"How can you tell what is true or not?"
 "Actually there's no way to tell ... what you pick becomes the truth " 
"if that's the case illusions are true, so are lies" 
"your truth could be false in someone else's life. if your truth is someone's illusion so be it...just live yours"
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 Nana is fed up with this world and decides to change it... but after all, is done, did she really change it for the better or worse...she will never know. she became someone else with nothing to do with her world... redemption in the form of love? is it possible? who can love her now? 

#transmigration #psychological #mystery #thriller #vampire #werewolf

Manusia dibagi menjadi dua: orang yang meninggalkan dan orang yang ditinggalkan. Ini adalah kisah kehidupan seorang pria yang telah kehilangan «suatu hal yang nyata»—bintang yang memberinya semua cahaya dalam «kenangan yang tak tertahankan». Sang karakter utama, Aria Horizon akhirnya mendapatkan kembali dua bintang yang baru—dia melindungi mereka, dia menyayangi mereka, dan pada hari itu, dia mati meninggalkan mereka. Bersama dua orang sahabatnya, takdir menariknya, mengirim Aria ke dunia yang lain. Tirai diangkat! takdirnya di dunia paralel itu dimulai. Action fantasy dengan sihir, labirin, peri dan demon yang terikat di dalamnya. Mampukah Aria Horizon melindungi dua orang yang tetap bersamanya? Menjaga atau meninggalkannya? Atau mampukah dia menggapai bintang baru di dunia yang lain?

"Can I see Mr. Jiang Chen? In light of the recent security situation in Los Santos, I have some security adjustments..."
"I'm sorry, he's already rested. If you have any questions, you can speak to me."
Standing at the door of the embassy, Xia Shiyu declined Lawrence's request to visit. He was in the desert of Nevada, more than dozens of kilometers away.
Lawrence frowned slightly and eyed the embassy.
"This is very important. I hope you treat it seriously."
"He gave me full power to deal with it," Xia Shiyu replied with an uncompromising tone
Since this Ms. CEO already said that, Lawrence no longer persisted. He nodded, handed the files over, and left the embassy.
Xia Shiyu scanned the documents. They detailed the recent security situation and the FBA's adjustment of Jiang Chen's travel security work.
According to the description in the documents, it seemed Jiang Chen's security level increased?
As night arrived, Nevada's desert returned to quietness. Jiang Chen, who was wearing a kinetic skeleton, had returned to the modern world. He was still behind a bush. Silence surrounded him, leaving only the wind blowing.
Lights illuminated Area 51. High-powered searchlights scanned the military base.
Today's night was no different from the day before. All soldiers remained in their positions like before. Even the most meticulous soldiers, staring at the endless desert, couldn't help but feel tired and blank out.
No one noticed that an invisible ghost was approaching...
There was a gust of wind, and a soldier leaning against the checkpoint sneezed and rubbed his nose. The soldier standing across from him yawned and adjusted the rifle on his body. At this point, no one would check the post. Their standing posture was casual, at least not as professional as if they were in front of cameras.
However, at that moment, the soldier who sneezed looked around.
"Crony, did you notice anything?"
"What? A hare?" The drowsy Crony instantly woke up.
"No, it could be an illusion."
"Sh*t, we're about to get off our shift. Don't play with me..."
Upon hearing the soldiers' conversation, Jiang Chen was relieved.
The weakness of the optical illusion was being in environments where the optical difference would be obvious. It was difficult to achieve perfect invisibility, and walking in the sand would leave footprints. In order to avoid being discovered, he chose the road and directly entered from the checkpoint.
As for the lighting problem, he could only walk against the edge of the building.
Judging by the number of patrols, this military base was indeed one of the highest security military bases in the nation. In addition to those patrols with rifles at each corner of the base and invisible snipers, Jiang Chen also noticed helicopters flying by often.
He didn't dare to turn off his optical illusion for a single moment.
Fortunately, decades-long peace and stability made people lower their guard at this base with the highest security level. Jiang Chen didn't encounter any trouble along the way. He successfully managed to just sneak past the patrols like a ghost.
At such a large base, of course, he couldn't just wander around like a headless chicken. In the photographs taken in advance, Jiang Chen marked the buildings worthy of investigation on the map. These buildings included the large radio telescope, the fighter aircraft hangar, and several houses that he couldn't identify from the outside.
At the airport, Jiang Chen quietly slipped into a hangar.
Here, he saw a few prototypes that couldn't be named. The aircraft didn't have a cockpit, but it was supposed to be one of the fabled six-generation drones.
Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment to decide whether or not to put several bombs in it and take these planes away when he leave. However, he hesitated for a moment and gave up the plan. Making too much noise wasn't good for him. If he knocked down the hornet's nest, he feared the whole state of Nevada would be locked down.
In such a large desert, he couldn't walk back under his optical illusion.
He would silently come and quietly leave. Anyway, the purpose of his trip wasn't to blow up planes.
After the hangar was the radar station.
This two-story building was in the corner of the base, just like the "Giant Bowl" to which it was connected.
Compared to the highly-guarded hangars, garages, research institutes, and other facilities, Jiang Chen clearly sensed that the patrol efforts here were lax.
Hiding behind a concrete wall, Jiang Chen carefully avoided the two patrol teams crossing the main road and quickly moved to the back of the radar station and looked through the window. At this time, the radar station was completely dark. Obviously, all the work had been completed during the day. There should be no researchers inside.
He estimated the height of the window then glanced at the lookout tower not far in the distance.
It was a blind spot, or at least the searchlight's blind spot. No light could shine there.
From the storage dimension, Jiang Chen took out an electrostatic adsorption device similar to a suction cup. Although he didn't know the principles behind this device, he could easily control the adsorption between the suction cup and the wall by simply pressing the button on the grip.
He didn't know anything about particle physics, but it didn't prevent him from using it.
Jiang Chen put it on his arm and calf then stuck his arms to the wall like a gecko. He pressed the button of the right-hand grip and deactivated the adsorption of his right arm and left leg. Jiang Chen skillfully climbed up with his right hand and moved up to the window.
Fortunately, perhaps because it was too humid that day, but the window wasn't locked.
After entering into the radar station, Jiang Chen carefully turned on the detection equipment and determined that there were no infrared sensors or cameras in the room. Then he carefully examined the room.
The room was very dark, but the night vision function on his tactical helmet solved this problem. The dark blue light prism spread out in front of his field of vision, and everything in the room was clearly displayed on Jiang Chen's retina.
It seemed to be an office. Neatly stacked documents were placed on the row of desks. Jiang Chen stepped forward and glanced through them. Although he could understand English, the more technical stuff gave him headaches.
Fortunately, he could ask for help.
His watch was connected to his kinetic skeleton and he assigned the camera control of the tactical helmet to the artificial intelligence hosted on his wristwatch.
"Jean, what are these things in these documents?"
"...astronomical observations, some drafts, and some paper reports. Do you need me to translate for you?"
"No, I wouldn't understand even if you translated for me. Can you see if there's any useful information such as aliens, extraterrestrial civilization or related information?" Jiang Chen said with a headache.
Pointing his camera at the documents, Jiang Chen quickly flipped through them. But unfortunately, Jean didn't collect any useful information. With or without use, these files were stored on his memory card.
After leaving the office, he entered the hallway.
The placard on the door was a big help. The function of each room was written in English and was easy to find. There were control rooms, conference rooms, drawing rooms and other rooms, but those weren't what Jiang Chen was looking for. He was looking for the file room. Without a doubt, all secrets would be stored there!
After all, it was only a two-story building. Jiang Chen didn't search for long before he found his target at the end of the first floor.


