Chapter 577: Chapter 412: Bizarre Oddity
If Dong Tianyu had turned around at that moment, he definitely wouldn’t have found the source of that mocking voice. The origin of the voice was actually a bizarre object, one that was very famous; Dong Tianyu had seen news about it while he was in Kyoto.
"Shocking, a strange creature appears at Saxon County Camp, and an Energy Cultivation Realm expert is harassed by it without noticing."
Although the internet in the various cities was not well-developed, some rather important information would still be transmitted to Kyoto via satellite signals and compiled there.
It was for this reason that Dong Tianyu, while he was in Kyoto, had gone to the expense of subscribing specifically to real-time updates from Pengcheng. Given that Saxon County Camp fell under Pengcheng’s jurisdiction, news from the area naturally appeared in his subscription.
Unlike in Kyoto, where Path Entry Realm Martial Artists are mass-produced, survivors in Pengcheng were still unaware that they could exploit bizarre objects to cheat their way into the Path Entry Realm and thus raise their cultivation level. Therefore, in Pengcheng, having the cultivation level of the Energy Cultivation Realm already placed one in the upper echelons of the Martial Realm.
And it was Martial Artists with Energy Cultivation Realm levels that were harassed without being able to detect it—invisible hands reaching out behind them. This news was a particularly eye-catching story for everyone.
According to the intelligence in the subscription articles, a strange phenomenon had appeared at Saxon County Camp. Many people would inexplicably hear mocking voices behind them, and whether they were lying in bed or leaning against a wall, those mocking voices seemed to emanate from behind them.
At first, the interval between the sounds was long, and the volume low. But if ignored, the mocking laughter would get louder and more frequent.
Initially, many people tried all sorts of methods to locate the source of the sounds, but no matter the means employed, they were unable to determine where they were coming from, as there was nothing behind the affected person no matter how loud that mocking laughter.
It was when everyone was at a loss that someone inadvertently glanced at a mirror and was shocked to see a clown-shaped balloon appear behind them.
Upon this discovery, those affected by this phenomenon were ecstatic, yet despite numerous attempts, they could not eliminate the balloon behind them.
Until one of the survivors, having tried everything to no avail and in a fit of desperation, lashed out with a weapon at the balloon in the mirror. To their surprise, the weapon actually penetrated into the mirror, destroying the balloon behind them, and the mocking laughter was never heard again.
This extraordinary story spread widely online; some believed it fervently while others thought it was sensationalism, since the supposed mocking laughter could only be heard by the chosen target and was inaudible to all others.
Furthermore, the balloon reflected in the mirror could only be seen by the victim; it was invisible to everyone else.
In addition, although the reflection of the balloon in the mirror seemed to maintain some distance from the victim’s body, no matter how fast the victim turned around, it was as if the balloon was glued to their back, never changing position.
If it wasn’t for the fact that victims could insert objects into the mirror without breaking it, others might think that the incidents were all staged performances by the victims themselves.
Dong Tianyu noted the matter down with an attitude of "better safe than sorry." At the time, he thought that if he ever really encountered such a thing, it would be good to have a method to try.
But never had he imagined that what he considered merely an amusing possibility would actually happen to him.
Mirrors were plentiful in his Storage Space, so although Dong Tianyu was somewhat skeptical, he had prepared them in advance just in case.
However, Dong Tianyu could never have anticipated that he would be contaminated with this filth as soon as he returned to Saxon County Camp, without even entering his home.
According to the reports, after becoming tainted, the entity wouldn’t cause any physical harm but would continuously harass the victim with mocking voices, causing endless unrest.
Armed with a specific countermeasure, Dong Tianyu was not panicked, but the idea of entering his home vanished. After all, with this thing on him, what if his family became infected?
Dong Tianyu picked up a mirror and looked behind him, indeed spotting a sinister clown head balloon.
Without thinking, Dong Tianyu scanned it with his Divine Sense, but according to his Divine Sense, there was nothing behind him.
After receiving this information, Dong Tianyu couldn’t help but let out a sigh. Sure enough, he once again lowered his expectations for the Divine Sense he had cultivated.
"What good is Divine Sense if it can’t even detect this, if it can’t sense that... Still, better to have it."
Though Divine Sense was useless, the method that had gone viral online indeed proved effective. Regardless, Dong Tianyu could actually see the clown head balloon behind him.
Having confirmed the first step posed no issue, the next was the second step: using a weapon to destroy the balloon in the mirror behind him.
But Dong Tianyu opted not to use a long-handled weapon to destroy the balloon. Instead, he drew a flying needle and aimed it directly at the balloon reflected in the mirror behind him.
