Chapter 127 The Soul of the Bright Sanatorium shattered outside the tower, like...

After Jiang Yang and Ji Yang left the ward, Yue Jiang's forced composure crumbled.

He gasped, instinctively pressing his palm against the spot where Ji Yang had hit him, rubbing it slowly, his face contorted in pain.

However, the next second, he seemed to realize that he would never do this, and the movement of his fingers suddenly froze.

This was Hoshino's habit; every time he got beaten up, he would rub his bruises with a "funny" expression, and sometimes he would even yell.

"Yuejiang! You just wait! Don't let me find another chance!"

Yuejiang was shocked to realize that the boy who had long since vanished in the explosion was now taking root in his life with an even more stubborn attitude than before.

His body shuddered involuntarily, and he slid down to the ground, holding onto the metal railing at the foot of the bed. The ground was covered with lime that had been blown off the tiles, and his palm got dirty as soon as he pressed it.

In the past, he would at least clean up the area where he was going to sit, and then Hoshino would add, "Pretentious."

Now... nothing is left...

Hey~ Are you in a bad mood?

She was a trial assistant, her voice light and naive: "If you're in a bad mood, just try to be in a better mood~"

Yuejiang frowned and said coldly, "Shut up."

"Then~ I~ shut~ up~ I~ really~ shut~ up~"

"Um."

The trial assistant jumped up and down: "Why didn't you try to stop me?!"

Yuejiang belatedly realized that her trial assistant seemed unusually talkative today.

The trial assistant seemed to sense his disdain and indignantly defended himself: "So what if I talk too much!"

Yuejiang didn't explain, but simply opened the panel. The button for the Judgment Assistant section on the panel had been set to automatic mode at some point.

Yuejiang pressed the close button halfway through her sentence, switching modes, and the voice of the trial assistant was stuck in her ear.

Yuejiang calmly answered the question it hadn't asked: "He's dead. I am Yuejiang."

Hoshino likes this chattering feeling. When he is Hoshino, he will subconsciously turn on the automatic mode to remind himself.

But he himself didn't like it.

There was also a prompt on the panel, and after the observers in the observation room saw the short message, they were ignited by an even more fervent vortex.

In stark contrast to the boiling clamor, Yuejiang remained unmoved, his fingertips indifferently tapping the panel, shutting down the observation room window without hesitation, and then opening the chat box between him and Wu Yibai.

[Yuejiang: Arson?]

Yuejiang was asking about Wu Yibai's arrangement to burn down the basement, which nearly burned him to death inside.

While waiting for a reply, his gaze fell on the panel as he reviewed his core permissions at the Bright Sanatorium.

The caregiver's task was assigned to the "players" by him, originally intended as part of his deal with Wu Yibai regarding Hoshino's survival.

But now that the basis of the transaction has changed, the content of the transaction must also change accordingly.

[Wu Yibai: Sorry, I thought Hoshino was a player.]

In the No Man's Land, Hoshino's name suddenly disappeared from the list; it didn't just turn gray, it vanished completely.

[Yuejiang: It's not important, the transaction continues. I only have one condition.]

[Yuejiang saved Jiang Yang in this trial.]

Ever since Yuejiang met Jiang Yang at the Guangming Sanatorium, he had had an ominous premonition. This premonition made him uneasy as the trial progressed. With the trial plaque shattered, Jiang Yang had no more chances.

Wu Yibai paused for a long time before replying.

[Wu Yibai: Unfortunately, I don't have that permission, and according to my recent check, no one has that permission, including the Tower.]

...

Yuejiang's expression was solemn as he carefully considered each word of the message Wu Yibai conveyed.

[Yuejiang: Then give me Level A access to the Brightness Sanatorium.]

Now it was Wu Yibai's turn to make a judgment.

Wu Yibai naturally didn't want to miss this opportunity to trap Jiang Yang in the sanatorium, but judging from the current situation, the advantage was not in his hands.

Now that Munasher has guessed his intentions and arranged the evening event to be held in Building Two, then...

[Wu Yibai: Mu Nashe has 81% of the A-level authority over the Guangming Sanatorium, but you only burned down half of the archives.]

[Yuejiang: ?]

[Wu Yibai: Only by completely destroying the archives can A-level access be modified.]

[Yuejiang: What will happen to Namunashe in the end?]

Wu Yibai: I don't know.

Yuejiang's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly. Munashe's request for players to put out a fire meant that the existence of the archives had an extraordinary significance.

He initially only burned half of it, also because he was worried about what impact this would ultimately have on Munasher, but he had no way of knowing.

[Wu Yibai: I heard you fought with Ji Yang, was it for Jiang Yang?]

Wu Yibai had no intention of participating in Yuejiang's decision, and he didn't want to continue arguing with anyone about the archives issue.

Yuejiang is a man of few words, but that doesn't mean he has a good temper. He simply clicked the "X" on the question, but a second one popped up on the panel very quickly.

[Wu Yibai: I just wanted to remind you that Litanwei doesn't have Hoshino now, and falling out with Motomitsu isn't worth it.]

[Congratulations to player Yuejiang for reaching talent level 5!!!]

