Jian Cunxin's question had suddenly made Qin Manjiang think of "the boundless sea of suffering."
And the Opening Lines included the phrase [the sea of blood becomes a sea of suffering].
Then the sea of blood before them could certainly be regarded as a sea of suffering. They could never swim to its shore, because the sea of suffering was boundless!
But likewise, the sea of suffering had a way out that everyone knew... turning back.
"The sea of suffering is boundless; turn back and there is the shore" had always been regarded as a useless truism, a prime example of easy advice from someone who had never suffered.
But at this moment, those words became their only Path to Survival.
Qin Manjiang carefully recalled the Opening Lines.
The line [the sea of blood becomes a sea of suffering; in this life, I wish to keep ghosts company] was clearly spoken from a human's perspective.
A person who kept ghosts company... In other words, this Game really did have a Path to Survival, one that would let them keep living indefinitely!
They had to become that person who kept ghosts company!
Could it be... almost everyone in [Ping'an Hospital] had been devoured, and only seven had survived, because all seven had chosen to keep ghosts company?
Qin Manjiang suddenly grasped a crucial point! Yes... they were still alive, and there had to be a reason why only they were still alive. That reason was written in the Opening Lines!
Then what did the next line, [the mountain of bones leads to Yin Mountain; in the next life, I will not dwell among people], mean...
White bones piled into a mountain... That was another image.
Ancient warfare had been extraordinarily brutal, with far too many deaths, and it had given rise