Chapter 204

…Facing one's own true nature and psychological shadows is indeed not such a simple matter.

But upon hearing Qi Xing's words, Sasa reacted, immediately grabbing onto this lifeline, and spoke with rapid speed: "I… the last time you spanked me… uh…"

She blushed, her gaze quickly darting away, and her voice gradually grew quieter.

"…Actually, it was, a little, comfortable."

Qi Xing: "…"

Deep breath.

Hold it, Qi Xing, suppress your dark side.

Although this devil before him really looked like she was suitable for bullying, clearly saying one thing while meaning another yet stubbornly refusing to admit it, he had to hold back!

As soon as he finished speaking, the silver walls vibrated gently again, and two doors opened slowly, one after the other.

—It seems the labyrinth had accepted this level of "self-disclosure."

So it turns out there was no need to state the full fetish; telling only a part of the Truth could also pass?

"Qi Xing, I beg you, let's retreat first. Why don't you bring the little nun to explore this labyrinth instead?"

Seeing that Qi Xing still wanted to move forward, Sasa now looked like she was truly about to cry from anxiety.

But Qi Xing still shook his head: "Let's look at one more room. Judging by the current pace, the next one shouldn't devolve into immediate █ █."

Once he finished speaking, he took Sasa's hand and forcibly brought her into the next room.

The silver walls closed like mechanical gears, and the room's structure was no different from the previous two, still consisting of smooth, pure silver walls and a silent space.

However, this time, the sign on the wall clearly read: [Room where one cannot proceed without masturbating while looking at the other person]

…

Qi Xing: "…"

It was indeed not yet immediate █ █, but this requirement was finally too much even for Qi Xing to handle.

Sasa, beside him, was now so scared she was practically trembling like a small animal, clearly absolutely unwilling.

Qi Xing was a noble person; no matter what, he would not actually do this kind of thing to someone who was unwilling.

"I have to try another tactic."

Taking out the Silver Coin of [Illusion], Qi Xing channeled his divine power.

In an instant, faint water mist rose from the silver coin, dreamlike and illusory, shrouding the entire room.

The surrounding space began to twist and shatter, the scenery swayed and lost its form like reflections in water or flowers in a mirror, and the boundaries of reality quietly vanished.

He intended to use the Silver Coin of [Illusion] to weave a performance and deceive the labyrinth's trial.

However—

At the very moment the mist condensed and took shape, from the depths of the silver labyrinth, a beam of scorching white light struck out like divine punishment, piercing straight into Qi Xing's illusion!

The divine light shone through all phenomena, as pure as Truth, pointing directly to the origin! The dense mist was torn apart, the smoke and dust dissipated rapidly, and the Maya illusion instantly disintegrated under the illumination of the True Suchness. All falsehoods and disguises were stripped away by the light!

This was a divine power that rejected all disguises and rejected anything deviating from "Truth"! The power of [Illusion] was penetrated, illuminated, and negated!

"What?!"

The scorching Silver Coin of [Illusion] was struck down and returned to Qi Xing's hand, shocking him. The authority of a [silver coin] could actually be broken?

But this was actually not the first time the power of [Illusion] had been broken.

The last time Qi Xing's [Illusion] was broken was during his battle with the Giant Spirit [Mahamayuri]—it was defeated by the restraint of its scorching divine [Great Sun] authority.

It was just that the last time [Illusion] was defeated, it was by a Giant Spirit's authority, whereas this time, it was by the authority of a [silver coin] of the same attribute.

"I know which [silver coin] is the core of this labyrinth."

Seeming both somewhat enlightened and more nervous, Sasa, hiding behind Qi Xing, frowned slightly, "It's the one that happens to be the counterpart to your [Illusion]."

Where there is 'Maya,' there is 'Brahman'; behind the veil of illusion, there must be Truth.

"Number three, [Truth (Le Soleil)]—Truth, purity, life, joy, achievement, rationality."

"It is the Sun, the counterpart to the Moon."