After the nuclear war, ruins stretch across the landscape in the apocalypse.
If you accidentally survived on the wasteland, then you must be ready to face the endless hunger, ceaseless dangers, the mad zombies at night, and the peculiar mutant creatures that are the aftermath of constant radiation.
But for Jiang Chen, this place is heaven.
Mansions standing tall, luxurious cars parked on the street, high tech products and gold abandoned everywhere.
What? You were the president of a game development company before the war? You were responsible for the development of the 3D virtual reality online multiplayer game? Well, that’s great, why don’t you come work for me. Your salary is two pieces of bread a day.
iPhone? Ultra thin design? Don’t you see that the phone I invented is thinner than a condom?
Aircraft carrier? Fighter jets? Oh, I have those things as well, but they are designed for space combat.
Watch the story of Jiang Chen, who possesses the ability to travel through space and time, as he witnesses the creation of an empire stretched across space and time... 


"Whoa, Mom, aren't you jealous that Dad is working with a woman like Rupert?" Alt-nii tried to tease Mom.

"...hmmm, so you're suggesting that Cyan has something with Rupert?"

Mom's answer was totally unexpected. Her voice is very, very calm.

I thought that at some point, Mom would hold some kind of jealousy against Rupert.

 

 

"Well, the three of them seemed close and all... Ah, maybe Rupert is with Gale, instead?" Alt-nii asked.

"Eh, no, I'm not into something like—," Gale quickly retorted.

"Uh, Rupert, I mean...," Dad was stuttering.

"No problem. I'm used to it already. Instead, I am happy that I can captivate the others without using any trick," Rupert's wry smile remained.

"...Huh?"

Alt-nii and I are looking at each other with confusion.

 

 

"Fufu, it would be funny if your dad is indeed smitten with Rupert. Okay, I shall encourage him to that path instead~," Mom chuckled.

...wait...

This reaction...

...now that I can take a closer look at Rupert... could it be that Rupert... is a man?!

A beautifully handsome man?

...Her body built is slender and slim so I can't really tell—her skin is beautiful, too—no way...

 

 

"Could it be that Rupert...," I started to speak.

"...Eh?!" Alt-nii seemed to notice it, as well, as he kept observing Rupert.

