Chapter 231 Are they all dead?
Chapter 231
"Seventh Sister!" Ji Wei ran to her side, grabbed her clothes, and her face was deathly pale.
"What's wrong with you?" Lin Xia frowned as she looked at Ji Wei's frightened expression.
Ji Wei paused for a moment before speaking, "It's nothing, I just died once."
What a coincidence? Lin Xia scanned the floating island with her mental energy and saw Lazy Cat and A-Tong, then beckoned them over.
After the four sat down, Ah Tong, who had initially been making tea with trembling hands, became as steady as a mountain when she handed the cup to Lin Xia, and was fine by then.
"Have some tea, don't worry, I'm fine. I've never actually died, but I died rather... tragically, and I haven't recovered yet." With a wave of her hand, clusters of flowers bloomed around them, filling the air with fragrance.
Lazy Cat shuddered: "What's wrong, Sister Tong? Are you visiting our graves?"
The teacup that was about to be handed over was suddenly taken back, and A-Tong rolled her eyes at the lazy cat: "If you can't speak properly, then don't speak."
"Lazy Cat is dead too?" Lin Xia frowned even more as she saw him nod. "Tell me more about it."
"The world we're going to this time is one where the beastmen have awakened their intelligence, much like the mermaids. But in that world, the beastmen have already gained the upper hand, and the living space for humans has been severely compressed." Ji Wei held her teacup, the rising steam making her face flushed.
"In that world, humanity only had one base left to eke out a living. Although almost all of them were superhumans, there were more superhumans among the beastmen, so we had no choice but to fight alongside them."
Lazy Cat chimed in: "Seventh Sister, you don't know, in that world, not only did animals mutate into intelligence, but even plants mutated dramatically. Although no intelligent species have been discovered, plants have almost taken over every inch of land."
"It's practically impossible for us to go out, and even the food is awful. Luckily, I won't starve even if I don't eat," the lazy cat said, pouting.
Ji Wei rolled her eyes at him: "Everything was fine before. With our involvement, the situation was stabilized."
"On the very last day, the orcs launched a massive attack, and each of us was surrounded and attacked by two or three orcs."
"They weren't that strong, and a pincer attack wouldn't have been a problem, but in an instant, I suddenly felt my power vanish—or rather, it disappeared; the power was still there, but I couldn't connect to it anymore..."
"Yes, that's what happened to me too. Suddenly I lost control of my power, and the three beastmen on the other side swarmed me and ate me piece by piece..." A-Tong shuddered.
"Me too! The thing is, I was still conscious when I was eaten." The lazy cat said with a mournful face, gulping down a glass of water. Just thinking about that feeling...
"The scariest thing is why I lost control of my power! Will this happen again in the future?" Ji Wei said with some worry.
Lin Xia's mind instantly connected many things: "Ask Boyan."
Ji Wei was stunned for a moment, then immediately contacted Boyan. As soon as the message was sent, he saw Boyan floating in mid-air outside the island.
After letting him in, he blurted out everything before they could even ask him a question. Seeing that the others weren't surprised at all, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is it the same for you?" Boyan asked with certainty, looking at Lin Xia. "So, this is the drawback of only having one set of attributes?"
A-Tong glanced at him: "Island Master, I've asked around. Only the four of us died suddenly. The other 16 people in the same world as us all survived and completed the game."
Therefore, the reason why the four of them lost control of their power was because they died at that time. In other words, the energy that the four of them are now cultivating comes from the same place as themselves—the collective subconscious sea.
When they die, their subconscious mind shuts down briefly. They are affected in that instant, and since it happens to be during a fierce battle, they are killed.
When I announced the 'Spark Body Tempering Method', her mental strength had already exceeded 1000, and she had made initial contact with the subconscious sea. At that time, I only had one set of attributes.
These four people had cultivated their mental strength to 1000 before the ocean system discovered something was wrong, leaving them with only one set of attributes they had cultivated themselves.
In other words, at that time, the energy they cultivated came from their subconscious sea.
Lin Xia looked at the four people. She didn't know if it was a good thing for them, but she was somewhat happy.
In other words, from that moment on, the fates of these four people were inextricably linked to themselves and to their world.
Lin Xia leaned back in her chair, looking at Bo Yan with a mixture of disdain and schadenfreude.
Originally, Boyan wanted to do his own thing and didn't care much about the survival of the world, so she wouldn't interfere with his personal choices.
But now it seems he isn't so indifferent to life and death after all.
Lin Xia looked at Bo Yan and smiled: "Didn't you want to know where the energy comes from?"
Bo Yan was stunned for a moment, then his face instantly turned ugly: "What do you mean? Didn't you not want to tell me? Now I don't want to know anymore, okay?"
Lin Xia smiled and pointed outside: "You can leave now."
Looking at Lin Xia's confident expression, Boyan's mind raced. He had thought he had long since disregarded life and death, and that everything he had done was merely to satisfy his curiosity.
But when he actually died, he realized that he wasn't as indifferent to life and death as he thought.
It's only because their strength is far superior and they have never truly faced the threat of death that they seem so indifferent.
At the moment of his death, he thought about how many things he didn't know and how many unknown worlds he hadn't explored.
He regretted it then and there. To satisfy his curiosity, he first had to stay alive!
Moreover, he still wanted to know why he had lost control of the energy. This was too important. If the power did not belong to him, he would rather die immediately than suffer further torment before dying.
Bo Yan smiled and said, "Just kidding. My curiosity has finally been satisfied. How could I possibly bear to leave?"
"Tch~" Ji Wei rolled her eyes.
"If you're afraid of dying, just say so! What are you pretending for?!" Lazy Cat rolled his eyes.
Lin Xia smiled, not exposing him, and with a wave of her hand, arrays enveloped the five of them.
Ji Wei and the other two also became serious. They sensed that Lin Xia was finally willing to share some secrets with them.
This is related to the fact that they died once!
Lin Xia first took out four "Substitute Dolls" and distributed them to Ji Wei and the other two, asking them to bind them first.
Boyan wisely took out a bunch of top-grade energy stones and exchanged them for a [Substitute Doll]. After binding it, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Before they could even catch their breath, Lin Xia dropped a bombshell: "You will lose control of the energy, most likely because I died back then."
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