Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

Xiang Xiang did as he was told. Xiao Lu took a spare metal bar that he had used as a medium, tied it to the front of a long rope, and sank it into the sea. This was a very simple way to test the water depth.

Soon, the metal bar sank to a certain distance.

And then—disappeared.

"—It's gotten lighter!" Xiaolu immediately pulled back the rope and, using Yu Man as a reference, simply calculated the depth. "Eels, at depths less than four meters, will behave strangely. They seem to be able to swallow things and make them disappear."

"Let me try." The magician has his own way.

Open the magic book and mobilize elements and magic power.

An ice spike hung in the air along with Yu Man's finger.

"Enter!"

Its invasion caused a stir in the blue hole.

But even so——

When it sank to the same depth, it also disappeared silently.

At a depth of less than four meters, something invisible existed. At first glance, it still appeared to be the depth of a blue hole, but in reality, it was a false barrier, preventing foreign objects from sinking deeper.

Yu Man immediately had several speculations.

However, it is very simple to verify them - especially for those who have a connection with the ice element.

"Get out of the way, everyone." Yu Man waved his hand.

"What are you doing? Eel."

"Let's find a new home for them in the sea first."

freeze.

At first, there was a chill on the surface of the blue hole.

But it rapidly devoured the waters both horizontally and vertically until they were completely frozen.

Yu Man has now maxed out his ice magic and is very adept at it. Although he can't do something as exaggerated as the Ice Prison Dragon to freeze the entire ocean, he can easily create a small blue hole like this.

Frozen, then uprooted by Yu Man——

A lump of ice that looked like an ice cream rose up from the water with a loud bang, and then smashed into the sea not far away.

But it is not completely frozen, it is just frozen into a closed ice block, and the sea water and organisms inside are still normal.

"Country people should go to the city to try their luck..." Yu Man thawed the ice cubes and gently placed them in the sea, saying a joke that no one could possibly understand. "Oh, man, this one time I've caught more fish than a traveler would catch in his entire life."

"Hey, pumping water is considered fishing?"

Joking with each other, they both looked down at the blue hole that once existed.

“…That’s really the only part that’s seawater.”

"What is this?"

Or rather - the wonder of the present.

It was no longer sea water, but a mirror reflecting the sky.

As if stolen from the sky, a round sky fell into it.

"Eel, I swear I don't want to jump in."

"As expected of 8.2, the entrance is quite mysterious..." But Yu Man has already figured out some of the tricks.

Although it is extremely rare, this might be a chance encounter.

The so-called...copy that can lead to other worlds.

It’s not the other world in the sense of reality—it’s just some small world created by special magic or equipment, and powerful beings.

Although it is rare to be isolated from the world, there are some that do exist.

Occasionally, a dungeon ticket would appear above level 10. This 8.2 treasure map actually involved something of this magnitude? Yu Man was also a little unsure. Could it be that the "Three Secrets" had deliberately created this thing as punishment for tampering with the gambling results...

——That’s good too.

Yu Man called upon the elements and constructed a ladder.

It starts from Yu Man's feet, winding downward and spinning towards the sky.

"Let's go."

Seeing Yu Man walking down fearlessly, everyone could only follow him.

Soon, the distance of two floors was completed.

The mirror was right under their feet; if they stepped out, they would step into it. But now, in addition to the sky, it also reflected the stairs and their figures.

"What to do, eel?"

"Nothing, I'll go in and take a look first. You guys stay and wait for my signal."

"...Shouldn't it be me, the swordsman, who goes down?"

"Then you still ask me what to do?"

After saying that, Yu Man smiled and waved his hand, then continued walking down.

Because - the stairs are far from over.

Her toes touched the mirror and then landed on the next step.

It feels like stepping into the sky, it feels very soft - the sense of reality is a little lost.

Yu Man didn't hesitate and continued to go down.

One step, two steps—until the whole body was encompassed by the sky.

……

Using the mirror as the dividing line, Yu Man climbed the stairs.

Starting from the sky, heading towards the upside-down city.

