# 725
Chapter 726: The Escaped Mirror Disaster
The ruins.
After Lin Qiye and the others departed, the entire ruins fell into a deathly silence.
Before the black temple, pools of water lay quietly on the gouged ground. Suddenly, ripples spread across the water's surface, and a silver-robed figure appeared in the mirror-like reflection, stepping out onto the water's surface.
The Oracle Envoy of the Mirror Disaster from [Pure Land].
His gaze swept across the demon and monster bones around him, finally landing on the black temple. His eyes narrowed slightly.
Since being severely wounded by Yuzuri Kurotetsu in Osaka, the silver-robed Oracle Envoy had been hiding in the mirror world, secretly following Lin Qiye and the others. Since only he could enter the mirror world he inhabited, even Lin Qiye's spiritual perception couldn't detect his presence.
He had been healing his wounds while covertly tracking Lin Qiye and Amemiya Haruki, following them all the way from Osaka to Hokkaido, and then to these ruins.
Originally, he had only wanted to find an opportunity to kill the invaders and the [Ghost Face] wanted criminals, but he had accidentally discovered this mysterious place—a location even the Oracle Envoys had not noticed!
The silver-robed Oracle Envoy stepped forward. A silver ring of light flashed in his left eye, locking onto the orb in the hand of the Amaterasu statue. Moments later, an electronic voice sounded in his ear:
"Unknown energy fluctuation detected. Analyzing...
Analysis complete. Energy match to 'King's Blood' is 97%. Energy concentration is 3,642 times that of 'King's Blood', with significant impurities. High risk of fatality..."
Upon hearing these words, the silver-robed Oracle Envoy's brow furrowed.
"Significant impurities..."
After hesitating for a moment, he still did not extend his hand toward the silver orb. Instead, his form flickered, and he charged toward another direction.
When he stopped again, he stood before an ancient vermilion torii gate.
On the pillars of this torii gate rested a pixel-style positioning device.
The silver-robed Oracle Envoy looked at the torii gate before him, excitement flickering in his eyes.
Could this... be the exit from the "Human Enclosure"?
In the mirror world, he had clearly witnessed Jialan and others walking out from it. If his guess was correct, beyond this torii gate lay the world outside the Yata Mirror!
That was the world the Oracle Envoys had dreamed of!
The silver-robed Oracle Envoy licked his lips, his eyes gleaming. He took a deep breath, stepped into the vermilion torii gate, and his figure vanished on the spot.
After a spell of dizziness, he arrived at the deep-sea floor off the coast of Japan.
Fortunately, the silver-robed Oracle Envoy was himself a modified human and required no diving equipment, able to survive and move easily in the deep sea. He swam swiftly through the water, rising slowly from the gap in the enormous bronze mirror, ascending toward the surface.
After an unknown length of time, his figure burst from the churning waves.
Hazy fog surrounded him, endless seawater rippled beneath the dim sky, and the silver-robed Oracle Envoy drifted among the waves. His eyes swept rapidly across his surroundings, the silver ring in his left eye seemingly searching for something.
Moments later, his gaze locked onto a ship not far away.
It was the ship Jialan and the others had sailed from Great Xia.
The silver-robed Oracle Envoy swam to the ship's edge and leaped from the sea, landing steadily on the deck. Only now could he clearly see the coastline in the distance.
Under the dim sky, the ruins of Japan's coast emanated a deep, dead silence. Fog shrouded everything, like a gray giant hand strangling all life. As far as the eye could see, a chilling terror pervaded the air.
That... was the real Japan!
Seeing this scene, the silver-robed Oracle Envoy showed no sadness. Instead, he grew even more excited!
He had truly escaped that damned "Human Enclosure"! He had found the path back to the real world!
After gazing at the ruined Japan for a long while, the silver-robed Oracle Envoy turned and walked into the ship's cabin. He opened the positioning device inside, and an electronic sea chart appeared on the screen.
The silver ring in the Oracle Envoy's eye flickered, and he instantly mastered the ship's controls, deeply imprinting the route this ship had taken into his memory...
He knew where this ship had come from.
"A nation in the real world, then..." The silver-robed Oracle Envoy stared at a certain region on the map, a cold smile curling his lips. "How... thrilling."
...
[Pure Land].
An Qingyu closed the screen before her, closed her eyes to rest, and let out a long breath.
"Finally finished reading..."
Jiang Er's form drifted to his back, blinking his eyes. His voice emerged from An Qingyu's Bluetooth earpiece. "Did you really read it all? That was dozens of gigabytes of documents!"
"Mm." An Qingyu nodded. "Though it took almost two weeks, I now fully understand this country and the truth about these Oracle Envoys."
With those words, An Qingyu walked to the massive floor-to-ceiling window at the edge of [Pure Land], gazing down at the tiny city far below, murmuring to himself, "If I'm not mistaken... Takamagahara has a problem."
"Takamagahara?" Jiang Er asked, puzzled. "The Japanese divine realm—what could possibly be wrong with it? There are a large number of Japanese deities living inside."
An Qingyu shook his head.
"Do you remember when I told you about the 'Human Enclosure' a couple of days ago? This entire country was a world created by the gods of Takamagahara to collect worship. To maintain the daily operations of this 'Human Enclosure', the gods of Takamagahara chose a local Japanese technology company when the mist descended, and used means to ensure its survival.
The name of this chosen company was [Pure Land].
The research areas of [Pure Land] Company were extensive—biology, genetics, and even included energy applications... When the old Japan was destroyed by the mist and the 'Human Enclosure' was born, [Pure Land] Company achieved a technological leap forward using the partial divine power support granted by Takamagahara.
The seven high-level executives of [Pure Land] at the time abandoned all their employees, using artificial intelligence and automated production technology to build their new headquarters—here, a saucer-shaped object hovering above Tokyo.
Then, they used technological means to modify their own bodies and, through the Infinity technology's replication techniques and the massive accumulation of soul fuel after the old Japan's destruction, achieved 'immortality'. They took on the responsibility of managing the 'Human Enclosure' on behalf of the gods, possessed supernatural powers, called themselves 'Oracle Envoys', and ruled this nation for a hundred years."