The Third Death Experience

When they returned to Area 9, the distorted spaces that had been damaged by Wei Zitong's abilities had already returned to normal. Layers upon layers of space overlapped and intertwined, as if reflected by countless funhouse mirrors, making one dizzy.

Nothing here looked normal; everything was distorted and warped. The space here was filled with uncertainty. Things that appeared to be right in front of them could actually be hundreds or thousands of meters away, while things that seemed far away could very well be right in front of them. Only those with a certain knowledge of space and wormholes could distinguish the actual situation after continuous attempts and verification.

But that was the difficulty: there was someone inside who could use space control abilities to alter areas that had already been perceived, making those areas unfamiliar again.

Of course, doing these things required the opponent to be within a certain range, at least needing to use a wormhole to bring themselves and the corresponding area to an appropriate distance.

This was Du Qiangwei's plan: have Wei Zitong continuously disrupt the original balance of the surrounding space, forcing the opponent to show up and deal with it. Whether it was to attack Wei Zitong or to secretly repair the space, Du Qiangwei could sense it through subtle spatial fluctuations as long as she didn't use her spatial abilities.

And if the opponent never showed up, then Du Qiangwei could lead Wei Zitong to push through, leaving the opponent with nowhere to hide!

This was a very tedious and energy-consuming plan. The two of them had to maintain mental tension at all times, constantly guarding against surprise attacks. Disrupting the spatial balance also required Wei Zitong to continuously consume energy. While he could quickly recover energy outside, he couldn't do so inside. He had to meticulously utilize every bit of energy, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to achieve the final goal of clearing the entire map.

Both of them had waited until their injuries and energy were fully recovered before entering Area 9. Otherwise, neither plan could have been executed.

Wei Zitong and Du Qiangwei exchanged a glance and nodded at each other. Then, he stepped forward, raised his hand, and made a cross over his chest, saying solemnly, "God said: The space within a twenty-meter radius shall no longer be distorted!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding space began to stretch and straighten, with repeated distortions of varying degrees, like a snake whose head and tail were being held tightly, struggling constantly.

A faint smile played on Du Qiangwei's lips as she gracefully walked to Wei Zitong's side and activated a spherical spatial shield. This was partly to prevent the spatial distortions from causing unnecessary harm to Wei Zitong, and partly to guard against the opponent's sneak attack.

The reason for acting so mysteriously was also part of the plan, intended to confuse the opponent and make them unable to discern Wei Zitong's true abilities.

When she proposed this suggestion, Wei Zitong's expression was beyond awkward, making her want to laugh uncontrollably. Watching this scoundrel say such chuunibyou lines with a constipated look on his face made Du Qiangwei's hands tremble as she controlled the spatial shield.

Wei Zitong felt extremely ashamed. After saying that sentence, he kept a straight face, trying to shift his attention to monitoring the enemy.

He couldn't think about it; every time he recalled it, he would blush and wish he could disappear into the ground!

After waiting for a moment, when the space within a twenty-meter radius had fully recovered and the nearby distorted spaces began to collapse to varying degrees, the enemy still had not appeared.

Wei Zitong and Du Qiangwei had anticipated this. Given the opponent's cautious nature, they certainly wouldn't appear at the beginning but would wait until their guard was down before making a move.

So, the two continued forward, continuously creating spatial collapses, making the surrounding space so chaotic that even wormholes couldn't be calculated.

Du Qiangwei tried and shook her head at Wei Zitong, indicating that she could no longer calculate wormholes in such chaotic space, at least not with her personal genetic computational power.

"Just because you can't calculate it doesn't mean the opponent can't. We should still be careful!" Wei Zitong said.

"Are you looking down on me?" Du Qiangwei's expression immediately turned grim, changing like the summer sky – clear one moment, overcast the next.

Wei Zitong gave a wry smile and said, "I didn't mean it that way. After all, the opponent is a third-generation..."

