Void Jigsaw Puzzle

As everyone in their virtual form quickly headed towards Tianqian Peak, He Yi asked Zhong Chenmu, "Why did you think of going to this place to look for them?"

"Based on my own experience, although both are virtual forms, I feel that the experience of information transmission in embodied and virtual civilizations is different. In the former, such as Wuming City, information transmission seems to follow more ancient laws. For example, the signal strength used to carry information decreases with distance and is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. In the latter, such as the areas outside Wuming City on Taibai Star, information transmission seems to have a constant intensity, and therefore can extend to infinity. And you just sent a signal to find them and couldn't find them. It's possible that they have left, or they are still nearby, but at a particularly high altitude. In any case, let's rule this possibility out first. If they are on Tianqian Peak, then I'm lucky. Even if they are not, at least we have searched the surrounding area, and if we go further, there will be no blind spots left."

Zhong Chenmu answered seriously, leaving the others stunned.

He Yi sighed: "No wonder Chief Hydrogen Memory looks at you so differently..."

Heading north, through the bustling city, until the density of houses gradually sparsed to only one every few hundred meters, a towering mountain began to appear more and more clearly in front of everyone.

It is actually not very high, estimated to be only two or three thousand meters, but because it is surrounded by flat land, it appears particularly prominent.

The entire mountain is extremely steep. It doesn't look like it was formed naturally from the ground, but rather like a knife dropped from the sky and stabbed into the ground.

Zhong Chenmu originally planned to call on everyone to transform into physical form and climb up, but after seeing this situation, he silently continued to ascend in virtual form.

When he approached the top of the mountain, he found that the mountain looked slender from below because of its steepness, but in fact, the top of the mountain was a large flat grassland, which was very wide.

Therefore, it was not difficult for him to quickly discover that there were several people standing in the middle of the grassy area.

It was Carbon Crown and the others.

In order to avoid being sensed by Hydrogen Ao and others, Heli Yi made full use of his abilities to cover up the others, allowing them to quickly switch into physical form, crawling and hiding far away in the grass, slightly raising their heads to observe the actions of the Carbon Crowns.

As for Hei Yi himself, he simply placed his virtual body on the mountainside.

In this way, even if the carbon crowns looked at the grass where others were hiding, it would be difficult for them to detect anything unusual from a distance.

Of course, at this moment he had no time to observe his surroundings.

He was closing his eyes, his hands fully extended, raised above his head, his head tilted back slightly, as if performing some ritual. His body was flickering, like a light box.

Surrounding him, the four people including Hydrogen Ao all had serious expressions, staring at Tan Guan's body as if they were facing a great enemy.

Except for Tan Guan, Tan Jia and the others had fallen to the ground not far away, motionless. It was unclear whether they were asleep or knocked unconscious.

The more Zhong Chenmu looked, the more he felt something was wrong.

"If the Turtle Clan's goal is to infect the entire Carbon Clan, why are they doing it here? Why not just go out on the streets and start the operation? Just by infecting one or two people, and then using stimulants, they can quickly expand the infected group... Could it be that the Carbon Crown can directly infect everyone in the Carbon Clan's territory? Just like when I reset everyone in Wuming City in an instant and eliminated the Turtle Clan?"

Although he felt that this possibility was very high, he still felt that the whole scene was a bit inconsistent.

"Where does this inconsistency manifest itself..."

Zhong Chenmu was thinking hard.

As the strange ritual of the carbon crown progressed, the answer in Zhong Chenmu's mind began to slowly surface after repeated deductions, like a swimmer who finally emerged from the surging turbulent water after much difficulty.

"No! If the Turtle Clan wanted to infect the entire Carbon Clan, it must have started with the Tan Guan and the others. But it's hard to say for Tan Guan now. The others lying on the ground are definitely not infected! Otherwise, why would they be lying there? If they were really infected, they should be standing around Tan Guan like the others, 'protecting him'! Could it be..."

