Chapter 325: Cooperation

"Holy shit!"

Lin Bai exclaimed aloud.

"What's wrong, did something happen to Si Bai?" Xu Longyun asked nervously.

"It's nothing." Lin Bai had no time to pay attention to Xu Longyun; he said hurriedly with a solemn expression, "I have suddenly comprehended a new divine ability; do not let anyone disturb me."

After saying this.

He used Flash to reach the upper level of the Green Wood, sat down cross-legged, suppressed the shock in his heart, and diverted eighty percent of his focus to Lin Sibai's side.

His Spirit Soul clone had actually performed Soul Possession on the real body of a player in another world, which was completely beyond his expectations.

This meant that he could influence the Real World outside of Earth.

Or.

Go and investigate the true secrets of the Game Company...

Spanning across two worlds!

Was the secret of the system finally about to be unearthed by him?

Lin Sibai stepped out of the Game Capsule, the Nutrient Solution sliding off him; it dried up instantly without lingering on his body at all—he did not know what kind of black technology this was.

After surveying the layout of the room, Lin Bai came to the desk, opened the notebook computer placed on the table, pressed the power button, and then walked to the window.

The floor-to-ceiling glass window reflected the body he had performed Soul Possession on.

A crew cut, a face with sharp, well-defined features, eyes that were bright and piercing, twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, with solid muscles all over his body; he looked very healthy.

Lin Bai clenched his fist, feeling full of strength.

He looked down at his fist; there was a layer of calluses at the web of his thumb, and there were also calluses on both sides of his index finger, which should have been caused by long-term handling of a gun. From this, it could be inferred that this was a country that did not ban guns, or rather, the person he had performed Soul Possession on had a special status and could legally carry a gun.

Looking out the window, below was a straight and spacious road with many cars shuttling back and forth, and the location he was currently in should be a luxury apartment.

Accustomed to the green Xianxia World, suddenly arriving in a modern world actually made Lin Bai feel a little uncomfortable.

The best way to understand a strange world was through the internet; Lin Bai turned back and sat in front of the computer that had already booted up.

The style of the laptop was similar to those on Earth, and the brand name was "AO"; he did not know the specific meaning.

There was a password to enter the system.

But the moment the person Lin Bai had performed Soul Possession on sat in front of the desk, the password automatically unlocked; it must have scanned his face.

The computer desktop was a photo of the person he had possessed, a fitness photo holding a Dumbbell, which had been synthesized into a back-to-back pose...

"A narcissistic guy." Lin Bai chuckled, moved the cursor to point at the browser, but before he could click it.

A huge sense of resistance came from the body.

Lin Bai instantly lost control of the body, though he still shared the host's senses.

"Who are you? Lin Bai?" The body he had possessed stood up abruptly, knocking the chair underneath him to the side with a clatter, his voice distorted with terror, "You actually ran out of the game world and even performed Soul Possession on my body?"

【Fear from Zheng Tong; +1 +1 +1】

Emotion Values could actually be collected across worlds?

The suddenly appearing Emotion Value startled Lin Bai; in other words, could System Skills be used in the Real World?

Lin Bai's heart was beating fast; he subconsciously used Flash.

The host's body did not react; Lin Sibai's Spirit Soul was still inside Zheng Tong's body.

Alright!

The Skill failed.

Lin Bai comforted himself; having lost control of the body, it was normal not to be able to use Flash with the other person's body.

"I..." Lin Bai had just intended to speak, but after saying only one word, Zheng Tong snatched back control of the throat. He pounded his own head with his hand in anger, jumping with rage: "Get out of my body, damn it, I knew this ghost game was unreliable; they really want to use Intelligent AI to replace humans and rule the world; I must send this news out..."

As he spoke.

He reached out to grab the Mobile Phone placed on the table.

Lin Bai subconsciously fought for control of the body; just as Zheng Tong's right hand grabbed the phone, his fingers suddenly splayed open, and the phone fell back onto the table.

"Damn it, get out of my body." Zheng Tong became increasingly terrified, clenching his fist tightly and waving it.

Lin Bai lost control of the body again.

Lin Bai gave up on controlling the entire body and concentrated all his consciousness on the left hand, but as soon as the left hand was raised, it was snatched back by Zheng Tong. His right hand tightly gripped his own left hand, gritting his teeth: "Lin Bai, no one can take my body, my will; as long as I have super strong willpower, you cannot take my body..."

Lin Bai tried to snatch control of the neck, but the neck was forcibly twisted; Zheng Tong gritted his teeth and turned it back...

On the floor-to-ceiling glass window.

