Chapter 1621 - 518: Dark Forest (Part 3)

Chapter 1621: Chapter 518: Dark Forest (Part 3)

Liu Jianxin felt extremely troubled.

Is this too difficult?

Using it three times, even a fool can figure out what your ability is, right? He had an impulse to forcefully cut a path with his sword.

What kind of ability can be used three times without being revealed?

Wen Xishu asked:

"Is the ability self-conceived?"

If the ability is self-conceived, Wen Xishu could think of some peculiar ones, even if performed face-to-face, it’s difficult to guess the ability.

Something like making someone lose a hair and then grow a new one back, seemingly useless, but incredibly hard to guess.

But unfortunately, the fat cat shook its head:

"Of course, it’s impossible for the abilities to be self-conceived. Such a game would be too boring. Your abilities will be known only to you and will be randomly generated."

"When the ability appears, you will have the corresponding memory of the ability in your mind, including the usage techniques."

"Of course, if you trust each other, you can share your abilities with one another. But it’s better if you truly trust."

"Meow-hahaha, participants can guess each other’s abilities, if you shout out the opponent’s ability correctly, you can eliminate them."

That’s interesting.

Cooperation allows mutual cover-up, but cooperation might also lead to revealing one’s ability.

In the Dark Forest, whether to cooperate or go solo is also a crucial strategic node.

Wen Xishu said:

"Has it started?"

The three-colored cat nodded:

"Once you truly step into the forest, you can begin."

Wen Xishu asked again:

"Can I use my previous abilities?"

The three-colored cat said:

"Of course. Meow, come on, follow me inside."

The three-colored cat stepped into the forest interior.

Wen Xishu felt a bit more confident in his heart. He followed the three-colored cat into the interior of the Abilities Dark Forest.

As Liu Jianxin stepped in, he immediately felt something was amiss, a strange chill. He admired Wen Xishu’s courage to actually participate in such a game.

Soon, the two arrived at a rather odd place within the forest.

Nearby, there were surprisingly few trees, forming a flat area, surrounded by a few ancient trees with large and dense crowns, yet allowing a little sunlight to seep through.

Making the space overall appear very dim, but still clear enough to see things. On the flat ground, there were a few square stone pillars, with parchment on them.

The three-colored cat said:

"Please fill in the answers to those questions on the parchment, your answers will bring you superpowers."

"Alright, you two, there are already some people in the forest, you might encounter them, meow-hahaha, good luck."

The content on the parchment actually resembled a questionnaire survey.

Filling in various hobbies, things you excel at, choices made in specific situations, even favorite foods, and types of people you like.

As well as the role you most yearn to play in life.

Done with a semblance of seriousness.

Finally, it’s a very straightforward question — "Please imagine the superpower you desire most in your mind, and write down the superpower you wish to obtain. We will maximize fulfilling your request."

Liu Jianxin happened to see this:

"Haha, turns out you can write your own ability. I must think of a particularly sneaky ability that won’t be guessed by anyone."

Wen Xishu suddenly said:

"Wait... Brother Liu, this is a trap."

Liu Jianxin was startled:

"What do you mean?"

Wen Xishu said:

"Remember the rules? From the moment we enter the forest, the game begins... we can communicate because the audience can only see, not hear."

Liu Jianxin was puzzled:

"Then what?"

Wen Xishu said:

"The answers we write on the questionnaire, they can see too."

"So, what you think in your mind should not be the same as what you write. If they are the same, you might indeed get this ability, but you’ve also written the answer to the puzzle."

Liu Jianxin widened his eyes:

"This is so insidious. It’s practically a trap."

Wen Xishu said:

"Yes, that’s why we actually don’t qualify to choose abilities, we can only accept the abilities we’ve been allocated. The fat cat said that from the beginning."

Liu Jianxin also realized he was too naive.

"I need to switch forms."

Now it was Wen Xishu’s turn to be puzzled:

"Switch forms?"

Liu Jianxin said:

"My past obsession also made me the Great Demon of Martial Arts, you have the impression, right? I’m not completely unaware of these cunning moves."

"But if I want to reach maximum combat power, I need a clear sword heart... well, you can understand it as becoming simple, pure, to enhance the power of my swordsmanship."

"But at this time, I become indifferent to intrigues and schemes."

"However, I can also become like a... schemer, transitioning from the state of clear sword heart to chaotic sword heart state. Power weakens, but thinking ability strengthens."

Wen Xishu was astonished.

So you have both a literary mode and a martial mode? You can freely adjust intelligence and combat power?

But thinking about it, when climbing the Deceit Tower, Liu Jianxin was indeed the Great Demon of Martial Arts. Someone who reached the pinnacle by betraying and forsaking friends, using various vile tricks.

Liu Jianxin certainly wasn’t just a reckless swordsman.

But Wen Xishu said:

"No need, you just maintain the highest combat power, forget about using your brain, even if you switch back to being the Great Demon, it’s just that level, let me handle the thinking, you just follow my lead, I’ll take you out of the Dark Forest."

Liu Jianxin again: ?

Wen Xishu said:

"Theoretically, once we leave this flat area, we’ll obtain our abilities."

"If what we think in our minds matches what we write, the ability will be what we wrote."

"If it doesn’t match, it will be randomly assigned."

Liu Jianxin said:

"Then what if my ability is — impossible to guess the real ability?"

Wen Xishu said:

"You can gamble, I actually thought of that initially too, my ability is to eliminate presence, making people not notice me, or my ability is those who try to guess me, won’t succeed."

"But I guess such logic bugs probably aren’t allowed."

"Otherwise, breaking the protective barriers of this constellation territory would be too easy."

"Most likely, we can only accept the abilities we’re assigned, hope it’s not something obvious like glowing body."

Liu Jianxin really felt... this game is quite luck-dependent.

Soon, both of them wrote down an ability on the parchment.

Wen Xishu wrote: Eliminate presence.

Liu Jianxin wrote: Cannot be remembered.

Indeed, at this moment, Wen Xishu received a notice—

"Currently, 324,400 people guessed your ability as — eliminate presence. Your ability has not been exposed, and you have obtained five minutes of safety time."

Liu Jianxin was the same, guessed by 95,000 people, whose superpower was not to be remembered.

Upon knowing this data, he felt a chill down his spine.

Just how many are watching him?

Luckily these viewers cannot randomly guess for no reason, they must provide a solution path...

Otherwise, tens of thousands of people, each stating a superpower, could potentially kill him with a combination of words.

Wen Xishu is indeed reliable, instantly breaking through such a trap, otherwise he would have been eliminated just now.

"The martial arts world is treacherous. The Balance Sect’s forbidden area indeed has some tricks." Liu Jianxin sighed.

Wen Xishu said:

"See, I didn’t guess wrong, they set up a trap for us from the beginning... if what we write and think is the same, we’d be instantly eliminated,"

"Next, unexpected underworld situations might force us to expose abilities."

"Moreover, we can’t trust anyone else. Also, that fat cat probably didn’t explain all the rules so we have to find our way through ourselves."

"Now, as long as we walk out of this area of the questionnaire, we’ll know the ability we’ve obtained."

"Our current advantage is that we trust each other."

"And next, we need to have clear division of labor, Brother Liu, it’s best for you to maintain high combat power."

"I’ll take care of thinking. You just let others know we are not easy to bully."

Liu Jianxin no longer cares about Wen Xishu poking fun at his brain.

He is concerned about one thing — whether the randomly assigned superpower might be too easy to guess?