[Congratulations to player Yuejiang for becoming the third player in Borderlands to reach the maximum talent level! The maximum level title has been unlocked!]

The other two people with maxed-out talent levels are Ji Yang and Xiong Bingxin.

Unlike the talent core which is tied to card level, the talent level mainly involves sacrificing a large number of soul tokens to enhance the player's skills.

Originally, Yuejiang's card level had only been raised to SS level, but after Xingye disappeared, he woke up in the hospital room.

The Devil card, torn apart by the Twins, is restored to its wholeness, achieving perfect harmony at the moment of its reunion with him.

On the power rankings published by the tower, Yuejiang's name climbed steadily upwards, finally settling in third place, delivering the most powerful counterattack to Wu Yibai.

The devil, thus, added another bargaining chip to his table.

With a thought, Yuejiang used the Eye of Oblivion to expose everything in the building.

"How clever, Jiang Yang."

"By the way, it was Munashe who saved me."

Mu Nashe...? Was the person he saved Li Sheng?

Yuejiang propped himself up on his arms and stood up. He felt it was necessary to see Munashe before the evening activities began.

Li Sheng and Jiang Yangji briefly recounted his experience on the -1 floor.

It seems that the mirror injured him, and he thought he was going to die, but then Munashe suddenly appeared on the -1 floor and saved him.

Jiang Yang keenly noticed: "Did it appear suddenly?"

"What do you mean?" Li Sheng asked, looking puzzled.

Li Sheng's confusion remained. Ji Yang sighed, "To put it simply, when did you see him? Did you hear the broadcast at that time?"

"It seems... I didn't hear it..."

“It’s okay. Regardless of his purpose, judging from the current situation, Munashe is at least not with those caregivers who want to replace the players,” Jiang Yang unconsciously picked at the soft flesh on his lips, his mind filled with thoughts.

Ji Yang continued, "Moreover, the rules are different today. If Munasher and the caregiver are not in cahoots, it means that Munasher and Litanvi, to which the Bright Sanatorium belongs, are not together either. In that case, the progress of the trial could be orchestrated by Munasher."

Moreover, they had already discovered clues in the water room.

Jiang Yang turned to Ji Yang, their eyes meeting briefly in the air as they instinctively asked, "To the garden?"

Ji Yang nodded, then lowered his eyes and asked Li Sheng, "What are your plans for tonight?"

“You guys go first,” Li Sheng said after a moment’s thought. “I should still participate as a caregiver.”

Before leaving, Ji Yang turned back again to emphasize, "If there are any problems, be sure to contact me immediately."

The ward door clicked shut, and Li Sheng sat on the hospital bed, his Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed, his throat dry, as if the fire was right before his eyes.

Thick smoke blocked his trachea, and he was covered in wounds, collapsing to the ground coughing hysterically.

...

He lied to Jiang Yang and Ji Yang...

In the raging fire, his shadow moved between the mirror and the firelight, and everything that could reflect his shadow made him nowhere to hide and nowhere to escape.

He wasn't good at fighting, and he joined Nan Ke's team purely because of his talent.

[Player Li Sheng's Talent Card: Wheel of Fate]

[Personal Talent: The Coin]

[Instructions for Use - Spinning: Once the wheel of fortune turns, no one can escape its influence.]

[Instructions for Use - Echo: Fate is never truly predetermined.]

[Instructions for Use - Peeping Through: You can glimpse the tiny cracks in the web of fate.]

It looks cool, but every time he uses it, he just highlights the parts that are most interesting.

He had tried to figure out how to use each skill and the techniques, but nothing changed. If it weren't for the cooldown entering the countdown loading moment, he wouldn't even be sure if he had used it or not.

The only thing that satisfied him was that his luck had been bad before entering the No Man's Lands, but after getting this card, his luck had improved.

Later, Nan Ke and Ji Yang were imprisoned in the Tower of Judgment, and the internal structure of Mou Guang and Litanwei was subsequently thrown into turmoil. Of course, Mou Guang fared slightly better, but one night, an unexpected guest arrived in Litanwei.

After the guests left, Nan gathered 2345 together and asked who was willing to go to Mouguang. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he raised his hand as if by some strange impulse.

More than twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and because of that guest, they haven't changed much.

With a new leader, the five of them stopped being overly active on the surface, as if waiting for something.

So, while they were waiting, they were first greeted by Xie Lu's return, which gave them a new opportunity.

The sharpness in Xie Lu's eyes seemed to have been worn down by the wind and sand outside the tower. Sometimes when Mou Guang held meetings, he would not speak and would stand quietly in the corner.

Then Jiang Yang appears. Jiang Yang has amnesia and remembers nothing.

Of those who remembered Jiang Yang, apart from the five of them, the others were all like the original members of Mou Guang and Litanwei: either dead, wounded, or old. This was the inevitable fate of living in the no-man's-land.

He once thought that such dull and tedious days would never end, until one day he reported to Nan Yi, who said, "Nan San is dead."

It turns out they weren't invincible, and he inexplicably looked forward to his eventual death.

Then came the appearance of Yuejiang and Hoshino, and Litanvi was thrown into chaos and bloodshed.

