"A craft that has your memories, a half that looks exactly the same, but has a completely different personality?"

In a dreamlike state, Ash licked the iron railings and nodded: "Yes, he is a tsundere, completely different from me."

Sonia and Diya glanced at him and said nothing. The fantasy here was a walled academy city, and the streets were full of beautiful young boys and girls. The four magicians were actually considered elders when they walked on the street.

"16 to 8, 8 to 4, 4 to 2..." Various strange visions surrounded Weisser, sometimes flames rose, sometimes rain and fog rolled, sometimes lightning flashed, and sometimes flowers bloomed and leaves fell. "If only one person can pass the trial in the end, then the feud between you and Silver Lantern will soon come to an end."

"Two people, because the Fate Twins form a team of two." Ash corrected, "But you are right, this long chase will end with death in the trial."

"But you can't use your magic power now, and even Bo... even your companions are not around. Can you really beat Yin Deng?" Diya asked worriedly while twisting the flower rope: "Yin Deng's blood is still in you, right?"

Ash nodded. "I really can't beat Silver Lantern. Besides the difference in combat ability, it's also because of the blood species. The closer I am to her, the stronger the effect of the blood species becomes. It's like she's constantly absorbing my life energy. When I fight her, she'll become more and more powerful, and I'll just become weaker and weaker."

"This time I used the technique of mutual destruction to entangle her and drag her down to the same low level as me, but she may not be fooled next time."

He didn't feel it during the battle, but after being away from the silver lamp for a distance, Ash clearly realized that his body seemed to be too weak. He didn't recover until he ate some high-calorie energy bars in the lounge. It was obvious that the blood species was still taking effect.

"If it's just me and Silver Lantern, I think I really can't do anything this time." Ash spread his hands and said, "But my half body not only doesn't have this burden, but his combat power is much stronger than mine. As long as he and I cooperate well, we will definitely be able to take down the Silver Lantern Twins!"

Although Ash was very confident, Sword Lady and Witch were still very worried. After all, they had never seen that 'half-body'. In addition, Ash said that 'half-body' was a tsundere, which made them even more uneasy. It's not that tsundere affects combat effectiveness, but a person whose true identity can be easily seen through by Ash would not be much smarter than Zhan Yulong.

"I found the affix." Weisser suddenly said, "It has something to do with color. When you step on white tiles, you're invincible, but when you step on black tiles, there will be a negative effect."

At the same time, the nearby scene began to stagnate and flow backwards, and a piece of information flowed into the minds of the magicians:

"Step on the grid: After school, go back to the dormitory. Whoever steps on the black grid loses! When you step on the white grid, you will not be hurt. When you step on the black grid, you will get 1 layer of 'Damage Increase' curse. Each layer of curse increases the damage by 10%. It can be stacked and there is no upper limit."

"Affix Identification Reward: A small amount of Truth Faction Experience, a small amount of Destiny Faction Experience, and a small amount of Mana."

"Limited Affix Privilege: In the next Dream Bubble, you can gain 1 layer of 'Defense Enhancement' blessing by stepping on the white grid, reducing the damage taken by 5% per layer, up to a maximum of 10 layers."

Ash and the others took a deep breath.

Although it is a word affix bubble, this affix is ​​too outrageous, especially for those magicians who will spend more than ten minutes to search for affix clues.

Because the roads here are almost all paved with black and white tiles, once the magician moves, he will definitely step on dozens or even hundreds of black tiles, and the curse stacking is unlimited, which means that once the battle begins, they will suffer an additional 1000% damage, and the sanctuary is very likely to be broken instantly by the creatures in the virtual world!

It is precisely because of the existence of such outrageous affixes that Ash and his friends had to spend a lot of time looking for clues to the affixes.

Ash licked the railing, Diya did a tumbling trick, Sonia walked, jumped, flew, and walked backwards... Each of their unusual attempts was a stress response after being beaten by the affixes.

Sonia actually learned various ways to test affixes from various travel books, and even from professors such as Trozan and Nidala, but as the saying goes, learning from books is shallow, and being beaten is more profound. For example, they encountered an affix called "Sword Fantasy", which would change gender once holding a sword. From then on, the first step for Sonia and Ash to arrive at a new bubble was to draw the sword.

