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"Door?" Ji Lian raised an eyebrow.

"Invasion points often appear alongside doors; before they expand, they sometimes even become the door itself. I think... this might be because the invasion point itself inherently has the nature of a passage, and in our perception, a ’door’ is a tangible connection to a passage," Lin Qing quickly explained.

Among the invasion points recorded by the mechanism, over eighty percent appeared inside buildings. She hadn’t previously thought deeply about the underlying reasons, but now with a deeper understanding of spiritual energy, this phenomenon seemed explainable: Invasion points are also influenced by the consciousness of intelligent life.

"To have a door, there must first be a house." Elorie pondered, her target gradually becoming clearer, "Is there a town nearby?"

Wei immediately replied, "To the northeast, there’s a site of ancient ruins."

Really?

Lin Qing’s eyes could not help but light up.

"I’ll take you there." Ji Lian held her waist and used the Wind-Riding Technique to soar into the air.

The Little Angel spread its wings and followed closely behind.

"What is that?" Wei floated around them, curiously observing Elorie, "Why can humans grow the wings of birds?"

"Uh..." Elorie replied bashfully, "Angels have wings; I don’t know why."

She showed a thoughtful expression, "I have noted it down."

After flying about seven to eight kilometers, they finally saw the ruins Wei mentioned. It consisted of a series of houses and walls, most of which had collapsed, half-buried in the earth, with only some broken remnants above the surface. They were clearly not modern creations, but typical stone constructions; the artificial carved pillars and exquisite bricks could still depict their original appearance despite the passage of history.

"Are there palaces near Lotus Cloud Sect?"

Since Wei had to stay within the array’s range, Lin Qing could only ask Ji Lian.

Unexpectedly, the latter responded cluelessly, "Palaces? Maybe... I never cared about those. I just asked the King of France for the best feng shui location at that time."

"He gave it to you just because you asked?"

"Of course, the importance of establishing Lotus Cloud Sect surpasses everything; he had no right to refuse," she said naturally.

After landing, the three began searching the ruins from west to east. Most houses had only one or two columns or half a wall remaining, completely failing to form an element of a door and could thus be skipped at a glance. There were only three or four slightly complete buildings, and searching them wasn’t too difficult.

Half an hour later, Lin Qing truly found an invasion point!

It was in a largely collapsed hall and had fused with a stone door leading to a side chamber, measuring only half a meter, looking like a crawling dark green mist.

The group stood in front of this mist, unable to help but be somewhat stunned.

Lack of visitors over time made the invasion point appear to be in a contracted state, and no one knew where the other side led.

"Wouldn’t it be too risky?" Elorie expressed concern.

An invasion point is not a gentle, harmless ’door’; it might connect to a deathly world or have an exit in scorching magma. In the end, they could not be sure if this invasion point was associated with the fissure cleaved by Liu Shuyue — it was all based solely on Lin Qing’s speculation.

But they had no way to test it; even the Dimensional Limit Mechanism could only let agents take risks in such situations.

"You don’t need to enter; just wait for my message from this side," Lin Qing took a deep breath and said, "In case I don’t return, please search for the next invasion point."

"There might be other choices." Ji Lian slightly shook her head.

"What choice?"

"Anyone possessing spiritual energy can activate an invasion point. And in Lotus Cloud Sect’s Grotto Heaven, finding a Loose Cultivator isn’t difficult."

Lin Qing hadn’t expected her to say so, feeling somewhat surprised, "You intend to use cultivators as guinea pigs?"

"If it’s a necessary sacrifice," Ji Lian said calmly without a hint of emotion, "I also wish to contact Master soon; it’s okay to resort to underhanded means for that."

She took a long sigh and then reached out to embrace the other person.

"...Miss Lin?" Ji Lian was startled.

"I believe Chen Xuan wouldn’t want you to become someone cold-hearted just to find him; don’t say such things again," Lin Qing patted her back, "Leave the risky stuff to me."

Ji Lian remained silent.

Lin Qing released her and smiled at her, "Besides, peoples’ intentions can also influence invasion points, and in terms of ’finding him,’ my resolve is no weaker than anyone else’s."

Having said that, she jumped into the invasion point without looking back.

The process of crossing world lines felt like breaking through a directionless mire; Lin Qing couldn’t discern if she was advancing or descending, but fortunately, after a few seconds, she saw a narrow exit.

She had to squeeze sideways through it just to barely get through.

Her vision became clear again, and the sensation from her feet was no longer vague, as if stepping onto a firm floor.

Lin Qing looked closely and found herself inside a room yet to be renovated, its walls partially painted, with scattered cement dust and disordered footprints everywhere. One wall was made of glass, through which asphalt roads and shops with multicolored signs could be seen.

Without a doubt, she had traveled from ancient to modern worlds.

The only question now was, which modern world was this?

With excitement, Lin Qing approached the door but found it locked. In the past, she could easily sever such a lock strap, but now she found herself helpless against the door.

Of course, forcefully breaking through was possible; however, there’s noise behind the door, so she didn’t want to reveal herself yet.

Finding no alternatives, Lin Qing returned to the glass wall, hoping to find other clues.

At that moment, a tourist bus came into her view.

"Toot toot toot~ Welcome to the Window of the World Pedestrian Street; this bus stops at a wave, and the ticket is five yuan, taking you through all the attractions within the park!"

With cheerful music playing, a speaker repeatedly announced its invitation.

Lin Qing was taken aback!

Window of the World? Jiang City happens to have a Window of the World park!

Can she confirm this is Jiang City?

She stared at the ads on the bus and quickly found a second piece of evidence: The phone number preceding four digits of X389, which is Jiang City’s area code!

"Ha... hahaha..." Lin Qing couldn’t help but laugh out loud, unexpected that it would be so smooth!

She really has returned to Jiang City!

The inability to open doors is a trivial matter; she can call over Ji Lian, and the three of them together could navigate the city quite freely.

Without hesitation, Lin Qing turned around and dived back into the invasion point — compared to the condition she arrived in, the Erosion Zone had significantly expanded and filled the entire doorframe.

...

Beep beep beep!

Inside the Dimensional Limit Mechanism office, the red warning lights suddenly started flashing non-stop, and the Execution Team agents all received an urgent message on their phones.

"Warning: C-level erosion fluctuations detected!"

"Invasion location search underway... confirmed: Window of the World Park in Wangyue District, Champs-Élysées Pedestrian Street."

"Oh? This time the erosion location is given in such detail?" Wang Baihu was somewhat surprised while looking at the phone, "Seems like Intelligence Team colleagues aren’t entirely freeloaders."

"No kidding." Honglian sprang from her seat, grabbed her coat, and headed outside, "That place was originally built to attract erosion; if it can’t be detected immediately, people in Intelligence Team might as well be idiots. Why are you still dawdling? It’s time for action!"

"Alright, alright..." Wang Baihu stretched lazily and reluctantly stood up to follow, "Ah, I was planning to leave early to catch a movie, and now that’s probably not going to happen."