"What exactly is it?"
The three followed the randomly spinning pointer around in a circle, but none of them could find the strange object.
"Only those who don't want to leave can find the node." Lin Feng sighed. None of the three of them could possibly not want to leave, so no one could catch them.
Just as they all gave up the idea of continuing to search for that thing, Yu, who was standing in the middle of the concrete, walked out alone and approached the location they had initially discovered.
"You caught them?"
Noticing the change, Si Zang quickly looked over, and then Lin Feng also looked over in surprise.
They caught it, and the wind around them picked up. The iron cages that they had violently dismantled were restored to their original state. The triangular-headed creature that they had torn to pieces slowly walked in from outside and stood opposite Yu.
"Pyramid head? Wow, this thing is really cool!" Si Zang exclaimed, then immediately suppressed his inappropriate smile.
Yu walked over at this moment and grabbed Lin Feng's hand.
A powerful visual glide carried him high into the sky, taking him to see the entire world of tall grass, bringing the endless tall grass into his eyes.
"This world..."
At first glance, the world was completely covered by tall grass, with no way out at all. In fact, under the influence of the nodes, the entire space was shrouded in the growing tall grass.
From the outside, they looked like insects locked in a prison, making futile resistance in a small area, crawling around in place.
Those nodes are actually high-dimensional wormholes that allow for rapid travel in all directions; apart from that, there are no sacred stones at all...
"highway!"
Just as he was feeling a little discouraged, Lin Feng suddenly saw something familiar. Then his heart skipped a beat as he saw a dark figure sitting by the roadside.
"Yu, take us there!"
In the blink of an eye, Yu led Lin Feng out of the tall grass and back to their original spot.
Sitting before him was Lin Feng, completely normal, with his legs crossed, calmly sitting in place.
"you..."
Lin Feng walked over, and his eyes suddenly noticed something on the ground.
"1?" Si Zang quickly approached and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "He's your true form? No, what about my true form? What about Xiao Yu's? Why is he the only one here?!"
At this moment, Lin Feng No. 1, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes. His eyes, which were glowing with a yellow light, calmly turned to Lin Feng No. 241, who had arrived with Yu and Si Zang, and smiled:
"You are the sixteenth person to find me."
"Are you here to kill me?"
The calm tone made Number 241 swallow hard, a feeling of trepidation rising in his heart, as if everything happening now was under Number 1's control!
He understood everything in an instant; he knew very well just how terrifying he was.
"I'm here to see you." Number 241's cool voice carried a strange undertone. Even if you couldn't tell anything unusual, you could still feel the heavy atmosphere.
The first 15 all died... or escaped.
If Number 1 can contact Gui Ke, with her there... they can't possibly kill him.
"Really? I can't get in touch with Gui Ke either." Number 1 seemed to know what Number 241 was thinking and decisively told him his situation.
Number 241's heart trembled immediately.
“I’ve been sitting here ever since I came in. Si Zang and Xiao Yu aren’t with me… I think the Guide gave us the invitations after asking about our willpower attributes, it must be to test our willpower.”
"And this world, which has been changed by the participants, is operating under whatever rules it follows, and the answer cannot be found simply by walking away."
"If I just sit here without any change, will countless versions of me... come here looking for me?"
"So I've been waiting for you all. However, the first fifteen of you all came out of the bushes. Among them, three of them were carrying the Four Treasures and told me the significance of this device."
"Later I wondered why Shizang and Yu separated from me. Was it simply a test of will, or were the problems they faced different?"
"If it were truly just a test, then this world would be far too boring. The jade beside you is the only one I've ever seen, and its changes seem to be reminding me of something..."
"And you..."
Lin Feng, number 1, cast his gaze again, a glint of light appearing in his eyes: "It's telling me more clearly that each of us is making different choices."
"How is that possible? You're not the original body either!" As soon as he finished speaking, Si Zang shouted impatiently, "I can't stand it anymore! I want to use the escape item!"
With a flick of his wrist, he took the prop out and held it between his fingers.
However, Shizang did not open the prop just like that. Instead, beads of sweat appeared on his face, and he put the prop back.
"Your props are fake. Two of the Four Treasures couldn't withstand the pressure and used the scrolls, but they didn't change at all. The third one escaped." Number 1, Lin Feng, coldly reminded him, then turned to Number 241 and asked, "Tell me what you discovered?"
Yu moved her arm anxiously, just as she was about to stop him, Lin Feng, number 241, reached out and pressed her shoulder, and slowly said to number 1, "There are high-dimensional shuttle nodes in the tall grass, which can quickly shuttle between nearby areas."
Number 1 uttered softly, "It's useless. Even if we map out all the nodes of this world and find the patterns of change in higher-dimensional space, it's still not a way to 'walk' out."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yu's eyes flashed with murderous intent. Si Zang, who was standing to the side, shouted, "Why not? As long as I can find that stone and take it, this matter will be over, won't it?"
A cold glint flashed in Number 1's eyes: "Do you really think that the problem with this world is just spatial?"
Hearing the other party's cold voice, Lin Feng, number 241, stopped Yu from making a move again. Just as he was about to signal the other party not to be impulsive, a new thought popped into his mind: countless of them... wait, why are there so few of Yu?
“The number of the Four Treasures has exceeded five thousand, we are within the top hundred, and the number of Jade is the smallest, only three or four... Everyone has noticed that Jade is very rare.” Lin Feng, number 241, said immediately after thinking about it.
Three or four?
A glint appeared in Lin Feng's usually cold eyes, and he looked at the jade with more interest.
"Before she met me, she was just an ordinary person who gained some power from the monsters trapped in this world in order to survive."
"Survive!" Lin Feng, number 1, naturally guessed the other party's thoughts. The next second, he stood up, walked to number 241's side, and excitedly said, "Tell me everything you've been through!"
Lin Feng, number 241, nodded without hesitation and then recounted his entire experience of coming in, word for word.
"Sizang is playing, so he has the largest number; Yu is looking for us, her goal is very simple; you are exploring the world."
"It is our thoughts that divide us into countless different selves."
"So, I'm not number one at all; I'm just a beacon stopped here."
"So where exactly is the original body? Was it captured by the Holy Stone? Or... did it leave long ago?"
Lin Feng, number 1, kept muttering his conjectures. He also took out his escape item, which indicated that he could contact Gui Ke but could not summon her, suggesting that he was not completely disconnected from his personal space.
But the item is unusable... Yet the item has appeared. If the item is real, then it means the Nightmare Space doesn't currently acknowledge his existence; it's just that if he disagrees with any of these things, he can't return...
"How exactly can we get out of this situation...?"
Lin Feng's gaze shifted, and suddenly he looked at the jade again.
"If that's how I see it... then we need a clear goal, a real goal to guide us forward, a goal that brings us all together!"
"Only in this way can we stop the splitting into new individuals!"
"This is the true test of will!"
"The higher dimensions of this world exist not only in terms of spacetime, but also in terms of will! They only welcome participants who don't want to leave, because that way there won't be countless selves lost in the tall grass!"
"We need a highly unified will!"
"Heh...but how can we make all of us realize this..."
Lin Feng, number 1, laughed, a hint of madness in his eyes: "The endless tall grass is like life, the things that appear at each point are the things we encounter, and the split will is our choices every time."
"There is no primary or secondary number; every choice we make is our future, and every choice can become the direction we move forward."
"Each one is also the original body...hehe."
"If this continues, it won't be long before we are forever lost in this world... Those monsters might just be lost, crazed participants!"
After Number 1 finished speaking, Lin Feng, Number 241, was stunned for a moment.
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