267: Mirror Clan, tricky, human luck is also a foundation-level combat power

“Old Man, come out and guard the door.”

“Young Master, I just like guarding doors.”

Old Man Anpingshan's avatar appeared, standing ramrod straight outside the Mirror Gate, looking very much like a security guard.

“Alright, I'll go get the opportunities first. After that, the federal era can take over the development here.”

“Young Master, you go about your business. I will arrange everything.”

“...”

Mirror Lin Chen was quite speechless. This Old Man clearly understood the situation and was shamelessly trying to cling to Lin Chen's coattails.

Previously, he had clung to Qin Huang's coattails, assisting Qin Huang in establishing the federal era. In just thirty thousand years, his cultivation had gone from the initial stage of Foundation Level late-stage to being one step away from breaking through to Foundation Level peak, with hopes of reaching half-step Transcendent Level within one hundred thousand years.

Now he wanted to cling to Lin Chen's coattails, hoping to reach half-step Transcendent Level quickly, and follow the future Lin Chen to seek opportunities to break through to Transcendent Level, keeping pace with Lin Chen and reaching heights he could never achieve in this life.

“Old Man, act normal.”

“Hehe, aren't I just clinging to coattails? Your opportunities keep coming one after another, it's terrifying. If I don't cling to your coattails early, I won't even get a sip of soup later.”

“Old Man, I promise that if I have food, I won't let you starve. Just act normal. You are, after all, the first decision-maker of our Human Race; you should be steady.”

“Yes, yes, yes, I am very steady.”

Mirror Lin Chen didn't argue with the Old Man any further and directly entered the Mirror Gate, arriving in the Mirror Universe.

The Mirror Universe wasn't much different from the Xuan Guang Universe; the suppression from its rule system was about the same.

Following his senses, Mirror Lin Chen stepped across the starry sky, heading towards the core of the Mirror Universe. The opportunity he sensed was located at the core of the Mirror Universe.

The foundation of the Mirror Universe's existence was formed by a Mirror Dao expert combining the universe's origin with his own rules. This foundation had a physical form and could be seized and controlled.

At this time, the Mirror Universe was still developing systematically. The races living here did not know that the original Xuan Guang Universe had been destroyed, and the expert who created them had also fallen.

A universe with a diameter of thirty billion light-years. Because the Mirror Dao expert replicated a complete version of the Xuan Guang Universe during its creation, the power ceiling of this Mirror Universe was Main God Level.

The core of the Mirror Universe was also held by the only Main God Level race, the Mirror Race.

The Mirror Race represents the race from which the Mirror Dao expert originated.

The other party created this Mirror Universe for two reasons: first, to prove his Dao and confirm the correctness of the path he cultivated; second, to find a place for his own race to recuperate.

The result was good. The Mirror Dao path was completely correct and could fully guide Mirror Dao cultivators in their Foundation Level cultivation. His race did indeed recuperate, recovering to their former peak state in the Mirror Universe and missing the death trap of the complete Xuan Guang Universe's collapse and destruction.

However, this luck ended here.

“More than a dozen Main Gods, and a half-step Foundation Level expert overseeing it. This Mirror Universe is much stronger than the power of the Xuan Guang Universe fragments.”

Hidden above the Mirror Race's ancestral land, Mirror Lin Chen was in a state of karmic evasion. The Mirror Race experts were completely unable to detect him, while the Mirror Race's Foundation Level was laid bare before him.

“No matter. I'll take the Mirror Universe's foundation of existence first.”

Mirror Lin Chen followed the karmic trajectory, bypassing the Mirror Race ancestral land's defenses one by one, entering the core of its innermost treasury, arriving before the Mirror Universe's foundation of existence.

The Mirror Race's half-step Foundation Level expert was currently comprehending the foundation of existence, attempting to follow the same path as his ancestors and master the power to create a Mirror Universe.

Alas, half-step Foundation Level was already the limit of his potential. There were no additional opportunities in the Mirror Universe that could allow him to break through, unless he completely digested and absorbed the Mirror Universe's foundation of existence.

But doing so would be no different from destroying the universe.

Through the shattering of his ancestor's soul tablet, he vaguely knew that there was a problem with the Xuan Guang Universe outside, and the several batches of probing forces sent out had never returned.

Therefore, the Mirror Universe was his Mirror Race's only home. He could not break through to Foundation Level at the cost of destroying his home.

