Although it looked ridiculous, getting hit by it would clearly not be pleasant.
“Green Dam! Can you attack?” Riyue Dian shouted urgently.
Green Dam tried to swing her arms, but they merely passed through the filtered lines of color in vain, unable to exert any real influence on them.
[**Physical interaction module or energy output protocol not loaded. Suggestion: Define new rules via ‘Source Code.’**]
Riyue Dian understood immediately; he needed to code a new “function.”
His gaze swept over the skill tree on the left, locking onto a gray [**Definition: Invalidation Whiteout**] node. A prompt beside it indicated that it required “Elements” and a specific instruction set to unlock.
He couldn’t afford to worry about the cost and immediately began typing in the code window:
[**// Attempting to define local rule: ‘Whiteout’
function define_whiteout(target){
if (target.cognitive_threat_level > defined_threshold) {
consume_power(high_cost);
apply_effect(target, ‘overwrite_reality’); // Overwrites the reality of the target area, manifesting as being covered in white
play_sound(‘shake_ball’); // Plays the sound of shaking a whiteout bottle
duration = temporary;
}
}**]
He finished typing at lightning speed, infused his understanding of the concept of “whiteout” into the code, and then slammed the Enter key to execute it.
[**Error: Insufficient ‘Elements.’ Unable to complete rule definition.**]
[**Warning: ‘Elements’ reserve below 5%.**]
“Damn it!” Riyue Dian cursed.
At that moment, the cartoon Mirror Demon’s fist had already swung in front of his face.
Green Dam suddenly took a step forward, shielding Riyue Dian. The flow of code in her eyes reached a frantic peak.
She didn’t try to withstand the blow physically. Instead, she abruptly raised both hands, aiming them at the incoming attack composed of ridiculous fragments.
“Filter: Define Ignore!”
Her crisp voice carried a sense of unprecedented determination.
*Buzz—!*
The space in front of her hands distorted violently. A vortex composed of countless fast-flowing, gentle blocks of color and simple lines appeared out of thin air, acting like an abstract shield.
The Mirror Demon’s fist smashed into this forcibly defined “Ignore Zone.” The comical expressions on the fragments composing its fist instantly became extremely blurred.
The kinetic energy of the attack seemed to be erased and diluted by countless soft, invisible brushstrokes, becoming limp and powerless.
By the time the fist finally passed through this area and touched Green Dam, it was nothing more than a slight nudge.
[**Warning! Forced overclocking in operation! Consuming all reserve ‘Elements’!**]
[**’Elements’ Reserve: 0%**]
[**’Childlike Filter’ shutting down!**]
Green Dam’s body swayed, and the high-speed circuits of code in her eyes dimmed significantly, becoming intermittent.
The light surrounding her body flickered sharply, appearing and disappearing.
The surrounding environment began to fluctuate and flash violently.
Those childish crayon colors and stick-figure lines receded like a tide, instantly revealing the insane, distorted, viscous, and bizarre horror of the alien realm beneath—
And because of the brief “filtering,” the reappearance of the scene seemed even more hideous and nauseating.
The black, viscous substrate once again tried to swallow Riyue Dian’s legs. Sharp, colored filaments of light coiled around him like venomous snakes. As for that Mirror Demon—
The ridiculous cartoon filter on it vanished completely. It reverted into a terrifying entity made of countless sharp mirror shards, reflecting Riyue Dian’s terrified and distorted face.
It let out a silent scream that pierced the soul and raised its arm once more. This time, the edges of the shards glistened with a lethal, cold light.
Riyue Dian felt despair envelop him.
“Squeak-cluck—I finally made it! The coordinates of this dump keep jumping around; it’s so hard to find!” a strange and annoying voice rang out.
A red and black rabbit with two button eyes appeared out of thin air in front of Riyue Dian and Green Dam.
It didn’t even look at the terrifying Mirror Demon. Instead, it stretched out a short paw and snapped its fingers casually—though no sound was produced.
“STASIS.”
A distorted and eerie sequence of syllables, which no human could ever produce, spread out from the Red Crow Rabbit.
In an instant, the entire space of frantic restructuring and color explosions, along with the Mirror Demon about to launch its attack, seemed to have a pause button pressed on it. Everything froze completely.
Only the Red Crow Rabbit, Riyue Dian, Green Dam, and a very small area of space around them remained normal.
However, the energy level of this alien realm was clearly far beyond the previous “Snow Frog” or “Ginseng Fruit.” The stasis lasted for only a few fleeting seconds.
“Squeak! This broken mirror is actually quite prickly!”
The Red Crow Rabbit’s button eyes flickered. The eerie stasis field was forcibly breached by the chaotic thoughts bursting from the Mirror Demon, refracted through its countless shattered images.
The Mirror Demon’s arm, composed of thousands of sharp shards, broke free from the restraint. With a piercing scraping sound, it accelerated its strike toward Green Dam and Riyue Dian, who were closest to it.
At this critical moment, *whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!* Several sharp sounds of breaking air tore through the cacophony of colors.
A few tiny objects traveling at incredible speeds—specifically, He Jiulu’s slightly sharp fingernails—shot in from the side like bullets.
Despite the aggressive momentum of the fingernails, their aim was lamentable. They brushed past the most critical joints on the Mirror Demon’s arm, producing only a trail of dazzling sparks and a tooth-grinding scraping sound, failing to slow it down even slightly.
However, the moment the fingernails passed the Mirror Demon’s arm, a sudden change occurred.
A faint, inconspicuous glimmer suddenly flickered at the tips of the passing fingernails. They traced several sharp, angled arcs in the air that defied the laws of physics, as if invisible threads were controlling them from behind.
The nails whipped back as if they possessed a consciousness of their own, catching up to the Mirror Demon’s arm from the rear and the side.
*Tear—!*
A series of agonizing sounds erupted, like space itself was being shredded.
Starting from the forearm, a massive section of the Mirror Demon’s arm was instantly sliced away by what felt like invisible, gargantuan blades.
Those shattered mirror surfaces, distorted images, and the chaotic energy connecting them collapsed under the blow, turning into a cloud of shimmering, rapidly dimming colored crystal dust.
The fingernails that had completed the attack also crumbled and vanished.
The Mirror Demon’s movements jerked to a halt. More chaotic colors and distorted shadows spewed from the fracture. It let out a silent shriek that could make one’s soul tremble, and its remaining body began to twist violently.
“Tch, I was a bit off,” He Jiulu’s cold voice rang out. She and Sui Luowen appeared beside the Red Crow Rabbit almost simultaneously.
He Jiulu stood straight in her crisp military uniform, the black cross patterns in her red eyes calmly scanning the alien realm. Beside her, Sui Luowen tightly gripped “Critique,” his azure, grid-patterned pupils quickly locking onto the target.
In the moment the Mirror Demon briefly lost its balance due to the severed arm, He Jiulu snapped her arms outward.
*Rip—!*
The sleeves of her military uniform burst open. It wasn’t due to muscle expansion; instead, countless dense, translucent, yet incredibly tough blood vessels suddenly burst out from beneath her skin, spreading like a web.