Luo Qingyan's lips twitched, and she said nothing.
Lin Ran did not directly answer her second question, which meant there was something inconvenient to say. Thus, she saw no need to ask further.
In any case, this person harbored secrets so numerous that they were impossible to estimate...
Compared to those mysterious pupil techniques, inexplicable divine artifacts, and this Divine Might Space that could absolutely astound everyone, they were mere trifles.
Not to mention, Lin Ran possessed countless means akin to dimensional reduction attacks, methods that had reduced entire worlds...
Therefore, Luo Qingyan could only sigh and say:
"I see..."
"Then can we leave now?"
Lin Ran continued to smile:
"Why wouldn't we leave? We definitely have to leave..."
"Come on, we've all been re-inscribed with passive trigger Divine Might. We can go out and have some fun."
Luo Qingyan nodded and placed her hand into Lin Ran's.
Whoosh!
Lin Ran immediately activated his Eternal Kaleidoscope, sending the two of them out of the Divine Might Space.
However, the moment they emerged, both of their expressions changed drastically.
Because, in that instant of exiting, a hazy aura directly enveloped them both. An extremely ominous premonition began to cling to them, refusing to dissipate.
This infuriating discomfort was akin to being dragged into the seabed by an unbreakable chain, with the agony of not knowing whether to struggle or not.
"Something's happened outside..."
After uttering these words, Lin Ran, without the slightest hesitation, rushed out of the villa and into the open to observe the situation.
The streets, shrouded in a dead, gray mist, were deserted. There was no trace of life to be detected.
This absurd feeling was as if, within this entire area, everyone had been instantly annihilated, leaving no survivors.
Yet, bizarrely, there were no traces whatsoever...
No scent of blood, no flesh, no corpses, not even any indication of how they had died.
"Look at the moon quickly!"
At this moment, Luo Qingyan, who had arrived a step behind, also rushed out and saw the most crucial element in the scene.
The blood-red moon...
Lin Ran's heart instinctively leaped at the sight of it.
If they weren't in this world, Lin Ran would have sworn that the Infinite Tsukuyomi had been successfully activated...
Of course, compared to the scale of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, this moon was somewhat smaller.
"Where are the people?"
At this point, Luo Qingyan realized something even more terrifying.
"They... they all seem to be dead..."
Lin Ran said calmly.
"What?! All dead?! How is that possible?!"
Luo Qingyan, unlike Lin Ran, was not as composed and immediately cried out in alarm.
"Whether it's possible or not, how important is that..."
"At the very least, this is likely the reality..."
"Honestly, this method is indeed incredibly potent, capable of directly erasing everyone in the vicinity simultaneously..."
"And doing so without a sound."
"For an individual to achieve this would be virtually impossible."
"Therefore, it likely involves formations and sorcery for this to be possible."
"Otherwise, even the previous attacker wouldn't have been able to accomplish something so exaggerated!"
"I am currently using my pupil power to analyze this area. I estimate that the truth will be revealed shortly..."
As Lin Ran was speaking, he suddenly noticed another anomaly.
The red moon in the sky had originally been alone, hanging there in the emptiness, both tragically beautiful and alluringly seductive.
But in the moment he had spoken, eighteen gray, spherical celestial bodies had boldly ascended into the sky, positioning themselves around the red moon and slowly rotating.
"Eighteen gray stars!"
"It seems now that the Forgotten Ones are behind this!"
Luo Qingyan exclaimed again.
Lin Ran nodded, but this time he did not hasten to reply. Instead, he continued his reconnaissance.
Undeniably, with the meticulous and subtle analysis of the Eternal Kaleidoscope, the so-called truth was exposed quite rapidly.
This kind of technique, akin to a diversion, might fool others, but it could never deceive Lin Ran!
"What a massive barrier! How many precious materials must have been wasted!"
"I must say, these Forgotten Ones truly spare no expense!"
Lin Ran mused.
Luo Qingyan blinked:
"A barrier? You mean we are trapped within a barrier?"
"And this barrier's coverage already encompasses the surrounding area?"
Lin Ran nodded:
"More or less..."
"But the size of this barrier, it might be somewhat beyond your expectations."
Looking at the increasingly bizarre situation around them, Luo Qingyan first fully unfurled her Sacred Angel Wings, then turned to Lin Ran:
"A barrier, where every meter of radius increases the cost exponentially, how large can it possibly be?"
"You're not going to tell me this barrier covers the entire county town we're in, are you?"
"That's absolutely impossible!"
Lin Ran laughed heartily:
"Impossible to cover a county town? Then you truly underestimate us friends, the Forgotten Ones..."
"Their scale is truly beyond imagination!"
"I can clearly see in my eyes that the way this barrier spreads is absolutely incomprehensible to ordinary people..."
"It's perverse! Truly perverse!"
"Let me put it this way... this barrier has currently encompassed the entire Kyushu Island! And this is still far from the barrier's maximum size!"
"Whether this barrier will continue to expand in the future, continue to spread to other places, and thus control the entire Sakura Country, I cannot say, nor do I know..."
"But it is a fact that the entire Kyushu Island has indeed fallen within it!"
Luo Qingyan's expression became even more complex. Her mind involuntarily began to whirl.
She now felt as though she had experienced all the shocks she would encounter in her lifetime, all packed into this single day!
From the moment she woke up this morning, the day's thrilling experiences were enough to fill an entire biographical adventure novel...
After all, when situations completely outside the ordinary continuously appeared before one, it would be difficult for anyone to remain composed.
"But don't panic... Based on my estimation, not all residents in all areas of Kyushu Island are as unfortunate as those near us, having been erased from existence..."
"Because judging by the texture of the energy in different regions, there are significant variations..."
"But..."
Just as Lin Ran was about to continue, a luminous blue silhouette suddenly appeared before him.