However, as the number of bubbles they experienced increased, they found that the efficiency of the affixes was also increasing rapidly.

Not only Visser, Ash and the others could occasionally figure out the affixes through trial and error, but their progress in clearing the level every night did not improve much, with only seven or eight of them failing. However, the safety level did increase rapidly.

They have used affixes like "jump grid" that will kill you if you try, but they have defeated the enemy at least seven or eight times.

Since the first two bubbles were so easy to overcome, and there was also the "Jump Grid" affix privilege that reduced defense by 50%, Ash decided to give it a challenge. He opened the "Virtual Realm Map" and saw a three-affix bubble, so he led everyone in.

"Why?"

As soon as he entered the new scene, Ash froze in place. Sonia thought he had been possessed by the affixes as soon as he entered, and carefully held his hand: "What's wrong with you?"

"without."

Ash shook his head slightly, and paced forward like a sleepwalker. This bubble was a huge enclosed building. They pushed the door open and came to the spacious central hall. The ceiling was a glass ceiling. The sunlight from far away freely spread on the benches. There were potted plants on both sides. There were several people sitting on the benches, some chatting, some reading, and some even sleeping on the benches... If they were not all wearing prison uniforms, this place would seem like a park.

Prison uniform?

Sonia and the other two were startled for a moment, then realized something.

Ash walked to the front bench and watched the news on the screen. The content was the city council's announcement of a new policy. It was full of boring phrases with too low information entropy to be understood by the citizens. Sitting on the front bench was a 2.2-meter-tall green-skinned orc and a 1.3-meter-tall short-legged goblin. The sound of their discussion was clearly heard by Ash.

"Isn't it time for the Fighting League yet? It's finally the turn of 'Enemy Dragon' to appear. His matches are the most exciting to watch. Every time he plays, the field is covered with blood and brains. It's much more exciting than the Blood Moon Judgment."

"Hehe, I bet that 'Enemy Dragon' will be beaten to pieces tonight. His opponent is the new fighter, the ogre 'Financier'! He is the most ruthless. In the last match, he even pressed the goblin's head into his chest. There was no way to save it!"

"Finanxue...why does this name sound familiar?"

"Maybe it's a common name among ogres, but who cares."

"Too."

…

Ash came back to his senses and said to his teammates, "This is a three-affix bubble. How about we split up and look for clues for ten minutes each?"

Sonia and the others had no objection. After Ash left, the three of them looked at each other, and then Sonia said, "Weiser, come explore with me."

"No!" Diya hugged Weisser's arm: "This time, it's Weisser's turn to go with me!"

Being fought over by the two of them, Weisser smiled bitterly: "In fact, it will be more efficient if we search separately... If we must form a team, Sword Princess and I will be in the team, and Witch, you can explore on your own."

"Why!"

"Because your magic spirit types are much richer than Sword Princess'." Weisser said: "You can do a lot of tests by yourself, but Sword Princess's magic spirits are basically sword magic, so she can only do a small part of the tests."

Diya pouted in dissatisfaction: "Then you must hang out with me next time!"

"Okay, it's settled." Weisser waved goodbye to the witch, then accompanied Sword Girl into another passage.

During these days, she found opportunities to chat with Sword Lady and Witch, and maintained a polite social distance with Ash, and soon became the most popular teammate.

In addition to her diplomatic talents, the more important thing is that Sword Lady and Witch have no choice - except Weisser, they have no one else to talk to about emotional issues.

Even if Weisser didn't approach him on purpose, as long as she didn't show any interest in Ash, she would still be someone others could talk to.

Weisser glanced at the white-haired hunter passing by, then turned and asked, "Are you worried?"

"How can I not worry?"

Sonia sighed: "It seems that he has never had a peaceful day. He is either involved in a conspiracy or dragged into a whirlpool. He is either being hunted by others or hunting others. Moreover, his magic power and magic spirit are sealed now. He is almost the same as an ordinary person, as fragile as a straw, and there are enemies holding sickles beside him..."

"When he was in Broken Lake Prison, at least the prison had to abide by the law, and he could find loopholes in the rules to protect himself. But now he is facing a trial in the wasteland. There are no laws, no rules, no companions, only enemies and the unknown..."

