A few hours later.
At the villa, Elder Fang and a group of high-ranking police officers arrived.
By this time, the ordinary officers had already left. Because it involved a strong demonic aura, ordinary officers and even renowned officers were not qualified to be involved. Lin Yunxi was originally not qualified either, but due to Yang Feilong's connection, she remained.
Besides her, another renowned officer was Wang Tao. After all, he was the head of the police station in Leihuo County, and he might need to be in charge of regular checks afterward.
"This is a passage from the demon realm to Earth." After a period of investigation, a divine constable said in a deep voice.
"Demon realm? A passage to Earth?" Not only Yang Feilong, but Lin Yunxi and Wang Tao were also bewildered.
Why did they recognize every word this person spoke, but when combined, they couldn't understand anything?
"The demon realm, this is not our definition," Elder Fang said to Yang Feilong and the others, his voice solemn. "It was defined by senior cultivators from a long time ago."
"En?" Yang Feilong was taken aback.
"The demon realm, rumored to be inhabited by countless demons. In fact, 'demon' is a general term that includes demonic beasts and fiends. Demonic beasts, of course, have other names, such as monsters. Some powerful great demons have human bodies and beast heads. Fiends are mostly evil spirits, cunning and vicious. It is said that this universe has billions of small worlds, and Earth is one of them. There are also three thousand great worlds. Among these myriad worlds, the demon realm is rumored to be one of the three thousand great worlds, and even among the top three great worlds," Elder Fang explained slowly.
He clearly knew a lot, and no one knew where he got the information.
Yang Feilong had never heard of any of this before.
The demon realm, one of the top three great worlds among the three thousand great worlds?
"The demon realm has many spatial-temporal passages to other small worlds and even great worlds. Of course, some cannot be called spatial-temporal passages, only spatial-temporal rifts. Demons cannot pass through these rifts, but demonic energy can leak out. Some leaks are very, very small. After countless years of being cleansed by demonic energy, the rift will enlarge, eventually evolving into a spatial-temporal passage," Elder Fang said gravely. "And during the process of a spatial-temporal rift evolving into a spatial-temporal passage, a miniature world will be born at the intersection of the two spacetime."
"Miniature world?" Everyone's expressions were startled.
"Why do some ancient martial arts families rarely appear in the world? Because these families are stationed in miniature worlds, blocking the demons coming from the demon realm through spatial-temporal passages!" Elder Fang's next sentence shocked everyone.
"Are those ancient martial arts families that noble?" The one who asked was Wang Tao, his face full of curiosity.
Yang Feilong and Lin Yunxi were also greatly surprised.
"They do this naturally for profit. Because the spiritual energy in miniature worlds is very abundant! Cultivating there is far more effective than cultivating with spirit stones every day," Elder Fang shook his head and said.
"So that's how it is!" Everyone was enlightened.
No wonder!
For worldly matters, without sufficient benefits, how could they risk their lives to stop those demons?
"In that case, the cultivators of the ancient martial arts families must be very powerful?" Yang Feilong asked.
"Naturally. People from ancient martial arts families rarely emerge because they are accustomed to cultivating in worlds with abundant spiritual energy. Once they emerge, their cultivation is not only not twice as effective, but often half as effective. Over time, people from ancient martial arts families are unwilling to emerge. Even when they interact with the outside world, they usually only buy essential items and then return quickly," Elder Fang said earnestly.
"In that case, our Dragon Country must have many miniature worlds?" Yang Feilong mused.
"There is only one in all of Asia," Elder Fang said.
"Ah?" Those who were not privy to the information were greatly surprised.
"Although there are many passages to Earth, these passages are very concentrated. According to the analysis of the joint conference of cultivators from various countries, a conclusion was reached: areas with dense cultivator populations are prone to the emergence of spatial-temporal passages. The first is in Asia, our Dragon Country. The second is in the Americas. The third is in Europe. And the fourth is in Africa. In our Dragon Country, there are many passages, giving rise to many miniature worlds. However, these miniature worlds also grow. Once they reach a certain level, they will connect with other miniature worlds. Once connected, they will merge into the previous small worlds. We call worlds where many miniature worlds have merged together 'affiliated small worlds.' Each affiliated small world is formed by the merging of more than ten miniature worlds. For example, Japan also has miniature worlds, but because there are too few passages and fewer merged miniature worlds, there might only be a few, and they cannot be called affiliated small worlds, only 'pseudo-affiliated small worlds.' Pseudo-affiliated small worlds also have more than ten." Elder Fang continued, "The entire Earth, the affiliated small worlds discovered so far are the four I mentioned. Each affiliated small world has a radius of no less than a thousand kilometers. The affiliated world of our Dragon Country is the largest, with a radius of no less than three thousand kilometers! Next is the Americas, with an affiliated world of two thousand eight hundred kilometers. Next is the European affiliated world, two thousand kilometers! The smallest is the African affiliated world, with a radius of about one thousand kilometers!"
"That's huge!" Yang Feilong exclaimed, considering that the longest distance from north to south in Dragon Country is only about 5,500 kilometers, and from east to west is about 5,000 kilometers. This affiliated small world of Dragon Country is almost half the area of Dragon Country!
"Indeed, it is very large," Elder Fang nodded.
"How long does it take for this spatial-temporal rift to form a miniature world?" Yang Feilong asked, pointing to the spatial-temporal crack nearby that was constantly emitting demonic energy.
"It can be as short as one or two years, or as long as several decades. The specific time is unpredictable. It varies. For the affiliated small world integrated into our Dragon Country, it can be as short as a few years or as long as hundreds of years," Elder Fang pondered slightly and replied. "This is also unpredictable."
"So what do we do now? Let the demonic energy continue to leak out?" Yang Feilong asked.
"Certainly not. If we let the demonic energy leak out, it won't be long before the entire county town is demonized. Although they are still human, they will gradually lose their sanity! Demons may not necessarily lack sanity, but humans infected by demonic energy will gradually lose their sanity and become bloodthirsty, murderous, and brutal people! Just like the 'Black Tiger Steals Heart' you killed earlier, the reason his modus operandi changed was actually due to the intrusion of demonic energy!" Elder Fang explained.
Upon hearing this, Yang Feilong was enlightened.
They had analyzed for a long time before, and now they finally understood. The change in this fellow's methods was not to provoke the police bureau, but because he was starting to lose his mind, and his actions became drastically different compared to before!