Lei Xiao looked around and found a middle-aged male dwarf, also wearing a black robe, appearing at the other end of the carriage surrounded by a group of dwarf guards wearing black leather armor.
This serious-looking middle-aged dwarf was no stranger to Lei Xiao. He was the one he first saw in the life support device before entering the illusion.
Compared with the skinny body, which is as thin as silk and with a face as dry as a weed, the opponent in the illusion appears to be full of energy and his body looks very strong.
"Master conductor!"
When they saw the figure of the middle-aged dwarf, even though they were on the other side, the two young elves still looked excited, and their fear was obviously relieved a lot.
"Train conductor... So, this person is the leader of this teleportation train?"
Looking at the resolute and vigilant face of the middle-aged dwarf, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
"Foreign strangers, although I don't know your purpose, let alone how you broke through the external defenses and entered here, there are only two choices before you now."
The middle-aged dwarf's voice became a little lower again, and he said coldly: "Either you surrender and are captured, or you suffer a physical torture and then be sent to prison. The dwarf will give you a fair judgment!"
"Lord, although the other party spoke firmly, he did not reveal a trace of murderous intention. It seems that he is not a murderous person."
After observing for a moment, Jiang Lei leaned into Lei Xiao's ear and reported, "How should I deal with this?"
"The situation here is still a bit unclear. The other party doesn't even know that he is in an illusion. Let me test the other party first."
Lei Xiao waved his hand gently, then looked at the middle-aged dwarf and said: "Your Excellency, the train conductor, you indiscriminately define us as objects that need to be judged. Is this the dwarf's way of hospitality?
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"Elves will naturally treat guests with great enthusiasm, but you guys who broke through the defense line on the ground without authorization cannot be called our guests!"
The middle-aged dwarf snorted coldly, still looking extremely alert: "If you don't let me go without mercy, don't blame me for being rude!"
After the middle-aged dwarf finished speaking, several groups of fully armed dwarfs filed in at the front and back doors of the carriage, completely surrounding Lei Xiao and others.
It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the common long swords and staffs, these heavily armed dwarves also carry a strange metal staff with a back box, which should be some kind of special steam weapon.
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Seeing more and more dwarves gathering in the carriage, Lei Xiao's expression remained calm and he smiled and said, "Please be patient. Before I surrender, I want to ask you a question first."
"what is the problem?"
Seeing Lei Xiao's intention to "capture him without mercy", the middle-aged dwarf's expression softened slightly and he frowned.
"The question is very simple, that is, everyone should know that this is not reality, but an illusion in the life support device, right?"
Lei Xiao said this while carefully observing the expression of the middle-aged dwarf.
"……What?!"
After hearing Lei Xiao's words, the middle-aged dwarf was stunned, and his face suddenly looked confused. The other dwarfs around him also began to look at each other in disbelief.
After a while, the expressions of all the dwarves turned to anger and annoyance, as if Lei Xiao had told a big joke and treated them as fools.
"Human race, you are simply bullying others too much!"
The middle-aged dwarf's resolute face was already covered with anger, and he asked: "Are you weaving such an obvious lie to describe us dwarfs as stupid as orcs?"
After the middle-aged dwarf finished speaking, the faces of the other dwarfs also became more hostile, and they all obviously felt greatly offended.
"Lord, these dwarfs don't look like they are pretending. They really don't seem to realize that they are in an illusion."
Erza's starry eyes flickered, and she whispered to Lei Xiao: "This is most likely because they have been in the illusion for a long time, which has affected their sanity to a certain extent."
"I can see it too. In other words, are we talking to a group of tranced guys? It seems that the situation is more difficult than I thought."
Lei Xiao had a look of helplessness on his face and couldn't help but sigh.
Just like what I said before entering the illusion, I came here for a total of two purposes.
The first is to strive to establish cooperation with the dwarves, and use the other party's magical technology level to improve the progress of the newly established scientific research project as soon as possible.
The second is the clue to find the [Stone of God] here.
Judging from the current situation, these guys don't even understand their own situation and are extremely hostile to their own side. It is obviously impossible to achieve any of the predetermined goals.
"It seems that if you want to truly communicate with these dwarfs and obtain useful information, you must first make them aware of their current real situation."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao spread his hands and expressed sincerely that he did not mean to offend the elves, and then said: "Your Excellency, conductor, you said that we broke through the defense line on the ground before entering here, right?
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"That's natural. There is a perfect teleportation barrier here. Even a sixth-level powerhouse cannot teleport directly to this underground area!"
The middle-aged dwarf looked determined, and his voice became more and more impatient: "Unless you break through the defense line on the ground, there is no way you will appear here!"
After the middle-aged dwarf finished speaking, the other dwarfs also nodded, their faces even more wary.
"Since everyone is so sure, how about checking the defense line on the ground first? No one should have heard the sound of the defense line being breached, right?"
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and continued to smile indifferently: "If the defense line on the ground is still intact, then it can prove that we are not your enemies, right?"
Lei Xiao clearly understood that although his group did defeat those giant guardians and came to the train, that was in the real world.
When entering this illusion, it did not pass through the ground defense line mentioned by the elves. From this, it is not difficult to see that the defense line in the illusion must still be intact.
Through this, the dwarves may be able to notice the abnormality and then sit down and listen to their own words.
"Are you still making the last useless struggle?"
Although the middle-aged dwarf said so, he still asked a dwarf guard beside him to quietly start communicating with other dwarf guards outside through the secret communication method.
In just a moment, the dwarf guard returned to the middle-aged dwarf with a surprised look on his face and whispered a few words in a low voice.
"What? The defense line on the ground is all normal? There is nothing unusual in the detection barrier?"