"This is indeed true, Cat Senior, did you see it? It's a very interesting place."

This is indeed a small world, where the rules, structure, and even magic are completely different.

Moreover, after entering, Yu Man had a negative state——

Losing the truth

She could feel that her soul and body were being eroded by a natural force... no, it would be better to call it assimilation.

Just as corpses are recycled and reused by nature, people become part of society by participating in it.

Now, this negative state is also gradually assimilating Yu Man.

It is gradually depriving Yu Man of the truth, and then trying to replace it with falsehood.

"The dungeon's unique environmental negative status... should be of a limited duration. The assimilation speed is very slow, but if it's delayed for too long, it will probably cause serious problems..."

In other words, everything here should be false because it is immersed in falsehood.

But even so——

This is also a beautiful place.

This upside-down little city is a patchwork of oddities, its whimsical structures haphazardly arranged, miniature yet elegant.

Looking down, the sky hanging above the city is torn into pieces.

A large number of mirrors - reflecting different corners of the sky, and then put together to form a whole piece.

Some are clear and cloudless, while others are welcoming the sunset.

Some were covered with thick altocumulus clouds, while others brought gloomy and sudden rain.

They are like completely wrong puzzle pieces, cut together very strangely.

And then——"Fairy City".

This name is displayed on Yu Man’s player map.

After confirming everything, Yu Man planned to walk back. However, when she turned around, she could only see the scenery outside the mirror.

They looked concerned and worried, the stairs going up, and the narrow sky above.

But Yu Man couldn't touch the outside.

"Alas, if it's enabled for a limited time, you can't reset it... Never mind, let's play together."

She climbed the stairs and walked towards the so-called Fairy City.

While typing to the deer: "Come on, let's go to the Fairy City for a stroll."

at the same time--

The words the little deer outside received were an exact mirror image of the situation.

But no matter what, she jumped in.

After all, even if the words were mirrored, she could still see what the words "Come on" meant.

There was no other choice, so the Fate Changer, the Ice Dragon, and Xiang Xiang all followed. If any of them were alone, they probably wouldn't have gone. But being with others gave them a strange sense of security: "If we die, we die together, but I have a feeling you'll find a way."

"Welcome to the city of fairies."

Yu Man was waiting on the steps. Although he was just one step ahead, he bowed as if he was already a local.

But no matter what, now - the mirror they came from now reflects the sky without any obstruction.

Yu Man continued:

"If we can't get this copy done right away, I'm afraid the cost will be high... We are losing our true self."

Her reminder made everyone realize this.

Yu Man observed carefully and found that every teammate was walking into the false world. Regardless of class, attributes, true body or reflection, everyone's speed was the same.

Everyone's face looked very bad, and at the same time, their attention was attracted by this strange little world.

The only good news is—the deer exclaimed: "It gave me a lot of traveler experience."

"Maybe that's fake too." Yu Man joked.

"...Woo."

"Let's go. Anyway, the original path is dead and there's no way back."

Stairs made of ice stretched upwards - leading to the strange city that was cobbled together from all sides.

169·Everything is difficult at the beginning

"What a strange place." The deer commented after they climbed a hundred steps.

Yu Man nodded.

This world is indeed not normal. Every step forward brings the body closer to melting.

The city was still some distance away, but I could already make out a few figures bustling about. They were small and slow, like drunken flies, flitting around in the upside-down city, yet lacking any sense of reality.

The world itself is assimilating all visitors - Yu Man understood this.

It seems that the time limit of this copy is more stringent than imagined.

"Eel, I don't feel well. This book." The deer spoke his mind again, "It feels abnormal and weird."

"Well, because we are residents of that world over there, and this is another small world... Our lives are incompatible with here, but the rules of this world are tempering us... This is not a good thing."

"That……"

"Don't worry too much, it's only 8.2, the strategy shouldn't be that demanding."

Although he said so, Yu Manshang still had no idea. After all, there was no clue so far.

In that case, let's find some local people to get some information.

Getting closer to the city, but the city residents haven't come to welcome them yet? Then take the initiative and knock on the door.