Chapter 231 Two Paths

Fang Yue calmed his trembling hands and his brain raced as he tried to speak as steadily as possible.

"Parchment, right now, we have two paths. The first is to kill the strange creatures in reality and increase our lifespan."

Times have changed.

With the sharp increase in the Strange Level, strange creatures are popping up all over the world. Although the Huaguo Association is working together to suppress the news, the fact that the number of strange creatures is increasing will not change.

However, this method is only a temporary solution.

His current situation is that he uses the power of the parchment to suppress the side effects of the parchment. But using the power of the parchment to go back in time will exacerbate the side effects!

This is a process where the backlash is higher than the last, and eventually it becomes a vicious cycle!

The only way to break the situation is not in reality!

"The second path is... we go back to the game! In the game, we increase our strength to... Yu grade! Surpass your power, suppress your backlash, and truly break the situation!"

In reality, although the number of strange creatures has increased, it is too time-consuming to find suitable ones to kill. The efficiency is not comparable to the situation in Jing City in the game.

Jing City now... is full of strange creatures!

The only way to break the situation in the fastest time is through the game, and the longer the time is delayed, the greater the backlash.

He doesn't think that his remaining lifespan can support the cost of going back in time.

[That's what you say, but the problem is that we can't go back...]

Everything seems to have returned to the starting point.

But Fang Yue had a new idea.

Picking up the Cold Moon Blade in the room, Fang Yue pushed open the door and walked out, glanced at the guard at the door: "Where is Qiu Dugu?"

"Mr. Qiu just returned from completing a mission and should be resting in his room now."

Without stopping, Fang Yue went straight to Qiu Dugu's room.

Knocking on the door, Qiu Dugu looked at Fang Yue with a surprised face.

"You haven't gone to Haiyu City yet? I thought you had left long ago."

This was originally a very ordinary sentence, but Fang Yue seemed to hear something else.

His brows furrowed slightly.

"Something happened in Haiyu City? Are Chairman Qian and Sister Ying okay?"

"You don't know? A lot of strange creatures suddenly appeared in Haiyu City, and several districts have already fallen. The Dark Shadow Society is also causing trouble in secret. Chairman Qian has even started recruiting people from the folk, but they are all fine. I haven't heard any news of their casualties."

"So serious?!"

Fang Yue was shocked.

But Qiu Dugu smiled bitterly.

"Actually, it's pretty much the same everywhere. Chairman Qian has been telling me to go to Haiyu City as soon as possible, but I'm also stuck by the headquarters and can't leave at all. As for you, you've been at the headquarters all the time. Didn't the chairmen arrange for you to deal with the strange creatures?"

Fang Yue shook his head slightly. He had been in the game for several days at a time, and he hardly left the game except for necessary eating. During this period, no one notified him of anything, and it seemed... they were even blocking news from him.

Fang Yue frowned again. The association's actions seemed to be guarding against him.

Moreover, he had previously mentioned wanting to take Sister Yuan back to Haiyu City, but there had been no follow-up. If he hadn't been really busy in the game and had no energy to deal with other things, Fang Yue would have already questioned those chairmen.

Next, Qiu Dugu told Fang Yue some information about the outside world.

"The situation is getting worse and worse, and the most important thing is... the Strange Level is still rising!"

Strange Level...

Looking at the Strange Level watch that Qiu Dugu showed, Fang Yue's pupils shrank.

The Strange Level had actually reached 91.25%.

And every once in a while, the decimal point would increase by 0.01, as if something was accelerating.

At this rate, the Strange Level would probably reach 100% in a few days!

It was even possible that the Strange Level would suddenly accelerate and reach 100% tonight!

"According to the Research Department's news, the synchronization speed between the casualties in the game and reality is also becoming more and more consistent. Originally, if there were casualties in the game, there would be a delay of at least a few minutes or even longer in reality. Now, there is almost a synchronized feedback within ten seconds."

Qiu Dugu looked at the night sky and said in a deep voice: "That world is approaching us!"

In the night sky, the blood-colored moon hung high, already showing a full moon shape, only one step away from the final full moon!

"[Celestial Devourment] is coming soon!"

Fang Yue's heart sank.

From the release of the Blue Sea game to now, it has only been barely three months.

In such a short period of time, Celestial Devourment is about to descend. There is too little preparation time left for them.

Seeming to feel that the topic was a bit heavy, Qiu Dugu paused and asked.

"By the way, is there anything you wanted to see me about?"

"There is something. I want to know what to do in the case of an abnormal game account that cannot be logged in."

"...Abnormal account?"

Qiu Dugu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "You should know that Tengli Group is the industry of cheaters. All the data is just a statement to the outside world. In reality, it is the Blue Sea world connected by Strange Lines. So, Tengli Group can't actually operate things like account bans. At most, they can do off-site observation and recording. Such as website maintenance, forum management, and recording player information, etc."

Of course, Fang Yue knew this. He was just asking with a try-and-see attitude.

Sure enough, if he wanted to return to the game, he could only...

"Qiu Dugu, I want to sneak into the game world through the channel. Do you think it's feasible?"

"What?!"

Qiu Dugu's eyes widened.

"Are you crazy? Do you think our association hasn't done this kind of experiment before? When the Strange Level was still very low, our association had been trying to use various animals such as mosquitoes, grasshoppers, and white mice to cross the channel and enter that world.

"But it didn't work! All the animals were crushed into powder the moment they entered the channel and couldn't survive at all!

"Now that the Strange Level is so high, they have even started experimenting with death row inmates, but the result is still the same. Except for strange creatures, nothing can come out of the channel!

"Except for that time, no existence can sneak from our world to that world. These channels and loopholes that appear are all one-way channels without exception! It's like those small loopholes that appear in the process of that world devouring our world. There is no reverse operation from the beginning."

Sure enough, the association had tried it.

But one thing Qiu Dugu was wrong about.

That is... in a sense, Fang Yue is not simply a human being.

His Strange Spiritual Root allows him to have at least half of his power from Strange energy.

If he allows Strange energy to cover his body, there is a chance to deceive the channel and complete the sneak crossing!

It's just that once his idea goes wrong, or if there is even a slight error in the middle, he will definitely die.

This is almost a gamble!

And assuming he can successfully sneak through, he will also face a problem through the channel.

That is, what place in the Blue Sea world is behind the channel?

If the geographical location is too different, even if he succeeds in sneaking through, he will not have time to save everyone in Jing City.