The middle-aged dwarf could hardly believe his ears and blurted out: "What on earth is going on?!"
As soon as the middle-aged dwarf said this, the other dwarfs looked at each other again, and they all fell into a daze.
Suppose these sudden aliens did not enter the train through the ground.
So, how on earth did they appear here?!
"These alien races are more terrifying than imagined. We can't leave them here any longer!"
When he was confused, he saw that the middle-aged dwarf didn't hesitate at all, and then waved his hand and said: "Catch them!"
When the other dwarfs heard the sound, they immediately rushed forward with anger on their faces.
For a moment, even though these guys were short in stature, they looked quite well-trained and looked very difficult to mess with.
"Such a situation that obviously goes against common sense shouldn't we first confirm why we appeared here out of thin air before taking corresponding actions?"
"It seems that these guys really don't have enough sense anymore, so let's control these guys first."
Seeing that the scene suddenly became tense, Lei Xiao curled his lips and decisively signaled Jiang Li and Hong Ye to start responding to the dwarf attacks from both ends.
With almost no effort, the two fifth-level experts quickly subdued all the dwarves present with the force of lightning and gale force.
It is worth mentioning that although Lei Xiao has already tested it, the storage space cannot be used here, nor can any lord interface be opened.
However, Hongye's own claws and armor can still appear normally.
As for Gracilaria's space restraint, although it is not like that in the outside world, it can produce space shadows visible to the naked eye.
But it still had a great effect. In the blink of an eye, all the dwarfs were completely incapacitated.
"Lord, it seems that the abilities in reality can also be used in this illusion to a certain extent."
Erza nodded to Lei Xiao and said softly: "As for the strength of these dwarf elves, they are actually quite good. There are many fifth-level powerhouses among them. They should not be so vulnerable. This undoubtedly shows that,
The physical condition in reality greatly affects the performance here."
"In other words, because they are already dying in reality, will they be easily subdued by us?"
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and said with satisfaction: "Now I can have a good talk with them."
However, as soon as Lei Xiao finished speaking, the situation suddenly reversed.
Dozens of pitch-black guardian puppets that were almost identical to the earth guardians appeared out of thin air around the group of people. Some were on the ground, and some were even directly suspended in mid-air.
Faced with this unexpected situation, the subordinates reacted very quickly and immediately began to take preemptive strikes.
But neither Hong Ye's physical attack nor Jiang Li's magical attack could harm these guardian puppets at all.
This sudden and strange sight made Ariel, who had been following Lei Xiao closely, couldn't help but tightly grasp Lei Xiao's lapel.
"Hey, struggling in vain, let this conductor catch them!"
The middle-aged dwarf not far away, who had broken free from the constraints of space at some point, said angrily: "They will definitely receive the fair judgment of the dwarf!"
At the same time, Lei Xiao noticed.
In the hand of the middle-aged dwarf, he held a pure black exquisite dagger engraved with strange patterns. It was exuding the same brilliance as the guardian puppets. It seemed to be the tool to summon these invincible puppets.
"Lord, it seems that these puppets are one of the preset rules in the illusion. In this preset strange illusion, I am afraid no one can defeat them!"
Erza's rather nervous clear voice reached Lei Xiao's ears again, asking: "What should we do now?"
"What else can we do? We can't watch them really arrest us for the so-called judgment."
Lei Xiao smiled helplessly, patted Ariel's shoulder lightly, nodded to Erza and said, "Okay, let's exit this illusion first."
"As you command, Lord Lord!"
Erza closed her eyes and concentrated, beginning to disconnect from the illusion.
At the moment when these invincible guardian puppets were about to approach Lei Xiao and others.
Following a flash of white light, Lei Xiao and his group disappeared instantly.
In the messy carriage, only the dwarfs, who didn't know what they were called, were left, and they began to look at each other in confusion again.
When Lei Xiao opened his eyes again, he was already back in the mottled carriage, and Ariel and others beside him also woke up one after another.
After rubbing his swollen head, Lei Xiao then described the situation in the fantasy realm to the other subordinates.
"Have these dwarves actually sealed themselves in the past?"
After listening to Lei Xiao's words, Sarah looked at the rows of silent life support devices and couldn't help but sigh: "They are even thinking about leaving here and going home, but the reality is that they are already dying.
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"Yes, due to the long disrepair of the magic circle, the energy of these life support devices has been running low. If no intervention is carried out, let alone letting them go home, this place will soon become a real resting place.
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Erza shook her head helplessly and said melancholy: "They are still studying day after day year after year. I'm afraid they never thought that the hope they have been chasing is actually just irreparable despair.
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"This group of dwarfs can still be of great help to us. We must not let them die easily."
Lei Xiao's words were full of determination, and he said to his subordinates: "Otherwise, we may be the next ones trapped here."
After a pause, Lei Xiao added: "Although I can't let them go home now, maybe it won't be long before I can find a way to save them. By then, they will naturally be able to realize their wish."
"The Lord is right, we must help the dwarfs recognize the reality, not only for them, but also for ourselves."
Ariel nodded in agreement and echoed: "I believe that the lord will let them return to their hometown smoothly."
"But the other party whose sanity has been affected is not only unable to gain access to oil and salt, but also controls the invincible Illusion Guardian puppet."
Chao Yan blinked his big eyes and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Even if all of us go in again, it is impossible to shake those invincible guardian puppets. In this case, how can we make them recognize the reality?"
After Chao Yan finished speaking, the other subordinates all looked embarrassed, as if they didn't know what to do.
"Don't worry, I already have a solution."
Lei Xiao smiled faintly, his eyes bright and clear.
