Chapter 707: 475
Having realized all this, Zachary understood that if he hadn’t happened to think of entering the cave to evade the threat, and then without further consideration, directly entered the cave.
If Zachary had enough time to ’calmly’ think in the Mysterious Realm, he probably wouldn’t have chosen to enter it, but would instead subconsciously look for other ways to evade the mannequins.
Moreover, Zachary believed that no matter which method he chose to evade the mannequins’ pursuit, although the process might be very dangerous, he would definitely be able to safely hide from the pursuit and definitely not be attacked by those mannequins outside.
By now, Zachary had understood that the Mysterious Realm was not relying on those mannequin creatures inside to kill the invaders, but rather, it wanted the invaders to be lost in the Mysterious Realm.
If an invader stayed in the Mysterious Realm for a long time, no matter how strong their abilities were, they would eventually be assimilated by the Mysterious Realm and become one of the mannequin members.
After entering the Mysterious Realm, Zachary’s mind had been deceived by it; fortunately, Zachary accidentally returned to the cave, and his originally deceived mind gradually became clear.
Having confirmed that his experiences in the Mysterious Realm were all illusions and tricks, Zachary then recalled the ways he had passed through the Mysterious Realm before.
Facing the kind of Mysterious Realm that required puzzle-solving, Zachary wouldn’t waste too much brainpower to break the various puzzles created by the Mysterious Realm, although solving them would reduce the difficulty of passing through the Mysterious Realm or even allow him to leave it directly.
But that didn’t align with Zachary’s interests. What Zachary cared about was the core, the Mysterious Core; as for the resources produced in the Mysterious Realm, they weren’t the most critical thing for Zachary.
Zachary, who had entered the cave and escaped the influence of the Mysterious Realm, could ensure that after returning to the Mysterious Realm, he wouldn’t be deceived by it again for a short period.
But for safety’s sake, Zachary prepared to make a big move first, and then return to the Mysterious Realm.
Because Zachary had already clarified that besides himself, there were no other survivors in this Mysterious Realm; the survivors he saw initially were nothing more than tricks to confuse him.
Therefore, Zachary was certain that from the moment he entered the Mysterious Realm, he had been firmly locked by it. Even if he used his so-called Invisibility Technique, he had not escaped the control of the Mysterious Realm.
The Mysterious Realm not only confused his mind but also, like an adult coaxing a child, kept playing house with him, to prevent him from thinking too much and to keep Zachary in the Mysterious Realm for a long time.
If it weren’t for the fact that the Mysterious Realm had just overplayed its hand, causing Zachary to feel that he was in a life-or-death situation and choose to hide in the cave as a means of survival,
then Zachary, who had no alternative, would be like the protagonist of a novel, who whenever pushed to a desperate situation, would accidentally find a ray of life and ultimately, through close calls, evade the enemy’s pursuit.
As long as Zachary was not assimilated into a mannequin, such a plot would appear again and again until Zachary successfully became a part of this Mysterious Realm.
The more Zachary thought about it, the angrier he got, prepared to upset the table. The idea that only by going through the mansion’s back door could one leave the Mysterious Realm did not fit with his purpose of entering the Mysterious Realm, which was not for amusement.
He checked the explosives in the Storage Space, finding that the military supplies he had stockpiled were actually not that much, though they should be completely sufficient for this consumption.
But for Zachary, who had a hoarding nature, as long as the inventory of a certain type of supply in the warehouse was insufficient, he would rather use theoretically more valuable but abundantly stocked supplies than allow the stock of certain goods in the Storage Space to run out.
Although the stock of military explosives wasn’t much, Zachary was also reluctant to use cultivation materials; in the end, he could only, as before, use civilian supplies as a substitute.
It might seem a bit wasteful to do so, but civilian supplies had been the easiest to obtain before the natural disaster, and the Storage Space was now full of them.
As for which civilian supplies to use, there was no need to say more; it would definitely be fuel.
Just as Zachary was preparing to use the fuel, he suddenly thought of something: people who were transferred into this Mysterious Realm had their minds beguiled by it, causing them to sink into an illusion.
What about the Undead Creatures that had no intelligence and were immune to mental illusions? What would happen if they entered this Mysterious Realm?
Reflecting on this, Zachary became curious and turned his attention to the independent space he had specially set aside in the cave to increase the diversity of creatures, used to solely confine the Undead.
At that moment, Zachary looked towards the area known as the Realm of the Undead, and the situation inside surprised him.
Originally, Zachary had captured quite a few Undead Creatures with a research (and playful) mindset. At that time, things were a bit rushed; he just carved out an independent area for them in the cave, and aside from occasionally throwing in some living creatures (livestock), he hadn’t paid much attention to the situation inside.
However, Zachary remembered that when those undead were first put into the Realm of the Undead, even though they were all undead, they would still devour each other.
Zachary soon lost interest in those undead, so afterward, he no longer watched them. Except for occasionally throwing in some livestock, he no longer interfered with the Realm of the Undead.
