Chapter 32: I Want Immortal Ascension (1)
It was late at night, and Liu Sheng's room had no lights. She was sitting cross-legged on her bed.
“The World” was on the bed, already activated, its screen glowing with a soft light, illuminating her calm face.
She took out the seven profound token given by Zhang Yuanzheng and placed it in front of her.
Before she obtained the seven profound token, no matter how she tried to connect with the divine, there was no reaction whatsoever.
Later, she was able to establish a connection and enter that mysterious Void Realm only because the seven profound token enhanced her perception.
But she had completely overlooked the special nature of the seven profound token until today. After the events of the day, she suddenly remembered that, according to Zhang Yuanzheng, the seven profound token should also be an ancient spiritual item.
Could it also be analyzed?
Perhaps the key to her Breakthrough of the current Bottleneck lay in this.
She tapped a few times, and a palm-sized purple light formation appeared, supporting the seven profound token.
“high dimension analysis is possible. Proceed with high dimension analysis?”
“Yes.”
Then Liu Sheng lost consciousness, her body slumped, and she fell onto the softly laid quilt.
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So hungry.
This was Liu Sheng's first sensation upon waking.
Because her stomach was empty, her body felt extremely weak and she couldn't muster any strength, even lifting her eyelids became very difficult.
She used all her remaining strength and finally slowly opened her eyes.
Her vision was a bit blurry, and she could only vaguely see three round outlines in front of her.
As her consciousness returned, she could finally see clearly.
The dim candlelight illuminated three heads lying beside her, staring motionlessly at her, their eyes filled with undisguised desire.
It was like hungry wolves staring at a lamb about to become their prey.
She immediately became alert. It was an instinctive defensive awareness, an intuition of a prey sensing a predator's intent.
When the three people saw her awaken and appear wary, they couldn't help but hide their disappointment, and all stood up straight.
Liu Sheng finally saw clearly that these three were all young women, dressed in scholar's robes. However, their hair was disheveled, and their robes were stained with black and red marks. Their faces were thin and sunken, and they looked very weak.
One of the women looked very capable and proactively asked with concern, “You've finally woken up. You had us so worried.”
“Yeah, if you really starved to death like that, we wouldn't know how to deal with your corpse. It would stink up the room… Ah, why did you hit me?!” Another woman spoke bluntly, but before she finished, she was interrupted by an elbow from the last, somewhat quiet girl.
“Don't listen to her. You rest for a bit. Later, we'll draw straws to see who goes out to find food,” the quiet girl said softly.
Then the three of them walked away, each returning to their own bed to conserve energy.
This time, Liu Sheng had no memories in her mind.
She sat up and, using the faint flickering candlelight, surveyed her surroundings.
This was a small room, with square wooden walls on all four sides.
One wall had four bed platforms arranged side by side. Three women were lying motionless on their respective beds, and the remaining one was empty, which was presumably Liu Sheng's spot.
Next to the beds were two small tables. A small candle burned on one table, along with writing implements like brushes, ink, and paper. In addition, there were scattered stacks of books, with “Dao Zang” on top.
On another wall was a tightly closed window. Through the window paper, she could see that it was pitch black outside, indicating it was night.
The window faced the door, which was also tightly closed. The adjacent wall had four lacquered wooden cabinets, and in the corner, there was a washbasin for toiletries.
And Liu Sheng herself was sitting on the table in the center of the room.
Why was she on the table?
Liu Sheng slowly climbed down from the table, lowering her head to hide a cold sneer at the corner of her mouth.
That was probably the handiwork of her wonderful roommates.
Based on Liu Sheng's many years of reading experience, this place, without exception, should be a small room in a Courtyard of a school.
And these three people were probably her roommates.
Liu Sheng sat on the stool, hunched over, not daring to move carelessly and waste her dwindling strength, deep in thought.
One situation was that everyone was very hungry.
Another situation was that she was the hungriest and weakest.
Recalling what she saw when she first woke up, if she really lost her mobility first, the situation would not be good.
She felt her body.
Fortunately, “Mommy” was still there. For some reason, other things couldn't be brought over, but “Mommy” could.
As expected of an S-class weird objects that grows on the Soul.
It conveyed an ecstatic emotion; the Guai Qi here was very dense, and it extended a milliliter from Liu Sheng's fingertip, greedily absorbing it.
Tucked into her sleeve was a heavy, cool jade pendant. Carefully, she ran her fingers over its surface, and Liu Sheng determined it was the seven profound token.
“The remaining question is, why is everyone so hungry?”
“Also, why do they need to draw straws to decide who goes out to find food?”
Liu Sheng thought to herself.
First, this place has been sealed by some force, so supplies are limited.
She needed to figure out how large the sealed area was, how long it had been sealed, and where there were supplies.
Second, because there was unknown danger outside, going out to find resources would come at a cost.
So, she needed to know what the danger was.
Just then, faint, chaotic footsteps, shouts, and screams came from a distant place outside.
The quiet girl, though appearing delicate, reacted the fastest. She quickly got up, leaned over the small table, and blew out the candle.
Liu Sheng only had time to see the other two quietly roll themselves up in their quilts and huddle in the corner.
Then the room plunged into complete darkness.
Only a faint glimmer of light came through the window paper.
Liu Sheng squatted down, leaning against the table leg. It seemed she would soon find out what the danger was.
The shrill sounds grew closer yet weaker, as if fewer people were making noise, and the sounds of tearing and biting were faintly interwoven within.
The sounds seemed to be coming from downstairs. It appeared this Courtyard had more than one floor, and Liu Sheng and the others were likely upstairs.
“Help, help me!”
Finally, only one woman's voice remained. Her desperate cries, accompanied by stumbling footsteps, came from downstairs and reached this floor.
Thump, thump, thump. Something was rapidly following her.
Liu Sheng's heart involuntarily began to pound faster, and her breathing quickened as well.
Then the desperate cries abruptly ceased, leaving only bone-chilling chewing sounds. Each bite was accompanied by the tearing of flesh and the sound of juices oozing out.
Liu Sheng clenched her fists. She knew that the horror outside far exceeded her imagination.
After a while, the chewing sounds stopped.
Thump, thump, thump.
The heavy sound slowly approached with a distinct rhythm, and she could also hear some sounds of limbs dragging on the ground.
It was neither like human footsteps nor like any familiar animal.
In the dark room, someone started making a chattering sound with their teeth.
Liu Sheng held her breath, her heart pounding even more violently, and the Little Tentacle on her hand wriggled uneasily.
The thing outside thumped, then paused, as if it was inspecting each room.
It was getting closer and closer.
The upper half of the door was a window frame covered with paper. Liu Sheng's gaze was fixed on it.
If that thing appeared at the door, she would be able to see its outline.
Thump. The sound came from outside the door.
But there was no shadow on the window frame.
Liu Sheng felt a chill run through her body, and her gaze slowly moved downwards.
Through the gap between the door panel and the floor, a pair of bloodshot eyes squeezed through with effort, meeting Liu Sheng's gaze.