Chapter 203 The Path of Evolution
Day 12 of the Highway Survival Game!
Meanwhile, Hagiwara, Matsuda, and Morofushi Kagemitsu, who had already returned to the survival road, looked at Kazesei no Mori incredulously: "You mean to say?"
"Hmm! This road to survival, which seems to have no beginning and no end, is probably actually a path of evolution." Feng Xingshou thought to himself that these men were, after all, adult men who were legitimate police officers and public security professionals.
Perhaps unlike people who are obsessed with anime, novels, and games, they can't quickly understand what I just said, so I simply explained in detail: "I don't know if you've read any isekai anime or summoning novels?"
There's a pattern to it all: people summoned from Earth to other worlds, or even from another world to another, all share one characteristic: even the most ordinary person becomes stronger in other worlds.
This point was not explained before isekai anime and similar shows became more popular. It was only later, when isekai anime became more popular, that a detailed explanation was given. The theory is that even with the most ordinary aptitude, when a person is transferred from one world to another...
They will travel through a dimensional portal opened by one of the two worlds. The dimensional portal is filled with dimensional energy that is more advanced and powerful than the world itself. Even if the person being transferred is just passing through it quickly.
The dimensional energy absorbed in that instant was enough to drastically change the transferee's aptitude, transforming them into a top-tier powerhouse or hero in another world, granting the summoner the power they desired…
"Uh! Feng-chan, we're talking about real-world topics. These are just anime settings, and we can't take them as real theories!" Feng Xingshou was explaining in detail the settings of those otherworld anime that he hadn't seen before.
Hagiwara quickly interrupted her, reminding her that some anime settings are not reality, so how could they be taken seriously and let Kaze-chan explain these settings to them while she was in such a tired state!
Feng Xing Shou looked at his expression, and then at the other two who also had beady eyes, and couldn't help but laugh: "Heh... It's normal that you find it absurd to use the isekai anime setting to explain what I just said."
However! You didn't notice something: Hagiwara was the first person besides me to enter this survival road, and when he passed through the dungeon portal just now, his dizziness was the least severe among the three of you.
From your descriptions, it's clear that Matsuda's reaction was milder than Morofushi's, but more severe than Hagiwara's. Morofushi's reaction was the most severe, and you were also the last to enter this survival road.
By the way, I haven't felt dizzy at all since I first entered and exited the dungeon portal. Look at the physical condition of the four of us. You are young, well-trained, and in excellent physical condition, Officer San.
As for me, I am a 35-year-old middle-aged woman whose body is starting to decline. Even when I was young, my body was not as good as yours, let alone at this age. However, under such circumstances, my body reacts more smoothly than yours when facing the portal to the dungeon.
The reward for completing the hidden quest in the game is a basic mental power awakening potion. The previous penalty quest rewarded mental power cultivation and physical tempering potions, but not physical power awakening potions.
Therefore, even if it's just an isekai anime setting, it actually makes some sense. Perhaps the initial selection criteria for survivors in this game weren't based on youth and physical strength, but rather on mental talent.
Otherwise, the young people around 20 years old on Earth alone would be enough to start the game; there's no need to bring in someone like me, almost forty, whose health is starting to decline and who can't seem to improve with exercise.
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After figuring this out, Feng Xingshou finally understood why he had awakened his skills and displayed abilities such as spatial storage and the home tree. He deduced that the other party must have been able to see his abnormality through the game live stream, but had never taken any action such as 'banning' his account.
There wasn't even a warning or a prohibition on using abilities. It seems that stimulating mental abilities was the game organizer's goal in making this game. Awakening skills, using skills, etc., are all developments they wanted to see.
It's estimated that the surviving players all possess their own mental skills, which is what they want to see. Therefore, instead of banning their accounts to stop them, they might not know if it's just a coincidence or if they're intentionally providing them with mental-enhancing potions...
"So Hagiwara's reaction was milder than ours because his mental strength had begun to evolve. We've only been here a short time, so our mental strength hasn't changed much. Is this mental evolution what you're speculating about the true nature of this survival road game? That they're selecting people with outstanding mental strength from our planet?"
"Pulling them into this survival game and making them travel for extended periods on this seemingly endless highway built on Earth's historical timeline—is it to cultivate and unleash the survivors' mental potential?" Matsuda added sarcastically, "I had no idea they were so kind."
"Well! Whether it's a good intention or not remains to be seen. Maybe it's just that cultivating players with outstanding mental strength talent is of great use to them!" Hagiwara emphasized the words "great use to them," clearly implying to others that the game might have ill intentions towards players with outstanding mental strength talent.