Volume 5: Welcome to █ █ █ Paradise!: 186: From the Labyrinth

Because the previous chapter was eaten, here is a summary/recap:

In the [Room where one cannot proceed while wearing clothes], Qi Xing forced Sasa to █ █ the clothes on her body, triggering quite a bit of resistance and shame █ from her.

The two continued forward, entering the [Room where one cannot proceed without revealing one's █ fetish]. Qi Xing frankly admitted to his sadism █ and control █; while Sasa, amidst threats and █ shame, finally whispered that she had felt "a little comfortable" when she was spanked, barely passing.

Next was the [Room where one cannot proceed without masturbating while looking at the other person]. Qi Xing could not handle it anymore and attempted to use the Silver Coin of [Illusion] to create a false image to deceive the labyrinth, but it was broken by a scorching white divine light.

And Sasa finally identified the source of the silver coin divine power that created this labyrinth.

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[silver coin] number three, [Truth (Le Soleil)]—Truth, purity, life, joy, achievement, rationality.

"The Sun? [Truth]?"

Honestly, this answer was very surprising to Qi Xing, "I originally thought the [silver coin] of this lewd █ island should represent concepts like 'contact' or 'connection'."

After all, that crazy island owner kept talking about "mutual understanding," didn't she?

"Because 'connection' is only the result, not the 'means' she chose."

Sasa muttered in explanation, "If there really were a [Union] silver coin on this island, then to make the people of a mere island understand each other, there would be no need to engage in these physical contacts; one could just open a New Human chat room in everyone's minds, and everyone's consciousness could be connected."

As for whether everyone would become brain-dead after turning into New Humans, that's another matter—everyone should know that the power of [silver coins] kills but doesn't bury.

"The power of [silver coins], as long as the concept corresponds appropriately, can bypass the process and directly derive the result."

"This island owner's line of thinking is probably 'language can be faked, but physical reactions are real,' a concept like that—in her view, physical contact is more sincere than verbal communication, and it is indeed revolving around the concept of [Truth]."

Seeing Qi Xing deep in thought, Sasa added another sentence: "Although she is not a [Silver Coin Messenger] and is not connected to the [silver coin], she must have used some method to indirectly utilize the power of the [Truth] silver coin… it's just that I can't tell exactly how she managed to do it yet."

Useless medium-cup Evil God!

That said, Sasa was a bit more well-behaved now, willing to explain the mysteries of the divine power concepts, so she wasn't actually that useless.

"She is not directly connected to the [silver coin], so the power she can exert is at most only two or three tenths of yours; but precisely because of this, her desires will not directly trigger a rampage of the [silver coin]."

Recalling the words and deeds of the island owner Xue Ning, even Sasa had to admit: "These [Peacock Disciples] have studied for thousands of years, and when it comes to 'how to use the power of [silver coins]'… they have probably really figured out some tricks."

"Are you sure they are really your followers? Why does it sound more and more like they are scientists studying you like nuclear material?"

Back to business, let's stop joking for now.

For the [Room where one cannot proceed without masturbating while looking at the other person], Qi Xing had no intention of playing along. But the [Illusion] power was ineffective, the labyrinth would not tolerate deception, and Qi Xing did not have enough output to just punch this damn thing to pieces—what was to be done?

After pondering for only a moment, Qi Xing decisively made up his mind.

"Then I'll try brute force."

Switching to the [Dominator] silver coin, Qi Xing channeled his divine power again and grinned.

Compared to [Illusion], this was his main silver coin.

"Open! Open! Open!"

"The Great Yin opens the gate, the Nine Netherworlds are solemn and silent;"

"Judge the myriad souls, let the true form appear!"

Strange scriptures rang out.

In an instant, with Qi Xing as the center, heaven and earth began to dislocate, and the silver-white secret chamber began to float unstably, twisting and vibrating.

Sand and wind howled from the void, and the black and white of the irrational began to subvert reality.

