It's so fast that it's almost impossible to react, and the cheerful figure has an extremely silky smooth feeling.
Before Dean could reach out, the familiar disappeared from sight again.
Dean:? ? ?
What are you playing at?
With a concentration comparable to that of a Blue Star fisherman, he lowered his head and stared at the ground.
The next second, Kana appeared again.
This time, Dean saw clearly.
The black magic pet jumped out from the ground like a small top, turned around, and then fell back, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.
From the perspective of the effect, it looks like a pool of black liquid that is constantly condensing and dispersing. When combined with the dark ground, it can be said to be a seamless whole without any flaws.
Dean looked back and forth twice, always feeling like he was interacting with a lump of slime. He rubbed his eyes and looked up at the sky.
The change of scenery slightly relieved his discomfort, and Dean looked at the ground again with a thoughtful expression.
The environment of the shadow world is even more special than he imagined. This specialness is destined to have high requirements on its adaptability to living organisms. In other words, the threshold for survival is very high, higher than in the real world. Much more.
But correspondingly, if this difficulty can be overcome, the life form born will also have more outstanding qualities and a higher upper limit.
This setting...why do you feel that the existence of the secondary world is beneficial to the main world?
Dean looked at the door, lost in thought for a while, as if he had encountered some problem, his expression changing unpredictably.
His dignity and Kana's leisurely and contented attitude were two extremes.
The Shadow Doll experienced this feeling for the first time.
Like a fish in water, like a bird in the forest.
This world is filled with the energy that it is close to, welcoming it and surrounding it. Kana shuttles through it, seeming to have shed all the bonds and shackles, feeling extremely relaxed and at ease.
It can feel that there is a powerful force flowing in its body. In the current shadow world, it seems to be omnipotent and everywhere.
Kana likes this feeling, and can even be said to be addicted to it, unable to extricate herself.
"Here."
The boring game lasted for who knows how many rounds, until Kana had enough and stood in front of Dean with unfulfilled interest.
Dean lowered his head when he heard its call, and the information panel belonging to Kana popped up instantly and appeared in front of Dean's eyes.
[Name of Demonic Pet: Shadow Doll]
[Racial Qualification: A]
[Individual Qualification: S~SS]
[Talent: Shadow Walking, Shadow Explosion]
[Status: Mastered some extremely high-level power and is gradually adapting to it. 】
…
Looking past the familiar information, Dean quickly sorted out the changes in Kana's intelligence at a glance.
Compared with the original, the difference is actually not too big.
The fluctuations in levels were all within his expectation. On the contrary, it was what Dean wanted to know more, such as the relevant information about the "Shadow Realm", but it was not reflected in detail on the skill panel, only slightly in the status bar. The mention is also vague.
Fortunately, he had been mentally prepared. Now that his guess had come true, he was not too disappointed. He turned off the system, opened the door and walked in.
In fact, this should be Dean's second visit to the film world.
A long time ago, when he had just completed the contract with Kana, he had the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of a newbie and briefly came into contact with the shadow world.
The shadow world at that time was completely different from now... Dean's deepest impression was that the shadow world seemed to be more flat.
It should be an incomplete body.
Dean stepped on the pure black grass and recalled that brief glimpse.
If I remember correctly, in the world I saw at that time, there seemed to be pedestrians on the streets.
This is quite different from the current situation.
He was certain that there was indeed no life form that could be called "living" in this world.
Is this because evolution has eliminated "human beings"?
Dean looked at the breeding room. The familiar building outline was empty and silent, which was in sharp contrast to the liveliness and even noise of the real world.
It makes people feel a little uncomfortable.
"Here."
Guessing what Dean was looking for, Kana pulled his pants and motioned for him to squat down.
Underneath.
Looking at Dean who obeyed her and squatted down, Kana repeated.
There is nothing "living" here.
To get to the "next level".
It pointed to the ground and answered vaguely.
Dean didn't quite understand, "What do you mean?"
What next level?
Is this film world still a two-story villa?
"Here."
The Shadow Doll tilted its head, signaling for him to lower his head.
Dean obeyed obediently. When the distance was close enough, the black covering the entire ground suddenly spread out, revealing the stone floor that Dean was so familiar with.
There are two shadows moving above it.
This is……
His eyes suddenly widened with a shocked expression.
"Here."
It's a shadow.
Kana waved her paw and explained.
The next second, the "hole" in front of Dean expanded again, directly covering the breeding room.
More moving shadows, as well as the shadows of buildings, appeared on the ground.
The black world seemed to have been poked by a needle, and a ray of sunlight suddenly fell in.
Dean stood up and stared at this scene with dumbfounded eyes, his mind a little overwhelmed.
Just when he was brainstorming, Kana pushed hard, and the energy fluctuations were like an overwhelming ocean. Taking the area where one person and one pet were as the center of the circle, it quickly spread outward, like ripples on the water. Here, the darkness fades, exposing more of the visible ground.
It also revealed the shadows of pedestrians and buildings in District 13 above.
The lively human fireworks are vividly displayed on this land like a picture scroll.
...like a weird yet real shadow puppet show.
Dean turned his head sharply and looked at the building behind him.
If these are the "shadows" in the usual sense...then what do they count?
He silently reached out and pressed his temples.
My head feels so itchy, it feels like I'm about to grow a brain.
The huge amount of information impacted Dean's nerves. He kept silent for a long time and thought until the blackness returned like a rising tide and submerged the earth again, then he put down his hands and revealed a pair of eyes as bright as morning stars.
Since the amount of information is not enough, let’s start with the known parts.
What just happened means that in this world, normal shadows exist and can be observed.
Therefore, it can be deduced from this that the existence of the shadow world does not interfere with the original relationship between reality and shadow. It is more like a mezzanine born between reality and shadow, or a place of similar nature.
It is like an "infinity" interspersed on the plane connecting reality and shadow, allowing light to flow upward and shadow to develop downward, connecting both sides, becoming a special "intersection point".
(End of chapter)