Weisser said softly, "It would be nice if he had you by his side."

The village girl bit her lower lip lightly, her left hand resting on the end of the hilt, and remained silent.

"But you don't have to worry too much. Didn't he say that he has a trustworthy twin of destiny? A replica that possesses all his memories and skills—"

"This is what worries me the most." Sonia said, "Why did the trial create such a replica? The most likely reason I can think of is to let the replica replace the original. But now he believes in the replica very much."

"You can persuade him to pay more attention to the actions of the replica—"

"No." The head of the Claw Club shook his head. "I can listen and give suggestions, but I can't interfere with him with potential possibilities, because he is making judgments instead of seeking advice from us. If I persuade him like this, he will only feel that I am doubting his judgment."

"But you're doing this for his own good."

"Although I am worried about him, I respect his ability more, just like he has never interfered with my career development." Sonia said: "We can only listen to processed second-hand information, but only the parties involved can comprehensively consider various factors. Those things that I worry about, either he has already considered them, or he doesn't want me to worry."

Weisser nodded heavily: "What you said makes sense...but in addition to respect and trust, he may also need your support."

"Um?"

"From what you said, when he was in prison, although he was weak, he had the protection of laws and regulations. When he was in the Gospel, although he was controlled by the contract, at least his strength was intact and he had the ability to protect himself. But now, he has neither laws and regulations nor the ability to protect himself. In addition to his enemies who are as vengeful as the sea, he only has unpredictable clones and unknown mysterious trials." Weisser said, "If you were in this situation, how would you feel?"

Sonia felt suffocated just thinking about that situation, and couldn't help but hug herself tightly with her hands.

For a magician, what is more terrifying than the environment and the enemy is the loss of power.

A magician who lost his power was like an adult turning back into a three-year-old child. Originally, they could protect themselves and resist any danger, but now they had to pray for the mercy of fate - this gap in status was enough to suffocate people.

“…I’d be very scared.”

"Everyone would be afraid, but in order to prevent you from worrying, he has to pretend to be confident." Weisser said, "Fear, loneliness, worry... he can only swallow these negative emotions and digest them alone. Because he knows that telling you will not help at all, it will only drag you into the swamp."

Sonia's breathing became shallow and rapid. She stopped where she was and remained silent for a moment, muttering, "What can I do? I can't do anything..."

"You should think about it the other way around," Weisser said. "If you were in this situation, how would you want him to support you?"

"As you know, this is not the first time he has been in danger. When he escaped from prison, when he entered the Gospel Palace, when he was almost crushed to death by the vampires, when he couldn't beat Silver Lantern tonight...did he feel any regret in his heart during those moments?"

"Maybe he has been waiting for you for a long time."

Weisser stopped and looked at Jian Ji. After waiting for a moment, Jian Ji slowly opened her eyes. Her ruby-like eyes were bright and shining. There was a hint of blush on her face, but her expression was full of determination.

"I'll trouble you, Weisser, to search for clues on your own."

"Leave it to me."

Sword Girl nodded and ran directly along another passage.

Weisser turned around, walked slowly through the prisoners, and walked back to the central hall.

In fact, she could have pushed the team's relationship forward a long time ago, not only because of her insinuations over the past ten days, but also because the three of them were already a volcanic flood ready to explode. Without her, perhaps the relationship in the virtual world would have to wait until reality changed before reaching a turning point, but as long as someone took a step forward, this stable team would face a test no less than a doomsday catastrophe.

Moreover, now is the most ideal time for the trial.

Weisser's analysis was not random, Ash was indeed at his weakest and most helpless at this time. If the Sword Lady Witch could give him meticulous warmth at this time, it would naturally be a timely help, but if it turned around and gave him an emotional storm that was difficult to resolve, it would be the last straw that broke his sanity.

The trial of divine fire in reality and the trial of emotions in the virtual world.

Let me see, Ash, what kind of truth is hidden under this human skin of yours.

Soon, Weisser met the witch.

Diya looked behind her curiously, "Where's Jian Ji? Isn't she with you?"

Weisser took two steps back, then turned around and tried to run, but the next second she was hugged tightly by the witch: "Tell me quickly, where is Sword Princess? Did you eat her? Is she delicious?"

Weisser blinked: "Sword Princess..."