Void Jigsaw Puzzle

Guo Ling stretched his muscles for a long time before recovering from the aftereffects of that posture.

He followed Zhong Chenmu downstairs quickly, and the two took a taxi to People's Square.

After quickly eating dinner in People's Square, the two of them went up to the platform and headed towards Taibai Star.

After entering Taibai Star, the first thing Zhong Chenmu did was to materialize himself.

He succeeded.

The stone in his heart finally let go. When he was "repatriated" from Kunlun City on Xumi Star to Taibai Star by Hydrogen Sa, although he had appeared in a physical form, it was a special event after all.

This time, he came in through the normal channels from Wuming City and once again reproduced his ability to materialize, and he was completely relieved.

Seeing Zhong Chenmu's relieved expression, Guo Ling asked, "What are you thinking about? Are you worried that the Turtle Clan will close this entrance and exit? I don't think they have the ability or influence to do so yet."

Zhong Chenmu shook his head: "That's not the case. If the situation has developed to this point, it means that Hydrogen Memory may have been controlled, and the whole situation is almost irreversible..."

So, he told Guo Ling about his last experience of mastering the "duality of reality and illusion", and did not hide his experience in Kunlun City.

Hearing Zhong Chenmu mention Kunlun City again, Guo Ling's expression did not cause much ripples. Obviously, he was able to control his emotions well. However, Zhong Chenmu knew that he would definitely not remain indifferent.

In fact, the reason he brought Guo Ling to Taibai Star so quickly was not only to look for Hydrogen Chen, but he also hoped that Guo Ling could fully master the ability of "duality of reality and illusion" as soon as possible, so that he could enter Kunlun City like him to verify whether Hou Chang was really his wife.

If they could reunite as disabled people, it would be a great encouragement to the people of the entire Nameless City.

Looking at the night scene around them, the two of them once again expressed their admiration for the pioneers who entered Taibai Star from Wuming City.

It is they who use their own eyes and imagination to construct the image of Taibai Star in the eyes of every later generation.

Even day and night are distinguished.

Therefore, even on Taibai Star, the lights are just coming on at this moment.

However, the number of pedestrians on the street was much smaller than in Nameless City. After all, the Hydrogen Clan's form was virtual, and many people were too lazy to interact with the people of Nameless City, so there was no need to transform into a virtual "embodiment" to appear before them. And among the pedestrians on the street at this time, a large number of them were like them, having come from Nameless City.

The two walked along the street, neither of them speaking, but their minds were constantly thinking.

During this period, Zhong Chenmu sent several messages to Qingchen, but all of them fell on deaf ears.

When he was in Wuming City, he was still worried that there might be some temporary problems in sending messages across regions, but now that he has arrived at Taibai Star, such a situation has occurred, which means that the possibility of something happening to Hydrogen Chen is getting greater and greater.

However, he suddenly realized something very serious: although the Taibai Star in their eyes looked no different from Wuming City, all the scenes were false, all of them were mirage-like holographic images.

In other words, they couldn't get food on Taibai Star, and there was no hotel for them to stay overnight.

As a result, the time they spend on Taibai Star is very limited, unless... they do not exist here in a physical form.

However, Guo Ling is currently unable to do this, and even if he could, he is not sure whether this is the right choice.

Because once it becomes a virtual form, it means it is more likely to be infected by the turtle tribe.

So far, he only knew that the Turtle Clan needed to rely on the exchange of body fluids to achieve infection in physical form, but he did not know how to infect and spread in virtual form.

He originally wanted to find Qingchen to ask further questions, but now Qingchen is nowhere to be found.

The more he thought about it, the more depressed Zhong Chenmu became.

The ambition that had just brought Guo Ling to Taibai Star was blown away by the evening breeze.

Although he didn't say a word, Guo Ling could still sense Zhong Chenmu's emotions and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhong Chenmu spoke out the things that had been pent up in his heart, and after that, he felt a little better.

Guo Ling asked: "Aside from sending her a message, is there any other way to contact Qingchen?"

"I don't know. In my current physical form, I've only used this method. It was the same with Hydrogen Thoughts before. But if I become a virtual form, I haven't tried other methods, so there should be more."

"But you're worried that if you transform into a virtual form, you'll be easily infected by the Turtle Clan, right? You don't want to change rashly before you understand how the Turtle Clan infects the virtual form community."

"That's it."

Guo Ling thought for a moment and smiled, "It sounds like there's not much we can do proactively besides waiting for feedback from Hongchen. So, how about helping me fully master the 'virtual-real duality' ability first? I've got nothing to do anyway."

"..."

However, Zhong Chenmu thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case, since he was already here.

He said, "Based on my experience, fully mastering this ability requires several steps. The first step is to achieve barrier-free communication between the physical and virtual forms. You've already completed this step. Last time you were on Taibai Star, you were able to communicate directly with my virtual form."

Guo Ling nodded and looked at Zhong Chenmu expectantly.

"The second step is to achieve virtualization yourself. This is something that most people in Wuming City haven't mastered yet, and it's something I've always hoped to help everyone achieve through a one-time approach. However, I haven't had time to figure out how to do it specifically yet... It would definitely be great if Brother Guo could master it ahead of time."

"Yes, yes, it would be great if we can achieve this goal tonight." Guo Ling said anxiously.

"However, even if I can help you achieve this goal tonight, the risks are enormous. Once you transform into a virtual form, you'll be directly exposed to the threat of the Turtle Tribe, and you haven't yet mastered the third step..."

"What's the third step?"

"It took me a lot of effort to achieve this, transforming from a virtual form into a physical form, and being able to switch between the two freely."

Guo Ling suddenly realized: "I see. Considering that the Turtle Clan is already spreading among the Hydrogen Clan, if I can only transform into a virtual form and cannot transform back, there is a high possibility that I will be infected and never come back, right?"

"That's it."

Guo Ling sighed: "Alas, I thought I could take this opportunity to move forward, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult..."

Just as Zhong Chenmu was about to comfort him and express his thoughts, Qingchen's reply finally came to his mind.

"The situation is critical..."