"That's exactly what you meant!" Du Qiangwei, not knowing why she was so easily angered, said, "Let me show you the effect of forcibly calculating a wormhole in this situation!"

"Don't..." Wei Zitong didn't have time to stop her. In the next instant, his pupils dilated sharply because Du Qiangwei had actually succeeded in calculating it – there was a normal space on the other side!

Du Qiangwei herself was stunned, looking down at her palm in disbelief.

Wei Zitong believed that after a series of setbacks and tempering, the enhanced parts of Du Qiangwei's super gene had been stimulated, reaching the level of a third-generation super soldier.

But the next moment, his heart suddenly lurched. This meant that the enemy was capable of calculating wormholes in such chaotic space!

"Be careful!" Wei Zitong grabbed the still-dazed Du Qiangwei, as he had a premonition that the opponent would attack in the next instant!

A seemingly ordinary bullet shot out from the wormhole Du Qiangwei had calculated, grazing Du Qiangwei's cheek and leaving a deep bloody gash!

Du Qiangwei suddenly came to her senses, instinctively raised her hand to cover her injured cheek, her expression becoming extremely gloomy!

This was partly because she had been disfigured by the opponent, and partly because vigilance was supposed to be her responsibility, but a moment of distraction had almost gotten her killed again!

She immediately broke free from Wei Zitong and flicked her other hand, the one not covering her face, into the wormhole. Hundreds of flying knives flew into the wormhole with "swish, swish, swish" sounds!

Wei Zitong felt his scalp tingle and quickly pulled Du Qiangwei back to shield him, then activated an "Indestructible" Buff on himself!

The moment he finished applying the Buff, those hundreds of flying knives flew back from a new wormhole that had opened on the other side. "Clang, clang, clang," they all struck Wei Zitong!

Wei Zitong felt like he had become Ge Xiaolun, who had taken the blow for him that day. His whole body trembled like a sieve, and even his speech had a strangely magical tremor: "You you you you you too too too too too ra-ra-rash rash rash ra-ra-rash rash rash..."

Seeing Wei Zitong taking the blow for her, Du Qiangwei's heart warmed. She felt no tension or regret. In fact, for some reason, hearing his strangely magical tremor made her want to laugh.

After the flying knives were finished, a "Godslayer No. 1" bullet came flying towards them. Wei Zitong's "Indestructible" Buff was at its limit and couldn't block this bullet at all. He had no room to dodge and could only watch as the bullet pierced his chest, because Du Qiangwei was behind him!

The bullet's kinetic energy was depleted after passing through Wei Zitong's body, and it weakly struck Du Qiangwei's Dark Alloy Armor with a crisp "ding." This sound seemed to have a magical effect, causing Du Qiangwei to freeze completely. She didn't even notice a splash of blood on her face as she instinctively reached out to catch that "Godslayer No. 1" bullet, her expression vacant...

It wasn't until Wei Zitong, spewing blood, shouted the familiar phrase, "No wormhole calculations allowed here," that she snapped out of her dazed, almost possessed state. She immediately reached out and hugged Wei Zitong's limp body, roaring hoarsely, completely forgetting that this was just a virtual world and that death was merely an experience...

"You damn bastard! Idiot! Moron! You don't have an invincible body, you don't have Dark Alloy Armor! Why did you have to block that 'Godslayer No. 1' bullet? Why? Ahhhhhhh!"

"Even if you did, Dark Alloy Armor couldn't block it..." Wei Zitong said with difficulty, spitting blood. Due to his failed gene adaptation, his body hadn't been strengthened. The "Godslayer No. 1" had caused too much damage to his body. Unlike Du Qiangwei, who could still function with a hole in her skull, he felt his body's energy rapidly draining...

Is this what experiencing death felt like? This was his third time experiencing death, but this time it felt particularly clear, perhaps because his physical condition was better than during his previous two deaths, and he hadn't died instantly.

However, this time he felt no fear of death, because he knew that in here, death was truly just an experience