Chapter 371: Bestowal

Zhang Chenze never imagined that the "qian" she had been safely holding for half a day would also "escape," and due to a momentary lapse, it had slipped into the swarm of insects.

"What is this... What is going on?!"

If this "qian" had some kind of mechanism, why hadn't it escaped at the beginning, but only now?

Could it be... that this wasn't a "mechanism"?

"Wait..." Zhang Chenze tried to calm herself down. "Is this what they called 'hui xiang'?"

With everyone's rooms completely sealed off and her own room packed with locusts, she not only didn't know if she had truly experienced "hui xiang," but also had no idea what her "hui xiang" was called.

Yet, in the other rooms, the "qian" hadn't escaped, but hers had.

There was only one answer: this situation was caused by her own "hui xiang," a unique ability that others didn't possess.

She struggled to steady her thoughts on the brink of collapse, ignoring the buzzing of insects in the room, and reviewed the earlier events as much as possible.

What was the principle behind the "qian" escaping?

The first time the "qian" escaped, she was holding it in her right hand while using her left hand to crush an insect.

From that moment, the "qian" in her right hand turned into an insect.

It was a bizarre form of "fairness," almost like an incomprehensible "substitution."

"Hold on..." Zhang Chenze felt like she might be going mad. "Is this really logical...?"

If killing one thing could turn another into it, wasn't that ability too strange?

Lin Qian had said that all "hui xiang" could be seen as a kind of "transcendent ability," but was this one useful?

"No..." Zhang Chenze slowly furrowed her brow. She had already killed so many locusts, so why had only one "qian" turned into a locust?

She slowly raised her left hand, looking at the locust residue on it, and suddenly had a realization.

Could it be...

Only things killed with the "left hand" could affect the "right hand"?

Earlier, she had only been stepping on the locusts with her feet, which hadn't triggered this strange ability. But now, using her left hand to search around, she had accidentally killed a few more dying ones...

"What am I even doing..." Zhang Chenze shook her head, feeling like she had abandoned normal thinking and was analyzing this like a madperson. She shook her head again to stay clear-headed, then snapped back to reality and muttered to herself, "Since those two 'qian' have turned into 'locusts'... there's only one way to find them now."

Zhang Chenze took off her torn suit jacket, shook off the locusts on it, and then waved it around to drive away the massive swarm on the floor.

With a loud "buzz," a huge number of locusts took flight in panic toward the ceiling.

The entire room erupted into chaos as countless locusts collided everywhere, making Su Shan tense up at the sight.

Zhang Chenze paid no attention, using her left hand to shield her face while waving the jacket with her right hand. She had to ensure that her left hand didn't kill any more locusts, or she couldn't imagine what might happen next.

In just a few seconds, Zhang Chenze's plan worked. Although the "qian" had turned into a "locust," it didn't have wings, so even if it tried to escape, it was just bouncing around on the ground, making it stand out.

One "qian" darted out from the pile of corpses, trying to leap into the air, but Zhang Chenze reacted quickly, stepping forward and grabbing it firmly.

Flipping it over, it was "Yan Yang Fu Da Di"!

"Thank goodness!" Without time to search for the other one, she hurried to the table and threw it in.

For this year of "summer," she wished for autumn to still have "Yan Yang Fu Da Di."

As Zhang Chenze held her jacket and leaned on the table with her left hand to catch her breath, a locust happened to fly under her palm, getting crushed in that incredibly coincidental moment.

Before she could panic, the suit in her right hand suddenly started twitching, moving in a terrifyingly unnatural way.

"Ah!"

Zhang Chenze threw the suit away and backed up several steps, her entire body covered in goosebumps, every drop of blood in her veins turning cold.

The suit flapped its sleeves in midair a few times, then landed on the table like it had changed shape.

It propped itself up on the table with its sleeves, and the collar slowly lifted, as if staring at Zhang Chenze.

"What in the world... Don't scare me..."

Zhang Chenze stepped back nervously, but saw the suit "flap its wings and take off," launching from the table and fluttering toward her with its sleeves waving wildly.

With the floor covered in insect corpses, Zhang Chenze's movements were awkward, and she quickly tripped and fell.

The suit pounced on her with its "claws" outstretched.

Su Shan had been watching the whole scene unfold, now too shocked to speak.

This "hun qian" ability was incredibly bizarre—not only had the "qian" moved, but now the "suit" had come alive. But was any of this reasonable?

Would they harm their owner?

Meanwhile, directly across from Su Shan, Lin Qian felt her mind going blank.

In this extremely cold room, she huddled in the corner, trying to preserve her body heat. She never thought that in such extreme cold, a person could stop feeling the chill altogether.

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She just felt a bit sleepy.

As the sub-zero winds kept blowing down, the cold sensation faded, replaced by increasingly heavy eyelids.

"I'm so tired..."

Lin Qian exhaled a warm breath and was about to close her eyes when she felt the strong wind stop. A few seconds later, a burst of hot air rushed in.

This hot air wasn't very high in temperature, but it made her whole body burn with intense pain.

The pain not only dispelled her sleepiness but also made her collapse to the ground, crying out in agony.

Her previously numb, broken leg had lost sensation due to the cold, but this hot air brought the pain rushing back.

As the hot air swept over her body, it felt like boiling water was being poured on her, making her scalp and limbs twitch wildly.

Su Shan saw a lot of vapor appearing in Lin Qian's room and knew she was probably safe, but her situation was still dangerous.

From the start of the game until now, Lin Qian had endured two "zai e" in a row, and both were highly lethal disasters.

"Lin Qian... you have to survive." Su Shan whispered, "We'll get out of this hellhole eventually..."

Lin Qian moved her fingers slightly, then grabbed the table and slowly stood up.

Although her whole body hurt, it didn't seem to affect her movement.

"Did none of you do anything this round?" She wiped the condensation off the glass. "You could have killed that dog by now..."

After confirming that Qin Dingdong's room had experienced a "zai e," Lin Qian looked at the "qian" on her table. Including the new "ping qian" she had drawn this round, she had four in total.

Now, she had to use these four right away...

Wait.

Four?