"Yes. Rupert here, is a man," Dad clarified for us.

 

 

"S-sorry, Rupert!" Alt-nii and I both bowed our heads to apologize.

"No problem."

"But, but, you look so alluring and beautiful that I—uhh, I mean, as a man, you're also good-looking! But your aura..."

Alt-nii is babbling. He's trying to hide his embarrassment.

"No worries there," Rupert gently smiled.

 

 

 

***

 

 

"Then, let's proceed to discuss our plan!" Dad clapped his hands together.

"I will be going with Meredea on a separate carriage," Mom's voice slightly hinted her sadness, looking at both me and Altaire bitterly.

"Meredea will arrive using a carriage from Capicastle. So, we'll be going ahead of you."

"We have devised a disguise plan, so listen carefully," Dad said.

"We will be going under the disguise of traveling merchants. I will be taking the role of the father—let's say, I will name my disguise Marvel Rashad," Dad then proceeded to use his illusion skills.

 

 

Dad then turned into a shorter and fatter man with a beard. His black hair is really in contrast with his real appearance. His eyes are now brown.

I don't think we have to really think about our disguise's names, but perhaps it's there to make sure we don't call one another with our real names in public?

 

 

"Next, I will be the mother figure," Rupert stood up and chanted.

[Gliderung, sâwolhord wendan] (Illusion, body alter)

Then, he turned into a beautiful woman. His formerly ashen grey hair turns into beautiful silky silver hair—as long as his waist, but his right bang still covers his right face.

His lips turned into seductive red, the same as his eyes—but his skin is still brown.

"The name's Ruby."

After that, he called off his disguise and returned to his true self.

 

 

"Eh?"

He isn't going to keep his disguise?

"Lyra, using illusion magic to disguise themselves cost lots of mana. Therefore, they won't be in disguise when it's just us."

Dad patted my head—wait what, no, not with that appearance, Dad.

 

 

Rupert smiled at me.

"That's right. Both Gale and I use additional magical tools to regenerate our mana and to make our disguise perfect."

"I, is that so?" I asked.

 

 

"Anyway, let me pose as the eldest son of you two."

It's time for Gale to take on the spotlight.

[Scinna, scîene wandrian] (Illusion, light alteration)

Huh, different spell?

He then took on the form of a teenage boy, with brown skin, silver hair and matte brown eyes.

"Voila, that's it, the name's Robert, the first son! What about you kids?" He then asked me and Altaire.

"Well, Altaire and Lyra should just be the second and third children, then. And to keep it easier, don't change into your opposite gender. Just try to think about your desired appearances," Dad encouraged us.

 

 

"Oh, I got an idea!"

Altaire-nii stood up and quickly transformed—nah, used his illusion magic to disguise himself in front of us.

His navy blue hair turned black, and his eyes turned both red. He also added some freckles to his face. He's become the cute younger brother!

"The second son of Rashad family, Rye~"

...which leaves me.

 

 

"Uhm, then I will be the third so—wait, third child and the only daughter... uhm..."

I stood up and focused myself to alter my appearance by illusion magic—let see, use my mana to cover my body and...

I turned my hair into the same long silver and silky hair that Rupert chose—and my eyes would turn both red. No changes to my skin.

"What about this?" I asked.

"Lyra is still cute, no matter how she's turned to!" Dad's remark. As usual.

"Good!"

"Well, you will certainly look like my daughter that way," Rupert added.

It felt kinda wrong, but okay.

 

 

"T, then call me... Murphy?"

"That's cute!" Gale said.

"Murph, Murph... That's nice! Hi, Murph, oh, just call me Rye or Nii-chan~!" Alt-nii took my hands and shook it up and down.

He must have taken a liking to the name that I chose.

 

 

"Eh, come to think about it. Gale used a different spell than Rupert?" I asked before I forgot.

"Ah, yup. Gale's affinity is light, so he's manipulating the light to create an optical illusion to disguise himself," Dad explained.

"Yes, Lyra! The three elements known to be able to show illusion are [Neutral], [Light], and [Dark]~!"

 

 

Neutral... well, the same mechanism as for how our Hartmann secret arts could act—manipulating mana to control our appearance, but it is limited so that it wouldn't be able to transform ourselves to such extent.

Light... As Dad explained, by manipulating the light, it's possible to generate optical illusion.

...What about dark?

 

 

"Uhm... Neutral... Light... I know how, but Dark...?"

"Dark magic can manipulate the light by absorbing them into darkness, or by using illusive suggestion to the target's minds," Rupert explained.

"Oh, I see... So, those are the only three elements that can use variations of illusion magic?"

"Exactly. Mine was a [Neutral] magic."

"I see... That's awesome..."

 

 

I was really in awe. The fact that the two of them can skillfully change their appearances is the undeniable proof that they are powerful in terms of magical power.

"Do all members of the Royal Spies have such powerful magical power?" I asked.

"Hmmm, well... No, there are people who rely on magical devices, potions, or other disguising tools. We all have different specialties and roles," Rupert kindly explained it to me.

