Chapter 2824: The Lethal Power of Mirror Space
"BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!" The instrument emitted a sharp screech, and at the same time, Miss Zeng on the hospital bed struggled in agony. She did not wake up, but blood flowed from her ears and eyes!
"Miss Zeng's mental state is collapsing!" The expert quickly manipulated the instrument, trying to interrupt the treatment, but they were outside the room, which was already within Xu Huo's spiritual realm—completely beyond their interference.
Realizing that the drug could not be successfully injected, the expert pushed Tang Xu aside and rushed toward the room. Tang Xu, also wearing protective gear, first glanced at Xu Huo, who sat motionless nearby, before following into the room.
Unfortunately, neither he nor the expert leading the way had any chance of entering the room. A single "Get out" came from inside, and the group instinctively turned and walked out.
Even though they regained their senses the moment they turned around, Tang Xu and the experts were still stunned. They were wearing professional anti-interference protective suits, currently the best method for blocking mental influence in the industry. Yet even so, they had failed to resist Xu Huo's command—this far exceeded the limits of their research!
The hospital room door closed again. Miss Zeng on the bed had calmed down, her breathing steady, seemingly out of immediate danger for now.
Xu Huo maintained his original posture.
The two faced each other in the spiritual realm.
The "Dou Shengnan" pierced by the white materialized object showed a pained expression, but she was not the real Dou Shengnan. Realizing this, Xu Huo immediately pulled back his attack.
Yet even as he circled the "Dou Shengnan" to observe, he could find no flaw. The red-tiled cottage had no other concentrated mental entities matching the situation. In other words, if the person before him was not Miss Zeng, then Miss Zeng's autonomous consciousness might have been completely unable to materialize within her own spiritual realm.
After failing to awaken Miss Zeng through attempts, Xu Huo thought his mental strength might be insufficient, so he decided to try "Mirror Space."
"Mirror Space" was a deep-dimensional evolution of the spiritual realm. It could reverse the people and objects within the spiritual world—turning the intangible into something that could be passed through, shifting from ordinary items to people. This was a deeper level of mental interference. Before Xu Huo's spatial evolution, he could already achieve mental control, but he had never used it in a clash of spiritual realms.
After another mental evolution within mobile space, the intensity and range of "Mirror Space" had increased. However, he was unsure of its effect when deployed within a spiritual realm. Previously, "Mirror Space" had only locked onto ordinary players. To avoid irreversible consequences, he first tested it on himself.
But unexpectedly, under the cover of the spiritual realm, he did not fall from his chair or the floor. The moment "Mirror Space" enveloped him, three personality projections appeared behind him in succession, as if shedding from his body. But in an instant, the three shadows retracted back into him.
He only maintained the attempt for a brief moment before retracting "Mirror Space." Although there was a slight shockwave sensation, it was not unpleasant—rather, it felt strange. It also deviated from Xu Huo's expectations.
He had originally intended to use "Mirror Space" to enhance mental control, thereby influencing Miss Zeng more deeply and freeing her from the shadow of "Dou Shengnan." Whether she fell through the hospital bed to the floor was a minor issue.
But unexpectedly, when he applied it to himself, the original effect of "Mirror Space" disappeared, instead triggering his multiple personalities.
Each personality represented a part of his spirit. Did concentrating mental energy to deploy "Mirror Space" within the spiritual realm directly affect a person's psyche?
However, the brief moment did not damage his brain. Was it due to the limitations of the spiritual realm? Or was "Mirror Space" simply not that potent in this regard?
This could be explored later. Xu Huo turned his attention back to the "Dou Shengnan" ahead. When he activated "Mirror Space" on her, Miss Zeng's face appeared behind her shadow. Miss Zeng's expression was strained, as if trying to break free but unable to truly escape "Dou Shengnan." Within just two or three seconds, she instead clutched her head in pain, unable to maintain her composure.
Outside, Miss Zeng had already fallen through the bed. If the materialized object had not caught her, she would have hit the floor straight. By then, "Mirror Space" had been retracted, but she still could not stop convulsing, blood seeping from her eyes, ears, nose, and mouth!
Xu Huo opened his eyes to check on her condition. After controlling the instrument to administer a small dose of sedative, he refocused on the red-tiled cottage.
Miss Zeng's spiritual realm was collapsing severely. The streets had been completely destroyed. The forest world, tunnel world, and black world twisted around the cottage, gradually eroding her core materialized object.
Fortunately, after the recent shock, Miss Zeng had been separated from the shadow of "Dou Shengnan." She collapsed to the ground, trembling in pain, unable to regain her focus.
Her autonomous consciousness had been suppressed, making it impossible to control her spiritual realm. That was why she had been trapped here, her mind as muddled as paste.
The childhood personality returned. In his right hand, he held a clump of dirt and a leaf; in his left, a black cube.
Another familiar object.
"Destroy it," Xu Huo said with a frown.
The childhood personality squeezed his hands. The dirt, the leaf, and the black cube all turned into flowing sand, drifting into the air and gradually disappearing.
The multiple spiritual realms entangled around Miss Zeng vanished. Her original spiritual realm began to return to normal. The streets extended outward from the cottage again—compact, warm buildings, bright and colorful paintings, streetlights flickering on one by one, stretching far into the distance...
"Beep, beep, beep!" The instruments in the hospital room emitted steady signals. The person on the bed slowly opened her eyes.
Xu Huo retracted his spiritual realm, stood up, opened the hospital room door, and said to those outside, "Check on Miss Zeng first. I want to talk to her in half an hour."
The experts could not even hear him; they rushed into the room in a swarm. Tang Xu was also excited but still managed to nod hastily in agreement.
Xu Huo found a spot in the hallway outside to sit down, replaying the recent events in his mind.
There was no doubt that "Mirror Space" could affect both people and their spirits. Miss Zeng's severe mental trauma at the end was because the intensity of "Mirror Space" far exceeded her capacity to endure. He did not need to do anything else—the multiplied mental force from "Mirror Space" alone could cause her to collapse directly.
As for the state it presented on himself, it was likely related to his own mental endurance. This was an unexpected gain. In a contest of equal spiritual realms, as long as he locked onto the opponent's autonomous consciousness and activated "Mirror Space," it was equivalent to a fatal blow, even skipping the step of materialized object combat.
He looked up at the light on the ceiling. "Mirror Space"—this was an evolution that appeared after the childhood personality was fully integrated.