Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

Chapter 302: Your discovery should be more than this, right?
After hearing the answer given by Sun Qingshuang, the scene froze for a moment.

The exit is in the core of the underground palace.

But going to the core of the underground palace means death.

Doesn't this mean they'll never be able to escape?
Duan Haishan was about to ask again, but the light in Sun Qing's eyes slowly faded away.

Then the body completely exploded, turned into countless points of light, and disappeared completely.

he died.

Died of exhaustion.

Maybe it could have lasted a while.

But because of Duan Haishan's threat, he completely lost his obsession with life at this moment.

It is really uncomfortable that the information is cut off here, but everyone knows that the other party's one-sided statement alone cannot prove anything.

Including the information that the exit is at the core of the underground palace, it is possible that it is all false.

After all, they have been in a hostile state from the beginning, so it is inevitable that the other side will deliberately set traps and deceive.

The only solution now is to find a way to collect more information and explore this underground palace as much as possible.

Ning Yan looked up at the battlefield not far away and reminded:

"The star beast is going to die."

When everyone looked back, they saw that in the center of the huge and ruined battlefield, the originally huge star beast had shrunk by nearly four-fifths.

Only a small illusory ball of light was left, still entangled with Lian Huiyi, and it seemed that it could be completely dispersed at any time.

"go!"

Duan Haishan led everyone to retreat without any hesitation.

They walked forward for an unknown amount of time, until the fierce sounds of battle in the distance completely disappeared from their ears. Only then did they slowly stop and take advantage of the rare break to stay where they were to recover.

At this moment, they already knew that they were projected here in a mental state. All the strength in their bodies, including body tissues and even many equipment on their bodies, were probably composed of mental power.

This means that mental power is the basis of their existence.

Restoring it is not an easy task.

Normally speaking, you can slowly recover your mind through a long rest.

Or take medicine specifically designed to restore your mind.

It’s a pity that when they came in this time, all the equipment on their bodies was lost outside, and it is impossible to replenish them with external objects.

Right now, he can only rely on temporary rest to recover some spirit, but the amount of recovery can be said to be very little.

In addition to the extremely slow recovery speed, a more worrying question kept floating in everyone's mind -

What state are their bodies in outside now?
Thinking carefully about the scenes along the way, it is likely that their bodies are still immersed in the fog in the cave, but their minds have penetrated the barrier at the bottom and entered this unknown space of consciousness.

Referring to the previous battle with many undead beasts in the cave, now that their outer bodies have been separated from their minds, they can be said to be like vegetables, without any power to resist.

Not to mention the corpses of the undead with strong strength, even an insignificant low-level disaster beast can devour them all.

If the mind is exhausted, one will die; if the body dies, one will also die.

They have to get out as soon as possible!
We can't keep delaying here!

Although we know the result, we still have to be cautious in our next actions.

Putting aside Sun Qingshuang's news, whose authenticity was unknown, the various hidden dangers here were enough to make them extremely cautious.

"What's next?"

Ji Dinghuang looked around at his companions and asked.

"It has become a battlefield inside. The star beast will most likely be killed. But as the winner, Lian Huiyi, considering her state at the time, may not let us go after seeing us."

He Qianyan frowned, full of worry.

"Then why not just avoid Lian Huiyi?"

Qi Ruyue said in a deep voice:

"She's blocking the way inside. We can just split the rock wall next to us and go in from the other side. As long as we avoid her, we won't be unable to reach our destination. After all, she's just a corpse. As long as she doesn't notice us, there shouldn't be any problems."

Hearing his suggestion, Ning Yan shook his head and said:

"I'm afraid not."

"There is a big problem with this stone road. I was observing it when they were fighting just now. Although the stone road is badly damaged, the damaged parts keep repairing themselves. It looks like a living thing.

And the most important thing is that after they are repaired, their shapes are not exactly the same as before. For example, a rock wall may become a cave entrance after repair, and the place where the cave entrance was originally may become a rock wall after repair.

