Her Talent for Courting Death Has Always Been Impressive - Chapter 46 Part 3

Xu Turan had drawn a complete set of runes. Suppression, confinement, defense, absorption… The final conversion rune served the purpose of energy conversion. Besides Xu Turan “absorbing” that eyeball, Yang Buqi couldn’t think of any other explanation.

It was also because of this that he remained silent about the truth of Xu Turan’s coma. He was very clear that compared to Xu Turan’s safety, the focus of those in charge would definitely shift to the point that “she absorbed the energy of Haunted House No. 71”. The impact of the accident five years ago was still present, and now the organization’s style leaned more towards conservatism. If they knew about such sensational things, who knows what kind of response they might make.

Moreover, in terms of life tendency, he was actually already at the Torch level. Currently, there was no one in the organization higher than him in this tendency. Pu Han was even at the peak in terms of omniscience. Since neither of them had discovered anything yet, it was even less likely for others to do so.

During this period, he was not only observing Xu Turan’s condition, but also waiting for Pu Han’s response. Fortunately, this time Pu Han finally stopped being cryptic—

“I’ve done what she did before,” he said to Yang Buqi. “Remember when I crazily jumped levels five years ago? It was pretty much the same method she used.”

Yang Buqi: …

Although I’ve always hoped you could speak more directly, isn’t this a bit too direct?

Yang Buqi opened and closed his mouth a few times before finding his voice again: “You mean, you also absorbed those… certain, abominations’…”

“Energy,” Pu Han finished. “Yes. But the runes I used at that time were much more refined than hers. The absorption and conversion parts were all improved, and several purification steps were added in between…”

No wonder no information about this could ever be found. Yang Buqi thought silently, this kind of upgrade method was indeed dancing frantically on the thunder points of the higher-ups.

He remembered another thing: “Then you were sick for a year afterwards…”

“Side effects,” Pu Han said. “Fortunately, we got rid of No. 71 very timely this time, so Xu Turan probably didn’t absorb too much… But anyway, she’s probably feeling very uncomfortable right now.”

Yang Buqi’s fingers unconsciously tightened: “I heard her say her legs hurt. But her legs actually don’t have any problems…”

“She’s not talking about her legs in reality,” Pu Han looked at him amusedly, thought for a moment, then asked, “Do you remember what the place where you upgraded in your dreams looked like?”

Yang Buqi was startled, remained silent for a moment, then said: “Generally speaking, I shouldn’t remember.”

“Which means you actually do remember,” Pu Han shrugged. “Coincidentally, I do too.”

He turned and started drawing on the glass window with his finger: “Each tendency has an independent ‘server’. Each server is divided into several areas like Firefly, Candle, Lamp, Torch, Radiance, etc… Each area is separated by doors, which means, except for the initial ‘Firefly’, all other areas have two doors, front and back.”

“And within each area, there is a ball of light… Entering a new area, finding this ball of light, and touching it. This completes what is commonly referred to as ‘upgrading’.”

“Commonly referred to?” Yang Buqi frowned. “What do you mean?”

“I mean this explanation is actually very one-sided,” Pu Han said bluntly. “Have you encountered the ranking system in games? Each major rank has several minor ranks within it… It’s not divided that finely here, but it’s actually quite similar.”

“For example, I’m now in the ‘Lamp’ level domain, and I’ve touched the light ball, upgrading to ‘Lamp’ level. But this is actually just the starting point—I must continue walking forward, find that door leading to ‘Torch’, and push it open. Only then can I be considered a complete ‘Lamp’ level. Only then am I qualified to explore the next level.”

“This is also why some people, despite being at the same level, show vastly different levels of power,” Pu Han concluded finally. “Their difference actually lies in the path from the ‘light ball’ to the ‘back door’. The closer to the door, the stronger. Those who have pushed open the door are stronger than those who can’t.”

Yang Buqi silently digested this information, seeming to understand something, and looked thoughtfully at Pu Han: “Then you…”

“At that time, I flew directly from the Lamp level area to the Radiance level area, as if I was a pay-to-win player,” Pu Han said honestly. “But just as I touched the light ball symbolizing the Radiance level, I fell down, turning into a puddle of mud.”

“Huh?” Yang Buqi was stunned. “What?”

“You heard correctly, a puddle of mud. And mud that still retained consciousness,” Pu Han shrugged. “You’ve seen me when I was sick, right? Actually, during that time, whenever I fell asleep, I would return to that upgrading path… lying on the roadside like a piece of rotten meat, in so much pain I couldn’t move.”

“Thinking about it now, this should be considered a kind of punishment mechanism. A punishment for taking shortcuts.”

“But I knew I had to move—I couldn’t just lie there forever. If I gave up, I would really be finished. Feifei would be finished too. I had to find that door, crawl over, and push it open…”

Yang Buqi’s eyes sank, he paused for two seconds, then asked: “So how about now? Have you completed the real upgrade?”

“To be honest, no,” Pu Han smiled bitterly. “I crawled and crawled, crawled for almost a year, finally crawling to the front of that door. But I couldn’t push that door open, no matter how hard I tried…”

As a result, in that dream space about upgrading, he was still in a miserable state of rotten flesh and blood.

The good news was, as he constantly approached the gate, the pain in his body was gradually disappearing. He could even squirm very expertly, at a speed comparable to a scallop.

When he touched that door, he also fully woke up. Although he was still a sickly person, at least he could run, jump, and curse.

“By the way, I really need to thank you,” Pu Han finally said. “Your treatment at that time actually had an effect… at least it made me less painful.”

Yang Buqi nodded thoughtfully, giving him a deep look: “Thank you too, for being willing to tell me these things.”

He could guess that, whether it was the truth about Pu Han’s upgrade or his experiences in the upgrade dream, they were all quite terrible memories for Pu Han himself.

Given his personality, he would absolutely not be willing to tell these things to others—yet now, he had told everything to him.

He knew that he was worried about Xu Turan’s situation, so he brought these things up again… Although honestly, hearing him say all this made him even more worried, but anyway, Pu Han definitely had good intentions…