Dream Walker: Feng Shui Master Bai Ya

Shang Muchen thought that Ashiya Renzaburo's disheveled state during the battle at least proved one thing: Fujiwara Eikichi was probably not lying, and they were indeed in trouble.

If you want to rescue Ashiya Ninzaburo, fighting for him will be useless; you will also fall into the illusion caused by the energy vortex.

After much thought, Shang Muchen suddenly remembered the idea he had used when he helped the car factory owner install the "Mountain Climbing" sculpture—

To break a stalemate, one doesn't need to disrupt the existing layout, but rather to create a new situation—in Liu Qingyang's words, "upgrade to a higher dimension."

The current formation is clearly a two-dimensional formation. Ashiya Ninzaburo is trapped precisely because he has nowhere to go and has completely lost his sense of direction.

Shang Muchen observed from above that Ashiya Renzaburo was wielding a pair of samurai swords, exhausted, and aimlessly slashing at the illusion. Although he was able to "kill" the enemy each time, more enemies were created as a result.

He thought he was running in a specific direction, but in fact, he was just going around in circles in an area of ​​less than 100 square meters.

Shang Muchen could even see that Ashiya Renzaburo, as a human, was also emanating an energy vortex.

This energy vortex wrapped Ashiya Ninzaburo like a ball of yarn, and was caught up in the larger energy vortex in the surrounding area, constantly spinning, swaying, hitting the walls, and being bounced back.

Ashiya Ninzaburo stumbled and staggered like a pinball in a pachinko machine, bumping and tumbling all over the place.

It's like a small spinning top trapped in a large iron basin, spinning rapidly on its own. If it bumps into the basin wall, it will be bounced away.

Shang Muchen realized that at this moment, it was probably impossible to make Ashiya Renzaburo brake suddenly and stop the car.

If you want to stop a rapidly spinning top, there are only two ways: either force it with a huge external force far exceeding its centrifugal force, or apply a rotation of the same speed but in the opposite direction to it, thereby counteracting its angular momentum.

There's nowhere to find external force right now, but there are ways to find a force in the opposite direction.

Shang Muchen saw clearly that not far away, another vortex was spinning at high speed, which was probably another trap in the formation.

If we can make use of it, perhaps we can neutralize the vortex that trapped Ashiya Ninzaburo.

However, within the entire formation, all the rotating energy vortexes are rotating in the same direction, clockwise.

How can you turn a clockwise spinning top around?

Shang Muchen suddenly remembered that when he visited the screw factory a couple of days ago, he saw that the screw factory used a Möbius conveyor belt to reverse the rotation direction of the gears, thereby producing some special self-tapping screws with unusual angles.

As a liberal arts student, Shang Muchen couldn't understand how that magical machine worked at all, and he had to ask Secretary Luo to explain it to him in detail.

To change the direction of a rotating screw, you don't necessarily need to flip the screw itself; you only need to rotate the space around it.

So, the question is, how do you make a Möbius strip?

Shang Muchen continued to carefully observe the terrain and discovered a garden and corridor that were not yet under construction in the distance. He could use this terrain to create a Möbius strip.

If we can force another energy vortex to turn around in the form of a Möbius strip, then we can definitely neutralize the energy of the vortex that is trapping Ashiya Ninzaburo, thereby freeing him.

Having thoroughly figured out the plan, Shang Muchen focused his mind and turned his attention back to the small hill. He said to Fujiwara Eikichi, "I've figured it out. Your master is behind those buildings not far away."

However, we cannot go in this direction, as it would put us in the same predicament as him.

"If you intend to save your master, you must come with me."

"Okay! I'll do as you say."

"Mu Chen, what do you plan to do?" Xiao Jie asked.

"If any of you also want to venture deeper into that area to search for the Deer Cry Arrow, you'd better stick close to me," Shang Muchen said earnestly.

"Indeed, someone has set up a rather elaborate formation ahead. Although I don't know much about Qimen Dunjia, I can roughly see some of the basic principles behind it."

"If you don't follow me and wander off on your own, you'll definitely fall into illusions and confusion, and ultimately trap yourselves."

"Stop trying to be mysterious, you're like a mantis trying to rip a durian out of your chest!" Wu Biao said, scoffing. "I don't believe in any of that Qimen Dunjia stuff, it's all just superstition!"

Curly-haired Fang Xuan advised, "Dude, I know you have a lot of energy to spare."

Whether you believe it or not, just follow along, you won't lose anything.

"When we need to hit someone, we'll let you hit them, is that not allowed?"

Shang Muchen ignored their discussions, carefully slid down the earthen slope, bypassed the main road leading to the construction site, went down to the bottom of the un-watered landscape canal, turned northeast, and then laboriously climbed up the river embankment to the edge of the construction site.

The others followed Shang Muchen and took a detour.

"Why do you insist on climbing the riverbank when there's a main road? You must be seriously ill," Wu Biao complained.

Shang Muchen was too lazy to explain to him, and said to the others, "From now on, no matter what you see or hear, don't believe it."

You have not undergone spiritual training, and your senses will deceive you.

All information received through the senses is unreliable. You must trust me unconditionally, or you will be in trouble.

Did you understand?

"No problem," Fujiwara Eikichi replied earnestly.

Xiao Jie and Fang Xuan nodded in agreement. Wu Biao looked resentful, but didn't say anything.

After giving several instructions, Shang Muchen focused intently on using his "inner eye" and, guided by his intuition, slowly walked into the construction site.

From the ground, even with the "mind's eye," those energy vortices were completely invisible.

Shang Muchen felt as if he had stepped into a steaming bathhouse. The locations that were visually interpreted as energy vortices when viewed from above now resembled steaming hot bathtubs.

All the heat converged at the same time, creating a hazy, damp, and sticky atmosphere. It was difficult to discern which pool these scattered wisps of energy, resembling steam from a public bathhouse, were emanating from.

However, with Shang Muchen's "sharp eyes," he could at least ensure that he wouldn't accidentally slip from the slippery tile floor into a hot water pool he couldn't see clearly in the obstructed view of the bathhouse and burn himself.

Shang Muchen carefully avoided the rotating energy vortex, trying to avoid falling into a trap, and slowly walked towards an energy vortex that could be used, next to the one that Ashiya Renzaburo was trapped in.

This is it! I have to take this chance, no matter what. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your shoes. Without it, I can't get Ashiya Ninzaburo out.

Shang Muchen gritted his teeth and stepped into the energy vortex he intended to utilize.