Land of the Forsaken

Liu Di looked at the huge zero on his watch.

Lost in thought, he asked, "Is mental power the currency of this world? And everyone is trying every possible way to earn mental power so they can return to reality?"

Zhang Weiguo started pedaling the tricycle again. "Those are lofty goals. That gorgeous girl you just met represents one kind of person. They're only trying to survive."

Liu Di sat in the cargo bed as they continued through the narrow streets.

He saw some impoverished residents slumped against the walls, listless and weak.

Suddenly, someone let out a howl.

The man clutched his thigh in terror, while his foot slowly dispersed like smoke.

Almost everyone beside him was missing an arm or a leg.

Liu Di suddenly realized something.

Zhang Weiguo said at just the right moment, "Once mental power falls below a certain level, these consciousness forms begin to dissipate. Like sandcastles on a beach, washed apart by the waves and vanishing into the sea."

Liu Di asked, "They're all people who are unconscious in reality. What if they wake up in reality?"

Zhang Weiguo shook his head bleakly. "That's impossible. In hundreds of years, I've never heard of anyone's physical body waking up!"

Liu Di frowned deeply.

But Zhang Weiguo suddenly smiled again. "Still, if you have enough mental power, then you're in for something incredible!"

"You can manifest anything you want, and trade for anything you want. Fine food, good wine, beautiful women—you can have it all!"

"There's nothing you can't think of, and nothing you can't enjoy!"

Liu Di's gaze swept over an alley.

Inside stood quite a few alluring figures dressed in cheongsams.

At a glance, every one of them possessed breathtaking beauty.

They were not strange—they were simply too beautiful!

Their bodies were slender