Chapter 238
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Chapter 238: The Life Pod Moved, I’m Done Playing
Soon, Lin Qingliu spotted the two items he was looking for: the life pod and the overlooked alloy armor.
He intended to deliver the life pod to Fresnel and the others, while feeling justified in keeping the armor, which had lost its Energy Battery and was being ignored. After all, the original helmet lay on the ground next to Lin Qingliu’s main body bed. If he was going to collect gear, why not collect the whole set?
Standing in front of the armor and looking at its hollow spaces, Lin Qingliu snapped off one of his fingers and casually tossed it inside.
No blood flowed from the severed finger, nor was there any sign of flesh; just the sharp splinters left behind from breaking a wooden stick.
With this finger, Lin Qingliu’s doppelgänger could sense and locate the armor, making it easy to retrieve at any time.
Having done all of this, Lin Qingliu walked with Fulan toward the life pod.
Suddenly, he felt a different sensation beneath his feet.
The forest floor was already a mix of fallen leaves, humus, and soil, and after the plants began to move, the ground had become notably unsettled.
However, as Lin Qingliu walked on this soft ground, he sensed a hard surface beneath his feet, a feeling so distinct that even his wooden body could easily detect it.
Bending down, he extended his palm and pulled out a flat object from the soil.
It was a Hard-shell Notebook, accompanied by a flattened, oval-shaped pen that could serve as a bookmark.
The contents of the notebook were minimal, and after flipping through it briefly, Lin Qingliu gained a clear understanding.
Its pages gradually became hollow, with logic becoming more chaotic, and the wording more bizarre and horrifying, revealing the fate of the notebook’s owner.
After reading it several times, Lin Qingliu sighed and tucked it into his pocket before continuing onward with Fulan.
He hoped it would be helpful to humanity when sent out along with the life pod; perhaps this was also the true intent of Nian and his companions in recording these notes.
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Plants withered, while others came to life.
More and more branches formed a sphere, yet its size remained stable.
Fresnel and the others immediately sensed something was off.
For them, it might have been just a jolt of awareness, but in reality, it was the significant enhancement of the biological field’s impact on the surroundings.
At this moment, Wang Xiao, busy indulging in the buffet, didn’t choose to hide this change.
The transformations he underwent also affected all the individuals within the mycelium ecosystem.
Previously, some branches had attacked other teammates, but at this moment, all the attacks had converged around Wang Xiao.
This left the remaining four in an awkward situation, watching the sphere while pondering how to retrieve some of the belongings they lost in their hasty retreat.
The situation was resolved, but not completely.
They understood that something was happening, yet almost no one was thinking in the direction of a breakthrough.
For ordinary superpowered individuals, a breakthrough was indeed possible, but the probability was not very high.
Their intervals between breakthroughs might span years, even decades.
However, among the onlookers, one person’s expression changed slightly.
Shi Jin stated she was quite familiar with this feeling, as it was less than an hour since she completed her own breakthrough.
Could it really be what I think…?
Shi Jin furrowed her brow slightly, though the corners of her mouth twitched as if wanting to smile.
A feeling akin to encountering an old friend in a distant land naturally arose within her.
The Holy Fire Meow Meow Cult was truly terrifying!
To think they could plant two spies within a single team…
“Can we confirm the location of the life pod?”
Fresnel asked Beacon, who stood nearby.
“Yes, the Puppet Master’s life pod has a locator, and I also placed one inside that unearthed antique.”
Fresnel turned his head, surprise flickering across his face.
“When did that happen?”
“When Wang Xiao stuffed it in.”
“…Alright, give the locator to Shi Jin. Let’s see if we can retrieve it while Wang Xiao draws their fire.”
“Got it.”
Shi Jin took the locator from Beacon and glanced at it, her expression instantly shifting to alarm.
“Why is the life pod moving?!”
“Which one?”
Fresnel asked urgently. This whole disaster had started with the unearthing of a life pod, and he couldn’t help but wonder if it was some kind of treasure of the plants. Otherwise, why would there be such a fuss?
Now that they had been ceremoniously expelled, it was possible the plants had already begun reclaiming that pile of scrap metal.
Indeed, Fresnel now regarded that life pod as nothing more than scrap.
After all, compared to such a thing, he cared far more about his own life and those of his teammates.
As the colors of the sky began to shift, Fresnel silently prayed that Wang Xiao could hold out a little longer.
“The old one is moving closer to us.”
“What?!”
Fresnel’s mind momentarily blanked; he couldn’t comprehend why the life pod was moving in their direction.
“How confident are you in retrieving it?”
Shi Jin studied the scale on the locator and replied,
“It’s about four hundred meters away. I should be able to handle it.”
She glanced toward the life pod and added,
“Protect Wang Xiao.”
Fresnel offered a wry smile. In this situation, only Wang Xiao could protect himself.
A fleeting, ephemeral gust of wind seemed to pass by, and when Fresnel turned his head again, Shi Jin was nowhere to be seen…
“Her abilities have grown so strong…”
Fresnel couldn’t help but marvel. For someone who had only awakened a few months ago, Shi Jin had never disappointed in her growth. He felt grateful he had chosen her as a teammate.
Meanwhile, hundreds of meters away,
Lin Qingliu’s doppelgänger sensed subtle fluctuations in the fabric of space-time.
“Shi Jin has activated her ability.”
He quickly assessed the situation and used his own enhanced powers to synchronize his doppelgänger with the current flow of time.
“They must have discovered it. Let’s deliver it here, then.”
Lin Qingliu’s doppelgänger set down the life pod it had been dragging and tossed Nian’s notes through the damaged viewing window. Without a second glance, it turned away to collect another piece of loot.
Originally, he had planned to deliver the life pod near Wang Xiao, so that once Wang Xiao broke free, he could take it directly.
But it seemed the Fresnel team was more proactive than he had anticipated. Rather than simply watching the stalemate with Wang Xiao, they were already considering other moves.
Soon, moving in what felt like slow motion, Shi Jin spotted the life pod beneath the big tree.
Without hesitation, she grabbed the edge of the broken viewing window and began her sprint back.
