Corrosive Water Bullet Rabbits

"Ahhh..." "Aaaahhhh..." Yu Xian had assumed he was about to be devoured by the artifact spirit. Yet the surrounding scenery suddenly shifted, and he found himself high in the air, his body plummeting involuntarily toward the ground. The others, who had previously been watching the spectacle from inside his body, were expelled in an instant, popping into the space one after another. Naturally, that meant even more people joined in the screaming—which explained the two rounds of shrieks. The first had been Yu Xian alone. The second was Yu Xian, Nora, Niman, Zhang Buyao, Shui Yuetian, Little Nora, and Little Huangquan all screaming together. "Big Brother, I can't fly again! What do I do?" Little Nora flapped its wings frantically, only to find it couldn't get any lift at all, crying out in panic. Watching the ground rush toward them, Yu Xian said helplessly, "Try reverting to your true form!" "Oh, right!" At his words, Little Nora hurriedly reverted to its true form, spreading its wings wide. Immediately after, however, it discovered that this was completely useless. Its body continued to plummet uncontrollably. Everyone sighed in unison. Flight was clearly forbidden here; taking to the air was simply not allowed. Fortunately, the very instant they were about to hit the ground, a bizarre force wrapped around their bodies, allowing them to land safely. Yu Xian and the others breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took in their surroundings. They were inside a forest. As they had fallen from the sky, Yu Xian had noticed villages situated on the forest's outskirts. "Where is this?" Little Nora looked left and right before finally turning toward Zhang Buyao. The rest of the group turned to look at Zhang Buyao as well. After all, she knew Feng Laixian and knew that his storage ring possessed an artifact spirit. Could it be that she knew where this place was, too? Seeing everyone staring at her, Zhang Buyao looked completely blank. "Why are you all staring at me? You're not asking me, are you? I have no idea." "Could we be inside the storage ring?" Niman asked. Zhang Buyao replied frankly, "No clue. It's not like I've ever been inside Uncle Feng's ring. How would I know what's in there?" "If we can't get out, will we have to spend the rest of our lives here?" Nora said. Yu Xian took an optimistic view instead. "It's impossible that there's no way out. Since we could get in, there's bound to be a way out. Our current situation is already much better—at least none of us got eaten." "The problem is, where is the King of the Abyss Battle Armor?" Niman asked, looking at Yu Xian. *Oh, right.* Yu Xian had been sucked in while wearing the King of the Abyss Battle Armor, but the moment he arrived, the armor was gone, and everyone had been separated from him. "Do you think this could be an illusion, and our true bodies are actually still in some other space?" Nora offered a new hypothesis, and this time, her guess actually seemed somewhat plausible. Yu Xian pondered for a moment and turned to Little Nora. "Little Nora, try conjuring some food." "Conjure!" Little Nora activated its ability at once, but not a single scrap of food appeared. "It's confirmed. This should be an illusion realm," Yu Xian said with a nod. That would also explain why they couldn't fly and why their physical bodies seemed to have become much weaker. The others tested themselves one by one and discovered that their abilities had all vanished. "Now the question is, how do we wake up from this illusion?" Niman asked with a wry smile after testing every single one of her powers. Shui Yuetian said with a hint of dread, "I've heard that in some high-level illusion realms, if you die inside the illusion, your real body dies in reality at the same time." "Such abilities do exist," Niman agreed with a nod. "For instance, the Nightmare Clan can use nightmares to kill enemies. When an enemy dies in the dream, their body perishes as well." Yu Xian looked between the two women and asked, "Are you saying we might be in that kind of situation right now?" "It's definitely possible. So going forward, we must never treat this as an ordinary illusion, and we absolutely cannot die," Niman said, nodding gravely. Zhang Buyao squatted on the ground, studying the flowers blooming in the soil. "I think I might know where this is. This flower is called hydrochloric grass flower. It can bear a fruit called hydrochloric fruit. See all those little white specks around it? And there are no other plants growing anywhere near it." "You're right!" Little Nora scampered over to Zhang Buyao's side, looked closely, and remarked in surprise. Yu Xian was far more interested in the first half of her sentence. He hurriedly asked, "Yaoyao, where on earth is this place?" "This is the Lashao Universe. We're probably somewhere near Mingzhu City, because hydrochloric grass only grows around here," Zhang Buyao said with confidence. She had visited this place with her father in the past and spent several joyful summer vacations here, which was why she had already had a vague hunch the moment she saw these flowers. "Mingzhu City?" Yu Xian glanced at Niman, who shook her head, indicating she had never heard of it. Evidently, this was an unfamiliar world. Fortunately, Zhang Buyao was with them, so at least someone knew the territory. "Big Brother, Big Sister, look... there's a rabbit! I want to eat bunny!" Little Nora spotted a rabbit in the distance, its eyes instantly lighting up as it drooled and shouted. Little did it expect that following its shout, more and more rabbits began poking their heads out of burrows beneath the grass. "..." Every one of them sensed something was amiss. Shouldn't normal rabbits hide upon hearing a noise? Why were the rabbits here poking their heads out instead? Zhang Buyao suddenly recalled something, her expression changing drastically. She spun around to flee, shouting as she ran, "Run! Those are corrosive water bullet rabbits! We can't fight them right now!" If they still had their original strength, these bunnies would certainly all have ended up as braised rabbit, but right now, they were weak. Yu Xian and the others had actually started running the moment Zhang Buyao bolted, needing no warning at all. Running alongside her, Yu Xian asked, "What's wrong with those rabbits?" "You'll find out soon enough!" Zhang Buyao said anxiously. Right then, the dense swarm of corrosive water bullet rabbits flicked their ears in unison, flinging out droplets of highly corrosive liquid. One or two wouldn't have been terrifying, but once a massive swarm attacked together, the barrage became horrifying. A single drop of corrosive water instantly struck Yu Xian's clothes, burning a hole right through the fabric on the spot. He finally understood why they were called 'corrosive water bullet rabbits.' Seeing this, he sprinted even faster. Only after dashing deep into the dense woods did everyone come to a halt, panting heavily. Their bodies in this illusion realm were far too frail. They exchanged glances, all feeling somewhat helpless. "Big Brother, it hurts so bad..." Little Huangquan finally felt the searing pain on her back. She had tried to bear it, but in the end, she couldn't take it anymore, and her body pitched forward. Yu Xian caught her in his arms, only to discover that her back had been struck by the corrosive water of the rabbits. A large patch of skin across her back had been severely corroded. If they were outside, this would hardly count as a serious injury, but inside this illusion realm, it was plainly critical. Everyone's expression grew tense. They knew Little Huangquan needed immediate treatment. The problem was that in this unfamiliar illusion, without any tools or supplies, even an experienced doctor like Niman could not make bricks without straw.