Zhong Chenmu's whole body was trembling. The more he thought about it, the more a series of events that happened in the past came to mind and stirred in his mind. At this moment, the blank in his mind that had appeared before in the underground central water supply system was also filled.

He stopped shaking as if petrified. After a long while, his body softened again and he lay powerlessly on the grass.

Zhong Chenmu controlled his emotions and buried his head deep in the grass, his nose almost completely blocked by the mud. He breathed with all his strength, inhaling the scent of grass and soil into his body. Even so, the tears in his eyes could not stop flowing, seeping into the mud.

Guo Ling noticed something was wrong with Zhong Chenmu and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?"

This tiny movement happened to be caught by Hydron Ao from afar.

He immediately shouted, "Who's that over there?"

Guo Ling shuddered all over and immediately held his breath, not daring to move at all.

However, it was already too late.

With a flick of his right hand, Hydron Ao sprayed several drops of liquid onto Tan Jia and the others lying on the ground. They immediately stood up again, as if their bodies had been infused with souls. Then, with fiery eyes, their bodies rapidly expanded and grew larger, transforming into powerful, muscular warriors in a matter of moments.

"You helped us invite the leader of the Carbon Crown tribe here. Thank you for your hard work. I was just about to let you lie on the ground and rest for a while, but there is no other way. I can only wake you up in advance and get up to work. Haven't you always wanted to kill them deep down in your hearts? Now, they are here at our doorstep. Without any specific instructions, just kill them without mercy." Hydrogen Ao ordered coldly.

"Oh no! They took stimulants!" Guo Ling had already seen what Qian Ao was doing and knew they had been exposed. He didn't care about anything else and shouted loudly.

Then, he immediately stood up, rushed forward two steps, grabbed Zhong Chenmu's back, lifted him up, and shouted in his ear: "I don't care what you were thinking about just now, or why you are in so much pain, but now you must focus, 100% focus! Unless you want to die here!"

Zhong Chenmu's face was covered with tears and dirt, his hair was messy, his eyes were red, and he looked completely out of shape.

Guo Ling pushed him away with all his strength, hoping to wake him up with his strength, and at the same time he took two steps back.

Because the attacker had arrived with a gust of wind and was stepping on the place where they had just stood.

Zhong Chenmu staggered several times after being pushed by Guo Ling, but he finally stood up and did not fall.

However, he still looked very dull and distraught.

While Guo Ling continued to dodge the attacks, he shouted at Zhong Chenmu from a distance, "What are you doing? Do you want to die? Why do you act like you've lost your soul at such a critical moment?"

He could only shout, because the attacker's speed and strength left him with no room to do anything more than dodge.

The attacker was originally a member of the Carbon Clan's leadership group and Carbon Crown's right-hand man. Although he was not young anymore, with the help of stimulants, his movements were as swift as those of a young man.

The remaining four people pounced on Zhong Chenmu, Zhang Chuyu, Fan Ting and Tan Ping respectively.

Among them, Zhang Chuyu saw Tan Jia, the man he wanted to kill.

He gritted his teeth and shouted at Fan Ting and Tan Ping, "Run down and find Lord Hei Yi. Don't try to fight these lunatics!"

Then he turned his head and looked at Tan Jia: "Come on, come and hit me if you dare!"

Sure enough, Tan Jia was attracted to him, his eyes filled with irrational anger.

Fan Ting and Tan Ping ran down the mountain quickly, but before they reached the edge of the grass on the top of the mountain, two attackers suddenly jumped in front of them as if falling from the sky, and kicked them without saying a word.

"Ah!" Both of them screamed involuntarily and closed their eyes subconsciously.

Although Fan Ting had experienced the "Return to One" game, she had no ability to react at all when faced with an attacker who had been accelerated by stimulants.

However, after waiting for a long time, they opened their eyes and found that the two attackers had disappeared. And two screams were heard from far away at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, Helium B's form appeared in front of them.

"Lord Hei Yi!"

Hei Yi smiled slightly and shrugged: "I just released two illusions, and they scared themselves and fell down."

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