The kingdom suddenly faced destruction."

Mu Jin asked curiously, "Why?"

"I don't know. We tried everything we could, but we couldn't solve the energy problem. Then, by chance, we discovered your world."

Ziyuan said expressionlessly, "Oh, what a coincidence."

"...Judging from past records, it is indeed a coincidence." Finding it unconvincing, the Mirror King quickly changed the subject. "Therefore, in order to continue its existence, the Mirror Kingdom had no choice but to begin trying to make contact with this world..."

"Oh, I had no choice, oh, I tried to make contact."

King Mirror was speechless for a moment.

“…Uh, there’s no need to be so aggressive.” Mu Jin coughed. “I’ve heard about these things from my friends. The Mirror Kingdom has its own difficulties, and they’re not all bad guys.”

"Oh, different perspectives."

"..."

Hearing that Mulan and Jingwang were silent, Ziyuan glanced at them and said, "What's wrong? Continue."

"How can anyone say that?"

Mu Jin sighed, "In any case, there are many people in the Mirror Kingdom who aren't bad, like Chang Geng..."

"Is this your reason for only sealing them away and not killing them all back then?"

Mu Jin cautiously looked up at Jiang Si, "Are you angry? I admit there might have been some oversights back then, but, but at that time we had just entered the Mankai realm, we couldn't really kill them all, our friend is still in the Mirror Kingdom... I'm sorry for leaving you with such a troublesome mess, don't be angry, okay?"

No one can blame you.

Shion shook her head and said, "How you deal with the Mirror Country is your freedom, and it's a right you earned through your own strength."

"Haha, it wasn't that great, but I was indeed very capable back then..."

"He's just a little stupid."

The previously smug Mu Jin immediately wilted. "Alright, alright, I guess I was stupid... Anyway, I still think it would be great if the Mirror Kingdom could obediently join us and live with everyone."

Finally, Mirror King, who had been silent all along, spoke up, "That's what we think too."

"Actually, we initially tried to make peaceful contact, asking for a territory to develop independently, but we were refused..."

Mu Jin was taken aback. "Oh, is that so?"

Then the Mirror King waved his hand, and the projected image showed the conference room where the Mirror Kingdom and the Disaster Management Bureau had spoken.

"The Disaster Management Bureau sternly rejected us. They believed we posed a great risk and could only enter this world one by one, with no more than three people in a group..."

The Mirror King said somewhat indignantly, "The Disaster Management Bureau has accepted people from another world and allowed the three of them to act together, so why can't our Mirror Kingdom?"

“Other worlds?” Shion raised an eyebrow. “Tell me more.”

"Well, we don't know which world it is either. Anyway, it was the Alices of the Mirror Kingdom who discovered it. People from other worlds got here before us and reached a cooperation agreement with the Disaster Management Bureau. That's why our Mirror Kingdom wanted to negotiate with the Disaster Management Bureau for a piece of land, but the Disaster Management Bureau refused because they thought the Mirror Kingdom was dangerous..."

Hibiscus, standing nearby, remained silent after hearing Mirror King's words, her expression unchanged, only glancing at Ziyuan.

The petite girl in purple had a serious expression, and seemed just as shocked by this history as she was.

What is Ziyuan thinking about now?

……

Is this already the beginning of entering the vast world?

Shion frowned slightly. The Mirror Kingdom already seemed to be an independent world, and now another independent world had appeared.

That doesn't make sense. According to the usual pattern, one should only realize that there are mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people when they reach the top, with one world within another.

Then the strongest in this world ascends to the next level to mine.

The vast world has come so quickly, I haven't even reached the Dou Di level yet...

Is my promotion rate too slow?

If we start counting from the beginning of my cultivation—no, from the beginning of my physical cultivation—it has already taken me more than ten years.

It is indeed a bit slow, and most of the physical advancement was completed within these two weeks.

If you put it into online novels, you could say it's a case of extremely low talent.

We need to work even harder. Once we enter the vast world, it will probably be everywhere, and we won't be able to keep up with the version soon.

At that point, we might find ourselves being bullied again...

Ziyuan was deep in thought, looking quite serious, and neither Jingwang nor Mujin dared to interrupt her for a moment.

It took her a while to take a breath, and she stopped thinking about the world around her.
"So you've confirmed that the Disaster Management Bureau's decision was correct."

Ziyuan's reply also made Mujin nod in agreement.

She had witnessed firsthand the tragedies that the Kingdom of Mirror had caused in South China.

Although he couldn't bring himself to kill everyone in the Mirror Kingdom, his friend had already proven that not everyone in the Mirror Kingdom was bad.

However, for Mu Jin, it was absolutely impossible for her to believe that the Mirror Kingdom was innocent.

Whether it's the Mirror King, or those harmful Alices, Hibiscus herself has indeed killed quite a few...

"It cannot be denied that the Mirror Kingdom was already in a very critical moment at that time. After being rejected, it wanted to seize its own living space in its own way, but it caused you huge losses and troubles. I am really sorry."

The Mirror King bowed deeply, tears streaming down his face. "But we are truly at our wits' end. Mulan, you have friends in the Mirror Kingdom, so you should know that the Mirror Kingdom is truly desperate, which is why we chose this method. We hope you can give the Mirror Kingdom another chance, just one. When you sealed the Mirror Kingdom, wasn't it because you hoped that the Mirror Kingdom could live in peace with you in the future?"

Mu Jin's expression was complicated. "We really hope that everyone can live together peacefully..."

King Mirror finally breathed a sigh of relief, his face filled with emotion, "Thank you so much..."

"However, the decision-making power is not with us now."

Mu Jin tugged at Zi Yuan beside her, "We used to have the power to give you opportunities because we had the strength to bear the consequences, but now we don't have that strength anymore, so the decision-making power is naturally no longer with us."

Ziyuan glanced at Mujin, who was using An Shiyu's face, with some surprise, and nodded, "This child is teachable."

I thought this magical girl would continue to be naive.

Hibiscus smiled at the compliment, then shrugged. "Anyway, you'll have to ask Shion."

King Mirror stood there, stunned, and had just turned his head away.

With a casual wave of her hand, Ziyuan unleashed a surge of purple magic that instantly engulfed the entire space!

They returned to the mirror space of the backup system from the projection showing the suffering of the Mirror Kingdom.

The Mirror King's projection was also torn apart.

"There's no need to beg anymore. It's useless anyway. In our cultivation world, there's no such thing as letting a tiger return to the mountain."

Mu Jin opened her mouth slightly, then sighed.

He apologized to Chang Geng in his heart.

No one could criticize her decisions, nor could anyone change them.

Ziyuan wouldn't interfere.

Therefore, she has no way to interfere with or say anything about Shion's decision now.

Because the power to decide the fate of the Mirror Kingdom now rests in Shion's hands.

King Mirror immediately realized his mistake and knelt on the ground, "We really know we were wrong! We really know we were wrong, please give us another chance!"

"Don't you know you're wrong?"

Ziyuan shattered the projection with a single palm strike. "You all know you're going to die."

Hibiscus stared blankly as Shion rejected the Mirror Kingdom's request, then picked up the backup files in the system.

As he was about to leave, he suddenly turned back to look at her and emphasized:
“It comes from the sword.”

(End of this chapter)