In this case, if we break through the rock wall and go in, we will just get ourselves completely lost."

Qi Ruyue quickly continued:
"How about this?"

“Instead of destroying the rock wall from the side, we will go directly back to the main road we came in from before and walk inside along the stone path next to this stone path.

According to the structure of the main road, all the stone roads are exactly the same, and the directions inside are probably also exactly the same.

Even if there are some differences in the routes in the middle, we can quickly discover them through our experience walking here."

After a brief discussion, in the absence of a better plan, everyone felt that this plan was barely feasible.

They immediately retreated along the same path.

Then, even after they had entered far beyond the time they had previously entered, they still could not see the wide main road.

It’s not that they were lost. There is no such thing as getting lost on this single stone path.

The only explanation is that the main road has disappeared.

Or to put it more clearly, the entrance connecting to the main road has been connected to other stone roads.

In reality, achieving this level of transformation in a short period of time will inevitably leave many traces, such as the joints between stone paths. Even the slightest joints or stone powder can be easily observed by them.

However, this is a consciousness space, and the changes in space inside are completely unreasonable. There are no traces for them to use as clues.

As they walked along the way, even their perception of time became a little fuzzy. If they did not have the relevant memory of the route, it is very likely that they would not have discovered the problem even if they continued to walk hundreds of feet.

"Let's turn back."

In response to Duan Haishan's proposal, no one present said much.

Now the original route has changed, and I don’t know where I will end up if I continue forward.

Moreover, they spent a lot of time walking, and it would take a lot of time to return to the previous battlefield. It was impossible for Lian Huiyi to stay in the same place for such a long time.

The group quickly turned back.

Then something unexpected happened.

Looking at the countless identical stone roads ahead, Duan Haishan and the others' faces immediately turned very ugly.

It seemed as if the road they were walking on was the main road they originally wanted to reach.

But this is clearly absolutely impossible.

Because of the width of this stone road...

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but be shocked.

At some point, the stone road they were on became as wide as the main road.

It was as if they were unconsciously transported to the main road. After realizing this, everyone had a deeper understanding of the strangeness of this place.

"Article 13."

Ning Yan suddenly spoke.

The others immediately realized that Ning Yan was talking about the thirteenth stone path that Lian Huiyi had entered.

They looked at each other, and soon they walked into the thirteenth stone path from the left in front.

After stepping onto the stone path, the monotonous stone walls and empty route gave them a sense of déjà vu for no reason.

It seems like I have been doing useless work from beginning to end.

They neither left nor went far away, they just wasted time.

But they dare not let such negative thoughts settle in their minds.

Sun Qingshuang had told them before that if they wanted to find an exit to leave this place, they had to enter the core of the underground palace.

But now it seems that even finding the unknown core of the underground palace is quite troublesome.

Go straight ahead along any stone path?
So what to do at these crossroads?
As we moved forward, the atmosphere in the team became more and more depressing.

Not far away, countless identical stone paths appeared in front of us again, just like the previous ones.

The stone road they were on once again turned into the main road before.

It's as if they are also in an infinite loop.

"Continue to No. 13."

After Duan Haishan spoke, everyone continued to walk towards the thirteenth stone path without much hesitation.

Fortunately, the path inside is different from the previous one. From this perspective, this stone road is not a simple cycle as they imagined, and unknown changes have occurred.

But no one can say for sure whether after walking through this stone path, countless stone paths will suddenly appear again like before.

If this situation keeps happening, maybe everyone's mentality will collapse, right?

At this time, everyone, including Duan Haishan, couldn't help but feel a sense of regret in their hearts.

Perhaps they should not have turned back at the beginning, but should have stayed far behind Lian Huiyi.

No matter how scary she looked, it was better than the current desperate situation.

After repeating the process twice more, walking on the monotonous and familiar stone path, the atmosphere on the field had become so heavy that it seemed to be dripping with water.

Compared to the rather ugly expressions on everyone's faces, Ning Yan seemed a little heartless.

