Chapter 648: The Third Trial, Crossing Mountains and Seas

Looking at these things before him, Ye Lin's brain went straight into overload.

Creating a pistol with one's bare hands is absurd, but at least it has a shred of feasibility.

What on earth are these things behind it?

Positron cannon? High-energy particle beam emitter? Star-killer ship? Even the Emperor Armor has appeared?

With these things, wouldn't it be enough to attack the Trisolarans?

The key is, how could a mental patient create these things?

Ye Lin did not understand, but he was deeply shocked.

Seeing Ye Lin silent, Patient 56 thought he was dissatisfied with the firepower and spoke up considerately.

"What? Not enough? Then I have a pair of hot-swappable Kaleidoscope Sharingans here, you should install those too."

"No, no, no, it's more than enough!"

Ye Lin waved his hands repeatedly and couldn't help but ask the question in his heart.

"Master, may I ask, how did you manage to make these things in a mental hospital?"

"I have a mental illness, which means my mental state has problems, not that my creativity and intelligence have problems, understand?"

Patient 56 double-tapped his own temple.

"There's someone in the hospital writing a novel that a bunch of people read; why is it so strange for me to make some small inventions?"

Ye Lin fell silent again; for the first time, he deeply realized what it meant to have people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens.

"Many thanks, Master! This student will take his leave now!"

Ye Lin took Patient 56's inventions and strode toward the exit of the mental hospital.

Soon, he attracted the attention of the hospital security.

"Stop, where are you going?"

"I'm checking out; those who block me will be killed without mercy!"

Ye Lin pulled out the pistol directly, the pitch-black muzzle aimed straight at the security guard in front of him.

He had expected the guard to be scared away, but unexpectedly, a sneer appeared on the guard's face.

"You mental patient, who are you trying to scare with a broken gun?"

As the guard spoke, he reached out to grab the gun, but just then, a bang rang out, and a bullet pierced straight through the guard's brow.

"Tell me, you're risking your life for three thousand a month, why?" Ye Lin couldn't help but lament.

The guard widened his eyes, his gaze filled with disbelief.

Actually, if Ye Lin had been holding a knife, he would have been afraid.

But with a gun, how could he have imagined that what Ye Lin held was a real gun?

Ye Lin swaggered toward the entrance of the mental hospital; with the treasures given to him by Patient 56, no one could stop him.

Ye Lin went through unimpeded and arrived at the main gate of the mental hospital, where the security guards had long since vanished in fear.

At the hospital entrance, he saw that man who had been writing mathematical formulas all along, and the other party was looking at him with a half-smile.

"It seems you have figured out why you want to leave?"

Bang!

Ye Lin fired without hesitation, a precise headshot, directly earning a +1 diamond.

"What are you mumbling about?"

A spray of blood bloomed at the man's brow, and a few drops landed on Ye Lin's face.

A happy smile appeared on the man's face.

"I've calculated the integer between 3 and 4."

After saying this, the man's body fell backward.

Ye Lin didn't say a word, stepped forward, and fired a few more shots to finish him off. Only after doing all this did Ye Lin stride out of the mental hospital.

The moment he checked out, the scene before him twisted, and a sensation of moisture rushed toward him, as if his whole body had been submerged in water.

The sealed memories were all awakened, and Ye Lin finally remembered why the people he saw in the mental hospital felt so familiar!

Patient 56 was clearly Shen Jingbin, the doctor was Zhuge Yi, and that middle-aged man was Zhuge Qianxing!

"What a realistic illusion..."

Ye Lin stood up from the Heart-Questioning Pool and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Sensing something unusual on his face, he raised his hand and wiped it gently.

Ye Lin's pupils shrank violently.

Because he discovered that there was a smear of crimson blood on his hand; it was... a drop of blood!

Ye Lin's Adam's apple couldn't help but bob up and down.

He tried to channel this drop of blood, wanting to use it to be reborn, but there was no reaction at all.

There was only one possibility for this: this drop of blood was not his!

"Can it be this sinister?"

Ye Lin's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't it said that the Heart-Questioning Pool creates an illusion? Perhaps this blood was splashed on his face by someone else?

But Ye Lin himself didn't really believe this explanation.

Because inside the Heart-Questioning Pool, he was the only one left; the other participants had either broken the illusion and left the pool early, or were trapped deep in the illusion and unable to extricate themselves, having been fished out by people sent by Zhou Yan.

This illusion was too bizarre.

Situ Qi, Xuanjizi, and the other nine peak masters also found their moods unable to calm down for a long time.

"I've seen such a bizarre illusion for the first time. Was that man really just a part of the illusion?"

"Logically speaking, that was just a lower realm. Even if a stunningly talented person appeared in a lower realm, they would be limited by incomplete rules, and the achievement they could reach would be nothing more than ascension."

"I think this might be related to Ye Lin's own secret. I have some guesses about his spiritual root, but I don't dare to be sure yet. Let Zhou Yan start the third trial!"

"Indeed, I agree as well. The third trial should allow us to see some clues!"

Under Xuanjizi's instruction, Zhou Yan immediately announced the start of the third trial: Crossing Mountains and Seas!

The so-called Crossing Mountains and Seas means crossing the Bitter Sea and traversing the mountain passes.

Above the Bitter Sea, various phantom images of demons will condense to block the cultivators' path forward.

And before the mountain passes, there will be real Immortal Cloud Sect disciples guarding them; one must at least take three moves from them to be qualified to cross the mountain pass.

This final trial has no room for trickery; it tests the cultivator's hard strength.

By the time they reached the third trial, only one-tenth of the original participants remained.

And among these people, those who could successfully complete the Crossing of Mountains and Seas would likely not even reach one percent.

Anyone who can be admitted into the Immortal Cloud Sect is truly one in ten thousand.

Arriving before the Bitter Sea, no one was in a hurry; instead, they looked at Xiao Qingming and the other two.

Just now, in the second trial at the Heart-Questioning Pool, the three of them were the first to break the illusion and escape.

This also made everyone clearly realize that these three were the most terrifying trio of their generation.

During the first trial, if it hadn't been for an abstract contestant like Ye Lin, the top three would likely have been swept by Xiao Qingming and his group.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Xiao Qingming smiled faintly.

"Since you all trust me so much, let me scout the path for everyone. I will wait for you at the Immortal Cloud Sect!"

Xiao Qingming tapped his toes and flew directly onto the Bitter Sea.

The originally calm Bitter Sea instantly became turbulent.

A terrifying demonic beast condensed from seawater rushed out and bit toward Xiao Qingming.

The aura on that demonic beast was extremely terrifying, at least at the early stage of the Earth Fiend Realm.

Xiao Qingming landed a palm on the beast's head and gave a light shout.

"Break!"

The beast exploded back into a pool of seawater, yet not a single drop of water could land on Xiao Qingming.

Xiao Qingming was as graceful as an immortal; the demonic beast condensed from the Bitter Sea couldn't stop him in the slightest.

Soon, Xiao Qingming crossed the Bitter Sea and prepared to cross the mountain pass.

But the scene before the mountain pass made him pause, because in front of the mountain pass, there was another small mountain!