After obtaining the ruby pendant, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox returned to the ruins of the previous hotel. They went to the original communication spot but saw no reply from Nie Chongyang and his companions.
It seemed that even after their excursion, there was still no news from Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping.
This made Ye Tiancheng and the little fox even more anxious.
They dared not delay. Ye Tiancheng confirmed that no one was around, set up a protective barrier, and then took out the unactivated Kunlun Mirror from his storage space, along with the ruby pendant given by Lin Yanqin.
As a result, as the ruby pendant approached the Kunlun Mirror, the Kunlun Mirror reacted without Ye Tiancheng having to do anything.
The Kunlun Mirror activated on its own.
It seemed Lin Yanqin had not lied to them; the ruby pendant was useful and was the key to controlling the Kunlun Mirror.
However, they didn't know why the ruby pendant could control the Kunlun Mirror.
But regarding the ruby pendant, they currently had no ability to investigate further. They couldn't continue their investigation for now, as saving people was the priority in their current situation.
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were both afraid that if they were a step too late, Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping might indeed meet with an accident.
This was the outcome they least wanted to see.
After activating the Kunlun Mirror, the little fox looked at Ye Tiancheng anxiously and asked, "The mirror is activated. Big Brother, how do you use the Kunlun Mirror? Do you know how?"
Ye Tiancheng replied, "Let me try first. Little fox, stay close to me... No, grab onto me. Just in case something happens and I go in alone, and you're left behind, that won't do either."
The little fox immediately complied, gripping Ye Tiancheng's arm.
Confirming that the little fox was ready, Ye Tiancheng felt a slight sense of relief.
Ye Tiancheng placed his hand on the Kunlun Mirror, mobilized his cultivation, and began to activate it, while in his mind, he thought of the whereabouts of Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping.
The next moment, the Kunlun Mirror took effect.
The mirror surface of the Kunlun Mirror lit up with a golden light, which soon enveloped the figures of Ye Tiancheng and the little fox. Then, both Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, along with the Kunlun Mirror, completely vanished from the ruined hotel.
As the barrier's owner departed, the protective barrier Ye Tiancheng had set up instantly collapsed and shattered due to the loss of its sustaining power.
However, what Ye Tiancheng and the little fox did not expect was that the moment they disappeared from the hotel ruins and the barrier instantly crumbled, a small figure also appeared in the hotel ruins.
It even appeared in the very room from which Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, along with the Kunlun Mirror, had vanished.
That small figure was none other than Miao Miao.
It wasn't Long Miaomiao, who had a falling out with Ye Tiancheng, turned hostile, and then disappeared. It was the little girl, also named Miao Miao, who was a clone split from Long Miaomiao.
The little Miao Miao who later went with Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping to the Special Operations Team.
Miao Miao's appearance here was clearly no coincidence.
Not long ago, Miao Miao suddenly sensed that the auras of Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping had abruptly vanished.
Miao Miao, though appearing as a pre-adolescent girl with a very young, innocent demeanor, had actually lived for a very long time and did not possess a child's mentality.
If it weren't for this, how could Nie Chongyang and the others have gotten past their reservations to hire child labor?
It was precisely because Miao Miao couldn't be judged solely by her appearance that she accepted Nie Chongyang's invitation to join the Special Operations Team. It was because she could shoulder the responsibilities of the work, because Miao Miao had the capability.
It was also because Miao Miao had a good impression of Nie Chongyang and the others that she was willing to leave with them in the end.
Afterward, having spent so much time together and working as a team, how could Miao Miao not have developed deep feelings for Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping?
Therefore, upon sensing their auras disappear, Miao Miao couldn't help but worry. She then sensed that even the auras of Ye Tiancheng and the little fox had vanished.
Miao Miao followed their residual traces in this world, tracking them all the way to the university where the artificial lake was located, which Ye Tiancheng and his group had infiltrated.
Then, Miao Miao encountered members of the Special Operations Team.
Because Miao Miao had been busy with other work previously, she didn't know the specifics of Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping's mission.
In any case, she confirmed their safety by sensing their auras.
Just like now.
The moment Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping's auras disappeared, Miao Miao immediately sensed it and pursued.
Upon arriving here, Miao Miao inquired with the Special Operations Team members about what had happened and where Nie Chongyang and the others had gone.
Miao Miao also sensed that the last place Ye Tiancheng and the little fox's auras disappeared from was the same location as Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping.
