Expressionless and dull-eyed, twelve-year-old Li Nian walked slowly out of the pod, looking as though she were sleepwalking.
This state was slightly better than that part of her in the real world, but it also felt somewhat dazed and muddled.
Lin Yu frowned. "She doesn't even have her consciousness fully here? Will she be normal after going back, and not just wake up and turn into some kind of idiot?"
The Central Mechanism provided an explanation. "She can. Although she forcibly 'completed the task' and left this world through the death game, causing half of her soul to be directly cut off and torn, leaving it behind here, this process is reversible. Essentially, her soul suffered no damage, no 'trauma', 'escape', or 'dissipation'. It is simply that the 'separation' has resulted in her being unable to support complete thought, and she also lacks independent soul fragments to sustain her consciousness, nor can she do what you do—maintaining ultra-distance connection characteristics after soul separation."
"Of course, even for you, crossing worlds to continue functioning is impossible."
Lin Yu half-believed it. "Fine. If the goods don't match the description, you'll be dead meat the next time I come to the Gray Domain."
The Central Mechanism spoke again. "I can inject unconscious soul matter into her, temporarily granting her complete consciousness through filling. This might make you feel a bit more at ease."
As it finished speaking, Lin Yu felt a change occur in the spirit and soul within Li Nian's body: it was like a half-full glass of juice whose liquid level suddenly rose for no reason at all.
Soon, Lin Yu noticed that Li Nian's gaze regained its luster.
"Ah!"
Li Nian let out a loud cry, her hands groping about in the air, and then she looked around suspiciously. "Damn