The academy, the Mist Shop, and Fog Mountain, which should have been far away yet now seemed within reach, had all become part of the Puzzle Piece network.
Su Bai could clearly sense every detail within the network, from the buildings and vegetation to the soil and air-even the damp, blood-scented atmosphere of the Nightmare World that permeated the air.
Then, with Feng Ling's permission, Su Bai began converting the humans within the network's territory into Puzzle Pieces as well.
Su Bai understood the mechanism behind this conversion very well, and he knew it was not a road of no return. For Strange Creatures and human Players alike, the process was reversible.
Although no Puzzle Piece had ever chosen to leave, if one insisted on breaking away, Su Bai could instantly sever their connection to the network. After all, the Puzzle Pieces were part of his body and mind. Forcing a Puzzle Piece with conflicting intentions to stay would be like keeping a foreign object in his body that could not be assimilated, bringing only a nagging sense of discomfort and disorder.
However, becoming a Puzzle Piece did not mean they would gain additional power from it. It certainly was not a shortcut to getting stronger without effort.
Most of the time, it was the Puzzle Pieces who gave Su Bai strength, rather than Su Bai making them stronger.
Su Bai himself was only one piece of the puzzle-the most crucial piece, the core connecting all the others. The Puzzle Pieces had remained by his side for so long only because of their mutual trust, compatibility, and shared will.
Thus, Feng Ling would not actually gain many "benefits" from becoming a Puzzle Piece. Perhaps all she would get was access to the Puzzle Pieces' "public chat channel" and "private messaging"