After nodding to indicate that he understood, Morobuchi Kagemitsu said with some helplessness, "Even if we figure these things out, we can only play by the rules they set."
After all, their technology is clearly far superior to Earth's. If we can't defeat them with technology, then we can only strive to evolve ourselves and find a way to defeat this powerful enemy with stronger mental abilities.
Feng Sang's storage space ability is already very strong; it's impressive that she could come up with so many ways to use this ability. I wonder what kind of mental abilities I, Hagiwara, and Matsuda will evolve? Do we have the potential to fight against them?
Hagiwara and Matsuda, who were standing nearby, had also thought of this. At the same time, they were a little uneasy because they realized from Feng Xing Shou's words that Feng Xing Shou was one of the survivors who were initially chosen by the game.
There was no discomfort when entering the game instance via teleportation. He and Hagiwara had experienced teleportation several times before, and they could all feel the discomfort. This shows that even though her age was not the right stage for training, she was still chosen because of her outstanding mental talent.
Even though we are young and strong, and our physiques have been trained, our mental strength is not outstanding, and we are definitely not as good as Feng Jiang. So how do we compare to the other survivors in the game? Who is stronger and who is weaker?
Without sufficient potential in the mental realm and with Earth's technology tree lagging behind the enemy's, how could they possibly win this battle to turn the tide? Although they were deeply troubled, they showed no sign of worry on their faces.
He then said to Feng Xing Shou with an air of optimism about today's discovery, "Alright, Feng-chan, knowing this is a good thing for our future development. Let's discuss the specifics of what to do in a bit."
"You've had a tough day. Go and get some rest first. Once you've recovered your energy, we can have a good chat about what you've accomplished today and your plans for tomorrow."
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"Okay! I'll get your lunch from my storage space first." Feng Xingshou asked them while trying to focus his attention on his backpack's storage space, "What would you like to eat? I have some here..."
"Keep it simple, we need to drive to the target coordinates later, no need to make it too formal." We'll treat Feng Jiang to a nice meal tonight, she's exhausted today.
Matsuda, without any hesitation, put his hand on Morofushi Kagemitsu's shoulder and said with a grin, "By the way, I have some good news for you. Keidan's cooking skills are excellent. From now on, you can completely entrust the food preparation work to him. Just tell him what you want to eat, and he can even make quite a few kinds of Chinese food!"
"Eh! Really?" Feng Xingshou's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said happily, "I'm only good at making staple foods like noodles and pastries, and I'm not good at cooking. It's great that Morofu can cook!"
At this moment, her mind was filled with Matsuda's description of the wonderful future of Morofushi Kagemitsu, who was skilled in cooking, taking charge of the kitchen, and she completely forgot her previous idea of sending him back to the modern world.
Seeing her like this, Hagiwara was speechless. He quickly stood up with concern, pulled her up from her seat, and pushed her towards the only bedroom in the vehicle: "Fū-chan! There will be plenty of opportunities to try Morofushi's cooking in the future. The most important thing for you now is to rest. We can talk about the rest after you've had enough rest."
"Okay, okay! Don't push me, I can walk by myself." It's so weird to be pushed like this towards the bedroom! It feels like I like to linger in front of them and can't be driven away no matter what I do. No, I can't let that cause a misunderstanding.
If it looked like she was refusing to leave, who knows what those people watching the live stream would say to her! They'd probably call her a greasy middle-aged woman or something. Thinking of this, Kazesei no longer needed Hagiwara's support, so she quickly hurried back to her room.
This left the three Hagiwara members completely bewildered: "Why did you suddenly start jogging?"
Even if you're exhausted, you don't need to walk that fast, do you?
"Well, she is a woman after all. Maybe there is something she needs to deal with as soon as possible?" I hadn't noticed any signs of her period since I got in the car. Could it be that she's on her period? I guess I'll have to focus on collecting these kinds of supplies tomorrow.
I wonder if there were any such supplies in the cargo containers of that big ship last time? Hagiwara thought silently, but continued to change the subject: "By the way, what do you guys think of the coordinates for tomorrow's journey?"
"Do you even need to ask? Of course, we'll go to the coordinates of this day next year to see if your future brother-in-law's fate has changed, and how much the real world has changed based on the information we provide." Matsuda deliberately teased his childhood friend as he said this.
This made Morofushi chuckle, and he joined in the teasing of Hagiwara: "With a brother-in-law like Gin, Hagiwara is going to have a tough time in the future!"
After all, he's a tyrant who, if he's in a bad mood, will summon the Tower of Bereavement from anyone! Ordinary people can't afford to mess with him!
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