She had fallen into a Hallucination Array in the mountains before. At the time, she saw her mother coming to find her. She had been so overjoyed that she followed her mother's figure. If her master hadn't intervened, she would have walked right off a cliff and fallen to her death.
For people caught in a Hallucination Array, the visions vary. The deeper an obsession is buried in their heart, the more likely it is to manifest.
Back then, she had missed her mother terribly, always wishing her mother would come visit her. So, when she fell into the illusion, she saw her mother, who told her she was there to take her away.
She didn't know if there were any Hallucination Arrays layered in here, but she warned them just to be safe.
A Hallucination Array was an advanced technique. Unless that official truly had a master backing him, there was no way he could set one up with his own abilities.
Hearing this, Marsh and the other two men were noticeably more tense.
This was way too terrifying.
They shadowed Stella's footsteps, refusing to stray an inch, terrified that a single misstep would plunge them into an inescapable trap.
Stella pressed forward. As they passed a cliff edge, she gave another instruction:
"See those? There are seven rocks lined up along the edge of the cliff. Counting from the left, I need you to push the second, fourth, and sixth rocks over the edge."
"Understood, Ma'am."
The three men stepped forward and pushed the even-numbered rocks down the cliff.
The moment the three rocks tumbled over, the scenery completely shifted. There was no cliff at all—it was just a flat stretch of land with a path leading forward.
"Is this the Hallucination Array? That's insane."
Stella shook her head. "This isn't a true Hallucination Array. It's just a visual trick."
A real Hallucination Array was incredibly potent, and she definitely didn't want to run into one.
The four of them walked down the new path, but eventually, the path vanished.


VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABEL
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Queen of Wild Cards