Zheng Tong's reflection looked like it was doing a robot dance, or like a patient doing recovery training.

Every limb on his body was fighting against itself, but most of the time, the host's original body was in control.

In this struggle for the body, Lin Bai suddenly discovered that the time he could control the other person's body was getting shorter and shorter; the power of his Spirit Soul was weakening.

Given this, Lin Bai decisively gave up on the struggle for the body.

No wonder no one was willing to perform Soul Possession easily; Zheng Tong was merely an ordinary person, and taking control of his body was already this difficult. If the other party were a Cultivator, his Spirit Soul would likely have been extinguished in an instant.

A normal person could completely fight against a possessing Spirit Soul just by instinct!

Unless one performed Soul Possession on someone near death, or a newborn baby, the success rate would be higher!

Thinking about it, that made sense.

Tieguai Li among the Eight Immortals, after his Spirit Soul left his body, didn't he also finally survive by performing Soul Possession on a cripple who had just died?

But for someone near death, even if one performed Soul Possession, if something went wrong, it was highly likely one would die again...

Sure enough.

Soul Possession was too difficult!

It was just that he was currently using a Spirit Soul clone, so he wouldn't feel bad if it died; if he used his main Spirit Soul to perform Soul Possession, he would likely be extremely cautious as well...

However.

If this were my original body, with a powerful Spirit Soul accumulated through Spirit Fruit, suppressing the Spirit Soul of an ordinary person shouldn't be as difficult as it is now!

There is indeed a reason why the heaven-sent materials for Spirit Refining are so scarce...

Is his journey to the Real World going to end in such a futile manner?

Lin Bai felt somewhat depressed, yet also unwilling to give up; he quickly searched for Skills that could be used without a physical body, looking for a way to break the deadlock.

No matter the time, he was never a person who would give up easily.

Being Read Mind!

Lin Bai quickly found a suitable Skill.

His own image appeared in Zheng Tong's mind: "Zheng Tong, don't be so irritable, we can talk..."

"It really is you, I won't let you succeed." Zheng Tong froze for a moment, his expression changing drastically, "Don't think about invading our world through me; you are nothing but a fragile Spirit Soul. In the game, the simple Ultraviolet Ray method we created could eliminate you. Now that you've come to our world, I can still drive you out of my body. Don't forget, we are Undying and Indestructible..."

"Undying and Indestructible in the game, perhaps!" Lin Bai continued to use Being Read Mind, and the face of the Lin Bai image in Zheng Tong's mind wore a faint trace of Zhaofeng, "There are cars running on the road, and there isn't even a flying craft in the sky; your technology is just so-so! In a Spirit Soul state, I fear Ultraviolet Ray or Infrared Ray, but I am currently inside your body. If you irradiate it with Infrared Ray for a long time, the only thing that will end up damaged is your own body!"

"No matter what, there must be a way to deal with you." Zheng Tong's face turned livid; he picked up his Mobile Phone and dialed a number, the note for which was "President Jin."

Lin Bai did not stop him, because he had discovered that the more he forcibly competed for control of the body, the faster his Spirit Soul dissipated.

"Little Zheng, what is it?" A deep voice came from the receiver.

Silence: When you are silent, no one within a one-kilometer radius can make a sound.

This was a Skill rewarded by the Great Language System.

But later on, Lin Bai's enemies attacked from increasingly greater distances; even during conversations, the distance far exceeded one kilometer, so this Skill had basically been of no use. Now, Lin Bai had dug it out again.

Zheng Tong's mouth opened and closed rapidly, but not a single sound came out; his expression suddenly turned terrified.

【Fear from Zheng Tong; +1 +1 +1...】

"Little Zheng?" A puzzled voice came from the receiver.

"Is something wrong?"

"Did you dial the wrong number?"

"Must have been a misdial..."

Snap!

The other party hung up the phone.

Lin Bai stopped using the Silence Skill; a useless Skill used in the right place is a divine skill.

"What did you do to me?" Zheng Tong asked angrily.

"Silence." Lin Bai's image appeared in his mind and said, "When I don't want you to speak, you won't be able to utter a single word."

"You can bring game Skills into reality?" Zheng Tong froze for a moment and asked in astonishment.

Not the ones from the game, but the ones from the system can.

Lin Bai Belly-Defamated, and used Being Read Mind to say: "Otherwise? Without some self-defense skills, should I come out and let you slaughter me? Zheng Tong, give up now. Unless you want to perish together with me, you won't be able to do anything about me..."