He looked around, occasionally reaching out to touch the rock wall beside him, or walking on the ground with more weight, etc.

Many of the actions seem ridiculous, useless, and a waste of energy.

However, Ning Yan did not care too much about this, because his total mental power was almost comparable to that of Hua Jin, and was probably only slightly less than that of Duan Haishan.

If he really was trapped and died here, he would never be the first to die.

Therefore, he was not as cautious as Ji Dinghuang and others about the consumption of his mental energy.

And just as he was knocking and testing all the way, Ning Yan suddenly stopped.

Looking at Ji Dinghuang and others who turned back, he asked:
"Have you noticed that there is actually no echo in this cave?"

"No echo... Is there a problem?"

Qi Ruyue asked in confusion.

After all, everyone knows that this is in the space of consciousness, not the real reality.

"According to my observations, the echo is not absent, but is absorbed by the rock wall."

Ning Yan touched the rock wall beside him and continued:
"Referring to the previous battle between Lian Huiyi and the others, the noise on the scene was much weaker than that of the outside world. From this, it can be seen that either their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced, or their destructive power has been deliberately absorbed by the surroundings."

“Comparatively speaking, I prefer the latter.”

"You mean to say that the surrounding rock walls are absorbing all kinds of energy we emit?"

He Qianyan roughly figured it out.

Ning Yan nodded and continued:
"To be more precise, the spiritual power we exuded was being continuously absorbed by the surrounding rock walls. The bodies of Sun Qingshuang and Zhu Youren that turned into light spots were probably also completely consumed by the surrounding rock walls."

“So in general, this rock wall is devouring our minds. Even if we do nothing, if we stay here for a long time, we will still die of exhaustion.”

Qi Ruyue frowned and pointed out the main point.

In fact, they all knew that they couldn't stay here for a long time, and their minds would always be exhausted.

But now the whole environment is devouring their minds, which is a bit terrifying.

It was as if they were digested food falling into the stomach.

"I actually thought of this just now. After all, the reorganization and construction of the rock wall cannot be without cost. Instead of supplying it from itself, it is better to supply it from external objects. This way, we can weaken the opponent, trap them, and reduce consumption."

Having said that, Duan Haishan turned his head to look at Ning Yan and asked:
"Isn't that the only thing you've discovered?"

Ning Yan immediately replied:

"When I was knocking on the road just now, I found that the sound of the rock wall was sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Although the difference in strength was not particularly large, it still existed. Based on this, I can further infer that the speed of absorbing the mind is not the same in all places on the rock wall."

“Where is the strongest point?”

He Qianyan asked quickly.

Ning Yan pointed somewhere on the right.

He Qianyan's eyes suddenly lit up.

Before he could take a step, Duan Haishan interrupted him and said:

“Where is the weakest point?”

Ning Yan knocked on a rock wall on his left.

Not to mention the echo, even the sound of normal tapping is almost non-existent.

"Right! We should find the weakest one!"

Ji Dinghuang reacted immediately:

"If there is a difference in the strength of the sounds on these four rock walls, then it stands to reason that the stronger the absorption of the mind, the weaker the sound, and the closer it is to the core of the underground palace!"

"So, as long as we keep looking for the rock wall with the weakest sound, we can reach the core of the underground palace through this simple method!"

As he spoke, the scene around him changed again.

They were in the wide main road again, just like before.

But this time, the crowd did not try to enter a stone passage as they did before. Instead, they dispersed and knocked on the walls everywhere.

Sure enough, just as Ning Yan said, the knocking sounds were strong and weak, and in some of the weakest places, there was no sound at all.

After confirming the location, everyone stopped hesitating and immediately broke up the rock wall that absorbed the most sound, stepped directly into it, and continued knocking around.

In this way, they forged a completely different path.

Even if the environment around them keeps changing, they can still keep their direction firmly in place.

Finally, when they broke through another rock wall, a violent sound came crashing down like a wave!
(End of this chapter)