"Well, if proficiency and excellency at magical power is an absolute requirement to be a spy, then there would be lots of Royal Magicians who are doing double-job as Royal Spies as well, right?" Alt-nii deducted.

"True. But being excellent in magic such as illusion magic alone is not enough for the magicians to be spies," Mom replied.

"Of course! You're gonna need lots of guts, and nice acting skills!" Gale said it with pride.

 

 

Oh my... I am really looking forward to seeing how they operate!

And no wonder Alt-nii and I are instructed to just disguise ourselves as the children—since basically, it's the same as our role right now. It will be easier for us—who are untrained in terms of underground activities—to disguise ourselves.

 

 

 

 

"Excuse me."

The front door is being knocked three times and a familiar voice could be heard.

A duke’s daughter wanted nothing in her life but the sweet nothingness of death, as she felt like her life served no purpose. Her wish was granted when she was killed in an unfortunate accident, yet in a sudden turn of events, she was forced to reincarnate.

As fate has it, she was reborn in her original world, but not directly after her death. As she is living her new life, she tries to forget the pain of her old life. But, what exactly is behind her reincarnation? Will she be able to live her new life to the fullest?

This is a slow-paced life journey of a reincarnated girl who's trying to find the meaning behind her past life and reincarnation.

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"Un?" Peng Zhen had an urge to turn her head toward Mingyue, seeing the latter's condition. She didn't understand, but she felt that Mingyue just went away. 
But similar to the last time she saw, Mingyue were above Xiao Wu, mounting and hugging the latter's soft body and warm white-fur. Even Peng Zhen herself had a tinge of envy when she saw that. 
She was hesitant to wake Mingyue up or not, but in the end, she chose the latter.
[Is it my imagination?] Peng Zhen thought there was something happened even though nothing happened. Seeing the sleeping figure of Mingyue, Peng Zhen chuckled, [Sleep again? But indeed, the outside should be dark already – time for little kid to go to sleep. No wonder. . .]
Returning her focus toward the two fight in front of her, Peng Zhen didn't pay any attention toward anything else.
"Safeee. . . ."
Xiao Wu wiped her non-existent sweat on her temple. She never expected that Peng Zhen would turn her attention soon after Mingyue left.
Of course, the sleeping Mingyue that Peng Zhen saw was an illusion created by Xiao Wu. By manipulating Elemental around, and adding with the faint illumination, Xiao Wu could create a carbon copy of Mingyue without any difficulty – as long as no one came close.
The principle of this illusion was simple. Similar to a mirage, Xiao Wu could make an optical illusion – tricking every eye. 
Optical Illusions could use colour, light and patterns to create images that could be deceptive or misleading to our brains. The information gathered by the eye was processed by the brain, creating a perception that in reality, did not match the true image. Perception referred to the interpretation of what people took in through their eyes. 
Optical illusions occur because our brain is trying to interpret what we see and make sense of the world around us. Optical illusions simply trick our brains into seeing things which may or may not be real.
And that was one of the basic of creating an illusion.
Hence, Peng Zhen didn't feel weird when she saw an illusion of sleeping Mingyue because her brain processed what she saw as the real sleeping Mingyue, not an illusion.
As long as Peng Zhen or anyone who saw the illusion never realized the illusion, they wouldn't stop believing.
And of course, this kind of illusion was much safer than what Mingyue had done back then in Grey Brick Town – toward the two guinea pigs. The Elemental didn't mess with Peng Zhen's brain, only giving a fake image toward one of the five senses.
From five senses, people would depend on the most on was the sense of seeing, their vision. People would often say that eyes were the door of the soul, but eyes also were the door of the world.
One could perceive many and various things only from their vision – people perceived up to 80% all of the impression by means of their sight.
Different from the sense of touch, one could see something far. 
Different from the sense of taste, one didn't have to expose one's vulnerability.
Different from the sense of hearing, one could receive all various information in a glance.
Different from the sense of smell, a little disturbance wouldn't disturb one's vision.
Hence, it was not weird for one's eyes could be said as the window to the world. 
But also, one's vision was the easiest to trick – because of people's dependency on it. 
Moving her gaze toward the last place she saw that small figure, Xiao Wu could only sigh. This darkness reminded her of that experience four years ago. In the underground ruins, where they met a Demonic Beast. The first time she blamed herself because of her uselessness.
No matter what, she would never let the history repeated for another time.
"Protect Yueyue properly, Xiao Jing."
"I know what to do."
Receiving the affirmation from Xiao Jing, Xiao Wu relaxed her body a little as she did her portion of work.
…
A tiny figure blitzed forward – her two long braids were dancing around along with her fluttering skirt and sleeves. Under the darkness without illumination, no one could see her capabilities. 
But in Mingyue's vision, everything was as clear as day – without any obstruction from the darkness. 
If Liao Yun realized it, she would curse Mingyue – she was fast enough to overthrow Liao Yun in her speed. But in these four years, Mingyue would pretend to be a slowpoke.
But it was not Mingyue's fault at all since her performance was all thanks to the Elemental which was infused into her legs – improving her speed and relieving the muscle ache. Of course, relieving the muscle ache would work temporarily.
"Yin Yang Fish," Mingyue called with a soft voice as a white-coloured fish and black-coloured fish appeared each in her left and right hands. Both of them moved energetically as they went into close contact with Mingyue's hands.
The two fishes were two entities, but also at the same time, both were one entity. 
Both were separatable, but also at the same time, inseparable. One was real, while the other one was unreal. Both from a different place, but both were twisted together and interweaved, making a complete existence.
