Published: February 8, 2025
If one does not experience it personally, they cannot understand the chill that comes from the depths of one's heart.
Even someone like Ye Zhongming, a veteran of the apocalypse, felt extremely uncomfortable all over.
Just imagine, one day, suddenly growing a horn, a tail, a mane, or even being covered in scales—what kind of feeling would that be? Discovering that one has become similar to an animal, even the most resilient person would probably collapse directly.
Although the phenomenon of growing magic crystals does not significantly alter one's appearance, and is even less noticeable than the physical traits developed by those who have learned certain skills or professions, the meaning represented by magic crystals is different.
In this apocalypse, every survivor, in a sense, is living for the magic crystals. But now that magic crystals have appeared on one's own body… this is just too absurd.
Everyone's expression was different, bizarre in many ways, but one thing was the same: the confusion in the face of such a sudden change.
However, after living in the apocalypse for nearly a year, the survivors who managed to come here had recently gone through the baptism of the sea beast tide. Both their psychological resilience and strength were strong, and they quickly suppressed the fear in their hearts to discuss why magic crystals would appear on human bodies.
After the Sea King Crown executed such a scheme, it seemed to give humanity some time to adapt, as it hovered there without further action.
Taking this opportunity, Ye Zhongming touched the red magic crystal on his forehead and began to contemplate the matter slowly.
The Sea King Crown would definitely not produce magic crystals for human evolvers for no reason. Considering that in his previous life, he had never heard of humans growing magic crystals on their bodies in ten years, Ye Zhongming felt that this magic crystal might be temporary. If he could either leave this island or escape the control of the Sea King Crown, it would probably disappear.
Moreover, Ye Zhongming increasingly felt that the unknown things on the nine wheels were closely related to his speculations. The appearance of magic crystals undoubtedly verified this from the side, and soon he would know whether he was correct or not.
If his speculation was true, then Ye Zhongming had to admit that the wheel really knew how to play the game.
And it was the kind of game that could lead to death without compensation.
"You… must know something, right?"
Guangyao came over and asked Ye Zhongming.
In peacetime, although his profession was unique, he was well-educated and had some knowledge of psychology.
After the alliance, he stayed close to Ye Zhongming, and once he snapped out of the shock of suddenly growing magic crystals, he instinctively looked towards the particularly focused target, Ye Zhongming. He found that this man, who evoked complex emotions in him, had no signs of panic or other negative emotions on his face. Instead, he was frowning slightly in thought, touching the magic crystal while observing the wheel.
It seemed he knew something.
Ye Zhongming glanced at Guangyao and smiled, "How about we exchange information?"
Guangyao chuckled, "I don't have any information here. Coming here..."
"Now that's boring," Ye Zhongming interrupted Guangyao directly, "You guys are the first team in Inner City charging towards the golden bridge. Are you telling me you don’t know anything?"
Guangyao stole a glance at Mo Ye, who stood not far behind Ye Zhongming with his arms crossed and a cold smile playing on his lips, and sighed, "Alright, actually it's not a big deal. My resistance area had detected that something would happen here in advance. Don’t ask me how we detected it, because I don’t understand either; I only know that a golden bridge would appear, and entering it would lead to a place with treasures."
He gestured around and sighed, "But it looks like this treasure is a bit tricky."
After a moment of silence, Guangyao continued, "That's all I know. How about you?"