(Brain returned to its place. For those stored elsewhere, please report lost.)
(One-star achievement for the Isolation Room. He's quite cautious in the early stages, only starting to be reckless after gaining some strength...)
(The profound cultivation is a slow burn, fellow cultivators, please don't be impatient. Those who have read for dozens of hours all give good reviews!)
------
【Do you want to understand the true meaning of life? Do you want to truly live...】
"Get lost, get lost, get lost! This round just started, wait until I finish this round!"
【...】
The unknown mysterious fluctuation trembled slightly, seemingly unable to recognize this answer of "telling me to get lost, then telling me to wait."
On the screen, First Blood!
— Teammate mid lane fed first blood.
Double Kill!
— Support then dove tower and fed a double kill...
"F*ck!"
Qi Shu slammed his mouse, abruptly stood up, an exasperated breath forcefully held back, and sighed to the sky:
"Damn a bunch of noobs, what the heck, quickly take me away!"
【...】
The unknown entity seemed to hesitate: should it let such a joker in...
Ultimately, without a sound, Qi Shu still disappeared from his original spot.
The world had once again lost a successor.
When Qi Shu woke up again, he was already in a dead silent forest.
His eyelids twitched imperceptibly, but he resisted opening them.
He didn't feel the usual post-coma confusion!
Qi Shu wasn't surprised by this either; his mind immediately began to clearly recall:
"There really is a Main God Space!?"
His heart was only shocked for a second before he understood what was important:
He needed to understand the situation first!
To be cautious, he didn't get up, and even his eyelids remained closed.
Maintaining his body's stillness, his mind suddenly vibrated—entering a certain special state!
"Discard the four senses, focus on hearing!"
The sounds in his ears gradually became louder and clearer.
Every sound, in fact, was being analyzed separately and orderly in his mind.
"Including myself, there are 10 breaths. There are no abnormal sounds in the distance, so it should be temporarily safe."
After regaining his five senses, some subtle changes then occurred in his still, lying body:
A faint blush suddenly flashed across his face, his heartbeat accelerated, and there were some imperceptible subtleties within his body...
These changes all flashed by, finally returning to calm.
"All functions of Absolute Rationality are fine, and it seems stronger?"
Furthermore, he felt that the side effects of activating this ability were even smaller!
But due to the short testing time, it couldn't be fully confirmed.
"The current situation is unknown, it's not suitable for overuse or overexerting the body."
Absolute Rationality was a technique developed by Qi Shu himself, a method of potential activation and body control, allowing him to command himself to do things that are ordinarily impossible, even going against emotions and instincts.
Just as some people can raise one eyebrow, some can do belly dancing, and others can provide an unparalleled sense of enclosure...
These are all micro-controls of nerves and muscles!
And in the state of Absolute Rationality, he could do even more.
After checking his abilities, he silently pondered in his heart:
"For now, I'll assume it's a Main God or Reincarnation Space or something, just don't know what kind of setting..."
"Judging from the breathing sounds, none are particularly long and steady, ruling out veterans. I should be the first to wake up."
"According to international practice, the first to wake has the highest potential... but the first fruit to stick out rots first, so I'll just keep a low profile!"
Thus, 9 people lay like corpses, Qi Shu played dead, perfectly integrated with the dead silent forest.
But as time passed, there was still no sound from the surroundings.
"It's been 2 minutes by my count, why aren't they waking up yet? There's still no movement around. Is there a novice protection period?"
He didn't get up to observe. Since he had already assumed there was an old fox, he had to be more patient than that fox...
During the wait, Qi Shu occasionally briefly activated Absolute Rationality to listen for movements around him.
But the results were always the same:
Utter silence!
So he tried to call out to the Main God in his mind, wanting to see the mission introduction.
"Main God!"
...
No reaction.
"Hmm? Reincarnation, System, Heavens... Mission! Big Brother, Elder, Old Ancestor! What's going on?"