"Dagger."
Along with Mingyue's voice, the Yin Yang Fish's body re-materialized and morphed into a pair of sharp daggers, a black dagger and white dagger, one each in her hand.
Swiiiish. . . .
With a flick of her fingers, a hard-to-discern light was shot from her hand toward its target – ex-Pig Head's neck. It was very fast, not letting its target realized or made any movement.
Akin to an eagle dived down to hunt a rat, the thrown dagger was stabbed toward ex-Pig Head's neck without any retaliation.
Clank. . .
But, the unexpected happened. Even though the thrown dagger should be a deadly blow, there was no any mark, no wound at all.
And soon after that, ex-Pig Head reacted, and at the same time, he dashed toward Mingyue – he was provoked. 
"Yueyue!" Xiao Jing couldn't help to scream, but there was no change in Mingyue's face.
"Calm down, Xiao Jing." The tip of her lips was curled upward while circulating the Elemental in her whole body – improving her physical strength and reaction time. "It's not like the dagger is not sharp enough, but rather earlier was only a thrown dagger, without any Elemental of course. And now. . ."
Rotating the black dagger around her finger, she was prepared to clash head-on with the incoming greatsword.
The circulated Elemental in her body rotated even faster and shrouded the black dagger in her hand at the exact time of the clash.
CLANK!
The clash was at the standoff, but Mingyue felt a faint numbness in her grip. But she had no time to think about it as ex-Pig Head prepared for another slash.
Swiish, swish swish. . .
This time, Mingyue avoided every of the slash while she leapt backwards.
"Tsk. Even though I have circulated the Elemental, my strength is around Peak Grade Battle Warrior, eh? A little off from my expectation." 
This was Mingyue's main weakness. Her body was weak, making her unable to unleash more power. No, it might be suitable to say that her physique limited her own potential.
Mingyue's Elemental manipulation was very precise – she never found anyone with better Elemental manipulation so far. Even the tribe's leader of the Wind Chasing Tribe, Liao An fared lower than Mingyue.
Indeed, her experience as a cultivator in her previous life was the main reason for it.
Thus, she should have been able to unleash her maximum physical prowess. Unfortunately, circulating more Elemental in her own body would do the opposite.
When Mingyue was in deep contemplation, ex-Pig Head made a wide horizontal swing, making it harder for Mingyue to evade. But unfortunately, it was still not enough.
Arching her body into the shape of 'n' backwards, Mingyue narrowly evaded that one.
(Author's Note: Bridge up from gymnastic's movement, something like that.)
"You can't do it, Yueyue! Don't be hard-head and let me pack this doll!" Xiao Jing's voice was full of impatience as she appeared behind Mingyue. 
Xiao Jing's body was akin to the drawn and nocked arrow – only needed one order to unleash the arrow.
Opposite of Xiao Jing's mood, Mingyue was still giggling. "Not yet. I want to try a few more tricks."
Xiao Jing, ". . ."
Understood of Xiao Jing's scepticism, Mingyue explained, "This puppet has the capability to reduce the circulated Elemental when it comes into contact. For example, the earlier clash."
After arching her body, Mingyue somersaulted backwards to create some distance from ex-Pig Head. If it was a direct clash with only using a dagger was indeed hard, not to mention that there was one or two levels difference between their strength.
"If I have to sum it up, this puppet has two basic abilities. The first is reducing the circulated Elemental with each clash, which is a little problematic. If I have to make the comparison, it is similar to punch at cotton – the cotton would absorb and lessen the received impact. But there is no need to worry about me, it is only a minuscule amount for me, but I don't know about other people."
[But at the same time, this fight must not be prolonged too much. Or else, I will be on disadvantage. With each of clash, the condensed Elemental in the Yin Yang Daggers was scrapped little by little.] Mingyue added in her mind. 
Considering her delicate body, she would be KO'ed if she couldn't circulate the Elemental at all. But of course, she had a lot of tricks under her sleeve which wouldn't let the worst case of scenario happened.
"The second is their physique's improvement, and a massive one. Both this thing and that big-bodied puppet that wear the same ash-coloured armour have the same big improvement. But at the same time, there is no trace of Elemental from their body, which is the weird part."
[There is a possibility to improve one's physique by circulating Elemental in one's body. But for this puppet, there is a huge improvement in its physique even though there is no circulated Elemental. Why is it? Is it because the puppet cannot manipulate Elemental, or is it because the puppet is controlling a corpse, not a living human?] It was the most interesting part, also the part that she couldn't get the answer any time soon.
And the clash previously had made sure of Mingyue's previous conjecture. This ex-Pig Head and ex-Fatty Pig had a huge jump in their strength. Mingyue didn't know their original level, but their current strength sure was above Peak Grade Battle Warrior.
But the two puppets which were fighting Fu Tao sure were weaker if compared with ex-Pig Head and ex-Fatty Pig. At the very least, Middle Grade Battle Warrior.
Mingyue was sure that both ex-Pig Head and ex-Fatty Pig was at the very least at the first stage of Elemental Warrior.
Elemental Warrior, the stage above Battle Warrior. But the grading of Elemental Warrior was still a mystery, not even Miss Chen, the Mercenary Guild's receptionist knew about it. But, there was one thing Mingyue heard from Miss Chen.
A different grading – there was nothing about Grade 1 – 10 like Battle Fighter and Battle Warrior.
And what kind of grading? It was still a mystery for Mingyue since no one reached this level with the exception the leader of Red Rage Bear Mercenary, the Lin Family, and the City Governor themselves.
Mingyue made a small gesture, and the fallen white dagger made an arch toward Mingyue's hand.
Ex-Pig Head lunged forward to make another swing.
Clank! Clank clank clank!
With the pair of daggers, Mingyue could hold on her ground with ease, but she was still not letting down her vigilance. Without any offence, she could only stall the fight.
"Let's speed up the game," Mingyue smirked up and lunged forward. 
…

