Chapter 125: Giving a choice

Su Xing was actually just trying it out.

When he first adopted Jiu Jiu, he didn't know she was a fairy, and at the time, the Main Brain allowed her to enter Gaia.

Although he didn't know the criteria, it was clear the Main Brain didn't categorize Jiu Jiu as a "Dream World combat partner" that could only be brought in with a Level 5 Shelter, but rather as a "parrot pet" category.

Su Xing didn't know if this counted as a bug, but now, if he wanted to save Daphne, the only way was to bring her into Gaia.

This was Castlevania. Even if Daphne had escaped the graveyard area, she would still be unable to move an inch in this sewer area. Compared to the front hall corridors and other areas, given Daphne's strength, she probably wouldn't survive a day in the sewer.

Su Xing's original plan was that when he brought Jiu Jiu back from the graveyard area, if Daphne was still alive, he would send her to the library safe zone and give her some benefits through Captain Hao Cheng, letting her settle down there, which would count as compensation for Jiu Jiu involving her in Castlevania.

But who knew he would be injured so severely? Now, let alone sending her to the library, he couldn't even stay for a moment longer; he had to return to Gaia immediately to treat himself.

In this situation, taking Daphne into Gaia was the only way, otherwise she would definitely die...

After a flash, Su Xing and Jiu Jiu returned to Gaia, and the Samoyed... that is, Daphne, also followed into Gaia.

The sudden change in environment made Daphne's fur stand on end. Even though she wasn't a cat, her fur still stood up.

"Woof woof woof!" Daphne barked loudly, then she came to her senses and immediately transformed into human form, saying, "What is this place!? Why did we come here from Castlevania?"

Su Xing didn't speak. He was now mangled, no different from a dead person. Even though he had a physique far exceeding ordinary life, he still felt blackness before his eyes.

He struggled to fall from the sleep pod, his entire body collapsing onto the floor, able only to slowly inch forward by relying on the very small amount of muscle he had left.

The severity of his injuries from this battle even exceeded that of the battle with the Sravaka body, but he was also much stronger now than he was then, so he was still alive—that was all.

Just then, Daphne suddenly ran up and supported him. Although because of her strength, she could only support part of his body... this part only had residual flesh and tendons connected to his body, so Daphne could actually only be said to be supporting a small part of his torso.

Even so, this made Su Xing's movement speed at least several times faster. He didn't speak, just moved forward.

Daphne didn't speak either. Although she was full of questions now, nothing was more important than Su Xing's life or death.

Judging by the current situation, unless Su Xing immediately received treatment from multiple Hero-level Benevolent Holy Name Extraordinarys of the Holy See, he would definitely be dead. But looking at Su Xing, it seemed he had other treatment methods. Daphne didn't care about his blood-stained and terrifying shape, just supporting him all the way forward.

And Jiu Jiu followed closely behind, just chirping incessantly, but as she chirped, her voice gradually lowered, just flying along with Su Xing and Daphne.

The short journey took a full ten minutes. By the time Su Xing walked into the treatment pod, he was only surviving on his last bit of willpower.

As the treatment pod door closed and treatment began, Daphne immediately widened her eyes to watch all this. To the naked eye, Su Xing's body, which could be called rotten meat, was actually healing rapidly.

Daphne looked at Jiu Jiu and said, "Jiu Jiu... sister, what exactly is this place?"

Jiu Jiu chirped impatiently, and Daphne naturally couldn't understand, just looking blank.

On the other side, Su Xing's body was repairing and healing rapidly, but as his body healed, his mental problems became more and more apparent.

The Sleeping Spiritual Light was still emitting light, suppressing the surging, almost bottomless negativity in his sea of consciousness.

But Su Xing felt his entire sea of consciousness trembling. This wasn't the influence of mental negativity, but an indication of the instability of the sea of consciousness itself.

This shock made Su Xing's consciousness scattered, unable to concentrate, and he felt irritable, and his head was also in unbearable pain due to the influence of his mental consciousness.

However, this unstable trembling was slowly subsiding at an extremely weak speed. The Sleeping Spiritual Light had a very weak effect on the trembling of the sea of consciousness; it seemed it could only rely on time to slowly calm it down. On the contrary, calming the mind and the *Iron Refining Record*'s visualization had a slight calming effect on the trembling of the sea of consciousness.

This was the aftereffect of using the Super Brain!

Su Xing could only guess so. His knowledge of the Super Brain came entirely from the conversations between Chu Minghao and Xu Shilan; other than that, he had no concept of this aspect at all.