Qi Shu called out all sorts of titles in his mind, but still nothing appeared!
"Is it that unintelligent? That's good too, if the Main God's consciousness is too active, it'll be harder for me to cheat."
Although the current situation was a bit off, he hadn't considered the possibility of the Main God being disconnected.
To keep a low profile, Qi Shu could only continue to wait quietly, guessing in his heart:
"Could it be that the mission only officially begins when all the new recruits have woken up?"
------
At the same time, in another part of the forest.
A group of people, dressed in strange and varied attire, were moving rapidly.
They were the veterans Qi Shu had guessed at!
Some of these people were clad in medieval knight armor, some in black tight-fitting ancient Martial Artist attire, and others in sportswear but wearing slippers...
There were all sorts, too many to list.
Veteran Reincarnation participants were directly conscious upon arrival.
But they had searched for a long time, yet still remained in this dead silent forest!
As they ran, a team member suddenly asked:
"Captain, are we really not going to bother with those new recruits?"
"Bother with what?! This exploration plane is actually a mandatory mission, and it even has a difficulty level I've never seen before 【???】"
The leader frowned and replied:
"With my authority, I've never heard of such a difficulty. We're probably struggling to protect ourselves, let alone new recruits?"
This person was dressed ordinarily, and on his resolute face beneath a buzz cut, his expression remained grim.
He was the Captain of this veteran Reincarnation team!
The Captain continued:
"How many points do you get for protecting new recruits? With a mission of this difficulty, just exploring anything would probably be more valuable than new recruits."
"But that anomaly on the new recruit just now..."
The questioning team member, unwilling to give up, pressed on.
The team member recalled the new recruit's dazzling five-colored anomaly, knowing at a glance that it was far from simple.
He still believed that such a promising talent could be absorbed into the team:
"Captain, isn't it too much of a waste to just give up on him?"
"As long as this mission ends, if we guide him through a few solo mission worlds, his strength might catch up quickly..."
"Ignore him!"
The Captain waved his hand and continued:
"Even if he awakened a Chaos Body, he's still a new recruit! It's better to get rid of dead weight early."
"There are priorities!"
"The Main God disconnected after sending us here, without even a mission introduction."
"This plane might be far beyond imagination. We need to break the deadlock quickly. As for those new recruits... may they fend for themselves!"
After the Captain finished speaking, not only did his speed not decrease, but his head also rhythmically swayed back and forth, scanning every part of the surrounding environment.
In his blood-red pupils, divine light flickered.
This was some kind of skill!
The blood-colored pupils acted like a scanner, meticulously revealing even the dust floating in the air within a radius of several hundred meters.
But besides the sky-obscuring trees, nothing else was seen.
The Captain frowned.
This forest not only had no living creatures, but not even traces of biological life!
Only the monotonous trees, truly bizarre!
Suddenly!
The Captain stopped!
He commanded:
"Pipa, sense the direction again."
"Understood!"
A voice as melodious as a clear spring came from above.
A Daoist woman, stepping on a yellow talisman, descended from the sky—she had actually been flying in the air above the forest the whole time!
Clearly, they couldn't discern anything strange about this forest from the air either.
— Nearby were all trees, distant were all mountains, no clues.
The Daoist woman floated down, her delicate hand lightly raised—
A small, floating searching vein golden dragon appeared out of thin air in her hand.
"searching vein golden dragon!"
Even her teammates showed envious looks—that was a golden-grade exotic treasure obtained only by achieving an S-rank evaluation in a special mission!
As magical energy poured in, the originally inanimate golden dragon seemed to come alive, tumbling up and down, greedily inhaling and exhaling magical energy.
Immediately, it lunged fiercely in one direction.
Swish!
Pipa waved her sleeve, retracted the small golden dragon, and looked coldly at the Captain.
"Go!"
The Captain said succinctly.
The group sped off in the direction the small golden dragon had lunged.
