As the saying goes, time seems to stand still in the mountains, and this is true in secret as well.
Even though Xiao Linlin had a clock to keep track of time, she patiently counted the days that had passed.
It had been almost half a month since she and Su Lin went underground. Although Xiao Linlin had made arrangements in advance and installed many sophisticated and subtle surveillance devices in the city, most of the messages that came back were fine.
The local inhabitants in the city still had the same distorted values, the world's atmosphere remained unchanged, and there was no sign of any survivor activity. Even the escape mission of the opposing faction was not being advanced.
Logically speaking, if the righteous faction only had Su Lin, then the survivors of the evil faction should have no obstacles at this moment and could easily open the escape point, or at the very least make some noise to advance the escape mission.
Xiao Linlin guessed that the calm was probably due to the significant restrictions on the escape missions of the opposing camp, or perhaps the mysterious person was behind it all.
The mysterious figure is not a survivor in the current game; he is an outsider and, strictly speaking, a common enemy of the survivors from both factions.
Considering this factor, after weighing the difficulties of the current situation, Xiao Linlin finds it hard not to suspect that this was intentionally orchestrated by the system.
The mechanism knows that the mysterious person is in the game, knows what he is doing, and knows that he will bring great pressure and threat to the survivors of both factions. Therefore, it has deployed the survivors of both factions who chose the "Hard Match" option to this location.
After all, the current world's normal difficulty level is already quite oppressive and dangerous enough. If you want to increase the difficulty to another level, the unexpected factor of the mysterious person perfectly fits the mechanics' criteria for judging the difficulty of the game.
"If that's the case, then the orthodox way to break the deadlock, according to the system, is for the survivors from both the good and evil factions to join forces to break the deadlock?"
"After all, this match is not about the distinction between good and evil, but the chaos of Tianyong Sword Pavilion. As can be seen from the match information, the antagonism between the survivors of the good and evil factions is no longer the main rhythm of the match."
Xiao Linlin pondered deeply over the past few days, considering many possibilities, but all these ideas still needed more information to verify their authenticity.
Her biggest source of intelligence is the mimics.
These past few days, the mimic has remained silent, and its activity range has exceeded the distance of the telepathic communication. In order not to alert the mimic, Xiao Linlin has not risked using technological communication methods to make contact.
The piece she threw out was essentially one-way; only the mimic could actively contact her. She and Su Lin must not rashly disrupt the mimic's movements.
Under this premise, the mimic also needs to be able to perfectly conceal, imitate, and infiltrate, and even have the luck to not get lost when encountering higher-intensity cognitive traps after penetrating deep into enemy territory.
To be honest, this is extremely difficult.
The Mimic carried the greatest pressure in this match, but if it succeeded, Su Lin's next task would be much simpler.
"I hope it succeeds. If it fails... at least it's better than my brother being killed."
Xiao Linlin muttered to herself, looking up at the dark sky.
She was all alone. Not long after Su Lin entered meditation, Senior Li made up his mind.
He was going to perform the initiation ceremony for Su Lin!
According to Senior Li, Su Lin's comprehension is strongest in this state, and the initiation effect is best.
Xiao Linlin had no idea about any of this, so she could only let Senior Li do as he pleased, watching him and Su Lin enter into meditation together, and day and night he would bestow energy upon Su Lin.
It's unclear whether Senior Li wanted to use Su Lin to take revenge, or whether he genuinely trusted Xiao Linlin's supposed method of certain victory, or whether he truly believed that this moment of empowerment was the most advantageous for Su Lin himself.
Regardless of his motives, the fact is that this old man was indeed receiving initiation.
There were no impassioned speeches, nor any process of seeking Su Lin's opinion... Senior Li was as free-spirited and efficient as ever; once he decided what to do, he would do it immediately.
Now that's settled, all three men, young and old, are in deep meditation.
Only two women remained, waiting listlessly in the dark cave. No... to be precise, only Xiao Linlin was bored.
Xu Zhenshu was far from bored; he spent the entire time keeping the three men in meditation company, but mainly Su Lin.
Besides preparing food for her every day, she spent all her time by Su Lin's side, as if she wanted to make up for all the time she had missed looking at him over the past few years.
With no one to accompany her, Xiao Linlin often found herself alone, which led her to reflect on her past hardships and desperate situations.
However, Xiao Linlin is much better now. She no longer feels overwhelmed by the darkness and loneliness, and even feels that these past few days have not been so bad.
At least my brother didn't neglect his work. He had an inspiration and a sudden realization, which greatly helped his self-study. Even if he really lost the game, it wasn't too much of a loss to gain this insight.
Sometimes, Xiao Linlin even wished that the days could last a little longer, so that Su Lin could have more time to meditate.
But this expectation was ultimately dashed on the fifteenth day. As Xiao Linlin was playing chess by herself using technological facilities, the voice of the mimic suddenly appeared in her mind.
"Linlin, can you hear me?"
This was the mimic calling out in Su Lin's tone. Xiao Linlin reacted instantly, and after a brief moment of stunned silence, she mentally questioned, "You mimicked my brother? What happened? You got close to the mysterious person!"
"right."
The Mimic (Su Lin) gave an accurate reply: "The closer I get to that guy, the stronger the cognitive trap becomes. Several times I fell into it and couldn't get out. I had no choice but to instantly simulate a new image and keep switching between them."
"Although I didn't retain the master's escape talent effect, I managed to trigger the talent buff that was already active, which is the 'No Return' effect in this match. I used this method to avoid interference from the cognitive trap."
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