Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 385 - 304: Reverse World

Fu Ling almost drowned in her own room.

When Duan Mingyuan rushed to the infirmary upon hearing the news, Fu Ling’s condition had stabilized, and though she had changed her clothes, she was still wrapped in a blanket, her face pale and evidently terrified.

When her subordinates found her, she was lying unconscious by the side of the sink.

According to Fu Ling’s account, she was washing her face when she suddenly felt like she was drowning and couldn’t breathe. She felt an invisible force pressing her head into the sink.

However, the scene was far from what she described.

The sink’s drain was open, and there was no water accumulated inside. The security personnel came to a bizarre conclusion after investigating the scene—Director Fu Ling had scooped water with her palms and then somehow managed to make herself faint from suffocation.

They knew this was hard to believe, unless some set of restraints held Fu Ling’s hands and feet, because the pain of drowning would have made her release her hands.

In real life, it is very difficult for people to knock themselves out this way.

Seeing Duan Mingyuan enter the room, Fu Ling immediately sent everyone else out.

"It was the mirror."

Before this, she hadn’t told anyone because she couldn’t be sure where the wizards were hiding. They might have even infiltrated the security team. He Ya had mentioned that the wizards knew a sinister Disguise Technique, deemed evil because it required flaying the disguisee’s face while they were still alive to fulfill the technique.

"It was me in the mirror that buried my face in the sink."

This is what Fu Ling saw before she fainted; her head felt like it was submerged in the sink, and apart from the sound of water, she could also hear a vague whispering, but her instinct to survive at that moment made her disregard what the whispers were saying.

Fu Ling looked at He Ya, who was following Duan Mingyuan, "Is this also a trick of the wizards?"

"This technique is called ’Mirror Demon,’" created by a genius witch who was also the first to explore the Conscious Space and used it as a theoretical basis to enter into the Reverse World."

He Ya continued to show off her profound knowledge, "In fact, occultism also has a complete knowledge system that is as complex as science. The theory of the Reverse World alone could fill a book. All you need to know is that wizards who utilize the Reverse World can easily bypass security measures, getting anywhere they want, such as walking into your room right under the security’s noses."

Seeing Fu Ling’s complexion turning worse, He Ya stepped forward, cupped her face with warm palms, and comforted her, "But you don’t need to be so tense. Think positively, the wizard who attacked you didn’t intend to take your life, at least not for now."

Submerging Fu Ling’s head in water and making her faint from drowning sounded terrifying, but it seemed more like a means to scare her.

In her travels, He Ya had seen much bloodier scenes.

She leaned close to Fu Ling’s ear and whispered softly, "Before coming here, I checked your room. You have placed all the makeup tools you usually use by the sink, among them many sharp things sharp enough to end your life in an instant."

"Stop scaring her,"

Duan Mingyuan saw Fu Ling trembling and had to step forward to prevent He Ya from spreading further fear.

He Ya simply shrugged, "I’m just being realistic. The witch who attacked you could easily have killed you in an instant, then dragged you into the Reverse World where you would leave no body behind, no one would know what had happened to you, and you would forever be listed as a missing person."

"You mean, the wizard just wanted to scare me."

"I know some wizards like to toy with their prey before killing them, letting them taste death beforehand, but clearly you and the wizard should have no deep hatred to warrant such targeted actions against you."

As she spoke, He Ya looked at Duan Mingyuan.

To her, scaring Fu Ling seemed pointless.

When the Ashen Church destroyed the Wizard Star, the occult books about witchcraft were burnt along with it, and the church thus became the "sole interpreter" of mysticism. Without her, even if Fu Ling racked her brains, she wouldn’t understand what spell had attacked her.

But through Fu Ling, the wizards could foresee what would come next.

When Duan Mingyuan heard about Fu Ling’s attack, he would definitely come to check on her, and then he would learn about the existence of the Reverse World.

"Perhaps their target is you, and they’ve gone through all this just to tell you about the existence of the Reverse World."

He Ya said, "Maybe you can find a way to go to the Reverse World."

This result made He Ya feel somewhat subtle.

If her conjecture was not wrong, then the wizard who had attacked Fu Ling must have placed great hopes on Duan Mingyuan, believing that an outsider like him could master the techniques of the Reverse World in a short time.

In other words, this wizard must have met Duan Mingyuan and even knew him very well.

Otherwise, no one knowledgeable in witchcraft would do such a thing.

"The Reverse World is one of the highest-order techniques. Not only does it require connection with the Conscious Space, but it also needs to find an interface that can accommodate the Reverse World on that basis."

Mirrors are just one of the most common interfaces.

The Mirror World is the most intuitive and also the part most similar to the real world.

The good news is that Duan Mingyuan had already skipped the first step.

He Ya felt that perhaps no one understood the Conscious Space better than Duan Mingyuan at this stage.

Not only did he understand it, but he also utilized the properties of Conscious Space to assist the Judge in creating a digitalized world, a project much more grandiose than that of the first genius witch who discovered the Reverse World.

This was also the reason He Ya speculated that the other party understood Duan Mingyuan very well.

"I know someone."

After a brief contemplation, Duan Mingyuan immediately thought of an expert.

It was Jiuyue’s good friend, affectionately called by her as ’Mirror Girl,’ who had always lived in the Mirror World. This nickname was also given by Jiuyue.

He once again realized the benefits of having a wide circle of friends.

Whenever he encountered difficulties, he could always think of an expert in the field.

"I’m coming with you!"

Fu Ling immediately said.

Although He Ya’s interpretation made some sense, Fu Ling did not want the wizards to decide her fate; there was nowhere safer now than by Duan Mingyuan’s side on the ship.

She also discerned an implied message from He Ya’s account.

The wizard seemed to be very afraid of Duan Mingyuan; he even dared not meet him directly, so he had to pass the message of the Reverse World through her.

And because of this, she had suffered greatly.

The feeling of choking on water was indeed unpleasant, and she did not want to experience it again.

"I don’t have any problems."

Duan Mingyuan nodded, then his expression turned puzzled, "I’ve actually always been curious, where are your security personnel?"

"Hm?"

Fu Ling was stunned.

"You’re the director of the Department of Life Sciences."

"Yes."

"Then why doesn’t the company provide you with Long Branch Guards?"

In Duan Mingyuan’s understanding, Long Branch Guards are the company’s recognition of executive status, with every important person accompanied by one or more Long Branch Guards.

He couldn’t help but worry about his friend’s career, "Are you not doing so well in the company?"

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