They had vanished within the scope of the artificial lake.
It seemed they had gone underwater.
However, Miao Miao was also well aware that simply entering the water would not cause her to lose track of the auras of Ye Tiancheng, Nie Chongyang, and the other two.
This would only happen if all four of them were no longer in this world, but in another world or dimension, or in another space.
Or, there was only one last possibility.
Ye Tiancheng and Nie Chongyang's group of four had died silently in an unknown corner.
But Miao Miao also knew that the four of them wouldn't die so ignominiously. Both Ye Tiancheng's side and Nie Chongyang's side were capable individuals who wouldn't be easily defeated.
They might have encountered an accident, but they wouldn't die so easily.
Moreover, Miao Miao's ominous premonition had not reached that point. She had a degree of perception that could judge the level of danger they were facing.
In short, in Miao Miao's perception, the danger they four had encountered should not have threatened their lives.
But what if their auras had all disappeared, and they were trapped in some other space or dimension, unable to return?
Let alone Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping, and not to mention the little fox, just Ye Tiancheng himself. This world was still waiting for the divine artifact Fuxi Qin, and for Ye Tiancheng to save it. Most of the fragments of the Fuxi Qin were currently in Ye Tiancheng's hands.
If Ye Tiancheng and those Fuxi Qin fragments disappeared from this world and couldn't return.
With any more time elapsed, this world would likely be doomed.
To be precise, most of the living beings in this world would likely face an apocalypse.
As for this world, without these destructive beings, perhaps after resting for tens or hundreds of billions of years, it would recover, and a new batch of life might emerge within this world, who knew.
But for the beings currently living in this world, it was hard to say if any would survive.
Miao Miao, being one of Long Miaomiao's clones, was very capable. She quickly tracked them and arrived at Xiaojing City, the place where Ye Tiancheng and his group of four had initially disappeared.
Xiaojing City appeared differently in Miao Miao's eyes.
Xiaojing City was different in the eyes of different people. The reason it appeared the same to Ye Tiancheng and the little fox was because they huddled together, and their collective perception of Xiaojing City merged into a unified illusory space.
This was a special circumstance.
In Xiaojing City, choosing to huddle together inevitably led to such a situation.
However, Miao Miao entered without regard for all that. Her attention was not on these matters at all.
Miao Miao tracked the clues very quickly.
After all, she didn't rely on slowly searching for clues but on perception and sensing.
She soon sensed that there were many spatial rifts within Xiaojing City, and within these rifts, there were new spaces. In one of these rifts, Miao Miao sensed the auras of Ye Tiancheng and his group of four.
Upon sensing this, Miao Miao felt a slight sense of relief.
Since the four of them were together, the probability of something happening would decrease, which made Miao Miao feel much more at ease.
However, Miao Miao discovered something ominous: the time flow within this spatial world seemed to have some issues; the laws of time here were a bit strange.
Outwardly, from the moment Ye Tiancheng and his group of four infiltrated the lake bottom, disappeared from the real world, to when Miao Miao arrived, less than twelve hours had passed in total.
But Miao Miao sensed that within this spatial world, a considerable amount of time had likely already passed. Ye Tiancheng and the others had probably been in this space for a not insignificant period, yet they hadn't left.
Although for the outside world, this was merely less than half a day, everything Ye Tiancheng and the others had experienced and the time they had spent there were real.
If Ye Tiancheng and the others were not extraordinary individuals now.
If Ye Tiancheng and the others lingered here any longer before going out, they might turn into middle-aged uncles, or even old men.
Unfortunately, Miao Miao could do nothing about these laws of time.
The laws of time were high-level concepts. Although Miao Miao was very powerful, she could not control them. Let alone Miao Miao, even Long Miaomiao herself, as a true dragon, would be helpless against these laws of time if she appeared here.
Long Miaomiao could not achieve this either.
If there were any beings who could control the laws of time, they would not be human. In more mystical terms, calling such a being a god would not be an exaggeration.
However, Miao Miao could vaguely sense something.
The entity that had altered the laws of time in this spatial world and was influencing its temporal flow did not seem to be a human or non-human entity. To be precise, it should not be a living being.
In Miao Miao's perception, the entity capable of this was likely a certain artifact.
After pondering for a moment, Miao Miao suddenly murmured in disbelief, "Could it be... the Kunlun Mirror?"
Miao Miao instantly thought of an artifact that could accomplish this.