freenovelworld Chapter 298 New Life
Chapter 298 New Life
Chapter 298 New Life (19)
Lu Jinzhao pulled her thoughts back from last night's dream. She thought of the speculations of her predecessors in the dream, about the jar fetus that grew by absorbing their flesh and blood. She made a connection and turned to look at Jiang Ting: "Do you feel any different from before?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang carefully considered the sensation, stood up, clenched her fists, and tried a few movements. Then, somewhat uncertainly, she replied, "It feels... a little different, but I don't know if it's because I just woke up; my palms seem a bit numb."
As she spoke, she admitted that she herself was a little unsure how to describe her current feelings.
The senses seemed no different from before, except for a subtle sense of unease when performing actions.
She was just an ordinary person before she entered the platform, so it's really impossible to accurately describe this subtle difference.
Because it is neither good nor "bad".
Lu Jinzhao nodded, not minding her somewhat vague explanation. All she needed to know was that Jiang Ting was also undergoing some kind of change.
The platform that appeared a second time was even more deadly than the first time, and what she saw in her dream this time made her original ideas somewhat "updated".
[Newcomer] This platform needed to suck the blood of all passengers the first time it appeared, so there's no reason for it to let these newcomers go now. There must be something being taken from them.
"You need to be careful." She glanced at Jiang Ting, who was obedient and quick-witted. Lu Jinzhao didn't mind saying a few more words: "If you're sure something has changed about you, then you'd better think of a solution as soon as possible."
As for the specific method, she couldn't help Jiang Ting think of one; that was something Jiang Ting had to do herself.
Previously, passengers mostly speculated that watching the videotapes would cause their fate and supernatural items to gradually decline and weaken.
But if the new passenger who just arrived is also undergoing some kind of change as she suspects, then it means that the influence of the videotape, or rather the ghost, is not just about fate and supernatural objects.
She now believes that the “rewinding” of the videotapes not only points to the process of the ghosts’ birth and their weakening supernatural power, but perhaps also to their entirety, which is being “rewound”, including their lives and existence.
Because they were passengers, it was the supernatural powers they had gradually acquired that disappeared first.
Newcomers who have nothing will be revealed earlier what their lives would look like if they could rewind.
It seems unlikely that Jiang Ting will survive.
A faint sense of regret flashed through her mind, but she didn't linger on that emotion.
Lin Lin was still looking towards room 401 from the window when Lu Jinzhao walked up to her and asked softly, "Did you see anything last night?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Lin, unusually, revealed her emotions on the platform. She sighed and said, "Two people tried to sneak into room 401 through the window, but after they went in, no one came out again."
"There was no sound at all."
The two passengers who got in were regulars from Anning City, but neither of them were premium passengers.
"Let's go and meet up with the others first, and see if they've made any new discoveries."
Now, the crisis at this platform is basically out in the open.
The mission requires them to watch a videotape, which will lead to the birth of a demon and a weakening of their power.
It's very simple and straightforward; it's not difficult to analyze where the crisis comes from. But the problem is that while knowing about a crisis isn't difficult, resolving it is extremely difficult.
Not doing the task?
Lu Jinzhao thought of how his mother in his dream had spent a lot of money to buy her life just by changing two words. Now, with "Rebirth," changing the mission content would only be more expensive, not cheaper.
No one can buy all the tasks; they all have to complete them. But how can they resolve the crisis that completing tasks will encourage the birth of demons and weaken them themselves?
The people who tried to enter room 401 last night but failed to make a move have provided them with a result:
Destroying the videotape is extremely difficult, and the area inside 401 is exceptionally dangerous.
But this also reveals one thing: the ghost takes the "guarding" of the videotape seriously.
Perhaps starting with the videotape might actually have some effect. As I walked downstairs, the fortune teller just happened to emerge from around the corner.
Upon seeing Lu Jinzhao and Lin Lin, she even had the leisure to say good morning.
"Is it really okay?" Lu Jinzhao raised an eyebrow as he looked at her.
"Okay, bad in the morning."
After the fortune teller finished speaking, he looked at Lu Jinzhao thoughtfully and said, "Have you become more lively? No, I should say you've become more human-like?"
Previously, when she looked at Lu Jinzhao, she always felt that he was eerie and seemed quite polite, but in reality, he neither liked to talk nor had any emotional fluctuations. He was more than just indifferent.
But today, it felt a bit more like a living, breathing place.
“Yes.” Lu Jinzhao nodded in acknowledgment: “But this is not good news.”
The more she resembles a "living person," the more she resembles her former self, the weaker they become.
"That's true." The fortune teller sighed, "I've become sluggish again after waking up."
Unlike the relatively minor changes that occurred in Lu Jinzhao, the Divine Calculator clearly sensed that he was becoming duller and more stupid, as if he had previously gained "X-ray vision" of life, but now that vision was being gradually sealed off.
In the past, she could see many things from a small thing or an object, but now that ability is being gradually taken away.
Like a person who was once blind but has now regained her sight, her "eyes" are gradually dimming.
This is undoubtedly painful.
As they were talking, the others also came downstairs one after another.
Lu Jinzhao noticed that most of them would glance in the direction of 401 a few times, which meant that everyone knew about the actions of those two last night.
"I will not do any tasks today."
Ning Jianwei abruptly uttered these words.
As if that wasn't enough, she added, "If I have enough money, I won't do any more missions."
Lu Jinzhao didn't move, but his eyes turned slightly towards her, glancing at her briefly before looking away.
She understood what Ning Jianwei was doing. She really wouldn't be doing the task today, but she was saying this just to put pressure on her.
Put pressure on those who don't have the money to buy their lives back.
"What should we do then?"
"Does this give her a head start over us?"
"If a ghost wants to kill someone, are we necessarily the first to become her target?"
Ning Jianwei's two sentences quickly made the atmosphere tense.
The others, who had initially hesitated because of the two people who disappeared last night, suddenly became eager again because of these two sentences.
Lu Jinzhao looked at Lin Lin, and in their eye contact, the two tacitly decided that they would not do any missions today.
As for the fortune teller...
She seemed to have her own plans and didn't intend to buy today's assignment; she still wanted to watch the videotape.
There will be another update on June 6.1st, probably tonight.