The core area of the Forgotten Land, surprisingly, showed no significant changes.

 

It was still the same dark green land, with a foul and noxious gas in the air that made the living uncomfortable, akin to a paradise for the undead.

 

The only difference was.

 

Here, not a single undead could be found.

 

The so-called outer city, inner city, and core area were merely divisions made by those who had luckily survived in the Forgotten Land. In reality, the “core area” seemed like a place that no one had successfully entered.

 

This was quite normal. Based on Violet’s previous encounters, once entering the inner city, even the weakest undead were above the level of the land. Furthermore, the deeper one went, the density and intensity would exponentially increase.

 

In the end, one might even face a situation where several legendary undead, along with countless land and sky undead, surrounded simultaneously.

 

Even the level 80 Heavenly Realm Guardian, Lucas, was surrounded by fearless undead before, right? Although this was mainly because Lucas’s mission was to ensure that those filthy things couldn’t get close to the summoner and couldn’t let loose to charge, it was enough to illustrate how dangerous this place was for ordinary beings.

 

Even a team composed of legendary adventurers would likely find it difficult to break through the multiple layers of blockade and enter the core area.

 

However, now Violet had already seen the truth of the “core area.”

 

On the shattered ruins that seemed to be the former lord’s mansion, there stood a “door.”

 

All undead would actively maintain a distance of at least a hundred meters from this black door, surrounded by strange and eerie mist. In fact, once Violet and the others stepped into this range, they never faced any attacks again.

 

Even the legendary undead, including those from the sky, could only angrily howl from the outside, seemingly forcibly restricted from entering by some command.

 

The door wasn’t very large, roughly the size of an ordinary bedroom door. It was more like a mirror than a door, and a peculiar magical aura continuously emanated from the inside of the mirror.

 

This was the magical conglomerate that Violet had been sensing all along.

 

More precisely, it was something inside the mirror.

 

Suddenly, another strong wave spread out from the misty mirror’s center, and the first to be affected were Violet and the two others closest to it.

 

However, this time, the priestess stopped Lucas from releasing the light shield, letting the pulling force act on them. She wanted to see where this mirror intended to take them.

 

However…

 

“?”

 

After a full dozen seconds, the fluctuations gradually faded away, but Violet still stood in place with a bewildered expression.

 

This time, there was no pulling force. It seemed that whatever it was intentionally avoided her.

 

The girl shifted her gaze and found her pet and Lucas still standing there, staring at each other.

 

“Master, what…?”

 

“Interesting. So, it’s not something automatic but rather manipulated? It seems it got scared by your claw.”

 

Glancing at the deep ravine less than ten meters from the side of the misty door, a sly and amiable smile gradually appeared on Violet’s face.

 

“Hey, you were so arrogant before, but why do you seem hesitant now that I’m in front of you? Even if you lock the door today, I’m getting in!”

 

“Xiao Guang, dismantle it for me!”

 

—

 

Edwina has been drawn into this mysterious place for several hours now.

 

Now she is completely certain that this is absolutely not the Forgotten Land, or rather, not the Forgotten Land she knows.

 

This is the reflection of the Forgotten Land.

 

The world in the mirror.

 

The terrain here seems to be replicated from the Forgotten Land but with differences.

 

She has a daring speculation.

 

The Forgotten Land in the mirror probably appeared three hundred years ago. The object it truly replicated was, in fact, the glorious city of that time.

 

Three hundred years ago, someone used unimaginable means to create the city in the mirror, then swapped it with the real world, transporting all living beings in the city to this place.

 

That’s why the Glory City became deserted overnight, and although this place and the outside world are seemingly the same location, they have become different over three hundred years.

 

But who exactly did this, and why?

 

Let’s set aside that matter for now. There is an urgent problem before the Holy Knight.

 

She is turning into an undead.

 

This world within the mirror is the reflection of the once glorious city, governed by paradoxical simulation laws where the living, seemingly automatically, transform into undead.

 

No wonder the Forgotten Land has now become a paradise for the undead. It’s likely that the population of the once glorious city transformed here and, for some unknown reasons, returned to the real world.

 

Edwina is a Holy Knight, with a bloodline blessed by divine heritage, granting her a certain resistance to this imperfect pseudo-law. The transformation speed is not fast for her.

 

However, if she cannot find a way to leave this world within the mirror soon, she will eventually become an undead creature losing its sanity.

 

The golden-haired knightess grimaced, wrapping a bandage around the wound on her arm that had already turned a pale color. This wound was caused during a battle affected by the swapping, leading to a bite from a zombie.

 

The necrosis was somewhat cleared using faith-based magic, but due to the influence of the laws in this place, the skin around the wound, still carrying the scent of the undead, inevitably began to undergo decay.

 

This transformation will gradually spread throughout the entire body over time. With Edwina’s current proficiency in holy attribute magic, she can only temporarily slow down the process. To completely cure it, she must leave this place.

 

Standing up, Edwina followed the instructions in her memory and began moving towards the center of the world within the mirror.

 

As long as she doesn’t step beyond the maximum range of the mirrored world, the reversal of that path won’t occur.

 

Unlike the real Forgotten Land, the undead here are all mixed together. Although this increases the average probability of encountering powerful enemies for Edwina, it also, in turn, provides her with the possibility of entering the core area of the mirrored world.

 

The world reflected in the mirror must have a center. Edwina remembers very clearly that the intermittent waves causing spatial displacement for living beings over a large area originated from within the Forgotten Land.

 

There must be some connection.

 

This is undoubtedly a very dangerous move, but it’s better than sitting and waiting for death.

 

The density of undead in the mirrored world is not as high as the outside, and the dispersion caused by their mixed distribution means that powerful beings are spread out. After a few close calls, the Holy Knight, who now bears additional wounds and signs of necrosis, has actually succeeded in reaching her destination.

 

“This…!”

 

Edwina, hiding in a corner, tightly covers her mouth, staring at the ominous and startling presence in the center of the ruins of the lord’s mansion, fearing that any wrong move might disturb it.

 

This has to be a joke. How could I possibly deal with something like that on my own?

 

It is a cocoon.

 

A pink flesh cocoon.

 

Countless extending tentacles attach and entwine around the surrounding walls and the remnants of buildings, suspended in the air, with the cocoon in the center, approximately three meters in diameter, pulsating rhythmically like a living organism.

 

Judging by the size, it should be incubating a creature about the size of a human.

 

Edwina can hardly believe her eyes.

 

What kind of monster is this?! Just standing here, influenced by its aura, she feels the acceleration of her undead transformation, with waves of palpitations coming from her heart. Confronting such a creature is out of the question.

 

Moreover, if just the incubation chamber possesses such formidable power, how terrifying must the creature inside be?

 

On the backside of the Forgotten Land, there is actually such an unbelievable abomination gestating. If it really hatches…

 

That will be a catastrophe for the entire world!!