Life Game In Other World
Chapter 204: Cautious Moves and Hidden Dangers (Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 204: Chapter 204: Cautious Moves and Hidden Dangers (Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets)

Actually, from the very beginning, He Ao realized that something was off about "Liu Nan."

This feeling of wrongness wasn’t because he found some specific problem, but rather, he always felt in his subconscious that everything was developing too logically.

Although he believed in Liu Nan’s intelligence, the fact that an F-rank non-combat personnel could figure out the weakness of at least a C-level Beetle exotic beast and easily come and go under their watch in just half a day was reasonable, yet perhaps a bit too astonishing.

This seemed plausible, but it was inevitably a bit too eye-catching.

He Ao, with his D-level top strength that could compete with C-level when bursting, couldn’t ensure that he could achieve the same.

This was actually the limit of the monster that transformed into Liu Nan’s abilities; she could only transform into the person who was ’most supposed’ to be there.

But as it happened, in the ruins, the only person who could be considered his friend was Liu Nan, so in fact, she had no choice but to become Liu Nan.

If Liu Nan had been a D-level Transcendent, perhaps He Ao wouldn’t have so easily become suspicious, but unfortunately, Liu Nan was only F-rank.

Even though he was suspicious, He Ao did not point it out directly.

One reason was that if he was wrong, he might hurt Liu Nan, and second, even if he was right, he had no knowledge of the strength of this creature that might transform into Liu Nan; if they turned against each other, he couldn’t ensure a safe retreat.

So he first conducted a probe, starting by asking about the seasoning, but the other party easily identified the source of the seasoning.

This caused him to doubt his own judgment.

However, he did not thereby dismiss his suspicions. Later, when "Liu Nan" mentioned splitting up to act separately, he didn’t let "Liu Nan" leave. The reason was simple,

If there was no problem with the other party, letting a small and weak friend who had just saved him face the dangerous wilderness alone did not fit his principle of being a "good person."

If there was a problem, then letting a terrifying enemy with unknown intentions get out of his sight and hide in the shadows would be a very foolish thing to do.

But to prevent the possibility of the other party using retreat as an advance, which was essentially to follow him and to verify the other party’s identity, he did this.

After that, he conducted a small test, first imagining in his mind a means of conveyance, the "Assault Carapace Bug," and fantasizing that with this, they could arrive at the high tower on time.

In his fantasy, the setting of this Carapace Bug was a D-level as recorded in the Research Institute’s compendium, quite easy to tame.

Then he actually saw this Carapace Bug.

But in reality, where was there a D-level Beetle in the Research Institute’s compendium? The only D-level in the Research Institute’s compendium was the "Merchant Gorilla."

This Carapace Bug proved three things,

Firstly, this "Liu Nan" was not the real Liu Nan. The other party’s ability must be related to mind reading, which was why he responded accurately and quickly when he previously asked about the seasoning.

Secondly, the other party’s target was the high tower; if it wasn’t for the high tower, there would be no need to particularly make an effort to ’find’ such a ’fast’ ’means of conveyance.’

Thirdly, and most importantly, the other party could freely ’create’ such a D-level exotic beast. Whether she was actually creating it or using an illusion that He Ao couldn’t detect at all, the strength the other party displayed was far beyond He Ao’s.

The moment he saw that Carapace Bug, He Ao even had a moment where he thought that such a creature really existed in this world.

After making these judgments, He Ao did not confront her immediately, but first cleared his mind, trying not to think about anything, and then during their travel, he gradually figured out the effective range of the other party’s mind reading technique – about 300 meters in radius with the other party as the center.

So, he often used hunting exotic beasts as an excuse to distance himself beyond that range, but "Liu Nan" was very sharp and would almost immediately follow, so He Ao could only take advantage of the short time between exceeding the range and being caught up to think things through.

In the process, he cut off a piece of the dead octopus’s flesh and mixed it with the meat of other exotic beasts he killed, trying to attract the B-level Great Octopus leader to follow their trail.

This was just a trial, but he succeeded and the B-level Great Octopus came after them during their lunch.

In response, "Liu Nan’s" behavior was to tightly grab He Ao and hide. This action proved that "Liu Nan" was not confident about defeating the Great Octopus and thus chose to retreat first.

As for tightly grabbing He Ao, it wasn’t out of fear and seeking help but fear that He Ao would run away.

From that moment, He Ao roughly understood that the other’s first target was the high tower, and her second target was him.

And thereafter, "Liu Nan" also became wary of He Ao. She should know the habits of the Great Octopus well; without some kind of attraction, the Great Octopus wouldn’t have been able to follow them here.

So later, when He Ao gave her his back and fought back-to-back with her, he was actually sending her a signal, "I trust you."

This was a terrifying balance. He Ao tread on her greed to advance; judging from the earlier careless creation of the "Beetle," she not only possessed wisdom beyond ordinary exotic beasts but was also extraordinarily confident.

Confident that her ability was flawless, and even an exotic beast she hadn’t seen, she could create just because she read it from He Ao’s mind, without worrying that He Ao could deceive her.

And this terrifying balance was based on He Ao’s certainty about her confidence in her own abilities and the desire for the high tower, which surpassed her craving for him. On this basis, she could selectively ignore some of the ’excesses’ He Ao made.

As they continued on their way, He Ao kept trying to control the scale of attracting the Great Octopus, until he could perfectly determine the timing of the Great Octopus’s appearance.

Finally, arriving at the door of the high tower, He Ao dug up the exotic beasts’ bones to continue fine-tuning "Liu Nan’s" abilities and confirm her intentions.

The moment He Ao finally unraveled all the clues was when he saw the tightly shut metal door of the Central Control Room.

Clearly, her goal was something inside the Central Control Room, the same thing that was attracting He Ao.

Besides the Central Control Room’s allure for He Ao, there was also a very slight attraction emanating from "Liu Nan."

Though this attraction was very faint, he could faintly sense that it was similar to the attraction that the Dancing Girl he had encountered before had for He Ao, and what was inside the high tower.

With this in view, the other party’s purpose in finding him was quite clear.

She was not after his life but rather his Transcendent power, specifically, the "Talent Sequence 272: Super Memory," within his body.

Attraction is mutual; if He Ao could feel attraction from the other party’s body, then she could also feel attraction from He Ao.