Chapter 537 The Path Ahead

Chapter 537: The Path Ahead

"Both Yueyue and I are members of the Qingliu City Special Operations Team, though my ability isn't as powerful as hers. Basically, I can harden or soften inanimate objects," Feng Xuelan also introduced herself. "Hardening is generally used when wielding a weapon, making a suitable weapon harder or even sharper. The conditions for using Softening are pretty strict, and the specifics are tricky to describe."

"I don't have as many powerful items as Yueyue. I often use things like wooden sticks or fruit knives picked up all over the Nightmare World."

"So, what I can do is practice my hardening ability more diligently." Feng Xuelan's voice lowered slightly, with a steady resolve. "Just like the seniors I've met have said—if you practice enough, your ability will grow stronger and stronger."

At this point, she paused briefly, her brow lightly furrowed as if she'd thought of something. After a moment, she spoke slowly, her tone tinged with a hint of doubt: "But what's strange is that every time I practice in the Nightmare World, my progress is faster than when I practice in the real world."

Su Bai understood that Feng Xuelan had already touched the threshold of the Crimson Moon's power.

In fact, a player's physical muscles are built through constant training, but the power within a player's body ultimately stems from the accumulation of the Crimson Moon's power.

This power is intangible yet real, permeating every corner of the Nightmare World and integrating into the body of every player within it.

Even if they did nothing, merely standing under the Crimson Moon would, over time, naturally cause their power to grow. Like plants soaking up sunlight and rain, their bodies would be imbued with the Crimson Moon's radiance, gradually becoming stronger. This was also why players like Fengling, who never left the Nightmare World, were more powerful than ordinary players.

Even the most common physical enhancers, without any exercise, were far more formidable than gym-goers, as the power strengthening their flesh also originated from the Crimson Moon.

Su Bai lowered his gaze, his fingertips gently rubbing his knuckles as he pondered. At this point in time, some players should have vaguely sensed the existence of the Crimson Moon's power.

Unfortunately, they still couldn't understand the nature of this power. They could only rely on constant fighting and training to feel their way along a path no predecessor had ever walked.

In a few years, players stationed in the Nightmare World would discover that the Crimson Moon power accumulated within their bodies was chaotic and disordered. If they couldn't control it, that chaotic power could even backlash against them, causing their strength to hit a bottleneck from which it could no longer advance, or even lead to various bizarre negative effects.

Thus, some wise players would create a method called "Meditation."

Looking at Tian Yue and Feng Xuelan before him, who claimed to be members of the Qingliu City Special Operations Team, Su Bai felt that the "history" unfolding before his eyes seemed vastly different from what he had experienced before his rebirth. It was even... heading down an unfamiliar path.

He was reluctant to usurp the achievements of those predecessors who, through repeated efforts, had forcibly carved out a path where none existed.

But sometimes, Su Bai wondered... if he anonymously informed Qin Ge and the others about the existence of the Crimson Moon's power, or even the method of Meditation, at this moment, could it make this world's future slightly better?

Could it... give those who had died in nightmares one more chance to survive?

The only thing that made Su Bai hesitate was the fear that his actions might alter the known future, change too many people's destinies, and instead cause more people who should have survived to perish, steering the future toward an even worse direction.

Even though... in his memory, there was no possibility worse than the future he had once witnessed.