Void Jigsaw Puzzle

After a dizzy feeling, Fan Ting felt that she was in a completely unfamiliar place.

At first, there was a boundless void around, but in an instant, streets, buildings, bus stops, street lights and trees appeared. Everything looked like a nameless city, but the appearance of the terrain was different.

"Let's imagine our own physical form." A voice came from beside my ear. It was Zhong Chenmu's.

"Oh well."

Just as she had this thought, she found herself before her eyes, and Zhong Chenmu was standing opposite her. Their appearance was exactly the same as when they were in Wuming City.

"Have we already reached Taibai Star?"

"Yes." Zhong Chenmu nodded. "We already exist in virtual form. What we see of each other are merely the physical forms in our imaginations. This makes communication much easier for us. Even many Hydrogen Clan members are happy to create such a virtual 'embodiment' when communicating with us. In fact, they must possess such a virtual 'embodiment' in order to enter Wuming City through the platform in People's Square."

"I understand..." Fan Ting tried hard to adapt to such changes.

"Okay, I'll take you for a walk on Taibai Star."

Zhong Chenmu didn't immediately discuss the next steps with Fan Ting. Instead, he took her to familiarize herself with the surroundings. As he led the way, he explained to her why she saw Taibaixing in such a way.

"If you can overcome your psychological barriers, you can spend the night here, because you are essentially a virtual form. The virtual form can be integrated into the energy field here, obtaining a constant supply of energy. The Hydrogen Clan is a group with abundant energy and resources. However, many people, even Guo Ling, can't stand this and always have to return to Wuming City at night. Because everything here is fake, you can pass by people walking in front of you. The hotel is uninhabitable, and the food in the restaurant is inedible..."

He felt like a tour guide rather than someone leading Fan Ting to prepare for battle.

Finally, Fan Ting became a little anxious: "Xiao Zhong, what are we going to do next? We are not just coming here to experience the customs and culture of Taibai Star, right? The key is, this is all our imagination, right? In fact, this is just a void, there is nothing here."

Zhong Chenmu smiled and said, "Don't be impatient. It's also important to first understand what kind of environment we are facing."

"But I think I've understood it clearly. Now I want to know what to do next. You know, besides killing the Turtle Clan, I also have to find..."

"Okay! I'll tell you what to do now!" Zhong Chenmu interrupted Fan Ting before she finished speaking, and gave her a look, signaling her not to continue.

Fan Ting nodded as if she understood, and stopped talking.

Zhong Chenmu shook his head and said, "Listen carefully. My plan is to establish an encrypted two-way communication channel between the two of us. This channel is similar to a VPN, or 'virtual private network', with a highly protected mechanism to prevent outside eavesdropping and sabotage. I will generate a series of constantly changing random signals in this communication channel. It sounds meaningless - just ignore it and treat it as background noise. But it will continue to propagate between the two of us. You can think of it as a beacon mechanism. Once its changing pattern changes, or the signal becomes weak, intermittent, or even disappears completely, it means that the other party has a problem. At this time, what we need to do is use the broadcast mechanism to warn all members of the Hydrogen Clan, telling them that we have located the Turtle Clan and ask them to take action as soon as possible to control the corresponding location or area."

Fan Ting listened to this long speech, somewhat unsure if she understood it correctly, and asked, "You mean, the two of us act as bait? If one of us gets possessed or attacked by the Turtle Tribe, the other will immediately send out a distress signal?"

"Sister Fan, you're so smart! This is what they call 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained'!"

Fan Ting thought for a moment and said, "In theory, it's all good, but how can we get them to take the bait? After all, putting down the bait is only half the battle; the other half is for them to bite the bait."

"That's a good question! We just need to keep sending them all kinds of humiliating and stimulating messages, similar to the method of provoking them, so that they can no longer tolerate it and take action against us."

"..."

After hearing this, Fan Ting felt that it was a bit far-fetched and asked unwillingly, "This trick... is a bit ridiculous, right?"

Zhong Chenmu said seriously, "How could that be? It's a bit ridiculous for others to use this trick, but it feels perfectly natural for us to use it. Do you know why? Because they ran into a wall with us in Wuming City, and they have a certain psychological scar on us."

"Well... okay then." Fan Ting nodded.

Zhong Chenmu was both nervous and excited. His last analysis with Guo Ling had deduced that their communication on Taibai Star was highly likely to be monitored by the Wangba Clan. Even if they maintained a tight grip on confidentiality, some things would inevitably slip through the cracks. Guo Ling had suggested that any subsequent discussions on the strategy should be completed in Wuming City before entering Taibai Star. Once there, they would simply execute the plan and minimize any communication. This strategy was undoubtedly sound from the perspective of preventing leaks, but now Zhong Chenmu had to protect the secret of Fan Ting's personal goal of finding Zhang Chuyu. Not only did he have to leak secrets, but he also had to reveal a ton of "secrets" for them to analyze and worry about! Instead of being cautious, it was better to muddy the waters and see what they could do!