Chapter 253 Everyone Get on the Bus
Day 26 of the Highway Survival Game!
At this moment, Hagiwara, who had been silent most of the time, suddenly spoke up: "I suddenly thought of a time paradox. Since you have solved the organization, you have also ensured that you can survive in the future."
Actually, you don't need to come back to the Survival Highway with us. According to the rules of the time paradox, or the rules of the survival game, since you have survived, there is a high probability that you will be captured by the game in the future.
You will still enter the large-scale dungeon at that time, so there is no need for you to come with us. In case the time paradox determines that you are the people who will be captured by the survival game in the future and participate in the large-scale dungeon survival event.
And now you're following us like smugglers, sneaking into a large instance through the back door. Don't you think this could lead to a very dangerous situation? What if there's a fusion? It's like how a future cell phone disappears automatically after being taken from the past.
It's impossible for two identical versions of yourself to exist within the same large-scale instance. Since this large-scale instance is a collective battle involving all survivors, the probability of you being in the same timeline is extremely high.
"But that doesn't guarantee we'll be caught by this game and end up on the survival road, does it?" Bourbon and his team had already learned quite a bit from the information they had previously provided.
He had just heard Hiro talk to him about mental power on the phone, and now that he heard Hagiwara objecting to them entering the instance, Bourbon knew that he was doing it to protect them and keep them away from danger, but he still gave him that reply directly.
After all, physical strength and mental strength are not the same thing. Just because someone is physically healthy and has practiced martial arts for a long time and is stronger than the average person does not mean they will be captured and brought into the survival game.
Hearing this, Feng Xingshou looked at his brother.
When Gin saw her looking over, he immediately said, "I will definitely participate in the large-scale dungeon."
Clearly, he wouldn't change his mind because of the time paradox Hagiwara mentioned.
"Since you insist on entering the large-scale instance, well... I have some basic mental power awakening potions here, obtained by completing quests. There are exactly six potions, so why don't you six each drink one and try to awaken your mental power?"
If you awaken, then you will definitely be captured by the survival game and enter it in the future. As for the location of the large dungeon, I think it may be related to your obsession. If your obsession is related to Japan.
"So in future large-scale survival dungeons, we should all be within the Japanese region at the same time, making it easier to contact and regroup then." Seeing Gin's resolute attitude, Feng Xingshou thought of the skill effect he had just upgraded.
He simply told the group what he thought about those mental power awakening potions, and while speaking, he took out the mental power awakening potions and handed them to them, but his eyes looked at Hagiwara and the others with a bit of guilt.
Because the others had been with him in the survival vehicle for a long time, they knew exactly what rewards he had received, and they were well aware that he hadn't actually obtained that many doses of basic mental power awakening potions.
If I take out these potions now, they'll definitely guess that I have other ways to obtain the mental awakening potions, right? How am I supposed to explain this to them?
However, when faced with the mental potions she took out, everyone took them. Gin was the first to open and drink them without hesitation, and the others followed suit. Hagiwara and the others only showed slight surprise and did not ask about the details of the potions on the spot.
Faced with this situation, Feng Xingshou breathed a slight sigh of relief. In any case, she was unwilling to see her brother and Hagiwara's friends risk merging with their past and future selves to enter the large-scale dungeon with her.
But then she felt a little embarrassed because she realized that she had only bought 6 doses of the mental potion, and there was no Akai Tsutomu on the scene. If it was only for her brother and no one else had any, it wouldn't be a big deal.
Everyone else had one, but Mr. Akai Tsutomu didn't. Would he think she had a problem with him and become dissatisfied? Seeing this, she quickly manipulated the gift shop in her mind and bought another one for Akai Tsutomu…
o(╥﹏╥)o But inside, I was practically crying, sob sob... I originally had enough copper coins to buy six doses of Constitution Awakening Potions, but now I only have enough for five. Sigh! Money really flies; it's all gone before I know it...
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At this moment, after Bourbon drank the mental awakening potion, another thought came to mind and he blurted out: "But will we really be able to meet you in the future large-scale dungeon? These past few times when we've had contact with you in reality..."
"We only regained our memories after you traveled through time. Does that mean we'll have to wait until you return to reality to recover before we can restore the new timeline created by the changes caused by your travels?"
"No! The result should be quite the opposite, because in our subjective consciousness we have always retained the memory of the experience after the change of fate, and their arrival reminds us of the original memory."
"I thought you could notice the difference, Bourbon!" Upon hearing Bourbon's question, Shuichi Akai shook his head and calmly and wisely expressed his thoughts.
Shuichi Akai's words were simple, straightforward, and very clear, making it immediately clear to the group that while their own experiences would change after the Wind Star Guardians traveled through time and altered the past, they would live based on those experiences.
