Tempest Domain.
Cosmic Coordinates, B-486-26SX.
The surface of a desolate, uninhabited planet.
The [Long-Range Directional Teleportation Card]'s effect vanished. With a casual toss from Taowu, Alex rolled across the ground, taking a mouthful of dust from the barren planet.
In fact, when Taowu had used the teleportation card to leave, Hugh had already withdrawn his Talent Abilities, allowing himself and Jack to return to Alex's body.
So even though Alex Bettman's consciousness was still unconscious at this moment, the body known as "Alex" could still move freely and sense its surroundings.
Because they had left Earth in such a hurry earlier, this Civilian Player had not brought any Isolation Talismans or any other means of protection.
After leaving the protection of the dark matter surrounding Taowu, he had just wanted to say something.
But when he opened his mouth, he found that there was no familiar sensation of breathing. He nearly suffocated in the near-vacuum environment.
Fortunately, Taowu noticed in time and once more split off some dark matter to envelop Alex, saving this "Civilian Player's" life.
"Your condition really is interesting."
Taowu looked the blond young man up and down, then took a deep breath as though intoxicated.
"Clearly, there is only one body, yet the consciousness has split into several parts..."
"Hmm, let me count... one, two, three, four, five... A few are still asleep and haven't awakened yet."
"Interesting, interesting. Truly interesting."
"Hey, is your strange spiritual power related to the splitting of your consciousness?"
The blond young man struggled up from the ground, but did not try to stand.
The one controlling the body now was Hugh Bettman.
He merely chose the most comfortable sitting position, the one best suited for quickly recovering his strength, before answering Taowu's questions at an unhurried pace.
"Yes and no."