Even if he broke through to Foundation Level, he would not be able to create a Mirror Universe capable of sustaining the Mirror Race.

Not only that, the Mirror Universe existed relying on the original Xuan Guang Universe. The outside was a desolate Void, without even Void Creatures. Unless the Xuan Guang Universe completely collapsed, the Mirror Universe would not be able to connect with the true Void and become a true universe.

Even someone as powerful as him, if he couldn't break through to Foundation Level, he also couldn't leave the Mirror Universe. Only weaker beings could leave the Mirror Universe. Similarly, powerful beings from the outside couldn't enter the Mirror Universe.

This rule was set by the Mirror Dao expert to protect the Mirror Universe and the Mirror Race.

It's just that problems arose later. Who would have thought that some of the Mirror Race were useless? Possessing a small universe thirty billion light-years in diameter, they still hadn't produced a new Foundation Level expert to break the rules and leave the Mirror Universe.

“How should I deal with this person? He's staying here, and I can't take away the Mirror Source without alarming him.”

Mirror Lin Chen had a headache at this moment.

He currently had no means to kill a half-step Foundation Level expert, and his own strength was temporarily insufficient to defeat him. He could only choose to call for help, bringing in a true Foundation Level expert for a dimensionality reduction strike.

So Mirror Lin Chen temporarily retreated to first gather more intelligence about the Mirror Universe.

Afterward, he would have to discuss with the Old Man and find a way to summon a Human Race Foundation Level early-stage expert in the Xuan Guang Universe, using the Foundation Level expert to suppress the Mirror Universe and achieve his goal.

Two months later, Mirror Lin Chen exited the Mirror Universe, temporarily closing the Mirror Gate to prevent the Mirror Race from detecting him and taking preemptive actions.

“Did you encounter a problem?”

“Indeed, I encountered a problem. There is a ruling race in the Mirror Universe called the Mirror Race. There is one half-step Foundation Level expert, fifteen Main Gods, nearly a hundred Upper Gods, and about three thousand Middle Gods and Lower Gods combined.”

“The opportunity I need is being guarded by that half-step Foundation Level expert, and I cannot take it away under his nose.”

The Old Man's avatar laughed after hearing Lin Chen's problem. He had thought something serious had happened.

“Heh, what kind of problem is this? It's just the power configuration of a top-tier great race. Without a Foundation Level expert, it's nothing.”

“The Universe Gate cannot allow Foundation Level experts to pass. The distance between the two universes is too great. Even with precise coordinates, a Foundation Level expert would need a hundred years to cross the Void from This Universe and reach the outside of the Xuan Guang Universe.”

“Why bother with all that trouble? Don't treat human luck as if it's not Foundation Level.”

“?????”

Mirror Lin Chen was genuinely a bit bewildered.

human luck, an existence in the form of a star river condensed from Human Race's luck, does not possess complete sentience, much like cosmic consciousness. It has its own set of operating rules and mostly acts as support.

Like the previous time with Fire Lord, it assisted Fire Lord in obtaining the fire hell ring. Also, it can provide early warnings when the Human Race faces a fatal threat, and it can distinguish between enemy and friendly targets to eliminate internal threats for the Human Race.

“human luck, can it directly take action?”

“Naturally, it can. However, in This Universe, there are restrictions that prevent it from acting arbitrarily. But we are not in This Universe; we are in an outer universe. human luck can act freely and directly perform dimensionality reduction strikes on specific beings and objects from the highest level. It's just that taking action consumes human luck's own mass.”

“So, does that mean that in This Universe, the Consciousness of This Universe can also directly strike and kill specific beings and objects?”

“That's right, but the Consciousness of This Universe cannot act arbitrarily. It needs to meet its judgment conditions, such as beings who cause harm to This Universe and have not contributed to This Universe, can be struck by the Consciousness of This Universe.”

“And the Consciousness of This Universe doesn't really like to act. Taking action personally consumes the universe's origin. It prefers us beings living in This Universe to solve problems. It only acts if the problems cannot be solved otherwise.”

“I understand.”

After the Old Man's avatar explained, Mirror Lin Chen understood that human luck could also take action. He didn't know this information simply because he hadn't paid attention to it.

Moreover, the Human Race in the current federal era has nothing that warrants human luck taking personal action. If there's a problem, the Human Race itself can solve it. They wouldn't consume precious human luck just to exchange for a Foundation Level peak expert with a time limit.