I’m Trapped in a Cube - Chapter 183

Mo Ling remembered that when he first came to Oasis City, he had been following on the car roof the whole time. After Li Luo and Li Xiangyi got out of the car, he had followed them.

But in this virtual image, he had completely failed to see any trace of the Cube.

“The Cube disappeared?”

Unable to contain his curiosity, Mo Ling directly floated to the window of the suited glasses-wearing man’s office from his memory.

The floor wasn’t high. As soon as he arrived, Mo Ling saw the scene of the glasses-wearing man leading the two into the office.

Behind Li Luo, there was nothing.

The Cube was indeed gone.

Mo Ling looked at this bizarre scene, his heart full of doubts.

Just then, Martin’s words echoed in his heart.

“You are unique.”

Mo Ling was somewhat shocked. This “unique” characteristic, even virtual images couldn’t recreate it?

Whether dreams or historical virtual images, they were all unique.

Unable to figure out the result, Mo Ling had no choice but to set this bizarre scene aside for now.

Because something even more peculiar was happening now.

On the other side of the building, there was a patch of blurry rainbow light that kept shaking, as if it hadn’t formed into a solid entity.

The rainbow light was about to form a solid when it would be interrupted by a sudden airflow, like something was impacting the mirage vapor, preventing the mirage vapor there from ever condensing.

Smooth and bizarre curved surfaces, as if being extremely compressed.

Like a stone dropping into a water pool, the rainbow light rippled with airflow patterns.

Until he got close to the rainbow light, Mo Ling discovered this rainbow light was shaped like a potato chip.

The edges of the curved surface would be impacted by airflow just as they were about to solidify, returning to the initial rainbow light form, causing this patch of rainbow light to maintain this bizarre appearance.

What was happening? Mo Ling was somewhat puzzled.

As he thought about this, he approached the distorted rainbow light.

Mo Ling tentatively approached and passed through this patch of rainbow light.

He seemed to have passed through the rainbow light and arrived in another world.

Mo Ling’s action broke the original balance. The sheet-like rainbow light was smashed into a clump by the Cube, and the stable mirage vapor was instantly disrupted.

After a flash of colorful rainbow light, Mo Ling discovered the surroundings had changed.

The building beside him suddenly became brand new, with erosion marks completely gone.

Many facilities below also suddenly disappeared, and even the originally bustling crowd had vanished.

Or rather, it was another era.

“Was that patch of red light the boundary between two virtual images?” Mo Ling had a bold hypothesis.

Looking into the building, there were far fewer suited office workers, with most being Hunters in combat uniforms.

“When is this again?” Mo Ling could tell from the environmental changes that this was an earlier period, but couldn’t tell when exactly.

“Did the people of Oasis City take some measures?” Mo Ling wondered.

In the building, a conference room was having a heated discussion about something. Mo Ling quickly controlled the Cube to approach the window, wanting to understand some information.

An elderly man who seemed to be the meeting moderator, supporting his chin with a troubled expression, asked a serious-looking middle-aged officer in combat uniform beside him, “What’s Xu Jianguo’s opinion?”

“He says the Wishing Fountain is safe, but strongly opposes opening it, saying he himself is an example,” the officer answered calmly.

The elderly man waved his hand, “Don’t worry about his opinion. As long as we know the Wishing Fountain is safe, that’s enough.”

The elderly man then looked at a researcher in a white coat with messy hair and asked, “What does the research institute think? Does the Wishing Fountain have any hidden dangers?”

“Of course it does,” the researcher nodded, looking at the electronic screen in his hands to explain. “Currently, what we understand is that the Wishing Fountain’s cost is making the wisher forget their wish, which could lead to drastic personality changes in the wisher.”

“There’s also another point. If you don’t make a wish according to the images shown by the Wishing Fountain and lie instead, the Relic it grants will have major hidden dangers, with hidden costs.”

“Hidden costs?” The elderly man was very concerned about this. “Explain in detail.”

The researcher scrolled through the electronic screen and projected the content onto a large screen nearby. “Like this.”

On the screen was a Hunter tied to an operating table, constantly struggling. The hair on his body kept growing, writhing like earthworms, and his limbs were visibly shrinking.

The Hunter’s face was contorted, grinding his teeth uncontrollably, even breaking his teeth, his mouth full of blood.

His eyes were bloodshot, his head constantly shaking, eye sockets sunken, and incomprehensible roars continuously came from the screen.

The researcher looked at the Hunter on screen with some pity and began explaining.

“This is Hu Qing from the guard team. He voluntarily participated in the Wishing Fountain experiment. When making his wish, he lied, telling the Wishing Fountain his wish was to enhance his strength, and the Wishing Fountain gave him a necklace.”

“This necklace indeed enhanced his strength, and the effect was stronger than any known Relic. His limb strength reached a terrifying level.”

The image switched to show a massive crater dozens of meters in diameter, bottomless, with quicksand constantly falling into it from the sides.

“This is the crater he punched out. The sand still hasn’t filled it,” the researcher said with lingering fear.

The image switched back to that Hunter.

“But because he lied, after gaining the ability, his body began transforming into another type of creature, and he was completely unaware of this himself.”

“What creature?” the officer asked urgently.

“Cave Limb,” the researcher walked to the screen, pointing at the Hunter’s body. “His whole body is shrinking, only his limbs keep expanding, and his hair is also mutating. We predict he’ll eventually give birth to four different Cave Limbs.”

“He can’t control his limb movements at all now. Because his strength is too great, we’ve already sealed him with the ‘Operating Table’ Relic. After observing for a while longer, we might have to perform euthanasia.”

The researcher’s expression became increasingly serious as he spoke.

“This is the cost of lying.”

Hearing this, many people present showed expressions of fear.

“The Wishing Fountain can’t be opened. It’s too dangerous,” the officer slammed the table, saying firmly.

The elderly man told the officer to calm down first, then said to the researcher, “Continue. It’s not all bad news, right?”

“Of course not,” the researcher quickly shook his head.

“If you make a wish according to the wish shown on the golden water flow, the Relic you get will be one with excellent abilities. Most importantly, these types of Relics have very small costs, some even negligible.”

“That little sprite from the Wishing Fountain is very friendly to humans who don’t lie. You can even discuss the Relic’s abilities and costs with it. As long as it fits your original wish, it will even help you modify the Relic, and it enjoys doing so.”

Speaking of this, the researcher’s expression became somewhat strange. He picked up the electronic screen and projected video footage onto the screen.

It was the experience of another Hunter who had volunteered for the experiment.