Chapter 141 Eternal Paradise 4
With only five hours left, it seems she'll have to brush up on her wilderness survival skills when she gets back. Although she's played games about forests before, those games were all mutated, not normal forests.
Where she was now, the soil was damp, the fallen leaves were above her ankles, and a thin mist swirled in the air. She glanced at the still bright sky and at her own clothes, thankfully she always wore clothes suitable for outdoor walking.
After observing for a while, Lin Xia walked towards a slightly drier area. The water's edge is usually very dangerous, so it's better to stay away.
Feeling the stickiness under her feet and seeing leeches peeking out from time to time, Lin Xia pretended not to see them and quickly dodged away.
In just five hours, Lin Xia reacted quickly and was quite agile, so she didn't encounter any danger.
Time passed quickly.
Congratulations everyone, you have passed the first round of testing. Keep up the good work!
The forest before them vanished. Some people cried out, covered in wounds; some collapsed to their knees; and some laughed uproariously, with sharp knives hovering around them.
"It's true! Did you see that? I've become Superman!" The man's face was flushed, and his eyes gleamed with ambition. "We can achieve immortality through mental abilities!"
"If your body dies, can your spirit still exist?" someone murmured to themselves...
"As long as my mental strength is strong enough, I can certainly exist indefinitely, even though the outside world is on the verge of destruction!"
Lin Xia looked at the person and realized that he was indeed very talented in cultivating mental power, but she couldn't guarantee that his mental power could exist independently of his body.
"And don't forget, if you don't work hard at your training, you won't even pass the test."
"Oh no... I want to go home! It's so scary... so incredibly scary... so many people died, so many people died, didn't you see...?"
Lin Xia glanced at the number of people, which had changed from 108,681,369 to 80,641,035. Fortunately, each city was divided into districts, otherwise she would have been dizzy just looking at the number of people.
"Hey bro, can you teach us how you train?" someone asked with a smile.
"Anyone interested in training with me is welcome to come over and exchange ideas." Lin Xia saw many people walking towards him; clearly, he wanted to form a small group.
Lin Xia glanced at it, then turned and left. She knew she couldn't possibly practice it, so naturally she wouldn't be accepted by any small group. It was better to leave as soon as possible.
When she entered the game, she noticed the interface of the game terminal. The interface that could accommodate mental energy was not large. If the mental energy expanded to a certain extent, it would be impossible to squeeze herself in.
In other words, the possibility of getting out has been completely lost.
"If you're not going to cultivate that stuff and want to help each other clear the level, we can come over and chat." A clear voice rang out. Lin Xia looked over and saw a girl wearing glasses. She looked young and had a rather wise look in her eyes.
He was a little dirty, but not injured, and was holding a gun.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xia turned and walked over.
The girl smiled as she saw her approaching and said, "Hello, my name is Wang Jiarong. It's nice to meet someone who shares my interests."
Lin Xia nodded: "I am Lin Xia."
At this moment, more people walked over. The people opposite them didn't look friendly, but no one said anything. Everyone thought they should wait and see.
Their numbers looked quite impressive. After arriving at an open space, they added each other as friends, and then Wang Jiarong said, "Hello everyone, since I've organized this trip, I'd like to share some news with you first."
“My father is an academician. I once overheard them discussing this holographic game. Speaking of which, everyone should have wondered why, with our technology, holographic games shouldn’t have been released so early.”
"That's right. Everyone was very confused and surprised at the time. They thought they would finally be able to play the legendary holographic game, but who knew that they would come in to study."
"Yes, everyone is saying that our researchers have finally made something of themselves, actually managing to develop a holographic game. Everyone has been discussing this."
"Could this not have been developed by us?" someone wondered.
Someone asked in surprise, "I heard before that during the last major sandstorm in our country, a very peculiar meteorite was found after the sandstorm subsided, and some valuable things were extracted from it. Could it be...?"
Wang Jiarong nodded: "Yes, the technology of this holographic game was extracted from that meteorite, and the core framework was also found in the meteorite. With our technology at that time, and even now, it would be very difficult to completely crack it."
"Could this incident be part of an alien conspiracy?"
Wang Jiarong shook her head: "I'm not sure, but it's definitely related to the core mastermind here, and it's very likely not benevolent."
"If it's so uncertain, why is it open to the public?" someone questioned, their tone somewhat harsh.
"Given the situation on our planet, is it possible for everyone to have a book? Or for every school to build such a large-scale library?" someone argued in a low voice.
"Yes, all our resources are focused on building the spaceship. Activating this holographic game must have been carefully considered. Can you say you haven't benefited?"
"Alright, I called everyone here not to argue about this. We're already here, we should discuss how to escape from here," Wang Jiarong interrupted their argument.
Everyone calmed down. Yes, things had come to this point, and further arguing would be pointless. Besides, this was indeed the fairest place; otherwise, given their circumstances, they might not have had access to much of the knowledge here.
"Was there no forced logout feature when this game was designed?"
"Yes, forcibly removing the helmet or dragging a person out of the game pod will definitely take them out of the game, but it will cause uncertain damage to the brain."
"But if this really is a product of an alien civilization, and has developed to the stage of mental cultivation, how can we be sure that we are currently just a small cluster of consciousness, or that our entire soul has been sucked into the game?"
Lin Xia looked up at the person. The question made sense. She was certain it wasn't the whole soul, but without evidence, it wasn't appropriate to say it here.
"Can you be sure that the deaths here aren't real deaths...?" The man's teeth were chattering as he spoke.
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone fell silent. The bleeding and pain felt so real, and the fear in their eyes at the moment of death felt so real. The reason they remained here was because everyone was afraid of this issue.
After a long silence, Wang Jiarong looked around and said with a serious expression, "I once discussed a problem with my father. I said, what should we do if the system malfunctions and people are unable to log off normally and are trapped in the game?"
Everyone quieted down and looked at Wang Jiarong with some anxiety.
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