24: The reflected world

However, the hand Cheng Yang extended grabbed nothing.

His body felt like it was falling endlessly into a bottomless abyss, plummeting into another world projected by the water on the ground.

The Mysterious Person seemed to notice Cheng Yang's movement, turned around, and a pair of green eyes stared at him.

Under the gaze of those eyes, Cheng Yang felt as if everything around him disappeared.

Under immense pressure, a pair of green pupils seemed to emerge from the rain clouds in the sky.

And he was as tiny as an ant being watched.

He watched helplessly as he fell into the other world reflected in the water.

'What's going on!'

'Is this the Flame Monster's doing!'

Cheng Yang desperately tried to stabilize himself during the fall, clutching the Summoner tightly in his hand, ready to transform at any moment.

The Mysterious Person merely glanced at him, his lips moving as if muttering something, then turned and walked into the rain, ignoring Cheng Yang.

"This isn't the Flame Monster's doing."

"And this Mysterious Person with the ring is not the same Mysterious Person who appeared at the Flame Monster scene earlier."

Lin Ti, who had been observing the outside world, detected an anomaly.

Based on the knowledge he had refined from the database during this period, Lin Ti's insight was different from that of a Summoner.

Cheng Yang seemed to have, by a strange twist of fate, entered a spatial rift.

Spatial rifts are extremely difficult to form and are considered bugs in this world.

A spatial rift is like a wound on this world; if there are no special circumstances, with the passage of time, it would only take a few minutes for the world's self-healing ability to repair the rift.

However, this spatial rift was clearly not so ordinary.

It had not been repaired by this world.

That meant there was something inside this "wound" that was preventing it from healing.

Lin Ti was not sure what this thing was.

But the fact that it could prevent the world from healing was enough to indicate that this thing was definitely not ordinary.

Lin Ti was very interested.

It was important to note that the materials his Melting skill could melt were not just Monster Crystals.

Many items, even stones, he could melt into cards.

However, the power would be extremely weak and meaningless.

But if it was an item or material containing special power, he could melt out something more powerful.

It was just that Cheng Yang basically had no access to items with special powers; what he could access were only crystals containing monster power.

This item, which maintained the existence of the spatial rift and prevented the world from healing, clearly possessed some kind of special power.

For Lin Ti, it was not only useful for Melting cards but also for research, for mirroring, and for deciphering the obscure and difficult-to-understand knowledge in the database; its value was extraordinary.

"Summoner, don't disappoint me, find that item!"

"I will definitely put some truly good stuff on the shelves for you!"

Cheng Yang could not hear Lin Ti's thoughts.

At this moment, his mind was entirely focused on the Mysterious Person he had just encountered, wanting to defeat him and obtain more information about this world.

His body was still falling.

But Cheng Yang had already maintained his balance in the air and pulled out the Summoner.

However, the next second, his falling body suddenly stopped.

The entire world flipped upside down, and his falling body actually fell back upwards, slamming heavily onto the waterlogged road with a dull thud, his body completely soaked and his back aching.

He gripped the Summoner tightly, drew out the Light armor card, ready to transform at any moment.

However, looking around, he realized that the bustling street, previously filled with cars and people, was now empty.

Lai Guang City, under the night rain, was plunged into a deathly silence.

The lights were still flashing, the traffic lights were still changing, and the rain was still pouring.

But in the entire world, it seemed he was the only one left.

He quickly looked around, his steps creating frantic ripples in the accumulated water.

But still, no one was in sight.

It wasn't until he looked at the accumulated water reflecting the world beneath his feet that he realized.

In the accumulated water, Lai Guang City was reflected, with cars coming and going, pedestrians with umbrellas waiting at traffic lights, just as usual.

It was then that Cheng Yang realized he had fallen into another "Lai Guang City" reflected in the accumulated water.

An empty, eerily silent "Lai Guang City" that made one fearful.

He quickly squatted down and reached into the accumulated water towards the other side reflected.

However, what he touched was only the hard ground beneath the accumulated water.

He was trapped in this phantom-like world of water!

Ding—

[You have fallen into a spatial rift. Please find the core of this spatial rift.]

With a crisp sound, a line of text appeared on the Summoner.

Looking at that line of text, Cheng Yang's inner unease finally subsided.

Since the Summoner had displayed such a prompt, it meant that everything was still under control.

He still had a way to leave this water reflection.

Standing up, Cheng Yang surveyed the silent world around him, gripping the Summoner tightly.

A personalized map guide appeared on the Summoner, directing Cheng Yang to the core of the spatial rift.

Which was the special item that maintained the existence of the spatial rift.

"The distance is a bit far."

"In that case…"

He fumbled for the Motorcycle F card from his person and inserted it into the Summoner.

Click!

"Motorcycle F!"

A flash of golden light, and a handsome silver Motorcycle was summoned, landing in front of him.

The Motorcycle looked quite stylish, with a brown leather seat, black rubber tires, and a touch of retro flair.

It looked expensive, and riding it on the road would likely turn many heads.

The Motorcycle F could summon two forms of Motorcycle.

One was the previous armor combat Motorcycle, capable of high-speed flight and inserting skill cards for combat.

The other was the current normal Motorcycle, which could be used daily and had performance that surpassed all current Motorcycles.

At the same time, it would not consume the Summoner's stamina, serving as transportation.

In this situation, no one knew what would happen next, and Cheng Yang didn't need to rush to the rescue.

So conserving stamina was very important.

The two forms could be switched at any time, equivalent to the Motorcycle's transformation.

He swung his leg over the Motorcycle, and its dashboard lit up, displaying a screen synchronized with the Summoner's information, showing the map.

He twisted the throttle.

Vroom—

Under the roar of the engine, the raindrops falling on the Motorcycle were all flung away.

Then the Motorcycle pierced through the rain, carrying Cheng Yang quickly towards the core of the spatial rift.

The empty, wide road, though under a considerable rain, allowed Cheng Yang to fully unleash the Motorcycle's performance.

As he continuously approached, Cheng Yang finally saw the core that maintained this rift.

Lin Ti also directed his gaze towards that magnificent "core."

It was actually….