Arriving at the new world, an ex-cultivator vowed to never cultivate anymore

A naive little girl lived in a world full of deceit, she is faced with choices.

Treading along a new world with a lot of secrets. Who could she trust?

Will she fall? Or she will triumph over the mortal?

Follow the journey of Xia Mingyue, a mighty cultivator that was trapped in a weak body in the new world, new place, without cultivator.

*Warning, a slow-paced story until around chapter 80.

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Everyone looked at each other.
That was exactly what everyone had gone through.
"So what's the reason behind it?"
"This is exactly what it meant by ghost hitting walls!" Bai Muchuan looked at everyone in their eyes. "It is a manmade illusion similar to those tactical formations set up by Masters of Ancient Magical Arts and Divination—"
"…" This sounds so mysterious!
Everyone was speechless. They remained silent and shook their heads.
Their faces looked grim as the light from the fire pit reflected on their faces.
Bai Muchuan's burning gaze swept through everyone. "When humans walked on a route," he continued, "they tend to rely on their surrounding objects to continue. When there is a lack of obvious, identifiable objects, they will easily lose their direction and end up walking in circles.
"I've read an article online where a group of people spent a lot of money to dig through a mountain and created a cave with tunnels. People who walk in that cave will feel that they are walking upwards. Yet in the end… they will always end up at the spot where they started out. The design of the cave amazed and intrigued many. It is a fact that such illusion existed and could be created."
There are many things in the world that science couldn't explain when it comes to nature.
Besides, this was, after all, human intervention.
They were in a huge forest. Under normal circumstances, they should not encounter the scenario of going round in circles. However, from what Cheng Zheng had told him, there was actually the presence of a natural-focal disease within the forest. If a person was not in a good physical condition, it would be hard for them to make a clear judgment…
On top of that, the visibility in the forest was very poor. If someone had deliberately created the illusion effect of making people going around in circles in the forest at a certain location, it was totally possible.
Everybody felt a chill as they listened.
The trees and terrain did make the place seem similar to a high degree.
The compass stopped working and they lost all forms of signals after a point in time when they entered the forest. As soon as they realized that they had lost their sense of direction, a strong feeling of uneasiness descended upon them. In addition, as the forest was really huge, that actually misled them from thinking that they were actually being plotted against.
As these sounded too mysterious, someone asked in a cautious tone, "Maybe this forest is being created in such a way to create an optical illusion just like the people who designed the cave?"
Bai Muchuan nodded. "That is highly possible."
Xiang Wan's smiling eyes looked at Bai Muchuan as though she was a little fan of his. "If this is not man-made, a lot of things would not make sense."
Everyone nodded their heads. 
"But there are new doubts as well."
Another person who was a fan of Bai Muchuan was Lima. She had also been listening all this while. "This place is so big," she suddenly opened her mouth, "who would have the ability to create a place like this?"
"Money!" Bai Muchuan's gaze gradually turned cold. "Money will make all this possible."
"…"
Money makes the world go round.
Everyone nodded their heads once again. 
Lima's body quivered. She asked again, "Is it the Dark Clan?"
Bai Muchuan did not answer.
"Yeah, Captain Bai, is it the Dark Clan?"
A few of them couldn't handle the suspense and kept asking Bai Muchuan for an answer.
The corners of Bai Muchuan's mouth curved to show a devilish, cold grin.
"Before the truth comes to light, there is no need to rush for an answer."
"Yeah, it's still too early to conclude anything—"
A man like Bai Muchuan would always be the leader of a pack of wolves.
He was in control of the conversation and everybody's thoughts.
It might not be intentional but people just seem to follow him.
That was probably what was so charming about him.
Xiang Wan smiled knowingly when she took a quick glance at Lima—she caught the look of adoration in Lima's eyes.
"But I still don't understand."
"Mm?" Bai Muchuan squinted his eyes. "Which part?"
Xiang Wan raised her eyebrows. "I don't understand why you thought of ghost hitting walls at the sight of me? Why do you associate a pretty girl like me with ghosts?"
"…"
Xiang Wan was normally a reserved person in normal circumstances.
Even if she wanted to praise her own beauty, she would only do it when she was alone with Bai Muchuan.
To praise herself in front of so many people—that was abnormal of her!
Bai Muchuan looked at her mischievous gaze and meaningful smile. He lovingly pinched her on the cheek as he puffed a sigh.