Jiang Yang died on the day the twins suppressed these demons with an iron fist.

Souls shattered on the ground outside the tower, like a warning from the tower to all players who challenged it, and the Borderlands welcomed even more people.

Ji Yang is back.

After witnessing his opponent consistently defeat him in monthly performance reviews over a six-month period, the authorities began to adjust his work schedule.

Previously, some members of the Mouguang group questioned how someone with such a large physique could have no ability to fight back, but he just couldn't make a move.

While the evaluators may appear glamorous to outsiders, in reality, all of their predecessors were demoted after making serious mistakes in their assigned tasks.

Now, the one in the position of examiner is a "useless" person with little ability.

He readily accepted Ji Yang's arrangement, but Ji Yang approached him on the eve of his appointment: "No one else wants to come, but you have a good ability to accept it."

"Do I have any other options?"

"..."

So he didn't expect it.

Ji Yang opened his resume in front of him: "I've seen your talent; you're very suitable to be an examiner. Do you know why?"

Is this a compliment?

He pursed his lips tightly. Although he wasn't good at fighting, his words were incredibly sharp and often caused trouble.

“The trials we film are all the same no matter what,” Ji Yang explained, closing the folder and throwing it into the trash can, emphasizing, “But you are different.”

"If you always want to control your own destiny, don't you want to control the destiny of others?"

That was the first time Li Sheng used fate to interfere with other players during the trial. He pried up a stone, hoping that the monster could teach that uncivilized player a lesson.

Since then, in addition to the difficulty of the trial itself, the assessment of Mou Guang has also included the assessment officer who is exploring and unlocking his own talent.

...

Even on the -1 floor, he was still powerless against the attacks from the mirror.

But this time, he didn't just stir up a pebble.

Munashe appeared.

No, to be precise, the echo took him back to an earlier time.

The fire hadn't happened yet. There was a knock on the door of the archives room. Munasher probably heard the noise and ran downstairs.

The fragments of the glimpse also brought Munashe from that time to his side.

Munashe squatted in front of him, her temper even worse than his. She grabbed his hair and almost lifted his head off the ground.

"You summoned me here?"

As he regained consciousness, he grabbed the man's trouser leg, gritted his teeth, and said defiantly, "Fate made you save me."

"Do I believe in fate?" Munashe kicked him, and the usually composed dean was unusually provoked into losing his composure.

"You believe me? Without you, would this fire even have started?"

Munashe had already noticed it when Hoshino came down.

"Didn't you think about what would happen after you stopped it?"

Munashe had already reached the top of the stairs when he was stopped by the so-called "line of fate" in front of him.

"I told you, I don't believe in fate."

Despite the distance, Munashe's voice still carried exceptionally clearly amidst the crackling sounds of the fire.

He spoke at a steady pace, knowing that this person had been able to stay in the sanatorium for so many years, so this line of defense was not something to be taken seriously, yet the person had not left.

[Rotation]

Once the wheel of fate turns, no one can remain unaffected. He can choose someone to become the object of the "fate mark," causing the outcome of their next action to be randomly reset to "extreme success" or "utter failure."

The same goes for Munashe.

At this moment, fate allows Munashe to save him. If Munashe wants to leave, he may not succeed even with the double blessing of his skills.

Conversely, if Munashe wants to save him, he will surely succeed.

"You dare to scheme against me!"

Munashe raised his fist and slammed it down. He took the punch head-on, then looked up at the ceiling and laughed.

"Do you know what price I'll pay for saving you?!"

At that moment, he thought Munasher was worried about the archives, so he said, "Hurry up and take me out, then there's still a chance to put out the fire."

"...Idiot."

After finishing his tirade, Munashe didn't let go. He grabbed Munashe's collar and dragged him into the fire.

With Munasher off the fire, the sparks didn't touch him anymore, and they quickly reached the top of the stairs. Only then did he notice that Munasher's white coat had been burned in several places, with charred flesh and blood dripping down the path.

He apologetically took out gauze and bandages to try and stop the bleeding: "Is this because you were trying to save me?"

Munashe didn't speak. He looked up and saw that the person's face was very pale. The face kept changing in the blink of an eye, as if it was about to collapse.

In that fleeting glimpse, Jiang Yang's face seemed to overlap as well.

Munashe coughed twice, pressing his fist to his lips: "Don't tell anyone else."

"Tell others what?"

He didn't understand. After asking, his legs gave way and he collapsed to the floor. Before he fainted, he vaguely heard someone say, "You're lucky, kid."

After waking up and checking the panel, he finally figured it out.

It wasn't an injury caused by being hit by a mirror, nor was it a fire; theoretically, it was from overeating.

[Congratulations to player Li Sheng for reaching talent level 4!!!]

Previously, it was only level 2. A level 2 S-rank card with a talent level 2 appeared on a player who had been playing in the No Man's Lands for nearly forty or fifty years... It's hard to explain...

Therefore, he lied when questioned by Jiang Yang and Ji Yang.

He originally didn't want to say a word about Munasher, but he felt that Munasher's position was not problematic.

They might just have a bad temper.