"No, if you could really use immortal arts, why would it come to this? A Spirit Soul clone must have many limitations." Zheng Tong picked up his Mobile Phone again, found an instant messaging app, and began typing, saying as he typed, "Sure enough, you can restrict me from speaking, but you can't stop me from typing."

"Why bother?" Lin Bai's image appeared again; he sighed leisurely and used the Zhaofeng Skill, "Zheng Tong, I am merely a clone. If I can split into one, I can split into a second. To me, there is no loss. If I can perform Soul Possession on one person, I can perform it on a second..."

"That doesn't mean I'll let you stay in my body." Zheng Tong said, "As long as I send the message out and have everyone in the game log out, you won't have any more chances for Soul Possession."

"Have you ever thought that if news of me possessing you gets out, and they can't find a way to deal with me, will they just take action against you directly?" Lin Bai coaxed him, "Sacrificing one person to save the whole world—any high-level official with a normal brain would do that, right? Are you willing to be the hero who sacrifices himself to save the world?"

"..." Zheng Tong's typing hand stopped. A moment later, a struggle appeared in his eyes; he was drenched in sweat, quickly deleted a few words, and then stopped. With red eyes, he said, "No, I won't be bewitched by you. Even if I perish with you, I won't let you occupy my body, and they won't be that irrational..."

"They certainly won't be irrational. But to prevent me from escaping, they might lock you up to conduct experiments. Are you willing to lose your freedom from now on?" Lin Bai continued to use Zhaofeng.

"Losing my freedom is still better than having my body occupied by a demon like you." Zheng Tong struggled to say.

"What if I use game world Skills through your body?" Lin Bai asked, "Think about my Love Separation. People in your world can't fly; once sent high into the air, I'm afraid there's no other path but to fall to your death! If many people die, do you think they will kill you to stop the public panic?"

"Impossible, you can't possibly use such powerful game Skills!" Zheng Tong roared hysterically.

"Do you dare to gamble?" Lin Bai asked.

"I..." Zheng Tong stiffened.

Did he dare to gamble?

He did not!

If he really let Lin Bai cause deaths in the Real World using Love Separation, then he would be a sinner to the entire world...

The state would definitely spare no cost to eliminate this hidden danger.

He would surely die.

"What do you want?" Zheng Tong quickly deleted everything he had typed on the Mobile Phone screen and asked in a hoarse voice.

"Let's cooperate." Lin Bai said.

"Cooperate on what?" Zheng Tong asked.

"Up until now, you don't still think this is a game, do you?" Lin Bai said.

"..." Zheng Tong was stunned, "That side really is a real world?"

"Aside from levels and the Undying Body, have you found a single thing related to the game in that world?" Lin Bai asked.

"No." Zheng Tong's emotions calmed down, "Many people say that side is a real world, but that's only speculation. Because Game Capsules exist, and we can log in and out at any time, most people prefer to believe that it is just a game—a game that can extend one's life by double."

"It's not just extending one's life by double." Lin Bai said, "If you treat yourself as a game character, you can kill and commit arson in the game, doing whatever you want without any psychological burden, right? Before, when you schemed against my Spirit Soul, you didn't hesitate to target those low-level Cultivators of the Justice Alliance. When you killed them, you probably didn't have a shred of guilt, just treating them as NPCs, right?"

"..." Zheng Tong froze for a moment and argued, "When you conquered the Blood Sect, you also killed many people."

"Every world has wars; many people die for the sake of ideological disputes. But I am different from you; after killing, I feel guilt." Lin Bai said, "Therefore, I comprehended the Butterfly Transformation supernatural power and tried every possible way to help them resurrect. But you are different; to achieve your goals, you can sacrifice everything."

"That's because we treated them as a game. In our consciousness, they are just programs, they have no life." Zheng Tong argued.

"Now that you know they are all living people, if you enter the game again, will you have pity on them?" Lin Bai asked.

"..." Zheng Tong fell silent. After a moment, he said, "What exactly are you trying to do?"

"The mastermind is the Game Company," Lin Bai said. "I want to find out what the Game Company's purpose is. The Game Company doesn't have any special favoritism toward you; they left behind the loophole for Soul Possession. I was able to come out through Soul Possession, and others can do the same."

"You act recklessly in the other world, and that other world can come to your world through Soul Possession. If this continues, it will inevitably trigger a great war between the two worlds, and neither world will benefit. The catastrophe belongs to both worlds; only by figuring out the Game Company's true purpose can we prevent the tragedy from happening."

Zheng Tong said with reddened eyes: "Stopping people from entering the game would sever the connection between the two worlds. Then no conspiracy could ever happen..."

(End of chapter)