"A female ghost-like Nie Xiaoqian[1] is also very beautiful—"
"But you're not Ning Caichen." Xiang Wan rolled her eyes and laughed. "Quick, out with it! Don't keep me in suspense! You're so annoying!"
Her beautiful smile made her pale face look so much better.
Bai Muchuan shook his head as he chuckled, and did not tease her anymore
"When I saw you earlier, you were above me. From my angle of vision, the people from Dark Clan were on a higher terrain. When I pulled you, I noticed how you landed on top of me…"
The words "landed on"…
He used it so conveniently!
Bai Muchuan gave a half-smile and paused for a moment before he cleared his throat.
"After you landed on me, it suddenly occurred to me… that you are still above me."
"…"
Is there a problem?
When they fell down together, she was indeed on top, but what was the problem?
Xiang Wan did not know what he was trying to say…
"I totally don't understand. Is there anything different about it?"
"Yes. Of course, there is a difference." Bai Muchuan looked seriously at her with his smiling eyes. "Before running into you, I'm not afraid of dying even if I were to follow them around in circles. After I saw you, though, and you were above me… I thought I have to protect you. At that moment, it was as though good fortune landed upon me and I gained enlightenment about the situation."
Xiang Wan's jaw dropped. "…"
Everyone buried their heads on their palm after hearing what he had said. "…"
She had thought he would give a scientific explanation.
It turned out to be sweet nothings—dog food for the rest, instead…
However, nobody could rebut that his explanation was incorrect?
Since that thought occurred after he saw Xiang Wan!
There was nothing wrong with it!
Everyone was convinced.
To make it sound even more convincing, Bai Muchuan took a burnt stick from the ground and sketched out a blueprint for the optical illusion of them going around in circles to aid in his explanation.
"It's too mystifying that I'm unable to get any sense of it."
"That is impressive! It's as though taking advantage of the blind spot of our logical thinking."
"This… I suddenly feel that I'm illiterate!"
"It's not a feeling! You're really illiterate!"
The teammates teased each other and voiced their opinions.
However, Xiang Wan was looking at the fire pit and stayed quiet for a long time.
"Is your wound hurting?" Bai Muchuan lowered his head to look at her injured leg.
"Not at all." Xiang Wan shook her head.
"So are you feeling any discomfort?" Bai Muchuan's eyebrows scrunched together as he stretched out his hand to feel her forehead.
"I do feel a little dizzy, but it doesn't affect my thoughts."
When Xiang Wan finished saying this, she realized that she had unknowingly imitated Bai Muchuan's way of talking when he was acting cool.
Bai Muchuan had noticed that as well and teased her. "So Teacher Xiang, what are you thinking about?"
Xiang Wan cleared her throat and put on a serious look. "I just thought of a question. Do you think this amazing design is the work of a normal person? Is Brother Steel… a person capable of coming up with that? Does he have this level of intelligence as well as a top-notch crew that did this for him? I feel like this is not something that having lots of money can achieve either!"
Even if he had the money, he would still need to have the brains to come up with something like that!
[1] Nie Xiaoqian (聂小倩) and Ning Caichen (宁采臣)—the female and male leading characters from the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story".


Aspiring author Xiang Wan was deemed hopeless by her family and better off married when her fourth novel still did not do well. 
Just as she started to doubt herself and wonder if she should continue to pursue her dream as an author, things take an unexpected turn when a dazzling guy appears before her and she was taken away by the police as a prime suspect of a murder case.
A murder had taken place and the details were eerily similar to her mystery novel. 
From then on, her life turned topsy-turvy.
...........
Translator Review:
This is a novel encompassed with mystery, ethics, family ties, and romance. Of course, the highlights of this book are the murder cases. 
Although it’s a modern setup where none of the characters have a system or any other cheats, the Author managed to delight me with her writing, creative plots and a good pace without dragging her story. 
I marvel at the way the Author links up the clues and plot to explain the individual cases as well as paving the way to unravel the huge conspiracy behind the individual murders. Romantic plots are light-hearted so readers could take a breather from the plots of gruesome murders.
Frequency of release:  1 chapter/daily

The Fourth realm - Another dimension/world discovered by the ancestors that saved them from the desecration of the Third realm. (common lore) 

The Third Realm - The origins of the ancestors connected to the Fourth realm through Portals and is believed to be a world that is dying. A world filled with darkness as it has consumed most of its inhabitants. 