He only knew that one of the Super Brain's abilities was that in a state of near-time-stop, the brain could generate consciousness and concepts. Simply put, it was similar to a time-stop domain; although the body couldn't move, it could think, deduce, simulate, etc., at an extremely fast speed.

And this was also the situation he had triggered twice while fighting the Kong Que King descendant skeleton.

In fact, this wasn't the first time. As early as his first weekend scenario with Jiu Jiu, he had used it when fighting a fifty-year-cultivation wild boar demon. However, the degree of use that time was very slight, just a slight simulation and deduction of the battle, and he was using the controllable demonic state at the time, so he subconsciously thought this was an ability of the demonic state.

As he continued to grow stronger, he also used the controllable demonic state many times, but that battle deduction never appeared again.

It wasn't until this time that he encountered an unprecedentedly strong enemy—a terrifying existence that walked out of mythology, far from what he could match now.

Although he only needed to hold on for a short minute, its intensity and the terrifying pressure of the strong enemy were something no enemy had ever brought before.

Even the mythological-level Wusheng Laomu, because she was separated by who knows how many layers of worlds, was far less shocking than the Kong Que King descendant skeleton.

It was this powerful shock that transcended everything that made him squeeze out almost all his potential, and this Super Brain potential was used twice in a row. Each time, it was a time-stop calculation of hundreds of thousands or millions of times, and this was a huge burden on his brain and consciousness.

He didn't know what the situation was for the other three Super Brain users, but undoubtedly, he couldn't control the Super Brain state now, nor could he bear the use of the Super Brain state. Just twice, his sea of consciousness had already trembled. If he used it a few more times, perhaps his sea of consciousness would shatter, leading directly to consciousness death. This was an even more terrifying result than brain death.

Under the technology of the 29th century, brain death might be salvageable, but if the sea of consciousness shattered and consciousness was annihilated, that was true and complete death. If "I" was gone, even if a new personality was born, was this still the "I" of now?

!

(It seems I should use the Super Brain ability as little as possible in the future. Before gaining more information and solving the hidden dangers, it can only be used as a final trump card, a trump card even more deeply hidden than the demonic state.)

Su Xing endured the mental discomfort and brain pain, rolling out of the treatment pod. In just a moment, he, who had almost become rotten meat, had completely healed.

Daphne was so shocked she couldn't speak, and Su Xing was also silent. He walked to the freezer, cut off a large piece of boar demon meat, took a boar demon bone, and then turned and left the medical station. Daphne followed obediently behind, and Jiu Jiu flew onto Su Xing's shoulder, chirping weakly.

"Aren't you still growing?" Su Xing said helplessly.

Jiu Jiu chirped again.

"It doesn't matter, I can wait for you to grow slowly, and you've eaten so much demon meat and demon cores, plus this trip to the Castlevania graveyard area, which proves your bloodline potential is very huge. Take your time, maybe I can hug your thigh in the future," Su Xing comforted.

Jiu Jiu's voice gradually became cheerful, chirping several times in a row.

"Yes, yes, your ability to find treasures is the most precious, so I'll leave it to you in the future," Su Xing said with a smile.

Jiu Jiu hopped, affectionately nudging his face with her head.

Daphne watched all this in shock, finally unable to help but complain, "No! How on earth do you understand!? Isn't this just a simple chirping sound?"

Su Xing couldn't be bothered to answer. He took Daphne to the maintenance station, told her how to use hot water to take a bath, found a piece of maintenance personnel clothing, tore it up and modified it so she could barely wear the shirt and pants, then washed the meat, washed the bone, set up a pot and added water, and then cooked a large pot of bone and meat soup in the sleep pod, casually adding some supplements and dried wild vegetables, just cooking it all together.

By the time Daphne finished her bath and came to the sleep pod room, she was already famished, but she also had upbringing, just sitting obediently beside Su Xing.

Su Xing then stirred the soup in the pot while saying to Daphne, "My situation here is very special, not a place where you can stay for a long time, but I can't let you go back to Castlevania in the short term, so I'll give you two choices now."

"First, stay here. I guarantee your safety, food and fresh water are sufficient, other than being a bit lonely, there are no other disadvantages. When I enter Castlevania next time, I will take you with me, and then take you to the library safe zone. I will find a way to get you an identity there, at least allowing you to have a job there and support yourself."

Daphne thought seriously for a while, then asked, "What about the second choice?"

Su Xing said expressionlessly, "Second, go on adventures with me into different worlds. From now on, I have thirty days to act freely before entering Castlevania. In these thirty days, I will try my best to find ways to become stronger. During this period, I will go on adventures everywhere. If you are willing, follow along. If you have the opportunity, you can also gain something, but I cannot guarantee your life safety."

"Choose."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 126 =====