Zhang Yi nodded, completely agreeing with Yang Xinxin's statement.

If one of Gao Changkong's superhumans could wipe out the Knights of the Round Table, they might as well pack up and head home right now.

On the other side, after receiving Yang Xinxin's message, Lancelot suddenly understood and immediately followed the same approach.

Finally, after a period of frantic effort, they barely managed to solve the immediate problem.

"Now we can steadily figure out a way to break this deadlock,"

Yang Xinxin said.

But Lancelot interjected with a warning: "Don't get too happy too soon. This method only works temporarily. It won't hold for long."

Yang Xinxin frowned. "Why?"

Lancelot replied, "Do you think the Shadow Figures' attacks disappear just because someone's watching them?"

"What do you mean?"

Lancelot explained, "We already tried having someone keep their eyes on the Shadow Figures while others searched for an exit. But every single person who stayed behind was assimilated without exception."

"Even having two people watch one didn't help."

"Later, we gradually discovered that if you stare at a Shadow Figure for too long, you'll also get contaminated and turn into one yourself."

After hearing this, Yang Xinxin's gaze shot toward the crowd, landing on the soldier whose brain was connected to the electrodes.

At some point, the expression on his face had begun to fade. His entire face was shrouded in a layer of black mist, and he was staring at them from behind the crowd with a hollow, fixed gaze.

"This is really bad!"

Yang Xinxin's frown deepened. It seemed that using this method to buy time would only work for a short while.

After listening to Yang Xinxin's explanation, Chodak didn't hesitate. He rushed over and slapped the soldier hard across the face.

But even though the left side of his face swelled up, the soldier showed no sign of pain. He simply turned stiffly and kept staring at them.

Chodak coldly raised his gun, ready to blow him away.

Zhang Yi stopped him. "He's still alive and keeping those dozen or so Shadow Figures under control. If he dies, our problems will only get bigger."

Yang Xinxin thought for a moment and said, "Keep observing him. And prepare the next person. Once he loses control, have the next one take over his job."

She needed to observe how long it took for someone to be assimilated after staring at the Shadow Figures.

After all, there were still dozens of people around—enough to use up gradually.

And what she needed to do in that time was find a way to solve the problem.

The group continued forward, trying to find clues in other parts of the Asylum to break the deadlock.

Yang Xinxin kept her head down, pondering the entire way, trying to figure out what she might have overlooked.

And the soldier responsible for "watching" the Shadow Figures followed them silently from behind, staring at them with a blank expression. But the black mist on his face grew thicker and thicker, to the point where his features were barely distinguishable. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Zhang Yi knew that once the mist completely obscured his face, he would fully assimilate into one of those attacking monsters.

Yang Xinxin muttered the rules written on the walls under her breath.

"One: The Shadow Figures must be watched at all times..."

"Two: The Shadow Figures will actively attack..."

"Three: The game only ends when all Shadow Figures are eliminated..."

"Four: The game ends after twenty-four hours..."

"The Shadow Figures cannot be attacked, yet they must be made to disappear. 'Disappear' doesn't necessarily mean eradication—it could also mean they no longer exist in this space."

"But they can't be stored in Brother Zhang Yi's space. That's related to the properties of his space."

Suddenly, Yang Xinxin stopped in her tracks.

Zhang Yi quickly looked at her. "Xinxin, did you come up with another idea?"

Yang Xinxin's eyes sparkled like dazzling black gems.

"Brother, your space can't actively store the Shadow Figures, but what if we lure them into it instead?"

Zhang Yi responded, "Didn't we just try that? I used the Dimensional Gate to isolate you, and they never entered the Dimensional Space."

Yang Xinxin gave a faint smile. "Brother, your Dimensional Space is essentially another dimensional world. When it isolated me, it was as if my existence in this world had vanished. Of course, they wouldn't keep pursuing."

"But what about Sister Mu Yan's Shadow Space?"

She said this while looking at Mu Yan.

Mu Yan had been silently staying with the group. Hearing Yang Xinxin mention her, she walked over.

Yang Xinxin said, "Sister Mu Yan's space has time synchronized with the outside world. Rather than calling it a space, it's more like a portable pocket that can store things."

"Moreover, the Shadow Space can't be completely isolated from the real world. It needs a shadow as a medium."

"So essentially, Sister Mu Yan's space exists within this world. We can try luring those Shadow Figures inside, then seal them into Brother Zhang Yi's Dimensional Space. That way, we can erase their existence in this world."

"Doesn't that count as making them disappear?"

Yang Xinxin's analysis was logical and well-supported. Zhang Yi immediately said, "Alright. Since we don't have a better option, let's give it a try!"

He walked over to the soldier watching the Shadow Figures and removed the electrodes connected to his head.

A moment later, from the darkness at the end of the corridor, tall Shadow Figures appeared one after another.

There were now twenty or thirty of them, each two to three meters tall, with enormous black spherical heads.

They filled both the front and rear passages, staring at Zhang Yi and the others with an eerie gaze.

If their attention wavered for even an instant, the Shadow Figures would attack at an unimaginable speed.

Stalling for time was also pointless, because staring at them for too long would result in being assimilated into a Shadow Figure.

Yang Xinxin extended her right hand, and a holy radiance appeared around her.

"Boom!"

A six-winged angel spread its wings behind her, and ten red feathers transformed into Desire Arrows, shooting toward the Shadow Figures ahead.

Using herself as bait, Yang Xinxin closed her eyes and drew the Shadow Figures toward her.

Zhang Yi looked away from them but kept his gaze fixed on Yang Xinxin to make sure nothing went wrong.

Meanwhile, Mu Yan had already spread her shadow behind Yang Xinxin like a cloth bag.

"Whoosh!"

Ten Shadow Figures appeared before Yang Xinxin like phantoms, looking down at her, almost pressing their bodies against hers.

With her head lowered, Yang Xinxin stepped back step by step into Mu Yan's Shadow Space.

Once she was inside, Zhang Yi immediately ordered someone to enter and replicate their previous method of restraining them.

After doing this three times, all the surrounding Shadow Figures were confined within Mu Yan's Shadow Space.

"Next, we need to transfer them to Brother's space,"

Yang Xinxin said.

Mu Yan's voice was cold. "That's easy. Inject me with a sedative and let me fall into a deep sleep."

Otherwise, in Zhang Yi's Dimensional Space, where the flow of time for the body and mind wasn't synchronized, staying inside for just a minute would make consciousness feel like months had passed.

Yang Xinxin said, "No rush. Let's collect all the Shadow Figures first, then do the final step."