However, when Feng Xing Shou and his companions return to the past, the memories of time and space will be restored. In other words, even if Feng Xing Shou and his companions travel to the future, they will still retain their altered experiences and develop a completely new future.
Only when they meet again in the future, and the changes made in the past are considered, will their original life memories be restored. The true experiences will still be based on the altered history, and the original experiences will only be memories...
After understanding this, the group felt relieved. Just then, Officer Zhu Fu moved slightly and said, "I feel like I'm a little different now. There's a cool energy flowing from my brain throughout my body?"
"I feel the same way!"
"Is this what it feels like to awaken spiritual power?"
"But what skills did we awaken?"
"Does Feng Sang have any experience to share?"
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Others also expressed their opinions.
Feng Xingshou was taken aback by the question. She couldn't use her awakened mental power skills as a reference, so she could only answer somewhat guiltily: "After I awakened my mental power, I saw my skills on the game panel and then silently recited the names of my skills."
"Then you'll be able to activate the skill. Your mental abilities probably won't be displayed on my game panel. You'll likely only be able to discover their effects after you return to reality and figure them out carefully!"
"I never promised you I would return to reality!" Gin already knew about the process of her awakening skill from the Wind Star Guardian, so he didn't ask her about it at all. Instead, he simply looked at her and said this.
Feng Xingshou was shocked: "This is not what we agreed on. How can you go back on your word, brother?"
"Heh...when did I agree to that?" Gin retorted with a cold laugh.
"Uh..." Feng Xingshou tried hard to recall. Her brother hadn't promised her anything. What was this? Had she been tricked by her brother? He even gave her a mental awakening drug? o(╥﹏╥)o
Just as Kaze was speechless in the face of her brother's sophistry, Hagiwara suddenly spoke up to her, "Kaze-chan, I can feel the increase in mental power, but I haven't discovered the specific mental power skills yet. Do you know how to discover them?"
“Me too. In the end, what exactly is this thing called spiritual power? We’ve never been exposed to it and we don’t know anything about it.” Morofushi Kagemitsu also said with some helplessness.
Matsuda thought for a moment and then complained, "This is indeed quite difficult for us."
"Then why don't you think about it for once? Think about the process and image of otherworldly magic release in those anime you've watched, imagine manipulating some element in nature, those magical concepts in magical worlds, don't they all say that magic comes from imagination?"
Once you imagine a specific form, will the form that suits your magical attributes appear? Perhaps your mental power skills are like this too; after you imagine the effect that suits your mental power, you will realize it.
They will appear before your eyes.” Seeing their curiosity, Feng Xing Shou recalled the effects and process of using her skills, including Reincarnation and Backpack Empty.
The effect was indescribable, but after thinking about her water manipulation skills, she shared her feelings and understanding of the process with the others.
Hearing Feng Xingshou's experienced advice, everyone immediately tried it out with interest. It has to be said that they are all highly skilled individuals. In the state of mental awakening, Feng Xingshou only gave them a hint, and they actually managed to imagine it.
Soon, wind began to gather around Hagiwara out of thin air. Following his will, it swirled around him, making various blowing movements, and could even gather together to form a stronger wind that felt like it could be used for an attack...
Matsuda's side was conjuring lightning, a skill effect resembling thunder and lightning, which looked quite terrifying...
The officer's awakening was somewhat unexpected; he had awakened the element of light. He used his mental power to manipulate these lights together, and the light attack power was not weak. As for whether the element of light has healing abilities as rumored, it is still unclear...
Bourbon's skill is metal manipulation; he can use his mental power to change the shape of various metals and perform various manipulations...
Shuichi Akai's spiritual attribute is fire. He can control fire and manipulate flames completely, which is similar to the water manipulation of the Wind Guardian.
Perhaps it's due to a genetic connection between father and son! Tsutomu Akai also possesses fire-based spiritual abilities, but the color is different from Shuichi Akai's. The spiritual flames he manifests are different from Shuichi Akai's; his are blue, while Shuichi Akai's are orange-red...
As for Gin's special ability, mental power, no one could see anything, because as he manipulated his imagination, black, ball-like things condensed around him.
No one knew what abilities or effects this thing had, and they were currently inside a Pacific Ocean buoy, a place deep in the ocean. Even if they were in a dungeon space, they wouldn't dare to try it rashly.
If there were any attack effects, it would likely damage this facility. This is the deep seabed, and if the Pacific Ocean buoy structure were damaged, those inside would also perish. Therefore, despite his reckless nature, Gin did not attempt anything here.
After confirming each other's mental abilities, Gin asked Windwalker, "How much longer can we stay in this instance? If we don't have much time left, we'll leave now!"
"Are you really coming with me?" Why does it have to be now when they can wait until the future to be captured by the game and reunite with him? Feng Xing Shou was very confused.
