In his vision, the distant Mysterious Fruit has disappeared, replaced by a world composed of countless bizarre images, indescribable structures, and an absurd background of fantasies.
If such a scene were to be narrated in words, even Angel reading it would find it strange, even suspecting it to be the mad ravings of a lunatic.
But now Angel sees this world for real and discovers that any imagination falls short of depicting even one ten-thousandth.
Moreover, his perspective is extremely peculiar.
Initially, he saw only a structure, but perhaps because he discerned that the mysterious structure was multidimensional, amid constant peering, his brain experienced a sudden halt, then he vaguely heard a call, like... a dog barking. Shortly after, his thoughts sprouted like green shoots in spring, growing astoundingly quickly, bringing him to an unprecedented perspective.
The perspective of ordinary people is seeing the world they can see. Things unseen are deemed as naturally ignored, such as space nodes, elemental compositions, and also... the flow of time.
Angel’s view, however, sees both what can be seen and what cannot be seen.
For instance, the protagonist in a comic book can only see the content of the current page. What he doesn’t know is that pages actually have two sides. On the front, he sees the Knight rescuing the abducted princess from the dragon’s mouth, while the invisible backside depicts the Knight enjoying rewards after rescuing the princess, only to transform into a dragon himself.
A three-dimensional world reveals all plane content. This is the difference in visible content brought about by different dimensions.
Angel’s current perspective is akin to such a situation. After the sound of the dog, it’s as if he detached from the dimension of reality and ascended to another dimension. From this dimension overlooking the reality, all the hidden, undiscovered content is revealed.
Much of this content is idealistic, akin to concepts like "disorder," which are incomprehensible. Yet from this layer, those incomprehensible elements seem to adhere to an unspeakable rule.
He certainly cannot understand the existence of "disorder" at this moment; to fully comprehend it, he might need to truly reach the level of this dimension itself, and now he merely glimpses it due to accidental karmic affinity, rendering him absolutely incapable of understanding.
But he doesn’t need to understand now; all Angel needs to do is remember those logical rules of disorder.
Remember them, allow them to form an impression in his mind, becoming a kind of tacit understanding.
Angel has a premonition, this formed tacit understanding will inevitably become the key to reaching the mystical shore.
...
While Angel was immersed in his own vision, the external situation also saw new developments.
The Mysterious Fruit, coveted by everyone, continued to change. However, the imagined 99% progress did not arrive as expected; instead, the fruit’s shell directly fell off.
As time continued to pass, a large patch of shells fell gently.
The visible portion of the fruit shifted from being 30% to approximately 50%.
Though nearly 50% of the shell had fallen off, the internal pulp still couldn’t be clearly seen, it remained the convergence of red light and mist.
However, the falling shells did make the attraction begin to grow stronger.
Even under the dual protection of the twisted domain and mutated green pattern domain field, they sensed an internal frenzy. Judging from the current situation, the attraction intensified again by at least twice.
If they were outside at this time, even exhausting their foundation, they probably wouldn’t escape the sanctions of disorder.
This is the terror of disorderly objects; even legends above them, it’s said they will die when ordered to die. This is why all Mystic Hunters conduct extensive research before containing mysterious objects, to reduce casualty rates.
Sensing the increase in attraction, whether it be Observer or Polo Ye, both were somewhat grateful at this moment.
Luckily, they still have a sheltered environment, or the outcome would be dire.
Observer feels it particularly deeply, moreover, he considers more than Polo Ye, for beyond gratitude, he holds a slight worry... he originally owes Angel due to compensatory exchange, and now Angel saved his life again.
Ordinary rescues are already difficult to repay. He must adhere to vows and make a stronger compensatory exchange, and he is now troubled, pondering how to compensate Angel...
Putting aside bothersome matters; these must wait till the end to be discussed. Observer so doesn’t bother for now.
He continues observing the Mysterious Fruit, though he doesn’t have opportunities and insights like Angel, witnessing the birth of disorderly objects is rare. Now, they still aren’t threatened by the danger of attraction, looking more might also yield benefits.
The frequency of falling fruit shells is much faster than the previous extension of cracks.
Although half of the shell had just fallen a few seconds earlier, the analysis of the attraction’s intensity hadn’t emerged before another large patch of shells fell.
This time, about ten percent more of the shell fell.
In other words, presently revealed fruit lies around 60% to 65% overall.
Though the shell dropped not significantly this time, perhaps triggering some threshold, the fruit’s attraction experienced another qualitative leap, surpassing their imaginations.
It begins attracting... no, it should be "drawing" the surrounding energy.
Previously, it had attracted similar soul energy bodies, but those energy bodies were consciously controlled. With consciousness comes desire, desire makes escape from attraction difficult... hence attraction of souls previously still made sense.
But now is different; it doesn’t require any medium, nor needs so-called "conscious manipulation," directly absorbing surrounding energy.
This energy includes the floating Elemental Power nearby and the primordial magic existing in the air.
In almost a brief instant, around the fruit became an area devoid of magic. This non-magical area is more fearsome than the previous Old Earth Continent, as at least Old Earth Continent had primordial magic.
Fortunately, it seems the range of energy absorption is currently limited to several hundred meters in diameter. Besides, temporary inability to draw more stable Spatial Energy.
Nonetheless, with the shell not entirely fallen yet, no one knows what situation will arise in the future. If eventually, it even draws Spatial Energy, the consequences would be immense.