"You were just caught in an illusion technique and have been talking to yourself all along," Senior Brother Yun Tian explained to Ye Tianfan.

"An illusion technique?" At this moment, Ye Tianfan felt deeply incredulous. That is to say, he had never actually escaped the illusion technique. Everything that happened in between was fake; the Beiyao Tree, Senior Brother Yun Tian's severe injuries—none of it was real.

"Senior Brother, do you know the Beiyao Tree?" Ye Tianfan asked, because he was uncertain if the Beiyao Tree was something that truly existed or if it was merely a product of his imagination.

"Beiyao Tree? What is that?"

As expected, the Beiyao Tree was indeed something Ye Tianfan had imagined. But the whole scenario felt so real that it was impossible for it to have been just an illusion. Yet if it wasn't imagined, then why didn't Senior Brother Yun Tian know anything about the Beiyao Tree?

However, Ye Tianfan still felt very incredulous. He had not expected that he would fall into an illusion technique, especially one that had deceived him for so long. If it weren't for Senior Brother Yun Tian waking him up, he probably would never have come to.

But then Ye Tianfan became suspicious. If he was still in an illusion technique now, then were all the things around him fake as well?

With this thought in his mind, Ye Tianfan couldn't stay calm any longer.

He kept thinking about this, and a thought like this usually occurs when someone has been deceived by an illusion technique for too long, causing them to doubt reality.

At this moment, Ye Tianfan didn't know whether he was in reality or not, so he remained vigilant, which was indeed a good thing.

The most incredible thing for Ye Tianfan was that time seemed to have returned to when they first arrived here; it practically hadn't consumed much time at all.

This was something that made Ye Tianfan feel somewhat uneasy.

It was at this moment that Ye Tianfan suddenly felt an indescribable sense of strangeness nearby. Exactly what it was, Ye Tianfan couldn't quite articulate, but he just had a feeling that everything nearby was terribly unreal. Not just people, but even the surrounding environment felt somewhat unreal to Ye Tianfan.

Therefore, when Ye Tianfan landed, he imbued some spiritual power into his hand and reached out to scratch the wall, which seemed unexpectedly brittle.

"What's wrong, Junior Brother Tianfan? You've been acting a bit off since a moment ago. Is it because you haven't fully recovered from the illusion technique?" Seeing Ye Tianfan's strangeness, Senior Brother Yun Tian quickly came over to check on him to see what was going on.

If it was indeed due to the illusion technique earlier, it would be wise for Ye Tianfan to rest first. Otherwise, if a battle were to break out later, it could be very dangerous.

"It's nothing, nothing, just feeling a bit unreal still; I'll be fine after a short rest," Ye Tianfan said unemotionally because the way Senior Brother Yun Tian approached him felt extremely out of place. It wasn't about his actions; rather, the entire person gave Ye Tianfan a feeling that was incongruous with the surroundings.

In fact, it wasn't just Senior Brother Yun Tian who gave him this feeling; Bai Feng, Array Eight, and Lu Waner all gave him this sensation too.

But when Ye Tianfan realized the sense of discord, this feeling disappeared, and they gave him a sense of perfectly blending with the world.

And it was precisely this feeling that made Ye Tianfan feel increasingly uneasy. How could one possibly feel that someone is perfectly in harmony with the world?

Logically speaking, when you look at a person, you just see them, with no other feelings. Even if there are other feelings, they are just about the person's appearance or your impression of them, thus affecting your ultimate perception of them.

But to look at someone and feel as if they're not from this world is uncanny. That someone integrates with this world so seamlessly surely can't be known to have come from somewhere else.

Or to have a feeling that this person fits perfectly in this world, as a native inhabitant.

It's impossible to get such a feeling.

Yet somehow, that's exactly the sensation Ye Tianfan could perceive now.

Moreover, whenever he discovered something inconsistent with his own perception, he'd soon feel it was just too much in line with his impressions upon reassessment.

This feeling made Ye Tianfan feel that the world was becoming increasingly unreal, but simultaneously, the world seemed even more real to him.

At this moment, Ye Tianfan had concluded in his heart that either there was something abnormal with himself, or there was something abnormal with the world.

So Ye Tianfan asked Senior Brother Yun Tian, "By the way, Senior Brother Yun Tian, weren't Lu Waner and the others supposed to be protecting the surviving masses? How did they end up with us?"

This question stemmed from the doubts Ye Tianfan had upon waking because, if he remembered correctly, they initially had Array Eight set up a formation and protect the survivors. Meanwhile, Lu Waner was responsible for treating the survivors and researching how the brainless creatures were formed. The Tuku brothers were ordered to stall for time, as the Too Earthy Peak sect was particularly skilled in Defensive Immortal Techniques.

If problems arose among the survivors, they would signal with flares, relying on Array Eight and the Tuku brothers to buy time. Regardless of the enemy's strength, at least they could delay for a while.

Barely able to buy time, Ye Tianfan and the others would have a better chance of arriving in time.

But now seeing Array Eight, Lu Waner, and the Tuku brothers all in the team, Ye Tianfan was puzzled and asked.

Senior Brother Yun Tian began to answer, "Here's what happened. Array Eight added several layers to the formation, which is enough to protect the survivors, so..."

Before Senior Brother Yun Tian finished speaking, Ye Tianfan forcibly altered his own perception. In his original perception, it was as Senior Brother Yun Tian explained. But in the new perception, Ye Tianfan painted Lu Waner as a capricious young woman who insisted on tagging along because of her overwhelming fondness for Senior Brother Yun Tian.

Hence, before Senior Brother Yun Tian could finish, his complexion suddenly changed from composed to helpless. Then, with a resigned tone, he explained to Ye Tianfan, "Sigh, originally Lu Waner and Array Eight were supposed to stay to protect the survivors, but Lu Waner insisted on coming along. Thus, we had no choice but to have Array Eight add more layers to the formation and allow Lu Waner to join us instead..."

Ye Tianfan once again altered his perception, this time imagining that the survivors had all been killed, and now Ye Tianfan and his group were going to avenge them.

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