Portals - doorways between realms. 

Cube - Teleportation device for those with the Essence. 

Essence - an extractable for of Birr that gives enhanced power, Teleportation ability via the cube among other varied powers

Illusion - An optical effect created by using Birr to reflect and refract light around the user to alter one's appearance and of other items around them. 

Solarium - A light temple and home for the seers. 

Dheranie - a whitish Grey crystal able to drain essence and with mystical powers

Evina - The staff of Queens. An ivory staff with gold markings and a spiked circlet on its top. 

Ziza - The Queen's DiaryA small book with historical value and filled with the knowledge of the ancients. 

The Ruling Sphere of Phelia is divided into seven regions

Crinia - The White mountains. Snow capped mountains, ice and thick forests. 

Lemala - Vast farmlands for the growers and a few handlers. 

Galani - Vast farmlands South of the Capital

Jakaar - Grassland savanna and desert with an occasional swamp or two. 

Keremia - Forests below Crinia. 

Halelia - Islands of the Harua sea. 

Capital - Home to the central seat of power, the council and the
Mountain. 
Terra - a Shire in the central Sphere of the Third Realm
Realms - worlds, more akin to parallel universes or other worlds existing in different planes from each other. 
Sphere- Land masses separated from each other by oceans or seas. 
Shire - huge land masses within a sphere separated from each other by boundaries, visible or invisible. 
Mountain - Ruling seat of power hewned from a dead volcano deep in the heartland of the Capital Shire. 
The Great Channel - man made river/channel created to relieve the blue lake valley from periodic flooding meant to connect the Capital Shire directly to Harua Sea
Blue Lake - A lava dammed lake in the blue lake valley of the Capital Shire of Phelia

Blue Lake Valley - a valley, west of the mountain.

Portals have always connected the realms and the planets that exist in this universe. When a people is threatened by an erupting volcano and the darkness it eventually unleashes, The Primevals of Phelia have no choice, but to bring their people through one such portal and into another realm that forever changes their being and their heritage.

From normal humans, a new race is born. One that is endowed with much power, but with power there is always sacrifice and no one knows this better than Ira. A descendant of the Primevals, their blood runs pure in his veins and as such, his burdens are many and so are the responsibilities that threaten to weigh him down. Despite this, he was never meant to carry this load alone. He must strive to find his Queen and even though they are worlds apart, he must bring his bride home and even harder, convince her to stay and remain by his side even as he prepares to fight in the war ahead.

The Fourth realm - Another dimension/world discovered by the ancestors that saved them from the desecration of the Third realm. (common lore) 

The Third Realm - The origins of the ancestors connected to the Fourth realm through Portals and is believed to be a world that is dying. A world filled with darkness as it has consumed most of its inhabitants. 

Portals - doorways between realms. 

Cube - Teleportation device for those with the Essence. 

Essence - an extractable for of Birr that gives enhanced power, Teleportation ability via the cube among other varied powers

Illusion - An optical effect created by using Birr to reflect and refract light around the user to alter one's appearance and of other items around them. 

Solarium - A light temple and home for the seers. 

Dheranie - a whitish Grey crystal able to drain essence and with mystical powers

Evina - The staff of Queens. An ivory staff with gold markings and a spiked circlet on its top. 

Ziza - The Queen's DiaryA small book with historical value and filled with the knowledge of the ancients. 

The Ruling Sphere of Phelia is divided into seven regions

Crinia - The White mountains. Snow capped mountains, ice and thick forests. 

Lemala - Vast farmlands for the growers and a few handlers. 

Galani - Vast farmlands South of the Capital

Jakaar - Grassland savanna and desert with an occasional swamp or two. 

Keremia - Forests below Crinia. 

Halelia - Islands of the Harua sea. 

Capital - Home to the central seat of power, the council and the
Mountain. 
Terra - a Shire in the central Sphere of the Third Realm
Realms - worlds, more akin to parallel universes or other worlds existing in different planes from each other. 
Sphere- Land masses separated from each other by oceans or seas. 
Shire - huge land masses within a sphere separated from each other by boundaries, visible or invisible. 
Mountain - Ruling seat of power hewned from a dead volcano deep in the heartland of the Capital Shire. 
The Great Channel - man made river/channel created to relieve the blue lake valley from periodic flooding meant to connect the Capital Shire directly to Harua Sea
Blue Lake - A lava dammed lake in the blue lake valley of the Capital Shire of Phelia

Blue Lake Valley - a valley, west of the mountain. 

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