Looking at the time and realizing it wasn’t even halfway through, Dong Tianyu had already captured six hiders and felt confident about the next steps.

He used Spiritual Sense Scanning once more throughout the entire hold, and after confirming there wasn’t even a single extra screw left, Dong Tianyu then left the hold.

The number of rooms on the top level wasn’t large, and the first room Dong Tianyu entered was the control room, which at that time contained no living creatures, although the instruments were still operating normally.

If it were a normal person, they might check the instruments to see if there were any gaps around the devices that could serve as hiding spots.

However, Dong Tianyu was different from others; he didn’t care whether these instruments were working or not, and directly used the Flying Swords to sever the instruments’ connections with other devices. He then indiscriminately packed the entire device into the Storage space.

Even though many sparks flew when the Flying Swords cut through the instruments’ cables, Dong Tianyu paid no attention. At that moment, he had transformed into a miser who wouldn’t miss even the tiniest item in the room, packing everything into the Storage space.

As Dong Tianyu walked to the side of the ship’s cabin, facing a whole wall of instruments, he didn’t give up. He directly used the Flying Swords to slice them into four or five pieces, which he then packed into the Storage space.

As Dong Tianyu approached, ready to store the segmented devices into the Storage space, he suddenly shivered and felt an impending danger, subconsciously opening the portal to the Cave realm. He stood on one side of the portal.

From the moment Dong Tianyu sensed danger to the portal being fully open, only about two or three seconds had passed.

But in that blink of an eye, the instruments that had fallen to the floor exploded instantaneously, and a wave of heat rushed into the portal.

At that moment, Dong Tianyu was like someone standing behind cover in an avalanche, with the heat wave and shockwave being absorbed by the portal, while he stood behind unharmed.

After the fierce heat wave and shockwave had dissipated, Dong Tianyu heard a prompt of successful capture in his ears, and at that moment, only three survivors were left.

After closing the portal, Dong Tianyu glanced around the room, which had now turned pitch dark. The instruments that Dong Tianyu hadn’t collected had now turned to ash.

’Ah, why bother.’

Dong Tianyu had never expected the person to be so passionate; he was about to be found anyway, there was no need to self-destruct.

But the power of the self-destruction was indeed considerable. Had Dong Tianyu not made a timely and correct response, he might not have been killed by the explosion, but he would probably have been seriously injured.

Unfortunately, as people often plan one way and fate another, although the opponent’s suicidal tactics were harsh, they hadn’t counted on Dong Tianyu reacting so swiftly, nor on his almost bug-like defensive mechanism.

Looking at the empty room, Dong Tianyu used Spiritual Sense Scanning once more to ensure there was nothing left before slowly leaving the room.

Just after stepping out of the room, Dong Tianyu took another look at the control room, which still retained the tragic signs of the explosion.

Yet, just a door away in the corridor, there were no abnormalities, as if the explosion in the room had not affected the outside world at all.

Regarding the discrepancy between inside and outside, Dong Tianyu merely glanced without paying too much attention, as anything could be considered normal within the Mysterious Realm.

When Dong Tianyu opened the door to the second room, he saw a person entirely cloaked in a black robe seated across the table.

"Oh, not hiding from anyone now, are you?"

Hearing Dong Tianyu’s sarcastic words, the person did not get angry but rather calmly said, "Try coming in."

"You’re trying to scare me?"

"How can you catch me if you don’t come in?"

Hearing this, Dong Tianyu appeared to be provoked on the surface, seemingly ready to rush in recklessly to catch the person, but was actually controlling the Flying Swords to stage a sneak attack.

Dong Tianyu wasn’t foolish. Seeing the person’s behavior, he instantly guessed that there must be a trick inside the room.

Dong Tianyu certainly wouldn’t foolishly walk in; first, he used the Flying Swords for an initial probe. After all, whether it made contact with the hider or directly killed them, it would count as a successful capture by Dong Tianyu.

So, faced with this strange situation, the first thing that came to Dong Tianyu’s mind was not to take a risk with his body but to probe first with the Flying Swords. If he could directly kill them, it would be best, otherwise, Dong Tianyu would think of another way.

Facing the sudden attack of the Flying Swords, the person either didn’t respond in time or didn’t intend to dodge at all; the Flying Swords passed directly through them.

Just from the look of it, not to mention the Flying Swords causing any damage, Dong Tianyu figured that the Flying Swords hadn’t even touched the person as they passed through.

Dematerialization, projection, or some other ability.

Seeing Dong Tianyu’s thoughtful expression, the person didn’t hide anything but openly introduced their ability.

"Although you can see me, the room I am in now and your location have become two parallel rooms.

Unless you enter through this door into the room, no matter what method you use to attack from outside, it won’t cause me any harm."