Survival for All: I can deconstruct projections and synthesize everything.

Seeing the Grand Elder's extremely solemn expression, Lin Xiao's heart sank as well.

The elder asked earnestly, "Xiao, where have you been these past few days? What kind of things have you encountered...?"

After much deliberation, the Grand Elder changed his question: "What kind of person did we encounter?"

Lin Xiao frowned and pondered before saying, "Elder, I can't say where I went for now, but please tell me directly what happened to my body."

Lin Xiao was afraid that what he said now would be overheard by the supervisors, who would then become suspicious and find out that he hadn't stayed in the ruins for the full 15 days.

Seeing that Lin Xiao didn't want to talk, the Grand Elder could only sigh.

"To be honest, I haven't found the root cause of the abnormality in your body... or rather your mind, but it's true that something is wrong with your mind."

The elder thought about what he had just sensed.

He detected an extremely powerful, even terrifying aura, as if it were preventing him from penetrating deep into Lin Xiao's mind.

However, the Grand Elder was certain that the aura was not the source of the strange feeling that Lin Xiao had.

The mere instinctive reaction of that aura repelled the Fourth-Order Elder's detection. If that aura hadn't lacked offensive power, he probably would have exploded and died long ago.

Hearing the elder say this, Lin Xiao's expression became even more unpleasant.

"Elder, does that aura have a shape?"

"It looked like a small black man, with a snake-like creature surrounding him!" The elder pondered carefully the appearance of the aura he had just sensed.

The giant figure and the enormous snake immediately came to mind as soon as Lin Xiaotian thought about it.

"but……"

But the elder thought for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "However, Xiao, although I don't know what kind of person you encountered, in my feeling, the owner of that aura wasn't specifically targeting your spirit."

"The owner of that figure probably doesn't even know that they left their mark on your spirit..."

"It's more like a passive feeling on his part; as long as you see his body, his presence might appear in his spirit."

"However, this situation has both advantages and disadvantages!"

Lin Xiao listened attentively to the elder's analysis.

"The downside is that it can occasionally and unconsciously affect your mental state."

In minor matters, it's fine, but in a life-or-death battle, this effect can be fatal.

"The advantage, however, is that if you can utilize this energy, it will naturally be of great benefit to your spirit!"

Lin Xiao returned to the safe house and pondered the elder's words.

The elder did not know how to handle the situation, but he offered excellent advice.

Moreover, the Grand Elder did not know who the source of that aura was, but Lin Xiao did.

Judging from the time frame of the deconstruction, that was equivalent to a sixth-order being. Compared to a sixth-order being, a fourth-order being was practically no stronger than an ant.

But since there are benefits, we should make good use of them.

At this moment, Lin Xiao remembered the mental protection potion he had obtained in the ruins, which he had drunk immediately.

Lin Xiao checked the remaining decomposition time of the potion and found that it would be decomposition completed in less than a day.

"Hopefully, the medicine will have some effect!"

If the potion didn't work, Lin Xiao then turned his attention to the skill book on mind control.

Lin Xiao was also waiting for the skill book to be deconstructed.

However, since it wouldn't have much of an impact on Lin Xiao in the short term, he didn't plan to worry too much about mental health issues.

After all, if those two methods don't work, Lin Xiao will have no choice but to go to Zhuge Guo.

"Hey boss, are you still here today?"

Suddenly, a message came through Lin Xiao's private chat interface.

Lin Xiao opened it and saw that it was sent by Shen Zhi.

"Shen Zhi? What does he want with me?" Lin Xiao frowned and replied.

"I am here."

Unexpectedly, this sentence stirred up a hornet's nest, and Shen Zhi sent a series of messages.

"Boss Lin Xiao, we've finally made contact with you!"

"I've been trying to contact you for five days, but you haven't replied at all. If your chat interface weren't still active, and if you weren't number one on the leaderboard, I would have thought you'd followed in Feng Ao's footsteps!"

Lin Xiao's lips twitched, but she continued reading.

"But now that we've made contact, things will be much easier!"

Then, the private chat interface was quiet for a while. Just as Lin Xiao was wondering what was going on, a long message was sent by Shen Zhi.

"Boss, listen to me. When I first contacted you, I wanted to ask how to advance to the second tier, but now that I've already reached the second tier, I'll leave that matter at that. The second thing is that the Misty World changed silently last night, and this change is closely related to various regions..."

Lin Xiao didn't read what followed; he was currently checking the changes in the fog system that Shen Zhi had mentioned.

It's less a change to the fog system and more an update patch for the fog world.

Due to mental reasons, Lin Xiao slept very soundly last night, so he was unaware of this matter.

Lin Xiao glanced at it briefly and finally summarized a few messages.

First, the regions have been merged. The maximum number of characters in the regional chat channels has increased from 10,000 to 100,000, meaning that ten regional chat channels have been merged.

Secondly, now, within the same large area, survivors are more likely to appear in the territory of other survivors after passing through the barrier.

Third, creatures from special regions will also appear in the territory.

Fourth, killing survivors in other areas will cause them to drop all of their items.

The first two points were alright, but what made Lin Xiao particularly wary were the third and fourth points.

The third point indicates that the creatures in the Wood Soul Domain are very likely to step into the territory of the survivors.

It's not just the Wood Soul Domain; creatures from other domains like the Water Soul Domain and Earth Soul Domain might also emerge, including potentially fourth- or fifth-tier creatures!

This greatly increases the danger for survivors, but it also increases their chances of obtaining elemental crystals.

The fourth message made Lin Xiao's heart sink even further.

This clearly indicates that the survivors have begun to kill each other, and the fact that all items will be dropped has further fueled their desires.

Lin Xiao frowned as he finished observing the changes in the misty world.

"Boss! Is the boss still there?!" Shen Zhi was still calling out to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao thought for a moment and replied to Shen Zhi: "I just finished reading about the changes in the Mist World."

"Boss, all the survivors in area 114514 are waiting for you!"