"Glorious Underworld Sovereign: Judgment World!"

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Outside the labyrinth ruins.

The island owner Xue Ning was still squatting beside the construction fence, just like before, making a "Yeah" V-sign with both hands, bored like a big white-haired dog.

Although bored, she was content.

However, about fifteen minutes later, Xue Ning felt… the ground was trembling.

An unusual "force" was quietly rising from the depths of the mountain, as if the laws of two worlds were colliding.

The air trembled, and the metal fence at the entrance of the labyrinth let out a shrill wail. Even without getting close, one could hear a sound that made one's scalp tingle.

Xue Ning's ears twitched slightly, and her expression suddenly became serious.

—It's coming.

The next moment, the labyrinth entrance embedded in the mountain wall actually split open, and with a "click," it fiercely "spat" Qi Xing out of the labyrinth!

"Oh my, this is truly,"

Even the island owner had not expected this; she widened her eyes in surprise, "Amazing, impressive. To be able to escape on one's own when caught in a dilemma."

However, Qi Xing, who had been spat out, was still naked, and his expression was quite unpleasant.

He had just tried to forcibly expand his own [Inner Realm] inside the labyrinth, intending to use the [Glorious Underworld Sovereign: Judgment World] to forcibly burst the labyrinth from the inside out.

However, the laws of the two worlds tore at each other, and instead, the labyrinth occupied the home-field advantage—although it could not crush Qi Xing's [Inner Realm], it acted like it was vomiting up a stone it couldn't digest, forcibly spitting Qi Xing and Sasa out together.

—After all, so-called [Truth] can naturally be interpreted as "keeping things as they originally are." Therefore, this authority can also be used to exclude foreign objects and purify. This is a very simple usage.

Island owner Xue Ning could not see Sasa to begin with, so naturally, she would not know that she had been spat out and was not wearing any clothes.

Fortunately, Sasa was a shadow to begin with, and her clothing was merely an arbitrarily generated illusion, so she could just swipe her hand and replenish it now.

…However, Qi Xing's clothes were real. Although they were just ordinary clothes bought by Elaine, they had now been completely eaten by this detestable labyrinth.

Even, Qi Xing's mobile phone and the communicator issued by [The Society] had been swallowed.

Fortunately, he was still carrying the storage gourd he had refined himself. If even his storage item had been swallowed by the labyrinth, Qi Xing would likely be more than just simply annoyed.

The first wave was an unsuccessful start, but Qi Xing didn't really care—sieging a city has always been the hardest, let alone an Inner Realm labyrinth constructed with [silver coin] authority. Being able to retreat unscathed the first time and see through some of the opponent's mysteries already counts as a loss.

It's just that now, his phone was gone, his communicator was gone, and his clothes were gone.

Could it be that he really had to go naked, exposing his arrogant big █, and fly all the way back to Rome like this?

Or perhaps, use the Silver Coin of [Illusion] to conjure a set of fake clothes to make do?

"[Master Leipu],"

The island owner squatting to the side finally interjected at this moment, "It is very normal to fail to pass when exploring this labyrinth for the first time. After all, this is an ancient object, and it has been modified by the Nazi Ancient Heritage Society, which is why it appears so tricky."

"If you are willing to bring a 'suitable' companion next time to explore inside together, it will definitely be much easier than this time."

Her voice was as usual, carrying a bit of elegance and a light tone, as if she were hosting an honored guest, quite composed,

"For now, since your clothes and phone have been swallowed by the labyrinth, you might as well rest for a while at the hotel on the island. Take a shower, change into a new set of clothes, and wash away the fatigue."

"After all, our place is a tourist island that relies on sightseeing, so all kinds of supplies are readily available, and the hotel service is also first-class."

She tilted her head slightly, revealing a harmless, almost "expectant" smile.

"…What do you think?"

What did he think?

Qi Xing did not want to stay in this hotel, which looked like the enemy's headquarters in every way, and he highly suspected it had lewd █ tropes.