She didn't voice her doubts, but everyone was very good at reading people's expressions. Seeing this, they explained to her, "It's precisely because we're in the past entering a large-scale instance that we have room for change in the uncertain future."
"Once you become a survivor in the game like me, you will be bound to the game, and it's uncertain whether you will be able to change your past."
"Besides, the randomness of large-scale dungeons is too high. Even if we randomly appear in Japan in 5 hours, it might not be enough time to meet up. It's better to go together."
"Alright!" Hearing Bourbon and Akai's father and son express their opinions, and their reasons were quite convincing, Kazesei had no choice but to agree. After speaking, she glanced at the countdown next to her.
He then replied, "There are still 12 minutes until the instance closes. If you still have things to do, hurry up and do them. Didn't you say you were going to destroy that old and young age authentication system? You definitely need to make the most of the time!"
“No need. The entire computing power of that elderly and child authentication system relies on this underwater server cluster. Once this place is destroyed, the elderly and child authentication system will automatically crash and become unusable.” Gin directly refused and said, “Let’s go! We can leave immediately.”
"Okay!" Since his brother had spoken, what could Feng Xingshou do but quickly agree?
Hagiwara smiled at the group, then surprisingly and naturally called out to Gin, "Big brother, come with me, the dungeon exit is this way."
"...Hmph!" He used to call his future brother-in-law "brother," but now he's calling him "brother"? Looking at his smiling, spring-like appearance, Gin was speechless for a moment before letting out a cold snort, but he actually followed Hagiwara.
Soon, the group reached the exit of the dungeon and returned to the level 4 arena by teleporting back to the arena. Looking around at the snow-covered landscape, with the blizzard raging and the roads appearing extremely dangerous even before they started driving.
Akai Tsutomu's gaze intensified: "Is this the racetrack for a survival game?"
"Interesting?" Gin, like a big cat marking its territory, looked around inside the Wind Guardian's vehicle.
Bourbon said with a half-smile, "This is much smaller than the one you have, and I reckon there's still a lot of room for improvement."
“Uh… my vehicle is now level 4 and 5 stars. Last time…” Feng Xing Shou then realized that he had forgotten to tell them about the vehicle’s upgrades and star increases over the past few days, and quickly explained.
"I see!" Akai Shuichi nodded in understanding.
At this moment, Hagiwara, in the driver's seat, instructed before putting on the holographic cockpit: "You guys quickly sit down and fasten your seatbelts. This race is going to be even more intense and exciting."
OK!
"learn!"
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This time, Gin was very "obedient." After Hagiwara entered the holographic cockpit, he found a seat closest to the Wind Guardian and fastened his seatbelt...
Soon, the thrilling race ended, and they received another reward. This time, the reward was quite amazing: a blueprint for a Tier 5 vehicle component. This was in addition to the Tier 5 component blueprint they received for upgrading their car to Tier 4.
They now have two level 5 components, but unfortunately, the upgrade materials required for level 5 components are extremely large, and there are some special materials they haven't collected, so they can't craft level 5 components...
"How are you feeling?" As soon as they returned to the Survival Highway, Matsuda asked Hagiwara how he felt.
Hagiwara knew he was asking about the effects of mental awakening on vehicle driving, so he carefully assessed his own condition before answering, "I can only drive this car for six minutes normally."
However, I always feel slightly tired after driving and have an urge to rest. But this time, I didn't feel that way at all. It was as easy and effortless as driving normally. This might be the effect of awakening my mental strength.
"It seems that awakening spiritual power is indeed convenient!" Matsuda remarked with some emotion after hearing this.
Morofushi Kagemitsu nodded in agreement: "Not only is it convenient, but it also has the mental power skill that allows one to manipulate natural elements at will, and it can also increase people's mental power driving and holographic driving time while driving."
"Heh... Stop lamenting about this. Tomorrow is the big raid, and we're short on time. Let's discuss the big raid for tomorrow first!" Bourbon interrupted their usual post-match debriefing.
Upon hearing this, the group exchanged cautious glances, then looked at Feng Xing Shou and asked, "Feng-chan, what are your thoughts?"
"What are your thoughts? What ideas do you have? I don't know either," Feng Xingshou looked at the three of them. She had been worried that they would ask her about the mental awakening potion when they returned, and she didn't know how to answer.
They were thinking about whether their trump card was about to be exposed, given the mental awakening potion and their gift shop skills. Unexpectedly, they heard them ask this question. They breathed a sigh of relief and were grateful for the thoughtfulness of the others, but they were somewhat confused by their question.
Seeing that she didn't seem to understand the question, the others continued, "We just wanted to ask, are you planning to continue waiting here today and then be teleported into a large instance tomorrow, or are you going to continue driving to a location much further into the future?"
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